111-: l
ners Hail 1926 As
raising To Lead Us
Uy From Depression
Representatives
hoods, Railroads,
nd Banking Pre
tter Times.
BREAKING
XMAS SEASON
Standard of Liv-
II See an Upward
n Wages and the
( f Commodities.
Uxi (/P)—Financial,
JL agricultural leaders
to lead tin* na
away from the
i.«i' depression.
.jP'-entat : ve of the
KVf 'iry goods, vail-
V y r . : banking, both
and livestock rog-
Kji-Miiai districts, agree
■ wii marshal in an
I rimes.
mi the heels of
riir stmas buying
| a "most suecess-
Cjns wliieii many business
I broken. 1
Irandard <>£ living will see
L m f in- wages and com-
L business executives be-
L i s on the threshold of
ilays. industry and manu
bj'increase production and
r i lt . available labor, the
Kill be busy with heavy
the year will be one of
■niservative profits is the
[ opinion.
oney will tend to a nioder
jg i: f stock and bond ac
speculation in real'estate
idds. it is felt. The pre
t ample credit at satisfact
t of riiis period of prosper
t will be reached during
Mianl U. Ayres, of the
"ni't Company, a nntioual
aristician. "In the esr
nf the year the course of
business promises to be
[o that peak, and during
tilths of the year descend
er's condition is, on the
lost favorable since 1020,
f! H. Thompson, president
rican Farm Bureau Feder
:much remains to be done
rieulture on a prosperous
ary Mellon’s View.
ton, Dec. 31. — (A*) —Im-
Sditions both at home and i
ting the past year justify !
lat litjti will see eontinued j
Nani world stabilization |
F of Secretary Mellon. .(
EM E C ALLED
SECRETARY JAR DINE
4
i the Agricultural Surplus
L-To Re Held January
Boa. Dec. 31. — <A) —A con
nhe discussion of agricul
p question has been called
FT Jardine to convene here
p. It will be the first of
If conferences jda lined by
fy for this purpose.
It coincides with that for
Ptssion of the fourth na- j
fceratiye marketing confer- (
Ibe'd here, and many lead- j
■culture are expected here i
■tings.
Putrd by the agriculture!
attend the farm surplus [
P&dwe former Governor
Samuel Thomp
the American Farm
Aaron Sapiro. at
■*nun!ber ..f co-operative
■*Puzation>, ami editors
Hp' u i , urul publications.
n. ('.
at .Slotl,ooo Sus-
Today.
K; 1 ': 1 31,—Dam-
was caused
■J®* morning in the
■ district of
R^. r ''bug one-fourth of a
■J~ *'■ The tbunes were
■T with, the aid of
, ac ' l Farmville tire
Klb/ 1 -. rs l KMl, led quickly
■7 r Stance.
f* 1 * Scent.'
I” n ‘i l " '’regressive
■ 1 f "'' ! ;,n d at-
?nake more
■ 1(0 a ,: an X f ‘‘. nn,,p,i make
w ' ! 1 r, ‘if you
Kr. .. ,>S ' l"'!ts. vetch,
|<w: * i,h :,!1 thp
* r " !l1 :l held of
■ full 1 mowed
■ them 1,,a I ' l -' " f «>ats,
1 s,,w
■Hulk 1 b tM kuf wheat,
the acre.
- i and re-
I Wl!l ,( v make
I ,
R, ! 11,1 on ~ r*
Hve
■ ai - ! 'i fought the
’ £"■ 'bitten.
that
■V tl >ous;anV i t l ' Vl ' u ,' vei^ht
■ ~ 1 au d twenty-
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
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5 MISSISSIPPI LED IN
NUMBER OF LYNCHINGS
• ys x Persons Met Death in That State
at Hands of Mobs in 1925.—N0
Lynching in Ncrth Carolina.
Tuskegee. Ala.. Dec. 31. —G4*)—Miss-
i<s:pi»i led the states of the Union in
] the number of persons lynched in
102.1. Six persons met death in that
commonwealth at the hands of mobs,
reports compiled by Tuskegee Insti
-1 tute show. The total number of
lyncliings for the year was 1(5. the
same number as forth eyepr 1926.
