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f Ask Commissioners To
all Special Election Soon
To Get Fund For Hospital
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EiDWORKEfiS
lion Named Head
Imzation Formed
|pose of Securing
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STARTED
■ Acting for Spe-
Kill Be Cir-
HinAll Parts of
ft/ity Now.
Ay ~f tin 1 eeptral ccm-
Baiini.;,' afternoon at the
■ h matters in
i’,.' proposed new
B a i tiwlsinn was made to
■ om' 1 •" liftition request
■tv oominisMoners to hold
■on tor tlit* purpose of tie
■dliHui dfi*iue<l necessary
■trm ti »u of -uch a build
littoo. at the same time,
j n ti> a permanent organi
"seleC'ted as its head
' a ujii n, local mauufactur
jita’ist. Oilier officers
: George L. Patterson,
nt: Pr. T. N. Spencer,
nd Mrs. 11. 8. Williams,
ion to put the matter up
e for a_v**te on bonds was
? a discussion of the en
an,l after a number of the
men on the committee had
mselves as being in favor
ssiticn.
Mntcsl out by Dr. T. N.
io presented the legal as
hond issue, that it would
to bring before the coun
ter. a petition signed by
red free-boklers. 150 of
m>t reside in the city of
wild order a new regis
ter this had been done,
wnors could order a new
which would be necessary
natter could be brought to
t;ee was appointed io draw
itiftit and to see it was
or circulation throughout
Tit is committee con
ieorge L, Patterson, chair-
A. Barringer. Mrs. H. S.
He. John W. Cress and E.
loipal address of the after-
Dr. .1. ('. Rowan, pastor
t Presbyterian Church, who
at the hospital was per
reatest civic, economic and
of Cabarrus county.
■" raid Dr. Rowan, “I know
ituti' n of any kind or de
fhich is so mucli needed in
‘ unty today We need it
w need more good roads,
i ® f, re t! s an we need more
iS We need it more than
wie gi.o«l (’.nirdies. I am
s urc that we have not had
f t the religion of tjie
Levite than we liave had
JJ.'n of the Good Samari-
which the Lord
tHI Himself endorsed and
‘Go, and do thou
‘ tta . am in favor of the
w - nt . v hospita’.” continued
tf .'becaue I believe in bav-
Iporting home institutions
and patronizing home
EL
J* to say that I have not
citizen of Cabarrus
or even try to advance |
' !t against the proposed
a ; If any one else has,
imagine what they are,
,l) s licak of them for
:fl ay say. - If I get sick
L- hospital in some other
1( . ' s 1 grant you. per
. ( , * 0811 trade with Sears,
an J‘ al><). If every
s away from home
a bjwn and county
| ‘ iW ' tight here in the best
riited States of Amer
w ’■ man may say, ‘The
hospital is for the
If that were
a52i y ,l °t— St w°uld
to f nl - Is it wise
anyf.iing because
or . np " t doctors? Is
"i'l'Ot-e the pro
-1 ‘ tl *t' , nul extension be*,
d; V9 an(l Inf t -hants will be
ko S pj.„' ! " K ’* Klt she proposed
*' * r t^ie benefit of
rrl I ni “ of suvin & that
driv e r s s ar, ‘ iu ‘' 'lie'benefit
& unty J T, i ' n '- * a , vor of the pro
' the ‘ because one
itftlv i,'f ity I have
the Di l- 1 ' V ‘H be main
's to sn v ' * OUh Nation. Are
poor bur „i° ‘l 10 ** who are
! Wtijr , ai ’° si °h and dying.
Win f r .- s>, ‘ t!ia? you do not
though*' f ie of
1 Wfor,. u ,: Vou and planned
* dl ed?’ God for
%,! ,
eucve * u the proposed
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
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Dr. Rowan Sponsored the Proposed
Hospital in His Sunday Sermon
Rev. J. C. Rowan, using as n text,
‘ There 'was no room for them in the
inn," advocated from his pulpit Sun
day morning fche proposed county hos
pital. In the course of his sermon
he said, ‘•‘The Christ was crowded
out of the inn at Bethlehem because
there wag no Christianity in the ,inn.
