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1 I OTHERS IESIILT OF ACCIDENTS Five Were Hiirhway Ac ivral Persons Arrest. ) TO accident ove Car Into ul Railway as Seriously 15ox Car. (■P) Five por !,| lo injured in .!: i > iroiii railway • drowning. ;iu .‘.I fatal prank. :iu rlaimed the Hampton. 24. of Kllenboro; Elie ia. his wagon 'liil it- Red Springs: ~ii. 11. Boardman :•> a school bus Marry Eugene’ i ia-»l near there li is automobile u|ipernong river, oil <ui the cloth .;i. JO. Lewiston men. resulted in . to Aulander of aere investigating i explosion at a njuivd S men. all re considered well recovery. Several the injured were lit endangered. explosion at a njured S men. all eui.sidered well mi Several finger< e<| were lost, and 'ranklin. Va.. Sea inspeetor r was in ..alt a collar bone •ken. He was iu lieville truck driv for his appearance nnecifoii with the; ear Kllenboro. Tlte i as soon as Miss who was riding was seriously in t. is able to leave ital. IMARY \ FLAGS FIR ROOMS sented to the Morning by *> and Local o I'nited States ember 11th. four imary school won ir respective class this morning Hags •ms by the War meord jtost of the Tlie flags were of these patriotic w. I). Pember- ’ Kidenhour, Sr. J ting the best flags rts. first grade, -e Harris; Larkin] le taught by Miss . L. Furr. dr., sec ilit by Miss Belle •i- Weaver, third I Mtsk. Adele Pein 11th, in years to •nstom at Ontral nited States flags, ■ho draw the best o' flags for their 1. S. DEBT. incipal and Inter nal Today. I.—A payment of e made tomorrow overmnent to the ■airy of which sum • o'KI.OOO Is in re mi pal of the debt, interest. *nt. the total pay si nee the fun ling •bt amounting to liieh $120.00< >0 nt of principa d Continues ’on ■nee. 14 —The c. fer ries from the nine dig the North Car synod, which was and today in con meting of thimsiy v committees .meet tinued over t<vd*y. continued fftpr oil plans for 'V i*- I for the v* ious if nothing definite publication members announc nierely discussing of procedure tAbe he synod, the big ordinate the work presbyteries of the te members present THE CONCORD TIMES J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Hearst Names Senators Who Article Said Were I To Get Mexican Money Borah, Heflin, Norris And Lafollette Named And Each In Turn Denies Knowledge Os Affair. NO MONEYPAID, HEARST STATES He Says Further Docu ments Indicate That Dudley Field Malone Was To Be Pay Off Man Washington. Dec. 1.1.-~ (A 3 )— Four I oiled States Senator. Borah, Heflin, Lab ollette and Norris, were named today as the mysterious quartet re cently described anonymously in the Hcarst newspapers as the intended recipients of a $1.21.1,000 Mexican government slush fund. Immediately after their namFs were disclosed, Borah, Heflin and La- Toilette appeared before the special senate committee investigating the charges, and denie«l that they ever had received money from such a source, or had been approached by anyone who might have been inter ested in such an offer. Senator Norris, ill at his home, frohi the sick room, denied any .know ledge of the fund, Senator Borah who is chairman of the foreign relations commitee. was named in documents submitted by Wiu. Randolph Hearst as having bedn destined to receive SIOO,OOO. Hetlin was to have received s.*>lo.- 000. according to the document; l.a- Follette $1.1,000 and Norris presum ably the remainder of the $1,210,000. All the four senators have been ac tively interested in Mexican affairs, and at one time or another each of them has disagreed with the Mexican policies of the (’oolidge administra tion. The American pay-off man for tfle slush fuml was said in the document to have been Dudley Field Malone, the New York lawyer. Maloine also took the witness stand, and denied connection with any such project. The documents were submitted to the committee by Mr. Hearst with the comment tliht although he had ninny think they had come from the official files of the Mexican government and were au thentic. he did not believe any of the money had been paid over. After Borah. Heflin, and I.aFol lette had entered their denials and asked for prosecution of those res ponsible for the charges, Sam Robin son. of Arkansas. jhe Democratic floor leader, told the committee that in his judgment “there isn’t anyone who would think that any one of these senators received or would re ceive $1 for any action touching their service.” BELSHE DENIES ANY FART IN WHIPPING Offers Alibi Evidence At His Trial Now in Progress in Raleigh. Raleigh, Dec. 1.1. — (A 3 )—Alibi evi dence entered into the mounting court record in the trial of G. E. Belshe. charged with secret assault today, as state and defense concentrated on uji-t holding or breaking down the testi i mnny. I Belshe. on trial growing out of the alleged