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■\r l
IlfflME
PUBLIC THY
lot (
ft Cotton Industry
lot So Active pur
ls t Month.
m ON HAND '
|EN IN REPORT
■ Spindles Active
the Month T0wi.592.324,
wi.592.324, An In-
Last Year.
■. 1 i.— '/P> —Cotron
IV N-twnib.*!* totalled
i and 65.!*(J(J c:f
ndii 5433 >7l» of lint
HLi „f iiutors during Oc
■U-: an;! 495.182 of lint
during NovemYjor
K p llureau today an
■ \'V. 50 was held as
ostablislimonts 1,456,-
ft f iinr anil 100.370 of lir.t-
K, v: i with 1.216.437 of iint
K 0 f limns on October 31
| and 1.iWd.327 of liut and
■iutii' on November 30 last
|c >torage and at compresses
■hairs of lint and 36.608 of
jmi]i;ire(l with 4.400.382 of
Is.t:!i4 of linters on October
Lar: and 4.502.043 of lint
i <if linters on November 20
I during November totalled
L nniiparcd with 12.402 in
L year, and 17.540 in No-
I during November totalled
[biles, including 11.156 bales
I roiupami with 1.421,482
17.446 i f linters in October
[ and 1.306,550 including
linters in November last
bundles active during No
ralleil 32.892,324. compared
!.'».2<xi during October this’
ol.SoS.Oss during November
EVILLE IS CHOSEN
LVK STOPPING POINT
Schedule Will Be Es-
Form North to South
J in Spring.
tille. Dec- 13.—Fayette
bo'ii definitely chosen as a
cun on a York-to
ir route for commercial
riling to Civilian Pilot
who made this statement
n overnight stay at Fort
this way from Chicago to
don-. Fla., with a valuable
an made a landing at Pope
Fort l’.rag air station,
aid trip from the north,
ddrh he encountered snow
nurrh of \Vashint»u,and a
id smith of that point. He
fast t’urtjss plane,
feui pilot stated that it
todu-statiding that a regular
wou. 1b? established over
j- a ' soon as the weather
f which would probably be
trly spring.
■an informed Lieut. H. W
mniaian(lin officer of Pope
' ta, ‘ bi three-motored Folk-
I, 1 "ii,rli has been expected
iL" sm '" Imiunl in Rochester,
i F'dker is to be used on a
m, h run by the Carries
bs Prove Popular in Union
D-—riP)—Many Un
• arnieis a I*l* still putting in
vj'id in si mu* cases land-
Panishiiig their tenants
*r these crops, reports
\V. Broom.
a\i* been improved
J. <i*‘ of legumes, cover
lntHr 'tiH"il crops such as
L ' <i‘sp,<i ( , za . j,e says,
I,IIU - and those fsirm
jr to do this are
L W n °" to get tenants
■j.,’ 1 • Senatorial Committee.
(~• FF—o4*)—Senator
i, '", uas named chair*
5n . “‘publican senatorial
1 ; n s Senator Moses,
recently elected
"f the senate.
l\ WOKS
ifshopping
wff BAYS
Wittmas
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
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Henry Ford Hears Maine’s Champ Fiddler
I. 'J 1 ! 11 Dunham, champion Itnckwwls /.ddl. : i M;.;n' pi in - b-r Henry Ford at Deti mr afu r tin uitom^bile
ifilL b n Ug | U . bin L l ! , V?r?Jt' 0 ° Wnb hIS °. ai ? ll)aign to popularize old-fashioned dances and dance music.
ro,d likes Dunham best of all the 30 old-time violinists he has had play for him.
List Os “Opportunities”
For Christmas Is Given
NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE TO
BE HELD AT CHAPEL HILL
North Carolina Journalists Will
Hear Leading Writers and Editors
in Three-Day Conference in Jan
uary.
Chapel Hill, Dec. 14-—A tentative
program for the newspaper institute
to be held here January 13-15 under
the joint auspices of the North Caro
lina Press association and the state
university was arranged at a con
ference here this week between J. IV.
Atkins of Gastonia, president, and
Miss Beatrice Cobb, secretary, of
the North CaroWna* vks***>cta
tion. and the university committee.
