ERR ILL, Editor and Publisher
VOLUME XLIX
STARTED
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f tern Disturbance Will
L- e Rapidly Southeast
ra\ to Southern Plain
and to Atlantic.
pygRE WEATHER
1 IX SOME STATES
eather In Parts of Canada
Reported Today as Bitter
Cold— Warm Weather in
some Other States.
i-,,• .. TtlVn i»««•. I'*. —Pressure is ab
■ thi' morning over the Can
itinif .pri'vinees. .and it is low
„ Washington and (>re
" ; i<i to Texas and Arkansas, the
j,.|| announced today. There
An !-«al -mows in Ohio and the
valleys. Lake region,
S.o*»*s. and general snows
i ::!:.!<!ian northwest, says the
' ii-i.nrf. A severe cold wave is
#nJ( jii t g Montana and portions of
Wi : „i.northwest and the remiiera-
Jn,t wii.it lower in the Middle and
* States. . while warmer
l r ;, :i -vails in the Gulf states and
u v -trrn disturbance will move
i,jly m ii:lira -tward to the southern
... -ratt'. and thence northeastward
Niv.er Lage region. It will be at
j*j h iireeipitation in the lower Lake
» .ini the Ohio valley tonight and
lastly, ’and in the Tennessee the East
fSates, the Middle Atlantic States
Vwi-i of the South Atlantic States
KEDOKSN’T THING COLLEGE
i> HELI* TO MAN IN Bl iINTSS
H ' such Education Gives Personal
tfvftc.if ii. iu Discussing $40,000,000
B.
h York. 1 )ec, 12. —A. desire to fur-
Ithe "growing empire of tlie indns
i South” with leaders in religion,
lawliciue. education. engineering and
gr-muved .lames 15. Duke to create
WtMHtO.ono educational fund, the
w magnate said at his New York
r&f today. ,
•kn'i believe that a collafP atluea
lifes a man much good in businesss,
infertile persona 1 satisfaction,” he
stai. 'but the people of the Carolinas
kmdng in numbers all of the time
I din need leaders who must be
w. The people are entitled to the
! an>n they ran get to preach to
s: they need skillful men to teach
it children: lawyers should be the
iM men in the community; without
i Wtirs they cannot live, and techni
st are needed to help their grow
i&lusfries progress.”
fct won't all tliis luxury spoil the
w'if the South?” he was asked. .
There will be no luxury,” Mr. Duke
**'l. "Nothing makes people so
»vy as luxury. Satisfied ambition
ss awful thing. "How can you be
if hot busy ? This very project
me busy for the rest of my life
hash I'm just laying down the broad
stiiU and leaving the educational
**-■ to others,” (
if Duke raine north yesterday to re
din' fund at Somerville, N. J. He is
s - l ‘!if ‘>f that state.
PR. Duke Ileirs Seek to Prevent
Tax Collection.
|%li Dee. 12.—Heirs of the late
P I>. I Mike*, who was drowned last
a* tempting to step into a
■ ‘fat to go to his yatch lying in
fork waters yesterday instituted
.■nth 1 I'nited States district court
*t«n North -.Carolina to precent the
ef $",.000. inherrtnnce tax on
by the state of North Paro
-1 suit was brought by the exe
'of the estate, E. B. Halstead,
aU. Perkins and Preorge C.
ami tii,. defendants named are
■ hmigaton. revenue commissioner
•4 Carolina: and James S. Man
date attorney general.
'it'll"!itanee tax of $21,833.83 is
'by the executors as the amount
* state, while Revenue Pommis
•l,uUfrbton has assessed a tax of
the difference of which the
""ts and heirs of the estate are
f the federal government to re-
'he state from collecting.
of tin- estate is placed by the
"" N at 51ig23.440.84 of which
( 'laim ;i deposit of SOOO-82 in a
J* Durham and -018.011.22 in
1!i tlu> Erwin Cotton mills and
r rations within North Caro
' art ‘ the only parts of the estate
ar “ taxable by North Carolina.
i 1 ' 1 " Arsons Driven From Homes.
