■jit-me i.i
n % he
MEHED BOY TO
I OTHER CRIME
L a Wealthy Flout
l] f r Finally Confesses
b pa soii He Murdered
pier Schmith. (
IRE ATE P BOY
&RE SLAYING
I Took the Life of the
Lnsster to heep Bra#
[nr Tellmß "* What
I Had Done.
I p (i . -JO. (>P)~llarntt
W- Ik slew six-
JAVW'T Sehmith in n
|.f t a it: 1 nie «>t
t attemi.ied to voat
Kb* his victim would t...
Klssions of the motive < me
Ind of a long hour's
■owing the touths ' ‘ *
■ o in PreViOils.J HO
|pr on Sutuhtt. ‘ ‘ -
W. .1 .i.,,. hp-did Know
■ufjinied i«‘o 11 .
I kjiifld the youth who was
tiS Friday night in the loft
Ki- attack occurred.
Li< not'a hanging cusp, you
L well a,b!oish tin* penalty,"
Lttornev Crowe =aid early to*
L }„> and h/s aides had gone
retire .TC’ of t.m* tragedy with
Ls old son of .. wealthy flour
fcimirder of a- v-year old boy
Baml man there can bo no
lg (•irctinisraneos. Os course
K what will ho done in thift
Bo prosecutor was referring
Be when he as a judge sen-
Bi: to death in connection
Icilar laying.
m TERMS IN
■ (Oi lON MILL STRIKE
L Reached Between Strik
pOttniers in New .Jersey.
Ex. J„ IVc. 18.—A fourth
B was added today to the
Bp> who have come .to terms
Br workers from their
Bhan* Leon on a strike for
Bntlis. Chatlf> Meilafihn.**
Bih.* T niicd Textile Work-
Hrica. anmn »••<-<* tnjdaj tlur.i
■iAVA'wwlce Silk Company,
E. had sijird an agreement.
Btic BVstcd Oomnany and
Br and G article! Worsted
Bkmsly had come to terms
Ewployees.
■fletnent in each case nro*
Bthe mills officials recognize
Btf the workers to organize
Binr-iple of collective bnr-
Base iii wages nor reduction
■ hours, the chief demands
Br* when they walked out.
I I,
Bame new
■ OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Ben at ReePnt Meeting^of
E Serve Term Beginning!
Bits)
Bi'tdl for the term begin-
B> first for the Cnnco.nl
B of Pythias are as sol
s P-lackwelder, C. C.
[Hitt. V. (\ , ' ;
|Swariug.*n. Prelate.
E Moose. M. of Ex-
R'tt. M. of F.
filter.. M. of W.
P.ruver. K. p. S.
P | denuci tnf . r> AT. at A.
n’lnckwediT. Inner Guard,
[rmln'skv. Outer Guard,
r- I'ink. Trustee.
litli Our Advertisers.
Ft I' ;| gift that endures
|k Harris Furniture Co.’s
P«* open every night this’
in i ’’r-s at the
Bh-nre ('o. A ad’n given
B'Hstniio present for the
Flt brings the world's
l'l f > your home,
f 1 ciiaiu ~ ~f photographs
■*** at , !l(l P>o y d W Ox
r gift nnC'iers $1.40, and
■ [ <’■ Penney Co."* Gift
■fleets.
< ’l‘ r ‘ straae giving
■ ( o.'s from 10 cents to
F L,i h umbrellas, dainty <lin*
I "Freds'- of other things.
| an a Th-usand dollars has
I fir 11 riu.;’e orchid plant.
I .... lowers, according to
I- ‘' ( h>h in an article in
| ; Liberty
UH
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K rai:l tor »ight and Tues-
Bsin,! U: ' <-loud >’ on the South
,f 'Dimrature tonight
Bem/"'' 1 f ‘Th st Portions Tues
■ ~u‘ r '*»h southwesc
THE CONCORD TIMES
I r* ... ... A- . . ’■* ’* . • I . '
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
tfk*Vta.249 BALLS
OF COTTON GINNED
TO DECEMBER I3TII
Washington, Dee. 20.—G4>)—Cot
ton of this year's growth ginned
prior to December 13th totalled
l.'.fj 12.249 running bales, counting
["! $57,720 round bales as half hahv,.
f and excluding linters; compared
L, with 14.53L540 and 306.616 to
that date last year, the census bu
reau announced today. Nor.'i
f (’nrolifia ginoings were 1.081,710
s | bales.