W’.iat man can lay any claim to
Christianity who would not give up
Lis room in a hotel or his boith on
a train to a woman in travail. The
people of today are crowding ont the
Christ and can lay no claim to Chris
tianity, if they do not visit the sick.
The visitation of the siek enjoined by
Jesus and demanded by Chris
tainity is not merely, making social
calls or paying social visits, but liv
ing a life of service and rendering
assistance in the hour of rieed. I
know of no wiser and better way of
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county hospital because it will take
to a degree the burden of charity
from the shoulders of the few and
put it to a degree on the shoulders of
the many, where it belongs. There
is no more reason why the doctors
should give medical and surgical at
tention and treatment to all these
who cannnot afford to pay anything
than there is why undertakers should
give the best burial to all those who
can not pay for a funeral. 1 know
doctors have done their part, far
more than their part, without a mur
mur, and are still willing and ready
to do as much or more; but in the
name of all that is fair and just, let
us help them.
“I close with a question: Why not
refuse to build county homes' and let
all paupers be supported by their
neighbors?'’
Brief speeches concurring in the
remarks by Dr. Rowan and express
ing the need In the county for such
an institution were made by 11. I.
Woodhouse, D. B. Coltrane, W. R.
Odell and Mrs. H. S. Williams.
Dr. T. N. Spencer declared that
the maintenance could be looked af
ter by the county commissioners in
such, a war that the proposed hos
pital would be self-sustaining. ~ The
taxes would, he said, be but very
little increased because of the bond
issue. He quoted Dr. W. S. Rankin
as saying that they would be thirty
cents per year, per voter.
J. P. Cook spoke briefly of the
Cleveland county hospital which was
built from a SIOO,OOO bond issue and
which now does not cost the county
a cent to run. It was. he said, ac
cording to a letter which he had re
ceived from a prominent citizen of
that county, the most popular and
most beloved institution of that coun
ts. Cabarrus must not do- less, as
serted Mr. Cook.
Study Surrey* of Proposed Highway
Salisbury, Dec# 3.—There was a
1 meeting of highway commissioners of
this section here. Monday night for
the purpos of studying surveys of
the proposed Salfebury-Albemarle
highway and while this was the pri
mary purpose of the meeting of these,
road officials, they heard a delegation
of Newtoq citizens in the interest of
the routing of the Staesville to Hick
ory highway, No 10, byway of
Newton. The original survey routes
tifl highway some distance from
Newton, and the people, of that city
are seeking to have the highway *au
thorities stick totheir original plans
to have all highways connect up the
county seats. •
While nothing definite came out of
the meeting as to the routing of No.
10 byway of Newton, the delegation
was heard with interest and assur
ance given that engineers would be
sent tx> investigate the mapping of
i the route. 1
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Latest Hose in Paris Mare Striking
ly Nude.
Paris, Dec. 7.—Paris, which spon
sored the “nude” silk stocking, the
presence of which was betrayed by a
mere shimmer, has mow eliminated
! the shimmer. Sheer lifde is the latest
| craze, and in shades matching exact
’v the complexion of the wearer.
Women now buy thin stockings to
match their face powder, a/nd in the
new mode there is a little shine to
the stockings as there is to the wed
powered nose.'
During recent wintry blasts Pans
. enjoyed the spectacle of fur coats a
; la winter time in Fifth Avenue and
; apparently bare nether extremities a
> la summer time in Deauville.
Would Investigate All Texas Officer.
Austin, Tex., Dec. f.
plete investigation of all offie**rs ro
the Governor to the justices of peace
was urged today by Judge J. K.
ilton in charging the Count* |
grand jury. He charged the body to.
take up and continue “all unfinished
business from ; th e l as t -? ury, „
Included in. the “unfinished business
is the voluminous record of t"'°
months investigation of the state high-1
way department. •
“Linotype” New French Word.