Yi.rk, Dee. 15. —Six hundred per
driven from their homes in
early today by a fire in the
,,f die Borden Mila Com
n ; w " blocks from the home of Mny
,/p- Five alarms calling all the
p(;uion?ent in Brooklyn, were
if- Shoots Master.
M,> - De<*. 12. — Theodore
, "f Fdgecombe. was shot by his
i !ti Sunning near here. He placed
" u K rou nd .while he
'tinier his automobile to make
‘ Tin* dog stepped on the
Ti e’ v i ■ ,
[L iar "'‘ '»t shot entered Shermans
een the knee and ankle.
l ire at Dunkirk.
(j Jp V.. I)ee. 15. —Dunkirk's
'tj iail and police «ta-
It j ' /''strived by fire earlv todu>
* ls estimated at SIOO,OOO.
THE CONCORD TIMES
SHORTER SKIRTS TO RCLE
IN 1925. DECLARE MAKERS
Prevailing Mode to Be 10 to 15 Inches
Prom the Ground.
Cleveland, Dee. 15.-The National
< leak. Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’
Association met here today ami ap
proved style recommendations for next
spring and summer.
Skirts as an average will lie Worn 10]
inches from the ground, and in extreme
eases 15 inches.
Sprig rliness of. sftyle as well a; of
color will emphasize the new spring I
creations.
The . lender silhouette effect, will con
tinue the foundation for the new sea
sons styles, and many new variations i
in the cut of garment will bo intro- |
dueed. including the tqnic theme, and
circular cute. But in all cases the gar
ments will be*- worn to achieve the
straight line, slender type. In 1 sport
coats the mannish cut will be strongly
evidenced.
The shorter length skirt will have its
influence upon the style of new spring
coats, which will bo somewhat shorten
ed In length.
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. ARE
, SHOWING DECREASE NOW
All Causes Except Autopiobiles Are Be
ing Better Controlled, Secretary Hoo
ver Says.
Washington. Dec. 15. —Modern meth
ods of industry and commerce and po
licing have been successful in reducing
annually within the United States the
number of accidental deaths and injuries
from every cause but one, and that is the
automobile. Secretary Hoover declared
today in an address opening the National
Conference on Street and Highway Safe-,
ty.
In ten years the rate of fatal accidents
has been doubled by automobile opera
tion. the Secretary said, and while motor
vehicles have established themselves as a
prime necessity ol American life, it is now '
•necessary to findNfcgjistructive measures
to meet the crisis of tens of thousands of
deaths aunually with hundreds of thou
sands of serious personal injuries, ac
companied by economic loss of a stagger
ing sum.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Easy Today at Decline of 2 to 5
Points Due to Easy Liverpool Cables.
New York. Dec. 15. —The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at a decline of
2 to 5 points in response to relatively
easy Liverpool cables. Some early South
ern selling here, also offerings believed
to be Wall Street account, were read
ily absorbed by covering or trade buying,
and after a little irregularity prices
worked up to 23.11) for January and
23.92 for March, or about 2 to 4 points
net higher. The rally was prompted
by bill fish K Oil them spot advices. Pri
vate cables reported an easier market in
Liverpool due to a decline in Egyptian
cotton and Saturday's census report on
consumption in the United States for
November. The opening prices were:
I>cc. 23.00; Jan. 23.07; March 23 51;
May 23.92; July 24.01.
CONGRESSMAN APPLEBY
DEAD AT BALTIMORE
Was Representative in Congress for tlie
Third New Jersey District.
Baltimore, Dec. 15. —Theodore Frank
Appleby, republican, representative iu
Congress from the third district of New
Jersey, died here* early today at Johns
Hopkins. Death followed an operation
he underwent several days ago. His home
was in Asbury Park.
