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8 sUERKILL, Editor and Publisher VOIIIMH XLIX fepESICfIOLIDBE.' |IO IT CHICAGO I eshl i i ' hixg I yint and Speak at Inter s a |i on ai Livestock Exposi |{ion anti to Address Com- I menial Club Luncheon. GIVE HIM I A HEARTY WELCOME L Cool idls With Him. l‘ n d She and the President IFekc Busy Pay.—Weather ■rjves Sombre Welcome. ■ it,.,-. 4. I !!,v lio Associated |v,-i i. at Coolidge arrived in »-if !' "VI'VU today to visit and ,i.. irsi rnatiotial Livestock Ex* Bfy,, a luncheon gathering He cvn'iifr' i.i 1 * luh of Chicago. ■ . ,1 ■:-ration gave tin* I’resi u•■leoine. The weather man a more som’wle welcome. ■ iixture Tis . ain and snow ■r'; i(il .|. wirli fog and smoke blan ■ | ,„,|i di-triet as the President u<'i. driven to their hotel. I j.,. and Mrs. Coolidge faced H Wiih 1 wo addresses, a luneli ■ aif i |>eriods of .sight seeing K, n , r , ;i!l aiiged to bring tin* I’resi ■T- it- iif't trio west since his elee • li<‘ great agricultural Alid . "f which Ciiicago is market cen- M | iU ,.a.,and dinner were planned ■ w ” tr*i iniiiortant affair after their 1.. rii.d of rest and meeting lie ui by tin* Commercial V,.. . Uo-isevclt Republican Kj. ..tJK:d hostesses, n.rauged a K, : ' vr Mr-. Coolidge* in a down kill room. a Its 1 President Coolidge t- vi-i: t!..* stock yards and ju i 11,r ..r so looking over the Hkr< i»*:‘.,rf a dinner at the Saddle t lull with some 500 sto<*k ftu taer-. and leaders in the a- fellow guests. :.n- time, twenty prominent via,-', will join the President's :i ii.>x at the Horse Show. H'WA started for » t Oil >4l \;s.M IN FRANCE Meet Russian Soviet With Dunon-tration anti Police Inter -1», ■, 4 ( P.y the Associated -T... lit nch extremists seized rtva' m Paris today of Leonid tir-t soviet ambassador to a- occa-ion for inaugurat- eainpaign for coiiiinun- tiii> -I n.-t -ttators started by giving ■ ll- r.v-I-esetitative such a recep- Bi- - her ambassador ever re |Hn it: Par -. and followed it 1111 im- Hb) witii ini announcement that r. n has reaehefl lAaris" ■ I : - tirii revolutionists will they are able to do quite as tiieir K t'-ian comrades.” e intervened after the com - <i pn.ty. .lacquet I), riot, had - from the balcony of B r 't-: , 1 .t.-:'-' headquarters} to a col- - : :;.u tu enthusiasts who were -i i\ ti* it motor ear from tin* *'a• 1• 11 to the embassy. |B*3n Pm ,| 1 inier Anti Gossiping Act. . I>:•<•. 3 Miss Maud mi" a Davies county farm |H court today I '-’ ~n a charge of hav H 'h-. lb it was testified, ( twensboro police ■■ ' tit'-;, with the limit loggers." JS *' '"i h\ the last general as mi-demeanor for any |B" . reports concerning otlieir candidate for i rii— a iienalty of $lO |H‘ i'n t.l in to oil days in jail. luilii ited in Narcotic Case. BB'' 1 t ! Eight indictments ' hy he federal grand jury |H h ions of tin* Har two charging viola- BK ii laws and one eoun mßH - • -it;g counterfeit money. 4"tie- was indicated for |H ■ "f omrphine. Harvey nf paregoric. James '' ku. wingly purchasing ''tamped packages. Ver- H, In- charge, and <*. section one of the a« t. ' ~ 1 Punding French I>eht. ' ” N '•*,■. -_»s I p.v the Associat |H. 1 11 * 1 tiu:i 1 discussi uis have BH ween representatives of American governments, 'l'ti'i' f'U funding the for ■^" a! ‘ , '' 1 I‘‘h 1t" the Enited States. "Hat smi itvs cat says lr *i v.tonight, probably I Li .'" T " west portion Friday, 1, iu'-! isi extreme west por- THE CONCORD TIMES Do Your Christmas Shopping Early IT!H'MPH OF THE CHI RCHES IN MANY FIELDS IS TOED SjKritmial Significance of the Work of the Federal Council 7 Is Stress d. Atlanta. Dec. 4. —The triumpli of the churches in many fields were told in tin report of the general secretaries to the Federal Council of Churches at this morning’s business session of tin* quad- ! rennial meeting under the chairmanship I of I)r. Robert E. Speeij <if New York. 'I The report r«*!ates that the growth ! of the co-operative-movement, during the! last four years, has been ourmal. but that there has been an increasing tnov*- j ment <lll the part of the churches - to; work together and to do the things in ! common which they cannot accomplish; working alone. The spiritual siguifi- i ranee of the work of the Federal Council ; was stressed. Summing up the report of the execti tive committee for the Press. Dr. ('has.