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y b sHEKiCLL, Editor and Publisher. Volume xlyiii. piL ifIOOPS ARE m REBELS IN I HE y!L DISTRICT Iden,! Soldiers Have Taken Iwt'ama— nares Seized |Kor Short While by the ■Rebels. Ipj OF SALINA I * (R( Z ALSO HELD irecH Which' Attacked the irowns Are Directing the movement Now Against m tv 0 f Santa Lucrecia. H i;, Federal forces on-! ■ , n b-1 bands out < f ■ j i;iv .- -taken llie ! ,wn of ■ I! region. Ti e p«»>session of Lin- on M.'ii'.-r.ey and Ciudad Yi«j*- column sent fivili H a : ~.v ‘Mere than lifty roll ‘ ■ ~rt in .i* engageinerii. ■/'. rail service bet ween - j will b»* resumed -j ;*‘\V 4ul) v . ■ K q,;. lltilii IVH of Sal ilia Cruz i delayed—l>y ra ■ j,-;.,. \., A ._ i*,y ihe Associated' ..f Satina Cruz is in j ■ cbm-Ms . It was I Ivii'iu.m* I’rei-a, aid- The ' •ui’yi**!** control or Sia;-* >i' .lali.s- Hf . , -.•(••kfil S.lina Cruz ~) • .■vui'-nt against Ir*t-:a. l':;v.» been rein .; a:i<i San Her- H . .*,l ft will ar- H s l.iu-avia *• .ich i- an impel t ri; .. ; !V r.-.ink ill.- till held iitn**-s. f'*re - General 'iua'ihn >i.g Vt*ra Cruz , front t.t inii.ucii unchanged. ■ Mexicans (irt Vessel. ndicers him ,i • oi::;n>s.«»n from guVeViillle:.!. Lave arrived ill n> lake - atii a vessel for ■hi :l;e r--> nt tri.u' •• ii Mexico. The" reri-nlare adinansi that tin* men ■vh! tei'.iy .i;:i/ them wt-r- lat e<* .i hoL‘l. linw w re eight Kt \n the party and st rict seevr. \ was by all of them. |M('AtY,''n ( .hangts Headquarters. Pri' .lan. 21.--I’r- sldei:-: • 'bregon k’ vw i ■» cpuni in Agiiii' Cali ntes •vii'*ii lie an.'iuj ted a trip to iird iin\v k gailiefing l.i- farces a’leiii'.t m: liiraigh the rebel litt'iii.itg Ce'aya. an inin-irant rail ■' jun.-fi . a>lvie."- r,-elite,| iii .laurez 'o- fi. it! !i".id<|i:arters at ' e;- .M.>u- -.id. and went i aiienn-.s f r tj. • purp >se r.f i .it* Kiicpii n ,n i .iite 10 i'lf n.eii 1 f._ .laurez ami were beiio* hurried to the H * lie Federal « >t»r* gn. the advii-ty state, tt return to Celaya on Wed orilep rlmt he not only be in A| •• o.i- western oet'ir, bur* the ns wt*i!. Tiie Prcsi- liurrietHy returned to , a;i Avi "' n '* was learned * N|, A(la s cavalry liad cut tin* rail- H Kil ' a - *i*i I troops now are be- H ' u tic ho;itof cutting ■ ' MoßKiso> plucks ■ HOOKS 0\ EVOLUTION wFt * “ f'etiication to Re ■ l . Iw * i ext, Account of ■ Tueorv *“'• ' ,:l "' I ;> >n insistence of ■ ' a. Mie s r t;,[e board c»f !'".;• ••'• ted "from the re book conimi-sion two 'tiv* 1 .' 1 "' ;,t> "" biology. b>*caiis? ‘ ’| r ‘‘vh;;,". eruing evolution. (| A“ - were Trafton’s H,, Hetin* aml Community" and , n .taught rliat man is ■ a mi ii!o*y aml'tlie otlier ( . ""Tis;n to the' monkey." ■ : M■ lTison. expressing liis ■ any theory of evolution ■ ' a missing link. \utn Outtnit Year. 'L !,: -d —The output of H,g ‘ die I'iiited States dur ■ f’lae.-d in n commerce dc- Hf at today at a total Bfi;.,-' 1 - '~■ iigei' automobiles, and ■%»;!??'• :| ' '"aipared with 2.;W!).- ■ and 246,281 T| v IT ~ -—— ■ ' o,,v aii!l Holla.' Fire at Kittrcll I C.. .lan. 24.» Fire of Bb , ’ li - lasi night destroyed B "'at ••lioii >( . nml hit houses B-'n l llu ' l,; d f’;aii! Company, at B Mi' .'V 1 " 1 '"- t! °"i The !o«s ■ ■ a s it'.<Kid. jirnbahly half "I S BEAK SAVS' SSiuiiig. [T ■ *"'l pr< bably Friday J ' “Sage in temiXTat'ue. THE CONCORD TIMES Cool r ■MMMMMWnMnmaMMpawg # \ j ' Captain Anton Heincn (above! of (Jcr i muni, was, the pilot ahtartl tin* Shenan tloali wln 'll the shit> broke loose. His cool ness is c.-edi;cd wiih bringing the giant safely back to the' hangar at I.akehurst, N. •!.. without loss of a life, ('apiain Ileinen is in this country in an advisory capacity. KI W ANTS TRUSTEES TO MEET Conference t„ Be Held at I‘inehurst on ____ TYiday, January 25th. Raleigh. X. ''.r ;in . 24. —Trustees of llic Kinan is ( !übs of tin* Carolina Itis ,rHct will meet with the lieutenant gov ernors and chairmen of the various com mittees at Pin.