Sit Ll L„d Only *' en ■ Todav (sul I>.‘ ir ijt Hi'""" K Aid His C a out of ■ timi*- and j B anythin*: alma' s,l^'| Batin' Hi'sr h nif*r ill b*‘- B,,\i;i:i.i tii.'ii ’1 >- would |,I jiir. .dm a the ox- I \', l!r;in'wick tiro; Ir ’-ary ho took ;iv "oil poised ■ tlpi» f.ir in tho (•{»so. H...1 breadth "f his vo ■ inrt*"ive llining'tout ■ He drew delicate by drawing on his of words, and hisj nf Seplolllher 14. ; days insofar as! Hfcr, \v;w little ohangod K, biit .'enrolling movements ■ppm ilie Hall home | da* double killing 1 .-\|i.'d:i ion out of | IB'd night being to ~ do* ehi.ivh to , H jM-vt rector. |Bk 1 in; oiii’ii \ns I Asks a ■ This Amount as a; ■ NeW .24. —OP) appeal i.f the North i ■bn association for} ■din* day's earnings) ■*l4 in the year fori Bmitlierie.x eliildron in for -their rare. iiie needs of these ■*! heroine tiresome to H, 1 * those who a ft* willing ■fc ill this beautiful C)- BJ : u l'! M *rt of a needed ■"'•'■J'l philanthropy.” B L n. secretary l association, in is- j he collected otl \ through churches, j f,r !'i.anage'' directly, j Hoi' of the earn-| 'lint!'* da-y. more if j I's-s if a day's' m'- 1 lie appeal ' , r, fi he for equip |Br‘ ,llt! " !l ' and for the |B*^ i ' :ii ! | !r*'ii in them. '‘""H 'd' generosity ,IB,m 'v , ‘alili of ours ■J^ 1 ' »f orphan chil ■ deserving, who a !’l"' | l for life unless. B ': :,N * Hie siieltering i:: ' iir °n>han Defends pUFIST ELEMENT tan7i'°r of American I l'y Ignorance of [ r>°' ( ' Lucia , 0s °i>. who is in this r s sppechp * I 1 tod;iy that the wt!"' ■'»»*<•»» I.e- V i * , ilUsf>( i by ig iu b “ Blad if Le a‘l Upon lip r in or law r r ' ain Xvli y R he is ,ls a substitute for 1 that she did lot * r f f “ n a nd women • e fj 1 ler and pacifists lnt ßU)rnm pPO ple. bQt JU the matter in *'£ *''"*»** the r • ~ he a little later. THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Officials Say That Otto Wood ‘ Wrote His Way to Freedom” Raleigh. Nov. 24.— (>P) —“He wrote his way to freedom" siged State prison officials immediately after it became known ibat Otto Woqd. North Caro lina's most notorious criminal, had , escaped again. I "His book, The True Story of My Life.* was responsible for it." they answered, and went on to explain. Wood, like many desperadoes, has a pleasing personality and a most dis arming approach. Visitors at the 1 prison were hatxl to convince when told * that the pleasant appearing young man confined in the narrow limits of ■ a cell on “death row" was the prison's farm-famed "bad man." Tt was this personality, transmitted j through his book, that gained him an audience with the prison board and his eventual release from solitary oon i finement. His book gained a circula tion of more than 500 copies, and in ; addition to giving the lonely occupant ;of vdeajth row" wide publicity, brought him also funds, which it has been hinted, might have been used in his most recent break for freedom. ]u his book. Wood declared he had , reformed and he roa ized the best course for a prisoner was to beUavo himself and serve out his term. That was the idea he got across with the prison board, and on Sep tember 14:h. over the protests of Su perintendent George Ross Pou and Major Hugh Love, assistant superin-* tendent. he was released from the im pregnable walls of "dfath row" to the freedom of the back yard and a day time job as fireman in the prison boil- 1 er room. "He'll get away again,” Superin tendent Pou predicted, reflecting upon me other twp successful dashes for freedom engineered by the Guilford county murderer. Withing two days of the anniver sary of his escape last year. Wood was gone again. Last year he got j away by hiding in concrete culvert and being hauled out of the prison walls, j This time he is thought to have en- j gineered a deal either directly with a : prison guard or with outside f .ielp. j Last time he left a note telling prison j authorities that he was going put for the holidays. This time he left just prior to the holidays but. without the formality of leaving a note. “Otto had reformed only on paper.” 1 Superintendent Pou said. “He couldn’t resist' the impulse to make a break." I The prison head was absolved of all REPRIEVES ARE GRANTED TO NEGRO PRISONERS. Robert Lumpkin and Booker Williams Saved From Electric Chair. Raleigh. Nov. 24.—0?)