flogging by a band of masked men* a year ago, of E. A. .Tones, rural j storekeeper, and Sam Green, his ne- I gro helper, entered a sweeping denial I of .all charges of having anything to Ido with the whipping, j He went on the stand the first thing this morning. and remained there an hour, entering a complete repudiation of testimony of Jones on the stand yesterday. Backing Bclslie’s testimony that he slept in his road camp the night of the flogging, four men swore that they occupied the camp house with Belshe that night. Girls Claim They Were Deserted Edenton, Dec. lo. — (A 3 ) Saying their boy companions had insulted and abandoned them. Kathleen Jar vis, 17. of Deep Creek. Va., and Lo rain Ward, 15, of Norfolk, today awaited investigation and return to their homes. They said two boys picked them up at Elizabeth City, and rode them here. Canton Street Littered With Dead | Bodies and Total May Reach 5,000 ! > ' I Shanghai, Dec. 14. —Due to the in • terruption of communications from ' Canton as a result of disorders at " tendant on the city's seizure by rad • icals and recapture by nationalists, : details of the engagement were mea • ger today. , „ • > However, dispatches from Canton -1 to various sources indicate that the death toll in the last night’s national r i„ coup, which at first were stated - as probably not exceeding 4,000 will s reach 5,000 at least. , M Although nationalist authority has been re-established police headquar ters had not yet been taken at last ? reports. Chinese reds w ith ** ew e Russians were maintaining a deter % mined stand there. . k j Disorders continued, but were les p sened considerably, t Japanese dispatches today s that dawn revealed countless dead | HEALTH INSTITUTE FOR 1 NEGROES IS SUCCESS State Officials Pleased With Results Os The Winston-Salem Institute The lYibune Bureau. Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Dec. I,l.—One of the most successful and interesting experi ments yet undertakeu by the Slate Board of health is the institute for negroes which the board has been , holding in Winston-Salem, in co-op eration with the American Child Health society. Dr. C. O’H. Langh inghouse said. The board has been agreeably surprised by the interest which has been shown in the insti tute both by the colored people of I Winston-Salem and of the various neighboring cities. such as High Point and Greensboro. The institute meetings are held one night each week, where round table discussions are held on health topiccs. “These health institute sessions I consist very largely of health teach ing. esjiecially as applied to the in dividual. and we have been more than delighted at the results and at the manner in which the colored peo ple of Winston-Salem, Forsyth coun ty and of surrounding cities and towns have responded to the work." said Dr. Imughinghouse. “There is no doubt but that this institute has given a big im|>etus to the develop ment of interest - in health problems and personal hygiene among the col ored people, especially the laboring classes. “Along with this health teaching, there has been interwoven in the dis cussions much emphasis on better morals and better and cleaner living, i and the effect which this has on I health. As a result we have found 1 higher moral tone and a great- I er respect for law is developing I among the colored people who have j been attending the institute. Couse- i quently. the board of health feels that this institute has been a decided suc cess and it is hopeful that more of these institutes may be held in other sections of the state." This institute has furnished a graphic example of the manner in which the colored citizens of the state are eo-o|>erntiiig with the va rious state agencies to improve their own position and better their condi tions, especially with regard to health, according to Dr. Laughing house. FRANK BROWN GETS COMMITMENT PAPERS Former Salisbury B. and L. Secretary Will Go to State Prison Today to Begin Term. Salisbury. Dec. 14.—Frank R. Brown, under sentence of from seven to 10 years at hard labor in state’s prison, has secured from Clerk of the Court Ben D. McCubbins his com mit ment papers and goes tomorrow to Raleigh to present himself to the war den of the state penitentiary. Brown has been under SIO,OOO bond since his sentence in Statesville last month. Judge Finley allowing him 10 days to arrange his business before going to begin his time. He was tried in Statesville on charges of forgery and embezzlement < in connection with his handling the affairs of the Perpetual Building and Loan association, of which he was secretary, and entered a plea of nolo contendere after the state had intro duced its evidd&ce. Christmas Sale At Efirds. In two pages of ads. in this paper today Efird’s is setting forth in at tractive