E. H. tteran, democrat, who was ap
pointed Federal district attorney by
President Wilson, but later resigned, suc
ceeded Appleby in the 68th Congress, hav
ing defeated him in a bitter race.
Girl Determined to Swim the English
Channel.
Paris, Dec. 15.—The “Villa of Cross-
Channel Swimmers’ ’is the sign that has
been hung out above the door of a ten
room wooden building on the extreme
point of Cape Gris-Nez. France’s most
advanced point of land into the English
Channel. , ’
So numerous have been the attempts
at cross-channel swimming in recent
years, and so limited are the accommo
dations of the two small hotels over
looking the straits at Gris-Nez, whence
most of the swimmers take the water,
that William T. Burgess, who swam the
channel in 1911. has purchased a villa
at the cape with the intention of plac
ing it at the disposal of future candi
dates for channel honors. '
Mrs. Harrison, of Beunos Aires, has
rented four rooms in the villa where
she and her daughter, Lillian, who made
an unsuccessful attempt to swim the
Channel last summer, will take up their
residence next July and await a favor
able opportunity to tuy it again.
Miss Harrison is at present in Lon
don attending a physical culture school
and training in view of her 192a cam
paign. ,% i nccomnanied most
Burgess, who nas "
of the successful and unsuccessful chan
nel swimmers of late years, is of the
opinion that Miss Harrison can do .t.
She was going strong this year when
she met with an unfortunate accident
and with one more year's training, he
t confident that the Anglo-Argentine
girl will be the first woman to negotiate
the treacherous straits.
President Returns From Cruise.
Washington, Dec. 15.— President am.
Mrs Coolidge returned today from a
'tort eSe on the Mayflow.tr down the
Potomac. Heavy winds caused Urn yacht
to anchor during the night, hardly moie
thari two miles from her place of depart
ure at the Navy Yards.
Four Boys Drown When Ice Cracks.
N- V., Dec. 14-Four boys
were drowned when the ice Wring a
lake on which they were » ,ldll J* **'*
wav today. The boys were WiHiam
Rilev 12. hi* brother, Anthony, • .
Thomas Minucrly, 13, and Mm. Hauck,
It? Si of this city. The bodies were o
“X;J bv Oould and John Chin
: at recoi l military
academy, who dove for them.
Congress Pays Homage
To Memory of Wilson
Paused In Its Round of Ac-j
tivity to Render Honor to j
Memory of the Former-
Chief Executive.
MANY PROMINENT
PERSONS PRESENT
President, Cabinet Members,
and Other Dignitaries Pres
ent to Witness the Impres
sive Service.
Washington. I). C.. Dec. 15. —Congress!
paused in its round of activity today to j
header honor to the memory of Wood- j
row Wilson.
The chamber of the House of Repre- j
sentatives was the setting for the memo- j
rial services, with Dr. Edwin Anderson j
Alderman, president of Ids alma mater,!
the University "of Virginia, pronouncing
from tlie rostrum where the .ate Presi-J
dent revived the Washingtonian custom !
of delivering in person his message to!
Congress, the eulogy of his life and!
achievements.
Dignitaries of states, political person
ages of the past and present, close friends
of the late chief executive, and invited
guests made up the gathering for which
all space on the floor and galleries had
been reserved. A vast unseen audi
ence. too. had been remembered in ar
ranging for radiocasting the ceremonies
through ft wide eTiain of stations.
President Coolidge and cabinet, Su
preme Court jus ices, representatives of
foreign governments, governors of states,
members of the Wilson cabinet, and high
officers of the army and navy were atiiong
those joining with members of the Sen
ate and House to commemorate the man
who sleeps beneath tlie towering cathed
ral spire within distant view of the na
tion’s capital.
Tlie program of the ceremony was a
simple one. Early the great white cap
ital gave evidence that it was a day set
apart. Its halls were hushed and the
machinery of legislation was stilled. Dur
ing the morning only members and those
having urgent business within were ad
mitted. Half past ten was the time
et for opening the east doors leading to
the rotunda to admit those accorded the
privilege of a seat within the House
chamber.