—Robert Lumpkin. and Booker T. Williams, negroes, sentenced to die on Friday for murder, were reprieved today by Governor McLean until January 2nd. The reprives were announced by Par don Commissioner Sink. , The negroes were .convicted of the murder on December 26, 1925, of B. M. Rodgers, chief of police of the town of Rowland, Robeson county. In announcing the stay of execution Air. Sink said that an investigation of the case had convinced the gover nor that the negroes were guilty of the killing but further investigation was desired to determine “whether the evidence as to premeditation is strong enough to warrant the death penal ty." Certain witnesses in the ease cannot be located at present, and Mr. Sink plans to question them further between now’ and the execution date. PREDICTS NATION WILL BE AT WAR IN SIX MONTHS Lieut. Col. W. A. Fair fells Hickory Guardsmen They May as Well Get Ready. Hickory, Not. 23.—Upholding a prophetic reputation that saw him safely through predictions of the Mexican trouble and the World War. Lieutenant Colonel Warren A. Fair, of Lincolnton, a member of the officers reserve corps, told members of the local guard unit at a banquet here last night that “you may expect to see active service within six months as a result of the trouble in Central ! America. Col. Fair said plainly that jhe was predicting war which would | involve the United States, although 1 he went no further than that, nor did he name the powers with which the country would engage in warfare. The remainder of his.ta-k before the guard members was in denuncia tion of the plan which h&s stripped the standing army of the United States to a mere shadow. Money to Lend to Fanners. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 22. Mon ey to lend.” This is the slogan of the Alabama Cotton Finance Corporation, organized by leading bankers and business men to save farmers of the state from con- ditions brought by an overproduction of cptton. Oscar Wells, president of the First National Bank, has charge of loaning the money on cotton. The cotton is stored in a warehouse for a period not to exceed 24 months and tfie growers take a pledge to reduce their cotton acreag at least 25 per cent, next year. Farmers are advanced three-fourths ( of the value.of their cotton and retain one-fourth ownership of the product until it is marketed nert year. I This will enable farmers to get a much better price for the ex perts say. The New Dance, “The Caroline.” New Orleans, La., Nov. 22. The Charleston has met its nemesis. It’s a new dance, “The Caroline.” Harry Carroll, song composer and producer of musical revues, who has started the new daye believes it will sweep the country with as much pop ularity as the Charleston. ' b amc for the escape immediately it . was made public by James A. Leak. ' chairman of the hoard o( f directors. He called up from his home? in Wades- I boro and to!d newspapermen that all j the blame lay with the board. Later he dictated a formal siatement which reads: i “I w ish to public y absolve Super intendent George Ross Pou and Chief C.'crk Imve. of any responsibility in connection with the escape. After Wood's escape and subsequent recap ture last November Superintendent j Pou directed that he be placed in soli- I (ary confinement and that every move j be exercised to prevent his escape.! Ibis was done and Wood remained in solitary confinement until Septem ber 14.1926, at which time he was re leased by direction of the board of directors of the Sttato's prison over the vigorous protests of Superintend ent Pou and Chief Clerk Love. “T'.ie matter of his release hail come before the board of directors at its August meeting, but on account of the very earnest protest of the #superin tendent action was deferred and Wood remained in solitary confinement. The question again came before the board at its September meeting at which time, as stated above, the board di rected that Wood be released from solitary eonliement and given the free dom of the baek yard of tin* prison. 1 This action of the board was opposed by Superintendent Pou. Wood was given the freedom of the baek yaVd and assigned to work in Lie boiler I room, where it was fe't that he could !be watched better by the guards. The reason the board favored his release from solitary confinement was on purely humane grounds, as we felt his health and mind would become impaired by continuous solitary con finement. No blame whatsoever can be attached to the superintendent. The responsibility rests entirely upon the board of directors, as Wood was ro ! leased over the continuous protest of | Superintendent Pou.” Immediately following his escape j information was broadcast and a r°- ! ward of $250 offered for his recap ture. Wood began his sentence on De cember 17, 1923. He was