Ilume LI
Liston Arrested At
Irrisburg, Pa., And
I Carried From City
I Hotel Where
Been Living for
ime— Willing to
Accusers.
tion is
fET KNONWNj
in Taxi But Po-j
aid Discuss,
hink He Is <*o
hicas!« N° w *
Pa . I ** I
, l'M'ilO op- ,
'l't'i'ig |
~iico Thompson. I
Sr S
>aid In* 1,1 ' n
* an
■r,., ii've iki ur Carson
Chicago officers. He
s -aid < trmiston de
it istinl to return after
identity. Officials of
i.my said f.icy (Md not
tion. ' They said De-
Kidied for itc safe re
■,-tivA d elined to dis
deparfure.
surprised by officers
ijartnieiit last night.
,iiig here under the
.ininger" and told of-j
ii* ro Harrisburg from i
h* expressed surprise!
•ies had not located
mi-ton formerly was
it Angelas Temple,
n-e he is wanted on
racy to defeat jus
uiil to have been i
gh a letter. He is
left Chicago three
go.-
L, BRIEF'S.
iwghouse. Secretary I
iird of Health, is tn
H>*'k attending the
v.-ahoard Medical Se
al organization eom-
Xorth t'arolina and
, i) tV . n.—oP>—The
■ting of the advisory
i.rhl War Veterans’,
■reel to be railed this
I’crett. Secretary of
uounced. Secretary
io chairman of the
mis of the Issuance
iu bonds, aufhoriz
th<* referendum of
thi* purpose of pro
file 16ans, and the
miss inner are slated
iscussion
A. Graham, of the
Agriculture, is back
i're lie attended the
National Assoointi i
of Agriculture. Mr
I'sl a vice president
»n.
1 Church Schools,
n.. Dec. o.—Mortg
aging to the South
inirelt and student
'"gf eeliters, as a re
el of i lie executive
'* church board of
tenefit by any appro
/•< for the year 192(5-
? Hr' Stoneall Ander
icoinmittee met. here
hop, Kihvin I>.
institutions receiving
lot at.-,! in Alabama,
ia. Kentucky, North
una, Texas, Virginia
Storms and Quakes.
tee. ft.—C/P)—The Im
'i' cut off entirely
•nniMinication for a
a series of storms amt
c.'au.v reports sgid the
leads were- cut near
i'dien the high winds
' nt Cucamonca. ' In
'"•tini was had w:A
•‘■'v Minutes early to-
I Rain
K, '"'-S’.it and Friday;
■ *' ■ ‘‘'■•■s m «ast portion to
■ Vrft>.!jv' lay ’ frPsll east an< *
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
V “DRUNK” GOT OFF
• j STREET ONTO ROOF
1 Tired of Being Arrested for Being
“Drunk on the Street,”
I (By International News Service.)
1 Miami. Fla., Dee. 9.—Barney Mc-
Lendon. 30, a frequent caller at i>o-,
j lice station, who had tired of being
| arrested for “drunk on the street," j
(thought lie would go the officers one j
[better, so he took to the roof of a
I house.
j Brught before Judge D. .T. Hcffer- j
I nan shortly after his arrest by I
j Batro’man ('. (i- Reilly, who said he
j pulled McLendon from the roof of *
I house intoxicated, the court asKeJ
I the defendant if he had anything to
» say.
"Yes. sir. Your Honor,'' replied
[McLendon, still somchat intoxicated
las he began his eloquent plea for
freedom.
“It seems they always get me
when 1 get drunk on the street, so t
just climbed lift on the rr^f.”
“What were you doing up there?"
asked the court.
Barney failed to answer.
“Judge, he* was taking a drink on
the house," yelled-a court fan.
After order was" restored. Mc-
Lendon drew a sentence of ”0 days
in jail.
THE COTTON MARKET
Renfwed Hedge Selling and Liquida
tion * Featured Opening—January
and May Decline.