“Linotype” has been made a part of
the French language. The commit
tee of the French Academy entrusted
with the admittance and the rejec
tion of words in the French diction
ary it is compiling* ha« admitted the
wnr/4
visiting the sick in Cabarrus county
than building the proposed county
hospital; and I want to_ be one of !
• the ministers of this county to adve
i cate from the Sacred Desk the build*
I ing of that institution. To fail in
> this worthy and Christian undertak
ing, saying thereby to those who are
• not only poor but also sick, helpless!
i and dying, we are going to see that
, you do not get any help even from
the benefaction of him who thought
• of you and planned for you before
he died, is to crowd the Christ out
of Cabarrus county. He was crowd
ed out of the inn at Bethlehem and
to bring unon ourselves the judg
ment of Him who will, certainly say,
‘*l was sick, and ye visited me not,
inasmuch as ye did not to one of
the least of these, ye did it not to
Tne.”
ARMY Os MARSHAL
7 TSOLIH RETREATS
1
Defeated When the Rival
Forces Pretended to Sur
render and Then Began j
Fighting.
Peking. Doc. 7. — UP) —The army of
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin. Manchurian
leader, was in retreat today after a
defeat of the forces of Gen. Kuo Sung
‘ Lieu who, pretending to surrender.
turned the left flank on the Mashal's
‘ forces. Kuo was formerly a followed
of the Marshal.
Chang is preparing to leave Muk
den, the Manchurian capital, and has
given notice that he intends to retire
to private life.
There was a general exodus today
from Mukden, where the defense has
broken down.
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W. L. LITTLE IS KILED
WHEN CAR STRIKES HIM
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Prominent Anwni County Man
Found Dead Several Hours After |
Accident.
‘ Wadesboro. Dec. 6.—This city
1 and section were terribly shocked
1 this morning by one of the saddest
tragedies the county ever knew,
when it was learned that W. I. Lit-,
tie, a prominent and popular citizen
f qf White Store township, was killed
1 last night by a car on the road near
• his residence. Mr. Little was return
ing from his son’s store when struck
py the car going in the direction of
the store.
His family beenme uneasy when
he hand not returned home at 11
; o'clock and instituted a search for
; 1 him. He was found by his daughter,
r I Miss Netta, about a hundred yards
" f from his home and had been dead for
some time. His leg was broken in.
’ two places by the impact of the
* car wheel and investigation develop
[ pd the fact that be had bled profuse
‘ ]y and had crawleo across the road
' in his effort to reach his home, his
f trail being plainly marked by blood
5 stains. It is said that a hankerchief
J , found about his person was knotted
land saturated with blood as though
’ j it had been used by him in trying to
* I Staunch the flow of blood.
J The circumstances of his oeath
I were peculiarly sad and pathetic, as
from all indications. he had made a
desperate -effort to reach his home.
A negro boy named Wade Little,
aged 20 years, was arrested this
afternoon and placed in jail here on
a confession made by another negro
that Wade Little was the driver of
the car that killed Mr. Little. The
negro who gave the information
claims that the Little negro was
diiving very fast when he struck Mr.
Little, who was walking by the road
side, and that the driver of the car
refused to stop and render assis
tance, although he knew it was Mr.
Little whom he had struck.
Will Mellon Resign? *
Washington, Dec. s.—There was a
great deal of gossip here today on
the hill over the report that Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon will
soon resign, and that the President s
close personal friend, v Dwight Mor
row, wil\ take the treasury port
folio. There has been rumor for
sometime that this change would be
made. The reported foundation for
it was alleged to be the desire of
Mr Mellon to retire from public
life after lie had supervised the
funding of the international debts
due the United ,States and worked
out a scientilc plan of taxation.
Hears That Otto Wood Has Been
Captured,
Charlotte, Dec. 7. — VP) —The Char
lotte News says it is informed that
Otto 'Wood, escaped convict from the
I North Carolina State Prison wtM cap
i tured today near Mooresville. N. C.,
I by Chief of Police Woodsidc ot that
' place.
