:^^K KILL, Editor and Publisher
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VOLUME XLIX
290,000 Mark Passed
In Battle For Hotel
~M n Luncheon Salesmen
iplrted That Hotel Stock
K $290,300 Had Been
So Far.
. i|Ki reported
AT THE LUNCHEON
, jiießs* Team Made the
L es t Sales and Got the
Lot Others—Workers
jji| Optimistic.
T• ‘ v
~u, rKPHKTKD H
u IN | MITEL CAMPAIGN H
,-jl -iiliM'iriptions for Con- sj
~.A hotel at noon were
•mi 'he s;iiesinen in the earn- %
sold $16,200 worth of %
, Wednesday.
L i-it- divisjions- announeed ?}
r <ll^,ll]fin-: to $12,700 and
'' ,utiv committee announced d 1
r ina to $3,500. %
L „ n n,i| i• :: 1 yesterday was
Bit'll.
$371,000. - *
x ... Jr n <~
I up ever the salt l of slock
ict so T'uexlay afternoon ami
morning. salesmen in the ho
here renewed their efforts
,*:ay afternoon and this morning
|, T that when the list of proposed
ha< been canvassed, the ho
j] be a reality.
Wednesday meeting there was
pep and enthusiasm than was
There was a feeling
(tfsr Tuesday that most of the
I available had been secured, but
had entirely disappeared
fur the salesmen had been
[jar there is still money to be
dis they can get the prospeets
|ciWince:neiit that C. IV* Johns-
ISarlntre, had taken $5,000 worth
l v—tied to stir every one up.
#. a feeling in evidence that if
kie man thought enough of the
j® m invest $5,000 there were
Cnucnrd people to put the project
"Wednesday that sev
s',iving outside the city of Con
te jjG'nhnrnis county had. taken
itdehotel. They subscribed to
Inti was said, because they want-
IWitrHstment for their money and
inf time wanted to do all they
skill! up Concord.
>tnding of the figures showing
Ellmi had been pledged on the
t B'Hin Wednesday means that
fil'MHb is vjill needed to give sthe
lw li'tt'l completely furnished.
W building can be erected for a
- K - than the total sought but it
Ilf furnished. That is the chief
tie executive committee has sei
M; fcJ.I.INIO.
bwe are raising the money for
td v*> might as well raise enough
> tie building free from mortgage
*•'explained one member of the
fft "We can erect the building
»money we now have on hand,
* present -urn will not allow us
lift «ittip tiie building. The
wf is necessary, of course, and
raise the money in the ram
tf will have to put a mortgage
P*perty to secure funds for the
ftt - Tiiat is the reason we are
to firry this campaign to the
I goal."
•massers report that they have
a very few instances where
te the proposition has been
Wpersuns with whom they talked.
*f apitroaelit-d has not taken stock
company, if is true, but in
* ;V '“Very instance the salesmen
7 s turned down because of lack
demonstrates that the city is
•toiiind the proposition,” one can
liatwl "We heard only a few
tftTi as though they don't care
The here] is built. The people
[‘"ti'l and where they can do
f| t the pvople we have seen are
Nncthing ••
.today was held at 1
'i'-ad of 12:1.-. the regular time
" ra "f d d:n I*. Allison was held
ami a- many of the sales
. |ft' to attend the funeral serv
t '"•"•'•Imoii hour was postponed
■ Srto. i .. ...
"Hmaiict- :i t ti u . luncheons has
H Ht when it j* considered that
'"ijiv':t"cr> are business men.
J“ 'j' 1 1”'!' cent, of the salesmen
aVt ( ' n 1 at each of
a p<l the attendance of the
has been about 90
*' °Lnornial.
~ t i} K, . rts Ut ' r ‘‘ l ead by the sales
ir; today and it was
j mark had been
" as "eiu-ral rejoicing among
Hi! *] r, “I KI, ‘te ( l at the luncheon was
If .. amount $12,700 was
dj, f"" 1 ' menders and $3,500
O'- eoinmittee members.
fc'N.addl'd to the “super-
E. I ' hi-M' being C. W. Byrd
tfU 1 {s - lo become a member
t«f ,l SJll,, -i"iui must sell $2,000'
. ***•
An* .