TOM SHANKLE DIES
SI’DDENIA’ AT CAMP
, Dcatli Occurred While He W»s Talk
s ing With Wife and Child—lnquest
i .Held Today. '
j Tom Shankie, well known Concord
negro, died suddenly Sunday afternoon
at the Cabarrus convict camp. A
j I coroner’s jury whh'.i investigated his
I death'found that he dietl from natural
I causes, a broken b!ood vessel being
I the direct canoe.
At the inquest, hold this morning
at the Wilkinson Funeral Home, An
nie Shankie, wife of the dead man.
said she was talking with him when
he was fatally- stricken. She and
two tMi.tlren were at the camp for a
Sunday viqit, she said, and c she and
her daughter were in the kitchen with
him "when he. died.
“I had been troub’ed with ray chil
dren,’* she said, “but had been smooth
ing things over as I did not want
to b9ther him. I had to tell him
about it yesterday, and although he
laughed about it I knew he was wor
ried.
“He pullled me over to his lap and
put his right arm About my waist.
Suddenly his head fell into my lap.
I thought he was playing but knew
that something was wrong when a
second later he raised his head and
laid it on a table behind us.” .
lie died a few minutes later with
out saying anything, the woman add
ed.
She said that her husband had nev
er complained of the treatment re
ceived at the camp. He been
carrying water and helping around the
camp, she said he told her.
Crawford Alridge and Reid Brown,
guards at the camp, also testified.
They said Shankie had not been re
quired to do heavy work due to his
I advanced age. He was 6i» years old.
Alridge said Shankie told him yes
terday morning he was not feeling i
well but made no specific complaint.
J. F. Brown, superintendent of the
chain gang, said Shankie had not been
required to do hard work and that he
had given offlcia’s no trouble. He
had been at flic camp about
months.
Shankie was sentenced in Cabarrus j
Superior Court early in the year-to |
serve five years on the chaing gang j
for having illicit relations with his;
daughters. Counsel gave notice of j
appeal which was not perfected and
he started his sentence about five j
months ago. It is said that counsel j
for the negro were preparing pardon
applications when he died.
Dr. Joe A. Hartnell, coroner, and
Dr. S. K. Buchanan, county health
officer, who performed an autopsy on
the body, said a broken blood vessel
1 caused Shankie’s death. . There were
no marks or wound of any kind on
his body, they said. f >
CONTINUED COLD WITH
NO SIGNS OF CHANGE !
V
Mercury' Hovered Around 33 All Day
Sunday With Drop During Night.—
Signs of Snow.
Sunday ,tvas probably the coldest
day of the year from sunup to sun
down.
I The mercury hovered between 3ft
} and 33 degrees throughout the day
! with a drop to about 20 during the
j night. Early this morning a stiff
j wind sprang up, making the cold more
intense.
There were overhanging clouds dur-
I ing the morning making suggestions)
jof a snow for Christmas; However. J*
the Washington weather bureau on ■
Saturday stated that there was slight |
hope for a white Christmas insofar as I
the weather is concerned.
Temperatures remained so low
throughout Sunday that the ground
never fully thawed after being frozen
Saturday night and frozen water
pipes in many instances failed to shaw
during the day. Plumbers were in
demand again this morning, the pipes
being in worse condition today after
another bitterly cold night.
If He Dances He Must Go to Work
on the Highways.
Fayetteville, Dec. 9.—*J?earce, Mor
ris, well known young man of Hoke
county, must serve three, rqonthS on
the Cumberland couhty roads if he is
found in a public dance hall or other
public places of entertainment with
' in the next two years, according to a
sentence imposed on him by Judge
Duncan Shaw in recorder’s court
here, after Morris had been tried on
a charge of assault with a knifq on
another young man at a dance.
I
Robbers at Salisbury.
Salisbury, N. C.. Dee. 20.—0 W
Robbers sometime between 11 o’clock
Saturday night and Sunday morning
forced an entrance byway of the front
door at Pender’s East Innis Street
door jn the business section of this
city, and carried off the safe con
taining about S3OO in cash. . The
robbery was not discovered Until late
Sunday afternoon when the manager
went to the store to look after some
mail.
The hottest region in the world is
the African desert, where the tem
perature often reaches 150 degrees,
i according to an answered question in
t this week’s Liberty.
c India bas more than three times a*
many people as the United States.
TRAINMEN DECLARE
STUDENTS GIVE HO
CAUSE FOR TROUBLE
| Crew of Train Deny That
E. M. Streit and Com
panion Offered Any In
j suit to Woman.
C. C. CRANFTELD
IS BEING HELD
!He Fired on Streit and
Friend in Salisbury Sta
| tion Saturday After He
Left the Train.
