She RRILL, Editor and Publisher volume xlix isl GONPERS IS 'hkedw illness yORETURNTO HOME Lnjjfjenf of American Fed eration Became 111 While Voting the Labor Leaders i„ Mexico City. fIXPiTION NOW MI CH IMPROVED jjnosphere in Mexican Cap ita! Not Suited to Him.— Travelling Now on a Spe cial Train^ ; , T'X., D«*. 11. Samuel j, r-nlt'iit i*f tin* American Fed nit "f l.idx>r. will arrive here Friday frn.Mi Mexico City, acompunied -• i aleir leaders. They will de ',tV >i i x lor \twv \ ork byway iii'!* at.-. from .Mexico City are that the u,-' : f Iv.im-* suddenly ill because . alt tilde, a.iitl that his comli time was serious. He was (rj,- •ut of tiic city on a stretcher, train speeded him into a : ii'lt' He is now said to have 0 (i.mlition Now Improved. (n:.-.. t'ity. Dee. 11 (By the Asso 'President Gompers is . up hotter than exiieeted,** said ■.,r in the early hours this from the special train on which , r : ii : .p« i head of the American ipr, . ..f Labor. is traveling home t rL- city. Ii was sent to Presi (';./• who during the night in *! iijiuii receiving reports on Mr. lW '- million. tti : per", who is approaching his : j . ua- in a state of such feeble t>: • result of his illness, that he -j -i from his hotel on a stretcher. • has been suffering only from t- 1 'i. hi- condition was aggra : e effect of Mexico City’s high t tiempt'is is improving and ev mv :> asleep except the doctor at nkik" said the porter of Mr. :-r- ear when questioned by the k rawer at La Griega. a*» the train Sji-H statioifltegrlv th ; s „oorning. 3uv .X vrvTß PITNEY OF SUPREME COURT DEAD iflfourred in Early Morning Hours. Nmil Was (iH Years of Age. Wiin*toii. 1 >ec. IK —Former Justice hi Pitney, of the Supreme Court. htv early today. i’ ' eiirred in the hours imme » ' a- midnight. Justice P*f w-iw; years < f age and from fei-iiiii-e of ill health on December if .Musical Club Back From Best Tour in History. teani. Dm-, s.—After completing ’(Cite best tours ever taken by the i > Trinity Musical club returned i Sunday morning. The tour e-; tiirmigh the eastern part of * !| *. tie tinai program being pre set Meredith college, Raleigh, on ®taf eve-lung. ,dx students, including matin htuk Warner. Jr., and W. 11. r r-.s t ~-f the club, made the ‘Hr entire tour was made in a f k- which was chartered by the *»»' We especially for the trip. >"'<.ni!c! „f the company included v il». mandolin club, a jazz ami a classical orchestra. The ‘f flm club included Green h i ii. Xe\v Bern, Kinston. Tar ■ and U.il, nan-igh. With Our Advertisers. l--ilay Special Christmas Sale i- umv mi at Parker’s Shoe ’ ll!! i will be given ."to cents off on amounting to |w}.9s and fed tit*- ad. in this paper to 'r ! 'i ! pnrtieulars. Pi'wv until Christinas the Browns -1 Ci. will soil overcoats, suits, "'fe shirts, etc., and everything 'ir at ciist. They are going out See quarter page ad. in j l ' I'l.tu of the Kidd-Frix Co. to happy Christinas —give her 'I ('able player piano. 11 Vgeil 00. Wins Bride of 75 , Summers. J'' 'e. Bee. (I. — -Ali*. John David- J.'xandff county, aged ninety, j.? ' :, :a Wa’.’ace. of Wilkes coun isr "f. V ' ‘ hV-five. were married Wed i- : n ""n > n Taylorsville by Rev. r 1 ” r ' This makes the groom’s , i ! Tlie bridal couple made s 1 ayljnsi. ID,. jj ( a buggy drawn ,!l • the groom driving. e w t.errfiaii Weapons. «si ‘ ' 11 (By the Associated ti nr reports by the allied mil- H,, Hdssion in Germany have «. fh>' worry in allied quar :|fe'>n. it i s stated, has found ' ."’"tvs of newly manu- Nn ' 1!l "' s,, i»e newly perfected -l! 1 anti-tank guns. i I* ,; dt.> at ,1. C. Penny Co.’s. hv t|i,' " tl "‘ ei>Ht-etion of useful gifts "f -l Penny Co. ideal 1 Will !,l! ' th,if (.v holiday buyers, j *% v variety of presents % tils’. ' ril ° e! ' ( d the family. Every-, - '‘feonC lat est. s,art Training. —'^ ac k Dempsey, the /Dot heavyweight pugilist, ' ratning here next week k Aiii 'h'feiid- his title, it was 41 ‘‘ t'>*{ aS \ t y Jjjjj t,. a j Der> the concord times * * * ******* * * PENNY ADS. ARE CASH. | * IW *»> U „7i„ el,„, w 1V„: 1 5 A||S - “ s "II the*,, is cash. * X f ''"'"""'l'- urn's,, small that w<* * ¥ < them. If y , )u * Phone a *e„„.v Ad. to the ottiee v„o J £ the amooot of the charge % 6 and will be exm.m.wi e i j£ ~ « expected to send it to & £ to office promptly. . ’ X I I It iji AGED MAN SHOOTS AT MAN WHO LURED WIFE Haikey Saves lllin.self by Leaping Be i h ' R ?. a Tlee i Warren Under Influence of Liquor, Statesville. Dec. 10.