*5 ij ( .[ tanners were won by
f.W. H 'V r “ ill| > in Division “A”
bkicks’ f S , *‘ ani * n Division "B”;
tWs » ‘" division “C” and
t ,ain ' n Division “D”.
K " r tll(1 " oat by turn
. PTlons worth $2,400.
S Rr7t7~
Nksl, 1,11 • and both amateurs
tn,: " the uorthland
Wav s" ‘i" ll '- for the invasion
• wuth.
THE CONCORD TIMES
FARMER KILLS WIFE
I AND THEN HIMSELF
! ’ •
Raymond Jackson Killed His
Wife as She Lay in Bed
and Then Took His Own
Life.
Kinston, X. C Xov. 13.—Raymond
Jackson, age_tl 3:>. • white farmer living
four miles north of Kinston, early this
morning shot to death his wife, Mrs.*
Mary Casey JacksoQ; aged 28. as she lay"
Asleep in bedl. He then turned the wea
pon. a shot gun. to his own head, and
killed himself. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are
j survived by four smill children, the old
| est a boy of nine.
Details of the fatal double shooting
were meager, there being no eye witness
es. The oldest boy, however, told offi
cials who were later called to the scene,
that it was shortly after four o'clock
this morning when he heard his father
call to his mother, and when she failed
to answer, heard his father say: “You
won't answer them, will you?” The boy
i stated that he then heard the report of
, a gnu, but fearing that his father would
! do him harm he remained in bed.
A few minutes later, he said, he heard
[another shot and then heard his father
| groaning. The boy then dropped off to
sleep and was awakened by a neighbor at
0 o'clock who came to see about some to
bacco. At this hour the boy and neigh
bor went into the room and found the
bodies of the husband and wife.
The heads of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson
were literally blown away, the police
who saw the bodies, said.
It is said that Jackson was a heavy
drinker at times, and according to his
son he was drinking last night and had
not been to bed all night long.
Following an inquest at the bed room
this morning the bodies were brought to
Kinston and prepared for burial.
KILLER WHEN Al TO TURNS
OVER NEAR HUNTERSVILLE
C. O. Garmon Loses Life as He Runs
Into a Wagon With No Lights.
four of his employes with him. About
Charlotte. Nov. 12. —C. Oscar Gar
mon. local sheet metal and roofing con
tractor, was killed early tonight near
Huntersville. 20 miles from Charlotte,
when an automobile he was driving alone
left the road and turned over. He was
found still alive by W. T, Bannister,
of this. eity. who picked him up and
hurried toward Charlotte with liiiq. The
injured man died before reaching the
City.
Mr. Garmon, a contractor, was re
turning home from Cornelius, bringing
four of hi semployes with him. About
three miles south of Huntersville, he met
a car. the light of which are said to
have blinded him and prevented his see
ing a wagon loaded with wood preced
ing him. _ When lie finally saw the
wagon it was too late to stop, and as
the vehicle was drawing to its left Mr.
Garmon attempted to and did pass it to
the right.
A part of the load, a one inch ash
stick. i>rotruded from tike wagon, and
as. the automobile went by the stick
crashed through the windshield and into
Mr. Garmon’s left eye. imbedding itself
solidly in his head. The force of the
compact broke the stick and left it in
his skull.
The car, with no hand guiding it.
passed the wagon and careened to the
left into a field. None of the
with the exception of slight scratches,
was injured. They were E. L. Hall and
Raymond Amick and two colored men.
JOHN W. DAVIS PLANS
JOURNEY TO EUROPE
Will Leave in Near Future With His
Wife and Daughter.
New York. Nov. 13. —John W. Davis,
defeated Democratic presidential nomi
nee. will sail for Cherbourg within the
next two weeks, in company with. Mrs.
