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Ik bales
■TON GINNNED
IEIBERI3TH
lAn Increase of
■han Two Million
B)\rr the Number
Btbhas
■llion bales
n Estimated
BE First That To-
Be Hi.-
Wj88.., _ lined prior to j
H|V round as Half
■■ ;its ; c<mi|iai'-
ii ui tint'd to t hat
SB*'. , i< Bureau t<>-
: Arizona 70.-
|S ( 'olifornia
|K . xi;7.",oS ; Mississ- ■
|V North Carolina 1
.. 'iiu.sui Tennessee J
x;l> :!>T!: Virginia
Horivr states 16,747.
■ ( „ inriii-ied and counted
immbereil •>(•<>..».» t com*
.a year, and 232,-
f .„tr n production as es-
Ja-pai Tiiiont of Agricul
■ basis ~f facts available
K. : l is cquiva-
■ :I J Halq-, consisting of
■"i>f lint and 21.'.) pounds
tie-. Hast year's crop
bales. Last year
■ i:: the pereentage of the
was per cent. ; .
■ :I I>. r cent : in 1'.*22 it
Hn'ii!.: and in 1921 it was
■rOP ONE
■ OF FOUR Ql A LIT Y
1 92.'» Crop Worst For ,
Cotton in Past Five j
Doc. 20. —Tliis year’s ;
K more law grade cotton
since 1020. Secretary
here in a letter to a
sub-committee,
was addressed to Sen- j
■ Democrat. Smith Caro i
of the special cotton
■racking of a Senator
of each cotton
■atn selected to recom
legislation at this ses
hold its first eon
today, hut adjoiirnetl for
tvithoiiw aeiion beyond
eoiimiittee tt>
of this veer's
if- linieiiderahle under
■>::.' and N unspinnulde.
■IE FISHER
■U.KI) AT ( H \RLOTTE
Hits Her While She is
■ ''trect in Ha in—l mbrella
■View.
Dc. in,—Crossing the
■ Pouring rain with her
an umbrella. Miss
;l ' member ~f one of ;
most prominent
struck and killed by a
■ B >2abeth street car at
street and Eliza
■‘ionigi,-. Mi's Fisher was
■My killed. J 1
f" r nn-rly lived in
're for the
jBHr r ' •'-urvived by
jjj^B*|" ri ‘'k 1 l'lo-r. of Rry
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■ • doah dis-
-d Christmas Greeting Cards j
jn s i ]or t notice Engraved Christmas jj
x s > with your own name thereon. . Let us |
j 1 " n °' v , so that you will have them in plenty §
‘ 1 '*ut for Christmas. We have an especially \
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times-tribune office.
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THE CONCORD TIMES
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$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Quillen Erects Monument .
To Eve’s Memory In Yard
j at Home at Fountain Inn
Fountain Inn. Dec. 21. —Robert
I Quillen, nationally known humorist
and author, ban erected a monument
in his front yard to Eve, the firkt
I woman, and his neighbors are-harri-
I tied. t
P The monument, which Mr. Quillen
1 ! says is the 1 hrst that mankind has
l erected to its tirst woman, after 0.000
[• years of history, was carved in Green
iville by Mr. Gillespie and bears the
j inscription:
In Memory of
EVE *
The First Woman
| To make the shaft harmonious in
j every respect. Mr. Quillen had a
i “nicely cardved apple, with a twig
t and one leaf’ placed below the in
j scription.
Rut the neighbors “stared at the
j marble with incredulous horror,” Mr.
Quelllen says in his Fountain Inn
| Tribune. “They prophesied plagues
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SOUTHERN MAN IS
GIVEN APPOINTMENT
Richard V. Taylor is Nom
i inated For a Place on
the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Washington, Dec. 21. — (A 3 ) —Presi-
dent Ccolidge today to give
the South representation on-the‘ln
terstate Commerce Cuffi mission. He
nominated' Richard V. Taylor, of Ala
bama. to succeed C. C. McChord, who
has resigned.
The President also submitted to the
Senate the nomination of Thomas F.
Woodlock. of New York, who is serv
ing as an Interstate Commerce Com
mission under recess appointment.
The Senate last spring declined to
approve Woodloek's nomfuation.
MORRISON MAY RUN
FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN
He’ll Support Scales, But He Cer
tainly Won’t Help Forces of Max
Gardner.
