I B. SHEKKILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
Construction Work In
City Set New Record
During the Past Year
CONTRACTS AWARDED
AND WORK finished
CONSTITUTE RECORD
Permits Issued, Together
With Building Done That
Required No Permit, Indi
cates 81,250,000 Was Spent
21 PERMITS IN
THE CITY PROPER
Os This Number 137 Were
For New Homes. —Textile
plant and Two Bank
Buildings Included.
1 > building activity the year closing
r iay has been .me of the greatest and
i.,,,.t proiiHiined in the history of Con
i, i-i|. Ami in ether lines 11)23 has
1„. ( ~ ;i n .-urd year f >r this city, as shown
] \ statisti.*s covering "civic improve*
Dt.'iiis in many lines.
niim: t-> Frank B. Mund. city
building inspector, contracts awarded
,1,1,1 htiildings completed during 1022
valtied at more than 51.000.000.
w i!e improvements in various suburbs
~f |,sty. which are fed directly by
tl. city, were made at a cost of another
c . -:.r of a million dollars.,'-
Mr. Mund stated that during the past
year he has issued 210 building permits
in the city proper, the value of the
holdings t<> be erected being placed at
$1)40.770 by persons applying for the
permits. This total is far in excess
cf the 1022 total and is greater than
any t >tal since Mr. Mund has been in
charge of the inspection work.
Os the total of 210 permits issued.
Mr. Mund added further. 137 were for
homes. This total of new homes is
als' in excess of the mincer issued iu
102*2. which was also a good construc
fh.n year for (MnedrVl. *
The remaining 70 permits issued by
Mr. Mund were for various kinds of!
buildings, his n*cords show. Included
among tin- buildings were two new
sell.ids. one new church, a large addi
tion to another church, several business
hotis.-.. in the business and other sections
of the eity. two handsome bank build
ing* ami additions to several cotton
mills.
The new high school building, which
wa< tarte.l early in the present year,
will cost i,n the neighborhood of $170,-
000. The building was authorized in
a bond election held more than a year
ago. Another school authorized in this,
deeri-m is for colored children and this;
structure, erected at a cost of more 1
than $37,000, i s also nearing comple
tion. In addition to these two new*
hui'dings. a large addition, costing in |
tie* neighborhood of $27,000 was erected j
at 2 school. Early in the year
lht* new primary building at Central
Sch <>i was completed, bur this work
wa* emit rated for and almost completed
in 1022 and it not included in the 1023
total. .
I ' i»* new home for the congregation of
F‘* First Baptist Church i:< included
I, 1 die more prominent permits issued
1 inng the year. The church will be
y n " ‘ I 'be largest and most complete
in ! ne city and has been under construc
tion f.>r several months. The build-
J, : - " T**n c 'luplefmj will represent an i
extieiiilitine of more than $70,000.
7 s.,iiimmt addition to the Forest Hill
• bodh ( liureh was completed this
fur the handsome addi
'be church were made in 1022.
'' : ' ,v •re not fulfilled until this
*be addition was-.erected pri
-1 art ud mort seating capacity
‘ 11 ""u'oli and to care for tlie rapidly
' ' S| nnliiy School.
1 ", ( F ! 's building, the Citizens Bank!
, ' Company's new home, the!
,i die Linker building, anti j
j. 1 " ‘'otiio of the Cabarrus Savings j
: ong the most prominent of
't matures completed or be-|
* " past year. The King]
- 'ini -ie Cabarrus Savings Bank i
I . - •••ujiv a position facing on!
'' ! near the court house and
'* ' that had been standing
T j 1 ‘j* ber of years.
! 'dv huildfng is a loombina
■j l; ‘ and apartment house.
'!' is fitted for business pur
'• second story is given over
‘' 11 '• 0,, e of which is oceupietl
j; ( - 'Her of tin* building, Mr, E.
•J - K, 'T building, being erected .at
* imrch and Depot streets. -
-story structure and probably
i . ""’Mded by the Bell & Harris
.p •" ' umpany.
!* * ', ! ."; ins Savings Bank building
~ , ! “ !, "dinn of being the highest
It will be six stories high
* ;‘ r '<ded at a cost of about
be ( itizens Bank and Trust
an ’'b p r bank which boasts
o * <">d its building is
b y *‘*mf architects as prac
i; vv'i . 1 or Purpose for which
, "'ected. The building is very
ai ,j , . ' modern in appearance,
• h uit $77,000
T;.
