me 1
P I'LEAN
[)| I HEW
I si mm
luramt- Mon Gov-
I, Will Prosper
■jjuvine-' Methods
|v Its Employes.
I SCHOOLS
If OK TRAINING
K>[cn and M omen
Kan to Enter Gov-
KtWork—Gllsof
Lin State.
■ ■; . ,/p Governor
a Ciint
soveni-
H " licing at- ;
Ho
iv.-i methods
* !1 UU 0(1-
Life
a: their nine-'
■ in session
H. 1 1;1 ',.Jiiia executive
■ 8 ,.. r tiie efitieisin that
V-i nation, is centered on i
K.; ileeiare.i t’.iat the |
■ >netn<"l-s that prove!
J\ irinl! , rprise should j
■ t ,i g,..venut!'-iital affairs; j
Li rhar tl;* 1 re should be j
■in ihe A -i< an eduea- *
K, f or ■[;,iiuitig in -the!
Ej [H-httii|ue «,f efficient '
■ nistfaiion" for those
I their • lives in
( m il.f ••intended eriti-
K win ll ftilij analyzed, bo-
Jositive e anpliment. t’lutf
■ centered on “business and
ins." the North Carolina
lid :
peculiar thing, this sug
:in seeking to apply more
itkoih to the conduct of!
c and public- business we j
drily garb ourselves in !
j. forgetting entirely to!
piritual values, not gauged
c a price tag.
re all agree that the true'
!fs< in every undertaking,
f and public, is not that
id save money, but the use
it, in our contribution to j
k So far from feeling]
mbarks-ment on account j
twtlWinefw methods, we]
linize our habits in order
(mess methods more nearly j
i both cur private and pub- !
I Aintiii-a has developed a '
Irsflure which looks on the;
its legitimate* territory; if!
x»t the largest fortunes, j
st wealth per capital, and
t -tandartls of hying among 1
gclasses; iflshe has accura
te If of the world's gold
-w natural and industrial
sre without parallel in the
at: in-, the answer is that j
-Ated individual ambition j
t'*- and lias loft her citi-J
!; ably free to enjoy the'
kir enterprise and to pur-!
:p '' : n their own way.”
Wcr pointed out that it is i
want that government, in i
c to business, should use j
m iegree of regulation and
absolutely necessary to
1 me f h«als and a fair chance
“ e tlien pointed out the
"it "mote complex civili
* bow these changes have
industrial age in which
*; liiip-ed new and vastly
upon government.
Wnization of st>-nn and
'H the telephone and ihe
iti'Oii who would live the
'ffiuividtialiv-, avoidng par
•t the affairs of society as
!1 ! Rovermuent. is doom-
Wntment.
* theso new obligations,
. *• M it is to survive and
; Ponition, must show a
•••■teasing ability to meet
upon it by provid
-111 "hereby government
| T ail >‘ onhii ged functions
, onestlv and
j, *. i,:is ( 'etH' nstrated that
i ,ir!- Vat< ' hu-ines-i ; s largely
r , :!l “ application of
hii ll0 " n ri| i ,,s involving)
'najiaget; ent and busi-
i S ,V ; >i> learn to
'U.- to r,ie conduct
' certain that we
tk" Nlllle .I'** -Its approxi-
Ifj. ; ~ •••ninient as in
i11,..' - ate enterprise.
a tion .
gw-.. business pnn
- both logical
i ' J -' l ay the business
ith intimately in
-81 - *" of the citi-
H f 10t ? H • 1 both are so
Pf >g-V3l
es lhf 1 ' sympathetic
i*- L;tvr' J ; / r ' . fn TimPS Past
inclined to give
'Sdueti!!; bUKiDeBB - ltk *
Huk w ,R k’ov. rninent be-
Mrw H| ” '"la.i and were
' bow, v „, l l!lw - t sources.
N in f , B | • ,f Aes. federal,
M»v e ‘o lAv<i s ” increased
relat *
. as the ~r 1 I,livate enter
rs - be**.,, Tn : government
*hat facto* an d more
f naturnn v "' t °’ lr ‘‘ couomi c
5 m d evi ■ ,)( ! oming more
!’ ins whereby
m rt *due.ed without,
on n.
