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THE CONCORD TIMES
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$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Seek Share in Clark Estate
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These women, claiming to be daughters of the iate Senator William A.
Clark, of Montana, by an early marriage which he kept secret, have filed
suit at Butte, Mont., for shares in his $50,000,000 estate. They are. right.
Mrs. Effie McWilliams, of Clurksdale, Mo.; below, left, Mrs. Alma Hines of
Orrick. Mo., and above, left. Mrs. Addie Miller, of Denver. Clark married
their mother in 1855), they say, and dserted her a few years later.
TIIE COTTON MARKET
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ShowenJ Easier Tone in Early Trad-)
ing First Prices Being 1 Point Low
er to 2 Points Higher.
New York, Feb. 8. —OP)—The cot-|
ton market showed an easier tone in
today's early trading. The opening
was steady with relatively easy Liver
pool cables, first prices being one
point lower to H points higher, but
there was some near month liquida
tion and a little selling for new crop
positions while the demand was limit
ed. \ *
Active months were 2 to 0 points
lower at the end of the first hour,
May selling at 19.58 and October at
18.19.
Selling of new crop months was
probably due to the favorable weather
for the 192(» cotton crop, probably
would not be sufficient to absorb a .
yield as large as that of 1925 unless
a reduction in prices was effective.
Spot houses continued to sell March
and buy May at a difference of 58 to
59 points,.
Cotton futures opened steadjrf
March 20.37; May 19.77; July 19.05;
Oct. 18.21; Dec. 17.87.
WOMAN IN FAINTING
SPELL. FALLS *N FIRE
Hair Burned From Head and Scalp
Burned to Crisp.
Thomasville, Feb. 7.—When Mrs.
A. L. Culler had finished preparing
her dinner and set it on the table
Saturday at noon to await the ar
rival of her husband from the fac
tory at ‘High Point, she was seized
with a fainting spell, falling to the
floor with her head in the fire.
She remained in this position un
til Mr. Culler arrived and pulled her
out. Her hair was bumecr from the
head and her sealp was in a crisp.
A seven year old child was playing
about the home on the outside of the
house and knew nothing of what
was transpiring inside until his
father called him.
Mrs. Culler was unconscious and
remained so for many hours. Dr. C.
H. Phillips, a local physician, was
called and advised her removal to the
High Point Hospital, which was
done quickly The family reqide at
their home two miles north x of
Thomasville. Mrs. Culler has suffered
such attacks many times, it is learn
ed but none of them until this were
attended with serious results.
Disappearance of Youth and Y r oung
Woman May Be Linked:
Greenville, S. C., Feb. 6. —Officers
have been requested to conduct a
search for "Walter Wiles Ezzell, 18-,
year-old freshman of Furman Uni
versity 4 who disappeared from the
campus Thursday. Aid of the of
ficers was solicited today by Dr. W.
J. Ezzell, prominent Spartanburg
physician, father of the missing stu- j
dent.
Dr. Ezzell, fearing foul play, re
quested Sheriff Sam D. Willis to con
duct a thorough search and to spare
no expense. Dredging of Reedy River
and the university swimming pool
may result !f the youth is not located
soon.
S. D. Ezzell. brother of ‘the lad, re
ported that the student appeared nor
mal Thursday morning, was in at
tendance 'at the chapel, although he
had cut two classes previously dur
ing the day. Last night, the brother
became apprehensive and telephoned
"his father.
Assistant Chief of Police ■ D.' W.
Hammond had advanced the theory
that Ezzell and Miss Mnybelle Pow
ell, 16, of Asheville, N. C., who dis
appeared here Thursday night, also,
after attending a movie with her
brother, might have left together.
Investigating the girl’s case, As
sistant Chief Hammond found that
she had inquired at a local service
station as to direction to the tourist
camp. She then drove away. Later
she returned and was accompanied by
& young man. Employes of the fill
ing station did not pay particular at
tention to the man, but are positive
the girl was Che same. They returned
> for service on the car and then drove
i away. Friends and relatives of the
i youth were unable to say whether he
knew any one in Asheville.
