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THE CONCORD TIMES. # • t I ■ . l B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XL VIII. m CITIZENS GIVEN MCE TO: HELP CllfS NEEDY Kind’s Daughters and Elks Have Secured List of Fam ilies and Individuals in the City That Need Assistance 1 iST PUBLISHED IN THIS PAPER Citizens of City Asked to Adopt “Opportunity” and See That Christmas is a Joyous Occasion For All. TI N war's list of needy families and .jivi.iuals. designated a< f’Onportuni announced todav by the com- M ,. ( . of the King’s Daughters and p; l .. whiel; will have charge of the wo-L this year. in announcing the first of the "Op i.,,rtuiiities" the committee members out that others will be aa ji ineed Utter. ... Tiie IDs of “Opportunities’’ which is <-iv,-a below, carries the following fore b\ t!i,> committee members: la listing the “OpisuVniit ietsT (Viis y,;.r. we would like to ask the public , visit the mafily they choose if it is j iiOssible to do so. before making their j ■urol.isos. These in the lists are] voti'l.od for by the Welfare Officer, the tefnd'ers in the graded schools the Kina-' Daughters, or the Tuberculosis S rit'ty. but we feel the needs can b rt rmv satisfactorily looked after if the. ,1 i r can see for themselves. The Boy y, tits ami the Hi-Y boys and girls are 1,1 'help this year with the distribution, 1, ;1I wo are asking for volunteers, espe cially far men and women with cars, as Christmas eve it will be imnos sib'> for a great many men who helped so.- year to be away from their busi-~ n Mr. John Palmer is chairman for the Elks, and has charge of the dis tribution —those willing to help can V! me him. Mrs. G. B. T.cwiis isohair ii:i: ■ for the Kings Daughters and has cimrge of the “Opportunities” which will be given out between the hours of <l .). :u. and <5 p. in. every day this 'vi k. ’phone 230. Please do not cal! ab an your *‘Opportunity” after six •/c:<yk in the evening.” Opportunity No. One. \ poor old lady with two grand children —little girl 12 and a babv two years old. They need food, fuel and. of erurse. goodies and toys for the chil dren. Clothes may also be acceptable if there are any in your house not in use. Opportunity No. Two. A widow with three children, who is <1 kg her best to earn a living for them. There is a little girl 10. a little boy not yet >i.\. and a biby girl nearly three years old. They need food, fuel and • T'isfmas things for the little folks. Tie* mother would appreciate a warm Puck coat if you have one you are not using. _ , Opportunity No. Three. A family where the mother is not ‘T' g and cannot work. A 14-vear old Ji"V work* in tlie mill, and thelie are twn other boys, ages six and ten year*, and there is a smart little girl of 14. Tic v need food, -fuel and of course, • hi Armas bags. Opportunity No. Four A widow who is most deserving. Has Kvo little gills, one 11 and one five .'“a'-., old. a son 14 years old Some clothing mav be aooenAable. but they ueed food, fuel and Christmas things for the children. O invert unity No. F' v e A family where the father has re o<!', ty deserted, leaving his wife to care sue five children—a daughter thirteen yen; s (dd. and boys three, six. eight and • • vent years old. They need food, fui and Christmas bags for the children. Opportunity No. Six A little boy who will not have any thing without uor help. s. Opportunity No. Seven. A mother with six children. * The 'c- are thirteen, ten and six years The girls are sixteen: eight, and n t.-by eighteen months old. Food and | East mas things—hey may also need Opportunity No. Eight -• widow who has-tuberculosis —sole " rt -a daughter 17 years old “'i*' is also a little boy nine years 1 : I’ood. fuel and Christmas things 3,1 here. Opportunity No. Nine ' ' V: 'I with four children, one of I 'in is sick. The boys are sixteen >' V' ii years old. and the girls eleven I 1 , 1 ,' 1, _ thirteen years old. Food, fuel and things. Opportunity No. Ten • k man and his wife and young Wil " Oieir sole support. A great . 