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Lowden will ■am race for the Republican Hn. with the cabinet officer K Ail this, however, its seven Etfore the party conventions ■Sttonal Republican, a Re ■upiine edited by George B. ■i former secretary of the ■at National committee, took ■it addressed inquires to 5,- fcipers editors ia the country ■IP men classed at? “poli- HWers." Approximately one ■•jo* addressed responded in ■tuce, and the results were Ik today. ■ tiie pell was predicated on ■tjtion that President Cool ie not renomination,” Ids annauneement, “many of ■r and political leaders re- HCoolidge sentiment still strong li‘President's statement and ■ that the nomination would ■ forced upon him.” ■ the newspaper editors, 737 ■ believed Smith would be the ■ 163'favored Senator James ■of Missouri: 102 spoke for ■ tnd 110 for Edwin T. ■of lowa, who was Sorre ll Agriculture in Wilson’s ■ Girl Freed Os Fatal Auto I Crash. NV. ]—Nellie Norton, Irod by a coroner’s jury here If n an inquest was held in ■* rifii the running down ■S of Edward Jackson, aged ■ citriate Thursday after ’ wap doolnred unavoid- I® i ur F after hearing the a dozen witnesses. PE STOCK MARKET' by Fenner & Beane, ■“tons at 1 :MO P. M.) ■ tan 71 ?i/ ■ bmeltme J 14% P Te; - & Te] ISO Iff L!ri ° 104% ■ wcomotive 254% Ohio 209% PCmrai 163% I"-- 324% ■f- 63% «> ■ - 132 ■ UotorV 68% isJ,,-- 131% I Oil - - 124% lw; lei % ■*&r —■- 721 /4 R *2% I 125% |V"" 42% PtPf ( | 103% Pef’orn' 11G % PnVur.r' 64% IWn 91% PS. ■ " 53% ■ 42 % iHlt h ‘ :i - 27% llob lOB Pad Rif"- 158% IS'k ■ ' 107% Iffy ' r 3<)% fsf.N f ' 140 PRr'"- 40% P r(, orn' 19% ffV 56% 1%,' 108 ■**l ‘ - 152% E* Kh 0 . t . 62 r sk 85 RNd Tr u ,! 51 • KL- - ‘ 32% Iri h. 195% r 143% I 125 the concord times J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher One Killed and Six Injured at Greer, S. C., When Building Falls Grew, S C Nov. 21._GP)_o n e man was killed and six otters in jured when a building occupied ~by a 10-cent store collapsed here today af ter fire had gutted the second floor. . The bo . dy Carl Miller, restaurant weeper of this city, who was on the scene as a volunteer fireman, was taken from the debris soon after the collapse, and search was made to as certain whether or not others might be buried in the tangle of timbers. Russell DeShields, of the Greer fire department, was seriously injured, and J. G. Scott, Greenville fire depart ment; Vernon Fleming, Greer fire de- Almost Certain School Books Will Be Cheaper Now Appears Certain That Cut of at Least 10 Per Cent. Will Be Possible For School Children of North Carolina in Near Future. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Nov. 21.—A decrease in the cost of school books to children of at least 10 per cent, now' appears virtually certain, as a result of the last meeting of the State hoard of education and representatives of pub lishers, though the final details have not as yet been worked out and prob ably will not be until after another meeting between the board and book publishers to be held Monday (today), it has been authoritatively learned here. Virtually all of the publishers have agreed to a plan which will permit the school books in use in the state to be sold to the school children at a 10 per cent, lower cost than is now the case, it is understood, as a result of a tentative agreement whereby the publishers will absorb the 10 per cent, commission, formerly added to the cost of the books, to cover the ex pense of distribution through the State School Book Depository in Ra leigh. Heretofore textbook contracts have been executed with the book publish ers, with the contracts naming the retail price at which the books have been 6old to the school children, this price being approximately 20 per cent, higher than the wholesale price, 10 per cent, going to Alfred Williams Company, Raleigh the State Textbook Depository, and 10 per cent, going to the local depositories or firms in each of the counties handling the books. The plan now being considered pro poses that the school children shall pay a price that is but 10 per cent, higher than the wholesale price, this 10 per cent, to go to the local mer chant or depository selling the books direct to the school children, while the 10 per cent, formerly paid by the school children to the State Deposi tory here in Raleigh for handling charges will be absorbed by the book publishing companies and paid by them to the State