North Carolina Newspapers

( B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. V OLUME XLVIII. Seventeen Known to Have i Perished in Asylum Fire All of the Victims of Blaze Were Inmates in Illinois State Hospital /for Insane a t Dunning, near Chicago. SOME OFINMATES MADE GET-AWAYS Several of Those Still Free - Are of Dangerous Types— Only One of Dead Bodies Has Been Identified. < co. Deo. I*7.—Seventeen persons v , unit'd la-1 night when a swiftly iirt* of unascertained origin , t , vt .,| mi old wooden pavilion known rDeath House" at th«* State hos , d ter fnsane at Dunning, in the • in-:invent edge of Chicago. Fourteen ,f deaif are kn >wn to have been pa in various stages of insanity, j ... ~ther we;e E. J. Carriker and his attendants, and Lowell, their eight i, ,i old soli. Onl\ one patient has been identified. Tbodies of the others were burned beyond recognition. m About thirty-five of the patients, in , : | no several of a violent type, broke v.iy in the exeitment of herding more ,a,./ j.ilhirp .*i[i itto.ij sojututn oflo jinqj S . d were taken back to the institu t, after hard rtiuggles with the po ; , but a dozen, supposedly dangerous • today were reported still at J w;i' the worst institutional fire in i; iii, i> history. The building. - wit jtrea:- burst of flames. It was. given •i,. :,atnc Death House when it was the t:, : . rty < f Cook e »unty. because of its r! i ,-v construction, it was said. » It iva - si><» feet long and 400 feet wide, on** >tory high at one end. and two - at the other. It housed approxi mately Goo mildly insane patients. A number were epileptics, and they aided in reselling the helpless, after one of tin . number had given the alarm. The institution houses approximately Oti patients. Attendant battled toj dr’ve frenzied patients back from the « >!' and windows of other buildings, and to quiet them. For an hour the si ine was truly one of belam. More ■ an a dozen Chicago fire departments it- ndeil to the general alarm, but rheir apparatus was stalled in mud of the institution grounds, and it wjs with go*:i' difficulty tlie fire was tonght. Chicago. Dee. 2f»- —.Fifteen .patients? f the <'hieago state hospital forf the insane at Dunning are known to have been burned to death or suffocated in a fire which destroyed a frame structure used as a dormitory for tubercular pa tient, s tonight. At bast three others are believed to linve perished. Hue of the bodies removed from the ruins of the building was that of a "oman. It was at first thought all of the patients had been removed. About • too patients were in the building when 'the fire started. About oil of the patients left the hos pii.d ground,, during the confusion. M n\ of them returned and others were J 1 " io'd up by passing motorists and re tunii"! r , the asylum which consisted oi sever buildings housing 3..0(H) pa tiems. I 1 woman who perished is believed | t" hrvc been on attendant who went i " 'io* building t i resci\ patients a* ] t eie wre mi women patients in the' building. _ | -Vrendants said possibly a score had j perished but believed the number would J fire is supposed to have been ! \i i! * )v . an <,v '.*rheated boiler in Ward | •* of the frame annex where the 1 1 " ’ii'-t burst through into the rooms ' v ' n ‘ 'bo men patients were at the sup- ' Jier Table. j I FM7KI OS WILL DIRECT (GOVERNMENT OF GREECE j T 'lm r Premier Consents to Take Helm ‘ ( untD Returns to Normalcy. ! Dee. 25. Former Premier! has decided to return to. 1 i> leaving Paris for Greece ! ; n was taken after a dele arrived from 'Athens la<t , t j' 'b ivered to him this ino'ning -j iin n; -igned by 270 members of IVI Assembly elected last , - - him in resume charge of the 'in and >ave_the country. odes was told that the elect "iitarive> ~f i<) electoral dis • re away in the provinces ' ■e document was drawn up the request, which thus was mere than 300 Deputies ■Mi constituting the As "Verwlielming sentiment of thus expressed. M- Veui aed General Danglis. head of ’hat he could not refuse to l|( -P to the country, but declar pelitical action would only j.' ’ " "perapy character- The former ’ ‘ : ' :, d that he. had no intention -a Cabinet under his press , ;i: 'd iliat his entire efforts would i . toward bringing the country ( e ruialcy and then considering H lUjrK done. ' :,l reach Athens before the new convenes early in January. bad Accidentally Kills Sister. ti Salem, N. C.. Dec. 27.