Davis and his daughter. Mrs. William
McMillan . Adams, it was announced to-
Mr. and Mrs. Davis had contemplated
a winter cruise in the Mediterranean,
but they have not yet completed dehmte
plans for their trip. _
Freshmen Invade High School and Trim
Hair of Teachers ami Pupils.
Baton Rouge. La.. Nov. 12. —Louisiana
State University freshmen, whose heads
were shaved last night by upper class
men invaded the Baton Rouge high school
today and cut the hair of three teachers
and a number of boy and girl students.
The teachers who lost their locks were
the Misses Ruth Gladney, Cora I)roz and
Violet Keller. An attempt was made to
cut the hear of Mrs. B. W. Pegues and
Mrs. Charles Kean, two other instructors,
but both resisted strenuously, airs. Pe
gues striking one assailant with the palm
of her hand. , . ,
The freshmen invaded the school dur
ing school hours and the boys and girls
were dragged into the halls and into the
schoolyard, many of the feminine vic
tims in tears.
No arrests were made.
The hair.of the teachers and the girl
students was not trimmed in such a
manner as to make it ridiculous but the
scores of boys who fell into the hands
of the invaders were given trims that ne
cessitated visits to barber shops—all of
their hair had to be re-clipped.
William Shields Shot in Gang Fight.
Chicago, Nov. 13.— William Shields
was shot and probably fatally wounded
today on the South Side in what the po
lice describe as a gang fight which is be
ing investigated, particularly for any
connection with the slaying of D.on
O’Bannica. Joseph CarviHa konwn as
a ganster, is being sought. He,, acc<m ‘
iug to the police, once was aquitted of
a murder charge.
RALPH CHAPMAN ELOPES
WITH ANOTHER’S WIFE
Man and Woman at Spencer Admit
Their Guilt; Held For Ohio Officers
Spencer, Nov. 12-—A stranger giving
bio name ns Ralph Chapman and claim
ing Ohio us his home, and a woman
known as Mrs. Annie Hayes, also of
Ohio, are in Rowan county jail await
ing trial on charge* of eloping from that
state and living as man and wife in
East. Spencer. They are said to have
been traced to North Carolina by Will
Hayes, husband of the woman, who
charges that Chapman eloped with his
wife while lie was away from home.
When taken in' charge by Chief of
Police J. A. Wagstaff, who accompanied
other officers to their stopping place in
East Spencer, the couple admitted their
guilt, according to officers. It ii. ex
pected that after being tried in the
state courts, they will go up to the fed
eral court on a charge of white slavery.
Two bright little girls, children of the
woman in the case, are now in the
hands of friends in East Spencer.
MOVES HIS FAMILY BY
OLD-FASHIONED ROUTE
Horse Drawn Covered Wagon With Dog
Tied Bhend Is Means of Locomotion.
Spencer, Nov. 12. —Spencer people
were given a glimpse of the old time way
if moving on Tuesday by J. A. Banks,
who was transferring his family from
the mountains of western North Carolina.
25 miles from Asheville, to a newly
adopted hoin near Danville, Ya. He
travelled in an old time covered wagon
drawn by two horses, ihe wagon being
well loaded with household effect and
food supplies. At the “hind” entf of
the wagon waa tied the family dog, also 1
a milk cow which furnished a part of I
the food supplies for the company oti j
route. On a corner of the wagon-bed j
was hanging a curry-comb while thej
brake lever reached high above the top |
of the wagon bows, with a rope reaching |
across the top to the driver’s seat. Mr.
Banks stated that lie is making 20 miles
oer day. that he made it in a week from
Asheville to Spencer, and hoped to reach
Danville by Sunday. He is a black
smith by trade and has several sons al
most grown who expect o find employ
ment in Danville.
NEW TYPE OF FLYING
BOAT TO BE PURCHASED
*
Government Hants Craft That Will Fly
From West Coast to Honolulu.
