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VOLUME XXIII
LIQUOR SMIiGGLMG
mpteM
MTEST fHOBLEM
In Prohibition Enforcement,
Says Mrs. Mabel Walker in
Her Annual Report to Mr.
Daugherty.
LIGHT SENTENCES
GIVEN VIOLATORS
Rum Running is the Biggest
Criminal Problem United
States Has Ever Faced,
Mrs. Walker Says.
(By the Associated Pre»».»
Washington, Nov. C.—Rum running
presents now the greatest problem in
prohibition enforcement, Mrs. Mabel
Walker, assistant l attorney general' in
charge of enforcement prosecution, de
clared in her annual report today to At
torney General Daugherty. The report
also comments on the light sentences giv
en dry law violators in some Federal
courts, and with those imposed in other
countrs.
‘•The liquor smuggling business,” Mrs.
Walker said, “is the biggest criminal
problem the United States has ever
fnced. On the high seas the coast guard
is our police force within our territorial
waters, and is assited by customs officers
and United States marshals and their
deputies. An observation is convincing
that the equipment is "not'sufficient to
protect long coast lines.”
While no precise estimate of the amount
of liquor smuggled could be obtained, the
report said, nn indication of the amount
was seen in imports to and exports from
nearby British possessions. Officinl data,
it was said, showed liquor shipments
from Nassau alone, all said to be destined
to the United States, were valued at $7.-
<159,294 during the last fiscal year, while
importations there totalling $4,500,000.
the difference being held to represent
bootleggers' profits from operations at
this one-port.
a. .
PROHIBITION AGENTS
GIVEN A HARD KNOCK
Head of National Civil Service Reform
League Says Enforcement Service is
Full of “Scoundrels.”
Chicago. Nov. 4. Reading a letter
a ildeessed to - jfe
National Civif Service'"Rcntrm league,
of which he is president. William Dud
ley Foulke today in an address at the
Fnion League elub declared that the
prohibition enforcement service is
“honeycombed with the most unmitigat
ed scoundrels in the world.”
Political appointment of prohibition
agents, the letter says, “creates a poli
tical partisan force, sure, ns experience
shows, to be incompetent, ineffectual,
blinded-eyed and black mailing.”
Prohibition Commission Haynes, it
went on, turned out “corrupt Demo
cratic officials and put in their places,
equally corrupt Republican officials on
the recommendation of congressmen.”
Tlie league, the letter said, had tried
unsuccessfully to interest former Repre
sentative Volstead, author of the Vol
stead act, aqd Wayne B. Wheeler, coun
sel for the anti-saloon league, in civil
service for, all prohibition employes.
His organization, Mr. Foulkes said,
would raher have no civil service than
the proposed bill which he said was
bossed by Commissioner Haynes and
which he said would leave the higher
positions open to presidential appoint
ment-
Mrs. Pace Acquitted of Murder Charge.
Greenville. ’B. C., Nov. 7.—Mrs. Thel
ma Pace, of West Greenville, today was
acquitted of the charge of murder of her
husband, Arthur Pace, in a directed ver
dict. Judge Townsend, of the Court of
General Sessions, ordered the verdict af
ter evidence was introduced by the State
showed Pace accidentally killed while
showing his wife how to shoot a pistol.
The gun in evideure showed only one
cartride in it at the time.
Disciples of Christ Meet in Raleigh.
(By the Associated Frees.*
Raleigh, Nov. 6.—With delegates from
all sections of the state in attendance the
Disciples of Christ, bolding their 79th
session of the North Carolina Christian
Missionary Convention this morning be
gan the first of the business sessions
which will last through tomorrow night.
The convention opened last night with
addresses of welcome to the-City.
Death of Journal Clerk in Old "Wallace
House."
(By the Aaaociated Press.)
Greenville, 8, C„ Nov. 6. —Jas. H. Max
well, seventy year old Journal clerk in
the famous “Wallace House” of recon
struction days in the South Carolina leg
islature, died at his home here early to
day of paralysis. He, was stricken sev
eral days ago. Mr. Maxwell was born in
Anderson County in 1863.
Bulgarians Accept Kondltions.
Sofia, Nov.- 6- (By the Associated
Press). —The Bulgarian, government has
accepted the conditions of reparations
laid down in Jugo-Slavia’A note for the
attack here last Friday on the Jugo
slav military attache, Col. Krastitch.
The conditions will probably be carried
out today.