The institute will open Wednes
day evening. January 13, and close
Friday afternoon, January',- 15.
Speakers for the first sessiom will
include Dr. H. W. Chase, president
of the university, and George M-
Bailey, editor of the Chronicle, Hous
ton. Tex., a Igriner North Carolinian,
provided the latter is able to attend.
The Thursday morning session
will be feature by addresses by
Robert Lathan, editor of the Char
leston News and Courier, on editor
ial policies; Robert H. Wettach of
the University School of Law, on
important laws and statues affecting
the newspapers; Paul Pattersou,
president and executive editor of the
Baltimore Sun, on the practical
problems of making a newspaper;
Robert W. Madry, director of the
University News bureau, on the
problems of college cori’espondence;
Ole Buck, field manager for the ne
braska Press ar*soeiation, on the
newspaper as a public utility.
The program Thursday afternoon
will include a campus tour ending
at the Playmaker 'theater, wuere
the Carolina Playmakers will give a
one-act, performance.
There will be a banquet at the
Carolina inn that night, with ad
dresses by two prominent speakers, to
bo announced later. Th<t program
will be enlivened by the university
orchestra and by a special concert by
the University Glee club under the
direction of Prof- John Paul W caver.
Friday morning the institute will
be divided into separate sections for
the weekly and daily editors, the
only time the meeting will be split
up. The weekly group will be ad
dressed by M. V. Atwood, managing
editor of the Observer-Dispatch of
Utica, N. Y. t who was formerly on
the staff of the department of jour
nalism of Cornell university and who
has had successful experience in
running a country weekly. He will
speak on “The Country Weekly and*
the Community.” At another session
he will address the institute on the
practice of newspaper making, based
on his present experience. Prof. E.
E. Peacock of the University s
School of Commerce will discuss
with the system for weeklies. It is
also likely that Ole Buck will ad
dress this session.
The daily group will be addressed
by M V Atwood, who will discuss
a survey he is to make of North
Carolina newspapers, and Gerald ».
Johnson, head of the University s
Department of Journalism, who will
talk on editorial problems. There
will follow an open discussion
problems of circulation.
Cranford to Speak Friday.
The first sp<mker Friday afternoon
will be Nelson Antrim Crawford,
director of information of the United
States department of agriculture at
Washington, on “The Press and the
Public: An Ethical Problem.” Mr.
Crawford has written a widely read
book on newspaper ethics.
James O'Shaughnessy, executive
i secretary of the American Associa
tion of ‘ Advertising Agencies, one of
the best-known experts in the field
'of newspaper advertising, will also
I address the institute Friday after
noon. He will discuss problems in ad
vertising.
King’s Daughters and the
County Welfare Officer
i Select Persons Who Will
Need Aid for Christmas.
NOW BEST TIME
FOR SELECTION
1 Persons Advised to 1 Visit
j “Opportunity” So They
j Can See For Themselves
I Whatin Needed- f
,^..,/ •
This year’s list of needy families
and individuals, designated as “Op
portunities,” is announced today by
I the committee of the King’s Daugh
i ters. the Welfare Officer, J. H. Brown
and Miss Ford, the Tuberculosis
Nurse, who hope to make it possible
for no worthy call to he passed by.
Please phone Dewey Sappentield,.at
I)r. T. N. Spencer's office, phone No.
115, in regard to the Opportunity you
desire and secure name and iddress
of particular Opportunity you select:
The committee in charge .urges the
person who selects an Opportunity to
investigate their Opportunity before
giving your Christmas cheer. -
Opportunity No. One.
"Widow and three chiidreu —Food
and Christmas bags'
Opportunity No. Two.
Mother and five children —Food hl-J
Christmas bags.
Oportunity N>. Three.
Orphan boy—Toys and Christmas
bags.
Opportunity No. Four.
Father and five children (mother
dead) —Food and Christmas bags.
Opportunity No. Five.
Grandmother, girl 14, boy 5, girl 3
—Christmas bags and toys.
Opportunity No. Six.
Grandmother and grandson—Christ
mas bags.
Oppoitunity No. Seven.
Widow and three children —Food,
bags and toys.
Oportunity No. Eight.