-hurst on Friday. January Until for a conference ar which the ad vancement of the Kiwanis Club in this »tistrici will be discussed and phtnmd. Harry T. Adams. District Governor of the Carolina Kiwanis Clubs, will pre side. Governor Adams stated that there are now .a> clubs in the Carolina district and that three additional clubs have been started since the first ~f tin* year. Mew clußs have recently been formed at P.en nettsville. S. ('.. and Kaeford. X. C.. while the Raleigh Kiwanis ('lub lias sponsore<l a new club at Warrenton, it was stated. According t*a (Jiivernor Adams, a num l>er of important matters looking to the future advancement of the Kiwanis will be discussed at the Pint-hurst meeting, the Lieutenant (governors who will meet with the district governor at this time are: John D. Duffy, Sumter. S. C.; Rich ard T. Ferrell, Rook Hill, S. C.; Wil liam A. French, Wilmington. \. V. f rTmT Felix Harvey. Kinston. X. .C, Governor Adams state«l that a new lieutenant governor had been appointed for the western section of Xorth Caro lina and that liis name will be made public at t!:<* meeting in Pinehurst. ATTORNEY GENERAL IS CALLED TO WHITE HOUSE Just What President Coolldge Wanteil Is Not Known Now. Washington, dan. 24.—Attorney Gen eral Daugherty was summoned to the White House today for conference with President Coolidge. but there was noth ing to indicate whether any change had taken [ lace in the administration policy of merely observing the Teapot Dome in vestigation in its present phase. It was declaied by Department of Justice of ficials that t,he President wanted to talk over various things with Mr. Daugherty who expected to leave for a day or two for an indefinite stay in Florida. Post and Flagg Cotton Letter. Xew Y'ortt. Jan. 23. —Notwithstand- ing a ginning report, somewhere in ex cess o[_ current expectation the action < f tin- market suggested sold out condi tion arid that there "were more waiting to buy than to sell if the figures proved large. The effect of the rep :i was off set to some extent by a more favorable view of foreign conditions and still more by continued bullish spot advices. The report'is in running and the trade is not sure how much will he lost when tht- figures art- reduced to standard weights as private advices are that the bales are running light espetdally those which have passed through the gins re cently. The weather has not boon fav orable for preparations but not much stress is laid on that though if there is not a change for the better presently the trade will begin to feel somewhat anxious as an. early start is very es sential for good results and while the de'a.v may be offset for a time by tlu favorable season in the soil there must be an opportunity to take advantage of that if it is to count for anything. The 'nek of activity in the goods markets is the serious drawback and as mills can burly afford to absorb a much wider spread between goods and raw material it looks that some distinct im provement "must occur in that section before any sustained important advane can be confidently expected- Rallies like today are apt to improve only local and technical and to fade away as soon as scattered shorts have covered through they look fully warranted by the sound fundamental on which the market rests. Spencer Beys Slnte Distance of JO Miles- Spencer, Jan. 23. —Skating over the National Highway from Spencer to Lexington, a distance .of I<‘> miles, was the record of half a dozen Spencer high school students on Saturday. The skat ing time was one hour and forty-five minutes and the young athletes declare it a most interesting experience, this perhaps beings the longest distance skat ing oh record hereabouts. The party in cluded Jay Stoudemiro. Henilrill Self, James Cooper. Sydney Lee Ridon, Les ter Slate and Charles Ellis. The number of men now employed in i the coal mines of .Great Britain is 1,- j 184,200. i ' PUBLISHED MOND A Y 8 AND THURSDAYS Dr. Martin’s Removal as President of Davidson College Only Suggested ’ Mr ,Tchn A. Livingston, special writ er cf ihe Raleigh Xews and Observer, writing from Davidron College, has the I following in today’ i i f.uc t.f -that pa per : i Davidson. Jan. 23.