VOLUME L
IKn the Senate Con
fut So Far Their
■ on the Matter Are
Bidely Separated.
PE WANTS
TO VOTE SOON
l Other Wants to
bff Consideration
fc.ll Hax Measures
kssed in Senate.
ft Jan. 21. — UP) —
K the sonata world court
H^ n( ><rotiafions today in an
Bn date for a vote, but
Bev< st‘ll widely separat-
B,ro-eotirt forces are seek-
B n ,nr to clear up the is-
E>nsideration of the tax
■ the anti-court forces pre
■p; -sc that situation. Mean
■f,,rs of American adhesion ;
■nal are holding off their
r restrict debate and thus
e before the end of the
-onatMi'' at a conference
HBHcr; l-ad-r- late yesterday
their suggestion that the
e..ii'idert'd first hut it wa>
Kxpeet iug a prolonged
j.revishms of tln> tax
ut t!te eourt an- unwilling
BftftH Uni; a delay in reaching
a * the adherence resolu
i'fßHfl to ;u l1 Agreement.
.ttpß;:nn. Jan. 21. </P)—Fail
. on either the tax reduc
,*H‘ ""'“l cotirL. iiropon-
eourt served notice today
jHHH&B weiiid hold it continuously
Senate
l|f®g«^Bt : ons for agreement to set
10th.
ten days later
on
j ra of
Q notified leaders
ftHK a definite pate. (tpponents.
countered that
agree to no time for vot
eourt.
IIBHHui Smoot, of the finance
in charge of the tax bill.
ftggffß Senate , must act by Febru-
Heeil' for
awake the
there offen-
THSHdefensive coalition of 5o na
the league of nations
on the United States,
country attempt to report
rights without
of the league.
understood this, there
bunty in the United States,”
<l. "in which soldiers would
piling within 4S hours.”
. iH|HK KI)l CATION
S l>Kt 1 XKFI) TIIOKOI oil
m||Hiiri' S< arching Than Amer-
HBH >.!) > Kbodes Scholar.
«B II . Jan. 20'—The chief
BHBH;>. d I't'-ren.-c between Eng-
BflßB X ' n '' ;Ul colleges is that
nßl> ; :T-Itions an- more :i<l
- according to T. J.
11. 1024 Rhode* scholar to
liversity from North Caro-
I is returning to English
■ling a six weeks’ vacation
[bis parents, Dr. and Mrs.
ion, Jr
llsiiu believes the English
I education much more
iul thoroughgoing than
■erica.
■sen said that r.i England
■> such person as a hired
■oach. Practically every
■rticiputes in some type of
Ido so for the mere love of
■isli universities there are
I clubs and societies, but
■ter fraternities do not
■Men to Have Club House
I in Park.
Ip, Jan. 21. —The business
laridtte are to have a elub
plirir own just outside the
If the new Great Smoky
► National Park. The Char
inber of Cotriinerce, having
[five lots in the city of
ni the Sylva Chamber of
t. has decided to build a
lub house on their property.
1° go ahead immediately
building of the clubhouse,
money is available, was
t the annual membership
>f the chamber here last
1 ‘ •
Ingfs in Style of Clothing for
Men.
['’‘Pan's, Jan. 21.—There will
[heal changes in spring and
Ity'fs of men’s clothing, said
f tteach, chairman of the
■ work section of the annual
P of the merchant ailor de
fpening here today.
I bottoms will vary between
id is inches and waistcoats
i trifle longer, was an ad-
of the styles to pre
k'] er of un'versity athletic
■j-'island i s called the prefii
■h<> team, and not the cap
s'l America.
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
200 ARRESTS MADE
TO OVERCOME PLOT
1 FOUND IN BELGRADE
j ; , ' 1
■ Raids Are Being Carried
• on in All Parts of the
» Country Since Plot Has
Been Discovered.
PROMINENT MEN
ARE BEING HELD
J Fifty Homes Raided and
One Man Arrested Is
Son of a Former Minis
ter of Justice.
Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Jan. 21,—0P)
—More than 200 suspects have been
arrested and raids are being carried
on throughout the country following
the discovery of an alleged communist
plot to overthrow the government.
Hundreds of houses are being search
ed for evidence. j
Discovery of the plot is said to
have followed a; ra ! d on the homes
cf fifty communists in Zagreb and Sa
' rajevo.
Among those arrested are a num
ber of important personages including
Professors Novkovic. Simon and Tim
otijevitch, the last the sou of a
i former minister of justice.
The opposition newspapers have been
seized andthe greatest excitement pre
vails.
WOMEN FEAR OVERMAN
MAY WAVER ON COURT
Will Attempt to Prevail on North
Carolina People to Bring Pressure
to Bear In Senator.
Washington, Jan. 20.—Women ad
vocates of the world court are un
easy about Senator Overman? They
are afraid he is wavering on the ad
herence resolutiion.
This impression, it is believed,
grew out of the fact that Mr. Over
man proposed a reservation to make
certain the old reconstruction period
bonds cannot be taken up by the
court. It was said today that some
of the powerful groups of women
here were going to ask North Caro
lina friends of Mr. Overman to take
up the matter with him,and urge
him to stand fast for the court.
Senator Overman has not indicat
ed that he would oppose the court.
All of the surveys of the senate on
the subject list him ns one of those
who will vote for it. Persons close
to him know that , he is not very en
thusiastic about it without his reser
vation, but they believe he will sup
port the Swanson resolution when
the time comes.
He is -opposed to cloture. He has
never favoml cutting off debate, his
attitude on that is no sign he is
against the eourt.
McLean Congratulates Simmons.
Washington. Jan. 20. —"Your new
victory is only 'cumulative evidence
of your great service to the people
of North Carolina.” declared Gov
ernor McLean, in a letter con
gratulation to Senator F. M. Sim
mons on his victorious "compromise”
with Republican members of the
Senate Finance Committee on the
tax reduction bill.
"Just a few words to express my
hearty congratulations upon the suc
cessful result of your work in • con
nection with the new revenue meas
ure”, said Governor McLean. "The
concessions you obtained from the
Republican majority will be of
tremendous benefit to the country at
large and North Carolina in particu
lar. The saving of a large sum for
the Duke Foundation, which will in
sure to the benefit of the people of
North Carolina is very gratifying to
everyone who desires to see the
State derive full benefit of Mr.
Duke’s beneficence. *
“I am also much pleased at the
result of the elimination of the
Federal estate tax, leaving this im
portant source of revenue entirely to
the States. I am of the opinion mat
this will be most beneficial to North
Carolina.” __
Seeking Relief From Mixed Feed
Oats Pest.
Washington, Jan. 19.—William A.
Graham, commissioner of agricul
ture, accompanied by the commis
sioners of Virginia and Alabama,
saw Secretary Jardine today, and
took up with him the problem of
the mixed feed oats pest. Western
grain dealers are endangering farm
ing interests in the south by mixing
undesirable wild seeds with good
ones and selling them. This seems to
broken ribs suffered in an accident,
be permissible under present laws,
and amendments to remedy it may
have to be enacted. Mr. Jardine was
sympathetic, and has taken the mat
ter under consideration.
Annual Clearance Sale at Parks-BeHi
Co.’s
The store of the Parks-Belk Co. will
be closed Thursday, January 21, get
ting ready for their Annual Clearance
Sale, one of the biggest trade events of
the year. The doors will open at 9
o clock sharp Friday morning. One
special for the opening will be a lot of
men’s 75 cent work shirts for only 25
cents while they last.
Their buyers have just bought at
mill-end sale 200,006 yards of fine
cotton piece goods, which they are of
fering to their customers at a big
saving. In this paper today you will
find two pages of bargains listed, and
you will find many more awaiting you.