Meeting of Music Department Woman’s
Club Tonight.
The 'Music Department of the Wom
an’s Club will meet this evening at eight
o'clock «t the home of Mrs. George L.
Patterson, on South Union street. This
is to be an important meeting and every
member is urged to be present.
The sticker seldom gets stuck.
The Concord Daily Tribune
Can He Do It?
Karl Huszar has arrived ip this
country from abroad to try to fill
the shoes of "America’s fit screen
comedian.” He thinks he can do
It. He is 5 feet 7 1-2 inches tall
and weighs 300 pounds-
TWELVE KILLED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
(By Ike Associated Press.)
Charleston, W. ,Va„ Nov. 6.—Twelve
bodies have been taken from a shaft mine
in the Ralelgh-Wyoming Coal Co., at
Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, in which
an explosion occurred this morning, and
little hope is entertained for thirty men
still within the workings, the State De
partment of Mines reported today.
IIOfE OF AN EVENTUAL
AGREEMENT NOT LOST
| French Ambassador Spent 20 Minutes
With President Coolidge This Morning.
(By the Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 6.—With a com
plete statement of the conflicting views
of the European allies before it, the
American government today weighed
painstakingly the question whether the
door has been closed to American aid in
the expert raparations inquiry. In no
quarter wyis there any authentic indica
tion how soon a decision would be reacli
ted or in what direction the opinions of
high officials was tending. It was appar
ent. however, that hope of <fn eventual
agreement had not been lost. Shortly be
fore President Coolidge and his cabinet
assembled for the regular Tuesday morn
ing meeting. Ambassador Jusserand of
France called at tlie White House and
spent 20 minutes with the Chief Execu
"trtvf ’d > fe i-din— pifidwr
poy his respects, but left the inquirers
to draw their own inference as to what
subjects had been discussed.
FUNERAL, OF A. W. KAPLAN
No Trace of Man Who Gave Him His
Fatal Wound.
(By the Aeaoclnted Press.)
Greensboro, Nov. 7.—The funeral of
A. W. Kaplan, local pawn broker, who
died in a local hospital early Sunday as
a result of wounds inflicted Saturday by
a white man, though by police to have
been Otis Wood, was (/inducted from, his
home here this afternoon. During the
hour of the funeral a number of business
places were closed. No trace has yet
been found of the man sought in the
case. Latest development in the po
lice end has been the formal designation
of Wood as an outlaw, this act taking
place this morning when the usual pro
cedure was resorted to, and justice of
the peace officially classed him as ah
outlaw.
Poincare Stands Pat,
Premier 'Poiucare in his Sunday ad
dresses reaffirmed tlie French govern
ment’s unshakable determination not to
accept any reduction whatsoever in the
German debt of 132,000,000.000 gold
marks as fixed by tlie London confer
ence in 1921.
The Premier’s declarations were strict
ly along the linos of his previous utter
ances on the reparations question, tak
ing no cognizance ( of any new factor in
the way of international negotiation in
which the Uited States may be included.
While no official announcement ltas been
made on this point, it is believed in diplo
matic circles that M. Poincare’s speech
reflects tlie French government’s posi
tion, which will be communicated to the
State Department at AA’ashington by Am
bassador Jusserand today.
Signs of weakening Belgian support
for the French viewpoint are admitted
freely everywhere. The adoption by
Brussels of what ds termed “the Anglo-
American policy” is referred .to by news
papers of the government as an accom
plished fact. But this has failed to di
vert the French Premier from the course
he lias been pursuing on the reparations
question since the occupation of the
Ruhr.
Cotton Market Clotted TMay.
New York. Nov. 6. —The cotton mar
ket closed today on account of the elec
tions.
Lying taxes the memory. Truth-telli
ing is tax-exempt.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
Cloudy tonight probably rain in the
mountains; Wednesday fair; no change
in temperature.
CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1923
Statement From the Board of
Education of Cabarrus County
To the A’oters of Cabarrus County:
On November 20th a question of far
reaching importance will come before the
citizens of Cabarrus county for settle
ment. ,Taking advantage of school leg
islation enacted by the last Legislature,
the Board of Education of Cabarrus
county has petitioned the County Com
missioners lo authorize nn election for a
county-wide special school tax. not to
exceed 35 cents on tlie one hundred dol
lars valuation of property, in order to
provide a Vystem of High Schools and
also improve the elementary schools of
the county. Tlie petition has been grant
ed nod the election is called for No
vember 20tli.