'Hi be done here" to bring’ cheer ''orntort. They need fuel and ' mas hags for the boy, possibly Opisu tunity No Eleven • lamily iii which there are nine , ' n "‘ n there are two girls, one 14 " l, ‘ ' glit years old. The hoys-are ' !l and eleven years old, and five ■ ; children, all of whom will be m| •" a Christinas bag with a toy. ■ 1 b""! for the family would be most 1 btahv— possibly fuel, also. Opp:a t unity NO. Twelve ~U L'l* with nine children—the ( E I years old. Need food and things for the children, ilpii. j; unity Thirteen. ill 'ir 1113,1 w fi° blind and very <V: S ., food and fuel. A ' i n'- bag would also be appreciate i FEDERAL AID TO HIGHWAYS A Total of 26.7:36 Miles cf Roads Have Beaa Completed. j Vi r.sl.inglon. Dec. 17. —Eight thousand e.t lit hundred and twenty miies_of roads ,cf all types throughout the United K f ctes : v. ore ccrnplete i with Federal aid. during the fiscal year which ended June 30 15)2.°). f according to the annual report of Thom as 11. McDonald, chief of the Bureau of j Public Roads of the Department of Ag riculture which was issued liere today. This, according to the report, added to . the mileage completed prior to this year brought the ,total of completed Federal ■ aid projects up to 20,536 miles. , j ’’the projects under construction," I rend a statement issued co-in eider, t with ! tiie report in which .sonic of the [>rinoi | pa. items were summarized, “at the close of tiie year amounted to 14.772 miles, j and were estimated as 53 per cent com ,l pi ere. In add it ion to the 2<n520 miles j completed and tiie -14.772 miles under construction, there were at the close of [the year a number of project, approved , bui not yet placed under construction, j the aggregate length of which was 0.719 -j miles. _ I “An outstanding achievement of the I year has been the work done in select ing the roads to constitute the Federal aid highway .system. This has been done in accordance with i lie piovisions of I the Federal Highway Act which requires that, a system of toads consisting of not more than 7 per cent, of the total rural mileage in each state be designated and that all Federal aid be spent on such a system. Tup total mileage of rural reads iti the i as certified b.\ the various States, is 2..50!), 575 miles which will limit the Federal aid high way system to 200.170 miles. At the end of the fiscal year 35 state systems, comprising 111. miles had been ap proved by the Secretary of Agriculture land_ it was not thought likely that the I initial program will exceed lsfy.ooo miles. < “Analysis of tiie approved systems for 35 states shows that of the 1.111 cities of 5.0(H) or more population in. these States, 1.048 lie directly on the system and there is probably not one but will, be connected with the -system by an improv ed road. . * * It is >afe to say that ninety per cent, of the total population lives within ten miles of some route on the system." “The bureau is charged with the con struction of roads for the protection and utilization of our national forests,, con tinued the report!, reported that 197 miles of forest roads were completed at a cost of if1.7M7.00f) bringing the to tal mileage completed to 1.050 miles. At the ciose of the fiscal year 022 miles were under const ructiotu and surveys were in progress for 1.014 miles in 02 projects.’ Wallace N. Scales Dead- Portland, Ore..'Dec. 17.—Wallace N. Scales, district judge of Lewiston, Ida ho, and broth** :of Rear Admiral A. H. Scabs, commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, died here last night of heart disease and pneumonia. Fifteen thousand men are employed by the rai roads to handle the lumber output of Washington and Oregon. ’ Opportunity No. Fourteen A family of six. in which there are bays aged eight and thirteen years; a little gild not six and an infant, ('lotu ing here is always acceptable. Need food, fuel and Christmas things for the children. Opportunity No. Fifteen A little girle nine years obi would like a Christmas*’ bag and a doll. Opportunity No. Sixteen Another little girl, only seven years, also wants a bag and a doll. Opportunity No. Seventeen A third little girl, "nine years old, would like the same things. Opportunity No. Eighteen A little boy eight years old. a Christ mas bag. and a toy of some sort. Opportunity No. Nineteen Another b„y. thirteen years old, n Christinas bag and a book. Opportunity No. Twenty A little girl,, twelve, and her brother who is -thirteen year old. They would each like a Christinas bag. and the lit tle girl would enjoy a pair of warm gloves. Opportunity ’No. Twenty-one A delicate. boy, aged thirteen. A Christinas bag and a harp. Opportunity No. Twenty-two A boy, ten years old, and his sister, who is six years old. Christmas bags and a toy for each. Opportunity No. Twenty-three A girl, sixteen years old. and her brother, ten years old. Christmas bags and a remembrance for each. Opportunity No. Twenty-four A girl, aged thirteen, and her brother, eleven, also two younger children. The eleven-year-old boy needs clothing. Food and Christmas bags for the children. Opportunity No. Twenty-five A boy. aged ten. A Christmas bag and a toy. Opportunity No. Twenty-six A boy twelve years old. would like a Christmas bag and a toy. Opportunity No. Twenty-seven Boys, aged nine and seven, and a lit tle girl, aged six—Christmas bags and a toy for each. Opportunity No. Twenty-eight . Little girls six years old, and a boy eight years, would like Christinas bags and a toy. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. i r— ; r ) //; ' ' /, Y !! tig . \||s T ‘ ' *■ l Fair tonight, slightly colder in the - northeast; Tuesday increasing cloudi ness. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS — . ——: ’ -±=2=rrrr- : ■ ■. ~ ~ CONCORD, N. C., MONDAf, DECEMBER 17, 1923 No. 47. INSURGENTS CLAIM 2 MORE VICTORIES IN CAPITAL DRIVE They Announce Capture of Puebla and (Quautla, Two Lower Points on Triangle of Which Capital is Apex:. QUAUTLA NEAR MEXICO CITY Generals in Command of the Troops in Two Cities Are in Close Communication, Is is Announced by Rebels President Obregon, according to mea gre advances received from Mexico, has completed organization of the western forces in their drive on the western stronghold, Cuadalajarfi and lias turned his attention to the oust, where the rebel! thrust from Vera Cruz is apparently I threatening the capital. Advices from the government side as to \ military movements is almost completely lacking, bur rebel headquarters at Vera Cruz continues actively to claim suc cesses. General Obregon’s private secretary in a message i revived at the American bor der - says the President is confident that his troops will remain loyal and that tin* • uprising will be quickly quelled. Vera Cruz. Pec. 17. —With the report ed capture of Puebla and Quatla. revolu- i tionary headquarters here today claimed ! they held tiie two lower points of a tri- j angle which lias Mexico City as its apex. I Quautla which was taken yesterday, ac- * cording to an insurgent announcement, is j within sixty miles of the capital. - Generals in command of the occupying forces in two cities are in close commun ication. it was stated. (Jeneral Villareal is reported in command at Buebla. General Ambrosia Figueroa in the state of Guerrero and Gen. Jose Lagunes op-I ■‘rating in the border states of Yucatan J and Tabasco have broken with tue (l\)- regon government, the statement asserted. ' SENATE INSURGENTS HOLDING THEIR OWN They Arc Threatening to Throw Their! Supptu tto Senator Smith, Democrat. Dec. 17,*#Tkf . Republi can iMutgenfjblqc wlrw revolt against the Republican party leaders lias de layed for two weeks the comp’ete or ganization of the ~Xixty-eighth Congress stood their ground Cday in the Senate j and consolidated the' gains already made in the House. The four-day truce in the deadlock over election of a chairman of the Sen ate Interstate Commerce Committee end 'd with thtv insurgent group still hold ing out against the re-election of Chair man Cummins, tin* regular republican choice, and threatening to throw their entire strength tomorrow to Senator Smith, of South Carolina, a democrat, i:i belief that that it would elect him. In the H uise, formal approval was given at last t > the amended republican j committee slate on which the leader of tlie House insurgents, Representative Nelson, of Wisconsin, had been given the place at tin* last minute, under threatened coalition between the demo crats and insurgents at that end of the capitol. Mr. Nelson will serve as a member of the rules committee which shapes the legislative program. By its action today the House techni cally made itself ready to proceed with the legislative business of the session. The machirfery of the Senate is hut partly blocked by the Commerce Com mittee deadlock, but there is no prospect that the more serious legislative prob lems of the session will coin? up before the new year. Another short session today was devoted largely to routine. DR. SWINT STICKS TO HIS ORIGINAL BELIEF Says He Thinks Philip Fox Will Be In sane For the Rest of His Life. Atlanta Ga., Deo. 17.