Washington, Nov. 13.—A contract for
a naval flying boat capable of making
a sustained flight from the west coast to
Honolulu has been signed by the Bu
reau of Naval Aeronautic*. Specifica
tions wall for a proven capacity of five
passengers, and a ton of freight.
The contract was regarded in naval
circles a* the first step toward filling a
recognized deficiency in thP fi*>or for long
distance maneuvers and if it meets ex
l>ectations. the new plane will be used
as a mode! for the organization of a spe
cial fleet auxiliary capable of independ
ent operation 2,500 miles from perma
nent base.
SAY BOOTLEGGERS’ WAR
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATHS
Louis Rosen, and Adolph Adelson Found
Dead in Garage Door of Former.
Cleveland, 0., Nov. 13.—A bootleggers
war culminating in an ambush early to
day. police declare, brought death to
Louis Itosen, aged 29. of Cleveland, and
his brother-in-law, Adolph Adelson. aged
29, of Philadelphia, college graduate.
Both were murdered in the doorway of
Rosen’s garage at the rear of his home
in a fashionable residential district.
Adelson and hi* wife came here two
days ago to visit the Rosens and to at
tend a wedding.
BUTLER PRESIDENT OF
TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS
Boston Man Chosen Head of Association
of Cotton Manufacturers.
Boston. Nov.-13. —Morgan Butler, of
Boston, today was elected president of
the National Association of Cotton Man
ufacturers, now in annual session here
to succeed Robert Amory. of Boston, who
has retired after serving since 1922. Mr.
Butler is treasurer of the Butler Mill at
New Bedford* and is tire son of William
H. Butler, chairman of the Republican
national committee.
Buys South Carolina Cattle For Fat
v tening.
Statesville. Nov. 11. —Two carload*
of black Angus cattle were received
here during the past week by L. B. Pat
terson from Yemassee, S. C. They range
from six to 10 months in age and Mr.
Patterson plan* to fatten them aim put
them on the market as beef cattle next
fa'l. They wore 110 in the shipment.
They are very wild and a large number
got away while they were being loaded
into trucks. All but three or four have
been recovers!• Mr. Patterson bought
them from the Kre-s plantation, which
is owned by S. K. Kress, the proprietor
of the five and 10 cents stores.
This shipment brings the total num
ber of cattle on the Patterson farm to
241. One more car-load is expected
shortly.
Groat Selling Event at Newsom & Me
Bride’s
The first week of the big sale at New
som & Mcßride's has been largely at
tended by people from the city and
county. You will find still many bi S
bargains for the second week. Mr. Mc-
Bride wants all to know that he appro
eiates their patronage, and again in n
double page ad. calls their attention t<
the savings this sale is offering the buy
ing public. He wants everyone, espe
eially those who have not come, t<
come in this week and meet him person
ally, so that lie may show them some o:
the wonderful bargains he has for them
Earnings of American Tobacco Co.
New York. Nov. 13.—The earnings re
port of the American Tobacco Compan:
to the New York Stock Exchange for thi
first nine months this year shows net in
come of $12,085,188, with surplus o
$927,926 after preferred and common div
idends. Profits and loss surplus was $23,
773,796.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
concord, n. c., Thursday, November 13, 1924
MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTONGOOOSARE
I ANNUAL SESSION
* — —.
'Secretary of National Asso-
I ciation Say 3 Situation in
j Textile Circles Now Simi
lar to That of 1850.
BUSINESSTHEN
WAS NOT GOOD
Mills Were Standing in East
ern States arid the Talk of
Southern Competition Was
Discussed In the North.
Boston, Nov. 12.- —The situation in the
cotton industry in America during the
last six months corresponds to that dur
ing a like period Seventy-four years ago,
H. C. Meserve, secretary of the Nation-'
al Association of Cotton Manufacturers, j
said in his annual report prepared for j
presentation today at the annual meet-,
ing of the association, Even the issue
of Southern competition, so often men
tioned today, was raised by Northern
manufacturers at that time, the report
1 said.