In conformity with the law. the Board
has tentatively districted the county and
laid ito plan before the District Commit
teemen. T\yo things have been kept
in mind. First, to so locate High
Schools that, each will have tlie requi
site number of pupils to insure efficien
cy and. in maintenance; and
second, to locate the schools in such man
ner as to make them a« accessible as
possible and to keep the necessary cost
of transportaion down to the minimum.
Tlie Beard plans, if tlie election carries,
to estbalish High Schools sufficient in
number and of such standard tirade tltat
every boy and girl in tlie county will be
afforded a High School education in tlie
county and within reasonable distance
of his home. It is furthermore planned
to improve the elementary schools. In
the main’the Board believes it will be
THE COLORED FAIR
A Most Creditable Parade This Morn
ing*—Good Crowd at the Opening.
The Cabarrus County Colored Fair
got underway in full swing this morn
ing with the big parade, which formed
at 10:30 o’clock at the intersection of
Corbin and Cnion streets, and marched
to the fair grounds.
The parade, which was witnessed by
a large number of persons, was well
gotten up,' and was probably a mile or
more Tong. In it were four bands, sev
eral score horseback riders, both men
and women, decorated floats, truck loads
of school children, aud the like One
float in the parade consisted of a per
simmon tree in which were three ’pos
sums. while at the foot of the tree stood
a ’possum dog. readv to catch any of
the fellows that tried to make his geta
way.
Reports from the Fair Grounds are to
the effect that a good crowd was present
at the opening of the fair, despite the
threatening weather which attended the
opening. Tlie Fair will continue for
four days. \
. tt-V-.V ■tni.'Ssanri-, —‘
DECEMBER COTTON IS
NOW OVER 32 CENTS
Final Transactions in December Cotton
at New Orleans Were Oil Basis of
33.44.
New Orleans. Nov- 5.- —After con
siderable backing and filling in the first
half of the session, the cotton market to
day took ou great strength, and. in tlie
face of a great ideal of realizing from
older longs, went to new high price
records for the season. Late in the day
it
ber trading at 32.50 a pound. Tlie close
was 04 to 75 points net higher on the
session with the final transaction in tlie
december position at 32.44-
Reasons for the strength were a
good Liverpool, persistent reports that
Lancashire spinners were about to get
governniriit aid. further unfavorable
weather in the belt, much talk of very
small gainings and what appeared to be
a good trade demand for contracts
which at one stage, was said to be tak
ing of about everything realizing longs
were selling. For a while there was
much talk of a weaker st>ot basis in the
interior but finally it was explained
that any weakness was in the higher
grades and that it was due to the in
creasing demand for the lower grades.
This was considered a highly favorable
development and on it prices reached
their highest levels.
In the early trading tlie market was
16 to 30 points up. mainly as the re
sult of the good showing of Liverpool.
Renliging became heavy and it soon had
the market at small declines. At the
middle of the morning the declines
amounted to 4 to 14 points, with De
cember off
iu the day’s fluctuations.
Chief Executives of Railroad Labor Or
gainzations to Meet. ,
Cleveland. 0., Nov. 6 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—A meeting of the chief
executives of sixteen standard railroad
labor organizations “for the purpose of
agreeing on definite railroad legislation
policy in connection with matters to come
before the next Congress” lias been called
by AVarren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
to lqeet in AA’asliington AA’ednesday morn
ing, November 14th, Mr. Stone announced
today.
What Do We Vote For When We Voyte
“For Special Tax” on November 20?
1 An eight months’ term for every child in the county.
2 An efficient High School in reach of every child in he
• county.
3 Trucks to transport to these High Schools those chil
dren who live too far away to walk to them.
4 Not over 35c on the one hundred dollars’ worth of
property, or as much less as the program can be put
on for—less than one-half cent on th'e dollar —nothing
on the poll.
. This does not mean that the schools which we now.
have will be done away iwith. We will continue to have
the Elementary Schools.
found feasible to retain the present ele
mentary schools so that the smaller chil
dren may attend school close at home.
The Board calculates that with pres
ent valuation of property the above pro
gram can be carried out with 25 cents
on the hundred dollars valuation of prop
erty, hud it ia tlie intention of the Board
to make' the rate 25 Cents.
The county-wide’system lias decided
advantages. It makes equal provision
for alt. It discriminates against none.
