„u- He,member 10, 1923
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( ndim's Most Beloved
* , n ßr 'uiim Ci?'»*n*. Tell. Erect.
JJ" m il Specimern cf Man
i U'K’i Winning Personality.
V. ;T. r;)]' 1
r>’\ j; . \i X Hackett. cf Wilkes
: Thursday afternoon
vja ! y.' )t .(’:!;• i]inn gave up pos
s"" ■■• z i r mo t beloved and
n ; . The man who repre
t in Congress for two
1908 —was bettor
r s : parts as “Dick”
jf.ira , . . . i
,?t tins county, as in
i > eighth congressional
jt... t,umbered his friends
1 ,i. , . t .f- as one Albemarle
i: " 'i day “you might
v. i. a away from him. but
• s ' v . d nor he'ji bur love him
, n This is true, for
inz personality was
' i i real big heart which
*’"T.st ,1.11 1 i which simply coui«* not
3 v-t.-r hatred or malice towards
ciH'inits. lb* had his weakness,
it of ns have them in one
\lr an "• but deep down' in his
", i,,, ~,1. every im-’h a man. In his
r.ur-e he was one of the!
■■ , m ,, v r Mi n in the State, tall, erect. «
n- ut features, p fine
a’ niW ] (-a :i nally keen, but gent’o j
: *i idtal specimen of man-.
his handsome personal j
n-, ads io memory that
rwrff pii' -i";tl man who flashed
i, the stag.* : 't" political action during
wi.'ti Hackett was at his best.
j. j; s'i ■ e Blackburn who also
,*] the oigli'h <li-trier in Congress.
~? h int. 'in ttliysi.-al perfection. if
r ing eveelh tl Hackett. He. too. was
. md l.and'ome. possessing all the
A out.s.andir? marks or physical
(fcrtinji. i 'ns a thick mass of the
< jet h'yek hair which ever crowned
head <if man. P.’aekhurn was as
~r f nl 'in his every movement as a
tHtan A«I . and he dressed im
iiiilapdv. lioth men were moun-
Hnketr a demorat and Black
's it r«*j• ■ i!>l,i■ i:i. A political fate would i
r- - it. tl.- >e two splendid looking men!
*.:<» birt- :• political. enemies. and*
> finally d.-veh-pe-l into personal dis
it if n ■ hatred, between the two
> was during the never-to-be for- j
r-3 Hai V:r-Blaekburn campaign in I
•■cl. that S an’y people first learned to
jt Mr H *«•!<■ ■ tr. Blackburn was then
cist hi- sc.- .ml term in Congress as
v-rcsi; -jpive of tjiis elistrict. The
Chileans renominated him in 1000.
h Drnoer.it - nominated Hackett and
*r -t stirring campaign the* old
licit ever saw. or possibly ever will
irr i f tiiose who were living in this
during that memorable contest
Ti*nr f-rget ii. Blackburn possibly
a • on Hackett as a smooth mixer.
‘t wa< 'l>e then Congressman, and
''iiianism was at the height of its,
Parity under the Roosevelt
akrari m. Hut althongh the - repute
& had these advantages, his demo
r cifiponciit was by far the most
•( speaker and outclessed his as a
* r T>i«-k" challenged his repub
opponent for a joint discussion.
srmrn declined to accept. but
et r,i sweep the district on his per
popularity and the popularity jof
> Ri’"—veil administration. He flew
f't the di-tri.-f with the rapidity ~of a
' t-’niil Jack,<on. but Hackett was
*Tv;»'-re right in behind him. “Dick”
' ike Felix Ishman said of the
n soldiers of the Spanish-Ameri
”':!r - Hitman said the Spaniards had
s '"i‘ni>‘d a fixed rule of warfare;
advanced, fired' and then fell back,
®‘kat the Americans advanced, fired
td then went forward, and that the
TranF never knew how to get at
>a it was with Hackett. he ad
ri. fired and then went forward.
. " remember Hackett ran across a
■T:.a testimonial made by Blackburn.
‘■“T unknown person clipped the
•^ll' n i ; *‘ a l ); tper and mailed it
* Hackett from out west. It earrietl a
SfJ!r ' 1 "f Hlaclcbtirn and bore the
* "ugi ( ssman E. Spencer Blaek
of the Eighth District of North
■ Ha. Praises Peruna.’’ Just at the
‘f Hruna was somewhat in disrepute
. riiM reason that it was said to con
a^ M,sr ns much alcohol tus pure
r!: “kor." Mr. Hackett rea'd tltati
,'Kionia all over the district during
‘ 'ampaini and his manner of reading
J a^'Vi!vs force a hearty laugh,
“ hern P.hukburn's political sup
u tie election results were count
*' hard to say whose friends were
ly
i , I '. t"i' the former was elected by
-•:n'is;.|„e majority. Blackburn never j
T 1 :i "m that political defeat, and i
!,'''’' tr ' ’he feeling between the two
, '.i' hitter. "But I made up with
ji’st a short while before he
If- Hackett to this writer;
v ~“ ni!; " 1 ' 'We had both our political
ttm other reverses of a
■ 'iinure. and l made up my mind
' ; ii and agree to - forget
and this; I did Black- j
tiily being as delighted to
Ito be his.” ’ |
t H; . ! 1' h'"’itigly added. ‘‘Or'y a few
j f’-j-ml Blackburn fell dead,;
:n ' he gad that we made
H ,u Here showel up the!
