. fanuary 3, 1924 f me. m*’ ’’"' ■ , ~S IIEKK TOBAY t engages m&vW JXm investigator. BlarW'vv sir Charles is kept Vout »*>4 by persons un surv £I l3 ‘n-rrlev dines at the H\o k ißl - a Sir' Charles falls a dying condition ■ds-eV'Nnct words are Nicol -Tnisrue. ' Dr* ilc * ■Vi , death due to P roß liar! V claims that lure ' ,,« poisoned and calls KrU'* /n ask him the mean ■,lßr- r - r -so Bnnn re -piri-10 ° t Hotel! the secret.r of S ir \birP* 0R ; ; Harley. H' he learns ■ d.* l . 111 " , V ith a liand- H is ! o-'V"oriental named ■ coos WITH THU STOUT ■ ibitrfo” rcpea'.'-’O ;ho weary L turned her head aside, ■L dewa to where with one K« she was restlessly tap- L floor of the cab. They were K ltll[ far some moments. E t y„a trust m.V she asked. K -Or don't you think lam ■enough to share your conS t, you tuti respect your ■££•» —ted. quietly. ■Sold anyth.ng from you. ■ wl ““ \ hv a verv difterent ■ prompted b> a- ~ ■e from the one you - --« est - Kd not answer hum but sterod ■ctedivout of the cab window; Krtev did not breaK thus silence, Ki be would have liked to o He was m:nta!ly,rev ewing his K cf th- preceding day wnen. ■ character of a Colonial visitor HLuch t : me on his hands, he ■nnmed the fuvey tor hours In ■ope ot eifururg . »ltmPS..f H z Khan, His vug- nad been K :e we are," said Phil Abing ■ alighted, and Harley dis the cabman and followed the Ko Doctor llcMurdoc.h’s house. ■ j. e m ade the acquaintance of i ■ McMurdoch, who, as experi ■ had taught him to anticipate, las plump and merry and viva | as her husband was |ry and taciturn. ■e were waiting for you, dear." laid when the formality of pre- Kg Earley was over. “Are you ■ sure that you want to go?” ■i Abingdon nodded pathetically, ■had raised her veil, and Harley ■ see that her eyes were full of ■ “I should like to see the ■rs," she answered. Be was staying at the McMur- I’s house, and as the object at ■eat 1| view was that of a visit ■-: from which the Bal of Sir Chark s Abingdon- was Bke place on the morrow, Harley Br.c suddenly conscious of the ■ thathia presence was inoppor- Bt Phil Abingdon had her own Bs on the. matter. She stepped up Be him and linked her arm in his. Ha result he found himself a few Btes later entering the hall of Hate Sir Charles’ house. Be first thing that had struck By on entering the house had Han overpowering perfume of Bnths. Now h i. saw whence it B for. conspicuous amid the crosses, was an enor- B'device formed of hyacinths. Its Btions dwarfted those of all the ■|' s wonderful," said the girl, Be? forward and drawing Harley ■8 with her. She glanced from ■ cart up to his face, which was ■hja rather grim expression. ■Whan ha s been iso good,” l.ff’ " H 9 ser -f bis secretary to |i ts c f d boos any assistance rfr\ but I certainly had not ■oteo tha.” WSSL the . Party rctu med to I neighboring house of the physi- A(>hKE.MKNT ■ lN IJ Md\S V, ILL i \SE H < '" , 'i‘ < ' !s, mie am! ■ Ivit.a! Share,. r tii.* b“i ii"<li-t H]• i' nil- l r h> ~f' thf! ' '»er\ fnuj.- M || P :ii - Hifi-in ■»i{ 1 ::i ; '"".'Milt. \v!,ir-ii * • ••• SLjhv. ill '• Hi " t 'Cllt Hi! ■ k i. Asheville. ■L ts >«t th,* Hatnl v Higgins. » , il: '•• 1 s's tlir Kr:'; ..: 1 /:' 1 nr KS iu«- ■ I w ■■.inui ■' Him,,. , an:.fM*' the " Wjnston ■f||y ! : *tolh!a con. ha ;r J Hi «* ■ ' i. W, , ‘wo ■ days , f : •’ ■*** Vtilif •".* ,fi !' ad-’ are authorized j v ~-Ji tii*l* ij- i ■ , i J v , ‘ ■'* easii on Bvfiiilf i,- ,x ,i;, v ' fi'om date. ''liaiied. About r , .... :,r " authorized "y* :i ‘' f ,t H' f W«>perty. 1,1 ‘“Vrivi Khi-i. 1 l s 40 ’ is 111-) Blfn [j , i - Tm gf<| , " , , i " {ll ! *im Since Sat lU'day Ni^h;. • V-■ ."f Uw -1 s'/. , " : , 5 “ tailing his night 1 : "V. S „ t ""'f- ;|, '<"?ding to • aau Itttjve Wen ,il -'Tiotious. - depart meats clan. Almost before they were seated in the doctor’s drawing room he voiced his disapproval. “Phil,” he said, ignoring a silent appeal from his ttife, “this is, mayhap, no time to speak of the matter, but I’m not glad to see the hyacinths.” Mrs. McMurdoch’s glance became positively bese ching, but the physi cian ignored it. “As your father’s oldest friend,” he continued, “I feel called upon to remark that it isn’t usual for strangers to thrust their attentions upon a bereaved family.” “Oh,” said Pfiil Abingdon tilth animation, “do I understand