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brilliant sun. (
lonienon that
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deaths is at-
There is an
i shivering
, complaint
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I
MYSTERY
s About the i
McGuire,
P) —No light
he dark veil
y hours has
eatlt of Missi
old hopsital
mil mangled
n 1 and 2 :
in the mud
intersection
i pence Rom- 1
?ro half an i
ned in cele- j 1
night mass,
were being
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i years has
ille, the po
int* clues in j
re the most
'dy this city
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rs Crashed.
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tid to be im
accident on
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ing from in
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IN
IA CITIES
pil No Dam
the Earth
7.—(>P) —An
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ning. The
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in other San!
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to reports of
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c. 27. —OP) —
ade to grow
igned to dia
ls among hu*^
| air on mice is easy, scien
'■ hut the trick was to
bald.
'Vt'w. principal of the
Institute of the
n > v <Tsity, has discovered
a ' bt* made to shed their
fuf-ting certain gland sub
: ( few also says that
5 u substance from normal
1 it on the bald ones,
f al) Ie to promote the
r !‘ oat again either com-
Pttialiy, according to the
Pod.
R‘‘nts are being continued
[of ascertaining if humau
| hot be due to the same
P e uc!p ncV( iin( | therefore
I similar way.
PEK FORECAST.
| n ’ g ' ir an, i Tuesday, fol-
P in west portion Tues-
I tem P«ature6 Tuesday.
I m southeast winds.
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
SVC.GEST SAFETY
CONFERENCE FOR
THE STATE SOON
Greensboro, Dec. 27.—C4 5 )
P ans for a safety conference to
o,* held under the auspices of the
Carolina Motor Club and other or
I sanitations reeking to make the
highways safe for autoists and pe
destrians Will be di-w-ussed at the
i meeting to be fac’d Wednesday at
i headquarters ,of the motor organi
.! j-ation here. •>
t The confer* nee will be held in
■ February, if was stated, the p!a<e
i. vet to be selected.
i
KEFFSES TO DIE
j Notwithstanding Four Doctors Have
Condemned Him to Death.
' (ltv Int.-rnat-UMia: New* Service.)
J Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 27.— Deapitc
the, rather discouraging fact that
four doctors have already condemned
him to death, with a fractured skull;
two fractures of the. arm : a fractur
ed 'collar bone; and internal injur
ies, Frank K. Garland, 20 years old
Atlanta man. refuges to die at the
behest of any number of doctors.
Furthermore, he declare,-; that at
the most. he’s certainly going to
spend one more Christmas with nis
family. And it seems trife.
Garland’s injuries resulted in a
mine disaster iu Harrodsburg, Ky..
about two years ago. He was un
conscious for over eight hours, but
came back with a smile on his face.
Two weeks ago an unknown as
sailant plugged him with two bullet*;
In bin abdomen, causing eight in
testiual wounds from which surgeons
gave up all hope for his life. He al
ready has undergone several opera
tions.
But on his hospital cot at the city
hospital here. Garland its making pre
parations not for death. but for
Christmas! And now the doctors
who gave him up as "dead" are
ready to admit that he will probably
live.
When brought to the hospital two
weeks ago. surgeon* shook their
head,; and said; “There is no hoj>e.”
“You’re wrong about that, Doc,"
said Garland. And lie grinued. "I
can’t die.” And he didn't!
“It's like this," he said- “I’ve got:
the will [tower and dogged determi
nation to' live. I’m not ready to die
yet. Os course, I know I've got to go
‘West’ some day. but not now. I’m
going to try to spend Cristinas at
home once more.!'
And the same will power and en
durance to hang on that made it
possible for him to drive his automo
bile to the hospital here after he h
two bullet* iu his body, will in a : l
probability give him hi* life back.
JOHN HALL, HICKORY
MAN. LONG MISSING
/ 2
Wrote His Wife November 30th That
He Was Going Home—Not Seen
Since.