Three.)
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Says Poison Gas Most Humane Os
All Weapons Os Modern Warfare
I Ge "® ra * A™ oß Pries Denies That Gas Leaves After !
|! Effect That Leads to Tuberculosis and Other Dis
eases. Says the Records Gas Is Humane Weapon.
1 Washington, Dec. .T—OP)—Armed
with a mass of statistics and scien
tific data,, the army chemical warfare
service has launched a campaign to
slay a ft’ioet that came back with the
i army from France,
j TV ar has been declared against the
haunting spectre -that lingers in the
minds of thousands of these who got
i a whiff of gas “over there,” that some
] day, because of lasting injury done by
j gas to their lung tissues, they will
fall victim to the dread white plague
—tuberculosis.
This spectre is a purefigment of
1 fancy, said Major General Amos
J h ries, chief of t*io chemical warfare
| service. Exhaustive scientific inves
tigation during and since the war.
. General Fries maintains—and he mar
shalled causalty figures and the ver
dict pf Hritish, French and American
doctors to sustain his assertion-*—has
failed to disclose any case whatever
of e\jl after effects of gassing.
Gassed men, he declared, either
died jor got well; there was and is
no middle ground; no army of maimed
ami crippled sufferers such as bullet
and bayonet and shell left in their
wake.
General Fries admitted tiie task he j
i and the regular and reserve officers i
j of the chemical service have under
'taken is a titanic job. He. did not
j attempt to deny that the overwhel-
I ming verdict of public opinion is'
against his settled judgment that gas]
is the most humane and at the same
I time the mose effective weapon of war
yet devised by man.
”It is a big job to convince 110,-
THREE NAVAL OFFICERS
WILL BE GIVEN TRIAL
As Result of Collision Last September
of Light Cmisir Milwaukee With
Schooner.
Washington, Dec. 3.— UP) —Three
j naval officers were ordered tified by
court martial today as a result of the
collision last September of the light ]
cruiser. Milwaukee and the American !
j schooner Benjamin A. Yan Brunt, off i
' Hampton Roads.
Those to be brought before the court j
are Captain Frank L. Tinney, of j
South Manchester, Conn., command- i
1 ing the Milwaukee; Lieut. Thomas A. I
j Cory, of .Little Itoek, Ark., officer on j
t deck of the light cruiser Raleigh;
! and Ensign Elliott McF Moore,. of
East Orahge, N.. J., officer of the deck
j cf the Milwaukee,
In addition, the secretary directed
that a letter of admonition be sent
by Vice Admiral Jooiah McKean, com
manding the scouting fleet, to Cap-'
tain William C. Watts, commanding
j the light cruiser Raleigh.
TO SELLL WILSON STAMP
FIRST AT STAUNTON, VA.
i
Dies Completed and 17-Cent Stamp
Will Go on Sale December 28th.
"Washington, Dec. 2.—The die proof,
! of the new Woodrow Wilson 17-cent I
j stamp was completed Tuesday by the
bureau of engraving and printing and J
! Postmaster General New announced j
that work will be rushed to have the;
j first issue placed on sale December
28th, the birth date of the war presi
i dent.
They will be sold on that day only
at Staunton, Va., Mr. Wilson’s birth
place; Princeton, N. J., bis last home
before coming to the White House;
New York City, headquarters of the
"Woodrow Wilson foundation, and at j
Washington.
The new stamp is to be printed in
bank note black ink and will bear |
what is understood to be the favorite!
portrait of Mr. Wilson, approved by
liia widow and Norman Davis, presi
dent of the Woodrow Wilson founda
tion. _
Great Increase in Value of School.
Property.
Chapel Hill, Dec. 3.— UP)—' The
value of school property in North
Carolina has increased from $1,097.-
564 during the school year 1899-1900
to $59,758,905 during the school year
1923-24, it is shown in figures eom
ij piled and published today in the Uni
versity of North Carolina News Let-
I ter.