Florida and Georgia reported tyvo
lyncliings each, while one each was
reported from Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Missouri,' Utah and Vir
ginia.
This number is 17 less than during
the year 1923, and 41 less than dur
ing the year 1922.
Two of the victims were insane, the
report shows, whilp the third had been
released by the courts. Ten of the
persons lynched were taken from the
hands of the law, the report says, two
being taken from jails and eiglft from
officers of the law outside the jails.
Two of those lynched were burned at
the stake. while one was-put to death
and the body burned.
There were 39 instances in which
officers of the law prevented lynch
ing*.
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL HEID
ON CHARGE OF BIGAMY
Shows Little Interest in Accusation
and Makes no Statement.
High Point. Dec. 30.—Perhaps the
most unusual case in the annals of
the local police court was heard to
day when Elsie Conovazs, pretty 17-
year-old blonde, was arraigned on a
charge of bigamy- Judge Donald C.
Maeßae heard the case, found prob
able cause and ordered the defendant
held for Guilford Superibr court
under SBOO bond. Facing two living
husbands in the court room for the
first time, Elsie on’v smiled and
apparently was not at all alarmed
over the situation. She showed little
interest in the affair, and made no
statement concerning the serious
charges which she must r face.
Husband number 1, Tom Conovazs
and husband number 2, Oscar Grif
fin, were witnesses for the State at
the hearing, but husband number 1
blamed husband number 2 rather
tiran the defendant for existing con
ditions.
The deftndant married Conovazs
at Burlington on April 19. 1925. and
became the bride of Griffin at Dan
ville, Va.. on November 9, last, it is
charged. Griffin said he had lived
here with Elsie since their marriage,
i
EIGHTEEN IN GEORGIA
CONDEMNED ‘.TO DEATH
*
1 The Death Sentences on'Most of Them
Were Passed During - * the Year.
I Atlanta, Dec. 31. —C4 3 ) —The last
i day of 1925 finds in the jails of Geori
gia eighteen men condemned to death,
thirteen of whom are white. The
death sentences on most of them were
passed during this year. »
Fourteen of these are convicted of
murder, and four of attacks on wom
en. All four of those convicted of
attacks are white men* All the rte
gro condemned men were convicted
of murder.
Dates have been set for the execu
tion of four, all to die on the same
! day, January 29th. Nine white men
» and four negroes are awaiting the
j outcome of appeals to the State Su
! preme Court. One negro has been
j respited several times by Governor
■ Clifford Walker, and now is in the
I penitentiary under another respite.
Warm and Dry Year Now Nearing
Close.
"Washington, Dec. 30—“ Warm and
dry.” is the epitaph written by the
Weather Bureau for the year 1925.
The period will go into meteoro
logical history marked by one of the
most devastating and widespread
drouths, and by a record-breaking
number of high temperatures, weath
er bureau experts said today.
Nearly every part of the country
recorded excessive heat marks for
the year as a whole and in many sec
tions nearly every month was warm
er than normal,' especially in the
South Atlantic and North Pacific
states. The spring was one of the
earliest of record in all sections-
Rainfall was deficient for the year
throughout most of the country,,
notably in the South, where drouth
prevailed through most of the spring
and summer.
An unusually cold and wintry Oc
tober and the cold wave of this
month failed to change the character
of the year as one of the warmest*
known.
CHARGES AGAINST
VETERANS’ [BUREAU
In Charlotte Were Forwarded to
Washington Yesterday.
(Charlotte, Dec. 31.-— l W*) —The
Charlotte News will say this after
noon that it has learned through ‘‘of
ficial sources” that documents relating
to allegations of “improper and irreg
ular conduct” on the part of employes
of the North Carolina division of the
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau were forward
ed to the Civil Service Commission at
Washington yesterday.
t
t A very large crowd witnessed “Ev
l ery Man’s Wife” at the StaT Theatre
5 Wednesday and Wednesday night, and
? acclaimed it the best picture they'ever
- s'aw. The same picture is on today
and tonight only.
It’s Happened
■it „ ' J|l.
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The old newspaper axiom has it that
when a dog bites a man it isn’t news,
but if a man bites a dog. it is. James
M. Johnson, of Los Angeles, 'has
finally done it. His dog bit both his
hands, and Johnson got the animal’s
throat between his teeth and held on
«2ntil it died..
