VOLUME LII
Digging Out
Caused By
Heavy Floods Last Week
. u«t rail is Reced
f& and Salvage
Jthat Bigger bcale
-• mpS TO
’\ H K > ! '• 1 ERING
Makes Its Appear
jand Efforts Are Be
jlade to Keep it From
eading^
'* V„,fh n death list pf
W laß ng itself out to
&XZ >f ">■ z
! v ini' f' ■>' days. The
111 Con
. , r ,^ : -eather caused
n in many sec
?! ‘.'l I '*-, VI d shortage in
** and es-
f> relieve this with
"* nt hr airplane. A plane
I V a: r-sii.al supplies in
" thn was devoted today
,i< - d.si-ase in the
ppffnt t u .
f ,, p,a>. nn'Tits were be-
V, - ;«! ami water soaked
tjiients wer- warned to boil
water, and premises
-disinfected.
lifiti been restored
L, in western Massachu
| southern and central New
bnr was nti 11 badly dis
ftu*e of the scores of bridges
' an ,] the innumerable
jind landslides.
_j! Mass. and other places
ils ’were shut down because
jjp lrstpr which had flooded
UK plants.
R were eared for in the
rs neighbors and in public
i<i and other Connecticut
K( jjjp (Yvnn'sticut Valley
feg the bninr of the flood as
lit? way south and east,
dteaism came from all the
d was.
y arfgment
rlll bf heard soon
r fth Is Date Set For Hear
*t!t on the Proposed Exten-
ippo. .n ot. 5. —Announee-
fcit the offices nf the Inter
laneire Commission today
i imunenr.® would be heard
[Jth. "O the [tending appli
< the Piedmont &. Northern
to complete its
from Spartanburg to Gas-
I front Winston-Salem to
aean< that another import
ii this controversy is about
brine will be before Com
sMterv, Eastman and Wood-
Ifter all parties have been
:vas stated, which trill prob
! something like a week or
the commissioners will sit
other members, and, after
*iew of the testimony pro
i consider this in eonnec
■the various legal phases in
*PP«ar> to be no doubt that
he the decision of this
k the matter will find its
Supreme Court of the
® tes ' on the question of the
jurisdiction as author
w*adments to the transport
5 of 1920.
SHOT
BV I)Rr\KEN MAN
Estate I dealer Was
®! Wounded in Fray.
* :• •”».—.Tames C.
thy Greensboro real es
®in a ho=pif n ] suffering
Pstol wounds alleged to
Micied by (Near L. Bond.
Jbn Penny went to the
ktter to collect rent on
Wupied by the Bond
7'" b in the city jail,
arrested soon after the
l* 5 ar, ' f ‘ i a * f pr being shot.
automobile and drive to
tik l" r,^.a P>ed soon after
j lls hoK T )i,a l- but fitter re
tj 5 > u ’j r " ?,v, ‘ his version
'Win* f Sfli<l that liond
from him
ft behm'd' '!’ rr,f ' nt months
ttjf./p W!t h Ins payments.
Imj ' Aas to call at
a!ie a Payment, ac
!»v > hen fie failed
Mi, e so 1 •' 'he house.
f ' Eoiol drinking
Hriiuj, ‘‘is habits
'' '' Vir, unded man,
itR) th( ;’ Wltl; 'he result that
hthfl ,nii ' l hired.
'h* arrest bore
1 Nnr' 1 i:it on d was
aro super
\ I|V ,ri,n Trouble.
W W i ' •*' 'arge num-
tJ.„ Wrr begun in
. ;i ' a rPS " ; t of
r y. f f,:,v n| ght of
"f Rod
1 Anderson
y n n ‘,.' Vhi '-h refused to
L , "'in.
'har
_•' on j s sqo,-
R 6 !ifp r .. ' f ' r ‘"’ Tr, n huver
f " r b:i,; nf
Nit v ll >ervrd to
'h'Mlll;,,,
bar) .T frfll time that.
(yf .**-
K‘ ,4 M then’ . " IPSt time
m and 1917.
THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
BURNS ADMITS HIS
DETECTIVES HIRED
BY ONE DEFENDANT
Washington, Nov. 7.—OP)—Wm.
J. Burns, confirmed that Sinclair
officials had'retained his detectives
to shadow the Fall-Sinelair jurors,
and then countered today with a
charge of jury tampering on the
part of the prosecution itself.
DECREASE OF 202,000
ACRES GIVEN TO COTTON
Half of This Number Planted to Hay’
and Grain Oops in This State.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Nov. 7.—A decrease of
202.000 acres planted to hay and grain
crops, resulted from the campaign for
a better adjustment of crojw in the
state figures now available show, ac
cording to Dean I. O. Schaub, hehd of
the school of Agriculture at State Col
lege.
ihe price of tobacco last season was
too tempting to the farmers, however,
according to Dean Schaub,' with the
result that instead of decreasing the
tobacco acreage, it was increased near
ly 60,000 acres, while the peanut
acreage was also boosted about 89.000
acres, which has brought about some
over-production in these commodities,
with corresponding low price*.
As a result of the over-production of
cotton last year, ,many farmers found
that in numerous instances the cost
of production had been greater than
the income from the crop, so that it
was hard to meet their indebtedness,
and in thousands of instances, they
did not have feed enough to carry their
stock over the winter. It was as a
result of this situation that it was de
cided to conduct an educational cam
paign in which farmers were nrged to
raise more feedstuffs, and thus auto
matically reduce their cotton acreage.
How well this campaign succeeded, is
shown by the figures just released by
the United States crop reporting
service, Dean Schaub points out.
“While the reduction in the cotton
acreage of 202,000 acres was not as
great as had been hoped for, it was
what the well-informed students of
the situation expected,” . said Dean
Schaub. “As a result of this decrease,
the acreage planted to feed crojse, anch
as oowpeas, soybeans, clover, timithy
and tame hay increased from 668,000
acres to 768,000 acres, an increase of
110,000 acres. There was also an in
crease of 3,000 acres in Irish potatoes
and 2,000 acre* of sweet potatoes.
Though this was onty about one-sixth
of the increase needed, it was still a
good gain for one year, and the State
should feel encouraged.” ,
BUILDING FALLS;
155 ARE KILLED
Chinese Women and Children Perish
When Third Floor Collapses.
Shankhai, China, Nov. s.—Trapped
within falling walls and crushed by
debris and splintered beams, 135 of
more than five hundred women and
children in a three-story building
perished in the native quarter of
Shanghai when the structure collapsed
today. At least 200 more were serious
ly Injured, j
The disaster came in the midst of a
meeting held on the third floor of a
picture palace in the chapel district
where women textile workers had
gathered to form a new labor union. A
local labor leader, Yen Hain, who was
attending the meeting, is the only man
known to have been killed.
. The workers, after discussing vari
ous problems of the new organization,
had just elected their officers and
standing up to applaud when the floor
beneath their feet began to sway.
Bearing dow n its burden of 600 or so
human beings, the floor gave way and
crashed down on the second floor of
the structure. This floor in turn yield
ed under the enormous strain and col
lapsed.
MISS ELDER ENJOYS
TRIP ON ATLANTIC
Has Day of Rest Following Round of
Entertainment Given Her and Com
panion In Paris.
Steamship Aquitania. Nov. 7.— (A?)
—Buth Elder and Captain George W.
Haldeman today bad put behind a
day of rest, recuperating from their
ill-fated flight, and the receptions
which followed it in Europe.
The call of the bugle for lunch
failed to rouse Haldeman as he slept
in his darkened cabin, but Ruth walk
ed the deck and was so busy sorting
her correspondence that she had to
forego a swimr she intended to take.
The couple had dinner at the table
of Chief Engineer Roberts and
throughout the meal Roberta and Hal
deman discussed engineering problems.
The ship was tossed by a north
west gale all day. Ruth was disap
pointed that there was no dancing
when evening came, but it was point
ed out to her that nobody felt like
dancing. v
Charlotte Buys Hitting Player.