Moreover, it will pqt Cabarrus county
on a parity with tjjo most progressive
counties in the State educationally, anrl
at a smaller cost. •!'
Cabarrus county Aoltis high rank in
the State agriculturally and industrially.
The proposed countt-wide system of
schools would bring «tir county up with
the best educat’oualli. It is not more
than our boys ami Mils deserve. It is
in the interest of thf whole people and
the issue rests with the people.
No county or peofcle have ever been
hurt or impoverished! by making provi
sion for good schools. AA’ill not Ca
barrus voters see to it that our school
system is taken enre of? The registra
tion hooks close Saturday, November
19th. la‘t all friends of public educa
tion register and oust their votes for
this measure.
AA’. R. ODELL, Chairman,
\V. F. SAIITIT.
g. f. McAllister.
Tlie Board of Education of Cabarrus
County.
VO PAY DEPOSITORS OF
DEFUNCT RALEIGH BANK
Superha Theatre to Be Sold.—Amount
' to Go to Depositors;
<l)y the ItMWtatrn Preaa-1
Raleigh. Nov. 6.—Under an agreement
\ pproved here yesterday, the Superb,n
Theatre today will change hands if the
necessary papers are completed. The
change is being madci.in order that the
depositors of the defunct Central Bank &
Trust Co. may realize on their deposits.
Tlie depositors some months ago when
’lie bank failed were guaranteed a total
nf 100.000 refund, this being approxi
mately 75 cents on the dollar in the crim
inal prosecution against It. C. Allen, for
mer President of the bank, was dropped.
The failure of to pay notes which
lie gave, and which were secured by the
endorsement of thfc Superbn Theatrp prop
erty. caused the matter to be taken back
lo the Superior Court yesterday, and the
property will change lurids for $150,000.
The greater part of tjiis will go to the
depositors.
COTTON ENQUIRY
All Phases RepM&etkrif a* tße * Washing
ton Meeting.
(By the Associated Press. 1
AA'ashington, Nov. 6.—A1l phases of
cotton were represented here today at
the opening of the Federal Trade Com
mission inquiry into conditions and prac
tices of the industry. Information ob
tained will guide tlie commission in re
commendation it will make to Congress
for legislation in response to a resolution
by the Senate on the subject last winter.
Commission members said they plan to
allow a full ■statement of all dues on the
subject of grading, trade practices, ware
house deliveries and financing. Indica
tion? were that the meetings would oe
upy three days.
Rowan County Negro is Helld For Set
ting Fire to a Barn
Salisbury, Nov. s.—William Chunn.
a Salisbury negro man. is in jail in de
fault of $4,000 bond charged with burn
ing a barn of Richard Miller, white,
eight miles east of Salisbury. Officers
say evidence in very strong against
Chunn.- Miller had Chunn arrested and
put in jail Saturday for stealing parts
of a set of harness. He later gave bond
and that same night got another negro
to take him in a machine to the Miller
neighborhood and lei him out- He walk
ed away and later returned to the ma
chine and when he got back a fire was
seen burning. Chunn refused to go with
the driver to investigate the fire but
set out on foot back to Salisbury. The
driver found the barn burning and when
he told Mr. Miller of Chunn’s notions
Miller set out and soon overtook Chunn
and had him before a magistrate who
sent him up to court.
Several head of stock were burned
with the barn.
Fox Refuses to Add Anything to His
Statement.
(By til* Associated Press.!
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6.—AA’hile Solicitor
John A. Boykin asked the Fulton County
grand jury today to indict Philip F.
Fox, editor of the "Night Hawk,” official
organ of the Ku Klux Klan, the prisoner
refused to ad anything to his statement
that Captain AA’. S. Coburu had threat
ened to “ruin him” in explanation of
which he shot the attorney late yesterday.
If there were.no clouds, we should uot
enjoy the sun.
A SPLENDID EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM IS PROPOSED
An Excellent System Circled Tlie Folks
at Ham-:—Plan Keonomi’ical.—This,
tlie Last AA’cek to Register.—Election
Day November Twentieth.,
An educational system that provides
for efficient elementary and high school
training for every boy and every girl
in the county at his own home is what is
offered by the proposed plan for County
wide School Improvements. This sys
tem combines efficiency and economy. It
provides efficieency because it is to be
made up to standard iu organization,
equipment and size. It is to be made eco
nomic in plan, organization and method
of administration. It is a system that
) will mept the needs of our people, and
will be given to them at home, where it
may be had and used. At home is the
best place to educate our children, and
the only place where we can do it. and we
can by no means afford not to do it.