School property value in this state
' during the year 1918-19 was $16)294,-
! 859 The increase during the 19-year
iperiod from 1899-1900 to 1918-19,
i therefore, was more than 1,500 per
' cent, and during tjie 24-year permd,
| 1879-1900 to 1918-19, more than 0.400
! per cent. In other words, for every
i dollar the state had invested m school
I property in 1918-10. it had nearly
sls in 1918-J.9 annd more than so 4
’ in 1923-24. 'j
| Christman Drive at Pariis-Belk Co’s.
From Fridav morning December 4,
. to Thursday nig’ut, December 24, the
, Parke-Belk Co. will have a great sale
jof Christmas goods. You can find
; anything in this big Store from a
[ paper of pins to a bag of sugar.. xou
> have the selection here of a big line
> of Christmas gifts for every member
. of the family. Read the two pages
> of ads. in today’s Tribune, and you
will find just what you want for
Christmas.
- New York For Major General Sladen.
Washington. Dec. 3.— UP) —Assign-
t ment was announced today of Major
p General Fred W. Sladen. now super-
P intended at West Point, to command
e the Philippine department, succeeding!
F Major General James H. Mcßae, who
has already been designated to com
mand the ninth corps area, San Fran
cisco.
i
000.000 people, nearly all of whom 1
think otherwise." General Fries said, j
‘"hat that is what we are trying to!
do.” - ' 1.
Tn the judgment of the chemical
officers, fear of the after effects of gas
In the minds of the veterans is the
most difficult obstacle to overcome in
changing the views of these millions
of people on the general question o£
using gas in war. Almost every
body, General Fries pointed out, has
talked with veterans who sincerely
felt Chat they had been forever im
paired physically by reason of a
touyn of gas.
On the possibility that gafisinjf'in
duces subsequent tuberculosis, the war
casualty reports of the surgeon gen
eral are illuminating. They show
that 73 cases of tuberculosis occurred
in 19J8 among the 70.552 men in the
army who had heoen gassed, the rate
per 1.000 being 2.45. The annual
rate for troops in Europe-that year,
other Cuan the gassed men, was 3.50
and in the following year 4.30.
“It would seem apparent.” the sur
geon general commented, “that tuber
culosis did. not occur any more fre
u-quently among the soldiers who had
beeh gassed than among those who!
J hfld not been gassed.”
‘“Deaths from gas are at least
lower than one to ten compared with
ether war weapons, permanent dis
abilities are practically negligible and
after effects are of no monument,”
General Fries contended, adding that
compared to older methods, *gas—war
fare “niust be commended instead of;
being condemned.”
TIIE COTTON MARKET
Opening Was Barely Steady at De
cline of 6 to 11 Points.^—Crop Esti
mates Given.
New York, Dec. 3.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened barely steady to
day at a decline of G to 11 points in
response to relatively easy late cables
from Liverpool and private crop re
ports tending to encourage larger es-!
timates of the yield.
Private cables reported there had
been selling in Liverpool on the ad
vance in the Bank of England rate.
There also was some Wall Street
selling of cotton here, which was at-,
tributed to apprehension that the ad-'
vaitcc abroad might be followed by
higher money here. Considerable
trade buying and covering at the in
itial decline met liquidation or hedg
ing. and at the end of the first hour
prices had worked off to 19.68 for Jan
uary and 19.33 for March or about
12 to IS porints net lower on active
positions.
Two private crop reports were is
sued. one placing the yield at 15,194.-
000 bales and the other at 15,651.000.
One of these reports made the ginnings
13.631,000 to December Ist.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady ;
December 20.48; January 19.72;
March 19.68; May 19.33; July 19.05.
FOOTBALL COACHES TO
GATHER IN GEORGIA
Will Coosickr Proposals Affecting Play
in Hie Southern Conference.
Athens, Gn., Dec. 3.— UP) —Coaches
of Southern gridiron teams meeting
here tomorrow and Saturday in con
nection with the annual session of the
board of directors of the Southern
Conference, are expected to consider
several proposed changes in rules.
One of the questions to be discuss-!
ed is selection of officials for the vari-:
| ous games. There is n difference of ]
opinion as to the method of cnoosing I
these officials, some contending they j
should be named by a committee rep-j
resenting the institutions partieipftt- j
Ing in each particular game, and -oth
ers arguing that they be appointed by
the rival coaches.
| Action will be taken relative to the
presence of coaches on the playing
field during games, and penalties may
be provided for public criticism of of
ficials by coaches.