1 err.
incident came under our ;
t'vation which proved j
'"•cry inch h man. When
campaign for Congress
' money with which to ]
ho-a > peases. He sceuretl a
* * 1.000 from an Albe-i
isrld dozen or more Albe
-1 tt'iorsed his note. Poli
domestie troubles and
b'-'ih:.. ii ' r 'mlered payment im
k- r 11 (, Aihi ’narle endorsers paid
“ I'.kij'i" v ' is 'ieve. was in I‘JOS
urse, the Alhemar’e en
■ i that Mr. Hackett
' ■ t > reimburse them
'•ats elapsed and those
O:. M l ‘ : "l a 1 most forgotten
">i’ H | M! Hackett came down,
1 amount which each en-
Ha j W;f h interest, and gave
:i full. This was “Dick”
ave been impossible
0 kjVf, p being able to pay,
kiln l lIL ' K '' Albemarle folks who
jHtt \ v . [ ,M, - i “ve that Hon. R. N.
siv 11 ( s,, 4t etliiug more thnn
r - ' ' aian ui-d a brilliant law-
NOHTH CAROLINA EIGHTH
\\ ith Regard to the. Mileage of Sur
faced Reads in the State.
Washington. Dec. B.—North Carolina
, ranked eighth among the states of the
union on January 1. R)22, with regard
to the mileage of surfaced roads in the
State, according to a report of the De
partment of Agriculture made public here
todaj. At that time miles had
been surfaced. At that time only one
state in the South had a larger mileage
that? the North State, it being Georgia
with 18,000 miles of improved highway s
' During the year 1022. according to the
report North Carolina with 2,115.0 miles
of highways constructed was third in the
union only to Michigan and Indiana re
spectively.
The mileage of surfaced r’cad-s in the
country including sand clay, gravel, ma
cadam as well as those which had been
paved as well over 400.00 miles at that
time, according to the report.
I It i? believed, read the report, “tlu.t
the 1028 construction will nor fall short
of the previous year's record and that
by the end of the present year the sur- j
faced mileage will be somewhere near
•180.000 miles. This figure, it is be
lieved makes due allown nee'for the fact
j that a porition of '.the 1022 and 1028
j construction consists of the resurfacing
of roads reported as surfaced at the be
j ginning of 1022.”
The following table showis the sur
i faced mileage by states for the twelve
.leading states of the union as of Jauu
ln ry 1. 1022:
Indiana—Bo.Bs7 miles.
Ohio—B(>.(K)7 miles.
W i.fonesin—lo.7l4 miles.
New A 0rk—18,566 miles..
Georgia—lß.o(X> miles.
Michigan—l7.lß6 miles.
Minnesota—l6.oo4 miles.
North Carolina—l6.7ss miles.
Kentucky—ls,4B6 miles.
Texas—l4.Bßß miles.
California—l4.27s miles.
Pennsylvania—lß.o2l miles.
Following ill a table of the ten high
est states in 1022 in surfaced roads ad
ded to their systems during that year:
Michigan. 2.570 miles; Indiana," 2,435
uiilXs: North .Carolina 2,115.0 mile*;
1 Texan. 2.103 miles; Minnesota. 2,077.!)’
| miles; Wisconsin, 1.058.1 miles; New
! York. 1,43.5 miles; Colorado, 1630.0
miles; Ohio. 1,205 miles; Georgia. 1.060.
.COMMITTEE SLATES ARE
BEING PREPARED NOW
I 1
Hope to Have Them Ready When Con
gress Convenes Again Monday.
"Washington, Deo. B.—The task of
completing committee slates was resumed
today by the Senate and House leaders
in an effort to have full membership as
signments ready by the time Congress
convenes Monday after tire week-end re
cess. In the Senate, however, it ap
peared doubtful , that the Republican
committee on committees would be able
ro complete its assignments to the ma
jority of vacancies in time for party ap
proval conference before the Senate
meets. This raised the possibility that
the Senate Democrats would defer their
fight on reorganization of the Senate
when that body meets Monday until af
ter the committee assignments have re
ceived approval.
On the House- side the Republican
committee is continuing its slate mak
ing. taking up assignments to the rules
and steering committees. Democrats of
the Ways and Means committee apjionit
ed yesterday after fixing of minority
(‘Oiiiinittop ratios thp first inppting
today for assignment of committee mem
berships.
MARSIIVILLE BUSINESS
MAN KILLS HIMSELF
11. B. Marsh Drinks Poison; Bad
Health is Assigned as Cause.
Monroe. Dec. 7.—H. B. Marsh of
MarshviPo. prominent' business man,
committed suicide here today by drink
ing poison. His body was accidentally
found in the barn on his premises by a
servant who was looking for eggs. By
Inn side was an empty two-ounce bottle
that had contained carbolic acid and the
evidence that lie had drank the full con
tents was unmistakable.