Both the Senate and were railed
to convene a little before fhe-’HpoJJ hour,
dh>“finiP t**r -YoCiub* .3* of" the-
Senate, after prayer, recessing to go to
the House chamber. The marine band
was to furnish music, assembling in the
south wing shortly before noon.
Three of the late President’s imme
diate family, Mrs. Wilson, his daughter,
Miss Margaret Wilson, and his brother,
Joseph It. Wilson, of Baltimore, were
present for the cerfmony. His other
two daughters. Mrs. William G. McAdoo,
and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, who is
iDroad, were unable to attend. John
Randolph Bolling, brother of Mrs. Wil
son and secretary to his brother-in-law
when lie retired to private life from the
White House, also joined Mrs. Wilson
in attendance.'
Mrs. Wilson, clad entirely in black
save for a narrow white collar, occupied
a seat in the reserved gallery. The oth
er members of the family were seated
near her.
Chief Justice Taft and associate jus
tices of tlie Supreme Court occupied the
first row of seats on the floor, with cab
inet officials of the Wilson administra
tion behind them. Those in the group
included former Secretarys Bryan. Lans
ing, Houston, Daniels, Payne, Redfield
and Wilson, and former Attorney Gener
al Palmer.
Seated with Mrs. Wilson were Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, wife of the senator
from Virginia, and Mrs. Edwin A. Al
derman. wife of Ihe president of the
University of Maine.
Also seated near the speakers dias
were Governors Ritchie of Maryland,
Baxter of Maine. Trinkle of Virginia. Mc-
Leod of South Carolina. Trapp of Okla
homa. and Morgan of West Virginia.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge en
tered the chamber shortly before the ex
ercises started.
Dr. Alderman Makes Address.
Washington, Dec. 15.— Declaring that
experience issues a warning not to at
tempt to fix a statesman’s final place in
history until the generations that knew
him, loved him and hated him, shall have
passed away and a new generation to
whom he was not a familiar figure shall
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DR. BATEMAN EXPLAINS
Asheville Minister Doesn't Think Meth
odist Need a Guardian.
Asheville. Dec. 14.—After an address
before the citizens’ Bible class at the
Majestic theatre Sunday morning, some
three hundred men being pre-cut. Dr.
R. J. Batman, prtstoij r.f the First Bap
tist church, setting birth his own inter
pretation of the views of the Duke offer
to Trinity college, gave out tlie follow
ing statement:
“I have praised raid shall continue
to praise with a greflt host, this great
benefaction to educate, and commend
the spirit of generality in setting aside
this man of money to be used for fur
ther service. I never said a word in the
Raleigh speech that did not reflect such
feeing of appreciation. 1 have no
apology whatever foiy whip I did say.
and am not responsible for what was
reported. I have never replied to oue
newspaper criticism, ! and would not
now, if it did not l iff tain so much to
our general policy.
"I do not consider that the great
Methodist church ue*ls my guardian
ship. Some of the brriiniset men of
Souterp pulpits ore f members of this
great church. lam tf.x\ re they will prove
themselves pro cut ineptly capable of
conducting their own’ affairs. The only
fight 1 made was wllcn there was laid
down a principle, that might become a
policy of Christian education. This
arose in an address I was making in
Raleigh on ‘Christian /education.’ I had
in my speech which my secretary had
typewritten weeks ‘before, covered these
points under the bead ‘making Chris
tian education- Christian.’ When I
made this address the news or Mr.
Duke’s offer had just come out. It was
a concrete illustration of the point I
wan making. The news had become pub
lic property. If did not pertain to one
great church only but might become the
policy of many.
‘•lf the alumni and . the denomination
wish to change the name of Trinity Col
lege they have the eternal right to do
so. It is only a matter of sentiment. I
cannot in any manner see that it in
volves a principle. In this connection I
cannot see that any on outside of the
denomiation has any kiek.”