Depository, as handling charges. The position of the publishers is that the State De pository saves them enough in over head and handling charges to enable' them to pay it 10 per cent, to do this STREAM POLLUTION GIVEN ATTENTION Experts of State Hope to Have Problem Solved in Near Future. The Tribune Bureau Sir' Walter Hotel Raleigh, Nov. 21. —Plans upon which the State of North Carolina is working toward the solution of stream pollution are along the most construc tive lines and should be worked out satisfactorily, C. A. Jobson, treasurer of the Pulp and Paper Waste Dis posal committee of Pennsylvania, and A. F. Jones, assistant sanitary engi neer of the same state, have written to Major Wade H. Phillips, director of the State conservation department and secretary of the special committee of his department and the State board of health, on stream pollution and conservation. “The development of natural re sources and the building 1 of industry, writes Mr. Jobson, “brings with them burdens, much of which are of such a nature that cannot be handled by the enactment of drastic legislation which, after all, in the last analysis are really non-enforcible. “Constructibe co-operation by all parties concerned seems so basically sound that I feel it is bound to pre vail and ultimately result in much more constructive improvement than can be secured through any other measure, and I am interested in th<Y way you are approaching this matter in your state. “It is going to take a lot of work, patience and efforts and of- necessity your progress in improving conditions and laying plans for the future will be slow, but they will be constructive and after all this is what counts Both Mr. Jobson and Mr. Jones spoke at the recent Durham meeting of the North Carolina sectiton of the American Waterworks Association. Both of them wrote that they were deeply impressed at the progressive ness and accomplishments in North Carolina. U. S. Branch Bank to Open Decem ber I. Charlotte, Nov. 17—W. T. Clem ents, cashier of the branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, to be opened here, arrived here today from Rich mond to assume his duties and an nounced that the branch will open on December 1. Hugh Loach managing director, is expected to arrive here within a week. They both come from Richmond. Churches complain that they are unable to obtarin competent organists, since the motion-picture theaters with the offer of larger salaries obtain tfic best of these musicians. [ > ® r 4 an <l Leon Flynn, chief of the Greer department, were also in jured but not seriously. Two other persons whose names were not ob tained were slightly injured. damage was estimated at $50,- 000. The building was occupied by the McClellan 5 and 10 Cent Store, and a pressing club. The fire or iginated in the pressing club. The aid of trucks from the Green ville fire department was obtained to help bring the flames under control. For a while it seemed that an entire block in the main business section was threatened. work for them. It seems that the majority of the book publishers prefer to retain the State Depository as the principal means of distributing the textbooks over the statei, rather than for the publishers to attempt to distribute the books directly to the 100 coun ties and to several different dealers in these counties. For instance, the publishers would much rather sell a SI,OOO order direct to the State De pository here in Raleigh at a 10 per ceht, discount, rather than go to the trouble and expense of making up and shipping ten or fifteen different or ders, and making collections on these orders, since the expenses in many cases might exceed this 10 per cent. One book company, however, is con tending that it can distribute its books to the county depositories and dealers direct at less expense than it can through the State Depository, and for the time being is holding up a complete agreement on this ques tion. However, to get around this, the board of education may make it optional with publishers as to wheth er they distribute their books through the State Depository, or direct to the dealers. However, it is expected that this optional clause will be vig orously l opposed by the Raleigh de pository, since it might mean a big loss to it, since if the publisher found they could distribute their books at a cost of less than 10 per cent., they might cease to use the depository, and thus greatly reduce its