fashion *oine of the many attractive and useful gifts it has ar ranged for Christmas. The big sale commence* Friday morning, December 16th. and contin ues through Saturday, December 24, and all goods in the store have been marked for the. pre-Christmas event. Wonderful coats, beautiful dresses, children’s coats, hosiery, underwear, novelties, men’s and boy’s clothing, underwear and lumberjacks, shoes, dress shirts, overcoats, handkerchiefs, sweaters, blouses and shirts for boys and many other commodities in the > big store will be offered nt prices low i er than usual during this sf^e. , Don’t fail to read careful# the ads in this paper. bodies littering the streets. They also state that labor union headquarters was razed and innumerable shops looted. Those few that remained un touched were heavily barricaded. A thousand houses were burned. Japan ese dispatches say. While the danger to foreigners is believed to have passed, United Slates naval authorities have given permis sion to Americans whose homes were in the Chinese city to return and armed parties have been withdrawn from shore to their ships. A heavy concentration of foreigners of many nationalities remains in the foreign section. With the sudden suppression of the disorders in Canton nationalist offi cials here w’ere unanimous in their claim that Iherc is no more danger of a further red uprising. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927. THI'NDKRSTORM IN DECEM BER! Sleep, according to Shakespeare, is death’s twin brother, but skep , ticism reigns over the statement since the unseasonal Ibeuuderstorm in the wee hours of Chis morning awoke many Concord people front their slumber, but disturbed none | of the dead. December is presenting a vari ety of weather—every kind from beautiful want days to the most ■, severe winter has to give. Al i ready this section lias been in the throes of sleet and snow with un usually low temperatures, and close on the lippls of til’s followed weather not unlike July. Since the passing of the early morning thunderstorm there has been a steady rainfall and a no- I tumble change in the temperature i from the warm to the cold. LINDBERGH GUEST OF CALLES TODAY Great Crowds Cheered Him When He Appeared Dur ing Day in Mexico City. Mexico City, Dec. 11. — (A 3 ) —t'heer- e<l b.v crowds that gathered in the streets everywhere he passed, Col t'harles A. Lindbergh, this morning paid an official call on President Chiles, who again felicitated him up on his brilliant flight from Washing ton to Mexico City. Among the places which the Amer ican aviator visited were the foreign office, Chepulrepec Palace, and the j National Museum. At the latter place he inspected the famous Aztec , calendar stone. Everywhere he went, the boyish looking, smiling, good will ambassa dor was greeted joyfully by Mexico citizens, into whose hearts fie has completely won his way. I Completely rested after 12 hours | sleep and looking fit and fine the ! American air hero made a series of ] official visits with American ambas.s- S ador Dwight W. Morrow, and then j went out to the Yal Buena air field i ito his beloved Spirit of Si. Louis, with which he has gained such world wide fame. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR METHODIST PASTOR Rev. Ira Erwin. Who Died Early F riday Morning, Is Laid to Final Rest at Waco, N. C. Bereaved at the dentil of their pas tor and friend, a large, concourse of jteople rendered a final tribute of love and respect to Rev. Ira Erwin at the Westford Methodist parsonage Tues day morning, and after the impres sive funeral rites by Rev. \L. Paris the body was borne to Waco., N. ('., for interment. Mr. Erwin died early Monday morning after an illness of less than two days. He was rushed to the lo cal hospital Sunday night. hut lie failed to respond to treatment. Mr. Erwin had been pastor of Westford Methodist church scarcely more than a month, coming hen* fol lowing his election to the Concord pastorate by the Western North Car lina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church at Asheville. For almost 42 years Mr. Erwin had been active in the Methodist ministry, having filled some of the largest pas torates in North Carolina. During his long life he served Methodist churches in Greensboro, Marion, Davidson, Franklin, Maiden, Lenoir and Asheboro. Mr. Erwin was 61 years of age. 