BOTH SIDES IN STRIKE >
OPTIMISTIC TODAY
Opinion Expressed That a Contract
Will Be Negotiated at the Confer
ence.
New York, Dec. 31.— UP) —An op
timistic statement came early today
from the conference of representatives
of anthracite miners and operators
who are trying to end the four
months suspension of work.
The tired negotiators ended their
second day’s work at midnight. A
statement issued then said: “Both
sides express the opinion that a con*
.tract can and should be negotiated
at this conference.”
If no material progress is made to
day, tin* joint wage conference ex
pects to New Year’s by re
maining at work.
Coblidge is Ready to Spee<? to Father
Washington. Dec. 31.—Although
hoping that his father. Col. Johiji C-
Coolidge, will recover from the latent
recurrence of his illness. President
Coolidge is ready to depart for Ply-1
mouth in the event that alarming re-*|
ports come from the bedside. *
The reports received by the Presi
dent from Plymouth yenterday "’em
more encouraging. Dr. Arthur V 0
Cram, the family physician, sent
word that the complete paralysis of
the Colonels right leg continues,
but that the old gentleman retains,
his- calm and cheerful disposition. He
may never regain the use of the leg.
President Coolidge is visibly de
pressed. He feels that his father’s
condition is what might be expected,
cowidering his age and the Illness i
which have beset him the last year.
He has suffered the leg trouble be
fore, and the .President thinks he
may again recover from it. But it
was evident he awaited with anxiety
the reports from the mountain
farmhouse.
TWO SHOT IN RAID
ON RANDOLPH DISTILLERY
No Details Were Given in the Mes
sage Received at Charlotte.
Charlotte, Dec. 31. — UP) —A tele
gram received by federal prohibition
headquarters here today said that two
men had been shot in a raid by of
ficers on a distilling plant near Ashe
boro. No details were given in the
message. I
Post and Flagg’s Cotton Letter.
New York. Dee. 30. —While some
what iriregular. the market has
shown a generally steady tone and
offerings have been readily absorbed
at minor recessions. Near months
continue relatively strong on demand
from spot interests and to cover
shorts. The iurrease in the local
stock this month has not been at all
impressive and doubt is increasing if
that will be much more marked in
the near fhtures unless prices mount
to a point more attractive to holders
of such grades as will readily meet
contract requirements.
Rejections from shipments of the
lower grades for delivery purposes
ace heavy* and make such an opera
tion! the reverse rAr attractive. A
of cotton branded as rejections
takes much of the gilt off the gin
gerbread when it comes to disposing
of them* Premiums now commanded
by higher grades could weaken a lot
before they would get down to a
point where they could be tendered
on contract profitably and at any
such point would commend a ready
* sale to the trade.
Spot demand is slack as far as
new business goes but foreign con
sumers still have a mass of cotton
to receive to fill the purchases which
they made earlier in the season and
shippers who made those sales are
still wearing chiefly sackcloth and
allies and wondering where they will
get the cotton and at what basis if
at all.
Allowing for Hie average character
of the crop the prospect of any real
pressure from the actual is the re
verse of promising and seems to de
pend chiefly on a practical collapse
. of business next year setting free a
large quantity of more desirable cot
ton. The unanimous opinion of busi
ness experts is diametrically opposed
.to that. pOgT AND fIaGG.
The first* Christmas card ever
; published was issued in 1846 by a
Londoner named Joseph Crandall.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925
J - • • r
- Ready For the Jump!
Or** —.kSL
OPTIMISTIC NOTE
Is Struck by the Fifth Federal Re
serve Band in Its Review of Re
views. 1
ltaloigh, Dee. 31. — (A*) —An opto
mistic note is struck by the Fifth
Federal Reserve Bank, at. Richmond,
in its monthly review of business and
agricultural conditions, just released
for publication.
After summing up business and ag
ricultural conditions during Noveni
bec. imsU the early part of Decciuboi; '
the Review predicts “excellent” busi
ness conditions in the early months
of 1926. /
‘‘On the whole,” it says, “1925 is
closing well, and the leading indus
tries of the fifth district appear to
be confident tliat the outlook for the
earlier months of 1926 is excellent.”