—Aaron agfd 11 while playing with a ~t , . :|1 the home of his parents. Mr. ,iV 1 Charles Stewart, in Clemmons, v . ( "I'uifig in some way discharged the 1 n. the entire load taking effect in l;’i 1 ’ of hi*s seven-year-old sifter, ' l!11 » her instantly. 0 SINCLAIR’S PROTESTS DO NO GOOD AT HEARING Ordered to Give Details of All Trans actions in Dealing in Wyoming Oil Fields. Washington. Dec. -27. —Overriding the protests of Harry F. Sinclair, oil op ernt ir and holder of the .leases to the naval oil reserves in Wyoming the Sen ate Public Lands Committee today voted to require him to give detail* of all transactions in the -stock of the com panies. formed in connection with that lease and organization of syndicates or ganized ; i market the stoej*. Sinclair Still Silent. Washington, Dec. 27.---For a second tim< Hair\ F. Sinclair flatly refused today to fell a Senate committee the in side s’i'.y of complicated financial transactions in fioaiing the Mammoth Oil Company, organized ti develop the Sin clair lease of tin Teapot Dome. Taking the same position he maintain ed last March when the Lafollette oil in vestigating committee sough: unsuccess fully to compel him to answer certain questions about oil stock deals, Mr. Sin clair told the Senate public lands com mit tee today he was in the right of busi ness privacy when he declined to reply. The committee voted to confpel him to answer, but there was no very clear in dication of how the order was to be pot into effect. An indefinite adjournment was taken when Mr. Sinclair's attorneys 1 declared there was not sufficient author- j ity in the committee to place any wit ness under compulsion. Information on] some features of the transaction in j question was given freely by the witness. ] however, and lie declared in a statement that fie drew the line only <)n such dis closures as' would pry into the affairs of himself and 4 is associates. During today’s session the committee received a statement prepared by Al bert 11. Fall, who was Secretary of the Interior when the Teapot I kune lease was signed, giving the details of his New Mexico cattle holdings, a subject brought into the hearing by testimony of Wit liesse.s PEACE TALK IS AGAIN HEARD IN MEXICO CITY "Rumors Come as Federal Troops Plan . Big Offensive Movement. Mexico .City. Dec. 2U —via Laredo Junction — ; { By the Associated Press). — I’pon the eve of federal offenses against the rebellious forces commanded by Gen. Estrada and Dieguez in the State of Jalisco and Generals Maycotte and Cas ii.i in She state.of Oaxaca, reports are again in circulation of a peace move ment. The reports say tjie author of the new effort toward peace is General Angel Flores, governor of Sinaloa, a presidential candidate. According to .unconfirmed reports, which arc given prominence in the news paper Excelsior. Judge Manuel Tellez, heading a commission from Sinaloa, has arrived in Mexico City with the Flores peace proposal. After conferring mi t h Gen. Estrada at Guadalajara. Judge Tallez Is reported to have-been in.wire lew communication with General May cotte and De La Huerta, leader of the revolt at Vera Cruz. Details of the reported peace proposal could not be learned. THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness Owing 'to Higher Liverpool Cables and Buying i Movement. I New York. Dec. 27. —The cotton mar ' ket showed renewed firinness early today ! owing to higher Liverpool cables and a I continuation of yesterday's buying movc ! ment. The opening was firm at an atl j vance of 1(5 to 32 points, with January j selling up to 33.113 or 23 points net high ! er. shortly after the opening, while other i months showed net advances of 2(5 to 31) | points, with March selling at 3(5.43 and May at 36.