GERMANS INSIST THEY
HAVE KEPT TREATY TERMS
Deny French Reports Regarding Arma
ment Cemittofc*.
Berlin. Dee. 15, —T1 e Jieraiftn foreign
.tffiee-frwlrfY expfbsseffcOifebetSef Jhat -4 b*
interallied military commission would re
port unfavorably an armament condi
tions in Germany, as claimed by the
French correspondents. The offiee in
sists it does not know of any serious
failures to carry out the disarmament
provisions of the I ersailles treaty.
Failure of the allies to evacuate the
Cologne area January 10th under the
terms of the treaty of Versailles would
be a blow against the' policy of fulfill
ment of treaty obligations, a foreign of
fice' spokesman said.
Mrs. Bvfleld Granted New Trial.
Atlanta. Via.. Dec. 15.—Mrs. Clyde By
field was today granted a new trial in
her suit for SIOO,OOO damages against
Walter Candler, growing out of an al
leged attack on the Steamship Berengaria
about two years ago. The court of ap
peals interpreted certain instructions of
the presiding judge as favorable to the
defendant.
have come upon the stage. Dr. Edwin A.
Alderman, president of the University of
Virginia, nevertheless said he sought to
make clear the character and achieve
ments of Woodrow Wilson, in an ad
dress at the congressional memorial ser
vices held in the House of Representa
tives today.
Loyalty, duty and reverence, none the
less urge while memory is clear and
events arc fresh what is known of the
man upon whom alb races and nations
turned iu moments of peril, he said. The
I speaker declareed that Woodrow Wil
son’s fame is more interwoven into jthe
fabric of civilization than that of any of
his predecessors in office, save \\ ashing
ton.Jeffersrtn and Lincoln.
Dr. Alderman sketched the life of
the twenty-eight president from a youth
in a Presbyterian preacher’s home, through
| college, into the lecture room as a profes
' sor. as a college presidents chief executive
Jof a state, into the White House and
| then into the midst,of world affairs that
] made f him for all time an international
' figure.
BER 15, 1924
CHAIRMEN (MENS
SAYS DISHONESTY
IS NOT APPARENT
Says Senate Committee Finds
Internal Revenue Bureau
Has Been Responsible for
Losses to Government.
“LOOSENESS” IS
GIVEN AS CAUSE
Wants Public to Send in Sug
gestions to Committee For
Simplifying Work of Bu
reau as Well as Statutes.
Washington, I), ft. Dee. 15. —Chair-
man Couzens, of the special Senate com
mittee investigating the internal revenue
huican, declared in a statement today
that the committee hail found “much
. oseness in the execution of the work”
if the bureau, resulting in the apparent
loss of “millions of dollars of revenue to
‘lie government.”
“In some of these eases,” the chair
man declared, “the department officials
have admitted errors, and while the com
mittee charges r,o dishonesty it finds
much looseness in execution of the work.”
Noting that a review had been ordered
irvolving an alleged over allowance of
<(>00.00 in taxes to one company. Sena
tor Couzens said special investigators
were now working on other case- - which
will be taken up this week by the com
mittee. He invited the public to send
m suggestions for simplifying proceedure
if the bureau as well as the statutes.
COTTON EXPERIENCES
PERIOD OF DULLNESS
Several Days of Hesitation Follow
Brief Spurt. Following Government
Report.
New Orleans. Dec. 14. —Tlie past
week in cotton line; been a period of
dullness, comparatively speaking, us the
brief spurt which followed the publica
tion of tlie government estimate on
Monday was followed by several days of
hesitation and gradually receding prices
until it was realized that contract®
were being quietly absorbed by trade in-
oik the scale down. This, to
gether toitk a revival of tire, demand for
;pote to effort* lv> fill out De ,
'arge. canned a moderate improvement
in prices as well .as a .better undertone.