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COURT ACTION TO KEEP
j AMERICA FROM WORLD COURT
Action Has Been Begun in Supreme
! Court By Washington Lawyer,
j 'Washington, Feb. 8. — (A*) —An ef
fort to invoke the power of the Am
erican courts to prevent entrance of
the United States into the world court
was made in a proceeding begun here
today by Benjamin Catchings, a
Washington lawyer. .
The action was brought in the Su
preme Court which was asked by
Catchings for permission to tile a suit
requiring Secretary Kellogg to show
some cause why he should not be re
strained from consummating the
country's entrance into the world tri
bunal.
Contending that membership in the
tribunal would be unconstitutional,
gjlic petitioner declared the resolution
of adherence adopted by the Senate
rested on an invalid use of judicial
and legislative authority. e-i
Secretary Kellogg w as P*ffde the de
fendant because he now is negotiating
with other nations in the world court
to carry into effect the Senate reso
lution.
The petition will not necessarily
eventuate in a decision by the Su
preme court upon the validity of the
world court resolution. It merely
asked leave to file a suit which would
require an answer from Secretary
Kellogg. It will be passed upon by
thexrourt after it reconvenes March I.
ASSOCIATED PRESS CLUB
MEETS IN GREENSBORO
Kent Cooper. General Manager of the
News Gathering Agency, Present
For the Meeting.
Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 8. — UP) —
Publishers of North Carolina gathered
here today for the meeting of the
North Carolina Associated Press Olub.
Thirty-four member papers in North
Carolina were .expected to be present
at the sessions at 2 o’clock and 7
o'clock.
Present representing the Associat
ed Press are: Kent Cooper, of New
York, general manager; Milton Gar
ges, of New York, traffic chief; U. L.
McCall, of Atlanta, southern superin
tendent ; W. Soergel, of Atlanta,
southern division traffic chief; and
Eric W. Rogers, of Raleigh, corre
spondent of the Raleigh Bureau.
T’lie meeting at 2 o’clo'ck was for
managing editors of Associated Pa
pers in the state. Problems dealing
with the news service were considered.
After the meeting a dinner was to be
tendered in honor of Kent Cooper,
the general manager. Following the
dinner a general meeting of the club
was to take place with discussions
of a number of subjects pertinent to
the publishers.
, Senators Agree There is Quite a
j Difference Between Two Carolinas.
I Washington, Feb. Q.—‘Senator
Smith, Democrat, South Carolina,
told the Senate today there “is quite
a difference” between ‘“North Caro
lina and South Carolina.”
Senator Moses, Republican, of
New Hampshire, the presiding offi
cer, recognized Senator Smith as
“the Senator From North Carolina.”
“Fom South Carolina,” Senator
Smith quickly corrected the presi
dent of the Senate. “There is quite a
difference.”
Senators Overman “and Simmons,
of North Carolina, smiled their as
sent, as did Senator Blease, of South
Carolina.
Volume of Brokers Loans is Sur
prising to Wall Street.
New York, Feb. 6. —Making public
the volume of brokers’ loans for the
first time in the history of Wall
street, the New York stock exchange
today announced that the borrowings
of its members on stock and bond
collateral at the end of January to
talled $3,513,174,154. The disclosure
that such a huge reservoir of credit
was being employed .in the opera
tion of the securities market sur
prised the financial district, since
the highest unofficial estimate of
■ brokerage loans on record was $2,-
800,000,000, and this was made at
> the peak of the bull market last
November. j
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1926
TRYING TO LOCATE
HEAD OF VILLA; 2
lENUNDER ARREST
Emil Halmdahl and Alberto
Carral Charged With
Opening Grave of Ban
dit and Taking Head.
MEN REFUSETO
s GIVE ANY FACTS.
Note Left at Grave Says
the Head Has Been Sent
to Columbus, N. M., But
Many Doubt This.