Special to Greensboro News. i
Washington, Dec. 19. —Former Gftfir
ernor Cameron Morrison spent a
short time in Washington this week,
on his way to New York, where his
daughter is in school? He had plan
ned to accompany his daughter hack
to their home in Charlotte for the
holidays.
Periodically of late months gentle
man of* the press have sought , for
the most part unavailingly. for an
expression from Mr. Morrison rela
tive to men and measures in the state,
ami with special references to the
gubernatorial aspirations of Mr. Gard
ner. He has been seriously repre
sented by scribes indulging in a favo
ite indoor sport, in the way of specu
lation, as an opponent, and as an ear
nest support of the Shelby man.
Doubts upon the subject may *as
well be resolved. Given condititons as
they are found to exist in the state at
the present writing, and in the pres
ent posture of affairs, Mr. Morrison
will not support Mr. Gardner in his
efforts to attain the governorship. Per
contra, it is his fixed purpose to sup
port, earnestly, and actively, another
man, perhaps Senator A. M. Scales,
of Guilford. Should Mr. Scales for
any reason conclude ultimate that he
would not care to enter the lists, then
Governor Morrison is very confident
that the times and conditions will
bring forth a man capable of carry
ing on a work which he conceives to
be essential to the continued well be
ing of the state.
It is conceivable that Mr. Morrison
will himself seek the nomination.
Prohibition Debate in House Again
Washington, Dec. 21.—(A 3 ) The
House prohibition debate which has
waged steadily and warmly for several
days was resumed by that body today
as soon as the day's proceedings got
under way, with Representative Phil
lips, republican, of Pennsylvania, lead
ing an onslaught against present en
forcement methods.
Using as a vehicle the Treasury ap
propriation bill, with its allotment
for enforcement, Mr. Phillips declar
ed that “lawless methods” and the
"underhand methods” were being used
in gathering evidence in prohibition
cases. This, he said, had resulted “in
crimes more shocking to the public
conscience than the evasion of law.
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Wants Money For January Expenses.
Paris, -Dec. 21.— CP)— Finance
Minister Doumer introduced a bill in
the Chamber of Deputies today calling
for provisional credits to cairy on
the country’s business for January.
upon me; they accused me of an un-1
becoming levity toward things t’hati
are sacred; they glared at the marble
by day and scurried by with many
a backward glance at night.
“I am sorry. I never intentional
ly hurt anybody's feelings or offend
against anybody’s pet superstitions.
“Rut this is purely a family affair.
Eve was a fair and charming lady
and deserved a much finer monument
than she has obtained. It is almost
incredible that 0.000 years were gath-j
ered into .history" before one of her
kinsmen erected a stone in ’.ier mem
ory.”
The nuthcr explains that "Eve was
a distant relative of mine, on my
mother's t<ide,” that “she was the first
lady of the land, and the reigning
beauty cf her time” and that .the
monument is an eflFort to. atoAe for the
“unpardonable neglect” of her. (
DECLINES TO CALL ~
SOLONSTOGETHER
Speaker of House in Texas
Legislature Declines to
Issue Call for a Special
Session.
Austin. Tex.. Dec. 21.— (.A 3 )—Ray
Satterwhite. speaker of the House of
Representatives today declined to call
a special session of the Legislature.
The session had been sought by
some legislators to ascertain if there,
were evidence on which to file impeach
ment charges. Governor Miriam A.
Ferguson said her enemies were try
ing to find something against her, and
had'declined to call the session.
THE COTTON MARKET
Ginning Report .Larger Than Ex
pected and Prices Declined 2 to 13
Points.
„ New York, Dec. 21. —( A 3 )—Census
report which was issued at the open
ing of the cotton market this morn
ing showed a ginniug of 14,826,432
.xunning bales of December 13, com*
pared with 12,792.294 to the same date
last season. These figures were con
siderably above expectations based on
recent private reports, and the mar
ket opened easy at a decline of 2 to 13
points. The offerings were absorbed
by scale down buying orders, however,
while the larger ginning figures seem
ed to be stimulating uo general or
aggressive selling, so that after easing
off to 18.70 for March, prices showed f
rallies of 3 or 4 points from the low
est at the end of the first half hour
on covering.
Cotton futures opened easy: Jan
uary 18.51; March 18.75; May 18.45;
July 18.13; October 17.75.