I He quoted a report published in De
j eember, IXSO, which, he «aid, might have
been written for the period covered by i
’his annual reports from May 1, last, to
the present time.
! “From Rhode Island, that busy cot
ton cloth making hive, we learn that
about seventy factories have stopped,” the
1850 report said. “From l/owell and
our eastern manufacturing villages we
hear the same ominotut reports. Even j
from the sunny South we hear of de-l
pression and suspension of manufactur-1
ing operations. From the east, west,
north and south, the times are bad, the
cotton manufacturers say, and they say
it truly.
“There have been too many of our
factories engaged in making coarse cot
ton goods. Coarse goods can be manu
factured cheaper in the -South and with
a large number of factories now in op
eration in Georgia. Alabama, Teuessee r
South Carolina and some other states,!
how can it be expected that our northern j
manufacturers can long keep the field
against them —they cannot do it. There!
is one remedy, which we would suggest.)
that is to go into the manufacture of,
finer fabrics, give your7,’btt cm more labor.)
employ more skill, and spend more for 1
fine machinery. If you do not take
our advice, there is a grave chance for
you to lose all your machinery, factories
and all.” (
Commenting on present conditions, the
report continued :
“The general lack of business has as- (
forded an opportunity to many execu
tives to make a thorough study of manu
facturing and trade conditions, and some
of the difficulties confronted have given j
rise to the intensely practical program
which the committee presents at this
meeting.”
NEW OCCIERS ELECTED
15V AMERICAN LEGION
E. E. Barrier Chosen Commander for
Year—Vann Walter Reelected Adjut
ant.
Members of the Fred Y. McConnell
post of the American Legion met in reg
ular session last night and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Commander —E. E. Barrier.
First Vice Commander —Jeter McDon
ald.
Second Vice Commander —Charles
Cook.
Adjutant—Vann "Walter.
Finance Officer —Clyde Propst.
Historian —John M. Oglesby.
Publicity Officer —W. M. Sherrill.
Sergeant at Arms —Riite Sloop.
Service Office —Buford Blackwelder.
With Our Advertisers.
For bargains in youths’ coats, go to C.
Patt Covington.
The Before Thanksgiving sale at the
Parks-Belk Company starts tomorrow
morning, November 14th.
Ramsay MacDonald May Visit America.
London, Nov. 13. —Ramsay MacDon
ald is contemplating a visit to America
cn a holiday after his hard grind of
nearly a year as Great Britain’s first
labor premier, the Evening Star today
says it understands.
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THE TIMES, Concord, N. C.
SEN. BORAH THIS
EXTRA SESSION OF
CONGRESS IS RIGHT
After Calling House
Sen. Borah Said in State
ment He Thought Ques
tions Should Be Decided.
SHORT SESSION
TO DO LITTLE
Senator Borah Believes, and
Therefore It. Will Be Nec
essary for Extra Session to
Be Called Soon.
Washington, Nov. 13— An extra ses
sion of the new Congress soon after next
March 4th was urged today by Senator
Borah, republican, of Idaho, who declared
Ihe thought farm and railroad measures
j as well as the world court proposal and
(perhaps tax relief should be taken up at *
1 that time.
The Idaho Senator voiced his opinion’
after a call on President Coolidge, but
said the legislative situation was not dis
cussed at their conference. Administra
tion officials close to the President indi
cated yesterday that they had no present
plans for the calling of a special session.
Senator Borah believes that little in
the way of general legislation will be ac
complished at the coming short session,
which is to be devoted largely to work
on appropriations. He regards a delay
unlay until the regular meeting of the
t new Congress in December of next year
as unnecessary and unwarranted.
Says New Congress Will Be “Dry.”
Washington, Nov. 13.—Analyzing the
results of the election from a “wet and
dry” viewpoint, Wayne B. Wheeler, gen
eral counsel of the Anti-Saloon League
today declared 320 of the 432 members of
the House endorsed by the drys had been
successful.