Parral, Mexico, Feb. B.— UP) —The
headless body of Francisco “Paneho”
Villa, notorious bandit rebel eh:ef
tain, whose cement sepulchre was torn
open by ghouls Friday night, may be
the silent accuser of Emil Halmdahl,
American soldier of fortune and a
Mexican, Alberto Carral, said to be of
Los Angeles.
Halmdahl, who is reported to have
been a guide for Gen. Pershing's fruit
less expedition into Mexico fn chase
of Villa, and Carral are in jail here,
while authorities are trying to learn
what was done with Villa’s head,
which the grave robbers cut off
took. No satisfactory explanation
has been ascribed for the decapita
tion. although a note left with the
body said the head was sent to Co-.'
lumbus. New Mexico, the scene of the
bandit raid in 1916 that resulted in
the American punitive expedition. J
Many here, however, believe the
head was filched from the tomb for
surreptitous sale to some institution
for scientific study.
THINKS STATE SHOULD
NOT LET DR. CHASE GO
Secretary Everett Says His Resigns
tion Would Be “An Almost Irrep
arable Loss.”
Raleigh, Feb. 6.—Secretary W. NJ
Everett, of the department of state,
/ninks that before the sucessor to.
President H. W. Chase is elected the
State would do well to make up its{ ;
mind not to allow Chase to chase him-,
self off to Oregon university, it |
Mr. Everett is one of the big afum-Jj
ni. He has seen the university gd3
through all forms of attack tjtnd hej
rates the’WES' assault as one ojTtbuJ
worst forms. He would have Chase
’here for a time like this. Speaking
of Dr. Chase today, he said:
“The statesman-like manner in
which he got his faculty and student
body to work together for the good
of the university and the state lias,
given him well deserved national repu
tation, as has been evidenced by his
offers to take enlarge of larger insti
tutions at greater salaries.”
When questioned about the possible
successor to Dr. Chase in the event
the president takes the University of
Oregon offer, Mr. Everett said, “thei’e
are many more universities than there
are presidents to run them and the
demand for men of Dr. Chase’s calibre
is nationwide. I think Dr. Chase’s
resignation would be au almost irrep
arable loss.”
Charleston Faces Rivals in the Old
English Dances.
London, Feb. 8. — UP) —The Morris
sword dances which rural danciug so
cieties are reviving in England re
quire far more endurance than the
tango and the fox trot and Charleston
which the villagers hope to displace.
Judges have agreed that there is
nothing ladylike about either the
sword dance or the Morris dance, and
teams of women which competed at
a recent contest in Great Hall, Lon-:
don University, made a poor showing.
They are dances for young men, and J
very active young men at that, w’ho |
dance coatless in flannel trousers and
wear rainbow “braces,” which is the
English w T ay of saying suspenders.
Bells are worn on the knees for the
Morris dance.
The team from Cambridge made
the best showing in the Morris dance*
Music was supplied by a concertina.
The teams of sword dancers all had
jesters with them who relieved the
serious interest in a very intricate
performance with their jokes and an
tics.
To aid German artists in disposing
of theiY work in the present unfavor
able market a society has been form
ed in Berlin to se’.l works of art on
the installment plan.
OUR FRUIT TREE OFFER |
;! One of the Best We Have Ever Been Able to :
Make.—Many Taking Advantage of It.
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;; Many people are taking advantage of our offer to |
give five fruit trees ai\d a whole year’s subscription to \
J | both The Times and Southern Ruralist, all for only $2.50. -
H Last year the Southern Ruralist furnished its subscrib- s
l! ers 20,000 fruit trees from the same nursery, without hav- j
1 ing a single complaint on the quality of the trees. Deliv** ij
1 ery at your rural route box or any address in good shape jj
jj is guaranteed. The money will be refunded if the sub
| scriber is not satisfied in eveiy respect.
We do not know how long this offer will remain open, -j
- We would advise all to get their trees as early as possi- *
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FI PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
AT LOCUST SUNDAY
Two of the Injured, Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Simp
son, Are Not Expected
to Recover.
TWO WOMEN NOT
SERIOUSLY HURT
All of the Occupants of the
Gar Were Carried to a
Hospital in Albemarle.—
Car Hit by Cotton Truck.