—Gossip reduced Ito facts discloses that some weeks ago j members of the senior class of David i son Crllcge sent a -otter to L. Richord - son. Crccnsboro bir iness man. who is president of the General Alumni Asso | ciation. suggesting the advisabi’ifv >.f replacing President YV. J. Martin a > j head of the Presbterian institution with what was termed a more progressive man. Cessin had it the petition was to be presented at the meeting cf the board of trustees at its meeting in February, ‘but this report was declared today by responsible members of the senior class to be a “ lie." These seniors -aid the action in sending the letter was has iv. but at that is did net do nit re than suggest the possibility of a new presi dent. Boys Bound To Kick The sending <f Hie letter started ru mors that spread across the S’ate but people in the college village haven’t got the news yet. and wouldn’t be disturbed about if if they hath Boys will be boys and if it isn’t muddy streets it’s some thing o’se, say the villagers. In fact, muddy streets helped to start the move ment that culminated in tin* sending of the letter, which has ht-come a part of the history of tin* college. Progress has hit the college town, and water and sewerage ditches make the main street of Davidson nearly :is muddy as the main street of Durham is in llie midst of an improvement season. Some three years ago a senior class at Davidson College had some differences with President Mamin, and they sent a delegation to see him. Students and president sat down to a table and ironed them out. In the present instance sev eral members of the faculty have confer red with the leaders in the senior class, and they seem to have arrived at an agreement that promises to work out nil right. The seniors were not asked to shut up and hold their jieace but were told to make such investigatitons of oth er colleges as they deemed wise and after careful consideration, and they wen- ns sjnrcd that the college administration stood ready to listen to any just griev ance They might have. I iberty of Opinion. In following this policy of frank and open discussion, the college authorities were carrying out a Presbyterian rule of allowing to every man the privilege of thinking things out for themselves. It is significant that eighty and seven years age when the c-oitse was founded ..under* Uioac. _i£a motto" Let Learning Be Cherished. Where Liberty Has Arisen.” There are 75 members of the senior class and they are a manly looking set of youngsters. Their leaders look you straight in the eye ami talk straight. Once set upon a course they follow the well known Sooteh-Irish bent of stick ing it out, let come what may. Today marked the beginning of the mid-term examinations, and it was inter esting to make the rounds of the class rooms and find every student placed on his honor not to cheat. They do n t ; abuse this trust, and would be ostracized j if they did. Student government her.- has proven highly successful. Martin Is Unruffled. If any one thinks that President W il liam J. Martin is worried about his boys, they do not know the man. He is the , coolest and calmest mail on the college campus and not in the least disturbed. | For 12 years he has been at the helm of the institution and has seen in that tinn three freshmen classes come to the col- SHERIFF LYERLY OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY DEAD Died From Wounds Alleged by Police to Have Been Self Inflicted. Asheville, Jan. 24. —John A. Lyer ly. sheriff of Buncombe county, died at a local hospital early today from the ef fects of a pistol bullet tired into his brain yesterday afternoon, alleged by the police lo have been self inflicted. The sheriff had been despondent over ill healt h and because rtf the death of his wife last August. Motorcycle policemen f und him lying in the county garage at the rear of the court house, clutching a pis tol in his hand, and bleeding from his right temple. The county commission ers are expected to appoint a successor to fill out the unexpired term. The funeral will be held Friday afternoo nat 3 o’clock. PROPOSED CONFERENCE HAS FALLEN THROUGH Leaders in England’s Rail Strike Will Not Hold Conference. London. Jan. 24 (By the Associated Press). —The proposed conference be tween tin* railroad managers and engine men for discussion of issues involved in the present strike has fallen through, and J. Bromley, secretary of the Asso ciated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.