Man and wife (old people!—Christ
mas bags and food.
Oportunity No. Nine.
Mother and five children -Christ
mas bags, toys and dolls.
Opportunity No. Ten.
.Crippled boy, age 12—Christmas
bag and books.
Opportunity No. Eleven.
Mother, father and eight small
children—Food, fuel and Christmas
bags.
Opportunity No. Twelve.
Mother and five children —Food and
bags.
Opportunity No. 13 Mother and
I three small children—Food and Christ-
I mas bags.
Opportunity No. Fourteen.
Mother and three small children —
Food, fuel and bags.
Oportunity No. Fifteen.
Mother and three small children —
Food and bags.
Oportunity No. Sixteen.
; An old lady who wishes to be re
t membered.
Oportunity No. Seventeen.
An old lady, who wishes to be re
membered.
Opportunity No. Eighteen.
Mother and three small children
: (husband sick)—Food, fuel and bags.
Opoprtunity No. Nineteen.
Father, wife and six boys. 14, 11, 9,
7 4* 11 month, atid girl 13 years —
I Food, fuel and bags.
Opportunity No. Twenty.
• Mother and five children, boy 13
years, boy 6 years, givls 11, 8 and 3
* '..ears— Toys, dolls and bags.
' Oportunity No. Twenty-one.
Father girl 13 years, boxs < and 5
! years! Mother in state hospital—Food
' aMI Opportunity No. Twenty-two.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1925
I FAVORABLE TRADE
BALANCE IS SHOWN
Exports For November
Amounted to $70,000,-
000 More Than Imports,
New Report Shows. 1
Washington, Dec. 14. —C4*) —Im-
ports of the United States for No
vember were valued at .$378,000,000
while exports were $448,000,000 giv
ing this country a favorable balance
of trade of $70,000,000.
The figures, made public today by
Commerce Department, demon
strated ft sharp fail in the exports,
and a decided increase iii imports as
compared with the figures in Novem
ber, 1024. In that month imports
were $296,147,000- and exports were
$403,572,000.
For the calendar year to date, how
ever. the exports have been $4,441,-
000.000 against $4,145,000,000 for the
same period of 1024. and imports
have been $3,831,000,000 against $3,-
276,000.000.
• —— -
Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers Dead.
Philadelphia, Dee. 14.—(>P)—Maj*
Gen. Harry L. Rogers, retired, Gen.
Pershing’s quartermaster general in
the American Expeditionary Forces,
died in h here late Satur
day night, it became known today. He
had been ill for a long time.
General Regers suffered from heart
disease and came here several months
ago for treatment. He lived in se
clusion because of his serious condi
tion.
“The Arizona Express,” with Paul
ine Starke, at the Star Theatre today
and tomorrow. Also Fox news. Wed
nesday and Thursday, “Hell’s Hole.”
with a Fox news reel. Friday only.
“Hard-hitting Hamilton,” and a com
edy, “Stolen Sweeties.” Saturday,
“California in ’49.” This is Western
Week at the Star.
Husband and wife (old people), the
wife confined to bed and nearly blind
—Food, bags and bed room slippers.
Opportunity No. Twenty-Three.
Mother and three children, boy 3,
girl 2, baby 7 months —Clothing and
toys and bags.
Opportunity No. Twenty-Four.
Mother and three children, girl* 6
years, boy 3, boy I—Clothing, bags
and toys.
Oportunity No. Twenty-five.
Mother and three children, girl 11
years, boy 4 years, Eldora 7 years. Al
so an old lady, aged 75 years)—Cloth
ing bags and toys.
Opportunity No. Twenty-Six
Mother and child, girl 14 years —
Clothing and bags.
Opportunity No. Twenty-Seven.
Mother, father and five children —
Food, bags and toys.
Opportunity No. Twenty-Eight.
Boy. age 10 years—Christinas bag
and clothing.
Opportunity No. Twertiy-nine.
Mother and four children, boy 7,
boy 6, boy 4 and girl 3—Clothing,
bags and toys.
Opportunity No. Thirty.
Mother and three children, girl 6,
girl 3, boy 4 months—Clothing, bags
and toys.
Opportunity No. Thirty-One.