Salisbury, Dec. 2ft.—OP)—Railroad
men wlm witnessed the shooting of
two Washington and Lee students
hero Saturday night by C. C. Cran
field. of Winston-Salem, today vigor
ously denied that the boys had insult
ed Granfield’s wife, as the prisoner
claimed in a statement* from the
Stanly county jail where he is held.
The boys occupied a drawing room
five ears from the day coach in which
Cranfield and his wife were riding,
they said, and did not leave their
eompartment between Greensboro and
Salisbury.
Flagman O. R. Pincton, of the Dan
ville division, told local officials to
watch Cranfield ns he thought he wae
acting queerly. and had remarked to
him that he would have to get off the
train at Salisbury or be killed. Be
fore local officials could locate him the
shooting had occurred.
E. M. Streit, of Birmingham, who
was treated at Salisbury, is improv
ing rapidly and may be able to leave
the hospital today. C. T. Crowsley,
of Dallas. Tex., who was slightly hurt,
continued on the train until he reach- ;
ed Charlotte, but had to leave the train !
there for medical treatment.
Cranfield will be turned over to j
railroad officials here after a hearing '
in Stanly County today.
i
FAMOUS FOAKD HOME
IS BURNED TO GROUND
Residence! a4 South River, On Row
an-Davie Line, Was Southern In
stitution.
Raleigh. Dee. 10.—Telephone
sages to Raleigh relatives and friends!,
of the Foard family at South library
on the Rowan muil ihivie hue, ciir*j
ried the newt* that the ancestral |
j Foard home on the edge of Davie j
! was burtml at noon today, and with j
j the fire went one of the famous old !
j southern institutions.
I The residence, built perhaps n !
I hundred years ago by Newberry
j Hall and bought during slavery by
| the late J. Cicero Foard. was in
every sense a house enchanted. It
had been allowed to retain much of
its ante-bellum beauty, particularly
on the inside. Mr. Foard addedo t!
the structure as he found it and he j
made it the pre-eminent place of hos-1
pitality in Davie county. He died
more than 30 years ago, but his so*j,
the late John B. Foard, retained the
j place and lived in it- Though the
j original Foard family was large, all
iof the children have died and the
grandchildren retained it. Mieses
Mary and Laura Foard were living l
in the big house and were there to
day to see their treasure go up in the
biggest fire that the little South
River community ever saw.
The neighbors were able to rescue
with the young women who occupied
the grand old place, substantially a'l
the antique furniture downstairs, but
the famous old beds 'were burned
atidthe Misses Foard lost most of
their clothes. The origin of the fire
was not certain, but it began in the
upstairs and was too much for the
| neighbors.
I SAYS OPERATE FI LL
TO HELP TEXTILES
i British Economist Claims Plan Will
Also Aid Cotton Farmer.
Manchester, England,- Dec. 18.—A
noted economist’s theory that full
time production, instead of part time
and restricted ofitput, will offset de
pression is to tried out by the
Manchester cotton mills ufling Amer
iearf yarns.
The practical theorist is John
Maynard Keynes, fellow of King’s
college, Cambridge, anji author of
the striking book, “The Economic
Consequences of the Peace.” Mrs.
Keynes, whom lie married in July,
1925, was Lydia Louopkhova of Len
ingrad, f .;one of the* ‘greatest living
dancers who has performed in thq
United States.
Tinker his plan, approved by the or
ganization committee ,of the Federa
tion of Master Cotton Spinners, the
practice of curtailing American yarn
spinning, which has been in effect al
most continuously since 1920, will be
abandoned.
Mr. Keynes insisted that the short
time Imd the effect, by restricting out
put of enormously increasing the
cost of the manufactured article
for the consumer, to the ad
vantage of Japanese and other for
eign competitors. He urged mass pro
duction. with fuller ultilization of
American raw material. _ _
As a result of this plan, British
■ spinners will find work six full days
a week for the first time in nearly six
years in those mills using American
yarns, and American cotton farmers,
i faced with heavy losses because of the
■ second large crop in as many years.
, will be able to sell part of their
i surplus.
The modern girl is said to have no
! principle. At the earne time-sh* at
tracts a lot of interest.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1926
PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
FOR PET AND HOBBY SHOW
Partial IJst of Prize Winners of the
Show Held Friday Night Announced
Today.
The poultry, pet and hobby show
that was given at the Y. M. (’. A. Fri
, day was a great -success and there j
was a larger number of exhibits on ;
diK’p’ay Friday* than at any previous
■ show, it was said today when a pof- ;
tion of the prize list was released for ;
publication.