Charlotte, N. C., N<Vv. s.—Walter
Hunter one of the Sally league
heaviest hitters last season, was pur
chased from the Macon club by Char
lotte today. The purchase was out
right and involved cash only. The
amount was not divulged. Hunter is
an infielder.
Freddie Noon. Hornet catcher for
the past three seasons, was traded to
Macon for Pat Stanley.
Thirty-six fiine cows of Guernsey,
Jersey and Holstein breeds were shown
at a street exhibition in Goldsboro
recently.
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Piclce’d as ”Miss Boston” last year, Helen Bly, Back Bay blonde,
seeks divorce from Edgar J. Bly on grounds of cruelty. Bly,
however, blames contest winner for breaking up their home,
ANOTHER ARREST IN
JURY TAMPERING CASE
Douglas Catchim Arrested After En
listing in the Marine Corps.
Washington, Nov. 5. —A newly en
listed United States Marine, who was
all set to go to Haiti, may prove a ma
terial witness in the Grand Jury in
vestigation of charges of jury tamper
ing laid against Harry F. Sinclair and
one of his confidential, agents, Henry
Mason Day.
This marine is - Douglas Oad?him,
until recently assistant manager of
the Washington office of the Burns
Detective Agency whoee detectives
were engaged for days and nights in
keeping under surveillance jurors in
the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy case in
which a mistrial was ordered last
Tuesday.
Catchim enlisted here October 28,
the day the activities of the Govern
ment agents trailing the juror trailers
began to become known. He was sent
to the Hampton Roads Naval Base
and just missed a naval transport
which sailed for Port Au Prince on
November 1.
Government agents trailed him to
Norfolk and there served upon him a
subpoena for his appearance here
Monday before the Grand Jury, which
held an extra ordinary session for two
hours .today to hear the testimony of
a high school girl, a juror food of
horse raring and one of the October
panel who just missed service on the
oil jury.
A bit of confidential gossip led to
the trail of Catchim, whose name was
unknown to the Federal agents work
ing on the case. District Attorney
Gordon received an anonymous com
munication about him from “a friend”
and the machinery of Government was
set into motion to locate and sub
poena him.
When Catchim goes before the
Grand Jury he will be asked about a
report that he told a friend that i?
be could get out of the country and
remain out for some time he would “be
fixed” for the rest of his life. The in
quisition also will go into what part,
if any, he had in the shadowing of the
jury.
Charles Cramberry, orfice manager
of the Burns Agency here, who also
has been summoned as a witness be
fore the Grand Jury, said today that
Catcbim had worked in the local of
fice up to a month ago, but had re
signed because of ill. health.
This bit of information which led to
the service of Catchim is only a small
part of that which has flowed into the
district attorney’s office since the oil
jury was discharged last Tuesday.
Much of it comes by mail, but no lit
tle part has come jn over the tele
phone wires.
All Preachers In Andrews Are Under
37 Years.
Andrews, Nov. 5. Other North
Carolina town may have younger
preachers than any of the four here,
but none has four or more preacher
of a lower average age, Andrews folks
bcHcvc.
There are paetors here for Meth
odist, Baptist, Presbyterian and
Luthejan churches, and the oldest is
barely 27. Two of the four are mar
ried.
Belk Stores Open New Branch in
Goldsboro.
Goldsboro, Nov. 4.—The rapidity
with which a new industry may be
started has been shown in the opening
of a Belk chain store in this city.
Ivess than a month ago a lease was
signed for the use of the stand. Since
that time necessary changes have
been completed in the building, and
stock of goods ruahed from the buy
ing point in New York.
Oliver Matthews is in charge of the
Goldsboro branch.—
CONCORD, C. MONDAY, NOVEMBE R 7, 1927.
HUNGER STIKE OF
FENELLI IS BROKEN
Ate Three Hearty Meals on
Sunday and Started Off
Day With Breakfast.
Raleigh, Nov. 7. —C4*)—Joseph
Finelli, alias Joseph Bennett, of 1
Philadelphia, erstwhile hunger
striker of the W*ke county Jaiji. .
today Wai cheerful, i>leasaiit and
weUied, following the voluntary
ending yesterday of his ten days
of fasting. He said his mind was
a blank during the strike.