* S. Alacfar’.and. general secretary, said : "We are not likely to experience any great advance in -’public righte insn.*ss without a great advance in persona! hoi- j iness. For this reason, the work of the Commission on Evangelism is being stressed. The churches are working together along these lines and in many communities have by special periods of concerted effoit placed the emphasis <>n evangelism, or personal religion. "During all its history, the Commis sion on the Church and Social Service lias been a center through which the churches have acted unitedly in bring ing Christian principles to b°ar more ef fectively upon social and industrial life* j The fight against the 12-hour day in industry illustrates this. The facts were gathered with special reference to the steel industry. Almost every paper in the country published the statements on the moral issues involved. Tin the movement in behalf on incul- • eating respect for law. with special ref erence to the eighteenth amendment, the Federal Council has played a quiet but j effective part. “Through the work of the Commission on the Church and Race Relations, prac tical expression has been given to the | ideals of inter-racial co-operation. In! many communities leading white and ne-! gro citizens are serving on inter racial committees. There has been an ag gressive campaign of education against lynching. The extensive publicity given to the facts through the churches and through tin* public press have, in the judgement of close observers, been on small factor in reducing the lynching record of America by far the lowest fig ures ever known in the present genera tion. Another step recently taken looks toward the development of a better un derstanding and appreciation between Jews and Christians. "The efforts to have the Tnited State join the Permanent Court of Internation al Justice has been pressed with vigor. The energy of the Federal Council is being directed persistently towrVd an educational campaign for the outlawing J of war and a peaceful settlement of all 1 international difficulties. 1 "Though the appeal of the Federal i Council to public opinion on the method j in which Japanese exclusion was brought j about by Congress was unsuccessful, it j is clear that the sympathetic under- j standing on tin* part of tin* American 1 churches was one of the most powerful j influences in helping the Japanese tot . retain confidence in the American P<*o-, pie. Missionary leaders in Japan feel j that the exclusion act has set hack the j progress of the Christ ian movement — s > | years. The Federal Council is seeking the right program for educating the pub lic to a necessity for a revision of our present policy. “Aid has been given -through the com mittees on Mercy and Relief to the lius f/ian Famine and Near East Rein*, and , to the suffering in Germany during the 1 Iflst your. “Through the Federal Council. Anior can churches have been co-opera find and working with the churches in Europe. Approximately *1.800,000 I” 1 * tributed to rebuilding and strengthening the French churches. . ! "Os special interest has been the in-, fluence of the council in the last two | years in bringing American Christianity into a fellowship with the Kastvrn Or thodox Churches. Tndergirding the whole program, which the Federal Council as the n«- t'ional agency for co-operation carries on. D the work of co-operation in he local communities. In approx.m e hut 5 lookiiis to the Federal , Couaoil _con- SJrtly Tr a-wnee f '* r Jnwpra tlo'oa all eontai tK with tlie daily P r ''-'- the l:.*er I'liases of .he especially Jl|«e.r i't, a wa.v hat'' hi" command'd wi,l.w|.r«ad alien •a 1 t fiw> case of such major moral Don. I«> t ,u *?• * , worl( i court, the issues as ..support of the worm abolition o f>e - ibition and the try, the suitpor t , aWf t he campaign appeat for le-p and the effort against th /.^“f ier ela tions with Japan, to secure friendli a h hes ha s been the united wmk of the t nu neWB - conspicuous feature .n ' th dis " Even phases tinotly evaregl- * has-been found of the churches Mork throUgh the tMissiblc to resell I t lOnr tllG eolumaa of the daily pre*. FORBKS-THOMPSON TRIAD Letter «.f Mrs. Votaw. Sister of th? President Harding. Is Read to Jury. Chicago. Dec. 4 (By the Associated Press).