' ,an Alotor Company, (has
um addition ti its home; the
l,i p "r<*f-te«l a large and handsome
, s ' ,l! the cotton platform; new
• l “ s wer * erected by Messrs. W.
'' "Ptinued on page four)
THE CONCORD TIMES
GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN
ERADICATING THE TICK
| I’r.der the Zrn'e Plan Lf.ialized by the
East Legislature.
j Raleigh, Dec. 31. —“We are making
I good progress in eradicating the tick
from eastern North Carolina under the
zone plan legaliz'd for us by the last
General Assembly.” said Dr. William
Mcore. chief of veterinary work for
North Carolina State College and the
.State Department of Agriculture, in a
statement issued today. "On our re
commendation the secretary of the I'nifed
i States Department of Agriculture lias
[released Bertie. Camden. Gates, Hert
|fi rd. \Vrquimans and portions of Dare
I the BeauiV.'t counties from quarantine.
This was made effective on and after
' December 31st by order N >. 2N7 of the
I bureau of animal industry and signed
jby Secretary \Yallaee.
* “We will be ready to begin work in
|zone two beginning with the new year.
Last year, at the height of our work in
the first zone, we have about 77 men
employed as inspectors, range riders and
supervising veterinarians. The govern
ment furnished us experienced veterin
arians to supervise the work in each
county and with the exception of a few
• herds of cattle on some local farms and
some other ' wild or semi-wild animals
in the swamps the first zone has about
been cleaned up.
“Besides cleaning up the tick in those
counties released from quarantine. Dr.
Moore said-he and his co-workers' had
found it necessary also to clean up large
area that had been re infested due to
ticks coming back from infested coun
ties. lit* said, however, that the tick
will he pushed into tin* sea within .three
years of the people will co-opt rate in
the movement. Fourteen counties in
fested with the tick remain in eastern
North Carolina.
In carrying on the work this year
in zone one 380 dipping vats were built
and 7.(i54 (herds of cattle containing
22.(12.8 head, "were dipped, said 1 Dr.
Moore.
THE COTTON MARKET
Tlifrc Was Renewal of Realizing Today.
—Opened at Decline.
-New York., Dec. 31.—There was a
renewal of realizing or liquidation in
the cotton market today and after open
ing steady at a decTfne of 2 To 12 points,
the active months sold 27 to 37 points
net lower, with March declining to 37.07.
kbout 23 January notices were report
ed, and January was relatively easy.
General business was comparatively
quiet, and the market seemed sensitive
to selling orders owing to the absence
of any aggressive support.
Cotton futures opened easy. Jan.
3-1.87; March 37.28; May 37.4 ft; July
34.77; Oct. 28.77.
BAILEY DECIDES TO
PIT OFF ANNOUNCEMENT
W ill Abide by Request of Chairman of
Democratic State Executive Commit
tee.
Raleigh. Dec. 31; —(By the Associated
Press). —Josiah Bailey, prospective can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for Governor in 1024. will not announce
bis candidacy for the present, lie said
here today. Mr. Bailey's statement
was made after he had received a dis
patch carried in the morning paper in
which Chairman John (J. Dawson urged
prospective* candidates to make a short
campaign for the nomination, as this
would Im* for the best interests of the
party in the State.
Mr. Bailey also made public a letter
which he had addressed to Mr. Dawson
as chairman of' the Democratic execu
tive committee in which lie acquiesced
in Mr. Dawson’s desire for postpone
ment of announcements, but in which
he stated be had been prepared to an
nounce himself as a candidate today.
Mr. Bailey stated that “I have the ut
most regard for Mr. Dawson and I shall
endeavor to meet his wishes. I am
sure mv friends will realize that I am
acting prudently under the circum
stances.’*
Methodist, Preacher Gives S6OO to Pay
Church Debts.
Winston-Shlem. Dee. 2S.—Rev. J. S.
Hiatt, pastor of Burkhead Methodist
church- today gave the members and
friend* of the Hiatt Memorial M. E.
church congregation a most unique
Christinas present in a check for $(500
which completely liquidates the in
debtedness on the church building and
will make possible unhampered progress
during the new year.
The church was compleed a year ago
and named in honor of Rev. Mr. Hiatt,
under whose direction it was built.