Finelli was placed in the jail
for thirty days on a vagrancy
conviction. He refused to eat,,
refused to talk, and refused to
mingle with his fellow prisoners.
He was placed in a padded cell
because Jailer Hinnan was
afraid he would attempt self in
jury. He would not talk coher
ently.
Mrs. Hinnant, the jailer’s wife,
tried kindness and persuasion
with promises of savory food, and
the “striker” weakened. He ate
three meals Sunday and' started
the week off by eating a hearty
breakfast today.
THE STOCK MARKET
Prices Were on the Upgrade at the
-Opening of the Market Today.
New York, Nov. 7.T-CP) —Prices
were on the upgrade at the opening
of the stock market today. Commer
cial Solvents and Chesapeake & Ohio
had initial gains of two points or
more, while General Motors, Houston
Oil, Abitibi Power and A. M. Byers
opened up 1 to 1 1-4. Ignited Drug
was off a point at the outset.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotations at 1.30 P. M.)
Atchison —1907 s
American Can 07%
Allied Chemical 149%
American Smelting lO9
American T. & T. 1 17774
Atlantic Coast Line 190
Allis Chalmers lll%
Baltimore & Ohio H9Vs
Bethlehem Steel 5174
Chesapeake & Ohio 2ll %
Chrysler 57%
(Torn Products 0274
New York Central 164%
Dupont 31074
Erie 04 Vs
Fleishman O9
St. Louis-Franeis. RR. 111
General Electric 128%
Gold Dust 60%
Oeneral Motors 132 Vs
Gen. Ry. Signal —123 Vi
Houston Oil 152
Hudson Motors O(5 %
Mo.-Kane. & Tex. 42%
Kenneeott Copper 79%
Kans. City Sou. Ry. 04%
Liggett & Myers 120%
Lori Hard 36%
Mack Truck 10174
Mo.-Pacifis Pfd. 52%
Montgomery-Ward 34
Nash Motors 34%
Packard Motors 48%
Penn. RR. 05%
Phillips Pete 42
Reading RR. lOB
B” Rey. Tob. Com. 147
Rock Island RR. 106
Sears Roebuck 75%
Southern Ry. 138%
Std. Oil of N. J. 40
Sou. Pac. RR. 121
Studebaker Corp. 55%
Tobacco Erode. lOO%
Union Carbine 137%
Vicks Chemical 58
Westinghouse Elec. Co. 81 %
West. Maryd. RR. 51
Yellow Cab and 'JVuck 2*<.-
Wool worth __ 1 Mi
ll. 8. Steel VG
Coca-Cola l-L5
CONFERENCE WILL
COME TO END FOR
METHODISTS TODAY
With the Reading of Ap
pointments During Af
ternoon Methodist Con
ference Will End.
CHURCH CHANGES
. ARE ANNOUNCED
One District is Abolished
and Churches in Other
Districts are Changed by
Bishop Mouzon.
Asheville, Nov. 7. — <JP) —The ques
tion of who will be the pastor of each
individual Methodist Eiseopal Churcji,
South, in Western North Carolina
Conference was settled here today by
Bishop Edwin D Mouzon, presiding
at. the annual meeting of the confer
ence.
As the last act of the conference,
the bishop read his appointments for
the next year, and at the same time
announced reorganization of a num-
of charges and discontinuance of
several circuits. j
The list of appointments shoiks an
unusually large number otf changes in
pastorates. The changes included :
Statesville District Changes.
From South Denoir circuit, take
South Lenoir Church and add it to I.e
uoir circuit; from South Lenoir cir
cuit take Zion and Harper churches
and add them to Hudson circuit, dis
continuing South Lenoir circuit.
From First Church, Hickory, take
Highland Church and make it a charge
called Highlands.
Charlotte District Changes.
From Matthews take Bethel and
place it in Weddingtou circuit. Take
Tryon Street Church and Trinity
Church in Charlotte and combine them
and call the new church First Church.
Dalisbury District Changes.