^announced this afternoon that “ he regretted” that the strike must, continue. Dr. Kaupp to Speak at Madison Square Garden. i Italeigh, X. C., Jan. 24.—Dr. B. F. Kaupp. poultry investigator, and pathol ogist of Xorth Carolina State College of Agriculture, will address the Educational section of the Madison Square Garden Poultry Show in Xew York City on Fri day evening. D/. Kaupp’s subject will be ""Poultry! losses From Preventable Di seases.” This will particularly interest the poul try raisers of this state and many will have the opportunity of hearing Dr. Kaupp speak over the radio at 8 o’clock on Friday evening. Spencer Gilbert Dead. Harrisburg, Pa , Jan. 24—Spencer C. Gilbert, a director of the Pennsylvania I Railroad, died "at his home here today. He was seventy-three-years old. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924 lege pnd pass out ai Xo doubt Preside lit Martin would be glad to lay down the , bur dp ns of his of fir-e for quieter pUrfJjtits but until his J work is finished, lie : will hold his hand steady to the plow tQ the end of the fur row though the stoiros beat about his 1 head and path. Me epjnes of a stock that j knows not the meaning of the word fail | a-ul that it takes iflh full responsibility ] for performance vJ tasks. I The record of under Pres ident Marlin’s i.d mi dill ration will loom large in the history the institution. He lias seen the endowment fund dou ! hied under hh guiding baud and the j student body grow frptti 300 to over 500. : and did Davidson croid its dormitories as some colleges do. tin Hi.-oilmem would be still laiger. for many!applicants have to be turned away each ytav. President Martin's ’brad is not bowed. 1 for he bonds a studem body that meas ures high in its idetps. They respect character and integrijj. and that he has far above the averag*|Jpnttd they know it. Net a Go« 4 Mixer The worst -that tlflFy say nb ml President Martin L Riat he is lacking in tact. lie does »ot mix in friendly camardcrie with the toys on the college fampus. nor does he wiih friends off the campus. lie purxueirifthe even tenor of his way with a friendly word for every one and no bluster Tor any occasion. He is a-; ncht-l.v the same yesterday, to day and forever, ns M i* possible for a human being t > he. Y#heu athletic team get licked. tiUidcnts <&n raise a mighty kick because some has been kept off the team on aedwint of failing to make the required grades in his studies. That is tin* Davidson -yx-ay, and in their calmer moments theßknow that it is the l ight way. Th<*f berate the presi dent though because Bo college student likes to ist*e his team ilbse. It is likewise tin*Davidson way to refuse to recognize w ;offering of spe cial inducements to stj*r athletes KTeome to this, college, evonj. when enthusiastic alumni are ready to |p down itito their jeans and help pay ly« expenses in col lege. Xit that DaVidnon is trying to dictate to anybody. lids it just isn't the Davidson way. Makes !lims£lf Goat President Martin f#!A blamed for a lot of tilings that lie‘ doesn’t do or that he isn't entitled to be blamed for be cause as ln-ad of (OBCge, he conceives one of his duties to luj,4Jie gaat for things that are unpleaisaiitjg* Another man might do it different, b*f not so President Martin. It is his « n< l <lops ls that way. THie spiß of unrest that pervades this old world is magnified in alLA^A.land and TTTvflTs*n' MS "tIT desire for change is rampant. Some of the studento here think the institu tion needs slinking up. They don’t know how they ean aid much, but they want to do sometihng. This is not oeeuliar to Davidson. It is being met with calm nml wise counsel, and it is a benediction to a newspaper scribe to • me to the quiet shades of a fine old Southern college town and breathe the pirit of restfulncss and peace which no doubt palls