The Black Forest of Germany, which
has long been famous for its profusion
of gaifie, has been virtually stripped of
its feathered atid furry denizens by hun
gry Germans.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
/ ' NJ / /
ii \
Rajn tonight, colder in west and cen
tral portions; Tuesday rain, probably
changing to snow in west and central
portions, much colder Tuesday and Tues
day night, cold wave in west portion.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Atlanta Prisoners Make
a Sensational Escape
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31. — In the mo*;
sensational jail delivery in the history of
the Atlanta federal penitentiary, four
convicts, one a partner of Gerald Chap
man? million dollar mail bandit, today
were at liberty, having wormed their!
way to freedom through a narrow tunnel j
under fifty feet of concrete wall encircling i
rhe prison, late yesterday.
Os the quartet the most notorious i.* !
George Anderson, who was serving a 27
year sentence for participation in the!
million dollar New York mail robber,.* for j
which Chapman was alsa convicted. An- ;
derson is thought to have engineered thej
escape. Chapman escaped several ]
CATCHER COMMUNITY
QUIET DURING DAY
Following Race Riot Which Took Place
There Late Yesterday.
Fort Smith. Ark.. Dee. 31.—Quiet pre
vailed today in the Catcher community,
twenty miles from this eity. where a
race riot late yesterday resulted in the
serious wuimding of one negro and the
arrest of eleven other,; as the aftermath
cf the killing last Friday of Mrs. Rob°rt
Latimer. Ten of tin* negroes arrested
are being held in jail at Van Buren on
charges of night ridings. The eleventh
prisoner was*charged with having held
up a party of white men at the point
of a pistol.
The two negroes, Spurgeon Ruck and
William Betris, charged with killing
Mrs. Latimer are in jail at Little Rock.
Circuit court officials were preparting
today for a special term of court which
will convene 'Wednesday for trial of
Bettis and Ruck. Both men have
waived preliminary examination and the
eases tvill be taken up by special grand
jury Wednesday.
PROMINENT f'OTTON MAN
OF GREENSBORO DEAD
B. S. Robertson Died Sunday Night iu
Norfolk Hospital. After Undergoing
Treatment.
Greensboro. Dec. 31. B. S. Robert
son, .one of the best known cotton men in
this section, died Sunday night in a hos
pital in Norfolk. Ya., where he had been
under treatment. He had be**n engaged
in the cotton business here for a number
of years. He will be buried at Norfolk
on Wednesday, according to word re
ceived here by friends and business as
sociates.
GATLING’S HIdInGIPLACE
IS NOT YET KNOWN
Man Charged With Double Mnider Has
Not Been Located by Officers.
Raleigh. X. C.. Dee. 31.—N0 trace
of Lawrence Gatling, who Saturday
night, it is alleged, shot and killed his
wife, and Owen Stevens, has not been
found this morning, according to police
officials. Police of nearby towns hav *
been requested to be on the lookout
for the man.
Birthday Party.
The fifth .birthday of little Miss Fran
cis Gibson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11.
G. Gibson, was the occasion of an af
ternoon of much enjoyment, when qn
December 22nd, it was celebrated at the
home of her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Ridenhour. on West Depot street.
In the den. where .the little hostess re
ceived her friends, the many pretty gifts
were displayed on a table, where a min
iature Christmas tree, beautifully decor
ated. reminded the young guests that
Santa time was near.
After admiring the presents the young
folks enjoyed games on the yard awhile.
Then they were invited into the dining
room, which was aglow with the mellow
light of red candles in crystal candle
sticks. The centerpiece was a big white
birthday cake on which were burning live
wee red candles.
After everyone had been generously
served with ice cream and cake, the lit
tle guests were shown into the hall where
they stood around a big Jack Horner pie.
from which they pulled most attractive
souvenirs.
Higgins Will (' ase Settled.
Asheville. Dec. 31. —A special term of
the Rutherford Superior Court was to
convene at Rutlierfordton today for tin*
purpose of confirming the terms of an
agreement reached at Shelby on Saturday
between parties contending over the will
of the late Wesley of Laneey
County, who died April 2, 1!)22. The
settlement provides for an equal distri
bution of the estate between the Method
ist Church institutions and Joe and Dav
id Higgins, nephew and brother respect
ively, (if the deceased financier. The ac
tual value of the estate is not known,
but it is estimated to Im* worth $300,000
to $700,000.
With Our Advertisers.
See (heNiew ad. today of (lie Specialty
Hat Shop.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co.
thanks tin* public for the splendid trade
in 1023.
Miss Idell Towy*end. of MVodleaf,
spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs.