—Dr. IL. O. Svvint. an alienist, superintendent of the state i insane asylum, today was subjected to a j grilling cross examination during the j trial of Philip E. Fox. charged with tin* murder of Wilt. S. Coburn. The alien- ! Ist testifying for the defense Saturday, declared Fox was "paranoiac.” Today the prosecution counsel developed his opinion that Fox would be hopelessly in sane for the rest of his life. Clashes by counsel for both sides oc curred during the examination, which lasted almost three hours. Solicitor Gen- j eral Boykin attempted to shake Dr. | Swints’ testimony to the effect that a J man who is insane can have a motive for ; killing, other than his delusions. 1 Arnests Promised in Simons Case. Athens, Ga., Dec. 17—An arrest will be made by night in connection with the deaths of Mrs. Mag Simons and her fifteen-year-old naughter, whose bod ies were found in the burned ruins of an abandoned farm shack about eight miles from here yesterday, Sheriff Col lier said today. Receivers For Bailey Brothers. Winston-Salem, Dec. 17. —Federal Judge Webb, of Shelby, has appointed M. S. Lyons, of this city, and Frank Hen derson. of Hickory, receivers for Bailey Brothers, tobacco manufacturers of this city, who petitioned for a receiver i;i federal court in Greensboro on Satur day. 1 Mr. D. C. Day vault, who lias been living on the W. F. Goodman farm for forty-seven years, last week moved his family to Concord. They are living at 37 Simpson Street. Center ofj Charlotte's Mercantile District Swept by Stubborn Fire Charlotte, Dec. ]fi;—Damage estimated J at from $500,000 to i SBOO,OOO war dme I here tonight by a fire discovered at 8 . o’clock in the East Trade Street mer ( can tile section. At 11 o'clock firemen said th? fire was under control. The builiFng occupied by the Smith . Wadsworth,Company, the building occu .■ pied'by the II C. -Long Company, and Ln Mod?, Efird's annex, Belk depart > ■ ment stores gatage. Warren's ' Batb?r Shop and George A. Newman’s Tire \ Service station had been destroyed. Con siderable water and smoke damage w done ti Belle's department store, the store of the Gatlin Dry Goods Com pany and the United States Fidelity ’ and Indemnity Company. One negro sustained-a broken leg n’nd | a numb«r of other men had narrow es (j capes when the roof of the Belk de , partment store garage collapsed while 1 1 they were removing the firm’s delivery, | trucks. All except three trucks were ] I ;saved. The fire which originated from an un- j determined cause was discovered in the ' Smith-Wadsworth C'mipariy’s otore an < U shaped building extending from the ! i center of tin* block oif East Trade Street jto the Belk depart men store’s garage j which faced North College Street and ! j thence to North College Street. The I ; first alarm was turned in at about 8 1 ; o'clock and within I era than half an: j hour the entire upper floors of both sec-j i Lions of the structure were ablaze. The t fire quickly spread to the garages in I the rear. At !) o’clock the fire appeared to h** | under control, a light rain and lack of wind apparently aiding the firemen in their fight. A half hour later, however, the four store buildings occupied by the >H. C Long Company, and La Mode, burst into flames from top to bottom. | and a call for help was sent to Gastonia, j Monroe, Concord and Mooresville. The j Gastonia department arrived 41) minutes I after the call with Mooresville tyid ’ Monroe only a few minutes behind 1 * GERMANY’S REQUEST GIVEN-TO COMMISSION! I Germans Ask For Permission to Borrow j Money to Buy Foodstuffs. I Paris. Doc. 1< (By the Associated Press). —Germany’s request that the rejv aratic ns commission agree to release its < priority claim on Germany's resources to Jan extent necessary to permit Germany I ji> borrow money abroad to buy needed! food was delivered to the reparations commission today. The request will! i probably be considered at Wednesday's' meeting, hut the present attitude of the I French, it is state*! unofficially, is I against granting tin* application. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. HAS DAMAGING FIRE I , I Loss Is Estimated at About $200,000. — | Fire Controlled During Morning. | Columbus, Ga., Dec. 17.