—There was con siderable excitement on, a Statesville .street J uesday when John Warren, of Bethany township, drew his 32-oa liber pistol and tired twiee on John Harkev of lurnersburg township. A slight cut’ in ilarkey s forehead was the Dmlv injury inflicted in the affray. M arren. who is about 05 years of age, claims that Harke.v. aged HO. was instru nilllito 1 in * . ■* * t mental in causing Warren’s young wife, about 10 years old, to leave his home. It is charged he met Harke.v on the side walk, greeting him with, "I'm going to kid you, and tired once at close range Harke.v jumjted behind a tree just in time to save himself. A second shot was discharged us Harkey was running. It is said that Warren was under the n fluencc of liquor at the time of the shoot ing. He was immediately arrested by lo cal policemen and carried before Mayor Bristol for a hearing. Warren stated in i court that his reason for attempting to take the man's life was that Harkey li8(l induced his wife to leave him. Not being able to give bond amounting to SI,OOO warren was placed in the coun ty jail. ' MOONSHINERS IN ROBESON STARVE TWO JERSEY MEN? Governor Morrison Asked to Act to Save the Jersey Citizens From Hireatcned Death. Newark, N. J. Dec. 10.—The police of Newark today wired Governor Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina, for aid in rescuing Frank Williams and Robert Schully, both of this city, from a gang of moonshiners who, the men told the police, suspect them of being federal rev enue agents and have threatened them with death. George Christian, of this city, today received from Williams a note scribbled on a brown paper bag ami postmarked "Lumberton, N. (’.” saying “we have been prisoners for two weeks and they are going to kill us. We’re being slow 1. 4 starved to death, but they may get 4 ,*wßy and kill us right off.” The two alleged victims left here two months ago to spend the winter touring the south. They were in North Caro-* fina the last time their friends heard from them. JUDGE G. S. FERGUSON DIES AT WAYNESVILLE Eminent Jurist and Confederate Veteran Passed Away Tuesday Night. Waynesville, Dec. 10. —Funeral serv ices for Judge Garland S. Ferguson, eminent jurist and Confederate veteran who died last night at Home here will be held Thursday afternoon at 11 o'clock at the local Methodist Church and inter ment will follow in Green Hill ceme tery. Judge Ferguson was ohe of the emer gency judges of the Superior Court ami his death came after a lingering illness. Two daughters and seven sons survive. The deceased served in company F.. 25th N. (’. volunteer infantry, in the war be tween the states. Attorneys of the Buneome county bar will attend the final rites in large num bers and memorial services xvill be held in Asheville at an early date. Wheat, Corn and Oats Soar to High Levels. Chicago, Dec. 10. —In face of immense selling to realize profits, wheat, corn and oats today established new high price records for the season. It was the third successive day of record-breaking advances in wheat and corn. A now upturn in wheat Quotations at Diver pool and a decrease of (5,011.000 bushels in the world's available supply of wheat were among the stimulating factors. Wheat closed unsettled nt he same as yeser dav's finish to 1 1-8 cent higher. May 1.66 1-8 to 1.66 3-8 and July 145 1-8 to 1.46 1-4, corn one-fourth to three-fourths cent up, oats unchanged to one-fourth cent off and provisions varying from 12 cents decline to 25 cents gain. Throughout the day. fluetations were rapid ,in the wheat market. Trade was of such large'volume that individual op erations counted