sent up front Guilford county with a term of from 22 1-2 to 30 years for the mur der of A. W. Kaplan, a Greensboro , pawnbroker. COTTON SPINDLEvS ACTIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA There Were 6,094,958 in the State on October 31st. Raleigh. AT. (\. Nov. 23. (A 3 )— There were 0.094.05 S cotton spinnrn® spindles ill place in North Carolina on October 31, 5.549.95 S of which were in actual operation a-t some j time during the month, according t > figures just released by the United States Department of Commerce. The active spindle hour average, based upon spindle in place, was 307. North Carolina was second onty to one state In the Union, Massa- j chussetts, in point of spindles in J place and active spindleage. The ! New England state led with a rota! | in p’aee of 11.365.594. of which S.- 439.394 were in operation during the month. Average active spindle hours per spindle in place was calculated at 145. or 162 less than North Caro lina's. the government statistics in dicate. Although Massachusetts had a total of 8.430.394 spindles in opera tion at some time during the month of October, as against 5.849.958 m North Carolina, the New England state tallied a lower average of j active spindle hours per spindle in j place by reason of its greater tot**’, j spindleage- South Carolina achieved a higher rating of efficiency in its spinning operations for the month than any other state in the Union, with in average active spinning hour mark' of 317, this figure a’so being nniv ed at on a ‘basis of spindles in place. South Carolina follows North Car olina in number of spindles in place with a total of 5.361.350, the iwo -dates having a greater comb ned spindleage than any three other states in the Union outside of New England. I “Dragon” Dead. | N*w York. Nov. 22.—Indigestion Sunday killed the remaining “dra gon’ of the pair brought here in Sep tember from the volcanic island of I Komondo, near Java. He was call* <1 the Veranus Komodoensis and was proclaimed the largest member of the fizard family in existence. Known for his ferocity, he will go the valhalla of dead monsters, 'the American Museum of Natural 1 History. _ • The other lizard died a month ago \ of starvation. With Our Advertisers. Christmas hose for men. silk plaids and rayon mixed, at ,T. C. Penney Co.’s at only 40 cents. A wonderful sale of rugs is now going on at the Parks-Belks Co.’s. The Parks-Belk Co. will take up nil suear tiekets between now’ and January Ist. After that time they till be void, sugar at S cents a pound with tickets. « „ “ I>on ’ t bll i the Wife.” Production has begun on Don t Tell the Wife” the «c° n Paul L. Stein is directmg for War ner Bros. Irene Rich an : .Gordon will share stellar honors i this photoplay which is being P _ ' ized from the internationally famous play, “Cyprienne,” by Victoria njsar dou, the distinguished French ’ tist. Lilyan Tashman has been signert tV> play an important role m 1 picture. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1926 DANIELS WITNESS IT THE DOHENY AND FILLS TRIAL Savs No Oil Leases Were Granted During Time He Served as Secretary of j the Navy. i HOLDING BIGGEST GUNS IN RESERVE! So Far Prosecution Has! Brought Out Only the' History of Oil Reserves Now in Dispute. Washington. Nov. 24. — (A 3 ) —With its biggest artillery still in reserve, the prosecution in tho Fall-Doheny •»il oonsp'racy case continued today its tedious preliminary barrage of «ta * is; ics and geological data concerned" in- tin* Elk Hills naval oil lease. A prospect tha the day mighii bring to the wit notes stand Senator I Walsh of Montana, and Senators Smoot and I .enroot served to cast in to deep shadow the dry and dusty de tails with which the morning session began. Josephus Daniels also waq a witness. By the testimony of the four the government hoped not only to further strengthen the chain of evidence re garding administration of the oil re serves before they were transferred to the Interior Department, but also to strike directly into the circumstances under wlrch it first became known be fore the Senate committee that the defendant Edward L. Dohen.v made a SIOO,OOO payment to the defendant Albert B. Fall, while the latter head ed the Interior Department, and be fore the Dohen.v interests received the lease to Elk Hills. Much of the morning session was taken up with identification and read ing of papers relating to the Doheny Pearl Harbor oil storage contract ami Elk Hills lease. In the midst of the presentation of documentary evidence. Josephus Dan als was called to the stand, but oe-! copied it but a minute. The former Naval Secretary said! he was in the Wilson cabinet from j March 4. 