*** • • • ASSOCIATED • PRESS • DISPATCHES oa&a @ « © VOLUME XXIII * GHUGE AND STORE , AT MffiLMD BURNED. DURING THE NIGHT Both Buildings Were Prop erty of Mr. 'P. J. Hartsell, Who Suffered Loss in Fire of About SIO,OOO. ANOTHER STORE ALMOST BURNED It is property of Mr. J. F. Sos soman and Was Saved On ly by Heroic Work. —Cars' Taken From the Garage, ■ - A fire of undetermined origin destroy ed the store nnd garage of Mr. P. J. Hit rt sell. at Friday night about 2~ o'clock, When the (ire was first discovered it had gained such head way that it was impossible to cheek it. The garage, which is located about.3B feet from the store, caught from tile Humes and it also was completely burn ed. By heroic work about .$2,000 worth •-f stock and cars were saved from the garage. Nothing at all was saved from the stock of merchandise, everything in the store falling a victim to the binge. The store of Mr. .1., K. Sossamdn, lo cated about 25 feet from the garage, was saved from burning only b.v fast and fu rious work of tile citizens of Midland. There is no water supply in Midland, but bucket brigades were formed and carried water from several wells, this accounting for saving other buildings near the scene of the tire. There was about $2,<)00 insurance on the garage but none at all on the stock of meridian •lisp carried by Mr. Hartsell, whose loss is about SIO,OOO. Mr. Comer, section foreman, who lias rooms at Mr. W. M. Morgan's, was the first person to discover the lire, the light through the window in iiis room causing him to awake. Mr. Donald F. Widonhouse entered the bunting garage and drove a truck out, and also was instrumental in saving practically all of the other property that was saved from the garage. THE NATIONAL, WOMAN’S PARTY HAS PROGRAM Equal Rights Program flTezented to PVc» UniC« ee-’flge «% - i of Woman’s Party. (119 th* A«M,300.000 bales. About All Cotton Picked. Accordlug to reports from various jsirts of tlie county practically all of this year’s cotton chop in Cabarrus has been picked. In a few fields some pick ing remains to be done, but the bulk of the crop lias been picked. So far about 0.000 bales have been ginned nnd it is estimated that the crop of .the county will total 10,00 bales. Most of the cot ton baa been weighed at the platform here, bat some of it has gone to Harris burg, Kannapolis and other points in the county. The special school tax election to be held Tuesday will determine what kind of public schools the county is to have. If tbe election carries modern high schools will be available for every child in the county. The Concord I>aily Tribune IGNACE PADEREWSKI Famous Polish Pianist. Who Will P,o m Auditorium in Charlotte Monday Evi iiing. May 26th. GREAT PICTt'RE TO BE GIVEN AT THE V. M. C. A, Adaptation of the Celebrated Passion Play to Be Presented .Saturday Night. Mr. 11. \Y. Blanks. General Secretary of the V. announces that lie has secured ‘"The Life of Chrisl," a motion picture adaption of tlm celebrated Passion Play, enacted at Oberammcrgan. Bavaria, every ten years. Thin play is without a doubt the most wonderful religious spectacle known. It is witnessed b.v thousands and as sonic of the original players appear in this film it is regarded as one of the most perfect reproductions yet produced. This famous plav por trays every phase of Biblical version, .starting with the minnneiatinn. and in cludes such important event* and mir acles in the life of Christ, as His birth. His boyhood days, the works and miracles on earth, the transfiguration, last supper, betrayal, crucifixion, resurrection ami as cension. The picture will be shown in the gym nasium Sat unlay. November. 24tli. a matinees at 3 n. m. sud a nighr per formance at 7:30 p. m. Owing to tlie cx;'citgo of securing this great master piece a small charge of 15 cents to chil dren and 40 cents to'adults will be made for the matinee performance. As the seating capacity is rather limited ad vance sale of tickets will begin next Monday. Reservation can be phoned V. M. C. A. Tlie press notices from other cities concerning this beautiful drama are such that tin one in Concord should miss see ing it. An extra attraction will b' l the piano accompaniment, using sane of ft: iy Ti'setV.-y BALDWIN TO ISSUE MANIFESTO TONIGHT Proposal to Put it) Per Cent. Duty on All Imported .Manufactures. Jsmdon. Nov. 12 (B.v the Associated press).