that this is also your opinion, Mr. Har ley?” “As a man of the world,” declared Doctor McMurdoch, gloomily, “It cannot fail to be.” Tears began to trickle down Phn Abingdon’s cheeks. “Oh, my dear, my dear!” cried little Mrri. McMurdoch, running to her side. But the girl sprang up, escaping from the encircling arm of the moth erly old lady. She shook her head disdainfully, as if to banish tears and weakness, and glanced rapidly around from face to face. “I think THE CADLER PROVED TO BE INSPECTOR WESSEX. you are all perfectly cruel and hor rible,” she said in a choking voice, and ran out. > CHAPTER IX Two Reports ON returning to his office Paul Earley found awaiting him the report of the man to whom he had entrusted the study off the movements of Nicol Brinn.-*'- Miss Smith, the typist, had gone, for it was after six o’clock, and Innes alone was on duty. IJe come in as Harley, placing his hat and cane upon the big writing table, sat down to study the report. “Inspector Wessex rang up, Mr. Harley, about an hour ago. He said he would be at the' Yard until six.” “Has he obtained any informa tion?” asked Paul Harley, wearily, glancing at his little table clock. “He said he had had insufficient time to do much in the matter, but that there were one or two outstand ing facts which might interest you.” “Ah!” murmured Harley. He took up the telephone. “City 400,” he said. ... “Is that the Commis sioner’s Office, New Scotland Yard? . . . Paul Harley speaking. Would you please inquire if Detective In spector Wessex has gone?” While awaiting a reply he looked up at Innes. “Is there anything else?” he asked. "Only the letters, Mr. Harley.” “Leave the letters, then; I will see to them. You need not wait.” A moment later, as his secretary bade him good-night and went out of th© office: WpilAN AMi MAN SHOT ’'~lN~f r REE FOR ALL FIGHT Police Say Shooting Occurred During a New Tear Celebration. Detroit. Jan. 1. —One woman was shot, probably fatally, and a man was wounded in what the police describe as a free for all brawl that climaxed a New Year eve party at Roseville lim. a Macomb Coun ty roadhouse, at 5 o'clock this morning. Thirteen men are being held while the police continue their investigation. The cause of the tight has not been determin ed. Tlie Roseville Inn affair was the only outstanding, untoward incident of De troit's reception to 1924. 111 ERTA DOES NOT WANT MEXICAN PR ESI DEN C V He Will Be Plain Citizen if Revolution He Started Is. Successful. New Orleans. Im.. Jan. I.*—Adolfo de Huerta, leader of tin* insurrectionists in Mexico, will become, a plain citizen without title or office the moment the I revolution is successful, according to a 'message now on its way to the Wash ! ington government from Vera Cruz, says the New Orleans Daily State. Believe Airship Dixmude Was Destroy ed By Fire. j Palermo, Italy, Dec. 81.—Bits of j charred wreckage swept in by the sea at Seiaeea and along the coast near Palermo, have been examined by experts, and the conclusion has been reached I that the French dirigible Dixmude was destroyed by tire, probably %-fter an ex plosion. ; A solemn requiem mass was cele brated at the cathedral here today for | the victims, and the people of Palermo, il° deepest sorrow, have placed flowers on the body of Lieutenant Grenadan, ! the commander of the dirigible. The ! body lies in the station here. “Hello,” said Harleg, speaking into the mouthpiece. 1 . . . "The inspector has gone? Perhaps you would ask him to ring me up In the morning.” Le replaced the receiver on the hook. Resting his chin in his hands, he began to read from vhsj typewritten pages before him. His assistant's re port was conceived as follows: Re Mr. Nicol Brinn of Raleigh House, Piccadilly, W. I. Mr. Nicol Brinn is an American citizen, born at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 15, 1884. He is the son of John Nicolas Brinn of the same city, founder of the firm of J. Nicolas Brinn, Incorporated, later reconsti tuted under the style of Brlnn’s Uni versal Electric Supply Corporation. Nicol Brinn is a graduate of Har vard, He has traveled extensively in nearly all parts of the wqrld apd has access to the best society of Eu rope and America. He has a reputa tion for eccentricity, has won numer ous sporting events as a gentleman rider; was