' The list of prize v.Tnnero which was j
. released today Included the following: •
F. C. Yerton. largest number of "ex
hibits; C. ,W. Yerton. best pair of
rabbits; James Simpson, best pair
banfies; Visia Goodman, best Maltese*
cat: Louise Barulmrdt, biggest cat ; L.
\V. Took, smallest cat; Paul Widen-
I house, best cat and kittens; Bernard i
Dry, best pair pigeons; Charlie
Query, largest number of pigeons;
Bernard Dry, prettiest pigeon; Eu
■ gene Li|w\ prettiest dog; H. M. Dost,
largest dog: Otis Newton, smallest
dog; Billy Frieze, best hen and chick-j
ens: Holmes Hansell, best cockerel;
Dan Alexander, best hen; Lawson;
Melehor, largest chicken; L, I. Bcas*;
ley, Jr., best gamecock; Joe Kearns, j
Jr., best pair rats; Oscar Mann, best|j
pair pigeons; Robert Watts, best opos-J
sum: Otho Suther. best pig: Spurgconl
i Holme, best goat; George Viola, best !
fox; Mr. Misenheimer. largesjt number tj
of exhibits of hobbies: C. Meiss, Jr., j
oldest antique; B. Faggart,■ most in
teresting antique; Mrs. C. H. Long.’
best collection of fancy work; Miss j
Ruth Kester, best single piece of fancy j
work, and Mies Luetic McEachern,
second best piece nf fancy work.
POSTDFFICE IS READY
FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE!
I
Already Hundreds of Packages Have j
Been Handled at Office-Additional j
Workers Secured.
The Christmas rush *.s on at the
Concord postoffice and efforts have j
been made by Postmaster Ward and
•his workers to care for the holiday t
business.
It was stated this .morning by As-j
sistant Postmaster S. S. Neal that ad- j
i ditional workers have been secured for ■
j the week and so far everything is!
: moving along all right,
j "We were fyced with thousands of i
] letters and cardft and hundreds of •
i packages Saturday and Sunday,” Mr. j
j Neal stated, “but with our usual j
corps and assistants we have been able j
to handle the business without inter- j
ruption.”
Mr. Neal stated that the general j
delivery and parcel post windows at j
i/rtie postoffice would be kept open each ,
j night as long ns needed. ,<
the closing of the windows,” he s tirt-***
j ed. “and plan to keep them open each ;
I night this week so long ns needed.
I Usually there is no necessity to keep
! them open later than R p. ra.”
i More than 3,000 Christmas cards
i were handled at the office yesterday,
Mi». Neal stated, and the peak prob
ably will not be reached until Wed
nesday.
The parcel post carrier has been !
given an assistant for the week so the i
many packages can be bandied with* j
out undue delay. The truck started j
! on its first trip this morning about j
j 8 o’clock and was completed filled.
There were enough packages left to {
require several additional trips during ; (
the day.
NO “OPPORTUNITIES”
SELECTED THIS YEAR j
1 King’s Daughters Will Not Conduct t (
Campaign Due to Other Activities j,
Planned in tlie City.
The King's Daughters have decided i
not to conduct n special Christmas
drive for need children this year, Mrs. t
J. P. Cook, president, states. This ,
means that no “opportunities” have <
been listed as in previous years and
that members of the chapter will co-;<
operate with other.agencies which are > ]
planning special Christmas festivi- 11
ties. i
“Our decision not to list any aid j ■
‘opportunities’ does not mean that wejj
have halted our work,” Mrs. Cook j,
added. “We are forking just as j ]
hard as ever to get clothing and other (
necessities for the needy of file city
and will appreciate especially gift 9 <
at this season of the year. <
"Due to plans made by other or- ]
ganizations, all looking to giving joy i
to the children of Concord who need i
help at this season of the year, we (
deemed it best to drop the ‘opportuni- ]
ties’ this year and to co-operate with
others who are trying under a new ]
system to carry on such special work
as we have jbeen doing. r<
‘‘There are many : children in Con,- (
cord who need clothing, sfyoes and
such thiiigs. We are still doing our;
usual work in looking sueh easeft
and will gladly accept anything any
one wishes to give at this season.”
Mrs. Cook stated that she mentioned
the “opportunities” because of the !
great public interest in the matter, j ‘
many persons having made inquiry a«
to whether or not Vhey would be list
ed this year as heretofore. |
At 'The County Market. .
Prize winner Saturday, December •
4—Mrs. Womack. ‘
Prize winner, Saturday, December
11 —Mrs. W. 11. Wadsworth.
Prize winner—Saturday, December
18—Mrs. John M. Cook.
Tha Market will be open Wednes
? day, December 22nd, but will not be
open Christmas Day, and will be open
, again New Year’s Day, from 9-11
, o’clock.