—Tin* name of Mrs. Carolyn \%>- • aw. ■•sifter of the late President Harding, was brought momentarily into the Feder jal court t'ial today of Col. Charles R. j Forbes, and J<di:i \Y. Tlioin]»son. cliarged , with conspiracy t*i defraud the govern j ment. A letter identified by Elias H. Morti -1 iner. tin* chief government witness as 1 having been nwived hy himself from (Thompson, was lead to the jury over ; objections of the defense who declared "it ! would drag scandal into this case." After reading tin* letter. Judge Car j [tenter declared it was innocent of scan , dal. Mortimer, just befoia* the letter 1 was read, started to relate a conversa | tion between himself, Thomi>son and » Forbes, which dealt with keeping tin* proposed Pacific Coast trip of Forbes,! Mortimer and others, a secret from Mrs. 1 \otaw. when Judge Carpenter halted! 1 him. Judge Carpenter *:»><• he could see no! scandal in the letter, and said "the press ' will drag scandal into this at their own | wish." DR. EDWARDS WILL NOT ATTEND WIFE’S FFNERAIJ l His Physical Condition Makes Trip to} Montgomery Inadvisable. Birmingham. Ala., Dec. 4.—Although | Dr. George T. Edwards, prominent young! physician accused in a coroner's warrant I 1 of murdering his wife, was grsmtt*d per- ' mission to attend Ills wife's funeral, lu* \ will not be present at the services in j Montgomery this afternoon. It was decided that the physician’s | ; physical cmditiou makes the trip iuadvis ! able. i FI YE DEAD OF Drr.ENTRY AT SOLDIERS’ HOME Disease Is Believed to Have Been Caused by Infected Milk. Beauvoir. Miss.. Dec. 4.-—An epiilemif j ; of dysentery believed til I dive been caused j tby infected milk, has caused the deatli ■of five persons at the Jefferson Davis Xofdiers' Home here during the last six days. Thirty-three mother .suffering from the disease are being treated in a hos pital. KING AND HARRELL TO BE ELECROCCTED TOMORROW To Go to the Chair at <5 O’clock for Killing Major McLeary. Columbia. S. (\. Dec. 4—Mortimer N. King and Frank Harrell, convicted slay ' ers f Major hlanmel 11. McEeary, of the Enited States army, were spending their la-t twenty-four hours of life to day. They will go to the electric chair at <> o’clock tomorrow morning, accord ing to a statement today hy prison offi eia.s. whq said ail arrangements for the 1 double electrocution had bt*/*n made. | DR. CADMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT FEDERAL COUNCIL | Succeeds Dr. Robert E Speer, Who Was Net Eligible for Reelection. Atlanta, Dec. 4 (By the Associated ! Press). — Dr. S. I*. Cadman, of Brook j lyn. N. Y., today was elected president lof the Federal Council cf Churches, suc ji'ieding Dr. R. E. Speer of the same Icily, who was not eligible for reflection. Dr. R. 1). Loyd, of New York, was ■ reelected secording secretary. Frank I H. Mann, of New York, was elected treasurer. SAYS MRS. SHEATSLEY C'OMMITTED SUICIDE According to Formal Report of Coroner as Filed Today. I Columbus. ().. Dec. 4—Airs. Addic Sheatsle.v, wife of Rev. C. Y. Sheatsley. whose body was found in the furnace of the Sheatsley home, committed suicide, coroner J. A. Murphy held in his formal report of the tragedy filed with the coun j t.v clerk of court today. Ku Kiux Klan Aitbi Woman in Trouble. Goldsboro, Dec. 3. —The Ku Klux i Klan made its first public appearance in the Smithfield community during the ! past week-end when representatives of the organization visited the home of Airs. Shep I>. Broadwell and presented her with a purse of .$25. The gift was a welcome one to the w.oman and her children as the male member of the house hold is doing time on the roads for a violation of the whiskey law. 1 New Officers in Power in Rowan. ! Salisbury. Dec. -°». —Several changes have been made at the court house on account of the recent election. Officers sworn in to new positions Monday in cluded Charles L. Coggins as judge of tin* county court : L. IT. ( lenient, Jr., as prosecuting attorney: T. AY. Summer sett as coroner, and \\ r . H. Canup as a member of the county hoard of com missioners. The Landmark learns that freight and : passenger receipts of the Southern at ’ Statesville were .