Mother and child, child aged 14
months —Clothing, bags and toys.
Opportunity No. Thrity-two.
Girl 17 months, girl 5 years, girl 7
yeaers—Clothing, bags and toys.
Opportunity' No. Thirty-three.
Father and two girls, ages 6 and 3
years—Clothing, bag and toys. f
Opportunity No, Thrity-four.
Five small girls—Bags and toys.
I- Any one taking ah Opportunity, de
! siring further information may call
upon Miss Margie McEachern, Treas
urer of the King’s Daughters.
GEN. SUMNEERALL IB
HEARD DURING DAY
IN.COURT MARTIAL
Denies In Person Charges
Made Against* Him as
* Commander at Hawaii by
Colonel Mitchell.
HAWAII ISGIYEN
MUCH ATTENTION
- la
Islands In Pacific Owned
by Japan Also Discussed
During Testimony Offer
ed at Trial.
Washington, Deo. 15.— UP) —Major
/General Charles P. Kummora’l. one
of the outstanding figures of the
American army, took the witness
stand in the Mitchell court martial
today to reply directly to Colonel
Mitchell's charge that as commander
at Hawaii, he countenanced improper
conduct of the island air forces.
The general appeared before a
court whose president he had been
during the first few hours of its ex
istence, and from which he had with
drawn voluntarily on the opening day
, of the trial after his record in Hawaii
had been attacked in a challenge by
the defense.
Washington. Dec. 14.—C4*) —The
geographic position of the Hawaiian
Islands with respect to Japan and its
I island possessions was studied today
I by the Mitchell j*ourt martial as it
I proceeded with its inquiries into Col
onel Mitchell's charges that Hawaii
had no war plans for the air defense
. as late as 1923.
A collection of military maps was
■ supplied the court by Representative
Frank R. Reid, chief defense counsel,
( who insisted that they showed the
air defense plans recently submitted
by Major Lester McNair.
Major McNair testified today that
. the islans were vulnerable to air at-
I tack, but insisted that the defense
. plans were both modern and complete.
, Air. Reid asked if the oil tank« on
Oahu Island etfuld not be bombed, anfj
. if oil was not un incendiary sub
. stance. A
t
! COMMITTEE AGAINST
- NEW DAKOTA SENATOR
? Unfavorable Report on Seating of,
Gerald P. Nye Made by the Senate
Committee.
Washington. Dec. 14.— UP) —An un
■ favorable report on the seating of
i Gerald P. Nye, as senator from North
Dakota, was adopted today by the
senate privileges and elections com
mittee.
Only two members of the commit
tee voted in favor of seating- Nye, who
was appointed by Governor Sorlie to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Senator Ladd.
A sub committee consisting of
Chairman Ernst and Senator Goff, of
West Virginia. Republicans, and Sen
ator George, Democrat, of Georgia,
was appointed to prepare the report
for submission to the senate—
N. C. Mills Ask Repeal of Crop Re
porting Law.
Washington, Dec. 11. —Fifty-five
of the leading cotton mills in North
Carolina today petitioned Senator
Lee S. Overman to use his influence
in an effort to repeal the present law
which requires issuance of semi
monthly cotton crop reports.
The mills suggested to Senator
Overman that a monthly report
would best “serve the trade” < and
they ask that the new law eliminate
any estimate of crop production un
til October.
Big Sale of Toys ami Games at KStld-
Frix Co.’s
In order to make room for a larg
er variety of merchandise for the
coming year, the Kidd-Frix Co. is
going to ’ sacrifice the sttock of toys
1 and games as well as a large stock of
1 other goods suitable for Christmas
presents at cost and below. See list
of these in a half page ad. today. The
store will be open every night until
Christmas.
Will Keep Present Postal Rates.
Washington. Dec. 11 — .UP) —Con-
gressional action was completed to
day on the resolution to authorize
continuance of existing postal rates
until next session of Congress con
venes next December.
, The House adopted a Senate reso
’ Jution to continue the existing rate
structure to enable a further study
of its effects on postal revenue.
' ________________________
New Peace Pact.