1913, to Match 4, 1921, “Were any leases to drill oil onj yarn! reserve No. 1 (Elk Hills) issued* during that thneV" asked government T counsel. “None.” “Were there any applications for j leases?” “Yes.” "But none was granted?” “No.” “You mny cross examine him," said Owen J. Roberts, government coun sel. "We have nothing to ask." replied Frank J. Hogan, Doheny's chief counsel. Will E. Harris, one of the owners of the ranch adjoining Fall’s at Three Rivers, N. M., testified that the Har rs ranch was bought by Fall early in December 1921. Fall paving $lO.- 000 in cash to bind the bargain. "In what denominations were the bills?" asked former Senator Pome renc for the government. “I think they all wore SIOO bills, in two packages of $5,000 each.” Harris said Fall had the money in “a small hand bag.” That was the only cash that passed in the transac tion, the other payments totalling $81,500, being by check. Pomerene produced a cheek for $16,000, dated December 21. 1921, and payable to Harris. The witness said it was given him by Fall in payment for cattle on the ranch. ANOTHER COTTON MILL PLANS TO COME SOUTH Textile Concerns Are Leaving New England States in Interest of Econ omy. Ware, Mass., Nov. 23. —Adding to a long list of recent changes in the textile situation in New England, the Otis company of Ware today an nounced a plan for closing t'heir plant here and removing manufacture to the South. The project will be sub mitted to the stockholders for ratifi cation on December Gth. Reduction of manufacturing costs to meet southern competition was given as the principal reason for the removal. Within the last month a number of consolidations of textile companies have been made public with economy in production as the goal. Recently the Nashua Manufacturing Company purchased the plant of the Tremont aud Suffolk mills in Lowell and details of ja merger between the Pepperell Manufacturing Company and the Massachusetts Cotton Mills were made public. Last month the Jenckes-Manville Company of Rhode Island c’.osed its Nourse bill at Woon socket and moved the machinery to units already in operation in the South. The plant of the Quidniek-Wind ham company at Willimantic was closed in October, and the announce ment reason was the inroads of south ern competition. Charged With Stealing Hose. (By International News Service) Durham, Nov. 24.—Charged with 1 “lifting” a pair of 25-eent men's hose - from a department store, Mrs. Rosa < Bowen, is in jail here. Her case - has been continued until November - 24th. 1 s Idle curiosity i* probably the . busiest thing on earth- Star’s Son dMu Ha. ® 9 Ha f ■■l! ;■ $, jZ M, M r 1 j* Usm B ■ m >r ; ' •' --. He" j9bk * jjj l M . B pM J jpP Hf mm , mill aM ■ f jjjjgg; gag »■■■" 1 ■ ! John Easton, son of Mrs. Jane Gribson, star witness in the Ball-Mills murder trial at Somerville, N. J., attended sourt when his mother testi fied from her sick bed. / #ln tern at local Nawsnvl) - LG. M. AUSTIN SAYS HE IS NOT AFRAID OF OTTO yMaii. Who Married " Prisoner’s Di vorced Wife Says He is Hunting For Him. Winston-Salem. Nov. 23. — In J i North Carolina today there it-; one man who is not afraid of Oito Wood j and that man is G. M. (Red) Auk- j tin, who married the wife of the j state's “famous bad man.” Austin came to Winston-Salem to day not only to see his wife, who is a patient at a local hospital, but al so to see Otto if he happened to be about here. "The guards at the slate prison may be afraid of Otto. but. besides not 'being afraid of him, I am out hunting for him. I want to see him.” Austin told newspaper men. Austin married Mrs. Wood after sin* had received a divorce from Otto, and they now have one child- About a year ago Otto made one of his es capes and came here obviously hunting his former wife and Mr. Austin, who at the time were at Dau vil’e. where Austin was employed with a construction company. It is understood that Otto said freely that his former wife and her husband were hiding from him and made numerous threats as to what he would do if he found them, and know ing that, Austin made it a point to come here tonight, as he learned Ot to . was out again. “But after all,” said Austin, “my thoughts are on my wife who is critically ill. It’s her first. If Otto conies I will take care of that, but I am'thinking first of her who is the mother, of my baby.” Local newspapermen .eceived a tip today that Wood was here. The tip came from