Neither the selfish man. nor file unsel
fish man can afford to oppose an efficient
educational system'for ali our people. If
our people are to produce the quantity
aud quality that they should, then they
must be educated. If we are to save and
to use to the best advantage what we
produce, we must be educated. If our
property and our lives are to count for
the most, our people must be educated.
Henee in the same proportion that our
system of education is inadequate, we are,
all losers; and in proportion as we make
our schools meet the demands upon us,
we are nil gainers. If you want to see
a county lose her best citizenship by de
terioration and migration, let that coun
ty fail to provide for the education of
its people. AA'hat is a county worth with l
out good citizenship? How can good cit
izenship be had in ignorance? How can '
intelligence be had without an efficient
school syptem? If you want to sec each
land every child in Cabarrus (‘minty have
| High School Advantages and at the same
i time eat at his mother's table and sleep
under his father's roof; if you want to
see each and every child in the County
have an opportunity to prepare for Col
lege or for taking an efficient part in
life's work: if you want to see our rur
al districts provided with excellent
school advantages and thus our agricul
tural territory provided with better liv
ing conditions; if you want to see all
the people throughout the entire county
qualified for best citizenship and for ftiil
enjoyment of life and her richest bless
ings; and if you want to see all these
good tilings come to our people and at
the earliest possible date, and come \by
the mo.'tt economical method possible,
register this week if you liavp not al
ready done so, and vote for school im
provements on November the 20th—you
can't vote unless you register and the
books close on next Saturday evening.
Those schools now carrying local tax
will automatically have their local tax
nullified ifythe county-wide plan carries,
and thpsefiistriots will go on a regular
basis with all the other territory of the
county. If the county-wide plan does
not carry, all local taxes wil remain as
they are. Tflie proposed county-wide
Plan puts all the property in the county,
both individual 1 and corporate, behind
the county-wide program for school im
provements, anil this program offers su
perior advantages to any piecemeal plan,
and at the least possible cost.
Livestock Growers to Meet at Hickory.
Hickory, N. 0., Nov. s—AA’ith lead
ers of state and south in agricultural
work present the annual meetiug of the
livestock growers of North Carolina will
open here tomorrow night. The session
will last through AA’ednesday.
C- A. Cobb will open the convention
with a speech on agricultural and stock
conditions in the South. Mr. Cobb is
editor of the ’Southern Ruralist and is
said to be an authority on the subject
which he will discuss.
AA’ednesday morning a trip will be
made to nearby poultry and dairy farms
and then a business program will be car
ried out. The beef cattle, sheep and
swine people will meet in one audi
torium and the dairy cattle and poultry
growers in another.
AVednesday night the North Carolina
Jersey Cattle Club will take charge of
the meeting and their annual meeting
and banquet of the club will be heln.
The following day a sale of pure bred
Carolina grown Jerseys will bo under
taken.
Among speakers who will attend the
sessions are the following.' Dr. B. AA’.
Kilgore of Raleigh, .1. H. McLean of
AA’ashington, D. 0.. AA r . G. Randolph of
the American Jersey Cattle Club, and
members of the state agricultural de
partment, County agent J. AA’. Hen
dricks of Catawba county will preside
over the general meetings.
AA’ith Our Advertisers.
Bloomers for school children from six
years up, only 69 cents at Fisher's. See
new ad. today for other bargains.
Buy an Edison for a Christmas pres
ent. See about it in the Musette new
ad. today.
J. E. Love is having big crowds at his
store every day taking advantage of his
Forced Sale iu order to raise money. He
still has many big bargains. The stile
began last Friday aud lasts only ten days.
The Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. has a
beautiful line of wrist watches.
Sec the famous all-steel Quaker Fur-
Inace at the Concord Furniture Co.'s,
r You will find strikingly attractive mil-,
I linery at the Parks-Belk Co.'s. See hew
lad. today for some attractive prices.
Speeders to Be Arrested on the .Spot.
IBy the Associated Press. I
Raleigh, Nov. 6.'—Numerous complaints
have caused a change iu the methods of
| handling oases against speeders in AA'ake
county, according to an announcement
made here by Deputy Sheriff Joe Lowe,
county traffic officer. Complaint has
been made against the mailing of notices
to those charged with speeding, in a
number of cases the charges being dis
missed when the alleged offender pleaded
mistaken identity. In the future pssed
sters will be arrested on the spot nnd
carried before the nearest magistrate.