Perclval S. HUI Dead.
I Vew Tort, Dec. 7.-lf>-Pernval
S HUI president of the Amenc.n
TobLo Company. M, »»dd«nly at
his Fifth Avenue home today.
CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1925
Girl Bandit
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Dorothy Daugherty is only 21. but
police of Omaha. Neb., who have her
under arrest for robbery, say she
has been a bandit since she was 16.
She traveled with A. P. Henderson
until he was killed in a gun battle a
Kear ago; then she went with his
brother, Clyde. Clyde was shot to
leath by police last August,. and
Dorothy went with the third brother*
Elmer. She and Elmer are accused
of a robbery in Kansas City.
1
ABOUT IHfiOUGHIUI
i THE MITCHELL CASE
j Navy Today Drew Near
End of Its Testimony
With Lieut Com. H. H.
Frost as Its Witness.
Washington, Dec. 7.— UP)*- The
navy today drew near the end of its
testimony before the army court mar
tial trying Colonel William Mitchell,
ns a result of iiis charges of incompe
tency and management of aviation.
Lieut. (Tom. H. H. Frost, naval
strategist expert, testified that in his
opinion "an air invasion of the United
States by an Asiatic power is impos
sibtejsyij&md Uric by it of Russian
and^Tkihadlan territory. '
“Even with the Russian and Can
adian assistance,’’ he said, “the in
vading power would require a very
i superior naval strength, at least three
j to one over that of the United States.
!. vWe have no reason to bo con
cerned over the possibility of an air
force attacking rite United States
across the Pacific.”
NO WARRANT FOR SPECIAL
SESSION IN TEXAS
Texas Attorney General Puts Foot
Down on Underwriting of Expenses.
Austin, ex., Dec. ft. —Financing
or underwriting of the expenses of a
special session of the Texas House
of Representatives for impeachment
purposes from private or individual
sources is unauthorized and unwar
ranted as against public policy, At
torney General Dan Moody, of
Texas, ruled tonight. The ruling was
made at the request of Lee Satter
‘ white, speaker of the Teras House of
Representatives. The opinion held
there would be no authority to is
sue warrants against exhausted ap
propriations made for the contingent
expenses of the 39th legislature, to
cover compensation of members of
the House while attending an im
peachment session, should it be call
ed by the speaker.
It states that the attorney gen
eral assumed that the speaker in his
| letter made no reference to de
ficiency warrants issued against a
deficiency granted by the Governor.
This opinion is taken here as the
’ termination of the proposed special
session of the legislature, which has
| been agitated for some time.
F
; THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Unchanged
Prices to Decline of 9 Points.
New York, Dec. 7. — VP) —The cot
ton market opened barely steady at
unchanged 'prices to a decline of 9
points with the active months show
ing net losses of 6 to 12 points under
a renewal of commission house liqui
dation, southern and local selling.
The relatively steady showing of
the early Liverpool cables seemed to
be offset by the tendency to increase
estimates of tlie crop but absorption
of the early offerings steadied the mar
ket around 1937 for January and
19.01 for May. In addition to cov
ering, some trade buying was report
ed and w’bile trading continued active,
prices showed rallies of a few points
from the lowest by the end of the
first hour.
Three more private crop reports
were issued this morning, and esti
mates of the yield ranging from 15,-
300.000 up to 15.646,000 hales.
Cotton futures opened barely steady.
Dec 20.10; Jan. 19.38; March 19.33;
May 1903; July 18.67.
Verdict Returned .Against Kirk Bus
Lines For $15,800.
Charlotte, Dec- 5.-—A jury in
Mecklenburg Superior court here re
turned a verdict for $15,800 in favor
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kepley
agai-nst Kirk Bus Lines, of Salis
bury. Mr. and Mrs . Kepley were
suing the bus line for SIOO,OOO as a
result of their car being struck by
one of the company’s buses near
Charlotte several months ago.