With Our Advertisers.
The first consideration of the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company is the
safety of its depositors.
See the new ad. of the Ruth-Kesler
Shoe Store on page three.
New blond kid pumps, all widths
at the Markson Shoe Store. Others
from $2.95 to $6.95.
Radios, velocipedes, guns, skates, he
cycles, pocket knives, coasters, and a
store full of other things for Christ
mas gifts at Yorke & Wadsworth
CJo’s
See list of new December Victor
recordd ot the Bell & Harris Furni-
I ture Company.
Six Prisoners Saw Way to Freedom.
Atlanta, Dec. 3.—oP)—Six white
prisoners sawed their way throug l
iron bars and escaped from the De-
Kalb 'county jail at Decatur, near
here, early today. Search was begun -
at once for the fugitives, who are be-1
lieved to have fled to Atlanta. i
Those who escaped were 1L E.,
Harrell, convicted of highway rob
bery ; W. S. Bolton, prohibition law
violator; Harry Arnold, automobile
thief; Garland Ginguillette, burglar;
C H. McDonald, automobile thief,
find Arthur Bellew, burglar.
Will Abolish Military Directorate
Madrid. Spain Df*c. 3 King Al
nhonso uao agreed to abolition cf the,
I military directorate and its succes
'“on bv civil cabinet under Captain
General Prime de Divera. Tbe new
government ia to take the oath of of
fice before the king today.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBERS, 1925 *
SHENANDOAH TRIAL
j FOLLOWED BY TIE
I ! MITCHELL HEARING
1 !
\ *■
—
Court Martial Hearing
j Following Along Trail
Covered in the Shenan
doah Hearing.
NAVAL COURT
HELD INQUIRY
Charges Made by Colonel
Mitchell Result, in Re
hash of Some Facts as
Given at Inquiry.
Washington, I)ee. 3. — UP) —The
Mitchell court martial followed the
t trail of the Shenandoah court of in
quiry today covering : .n many particu
lars the same field previously explored
by the Navy court.
While the naval inquiry sought to
fix responsibility for the Shenandoah
wreck, however, the army court h?R
as its objective the rebuttal of Col.
Mitchell’s charges that the Shenan
doah accident was the result of gen
eral ineompeteney and criminal neg
] ligenee in the conduct of the national
defense.
Lieutenant Commander Charles E.
Rosendahl, senior surviving officer of
the Shenandoah, and navigation of
ficer of Hie ship during its fatal mid
west flight, related to the court mar--
tial today many details of the crash,
lie was called as a prosecution wit
ness.
Much of Commander Rohendahl's
] testimony today repeated his state
| montts before the Shenandoah court,
j He read to the eourt martial his of-,
i fieial report )»f the disaster, already a
| part of the records of the naval tri
bunal.
SEVEN CHILDREN IN
ONE FAMILY GO BAD
Story Told of Tragic Breaking Up
of Grrfup After Father Died.
| Madison, Dec. 2. —A story of, the
tragic breaking up of a family after
the husband and father died that is
probably without parallel in the state
wa*> told here a few days ago by Miss
Elizabeth Simpson, county w elf art
superintendent, who stated that ,liv<
of seven children in one family nr-.-
now in North Carolina correctional
institutions. Two hoys are at the
Jackson Training School and three
girls at Samarcand.
The family moved to this county
from Surry a little less than a year
ago, following file death cf her hus
band and father, and had resided
here and at Mayodan since. Some
how the mot'ier, it is said, failed to
exert any influence over her children
and they became incorrigible and a
public menace.
Misfi Simpson, in her capacity as
welfare officer, was called on to rem
edy the situation and succeeded in
placing the children, for at least
four of them are under 17. in the in
stitutions mentioned. One boy is
only 9 while the otfier is 11. The
two youngest girls are 14 and 16.
The mother now has only one of
her seven children with her. Her
oldest boy is said to be working on
a farm in Surry county. She and
her baby have been returned to Sur
ry county and placed in “the care
of relatives. It is said the family
was getting along well until the
death of t'iio father.