No cause can be assigned, it is de-t
--ola red. other than bad health and
melancholia. _He was one of the largest
business -men of the county, being head
of the Marsh-Lee Company at Marsh
ville and other enterprises. Up till 2
I o’clock today he-was known to be going
about his usual-affairs.
He was a member of the Baptist
church and had jurt subscribed large’y
to a new building in his town. He is
survived by his wife, to whom he was
t married about a year ago. Two children
by his first wife, both giown.
He was fifty-five years old. Sheriff
Fowler and Coroner Aberneth.v were
i summoned when the body was diseover
j ed, but they deemed .no inquest neces
sary.
COTTON GINNINGS
i Cotton Ginned Prior to December Ist
Amounted to 9,243,917 Bales, Report
Shows.
Washington, Dec. B.—Cotton ginned
prior to December 1 amounted to 9.243.-
j 917 running bales, including 228,96.7
round bales, counted as half bales, 15,-
J 882 bales of America n-Egyptian/. and
'713 bales of Sea Island; compared with
r 9,319,601 running bales, including 157.-
768 round bales counted ns half bales. 22,-
! 708 bales of American-Egyptian. and 4.-
j 907 bales of Sea Island ginned to that
: date last year, the Census Bureau an
j nomieed today.
North Carolina ginniugs were 939.616.
’ Revised statistics of cotton ginned to
November 14 this year show 8,374.148
bales from 15,025 ginneries.
DUTCH SCHOONER SEIZED
BY COAST GUARD CUTTER
'in Tier Hold Was Found 2500 Cases of
L Champagne and Other Liquors.
New York, Dec. 8. —The Dutch schoon
er Zeehond was seized olx Fire Island
today by' the coast guard cutter Lexing
ton, and her captain and crew were held
for violation of the prohibition laws. In
her hold was found 2500 eases of chanu
jKigne and other liquors valued at mors
than $200,000.
The Zeehond is the first vessel of her
registry to be taken as a rum runner.
, *
Dr. and Mrs. H. K. Morrison, of
Houston, Texas, are expected to arrive on
December 19th to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mor
rison, and Dr. Morrison's mother, Mrs.
W. W. Morrison at their home in the
1 country.
TAX C UTS NOT MADE
AT SCHOOL EXPENSE
Education Week Credited Fa? the Vic
tory.
Washington. Dec. 6 (Capital News
Service). —With the cry for tax reduc
tion and retrenchment of expenditures
heard from end to end of the nation,
it wan expected that as new town and
county budgets were made up. schools
would suffer, for it is . most often in the
school house that the first out is felt.
But such has not bepn the case. Dr.
John J. Tigert, United States Camm'n
•sioner of Education, says:
| “The worst is over and the schools
, have won. The move for diastie re
j trencbinent. which included school bud-
I gets, is prowing less and the agricultural
i-ectKns of the West and South me re
covering slowly from financial depres
sion I am getting reports from all
sections of the country that bond isoups
are being voted to improve the 'schools
and efforts are being madp to increase
teachers’ salaries. For example. Rapides
j I'ariish. in Louisiana, which I visited
j recently has voted a bond issue of sl.-
2;>0.000 for its schools. This is a good
record for a rural district of the South.
“The South has made comparatively
greater progress in its schools than any
ether section of the country in the past
two or three years. It is rapidly catch
ing up with other sections. The in
terest of .southern states has been thor
oughly aroused, and they are setting
about t > solve problem.:; of administra
tion and financing which formerly were
ignored. I
’’The Western states have adopted,
tot a eieat extent, the desirable plan
of large otate appropriations; for ex
ample, SBO for each school child. This
is an excellent way of reducing the <1 if- !
fereniial in educational opportunity be
tween the country and the city child.
It means advantages for rural schools
which the local population are unable
to furnish, through lack of funds.”
CHECKED BABY AT A STORE
TO GO AND HAVE GOOD TIME
Wife’s Story Convinces Judge She Used
Umbrella Correctly.
1 Pittsburgh, l*a.. Dee. 7.—" He ehfeked
my babv in one of those automatic check
ing boxes at a fruit store and then went
off and had a good time,” said Mr* Al
bert Haber to Magistrate DeWolf. in
Morals C mrt today, “and I whacked him
over the head with my umbrella good
and plenty."
"It apnears to me that you went a
little further than that.” said the court
ns lie surveyed the husband.
“She whanged me all right. Judge,”
chimed in Haber. “She busted her um
brella over my head and then bounced
a few chairs and other things off my
head. I’m a *ick man.”
Without a trace pity. Magistrate
DeWolf turned away from the “sick"
man and said to the doughty little wife:
"If he left that baby at the store and
went off. I’m inclined to think you used
excellent judgment in acting as you did.”
BISHOP ATKINS BURIED
IX WAVNESVILLE CEMETERY
Funeral Service Was Simple But Im
pressive—Dignitaries of Church Pres
ent.