$40,000 greater in Oc , teher than during the same months of 1023. and it finds in this evidence of a returning and increasing prosperity. • past two years, every day during Lent ' installments of the Fellowship Prayer. s issued by the Federal Council’s Comnrs -1 ,;on on Evangelism, have been carried e i n scores of papers in all parts of the e ; country.” PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1924 BGBHHTEMRBH' 1 ASSAULTED WHEN DISCUSSING CASE Struck on Head Last Night; With a Blunt Instrument bv Some One Whose Name He Will Not Disclose. HAD SENT WOMAN TO JAIL FOR 30 DAYS j Louise Price and Her Attor-! ney Had Been Summoned Before Him on Contempt; of Court Charges. — Raleigh. Dee. 4.—Alagistrate Tom I’ar-! ish. who last week sentenced Air*. Louise i Price to jail for 30 days for contempt of j court, was painfully injured last night! when struck on the head with a blunt instrument by a person whose name he refuses to divulge. The magistrate says that he was dis cussing the Price case with several men when one of them, struck him on tiie j head. Alagistrate Parish laqt week cited Airs. I Price and her attorney, William H. Saw-1 yer. for contempt of court, alleging that Airs. Price cursed him and that the law- . yer had threatened t> fight him over aj disagreement on the bond of the woman. Airs. Price had been arrested on a statu-1 tory charge. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail for-contempt, and Air. Saw yer was dismissed when he apologized. INTERIOR BEpAWI&iaNT APPROPRIATION BILL) Three Mon* Hours oT Debate Given to It j Today. Washington, Dec. 4. —Three morel hours of general debate on the the inter-] ior department appropriation bill was in, order today in the House as it. resumed consideration of the first annual supply hills. At the conclusion of general dis cussions tin* measure will be taken up un der (lie five minute rule, with amendments in order. Representative Cnunton, republican, of Michigan, who is in charge of the bill, is seeking to complete House consideration by tin* end of the week. A program agreed upon, yesterday by republican leaders in the House calls for action on at least three supply measures before the holiday recess. TWO KILLED AND THREE OTHERS ARE INJURED 111 Automobile-Train Accident at Cross ing Near Columbia. Columbia, S. (’.. Dec. 4.—One woman was killed and three others injured when a train and an automobile came together at a crossing near here today. The dead woman was identified as Aliss .Myrtle Kessler, PJ years old. of Columbia. Raymond Cooper, E. C. Elders, and Airs. Ida Parr, all of Columbia, were injured. They were taken to a local hospital. Later—Cooper Dead Also. Columbia. S. (\, Dee. 4. —Cooper died shortly after being taken to a hospital, bringing the death list to two. SMOOT TANNERY SOLD Big Plant at North Wilkesboro Bought By International Shoe Company. Winston-Salem, Dec. 4.- Sale of the big Smoot Tannery at North Wilkesboro to the International Shoe Co., of St. lamia, today was confronted by Robert S. Jones, secretary of the C. C. Smoot Sons Co., which has offices in North Wilkesboro and at Alexandria, Ya. The new owners will take charge on January Ist. It is said that about .$1,000,000 was involved in the deal. The plant employs several hundred people. It began opera tions in INO7. With Our Advertisers. Plant your money in the bank while you are young. See new ad. today of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Fresh fruit from Florida at low prices in room formerly occupied by Starnes- Miller-Parker Company. The Concord Perpetual B and L. As sociation will open its 72nd series on Saturday, December (>tli. The books are now open the Cabarrus Savings Bank in Concord and Kannapolis. The house furnishing department of the Ritchie Hardware Company is com plete. a large variety of articles to se- 1 Jcct frem. Their Christmas department will be on the second floor. A lot of big Saturday specials at Patt Covington's. Longest Bridge in China Brown Up. Hankow, China. Dec. 4 (By the As sociated Press). —Followers of Gen. Wu Pei Fu. formerly military commander of j the Peking government, are reporting to I have blown up the Hankow-Peking rail way bridge over the Yellow River, said to be the longest bridge in China. The first Pullman sleeping-car was built sixty years ago. SKELTON OF HUMAN TAKEN FROM OLD WELI Alan’s Head Apparently Crushed By a Heavy Blow.