Albemarle, X. C., Fab. B.— UP)
Five persons w’ere in a local hospital
today, two of them believed .fatally
injured following an automobile ac
cident near Locust, in Stanly coun
ty, yesterday.
Grady Simpson and Mrs. Grady
Simpson are not expected to recover,
while R. L. Barbee, another occupant
of the Simpson machine, is in a se
rious condition. Misses Alice and
Arlie Smith, tw*o other members of
the party, received minor outs.
The accident occurred when the au
tomobile was struck by * cotton truck,
said to have been of Jlastonia. The
; driwr and owner of Ihe truck, how
ever, are unknown.
T;
ROWAN COUNTY MAN
GONE SINCE MONDAY
H. B. Smith Gassed in World War
and Family Is Much Worried.
Salisbury, Feb. 6. —H. B. Smith,
of Yadkift, a small town five miles
from Salisbury on the river by that
name, disappeared from his home last
Monday and has not been heard of
or seen since, according to Deputy
Sheriff L. T. Yarborough, who last
saw the missing man.
According to Mr. Yarborough,
Smith is a World War veteran with
an excellent record but was severely
gassed during the war and has suf
fered since on various occasions from
his injuries.
His friends believe his disappear
ance is the result of his affliction.
Mr. Smith is married and has four
the youngest being only six
J weeks old. Mrs. Smith is suffering,
j greatly from anxiety eonccrnifig her
Mr. Yarborough saw SiaitL laat
Monday as he was coming out of the
county court house in Salisbury after
paying his taxes. He was dressed
in a dark suit with tan ihoes and a
light grey hat. He is described as
being about 30 years of age, six feet
tin height and a decided blonde..
Early Representation of Noah’s Ark
Is Found.
London, Feb. 8. —C4>) —An account
of what is described as “the earliest
representation of Noah’s Ark” is con
tained in a report by the British Mu
seum of discoveries at Ur of the Chal
dees, Mesopotamia.
The report is from Leonard "Wool
ley, leader of excavations conducted
by the Museum in co-operation with
the University of Pennsylvania.
“We traced the inner face of the
great Avail built by'King Nebuchad
nezzar round the old buildings of the
Sacred Area of Ur, and found its
southwest gate,” he say. “Then we
laid bare-some houses which seem to
have been last inhabited about 693
B. C. Nearby there was a little
plaque of alabaster, carved on both
sides,] th® scenes represented being
a boat of reeds tied together. On
the stern is a man, while in the cabin
is a pig. On the other side the
pig’s place is taken by a goose, and
j two fish hang by a string We called
j it Noah’s Ark, and, as the earliest
' representation of Noah’s Ark, it will
take its place among the treasures of
Ur.”
Dr. Chase Reaches Oregon.
Portland, Oregon, Feb. B.— UP) —
Dr. Harry Wood Chase, president of
the University of North Carolina, ar
rived here last night to discuss with
trustees of the University of Oregon
their that he become the
I president of the latter institution.
Dr. Chase will go to Eugene tomor
row.
In England, a man convicted of
burglary has had hie sentence re
duced by the court on the ground
that hie objection to Avomen on the
jury was ignored.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
RESULTED IN DEATH
OF 45 DURING WEEK
North Carolina and Florida
Tied For Doubtful Hon
or if Leading in South
With 8 Deaths Each.
VIRGINIA LEADS
IN INJURIES
Forty-Six Persons Hurt in
That State in Week. —
One Person in Louisiana
Killed During Week.
Atlanta. Feb. B.— UP) —North Caro
lina and Florida tied last vtoek for
the doubtful honor of leading the
South iu the number of traffic'fatali
ties. Each state reported eight killed.
The regional iotal Avas 45 killed and
29£f injured.
The survey included deaths in in
juries by automobile, train, street car
and motorcycles.
Louisiana had the lowest number
killed during the Aveek, reporting only
one. Georgia showed her lowest for
several Aveeks with three.