New York. Dec. 9. — (A 3 ) —Renewed
hedge selling and liquidation featured
the opening of the cotton market to
day and the first prices were easy at
decline of 10 to 14 points.
Failure of the smaller crop and gin
ning figures to bring in any buying j
| power of consequence evidently made
a bearis’.i impression on sentiment and
early selling was promoted by rela
tively easy Liverpool cables. ,
Except for covering or a little seal
ing down buying very little support
developed and the decline extennded to
11.64 for January and 12.11 for May
before the end of the first hour or
about 2(5 to 27 points net lower.
(’otton futures opened easy : Deo. j
12.19; Jan ll.Ta; March 12.02; May j
12.2a; July 12.47.
We men's Veils Banned By Turkish I
Province.
iAmstantinople. De»*. 9.~*M’oiq« , h * 5
veils, which even angora left alone a 1
year ago when it prohibited the tradi- j
tional Turkish Fez. have been sup-J
pressed by the Province of Trebizond,
long rewarded* a bulwark of the old
regime.
The provincial council today pub
lished the following proclamation:
"The veil is unhygienic and de
prives women of the primordial right
to earn a living and henceforth will
be prohibited in this province. The
veil 11k constitutes a means of dis
simulation for persons desirous to es- j
cape the police."
With Our Advertisers.
Fit for a Christmas present Tor any
man—three fine shirts in a Christ
mas box for $5.00, at the Parks-Relk
Co. Everything for everybody for
Christmas at this big store. See new
ad. on page two.
Never before have Goodyear t'res
been so cheap and so good. They are
safe on mud. ice or snow. Go to tlie
Yorke & Wadsworth Co. and get your
size.
You will find at Bell & Harris’ ev
erything that goes to make a modern
and beautiful home.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Cdf lias a
big stock of Charstmas hardware for
everybody from the baby to the grown
ups.
Pi •aetieal gifts for Christmas at |
Fisher's. You will find a large, selec
tion there. A special Christinas pack
age for See ad. about it.
Morons Fill Harvard, Says Crimson
Editor.
Middletown, Conn., Dec. 9- —Un-
(dergraduate mentality /it Harvard j
was given .poor rating at the student |
parley at Wesleyan this .week-end by
the editor of the; Harvard Orimsoij,
Donald Gibbs, ah official delegate
Mr. Gibbs stated that the number
of morons at Harvard was astound
ing, there being' more “to the square
inch than There arje plumbers . in; (t
tenement house on' zero day.". *
Mr. Gibbs seemed to, thirik the 1 low
rating he gave to these in the ;
graduate schools was due largely to
insuffieent preparation in colleges
from which they had come.
Christmas Toys at J. C. Penney Co’s.
The Christmas toy department and
doll shop at .T. C. Penney Company is
complete. They’ve planned well for l
the children and shopping for them
here for Christmas will be easy. They
take a whole page in both The Trib
une and The Times today to tell you
about this department. Everything
is illustrated and you can tell just
what you can get there. Everything
is plainly priced too. Look over the
page ad. and you are sure to find
something you want.
Effrd’s Annnual Christmas Sale.
There is a great variety or Christ
mas merchandise and toys at Fifird s,
and you will find the prices exceed
ingly low’. You will find specials on
boys’ suits, with one pair each of
long and short pants from $4.95 to
$18.50. Big cut in prices of ladies’
and misses’ 1 coats and dresses. Ever-
Ready razors, 25 cents. Fine wool
. blankets $3.69. In a page ad. today
l on page ten you will find mhny other
1 Christmas values, ~ ,
Will John Gray Die in the
Electric Chair Tomorrow?
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel
Raleigh. Dec. 9.—Will John Gray
die in :hc electric chair tomorrow for
! the murder* of “Dad” Watkins in
i Stanly county October 90, 1925?
I This is a question being asked here
| today pending the result of a vigorous
last-minute effort by Gray's attorney,!
r and interested citizens of Stanly cqun
’ ty to save him from the death chair.