Some women couldn’t keep a se
cret even in a safe deposit.
Three Lose Lives as Car Goes In River
Three people were killed and a score were hurt when a loaded str«|t car jumped the track and went off a
bridge into the Ohio- River at NevJle Island, near Pittsburgh. Photo xiftws car, half submerged, after the acci
dent.
SENT UNO CHIEF j
WOE HOE RECALLED.
Senate Committee Wants i
to Get More Information
About Facts in Alumi
num Company Case.
Washington, Jan. 21. —(/P) —Attor-
ney General Sargent and his chief
assistant, Wm. J. Donovan, were re
called by tho Seneate Judiciary Com
mittee today for further examination
concerning Mr. Sargent's memorandum
of March 25, 1925, dealing with the
Department of Justice inquiry into the
practices of the Aluminum Co. of Ani
eerica.
The memorandum addressed to
Colonel Donovan directed that
there be no action or publicity in
the case until a report had been made
to Mr. Sargent. Secretary Mellon is
largely interested in the Aluminum
Company, which is charged by the
Federal Trade Conimission with vio
lation of a Federal Court deecree.
CLARK SECHREST IS
SHOT NEAR ASHEBORO
Fatally Woundel By Marcus Trotter
at Latter’s Filling Station.—Trot
ter Jailed.
Asheboro, Jan. 20. —Clark Sech
rest, aged 22. was fatally wounded
tonight at 9:30 o’clock by Marcus
Trotter, owner of a filling station
miles north of here, on the
Asheboro-Randleinan road- A bullet
from a .32 caliber pistol tore its way
into Sechrest's breast just below Tin
heart. He lived for about 40 miuutes.
Sechrest and three companions
went to Trotter’s filling station to
get gas. it is said, and when it was
put into the tank of the car asked
for credit for the gas. That was re
fused and the quarrel started. There
are two accounts of it, one given by
Sechrest’s friends and the other by
Trotter’s
One story is that Sechrest went
into the store of Trotter and picked
up a shotgun there; that he used
abusive language ajjd was then shot.
Seehrest’s friends say that it was not
his shotgun. It is not clear whether
or not he picked it up.
The wounded man was taken to
Dr. Wilkerson's hospital near Ran
dlemau but it was closed, Dr. Wilker
sou having moved. He was then
carried to Rdndleman to a physician,
who advised that he be hurried to
Asheboro to a hospital. After a ride
of about six miles he was placed in
the hospital here arid died in a few
minutes.
WORD COSTS HER $115,000.
Teacher Keeps Pledge to Share Es
\ tate Made as Will is Lost-
Shreveport, La., Jan. 21.—T0
live up to an agreement will cost
Miss Mary K. Jacks, school teacher,
approximately $115,000, but she says
she will keep her word.
Miss Jacks, step-daughter or the
late Mrs. Mattie A. Jacks, whose
will was lost several months ago,
made an agreement with several of
Mrs. Jacks’s cousins that she would
share the estate equally with them,
whether the will was found or not-
Yesterday the will was received
here by mail from an unidentified
person who found it. Miss Jacks was
the principal beneficiary, but in
view of her decision
of the estate announced today they
would disergard the document.
Home Missions Conference.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 21.—" Facing
the Facts —Facing the Future,” is the
theme of the annual meeting of the
Home Missions Council and Council
of Women for Home Missions which
opened in this city today and will
continue until Monday. The program
provides for a combination of a na
tional missions conference with the
annual meeting. Twenty-seven de
nominations are represented in the
borne missions boards and societies
affiliated with the Home Missions
Council and twenty-one denominations
in the Council of Women for Home
, Missions.
Volcano Colima in Eruption.
Mexico City, Jan. 21. — UP) —It is
reported that the Volcano Colima has
resumed activity after having been
quiet for 12 years. Lava is said to
be flowing from the crater and that
, the people in the neighborhood are
considerably frightened.