Waynesville, N. C., Deo. B.—Risiiop
James Atkins, of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, who died Wednesday
in Little Rock, was buried this morning
in Green Hill cemetery, following simple
but impressive reeemony.
The service was held in the Baptist
Church because the Methodists are now
without a building. It was attended b.x;
a large number of friends, including
many dignitaries of the church ahd lay
members of the Methodist denomination.
"While arrangements were in charge
of Rev. ,T. T. Manguin. of the local Meth*
odist Church, Rev. E. B. Chappell, of
Nashville, Tenn., delivered the funeral
oration. His address was a tribute to
the life and character of the bishop.
No Chaos Hand United States Joined the
League. Allen Asserts.
St. Louis, Dec. 7.—European recovery
from the World War virtually would he
complete now if the United States had
’entered the League of Nations. Major
General Henry T. Allen told students of
Washington University in an address
here. General Allen commanded the
American Army of Occupation in Ger
many.
“French occupation of the Ruhr and
resultant demoralization of Germany
would not have occurred had the United
States been a member of the league,”
he said.
“The motit certain methods this gov
ernment can adopt for preservation of
peace is to join the league or some asso
ciation of nations so its power and pms
tige may more directly influence world
problems.”
801 l Weevil Makes Winter Home in
Cocklebar.
Whiteville, Dee. 7.—lt. L. Brown,
well known farmer of the Western
Prong section of Columbus county, has
discovered one of the unique habitats of
the boll weevil, through the winter sea
son, and now the lowly eockllebur, for
ever a nuisance, must go.
Mr. Brown has just discovered that a
boll weevil, in hardy state of health, oc
cupies" each of the two cells of the
cockleburs in his fields and he brought
to ‘Whiteville ail exhibit to prove his
contentions.
French Women Flock to Have Hair
Bobbed.
Par;*, Dee. B.—Bobbed hair has long
been accepted as standard practice in
Pari*, but there has developed suddenly
such a rush to the shears that it is
realized now that only a small propor
tion of the women have had their locks
trimmed.
Advocates of short hair have taken ad
vantage of this situation to spread fur
j ther the doctrine of the bobbed head, and
| newspaper* are carrying interviews and
comment that would lead one to suppose
tthe movement is new.
1 Hairdressers offer no explanation for
the thousands coming to them to have
their hair cut just in time to catch cold
this winter, but they ask no questions
and cut.
I
Box Supper at Howell's.
There will be a box suppen at Howell’s
srhoolhouse Saturday, December 15.
Proceeds for benefit of library and other
supplies. All invited. 10-2 t-p.
Eskimos in the Canadian Northwest
have asked the Anglican Church to send
missioneries to offset the demoralizing
influence of vicious whites.
THE CONCORD TIMES
SIX MORE ARRESTS IN
SAVANNAH RUM AFFAIR
A»>gal Conspirators in Bootleg Ring
Otv? $1,000,000 Income Tape.
Hoboken, N. .T.. Dec. 7.—Six men ac
cused of conspiracy to transport liquor
valued at hundreds of thousands of dol
lars frnn the state of Georgia to New
Jersey, were rounded tip here late today
by federal officers. Indictment against
the men were returned in Savannah sev
eral days ego.
The men are alleged to have been in
volved in a bootlegging conspiracy
through which large quantities of liquor
were illegally transported to New Jersey
by automobile, steamer and train. Ac
tivities are alleged to have begun jn De
cember. 1921, and have continued up to
the present. An exact estimate of the
amount of the liquor involved has not
Leene made.
The men arrested' were Samuel K.
Rivet, Harry Langsen, Bernard Cohen,
Philip Schultz, all of Jersey City, and
Joseph Kleiuberg and Frank Hartlyett,
of Hoboken. They were arraigned be
fore United States Commissioner Stan
ton in Hoboken and were held in $19,000
bail each for a hearing December 18. All
furnished bail.
The arrests were made under indict
ments returned in Savannah by a feder
al grand jury charging the men with il
legally transporting liquor from Georgia
to New Jersey and with conspiracy to
defeat the federal prohibition laws.
Agents said the gang hqd been running
a rum vessel from Savannah to Jersey
City. The liquor is thought to have been
shipped to Savannah from Nassau and
the Bahama Islands.
SEVEN MINERS KILLED
IN KENTUCKY DISASTER
Men Were Working in Dust Mine of
Bluckltawk Coal Company.—Six Oth
ers Hurt in Explosion.
Hazard, Ky., Dee. 8, —Seven miners
are dead today and six others injured,
two spos'.Lly fatally, ns a result of an
explosion of dust in a mine of the
Blackhawk Coal Company on Carr’s
Fork. 12 miles from here, late Friday.
Dust in t :e mine is believed to have been
ignited by a faulty shot.
The dead, all apparently instantly
killed, are Jesse Patton,v of Seuddy, Ky..
and six negroes.
The injured are E. O. Edwards, Hogan
Slavoe. Josey Vanish. Moses Saron, Wil
liam Strunk and William Hunter, the
latter a negro.