Congress Opened For
Work at Noon Today;
Tax Measure Sent In
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FORTY-SEVEN IN
SOUTHLAND DEAD
jAs Result of Auto Acci
dents Over Week-End.—
) More Than 250 Others
Received Injuries.
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Atlanta, Dec. 7. — LA 3 )— Forty-seven,
perK&ns met their doom in t'ho, South
from automobile accidents during the
weejt jqst ending, while more than a
> quarter of a thousand were injured in
mishaps in, which motor cars figured.
These figures are revealed in surveys
i of the Southern states by- the Assoei
: ated Press today.
North Carolina: Deaths 1. injuries
21-
Carolina—Deaths 2, injuries
8.
DOUGIITOX SENDS
PAPER HOT REPLY
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Ct ugressman Replies to Criticisms
Made by Mt. Airy Paper in Regard :
to Highway Route.
Washington, Dec. 7. —Representa-
tive R. L. Doughton does not appre
ciate criticisms that have been Ui- (
!_reeted to him from Mount Airy re- >
garding the location of the national
i highway in that section.
Au editorial of the Jit. Airy News,
November 10th, regarding the location
of the road via Sparta, which is Mr. (
Doughton's home, brought the fol-j
lowing reply, w’hieh he«, made public I
today, as being of interest generally :
i “Upon my return here this morn
ing I found upon my desk a marked
, copy of your paper of November 19th
and I have read the editorial headed,
‘At the Expense of the Public.’
“In just as parliamentary language
as I can employ, I say that so far
as this article reflects on me, either
as a public servant or a private citi
, zen, it is as devoid of truth as purga
i tory is of water and 1 challenge and
, defy you to furnish any responsible
evidence supporting your charges and
. insinuations. ,
j “As to the location of the national
! highway referred to in your article,
1 ; 1 had nothing whatever to do and I
i have every reason to believe- that my
I brother It. A. Doughton, had ao re
‘ spotosibility whatever in this‘matter.
•*• “Aescording to information received
I from the office of the bureau of public
1 roads in Washington, this matter was
j handled entirely through official chan
nels. It seems that the secretary of
agriculture appointed a eommrnittee
■ of representatives from the national
' bureau of roads and (lie state high
! | way departments for laying out and I
mimliering the national highways, j
; My information is that this commis
sion received recommendations from
i j the various state highway departments
and based upon this information, made
the report cn which the department of
, agriculture or the bureau of roads
; took official action.
“I have never opposed the placing
■ of the road ,via Fancy Gap, Mount
Airy, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, etc..
l on the map. When the delegation
’ from these towns was in Washington
1 some days ago in the interest of this
road, they informed me that they were
' not opposing the road via Sparta,
' Elkin. Statesville, etc., but were only
seeking to have the one via Mount
Airy. etc., mapped by the federal gov
ernment also. I assured this dele
' gat ion when they were here that I
( would be glad to aid them in any way
! | that I possibly could.
I “Now I urge that you furnish some
J responsible testimony in support of
your defamatory charges or retract
what you have published concerning
3 me.”
Permit Granted For New Railway
Building.
Charlotte, Dec. 3.—Permit for the
erection of the Southern Railway’s
office building on West Trade street,
across the tracks from the South
ern’s passenger station, was issued
Thursday. The cost of the building
will be $20,000. ’ The building will
be three stories and will contain 66
offices. /
Mrs. Boyden Suffers Broken Limb.
Salisbury, Dec. 6-—Mrs. Boyden,
wife of Col. A. 11. Boyden, fell at
her home this morning and broke a
limb near the ankle. She is at the
Salisbury hospital where it is said
she is resting well this evening.
“Red” Grange to Enter the Movies.
New York, Dec. 7. — VP) —“Red"
Grange signed a motion picture con
tract today under which he received
at once a flat guarantee of $300,000
for his first screen performance.