—Prime Minister Baldwin to night will issue a manifesto to the coun try in which it is expected he will put the electorate in possession of the main features of his tariff proposals, show ing at the same time how he means to fill in tlie blank check which .in the words of his opponents, lie is demanding flint the country." One of the credits Mr. Baldwin is projecting, according to present specula tions, is an all round 10 tier eent. duty on imported manufactures, which is figured to yield a revenue of 23,000.000 pounds. SPEEDERS SENT TO JAIL Greensboro Judge Sends ’Em All to Jail. Black or White. Rich or Poor. (Il> the Associated Press.) ’ Greensboro, Nov, 17. —“ I’m going to send everybody who comes before me for speeding to jail, be they white or b’nck. rich or poor," declared judge David Har vey Collins in municipal court here this morning. Four white men were charged with speediiig and each received a sen tence of 10 days in the county jail. One of the victims had been married just two weeks nnd he .took separation quite seriously. Piedmont Edition Delayed. The Piedmont edition of the New York Tribune which was to have been published on December 2. will' not be pub lished until Decembei oth, it was stat ed here this morning by a person who has taken an active interest in securing data for the Concord page. It is prob able that the edition will be 16 pages instead of 12, as was originally planned and this change made it necessary to postpone for one week the printing of the edition. Big Sale of, Back’s Stoves and Ranges Starts Monday. The Concord Furniture Co. will have a sale of Buck’s Stoves and Ranges be ginning next Monday. With every range sold during that week you will be given free n SO.OO set' of Fry oven glass, 14 piec es. Or. if you do not want the oven glass they will give you a half ton of coal. Your old store will be taken in exchange. Every Buck's stove and range in the house will go in this sale. See full page ad. in this isutie fin- detailed particulars. Fifty years ago wood pulp was just, beginning to attract attention as a ma terial for making paper. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. •O-T Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly cooler in east and central portions to night. WHICH KIND OF A DADDY ARE YOU? r * : - i f nWell.weu,! N, / rtev FbP) Ths is' \ / , \ ***« *>* 1 &S? S££g ) / \ Nice- ) 53^ VIRGINIA NORMAL RIG TEXTILE DEAL IS IS DAMAGED BY FLAMES MADE AT GASTONIA Wing of Main Building Destroyed. With » Loss Estimated at About S2Oq.OIHI Students Escape. >lb the A"»oefnl*4 Press.', Farmville, Va.. Nov. 17.—Between 450 nnd 500 women students at the State Normal School) here were routed from their sleep early today by a fire which the 800 students ear died at the s ho d more than half of them were housed in the main building, and about 100 of these were in the rear wing. All were gotten to safety, however, without any injury, and with the loss of only a few of their persona! belongings. The fire was discovered at 4:30 this morning by a night watchman and matron who, in making their normni rounds, saw smoke coming from tire end of the dining room near tlie kitchen. An alarm was iinme-' diatei.v sounded and with little confusion (lie occupants marched to safety. Tlie exit of those in the wing over the dining room necessarily was hastily, however, and few lmd time to gather their b»long fngs. $50,000 FIRE OCCURS IN GASTON SANATORIUM Spectacular Blaze in Heart of Gastonia Menaces Patients and Nurse* C»nstonia, Now 16.—Aka muilt of n spectacular tire wich was discovered at 1 :50 this afternoon in the roof of the hospital, the Gaston sanatorium, owned jointly by Drs. Henry Glenn nnd D. A. Garrison, is almost a total loss from fire and water. Tlie loss is estimated at $.00.000. Insurance on the building nnd equipment will total about SIO,OOO, al though the exact figure was not avail able this afternoon. The fire originated from a defective Hue. Most of the furniture nnd equip ment downstairs was saved. That on the second floor, including an elaborate sterilizing outfit, was a total loss. Many of the nurses lost most of their belong ings, to<). High praise is accorded Miss Young, superintendent, and the other nurses for their heroic work in rescuing patients. Some of