The first development of the week
was the government’s final estimate rtf
‘he crop which was 13,153.000 a figure
somewhat lower than had been general
'y expected. This estimate led to a fair
rally in prices due mainly to covering
by shorts until consideration of the de
tails of the ginning* report issued
simultaneously with the estimate which
showed not only a total larger than
many looked for but also that the gin
nings in several states already almost
equalled the estimated crop for those
states.
As a result of this view prices re
ceded until Thursday they reached a
level just 100 points below the high at
tained soon after the publication of the
government estimate on Monciay. Latei
on in the week reports* were received in
dicating that the weight, of bales in
ntanv sections, notably in North Caro
lina and Oklahoma, were running much
lower than the standard bale of 500
pounds gross weight in which the gov
ernment estimate is figured.
Tliis view of the case brought about
a moderate rajly which was helped by
the falling off of tlie movement of the
crop into sight for the week of nearly
100,000 bales.
Fatally Injured in Accident.
Salisbury. Dee. In. —M. M. Konner
l.v, about 35 years old, who operated an
automobile service station at lianklin,
near here, died in a hospital here last
night of injuries received when an au
tomobile iu which he and another man
were riding, overturned at a sharp turn
in the road. Kennedy's companion was
driving the car. but escaped with slight
injuries. The dead man was not mar
ried, and is survived by his parents and
one brother.
Would Strike Out Mortimer Testimony.
Chicago. Dec. 15 (By the Associated
—A motion to strike out. the en
tire testimony of Elias H. Mortimer, the
chief government witness against Chas. It.
Forbes and J. W. Thompson on conspir
acy charges growing out of Forbes’ ad
ministration of the Veterans Bureau was
entered by the defense today.
The motion was taken under advise
ment by Federal Judge Carpenter aftei
government counsel entered vigorous ob
jections.
Big Trade Balance in November.
Washington. Dec. 15. —Exports frorr
the United States during Novembei
amounted to $494,000,000 compared wit I
imports of $296,000,000, leaving a trad<
balance favorable to the Lnited State;
of $198,000,000.
WHAT SMUTTY'S CAT SAYS
J
§ji Increasing cloudiness and slight!
| warmer tonight; Tuesday unsettled an
g warmer, probably rain in west portion.
SAMUEL GBMPEPL.J
AGED LABOR LEM, i
DIED IRIS MORNING
President of American Fed
eration of Labor Passed
Away Early Today at San
Antonio, Texas.
DEATH OCCURRED
ON AMERICAN SOIL
Body Will Be Taken East
Tonight, and It Will Be
Buried at Tarrytown, N. Y.
—Sketch of His Life.
San Antonio, Texas. Dec. 13 (By the
Associated Press).—The grand old lead
er of American labor is dead. Samuel
Gcmperx was granted his last wish. He
died on American soil at 4:10 o clock this
morning, eleven hours after his arrival
from Mexico City, where he was stricken
last week.
The body will be taken east, leaving
at 11 o'clock tonight.
Death was close at the heels of the la
bor leader as he sped from the Mexican
capital to the border of his own country.
For a time he eluded tlie tina enemy, dog
gedly fighting off the issue, but death ov
ertook him as he lay in his bed in a
San Antonio hotel. Mr. Gompers did not
evade the challenge when it came to him
face to face, neither did he give up the
fight.
Surrounding Mr. Gompers in his last
moments were the men with whom iie had
fought many of labor's battles through
out a generation of American union labor
developm* nt. At his bedside and holding
his hand was James Duncan, of Quincy,
Mass., vice president of the Federation,
who had stood shoulder to shoulder with
his leader for 44 years. Their parting
was pathetic. Holding his other hand
was Wm. D. Mahon of Detroit, president
of the Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway employes, who the
dying Federation president affectionately
called Bill, and whom he had told several
days ago that he wished to shake by the
hand just before he went.