The United States navy yard in
Brooklyn will reach its 125th anni
versary next year, having been estab
lished by act of Congress in 1801. .
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and ]!
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER ij
BOTH ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.25 ' |j
The Progressive Farmer is the beat farm paper published, and its i J
price' is SI.OO a year. We save you 75 cents. ]
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After the Longest Recess
In Several Years Con
gress Opens For Work in.
Regular Session.
G. Q. P. HOLD;
i THE UPPER HAND
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But Its eaders Are Not Go
ing to Take Their Eyes
From the Democrats and
the Insurgents.
Washington. Dec. 7. — (A 3 ) —Con-
gress came back into session today
after its longest recess in years.
With the opening ceremonies at
noon the Republican majorities rolled
up in the Coolidge landslide of 1924
took the saddle in both the Senate and
House, but kept a weather eye on
the Democrats and insurgents who
again were threatening a coalition
i against some of the pet projects of
the administration. -
With almost a mid-session moinen
| turn, the House put the new tax re
duction bill at the head of its calen
dar, and prepared to go to work at
once.
! Menatime the Senate, after its cus
tomary mahner, was organizing leis
j urely and putting off its day of de
' ciskiii regarding the recognition to
be given Republican insurgents on
its big commmittees.
j Would Repeal 18th Amendment.
• Washington, Dec. 7.—UP)—Repre
sentative Hill, Republican, of Mary
land, leader of the wet forces in the
House, introduced today a joint reso
lution proposing the repeal of the
18th amendment.
NeW Revenue ft ill Presented.
Washington, Dec. 7. — UP) —The new
revenue bill, proposing a slash of
$325,730,000 in taxes during the next
calendar year, and providing relief for
virtually every federal taxpayer was
reported to the House today as the
first legislative business presented to
the new Congress.
In presenting the report of the
ways and means committee which
drafted the measure during a seven
weeks pre-Congress session. Chairman
Green served notice that he would ask
the Houa. 1 to take it up tomorrow un
der the plan to send it to the senate
before -the end of tliC second week
of the session.
A saving of $193,575,000 to.income
taxpayers on taxes payable next year
is the principal relief proposed by the
bill, and leaders of both the House
and Senate have set March Ist ns the
goal for enactment of the measure in
to law, so that this benefit may be
t taken advantage of in the payment
of first installments of the income
tax due March loth*
Although unanimously ordered re
ported to the House by the ways and
means committee, the commitee report
cn .the bill contained separate state
ments of “additional views” by Rep
•' resentative Rainey, of Illinois, and
Hull, cf Tennessee, Democratic raem
bers of the committee.
I Nyc Credentials to Committee.
|! Washington, Dec. 7.— UP) —The ere
| dentials of Gerald P. Nye, a« Senator
designate from North Dakota, were
! referred today by the Senate to the
privileges and elections committee.
liongworth Speaker.
Washington, Dec. 7. — UP) —Nicholas
Lougworth, Republican, of Ohio, was
• elected speaker of the new House.
‘ WOMAN SAYS TONIC
• RUINED HEl£ TRESSES
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’ Asks SIO,OOO When Hair Falls Out
x After Treatment.
, New York Mirror.
f “Produces a golden lustre to blonde
hair turning dark,” read the inserip
» tion on the bottle of Blondex Hair
s Shampoo bought by Mrs. Gertrude
, Geisenberg, 30, No. 84 Lenox Ave-
nue.
Mrs. Geisenberg tried it. Instead
of the “golden lustre’’ claimed by *ts
makers, the Associated Laboratories,
Inc., No. 304 4th Avenue,, it matted
her hair so much that several weeks
treatment was necessary to restore it.
Now, according to Mrs. Geisenberg,
she has to use two “switches” to cover
thin spots caused by the Blondex.
Damage to her crowning glory is
estimated at SIO,OOO in Mrs. Geisen-
suit against the makers.
$500,000 Fire at School in Michigan.