From Albemarle circuit take Lowes
Chapel and Providence and add them
to Bethel charge. From Albemarle
circuit take Oakboro and add to Nor
wood circuit. From Salem circuit
'.ako Tabernacle and add it to Albe
marle circuit.
The following are some of the ap-‘
pointinents:
Charlotte District.
D. M. Litaker, presiding elder. An
sonville, J W. Kennedy ; Bethel-New
.Hope; L. R. Griffith ; Big Springv
t A. ,Hra%U, supply.
Charlotte: Belmot Part, WTTT
Willis, Brevard Street, Alboa Golbold ;
Calvary, J. \V. William; Chadwick.
B. Hargett; Dilworth, G. R. Jor
lan ; Duncan Memorial, O. L. Robin
on ; First Church, W. W. Peele:
Hawthorne Lane, E. J. McLarty, IV.
fi. Nicholson, supernumerary;
I’axk, Carlock Hawk ; 'Spencer Memo
rial, J. O. Ervin ; Wesley Heights, W.
M. Smith; Hickory Grove, J. P. Mor
ris; Lilesville, J. F_ Nalls; Mar.sli
v'ille, G. W. Clay; Matthews, Paul
Harding, Jr.; Monroe. Central, A. D.
Wilcox; Nprth Monrde, Jeemorelee, J.
W. Ingles; Morven, F. O. Dryman ;
L’eacblaud, J. A. Fry; Pineville, Elzie
Myers; E. Polkton, J J. Edwards *
Prospect, J. M. Folger; Trinity, J.
I). Fitzgerald; Thrift-Moores, J. A.
Peeler; Unionville, W. S. Cherry ;
Wadesboro, W. O. Goode; Waxhaw.
M. A. Osborne; Weddington, T D.
Honeycutt; Prof. Candler School o!
rheology, P. T. Durham. Conference
<eeretary of education, W. L. Sher
rill. Missionary to Japan, S. A.
Stewart. Missionary to Japan, N.
S Ogburn.
Salisbury District.
Z. Paris, presiding elder. Albe
marle, Central, T. F. Marr; First
Church, N. C. Williams; Albemarle
rirchit, J. O. Banks; Badin, R. M.
ilauss; Bethel, R. H. Kennington :
China Grove, F J. Stough; Concord.
Central, R. M. Courtney; Bpworth. J.
VI. Varner; Forest Hill, T. F. Hig
gins; Harmony, J. W. Bennett; Kerr
Street, G. L. Wilkinson; Westford,
Ira Erwin; Concord circuit, A. G.
Loftin; East Spencer, Long Street, E.
Myers; Gold Hill, E # N. Crowder;
Kannapolis, Trinity*’J. F. Moser;
I/andis, T. E. Parker; Mt. Pleasant,
T. It. Wolfe; New London, D. P.
Waters; Norwood, P. L. Shore; Nor
wood circuit, H. It. Cornelius; Salem,
John H Green; Salisbury, Cogburn
Memorial, J. J. Jordan; A. H. Whis
ner, supernumerary; First Church, H.
C. Sprinkle; Main Street, L. T.
Edens; Park Avenue, A. R. Surratt;
Salisbury circuit, R. L. Milton; Spen
cer, Central, W. B Shinn; Woodleaf,
D. P. Grant, Yadkin, Rowan, J. M.
Brandon; Student Yale University,
H. C. Sprinkle; First Church, Q. C.
Conference missionary secretary, It.
M. Courtney.
Statesville District.
J. E. Abernethy, presiding elder.
Ball Creek, P. H. Brittain ; Catawba.
B. Wilson; Cool Spring, John Cline;
Davidson, O. J. Jonee; Dudley Shoals,
O. P. Routh; Elmwood, R. L. Young;
Granite Falls, A. C. Swofford; Hick
ory, First Church. W. L. Hutchins;
Highlands, H. W. Howard; Westview,
E. E. Yates; Hickory Circuit, W. A.
Kerr Jr.; Hiddenite, T. W. Hager;
Hudson, F. E. Hartsfield; Lenoir,
First Church, W. E. Poovey; Lenoir
Circuit, R. M. Stafford; Maiden, J. E.