for little. It was cur rent gossip, however, (that Europeans were a dive buyers of future deliveries here arid there also were estimates that new export business had be,eu done amounting to 1,000.000 bushels. At the highest point today, wheat showed * 3-4 cents to 12 cents gain compared with last week’s lowest level. In some quar ters this fact was taken as explaining a reactionary trend apparent in the late dealings. Earlier and huge seeing to realize profits had been readily absorbed bv new sets of buyers but towrd the last the volume of offerings acted as Some thing of a weight on the market. Hot dry weather in Argentina con timiing .O injure the « crop was largely responsible for the upward swing of values here for corn an,l oats. Rural offerings of corn remained small. Trotsky Reported 111. * Moscow Dee. 10.—It is announced that War Minister Trotsky has been suf fering for four weeks from a fevei sering r . f in fl ue nza and that rr S imSer».ive that he depart for a w-ater cure at some resort situated m a milder climate. Ten Pages Today Two. Sections CANDLER DROPS HIS DIVORCE SUII HID JOINS WIFE ii Announcement Made in At lanta That Coca Cola King and Wife Have Become Reconciled During Wek. MRS. CANDLER IS BACK AT MANSION Mrs. Candler’s Mother Told of Reconciliation—Divorce Suit Started Some Months Ago Will Be Dropped. Atlanta. Ga„ Dec. 11.—Proceedings j leading to reconciliation yesterday of Asa G. Candler, capitalist, and his wife, Mrs, .May Little Pugin Candler, from whom he has been estranged since early this year, were underway “about two months.” Mrs. Tlios. M. Little, mother of Mrs. Candler, styted today. The reconciliation was completed yes terday morning and during the day Mrs. Candler returned to the home of her lnis l band which she first entered as a bride in June, ID2M, Mrs. Little said. A suit for divorce alleging cruelty filed by Mr. Candler already has been withdrawn, she stated. While Mr. Candler's attorney declined | to be quoted on the status of divorce pro ceedings, legal authorities pointed out that Mrs. Canlder’s return to her husband's home yesterday had automatically can celled the suit. Mr. Candler filtnl the suit several, months ago after Mrs. Candler and two men had been arrested in an apartment house here. One of the men and Mrs. Candler were exonerated in tin* police court and the other man was Ihhl on a prohibition charge. “Mr. Candler himself approached m.v daughter regarding a reconciliation,” Mrs. Little said. “All the proceedings or conferences leading to the return of Mrs. Candler to his home were conduct ed between the two, and not through law years.” Mrs. Candler’s two children by her first husband, also returned to the Candler 1 home. MEETING OF w s UNION CLOSES TODAY President Stone in Annual Address Says Farmers Will Re “Crushed” by Taxis. Sanford. X. (’.. Dec. 11- The North -Carolina Farmers' Union which enlivened i.n annual convention hen* yesterday af ternoon is meeting in executive session to day. Following tin* opening of the con vention, the president, It. 11. W. Stone and tin* welcoming speeches delivered, committees were appointed. In his address President Stone declar ed that North Carolina farmers contin ued to bear the burden of increasing tax ation. He declared tha. millings and hundreds of millions of tax fret* bonds had been issued, and that “wo exempted from taxation all sorts of stocks, whether in foreign or domestic corporations.’ “On the other hand.” he continued, "we have greatly increased the volume of pub lic- expenditure. All that the farmers have is subject to these increased taxes. Sooner or later they will either be crush ed by the load, or they will rise, unit'* and throw off the load.” The convention is expected to e.ose this afternoon. Berlin Ministry Decides to Resign. Berlin, Dec. 10.