—Belt and Shoes Found. Winston-Salem. Dec. 3.—lnstead of only the leg of.a man. it developed today rlmt an entire human skeleton wa; found in a well near an old abandoned house not far from Teaguetown. a few miles south of the city. Tuesday. The well is on the old Bodenhamer farm which was purchased two years ago by Poole brothers. A belt, knife, two pen inies and dental work in the paws of the skull are the only marks of evidence so far seen ml in the investigation by Sheriff McCreary and other officers. Two clues are being followed and it is hoped jto soo’i secure some more tangible evidence. The Pool brothers, who reside in ! Yontztown. on the Lexington road, told officers that they had made arrange ments to clear the wood from some of j the land during the winter. The old house on the property, which had not I been occupied for six years or more, was being put. into sha]>e by the owners I for use by them during the cold weather | while they were cutting timber. A boy. ! employed by the Pool brothers, was en | gaged Tuesday to clean out the well when parts of the skelton were brought | up in the bucket. Skull Apparently Crushed. AVhen the bucket was sent down and drawn up the second time, other bones were discovered. This aroused suspicion and Sheriff McCrary was notified. He and the coroner, with *other county offi cers. proceeded to the scene. Further in vestigation revealed articles of clothing and a large portion of the bones of a human skeleton, including the, skull, were disclosed. The skull appeared to have ben crushed in above the right temple and a crack ended over the top of the head, stopping just above the left temple. The hole and crack in the skull indicated that a heavy blow had been indicted on the man’s 'head. The cloUnng found ;ncluded what looked fb .he a pai* of tan-button shoes. The ent ire right shoe and the upper part of the shoe were taken from the well. ; The size appeared 'to bo about No. (5 and had the name of Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart, of Harrisburg. I’a.. sowed j iu one side of the shoos. A leather belt ' was also taken from the articles of [clothing. It measured 31 inches in fif eumforonce. Finding of the skelton nas produced much interest and some ex citement in the Abbott’s creek com munity. May Be That, of Bruce Snipes. The entire citizenship are giving en couragement and assisting the officers in their efforts to unravel the mystery. The county coroner, following the in vestigation, stated that the skeleton found was that of an unknown man. Late this afternoon the opinion was expressed by' Charles Snipes that The skeleton was that of his brother, Bruce Snipes, who mysteriously disappeared four or more years ago. The dental work on the teeth was the strongest evidence revealed to Charles Snipes that it must be his brother. There were other slight things connected mitli the case which persuaded the living brother that it must be Bruce. Only Confederate Veteran in House. Jackson, X. C., Dec. 4. —James S. Grant, member of the House* of Repre sentatives from Northampton county, will probably be the only confederate veteran in either house of the legislature when it convenes next. month. Air. Grant served two years in 'the ( oil federate army, surrendering with Gen eral Leo at Appomattox. Oasis Temple Holds Fall Ceremonial. Charlotte, Dec. 3. —Arriving tonight ami tomorrow morning will be 2,<M>o members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Alystie Shrine who come to Charlotte for Hie annual fall ceremonial of Oasis lample. J. It El liott, of Hickory. Imperial Potentate, is here. There will be three hundred can didates for admission into the order. ONE YEAR FREE We Will Give The Progressive Farmer —AND— v THE CONCORD TIMES BOTH FOR ONE YEAR 1 7 - For Only $2.00 TIIE PRICE OF THE TIMES ALONE The Progressive Farmer is the greatest farm paper published and every - farmer should have it. This offer is open to both new and old subscribers. If you are al ready taking The Times, all you haYe to do is to pay up to date and $2.00 more for another year and The Progressive Farmer will be sent you a whole year absolutely free of charge. If you are already paid in advance to The Times, just