, The volcano Colima is 12,750 feet
j high. It is situated in the state of
I Jalisco, not far from the boundary of
the state of Colima.
Little thoughts sometimes dwell
longest in memory.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1926
| He May Return
William H. McCarthy, one-time presi
dent of the Pacific Coast League,
may do a "come-back." He was
brushed from office two years ago
after having been inducted to the
presidency following the 1919 season.
Rumor now has it that he may be
named president at the Vernon club*
which R. Stanley * Dollar, shipping
magnate, recently purchased.
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STATE FAIR GROUNDS - *V
WILL BE SOLD NOW
If Fair Is Held This Year New
Grounds Will Have to Be Se
cured.
Raleigh, Jan. 21. — UP) —Following
a special report of the fair committee
of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce,
recommending sale of the state fair
grounds and its removal to another
site, the North Carolina Agricultural
Society meeting here today authorized
the board of directors to make such
sale of the property as was deemed
to be to the best interests of the fair.
The matter of not holding the fair this
year was left open, as the board of
directors will have discretionary
powers to act as they deem best.
Austrians Invent “Flexible Glass;”
Declared Boon to All Motorists.
London. Jan. 21.—The invention of
“flexible glass” by two Austrian sci
entists, names not given, is announc
ed here today by the weekly automo
bile magazine Motor.
The new substance is said to re
semble glass in appearance and prop
erties but is flexible, unsplinterable,
and non-inflammable. It is unaffected
by temperature or light and is 50 per
cent. lighter than ordinary glass.
Describing the discovery the magazine
j says: -
“Applied to motor car windows and
windscreens the new material would
have the transparency, whiteness and
durability of glass, with a degree of
flexibility that removes all dangers
from splinters and jagged fractures.
“It is an organic (non-mineral) sub
stance. It is sufficiently hard to be
safe from accidental scratching, yet
flexible enough to bend under stress to
a marked extent without fracture. It
can be broken with the bare hands
without risk, because the edges of
the fracture are not sharp and jag
ged.
“Sheets and rods of the ‘organic
glass’ can be bent between the hands
to a sharp curve or dropped to the
floor without damage.”
The paper says the netv substance
almost equals quartz in its ability to
j transmit ultra-violet ra.Vs, which make
I it valuable from a health standpoint.
I
Says Largo Manufacturers Want
* Muscle Shoals.
I Washington, Jan. 21. — UP) — Chair
. man Norris, of Senate agriculture
i 1 committee, said today in a statement
■ j that it was “gossipped around the
capitql that one or two large manu
<|facturing interests are attempting a
i new grab at Muscle Shoals.”
i Senator Norris eharge/1 that friends
• of the manufacturers wfere supporting
the -House resolution creating a joint
Congressional conimmittee to accept
Muscle Shoals bids, and that an offer
i already had been drawn ready for
i submission if the resolution is adopt
i ed.
►
Flight Postponed One Day.
‘ Charleston, S. C., Jan. 21. — UP) —
Start of the naval squadron of 25
planes on the next leg of their flight
p from Hampton Roads, Va.. to Guan
tanamo ,Cuba, was postponed until to
morrow to permit two planes which
were delayed by enegine trouble at
1 Southport, N' C., yesterday to rejoin
the fleet here.
CHARLOTTE GIRL IS
MISSING FROM HOI
Officers Widening Search
For Jessie May Hicks,
Age 12, Who Left Lake-
Home Yesterday.
Chariot tee Jan. 21.— UP) —Officers
were today widening their search for
Jessie May Hicks, 12 year old girl
who disappeared from her home at
Lakewood, a suburb, yesterday. City
and rural police who were informed
of the child’s disappearance today
were without any information as to
her whereeab9uts.
The father, Henry Hicks, was to
day ene route to Gastonia, seeking to
'find the girl while a frantic mother
awaited word of her.