There were otnere on iess close to
Mr. Gompers. John Er Giles, treasu
rer of the federation ration; Martin,
ilyau. of Karasas City, and
>Wo«I. of C'uii^igo, all members of the
'executive committee, were there. Frank
Morrison, secretary of the federation, al
so was at the deathbed.
Death found Samuel Gompers as life
found him —a fighting man. He never
gave up. When told by his physicians
that he was passing, his jaw clenched as
tightly asfeeble strength would permit.
He breathed heavier, but he never said
I give up.
Mr. Gompers’ last thought was of the
American institution he had labored so
long to maintain. When he was con
vinced he could not win, lie said to his
nurse;
“Nurse, this is the end. God bless our
American institutions. May they grow
better day by day.”
These wbrds took his last strength, and
after that he was unable to utter a sylla
ble. Until the moment when he slipped
into unconsciousness, about an hour before
his death, he was master of his own sit
uation. He gave a few simple directions
for his funeral. He talked to his follow
ers. He called for lifelong friends. With
all the energy that ihis 74 year old body
could muster, he grappled with the ene
my. In life he had made both friends and
enemies. In death he had only one enemy.
Against that he could not prevail, and
gave his soul with the vigorous protest
that was characteristic of him.
JITNEY MEN DISAGREE
Case of Jack Stroud ami Baxter Cress
to Be Heard Next Tuesday.
A quarrel about who should have the
choice position for parking in front of
the St. Cloud Hotel tliis morning resulted
in. ; a warrant being sworn out «bv Jack
Stroud charging Baxter Cress with as
saiult with a deadly weapon.
According to Cress, the Albemarle bus
did not have room to get out and he pull
ed away in orde» to accommodate it, in
tending to go back into the same place
as soon as it had gone. bile lie vun
waiting for the bus to leave, Stroud,
he says, took his place and he backed
into him trying to get his place again.
Stroud claims that he parked iu front
of the hotel and that Cress ordered him
to move, saying that it was his place.
When he did not give up the parking
space, he states that Cress said that he
would move him and thereupon backed
into him.
The automobile was uninjured but the
asphalt was plowed up in one plaee
where the wheels which were locked,
dragged along the surface of the street.
The case will be heard before Judge
' Caldwell at Recorder’s court on Tues
day afternoon.
- White Teachers Met Here Saturday.
A number of the teachers in the white
schools of the county met at -the court
house Saturday morning at 10 o’clock.
The meeting was und<T the supervision
of Prof. J. P». Robertson, superintendent
of the schools.
Most, of the teachers who are not tak
ing the course in public music attended
the meeting here Saturday, the subject
being “Methods of Teaching.” The teach
ers taking this course will lmeet at differ
ent dates from those teachers who are
taking the course in public music.
Prof. Robertson stated that the meet
ing Saturday was a very successful one.
with much interest being shown by all of
the teachers in the work under discus
sion.
y . .
J | One of Jjondon s principal hospitals
1 for animals is run entirely by women*
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
» r JDS GATHER
ALONG ROUTE TAKEN
BY GOMPERS' BODY
Great Outpouring of Those
Who Wished In This Way
to Pay Respects to Memory
of Dead Labor Leader.
FUNERAL PLANS
ABOUT COMPLETE
Body ’ Will Be Carried to
New York City.—Great
Crowds Filed Past Casket
at Towns Along the Route.
St. Louis. Dec. 15.—Tlie train bearing
the body of Samuel Gompers to Washing
ton, where it will lie in state until the
burial Wednesday, iu New York, paused
here from early morning until noon to
day after a journey marked by outpour
ings of those who wished to pay their
respects at all stations from San Antonio,
Texas, where the President of the Amer
ican Federation of l*abor died Saturday.
Tlie schedule from St. Louis called for
the funeral train to reach Cincinnati at
8:55 p. m. tonight. Arrival at Washing
ton is scheduled for 2:45 p. in. tomor
row. Last night the train kept to its
schedule fairly well, although it lost some
time when it stopped at various stations
for thousandse of persons to file ]>ast the
great flag-covered bronze casket. The
tioral tributes which covered the coffin
when the train left San Antonio, were
added to by the wagon load as the train
rolled north.