Hickory, Dec. 27. — UP) —Mystery
surrounds the disappearance of John
Hall. 55, peddler of perfumes, who
wrote to his wife .from Shelby. about |
November 30th that he would be home I
within the next few days. He has .
not been heard from since. Airs. Hall, j
who lives with her people a few miles
from Hickory, believes that robbery
was the motive behind the sudden dis
appearance of her husband. A vigor
ous search fyas now been instituted.
It has been learned by investigators
that there were two men with Hall
when he got his ticket in Shelby to
come back to Hickory. That is the
last information obtainable. Judge
E. 11. Cline, of this city, has recently
taken charge of the search. Hall is
crippled in his left foot and walks
with a cane. He is tall and slender i
and wears a sandy mustache.
TWO REPORTED KILLED
. IN OIL EXPLOSION
Several Others Hurt in Explosion at
Refinery of Central Petroleum Com
pany.
Ventura, Calif., Dec. 27.— UPS —
Two men were reported killed and
several others irfjured when an explo
sion rocked the refinery of the Central
Petroleum Company, two and one-half
miles from here this morning.
The explosion occurred in‘ the ab
| sorption unit of the plant. Flames
| broke but uncontrolled and threatened
1a nearby gasoline tank, which was ex
pected to blow up At any minute.
The two men were believed to have
burned to death. Six or seven others
were rushed to hospitals.
The header of. the reducing unit
blew off from an undetermined cause..
The refinery is located in approxi
mately the center of the Ventura oil
producing area.
All available equipment for combat
ting the flames wa* rushed to the'
vbcene from nearby towns and oil com
panies.
The
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Farmer
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Who pays his subscription a full
year in advance.
This offer may be withdrawn at
any time, so we advise you to pay
your subscription as early as possible.
| Murder of Boy Stirs Memories of Loeb-Leopold Case I
Walter Schmith (left), six, was hammered to death by Hfirold Croarkin (right), twenty-six, a member of a prominent
Chicago family, with a brutality and lack of motive that suggested the Loeb-Leopold case. The boy was found dying
by Father C. J. McCarthy and Father L. J. Sweeney, shown conferring with Coroner L J. Eichenfeld. Croarkin bac
made a confession to the priests.,
2.000 DRIVEN FROM
HOME BY FLOODS |
Turbulent Cumberland River at *
Nashville Rises 31 Feet.
Nashville, Tenn., Dee. 20. —At j
least 2.CWH) persons had been driven <
from their homes tonight or were
prepared to leave the flooded sec
tion* of north and east Xa*hville due
to the Cumberland river flood, ac
cording to police estimates and sur
vey* of the inundated regions. 1
Relief work. begun yesterday 1
morning, is being continued under
direction of the police department
and hundreds are volunteering for 1
service.
The refugee* are being housed with j
relative* or friends, or in public j
buildings, churches, warehouses and
other buildings, while those in need
have been provided witn tood and
clothing.
A majority of resident* in the af
fected area were forewarned and
managed to escape the rising waters
with their household effects.
The city temporarily was assum- 1
ing liability for stores of coal ,md 1
provision* for the refugees.
Neither death nor undue suffer- ‘
ing had been reported early tonight 1
despite freezing temperatures.
Relief workers late today rescued f
an aged woman from a small shack 1
in an inundated section of north j
Nashville aft ter the water had comb
ed to a foot over the floor of her 1
dwelling.
There were numerous eases where
canoes were used, iu rescue work- 1
The flooded section stretches for <
miles. i
The Union stock yards is partially i
submerged while the baseball HBtr J
contains .approximately 20 feet ot -<
water. Lumber mills, sand and gravel .