some times on youngsters who are ready to salt out n a crusad ing mission. Eleven thousand men and women have contributed to the six hundred thousantF dollar fund that has been raised to. re-1 build the Chambers; building, which waC burned down, and to the endowment j fund. That in itself is a record that j insures to this college a continuance of j that fine pioneer spirit that led to its founding over four score years ago with j little to build upon except hope and i faith. THE COTTON MARKET Further Advance During Early Trading ! Met Good Deal of Realizing. Xew York, Jan. 24. —A further ad vance in the cotton market during to day's early trading met a good deal of realizing, and after selling at 33.08, March reacted to 33.70. The general market opened steady at a decline cf 3 points to an advance of 10 points. There were a few overnight selling or ders around the ring, brought in by the advance of yesterday, by Liverpool made a very good showing and prices here soon showed net advances of 10 to 22 points on active months as a result of covering, trade and Jiouse buying. May sold up to 34.20, bill selling became more active at this figure, and the market br-ke some 25 or 30 points from the best with in the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. Jan. 33.55: March 33.85 : May—34.o2: July 32.00; Oct. 28.20. j REPARATIONS EXPERTS WILL VISIT GERMANY Going to Berlin to Get Facts About Germany’s Financial Condition. Paris, Jan. 24. —The experts inquir ing into German’s financial and economic condition today continued preparations for their hearings in Berlin whither they are going Monday, probably by special j train. The commit teenien and their staff of experts, secret a rys, stenogra phers and attendants, number more than 100.. . _ Discusses Coining of Experts. Berlin. Jan. 24. —When tiie repara tions experts now meeting in Paris come to Berlin to ascertain the truth, said [Minister of Finance Luther in an ad ! drew at Hamburg yesterday, “then the : world will determine that the repara tions problem must be settled in a man ner permitting Germany’s recovery.” TPo rPV » bottle of wine in the world, so far i - authenticated records can sot j tie this question, is in the possession of I a London wine expert. It : s a bottle of ■ Bavarian hook, which hears on its lab -1 | the date 1540. The Roumanians regard Sunday as the luckiest day for a wedding, and the , autumn, when the wine is in, as the ! most suitable season. ANNOUNCE DEFENSE 1 WHICH ANDERSON IS TO OFFER IN TRIAL Attorneys For the Superin- I tendent of the Anti-Saloon League Says Case is Simp ly One of Bookkeeping. ADMIT SOMEOF THINGS CHARGED They Admit That Anderson Agreed to Share in Excess Commissions of Phillips, | Fund Collector. New York. Jan. 24. — Wm. 11. Auder ; son, exercising the light of his office as , Superiiitqiuleiit of the Anti-i4alf.au ‘League, made a contract with <). Bert sall Phillips, the league fund collector, , to sl l ai*»> in Phillips’ excess commissions, j Anderson’s attorneys dt-elared today in I outlining tin- defense they would make I against tin* forgery charge on which he is j being tried. j Colley Williams, one of the attorneys, l said that under this contract Anderson agreed that Phillips would not have to pay income taxes on the moneys turned | over to Anderson. He admitted that | Anderson, as brought out by the prosccu -1 tion yesterday, ordered the transfer of tone entry of $4.4000 from Phillips’ sal i ary account to his hotel and traveling expense account. ~ The defense, he continued, would prove j that the ease now before the jury is one : purely of book-keeping and that the pros ecution had been either badly advised ; about the mysteries of book-keeping or had proceeded recklessly in making its aceusat ions. I GREAT PROCESSION BEFORE THE BIER OF LENIXE j Thousands Pass to Pay Respects to the Former Soviet Ruler. I Moscow. Jan. 24. (By the Associated 1 Press). —The great procession before the bier of la-nine in the House of Unions continued today. From 5 o'clock yester ! day afternoon when the doors of the hail j were opened until after midnight llie ! wide