the first airman to fly over the Rockies; took part in the Uruguay rebellipn of 1004, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel of field artillery with __ the American forces during the Great War. He has published a work on big game and has contributed numerous travel articles to American period icals. On the death of Mr. Brinn, senior, in 1914, he inherited an enor mobs fortune and a preponderating influence in the B. U. E. S. C. He has never taken any active part in conduct of the concern, but has lived a restless and wandering life in va rious parts of the world. Mr. Nicol Brinn is a confirmed bachelor. I have been unable to find that he has ever taken the slightest interest in any woman other then his mother throughout his career. Mrs. J. Nicolas Brinn is still living in Cincinnati, and there Is said to be a strong bond of affection between mother and son. His movements on yesterday, 4th June, 1921, were as follows: He came out of his chambers at eight o’clock and rode for an hour in the park, when he returned and remained Indoors until midday. He then drove to the Carlton, where he lunched with tbs Foreign Secretary, with whom he remained engaged In earnest conversation until ten min utes to three. The Rt. Hon. gentle man proceeded to the House of Commons and Mr. Brinn to an auc tion at Christie’s. He bought two oil paintings. He then returned to his chambers and did not reappear again until seven o’clock. He dined alone at a small and unfashionable restaurant in Soho, went on to his box at Covent Garden, where he re mained for an hour, also alone, and then went home. He hod no callers throughout the day. Deliberately Paul Harley had read the report, only removing his hand from his chin to turn over the pages. Now from the cabiset at his elbow he took out his tin of tobacco and, filling and lighting a pipe, lay back, eyes half closed, considering what he had learned respecting Nicol Brinn. He found himself helplessly tied. In whlclt direction should he move and to what end? As was his cus tom, he took a pencil end wrote upon a little block: “Find means to force Brinn to speak.” He lay back in his chair again, deep in thought, and presently added the note: “Obtain interview with Ormus Khan.” Just as he replaced the pencil on the table, his telephone bell rang. The caller proved to be his friend, Inspector Wessex. “Hello, Mr. Harley,” said the In spector. “I had occasion to return to the Yard, and they told me you had rung up. I don’t know why you are interested In this Ormuz Khan, unless' you want to raise a loan.” Paul Harley laughed. “I gather that he is a man of extensive means,” he replied, “but hitherto h© has remained outside my radius of observation.” (Continued in Our Next Issue) resolves to make I LIVING IN NEW YORK Painjiered Son Out to Paddle Ills OVvn Boat Meets With Misfortune. New York, Dec. 31.—Charles Wads worth, 18S left Bellevue Hospital today resolved to make New \ork furnish him a living or starve in the attempt. Wadsworth, who says hi* mother owns several coal mines and lives in Repub lic, Ala., collapsed from hunger, on the street last Saturday night. After a couple of square meals at Bellevue lie told this story: “I got tired of being a pampered sou about six weeks ago. and started for Montreal with S3OO in my jeans, set on learning to make my own living. “A fellow f met in Montreal robbed me. I didn't have a job yet, and 1 was getting cold, so I made my way to New York. My last ideal was a cup of coffee and a pair of doughnuts last Wednesday. I’m going out now and find a job or—you'll find me back here again.'’ v Tax Cut Wouldn’t Aid Incomes of This Year. Washington, Jan. 1. —Treasury offi cials state income tax reductions sug gested by Secretary Mellon will not be effective on 11)23 incomes even if the Mellon recommendations are adopted. The secretary's proposal is that the new schedules become effective for in comes dating #nno January 1, 11)24. This means tax payments on 1923 in comes, whether made March 15, 1924, or by quarterly installments through out 1924, would be made on the basis of existing revenue legislation. Calcu lations of the government income from the calendar year 1924 have been made on the basis bf the present revehue law. In olden times holly was considered to be an antidot# for jpoison and a pro tection against lightning. fITHECONCORD TIMES NO BIG PROFITS IN THE COTTON MILLS SAYS CLARK Charlotte Editor Looks for Curtailment of Textile Operations. i Charlotte, .Tan. I.