the nurses stayed up stairs until the last minute nnd were brought down the ladders by firemen. The parents, none of whom is in a critical condition, are housed in nearby homes and in the city hospital, Abbey Highs Plays at Mt- Pleasant To day. Belmont, Nor. 16.,—Nineteen mem bers of the Belmont Abbey high football squad will leave here this morning for Mt- Pleasant where the loyal team takes on the eol'egiate institute boys of that city this afternoon. The teams are both evenly matched eneh having won a game this senson nnd have lost one and a real game should be the result. The local team, tinder the directorship of Coach I>eo Friersqn, h«s been practic ing hard since its last game with Mt. ITolly and although injuries abound on the club the team now has Gene Milde to depend upon. Milde was in the Mercy hospital for several weeks, but returned to the school yesterday. He is the best player with the local squad. Tlie Btt)l Weevil Control Association. 'New Orleans, Nov. 17—The executive eemmittee of the National 801 l WeeYil Control Association, organized at a re cent boll .weevil convention., met here at the call of C. J. Rivers, jr., chairman, to perfect the organization of the asso ciation. Tbe committee consists of two or more representative of every interest which has anything to do with cotton, from farmers to manufacturers of cotton goods. The association expects to act as a clearing house for information con cerning the weevil. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1923 High Sheals Cotton Mills Have Been Purchased b.v tbe Manville-JenckeK C’i mpany—Cost About #1,000.00(1. IBy tl»e Associated Press. I Gastonia. Nov. 17.—The High Shoals Cotton Mills, at High Slinals, N. ('.. has been, bought by one of ih" biggest tex tile plants • in Gaston county, b.v tlie MaiivilfoJeneltc* of Rhode island. (Yoro the esiole of-the fate (1.1!. Armstrong and A. G. Ayers,,of this city, for approximately $1,000,06. - arcording to announcement here tora.v. Tlie property purchased by the Rhode Island concern include tlie mills with 18,500 spindles, building and 1,500 aeres of land. It is understood t liar the Manville •leuckes Company plans to develop High Shoals Mills on a par with their big Lora.v plant in Gastonia. The Loray Mills, a 135,000 spindle plant, has been operated by the Rhode Island concern for some time. Tile High Sclmals Mills were built by the late D. A. Tompkins and associates of Charlotte, and was ac quired by Armstrong and Myers inter ests in February, 1020, for $1,250,000. The mill is equipped with 800 looms and has been manufacturing sheetings. SALISBURY TARIFF ON PRODUCE IS OPPOSED Municipality Would Tax $25 Dealers Handling Stuff From Outside Rowan. Salisbury. Nov. 16.—An ordinance requiring the paying of a tax of $25 for the sale of produce on the streets of Salisbury, if said produce was grown outside of Rowan enmity, is in process of becoming a law. it having passed its first rending before the Salisbury aider men. There has developed some opposi tion to this in lab >r circles, both the machinist's union and the central labor body having resol it! c, i against it and op position wi’l be voiced when tlie matter comes up for final passage. Plans to Prevent Rum Smuggling. iar the twm'-imeii Pre« - Washington, Nov. 17.—President Cool idge has given his approval to treasury plans for the expansion of the coast guard for prevention of rum smuggling. Tiie plan contemplates expenditure of $20,000,000 for new craft and additional personnel. The President is expected to mention the proposed expansion of the service in the forthcoming message to Congress. It has not been determined whether the budget be reopened to include addition al estimate, but assurance lias been giv en the appropriation will be asked for iu the new session. .Southern to Erect Big Office Building. (By the Anamdated Press.) Charlotte, Nov. 17— Contracts will b* let Saturday for the erection of a build ing here to house tlie offices of the South ern Railway Company's lines east, the building to cost in the neighborhood of $350,000, according to an announcement b.v local officials of tlm railroad. New Courthouse at Fayetteville, (By the Amoelnted Press.) Fayetteville, Nov. 17. —Tlie Cumber land County Commissioners this week passed a resolution nailing for the erec tion of a new