business. There is also- some disagreement as to the type of contract which is to be executed, and as to whether it will continue to be a contract quotlngAb® retail prices of the books to the chil dren, as at present, or a wholesale contract, plus a 10 per cent, charge for handling, ' which will make the selling price to the children. " How ever the majority of the members of of the board of education seem to pre fer the contract with fES~ retail prices fixed, so that there may be no doubt as to the prices at which the books are to be sold to the children. It is hoped that all the details can be ironed out this week and the final form of the contract decided upon within the next few days.. SEEK WET PLANK IN PARTY PLATFORM Association Against Prohibition An nounces Intentions. Washington, Nov. 20. —Insertion into the political platform of at least one of the political parties in the 1928 presidential election of a plank for a national referendum on the pro hibition question, will be strived for by the Association against the pro hibition amendment. “Such an event,” the Association said today in a statement, “will give the people an opportunity to declare themselves on the most vital N issue facing the na tion since the slavery controversy which led up to the Civil War. In cidentally the result may convince even the mo6t ardent professional “dry” that the “huge majority of the nation’s citizenry in favor of prohibi tion exists only in their distorted imaginations.” MRS. I. B. MILLER DEAD. Widow of Former Mayor ot Albe marle Dies Suddenly. Albemarle, Nov. 20.— :r M ( rs. I- B. Miller, widow of Ira B. Miller* who for a number of years was mayor of Albemarle, died here today in the home of her son, Ernest Miller. Mrs. Miller had been sick for only a few days and her death was unexpected. Mrs. Miller leaves one son, Eniest Miller, of Albemarle, and Tour daughters, Charles Rowe, of Newton, Mrs. Hurbert Tyler of Goldsboro, Mrs. Ray Hendley of Ba din, and Mrs. L. S. Spence of In dianapolis, Ind. The funeral will be held in Albe marle tomorrow afternoon. Denies There Is Vast Horde Os Arm ed Soldiers In Europe. London. Nov. 19— Sir Laming Worthington-Evans who has neict half a dozen cabinet positions, in n newspaper interview today comp’ains of a recent statement by former pre mier Lloyd George and widely repeat ed since by newspapers and politi cians that Europe has 10,000,000 trained men under arms. Sir Laming asserts that the latest authoritative figures show that there are not more than 3,502,0Q0 including the Russian red army of 1.124,000. On the other hand, according to Sir Laming r more than 5.000,000 men were under arms in Europe in 1914. The baronet protests that the cause of disarmament, which Lloyd George professes to have at heart, is injured by such sensational statements. If there were only three persons in the world one of them would be a leader. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1927." HENRY FORD TALKS 1 ABOUT CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT WORLD Says He Fears World War Not Last One For World —Sees Great Advance Soon For Aviation. PRAISES JEWS FOR THEIR WORK Thinks Russia and China Will Grow as People are Given Work and Better Living Conditions. New York, Nov. 21.— i/P) —Herman Berstein, editor, who recently with drew a $200,000 libel suit against Henry Ford, after the latter had apol ogized for anti-Jewish articles in his Dearborn Independent, today made public an interview with him in which the automobile manufacturer dis cussed a wide variety of subjects. Mr. Ford believes that airplanes carrying 200 passengers will be in general use in five or ten years. He fears the World War was not the Hist. He foresees the rise of Rhssia and China through work. He praised Jew ish enterprise, and said the Jews de serve much credit because they spur others to work harder. Mr. Ford spoke highly of Herbert Hoover, describing him as a man of extraordinary constructive achieve ment. He believes he would make an ideal President. Unemployment and idleness breed war and revolutionists, the motor manufacurer told Bernstein at De troit, in urging hard work as the agent for peace and progress. Term ing work “the only salvation of the world today,” Ford asserted “Ger many is one of the best examples of a nation getting on its feet again af ter a dreadful catastrophe. I be lieve that Russia will also come into her own. China will also adjust her self.” “The Jews,” Mr. Ford declared, “are achieving things everywhere be cause they work hard.” U. D. C. TO MEET IN HOUSTON. Texas Wins Over Other Bidders for 1928 Convention—Durham Youth Wins Baruch Prize. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 18. —A mass of routine work remaining on the schedule caused delegates to the an nual convention of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy to epeed their program somewhat today in an effort to clear the calendar before adjourn ment tomorrow night. The selection of Houston, Texas, as the 1928 meeting place was followed by a mass of detail work throughout the day which necessitated three busi ness sessions during the day. Miss Katie Daffan, armed with a large number of telegram from the mayor and other city officials, extend ed the invitation of Houston and urg ed the members to carry the conven tion west of the Mississippi to aid ex pansion of the organization in that direction. A courtesy invitation from Chicago was declined with thanks. The work of a young college stu dent and instructor, Jesse T. Carpen ter, of Durham, N. C., was today awarded the Mrs. Simon Baruch uni versity prize- of SI,OOO dollars for the best paper on a topic of southern thought, history .or politics. Young Carpenter graduated from Trinity college, not Duke univereity, in 1920, took his master’s degree at lowa university in 1925 and later be gan post graduate study at Harvard. RED CROSS HAS BIG JOB AHEAD 1,500 Persons Added to List of Those Being Cared For. Washington, Nov. .18. —Approxi- mately 1,500. persons were added to the long list of disaster victims look ing to the Red Cross for aid as a re sult of yesterday’s tornada in Wash ington and neighboring communities in, Virginia and Maryland. This announcement. was made to night by the relief organization, which added that 60,000 persons were now being eared for as a result of five recent disasters—l7,ooo victims of the Mississippi Flood, 30,000 St- Louis tornado sufferers, 8,000 home less and sick from England Flood, and 2,000 who felt the effects of the Pittsburgh gas tank explosion. The Washington tornado, it said, sent the total to around the 60,000 mark. Not only is the Red Cross still providing general relief to 17,000 sufferers of the Mississipp Flood, but it is serving 60,000 meals a day in the effected region. Undernourishment Predisposes Tuber culosis. Sanatorium, Nov. 18. —Undernour- ishment predisposes tuberculosis in both children and adults. Any steps leading to tb« discovery and proper treatment of undernourishment in children and adults contribute to the prevention of- tuberculosis. The clinical symptoms of childhood tuberculosis follow closely the .symp toms produced by malnutrition. Chronic fttigue in children also fol lows closely the symptoms of under nourishment. Undernourishment causes bad pos ture in children, because the muscles are too weak to hold the various parts of the body erect. Bow-legs and knock knees are the results of . faulty nutri tion. Normally nourished children ac casionally have tuberculosis but the number of undternourished children who have the disease are greatly in excess of those who are normally nourished. * Watch your child and yourself, and see that you keep both yourself and your child well nourished. Socialists Elected Socialists will hold ths rains fop four years In Reading, Pa. J. Henry Stump, clgarmaker and socialist newspaperman, was elected mayor of Reading, and swept the entire Socialist ticket into office with him, PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR McLEAN — l Sets Aside Thursday as Day of Thanksgiving in North Carolina. The Tribune Bureau j Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Nov. 21. —In order that the people of North Carolina may continue to enjoy the prosperity which has been theirs for the past year and not lose sight of the good ness of Divine Providence which has made it possible, Thursday, Novem ber 24th, was today formally set saide as a day of Thanksgiving for the people of North Carolina in a proclamation by Governor A. W. Mc- Lean. The people of the state have pros pered materially in the past year, the governor calls to mind, but these gains can never be made permanent unless the people realize their de pendence upon Almighty God and by so doing give their material advance ment a material interpretation. “So let us approach this day of Thanksgiving in a spirit of humility and with