—The first six mouths of 1024 has little in store for the cotton mills of thits section, but the industry will makg- fair profits- during the last half of the year, according to •David Clark, editor of the Southern Tex tile Bulletin, and one of the best posted [men in the industry. The mills are clos ing the year in the midst of a curtail ment movement which has been caused by apathy in the cotton goods market and tjie sustained excessive cautio nos buyers, from jobbers ou througn to the consumer. It is not hoped that this state of the market will change in time to affect the profits of the textile in dustry for the first half of the new-year. Mr. Clark's prediction for the second half of the year is based upon the as sumption that the markets \yilh be so depleted before the end of six months that perforce there will be a consider able buying movement and tlie mills many of which have, been compelled dur ing recent months to warehouse a con siderable part of their output, will be able to dispose of their manufactured stocks at a profit. It is estimated by Mr. Clark and others familiar with the textile industry in North Carolina- that approximately 2r>.000 individuals share each year in the profits or looses of the mills, this being the number of stockholders in the cotton mills of the State. It is believed that the number of people thus directly interested in tin* textile industry in North Carolina is larger than the num ber iu all of the other Southern states combined although this State has only about one-tliird of the spindles iu the South. The manner in which the cotton mill industry was developed in North Caro lina is responsible for the wide distri bution of stock in the mills of tlii-s State. It is also responsible for the small aver age size of the mills of the State. Most of the mills in this State were estab lished as community enterprises, the promoters being merchants, bankers, farmers, and other business and profes sional men who were interested origin ally rnd primarily in providing profit able employment for the people of the community, increasing the payroll of their town and providing a market for the products of the adjacent agricultural community. The date I>. A. Tompkins, pioneer industrial leader and economist, fre uuently declared that the surest and best way to insure the prosperity of. agricultural and commercial North Caro lina was to build cotton mills and other industries which would provide pur chasing power for mercantile and agri cultural products. Those today have given most thought to the matter are agreed that Mr. Tompkins was right and that the present advanced position of North Carolina in commerce and agri culture has resulted most largely from the building up of industrial cities, towns and villages of the State. The mills of N Till Carolina today number approximately 400 and the av ,erage size is about 12.000 spindle*, as compared with average of 30.000 spindles for the much smaller number of mills in South Carolina. The mills of the State consume considerably more •than 1.000.000 bales of cotton a year. NATIONAL STAFF BAND TO VISIT CHARLOTTE To Appear at Billy Sunday Tabernacle Next Monday Night. New York City, Jan. I.—Staff Cap rain George Darby, bandmaster of the National Staff Band of the Salvation Yrmy, has confirmed the report, that the thirty-five piece band of which he lias chief director for the past ten years will visit Charlotte for a musicale at the Billy Sunday Tabernacle at S o’clock uxt Monday night, January 7th. In cluded in the band of thirty-five pieces is John Allen, talented cornetist. who was decorated for bravery over seas and was mustered out of the I'nited States army with the rank of Major, in (-ham plain service. Over two-third* of the men in the band were iu the service of the I'nited States during the World War. This is the first visit of this organiza tion, which is thirty-two years old, south of Washington, I). C. Other Southern •ities have requested the appearance of this organization, but as the personnel compose the executive, and secretarial staff of the national headquarters of the Army, they d<r not have (sufficient time to visit any other city on this trip. The eocert will be given at the Billy Sunday Tabernacle, Charlotte at S p. in., Monday. January 7th, and the hand will be feted by the Chamber of Com merce in Charlotte while there. DECREASE SHOWN IN LYNCHINGS LAST YEAR Ik crcpse. Compared With , Record of 1922, Was More Than 50 Per Cent. Tuskegeev Ala., Jiu». I.