'Pinehurst, N. C., Dec. 1.1, —(INS) —The holiday season, which will draw collegiate sportsman from all ! parts of America, is fast approaching in the Sandhills. The first event of the holiday sea son is the sixth annual Father and Son Golf Tournament here, which will get under way on Christmas Eve. The first golf event of the new year will be the fourth annual Mld anuary tournament which will be staged from January 10 to 14 all rounds at 18 holes. Watermelon For Christmas. Athens, Tenn., Dec. 1.1, —(INS) A nice, fat and sweet w'atermellon • will grace the Christinas tables of W. A. Lively, he told friends here. Lively, known in McMinn county as “the watermellon king.” said lie raised a number of late choice mel lons and lias saved them for Christ ina* and New Year. He has three that weigh sixty pounds each, con sidered remarkable for this time of the season. House of Lords Approves New Prayer book By a Large Vote. London, Dec. 14. —The revised prayer book of the Church of England tonight received the stamp of approval of the house of lords, by a vote of 241 to 88. The action took the form of ac ceptance on the motion of the arch bishop of Canterbury that the re vised prayer book b esubruifted to hi* majesty for royal aproval. Republicans Control Senate Again. Washington, Dec. 15.— (.A 3 ) —Re- publicans today retained full control of the Senate by, re-elect* ng Senator ‘ Moses, of New Hampshire, as presi ■ dent pro tempore, Edward P. Thayer, ’ of Indiana, ns secretary, and David • S. Barry, of Rhode Island, as sergeant at arms. VALUABLE RECORDS OF SOUTHERN LOST ' II STATION BLAZE The Old Passenger Station j At Greensboro Seemed | Doomed As Fire Spread Through It. HUNDREDS AID FIRE FIGHTERS 1 jThey Could Not Check The Fire Which Is Believed To Have Been Started From Train Spark. Greensboro. Dee*. 11.— (A 3 )—Tons of invaluable records were being des troyed at the (dd Southern passenger Station here and was rapidly being consumed by flames today, while every available fire fighter and scores of volunteer citizens battled furious ■ to stem the raging conflagation. ~ Starting about 8 o’clock presuma bly from a spark shot into the struc ture by a passing locomotive, the flumes gained rapidly, fanned by light winds. Thousands of spectators flock ed to the scene, and an ambulance was held in readiness for emergency, and police established fire lines. I The building at 9 o'clock appeared 1 doomed, the flames rapidly gaining headway, despite heroic efforts of firemen. In addition to being used as a storage for literally tons of railroad records, a number of railroad offi cials bad offices in the old structure, which was replaced by Greensboro’s ’ new depot several months ago. The building is located directly be sides the Southern tracks. Fire hose stretched across the tracks held up a half dozen trains and switch en gines tempornrly, paralyzing traffic on The main line of the Southern. PENSION CHECKS IN HANDS OF CLERK OF COURT FOR VETERANS Sixty-Four Widows, 36 Vet erans and Three Negroes to Receive Pensions Fwm The State. Three Cabarrus negroes who went to the battle fields with their mas ters during the Civil War will re ceive pensions from the State of North Carolina this year, it was an nounced this morning b.v J. B. Mc- Allister, clerk of Cabarrus Superior court, who also stated pension checks were ready for distribution among Confederate veterans and their wid ows in the county. The pension checks, aggregating $10,070, were received by the clerk of court Wednesday, and pensioners may procure them by calling or send ing to the clerk’s office. Each of the <k4 Confederate widows in the county will receive sums of $lO each, while each veteran will get $182.50. Because of the pensions for the thre eiiegrocs, each of whom will get SIOO, the pensions are the largest in the county’s history. The last general assembly provided a measure whereby the negroes, who helped in the cause of the South, might pro cure pensions. The checks, it is explained, are the regular semi-annual payments of the State in recognition of the services during the Civil War. The payments are made on December 15th and June 15th of each year, the former being in one sense a ‘‘Christmas present.” Happy Now. Says Ruth Elder As Undy Arrives. Newark. N. J., Dee. 14. —Ruth Elder, who was unsuccessful in her attempt to follow the ocean tritfl Lindbergh blazer, tonight expressed her happiness at the word of his safe lunding today in Mexico City. ‘Of course, I was confident he would make it," she said, “but I couldn’t help but worry when his 26 . hours were up. I'iu awfully happy. I “‘I looked out of my window last f night und thought of him, poor fel low, flying alone through that lash ing storm. The wind blew so hard it j toppled a flower stand off my window. “I’m so hapy about it.” S*TSTCIuTiIi With Our Advertisers. The J. C. Penny Co. has a wealth ' of unusual designs in Christmas ties. Also a big assortment of men’s hose, all reasonably priced. The Gray Shop is offering a mid winter Clearance Sale of millinery, coats and dresses. The shop is al lowing one-third off on these excel lent goods. Read ad. in this paper • for gift suggestions, all of which can be found at this shop. 11 