Virginia led in the number injured,
46 being her score in that column,
Florida being a close second with a
total of 43. South Carolina, with
five, reported the loAvest,
A tabulation by states includes:
North Carolina, eight dead, 39 in
jured ; South Carolina, three dead,
‘live injured.
COURT ASKED TO HALT
PROPOSED BAKING COMBINE
In Anti-Trust Suit Filed in Balti
more:, Injunction Is Being Sought.
Wasrington, Feb. 8. — UP) —The fed
eral courts Avere asked by the govern
ment today to prevent formation' of
“a huge combination in the brfking
industry” by the Ward interests and
others.
In an anti-trust suit filed in Balti
more, the government named the Gen
eral Baking. Continental Baking and
United Baking interests as linked
with the Ward company in the enter
prise. An injunction was requested.
It was charged in the petition that
the companies named had already vio
lated the Sherman and Clayton anti
trust acts, and it was asked that
the defend ante not only be prevented
from further amalgamation, but re
quired to dissolve any combinations
already entered into.
The Ward Food Products Corpora
tion Avhose recent corporation in Bal
timore led to much criticism in Con
gress and has become the subject of
investigation by the federal trade
commission, headed the list of those
cited by the government as making up
the “huge combinations.”
Mr. Woodley Holds Unique Distinc
tion.
Carthage. Feb. 6- —A unique dis
tinction probably never paralleled
anywhere else in the AA'orld avhs that
once held by Mr. E. J. Woodley, of
Jackson Springs, who represented
Moore in the loAver house of the
"ast legislature. Mr. Woodley once
hadthree families of tenants on his
farm all of Avhom Avere possessed of
tAA’o or more pairs of twins. Two of
the families had tAVO 6ets of twins
and the third family possessed three
pairs. So far as is knoAvn no such
coincidence has ever before been re
corded. j
Duke Quint is Badly Defeated By
Baptist Outfit By Score 33-18.
Wake Forest, Feb. 6. —Wake For
est came Avithin three points of doub
ling the score upon their oppenents
in a basketball game with Duke uni
versity here tonight. The final count
gave Wake Forest 33. Duke 18.
The game marked the second de
feat administered the unh’ersity boys
by Wake Forest this season. . The
first game, thought but little harder
fought ''than the one tonight, gave
Wake Forest only three points mar
gin. |
Bowman Not Yet S-cntenoed
Newton, Feb. B.— UP) —Minor cases
Avere being disposed . of in CataAvba
County Superior Court this after
noon before Judge Webb Avas to pass
‘sentence on Major Wade V. Boav
-1 man, who was found guilty last Satur
day of attacking a 12 year old girl of
Hickory. Bowman was in the court
room this afternoon Avith his attor
neys aAvaiting sentence.
Eearthquake Recorded.
New York, Feb. 8. — (A 3 ) —A severe
earthquake was recorded on the seis
mograph at Ford’ham University from
110:25 until almost noon today. The
disturbance was estimated to have
centered about 1,603 miles from New
York, probably in the West Indies.
Its maximum intensity Avas record
ed at 10:42 o’clock.
Charles Mitchell Arrested.
New Ydrk, Feb. 8.-04*)—Charles
M'tchell was arrested in Bellevue Hos
pital today where he had gone for
treatment for a bullet wound, charg
ed with causing the death of a young
identified woman whose body was
found on a snoAA’ bank on East olth
street a few hours earlier.
The handy way in which Joey
Glick. the New York junior light=
weight, disposed of the veteran John
ny Dundee, coupled with his surprise
victory over Honeyboy Finnegan, nat
urally has caused 'Click's cheering
section to hail him as a coming cham
l pion.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Claims Estate
Edward C. Koester. a cqnviet at
the Michigan state prison. Marquette,
Mich., has filed in the Chicago courts
a will purporting to bo that of the
late Edwin 15. Jennings, multi-anillion
aire, which leaves all of Jennings’
$00,000,000 estate to Koester. Roos
ter alleges that his mother, now dead,
was a sister of Jenings’ wife.