Geneva, Dec. 14. — UP) —Existence of
a new European peace effort was re
• vealed today when it was learned
• that Spain has begun negotiations
for arbitration treaties with France,
England, Switzerland and Portugal,
: duplicating those adopted at Locarno
between France, Belgium and Ger
many.
Would Keep Shipping Board.
Washington, December 14.— UP) —A
> Democratic-insurgent majority of the
special House committee named to in
vestigate the shipping board today re
ported for continuance of the board
• practically under existing conditions.
I A minority report dissenting from
- that view will be filed by the Re
publican members.
Prosperity Predicted in North
Carolina in 1926 by G-L*
Raleigh. Dec. 14. —(/P) —Prosperity
in North Carolina during 1926 "even
greater than at any time in the past
was predicted by Frank D. Grist,
commissioner of labor and printing,
tonight. His optimism is based on
a survey of the indicated agricul
tural, industrial, and general employ
. ment conditions in this state for
1 1926.
J The surVey, just completed, is made
r from date from every section of the
state, and is a general outlook for the
coining year. Mr. Grist said.
About 75 per cent, of thejcommun
ities reporting indicated that pros
. pects for the coining better
than the}’ were for 1925, and the
other 25 per cent, believe that 1926
I will be equally as good a year as
. 1925. ,
i “There will be an even greater de
■ mand for skilled labor in 1926 than
there was in 1925,” says Mr. Grist’s
resume of the survey. About 65
per cent, of the communities heard
from say prospects are for an in
crease in building activities, and that
conditions are very favorable.
! %
I Mr. Grist predicts that between
I $50,000,000 and $75,000,000 will be
. spent in' this state next year on pub
. lie works, this he says, being a very
conservative estimate,
t Due to the drought conditions pre
i vailing the past summer in the west
■ ern section of the states, farmers are
• somewhat discouraged, and the plant
* ing acreage probably will not be in
i creased. Lthere is a strong tendency
THE COTTON MARKET
i •
1 Selling Movement Continues to Drive
Prices Down —March Off to 18.75.
New York. Dec. 14, — (A*) —The eot
; ton market was lower this morning
‘ under a continuation of last' week’s
' selling movement which w’as evidently
encouraged by relatively easy Liver
; pool cables, rumors of an easing spot
‘ basis in the South and rather dis
■ appointing census figures on consump
‘ tion for the month of November. The
■ opening was barely steady at a decline
of 3 to 24 points, with March selling
; off to 18.75 and July to 18.21 at the
start. Trading was active but or
' dera seemed to be pretty well divided
around the 18 3-4 cent level for the
1 early spring positions and fluetua-
I tions were rather irregular during the
first half hour. The census report
showing the domestic mill consump
tion of 543,098 bales for November
was slightly below' the October fig
i ures, but showed au increase over last
year’s total of 405,182 bales.
\ Cotton futures opened barely
i steady : January 18.58; March 18.75;
>/ay 18.56; July 18.24; October 17.84.
WILSON DAM IS READY
TO AID THE SOUTH
This Will Be Report Carried to Wash
ington by Gei»eral Harry' Taylor.
Florence, Ala., Dec. 14.— UP) —When
Gen. Harry Taylor, chief of army en
gineers, returns tp Washington to
morrow. he will carry a report that
Wilson Dam is ready to relieve the
drought stricken area of the South
with electric power.
This was disclosed in a statement
here today when "Wilson Dam officials
stated that 30 more giant water wheels
each capable of producing 30,000
horse-power, could be put in service
at an early date and so relieve the
acute power shortage now existing in
the Carolinas and Georgia due to
drought conditions.
Gen. Taylor arrived at "Wilson Dam
Sunday night on a tour of general in
spection and was on the project today.
He will leave tomorrow with informa
tion that w T ill be presented to Con
gress in one form or another during
the present session.
Methodists to Meet in Memphis in
1926.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 12.—The
1926 general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, will
be held in Memphis beginning May
5.
The selection of Memphis as the
1926 meeting place was announced
tonight by Dr. S. H. C. Burgin, of
San Antonio, Texas, chairman of
the location committee of the church,
who with other members of the com
mittee —Dr. R. S. Satterfield, of
Muskogee. Okla.; Secretary W. R.
Brooks, Chattanooga, Tonh.; W. E.