Jessie May was last seen in the
neighborhood of her home shortly af
ter 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon when
she stopped for a few minutes at a
community store and Tried to purchase
a dime's worth of candy, but she was
without money. She then walked from
the store down the highway toward
Gastonia, L. R. Wilson, the proprie
tor, said. Other reports to the father
were that she was in Belmont late in
the afternoon, but a search all night
there failed to reveal her.
The child is described as rather
large for her age. When she left
home - she was wearing a green dress,
orange colored cbat, bide and pat-
leather oxfords.,*
CHINA GROVE MILL
TO DOUBLE CAPACITY
Will Mean Expenditure of $850,000.
Dividends Are Declared By Three
Cotton Mills.
Salisbury Jan. 20. —At the annual
meeting hold Tuesday it was dedided
to double the size and capacity of the
China Grove cotton mill. This means
an additional plant and a increase
from 2,2000 to 4.400 spidles at an
outlay of $850,000. In addition to
this action a semi-annual dividend
of five per cent was declared and j of
ficers elected.
Officers were elected and dividends
declared at the annual meeting of
the Rowan cotton mill and the
Vance cotton mill of Salisbury. Air
three mills are under the presidency
of A. C. Lineberger, of Belmont.
MR. SIMMONS PASSES
HIS 72ND MILESTONE
Birthday Anniversary is Celebrated
With Busy Day at Senator’s Of
gce.
Washington, Jan. 20.—Senator
Simmons today celebrated his 72nd
birthday at hard labor. Among his
callers were Republican leaders in
the senate, who visited the minority
offices of the finance committee to
wish the North Carolina senator
many happy returns of itlie day, so
to speak, and success in all things
save in his efforts to disarrange the
tax plans of Secretary Mellon. Sen
ator McLean brought along a nne
box of cigars a»s a birthday gift, the
‘‘smokes” having been made in the
senator's state of Connecticut, and
with “all the nicotine taken out.”
Dan River Very High; Two Mules
Drowned.
Danville, Jan. 20.—Vehicular traf
fic over the Milton, North Carolina
Toll bridge is temporarily suspended
because of high water in Dan river.
The approach from Virginia is dan
i gerous and two mules belonging to
Willie Pointer, a Semora farmer,
were swept away and drowned yes
terday evening. A negro boy driving
them misgauged the depth and force
of the current and all were swept
into the raging stream. The negro
swam in to a low hanging tree limb
and was rescued by farmers in a
boat, the mules, entangled in the
harness quickly submerging.
Free Taxi Service For Church-Goers.
Batavia, Ills., Jan. 20. —The Con
gregational church here, me oldest
church in Kane county, today in
augurated free taxi service to church.
Believing not only in bringing re
ligion to people but in bringing
people to religion, the church voted
at its annual meeting last night to
arrange taxis for persons so desiring.
The service is designed particularly
for the shut-in or crippled, and those
who live too far to walk and have no
other means of conveyance.
The church was organized August
8, 1835.
Temple For Greensboro.
Greensboro, Jan. 20. —Over $50,-
000 was pledged for a Masonic build
ing here in the first two days drive,
it was announced tonight. The sum
sought is $200,000.
Daughters of American
Revolution Opposed To
Naming Hotel For City
In Regular Meeting They Suggest That Hostel
Called “The Stephen Cabarrus”—Will a
Formal Protest During the Day.
The first organized effort oppo
sition to naming the new hotel here
after the city was taken yesterday af
ternoon by local Daughters of the
American Revolution who went on
record as opposing the names, “The
Concord Hotel” or "The’ Hotel Con
cord.”
Members of the local chapter of the
D. A. R. went on record as favoring
the name "The Stephen Cabarrus,”
and appointed a committee to enter
the protest with the officials of the
hotel company. The committee was
asked to meet with G. L. Patterson,
president of the hotel company, this
afternoon and was authorized at the
meeting to take any further steps
necessary to lodge the protest with
the stockholders of the company.
This action was taken when the
members were advised that the name
"The Hotel Concord” already had
been presented to the stockholders and
that a vote on the question will be
taken when another meeting of the
company is called by President Pat
terson.