“Business barometers” in the dis
trict indicate a “very satisfactory vol
ume of trade during November and
early December. The Christmas tared
was fully underway and was in large
er volume than last year, as is shown
by an increase' of 5.5 per cent, in
department store sales in November
in comparison with sales in Novem
ber, 1924.
' “Wholesale trade in November was
seasonally below that of October, but
as a consequence of the activity in
retail circles the wholesalers received
a larger volume of refill orders than
during the corresponding period a
year earlier.”
Debits to indiyidual, firm and cor
poration accounts, “one of the best
indicators of the current volume of
trade,” are running ahead of those
for November, 1924, by 12 to 15 per
cent. Business failures were fewer
during November than in October or
November of last year, and liabili
ties were comparatively low.
“Labor is well employed for this
season, and a continuation of a very
active building program appears to
guarantee a sufficient amount of em
ployment for the near future to pro
vide for practically all workers.”
“In the textile field, conditions are
improving. The mills are increas
ing operating time, and more forward
, orders are being secured than in re
cent months, the Review says. Con
ditions in the textile industry, how
ever. arei described as “still far from
! ideal.” j
“Except in the northwestern coun
ties of South Carolina and a few
, other sections of limited itrea, agri
| cultural conditions are fair to good,
and the yields of many crops turned
j out better than earlier season condi
. tious led the growers to expect.”
Fold Passenger Plane Damaged. ,
. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 31. — (A 31 ) —
Three of the Ford-Stout all-metal pas
p senger planes en route to Florida,
* were damaged in an accident today.
* No one was hurt.
The accident occurred at Black
s wood Field at 10:15 o’clock when
- Pilot Lee F. Schoenhair was .taking
i eff jn the Miss Fort Myers. The
t plane crashed into the Miss Tampa
l and the Miss Miami on the ground
» which were unoccupied, after Pilot
l Schoenhair had lost control of his
l ship.
f The occupants of the Miss Fort
Myers escaped injury. The planes
r arrived here for a stop en route to
1 Florida from Detroit.
The Miss Fort Myers went into a
- ground loop while taxiing and before
J leaving the ground.
i
Strawberries $4 Quart.
Philadelphia, Dec. 30.—Strawber-
I ries at $4 a quart in the wholesale
market today established a new high
price for this fruit in Philadelphia.
r Some girls keep a young man in
a continual suspense; others in non
| stop expense.
t
MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA
One of the First. Questions is “What
About the Climate?”
Raleigh, Dee. 31.—^ UP) —What is
first question a prospective settler
asks about a new state or section?,
One of the first, it would seem, is,
“What about the climate?” At any
rate, that is the question that many
persons outside North Carolina are
inquiring about with reference to this
’stHte. - r t
“I am thinking of locating 7n North
Carolina. Can you give me informa
tion about the climate in that state?”
and generally there is some question
with reference to a particular local
ity. That is the general tone of
literally hundreds of letters received
by the local weather bureau during the
past year.
Hardly a day passes without one
or more such inquiries, said Lee A.
Denson, meteorologist.
It would appear, therefore, that
outsiders are interested not only in
North Carolina roads. North Caro
lina schools, North Carolina farming
advantages, but also in North Caro
lina weather conditions. And of
course, with North Carolina’s wide
variety of climate, the meteorologist’s
replies are as varied as the sections
about which inquiry is/inade. A par
ticularly large number of inquiries
are received asking about climatic
conditions on the coast, Mr. Denson
said.
And the hundreds of letters re
ceived by the weather bureau here are
undoubtedly only a fraction of the
inquiries made about North Caro
lina climate and weather, Mr. Denson
suggested. For, he pointed out, the
climatological data about North Car
olina is on file in every weather bu
reau office in the country, and un
doubtedly large numbers of people in
terested in this state made their in
quiries direct to their local weather
bureaus.
BRAMHAM SAYS
HE ISN’T RUNNING
Baseball Magnate Avers He Will Not
Be Candidate For Office.