Paul Caleb Goodman Dies in Rowan
County.
I Mooresville. Nov. 30. —Paul Caleb
I Goodman died at his home near Lan
| dis. Rowan county, on Thnnksgivinv
j Day, aged 80 years. He was strick
en with pneumonia the day before lie
died. He lived his long and useful
life near where he died. He was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Good
man, one of a family of nine children,
all of whom are dead except Milo
Goodman, cf Hickory, and James H.
Goodman, of Mooresville. He joined
Mt. Moriah Church when a young
man.
Funeral services were held at Mt.
Mariah Lutheran Church, which is
in sight of the home by-, his pastor,
the Rev. J. S. Messinger, assisted by
Rev. C. A. Brown, of China Grove,
and the remains were laid to rest
in the cemetery nearby.
Florida Favors Unification.
Orlando, Fla., Dec. 3.— (A*) —The
proposed plan of unification of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
with that of the Methodist Episcopal
Church was voted upon todaby the
Florida annual conference in session
here. A total of 259 votes was cast,
of which 149 were for unification,
and 110 were against.
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V.V.V.V.-.;
deet** Willard Tibbets/* Harvard’s
jrcat little distance runner, who
von a heart-breaking x*ace from
Loucks of Syracuse in the recent in
iercollegiate cross-country champion
thip in the east. He beat Loucks
>v a scant yard in one of the most
jhrilling finishes in the history
die event. Tibbets covered the shy
miles in 30 minutes, _34.seconds..
CODICIL BLUFF IS
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Damage Estimated at More
Than $1,000,000 Result
ed From Fire in the lowa
Town.
Council Bluffs. La., Dec. 3. —(>4*) —
Fire caused more than $1,000,000 ■
damage- in the business district of
Council Bluffs today.
The flames started in the basement
of the Continental Furniture Com
pany when a boiler exploded. J. Mo-
Manigal, night watchman at the build
ing. was badly burned about the head
and body. Eighty guests at the Grand
Hotel were safe, although forced to
flee in scant attire when (’lie flames
enveloped an later destroyed the ho
tel. Their personal property was
lost.
Eight fire companies from Omaha
and Council Bluff battled with the
flames and for a time it appeared
that the fire would spread through
out the entire down-town district.
LUTHERANS WILL ERECT
A HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Old Data Regarding Activities of
Denomination in This State Will
Be Assembled-
Hickory, Dec. 2. —A church his
torical museum will bo erected in the
near future on the campus of Lenoir-!
Rhyne college here, through the ac
tion of the North Carolina Synod of
the United Lutheran church in
America at its" recent convention.
Forty thousand dollars have been ap
propriated for the building and addi
tional $25,000 a year was voted for
the purchasing of historical material
pertaining to the Lutheran church
which will go into the museum.
Thousands of early records tire in
existence somewhere which will yield
the intimate workings of Lutheran
congregations in the old south dur
ing the period of colonization prioir
to the Revolutionary War. Many
churches moved with the shifting
I population from tbe old towns along
the seacoast up into the piedmont
section, and it is expected that a vagt
amount, of history relating to these
churches will be uncovered and
permaently placed in the historical
museum.
Searching For Albert W. Gilchrist,
New York, Dec. 3.— (/P) —Police of
the Missing Persons Bureau today
started a search for Albert W. Gil
christ, former governor of Florida,
who disappeared after he had been,
visiting friends in this city. The
search was started at the rrequest. of
Charles A. Finley, secretary of the
Florida State Senate.
Gov. Ferguson Has M‘‘de No State
ment.
Austin, Tev., Dec. 1. — UP) —Govern-
or Miriam A. Ferguson has made no
-1 formal annuoncement on the matter of
I I calling a special session of the Texas
I legislature, as demanded by a num
,! ber of the lower house, her husband,
I Jas. E. Ferguson, said today.
LEFTWICH ARCADE
BUILDING VISITED
BY ANOTHER FI
■
For Fourth Time This Year
the Building Located in
Greensboro Is Damaged
by Stubborn Blaze.
firemetTsaved
ALL OCCUPANTS
Means of Escape Were
Blocked by Blaze Until
Firemen Reached Them
by Outside Walls.