The explosion is said to have occurred
about 32.00 feet from the entrance to
the mine, but with such force that the
office of the mine foreman at the mouth
of the pit was wrecked.-
BROOKS AND ODELL ARE
TO SPEAK TO EDITORS
Mid-winter Meeting of Press Association
Will Be Held at Pinehurst January
3-4.
Asheville. Dee. 7.—Dr. E. C. Brook*,
president of State College of Agriculture
and Engineering, and Wallace Odell, of
Tarrytown, N. Y., president of tlie Na
tional Editorial Association, will be the
principal speaker* at the, mid-winter
meeting of the North Carolina Press As
sociation to be held at Pinehurst on
January 8-4.
The program for the meeting was com
pleted diorc today by Charles A. Webb,
president, and Miss J lea trice Cobb, of
Morganton. secretary-treasurer. In ad
dition to the two principal speakers, sev- (
oral publishers of the state will discuss
various topics. Mr. Brooks will speak
on “North Carolina’s Educational Prog
ress and the Future of State College.”
MAN WOUNDED AS IIE
RAN FROM HIGHWAYMEN
O. C. Bray, of Elizabeth, Received Bul
let Wc und When He Disobeyed Com
mand.
Elizabeth City, N. C., Dee. B.—O. C.
Bray, 44. is in a hospital here with a
bullet wound in his hip as a result of
a series of holdups here last night. The
wound was sustained when the high
waymen tired at Bray when the latter
ran instead of halting a* ordered. Po
lice are looking for Leroy White, a
negro.
INTERCEPT SWALLOWED PIN
MOVING TO BABE’S HEART
Operation Saves Life of Two- Year-Old
Girl in New York.
New York, Dec. 8. —Surgeons tonight
successfully operated on two-year-old
Dorothy Tresh, whose life was despaired
of earlier in the day when a pin she had
swallowed was detected by the X-ray
nosing its way toward her heart.
The child was resting comfortably in
Jamaica Hospital after the operation.
Surgeons said she would recover.
; —
Believes Sc-inething in Grissom Murder.
Orlando, Fla., Dec. 7. —Sheriff Karel,
of Orange county, who yesterday an
nounced the statement of a prisoner in
his jail, alleging that hi* wife was impli
cated in the killing last January of Hyatt
A. Grissom, of Greensboro, N. C., re
affirmed his belief this morning that
husband and wife were implicated in the
ease.‘notwithstanding reports from Jack
sonville that authorities there put little
faith in the confession. The woman
was arrested Wednesday morning by
Jacksonville detectives on charge* of be
ing implicated in Grissom’s death. The
prisoner’s name was given as Jones.
School of * Physical Education.
Raleigh, Dec. 8. —A School of Phys
ical Education will be established at
State College if recommendations made
by President E. C. Brooks become effec
tive. Dr. Brooks presented a plan to
a meeting of trustees, alumni, athletic
committee, and faculty embracing the
new school divided into four section*.
Included in the proposal were depart
ments of social hygiene, department of
physical instruction, of physical hygiene,
department of campus atlileties, and a
department of inter-collegiate athletics.
Seaweed and Milk.
London, Dec. 7.—New uses for sea
weed are to be exploited by a firm or
ganized in the Orkney islands. It is
proposed to make cattle food*, a new
table delicacy to be eaten dipped in milk,
briquettes for domestic fuel, and vege
table substitute*.
A “Joyial” character once meant the
type supposed to belong to all person*
who were born when the planet Jupiter
was in the ascendant. They were sup
posed to possess more of the cheerful
elements of character than others, and
hence to partake of the benign qualities
attributed to the Father of the Gods.
WEEKLY COTTON REVIEW.
N<-w York. Dec. 7. —The market has
been under the weight of heavy and more
( or l«»s general liquidation during the
past week. Evidently the advance to
37.70 for December and 87.11 for March
contracts right after Thanksgiving day.
created a desire to secure profits which
turned the market downward, and the
liquidating' movement which followed was
stimulated by an upward revision of
I crop estimates, reports-of a falling off in
spot demand after the filling of Novem
ber engagements and a belief-that the’old
trade short interest had been very ma
terially reduced since the beginning of
October.
1 There were occasional quick rallies and
the Liverpool market showed a better
tone this morning, but up to the close
tonight there had been no revival of
general buying interest and the tone of
the market was more or less unsettled af
ter reactions of approximately 2 1-2
cents per .pound from recent high rec
ords. The revision in ideas of the crop
does not appear to have amounted to
much more than a swing of sentiment
from the minimum to about the maxi
mum of recent estimates.
1 Following the report of the census bu
reau on ginning to November 14 crop es
timates in some quarters were sealed
down to about 0,500,000 bales or even
less in some instances. During the past
few, days the estimates published have
ranged from about 0,750,000 up to 10,-
000.000 bales and reports that private
concerns indicate a ginning of 0.140,000
bales. On the basis of these figures it
would not seem that crop ideas have been
increased by more than 800,000 or 400,-
000 bales, hut there was some uncertainty
as to the showing of tomorrow’s ginning
report which was expected to crystalize
sentiment regarding the figures likely to
be issued by the government ns its final
, estimate on Wednesday.