works and other industries along the t
east bank of the Cumberland river >
are inundated. j 1
Through out middle and west j I
Tennessee where the Cumberland, j t
Tennessee, Ohio apd other rivers are J i
on rampage the losses will be heavy.' l
Washouts in state highway* .it K
holding up traffic* in many diree- J
tions. The United State* weather I <
bureau here today raised the esti-H
mates on flood stages at Burnside, j1
Ky.. Oelina, CY.thage, Nashville and ‘
Olarkesvil’e, „ Tenn., approximately *
two feet above the estimates of late i
yesterday. ''
The Cumberland rivet at J p. m., I <
attained a depth of 51 feet here, 11 j J
feet over flood stage, the United , 1
States weather bureau announced. A !•
further rise of 12 inches is anticipnt- \
ed by tomorrow with indications that!*
the river will reach 53 feet crest ;•*
stage Tuesday. I '
j 1
FUNERAL CONDUCTED - j 1
FOR GRADY W. LILLY j '
Well Known Albemarle Man Found |
Dead in His Room Early Christ
mas Morning. . | 1
Albemarle, Dec. 26. —The funeral j
of Grady W. Lilly, who died sudden- |
ly at his home here on Christmas eve .
night from heart trouble, was held |
from Central Methodist church aat -■
two o’clock this'afternoon and inter*:
ment was made in Stony Ilill feme- |
tery. about eight miles east of the
city. Dr. T. F- Marr, pastor of
Ceutral Methodist church, conducted
the funeral.
Mr. Lilly wn« found yesterday
morning cold in death by his land*
lady, Mrs. H. Mofrris.and from all the
circumstances he must have died j
early the night before. The physi- 1
eians pronounce heart failure the
cause of his deatah.
The “Champeen” Fiddler.
Franklin, N. C.. Dec. 27.—When
“Fiddling Jim’’ Corbin played his
fiddle in the hills of North Carolina
and fairly "made it talk" folks listen
ed and believed, for Jim was the
“chnmpete fiddler."
But now Jim brings to Franklin
a tale, which although vouched for
by his, wife, is causing much specula-1
tion among amateurs as well as ex
perts.
The wielder of the bow relates how
he dreamed of a ‘ beautiful sapphire,,
buried in an old mine near his home;
and how, next morning he arose, and
after relating the dream to his wife,
took pick and 'shovel, journeyed to the
spot and actually found it.
An almost perfect Masonic emblem
cut upon the side of the stone was
either the work of nature or an ama
teur, according to experts. Jim shows
the jewel* to corroborate his story and
states he!has already refused an offer
of SSO for it. I
We will give The Progressive
Farmer a year free with The Tribune
when paid a year in advance. T'ne
Progressive Farmer comes every week
and is one of the best farm papers
published.
Two thousand vessels have enter
ed the port of Antwerp this year-~a
new high record.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926
ITO BE NO MOVES FOR
AN INCREASE OF T^XES
•No General Trend Toward a Definite
Increase of Taxes.
Raleigh, Dec. 27.—There just natu
! rally isn’t going to be any move tor
an increase in taxes in the forth
coming legislature! Os course there
may be some slight adjustment of
tax schedules here and there, but a*
far as any general move toward -a
definite increase in taxes is emu-ern
ed. there isn’t going to bo nay!
This is the opinion </f a man wbe
probably know* more of what is
going on inside of political circles
than any other- man in the state,
but who preferred not to be quoted
at this time. He knows the state and
its people intimately and when he
speaks, he is always listened to wt+h
deference. He does not live in Ral
eigh. and thus i* able to keep in
closer touch with all sections of the
state than if he really resided in the
capital.
"For a while it looked as if there
might be a concerted move on the
part of some member* of the legisla
ture. to put over a slight, increase in
some taxes, in order to boost
revenue to the point where it really
should be. But that 'possibility is
gone now. With 12 cent cottoi) in the
east, and the slump in real estate in
the west, and with no one iu the
Piedmont section clamoring for high
er taxes, there is not a ohanee in the
world for a boost now.” he said.