Read without fail new ad. of G. A. I j Moser Shoe Store in this paper. This 11 company is offering unusual bargains !' in shoes, which always make accept able Christmas gifts. Price Specials at Belk’s Belk’s is offering many attractive i bargains now in suits and overcoats for men and boys, coats and dresses for girls and women, and other goods for the entire family. In order to make the goods avail -1 able for Christmas at lower prices, r they are being offered on sale now, - and among them can be found many , useful and serviceable articles, 1 Read carefully page ad. in this r paper and call to see the many un usual bargains offered. Sixty Auto Fi 1 alities In (State Last* Month Os The 136 Violent Deaths Reported In State About Half Were Caused By Automobile Accidents On The State’s Highways. The Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKGRVILL j Raleigh. Dec*, 15. —Sixty of the 136 I persons who met violent deaths in ! North Carolina in November were I killed in automobile accidents, and only eight of that number were killed 'in railroad crossing accidents, ac cording to the figures released today by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health. There were 62 deaths from automobile ac cidents in October, according to the record of the Bureau of vital statis tics. and 71 deaths according to the record of the Automobile License Di vision. of the Department of Revenue, In November, 1026. there were 40 deaths from automobile accidents. "Human life today seems to be the cheapest thing in North ’Carolina," said Dr. C. O’H. Laughinghouse, sec retary of the State Board of Health, in commenting on the number of vio lent deaths, especially the 60 deaths from automobile accidents. “Yet if it is looked nt from a purely economic point of view, this loss of life from automobile accidents, is' not so cheap. "For these accidents are costing the state in dollars and cents waste I from $175,000 to $200,000 a month, or from $2,160,000 to £1,000.000 a year, in the loss of life alone, to say nothing of the property damage in volved. which would make the fig ures mount still higher. "Why it this? Because the law of averages, according to Fisher's tables shows that the life of any person who attains maturity is worth from $50,- 000 to $35,00 to his community, since the average individual in the course of a lifetime brings that much more money into the community than it cost to maintain his own life. Yet from 50 to 70 individuals are being killed by automobiles each month and nothing is being done about it. "Suppose we say that a railroad locomotive is worth $50,000; and suppose we assume that from 50 to 70 of these locomotives are being wantonly destroyed and blown up in North Carolina each month. What would happen? Why, every agency of the state would be employed to stop it, and every one from the gov- THE COTTON MARKET. o|>ene«l Steady Today at an Advance of Front 3 to 16 Points. New York, Dec. 15.—04*)—The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 3 points to 16 points on a continuation of yesterday’s buy ing. which evidently found further en couragement in the relatively firm showing of Liverpool cables. January sold up to 18.62 and May to 18.05, recoveries of about 65 to 75 points from the low levels early Tuesday, but those prices attracted increased offerings which included re alizing by recent buyers, and come selling attributed to a renewal of old long liquidation. The market eased off 15 or 16 points, but was holding about 4 to 5 points net higher at the end of the first hour. The decline from the opening ad vance carried prices off to 18.35 for January and 18.70 for May, or about 14 i>ointN below yesterday's closing quotations. Small rallies were not maintained, and prices were within a few points of the lowest at mid day. New York. Dec. 15.—(4>) —Cotton futures opened steady. Dec. 18.74; Jan. 18.60; March 18.78; May 18.95; June 18.85. THE STOCK MARKET Prices Moved Within Narrow Limits At Opening of Market Today New York, Dec. 15. — (4*) —Prices moved within narrow limits at the opening of the stock market today, with advanced in the majority. Aero plane issues influenced by the suc cess of Lindbergh's flight to Mexico, recovered smartly from the break at yesterday’s close. Wright opened about 5 1-2 points up, and Curtis 3 3-4 points up. Measles Epidemic Closes School In . Watauga. Boone, Dec. 13. —The measles epi- I demie has become so bad in the west era part of Watauga county that Cove Creek school, one of the larg est consolidated schools in the state, has been closed until after Christ mas. More than ninety cases have been reported in that neighborhood. The epidemic began at Deep Gap and has swept along the Boone high way to the state line. Several schools in its path have had to