earnest simplicity, return hearty thanks to the Great Giver for the things He has done for us during the past year, forgetting not to in voke guidance for the future, that we may not fall into the error of self reliance,” the governor continued. The* full text of the proclamation follows: Whereas, through paths of peace and prosperity a benign Providence has once again led us to that season of the year when we should lay aside our worldly pursuits and turn our attention to public and private de votions, designed to give expression of our gratitude to God for the many blessings He has seen fit to bestow upon us; • Now, therefore, I, Angus W. Mc- Lean,. Governor of North Carolina, conforming to the time-honored cus tom which had its beginning soon af ter our forefathers landed upon this continent and has become a part of our national life, hereby proclaim and set apart Thursday, November the 24th, as Thanksgiving Day and call upon the people of North Carolina to accord it due and reverent observ ance. We have prospered materially. The spiritual life of our people has been advanced during the past year. Edu cationally we have moved forward; we have not turned a deaf ear to those in need, and for every kind act, individually and collectively, God has blessed us. We have not been vis ited by flood or famine or pestilence. I trust ithat our progress shall con tinue that we may become a still greater State. But, let us not for get that our gains can never be per manent unless we realize our depend ence upon Almighty God and by so 4 doing give our material advancement a spiritual interpretation. We must satisfy ourselves that our foundations are sure and avoid the accumulation of wealth and prestige for selfish pur poses ; otherwise, our material assets will become moral liabilities. Let us approach this day of Thanks giving in a spirit of genuine humility and, with earnest simplicity, return hearty t thanks to the Great Giver for the things He has done for us the past year, forgetting not to invoke guidance for the future, that we jnay not fall into the error of self-reliance. Let us avoid mere semblance and pretense, realizing that no people can prosper without true religion—not secterianism nor dogmatism, but the principles of brotherly love, which we mst apply to our daily conduct if we are to contribute toward making the world a better place in which to live. On the day appointed, therefore, let us suspend all unnecessary busi ness and render our devotion to God, in the home,*in the clfcurch, or wherev er we may chance to be. - Let genu ine gratitude be the guiding spirit of our conduct on that day, for we have much for which to be thankful. I shall not attempt to enumerate the blessings of the past year. Each individual should search his own life and determine the measure of his per sonal obligations to his Creator, and then join with his friends and neigh bors in giving expression to Almighty God. Done in our capital city of Raleigh on this, the nineteenth day of No vember, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty seven, and in the one hundred and fifty-first year of our American in dependence. ANGUS W. McLEAN, Governor. Mr. and Mm. L. O. Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Livesey, of Char lotte, were guests Sunday of Mrs. W. D. Harry. C. M. West has entered the Char lotte Sanatorium for treatment. Blood Shed Ii ' olorado WhenStrikei s TriedTo % StormCoalA * leGuards RELATIVE OF THE GOLDEN GOOSE E. M. Bost, negro of No. 2 township, has no golden goose, but he has, apparently, the nearest re lation of that,mythical web-footed domesticated bird—this goose laid an egg greater in size than a stan dard baseball. As Bost Baid: “Why, Boss, die yar egg would las’ a week wid .ham, if de ham could be got.” The negro’s statement in the whole is not exaggerated. Another thing Bost%ays about his goose: “She’s de furst I ever saV lay eggs at dis season of de yar.” The poultry experts will have to decide this question. NON-SUIT JUDGMENT IN DEMPSEY-KEARNS CASE Trial Halted When Counsel Told the Judge Justice Was Not Possible in the Case. Newark, N. J., Nov. 21.