Thus the chief business of the
legislature will undoubtedly be the
difficult task of paring down the al
ready too-robust state budget so that
it can be taken care of by the al-
J'tyvly ton-insufficient revenue deriv
ed from the present tax schedul**;
And this in turn means tlmt more
than one state department and in
stitution will go without it* Christ
mas candy, and perhaps a toy or
two. Os course these various depart
ments and institutions will cry lust
ily when t*he.v find that the toy they
wanted most wa* omitted from their
stocking by the budget commision.
and there i* every indication that
considerable odor will be raised in
the legislature from time to time by
the disappointed children of the
state. But pigs i* pigs, taxes is tax
es and hard time* is hard times, and
it. ha* always been rather difficult to
extract blood from a turnip. So the
chances are that at least a-consider
able number of the tears which will
bo shed will splash in vain upon the
atone floor of the capital.
This is undoubtedly * the reason the
clamor which was raised some weeks
ago —quite some weeks ago—iu favor
of lavish appropriations and big ex
penditure* has been hushed, *o ef
fectively that not even the echo
answers when inquiry is made. For
what some politicians at first thought
was the voice of the people raised in
sanction, has turnen out to be a
growl of disapproval. And most poli- ;
ticians have good hearing.
Even the State Highway Com-1
mission.that favorite and sometimes
almost pampered child t>f the state,
has decided to ask for the bond issue
:of only $30,000,000 instead of $50.-
I 000.000 or more, as it had at first in
tended, because it is beginning to
realize that the state had better slow
up a little in issuing bond* and bor
rowing money .according to latest, re
j)orts current here.
That does not. mean, however, that
others are not going to ask, for the
| usual number of department*, insti
j tutions and what not will be a*
'severely afflicted with the “gimmies"
as in years past. There will be those
advocating a state highway police
force, even if it. will cost $750,000 a
year to maintain it; a universal
drivel’s license for driver* of all
automobiles, will also be asked, to
cost a dollar a head. \
Dead Body of Emperor Reaches To-
Ido.
Tokio, Dec. 27.— UP) —Silent and
bare headed, more than a million
mourners lined the four-mile route
from Harajuku station to the Imper
ial Palace a* the body of the late Em
peror Yoshihito was returned to To
kio tonight from the royal villa at
Hayama where he died Christmas
Day.
From the railroad station to the
palace the streets were sprinkled with
white sand as a ceremony of purifica
tion.
With Our Advertisers.
The Parks-Belk Co. is haviug an
, after-Christmas sale of misses’ coats
and dresses. Half price on fine raill
linery. _
} The J. C. Penney Co. storei s one
' you absolutely rely on.
: Business nouse* and industrial
, plants in the city, halted for Christ
mas. resumed work this morning
Business practically was a a stand
. still here Saturday and Sunday and
i some of the. textile plants had been
idle since noon Thursday.
PROGRESS OF WORK
ON STONE MOUNTAIN
Expected That First Panel Will Be
Done Witin Two Years.
(By International New* Service.)
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 27 Satisfac
tion at the rapid progress of carving
operations on the memorial to the
Southern - Confederacy at Stone
Mountain, wa* expressed here re
cently in an interview with Augus
tus Eukeman, noted sculptor of New
York, here to inspect the operation*
pf the gigantic memorial.
| Recently. Mr. Lukernan has di
fvided his time between supervising
the actual carving on the huge moun
tain-side. and the further prepara
tion of models in his New York Stu
dio.
“I find that the work on Stone
Mountain continue* to progress more
rapidly and at less cost than we ex
pected." said the sculptor. “While it
would be rather premature at thi*
time to make a statement a* to what
the actual saving will be, it is al
most safe to say that the cost will
be at least fifty per cent loss than
originally .estimated.
* “We 'have taken off 264.000 cubic
feet from September 15 to December i
1. and ts I stated before on my last j
visit, we will begin to apply the de
sign about the first week in Febru
ary, and if the weather holds and
condition* warrant, and also the fin
ances. we have every reason to be
lieve that our statement that the
first panel would be done within two |
years, would be realized.
“T have *o far enmpleted morn
than one third of the qwarter-*ize
p»odels-that is, one qarter the sized of
the actual carving, which will be
ever 130 feet from the top Os the
heads of the rider* to the hoofs of the
horses. Some of these models will be
shipped from New York within the
next two week* and on their arrival
at Stope Mountain will be placed on
public display.