The D. A. R. committee was auth
orized to ask Mr. Patterson for per
mission to appear before the stock
holders and enter their suggestion be
fore \a vote on the question is taken.
While this action by the D. A. R.
Dam At Lake Lanier Is
Crushed By High Water
I
THE COTTON MARKET
Continued Buy ing of New Crop For j
Foreign Trade Account and Com
niissicn Houses.
New’ York, Jan. 21, — UP) —A fur
ther narrowing of the difference be
tween prices for old and new crop de
liveries developed in the cotton mar
ket early today, apparently from fur
ther liquidation of long accountsiti the
old crop positions, while there was
continued buying of nexv crop for for
e:gn trade account and eommision
house interests who seemed to be in
fluenced by fear of boll weevil damage
next summer.
The cotton market had a decline of
3 points to an advance of C points,
May selling off to 17.92 before the end
of the first hour, or 5 points net low
er, w’hile the new crop held 3 or 4
points above yesterday’s closing fig
ures or around 1927 for October.
Liverpool cables were better than
due, and houses with continental con
nections were buyers of October here.
Cotton futures opened st<*idy:
March 20.30; May 19.73 ; July 19.12 ;
October 18.22; December 18.10.
j
Costs Ten Cents to Run Car a Mile.
Raleigh, Jan. 21. —It costs ten
cents a mile to operate an automo
bile, the state salary and wage com
mission has officially determined.
Under a ruling of the commission,
state departments may ailow em
ployes who use their own machines
on official business 10 cents for every
mile a car runs. That is intended to
cover actual running charges and
depreciation. •
The cost estimate is based on re
ports from several big business en
terprises, w’ho follow’ the policy of
having their ; men supply their own
cars, and from the experience of the
state highway commission.
In commenting on the ruling to
day, Secretary H. Hoyle Sink said
the commission recognized that the
cost of running a Ford a mile would
not be so great as running a Pack
ard, but that it would not be entire
ly advisable to discriminate betw’een
an employe who chose to use a Ford
for traveling and one ivho preferred
a Packard, since the machines were
furnished bythe employes and not by
the state.
The expense mileage does not ap
ply, of course, in cases where the
state owns the car. Most of the de
partments having traveling employes
have abandoned the policy of supply
ing the machines and have found it
more practicable to let the employes
furnish their own.
The mileage cost as figured by
the commission is six and a half
cents greater than either railroad or
bus fare, and it was indicated that
departments w'ill be encouraged to
have their employes use these means
wherever practicable^
To Form Organization to Advertise
Piedmont North Carolina.
Salisbury, Jan. 20-—Meeting in
Salisbury today witnout previous
publicity as to their intentions, 36
leading citizens of towns and cities
in piedmont North Carolina discuss
ed and took definite action looking to
the organization of a movement to
boost and advertise piedmont North
Carolina.
The bounds of piedmont North
Carolina for purposes of this organ
ization extend from Oxford, on the
east, to Columbus, Polk eourity, on
the west, and from Virginia to the
South Carolina line. A convention
of citizens from withon these bounds
will be held in Salisbury, at the
Yadkin hotel, at noon Thursday,
February 18, for the purpose of per
fecting the proposed organization
and to hear reports from a committee
which was named today.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
is the first organized attempt to halt !
the movement looking toward naming
the hotel after the city, it is said 1
that other women’s organizations in
the city will take similar action. The
executive committees of those organi
zations which are not scheduled to
meet in the immediate future are to
be called together, it is said, and since
they have authority to act, their ac
tion is expected to be final in each j
organization.
There was not a dissenting vote at j
the D. A. R. meeting when the sug- j
gestion was made that the chapter
go on record as opposing ttie name j
“Hotel Concord.” and there was unan-1
imous approval to the suggestion that |
the hostelry be called “The Stephen
Cabarrus.”