county courthouse nnd jail, the amount to be expended for the purpose to be determined later and bonds issued for the amount. •King George’s chauffeur never knows where he is to drive until his Majesty is actually seated in the ear. This is a continuance of the rule which came into force when Queen Victoria ascended the throne. There will Tie a meeting of Stokes Lodge No. 82 A. K. and A. M. Monday night, November 10th. Work in the second degree. ALLEGED HI CHET SHOP IS ORDERED CLOSED Action Closing Business Comes After Order Was Issued by New York Su preme Court Judge. (By (he Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 17. —Attorney Gen era! Sherman today announced he had obtained an order from Supreme Court Justice Mail leu enjoining continuance in business js cgtlpn yf , Seiqtt, Mnrrisdk l s nil parry, described by Mr. Shermnn ns a company which has been doing an enormous business in cotton and futures in odd lots, and alleged by him to have conducted a bucket shop. Deputy Attorney General Chambers, ing charge of the proceedings, asserted the firm had beben doing it lucrative business with many customers in the South, particularly in Alabama. A number of customers, he. said, bought and sold cotton futures in October and No vember and made considerable profits on their transactions, but lie asserted the brokerage firm through various techni calities refused to pay tlie profits to tlie profits to the customers. '» NORWOOD A BANKRUPT, SAYS ORDER OF COCRT Salisbury Man Directed to File Schedule Before Referee Robinson. Greensboro News. .T. I). Norwood, Salisbury banker and cotton mill man, was declared bankrupt in an order signed yesterday by Judge j Janies E. Boyd, of the western district I of North Carolina, and is ordered to appear before John M. Robinson. re feree, in Charlotte, December 1 to tile' a schedule of his assets and liabilities. The order follows the petition filed August 27 by H. Kempner. of Galves ton, Tex-, S. A. Patterson, of Richmond, Va.. and 1 W. F. Ford, receiver for the I Bank of Quantum; Quantico, Va. They t filed c’aims as follows: Kempner, s!>.- j 241.48: Patterson. $10,000: Ford. sll. 800. Yesterday’s action is another step in ' the tangled affairs of the well known i Salisbury man that started when a re ceivership was sought for cotton mills I in which lie was heavily interested. These included the Mecklenburg mills at Charlotte, the Clyde and 'Newton at Newton, and the Nancy in Montgomery county. Later banks in which Mr. Nor wood was interested were closed, either vo'untari'y or by the state examiner. Tlie mills Were p’noed in the hands of receivers and were inter adjudged bank rupt. Consequent action was started against Mr. Norwood personally and | the order or Judge Boyd yesterday re- [ suits from that. ( Dies From Effects of Plat'd Shot Wounds i (By the Associated Press.) I Greensdoro, Nov. 17. —Mrs. Charles C. i Patterson, aged 30, died in a local hos pital this morning at 11 o’clock from the effects of pistol shot wound inflicted Inst night about 0:30 o’clock when she sent a stell jacketed bullet from a .45 Caliber revolver through the region of ! the heart. She was a wife of the sec- I rotary to A. D. Shelton, general super -1 iiitendent of the northern division of the Southern Railway Company. Death was directly due to internal hemmorhage. North Carolina Press Association to Meet January 3-4. Morgunton, Nov. 16.—January 3 and 4 liuve been definitely decided upon as dates for the mid-winter meeting of the North Carolina Press association to be held at Pinehurst. it was announced to day b.v Mirs Beatrice Cobb, secretary. , The cutlery industry is one of the old p«t in Britain nnd from the very be ginning Sheffield has been its recognized center. Written records allow that the industry waH in a flourishing state in Sheffield in the seventeenth eentury. while some authorities assert that it was thriving, four hundred yeara ago. Oh Horrors! a Girls take a good look at this! It shows one reason why fond mamas raise their boys to be sol diers. This lad, the top of whose head you see, is having a perma nent wave put in his hair—said to b« the very latest in New Yor’i WALTON S TRIAL BREAKS I P IN TUMULT TODAY \. - Governor Striked Out of C urt R-nrn , After Stating lie Was Not Getting a I Fair Trial. Oklahoma City, Nov. 17. (B.v tlie As sociated Press.) —The impeachment trial iof Gov. J. C. Walton broke up in tumult [today after the Executive, declaring he was lot getting a fair trial, stalked from the court room with his counsel and precipitated a dash between I. T. Sprague, a member of his legal staff, and Tom Anglin, president of the Senate. 