—The cabinet at a meeting today decided to resign. The date of its resignation will be lixed by agreement between Chancellor Marx and President Ebert. Unless Ebert requests the Marx- Stresseman cabinet to continue in of fice until after the holidays, it is prob able that the 'affairs of Germany will in the course of the next week Lie entrusted to a new ministry. This would be com posed of bourgeois parties, in which the German nationalists, by virtue of their preponderance of reiehstag mandates, will play a decisive role. Ship Goes Ashore In Fog. London, Dec. 11 (By the Associated Presss). —Lloyd’s Shipping Agency re ports that the British liner Arcadian, in bound from Malta for Southampton, is ashore on The Shingles, in a dense fog. Three tugs have gone to her assistance. The steamer had on board between 200 and 300 passengers, mostly British, who had been touring the Mediterranean. A later dispatch to the press associa tion from Southampton said the Arcad ian was in no danger. Quashed Indictment Against Publishing Company. New York. Dec. 11. —Federal Judge John C. Knox today quashed the second indictment returned against the New York Tribune. Inc., publisher of the New York Herald-Tribune, for the publica tion of income tax returns. I . S. Attor ney Hayward announced that an appeal would be taken immediately to the Su preme Court. Snowstorm Sweeps Upper Lake Region Port Arthur, Out.. Dec. 8. —Naviga- tion was at a standstill on upper Dike Superior today while a heafy north east gale and a driving snowstorm swept the district. Vessels lying off Rock of Ages. Slate Rook and in the lee of Isle of Royal reported the storm one of the worst of season. Heads Swiss Confederation. Berne. Dee. 11.—The federal assembly , today elected Dr. Jean Marie Musy pres ident of “the Swiss Confederation for the ‘ year 102.1. He is a lawyer. The outgo ing president is Dr. Ernest Chuard. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1924 DUKE NEVER DREW SALARY Has Turned Every Cent of Mony Back Into Southern Power Company Devel ment Charlotte, Dec. 0. —James it. Duke, last night announced creation of the Duke trust fund of approximately $40,- 000,000 for educational and charitable purjtoses in North and South Carolina never personally rea’iaed a cent fre.u his vast investment in the Southern, Po wer system, according tofr gtatments ere today.* Kmry' cent of'profit made from his investment of raonnd $60,000,000 has been- return ed to the system for development pur poses, he is quoted as saying. Mr. Duke included in the trust three i fourths of his holdings in the Southern ' Power system. The income of the trust is to be divided between Trinity college, which must change its name to Duke university to obtain the funds; Davidson college. Furman university and Johnson (’. Smith university, the latter a negro school; hospitals in North and South Carolina and for building and mainten ance of churches of South Carolina and for building and maitenance of churches of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in rural districts and pensioning aged ministers of that church. “I have never made any money for myself out of the $60,000,000 which I have put: into the power company inter ests.” Mr. Duke to’d newspaper men in making the preliminary announcement of his intention to form she trust. “I have never drawn a cent of salary. I have ne ver even charge traveling expenses to the company when I came down here and returned to New York. What the company has made has gone right back into if. multiplying the capital with which to do other bigger things aiTd that is the way it is going to be run in the future when I have given it over to this endowment fund. “The power development will not stop. It is going on. We have not reach ed the end yet. The trustees of this fund will determine when the program of unified program. | and discussions of the Sunday School l>ofil'd and home missions were * lie chief ( problems for consideration lfefo*v the Baptist State Convention at its inbrning's ! session today. As the $75,000,000 campaign is prae-1 ticall.v completed, chief interest among the delegates, is centered on fheh 1025 I unified program for the Southern Bap-i list Church which has a set goal of $15,- 000.000, of which North Carolina is to raise $1,000,000. The unifiel plan will cover educational, missionary and social service work, but in addition the Baptist Orphanage has been allotted $200,000 to be raised during the coming year. Ceremonies for the laying of the eor nerstone of the Greater Meredith.