OPHELIA BARKER,
, Home Demonstration Agent.
1 Fourteen Bodies Found.
New l~ork, Doe. 20. OP) —Fourteen 1
• bodies bad been taken at noon today
from a 60-foot launch which capsized
in the ice floes of the Hudson River.
> The boat capsized about 7 o’clock this
- morning wile taking employees to
New Jersey.
MAMMOTH INCUBATOR IS
INSTALLED IN COUNTY
J. Ivey Cline Installs Incubator With
Kgg Capacity of s.4oo—Largest in
the County.
That Cabarrus people are more in
terested in poultry as a business is
! indicated by “ie installation of a
; 400-egg incubator by ,T. Ivey Cline,
veteran paultryman. at his home near
. Poplar Tent Church.
The ineubator is the largest ever
| installed in the epunty and is said to
I be one of the largest in this section
iof the state. The machine was man
i ufaetured by the Wishbone company.
! “I started in the poultry business
about seventeen years ago,” Mr. Cline
stated,' “and there was practically no
market here tiien for anything but
eggs. Later 1 installed small incu
| bators and did some custom hatching
but still the people were not inter
ested in anything but eggs and broil
ers.
“Within tne past five years espe
cially, there has been a big change
[and this mammoth incubator is testi
j mony to the fact that poultry raising
I as a business is creating more inter
) est than ever before in Cabarrus. Last
j season I sold thousands of baby chicks
i and t’liis season I will be in position
Ito grfcatly increase the output.”
Mr. Cline will set 1.700 eggs in his
(incubator on Wednesday of this week.
[Already he has booked orders for 8,-
i 000 chicks to be delivered at the ear-
I liest possible date. He will set 1.700,
I eggs each week beginning Wetlnes-
I day.
There are several large incubators
in the county, the largest with the
exception of Mr. Cline’s being 2.300
eggs. More and more the people of
[Cabarrus are keeping chickens as a
means of livelihood and it is pre
j dieted that within another year Or
[ two poultry raising will be of much
| greater interest-and importance in the
county.
i INTERESTING PROGRAM
AT “Y” CHRISTMAS EVE
.
! Quartette, Orchestra and Group of
Girls to Give Musical Program.—
Will Have Lighted Christmas Tree.
A most interesting and entertaining
! program will be presented at the Y.
M. C. A. Christmas Eve, it wan said
today by 11. W. Blanks.
The program will include musical
numbers by a colored quartette which
| will sing the negro spirituals, and a
I colored orchestra. The quartette and
orchestra will be from Biddle Uni
* versity of Charlotte.
In addition to the quartette and or-
I chestra, a group of seventeen gram
mar school girls who have been trained
by Miss McKnight. of Central Gram
mar School, will sing several Christ
mas enrols about the lighted Christ
mas trees that will be on the Y. M.
C. A. lawn.
The girls that wiTT sing the Christ
mas carols are: Ellen White, Pauline
McFadden. Lueile McEachern, Mary
Linker, Irene Burrage, Christine
Frieze, Dorothy Ritchie, Ellis Wed
dington, Virginia Dees, Helen Fink,
Elizabeth Tarlton, Eula Lee Green,
Marie Ellis, Hazel Gardner. Erythe
Frieze, Lillian Varner and Xnncv
Pike.
MAGNIFICENT CEDAR TREE
BEING PLANTED ON Y LAWN
Tree Being Planted on Lawn of \ r . M.
C. A. to Be Dedicated to Some Or
ganization of the City.
A magnificent cedar tree is being
planted in the yard of the Y. M. C.
A. today and at a later date will be
dedicated to one of the organizations
of Concord.
The tree is being planted today on
the right side of the lawn which up
to this time has been bare. It is
a large cedar three and is being plant
ed under the direction of L. A. Fish
er and Frank B. Mund.
It is the plan of tbe-Y. AL C. A.
officials to use the tree that is being
planted for a Christmas tree, it was
said today. It was said also that
the tree would be used every year for
a Christmas tree and would be lighted
und decorated just as the holly tree
on the left side of the lawn has been
lighted and decorated at this season
of the year for the past several year?.
The tree will be dedicated at a later
date to one of the organizations of
Concord that for a number of years
has been promoting and working for
the good of Concord. The name of
the organization and the date of the
dedication services will be announced
later.
BUICK STOLEN HERE
FOUND IN KANNAPOLIS
Car Is Property of C. F. Ritchie and
Was Stolen Here Friday Night.
A Buick. sedan, the property of C.