a woman who su'd she didn’t want her identity dis closed. hut that she knew positively that Wood arrived here thus morning at 5 o'clock. Reporters supplied this informa tion to the police and a search was instituted. A squad headed by Cap tain Jenkins was dispatched to the address given. Wood was not there- It is not doubted, however, th it Wood did come to the Twin Cily, and police are on the watch for him. Panama Flight Planes Make Progress. Key West, Fla., Nov. 24. — UP) — The Panama flight planes were 210 miles south of Cuba at 8:10 a. m. today, it was reported to the naval radio station here by wireless. FOOTBALL SCORES WILL BE RECEIVED FOR LOCAL FANS Football fans who for various reasons must remain at home to morrow can keep up with the prog ress of the North Carolina teams through Associated Press reports to be received by The Daily Trib une. Scores by quarters will be re ceived from the State-Wake For est, Davidson-Duke and Caxolina- Virginia games. These scores will be posted at the Times-Tribune of fices for the benefit of patrons and friends of the papers. The games will begin at 2:30 and reports of the results should begin coming here about 3 :15. I. : DEMOCRATS NOT TO : NAME SMITH, SAYS i HCONGRESSMAN “Not the Ghost of Chance j for A1 Smith,” Says WiJ | liam D. Upshaw, in In- I terview Given in City. | HIS NOMINATION WILL BE FOUGHT j Should He Be Nominated,; | Says Militant Dry Lead er, Voters of the Nation Would Not Accept Him. “Not the ghost of a ehanee for A1 Smit’.i,” said Hon. William I). Up shaw, member of ('ongress from Geor- j gia, and ntiiitnnt dry leader, here to- : day. i “This is my deliberate conviction after having traveled over several ! states since the ejection and having felt the pulse of all classes, especial-1 ly the Democrats who are deeply in- j forested in victory at the next elec tion. “Everybody, of course, recognizes the remarkable personality of Alfred E. Smith, and his more than romarka-; ble series of political triumphs, but • >ve might ns we'.l look t’ae thing, straight in the face—the Democratic ; party is not going to sell its soul I for-a mess of pottage, even if the pot tage were assured, but the nomination |of a man. who. as governor of the | i great state of New York, led his state. | legis’ature to secede from the union— ' j that part of it represented by the j 18th amendment —would be nothing less than a red flag iri the faces of the great sober God-fearing masses of America, who fought for the dethrone- \ ! ment of the liquor traffic through ac- j tive generation of consecrated pa-1 triotic purpose. “To the question often asked me. j ‘would you, would the South, support. A1 STnith were he nominated for the presidency?’ I give always the uni-j Wrsaljanswer— “That I am too busy: fighting t’ae wet cause, which A1 Smith champions, to be taking up time an- ■ swering hypothetical questions—first.! the Democratic party has too much sense to nominate A1 Smith or any other wet, and second, if the lead ers were to lose their heads and sur render to the damp sophistries, which I'ttied in San Francisco uifii New York. they would meet a more crush-1 j ing defeat in 1028 than the defeat j J which followed the folly of San Fran-j j cisco and the tragedy of Madison ! Square Garden. ! j “I have not changed my position I one jot or tittle from my declaration ; oh the floor of Congress on the ninth of January, nearly four years ago, j when I served notice on the genial j governor of New York and all the! ‘damp’ crowd who train with him, ‘that he, nor any other “wet”, will ever roll into the White House on a beer keg or a wine barrell’,” the Georgia congressman said. SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT ENJOYABLE OCCASION I Congressman W. D. Upshaw, of Geor gia, Makes Interesting Address Filled With Wit on the Subject of! “Schools and Fools,” A most enjoyable time was passed j by those who attended the entertain ment given Tuesday evening at the High School for the benefit of the athletic association. From the be ginning to the end the program was entertaining. The musical selections given by the High School orchestra and High School students were en- j ioyed and the address given by Hon. i William D. Upshaw, congressman from ! Georgia, who had for his “ subject “Schools and Fools”, was an address with a lesson to be learned from it and at the same time it was given! with the usual touch of wit that Con-1 I gressmaq Upshaw puts in his mes- j sages. Congressman Upshaw’s address was a combination of wholesome education al ideals, good