(50. These prices attracted re alizing and later fluctuations were some what irregular, but the undertone was { steady to firm on reiterated reports of I firm government reports of a firm spot I situation in the South. Cotton futures opened firm : January •35.85; March- 3(5.30; May 3(5.50; July 35.70; October 2!L4t>. j William A. Graham. Junior. Succeeds Father as Commissioner. | Raleigh, Dec. 20. —Governor Morrison tonight announced the appointment of William Alexander Graham, member of the state senate from the Lincoln dis trict, to succeed his father. Maj. W . A. Graham, as commissioner of agriculture. Mr Graham, who is burying bis father today, will come to his duties as soon sis he can reach here. Michael Owens Died Suddenly. Toledo. 0., Dec. 27. —Michael J. Owens, one of the best known men in the glass industry in the United States, and inventor of the Owens bottle-on.ik ing machinery, dropped dead in his of fice here today. It takes less effort to make good im pressions than to re-make bad impres Miss Jessie Greespn, of Greensboro, is i spending several days with Miss Ethel ‘ Blackwelder. of Kerr street. 1— - — — , WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. i - , Local rains tonight and Friday, warm er tonight and in east portion Friday. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS THE LATEST BIG NOISE IN THE POLITICAL BARNYARD —— " ' ' > ’■ - - ■ ' . _ LANGSTON IS HELD BY SYRACUSE POLICE- Is Charged With Violation of Mann Act. Formerly Lived In Hamlet. Syracuse, X. Y., Dec. 27.—Eugene Dent Langston, a jeweler of Hamlet, X. ('., was arrested here yesterday by an agent of the Department of Justice, charged with violation of th" Mann Act j in eloping with Mrs. Gertrude Harrill. wife of Rev. Benjamin Harrill. and Kinging her to thi* ii*jv. Mr.*. Harrill was not Bnested. After hi* arrest Langston made aj statement to police giving details of their *'elopmen>f. and making, it unecces-:' saryjto take Mis. Harrill as a witness. According to the statement, Langston and Mrs. Harrill met at Petersburg, from where they went to New York City and later to Montreal. They came to Syracuse o|h November l ltli and regis tered at tt hotel, the next day moving to the rooming house where they remained according to the proprietor, occnping separate rooms under their own names until their arrest. Langston was work ing in a jewelry store here and Mrs. Harrill was an automobile agency. Is a Charlotte Woman. Hamlet. Dec. 2(5. —Eugene- D. Langs ton. prominent jeweler, arrested in Syra cuse. X. Y., with Mrs. Gertrude Harrill. left Hamlet November 10th, supposedly to do his Christmas shopping. This us the last word his wife heard of him except that she received, several days r-after It is departure, a batch of papers from him. among which was one turning over to her the bulk of his property in Hamlet. Mrs.* Harrill, who is supposed to have been his companion on the trip north, is a Charlotte woman, the wife of liev. 15. 11. Harrill, who is now said to be in a sanatorium suffering with tu berculosis. Mrs. Harrill came to Ham let several days prior to the departure of Langston. She was formerly an em ] ploye of the P. and X. railroad at Ohar llotte. The couple went from here to Peters | burg, Vn.. from which point Langston addressed the last communication to his wife. Mrs. Harrill is believed to have made the trip to Petersburg alone and to have joined Langston there. MACABEES ANNOUNCE CHANGE IX OFFICERS |A. W. Frye to Become Supreme Com mander of the Organization. Detroit, Di*-. 27. —I). P. Markey. for 33 years head of the Macabees, lias re signed as supreme commander, effective January 1. to be succeeded by A. W. Frye, supreme liuetenant commander, it was announced here today. Announce ment of the complete reorganization of J the fraternal body on a 100 per cent, le gal reserve basis, was made at the same time, Mr. Markey to remain in charge of the reserve fund. Beneficent; Bees. f New York, Dee. 27. —Specimens of ; •‘social" bws. which bite, but do not sting, have been acquired fir the • American Museum of Natural History from the Canal Zone by Dr. Frank E. Lutz, curator of the Department -of Entomology. j Highly individualized, these bees pro duce varying grades of honey from that with a tine flavor to some that is acid | and artually poisonous, whihh they store ■in cells resembling ordinary grapes in | sliape and size. Some of them neither bite nor sting but eject a fluid which ’burns the human skin. I Nests containing as many as 75.000 of these bees, which are smaller than the common hohso fly and have prominent gauzy wings, were found in Panama by Dr. Lutz. He found another species of bee. miserly and so distrustful of its brethren that it refuses to colonize, ( hoarding its honey in secret places. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1923 LOSS OF THE DIRIGIBLE DIXMI I)E NOW ADMITTED There I* still Hope, However. That the VlembtrsC/u# Her Frew Escaped. Paris. Dec. _7 (By the Associated Press). —The loss of the dirigible Dix niude is now reluctantly admitted, al though hope for the safety of her crew of fifty officers and men has not yet been relinquished. It is considered certain 'that the Dixmude fell in a desert in southern Algeria. IL jcfoyyed. that her fall imisf Tiave been violent., wrecking the wireless apparatus, liven assuming such a crash, it does not fol low that the crew ptvished, for the Dix inudu was well provided with and some of her men. il is pointed out. must have escaped. NEPHEW OF KING TO MARRY AMERICAN GIRL ' IT King Christian's Nephew to Wed Miss Eleanor Margaret Green, of New York. Copenhagen. Doc. 27 (By the Asso ciated Press). —King Christian today consented to public announcement of tic engagement of his young kinsman Prince Viggo and Miss Eleanor Margaret Green, daughter of Dr. J. t). Green, of New York City. The Prince, a nephew of the king, has renounced the rights of succession to the throne. Baptists to ProJie Missionary’s Acts New York, Dec, 2(s.—The Baptists fundamentalist league today announced it would insist upon a thorough investi gation of the reports that Baptist foreign missionaries are preaching doctrines contrary to the faith of that denomination. Dr. John Itoach Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, heir is presi -11 i: t of the league. The league rejected the recent report of the board of managers of the Baptist foreign mission society that evidence that contrary doc trines were being preached was insuf ficient to justify drastic action. The an nouncement said tlic league would soon issue a statement giving the evidence on which it would base its demand. Nine Killed in GuA Fight Over Cracker Hazard, Ky., 2(5. —Os nine men who participated in Perry county shooting affrays over Chris! mas tonight finds five i) ft hem dead, one wounded and said to be in a critical condition and three mcti unscathed. Jerry Dunn, storekeeper, was the last of the five to die. succumbing today to wounds lie received at the same time J. I). Matthews. a barber, and Lester Hays, a miner, were killed. These men all inside Dunn's store, were shot by i deputy sheriffs who passed the building whim a firecracker was said to have ex ploded at their feet and they tool; ;t as an indication they were being fired upon from the store. j Attempt to Smuggle Arms Into Mexico. j .New Orleans, Dec. 21—United States I District Attorney L. H. Burn* an nounced today he intended to effect the arrest of a group of American and cans who have been attempting to smug gle arms and ammunition to the revolu tionists in Mexico. Mr. Burns declined to go into. details, nor would he inti mate the identity of those concerned. Two More Victims of Bootleg Liquor. New ; York. Dec. 27. —Holiday bootleg liquor claimed two more victims today bringing the list of dead since Christmas Day to seven, when James Marahap and Edward Churchill, laborers, died in Belle vue Hospital. Sudan Temple Opens (Vrelonial. New Bern. Dec. 27.—With an esti rated attendance of 2.000 Masons from eastern North Carolina, the mid-winter ceremonial of Sudan Temule was to open here today. Potentate I*. ( . Dunn was on hand early, today in charge of the oc casion. STATE REVENUE FOR $1923 WAS $47,687,332 Ail Average Per 'Capita of 818.01.—As sessed Valuation $2,521,115,274. Washington. Dec. 27. —Revenue of the state of North Carolina for the year 1023 amounted to $47.(578.332. an average of $lB.Ol for ea,ch person in the state, according to an announcement made here tonight by the Department of Commercei This total, was divided as JioL’ttws : ..genoral irrefierfcy. .