BRAIN OF TEACHER
SENT TO INSTITUTE
Study' Will 'Be Made in Wistar In
stitute of the Brain of Late Pro
fessor Morse.
Salem, Mass., Dec. 21. —L4 3 ) —The
brain of Profeesor Edward Sylvester
Morse, noted authority on zoology,
who died here yesterday, was re
moved today and sent by express to
the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and
Giology in Philadelphia! This action
was taken in accordance with instruc
tions left by Professor Morse who de
sired that it be examined to determine
the relation if possible between liis
brain and his hand which made him
ambidextrous. Professor Morse was
able to use either of his hands with
equal skill.
Church Women Find Rum Bottle in
Car.
Kinston, Dec. 15.—A report today
said a party of prominent church
women returning here from Goldsboro
brought a bottle of whiskey back with
them from the Wayne county town.
They traveled in an automobile. Be
fore 'returning they made purchases
in Goldsboro
piled on tfoe back seat were numerous
The women, three in numbef, sorted
out the packages upon arriving here.
Two were left that could not be ac
counted for. One containued the li
quor. The pariy was shocked. Pains
were taken to conceal the names to
them embarrassment. Some per
son at Goldsboro made a mistake
in cars, it was concluded, and placed
his bundles in the wrong automobile.
Rill Reported to House.
Washington, Dec. 18. — (A 3 ) —The
first big appropriation bill of the
year, that for the Treasury and Post
Office departments, was reported to
the House today, calling for increased
expenditures of $lO3-,962.000 over the
total allowed these establishments in
last year’s allotments.
With Our Advertisers.
Buy that piano for Christ
mas at the Kidd-Frix Co.
Santa Land at Fisher’s is open day
and night. .Everything for gifts for
anybody. /
Mrs. Schemck Critically 111.
Greensboro. Dec. l/.-Mrs, Sallie
W Schenek. .widow of the late Judge
Srid * critically ill at her
U r, htare She is the mother of
Judge Michael Scheack, of Header-,!
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1925
_A Pair of Kings
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Here are % a pair of kings—Tex Rickard (left), world’s most famous pugilis
tic promoter, and Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion. La Barba is
scheduled to take part In several New York bouts during the next few
months. Photo shows Rickard giving the tot tltleholder the glad hand
upon the latter’s arrival in Gotham. , •
BROGDEN SUCCEEDS VARSER j
AS SUPEME COURT JUSTICE
Governor Apcints Campaign Man- *
ager to Place on Highest Court.
Raleigh Nows and Observer.
W. J. Brogden, of Qurham, was
yesterday named by Governor A. W.
McLean as the successor to Asso
ciate Justice L. R. Varxer, who has
resigned effoi-ive December 31.
Judge Varner in the junior member
of the court, having been appointed
by Governor McLean on .March 16
of this year to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the elevation of Chief Justice
W. P. Stacy, following- the resigna
tion of Chief Justice W. A. Hoke.
He will re-enter the practice of law
at Lumberton, where he was former
ly a lwa partner of Governor Mc-
Lean.
The resignation, which was closely
guarded, was a distinct surprise not
only to the people of the Htate as a
Whole, but to Chief Justice Stacy
and other members of the court. It
had been generally assumed that the
personnel of the court, which had
been completely transformed . since j
1J929- - would remain unchanged for*',
some years to come.
Mr. Brogden. who is a well-known J
lawyer of Durham, was Governor <
McLean's campaign manager in the
Democratic primary of 1924 whori
the Governor was opposed by J. W.
Bailey. Associate Justice Heriot
Clarkson managed Governor Cam
eron Morrison's campaign in 1920
1 and these two will be the only mem
bers of the new court who have had
ino service on the Superior Court
bench-
It is a coincidence that both Gov
ernor Morrson and Governor Me->
Lean appointed their campaign_man
ngers to the second vacancy to occur,
in their administrations. Governor
Morrison’s first appointment to the
Supreme Court was Associate Jus
tice W. J. Adams and his last ap
pointment was Associate Justice
George W. C*nnor, both of whom
were selected' from the Superior
Court bench. - 'Chief Justice Stacy,
who had previously been on the Su
perior Court bench, was elected in
1920 to succeed Judge George H.
Brown, who retired from the court
because of ill health. Strangely
enough Judge Brown is the only
member of the court as constituted
now living. Judge Brown is still
holding court as an emergency judge,
while Chief Justice Clark and Asso
ciate Hoke, Allen and Walker have
all died.