'-7- * "■
FOUR KILLED WHEN CAN
OF POWDER EXPLODES
Fire From Miners’ Carbide Lamp Set
Fire to Powder He Carried Under
Ann.
Bristol. Va.,-Tenn., Dee. 27.— UP) —
Four lives were snuffed out at In
man, Va., a mining district, three
miles from Appalachia yesterday whep
Ed. Morrison, a miner, made the fa
tal nvstake of carrying a can of pow
der under his arm while he wore a
lighted carbide lamp on his cap. A j
gust of wind as he started out of the j
door of his home carried the flame of
the lamp to the powder, causing an I
explosion killed one of his chil- i
dren, two neighboring children who
were visiting at bis home, and injur
ed him fatally. Morrison died three
hours later. He was preparing to go
to work when the explosion occurred.
: TWO PUT TO DEATH
j FOR ALLEGED MURDERS
Paul Orlakowski and Paul Fasci Pay
For Oimes When Electrocuted.
Bennefonte, Pa., Dec. 27. — UP) —
Paul Orlakowski and Paul Fasci. con
icted murderers, died in the electric
chair at Rockview Penitentiary to- j
day. Neither man made any confes
sion or admission of guilt.
| Orlakowski was convicted in Pitts
burgh of participating in a riot at
the Western Penitentiary in Febru
ary 1922, in which two guards were
1 killed.
| Fasci, alleged member of a band
of 7 who held up and robbed an elec- [
trie car near Wilkesbarre in July, i
J 1923, killing a passenger, was con
j victed in Scranton.
Says Prohibition Has Changed
* •,; Christmas.
Hickory, Dec. 2d —‘‘Ohristmhs 1 i*
not what it used to be.” J. F. Abcr
nethy, one of the oldest residents of
Hickory, said, as he walked into the
police station to pa*s the time of day
. with the force. . Twenty-five years
. ago, he said, he would have had to
. step over 25 drunk men ueiere
.1 reaching the office of the chief.
I "Times certainly have changed,” he
j said. “It used to be that the old
men got drunk, but now it is the
, young men,” he observed. Mr. Aber
nethy, who is of the old school, be
. 1 lieves that the eighteenth amend
, ment is doing more good than the
j younger generation realizes.
; Big Reduction in Clothing at Huh
mond-Flowe Co.’s.
*! Beginning Tuesday, December 28,
and running through Monday. Janu
-1 ary lrtth. the Richmond-Flowe Co.
will give 25 per cent, discount on all
I men’s and boys' suits and overcoatsi
They sell the well known Kirschbanm
1 and Michael Stearn clothes, and noth
ing will be reserved in this sale. They
'r will have a special job lot of men’s
- and boy*’ overcoats at $7.95 and
1 $8.95. They tell you about this sale
1 in a page ad. in 'both The Tribune
and The Times today.
royal deluxe tours
COSTLY TO RAILROADS
Notables Tour the Country at a
Nominal Cost to Themselves. j
Washington, Dec. 27.
plying of special trains and care to dis
tinguished foreign visitors who wish
to sec this country in deluxe style has
become an interesting phase of Ameri
can railroading.
Tl»rough the courtesy of the rail
roads, in many cases, raembere of roy
al families and other notables have
been able to tour the United States
and Canada in luxurious equipment at
nominal cost to themselves. The
transcontinental jaunt of Queen Marie
of Rumania and the earlier visit of
President Machado of Cuba ar out
standing instances when the railroads
themselves played host and footed
most of the transportation bills.
Swedish Visitors Paid
The Crown Prince and Princes of
Sweden paid for the special car which,
attached regular trains, took them
across the country on their recent
visit, but the Prince of Wales and
Marshal Foch of France rode in spe
cial trains that cpst them next to
i nothing.