John Price, of No. 2 township.
BfJT
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1923
months ago.
Three of the men wFre thought early
today to be in hiding pear Macon, Ga.
Wirb Anderson wero Hiram L?pper,
sentenced in Baltimore in 1014 for fifteen
years; Ludwig Solunit, JCGerman sailor.
I sentenced in Rochester.'. X. Y., to serve
110 years for mail robbery, and Frank
! Haynes, sentenced in Chattanooga. Tenn.,
I to serve 18 months. V •
I Warden Sartaiu declared lie had re- j
| ceived information that Anderson plan-'
! ned to escape and hap had him closely j
[watched. The tunneliled from the ecu- 1
ter of a small tent in sthe prison tuberen
jlar zone to a point! 70 or more feet
j away, and outside rha big stone wall.
I NEW YEAR REVELS ON
BROADWAY EXPENSIVE
It is Estimated That It Will Cost Them
$300,000 Tonight.
I New York. Dee. 31 —The welcome of
i 1024 which will be tendered at the
J thresh hold of Broadwri* at midnight to*
l night will cost 70,000 revelers something
j like $300,000 for fbe| privilege of ex
tending their greetingaE
Special squads of prohibition agents.
I some of them undersfiftod to be from
Washington. were ffeted ineognitio
| among the 70.000 holding reservations
!at cabarets, hotels and clubs.
The number of reservations, most of
them made at $7 each, but many at $7
to S2O and a few at* even more, was
one of the biggest in Broadway’s mem
ory. lb.tel managers. And federal agents
said ii would be a dry welcome, but.
there was pome difference of opinion on
this point.
COLD WAVE WARbfING
ISSUED FOR THE SOUTH
i
[ Already Zero Weather is Reported in
i Texas—Wave Spreading Eastward.
; Washington. Dec. 31.*—The great cold
j blast from Alaska today had overspread
; the Rocky .Mountains and northern pla
teau regions, the Plains States, the Mis
souri valley and tin*-anterior of the* West
Gilf States, with zero temperatures as I
far south as Texas panhandle. It was !
20 degrees below zei > at tnany points j
in the northwest, and at Yellowstone
Park. Wyoming. 34 degrees below was
registered.
Cold wave warnings lias been issued
for many eastern and southern states, j
B. & O. FASf EXPRESS j
DERAILED IN OHIO
■ - H HG
Derailment Caused f> V Damage to tlie
Tracks by H#*of Rains, 1
Cincinnati. ().. Dec. 31. —According
to reports to the local Baltimore & Ohio
office here today, the Baltimore & Ohio
fast express from New York to Conein
nati was derailed two and one-half miles
west of Zalisky, Ohio. According to
tin* information received here, hundreds
of passengers on the train were shaken
up but no one was (seriously injured.
The derailment, the report said, was due
to the track being washed out by heavy
rains. The train was proceeding at a
slow speed.
Rabbi’s Wife Was Drowned Accidental
ly. Jury Decides.
Wilmington. Dec. 28. —A coroner’s
jury investigating tin* death of Mrs. :
I* Minsky, wife of the rabbi of B'Nai j
Israel synagogue here, whose body was !
found in a bathtub of her living apart
ment Thursday afternoon, today return
ed a verdict of death as a result of ac
cidental drowning.
The body will be sent to New York
for burial tomorrow.
Death of .Mrs. Annie B. Edward*.
Mrs. Annie B. Edwards, widow of the
Jute F. M. Edwards, died at her home
in No. 2 township Friday night at 7 :17
o’clock, following an illness of more than
a year. Death was due to cancer of
the stomach. T
Mrs. Edwards, who was almost 01 !
years of age, iis survived by ten chil
dren. six daughters and fofir sons. Her
husband died about twelve years ago.
| The surviving children are: I. L. Ed
wards and Mrs. Verdie Hickman, both
of Rocky Mount; Mrs. Gertrude Ball, of
Mars Hill; I»e;*mce Edwards, of Rocky
ham Miss Mary Edwards. Mrs. Annie |
McPhatter, Mrs. Lula Pair. Mrs. Maggie
Uollines. and Messrs. John and .lames
Edwards, all of this county.
The funeral services were held at the
home on Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock, conducted by Rev. R. G. Short,
pastor of the West Concord Baptist
Church, of which church Sirs. Edwards
was a consistent member.
Fatty Arbuckle’s Wife Given a Divorce.