—Fire of un determined origin which for several hours 1 threatened the heart of the business <1 is- I trict, of Columbus, caused damage eeti-| mated at $200,000 before it v\as brought j under control this morning. The Humes Music Co., occupying the ! basement and third floors of the Humes ! building, was the greatest loser. (’has , Mizell’s Haberdashery, which occupied a I section of the ground floor, also suffered! I a big loss from water and smoke. Foley & Cargill's shoe store in an adjoining building, lost considerably through smoke damage. FEEL CERTAIN THAT TWENTY MEN PERISHED Tliey Were oil the Norwegian Ship Kuna Which Sank eff Cape Fear Saturday. Norfolk. Va., Dec. 17. —That more than 20 men. including Captain. Iverson, lost their lives in the sinking of the Nor- ' wegian steamship Buna. 30 miles off Cape Fear on Saturday, is believed in | shipping circles today. The liana sank j early Saturday during a ’heavy gale sea as she was proceeding out of Sa- | vannah for Liverpool. Five survivors of the disaster were , picked up by the tanker W. W.-Mills. I 1 TOMPKINS DECLARED INSANE BY ALIENISTS They' Declare Alleged Murderer is Un able to Conduct His Own Defense. Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. 17.—E. Rav j Tompkins, held on a charge of first de ! grec murder, is insane, according to the | findings of tiie lunacy commission of j five ilenists made public today. The. ! commission declares that Tompkins' con dition is ouch that lie “is unable to confer intelligently with the counsel or conduct liis own defense.” Johnson Formally Enters Name. Washington. I). C.. Dec. 17. —Papers to place the name of Senator Hiram .Tohn | son before the republicans of Soutli I)a --i kota as a candidate for the .republican i Presidential nomination are to be filed ' today in the senator's behalf with the ! South Dakota Secretary of State at Pi erre. Clemeneeau Hurt in Accident. Paris. Dec. 17. —M. Clemeneeau today , was resting at his home after yesterday's automobile accident in which lie was painfully cut abot the face by flying glass. His doctors state he requires j a week of complete rest. ~ 30 Miners Enloinbc... Tokio, Dec. 17 (By >he Associated Press). —Thirty miners were entombed : in a coal mine at Kasuya in southwest j Japan this morning and are held pris-, oners by gas in the workings, according ! t,o advices received here. - ■ Almost every day for nearly a hun * drod years the famous Morro Yelho ! gold mine, in Brazil, has yielded a for i tune in gold and its allied products, r while mole wonderful still is the fact ? that, instead of giving out, the lode t shows signs of becoming, if anything, |riched than ever. them and quickly addl'd their forces to that of virtually the entire Charlotte' department. Immediately after the fire was dis covered a general alarm war turned in . and a few minutes later -nil street light and street ear power lines were sliul off paralyzing the transportation system throughout the city, this howev er. did not prevent thousands of per sons from gathering, in the block bound ed by East 7’rade Street, North College. East Fifth and Tryon streets, and af ter a number of fruitless efforts, on the i part of police and firemen to keep the i crowd back company F 12t)ih infantry. North Carolina national guard, was mo i bi.lized and a cordon of men with fixed bayonets thrown around the endangered iarea. > All of the stores in the fire area were heavily stroked with Christinas goods. I lie Smith-Wadsworfh Company having in stock estimated at between $250,000 jam! $300,000. In the warehouse rs I this company, were approximately 25 carloads of shotgun and rifle ammuni tion and for nearly two hours firemen were prevented from woring into the structure by a constant that sounded like machine, gun bursts. The damage to the stuck of tlJe-H. C. Long Company and La Mode, two con cerns owned by Sosnick and Kosnick. of Winston-Salem, was estimated at around $40,000 while that to the stock in Efird’s annex at $15,000 to $20,000. No esti mate of the value of the stocks of other concerns or of the buildings destroyed ortuld ho be obtained. The fire was prevented from spread ing to the westward toward Tryon Street by employes of Bulk’s department: store summoned to the scene, who lining the store’s own fire fighting apparatus poured water into the walls inside the fourth and fifth floors and kept windows opening onto the roof of the Smith- Wadsworth Company constantly wet. This concern suffered a considerable loss from water and skome dagame hut no estimate was forthcoming. A SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN AGRICULTURE IN STATE Increased Interest in Co-operative Mar keting and Other Farm Organiza tions. - Raleigh. N. Dec. 17.—A most suc cessful agricultural year has been ex perienced by North Carolina as a whole, declared Frank Parker. State Agricul tural Statistician, in a semi-monthly re view of crop conditions here tonight. Mr. Parker asserted that this applied par ticularly to the cotton, peanut and to- { baeco ladt** Reports received at the Dc-1 partment us Agriculture mdio*ete«}.