The name “Hotel Concord” gives no!
distinction to the hostelry, it is ar
gued by the women of the D. A. R.
and at the same time it fails to giwe
recognition to any of the
men who played such important parts
in the early history of the county.
Furtlierfore, argued the woman, the
hotel movement was a countywide one j
and it is nothing but fair that the
name be one that will give recogni
tion to the people of the county who
subscribe stock in the building com--
pany.
Wooden Trestle of South
| ern Railway Is Swept
Away by Rushing Tor
' rent From the Big Dam.
warningTFssued
TO COTTON MILLS
Mills Along Bank of Paco
let River Take Precau
tions to Meet the Flood
When It Reaches Them.
Spartanburg. S. C., Jan. 21. —( A *)—
Waters broke through die huge dam
at Lake Lanier near Tryon. X. C.,
early this morning and swept away
the wooden trestle of the Southern
Railway, just south of Tryon.
Messages telling of the railway tres
tle’s demolition reached the local of
fice of the Southern Railway within
a few minutes after the structure was
undermined by the swirling waters
pouring through the dam about half
a mile distant. Arrangements were
hastily made to dispatch all Southern
Railway trains bound toward Tryon
over the Clinchfield Railway to Ma
rion, N. C., transferring back to the
Southern lines at that point. Trains
already en route toward Tryon from
Spartanburg were turned back and
transferred to the Clinchfield lines.
Officials of all cotton mills along
the banks of the Pacolet River imme
diately arranged to take every pre
caution against the coming of the
flood. Owing to inability to com
municate with the sparsely settled sec
tions along the banks of the Pacolet
River east of Tryon, the progress of
the waters could not be accurately
followed.
Reports of the destruction of bridg
es spanning the stream, however,
poured into Spartanburg. At 11:30
a. m. officials of the Clinton Mills
stated over the telephone that look
outs stationed above the mills had
not announced the approach of the
wall of water expected to sweep dow;n
Pacolet River valley.
No Great Damage Expected.
Charlotte, Jan. 21.—C4*) —A dis
patch to the Associated Press" this
afternoon from Hendersonville, N. C.,
a few miles from Tryon, said the
breaking of Lake Lanier was not of
sufficient force to cause “great dam
age" to the property below.
Textile Efficiency to Be Meeting's
Aim.
Charlotte. Jan. 20. —Standardiza-
tion in the promotion of efficiency
in textile plants will be the principal
subject of discussion at the Spinners’
sectional meeting of the Southern
Textile Association, to meet at
Raleigh February 5, said F. Gor
don Cobh, of Lancaster, S. C., secre
tary-treasurer of the organizaion.
The Raleigh gathering will be :n
charge of Carl R. Harris, chairman, j
and C. M. Black,'assistant chairmaa.
according to Mr. Cobb’s announce
ment. He adds that arrangement.-
have been made with the American
Society for Testing Materials to
work with the association at the
meeting with the idea of establish
ing tentative standards for Southern
textile mills.
Results of this work will be re
ported to the Southern Textile As
sociation’s semi-annual jneeting.
The spindle speed, twist per inch,
draft, and the breaking strength for
print clotfi numbers using American
cotton are other items slated for dis
cussion, said Mr. Cobb.
Tommy Burns was the smallest
pugilist who, ever held the world’s
heavyweight championship.