I The Liverpool market has also been
very weak and unsettled with private ca
bles reporting heavy liquidation of out
side,- long accounts in advance of the
Dritish regarding the outcome
of which as a dnarket factor today's pri
vate cables were rather conflicting. The
volume of spot* business in the south has
(shown quite a sharp falling off since the
beginning of the month, but not a great
deal of southern hedge /has been
' reported by local brokers, most of whom
have attributed the decline to the liquida
tion of a market which had been over
bought on the November advance.
TAXICAB DRIVER AT
KINSTON IS KILLED
Rudolph Koonce Shot and Eason M.
Swain Held by Officers.
1 Kinston, N. C., Dec. 7. —Rudolph
Koonce. a taxicab driver, was shot and
killed at his home in Ea-st Kinston today.
Eason M. Swain, a restaurant man, sur
reundered to police, saying domestic dif
ficulties involving Mrs. Swain and
Koonce caused the shooting. Swain,
when he surrendered, told police he had
shot a man but did not know if he had
killed him-*
Koonce leaves a wife and four chil
dren.
Charting the Ocean by Echoes.
London, Dec. 7. —An expedition has
just left London with the object of chart
ing the depths of the sea by sound.
Up to within a few years ago the com
monest means of obtaining information
as to the depth of the sea was by a line
2 with a weight at the end. Experiments
carried out during the war for the pur
pose of detecting enemy submarines led
tot the invention of the hydrophone, by
| which distant sounds were promptly and
j accurately located.
' From this idea has now been evolved
a method of measuring depths by echoes
sent out of an apparatus termed a “buz
bor.” The “buzzer” is placed below the
j water-line of the depth-finding vessel,
' and with the aid of “artificial ears,”
known as microphones, its operators lis
ten for the echoes of its sound waves to
travel back to the ship. By timing
these eoches in conjunction with the
sliced of the ship, the depth of the ocean
at a given point can be definitely ascer
tained.
Wilkes Property in Charlotte Changes
Hands.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 7. —What is de
scribed as another step in the business
expansion of Charlotte took place this
week with the transfer to a business con
cern of the Wilkes Property near the
Southern Railroad, the deal being closed
for approximately SBOO,OOO. The prop
erty, on which is located the Mecklen
burg Iron Works, is along the railroad
track and 'is considered very valuable.
Charlotte's business sidtrict has been
constantly expanding (luring the past
two years, a number of the heretofore
residential districts being converted al
most entirely into business sections. The
deal for the Wilkes property is one of
several during 1028 in which heal estate
valued at several millions changed
hands.
Cox Refuses to Say He’s Backing Mc-
Aoo.
Tuskegee, 'Ala., Dec. 8. —Former Gov
ernor James E. Cox, of Ohio, and Demo
cratic Presidential candidate in 1920,
told the Associated Press last night that
he had “nothing to say” when asked of
the report current in the east that he
was favorably disposed to William G.
MeAdoo for the Democratic nomination
next year and would do nothing to con
trol Ohio’s votes to the party, conven
tion.
“I know nothing of it and I haven’t
anything, to say concerning it,” \vas the
substance of Mr.. Cox’s statement. For
mer Governor Cox is here on an annual
hunt with friends.
lEverett and Chase to Speak in New York.
Raleigh, Deo. 8. —Secretary of State
W. N. Everett has been invited to ad
dress the New York City Chapter of the
University of North Carolina at its in
formal winter dinner in that city next
Thursday and has accepted the invita
tion. President Chase, of the Univer
sity. also is scheduled to speak at .-the
meeting.
Daring Run by “Rummers.”
(By the Associated Press.l
Atlantic City, Dec. 8. —Coast guards
today reported that during the night
rum runners from Atlantic City and vi
cinity completed one of the most success
ful landings from the rum fleet ever
' made' from Highlands, hitherto the cen
ter of smuggling operations.
The first submarine cable was that be
i tween Dover and Calais, opened |
1860.
CHARGE BUS DRIVERS
RACING WITH TRAINS
Lives cf Passengers on
Chirloffe Line Said to Bo Endangered.
Spencer. Dojeniber 5. —Locomotive
engineers on the main line of the,South
ern running > out of Spencer lodge
definite complaints against drivers of
the White Motor bus line, operating be
tween Charlotte and Greensboro, on ae
oount of speeding. Engineer W. A- Iviz
ziah. a very conservative man who
knows speeding when he sees it, states
that on various occasions the drivers
of the big green motor busses race with
the fast passenger trains alcng the main
line and that it is not uncommon thing
for them to make .oft mile* per hour
alongside trains know to be making the
same speed He also declares the drivers
are reckleos and endanger the lives of
dozens of passengers in the big busses.
An engineer eta tea tfhat while out
driving in his own car he held his
speedometer at 40 miles and that one of
the big motors with n score of pas
sengers going in the same direction
dashed by him “like a bullet." This
engineer declares that it is only a mat
ter of time until some awful accident
will happen if the green buses keep up
their present speed.”