-vk«t the fanners were highly elated of or the season and looked forward with optim ism to next year, though there is appre hension in some quartets as to the dam age which the cotton boll weevil may cause next season. Labor has beon scarce and expensive. The farmers themselves, however, have been quite active and the plowing lias passed the stage usual for this season of the year. Taking up the crops individually, Mr. Parker’s statement declared that the small grains were generally late in be ing planted this year. The wheat crop is looking well in the stands but several of the Piedmont counties have reported irregular stands and unsatisfactory growth. I’ho acreage is about as usual, j The report ventures that the farmers do j not expect as “good crops next year »ts i were made during the* past season.” The yield of corn u’s reported unusual-! ly good over the entire state with the I harvesting further advanced than usual. "The State has made a very good hay crop,” according to Mr. Parker, “the final yield being better than was expect ed during the main growing season. This means two years of good hay crops. In addition to the usual hay. North Cnro- . lina has something like 100.000 acres of peanuts from which the vines, are saved for hay. The. corn fodder pulled amounts to almost 200.000 tons, while the tops make a total crop of about 500.- 000 tons. The tame hay amounts to al most 1,000.000 tons this year. “The tobacco crop is mostly Sold. The average price to date is approximately $.22. The quality is poor but the weight has been heavy per acre. “Both apples and peaches made very short crops this year. The apples are about all harvested and are meeting com petitiqn from tin* good crop grown in the West which is being sold locally. The apple crop- is estimated at about 25 per cent. “Due to the good weather conditions! an<l a year of good forage crops, together ' with more than the usual hay, the live-1 stock is in good condition. Tiie usual fall 1 livestock sales in the mountain counties are about over. Prices are reported as being low. Hog cholera is reported in some localities of the mountain and ‘ coastal raeas. ‘Tiie mountain regions report good j fall truck crops with markets good, (’ab-! bage plants are generally good this j year. Farm labor continues to be scarce I and high priced. Many are paying $2.00 per hundredweight for picking cotton. The weather has been generally favora- : hie for farm work, although varying from i warm to quite cold. Many localities re- j port rainy and wet conditions. "Increased interest in co-operative marketing and other farm organizations, is evident. The members appear to be in good spirits, particularly those in the Cotton Association.” "More' stalk land has been plowed to | date than for many years,” says tiie re -1 port in conclusion." Picking and giu- I ning of cotton is further advanced than j perhaps ever before. Farm conditions I are good for entering the winter. The I farmers are resigned to the idea of doing their ow work, using the members of! their own families as much as possible. The outstanding features are that mar kets are good, p: ice trends upwards tyul that the farmers are unusually well pleased. Cotton, particularly, has put 2io farmer over the fence.” $2.00 a Year, Strickly in Advance. TWO FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN INDICTED Warrant Clinging Fi ibe Served Against Aubrey B yte, ami Hany French. Mobile. Ala . Dec. 17.—Warrants charging an attempt to bribe, against Cniied States Di:*t:iot Attorney Aubrey Boyles, and Harry (J. French, a fe^'. officer, were served here this mart Sta and were sworn to by Charles Hm chief deputy ro the sheriff of MoWle county. The warrants followed the ad journment of the federal grand jury Saturday night which returned 117 true bills and. according to rumors, indicted a number of county officials, and at least one prominent city official, i One of the warrants is a joint one 'charging that Boyles and French at tempted to corrupt or bribe R. E. Hunt, a member of the State law enforcement department, while the isccond warrant serVed only on Boyles, charges that he attempted to bribe W. 11. Holcombe. Jr., former sheriff, and now a deputy sheriff and a member of the Alabama legisla ture. THE COTTON MARKET Advance of 5 to 12 Points With Decem ber Advancing ta 34.30 and March to 31.05. New \ork. Doe. 17.