Durham, Dec. 39. —“I positively
would not run for the office of gover
nor of North Carolina nor for po
litical office of any kind—none what
soever.” declared William G. Bram
ham, Durham attorney apd state Re
publican chairman, here today.
Chairman Bramham’s statement
was his answer to the mention of his
name as possible gubernatorial can
didate on the Republican ticket in
“T 928. Mr. Bramham was emphatic.
All and sundry plans for a Repub
lican coup in North Carolina, which
involve the use of the Durham man’s
name on the ticket are therefore with
out standing and to no avail.
( Mr. Bramham is strong in his own
. party. He is president of the Pied
mont, the South Atlantic and the
Virginia baseball leagues. He is one
j cf Durham’s most able lawyers, al
though he rarely practices before the
| courts. He has long been a faithful
worker within the Republican party
of North Carolina and serves now as
' State chairman. He is, in fact, a
| very clever man, and therein perhaps,
is good reason why he will not* run
for political office.
| Mr. Bramham has many things to
occupy his time, between directing a
state political organization, three base
ball leagues and making a satisfactory
living.
i
, As a result of careful checking it
has been calculated that the average
singles player in tennis who adheres
i to the volleying type of game will run
- approximately 2 3-4 miles fn close
ly contested-five-set match.
J. EL SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
HIP POCKET REVELERS
TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
Night Clubs in the Cities to Be Weil
Manned With Detectives Tonight.
New York, Dec. 31. — (A*) —“Hip
pocket” revelers in Boston, .Philadel
phia, New Yorji and Atlantic City
will receive special attention from the
law enforcement officers after the Lib
erty Bell breaks its 90th year of si
lence at midnight to welcome the New
Y>ar by radio.
In Atlantic City - each night club
will have one detective assigned to it
to uphold the Volstead act. They
will be assisted by more thali a'score
of federal prohibition agents who ar
rived yesterday from Philadelphia.
Police and prohibition officers in
evening attire will mingle with the
New Year's revelers in Philadelphia
and keep a diligent lookout for pro
hibition law infractions, according to
Director of Public Safety Elliott.
The Liberty Bell which in 1776
tolled the daWn of a new era in the
history of nations at midnight will
ring in the New Year and the dawn
of the Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial
celebration. The tones will be broad
cast across the continent through ra
dio station W I P.
The bell cracked when it was rung
at the funeral of Chief Justice John
Marshall, July 8, 1835. Attempts to
were not entirely successful.
However, tests by radio engineers
have demanded that a resonance of
about 80 per cent, of the full volume
may now be had from the bell.
DR. FRED M. HANES
KILLS HIS FIRST LION
Winston-Salem Man Successful on
Fourth Day of Hunt in Africa.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 30.—A mes
sage received here from Dr- Fred M.
Hanes, who is now on a hunting trip
in Africa, accompanied by Mrs.
Hanes, conveyed the information
that lie had just killed his first lion.
It was on the fourth day of his big
game hunt in the jungles of the
Dark Continent.
Dr. Hanes stated that he and Mr.
Tarltcn, widely known big game
hunter, and a group of camp at
tendants went out one night on the
plains, to have his first lion hunting
S experience. During the night the
[lions were heard passing some dis
> tance away, and as day dawned the
natives in the party soon “stirred
up” five lions, including a male, two
females and two young lions. The
male escaped but a female and the
two young lions were killed.
Tho trail of blood was followed
and a little later a huge lioness came
into view- Dr. Hanes shot the beast
at some little distance. She charged
i again andthis time she fell a victim
jto the Winston-Salem physician’s
gun, only about six paces from
where he stood.
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS.
New York Mirror.
My friend gave me a tobacco pouch
for Christmas, and as I had one like
it* I decided to make a present of the
gift I had received Just as I handed
! the pouch to another chap, my friend
passed and saw the gift.
Our boss always goes to lunch at
1 one o’clock and returns at three. Oae
day I arrived at the office at one
o’clock and seeing his chair empty,
I said, “Well, the old grouch has gone
out, let’s have some fun.” And then
the boss emerged from behind a filing
: cabinet.
i -■ ■
i The widow of the poet Bjornson
i has just celebrated her 90th birth
■ day anniversary at her home in
Norway.
i
700 Autos
j
\ \ / / »
Charles Kurfeea. 43. la held at Wid»- •
Ita. Kas.. charged with being tha
bead of a ring that stole more thbb
fOO automobile*, mostly Fords. Mi
Kansas. Oklahoma and Colorado.