natured railery, pul- j verizing sarcasm, concerning the aim- j less fool, the selfish fool, the unpro- J gressive Tool, the litterized fool and the Godless fool. The speaker began with a graphic comparison between the city and coun try fool, weaving into his lecture some amusing personal experiences of his on the farm and paying tribute to the : country boy who works day in and day out in partnership wit the God of nature and who often comes t» the city with his dower of, stalwart ’ character and worthy ideals to be a leader in the affairs of the city, the state and the nation. Perhaps the greatest fun of the eve ning came in making a comparison j between the educated fool, the igno rant fool, and the unprogressive fool. ! Congressman Upshaw told a story near the beginning of his lecture; I about riding a country mule to town i to attend a Fourth of July picnic and i I how. being disgusted at the splurging display of a certain “smart aleck" with a cigarette stuck in the corner of his mouth at an angle of 45 de grees, he determined then and there to celebrate the Fourth of July from a not only grateful memory of our Revolutionary fathers, but he de clared his own dependence from the thaldrom (?) of a cigarette. The speaker then said seriously to t’ae boys and girls: “Young America while I do not wish to be foolish con cerning the cigarette habit on the part of some worthy men, I am frank to say to you that I hardly believe I ’l would be a member of Congress today J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher ' ■ ~ i i Bouncer J | ■ H -v HHHIhL - ■ Mrs. Lintom Orman is chiel of the London Special Patrol of British Fascists, which, at a Fascisti meeting at St. Pan oras Baths, threw out a! women not agreeing wit speakers. (International Newsreel! LEONID KRASSIN IK * DEAD AT HIS POST —_— j Was Russian Charge D'Affaires in i London.—Had Been 111 Several j Months. London, Nov. 24. — UP) —Leonid j j Krassin. Russian soviet charge d’af-1 faires in London, died at 4 o’clock ! i this morning from pernicious anae-j j min. Blood transfusions made over ape : r ! o. - - Only last week he visited the for eign office- si u. ! solve the problem of bolshevik propa ganda which Foreign Secretary Cham ! berlain told the House of Commons was keeping Great Britain and soviet Russia apart. Mr. Chamberlain added Lint he had been informed by the i charge that the soviet government would welcome better relations with Great Britain and that he had re- I plied that Moscow first must cease ! communists propaganda against the I British empire. Man Leaps From Washington Monu ment and Binds His Life. Washington. Nov. 22. —For th'* : second time in 00 hours the Wash ! ington monument was the scene to j day of n suicide. B- Ward, crawled through the j iron bars at a window near the top | of the structure and jumped 500 feet i to the pavement. A fcimilnr leap was 1 taken Saturday morning by an in j mate of soldiers hospital here. Officia’s are planning to reinforce : the gratings placed at the windows several years ago. Some people are born good ; others make good. if I had not gained the mastery of j my poweFon that historic Fourth of July.” He pled for a keener civic con sciousness concerning the real value of boys and girls, declaring that every brick building, every bank and every j monufacturin)? enterprise in Concord would have no value if they were not 1 loyal to the social unit of the boy and girl. “All these things,” he said, “the dollars, that will soon fall from i our nerveless hands, the acres that i will soon fade from our hazing vision | only have a related value —the value i comes from their relationship to the : development of boys and girls who are,” the speaker declared, “The to morrow of the republic.” In an impassioned conclusion, the Georgia congressman urged the youth before him to lay the foundation stone of life’s pyramid on the Rock of Ages. He reminded them of that Bible quo j tation, “The fool hath said in his heart there is no God,? and he de clared with great feeling “that both ! education and money are worse than failures unless those who have them remember that education without re ligion and character are like a flower without fragrance—like a statue with • out a soul.” ■ i i I. ——’ QUEEN MAIRE AND CHILDREN SAIL FOR RUMANIAN HOME New York, Nov. 24. — UP) — Queen Marie of Rumania with Princess Ileana and Prince Nirti olas, sailed for Bucharest today, cutting short the American tour to return to the bedside of King Ferdinand. Before the Berengaria. bearing the royal party sailed, some 200 persons were received in the royal suite, and the farewell cheers . j of_otber hundreds crowded on the ' pier were acknowledged by the * | royal visitors from the deck. POLICE SEEK CLUE 111 SOLVING DEATH i OF L, C. FORSYTH Body Left at Filling Sta* tion at Garner by Per sons Who Asked Propri etor to Bring Physicians, LEFT THE BODY AND DROVE OFF Robert Separks Said to Be One of Men in Car With Body.