square on wbi"h the building fronts - saw a constantly swelling mass of lup nmuity outlined against the snow. AfhJ.v 'htwfrwfagyfltr iwoeftfug'tJn*' I crowd dwindled, but it was still deep- I enough to keep tin* soldiers and police busy, ami early this afternoon it had again swelled to its former proportions. Excellent order was maintained, i Among ilu* mourners today were thou sands of children from the schools and other institutions, some of them so tiny they had to stand on tiptoe to view the waxen face of the dead premier. Xo church bells had been tolled as yet in Iyenire's memory, but they will prob ably ii :r ut to: tile day of the fir eral. as the Holy Synod has formally des>g n.itcd Archbishop's Evdokim's suggest ion that I.enim* be declared a Christian. GASTONIA WOOLEN MILLS LATEST TEXTILE BUSINESS ■ plant. MrmPacftires a Fabric That Goes Under Leather Covering in Rollers. j Gastonia, Jan. 23. —The Gastonia J Woolen mills is the name of the coun ty’s newest textile corporation, charter ed to spin and weave woolen fabrics. The incorporators are John E. White, K. M. Glass and others. The plant manufactures a fine grade Jof woolen fabrics that goes under the leather covering on rollers. An essential part of the machinery in a cotton mill. The plant has authorized capital of $50,000. It is equiped with a number of looms. This mill is another evidence of the desire on the part of Gaston county manufacturers to diversify their in terests. There are some five or six weaving and finishing p ants in tin county at present. Club for Boys Organized. Elizabeth City, Jan. 24.—Two clubs have just been organized in the nml district of this city by Rev. Dann-l I an** The purpose of the clubs is to bring together the youth of the mill dis trict under the direction of a leader who will carry them, on hikes, organize ath letic teams and in general direct them in the life that is most profitable. The first club is boy for boys between the ages of six years to twelve years old Tin- second club is for boys from twelve years and up. Herman Bunch was elected cantain of the younger boys club and Harold Belengia was elected assist ant captain. The older boys club is headed by Dewey Copeland, as captain, and AYalter Kirby as assistant captain Puts Mule In Cow’s Stall to Welcome a Milk Thief. Hot Springs. Ark.. Jan. 23. -“The guilty flee when no man pursueth. ' de c'ared Lige Dodd. farmer, Ounhitn township, here today. Dodd's cow had beeu off in here milking and investiga tion reveiled fresh footprints in the vicinity of the cow barn each morning Dodd switched a particular?* disagree able mule to the stall, transferring the cow to the mule's stable in the barn. The row mi ked well the next morning, and Dodd reported to the officers that he found a battered tin pail and torn hat recovered from the stall occupied bj the mule, which they might use to con nect with the visitor who had been milking his cow. To Investigate New Scheme. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 22.—A special federal grand jury was empaneled her** today on orders from Washington to in vestigate what is declared to be a mai. j order bootleggigug schem** of nationwide scope. Close-Up j. ■ I A close-up view of the mooring mast of the dirigible Shenandoah at Lakehurst, X. J. When the ship broke loose the nose of the ship was ripped off. It is that portion shown in the picture. v WILL BE TWENTY-FOURTH DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION History of the Democratic National Con vention.