The mailing of notices will be abandoned.
1 Four women are among the candi
dates for the lower house of the Mary
land legislature in the coming election.
Latest
1
Recent photo of Martin E. Trapp, act
ing governor of Oklahoma.
THE STATE PARENT
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
About 200 Delegates Are in Attendance
At First Meeting Today.
(By tbe Associated Press )
AA’inston-Salem, Nov. 6.—Meetings of
, the Board of Managers at 2 o’clock this
afternoon was an introduction to the
three days' session here of the State
Parent-Teachers’ Association. About 200
delegates are in attendance, and the con
vention promises to be one of the largest
and most important held yet by the or
ganization. The first session will open
at 8 o'clock tonight when feature ad
dress will be made by A. T. Allen, state
superintendent of Public Instruction.
Greetings will be extended by Alayor
James G. Haynes, and Mrs. R. H. La
tham, president of the AVoman's Club.
They will be responded to by Mrs. Ray
mond Rinford, of Guilford College.
A BAND OK ROBBERS
ROB TAVO BANKS TODAY
Cut All Telephone and Telegraph AVires
and Guards to Present Interruption.
(By the Associated Press.)
Spencer. Inti., Nov. 6.—The band of
robbers variously estimated hi number
from 14 to 20. robbed two banks here
early today of .approximately $15,000 and
wounded two citizens. Traveling in four
automobiles the robbers first isolated the
town by cutting all telephone and tele
graph,wires. then posted guards to-pre
vent interruption while they blew open
tlie bank vaults. Tlie bandits remained
in town more than an hour, and iu gain
ing access to the vaults used several
charges, almost wrecking one building.
The banks entered were the National
Bank of Silencer, and the Exchange State
Bank.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
The Year Has Brought to the American
People Two Tragic Experiences.
(By the Associated Press.i
AA ashington, D. C-, Nov. 6. —President
Coolidge's Thanksgiving Day proclama
tion, issued today from the AA’Uite House
calls to mind that the year has brought
to the American people two tragic ex
periences—the death of President Hard
ing and the Japanese earthquake—but
says such experiences serve to test and
refine men nnd nations. During the
year also, the proclamation says, the na
tion has been blessed with much of ma
terial prosperity. •
King’s Daughters Hold Satisfactory .Alert
The local circle of King's Daughters
held its regular monthly meeting' Mon
day evening at the home of Miss Janie
Kluttz on North Church street.
The visiting committee reported an
unusual amount of work accomplished
during the past month. Many visits were
made, and clothing furnished to thirteen
children, warm clothing to one woman,
also money advanced to pay a nurse's
services in oue home, and the expense of
a tubercular child, two years old, paid
from the Tiny Tim fund, while the child
was receiving treatment at the ortho
paedic hospital in Gastonia.
The circle gave expression to its re
gret that several feeble-minded children
that have come to its attention can not
be provided for at the Caswell Training
School, for the want of room.
There are quite a number of children
on the waiting list for clothes and be
fore this demand can be met the circle
will have to call upon its many friends
in the community to send bundles of good
warm clothing to the King's Daughters
closet at the City Hall. You will greatly
help the work and do a kindly service to
many worthy individuals by a hearty re
sponse to this appeal.
The visiting committee for November is
composed of the following: Mrs. AA’. A.
Foil, and Misses Isittie Boyd and Mary
King. The circle adjourned after a very
busy nnd earnest meeting to meet with
Miss May AA’hite on the first Monday
evening in December.
Successor of ‘Kitchin to Be Elected To
day. •
Raleigh, Nov. s.—Voters of the second
congressional district will go to the polls
tomorrow to elect Judge John H. Kerr,
AA’arrenton, as successor to the late Rep
resentative Claude Kitchin. Judge Kerr,
who has no opposition, was recently de
clared the democratic nominee following
the withdrawal of R.' G. Allsbrook, who
ran second iu the recent primary. The
election is being held merely for the pur
pose of complying with the law.
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• TODAY’S *
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« TODAY «
NO; 263.
litre »atcnis
—WIND IS BLOW
Only a Few Issues Bearing
on the Next Presidential
Campaign Are Involved in
Contests Today.
ONLY ONE SENATOR
IS TO BE ELECTED
Sevep New Representatives
Will Be Elected ;to Con-
Gress.—But Slight Interest
in Most of Races.