"Out of the 33 senators elected, 17
who were re-elected are listed as dry, 1
is outspokenly wet, and two voted for
most enforcement legislation, while all
but two of the thirteen newly-elected sena
tors are favorable to prohibition enforce
ment. Most of those were fought by the.
veto.’’ •
SWINDELL SENTENCED \
V TO SERVE 30 YEARS
Grandfather of Girl Victim. Who Shot
Swindell in JaU, Draws One to Three
Years.
Elizabeth City, Nov. 12. —Joe Swin
dell, convicted of having improper re
lations with a young girl here, today
was sentenced in Superior court to
serve 30 years in the state prison.
J. D. Farrior, of Wilson, grand
father of the girl in the case, who made
his way into the jail here recently and
shot and wounded Swindell so badly he
probably will be a cripple for the re
mainder of his life, was sentenced to
serve one tothree yearsh in the state
prison- Farrior! pleaded guilty. Swindell
was convicted by a jury.
REPORT OF DRY AGENTS
During October 68 Arrests Were Made
in North Carolina by Federal Agents.
Salisbury. Nov. 13. —The report of
Federal Prohibition Director A. B. Col
trane for North Carolina, with headquar
ters in this city for the month of Octo
ber shows 96 stills taken in the state,
with 112,820 gallons of spirits of vari
ous kinds, and 13 automobiles together
with other things used in the manufac
ture and disposal of illicit liquors. The
numbers of arrests-fnade was 08. and 141
prosecutions resulted.
Far Away Turkey.
In a letter received yesterday from a
group of Turkish boys in the Y. M. C.
A. at Constantinople, they stated that
they received a copy of the Concord “Y
and had read it with much interest and
asked that future copies be sent them.
So much interested were they that they
sent a lot of Turkish stamps to be given
to the boys and girls of the stamp club.
Rain Breaks Drought.
Florence, Ala., Nov. 12. —The first gen
eral rain here since August 4th, began
falling this morning ami at 5 o’clock and
continued steadily during the morning
hours.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
J. P. ALLISON HELD TODAY
Were Held at the First Presbyterian
Church at II O’clock This Monv'ap^|fl
The funeral service over the renni
the late John Phifer Allison wer«\ .... nr
at the First Presbyterian Church this
morning conducted by the pastor of the
church, Rev. Jesse C. Rowan. The large
auditorium was entirely filled with
friends and relatives from the city and
county and from several cities in this
section of the state. Mr. Allison enjoyed
a large aequaintance, and many of
were here to pay their last tribute to his
memory. -
Among those present from other places
were:
, Charlotte —Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hons
ton, Mrs. Durant, William Parker, Mr
and Mrs. A. L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dal
ton, Mrs. J. I‘. Caldwell. W. H. Belk.
Salisbury—Senator Lee S. Overman
Hon. L. H.. Clement, Mr. and Mrs. John
Ramsey. T. R. Brown, Mrs. Clarence
Kluttz, Hon. Neil Pharr.
Lancaster —Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Springs, Elliott Springs.
Davidson —Prof. C. It. Harding, Dr.
J. M. Douglass, Dr. J. L. Douglass,
Misses Lizzie and Mary Young, Prof,
and Mrs. Archie Curry.
Winston-Salem —Mr. and Mrs. Burton
Craige.
Greensboro—Mr. and Mrs, Fred C.
Odell.
A quartette consisting of Mrs. J. B.
Worable, Mrs. Gales Pickard, Ed. Sher
i-ill and Ben White rendered a selec
:ion, and the choir sang “How Firm a
Foundation,” and “Lead Kindly Light.”
Active pall bearers at the funeral
services were:
Howard W. Caldwell, G. H. Richmond,
VV. J. Hill, A. It. Howard. Ed. Sauvain,
P. B. Fetter, B. E. 'Harris, Jr., and It.
E. Boyd.
The honorary pall bearers were the
following elders of the church :
C. F. "Ritchie, M. H. Caldwell, E. C.
Rarnhardt, W. _L. Bell, H. I. Wood
louse, T. T. Smith, C. A. Cannon, L
T. Hartsell, J. J. Banhardt, J. Y. Pharr.
D. B. Morrison, W. G. Caswell, F. C.
Xiblock, L. I). Moore.