All of the present members of t he
court except Judge Connor wiH come
up for re-election in 1926 as will Mr.
Brogden, who will also eome v up
again in 1928.
Stanly to Vote on Bonds For Court
house.
Albemarle, Dec. 19. —The people
of Stanly county are to hold an elec
tion in February to vote upon
whether the county shall issue $250,-
000 in bonds for the building of a
new courthouse. The recent Grand
Jury found true bills against the
county commissioners for failing to
follow previous grand jury recom
medations regarding a new court
house ; aud now to protect them
selves the county commissioiners are
having an election culled to let the
people determine whether they are
willing for this bond issue.
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Slum W shopping
DR. MYERS HAS CLINIC
IN CONCORD SATURDAY
Thirty Crippled Children Examined
and Number to Report to Charlotte
For Treatment.
Dr. Alonzo Myers, of Charlotte, con
ducted a successful orthopedic clinic
in Concord Saturday at the Cabarrus
County Health Department under the
auspices of the Charlotte Rotary Club.
Thirty* crippled children were exam
ined.
A number of the children examined
were advised to attend the clinic in
Charlotte on January 9th for further
examination and in some cases for
first treatment.
Dr. Myers praised the work of the I
local health department, declaring i
that it was most systematically or
ganized and had some of the best rec
ords lie had seen. He was pleased,
he said, at the response in Cabarrus
County to the announcement that he
would hold a clinic in Concord.
The clinic here was arranged for
by the County Health Department in
• eo-operation with the Concord Klwanis
i Club. Dr. Myers is doiug kis work
] uniter the auspices of the Charlotte
j Rotary Club.
I BRASWELL HOME BURNED
AT ONE O’CLOCK TODAY |
Family Hardy Able to Escape From i
House.—None of Furniture or Per
sonal Effects Saved.
The home of Rev. D. A. Braswell
was almost completely destroyed by
fire shortly 1 o'clock this after
noon. Nothing was saved, it was said,'
all the personal effects aud furniture
being consumed by the flames.
How the fire started was not known.
According to members of the family,
when it was first noticed, the entire
top of the home was a mass of flames
aud there was not sufficient time to
rescue anything.
Mr, Braswell’s wife, who is an in
valid, was carried out of the house
to the home of a neighbor immediately
after the fire was discovered.
In addition to Rev. and Mrs. Bras
well. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jenkins and
children resided in the house. They
were unable to save any of their ef
fects. _
Trainmen Demand Increase in Wages
Baltimore, Dec. 19- —Within the
next 60 days railway conductors,
trainmen, engineefs and firemen
throughout the country will demand
an increase in pay that would bring
wages above their war-time peak,
Maxwell C. Byers, president of / the
Western Marland railway, said to
night
Fred Barr, of San Antonio, Tex.,
vice president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
admitted that consideration was
being given to demands for wages
approximately equalling the war-time
scale. Mr. Barr is here ih connection
with the strike of engine service men
on the Western Maryland road.
Felix Jules Melfne Dead.
Paris, Dec. 21.— UP) —Felix Jules
Melin'e, who was premier of France
in 1896 to 1898, died today at the age
of 87. He was known as the father
of the protective tariff. In 1915 he
held the agriculture portfolio in a
previous ministry of the present pre
mier, Aristide Briand.
Program Week of December 21 to 20
Star Theatre
“Home of Paramount Pictures”
Monday Only
“CURLY TOP”
With Shirley Mason and Wallace Mc-
Donald. Special! Fox News.
Tuesday-Wednesday.
“THE WARRENS OF VIRGINIA’/
One of our big pictures during Christ
mas Week. It carries an all star cast.
One you can’t afford to miss. Also a
Fox News Special!
Thursday-Friday-Saturday
THREE BIG DAYS
“THE PONY EXPRESS”
With Betty Compson, Richard Cortez
Ernest Torrence and Wallace Beery.
This is the picture we picked for
Christmas and it’s a good ore. It’s a
Paramount! • ,
Rat, Victor in Fight With Snake, |
Now Seeks More Worlds to Cor*'"-
' r . ,mi«
Concord’s most famous rat. con
queror of a three-foot rattle snake, af
ter n week's battle, is seeking new
world’s to conquor. Inspired with a
i zeal uncommon in rats, and charged
| with venom from the • snake he killed
after be’ug bitten several times, the
j rat recently drove off a ,cat placed in
; the cage with him and today he is the
• sole occupant of the cage originally
constructed for his first victim.