No announcement has been made as
j yet by Governor A. W. McLean as
1 to whether or not he intends to grant
' a commutation, although he and H.
j Hoyle Sink, commissioner of pardons,
J were elosted with the Stanly county
j delegation in an extensive hearing yes
| terday afternoon. After the hearing
|'( was announced that further investi
igation into Gray’s case was still be
ing made. Final decision by the
governor is expected today.
Considerable difference of opinion
seems to exist as to Gray’s mental
condition, sonic maintaining that he
undoubtedly is insane, others main
taining that he is as sane as any crim
inal ever is, and that ’he knows the
difference between right and wrong.
That he knew full well the enormity
of his act in killing Watkins, it is
pointed out. that if he had uot been I
conscious of his guilt he would not j
have gone to the pains to dismember 1
Watkins' body and burn it up in an
old barn. It also pointed out that
the slaying was undoubtedly premedi
tated, since the object was robbery.
Others maintain, ’however, Hurt only
a maniac would have gone through
with the horrible detail of dismember-
MOTORISTS SHOULD
KNOW LEGAL RIGHTS;
Ignorance is Costing Them Hundreds J
of Thousands of Dollars Yearly. 1
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Dec. B.—lgnorance of tlieir j
legal rights still is costing motorists
hundreds of thousands of dollars year
ly and to combat this lack of knowl-!
edge is becoming increasingly • the ob- •
jective of motor clubs throughout the I
country.
This point is made by C. W. Rob- I
erts, vice president and general man-!
ager of the Carolina Motor Club, who j
declares that "the movement among
t'lie 855 clubs affiliated with theAiner- r
ican Automobile Association to a<-,:
I quaint members with their legal rights j
Is not in the interest of defeating •'
but rather to see that the 1
lends of justice properly are revved.
"No fair-minded motorist would
j thinu* ,0 Holding any brief for
! violator of the motor vehicle laws,’*
j Mr. Roberts points out. “By the
! same token, he would not want to |
see the law unfairly interpreted!
against the man who lias not violat- j
ed the code. This, however, in spite}
of all the campaign against it is the 1
practice in many places.
“Probably in no other misdemeanor I
case does the accused start with sol
much against him. Inevitably, it 1
seems even in the courts that are en-1,
tirely above all suspicion, the whole}
i theory of justice is inverted and Lie }
motorist virtually is considered guil- j
ty until he proves himself innocent.
Even motorists take this attitude to
ward the fellow driver who is seen
by the roadside in conversation with i
an officer.
“It is a long road motordom must j
travel to overcome this prejudice. Mo-1
tor clubs are tackling the journey be
cause they know that the average car
owner is a fair, decent, law-abiding
citizen. He has been imposed upon j
to the extent of many thousands of
dollars. lie will get fairness when
Survey Shows Cotton Acreage
For Year 1927 Will Be Reduced
-e
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Dec. 9.—ls the preliminary
survey made among some 200 farmers
in the state is typical, and it is be
lieved it is, cottpn acreage for 1927
will be decreased in North Carolina
I nearly ?0 per cent., ant( the acreage
planted to other crops w’ilL be in
creased accordingly, it was announced
by Ur. .E, Brooks, president ol
State College and chairman Os the
State central committee Working for
1 a decreased cotton acreage through
greater diversification pf other crops,
following the two-day sessjoh of the
annual conference oft county farm
,■ agent?.' .. These agents brought in
approximately 200 blanks that hfto
been signed by farmers in accordance
with the proposed plan of the central
committee, showing the acreage of
various crops that they expected to
plant this coming spring. As a re
sult of this preliminary survey, an
intensive campaign will be launched
in all the forty cotton counties pi the
state immediately after the holidays,
to get every farmer in these counties
to adopt uniform programs of crop
diversification that will automatically
reduce the cotton acreage, and make
the farmers economically independent
of cotton, regardless of its price.