Officials expect to arrest 26 rnsao
men aa accomplices.
THE COTTON MARKET
SoW From 14 to 17 Points Higher.—
March Goes to 19.69.
New York, Dee. ,31.—0 P) cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 5 to 8 points And sold
about 14 to 17 points net higher in
the early trading, March advancing to
1960 and July to 1889.
Traders who had sold yesterday dn
unfavorable trade reports front Lan
cashire appeared to be covering this
morning on the relatively steady show
ing of Liverpool, private cable advices
stating* that increased curtailment in
the Lancashire mills cot likely. Oth
erwise no special news feature was
mentioned in sonnection with the ad
vance. and the market was compara
tively quiet after the early spurt of
covering had subsided. Prices, howev
er, held steady and w ithin, a point or
two of the best at the end of the first
hour.
Cotton futures opened steady: Jan
narv 19.70; March 19.60; May 19.17;
July 18.83; October 18.22.
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GRAVITY OF POLITICAL <
SITUATION IN ROUMANIA
Due to Absence of Crown Prince »,
Crown Council Has Been Summon
ed.
Bucharest. Dec. 31.— UP)— Because
of the gravity of the political situation
created by the absence of Crowu
Prince Carol, a crown council was
summoned unexpectedly today N
A crown council differs from l an
ordinary cabinet council in that be
sides the members of the government,
all former premiers and the leaders of
the various political parties are invit
ed to participate.
Grove Says Suit Can Be Settled Out
Os Court.
St. Petersburg, Fla., Dee. 30-
The will suit brought against E. W.
Grove, president of the Paris Medi
eine company, by his son-in-law, F.
L. Seely, of Asheville, N- C., involv
ing property valued at between s’,-
000,000 and $6,000,000, will be set
tled- out of the courts, Mr Grove
announced here late today.
The suit has been filed in circuit
court at St. Louis by the son-in-law.
When questioned as to the legiti
macy of* Seely’s claims that his
father-in-law had destroyed or re
voked a will, made according to
terms of an agreement reached by
the two 20 years ago and depriving
Seely of compensation, Grove de
clared :
“I expect he is right.”
The aged medicine manufacturer
said that because of the close rela
. tionship between Seely and himself,
the case is entirely a family affair
and can be settled between them
selves.
Seely is said to claim that 20
years ago his father-in-law agreed
to transfer a controlling interest in
the Paris Medicine company, or all
, other of his property to Seely at his
d ath. if the latter so chose. He said
he was sueing so he could testify on
certain points before his father-in
law’s death
At his physician’s advice, Mr.
, Grove, who is ill, did not talk to re
[ porters long. Mrs, F.. L. Seely,
, Grove’s daughter, is understood to
> be in Miami. Fla. She was in St.
» Petersburg several weeks recently
caring for her father during his ser
[ ions illness.
>
: Bus Line Accuses Jitney of Soliciting
l Thomas ville, Dec. 30. —rSolomon
i Petree and his driver we re arrested
* by bus line operators on the <ehhrge
t of soliciting and hauling passengers.
Mr. Petree has operated a car her#
for hire for many years under State,
county and town license. He and his
driver gave bond for their appear
ance in the City Recorder’s Court on
January 8. The outcome of the case
I will be awaited with considerable in
e terest -
e
j
j Ten-Cent Advance in Price of Golf
4 Balls.
Chicago, Dec. 30. —The price of
sols balls is going up, A large manu-
facturer has announced that standard
e balls which have retailed for 73 cents
e are to sell for 85 cents, and the
\ 50 cent wriety for 66 the advance
e being due to the high price of rub-
II ,ber.
g
The timber from an oak tree is
not perfect unless the tree was at
n least a century old when felled.
f ——
a Coolnesg often results from hot
words.
body of frank " %
"SILENT” HINKEY '
~gßn iii HIS HOfflE
• ■
One of Yale’s Football He- i
roes Died Wednesday at
Southern Pines, Followv
ing a Long Illness.