Xpw York. Nov. 6 (By Iho Associated
Press).—With a few issues having a
bearing on the next Presidential cam
paign involved in off-year elections, there
will be little in the results to indicate
how the national political wind is blow
ing. Only one new member of the Unit
ed States Senate is to be elected. He
will be chosen from Vermont to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of the late
Senator Dillingham, whose term would
have expired in 1927. Porter H. Dale,
republican, and Park H. Polard, demo
crat. a cousin of President Coolidge, are
candidates for the place. 'Prohibition is
sue is involved, Dale favoring enforce
ment ; Pollard advocating modification of
the Volstead act. Vermont normally is
republican, and political wiseacres say
there are no signs of an unheaval.
Seven new representatives will be
elected to Congress. four in Xew York,
and one each in Illinois. Vermont and
Xorth Carolina. Six of the Congression
al elections are to fill vacancies caused
by death, and one to fill a place left va
cant by the residnation of Dale, of Ver
mont. In Illinois and Xorth Carolina
the democratic candidates will have no
major party opposition. Slight interest
has been manifested in other races with
the possible exception of the 24th Xew
York, where a close vote is forecast. Thos.
A. Dcyle. Democrat, has slight opposition
in Illinois, where he seeks the place left
vacant ny John W. Rainey, democrat.
In Xorth Carolina Judge John A. Kerr
is unopimsed to succeed the late Repre
sentative Claude Kitchin.
ROUIS MAYHEW HERD ON
KMREZZREMENT CHARGE
Boar FHsrafS t n.000.x-.Ynegcr' Amount
of Embezzlement $13,960.
(By tile Associated Preu.i
Winston-Salem, Xov. 0.-—Rouis May
be w. stock and bond broker, who was ar
rested at Fairfax Courthouse, Va., last
Friday, was brought back here Saturday
to answer five charges of embezzlement
and passing worthless checks, waived
identification when a preliminary hear
ing was called in the city court this
morning. The state took a nol pros on
the worthless check charge, while Judge
Hartman ordered Mayhew bound over to
Superior Court on the embezzlement
charges, his bond being fixed at f!5,000
this being one-half of the amount oof the
bond designated just after the defendant
arrived here Saturday night. The alleg
ed amount embezzled totals .$13,960,
this money being turned over to May
hew to purchase cither stocks or bonds.
Rarge Supplies of Cotton Expected From
the Sudan.
(By me Associated Cress.»
Manchester. Nov, 6.—The growing of
the Anieriean typo of cotton in the Ge-'
zira area of the Sudan is developing rap
idly and the output next year, it is es
timated. will be double that of last,
while in 15 years time the Sudan will
be producing a million bales of cotton a
year.
These statements were made recently
in London by Major-General Sir R. O.
F. C. Stack, Governor General of the
Sudan, who explained that the increas
ed production would result from new
development work, including the construc
tion of a dam across the Xile which
would bring an additional 30,000 acres
of cotton under cultivation.
Rains in Mountains Haven’t Relieved
the Power Situation.
Charlotte. Xov- 5.—-Heavy rains in
the mountains of Xorth Carolina the
past few days have failed to materially
affect the weather shortage in the reser
voirs of he Southern Power company,
and the program of curtailment of pow
er service, affecting industrials in this
state and South Carolina, continue®
without change, it was announced here
today at headquarters of the power
company.
No Further Indication of America’s At
titude.
Paris,, Novi. 6 (Bjy the Associa fpd
Press). —Premier Poincare today received
Ambassador .Tusserand's cabled report on
his conversation with Secretary of State
Hughes in Washington yesterday. The
conversation is described as most friend
ly, but no further indication of the Am
erican government's attitude is given in
official quarters.
Community Meeting at Poplar Tent.
Thursday night of this week. Xovem
ber Bth. Sir. Buford Blackwelder will
speak at Poplar Tent school in the in
terest of the county-wide special tax elec
tion to be held November 20th. All par
ents and friends of education are invited
and urged to go out and hear Mr. Black
welder explain this most important issue.
Alberta. Votes to Allow Sale of Rtqnors.
Calgary, Nov. 6. —Alberta today was
in the list of Canadian provinces which
has thrown prohibition into the discard,
having voted yesterday to allow the sale
of liquors under control and regulation of
.the government, and to allow the sale
and consumption of beer on licensed
premises and in the home.