—<#)—De fense charges ’of attempted tampering with justice on the part of Jack Dempsey brought an end today to Jack Kearns’ $333,333.33 court action against Dempsey. Both sides agreed to ending the case by a voluntary non-suit after Judge Runyon had told the defense who wanted the trial to go on, that the only alternative would be a mis trial. Just before Judge Runyon issued his ultimatum, the court was thrown into an uproar by George L. (Tex) Rickard, who so resented a remark of Kearns’ counsel that the promoter had boasted of paving the case “in the bag” that he called the lawyer “a contemptible liar” in open court. All the charges of “influence” were made by Arthur Sager, chief counsel for Kearns, who seeks damage on a contract made when he was the for mer boxing champion’s manager. Sager complained about a three-day adjournment last week, granted be cause Arthur Driscoll, Dempsey’ chief counsel, had said he was sick. He charged Driscoll with faking sickness so that Dempsey might have time to stump the State, beating up public sentiment for himself, and that “the sinister shadow of George L. Rickard, Dempsey’s spiritual adviser, might be cast over the court.” “Your Hbnor,” Sager pleaded, “if you do not call a halt to this trial, such a scandal--will develop as will make the kentities or the Burns de tectives in the Fall-Sinelair action smell like attar of roses.” REMUS MJJST STICK TO THE PLAIN FACTS Will Not Be Allowed to Give Emotion al Review of His Life. Cincinnati, Nov. 21.— UP) —The emotion elaboration of the history of his recent life which George Remus had planned to lay before the jury in his murder trial was barred today from his opening statement. When Walter K. Sibbald, assistant prosecutor, arose to make the State's opening statement, Judge Chester R. Shook ruled: “Each side will be limited to two hours. Each side will make a plain statement of its case. There will be no emotion, and no argument. There will be a simple statement of the facts that the evidence will bring out.” Sibbald’s, 6 feet 4 inches tall, and with a voice that rivalled Remus’s roar, asserted that the state would not only prove the first ’ degree murder charge upon which it asks Remus to be electrocuted, but that there were others equally guilty, “members of Remus’ gang” and added: “The state will show that in pre paring and planning and carrying out this murder, Remus had assistance and encouragement of others.” It would be hown that on the night of October sth, Remus went to the hotel where Mrs. Remus was staying to kill her, said Sibbald. Mrs. Remus was shot to death October 6. Charles M. Elston, associate coun sel with Remus, interrupted the as sistant prosecutor’s talk to gain a ruling from Judge Shook that Sib bald should not say “murder.” t > Absent-Minded One Wins Prize. Chicago, Nov. 20. —A stout man who refused to reveal his name yes terday laid claim to a place in the hall of fame alongside all absentminded professors of funny story fame. He approached the lost and found department of a downtown hotel where he was a guest and mumbled to a sympathetic lady attendant some thing that sounded like “Losh falsbe teesh.” . She delved into a collection of mis cellany and fished out a set of fglse teeth, uppers and the lowers, com plete, “Isn’t it funny?” he remarked after finding that they fit, “I never missed them until I ordered lunch.” Couple Prefer Death to Parting. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 20. —A hus band’s devotion to *his wife sent Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Neumann to death, arjp in arm, in the waters of Creek Lake, near here. As they were inseparable in 20 years of married life, the prospect that a nervous breakdown suffered a few months ago by Mrs. Neuman might make a part ing necessary, caused them to seek death together yesterday in the lake they had visited many time on outings. Their bodies were recovered today. Lady Blanche Be res ford, whotse wedding / was a brilliant event in Westminister -Cathedral the other day. evidently does not believe in the “unluckiness’ of peacocks, for pea cock brooches were worn by her nine bridesmaids $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance Three Strikers Known to Have Been Killed and More Than Score Injur ed in the Fighting. POLICEMAN^FTRED ON L W. W. MEN Officers of the Coal Com pany Had Issued Warn ing That Guards Would Shoot to Kill. Denver, 0010., Nov. 21. — UP) —First blood was shed in the I. W. W. coal strike in Colorado early today, when the State policemen fired on several hundred strikers who stormed the Col umbine Mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel & Iron Company, thirty miles north of Denver. Three strikers were known to have been killed and more