Oroiss, Salem, Va., and J. M. Rogers.
Savannah, Ga. —met here late today
to finally determine on the confer
ence city.
Norwood Trial Starts at Greensboro.
Greensboro, Dec. 14.— CAP) —Trial
cf the case charging violation of the
national banking laws by J. D. Nor
wood. former Chairman of the board
of directors of tfie defunct Peoples
National Bank of Salisbury, began at
2 o’clock this afternoon in the United
States District Court of Western Car
olina with Judge H. H. Watkins pre
siding.
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TIMES-TRIBUNE OFFICE. _ §
9
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
|in that section, howe the
I commissioner, toward “greater diverei
| fiention bf crops rather than an in-
I crease in acreage.”
In the trucking sections of the east.
I on the other hand, farmers were not
seriouly affected by the drought, and
increased acreage of fruits, vegetables
and trucking crops is indicated by
data compiled by the department of
labor and printing.
“In making a survey of the agricul
tural. industrial, and general binploy
ment conditions for 1926 for the state
of North Carolina,” reads Mr. Grist’s
statement issued Saturday, “we take
in a vast territory that extends from
the B’.ue Ridge mountains on the
west, through the fertile Piedmont
section, to the coastal plains and the
seashore on the east. This forces
us to take under consideration many
ndustries and various forms of em
ployment. This survey is made from
data from every section of the state
and is a general outlook for the com
ing year.
‘The progress of our state depends
entirely-upon the welfare of our peo
ple aid of course this depends to a
great extent on employment of all
classes of workers. There has been
work in this state sufficien to care
for the people, but the prospects for
the ndustrial prosperity for the com
ing year seem even greater t'iian at
any time in the past. Statistics from
the different sections show that many
of the industrial plants will be en
(Concluded on page four.)
38 TRAFFIC DEATHS
IN DIXIE IN WEEK
i ,
North Carolina and Florida Vie For
Top Position With Seven Deaths
Each. '
; Atjanta, Ga., Dec. 14.— UP) —The
traffic of Dixie last week took the
■ lives cf 38 persons and injured 266, it
is shown by a survey made by the As
sociated Press today. The survey was
made over eleven southern states,
‘ the returns being from only ten how
ever. Figures from Kentucky were
; not available.
' North Carolina and Florida vied
for top position in column of deaths,
i with 7 each. At the bottom of the
> list were Virginia, South Carolina,
Louisiana, and Arkansas, with two
each.
Georgia led the list of injuries with
half a hundred; North Carolina fol
lowed a close second with 43, South
Carolina reported the lowest number
of injured, with 5.
A peculiar circumstance of the sur
vey was the record yesterday, Decem
ber 13th. at Asheville, where nine per
sons were seriously injured ih traffic
accidents. Five of these, it is report
ed. are not expected to live.
Tabulation by states includes:
North Carolina, 7*dead, 43 injured;
South Carolina, 2 dead, 5 injured.
GREECE MUST PAY FOR
HER RECENT INVASION
League of Nations Council Fixes the
Damages to Be Paid Bulgaria -at
About $219,000.
Geneva. Dec. 14.— UP 1 ) —Greece vio
lated the Bulgarian frontier in the re
cent incident between the two nations
and must pay reparations of 30,000,-
000 leva, about $219,000, the league
of nations council decided today.
> The council adopted a report of
Sir Auseten Chamberlain, of Great
Britain, M. Hymans, of Belgium, and
Viscount Ishii, of Japan. The re
port found Greece’s invasion of Bul
garia unjustifiable, maintaining the
"broad principle that where territory
is violated without sufficient cause,
reparation is due even if at the time
of occupancy it was believed by the
party committing the violating that
circumstances justified the action.”
The report thus rejected Greece’s
reference to the Corfu incident in
which Italy temporarily took posses
sion of that land on the ground that
it was “justifiable agrression.”
The council also adopted a proposal
by Sir Austen that two Swedish of
ficers act as arbiters of border dis
putes between Greece and Bulgaria.