Other honorary pall bearers were:
D. B. Coltrane, L. D. Coltrane, J. A.
Cannon, T. H. "Webb, C. S. Smart, R.
\. Brower. W. R. Odell, IV. W. Flowe.
L. M. Richmond, A. B. Palmer, Dr. IV.
0. Houston, Dr. S. IV. Rankin, Dr. IV.
H. Wadsworth, J. M. Hendrix. C. J.
Harris, John K. Patterson, G. M. 'Lore,
C. L. White, A. F. Hartsell, A. M.
Brown, F. J. Haywood. It. V. Caldwell,
I. S. Harris. C. A. Isenhour, C. W.
Swink, J. L. Hartsell >nd J. B- Sher
rill, J. F. Cannon, J, P. Cook.
of ex-governors
PASSES IN NORT CAROLINA
Cameron Morrison. Incumbent. Only
Mw-tft .Otwny-Ecaadive Of
fice.
Raleigh. Nov. 12.—With the death of
William Walton Kitchiq at Scotland
Neck on Sunday the last, of the ex
governors of North Carolina passed
away. The only living man who ever oc
•upied the governor’s chair in this state
is the governor, Cameron Mor
rison.
Three former governors have died
during the last four years. They were
former governors Bicket, Lock Craig
and Kitohin.
Not only have three former governors
died, but three members of the supreme
court, three heads of state departments
and three former department heads have
lied. They were Chief Justice C'ark and
Justices Allen and Walker: Secretary
of State ,T. Bryan Grimes: Commission
er of Agriculture IV. A. Graham and
Dr. D- H. Hill, secretary of the his
torical commission and former state
auditor. IV. P. Wood, former enairman
of the corporation commission Franklin
I). McNeill and former Attorney Gen
eral Gilmer.
JUNIOR AT SALISBURY
MAKE WONDERFUL RECORD
Make Biggest Gain in Membership of
Any Loral in Ihe United States.
Salisbury. Nov. 12. —Salisbury Coun
cil No. 20. Junior Order United Ameri
can Mechanics has won quite an honor
by increasing its membership more than
any other council in the United States.
A prize offered by the National council
for the local making the biggest gain in
membership will be presented to the
Salisburg council Thursday night of
this week at a public meeting to be
held in the Innis street school audi
torium. The presentation will be made
by National Councilor Joseph B- Turni
son who make a special trip here to
honor the Salisbury council on its great
accomplishment. Other national officers
to .bo present include National Secretary
James A. Wilmoth and Junior National
Councilor George IV. Davis. A number
of state council officers will also be
present. The local council made a gain
of over 500 members during the con
tent and now has more than 1.200 on its
roster.
Penney Co., Managers, Meet in Golds
boro.
Goldsboro. Nov. 11. —A number of the
,T. C. Penney Co., North Carolina man
agers, met here yesterday in conference
with Manager Ross, of the local store,
and enjoyed a business session as well
as an elaborate dinner at the Kennon
Hotel- All of the visitors were loud in
' their praise of the splendid openings
'the North State storehouse had as well
as the profitable business they are now
enjoying. They also sf*oke in glowing
j terms of the hx-al store and its ad
vantageous display space. Among the
i visitors were Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Richards. Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. L.
E. Terwilliger. New Bern. Mr. and Mrs.
jF. E. de Bauerfind. Rocky Mount.
Messrs. Everett Blake and Lowellyn.
, Wilson.
Firpo Is Outpointed by Charley Weinert
, Newark, X. J., Nov. 12.—Charles
Weinert, Newark heavyweight, outpoint
ed Luis Angel Firpo. Argentine heavy
weight in a 12-round .no-decision match
in the Newark Armory tonight in the
opinion of newspaper men at the ring
side.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
PP CC( IN HILL
r ruuffl NOT GUILTY
BY BALTIMORE JURY
Was Charged With Violating
the Volstead Law by Mak
ing Wines and Cider at
His Home.