'After the Governor’s abrupt departure the prosecution, recovering from its sur prise, summoned another witness, but the effort to proceed with 'the trial was futile. A motion was made authorizing the court to appoint counsel for tlie Execu tive. hut was defeated. . Members of the court declared it was evidence that he desired no representation. It was dur ing the debate on this (notion that the re mark of Senator Anglin brought on the threatened violence that broke up tlie session. Scarcely had the court dis solved. however, when a second encounter was threatened. Senator E. A. Darnell, of Clinton, eonrradierixi a statement of Jplui Q. . (ti. Guthrie.., GlohUt sqnarW off for action, out the two wore separated. TIIE COTTON MARKET Extremely Nervous and Irreguler—lo to 14 Points Lower. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 17.-—The cotton mar ket was extremely nervous and irregular during, today’s early trading. Liverpool made a very heavy showing, but there was very heavy realizing and after op ening fairly steady net 4 points lower to 18 points higher, the local market broke to 33.71 for January and 33.05 for March, or about 10 to 14 points net lower. The buying stimulated by the higher cables checked tlie decline, and there, were rallies which carried prices up to or over last night's closing during tlm first hour. Trade interests were reported good buyers on the opening break, and there was covering or rebuy ing by sellers of yesterday. Cotton futures . opened fairiy steady. Dee. 34.55 to 34.45: Jan. 34.03: March 34.26 to 84.05: May 34.1!); July 33.70. Ch sed Irregular, New York. Nov. 17. —Cotton (futures closed irregular, Dec. 34 :21 to 34 :24 ; Jan. 33:70 to 33:77; Mar. 33-6)6' to 34:00: May 34:04 to 34 :08; July 33 :53 to 33:63... i INJU NCTION HEARING POSTPONED ONE WEEK Illness of Judge P. A. MeElroy Causes Postponement of Hearing Until No vember 24th. * (lly the Associated Press.) Asheville, Nov. 17 —By order of Judge I’. A. MeElro.v, who has closed tiie court here on account of Lis illness, Mie tempo rary restraining order enjoining local printers from interfering with publica tion of the Times and The Citizen here has been postponed one week. The hearing will be in Chambers Saturday, November 24th to determine whether or not the injunction shall stand perma nently. TWO KILLED TODAY IN I AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Aral Two Others Badly Injured.—Acci dent Occurred at Gaffney. (By the Assaelated Press.) I Gaffney, S. (’., Nov. 17.-—Two persons, were killed and two others badly iujur ed when an automobile in which they i were riding was struck b.v northbound Southern passanger train No. 46 nt tlie i Bufort Street crossing here today. The dead are Anniston Stacy, aged 14. a daughter 'of State Senator Richmond Stacy, and George Sentel, aged 20. Mrs. Dewey Scruggs, sister of the dead girl, [and her infant son. Solon, were badly ' injured. 1 Postal Receipts at High Point. (tty the AssneiateO Press.* High Point. Nov. 17.—Postal receipts of the local post office already have ex ceeded the record for tlie city of s!>l.(MKt, , set lust yegg, and indications are that they this year will total about SIIO,OOO. according tn an announcement by Post master O. R. York. Auxiliary To Meet. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock with Misses Lou and Addie White at their home on Franklin Avenue. TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 272. BlgSr^R TfAFIDLY COMING 10 HEAD IS BELIEF NOW Separatists Are Said to Be Enlisting Men Whom the French Medical Officers Say Are Fit for Service. WILL NOT~DEMAND ALL FARM GOODS Say Compulsory Delivery of j Farm Products Impossible. —Germans Make Protest to French Government. < By the Associated Press.) Munich, Nov. 17. —The situation in the Bavarian palatinate is believed to be approaching crisis. The Separatists are continually enlisting men whom the French anny doctors examine as to their fitness for service. The government of Bavaria has con sidered and put aside a project for eqm : pulsory delivery of foodstuffs by tho farmers. Herr Wutzhofer, minister of agriculture, and himself one of the larg est farmers in the country, says such measures will be harder to enforce than prohibition in America. Germans Protest. Berlin, Nov. 17 (By the Associated Press).