pay $2.00 for another year, your subscription will be so marked and we will send you The Progressive Farmer a full year. Address THE TIMES, Concord. N. C. PURE BRED JERSEY CATTLE IN IREDELL Established at County Heine Through the Efforts of R \V. Graeber. Statesville. N. (’., Dec. i. — Largely hrougli tlx* efforts of K. AY. Graeber. '•o.unty agent for the State College Ex tension Division, a foundation herd of nu rebred Jersey cattle Ims been started at the County Home at tin* direction of *hc County Commissioners. Mr. Graeber in company with the superintendent of the County Home appeared before the* county commissioners and asked permis sion to start the foundation heard at the Home. It was explained that the heard could be used as an asset to the home farm and that the county agent would super vise the care of it. It was a’so pointed out that the foundation herd would serve as a stimulant to farmers through out the county to start purebred stock on their farms. The commissioners appointed a com mittee of two to confer further with Air. Graeber and the result was tht the herd was established- It now consists of one bull and three heifers. • "The bull selected," said Air. Grae ber," was a yearly on the form of R. L. Shuford, Catawba County, and is an animal which we believe is one of the best bulls Air. Shuford ever produced. He is the son of Oakwnod’s D. Fox, who during the past, month became Gold Medal bull and has about twenty-five register of merit daughters. "The heifers are of good breeding. Two of them were sired by a bull whose dam had a butter record of 613 pound*. All three of these heifers were bred by a bull whose dam lias a gold medal. "AA> believe that with these animals as a foundation that a wonderful herd of Jerseys can be built up within the next few years.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady Today at a De cline of From S to 12 Points. New York. Dec. 4.—The cotton market opened barely steady at decline of H to 12 points today as u result of Liverpool selling, commission house liquidation, and local selling inspired by relatively easy cables and reiterated talk of increased crop estimates. After selling off to 22.06 for January and 23.22 for March, however, the mar ket steadied on trade buying and renewed covering, January selling up to 23.10 or back to about yesterday’s closing. Cotton futures opened barely steady: December 22.84; January 23.03; Alarch 23.35: Alay 23.68; July 23.80 bid. - Evidence in Forbes Trial. Chicago, Dec. 1 (By the Associated p rPHS ). —The history of the alleged con spiracy between Chas. R. I* orbes and John AV. Thompson, a St. Louis contract or. to defraud the United States govern ment on veterans hospital construction while Forbes was head of the A eterans Bureau in 1022, was related today by Elias H. Alortimer, chief government wit ness. Mortimer said that Black and Thompson, obtained Forbes' acceptance of their offer of SIOO,OOO a year to become chief engineer of their Columbian. South American Development Syndicate. (’oats and Dresses at IVnney’s. The J. C. Penney Co. is now making some unusual showings in ladies’ coats and dresses. Dress*** in wool at si.oo and silk from 84.08 up. AYinter coats SO.OO and up. They are selling a 32-inch Amoskeag gingham at 23 cents. AYarm coats for girls. $3.08 to $12.75. See page three today. Several Killed in Train (oFiision. Oakland, Cal.. Dee. 4 (By the Associ ated Press). —Three known to be dead, six others reported killed, and more than a score hurt is the result of a rear end collision between a Sacramento Short Line train and a Key Route suburban electric train hero this morning. At a Sandinavian athletic meet in Copenhagen, Charles Hoff, a Norwegian, made a world’s record by clearing 13 feet 6 1-2 inches in the pole jump. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. [UIPTHTO rtftfflft MUSCLE SHOALS 10 FRONT Adiminstration Leaders Go to White House to Learn President’s Attitude on the Latest Proposal. PRESIDENT HAS NOT GIVEN HIS OPINION Will Wait to Hear From His Departmental Advisers.— President’s Plan to Be Generally Supported. AA’asliington. Dec. 4.