—First Held in 1832. Washington. D. Jan. 24. —The con vention which meets in Xew Y'ork next June will be the twenty-fourth national assemblage of the Democratic party, while the gathering at Cleveland will be only the eighteenth Republican national gathering. But the Democratic party surpasses the Republican in age much more than this difference would indicate. Bern in the bank controversy of 1701, christened by Jefferson, its founder, in 1702, the Democratic party passed the century mark in its life more than three decades ago. Beaten in the first canvass for Presi dent in which iheie was a contest, that of 17JH1. in which Adams, the Federalist, defeated Jefferson, Democrat, the Demo cratic party carried the country in 1800 under Jefferson, and controlled it from that time until Buchanan stepped out of power in 1801. except in 1825-20, when tne second Adams, National Repub lican, was President; in 1841-45, in the .Whig administration of Harrison-Tyler; administration of the Whigs. Jackxon, f>r his second term, was the first Democratic President chosen by na tional convention, anti his nomination was certain under any sort of auspices. Nobody else was thought of for Presi dent by the Democrats in 1832. _ The Democratic convention of 1832 was held in Ba’tjmore. and from that time uipil within a few years of the civil war Baltimore had the vogii" n« 11 e -nvenfion citv whi-h Chicago hais en joyed in later yen’ s Whigs a- w *ll s Demo'-rats in those days usually met in the Mar hind metropolis. Its nearness to Washington, Philadelphia. Xew Y’ork. Boston. Richmond and Clia"le«tan made it a convenient .center for radios of the political forces The Westward move ment of population and business, how ever, threw Baltimore and the rest of the big cities of (the Atlantic seaboard largely cut of the running, and the running, and the great quadrennial meet ing places of the parties of the past three-quarters of a century have com monly been in the middle 'Vest. Xo platform was framed by the Dem ocratic convention of 1832. but that body is memorable for another circumstance than that of its being the first national delegate gathering of a great party. It adopted a resolution which recited that “each state be entitled, in the nomina tion to be made of a candidate for the vice presidency, to a number of votes equal to the number to which they will be entitled in the electoral college under the new apportionment, in voting for President and Vice President; and that two-thirds of the whole number of votes in the convention shall be noessary for a choice." This was the origin of the two-thirds rule for the selection of nomi nees in Democratic national conventions. In every other national party, small or large, a majority of votes has sufficed to nominate, but the twO-thirds rule was adopted in 1832 in Van Buren’s in terest, to warn all rivals all the track and to show that lie was a general favo rite of his party. And in this connec tion it is interesting to note that the rule was used in 1844 for Van Buren’s overthrow. To Issue Proclamation in Rat Killing Campaign. Abbeville. S. (\. Jan. 23.—Mayor Moore will issue a proclamation within a day or so urging the citizens to assist Miss Ann May Wright, of Portsmouth, Va.. in conducting a "Rat Killing” cam paign this week. Mis« IVright claims every person in Abbeville supports two rats at a cost of $1 82 a year, the town thereby losing SIB,OOO each year in this manner. Every one is asked to kill two rats and bring them in as part of the campaign. That sounds fine, but by the time every woman in Abbeville killed her two rats there wouldn’t be a whole piece of furniture left in the town. With Our Advertisers. Shoes at SI.OO a pair at the S. S. Brown Bhoe Store. All other stock is especially priced. __ The now self service department at Fisher’s has made a wonderful hit. Go down stairs, where you will find many big bargains. Russian Plot Discovered. London. Jan. 24.—An agency dispatch from Constantinople reports the discovery >f an extensive conspiracy of Russian communists. Many arrests were said to have been made. (2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. un '.ON PROGRAM OF 1 M REDUCTION IS DEFENDED IN HOUSE Strong Defense to Plan Of fered by Rep. Mills, One of Members of House Ways and Means Committee. WANTS REDUCTION FOR ALL PEOPLE Democrats Waiting For Defi nite Terms of Compromise Which Was Offered Them by the Republicans. Washington. Jan. 24. —Secretary Mel lon's program for tax reduction was de fended today in the House by Represen tative Mills; of New York, a republican member of the Ways and Means commit tee, which is engaged in framing a reve nue bill. Mr. Mills argued vigorously for the reduction in