It is said tlie schedule time sos. the
busses to cover 10ft miles from Char
lotte to Greensboro is only four hours, 1
while 2ft to Bft minutes of this must be
spent in stops at various towns, and
thati no less than 2ft miles of the (li-s
--tanco is inside corporate limits in places
like Concord. Kannapolis, Salisbury,
Sphnoer, Lexingtop, Thomasville, High
Point, not to mention Greensboro and
Charlotte.
KNOWN NOW THAT LONE
BANDIT SECURED $37,063
When He Robbed Express Messenger on
Norfolk and Western Train.
Petersburg, Va., Dec. 7. —A checkup
by local and railway police today reveal
ed that $87,068 was the loot secured by
the lone bandit who late yesterday after
noon robbed the express car of the Nor
folk & Western “Cannon Ball” train en
route from Norfolk to Richmond, after
holding up and binding Express Messen
ger Jos. H. Stevens, of Richmond. The
amount secured by the bandit was first
given out by the express officials as
SB,OOO. |
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
VERDICT IS RETURNED
By Jury Which Tried J. Frank Alexan
der, Grocer, of Macon, Ga.
Macon. Ga., Dec. 7. —J. Frank Alexan
der, Macon grocer, found guilty lasit
night by a jury in city court of assault
and battery as a result of a flogging giv
en Ollie M. Perry, a store keeper, on
the night of August 9th, was sentenced
today to serve six months on the chain
gang, five months of which sentence can
be relieved of by paying a fiue of SSOO
and costs. Attorneys immediately gave
notice of a motion for new trial and bond
was fixed at $2,500.
WANTS CORLISS GRIFFIS
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Germans Would Give Man Who Tried
to Kidnap Bergdoll Prison Sentence.
Mosback, Baden. Dec. 7 (By the As
sociated Press). —A sentence of three
years i>r Corliss Hoover GHffis, of
Hamilton, ()., was recommended today
by States Attorney Nebel for the at
tempt to kidnap Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, American draft evader.
Nebel also urged three years for Karl
Sperber, of Paris, one jyear for the Rus
sian prince, Pause Gagarin, and 6 months
for Eugene Victor Nelson, of Chicago.
Bergdoll’s counsel contended these terms
were insufficient punishment and asked
the court for heavier sentences.
Song Birds in Contest.
Chicago. Dec- 6.—The international
singing contest for canaries is on in a
big hotel. A .bird that whistles “Three
Blind Mice” is carrying many wages to
come in first. There is a hump-backed
canary that, imitates a rooster crowing.
The iittle English bird called Lloyd
George is a great opportunist. He sings
loud and persistent.
“To induce a canary to do his best,”
said Secretary Fogg, “the room must be
decorated in many colors.”
Five hundred birds are entered.
Lloyd George was recently brought over
from England by W. H. Gibson, art
dealer of Cincinnati.
“The Music Master,” owned by Mr.
Fogg, likes a gulp of cigar smoke to
clear his throat. The grand prize is
a cup valued at SIOOO. For this the
birds will sing in quartets.
Had Two Wives But Not Yet Married*
Edenton, Dec. 6. —Noah Williams
may have been girilty of a great many
other things,but he was no bigamißt.
Judge W. M. Bond decided this here
when Noah came before him charged
with having two wives.
There was no question about his'
marriages or the number of themf It was
also clear that Noah lmd not: resorted
between times to the divorce court. But
it was equally certain that both of his
wives had been previously married and
neither had secured a divorce before
marrying Noah.
Judge Bond unraveled the tangle by
holding that Noah had not been legally
married to either of the women.
The Governor Will Prevent Lynching*.
Raleigh, Dec. 7. —“I am determined to
use every particle of power given me by
the constitution of this state to prevent
lynehings in it while I am Governor,”
asserted Governor Cameron Morrison to
day in a letter addressed to J. R. Bod
die, clerk to the board of county com
missioners in answer to an abstract of
the minutes of their last meeting of the
board sent him br Mr. Boddie in which
the executive was criticized for sending
troops into Nash countd at the trial last
week of Lee Washington for an attack
upon a woman.
At the time of the, recent eclipse of
the sun, September 10, along the south
ern coast of California, there were on
the State Highway 140 miles of auto
mobiles, packed closely together. The
occupants were journeying from Los
Los Aijgeles to Sgn Dijego and Tia
Juana, Mexico, to see the totrfl eclipse.
Traffic moved at six miles an hour and
1,000 arrests were made for cutting out
of line and endangering others on the
Torry Pines Grade, just out of San
Diego. Gasoline stations were drained
early in the day and fuel was sold for
forty cents a gallon instead of fifteen
cents-
PAGE THREE
I PRESIDENT OF A. A. U. TV.
BACKS EDUCATION BILL
*
The University Women Are a I nit
Behind the Measure.