The blanks brought in to the con
ference showed that among the -00
farmers who signed them that tobacco
would be increased 10.7 per cent
poultry 10 per cent., hogs about 23
per cent, and cover and feed crops
about 27 per 9 ent. The blanks showed
further that there would probably be
a decrease in <4>e number b£ dairy
cows, and that the reduction in cot
ton acreage brought about as the re
sult of "these other increases, would
amount to a little over 36 per cent.
This was interpreted by Dr. Brooks
to indicate that the signing of these
blanks would be efficient in bringing
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, PEC EMBER 9, 1926
ing the body of his victim and attempt
ing to burn it.
In some respects, the murder of
Watkins by Giay is regarded as being |
one of the most fiendish in the crini- I
inai annals of the state. After killing !
Walkins, Gray decapitated him, muti
lated the head. I’lion cut off the arms j
and feet of the trunk, apparently with :
an axe. threw the pieces of the b >dj \
with the exception of .the head, into |
an old barn and set fire to the barn J
in an effort to destroy the tell tale I
corpus delect i. The pieces of the f
charred body were discovered and W'- j
moved, however, and identified. Gray
carried t’iie head away from the scene
with him and later threw it into the
roaring furnace of a house
which lie was passing, according to
his own story.
Tom Bout in the Greensboro Now*
has the following:
“John Gray, young white moron
who is to die within 48 hours for the
murder of Dad Watkins, Stanly
white man, has the governor and the
pardon commissioner this afternoon
working on a petition for clemency
presented by Judge Lane Brown and
(). J. Sikes, of Albemarle.
The friends of the Stanly half-wit
came without price to liis aid. They
| did not apppar for him in the court j
below*. The impression of virtually I
all the people of Albemarle is mat |
a brain of some size planned the
gruesome killing of Dad Watkins,
but the mind of a baby executed the
scheme.
“Judge Brown and Judge Sikes got
fairly into the case, but they will
continue it tomorrow*.” <*,
•he knows his rights. Teaching him
these rights is one of the most popular
forms of service rendered by clubs ev
erywhere.”
Miss Dare Must Go to Rear Or Don
MV>re Rags.
Raleigh, Dec. 7. —Virginia Dare,
as represented by the scantily clad
and buxom young woman from Car
rara marble and presented to the
staate of North Carolina at. the an
nual meeting of the Literary and
Historical society last week, is
threatened with ejectment from her
recently acquired position of emin
ence iu Jhe state’s hall of history.
In giving tlie sister a critical
once-over this morning. Ben D. Mhc-
Neil, feature writer for The Raleigh
News and Observer and one of the
five members of the state historical
commission, made known that lie
would propose to his colleagues «n
the commission when they meet here
Friday that the statue may be rg*-
moved to the less pretentious stare
museum.
The lady might he a very interest
ing relic. Mr. MacNeUl thought, but
there is certainly no history aDout
her. He could not imagone her keep
ing alive the tradition of Virginia
Dare.
The statue pictures a plump
young woman whose sole dependence
for raiment is a chain of Indian
head's about her neck and a fish net
conveniently placed to save her from
positive scandal.
Rare Bird Captured.
(By International News Service.)
Siler City, N. C., Dec. 9 A rare
bird was captured near the residence
of E. T. Noel. It has distinct colors.
Mr. Noel has carried it to the State
Museum in Raleigh where it wilk be
stuffed and put on exhibition.
The name or the bird is Lapwing,
and is a species of the Plever family.
The first and only Lapwing found be
fore this one in the United States, it
is said, was found 011 Long Island in
1883.
about the desired acreage reduction.
There is little likelihood that Texas
will reduce its acreage much next
year, according to Dean I. O. Schaub,
because of more land in w*est Texas
being planted in cotton, although indi
cations are that east Texas, will de
crease its cotton planting. However,
this decrease will be offset by the in
crease in w*est Texas. He explained
that Texas was able to produce cot
ton more cheaply that North Caro
lina, due to soil differences, and dif
ference in farming and liarvesting.