surtax rates to a maximum of 2per cent, as recommended by Mr. Mellon and attacked the Democratic plan to cut surtaxes only to a maximum of 44 per cent, while further reducing normal income rates as "limiting the benefits of tax reduction to three million individuals." The Mellon plan proposes relief for the small income tax payers. Mr. Milks explained, "but also a reduction of sur taxes on higher incomes not for the ben efit of the few individuals who pay them, but because from the standpoint of the I'nited States government, they are un productive and uncollectible and from a standpoint of the welfare and prosperity of all our people uneconomic and harm ful." Miscellaneous Tax Rates C«nsi<lered. Washington, Jan 24. —The House W ays and Means committee proceeded today to consideration of the miscel laneous tax rates, leaving the fate of the Mellon proposals for revision of income taxes undetermined, while Democratic members await the definite terms for a compromise which they suggested yes terday when Chairman Green proposed that the committee work out a non par tisan bill. Memorial Sendee. Washington, Jan. 2^,—A joint con -ffreswioTUtl session is planned ftfr next Wetffi&Sflay, February 27th, as a memo rial service for President Harding. Selected for Shipping Boanl. Washington, Jan. 24.—W. S. Hill, banker and fanner, of Mitchell. South Dakota, has been selected by President Coolidge as the representative of the in terior states on the shipping boa d. Another Consolidation Bill. . Washington! Jan. 24—A b‘ n designed ■ ‘in ula e voluntary consolidations of roilrna 's :i,-• • a limit'd uumb'T of sys t . com petition t ••* < i v<* ! as full a- possible was introduced today by Sen a or Cummins, of lowa, ranking republi can member of the Interstate Commerce Committee and one of the authors of the present transportation act Serrate Go's Liiu'r Trij*y. Washington, Jan. 24.—The ship liquor treaty with Great Britain was transmit ted to tie Senate t day by President Coolidge. It was refe: r d to V foreign relations committee. COOLIDGE TO MAKE TRIP TO NEW YORK Wi’l Be Fr-st T’tre fl > H s I, ft Wash ington Since He Became President: Washington, Jan. 24.—President Cool idfeo will leave Washington for the first time since he entered the White II >use last August when he goes to New York on Lincoln’?? birthday to sneak at the anniversary dinner of the National Re publican Club. The address is expected to be the first cf a political nature to be made by Mr. Coolidge since he be came President. The executive ~ aceomnani'-d bv Mrs. Coolidge will leave "Washington at noon February 12th. reaching New York about G o’clock, to attend the dinner, and will return at midnight. His First Success. New York. Jan. 22.—Fred Milford, a restaurant bus boy, by his suicide to night. made the first success of his lift, a letter left by him stated. "If I succeed in the act I am about to attempt," lie wrote in his suicide note, "it will be my first success in life, and iny last. Life in this world is for men made of sterner stuff thaD I am. Milford’s body was found in his room, a gas jet tub** fastened to his mouth by handkerchief. "According to prevalent ideas, this is a cowardly act,” the note concluded. "I offer no excuse. I shall now see what if anything, lies beyond.” Dog Leads W ay to Bodies. Rochdale. Mass.. Jan. 23.—A wet, dog that returned to the home of Mr. and W.s. Michael Zajack, Greenville, long after supper time last night and refused to be cheered by the prospects of a meal, was the first inkling the Zajacks had that their sons, Dominick. ten, and Michael, twelve, who had failed to ap pear. might be drowned. The dog led the way to a hole in the ice on the pond where the two lads had been skating. . Hours afterwards the bodies were re covered with grappling irons. Sir Hall Caine 111. London, Jan. 24-—Sir Hall Caine: Who has suffered during the past few weeks from serious attacks of vertigo, has left for Switzerland on the urgent advice of his physician. Sir Hall was at work on a new novel when the disease became acute. No. 55.
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