Admirers of the rat's fighting quali
ties following his victorious bout with
the wagered that it would be
just as successful against the cat.
Thp wTigprs were quickly called and a
neighborhood cat* was placed in the
eell.
Several - persons who questioned the
rat's ability to kill a snake were call
ed in to witness liis second major hat
tlh within ten days.
The cat knew his business but not
the temiietament of his foe. No soon
er was he in the cage than he made a
lunge for the rat, which was quietly
sheltered in a corner of the cage. The
cat’s paw found the corner of the
cage but not the rat for with unusual
speed the rodent shifted to the back
CAROLINA HOLLY IS
SENT TO NEW YORK
Tar Het<l Holly ami Mistletoe Enjoys
Distinction of a “Status’-’ on North
ern Markets.
Raleigh, X. C., Dec.W 21.—OP)—
Cherry red holly berries from North
Carolina w T :ll reflect the genial fire
light from many a Yule log in the
bleak North Carolina this Christmas
season, and “Yankee” kisses may be
exchanged underneath Tar Heel mis
tletoe.
It lias been announced by the State
Department of Agriculture that its
marketing experts have, for several
weeks, been busily engaged in keep
ing up with Northern aud’Eastern
markets on which holly, mistletoe, and
other Christmas decorations are sold,
and that many carloads of attractive
J North Carolina evergreens' have been
shipped. i
It has developed, says the Depart
ment, thaFNorth Carolina holly and
mistletoe has enjoyed the distinction
of a “status” -on the markets of New
York, Pittsburgh, and other large cen
ters, and that they brought good
. prices. One woman in eastern North
Carolina advised that one season she
cleared about SI,OOO selling Chriirtmas
greens. She asked the Department of
Agriculture if it; could not help her
j market this commodity as it helped
raisers of fruit, truck, and poultry.
I That gave the marketing experts a
} suggestion, and they found that there
I was quite a large dlemand for North
j Carolina holly and mistletoe.
North Carolina’s partnership with
Santa Claus “went big.” the Depart
ment said. Five-peck hampers of mis
tletoe on the New York market
brought from $1.50 to $1.75, and on
the Pittsburgh market from 25 to 30
cents a pound. North Carolina holly
wreaths brought from $1.50 to $2.00 a
dozen in large quantities.
Despite the shipments of Christmas
decorations from this state north and
east, many Christmas trees from the
North are said by the Department to
have found their way to North Caro
lina markets this season.
V
UNUSUALLY LARGE TREE
is Felled at old fort
Over Nine Thousand Feet of Curly
' Poplar Lumber Is Containued! in
the Vast Trunk.
Old Fort, Dec. 20. —A very large
and remarkable tree was feund and
cut on the land of George Davies,
near Crooked Creek, six miles east of
Old Fort. McDowell county. This
tree was a curly poplar containing
9.000 feet of curly and plain poplar
lumber besides three cords of pulp
wood*. The tree at the butt was five
feet and two inches in diameter and
contained 1,657 feet of excellent lum
ber. In order to haul and ship
the logs the tree was cut into lengths
of three eight-foot cuts, three ten-foot
cuts, one twelve-foot cut, and a large
limb five feet long. The timber was
shipped over the Southern Railway by
freight to the Hoosier Veneer Com
pany, Indianapolis, Ind., by T. W.
Freeman, of Johnson City, > Tenfi,,
who is specializing in walnut, poplar,
birch and maple tember of large size,
shipping the same from Old Fort.
Famous Airmen Come to Florida’s
Relief in Handling Freight.
I Detroit, Dec. 20.—Takiug advant
age of the present congested condi
tion of railway service in Florida, a
new company, Florida Airways Inc.,
using Ford all-metal airplanes, will
start service between Tampa and
Miami, January 1, it was announced
here today.
Captain Eddie Riekenbacker is
president and general manager of the
new concern. Major William A.
Robertson is vice president in charge 1
of operations and Lieut. John Hard
ing, who took part in the round-the
world flight, is iu charge of main
tenance. Others connected with the
new enterprise include Edward R.
Hart, formerly connected with the
Shipping hoard and Major Reed
Chambers.
Young Cutter Dies of .Injuries.
Charlotte, Dec., 21.— (A 3 ) —J. H.