Providence. R. 1., Dee. 31. —Minta E.
Arbueklc. wife o's Koseoe E. Arbuekle.
was granted a divorce in the superior
court here today. The case was heard
before Justice Barrows, on depositions,
and was granted on the ground of neg
lect to provide, and desertion. The
divorce will become absolute in six
! months.
Mr. Geo. R. Edwards lias returned to I
[Rocky Mount, after spending Christmas
| here with Mrs. Edwards and little son.
Hyland Patterson. at= the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John K. Patterson.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAYS
KESTLER STILL HAS CHANCE
Stcry in Ccneord Observer Says Posf
ttiaetcrshlp of City Very Muth in
Doubt.
The Civil Service Commission may
have little to do with the appointment
of •* pr -tmaster at Concord, judging by
a story which apjieared in the last is
sue cf tlie Concord Observer, weekly
newspaper published here by Mr. G. Ed.
Kedler, on of the seven. Republicans
who is seeking the local postmastership.
j Tlu* commission in a recent letter to the
! editor of The Daily Tribune announced
that one of three men to be certified
by it would be appointed by President
Coolidge. but the article in The Ob
-1 server denies this, and states that the
1 Republican executive committee really
holds the balance cf power and fhar m>
candidate who has not been endorsed
by the committee can be appointed, re
gard lets of any action of the commi--
sion.
Mr. Kestler was not among the three
men certified by the commission. The
ir n certified are John L. Miller. Wil
! Ham B. Ward and S. S. Neal, but in the
(article in The Observer it was stated
that Air. Kestler still has a chance to
ger the appointment.
The writer of the article goes fully
into the facts as he sees them, declaring
that fifty-three members of the execu
tive committee endorsed Mr. Kestler
while only, one endorsed Mr. Ward and
time endorsed the other candidates. Tlie
Givil Service Commission, the article
states further, chooses three men, but
the commission nets only ats a helper to |
the President who wants to get facts I
about all candidates before making a se
lection. Any candidate to get the ap
pointment. it is stated, must have the
endorsement of a majority of the execu
tive committee, and Mr. Kestler was
the only candidate to get such endorse
ment.
The Observer article follows:
The Civil Service Commission at
Washington asked for apidieantss for
postmaster for tlie vacancy to exist at
Concord, N. C„ January 28. 1024.
Seven men and one lady put in their j
applications, viz:
J. L. Miller, present Democratic post- 1
master: S. S. Neal, assistant postmast-1
er; W. B. Ward, J. F. Harris, G. Ed.
Kestler, Mr*?. H. S. Williams Thomas
Smith and W. L. Robbins.
Later this commission announced that
Miller. Ward and Neal got on.
To be postmaster at Concord now the J
Republican executive committee, com
posed of eighty-five members, five' from
each prqcinet, according to the Re
liean plan of organization, muist endorse
some candidate, or in other words the
winner mtist have forty-three signatures,!
or a majority of the committee. With
tlr«! the state chairman, Mr. Bramham,
will natnV ’ 44h»- -mem *~ -Without .theac.'
signatures no one can be appointed. G.
Ed. Kestler has the signed and written
endorsement of fifty-three of these mem
bers or ten more than is needed. Mr.
Ward has one. The county chairman
cannot ecommend any one until a ma-1
jorit.v of the committee orders him to
do so. and of course lie does not want
to do so as his wife is an applicant,
also. _
Now the issue is, does the Republican
committee want Mr. Miller, Mr. Ward
or Mr. Neal? If it does not then
there will be no postmaster appointed!
from the selections of the Civil Service
Commission ns it now stands. This j
would force Mr. Miller, or Air. Ward, or
Mr. Neal to withdraw . from the race
and th<*n three names from the other
applicants would lie put before the com
mittee. What three stood the highest
among the other five is not known as
tin* commission keeps secret its rating.
Jf the fifty-three who signed the pe
tition of G. Ed. Kestler stick by their
choice against Mr. Miller. Mr. Neal and
Mr.'Ward then lie can bo appointed, if
others withdraw, and he gets his proper
rating. He asks his friends to allow
their signed endorsements to stand as
given.
The plan of organization, the word
of the State chairman and all the rules
and regulations are back of this posi
tion. In fact that purs postmasters
under tin* Civil Service Commission.' Mr.
Coolidge has recommended this as a law
but it lias not yet been offered in Con
gress. Until it does pars he can ap
ooint whom he pleases as postmaster.