McSwain; Mooresville, Broad Street,
A. O. Kennedy; Central, J. P. Hipps;
Mooresville Circuit, C. L. McCain;
Mt. Zion, R. A. Swaringen : Newton.
T. G. Tuttle; Olin. J. G. W. Hollo
way; Sheppard, T. B. Tabor; States
ville, Broad Street, A. L. Stanford;
Race Street, J. H. Bradley; States
ville Circuit, E. J. Poe; Stony Point,
R. E. Hinahaw; Taylorsville, D. F.
Richardson; Troutman, E. A. Oakley;
President Davenport College, W. A.
Jenkins; Student Emory & Henry
College, P. R. Ra.vle.
A pres* stand with ncc-omrmdatinn
G»r (VH) ni'V-i inper irpr, is
‘n thr 1 fii:: l . rs the- U ympic
FIRST PHOTO S l TH JLPJER'S HUBBY
Lyle Womak, husband of Ruth Elder, Is here pictured for firs}
time as he reads cable from southern flying beauty telling of hei
reception in Canary Islands. t Womak is in real estate business
in Panama,
PARENT TEACHER MASS
MEETING IS PLANNED
Will Be Held at Harrisburg High
School on November 15th.
Harrisburg, Nov. 7. —Extensive
plans are being made for the greater
parent-teacher mass meeting to be held
it Harrisburg High School on Tues
luy evening November loth, at 7:30
/clock by the Harrisburg Parent
feacher Association. The organize -
ion motto for the year is; “A Bigger
and Better School.”
Although the association has held
everal social events at the school thus
'nr this year, this will be the open
ng meeting for the school term and
, >cmaiaeß4» be UwJaryeatT>rogiated by
he local organization since its foimd
ng last year.
The honorary address of the evening
.vill be given by County Superintend
ent S. G Hawlield. A prominent par
uit-teacher speaker from Concord, to
ve secured early this week, will also
jive a talk.
Moving pictures, including an edu
cational picture and a comedy, spe
cial orchestra music and a short radio
•rogram will be other features on the
irogram.
Committees are being appointed in
ill of the districts represented at the
chool tor aid in advertising the meet
ng to secure members for the
issociation.
Officers for the year will be elected
it the meeting. Mrs. Zeb Stafford is
(resident of the organization and Miss
l.ulu Morrison faculty representative.
BAPTISTS WILL, MEET
IN RALEIGH NOV. 15TH
Another ‘‘Educational Convention”
May Be Staged When Church Men
Convene. \
Durham, Nov. s.—The approaching
acssion of the Baptist State Conven
tion to be held in the splendid new
auditorium oif the First Baptist
Churbh of this city November 15-17
rPves promise of being one of the moat
notable and far-reaching sessions in
the 97 years' history of this body. It
will probably go down in history as
another ‘‘educational convention, '*
meh as was held in the -house of rep
resentatives iu Raleigh in 1856, which
is said to have been “the greatest
session, in many respects, the conven
tion ever held before or since.” At
this meeting $25,125 was raised for
Wake Forest College and the move
ment to increase the endowment to
SIOO,OOO was launched
A thousand or more delegates and
visitors are expected. The entertain
ment will be on the pay basis. Ample
accommodations have been provided in
the hotels and homes of the city to
take care of all who come. Asheville
is bidding to entertain the next session
of the convention.
With Our Advertisers.
Jeweled gifts endear and endure.
See the complete line of the Starnes-
Miller-Parker Co.
The banks of Concord will be closed
Friday, Armistice Day.
You can get alcohol for your radi
ator at the Yorke & Wadsworth Co.
Better do it now.
Furniture and furnishings at the
Bell-Harris Furniture Co. Most won
derful line of living room suites ever
carried, and priced at 87.50. Read
ad for particulars.
Big Crowd Sees Travel Pictures.
Harrisburg. Nov. 7. —A large audi
ence viewed the travel pictures shown
by Secretary H. W. Blanks, of the
Concord Y. M C. A., in the Harris
burg High School auditorium Friday
evening. The pictures were made
by Mr. Blanks on an extended tour
of many European countries this sum
mer.