—The Underwood plan.for operation of Aluscle Slmals had taken a forefront position today among the various proposal* for a solution of the long pending problem. After it became known yesterday that Senator Underwood. Democrat, of Ala bama. bad conferred on various occa sions with President Coolidge during the process of preparing the bill, adminis tration leaders went to the AA’liife House to learn the President’s attitude on the measure. They were said to have been informed that the chief executive would await a report from bis deparmentiß advisers be fore expressing an opinion on the Under wood proposal. Republican leaders had hoped to hear from the President b *fore the measure wa* brought up on the Sen ate floor yesterday. In the absen<-e of word from the AA’hite House, agreement was reached tto post pone consideration of the matter until to day. Republicans generally feel disposed to support the President's ideas as to the best plan for settling the Aluscle Shoals issue. Senator Underwood expects to receive considerable support from the Democratic side and if the bulk of the parties unite behind this bill its passage is assured. Senator Norris. Republican, of Nebras ka. has announced that be will not sup port the Underwood bill, regardless of the President's attitYule. He is pre pared to fight so-r the passage of his own measure, as reported by the Senate ag riculture committee, but he declared he realized he would be waging a losing battle in the face of the Pfesiden’s op position. One su*gest*>M t*dvanceij stumill . to the President is that the ques tion might best be solved by the passage u » of a bill including a compromise be tween the Underwood and Norris plaus. LARGE SUM INVOLVED IN BANK INDICTMENTS Total of $350,865 Involved in Salisbury Bank Cases. Greensboro, Doc. 3-—The staggering total of $350,865 is involved in indict ments brought by a Federal court grand jury here against .T. I). Norwood, J. K. Doughton and AI. L. Jackson, these in dictments being more specific and strengthening than those brought by ft Federal court grand jury here last De- f comber against the three. They ai*e the result, of the failure in June. 1923. of the People’s National bank, in Salis bury. The failure of- the Mecklenburg Mills Company, a textile organization, with home officers in Salisbury and operating the Aleeklenburg mills, in Charlotte. Newton, and Clyde mills, in Newton, and Nancy mills, in Montgomery, pre ceded tlu* failure of the bank, and the bank was ( found heavily loaded with Mecklenburg milts company paper. Doughton was president of the bank; Norwood chairman of the board of direc tors, and Jackson n member of the boa.d of direct 0144. Norwood u’as also president of the Aleeklenburg Alills Company and Jackson* a director of the mills Com pany. There are five counts in the imlict mons against Doughton individually; six counts against Doughton and Nor wood jointly; one count against Nor wood individually and five counts against Norwood and Jackson jointly- The charges in the main are that funds of the bank were us<*d to carry worth less Aleeklenburg Alills Company paper. - On obese for SBO,OOO is mentioned, with the charge made that when the mil!« was benefited by it the com pany was already overdrawn SBO,OOO. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LOAN EXCEED $500,000,000 Treasury Long-Term Bond Issue Is large ly Oversubscribed. AYashington. Dec. 4.—Subscriptions to the new Treasury long-term bond issue . of $200,000,000. opened yesterday, ex ceeded half a billion dollars today, and Acting Secretary Winston announced that the offering for further cash sab* would Ik* withdrawn at the close of busi ness tonight. Condition of Judge Ferguson I nciianged. Asheville. X. C.. Deo. 4.—The condi tion of Judge Garland S. Ferguson, of AYaynesville. Confederate veteran and for mer judge of the Superior Court was re liorted unchanged today and his condition is very weak. Little hope is entertained for his recovery. Ancient Egyptian noblemen speared fish in much the same manner as do Am ericans today. The Egyptian lord would sit in his boat while his wife or son pad idled him about over the fish. The spear ; handle was tied to the wrist and the wea pon was thrown at the fish. Lady Luck ba.s smiled on the clubwo men of Hutchinson. a wealthy cit izen of that place having presented them with a handsome residence elaborately ! furnished for uae as a clubhouse. NO. 44.