—taxes. 24(5.8(51 ; special property taxes $4,214.- •57(5; poll taxes $003,151: licenses and permits, $5,701,341: : and special as sessments ftp-, improvements. $1.51(5.403. This showed." according to the Depart ment an increase of 3(50 percent for towns of over 2.500 population over flu* year 1012. In 1022 the entire debt of. North Carolina and its political subdivisions less the sinking fund assets set aside to meet such debt was $182,711,045. con tinued the report while in 1012 it was 34,343. or an average percapita in 1022 of $(50.03 and in 1012. $14.88. The in crease in the ten years was 432 percent. The assessed valuation of all property subject to general property tax. accord ing to the reno.rt was $2,521,115,274 in 1022 as compand with $747,500.(532 in 1012. an increase of 237 per cent. The percapita assessed valution increase from $32300 in 1012 to 052.4(5 in 1022. The per c.anita tax levy increased from $4.33 in 1012 to $13.08 in 1022. DEATH IN FIERY FLUE FATE OF MISSING MAN Draft Swept Powerhouse Worker Into Smokestack Pit. New York. Dec. 25. —Burned ajmost beyond recognition, the —body of Fer nando Mendes. a coal passer, who dis appeared Monday, was found to lay in a pit at the foot of a flue in the power house of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Long Island City. When Mendes failed to return to his home.-, his brother, Gustavo, sought him at the plant- His time card showed he had not checked out. Gustavo returned today and the search was continued. Martin Walzor, a water tetnder, found a small door leading into a Hue on the third floor was open. The flues lead to the smoke stacks?. Mendes apparent’y had entered the door and the strong draft had blown him from a ledge. The temperature in the ffue was about 100(1 degrees, but the soot in which the body was buried prevented it from being cremated. The jiowerliou.se officials lessened the heat and two firemen got the body. Furniture Show at High Point. High Point, Dec. 21.—The Midwinter Southern Furniture Show will open in the Southern Uurniture Exposition building here on January 14. according to an an nouncement made here by Charles F. r.iong, manager. The show will last two weeks. Reports from local furniture manufac turers indicate that the demand for their products in increasing with the approach if the new year. Coolidge Headquarters in Chicago. Chicago. 111.. Dec. 27- —William M. Butler. Massachusetts member i f the Republican national committee, is to Mien headquarters tomorrow in this city, where, with the assistance of former Congressman James W. Wood of lowa, he will renew the campaign which he began here two weeks ago to bring about the nomination of President Coolidge by the national convention next .Tune. Mrs- Anna Mcßee. Farsifern, Dies. , Asheville, Dec. 2(5. —Mrs. Anna Me- P»ee. assistant principal of Fassiferu School for Cirls at Hendersonville, died suddenly last night at St. Augustine. I Fla., according to word received today. ATTEMPTS TO JL!IU PRINCE REGENT OF JAPAN ON STREETS Youth 20 Years 'of Age Ar rested After He Had Fired at Prince Hirchito, Japa nese Ruler. PRINCE RIDING IN AUTOMOBILE Windows of Machine Were! Smashed and Bullet Nar rowly Missed the Head of the Prince. Tokio. Dec. 27 (By the Associated Press I .—A youth dressed as a laborer was arrested by the police today shor t- j ly after he had fired at Prince* Regent Kiiohito in an attempted assassination. The youth is 20 years old. The police 1 believe he is insane. The shooting has I aroused- intense excitement and feeling ] is high throughout the city. Another youth who was with the as-j snilant was arrested later. The attack occurred while the prince' regent was in an automobile on the way to a session of the Diet, The assailant used a **eane-gun." The windows of the [ machine fvere* smashed. The bullet uar- j rowly missed the head of the prince reg-j ent. He continued on his way to the meeting of tin* Diet, but took refuge in] the ujijier house composed of peers. La- j ter In' convened the Diet with the custom ary eeremonii's, after which he returned 1 to the imperial palace under a heavy \ guard. The authorities are conducting a rigid