This makes it of increasing import
ance for North Carolina farmers to so
conduct their furms as to be less and
less dependent upon cotton, since they 1
cannot hope to compete with Texas,
Dean Sehahb said, and pointed to the
fact that Brunswick and Columbus
counties have now virtually gone out
of cotton production with the result
that they were as prosperous or more
prosperous than when they raise cot
ton almost exclusively.
Although many of the county agents
from cotton counties were of the opin
ion that many of the fanners would
be very slow’ in signing blanks of any
kind, they were of the belief that if
the matter were properly presented
and explained to them, that they
would respond, and that with the aid
of the bankers and supply merchants
that satisfactory results can be ob
tained.
The county agents will get busy
holding meetings in their counties, at
which State College specialists will as
sist, immediately after the holidays
and the plan evolved and agreed upon
will then be carried into every com
munity in every county. In the mean
time a .special committee of agents
from the cotton counties will make
a special study with regard to any
needed adjustments in the blanks
which will be used, and will help oth
er agents in formulating plans for
the final reduction campaign.
DQHENY, WIFE AID
SON TELL JURY OF
I “LOAN" TO FRIEND
(All Deny Money Given to
1 Albert B. Fall Had Any
| thing to Do With the Oil
I Lease Contracts.
(
NOTE PRODUCED
FOR THE JURY
Doheny Said Signature
Was Torn Off So if He
Died There Would Be no
Embarrassment to Fall.
Washington, Dec. 9. —( A *) —Edw*ard
L. Hoheny testified in his own defense
today in his trial for criminal con
spiracy.
The 70-year old oil man went to
the wintess stand at his own request
to explain to the jury the eireum-
I stances of his SIOO,OOO “loan” to Al-
I bert B. Fall, who is a defendant with
j him under the charge of conspiring
i to secure the award of t’iie Elk Hills
oil lease to Doheny interests while
Fall was interior secretary.
The story of the SIOO,OOO as Do
ht'ny told it to the Senate committee
three years ago. already is in the trial
-records. The oil magnlate described
the advance as purely a private loan
made to help a man with whom he had
worked as a mining prospector thirty
years before and Wholly-unconnected
with the Elk Hills negotiations.
Just before he took the stand Do
hen’s wife and his eon, Edward L.
Jr., had provided other details of the
transaction. Appearing as defense
witnesses they related how* the ad
vance was made in cash and how af
terward the signature was torn from
the SIOO,OOO note given by Fall and
put into Mrs. Doheny’s ’hands for cafe
keeping., Both the note and signa
ture were produced for examination
by the jury.
The prosecution did not cross ex
amine Mrs. Doheny or Edward, Jr.
As he began his testimony with the
usual trite recital of his name, .occu
pation and past connections the elder
Doheny showed plainly the weaking
effectn of the arm infection which had
kept him in bed much of the time for
the past week. He spoke softly ai|d
deliberately. After detailing his early j
life Doheny said: “in 18w) I found
the first mine—the dream. Mr. Fall
then was prospecting there. It was
then I met him.”
(’ailed to the stand alter his mother j
’had testified-about her connection with
the incident the younger Doheny was
I brought under fire of questions from
counsel who nought to develop not on
ly details of the transaction but the
reason behind it so far as he knew
them.
The wife of the oil magnate de
fendant faced the jury with great j
poise a[nd related calmly how her bus- j
band told her of the “loan” to Fall and
how lie' had torn off the signature of
the note Fall gave in return and put
it in a safe deposit box so that no
embarrassment might be caused to the
then secretary of interior in case of
Doheny’s death.
Owen ,T. Roberts, of government
counsel, objected to Defense Attorney
Frank J. Hogan’s questions as to how
Doheny Characterized the “loan.”
There was protracted argument after
which Mrs. Doheny was permitted to j
answer. ,
Mrs. Doheny said her husband had
been asked by Fall for a loan to ex- :
tend hi« New Mexico ranch holdings.
Doheny had indicated an inclination
to make the loan and she said she
told her husband she would he willing
to make it.