Mount Pleasant, Mich., Dec. 7. —04 s )
—Fire of undetermined origin early
today destroyed the main building and
library of the Central State Normal
School here, with an estimated loss of
$500,000.
Mary Frances Barnhardt, who
was injured last week in an auto
mobile accident, is again to attend
school.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Good Morning !
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Norma Stannard is Jack Demp |
soy’s niece and is phone operator ii ;
his Hotel Barbara, Los Angeles. Shi
is required to say “good morning l
on every call that comes in, and shi j
estimates that this means _aboa
SAYS NATIONS MUST
DISARM FOR PEACE
Peace Will Come in Bal-1
kans When Disarmanent
as Provided In League of
Nations Is Fact.
Geneva.*Dec. 7. — UP) —Peace will
be assured in the Balkans only when
disarmament provided by the league
is a reality among the Balkan na
tions.
Foreign Minister Kalfoff, of Bul
garia, made this declaration before
the League of Nations council today
at the inaugural meeting of its 37th
sessioin. The meeting was devoted
to consideration of the report of the
league’s commission of inquiry -mto
the recent Graeeo-Bplgorian conflict.
The commission was t#W 7 iu.-jcaJWe
dispatches last week it was found that
Greece had violated the league cove
nont by invading Bulgaria, and im
posed upon Greece the payment of
reparations for damages and casual
ties.
YORK RITE MASONS
WILL HOLD FESTIVAL
Three-Day Gathering to Be Staged
in Salisbury', Commencing Wed-
I nosday.
Salisbury, Dec- 7.—Salisbury will
be host to a large and distinguished
gathering of prominent Masons from
all parts of the state when a_ three
day festival of the York Rite bodies
opens here Wednesday afternoon at
3.30 .o'clock.
Leon Cash, of Winston-Salem,
grand master of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina; James W. Payne,
of Salisbury, grand high priest of
the Grand Chapter of the State;
William K. Smith, of Raleigh, illus
trious master of the Grand
council of North Carolina; and
James IT. Taylor, of Gastonia, grand
commander of the Grand Command- 1
ery of the state, are among the high |
officials expected to be in nt- j
tendance, and each of them will
make addresses during the festival.
The chapter degrees will be con
ferred by the Salisbury chapter on
Wednesday afternoon; the council
and eommandery degrees will be
, conferred Thursday by the Salia
■ bury bodies; while on Friday', a dis
. trict meeting of the 25th Masonic
. district w'ill be held with the Salis
bury and Spencer blue* lodges.
! Drunken Hog Leads Way to Large
Still.
Hattisburg. Miss., Dec- 7.—A
drunken hog led to the discovery of
one of the moat complete stills found
in South Mississippi in recent
months located at the plant,of the
J. J. Newton Lumber Company.
The moonshiner had coupled up
his improvised still with the steam
house of the lumber plant, and in
that manner was able to obtain
steam, water ar.d power.
A hog staggered across the yard
lin front of the general manager’s
office and the authorities were not
ified. It was feared the hog was
i mad. Deputy Sheriff Ward Camp
J responded. He took one look at the
j porker and started an investigation-
He walked about the big yards and
when he neared a certain point the
hog made a rush at him. The animal
stood guard over the spot, but was
too intoxicated to put up much of a
fight.
Qpmp continued hia investigation
and found a complete 100 gallon
’ still. The lid of the outfit had been
. sealed with a clay mixture. Finger
[ prints found in the clay may lead to
1 the identity of the moonshiner.
[ Gov. Pinehot Thanks the President.
i Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 7.—-MP) —Gov.
! Pinehot today wired President Cool
!; idge his thanks for the
I; action in withholding from publica
I tkm the text of his reply to the coin-
I plaint of John L. Lewis, president of
| the-United Mine Workers, regarding
i the situation in the bituminous fields,
i pending Mr. Pincbot’s efforts to end
} the anthracite suspension.