THOMAS A. EDISON
NEARS FOUR-SCORE
Noted Inventor Will Celebrate Birth
day Anniversary During We*.
New York. Feb. B.—ThJbmas A.
edison, who has eallpd “the
greatest inventive genius of all time,”
will enter upon his e : .ghtieth year this
week, and still he’s cheating Old Man
Time. According to all reports he is
exceedingly brisk and chipper ns he
nears the four-s Core milestone and is
said to be dining on spinach and car
rots in preparation for the much il
lunrned cake he must eat next
Thursday.
In absolute disregard of the rules
of living which prompt nearly all per
sons of his age to take it a bit easy,
the wizard of West Orange continues
to work with almost the same energy
and industry which,have characteriz
ed his entire life.. Only within the
past few years has he been induced to
“slow down” in the least. As a slight
concession to the urgings of his fam
ily and friends Mr. Edison nowadays
does take an occasional day off and he
has even been induced once or twice
to spend a few' weeks in the South to
escape' the rigors of winter. But, all
in all, he sticks pretty closely to the
daily routine of hard work and stujjy
that he has followed for so many
years. For more than forty years he
has made his home at Llewellyn Park,
near West Orange, where he ijdeo
maintains the laboratories which lfcve
become famous t6e wbrid-*-**#* and
which are yearly visited by men of
distinction from matiy countries.
To all appearances the "beginning of
his eightieth year finds Mr. Edison
still in his prime, physically as vigor
ous ns most m*en maify years his jun
ior, anti mentally as keen and alert as
at any period of his marvelous ca
reer. He proudly points to the rec
ord of his ancestors and vows he will
beat them all. His great grand-fath
er lived to be 104 and his father was
04 when he died.
For half a century the name of Ed
ison has been known throughout the
civilized world, and wherever his name
is known the stimulating power of his
inventions is felt; for all these inven
tiqns have been on tfie side of moral
and social progress, and * hence they
are each and all charged with a poten
tial optimistic inspiration.
Mr. Edison has been termed a man
of herculean suggestiveness—-not only
the greatest inventor of an age sin
gularly fruitful in inventions, but a
discoverer as well. For when he could
not find material with the properties
he required, he explored the regions of
the unknown) and brought back cap
tive the requisites for his inventions.
The carbon disc by which he perfect
ed his electric light is an example of
this almost inspirational exploration.
Mr. Edison is social by nature,
and very companionable with those
who enjoy his confidence. His genial
ity has always him a host of
friends, and gathered round him a
band of enthusiastis and devoted work
ers. Each year those friends and fol
lowers, who have "banded together un
der the name of Edison Pioneers, cel
ebrate! the birthday anniversary of the
famous inventor with a banquet, eith
er in New’ York or in Newark. For
nearly a decade this cugtom has been
followed and oftentimes .as many as
150 or more guests have attended. On
the occasion of these dinners Mr. Edi
son has been known to carry his
luncheon with him in a tin box so
that he might not break the inviolable
rules of his diet.
Mr. Edison’s personal tastes are
simple. Personal notoriety has
been to his liking. *“A man,” he' once
said, “is to be measured by what he
does, and not by what is said of him.”
Claims Invention Can Destroy
Planes By Powerful Heat.
Leningrad Russia, Feb. 7. —Prof.
!A. N. Boyka, of the Russian
magnetic observatory, announces the
invention of an apparatus which by
means of the reflections of powerful
rays of heat, will destroy airplanes
or dirigibles in. flight. His appliance,
he says, will project concentrated
heat waves 25 miles, with loss of
only one-third of their strength.
His invention, he says, put the
mysterious “matthews rays” \in the
backgrounds arid he intends to . offer
it to the red army.
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-Fire at Wilbur Fieidfl •
Dayton, 0., FVb. 8. — 04*) —Fire of
r undetermined origin today threatened
the destruction of several buildings at
Fairfield Air intermediate depot (Wil
bur Wright Field) just east of this
; city, where several million dollars
. worth of airplane and aeroplane sup
plies are stored.