i investigation. They are of the opinion that others may be implicated. Viscount Ta incur i iriye, member of the House of Peers, and . chief chamber lain to the prince regent, was slightly in jured by flying glass. The prince regent, read a speech to the members of the House in a calm voice and then retired without an indication that anything unusual bad occurred. None of those present at the session which he addressed was aware of the shooting. Home Minister Goto resigned later, as suming responsibility as home minister for the attempted assassination. Baron Goto’s licme and ail socialist centers are ‘ictus'' chi'.f4r wiring -tn ~feic »f anti-socialist butbreneks. DIG UP. BURN BODY OF SUICIDE-SLAYER Man Who Killed Wife and Four Others Cremated in Ruin of Blazing Home- Jefferson. Me. Dec. 25. —The body of John Snow was exhumed early today from the solitary igrave where it was buried yesterday and placed in the cot tage where he killed his wife and two other women Saturday. The house then was set on lire. The charred body was found in the ruins. County Attorney Weston M. Hilton has begun an investigation. The*whole countryside was stirred wen it was learned that Snow, after killing the wife and son of Deputy Sheriff Frank C. Jewett at their home in Wliitefield had come to the cottage in this town, a mile from Cooper’s Mills, where bis wife, her aunt and her grand mother lived, and hail shot all three be fore he ended his own life. Although the medical examiner characterized the murders as "the work of a madman." threats that Snow's body would be burn ed. were heard the next day. The authorities refused permission for the burial of Snow's body in the cemetery and it was interred without ceremony in a rude grave on the farm where his wifi, alul lived. Snow, a native of Poland, came to this country a few years ago anil mar ried a Jefferson girl. Her grandmother. Mrs. Ruel Brann. holjicd him financial ly. hut ho never was successful in any kind of work- When his cruelty com jielled Mrs< Snow to complain to the authorities last summer she left him and since then had lived in her grand mother's cottage. Her aunt. Mrs. Eva Eaton also lived there. North Carolina Has 1.474 Alms Houses. Washington, Dec. 27. —North Caro lina had the second largest number of; persons in its almshouses on December ] 31, 11)22. according to a report made here today by the department of com merce. The report covered a compari- j son of seven stat<ts as f dlows: Georgia. ! Minnesota. Montana. Nebraska, New j Jersey, North Carolina and West \ ir- j ginia. New Jersey was caring for the i greatest number in its almshouses with I. while North Carolina had 1,474 in its institutions. Want More Ships. Washington. Dec. 27.—Authority to construct eight 10.000-t »n cruisers and three submarines will be sought of Con gress by thp Navy Department in the near future, according to information re ceived by members -of the House naval committee. For Law and Order in Iredell. Statesville, N. C., Dec. 21. —Iredell county citizens are determined to have law and order in the county. A law and order league was formed at a recent gathering here. Rev. R. E. Huey, pastor of the Pressley Memorial Associate Re formed Presbyterian Church, was elected president. Dr. J. M. Clark and W. I). Turner were chosen vice-presidents and J. W. Wallace, secretary-treasurer. There will be preaching services at Prosperity Lutheran Church next - Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. C. P. Fisher. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. pKE DENOUNCES USE CONTROLLING KLAN AT THIS TII Former High Official in Or ganization Sends Lifter to Coolidge Giving Views on Present Leaders. | WRONG VIEWS ARE being followed ; Clarke Says Present Organi zation is Not What Found ers Hoped For—Willing to Help Change Conditions. Washington. Dec. 27.