LIQUOR VALUED IST I
1500.000 SEIZED IH
< ... YORK HARBQRj
Seizure Made After Oceans
Going Tug Recuse Hadl
Been Forced to Make a l
Landing. j
FOUR MEMBERS OF fl
CREW ARRESTED J
The Others Fled From the I
Tug Before Coast Guard fl
Officers Coud Catch Up 1
With Her. I
Now York. Jan. 21.— (A) —Marine 1
police early today seized tin ocean go-*
iug tug Rescue with a cargo of liquor*
I sa’d to be worth more than half a mil? fl
! lion dollars after a chase off Sandy jfl
Hook in which half a dozen shots*
1 from a 1 pounder were fired. fl
The Rescue which is rallied at 1
about $250,000, was formerly owned I
by the Merrit-Chjapmun Wrecking fl
Company. The present owner is up- I
known to the police. a
A coast guard launch first observ- I
ed the Rescue, and tired a shot across I
her bow. The tug put on speed. Afl
! police launch hearing the shot joined fl
the chase and fired several hundred I
rounds from machine guns, but the fl
tug was not struck. f]
Meantime the Rescue extinguished 1
its running lights and boldly entered fl
the harbor and went to a slip at Jes- I
ferson Street. Before the blue coats fl
could reach her. the Rescue’s sea- fl
cocks had been opened, and most of fl
the crew had fled. Four men who re- fl
inained aboard surrendered. Police- fl
men dove into the water in the hold g]
and closed the seacocks. |i
Coast guard officials said the craft I
had on board ver 25.000 cases of as- fl
sorted wines and liquors. [a
Coast guard officers said they receir* fl
ed a tip three weeks ago that the tug fl
was bound for New York with a mil- fl
lion dollar cargo. They surmised that fl
her arrival here had been delayed by fl
the heavy fog last week. The full!
crew was 20 men. 1
With Our Advertisers. 1
The store of I’arks-Belk Co. is clos-fl
ed all day today remarking and re-fl
arranging the big stock so as to be*
ready for the Animal January White 9
and Clearance Sale which starts Fri-jfl
day morning at O o’clock sharp. Just*
to show you how ehe>t they are going fl
to sell goods in thh sale, they give*
a few prices in an ad. in this paper fl
today. fl
There will be 12 days of super val-fl
ues at Robmson's. Everything in the*
store is reduced. This is a big oppor fl]
tunity to buy dependable goods at a*
great saving. See ad. elsewhere. I
R. Morrison King, exeecutor of Ma-fl
tilda H. King, will on February 8 at *
12 o'clock sell to the highest bidder f*
lot of bank and cotton mill shares, in 1
eluding that of the Cabarrus Cottorfl]
Mill. Gibson. Wiseassett and ConcotxA*
National Bank. See ad. in this paper.*
The Kidd-Frix Co. willi run as a *
special easel photograph frames at*
$1.15, regular prices $1.50 to $2.25.JH
Extra votes for California tour con-*
testants on Thursday, Friday anc*
Saturday. 500 votes being given in-*
stead of 100 for each SI.OO purchase*
of these frames. *
Start a bank account this week,*
which is Thrift Weeek. dollar*
will open an account with the Citb*
zeus Bank & Trust Co. J
Farmers Themselves to Pay County*
Agent. I
Nashville. Jan. 20.—The county*
commissioners of Nash county hnvfji*
discontinued the appropriation
support of County Agent H. M.ffl
Parker, but Na«h will continue to*
keep him as agent notwithstanding,*
.Farmers have raillied to the support*
of tfie agent and will themselvce pay*
his salary. .I
The Nash County Farm Board has 3
1 been appointed to take the place of*
{the County Commissioners with re-ffl
J speet to he Farm Demonrtratioa*
work andthey are attending to widen v l
its scope, more especially along that*
line of collective buying through thflfl
special advantages offered a.count**
agent. I
Annual January bale at Robins*'*,'ll
The entire stock of dry goods ah4f|fl
women’s wear at Robinson’s will be o*fl
sale beginning tomorrow. In this
be included smart seasonable
apparel and fresh dependable dry goodfgfl
at astonishingly low prices. The *al<§9
will last until the first week in Febnj*j
ary, twelve days. On page five todajH
you will find prices enumerated whiej*,jg
will give you an idea of the many bijflfl
bargains which await you all over
store. J
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
F— ——I '
: : ■ anil •
extreme west portion tonight, coldcffijl
Friday. Moderate southwest shiftinj fll
to north and northeast winds, beconi -||
ing fresh to strong. M
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