-College will occupy the time of the delegates this afternoon, and tonight the program will toe given over to discussion of the B. Y. I*. U. and Meredith College. The meeting will come to a close to morrow morning after the Baptist Foun dation, ministerial relief ana annuity and historical commission has bc< n discussed and the memorials presented. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to Advance of 11 Points mi Covering and Buying. New \ ork. Dec. 11—The cotton mar ket opened steady at unchanged prices to an advance of 11 points on covering and Liverpool buying, promoted by the steady ruling of the English market. January sold up to 22.90, and March to OT .8 oy 9 points u.et higher, on the early demand."but pride* jwtwn turned easier under commission house realizing or liquidation, Tip* latter was supposed to be partly due to disappointment over the failure of demand to develop more rapidly in the cotton goods market. Selling was restricted, however, by claims of the firm spot situation in the South. January sold off to 22.77 and March to 23.15, active months ruling about 2 to (5 points net lower at the end of the first hour. The opening prices were: Dec. 22.75; Jan. 22.83; March 23.25; Julv 23.(50; July 23.68. COMMUNISTS IN PARIS WILL MAKE PROTEST I Against Arrests and Expulsions of Their Foreign Comrades—Will Meet Tonight. Paris, Dec. 11.—The union of com munists whose members are employed in various public services, has announced a street meeting near the Gave Street Lazare tonight, to protest against the arrests and expulsions of (heir foreign comrades which continue to be made at the rate of two or three daily. The government has notified the organizers' that the meeting will not be tolerated because it would be likely to lead to dis turbances. Says He Gave Forbes SIO,OOO. Chicago. Dec. 11 (By tin* Associated Press). —Elias H. Mortimer, chief gov ernment witness, began his fourth day of cross examination in the trial of (’has. R. Forbes and J. W. Thompson on charges of conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment in connection with letting con tracts for the veterans bureau hospitals. His testimony today again touched upon the alleged bribery payments to Forbes in August. 1922. The witness repeated Iris charge that he gave Forbes SIO.(MM) in cash on Au gust 11th, as his share of a br(be paid for a hospital contract at Tapper Lake, N. Y. t The money was given to Mor timer by William McCauley, of Washing ton, representative of the Southerland Construction Company. To Make Inaugural Arrangements. Raleigh, Dec. 11. —One of the first things the legislature is expected to do after it convenes next month is to hold a joint session of the two houses and appoint a committee to make arrange ments for inauguration of Angus Wilton McLean as governor and to fix the date of the inauguration. The inauguration is expected to take place about January 15th. For the past few inaugurations, the ceremonies have been conducted at the city aduitorium and it is thought the in aguration ceremonies will tak** place there this year. University of Jassy School. Bucharest, Dec. 11 (By the Associated Press**). —Anti-semitic demonstrations by students have caused authorities to or der the closing of-the University of Jassy. Attempts yesterday by students to stage manifestations in Bucharest were checked by the intervtion ol mili tary. President Will Attend Jitney Funeral. Washington, Dee. 11.—President Cool idge, several members of the cabinet, Chief Justice Taft, and associate justices of the Supreme Court attended the fun eral services today for former associate justice Mahlou Pitney, who died here on Tuesday. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. |ONE OF WORST FOBS "*«r ntuNT TIME IS BOTHERING ENGLAND Fog Descended on London Tuesday Night and So Far. Has Shown No Signs of Lifting. MANY PARTS OF EUROPE AFFECTED Shipping Has Been Halted at Many Points and Travel is Partially Halted by the Fog Now. London. Dec. 11 (By the Associated Press). — London today still was in the grip of one of the worst fogs in years.-it. descended upon the city Tuesday night and continued throughout yesterday and this morning. Thousands were delayed in going to j work because of the burdening of the sub ways. and the virtual paralysis of the omnibus and tramway services. Yester- I day was a daylong night, during which | several persons were injured in eollis sions. The weather gives little hope of a speedy lifting of the fog which telegraphic reports indicate extends to a large degree over half of Europe. The cost to the city through the atmospheric damper on its activities, is* estimated at $5,000,000. Much shipping is being held up and the crews of many vessels fog-hound in Thames river, are short of food. Main lain railroad services throughout the country were plunged into chaos. Race meetings in many places have been aban doned, the ferry services across the River Thames stopped, ami all continent al ,air services suspended. Southampton Also Affected. ~ Kouthampton, England, Dec. It.—The densest fog in years is holding up ship ping in ami around this port. Eleven liners due this morning are fog-bound out side this .port. (Toss channel steamers have been unable to get further than the outer harbor. THOMAS H. INCE LEFT ” FORTUNE OF $4,000,000 Yiitually All of the Estate Goes to the Widow and Her Three Children. \ H Tnee, motion picture producer, jtho med here last month, left an estate of ap proximately $4,000,090, it was revealed by Charles Fourl. of counsel for the ex ecutors. Virtually all of the estate goes to the producer's widow and three chil dren under the terms of the will which will be filed for probate this week. Woodleaf Boy Dies of Excessive Nose- Bleed. Salisbury, Dec*. 10.—Robert Thomp son, a 24-year-old Woodleaf boy, died here following an unusual experience. His nose began to bleed and when local friends con’d not. check it. he was rush ed to Salisbury but in the several hours before the blood flow could be stopped he had become so weakened that he died. The body was taken to Wood leaf for burial. The body was an orphan and made his home with his grand father. T. L. Thompson, of Woodlear- Churchill Statement Considered “log ical.” Washington, Dec. 11 —The treasury has accepted the statement of Winston Churchill, chancellor of the British ex chequer. yesterday cn allied debts as “ob vious and logical.” and has no intention of making any further comment. This official expression was piade to day after a conference between Secre tary Mellon, under Secretary Winston, and Assistant Secretary Wadsworth at the treasury. Big Christmas Sale at Father’s. Starring Monday Fisher's will be open nights until Christmas. You will find at this store all kinds of toys, and there you can get something to please every child. Besides this, there are hundreds of useful and needed gifts for the grown up. Every section of thg store is n gift shop. Real full ivage ad. in ‘today’s pa per. ~ Naval Construction Bill Authorized. Washington, Dec. 11.—The Senate to day approved the naval construction bill authorizing a program expected to cost $110.000,000. The bill provides for construction of eight light cruisers, six gunboats to be used on the Yangstee River, in China, and the conversion of six battleships from coal to oil burners. Mall Tram Robbers Sentenced to Prison. Chicago, Dec. 11.—Herbert Holliday, Brent Glasscock and the four Newton brothers who pleaded guilty in the $2.- 000,000 Rondout mail train robbery trial, were sentenced to Leavenworth prison today. The sentences ranged fr »m end year and a day to 25 years. Holliday received the maximum sentence. " ■■■ 11 11 1.1 IV HAT S.MITTVS CAT AAV. Fair tonight and Friday, slightly warmer Friday ami in the west - and north central portions tonight. NO. 46.