Still by a former order he asks that
the commission hold these examinations
as a matter of information to him but
there is no law abmt it. But under
there orders, which we are now under,
no out* can he appointed until the Re
publican committee, eighty-five strong,
approves some one. or a majority of this
committee, forty-three, and fifty-three*
have endorsed Kestler.
Auxiliary to Meet.
An inspirational meeting of the Wom
en's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian
Church will he held in the church this [ ;
evening at 7:30 o'clock. At this time!
pictures will be shown representing thej
missionary interests and enterprises!
throughout the world. These pictures |
are very entertaining and interesting. M
and the public, especially the young folks j
of the town, is cordially invited to ben
present.
Mr. and Airs. T. E. Brumley and
Ah*, and Airs. AI. A. Deaton, <>f mar
Alooresville, visited the Jackson Tra ; n-
School and friends in Concord this
weeJf, ’ i £ lllilUlfl
AMERICANS WOUNDED
BY RAIDS IN KSr
BY CHINESE BANDIT
One Missionary, Mrs. Julina
Kilen, Was Captured by
the Bandits, Who Also
Wounded Two Others.
CHINESE OFFER
HEAVY REWARD
For the Capture of Bandits
and Release of Mrs. Kilen.
—Were Forced to Leave
-Mission Work.
I’ekiu, Dee. 31 (By the Associated
Press L —Follower* of the notorious h;-n
--dit leader Lao Yao Jen, captured a;»
American missionary. Airs. Julina Kilen
and wounded two other
Prof. Bernhard Hoff and Mrs. Hoff. J n a
raid On the town of Tsaoyang in the
'northern Hupeh province, near the bor
der town of Siang.vangfn. acording *o ad
J vices received here today.
The American legation has taken act
ive steps to bring about the eapfur* of
the brigands and the liberation of Mrs.
Kilen. The Chinese government lias of
fered a bounty for the capture, dead o:
alive, of tlie bandit lender.
• The three missionaries are representa
tives of the church of the Lutheran
•Brethren of the United States and were
conducting a mission when the town
was raided. Warned of the activities of
the bandits in that vicinity by the Tueh
on, or military governor of the province,
(they had vacated their station atid em
j barked on a river craft' for safety before
tlie raid. Later, however, on receiving
assurances from the Governor that the
bandits had been suppressed, they re
turned.
AMERICANS GOING TO
HELL IN' CARLOAD LOTS
That’s What Billy Sunday Tells His
Charlotte Audience, Raps Foreign Im
migrations.
Charlotte, Dec. 30.—This afternoon
[Mr. Sunday said,® “The man wdio buys
whiskey from a bootlegger is just as bad
as the bootlegger, he is as black, as he
can be." .■ ,
.Speaking of opostoljc .he
said :
“If there’s anything that makes me
tired it is talk about apostolic succession.
Henry the Eighth of England, was a
Roman Catholic. lie wanted to divorce
his wife and marry another woman, and
the pope wouldn't let him. so he organ
ized a church of which lie was the head,
calling it the church of England, or Epis
copal church."
Air. Sunday's lext tonight was "Thou
Art Weighed in the Balances and Found
Wanting." In describing Belshazzar’s
feast, he said, “that was no common lag
ger beer, pretzel, weiuerwurst blowout,
that was a bunch of high rollers who went
to the feast."
Jiefei :Bng to America s revels and
feast, he said, "America is making moil
ed by tlie bucketftills, but we are going
to hell in car lots on excursion rates,
the lying for money, the hoarding of
money, the envy of money, the adultery
for money, is sending America to hell.
In reference to breaking the Sabbath
he said, "we have stopped out ears and
are rushing like stampeding cattle down
to hell." There has been a fearful let
ting down iu this country in 27 years
and foreign immigration is largely re
sponsible.
twin boy accidentally
KILLS IIIS LITTLE BROTHER
Little Charles Moore Shoots Brother
With Shotgun at Wilson Home.
Wilson. Dec. 20.—Funeral services
over the remains of Alaster Charles, the
7-yeai-old twin son of Dr. and Mrs.
Karl C. Moore —who was accidentally
killed by his twin brother. Doyle, while
playing with a loaded .44 shot gun 1 ri
day afternoon, was conducted from liis
lace home on West Nash Street this af
ternoon by Rev. E. W. Baxter, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church. The |
remain* were interred in Maplewood
cemetery beneath a mound of fragrant
Hewers.