Cutter, Jr., 15, son of a Charlotte cap
italist, died today from injuries suf
fered Saturday when he fell more than
50 feet from a tree where he was gath
ering Christmas mistletoe.
Lake Erie, the shallowest of the
great lakes, has an average of 204
feet.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
of the Tom. planting h
cat’s neck.
The cat showed his surprise with
convulsions of the body and a shriek
of pain. He rubbed against the ({vge,
shook liis body with all his strength
and sought his foe with a paw. Still
the rat clung on, driving lvs teeth
again and again into the nee 1 ’ of liis
would-be slayer.
For some time the battle went on,
always with the ret op top. The cat
stuck to hi* job for fifteen or twenty
minutes, then Itiegan to tire of the
jabbing in his neck. Ho forgot to use
his paw as an offensive weapon and
sought to* locate with it some opening
in the \\ ! re on the cage.
In liis eye was the''look of wwd*\\
Why everyone knew lie was supposed
to kill that rat, seemed to*say the ex
-pression on his face, yet her" was the
rat on his back, fighting with the
determination of a tiger.
Supporters of the cat finally took
him from the cage, and the rat went
back to his corner, with his fur still
somewhat like the feathers of*a friz
zly chicken, the only mark he bears as
a rc..ult of the fight w : th the snake.
BANK CASES NOW
VIRTUALLY OVER
Remaining Indictments in Salisbury
. Case Will Likely Not Be Tried.
Greensboro, Dec. 20. —The Salisbury
bank cases, pending since January,
1923, were over tonight except for a
single indictment against J. K. Dougli
ton and a joint one against him and
M. L. Jackson. These will probably
never be tried.
J. t). Norwood is under sentence
of three years in the federal peniten
tiary but with an appeal. It was
a hectic week here in federal district
court. - •
Starting last Monday, two trials
were held, resulting in a mistrial, a
conviction and an acquittal, t’he lat
•ter by the directed verdict route. Nor-*
woqd, who was chairman of the board
of directors of the Peoples National
Bank of Salisbury, was tried first,
that lasting three days and a stubborn
jury, which voted a long day through,
seven to five, in favor of conyiction,
was dismissed for being unable; to
agree. The defendant was charged
with abstraction of the notes of the
bank.
The second trial, that of Norwood
and Doughton, who was president of
the bank when it failed, and who- is
now a business man in Raleigh, start
ed Wednesday aud came to a climax
Saturday at noon, when Judge H. H.
Watkins, of the western South Caro
lina district court, directed a ver
dict of not guilty in the case of
Doughton. The two defendants were
tried on a charge of misapplication
of funds of tbe bank, three counts,
and charges of false entry, three
counts. Norwood was convicted on
the first three counts. He appealed
from the three-year sentence and is
out under bond of $15,000, signed by
John MeCanless. It was a great
blow to him. His attorneys, Clyde
Hoey, of Shelby; A. L. Brooks, of
Greensboro, and Walter H. Woodson,
of Salisbury had confidently counted
on acquittal. The jury took only
one ballot, however, agreeing in one ,
hour and one half and voting 12 to
0 for conviction. ,
Norwood is a brokeji man. He
was once worth $600,000 net. That
was when he was head of the Meck
lenburg chain of cotton mills, com
prising the Mecklenburg at Char
lotte, Clyde and Newton at Newton
and Nancy at Tuckertown, Montgom
ery county. That is all swept away.
He went to Birmingham, Alabama, to
go in business after eveything was
in receivership, mills, bank and his
private affairs, and after he had been
convicted, James Simpson, Birming
ham man, gave him a good name, said
that he was honest and open and
above board in Alabama, with many
Simpson joined with the
lawyers in asking from clemency for
Norwood. Norwood was once chair
man of the North Carolina Demo
cratic state executive committee, and
as such waged the 1922 campaign.
The jury m the last trial was evi
dently in a mood to waste no time.
The other one, where a mistrial re
sulted, stayed all day on the case
and did not reach a decision. It
was easy for the jury jhat convicted
to agree. There was no disagree- ■
ment for any time.
Cilice judge directed the
Doughton verdict of not gjiilty, it does
not seem worth while to proceed with
trial on the other indictments against
him singly and jointly with M. L.