The most consistent user of special
trains is President OoolidjpeL but he
buys his own ticket out of a special
appropriation provided for the pur
pose. The government at times era,-
ployes special equipment with which
to transport distinguished visitors
j from New York to Washington and
return when they pay official calls to
the national capital.
More than the desire of the rail
roads to be courteous hosts to visiting
sightseers is necessary in supplying
trains at nominal cost to the guests.
Under the law only railroad employes
are allowed free transportation and
in order to carry Queen Marie, for
example, at one dollar fare, a special
tariff had to be filed with Che Inter
state Commerce Commission and that
body’s approval received.
10,000 Miles for $1
In Marie’s case, she paid out of her
own pocketbook one dollar for her- j
self, her two children and each mem
ber of her immediate 'party to each
of the several railroads over which
she traveled on ber 10,000-mile tour.
Railroad fares alone, at winter tourist
rates, would have totalled approxi
mately $20,000 for the nearly eighty
persons aboard the Royal Rumanian.
Another huge expense borne by the
roads was that incident to stocking
diners and private kitchens aboard the
several special cars making up the
royal train. Special illustrated book
lets describing the country through
which the queen passed and elaborate
‘menu cars also were paid for by the
railroads.
Railroad men agreed that the royal
Rumanian was the most luxurious
equipment ever assembled. Comrpis
ing six special cars', all of them the
property of railroad presidents, and
pquipped with the most modern con
veniences.
1
UNIVERSITY TRAINING
WASTED TIME—MORRIS
Growing Skeptical as to Use of Col
lege Education, for Business Men.
Oxford, England, Dec.. 27.— UP 1 )-. — j
Captains of industry in England are
beginning to grow skeptical as to the
value of a college education for future
business men.
Even the century-old prestige of
I Oxford and Cambridge is being ques-
I tioned, for in a recent interview-, W.
I R. Morris, head of the Morris Motor
Company, and known as “the Henry-
Ford of England,” declared that “uni
versity training is an absolute waste
of tiTne” apd “a severe handicap in
commercial life.”
Useless in Business
,In explaining bi 4 remarks, Mfc. Mor
ris said, “I have no high opipion of
the value of universities for education
for such essentiafty practical purposes
as industry or Commerce, in fact, a
university training is, fnom a business
point of view,? absolutely useless.
“There are Exceptions, I know, but
I have never found a university train
ed man of any use in my organiza
tion, and I apa going to say that for
business a university training is an
absolute waste of time.
Lose Psychology of Workers
“A university education will make i
scholar, but it will not give those qual
ities essential for commerce and indus
try, if qualities are not original
ly there. If they are, it is quite
likely to obliterate them. It does
not, for instance, give them an un
derstanding of the psychology of the
workers in an industry. As one who
went to work early in life in an en
gineering shop, I got my training
in a practical school. I know what
the worker thinks.
One case of scarlet fever and one
ofese of chickenpox was reported- to
day at the couuty health office.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
NO PROSPER |
FAIR >LkR IN
111 SOAKED AREA;
i
. I
Rivers Already Gushing
From Banks Promised
More Power by Addi-!
tional Rains.
STORM WARNINGS
PROVE TIMELY
Few Lives Lost But Prop
erty Damage Has Been
Great in a Number of
States.
x Memphis. Tenn..' Deo. 27.—( A *) —
Rivers that reached out of their banks
and grasped valley dwellers in five
Southern states in their icy grip to
day were promised still further po\v-~
er for the weather forecast was for
more rain today and tonight in all of
them.
Few lives were lost for the warn
ings had come in time, but property
damage mounted into thousands of
dollar*, as farms were ,inundated, in
dustry stopped. livestock drowned,
and railroads and highways washed
out.
Two men were drowned near Pine
Bluff. Ark., and another near Colum
bus. Miss., and another died at Sel
mnr, Tenn., from exposure
In Alabama. Arkansas, Kentucky.