EIGHTEEN IMS
OF CREW SAVED 111 *
FIGHT IH ATLANTIC
\ Taken From
.«* Wellington When
That Vessel Collided
With Tanker Ardmore.
HEAVY SEAIN
WHICH TO WORK
Crew of Ardmore Stuck
to Their Work, Howev
er, and Rescued Men Af
ter Hard Fight.
New York. Feb. B.— VP) —Eighteen
men were rescued from the tug Wel
lington by the tanker Ardmore follow
ing a colllssion betweeri the two craft
off the New Wersey coast Friday night
when the Wellington sank, it became
known today.
•The collision occurred during the
storm that harried shipping in the
Atlantic throughout las* week. Tow
ing the barges Southland and Totcn
ville, both empty, the Wellington was
bound from New York to Eastporr,
Fla., when it collide.! with tht 1 Ar
more from Tampico, for Now York.
Captain M. C. Partridge, of the Wel
lington, was injured. He and his
crew were rescued and brought to
New York. The barges were Cut
-loose after the collision and made lied *
Hook, N. J., under their own sail.-
The collision . occurred about six
miles northeast of the Brigantine
Shoals. The Wellington was owned
by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.,
and the Ardmore by the Mallord
Transport Lines.
DATE OF DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION NOT SET
State Chairman Dawson Return*
Home Without Making Any An
nouncement.
Raleigh, Feb. G. —State Democratic
Chairman John G. Dawson, who has
spent the week in Raleigh, returned
to Kinston tonight without announc
ing the date for calling the StJte con
vention.
Mr. Dawson leaned strongly to such
announcement earlier in the week,
but the convention which generally ifc
set for April comes far enough away
to give no excitement at this juncture.
The Democrat* desire to have tbfe ’
Republican ..convention behind them
before the majority party acta. The
opposition helps the majority to shy
wound ticklish issues. Mr. Dawson
is looking for a man in the west to
make t/he keynote speech. Clyde
Hoey did it in 1920 and helped to
commit the convention to woman suf
frage. The help of the Shelby man
was a vast hindrance to * his dis
tinguished brother-in-law for Justice
Heriot Clarkson, of the Supreme
Court, advertised a million times that
his candidate, Cameron Morrison, was
“originally opposed to woman suf
frage.” The original opposition is
not doted on now, and the
championship is affectionately remem
bered. It is highly helpful in 1926
to any candidate who happens to be
on the State platform. *'
In 1922 Ed Pou keynoted and made
a mighty fine job of it. The Demo
crats boldly defending their /record
took nearly all the counties in the .
state, leaving only three Republicans
in the Senate and about 11 in the
house. Then came W. N. Everett,
who spoke for the 1924 convention
and a new westerner is needed. Mr.
Everett stuck to the Morrison legis
lature, but that didu’t help him last
year. \
The easterners have many keynot
ers, but jyi'.hout duplications and calls
on potential candidates it will be hard
to find the man for the job.
The State chairman will have- Sun
day over which to meditate. When
he gets back next week he may have
a keynoter and ‘a convention date.
Cotton Cloth Exports Show Increase
Over Previous Year.
Washington, Feb. 6-<—American in
dustrials made a considerable ad
vance in obtaining foreign markets
during 1925. The commerce depart
ment satisticians compiling, the-fig
ures today found that the country’s
exports of cotton cloth during the
year amounted to 477.815,(XX) square
yards, worth $85,011,000. That was
an increase of 13.7 per cent in
quantity over 1924 figures and in
crease of 8.7 per cent'in value.
The cotton mills at the same time
were more than holding their own in
supplying the domestic market for
importS decreased. T he total of such
cloth imported during 1925 was 177,-
380.000 square yards, valued at
$37,703,000. and this-was 38 per
cent, less in quantity and 29.9 per
cent less in value than the imports of
1924.
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SAT'S BEAR SAYSr
1 _
i Generally fair tonight and Tues
day, not much change In temperature.
Moderate to fresh westerly winds.
NO. 62