A vast crowd greeted^he train as it.
palled into the Union station here. The
coffin was taken from its silk-cloaked
catafalque and transferred to another ob
servation coach attached to a Baltimore
& Ohio train for Washington,
train was to depart at 12:05 p. m.
The time and exact place for holding
| the final funeral rites for Mr. Gompers
had not been definitely determined by
the executive council members on board
the train. The advisability of postisming
the time from Wednesday evening to
Thursday morning iu New York was ad
vanced last night. Tliis again under-
I went a cliauge when it was suggested to
j gregt public funeral .in Madispn
- Square Garden on Wednesday night, the
& to "be -determined by a meeting of the’
| officials later. Pall bearers for the Wash
| ington service also were to be named.
MRS. ISABEL MONTGOMERY,
OF HIGH 1 POINT, DEAD
i
i -
Body Found in Offices of the Knights of
| the Mystic Circle, Inc., of Charlotte.
j Charlotte, Dec*. 15. —Mrs. Isabel Mont
gomery, said to have been a resident of
High Point, was found dead seated at a
table in the offices of the Knights of the
Mystic Circle. Inc., here today. Her
face was lying in a cloth saturated with
a sleep producing drug. Police said
she had committed suicide. ,
Indications were, the police said, that:
the woman had been dead more than 36
hours. The body (was discovered short
ly after 9 o’clock this morning by F. H.
Robinson, owner of the building, in
which the office is located, and G. Ly
man, general knight and organizer for
the society. She apparently had en
tered the office Saturday afternoon after
Vt had been closed for the week-end.
Mrs. B. J. Swinson. with whom she
roomed here, said today that she believed
j that Mrs. Montgomery killed herself be
i cause she did not want to let her poverty
be known, and would not accept assist
ance.
With Our Advertisers.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. will
welcome your deposit whether it is
large or small.
You will find both shoes and hose for
Christmas giving at the Ruth-Kesler shoe
store.
Oxfords, straps, pumps, bed room slip
pers, hose —all suitable for Christmas giv
ing. at Parker's Shoe Store.
The Christmas Gift Sale at the Parks-
Belk Co., goes merrily on. Beginning to
night the store will be open every night
till December 25th.
Stylish silk dresses for women. $4.98
and up at J. C. Penny Co.’s. Smart wool
dresses, $7.90 and up.
From now until Christmas the store
of Ritchie Hardware Co. will be open
• every night till 9 o’clock.
Deeds Recorded Here Saturday.
The following deeds were recorded 8a t«
unlay with Register of Deeds Elliott:
Mary I*. Gourley to W. M. Gourley,
her interest in property in No. 30 town
ship, purchase price being given >as S4OO.
D. P. Brumley to F. M. Johnston for
$K84.40 i*roperty in No. 3 township.
Thomas W. Anderson to W. S. Eudy
property in Bergerberg, Kannapolis sub
urb. for $20.50.
Mrs. N. M. Black to Jackson Host,
proiierty in No. 10 township for SSOO.
Insane Spend Hours With Cross Words.
Warren, Pa., I>ee. 15. —The cross
puxzle has been adopted by patients at
the State Hospital for the Insane at
North Warren. lioth men and women
are said by officers of the in*litution to
pass hours poring over the black and
white squares in newspaper supplied by
the hospital.
The new form of diversion has little
effect upon the mental welfare of the
patients, the officers said.
Communist Party Dissolved in Serbia.
Belgrade, Sc~bia, Dec. 15—The Serbian
grvernment acting under the la* for pro
tection of the realm, has dissolved the
communist pir*"v. In execution of the
decision, poF.c-’ searched the coinnicnist
office and seized the newspaper, “Works
men in Chaui3.’* _ _ _
NO. 47.