clone, but it seems that the epidemic has reached its height in the Cove Creek section. Fix-Convict Shot As He Peers . n Window. Asheboro, Dec. 13. —N. A- Culler, notorious ex-convict, was shot in the face by Bennie Preonell, of Seagrove Monday night when Culler appeared at a window of the Prcsndl residence. Later be was brought by compauions to Memorial hospital Asheboro, where be was operated upon. He is not expected to lire. Presnell is awaiting the outcome under S3OO bond allowed by Judge T. B. Finley presiding over Superior Court here. i Wireless has added more than 5,- 000 new words to the English lan guage. I $2.00 a Year, Stric n Advance ernnr down would take action to stop this destruction. The National guards would be called out to patrol the railroad tracks and guard rhe i roundhousesan army of special de puties and officers would be recruit ed. and the Corporation Commission would take every step possible to protect the railroad corporation from this terrific loss of $290,000 a month. "But because the value of human life is intangible and hard to ex press in dollars and cents, motorists continue to kill themselves and others at the rate of from 50 to 70 a month in North Carolina, and the state sits idly by. scarcely giving the matter a passing thought. But if an epidemic of disease should come along and take that many lives a month, thous ands of dollars would be immediately ' appropriated to fight it. "As it is. we are |>owerless to in oculate these automobile drivers against this automobile or motor phobia with any serum. But we can put them in institutions where they can break rocks instead of the laws. And this is the one and only remedy. There is no such thing as an unavoid able accident, and somebody some where is to blame for each one. And if those who are to blame were made to pay—and pay dearly—for taking these lives, and destroying property, then this wanton loss of life would stop. But not until this is done can we stop this constantly mounting toll of deaths from automobile accidents." Dr. Laughinghouse concluded. Among the other violent deaths in the state during November, the larg est* number next to automobile deaths was from burns, with 19 deaths. Sui cides came next with 18 deaths, and homicides third with 16 deaths. There were seven deaths from acci dental drowning, three from railroad accidents, five from accidental gun shot wounds, and eight from gun shot wounds of doubtful nature. Some of these latter may he added to the homicide list, later. Only a more vigorous enforcement of the highway laws, and more string ent sentences by the courts can cur tail the automobile deaths, tnose-who have studied the problem believe. DOPE PEDDLERB AND l/BRkS ARE NABBED Narcotic Agent at Greensboro Ar rests Prominent Couple in Round up. Greensboro. Dec. 14.—J. D. Dixon, federal narcotic officer, hit his heav iest lick today in his war on dope l>eddlers and users, when he arrested W. A. Mateer and wife, the man a prominent contractor and the couple having a splendid home at 426 Church street. 11l their j Hisses* iou was found two ounces of morphine, a delicate scale for weighing out grain or more sales, hypodermics, small boxes for the stuff to be delivered to customers and va rious other apparatus, including a number of h]kmiuk for heating solu tions Iw'forc injection into the veins. The two gave bonds of S2.IKKt each for appearance before the. commis sioners. Yesterday Dixon arrested \V. J. Meeks and Mrs. Jennie O'Connor and found an ounce of morphine in their possession. A week or 19 days ago. arrest was made of Jaks Mays, W. H. Dever and several others who Dixon says have been peddling the "snow” here. Program At Harrisburg School FYi day Night Harrisburg. Dec. 15.—A special feature picture the “Lost World" will be shown at Harrisburg high school. Friday evening of this w**ek. at 7 :30 o’clock. The picture is classed with the liest ever filmed and deals with prehis toric times and animals. Lottie Allison was in charge of the class program given Wednesday at the chapel exercises by the sopho more class. A recitation by Louis Pharr, and a reading by Allen Roger were numbers on the program. The senior class of the high school j enjoyed a "doggie roast" in the school park Tuesday evening. The faculty of the school were guests of the class. Mid-term examinations for the high school and grades will lie held Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. School will close Friday afternoon for the Christmas holidays and will reopen Monday, January 2. Lindbergh Will Fly From Mexico When Ho Departs. ' Mexico Cit>, Dec. 14. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh informed the correspondents this evening that it is his intention to fly from Mexico when he departs which may be a week hence or longer. He was not cer tain whether lie would fly to Havana or return to Washington direct. If the latter, he could not say whether it would he a non-stop flight. Big Feldspar. Plant Asheville, Dc-c. 15. tINSi—Con ; struction of a $500,900 plant for the mining of feldspar will be started in i Yancey county by North Carolina and New York interests within a few months, according to Judge Carl B. Hyatt, one of the principal owners of j the project. The plant is ex|**oted to be put in operation not later than next July 1, it was said. SEVENTEEN BODIES ! LOCATED IN RUINS OF BIG ORPHANAGE It Is Feared That At Least .% Fifty Persons Perished ]’ When Hospital St* \ Charles Was Burned. WALLS COLLAPSED DURING THE FIRE This Made Rescue Woifc j Harder During Night And Firemen Could Not Search Ruins Further. <Quebec. Deo. 15. — (4 > )—Sc venice* fj bodies hud been recovered today frwm the fire-swept ruins of the Hiotpieii i St. Charles orphanage, with tbe |mob- J; ability that the death list would f| mount. A cheek of the missing and hh jured led firemen to bepeve- that at 1 least fifty lost their lives. Cinmgfi were unable to search the ruins which | still were smoldering this fnn ijilglpjffr The bodies of seventeen ehildrOit H and one woman m-overed indicated that they had died of -iiffoeati*4 f] rather than by tire. The walls of the ancient st rurtiitw .jjj collapsed wlrle the fire was at Lta j height last night, stopping rescue |j work. So rapidly did the Hniucs s|»roa4 that despite every effort by .4lie nirttx, || firemen, priests and citizen*. little . could he done to rescue the y<* sters. many <d whom were so ow«b> conic by sleep that they could hardly ; have realized what was going oh. Rescuers fearlessly entered 'be 1 building and returned with clrldrea still half asleep. Many children j jumped from windows, and tbe oldcy ] ehildren dragged younger ones along f with them. The morgue was a pitiful sight. The little bodies were all laid on j slabs, and frantic mothers were there 1 n hundreds to try to identify them. DI KE POWER COMPANY PIANS FOR NEW YEAR Wni Spend About $20,000,000 in 192 H, According to Plans Already , Drawn. Charlotte. Dec. 15.—(4*)—A new i is*ue of S4tM*HMH>O of 4*4 per cent.■ j forty year refunding mortgage gold bonds was offered today by tbe iiuknej 1 Power Company for sale through a J J syndicate of New York and Boston j bankers, and half of the - issue wan purchased by the Duke Endowment, ’ which lias headquarters here. This action was a sequel to the recent decision of the company d*rec- j tors, meeting in New York, to c«m aolidntc the Southern Power Com pany and other subsidiary power .com- { panics of tlie Duke Power Company, and als<> was a preliminary to under taking an extensive construction .pro- j gram in 1928. according to Duke .of ficials. J! One of the projects of the y««r will he the budding of a steam electric plant near Mt. Holly, N. C., the La vestment lo be several MIiUKHI dol- i| lars. More than will bo spent iu 1925. according to a recent j statement by \V. S. Lee, chief en gineer. * tS REFINES TO HAVE PART IN MATTER f Oklahoma Supreme Court Members ! Will Not Preside Over Senate Sea- • sions. Oklahoma City. Dec. 15.—00-t Members of the Oklahoma Supremo court in reaffirming their stand that t the State Senate is not in Uguj aen- I sion us an iin peach men t court, today declined to preside at its meet jpg- Members of the Senate who organ- 1 ized yesterday to receive iinpeaeii- i mens charges by the house against Governor Henry H. Johnston, Chief | Justiis* Fred Branson, of tbe tig preme court, and Harry Corddl, prea- ' blent of the State board of agrie&l ture. had requested that the court name one of its members as presiding J officer for tin* itiqieflchinent trial, • ! West Point Won’t .Make Any < hangM , In Athletics. West Point. X. Y.. Dec. 14.—Utiles |j; governing the e.igibility of cadets for membership on athletic team* of the 1 I'nited States Military academy will undergo no further changes, Major General Edwin B. Win ans, superin tendent at the academy, announced to day in approving recommendation* rtf the West Point advisory council. « ' Jj Another Blizzard Hits In Went St. Paul. Minn.. Dec. 15. (4*F— j Another blizzard swept into Minnesp- > ta from North Dakota today, only a week after one severe storm had j eaused havoc in this state. In the vicinity of Fargo, North I*»- kota. more than 15 inches of snow had fallen, the heaviest in the history | j of the weather bureau. IWEATtiH I Rgia tonight and probably Friday I ! morning; slightly colder rn extrema t went and not so cold in central {Mir- 1 t!o» tonight ; colder in central and : west portions Friday. "JK NO. 47
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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