American Legion Auxiliary Bridge
Benefit.
The Benefit Bridge party of the
American Legion Auxiliary promises
to be a grand success. Every member
of the Auxiliary and the Legion and
their friends are urged to attend.
T,hc party ri to hr held nt the Mcr
»bants :?r • Vayri ;c;urers Club on
Tu«*~ 1m o clock.
SB.OO a Year, Strictly in Advance
2 BELIEVED DEAD
IN SHANGHAI ROW
Were Killed When 200
White Russians Stormed
Soviet Consulate r t
Shanghai, Nov. 1 —o4*)—Two
persons were believed to have
been killed and five wounded,
during a riot late today when a
body' of 200 white Russians
stormed the soviet consulate in
the International Settlement as
an outgrowth of the tenth anni
versary of the soviet revolution
now being celebrated.
The White Russians who have
been exiled from their native land
ever since the soviet regime came
into power, gatheretUoutside the
soviet consulate, hurling bricks
and breaking windows and at
tempting to break in the barred
door.
Thereupon the Russians inside
the consulate opened fire upon the
attacking force. Two persons,
one a woman, are reported to
have been killed, with five wound
ed.
THE COTTON MARKET.
Opened Firm Today at an Advance of
13 to 18 Points Under Covering By
Shorts.
New York, Noy. 7. —04*) —The cot
ton market opened firm today at an
advance of 13 to 18 points, attributed
to further covering by shorts in pre
paration for the local holiday tomor
row, and the government report on
Wednesday.
Unfavorable weather advices from
the South, including reports of frosts
in the Carolinas and rain in Okla
homa, probably stimulated the demand,
but the advance to 21:00 for Decem
ber and 21:27 for May met more
Southern selling and there were re
actions of 10 to 12 points before the
end of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened firm : Dec.
20.90; Jan 20.98; March 21.15; May
21.25; July 21.00.
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
HELD AS BIGAMIST
Helen Willis Johnson Is Said to Have
Married Willie Russell in Durham
Yesterday Afternoon.
Durham, Nov. 7.— UP) —Helen Wil
lis Johnson, 15 years old, today stands
charged with bigamy following the ar
rest yesterday at the home of a rela
tive of herself and her husband of a
feW hours She married Willie Rus
sell yesterday afternoon.
H. B. Garner, charged with swear
ing falsely to the girl's age, was also
arrested. James Willis, the girl’s
father, caused the arrest, which was
witnessed by the first husband, Tobert
Johnson.
The charges are slated for airing
in recorder’s court.
i
Race Horse Pays $131.70 For Two
Dollar Even Bet.
New York, Nov. 4. —Charles H.,
which rewarded backers with $131.70
for a $2 play, galloped home first in
the fourth race at the Pimlico track
today, a six furlongs sprint for two
year-olds. The victor paid $37.10 for
place and $16.70 for show on the $2
scale. Snobbish was second in front of
Sistership. The time was 1:16.
Goldivan, another long shot paying
SOB.BO for a $2 stub, triumphed in the
fourth race at Latonia, a two-year-old
attraction over the six furlong route.
Canberra took the place with Her
Ladyship third. The time was 1:12-
3-5.
Dwarf Trees One Foot High SulSsti
tut* For Briar.
A possible substitute for briar, in
the manufacture of pipes and other
articles, is reported to have bean
found in a peculiar wood that grows
in Africa says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The trees sometimes have
trunks four feet in diameter but are
more than one foot high. There are
hut two leavea to a tree, and these at
tain a length of six feet and a breadth
of two feet. The roots are tough-
ICE WAS REPORTED,
IN VARIOUS PARTS
OF CAROLINA TODAY
For the First Time This
Fall lee Was Reported ir
Cabarrus—Heavy Fro ,'
in the County. f
WEATHER MUCH (
COLDER SUND.V
Warm Weather is Now vs.
dieted for State Foljif
ing Rain Which is sal
pected to Fall Tuesf&ra
ij2u zvf
King Winter left no dr"*'* *
his arrival in Concord last
ing the crest of a cold window
sprang up Saturday night and co .
tinued over Sunday, the monarch from
the frozen north touched here and
there with his icy fingers, leaving a
heavy froßt and light ice.