She told of Mr. Doheny giving to
her the signature off Fall’s note of
November 80. 1921, in their quarters
in the Plaza Hotel. Nexv Y r ork, on
December 20th of that year. "He
gave the signature to me and told me
to keep it." said Mrs, Doheny.-
The signature was offered in evi
dence.
In a quiet, even voice the elder
Doheny told the jury as man to man
that he had no feeling of culpability
and that when he Advanced SIOO,OOO to
Fair he had 110 thought but to (ielp an
old and ( very dear personal frien;d dqt
of personal financial troubles.
He disclaimed firiply that the money
had any connection with the 1 award of
] Elk 'Hills,* and Pearl Harbol, oil con
tracts to Doheny interests While Fall
was secretary of the interior.
For the first tmie he disclosed that
in 1925, more than three years after
the SIOO,OOO “loan” was made, Fall
gave him as security a block of ranch
stock valued at twice the principal of
the debt.
When informed * that the only
chance to avoid the amputation ot an
infected foot was to reach a hospital
within a few’ hours, a woman in
Corning. Calif., used the long dis
tance telephone to call up an air pilot
at Klamath Falls, Ore. The ‘pilot
made the 200-mile flight to Corning
in less than two hours, took the wom
an aboard, and then flew 20ft miles
to San Francisco, arriving at ...»
hospital in time to prevent amputa
tion.
Wants Inquiry’.
Washington, Dec. 9.—C/P)—Request
that the campaign expenditures of
Senator Tyson, Democrat, of Tennes
see, in the primary of two years ago
be investigated w’as made in a letter
to the Senate election committee by
John R. Neal, lawyer of Tate Springs,
Team
Press Hunt for Olson Boy _
v f :> ; -
s"""’'""' V S -
District Attorney J. S. Earll A. B. Curran, who is
lo succeed him in office, discussed the man hunt for Erdman
Olson, of Prairie Du Chein, Wis„ who was wanted on »
charge of murdering his sweetheart, Clara Olson.
- {lnternational N»wirnO • •*’■' * u
SOUTHERN OFFICIALS
' HAVE SAID NOTHING
No Reply Received by City Officials to
Ultimatum in Form of Ordinance
Sent by Rail Officials.
Apparently the Southern Railway
officials are in no hurry to settle the
matter of who is to maintain the over
head bridge near the Southern pas
senger station here.
Last Friday officials of the com
pany were advised that the bridge
would be closed next Tuesday and all J
traffic directed over the grade cross
ing below* the bridge. They were ad
vised also, t'aat in order to offer pro
tection to users* of the crpssing all
trains would be required to halt be
fore reaching the crossing. The, city
officials have adopted a policy of
"watchful waiting” und apparently the
rail officials have done the same
thing.
At least no reply has been received
from the ultimatum ar.d unless some
-1 thing breuks betw*een now and Tues
day the burden may rest wit’ll the city
to enforce the ordinance.
Just how* all the trains, some of
them running between 50 and (50 miles
| an hour, will be halted here has not
been explained by the city officials.
No effort may be made to halt the
trains, as a matter of fact, it is said,
but every time one of the trains fails
to comply with the law* a warrant will
1 be issued against officials of the com
j pany. That would take tflie matter
I to court and something definite might
j result from such a move.
The overhead bridge was built by
the Southern and city officials contend
that the company promised to main
tain it. The rail officials deny this,
however, taking the position that the
bridge is now city property and as
such should be maintained by the city.
That is the Chief point at issue ap
parently, and it may take court action
to settle it. The city is in position ,
to maintain the bridge if convinced
that it should do so, it is said, but
officials are unwilling to do ttyis so
i long as there is any question about
I the maintenance falling on the rail
company. -
i v. —v ——
Opposed to Carnivals.
- Dnrlvpm. Dec. 9.— UP)— Carnivals j
and loehl merchants don’t get along at
all.r-and the merchants,' being perma
nently on the ground. .are out after
th£ itinerant [organfeatihn’s' scarps,.