—Ly nr Kings in (he Crtited States decreased more than 50 per cent, during 1923, as compared with 1922, according to figures made public by the Tuskegee Normal & In dustrial Institute. During 1923 there were 28 lynchings. as compared with 57 for the preceding year, these figures showed. Twenty-six of the ..number ware negroes and two whites. Two women were among the victims of the mobs.' These figures gave Mississippi and Florida eight lynchings each: Georgia four. Arkansas two, Texas two. Virginia one. Missouri oue, Oklahoma one, and Lcuisiaiui one. ope was reported from North CaroSiiia. Alabama, according ti tire Tuskegee com pilation. TURK EKILLKD WHEN TWO ALTOS CRASH Accident Occurred Early This Morning Near Zanesville, Ohio. Zanesville, Ohio, Juu. I.—Three per sons. two men and a young woman, were killed six miles east of here on -the nat ional road early this morning when an automobile iu which they were riding crashed head-on with another car. The dead are: Arthur Millfelt, aged 20: Rob ert Gille; and Anna M. Goodrich, 19. No Change hi Judge Boyd’s Condition. Greensboro, Jan. I.—Federal Judge James" E, Boyd, who has been ill for several weeks, rested very well Monday night, and his condition today was re ported as unchanged. No decision as to an operation Las yet been reached, it is stated. < 'JOHN M’CORMACK ? RELIVES HIS DEBUT Snigs In tho Manhattan Opera House, '' Seone of His Premiere 12 Years Ago. N<-w 1 ork World, { Four thousand music lovers who came early to the Manhattan Opera House yesterday failed to avoid the rush, but succeeded in hearing John Mc- Cormack, the tenor, relive in song the triumph of twelve years ago when he made his American debut on the saipe stage. Nearly as many were turrit away.. I People and cars packed 34th Street long before, the performance and the press at the bix office was so great the entertainment was more than half an hour late in starting. Several hundred chairs on the stage and standing room, that v.as taken quickly, supplemented the regu ar accommodations. | On his first appearance in New York the Irish tenor had the role of Alfredo ir» Traviata. ’• with Mine. Tetrazzini and Mario Snmmarco. His initial soug that night was “The Snowy Breasted Pearl, and yesterday he sang again the song that won him the heart of the American public. I There were other songs, too: gay, ! rollicking things that swept the aud ience with mirth; soft, appealing ones ; that left tears in many eyes, and one riotous fragment sung all in a single breath that at once left the crowd j laughing and amazed, i ( lu closing, McCormack sang “Home. I Sweet Home” for an encore (he said later it was the first time since 1004)’ I but the audience would not let him go ; until he had finished with “Charity,” the selection he calls his “benediction.” COLD WAVE AND SNOW STORM IN MIDDLEWEST ; Budding Years and Old Man Winter Make Their Dehut Together. Chicago. Dec. 31. —Young 1024 romp ed into the middlewest tonight in the van of a snowstorm and cold wave as its principal heritage from 1023. The budding year and Old Man Win ter made their debut together as it was the first severe weather this section of the country has experienced this winter. The snowstorm and ( old wave came sweeping out of Alaska and the north ! west as the old year bade farewell and in Chicago an extremely mild fall and winter was interrupted by a falling mercury and a snowstorm driven by a sharp wind- - ♦ At 0 o'clock tonight the mercury had dropped to 12 degrees above zero from a point above freezing this morning and was continuing to slide down a degree of two an hour, with a prediction of five above zero for tomorrow morning. An inch and one-half of snow was on the ground here. Continued intense cold with strong northwest winds were on the program for New Year’s day in this forecast area. WANTS MAXIMUM REWARD OFFERED FOR GATLING Solicit'** Will