—The German government has sent a note to the French government protesting against the alleged support given to Ithineland separatists by author ilis of occupation. The note declares that the separatists, with the connivance of the French troops, have formed armed bands and brought about state of law j lessness and anarchy by means of ter rorization. plunder and arrests. Not withstanding the declaration by French ] government that its troops would main tain order, and although the right to do so is conceded by the Ithineland agree ment to the military commander in the event the civil police tire inadequate to : cope with the'disturbances. FINAL EFFORT To Be Made Monday to Save the En tente from Dislocation. I Paris, Nov. 17 .(By the Associated Press). —The final effort to save the on j fiief seemingly is not ready ro gye the j final word to Lord Crewe,- the British ambassador hero, ns to its position on i application of .further peunSties upon • Germany. j The efforts which will he made ntean j while to prevent a break are regarded ! '** political circles as despairing, the h rench and British governments being too far apart. it is thought, to make an J agreement possible, j Strong Efforts To Be Made. | London, Nov. 17 (By the Associated Press).—Strong efforts are being made over the woek-eud on bitli sides of the Chanffel to preserve integrity of the Franco-British alliance. There were in dications at the foreign office today that ! 1 rant ‘ e "'as changing her attitude as to I some of her threatened penalties against Germany in the event of her failure to give up the ex-croyvn prince and permit inter-allied military control to resume its j interrupted investigation of German ar j niamen (s. . Pest and Flagg’s Cotton LHter. New \ork. Nov. 16. : —Demand was stirau'ated by large exports and takings with further suggestions' from private sources that it will be necessary to dis count a crop nearer nine than ten mil lion- 11 hat price will do that is a ques tion to which there will be manv answers though the market itself does not indicate that the present level is sufficient. There has rarely been a time when offerings which arc often heavy from one source and another have been absorbed witb such apparent case. Much fixing of prices is believed still to be done and where the contracts are to be obtained is a comimdrum. Holders are reported perfectly wi'ling to accept these prices for what they have and there is daily a fair volume of hedging but that does not add a balance to the supply. Mills complain of lack of orders but Vhi'q. there may be no sharp expansion in demand for goods for the an’nnce of the year it is believed that after the holiday trade has been supplied stocks will be down to a point so low that it will be no longer ptssib’e to postpone fi’ing these gaps. There will be sharp fluctuations but too innur are waiting to buy on some reaction for dec’ines to go far. or prove mofe than temporary. POST AND FLAGG. Shade Trees Going Way of Civilization. | Davidson. Nov. I(s.—Regret is ex pressed quite generally that in placing the high powered electric wireß on Main - street preparatory to the lighting syg j tern’s being taken over by the town from i the college it has been deemed neces sary to put these wires and new poles on the west side of the street as against their present place on the enst side. This removal is calling for the sacrifice of , bosh branches and tops of a number of I pretty shade trees, that will be none the prettier for such lopping. Santee River Bridge to Be Completed uary Ist. (By the Associated Press.) Wilmington, N. C„ Nov. 17. —The Santee River bridge on the Atlantic Coastal highway will be completed before the first of the year,, according to Char lies H. Moorefield. engineer of the state highway commission. The opening of the I bridge will open up a new route from Wilmington to Charleston 106 miles in length. Present routes to Charleston by way of Columbia, 8. C.. and other towns to the southward are about twice as long.