F. Ritchie, tfhich was stolen here
Friday night, was found Sunday in
Kannapolis. The car had been*there
since Saturday, it was stated by per
sons living near where the car was
found.
The automobile was stolen here Fri
day night from in front of the home
of W. W. Morris, having been driven
there by C. F. Ritchie, Jr, The
theft of the car was detected when
Mr. Ritchie started home and although
officers here and in nearby cities were
on the watch for it, they did not find
it until yesterday.
The block in the car was cracked
due to the fact that the water in the
motor fro«e either Friday or Satur
day night. Otherwise the car was
not damaged, it is said. Practically
a’.l of the gasoline had been used be
fore the car was deserted.
A new fruit, the cucumber-apple,
has appeared. It is particularly
adapted for salads. It is an apple
with a distinct cucumber flavor, krown
in Australia. .
Most men are- quick to embrace an
opportunity—when it’s wearing
frills.
IRREGULARITIES 1
ADMINISTRATION OF
OFFICE IRE CHARGED
-
The New York World Says
Comptroller McCarlHas
Reported Matter to Pres
ident Coolidge. ,
BIG SUMS WERE
SPENT FOR WORK
It Is Charged Administra
| tion of Alien Property
j Matters Was Not as It
Should Be.
New York, Dec. 20.—(A*)—Comp
troller MoCarl in a special report to
President Coolidge on the administra
tion of a half billion dollars worth of
alien property seized during the war,
reveals many irregularities, say a
Washington dispatch to The World.
The President, says Tae World, has
sent copies of the report to the treas
ury department and to Senator Borah,
chairman of a committee to investi
gate the alien property ftituation.,
A transseript of the report. The
World says, reveals among other
things:*
“Excessive amounts aggregating
millions were paid for attorneys’ fees,
for commissions to depositories, and
other expenses.
“Corporations supposed to be liqui
dated were permitted to continue for
years with the benefit only of officers
and attorneys.
“Salaried government employees
were paid additional amount from
trust funds. ’ ,
“Interest on trust funds was with
drawn from the treasury which paid
more than 4 per cent, and placed in
banks paying less than 3 per cent.
“The securities taken over were so
scattered through banks and trust com
panies through the states that admin
istration was expensive and difficult.
“Individual trust accounts are in
complete.
“Annual reports did not list the en
tire force of the pay roll.
“The great bulk of property how
ever, is fully accounted for.”
LEGION MEETING >
[ Alston Endorsed for Inspector Gener
al of State.—To Meet on Jar.naty
| 14th.
Meeting for the last time this year
I Friday night, members of the Fred
IY\ McConnell Po<d of the American
Legion gave attention to a mintlter of
important business items.
The post unanimousl’’ endorsed
Captain Norman Alsto i for the post
of Inspector General of the troops of
North Carolina, Ihe motion was
made by M. B. Sherrm, who told his
hearers that Captain Alston was fully
capable of carrying on the duties
which until recently were carried out
so efficiently by Major Keneth l E.
Caldwell, who resigned. ’
The adjutant was instructed to
send a telegram qf commendation to
Governor McLean with a copy of the
message going to Adjutant General
Metts. The appointment will be made
by Governor McLean, it was said.
Pursuant to request made by thf
State Commander, members of the
post voted to hold their first January
meeting on the night of the 14th.
Commander Younts explained in a
letter to the post that at no time in
the history of the State organization
have all of the posts met |it the same
time and asked that a precedent be
set this year by all posts* setting the
14th as their meeting date*
of special committees and
the standing Relief ; Aid Committee
showed that a number of worthy “bud
dies" of the Legion had been _ aided
during the past two weeks. Efforts
are being made by the poet’s commit
tees to get the wife of a veteran into
the Mecklenburg tuberculosis sanator
ium, the man and his family having
moved to Concord only a few weeks
ago. It is hoped that he can find per
manent work in Charlotte again and
that his wife can get the benefits of
the sanatorium treatment.
Temporary membership receipt
blanks were distributed to many of
those present and each man wae in
structed to conduct an inforfiial mem
bership drive between now and Jan
uary first. About half of the former
members of the post have enrolled for
another year and It is hoped the en-,
tire 130 can <be enrolled again by Jan
uary first so: effart.4 of the 1 post after
that date can be centered on new
members.
RUDNER’S FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS ON STAND
They Go to Defease of McDermott,
Who Is Charged With Murder.
Canton, 0., Dec. 20.—C4 3)—Neigh
bors and members of Ben Rudner’s
family today came to the support of
Patrick Eugene McDermott on trial
for the murder of Don R. Mellett,
Canton publisher. Rudner was in
dicted w ; th McDeermott and *Louis
Mazer for the murder.