A special merchants' committee has
been named to draw up plans for keep- j
ing the teftt shows out of town. They j
are doing missionary work among civ
ic organizations preparatory to pre
senting a petition to the city council I
calling for. a bar of all such travelling
1 / ' *. I
“JCeep out surplus cash at home
where/at will (Jowt-’into home trade
channels,” is'the merchant slogan, j
Girls to Give Gym Exhibition To- \
night.
The junior girls of the- “Y” will
give a gymnastic exhibition at the |
local Y. M. C-. A. in connection with
the basket ball game betw’een Con
cord and the Carolina All Stars,
which wilt be p’ayed tonigfit.
The junior girls will give an ex
hibition in fancy marching and
rhythmical gymnastics.
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A STRANGE CASE
Question at Stawe Arose From a Case
in Macon County Court.
Franklin, X. C., Dec. 8. — UP) —A
strange ease will come up in the Su
preme Court of North Carolina when
it gets around again to hearing ap
peals from the twentieth district.
The question at stake arose out of
•a case tried recently in Macon County
Superior Court and shapes up like
this:
; A man is killed. His family in
stitutes suit for damages. The jury
finds that there was contributory neg
ligence on the part of the plaintiff's
intestate. In view’ of the latter fact
can the jury award full damages?
Roy Brooks was killed at the plant
of the Suncrest Lumber Company.
Cole Brooks, his father, instituted
suit against the lumber company for
$3,000 —the maximum amount recov
erable in state courts.
There w’ere two issues before the
jury : Was the lumber eompauy guilty
of negligencjj, and was the plaintiff’s
intestate grfilty of contributory negli
gence?
Both questions were answered in
the affirmative, yet the jury awarded
the full amount sought, apparently
taking no account of the contributory
negligence.
The defendant appealed on this
point.
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China Grove Boy Winner of Corn
Cup.
Atlanta, Dec. 8. —J. A. Patterson,
of China Grove, in Rowan County.
North Carolina, today was awarded
a silver cup offered by the Sou nera
Railway to the grower of the 10 best
ears of corn produced in Virginia,
North Carolina, .South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ken
tucky or Tennessee-
His exhibit, w’hieh won the first
prize at the Central Carolina fa’r at
Greensboro. N. C., was one of IS
which qualified to cdlnpete in the cup
contest by winning the first prize at
leading fairs. His name will be en
graved upon the cun with that of
Willis Boland, of Newberry County,
South Carolina, who won it last
| year, and it will remain in his pos
session until next year's winner is
j announced.
Patterson was awarded the trophy
by *an unanimous vote of a committee
of Southern agricultural experts.
The cup was donated by the rail-
Tar Heel Pensioners Received Over
Million A Year From Uncle Sam.
"Washington, Dec. 8. —-North Caro
lina pensioners of the Federal Gov
ernment received more than a mil
‘ lion dollars a year.
The annual- report of the; Com
-1 missioner of Pensions just made pub
lic her states that 2.950 pensioners
jin North (Carolina received $1,037,-
754 from the United States Govern
j ment. or an average annual pension
jof $351.75. • -
The three thousand Federal pen
* sioners received .more than all the
Confederate and widows of Confed
erate veterans .received from ine
State f North Carolina. Some of the
Federal pensioners still claim as
Civil War veterans, but many also
are Spanish War veteran anti their
widows.
I Tuberculosis Clinic at the Training
School.
The adult tuberculosis clinic will be
hejd at the .Jackson Training School
for three days beginning Thursday.
Tiie clinic is conducted by Dr. S. E
Lee. of State Sanatorium, and Miss
Margaret Ford. Red Cross tubercu
i losis nurse of Cabarrus county.
Death of Five-Months Old Child.
John A. Cruse, five-months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. died
Tuesday night at 6:45 at his home
on Simpson street, death being dne to
bronchitis. Funeral services will be
held this afternoon at 4 o’clock and
interment made ip Oakwood cemetery.