—E. Y. ('larko. formerly high in the councils' of the Kit | Klux Klan, wrote President Coolidge to day. offering to co-operate with the Exec utive in ending the activities of "an ele ment" which is converting the Klan into • an organization vastly different from that planned by its founders. Clarke also an • non need his intention of issuing a proc- Ila motion to Klansmen "calling the hef | ter element" either to take hold and “remedy the existing evils" or to disband the organization. Th£ President was told by Clarke that . I there had been a “steady withdrawal" ! from the Klan itself, or from participa- - jtion in active control, and that he had "voluntarily severed his active official | connection" with the organization more | than a year ago. i Various charges were made in the let ter against the activities of the orguniza- Ition, in regard to which "high ijleals, | principles, and purposes,” for which it I was formed.-and these activities Cjarkt* - characterized as "keen disappointments to me." "I am perfectly willing,” the letter said "to assume moral responsibility which is rightly mine, as having been chiefly instrumental in building the Klan. In justice to myself and hundreds of | thousands of high grade men who have been drawn into the Klan because of its declaration of ideals and principles, I cannot and will not rest passive and si lent and sit idly by in the face of such conditions." ' Post and Flagg Cotton Letter. Xew Yorli. Dec. 2d. —The immense t-nder was aft of that at time* the demand for January was in excess of the supply and the market proved the amazing spectacle of advance in fact* of about the heaviest tender on record for a single day. The influence is that the underlying strength exceeds even what had been thought by even the most ardent bulls and also that spec? illative longs are chiefly conspicuous by their absence. Spot advices from the south' average very bullish and a hope ful feeling is reported among mills as to the future of trade after the ho'idays. Foreign trade advices are also rather ' more cheerful and the export movement continues largely in excess of last year. Predictions of further important ad vances are freely made and appear to contain a strong promise of realization though it should not be expected that that will come to pass without reactions some of which may lie s< vere. The best, policy appears to take advantage,of any that occur to make purchases and to use caution in following advances un- Jess those are well supported by a mailed increase in the activity in the goods nwirnets. POST AND FLAGG. With Our Advertisers. W. B. Smith, of Marshville. will on Saturday. December 21>th. at 1] o'clock sell at public auction at Midland, a-ear load of horses and mules. See ad. in this paper. Hats to brighten up dark Coats and dresses at Specialty Ilat Shop. Handsome line of overcoats for s.‘>.>.oo at the Browns-Cannon Go. Read about the Yale.door closers sold by the Ritchie Hardware Go. Elgin watches, the favorite, sold by Starnes-Miller-Parker Go., the new jew elry store. The Parks-Belk Go. has begun a geri- - oral clean-up sale of all winter goods on the second floor. Sweeping reductions arc being made on all liter wear and articles. ! Gar Cuts Railroader in Two at Gastonia. Gastonia. Flee. 2<>. —Robert Sparge, car operator, for the P. and \. railroad lost his life in the local yards at - -i toclock this afternoon. Spargo had been draining an oil tank, j had completed the work, and his helper had given the signal for the train' to move. Those who witnessed the accident, stated that Spargo had stepped clear of i the train and had ample room to allow the c&r to pass him. but hi> foot caught • between the two rails in some manner and he fel’ aeross the rail just as the ear reached him The wheel ran across J his body, causing instant dea*h. Spargo had been in the employ of the P. and X. for a long term of years. Tie is survived by four brothers. John. Will, now in Detroit; Ernest and Atwood Spargo. Chatham’s Xew County Home. Raleigh. Dec. 24. —Chatham county’s new county home in described as one of the best in the State by Roy M. Brown, of the State lioard of Charities and Pub lic Welfare. Mr. Brown recently vis ited the home which i»s located about two miles from Pittsboro. The home ha* been constructed dur l ing the past year and can accommodate ; forty persons. Mr. Brown declares that it presents a cheerful appearance both outside and inside and that the wants! of the inmates are cared for ex | cellently. No. 49