BEDRIDDEN FOR W
FOURTEEN MONTHS
Friends Expressed Surprise |
and Sorrow at His Pass* ,
ing.—Few Realized He
Was Near Death.
Southern Pines. N. C„ Dec. 31—(*>)
—The body of Frank “Silent” Hin
key, one of Yale’s former football he- % |S
roes, will leave here today at 7 p. m.
for North Touadnnda, N. Y., suburb
of Buffalo. . 4
Hinkey died here yesterday, follow- '-,a|
ing a long illness.
Word wasf received this morning |j
from Miss Mary P. Hinkey, a sister,
of Buffalo, to *iend the body to his
home town.
Today friends, many of them for- -M
mer Harvard athletes spending vaea-’-il
tions at Pinehnrst a few miles away.
expressed surprise and sorrow at the
news of the former- gridiron star’s,
passing. Hinkey had maintained his,: '
silence ip illness as in play, and few -J
realized that he was o near death. ’ Jj
athlete of thirty years came to
Southern Pines fourteen months ago -4
from Muskoga, Ontario, sanatorium, Jj
and had been uable to leave his bed
since.
GEN. PERSHING TO
* RETURN FOR TREATMENT ' 1
f £■
Autliorized by President Coolidge.— \|j
Date For Return Not Given Out.
Washington, Dec. 31.—( A *)—Secre-
tary Kellogg announced today that 'll
President Coolidge l*ad authorized Jj
General Pershing to return to the
I*nited States for medical and dental *|
treatment.
The date for his return has not
beep communicated to Washington as |j
yet. Mr. Kellogg added, but the head
of the Tacna-Arica plebiscitary eom- i
mission is expected to return on or I
before January 15th. The condition
of his dealth with dental trouble hav
ing affected his blood pressure and
general health, Mr. Kellogg said was
the “only reason” for Gen. Pershing’s
return. ,
FEDERAL TAX REFUNDS
A Total of $151,885,415.60 Returned
by Government to Tax Payers. * a
Washington, Dec. 31.—OP)—Re
funds totalling $151,885,415.60 were
given to federal tax payers during the A
last fiscal year by the treasury de
partment.
A majority of the refunds were for \
less than SIOO. j , .
Among those receiving the larger %
refunds were: Mrs. Melodia E. Jones,
of Gulfport. Miss., $37,893.
The Hsuriella Millc, Inc., Caroleen,~
N. C., $117,208.
—J I
* With Our Advertisers.
The Kidd-Frix Co. store is closed
today getting ready for the big reduc
tion sale on all pianos and phono-'
graphs. The store will open at nine
o’clock Friday morning, January 1.1
Be on hand at the opening of this big
sale.
See new ad. today of the J. &
H. Cash Ctore. Phone 587.
A new interest quarter begins at the 'l
Cabarrus Savings Bank January Ist.
Phone 879, the Cox Studio, for gn
engagement to have your photograph 3
taken. ,
“Black Cyclone,” a big special at
the Star Theatre January 1 and 2. »
Price, quality and service at the Ca- 1
barrus Cash Grocery Co.
Saturday, January 2nd, marks the
beginning of the January Clearance »|
Sale at Fisher’s. Coats and dresses
from 25 to 50 per cent, off, and Gos
sard Corsets at half prize. Trimmed
Hats at less than half price. See big
new ad. today.
. Society Wears Paste Jewels In
Florida.
| Palm Beach, Dec. 31,—Society
women here frightened by the ntf
. merous thefts which have baffled
. local police recently, are wearing J
cunningly fashioned artificial replicas
of costly jewels, leaving the genuine Jj
gems in safe deposit vaults.
The genuine jewels *re removed g|
! only on special occasions.
Mrs. Phillip Plant, formerly Con
stance Bennett, the screen star, left
’ her gems in a vault at a hotel and 2
* then forgot them- Meanwhile,. a
’ servant-lost the key. An expert will
5 have to be summoned to open the
’ vault. ’ , , v *'fl
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SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
r f ■■■■'ll
t Fair tonight and Friday, slightly .
colder in south and central portions
tonight; slowly rising temperatfare
t Friday in west portion. Moderate to
fresh northerly winds.
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