It was the first ice of the fait in
Concord and the second heavy frost.
Temperatures during the night were
lower than they had been since last
spring when King Winter gave over
the reigns to Miss Spring.
From all sections of the State came
today reports of low temperatures and
some ice. Wilmington had the coldest
November 7th on record except one,
and ice was reported there and in
various other cities.
Probably rain is the weather fore
cast today and if it holds good, rising
temperatures are expected tomorrow.
Unusually Cold at Wilmington.
Wilmington, Nov. 7.— UP) —Only
once before in the history of the local
weather bureau has colder weather
visited this area at this period of the
year, the weather bureau said this
morning. The earlier occasion was
about ten years ago when on Novem
ber 7th the mercury dropped to 30 de
grees, 4 degrees lower than last night.
While the official figure was 34
degrees in the city, iarmers in the
country reported 24 degrees. Thin
ice was reported irf various sections
of the county.
Fall truck including beans was said
to have been sharply damaged.
AUGUSTUS PRICE
' DIES IN HIS OFFICE
Well Known Attorney and Republi
can I reader Found Dead in Chairt
Salisbury, Nov iL—Augustus FI.
Ppice, prominent local attorney, died
suddenly in his office this afternoon
at 5 o’clock. Men calling on him
on business found him in his office
chair tilted back with his feet on his
desk as was his custom, his eyeglasses
ou and an evening prfper on the desk.
Apparently he was asleep but he did
not respond to their salutation. They
reported the fact to some one else in
the law building and on investigation
it was found that he was dead. Ha
had passed out without the least sign
of struggle.
Mr. Price came in this morning
from Richmond where he had appear
ed before the Circuit Court ocf Ap
peals and was busy about his office
all day. Heart trouble was given as
the cause of death. He had been in
ill health for some months and_had
recently expressed his belief that death
was near.
Mr. Price was about 54 years old
and a son of the late Captain Charles
Price, for 'years division attorney for
the Southern Railway. His first prac
tice was as assistant to his father.
Later he was assistant United States
attorney and special master in the
federal courts. He was attorney for
three North Carolina directors of pro
hibition He was a member of the
board ol trustees of the State Univer
sity and was a leader and counselor in
the Republican party in the State.
Surviving are the widow, who wand
formerly Miss Helen Osborne, of Jac 1
sonville, Fla., and three children, \
two sons, Charles and Franci
students at the University
daughter, Miss Elizabeth,
high school. ( jtt the *
DUKE STUDENT V f
SERIOG--J / vdoiu
Unte t '"harlea
Charles A. Duefc* ®t,l IfifWSfcy
Lacerations Rece r sthm
Hospital. * V yC
Durham, Nov. 7. * r <u_ ‘ pa ß
Du ekes, Duke F\ jnoa
Simple New, and Cagel .
in a local hospital today sufferinr
rious lacerations the result of ary
and an automobile accident thaf'j '
lowed in its wake.
Duckes was cut in the face and' ,
domen during the fight. He V
placed in an automobile to be taken
to a hospital, and the machine collid
ing with another caused injuries to
New and Lester. Duckes is the most
seriously injured.
Henry Harris Shot to Death By His
Son, Ruben.
Raleigh, Nov. s.—Henry Harris, 60.
of Franklin county, today was shot
and fatally wounded, police alleged,
by his son, Ruben Harris, during a
quarrel at their home on the Wake
Forest-Youngßville road.
The elder Harris, with four bullet
wounds in his body, was rushed to a
Raleigh hospital, bufc died while on
the operating table.
Ruben Harris tonight was lodged
in jail at Lauiaburg without privilege
of bond, pending investigation of the
affair.
mam
Increasing cloudiness and not so
cold, probably rain in west portion to
night; Tueßday cloudy with slowly
rising temperature, probably rain.
Moderate north shifting to
NO. 37