The defense witnesses this morning
included Max and Herman Rudner,
father and brother, and Mr. and. Mrs.
William Sheedy, neighbors of Ben
Rudner, in Massilon.
Ben Rudner’s activities and where
abouts July 8 and 9, the days Steve
Mascholk. state’s star witness! testi
fied McDermott “got in touch with
Rudner” and on July 26 alleged by
the state to be the pay off <lay r were
covered by testimony of The witnesses.
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Cotton on the local market today is
quoted at U 1-2 cento per pound. ’
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
WANTS CAROL TO
TAKE THRONE AT
THE PRESENT TIME
Paris. Deo. 20.—C**) - King Fer
dinan of Rumania wishes t
ente the throne and **'
Crown Pnnoo Cat ||
he\renounced on .1 ...I'fast.
The king made known to
his ministers at a secret council j
held in Bucharest last week, it is
learned from a high Rumanian po- j
lit leal source in Paris.
—1
WILLIAM R. WEBB DIES
AFTER A NOBLE CAREER I
t
Confederate Veteran Educator and
Former IT. S. Senator.—Native of
This State.
Bell Ruckle. Tenn.. T>ee. 10 W'il
liani Robert (Old Sawney f Webb, j
84. founder of the Webb school for
boys, former United Kfate« senator
from Tennessee and Confederate
veteran, died here today. Mr. Webb
became seriously ill about a month
ago. rallying later and suffering a
relapse during the past few days.
Funeral service* will be he’.d tomor
row afternoon.
An exponent of thd~Christian, re
ligion. Mr. Webb wielded r. great in
fluence over the lives pf his pupils.
Many have gone out from hie school
to become leaders in the affairs of
the nation. He was uncompromising
in his views on temperance and al
ways fought the liquor traffic. •
“Old Sawney” was born November
11, 1842 W in Person county, Ncr/h
Carolina. He was the son of Alex
ander Smith Webb and Adeline Stan
ford W«bb. When his father died at
the age of 48, his mother w«r left the
care of 11 children. Susan, an elder
.sister, tutored Webb in N his early
days.
“Sawney” Webb first taught
school at Horners school. Oxford.
N. C., and his first school was found
ed at Culleoka, Tenn. He was joined
by his brother, the late ,Tohu M.
Webb, three years after -he had es
tablished school, and they conducted
the first preparatory school west of
the Allegheny mountains. The school
was moved to Bell Buckle in 1806
where it obtained national promin
ence.
IVebb was married in 1870 to Em
ma -Clary, of Wilkesboro, N, C., who
ahled him in carrying out his pur
suits in educational endeavor.
He was a ehureh man and a former
legislator in Tennessee. He served
out the unexpired term of Robert L.
Taylor, in the United States senate.
Webb wae prominent in both s*
and national activities to suppress
the liquor traffic. He gained promin
ent in his senatorial maneuvers
during discussion of the Webb-Ken
yon bill in the senate, which prohib
ited the shipment of whisky into dry
I territory by a public carrier.
LAW GOVERNING AUTO
LICENSES IN THE STATE
>* .*», V ' -1 -• —-
Only Persons With New' Cars Can
Buy Licenses for Half the Year.
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Dec. 20.—Car owners who
have failed to procure state license
and who are waiting until January
Ist in order to take advantage of
the six months irate are reminded by
C. W. Roberts, vice president of the
Carolina Motor Club, that tbe half
year rate is not available if the car
■has been driven prior to January Ist.
That many motorisTs are a waitings
I’iie new years to secure plates k> re
flected in the daily report of the seven
full-time license offices maintained by
the club, Mr. Roberts points out.
However, this condition has existed
each year, he said, the sales showing
a perceptible decrease during Novem
ber and falling off to virtually noth
ing in December. There is always
a “rush” immediately following in
auguration of the six months’ fee
basis.
New ear sales are also affected'dur
ing November and December, accord
ing to reports of dealers from through
out the state, Mr. Roberts said, as
many motorists put off buying a new
car until tSie half year rate is availa
ble;
Applicants for state license at half j
the annual fee must make sworn af
fidavit that the ear has not been driv
en perior to January Ist. Instruc
tions have gone forth to-all state au
tomobile inspectors from the automo
bile department of tbe revenue de
partment and to all Carolina Motor
Club license offices urging that espe
cially diligent efforts be directed to
wards curbing any motorists secur
ing plates at half price when they
should pay the full annual fee.
State inspectors scattered through
out tlie state will personally investi
gate, >m#tay eases and Will collect the
Jull • license if they secure evidence
that the cat* has . been used.
affidavits in securing license is pun
ishable as a misdemeanor.