Kittrell College Gets $750,000 From
B. Nt, Duke.
| Durham, Dec. 13. —Announcement
lof a gift of $750,000 to Kittrell col
liege, Kittrell. N C., by B. N. Duke.*
!of Durham and New York, was made
here today by J. M. Avery, secretary
of the board of trustees of that in
stitution. The moiiey is to be expend
ed in the erection of new buildings
and the purchase of new and needed
equipment during the next 12
months.
The -gift announced today brings
Mr. Duke’s gifts to the negro college
to more than a million dollars, ac
cording to the secretary of the board.
During the last thre years there
have been sixty-three electric rail
way abandonments in the United
States.
lonr 'JT WEEK WILL
JE MOMENTOUS ONE
FORFRENCHNATION
|
; The Press oTali Political
Shades l Agreed That the
Week Will Bring Many
Chances to France.
: financesTstill
BIG QUESTION
Franc Continues to Fall,
and There Is Correspond
ing Rise in the Public
Anxiety.
Paris. Deo. 14.— UP) —The present *
week is likely to prove a momentous i]
! one in French political history as ex
traordinary changes in the manner in
■ which France has been governed for
the last 55 years are regarded as ira- i
1 minent by the press (of all political
‘ shades.
The franc continues to fall, and
there is a corresponding rise in the
public anxiety that is being fanned by
1 extremely daring articles in she news
papers.
Some of these demand and others
plead for changes in the governmental
, regime ranging from the establishment
of a dictatorship or “committee of 1
public safety” to the more constitu- rs;
tional proposal that parliament sit
in secret while financial bills were be
■ ing discussed and voted on.
With Our Advertisers.
Everything that Santa Claus needs
for his rounds at Fisher’s. Open day
and night till Christmas.
During their big trade drive Parks
lielk Co. have done more business than
ever before in the history of their bi*
store. New goods are coining in ev
ery day to replenish the stocks with,
fresh new goods.
A corporate executor of your will
is not subjected to the uncertainties U
of sickness, death or other disabilities.
See ad. of Citizens Itank and Trust
Co.
Why not give slippers for Christ
mas? Prices at lluth-Kesler's range
from 95 cents to $3.95.
Man’s gifts' woman’s gifts and gifts
for everybody at the Bell, Uarris
Furniture Co. Beginning Monday the
store will be open till 9 o’clock every
night until after Christmas.
The store of the J. C. Penney Co.
will be open every night until Christ
mas.
Everything for a merry Christmas
you will find at the J. C. Penney
Co’s. Many attractively boxed ar
ticles in all departments.
Efird’s Store in Charlotte is head
quarters for all out-of-town, shoppers.
See ad. on last page.
Give her Huyler’s for Christmas.
At the Pearl Drug Co.
File Suits Against Miners’ Union.
Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 11.— UP) —
Five ccal companies today filed suit
in federal court against District 21,
United Mine Workers of America,
its officers, executive board, individual
members and locals in western Ar
kansas counties, alleging conspiracy
to restrain commerce in coal and pray
ing judgment for $1,080,000 a** triple
damages under the Sherman anti-trust
law.
Bandits Repelled in Damascus At
tacks.
Beirut. Syria. Dec. 11. — (A*) —News
came today that -bandits had been re
pelled in two invasions of Damascus:
A force of 200, after entering the city
yesterday, was driven out by police- |
men with motorized machine guns, and
the use of artillery. Seven bandits
were killed. Later in the day another
party of twenty men entered the city
by a cemetery, but were seedily put
to rout. j.
Gifts That Last at l'orke & Wads
worth Co’s.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has_
turned its big store into a real 'Santa , |
Claus store of useful gifts—gifts that
last —useful gifts for men, boys, wom
en and children. In a half page
ad. today you will find a list of lion- ft
est to goodness Christmas gifts.
Accept Reductions in Income Taxes.
Washington, Dec. 14. — UP)—Reduc
tions in the normal income tax rates i
proposed in the new reveliue bill were
accepted today by the House with- ..ij
out debate.
The youngest player ever to win
the United States amateur tennis
championship was Oliver Campbpll, !- :
who was only 19 when he captured
the coveted title in 1890.
< SAT’S REAR SAYS:
■——i !
Rain tonight and Tuesday, slightly
colder in northeast portion tonight;
moderate to fresh northeast and east
winds.
NO. 4<5.