than a score were injured. Strikers asserted that from seven to ten had been slain, but this could not be verified. Many of the State officers were injured. Governor W. H. Adams ordered dut part of the Colorado National Guards and declared martial law in the coal fields of northern Colorado. Troops were on their way to the Columbine Mine when the governor signed an order shortly before 10 a. ra., giving the national guard absolute authority in the strike district. The casualties were the first since the I. W. W. called a strike in the Colorado coal fields October 18th. Warnings had been issued by oP ficials of the fuel company, operators of the mine, that any attempt by the strilters to invade the property would be met by gun fire. Nearly 600 strikers gathered out side the mine about 5 a. m. They were met at the gates by the chief of the State law enforcement depart ment, and a dozen of his men. The strikers weVe commanded to halt, but surged through the entrance and engaged in hand to hand conflict with the guards. Guns were wielded by the polioe, but they were overwhelmed. The strikers used rocks, clubs and knives| The officers rallied and withdrew to take up a new position. As the strikers approached the officers warn ed them, to stop, and fired shots over their heads. The advance was con tinued, and the State officers levelled their guns directly into the ranks of the invaders and opened fire. After nearly a score had dropped, the strik ers fled through the gates. One of the injured was a man clothed in a woman’s dress. Responsibility for the , deaths of those killed rests squarely on the strik ers themselves, Governor Adams de clared in a formal statement. “Chief Louis Scherf of the State law enforcement squad, had every patience with the advancing strikers, and he or dered his men to fire only when it ap peared that his own life and those of his deputies were in jeopardy,” the governor said. THE STOCK MARKET. Prices Were Irregular at Opening of the Market Today. New York, Nov.. 21. — UP) —Stock prices were irregular at the opening of the market today. New highs were attained at the start by International Paper and Calumet & Arizona up 2 and 1 points, respectively, while Atch ison and Baldwin opened a point or so higher. Allied Chemical had an initial loss of 1 1-2. Hanger Striker Given Freedom. Raleigh, Nov. 20.—Thanksgiving Day this season will have a greater significance to Walter Lewie, 15, of Berwyn, Md., than any other holi day of his life. Serving a thirty-day sentence for vagrancy, Lewis late yesterday was paroled by Governor McLean. His older brother was expected here to day to take him home to his parents, twin brother and seven sisters. Clemency was requested for Lewis by Senator Tydings, of Maryland, who enlisted the aid of Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, in securing Gov ernor McLean’s investigation of the case, Lewis was said to be a victim of wanderlust, had ran away from home and while returning was arrested on Raleigh streets for vagrancy. With Our Advertisers. Rice, coffee and sugar at unusually low prices are being offered by Cline & Moose. Notice the prices given in their advertisement in today’s issue. Coats so all kinds and at attractive prices for ladies and children at Efird’s. See new ad today. See the ad. of Yorke & Wadsworth in regard to the new Atwater Kent radio, coming soon. It requires no batteries at all. Hooks on light socket. Belk’s will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Shop early. Union Suits at 79c, 98c and $1.25. All sizes. Also sizes for boys at 50c to 89c. Ses ad. Ivey’s has a foot expert at their store today to examine your feet free. See the ad. and visit the store. Coolidge’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Criticized. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 20.-*—Presi dent Coolidge’s Thankgiving procla mation was criticized in two Memphis churches today for lacking due hnmili tj. Rev. H. F. Waring, Unitarian, and Rev. Robert George, Congregational ist both found fault with the wording of the document, but Mr. Warning added that other presidential state ments had counterbalanced it and Mr. George said that it was “neverthe less, an unusually good document.” Health is better than wealth—be cause no one tries to borrow it. 10,899,182 BALES - OF COTTON GINNED TO NOVEMBER 14TH Total For Year Is. More Than Two Million Bales Under Total at Same Date Last Year. THIS STAJEHAS 675,407 BALES The Condition of Crop on November 14th Indicates Total Crop of 12,842,000 Bales. a. Washington, Nov. 21.