Duke Professor Honored By Scholars
in Britain.
Durham. Dec. 20— Dr. W» T. Lap
rade, professor of history at Duke
university, now in London on snbat
tieal year’s leave, hga been elected a
fellow in the Royal nietory Society
of England, according to informa
tion received here. Tl»is -is a uis
tiaction attained by few American
scholars and w sakl to have come as
recognition of Dr. Laprade’s work in
English history, particularly for hia
book, recently published, “Englisa
History for American Readers.”
300 Coolies Frozen to Death.
j Peking. China, Dec. 20.—14>)—300
coolies who were pressed in the Man
churian military forces were frozen
to death en route to the Suiyan area,
near the Mongolian border, and their
bodiea have been returned to. Kalgan,
in Shansi province, from where they
started, sayg a dispatch received here
today.
SEVERRL DIE AND
.IRS SUFFER IS
I LMUnUII uULOEJUT
25 Persons Carried to Hos
-1 pitals and an Unknown
| Number Are Believed to
| Be Missing.
BLAME ICeTfLOW
FOR THE TROUBLE
(Employees of Big Bread
Company* Were on the
' Launch When It Was
Suddenly Capsized.
New York. Dec. 20. —04 s )—Three
persons were drowned, an undetec*
mined number are believed to be
| ing. and 25 persons were taken to hog?
pitals suffering from submersion as
Che result of the capsizing of a motor
launch in the Hudson River off i2flth
Street this morning.
The sixty-foot launch, “Liaiseed
King,” owned by Spencer Kellogg A
Sons, bread manufacturers tol
Edgewater. N. J., was returning yith
a load of employees when the acci
dent occurred. Police believe that
the craft was capsized by an ice
flow.
Police rescue and emergency squads
removed the survivors from the iqy
water. The rescue work was ham
pered by ice flows which clogged n||
river.
An emergency hospital was estab
lished on the pier, and those suffer
ing most from exposure were givga
first aid treatment there before be
ing taken to hospitals.
The launch was in raid-stream when
it capsized. All of the passengecg
were men.
Because of the confusion the policy
had difficulty in the checking up off
the number of missing. Reports oc
the number on board the craft varied
widely. Some said there were 158
on board, others 75, and still ot'liew
50.
Several tugs hurried to the seeno
and the tug Buffalo rescued 30 men
found clinging to the side of the over
turned craft and to ice cakes.
The three bodies were removed from
the water by the tug Terigo. &
The launch disappeared after tbo
accident. Police believed it had not
stink but had been carried away By
drifting ice floes.
At Least 27 Drowned. 9
New' York, Dec. 20. — (4*)—At leg§t
27 persons were drowned in the icy
waters of the Hudson River today
when a sixty-foot launch carrying
about 100 employees to an Edgewater,
N. J., manufacturing plant from Man
hattan was crushed by floating ice.
Three bodies were picked up float
ing in the river, and 24 othens were
taken from the partially submerged
launch after it had floated upstream to
254th Street, where is grounded.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 2 Points
on December But Generally High
er.
, New York, Dec. 20. —C4>)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of 2 points on December, bttt
generally % 3 to 11 points higher it
response to bullish views of tbe cen
sus report on ginnings prior to Dc
eeraber 13th. ’ .j
Early cables from Liverpool \yerf
lower, but prices there rallied aftei
the local opening, and the New York
market sold up to 12.36 for January
and 12.83 for May, active months gen
really showing net advances of 13. in
18 |>oiiits in early trading.
The census rej)ort -showed ginnings
of 15,524.240 bales prior to Deofny
ber 13th, w’uieh evidently was regard
ed by «ome of the local traders as in
dicating that the total for the season
was likely to fall short of the 18,-
618.000 bale estimate.
Cotton futures opened steady:
comber 12.50; January 12.22; March
12.50; May 12.75; July 12.90. " 1
Knew Nothing of Dynamite on Track#,
Salisbury, Dec. 20.—(A>)—Dismiss
ing rumors that dynamite had been
found on their rails near Barbeg,
Southern railroad officials declared
’.iere today that they knew nothing
about any explosives being placed on
their line. However, they said a
freight train between Barber and
W inston-Salem was delayed for j|
short time 4his morning by a rail
which turned over while the train wqs
passing. No serious damage was
done and tbe train proceeded on its
way after a short delay.
[KAISER WILHEIM
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HE’LL ACCEPT A
THRONEiSUGHT WEAR.
NOT OBJECTIONABLE*
PC DAYS LEFT TO GET
O *tOUR GIFTSi
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