—-The cotton mar ket opened firm today at an advance of 5 to 42 points and sold about 40 to 4!) points net higher during the early trad ing, with December advancing to 34.30 and March to 34.05 on trade buying and covering. Private cables reported a bet ter tone iii Liverpool, which railied sharp ly from an early decline, and there was some buying here on reports of big ex l>orts from Galveston and talk of better business in cotton goods. Trade inter- 1 ests were among the buyers, but there was further scattered realizing or liquid ation which caused some irregularity during the first hour. Galveston reported exports of 88,000 bales today. Cotton futures opened firm. .Dec. 33.00; Jan. 33.25 to 33.40; March 33 90 to 34.00; May 34.15; July 33.35. SCOTLAND MINISTER KILLED IN ACCIDENT Rev. Robert Lee McKinnon Yictim of Wreck in West Vrginla. Laurinbnrg, Dec. 15. —Rev. Robert Lee McKinnon. Presbyterian minister, age 32, was killed in an automobile ac cident at a crossing in Charleston. W. Va-, last night at 11 o’clock. Details of the accident could not be ascertained. The deceased was born four miles from here and was a member of one of the most prominent families in Eastern North nrolina, and popular among his associates in Scotland county. He raduated at Davidson in 1914 and Richmond Seminary in 1917. He was associate pastor of Charlcs tbn. W. Va.. at the time of his death. JUhe* .fey his_ child, also his father ana mother. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. McKinnon, two sisters. Misses Olive and (.’race McKinnon; four brothers, Martin. Murdock, John and E. W.. Jr. Funeal will be held at Laurinbnrg Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock Monday morning and interment will be at the McKinnon burial ground near the McKinnon home. STATE TREASURER HAS MADE ANOTHER REPORT Report Announced by Governor Who Expresses Satisfaction at Condition It Shows. Raleigh. N. (\. Dec. 17.—Seven hun dred fifty-three thousand, two hundred thirty-six dollars and seventy-two cents is reported by the State Treasurer and the State Auditor to have been collected ill excess of the legislation committee’s es timate of revenue uncollected December 31, 1922. but applicable to the period preceding the first of the year 1923. ac cording to a monthly statement of finances issued by the Governor here. The Governor had no comment to make in issuing the report other than to ex press his satisfaction at the excellent showing, he said, which the figures rep resented. SEVEN MEN'FROM THE SCHOONER SMITH SAFE Nothing Has Been Heard of Nine Others, Who Left Vessel Last Night. Marsfield. Ore.. Dec. 17. —Seven men who clung last night to the wreck of the schooner C. A. Smith, which piled up on the North Jetty off Coos Bay yester day, put off in one of the ship’s boats today and were picked up by the tug Or egon. Nine m?n who left the wreck last night are unaccounted for. JERRY DALTON WILL NOT BE PI T TO DEATH Dfath Sentence Commuted to Prison Term by Governor Morrison. Raleigh. Dec. 15 —Th? death sentence of Jerry Dalton, convicted in Macon county of the murder of bis sweetheart and a young man today was commuted to a term of not less than twenty nor more than thirty years in the Statp pen itentiary by Governor Camero Morri son. Davidson Wins Over Washington and Lee. Davidson. Dec- l->. —Davidson college debaters represented by A. H. Hollings worth, Jr., and M. C. Stith. won over Washington and Lee representatives, i Ralph Masinter and C. W. Lowry, in | the annual contest held in Shearer hall 'last night. I)r- W. J. Martin, president of Davidson col presided, with I> B. Walthall, of Davidson college, acting as manager. Washington and Lee upheld the af firmative side of the ouestion. "Resolv ed. that the present immigration laws should bo re-enacted," with Davidson arguing for the negative. All four speeches were well prepared and finely presented- The vote of the judges was three to two in favor of Davidson. Think Dynastic Crisis Is Imminent. Athens. I)eib 17 (By the Associated j* rf . ss> .—The belief that a dynastic crisis is imminent in Greece is expressed in some quarters here, and the departure of King George is regarded as among the of the situation. : NOW INVESTIGATING I FIRF CAUSED ■[ “Tr.oUUOOO DAMAGE ’ Three Fire Marshals Are in Charlotte Trying to Get at Origin of Blaze Which Swept Business District. SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN LEARNED Ten Firms Suffered Loss From Flames While Smoke and Water Damaged the Stocks of Other Films. Charlotte. Dec. 17.