Mississippi and Tennessee rivers and
s'treams were out of. their banks and
the latter state probably felt the de
structive power of the high waters
more than the others. In Nashville
more than 50 blocks of the lower part
of the city were inundated by the
Cumberland River, which had risen
today to 51.1 feet, higher than ever
before except in 1882 when it rose to
55.3. Nearly a score of Tennessee
towns were cut off from rail or high
way traffic by flooded lowlands. The
Nashville flood drove 2.500 people
from their homes, and halted indus
tries and hundreds of acres were in
undated near Chattanooga.
In Alabama 1.000 miners were
thrown out of work by high waters
in Walker county. Arkansas damage
was chiefly to highways and to lie
stock, while in Mississippi swollen
streams had driven hundreds from
their homes in and near Aberdeen, a*
the Tombigbe©- Hirer rose and crops
and highways suffered heavy T6ss.
Kentucky was recovering from Us
flood conditions as the high waters
swept on toward the South, but the
flood still was felt and a coating of
sleet over the western the
state" had flirSlyzeS oonfamaieetlonß
over the week-end.
THE COTTON MARKET
Issuance of January Notices of About
98.000 Bales, Featured Early Trad
ing.
New York. Dec. 27.—(4>) —Issu-
ance of January notices featured the
cotton market today on resumption of
trading after the Christmas holidays.
No definite estimate of their number
was available, but it was supposed
they represented nearly the entire cer
tificated stock of around 08,000 bales,
and while their circulation brought out
some liquidation it was readily ab
sorbed by the buying of spot houses
against sales of later deliveries.
This buying helped the tone of the
general market and after opening
steady at an advance of 4 to 0 points
active months sold 18 to 20 points
higher, January advancing to 12.82
and May 13.05 before the end of the
first hour.
Reports of continued bad weather
for harvesting in the South probably
brough in some buying of later de
liveries.
Cotton futures opened steady: Jan
uary 12.42; March 12.74 ; May 12.02 ;
July 13.12; October 13.20.
SALISBURY MAN KILLS
SELF AT AUTO WHEEL
Ernest Thornburg Commits Suicide
at an Early Hour This Morning.
4 Salisbury, Dec. 27.—04*) —Ernest
Thornburg, white man about 36 years
old. of this city, oil truck driver, com
mitted suicide at 5:30 this morning
by shooting himself in the right tem
ple, the pistol ball passing entirely
through the head. The deed was com
mitted as the man sat in his automo
bile on North Main street near the
street car b«rps. He had been at
the barn only a few minutes before
he called up several acquaintances,
one a womam and told them of his
intentions. Parties at the barn, how
ever, thought he was going home, but
instead he .walked to his car only a
short distance away, took seat behind
the steering wheel and fired the fatal
.shot. He leaves a father, mother
and other relatives.
Russians to See Barbarous Sport To
day.
Moscow. Dec. 26.—The barbarous
“sports” of the pagan era will be
Moscow’s way of celebrating the
great Christian'festival of the year.
On Monday, forty man-eating
wolves, captured for the purpose in
Siberia, will battle to the death with
savage dogs. As a pre’iminary. foxes
and rabbits will be worried to death
by huge hounds-
During this Moody spectacle, the
noble audience will be guarded by
hunters armed with rifles.
The promoters of the “attraction”
announce that over $50,000 persons
have applied for tickets and many
will have to be turned away.
A food many of the Soviet,
THE NORTHEASTERN
| STATES BLANKETED
; WITH HEAVY SNOWS
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Streets in New York City
Turned Into Icy Glare
1 From Inch of Sleet and
Light Snowfall.'
i MANY ACCIDENTS
REPORTED TODAY
When Sleet Storm Was at
Height, 20 Barges Broke
From Moorings.—Occu
pants AlUSaved.
New York, Dec. 27.—04*)—Snow
and ice today covered the northeast
ern states, with a white and slippery
coating after mild Christinas temper- J
atures.