Greensboro. Dec. H.——(A 3 )—For the
: fourth time this year fire took a heavy
| property toll shortly before 6 o’clock
this morning in the Leftwich Arearde
budding on Elm street.
Fourteen persons who reside in
apartments on the second and third
floors were cut off from escape and
were rescued by firemen. Fireman
Crumpler was injured as a result of
cutting an artery in his leg when he
kicklced a glass out of a door.
The damage to the building alone
probably will exceed $30.00() a,nd loss
to stores on the majn floor froim wat- (
er damage will equal or exceed that
amount.
As a result of the fire an investi
gation is being conducted with a
view to condemning the building, it
was annoiyiced by Capt. Shaw, of the
fire department. T. J. McAdoo. city
building inspector, and W. L. Scott,
fire commissioner of the state, today
are inspecting the structure.
REV. R. W. BOYD
DIES AT MOORESVILLE
Was Prominent Presbyterian Minis
ter and the Founder of Barium
Springs Orphanage.
Mooresville, Dec. 2.—Rev. Robert
Warren Boyd died at the home of his
son. Pascal S. Boyd, on Eastern
Heights, at 9 o'clock tonight, follow
ing an attack of pleurisy arid compli
cations. The deceased was born in
Chester county. South Carolina, De
cember 8, 1839, and had he lived
until next Thursday would have at
tained his 88th year. He was edu
cated at Erskine College, Due West,
S. C.. and the University of North
CnroHrm. He was a student at the
university at the out break of the war
between the states, and enlisted in
Company F, 12th South Carolina reg
iment. . He studied medicine under
the late Dr. Wiley, of Chester, S.
C.. after the war. but on account of
all the colleges of the south being de
stroyed during the war and being un
willing to go to a northern school,
he gave up his medical course and
entered the ministry, bavind devoted
iiis time to teaching and farming,
prior to securing his degrees from Co
lumbia Theological Seminary. In
1886. May 24th, he was married to
Sarah Jane Baekstrom, of Chester
county, South Carolina, and to them
were bom six children, two of whom
are dead.
The funeral services will be held
at Little .Toe’s Church at Barium
Springs at II :30 o’clock Friday morn
ing.
Three Quarters Million in Auto
License Taxes.
Raleigh,' Dee. 2.—Gasoline and
autpmobile license taxes collected by
the state during November totalled
more than three-quarters of a mil
lion. dollars, the figures made pub
lic by the motor vehicle bureau us
the state revenue department here
today show.
The figures were Gasoline
tax collect ions, $656,534.42, as com
pared with $440,909.27 during No
vember. 1924, and license tuxes
$106,537.38, as compared with $104,-
882.40 during November, 1924. The
total of both gasoline and license
taxes for the first five months of the
present fiscal year is $7,642,963-21,
more than a million ahead of the
collections at the end of November,
1924, when tht figure for total col
lections of these, tow tax items of
$6,482,356.24.
Postal Inspectors Watch Florida Land
Deals.
Tampa. Fla.* Dec. 3.— UP) —Postal
inspectors “by the score” have been
assigned to Florida, according to Wil
liam M. Gober. United States district
attorney, and are maintaining a vigi
lant watch on all questionable promo
tions in real estate.
Mr. Gober said the transactions of
many realty firms and developers are
under surveillance, and a “goodly*
number of operators willl be prose
' cuted as soon as tire investigation is
completed.”
Knew Nothing cf Discoveries in Mis
/ scurf.
Hannibal, Mo., Dee. 3. — UP) —Citi-
zens of Bowling Green, Mo., today
declared they had no information as
to any discoveries by a party from
St. Louis which has been carrying on
excavations on a farm one mile north
of t’.iat town, intermittently for sev
eral months.
Press dispatches had stated that R.
D. Burehard, and assistants announc
ed the discovery of ruins of a buried
j city, possibly of pre-glacial age.
= Wants to Renew Debt Funding Mat
■ ter.