—Investigation by men from the State Insurance Commis sioner's office at Raleigh of the tire which last night caused nearly $1,000,000 dam ages in the East Trade Street mercan tile district here, was started today. Throe deputies had been ordered here by the State Insurance Commissioner Wade to investigatethe tire, and offer whatever aid the Department could give. Commissioner Wade last night ordered Fire Marshal Sherwood Broekwell of i Raleigh, and Deputies W. A. Scott, of Greensboro, and F. M. Jordan, of Ashe ville. to Charlotte. The cause of the tire had not been as certained today, firemen and owners of the destroyed buildings all declaring they could give nothing as to the origin. It was discovered shortly before 8 n. m. in the rear of the wholesale deparjment of Smith-Wadsworth Company, a retail and wholesale hardware firm, and twenty minutes later had spread until both the retail department facing east Trade street and the wholesale department on North College street were a mass of flames. Ten firms suffered loss from flames, while smoke and water damaged the stocks of others. The Smith-Wadsworth Co., was the heaviest loser, its stock, valued at .$250,000, apparently being a complete loss. Belk Brothers, who operate one of the largest department stores in the city, sus tained a loss of more than $200,000. It was said today this loss might bo. in creased when an inventory of the'damag ed stock has been completed. - 11. C. Long and I.a Mode sustained a loss of more than $25,000, while Ivfird's vhe GjmLu* JL*wr,.Gcuilit- Co.,- ihc Newman Tire Co., and other lirms sustained smalt er losses. CHARLOTTE FIRE LOSS ESTIMATED AT $1,000,000 Tills Estimate Made by State Fire Mar shal Rrockwell After Investigation lialeigh, Deli. 17. —Stacey W. Wade, state insurance commissioner, after be ing in communication today with Sher wood Broekwell, state fire marshal, of the department at Charlotte, announced that a preliminary report from Mr. Broekwell estimated the loss in the Charlotte tire last night to Jte| about $1,000,000. Mr. Broekwell spoke in the highest terms of the work of tire fighters of Charlotte ami those of nearby towns who assisted them. Lmmial Auto Accident Near Salisbury on Saturday Night. Salisbury. Dec. 1(5. —An unusual automobile accident occurred several miles west of the city Saturday night no one being able to tell just exactly what happened. Frank Thomason, of Franklin township, was driving a car coming to Salisbury. He had a man and wife as passengers, bringing them to this city to catch a train for Atlanta where they were going to spend Christ mas. the men being engaged in highway work at Doughton, in western North Carolina. For some unexplained reason another ear got in the way of Mr. Thomason, and both cars were wrecked. Mr. Thomason was badly bruised. His passengers were also hurt, the man hav ing a collar hone broken and the wo man being rea’ped. The driver of the other ear deserted his ear immediately and as there was no license number on the car it will be hard to identify him. The injured people were taken to Mr. Thomason's house and treated by a Salisbury physician. With Our^Advertisers. You will lind hundreds of useful and practical gifts that will please at the Parks-Belk Cq.’x as well as myriads of toys for the children. The S. S. Brown Shoe Co., (formerly ,T. C. Pounds) has just received many new styles of shoes in suede and buck which they are selling at remarkably low prices. You will find handkerchiefs for every body at the Specialty Hat Shop. iGo to Covington's on Barbriok street, next to Illume's Shop and you will find some real bargains. The Kidd-Frix Co. is now having a big Christmas sale of pianos and player pi anos. They are also making a special showing of used players alni uprights, re built. See big ad. today, i , Sentenced to Jail foe Speeding. ~ Greensboro, Dec. 17. —|H. 11. Ilalke", well known young insurance man. was sentenced to serve leu days in the eoun -1 ty jail and pay the cos|s when found guilty of speeding by Judge T. J. Shaw in Superior Court here today. He filed notice of appeal. i Grain Exports Increase. Washington. Dec. 17. —Grain exports from the Fnited States last week total - 1 led 2,41>1,000 bushels, compared with : 2.050,000 bushels the week before. i V Bees and poultry are kept in many ? British schools by the teacher and pu pils as subjects of study.