——Cotton of this year's crop ginned prior to November 14th, the census bureau an nounced oday, totalled 10,899,182 bales, including 401,06 round bales counted as half bales, and excluding linters. t: ■" Ginnings to November 14th last year totalled 12,958,444 bales, includ ing 427,323 round bales; and in 1925 they totalled 12,260,360 bales, includ ing 218,288 round bales. This year’s crop, as indicated by the condition November 14 has been estimated by the department of agri culture at 12,842,000 equivalent 500- pound bales. Last year 72.1 per cent, of the crop had been ginned to November 14th, while in 1925 gin nings to that date represented 76.0 per cent, of the crop. Ginnings to November 14 in North . Carolina were 766,407 bales; in Vir ginia, 16,458; and in South Carolina, 656,240 bales. THE COTTON MARKET. J. : Opened Firm Today at an Advance of 37 to 66 Points on Active Cover ing and Buying. New York, Nov. 21.— UP) —The cot ton market opened firm today at an advance of 37 to 66 points on active covering and fresh buying inspired by the census report showing 10,899,182 bales ginned prior to November 14th, this year, as compared with 12,956,- 444 to the same date last season. These figures were below the expec tations of local traders who had been talking ginnings around or slightly above 11,000,000 bales, and were evi dently regarded as tending to confirm the smaller estimates of the crop. January sold up to 20.00 and May to 20.45, net advances of 60 to 68 points on active months, but the hith er prices seemed to attract some southern selling as well ad realizing, and the early bulge was followed by quick reactions of 20 to 25 points.' The volume of business subsided later, but the market held steady on future buying promoted by the bullish interpretation of the ginning figures. At midday January was selling around 19:88, with the general market show ing net advances of 46 to 48 points. Cotton futures opened firm. Dec. 19.65 to 19.75; Jan. 19.74-92; March 20.20-30; May 20.42; July 20.23. Cotton Up $3 Per Bale. New York, Nov. 21.«— UP) —Cotton prices advanced more than $3 a bale on the New York Cotton Exchange today, on the government’s ginning re port showing smaller figures than had been generally anticipated and tend ing to confirm the smaller estimate of the crop. Trading was very ac tive ht the start, March selling up to 20.30 per pound. SAYS PRESIDENT NOT A FRIEND OF FARMER Hull Comments On “Repudiation” of Report Recommending Tariff Re vision. Washington, Nov. 20. —President Coolidge “spoke the language and philosophy of the tariff protected manufacturer” wheft he “repudiated” recommendations for a revision of the tariff, Representative Hull, Demo crat, Tennessee, charged today. The recommendations were made recently by a business men’s commis sion headed by Charles Nagel, forme* Secretary of Commerce and Labor. By opposing any revision of tint tariff, Mr. Hull said the President invited the question whether in hi* opinion there could ever be a situa tion in which he would favor a re duction in the tariff on certain pro ducts under which he charged “cer tain monopolies” were earning enor mous dividends. In “repudiating” the Nagel report* Mr. Hull said the President “un questionably was not speaking to* agriculture, because almost every in telligent person agrees that agricul ture suffers enormously greater loss es than it derives from the tariff.” • Seventh Woman Takes Seat in thi English Parliament. London, Nov. 20.—Lady Iveach, successful candidate in the recent Southend election to fill the seat in the commons vacated by her husband when he was elevated to the house of lords, is losing no time in getting into parliamentary action. She takes bst seat tomorrow morning, making tb« seventh woman member of parliament. Lady Ivtach is the twenty-second member of her family to sit in com mons. Commenting on her eleciiion to day, she declared that aside from politics, “the voters proves Southend people at least have confidence that a wife may represent them as faithful ly as her husband.” Since seeing Is believing, tflere la little wonder people believe in the modern girl. in Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday; light variable winds by> coming moderate southerly, j NO. 41
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