? Washington, Dec. 3.— C4*) —Secre-
tary Mellon has received word from
Finance Minister Loucheur, of France
expressing hope for an early renewal
of negotiations for funding France’s
j debt to the United States.
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This man. Robert August of Tole
do. < >.. was arrested on suspicion of j
being the “clubber’’ who has attacked
nine women in the fashionable resi- 1
dence district of that city. lie was
found wandering in the woods near!
town, his hands bloody and carrying !
a hammer. Xotv, however, police |
doubt that he is the guilty party.
BANK OF ENGLAND
CHANGES ITS RATE
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Finds It Is Necessary to
- Raise Official Minimum
Discount Rate to Five
Per Cent.
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London, Dee. 3. — UP) —The Bank of
England today raised its official mini
mum d : seount rate to 5 per cent., an
increase of 1 tier cent.
The increase in the official minimum
was found necessary in order to cheek
the outflow of gold which has amount
ed to 19,000.000 pounds Sterling since
the bank rate was reduced in October. !
and over 10,000.000 pounds Sterling
on balance since the country returned
to the gold standard.
It is Understood there were pros
pects of further withdrawals of gold,
and as the New York Exchange is
hovering near the gold point, a pro
tective measure was ..thought neces
sary if the bank's proportion of re
serves so liabilities was not to be far-'
tlier lowered.
HOST OF COTTON CHOP
lIAS BEEN HARVESTED
Favorable Weather During Past
Week For Farming -in Southern
Agric alt liral Belt.
Washington, Dee. 2. —Favorable
weather for picking and ginning cot
ton continued in the western and
northwestern portions of the cotton
belt during he past week with most
ly ideal conditions for field work pre
vailing in Texas and Oklahoma-
The weather bureau, in its weekly
summary of crop and weather condi
tions in southern states, made pub
lic today, added that in Texas-pick
ing lias been early completed, except
in the northwest, where the crop is
nearly out in most section of Okla
homa. There is much unpicked cot
ton remaining on the lowlands of Ar
kansas but that which is still out is
generally badly stained and of a low j
grade; cotton is mostly picked clse
whee in the state. There is still con
siderable to pick in parts of Ten
nessee and some remain in the fields :
in Norli Carolina. There was some |
damage by rain in the Imperial val- j
ey of California.
Hardy vegetables show improve- j
ment in the South Atlantic states
and conditions were favorable for
stripping tobaeeo in the middle At
lantic area and Ohio valley.
Conditions by states include: Vir
ginia—Week comparatively dry and
cold. Winter grains doing well. Pas
tures fair to good; • favorable for
marketing tobacco and for the usual \
farm work of the season.
North Carolina: Week cold, rain
fall light- Favorable for farming.
Good progress housing crops, but
still some cotton and com remaining
in the field**. Winter grain and hardy
truck doing fairly well. Seeding let
tuce completed in southeast.
Rotarians to Hold Meet in Charlotte.
Charlotte, Dec. 2.—More than MOO
clubmen from eight clubs in this
district are expected to come to
Charlotte next Tuesday for the
Rotary inter-city meeting at the
chamber of commerce-
Fred Kent, of Asheville, district
* governor, will be present and outline
I the pupose of an inter-city gathering
; of Rotarians. Several of the members
will speak on various phases of club
activities.
The opening session will be held
at 10:30 o’clock at the chamber of
commerce auditorium. Luncheon will
. be served at 1 o’clock, at which time
, Rabbi Joseph Marks, of Atlanta,
( will speak. Adjournment will occur
in mid-afternoon.
This will be the second consecu
tive inter-city meeting of Rotary
clubs to be held at Charlotte. Last
year 307 clubmen attended a sim
ilar gathering here. TLe committee
' arranging for the convention is com
posed of Norman Pease, chairman;
H. C- Jones, club president; H. C.
Sherrill, C. A. William*, Jr.. Frank
■ Moser, Tom Lar.e and Tom Barn
liardt., Jr. ~
> Agreement on Boundary Question.
1 London. Dec. 3. — iA*) —An agree
-1 ment has been reached on the Irish
? boundary question. Details will be
announced today.