Ask Governor Morrison to Act—No Trace of Slayer of Two Found. j Raleigh, Dec. 31-—Governor Mor rison will be asked to offer the largest reward authorized by North Carolina s laws for the capture of Lawrence Gat ling, sou of former Raleigh Postmaster Bart M. Catling, who escaped last Sat urday night after lie is alleged to have shot and killed his wife and Owen Stevens, whom he was said to have found in her company. Solicitor W. F. Evans made this announcement today on his return to Raleigh after having been out of the city for several days. Both city and county authorities are continuing their efforts to apprehend Gathling. but as yet they have been un able to find clues leading to establishing his whereabouts. Funeral services were held here today for Mrs. Gatling. Among the persons at tending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Bart M- Gatling, parents of her husband and alleged slayet. MISSING GIRL RETURNS TO HOME IN COLUMBIA Miss Virginia Boozer Had Been in Jacksonville Working in Store. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 31.—-Miss A ir ginia Boozer, 17-year-old University of South Carolina studnet fpr whom a na tion-wide search has been conducted for two months, returned to the home of her parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. Earle Bozer here early today. She said she had been in Jacksonville, Fla., working in a department s'torc. Miss Boozer disappeared early in-No vember. She left home ostensibly to visit friends in Spartanburg. S. C-, but she never arrived there. Her parents traced her to Denmark, S. C., and were inclined to believe that she had gone to New York, probably to attempt to begin a stage carrel". No word was received from her until she appeared at home today. A desire to learn wether she coma make her own way in the world prompt ed her to disappear, Hiss Boozer said. She lived in the Y. W. C. A. at Jack sonville, she told her parents. TELEPHONES HIS FATHER HE HAS SLAIN HIS WIFE “Come and "See Her,” Is and Police Find Her Strangled. Montreal, Dec. 31. —Police today found Mrs. Delphits Goddard strangled to death in her home, wlfich they had been asked to visit by her father-in-law and brother in-law. wsio sab! the woman’s husband had told them by telephone that he bad killed her. They declared Goddard in vited thorn to “come down and see her." Judge Boyd 111 at Greensboro Hospital. Greensboro, Dec. 31. —Janies E. Boyd, veteran judge of the Federal ( ourt of the Western District of North Carolina, continues ill at a local hospital where he has been a patient for several days. Bladder trouble is the cause of the ill ness of the jurist, who lias been unable to go to his office for three weeks. This afternoon* it 'was reported that Judge Boyd, who will be (seventy yearn old Feb ruary 14th, next, had been resting easier during the past few days but that his general condition-was about the same. Building in Salisbury Reaches Nearly Million. Salisbury. Dec. 31.—Total building operation** io Salisbury during 1923 readied according to figures compiled by the city engineers. No large building projects were undertaken. It is estimated that over 125 new resi ' deuces were built in 1923. Parks-Belk Co. A GENERAL CLEAN UP On All Winter Goods .. *<; -•! On Second Floor /V * •}¥' $V > AH Ladies Higher Priced Coats, Hats Furs, Winter Suits Will be Radically Reduced to Make a Clean Sweep On Our Second Floor Mefi’s, Ladies’ and Children's Sweaters ••’ v■{ " <>#. - | -7 7- ~*‘ u - We have gone through these and made sweeping re ductions. Come in before the stocks are depleted. All sweaters, priced to move them out quick. The reductions on these are made now to clean every one out. MEN’S AND BOYS’ OVERCOATS j' , - In Our Clothing Department You Will Find AH Men’s and Boys Over coats at Sweeping Reductions, It will pay you to see these at once. Overcoats of the best value money can buy. No better made and the price a radical reduction. AH Winter Goods included in the gen eral clean-up. I A Good Time to Buy Blankets. We Shall Make a Get-Out Price on All Wool Blankets * t • t. The beautiful all wool plaids and the Elkin White Blanket. Extraordinary prices will be made on Blankets beginning today. • f 'A Parks-Belk Go. % _ PAGE SEVEN

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