OUTCOM^OF^THE
TRIAL IMPORTANT
Judge In the Case Gave Rul
ing That May Call for
Changes in Enforcement of
the Law.
Baltimore, Nov. 13.—Representative
John P. Hill, of Baltimore, was acquit
ted by a jury in U. S. Court today of vio
lating the Volstead law by manufacturing
intoxicating wines and cider at his home.
No. 3 West Franklin street. -s.
The fifth and sixth counts of the in
dictment which charged Col. Hill with
maintaining a common nuisance at his
home were dismissed under instructions
from Judge Morris A. Soper, who presid
ed at the trial. The trial was the result
of a test case forced by Col. Hill who
maintained the Volstead law gave the
farmer a right to manufacture cider and
wine, but withheld from the city man the
right to manufacture beer.
The trial brought from Judge Soper the
opinion that the clause of the Volstea<\
act defining beverages of more than one
half "of one per cent, alcoholic content as
illegal, did not apply to home made wires
and cider, provided the product is non
intoxicating “in fact.”
Judge Soper also -indicated by his rul
ings and his charge to the jury that the
burden rested upon the government to
show that such home products were in
tovicating in fact, and a violation of the
law.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at Decline of From
3 to 8 Points.
New York, Nov. 13. —The cotton mar
ket opened steady at a decline of 3 to
8 points today and active months sold 8
to 15 points net lower under overnight
selling orders from the South and local
selling, promoted by
cables., .
■ J eased' off trr 24
uary to 24.36. but trade buy||ri|aflM§B||
absorb the early offerings, rasrfccf
rallied to about yesterday’s ifeeieg before
the end of the first hour
firm spot situation in the southwest, and
Covering.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dec.
24.30'; Jan. 24.47; March 24.75; May
25.02; July 24.75.
HEAVY PUBLIC BUYING
IN STOCK MARKET NOW
Cessation of Heavy Profit Taking Fol
lowed by Burst of Buying.
New York, Nov. 13/—Cessation of
heavy profit taking in today’s stock mar
ket was followed by another burst of
heavy public buying which carried more
than two dozen issues to new peak prices
for the year. Trading which started
out in rather mode - ate fashion soon as
sumed the terrific pace of the last few
days, sales in the first three hours to
talling nearly 1,400,000 shares.
To Discuss World Issues.
New York. Nov. 13. —Speakers of
international reputation will discuss the
economic problems of America and
Europei at. the forty-fourth annual din
ner of the Academy of Political
Science, to be held tomorrow at the
Hotel Astor. The dinner will follow
morning and afternoon sessions, at
which there will be discussions of agri
cultural conditions. General price levels
will be discussed at the afternoon ses
sion. The topics at the dinner will be
thp European recovery, the Dawes plan
and the inter allied debts, and their re
lationship to American price levels.
To Investigate ZinoviefTs Letter.
London, Nov. 13 (By the Associated
Press). —The cabinet has appointed a
cabinet committee to reinvestigate the al
leged letter from M. Zinovieff, calling for
increased activities on the part of the
British Communists .according to state
ments in some of the morning newspapers.
These reports say the ministers agreed
the matter could not remain in the in
definite position in which it was left by
the late government, and they decided it
was necessary to establish whether the
letter was genuine or a forgery in order
to reply to the soviet government'* de
mand for an apology.
Death of Dean Emerson.
Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 13. —Dean IV. 11.
Emerson, of the Georgia School of Tech
nology, died suddenly this morning at
his home here. He had been connected
with the faculty of the institution since
1888. He is survived by his wife and two
sons. Cherry Emerson, of Atlanta, and
Austin Emerson, of North Carolina.
WHAT SMiYTY’S CAT SAYS
Increasing cloudiness tonight, rain and
warmer in west portion ; Friday rain.
NO. 38