<. n „u J CABINET
IS FIRST POINT I
IN FINANCE FIGHT
After Fight Which Con
tinued All Night, Cham
ber of Deputies Voted":
With the Premier.
FIVE VOTESTOF
FAITH TAKEN
'ln Each Instance Premier
Briand Marshalled Suf
ficient Votes to Carry the
Point at, Issue,
Paris, I)cc. ;{.— (A*) —Premier Itri- |8
| ami's new cabinet lias won its first
I victory. After an all night and all %
forenoon fight in the chamber of dep- g
ut’cs for his financial measures, the *
Premier succeeded in forcing adoption
!of new advances from the Rank of
! France to the government of 9.000,- *]
i 000.000 francs •and a new paper tnon- ■
; ey issue of 7.500.000.000 francs.
The titiul vote on the bill as %
j whole was made a question of ermfi
i dence. and was carried 257 to 229. a
| majority of 2S. It was the fifth vote , /
jof confidence during the lengthy ses- V
sion.
M. Briand made it plain during the
debate that the government was stak
ing its existence on the measure in its
entirety, and thar if the financial pro-*
groin as outlined by Finance Minister '.*■
Loucheur was rejected the ministry
would step down immediately. The
bill now goes to the seuate, the /xj
finance committee of which under Fi
nance Minister Doumer, is meeting
this afternoon to examine it. , ,
The inflation voled today is the
fourth measure of the kind in a year
to be passed by the chamber. Before
the final vote this afternoon the Pre- - $
mior in a speech in which ho rose 'to
heights of eloquence he has never sur
passed, excoriated \ those deputies
who wore unwilling in a national cri
sis to forget petty political consider
ations and think only of their eoun- |
try.
The veteran orator impressed all,
and convinced some, as was evidenc
ed when on the first vote of confidence
on a motion to proceed to discussion
of the bill, most ; of the principal op
position groups abstained from voting. |
and he wits upheld 29H to TIM. Arti- ~ ■
eles authorozing emission of 7,500,-
000.900 francs in new paper, bringing
total circulation to 5fy500.000.000, was
voted by a show of hands.
The climax of the session came ‘I
when the provision for a further ad
vance of 000,000,000 francs from the
bank of Franca to the government 4s
was carried by a narrow margin of 0
votes, 245 to 239.
Premier Briand calmly conversed
with Senator Bereuger in the Cham- , |
ber lobbies while the vote on which the ,
fete of the ministry hung was being
taken.
NEW HIGHWAY TO LINK
CHARLOTTE, GASTONIA
Will Be Built Early in New Year at
a Cost of Frcm $500,000 to $900.-
000. , j
Charlotte, Dec. 2. —Approval of a
recent survey and a definite decision
jto build early in 1920 anew highway
linking Charlotte and Gastonia, cut
ting the distance between the court
houses of Mecklenburg and Gaston
j from 21 1-2 miles to 17 miles, was
! announced Wednesday hp W. ('. Wil
[ kinson, of Charlotte, commissioner for
! the Sixth state highway district.
The new route, which is to Is* 40
feet wide. 20 feet of sand day; will
1 cost from $500,000 to $900,000 and
it will be built with funds allocated
by the state for use in the sixth,
highway district. The old road be- - m
tween the two cities, state highway
route No. 20. has carried more traf
fic than any other highway in North
i Carolina. ■ ‘m
For several months surveys have
been made along the Charlotte-Gas
tonia route by engineers of the
state highway department under the
supervision of J. B. Pridgen, district
highway engineer. Os ' the surveys
Mr. Wilkinson announced that what
appears to be the most practiable one
has been adopted. * 8
Finds Greece Should Pay Damages.
Geneva, Dec. 3.—OP)—The League
of Nations commission which inquired
into the recent Graeco-Bulgarian
i frontier incident finds that Greece
t should pay Bulgaria 20,000.000 leva
! damages.
The leva, nominally worth 19 cents,
| now is quoted at .73 of a cent.
When bears climb up on aspen
their scratches leave a permanent
record or: the tree.
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
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Fair tonight, slightly folder in
! southwest portion; Friday increasing
; cloudless, probably showers in ex
•, treme west portion. Diminishing west
; and northwest becoming variable.
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