THE FALL-DOHENY
fgT ' 'ARGES
r UPHELD BY COURT
The District of Columbia
I Court of Appeals Holds
That thejndictments Are
Valid. -
OTHER CHARGES
NOW PENDING
I
;Two Specific Charges Are
Covered in the New De-
I cision Handed Down in
the Case.
Washington. I). (’., IVc. 7. —(A*)—
[ Tli£ Fall-Doheny bribery indictments
which were squashed several months
ago in the lower courts here were held
to be valid today by the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals.
A plea in abatement filed by former j|
I Secretary Albert B. Fall, Edward I*.
Doheny. oil magnate, and his son. Er
ward L. Doheny. Jr., Which the lower
court granted, was overruled by Chief
Justice George F. Martin on motion
of the government’s special oil coun
sel. Atlee Pomorene and Owen J.
i Roberts.
Two indictments were conveyed by
| the court's decision, one charging of
| receiving a bribe of SIOO,OOO to influ
ence his official action respecting cer
tain oil leases, and the other charging
the Doheny’s with giving the bribe.
The appelate court held the act of
Congress taking the prosecution of the
oil eases out of the lutnds of the de
partment of justice meant only to de
prive the attorney general of “charge
i and control” of the litigation, and did
j not interfere with the right of the
special counsel to make use of the as
sistance of district attorneys. The
defense 'iigs ahgued the presence of the
grand jury room of Oliver G. Pagan
as special assistant to the attorney
general violated the sanctity of the
proceedings, and nullified the indict
ments. The view was accepted in
the lower courts.
There is pending also in the Dis
tdict of Columbia Supreme Court in
dictments returned against Fall
Doheny, Sr., and Harry F. Sinclair,
charging Conspiracy in connection
with naval oil leases. Argument was
heard last week on the validity of
these indictments which are returned
after the fight developed over the in
dictments dealt with in today's deci
sion.
Counsel for defendants had not de
cided todax on their future course,
but it is regarded os certain that' the f
case will be carried through the higher
court.
With Our Advertisers.
The big Christmas drive at the
Parks-Belk Co. is going oil in tine -
style, and you will find special bar
gains at this store every day until /
Christmas. They have two car loads
of sugar on the way. Have your sugar
tickets. See two-column ad. on last
page today.
Atwater-Kent radios at Yorke &
Wadsworth Co. Let them give you
i a demonstration.
The resources of the Citizeilfi Bank
and Trust Co. are over $1,000,000.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. has the
wagon your boy wants for Christmas.
See illustrations in new ad. today.. \
Give a “hanky” for Christmas- J.
C. Penney Co. has them from 5 to 3W
cents each. Rend arnout them in
the new ad. today.
I Finishes 110 Hours of Continuous
Driving.
Greensboro, Dec. s.—Earle Hen
boek, of Hickory, this afternoon at
4 o'clock completed here one hun
dred and ten hours of consecutive
driving of an automobile. He started
at 2 a. m. Tuesday. He was chained
and locked to the wheel ami kept
the automobile moving continuously
the whole time, taking gas and air
1 for the tires on the move. A year
ago Ralph Bennett drove for • one
hundred consecutive hours here. He
died about six weeks ago. just after
another like test.
Liightnlng Hits Tower of Catawba
College.
Salisbury. Dec. 0- —Liightreing hit
the tower on the main building of
Catawba College during a thunder
storm that swept over the city übout
. 6 o’clock Saturday morning, doing
damage of approximately SSOO. Part
:of the dislodged sto-nework of the
tower crashed through the third
floor on the second floor into n_
’ ! room adjoining that of Rev. Hbuford
Peeler, dean of the college, but no
one was hurt.
Supreme Court Takes Reees*.
j Washington. Dec. T—o4*)—'The Su
[ preme Court decided today after de
i livering opinions and receiving mo
, S tlons, to recess until January 4th.
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j SAT’S BEAR SAYS: _
r
m
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues-
J day; slightly warmer tonight. Mostly
west and south moderate south winds.
NO. 44