—Gang ; Warfare May Have Caused Death Raleigh, Nov. 24. —( A >). —Mystery surrounds the death of L. C. (Mighty) Forsyth, 24 years old, near here last night, as police returned empty-hand ed from the search for his alleged slayer. Two conflicting theories as to t’lie manner of his death were ad vanced. t rj Forsyth was brought to a local hos pital at 3 o'clock this morning, but was found to be dead. ' His body had been unloaded from a touring car at a Garner road filling station, with a plea to Paul King, the proprietor, to hurry him to a hospital here. The occupants of the touring car said they were out of gasoline, but when po lice went back to look for them neigh bors who had been aroused by the turmoil said that the gasless car had sped away soon after King's ear left for Raleigh with the body. They said it, too. headed toward the capital city. King said that the car was occu pied by two men and a woman, Ho said he recognized one of flic men as Robert Separks, but did not know the other man or the woman. Separks is wanted by police in several eastern North Carolina cities for alleged li quor trafficking and laying smoke screens. Police also had associated Forsyth with an eastern Carolina rum ring, and regarded it as possible that he w’fls a victim of gang warfare. The other theory is that he came to his death by falling from the car. His skull was crushed in such a manner as to support the latter theory. HIGHWAY 10 ROUTE « m AHAISJUI fUHJWU Second Injunction Halts Work Con templated by State Highway Com mission. Raleigh, Nov. 24. —t4>)—Injunction proceedings arose here this morning to thwart for the second time the de signs of the State highway commis sion of constructing the link of high way Route 10 which leads through the town of Newton. The legal barrier to letting the contract was served on Commissioner Frank Page just prior to the time set for the opening of bids on the project. The injunction was served for the same plaintiffs who last spring suc cessfully blocked the highway com mission from constructing the States ville-Newton link in accordanee with engineers' recommendation. They are: The Town of Newton and a number of its citizens. The injunction was obtained from Judge P. A. McElroy. at Hickory, and is returnable before Judge W. F. Harding at Lenoir on December 3rd. Accompanying the injunction papers was notice of an application for a writ of mandamus to force the highway commission to build the road in accordance with the recent decision of the Supreme Court. The injunction sets forth that the present route leaving Statesville and running north of the Catawba River through Claremont and Catawba and then south into Newton at its new court house, is not in accordance with the dictates of the supreme tribunal. W. C. Feimster and Wilson War lick, attorneys of Catawba county, were here today representing (he plaintiffs. The legal action, however, did not interfere with opening the bids which were being compiled by Acting Highway Engineer Leslie 11. Ames early this afternoon. * — t THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady, at Decline of l_to 8 Points, With Active Months Rallying Later. New* York, Nov. 24. — UP) —The cot ton market opened barely steady to day at a decline of 1 to 8 points, with near months relatively easy on liquida tion incident to the circulation of the first December notices. There was al so scattered selling of later deliveries promoted by relatively easy Liverpool cables, but after selling off to December rallied to 12.30, w’hile Jan uary advanced from 12.40 to 12.40. Spot house brokers were buyers of December against sales of later de liveries, absorbing the" early liquida tion. and the steadiness of the near months evidently helped the tone of ' the general market in the early trnd- I ing. Cotton futures opened barely steady. ! Dec. 12.35; Jan. 12.41: March 12.05; May 12.85; July 13.09. Some get into touch with departed spirits through a medium—others through a bootlegger. THE WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday, co'.der Thursday. Moderate south west shifting to northwest and north winds. NO. 42