Washington. Dec. 6 (Capital Neves
: Service). —The newly elected president
Jof the American Association pf UiAver
rity Women stands squarely behin<f the
the Education bill, as do all the members
of the great organizations which she
heads. Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt,
president of Mills College of California,
new president of the A. A. I’. W„ pays
of the Education bill in particular and
education in general:-
“The problem of college women is to
justify their training by applying it in
•i practical way to national questions.
This problem has two aspects—one faces
the home, the center of national’ life,
the other the national program, economic
and political. Efficient home manage
ment leads inevitably to thoughtful con
sideration of the second aspect. The
American Association of University
Wo.ine nexpects to become an increas
ing measure a forum where college wom
en can meet together for discussion of
political Wind economic questions, and
a means for making known their collec
tive will.
“Education will, of course, remain al
ways the first interest of the association.
Just now its members are particularly
interested in the study of the elemen
tary school child. We have taken a
firm gtand for the creation of a sepa
rate department of education, with a
cabinet officer at its head. We do not
want.;to see education submerged in any
other department. We are not! in favor
of including it as a subordinate bureau
of the proposed department, of public
welfare, and we will oppose such a move
when it comes before Congress.”
Bishop James Atkins.
Chqrlotte Observer.
A great and a commanding figure in
Southern Methodism was removed in the
death of Bishop Atkins. He was a
graduate of Trinity College and received
his ordination papers when he was but
22 years of age. Entering into the ser
vice of the Church at that early age,
lie had known no period of idleness
through all the years that followed.
Bishop Atkins developed into one of the
greatest educational agencies in the
history of the Methodist Church, begin
ning his career as an educator at the
old Asheville Female College, to which
he returned after four years of activity
as president of Emory and Henry Col
lege. He was not only a man- of great
service, but of greater accomplishment.
The Southern Methodist University at
Dallas, stands as a monument to his
energy and unflagging purposer Lake
Junaluska, the center of the great
Methodist Assembly grounds was a
creation of his mind and determination-
In the editorial chair and in the pulpit
he developed powers that moved the
people. Ho served his Church with a
zeal that has been seldom surpassed ahd
the record he leaves is that of one of
the greatest bishops of the times.
Express Safe and SB,OOO Are Taken.
Norfolk, Dee. 6.—A lone bandit to
night robbed the express car of the
Norfolk and Western Cannon Ball train,
opeyatihg between Norfolk and Rich
mond; of a safe said to contain SB,OOO
in currency- The robbery occurred as the
train was pulling out of Waverly, Vir
ginia, about dusk. The bandit boarded
the train at Waverly and proceeded im
mediately to the express car. “Have I a
suitcase in here”? lie asked -T. H.
Stevens of Richmond, the express mes
senger. Stevens stooped over to examine •
the suitcases in the car. When he lifted
his head he was looking into the muz
zle of a revolver. Binding, gagging and
blindfolding the messenger, the bandit
shoved a small iron safe through the
door of the moving car. Stevens was
found in the car by Conductor Thornton
as the train was entering the yards at
Petersburg. The bandit was a white
man and wore no mask. He was describ
ed as a “foreigner.”
Coaches Who Fell Down.
Raleigh, Dec. B.—The announcement
made here that Coach Harry Hartsdl
of the football team of State College,
will be released after the present con
tract expires is the second changes in
football coaches to be made by North
Carolina team* largely as a result of
the 1923 showing. Coach Herman
Seiner of Trinity College, was removed
from the football coach position in the
middle of the season after the Blue
Devils had hit the toboggan. State
College on the whole made a poor show
ing for the season. Neither team has
yet secured coaches for next year. Hart
sell’s release is unconditional while
Stiner will remain at Trinity in charge
of the physical department.
To Prevent Smallpox Epidemic.
Charlotte. Dec. 7.—Determined that
Charlotte shall not be exposed- to a
smallpox epidemic because of the resi
dents not being vaccinated, as required
by the law, I)r. W. A. McPhaul, city
health officer, has announced that he
-will make a comprehensive survey of
the city and that an old ordinance on
the subject will be enforced. A fine of
SSO for each day vaccination is not tak
en is provided for in the ordinance. There
are at present forty active cases in the
iity and the health officer is resolved
that there must not be an epidemic if it is *(
possible to prevent it. IS
(. . *■
A schooner tied to a dock at South J
Amboy, New Jersey, recently was being |
loaded with powder from railroad cars 2
when a fire started on board ship. The I
flames spread to the powder and caused
an explosion. The freight cars on the sid-’ (
ing were set on fire and the glare of the
flames attracted hundreds of
who headed in that direction. A dozen
automobiles became jammed into ..a
passageway beneath the railroad traeks.
More freight cars of powder exploded,
killing three of the trapi>ed motorists
and seriously injuring about twenty
others. This is a result of the habit of
running to fires.
Methodists Plans for Conference
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 7.—The com
mission on the quadrennial general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, which k to be held here next
May, has been in the city making ar
rangements for the event. The official
body in attendance at the conference
will number 860 delegates, consisting of
ministers and laymen in equal propor
tions. Ineludede in the attendance will
be fraternal delegates from the Metho
dist conferences in England, Norway,
Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Den
mark, Finland and China*