(Tlx/ child was a nephew and name
sake off Air. Doyle B. I’rivett. of I’lain.*--
lii ld. N. J.. who is well known in Con
cord, and is a son- in-law of Air. J. B.
Sherrill. — Editor). *
New Year’s Greeting From the
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce wishes you a happy New
Year.
Remember us in your New Year's resolution.
“There has never been a time in the History of Ameri
ca when a Chamber of Commerce program was as neces
sary as it is today. Whoever co-operates in that direction
is a real asset to the Nation”—Warren G. Harding.
The year 1923 has gone. You cannot recall it, but you
can profit by vour past experience. The past year was a
success from most every angle and to show a gain next
year will be constant hard work. The Chamber has a plan
to make this year 1924 the greatest in the history of Con
cord, but you must help, must pull together, for there is
only one pull that counts and that's the Pull Together.
Make it your business to boost your city and its people.
Another good ,resolution: I will SUPPORT the Chamber
of Commerce.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
PUNS
fnOR SALE OF ARIS
TO MEXICAN LEASER
State and War Department
- Officials Continue Consul
tations Over Details of the
Proposed/Sale.
SEVERAL POINTS
NOT YET CLEAR
Exact Quantity of Materials,
to Be Sold Has Not Been
Revealed—Mexicans Make
Request For Arms.
Washington. Deo. 31.—The State ami
War Department officials continued
their consultations today over the details
of the plan to sell a quantity of war
materials to the Obregon government of
Mexico.
Secretary Hughes discussed the sub
ject at length with Secretary Weeks, who
said afterward that several points re
mained to be settled before the War De
partment orders Major General Edward
M. Lewis, commanding the fifth army
corps area, to turn over the purchased
property to the Obregon representatives
at San Antonio.
The exact quantity of materials to he
sold has not been revealed, but it appar
ently will be confined to rifles, ammuni
tion and airplanes. In connection with
the assertion by rebel factions in Mexi
co that the Obregon government also ask
ed for some light cruisers attention was
called today to the following provision in
the Washington naval treaty:
“Each of the contracting powers un
derstakes not to dispose of by gift or
sale or any mode of transfer any vessel
of war in such manner that such vessel
may become a 1 vessel of war in any navy
of any foreign power;”
The authorized statement Saturday at
the State Department relative to the
proposed sale made no mention of the re
quest to purchase naval vessels. It is
obvious, however, that the United States
as a party to the naval treaty, could not
sell Mexico any vessel of war.
Fighting at Camargo.
Brownsville, Texas, Deb.- SH.-'-Tele
pfcone reports today from Jkrfnerieafc army
'ports DT fighting between Mexican and
federal and rebel troops at Camargo, on
the Rio Grande, forty miles above Mata
moros. The town is garrisoned by a
small detachment of federal troops from
Mataimros. No report on the result
of the battle was obtained at noon, but
the American military officials say the
firing which started at daylight was very
heavy.
Rebels Marching on Pachucha.
Vera Cruz, Dec. 31 (By the* Asso
ciated Press). —Rebel forces under Gen.
Cavazos are marching on Pachucha,
capital of the state of Hidalgo, situated
fifty-five mileq northeast of Mexico City,
according to advices received by officials
here. He is operating independently
of the main body of the insurrectionists,
and is said to have considerably in
creased his forces, having been able to
extend the insurrection to a large area
in the states of Peubla and Hiladgo.
General Sanchez, chief rebel military
commander in the eastern zone, made a
complete survey of the battle front yes
terday.
JAPANESE CABINET IS
DETERMINED TO GET OUT
Tender Resignations Second Time When
Prince Regent Refused to Accept First
Ones.
Tokio, Dec. 20 (By the Associated
Press L—The Prince Regent this morn
ing returned the resignations of the
members of the cabinent presented on
Thursday, refusing to accept them. Pre
mier Yamamoto tendered the resigna
tions again this afternoon, however, indi
cating that the cabinet ministers do n <t
desire to remain in office.
Two Missing Following Fire.
Louisville. Ky„ Dec. 2*. —Two car
penters employed in the W. J. Hughes
& Sons Co. lumber plant were missing
today after a spectacular* fire which
swept the five-stor.v facfL-y and 1 timber
yard yesterday, result in«Mn a loss esti
mat'd at JMKMXK), andpfcror injuries to
eighteen persons. The origin of the fire
is undetermined.
No. 50.