Jackson, who was a director in the
bank aud in the Mecklenburg Mills
Company. Frank A. Linney, district
attorney, indicated that the cases
might be dropped. They were, how-J
ever, continued until the next term
of criminal court' here in June,
i The bank lost about $500,000 in
the crash, according to evidence .of
the receiver, Earl E. Fouts, who said
that a forty per cent, dividend had
been paid depositors, and that more
will be paid, but evidently not much,
e said that most of the collections
had been made.
No livport Duties For English Man
ufacturers.
London, Dec. 21.^—04 s ) —Premier
Baldwin stated in the House of Com
mons today that it was impossible -to
grant the application of the iron and
steel companies for protection under
the safeguarding of industries pro
cedure. This means that the gov
ernment does not think it wise to
impose import duties to assist this
industry. ,
•
TUl DT f nine were
killed lust week
IN TRAFFIC WRECKS
Survey of the South Shows
39 Persons Were Killed
and 227 Others Were In- •
jured in Wrecks.
SEVEN DEATHS IN
TAR HEEL STATE
Georgia Again Had the
Highest Number of In
juries and Virginia Came
Second.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21.— UP) —Thirty-
nine persons sacrificed their lives dur
ing the past week on the altar of the
traffic god. and 227 others suffered
varying degrees of injury. Some of
these are expected to die. These fig
ures were revealed today in a survey
of traffic accidents by the Associated
Press in eleven Southern States.
North Carolina with 7 deaths, led
the galaxy of states, while Florida
.and Mississippi reported two each as
the lowest number. *
Georgia again had the highest num
ber of injuries, with 49. This was
one less than was reported through the
same channels last week. Virginia
was a close follower, with 44. Flori
da reported none, having been injur
ed. ; There were no outstanding ac
cidents during the week. The total
was taken by scattering accidenit*..
Tabulation by states includes:
North Carolina 7 deaths, 39 injured;
South Carolina, 3 deaths, 4 injured.
COL MITCHELL BSFORE
THE SHENONDOAH BOARD
Tells Why He Made Public Charge*
Against Those Who Sent Dirigible
on the Western Trip,
Washington, Dec. 21. —(4*)—Over
the protest of his own counsel, Col.
William Mitchell explained to the
Shenandoah naval court today the
basis of his public charges against
those who sent the giant dirigible on
her fatal voyage into the w r est.
Some of these charges, he insisted,
were, .on information which
reached Ipm from sources he regarded
as reliable, although others represent
ed his own deductions. He said he
had charged that the Shenandoah was
about 50 per cent, overweight, because
he had “ a sneaking suspicion” that
such was the case, but later he said
he had “personal knowledge from re
ports and things of that kind” that
the ship was too heavy. He was not
prepared to say from his own knowl
edge whether, non-freezing solutions
had caused corrosion of the Shenan
doah’s framework as he charged in
the San Antonio statement which led
to his court martial on charges of in
subordination.
Attorneys for the convicted air of
ficer sought ineffectually to induce
him 'to refuse to testify as he did sev
eral weeks ago, when first brought be
fore the naval tribunal. They advis
ed him that the President? approved of
his court martial sentence/of five years
suspension from the he occupied
a privileged status. Apparently he
went to the hearing room prepared to
follow that advice, but Mrs. Mitchell
who accompanied him, asked that
he give the court the advice it sought
and bring- to an end the legal contro-*
versy in which he had been entangled
for weeks. - m
Recommends Improvements at Pearl
Harbor.
Washington, Dec. 21. —(4*)—Exten-
sive improvements to Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, including berthing space for
sixteen battleships, were recommended
to the House Committee on naval af
fairs today by Representative Ste
phens, Republican, Ohio, senior mem
ber of the special congressional com
mittee that visited the islands Inst
summer.
Would Repeal Flexible Provision*
of Tariff Act.
Washington, Dec. 21.— UP) —Repeal
.of the flexible provisions of the tariff
act which allows Ike President to
make certain readjustments of rates
was proposed in a bill introduced to
day by Representative Hull, Demo
crat, of Tennow<ee. - '
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Co-operative Marketing Bill in House.
Washington, Dec. p.l. —(4*)—The
administration's co-operative market
ing bill was introduced in the House
today by Chairman Haugen of the ag
riculture committee. L
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
Rain tonight, colder in southwest
portion; Tuesday mostly cloudy and
colder, possibly rain on northeast
coast. Fresh to strong shifting winds
becoming northwest by Tuesday morn
ing.
NO. 48