, i Streets in New York were turned
! into an icy glare from an inch of
{sleet followed by a light snowfall, and
‘ numerous accidents were reported,
j One man was killed when he fell
j down slippery steps and a skidding
! automobile caused another fatality,,
j When the sleet storm was at its
height, twenty barges broke from their
moorings in the East river and their
twenty occupants were rescued after
! great efforts by fire boats and tugs.
| The barking of dogs attracted ntten
’; tiou to the barges as they drifted into
the treacherous current and reefs of
Hell Gate. The fact that the brages
were lashed together made it possible
for tugs to tow them back to safe
anchorage after lines had been at
tached.
Unusually Low Temperatures In the
Rockies.
Denver, Col., Dec. 27.—G49 —Uu-
I usually low temperatures prevailed in
■ the southern Rocky , Mountain states
■: and desert regions today following a
i week-end storm which brought snow
■ to the valleys as well as to the tower- -
■ i ing peaks.
! Snow fell at Tucson for the first j
j time in three years, leaving a mantel
! nearly n foot, deep on nearby raoun
, j tains. ’the mercury hit 33 above at
! Phoenix, being a new low for the year,
. i and threatening the citrus crops.
. | One death was reported from the
j Texas pan handle country where a
, negro died from exposure in the rain
i • and sleet storm. rj
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j THREE COUNTIES
I PROJECT HOSPITAL
: -
Representatives of Edgecombe. Mar
' tin and Halifax Consider Under
taking.
Tarbor, Dec. 27. —County officials,
prominent physicians, attorney* and ,
I other citizen* from Halifax, Martin
! and Edgecombe counties met here at •
j noon today to consider the offer es
, the Edgecombe Benevolent Assoaiu* '
tion of the Edgecombe general hos
j pital to be used by these counties
permanent hospital purposes.
Final tfetion was deferred but the
• meeting was favorable to the propo
sition.
Chairman Vines Cobb of the Edge
combe board, called the meeting to
, order. Commissioner J. W. Whitaker, Sj
of Halifax. acted as permanent
chairman of the meeting and J. A.
’ Weddell acted as secretary. Dr- J.
, M. Baker explained in detail the ob
ject of the meeting, saying that a
k simple deed would be made to the
r three counties if the hospital proposi
| tion is accepted, without to them
for the use of all people of these
, counties.
[ Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the Duke en
dowment, was present and ably-dis
cussed the matter. He said he wOftld
’ do all he could to further the propo*
sition. He pointed out the great need
of such an* institution for the ben'*-
fit of the bo°ple of these counties! He
gave valuable assistance on the sub
, jec-t and his able address made A
profound impression. He said that in
the three counties twenty-five Uun
jdred people are sick daily and many
-! poor people cannot now be treated in
hospi*als. j,
! lie said the Duke Endowment
would contribute one dollar a day
l sor r each charity patient in publl"'
, hospitals, and the churches and
. charitably inclined people should be
, willing to contribute the balance,
r DIAZ TROOPS MAY BE 4^
DISARMED RIGHT SOON
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» American Bluejackets in Position to
t j Guard Neutral Zone.
J Washington, Dec. 27.—(>P)—Rear
. Admiral Latimer, who landed Ameri
* can bluejackets at Puerto Cabases,
- Nicaragua, and proclaimed a neutral
t zone last week, advised the State de
» partment today that he had notified
i Nicaraguan Diaz government forces,
1 recently defeated by liberal troops,
r that they would be disarmed if they
were forced into the Kluefields’ neu
tral zone.
It was emphasized at the State de
partment that the Bluefields' neutral
s zone agreement was still in effect, and
e that the military leaders of both sides
e had entrusted to American naval
forces the task of seeing that neutral
-5 ity was observed within the zone.
i
ii Statesville Man Shoots Himself—
-8 Expcctted to Die.
b Statesville, Dec. 26.—P. D- Cline
26, jitney driver, Long’s sana
e torium in a critical condition aa the
y result of a self-inflicted pistol wound
through his left lung. Ho shot him
” self while alone at his home. He was
s found shortly after the shot waa
? fired lying face down in hie kitchen.
No reason has been shown for hie
act. He is not expected to lire.
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