J Rev. M. L. Kester will conduct the
services. ' *
Prior to December Ist this year
1 15,169 bales of cotton were ginned
I in Cabarrus, according to G. W. Lee,
: cotton statistician. Last year to the
same date 12,929 bales had been
, ginned in the county.
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68 MEN ENTOMGEO j
» T '"IRK; THIRTY
' SOOII WERE SAVED
Men Were Trapped in Cpal
Mine in Francisco, Ind.,
Soon After Starting to
Work Today/
RESCUE WORKERS
SOON ON SCEN3B
They Had Rescued 30 of
the Men Three Hours
After the Explosion Oc
curred, Say Reports.
Fausico, Ind., -Dec. 10. — UP) — All of
the men of the first shaft, numbering
between fifty and sixty, were en
tombed in mine No. 2 of the Francisco
Coal Company by an explosion thl*
morning, the telegraph operator here
informed the Associated Press. > !
The explosion occurred about 6:20
this morning, a after the
men entered the pit, the operator said.
Rescue work was started at once, she
added, hut she did not know if any
body had been saved. Mine No. 2
is about one-fourth mile from Frftncis
co. which is seven miles east of
Princeton in southwest Indiana.
Thirty Rescued.
Evansville, Ind., Dec. 9. —MP)—Re-
ports received here at 9 a, m. indi
cated that thirty of the men entombed
in the coal mine at Francisco bad
been rescued from the shaft. It was
said that there were several dead at
the* foot of the shaft. A total of
sixty-eight men were in the mine Urhen
the explosion occurred, according to
latest reports.
PARKE SURRENDERS.
Said He Got Virtually None of th®
Money Said to Have Been Taken
From Memphis Bank.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 9. —(^*)—
Rush H. Parke, clerk of the Ameri
can Savings Bank and Trust *Oo.,
which was placed in receivership fol
lowing the suicide of Clarenoe Hen
ochsberg, assistant cashier Tuesday,
declared to the police today tat be
had been the tool of Henochsberg and
was taken into the bank’s offices to
assist in determining the status of the
institutions accounts.
Parke surrendered voluntarily to
the police here early today after a
fiv-edavs absence in which bank exam
iners announced a shortage of $105,-
000 in his accounts. He told of hid
ing in New Orleans and returning to
Memphis as soon as he learned of
Honochsberg's suicide. .
Parke received for his own use vir
tually none of the money, he told -the
bak examiners.
WANTS LOW GRADE . JM
COTTON TO BE USED
Senator Harris Would Have Govern
ment Use These Grades Instead of
Imported Jute.
Washington, Dec. 9. — LA 3 ) —In an
effort to relieve depression in tiW cot
ton market Senator Harris, Democrat
of Georgia, today offered a resolution
directing the secretaries of commerce
and agriculture to proyide for use of
low grade cotton in the manufacture
of government goods and for covering
cotton bales in place of jute which is
imported from India.
“Low grade cotton,” Senator liar
ris said, •‘is just as strong ns other
grades and the surplus of this grade is
what causes the low prices.
“If cotton were used insteard of jute
for tares the farmers would- save
thousands of dollars,” he added. , ,
MOVEMENT TO BAR
SMITH AND VARE
Charged That Huge Sums of hfoaey
Were Used in Their Election. 1
Washington, Dee..- 9.— UP) — The
first move to bar; the BeUAft
Frank L. Smith, of Lllinois, and Mml
F. Vare, of Pennsylvania, elected as
Republicans, was made, today by Sen
ator Dill, J Demount/ of AVashington’,
who charged that huge .sums qjf money
had been, expended -in tlieiV* : primary
campaign*.
He intrfdufed V* asking
that the Senate deePne fo accept their
credentials if presented.
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Coral jewelry is returning to favor
among fashionable women in Paris
and London.
Fencing is indulged in by many
young women in France as an aid of
health and grace.
( BABY MIKE
IS ONE OF THE CITrtToR
PHANSTHMK OF HIM WHEN
SHOPPING FC* CHRISTMAS.
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