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»•****»# • ASSOCIATED * • PRESS «§> • DISPATCHES ® VOLUME XXIII Chamber of Commerce Organized in Concord Dr. T. N. Spencer Chosen President and Charles B. Wagoner Vice President. Twelve Directors Chosen. J. L. M. SMITH IS MADE SECRETARY Will Also Serve as Treasurer For Present—New Mem bers Are Needed.—About 90 Have Joined So Far. Concord is to Imvc nn active Chamber Os Commerce. This fact was definitely decided Friday nigh! when a mass meet ing was he’d at the Y. M. C. A. and it developed that 7(! business men of the city are behind the chamber to the limit, have agreed to invest their money and time in it, and are eager to exert their influence to get their neighbors in cn the good thing. Permanent officers of the Concord chamber were ehosen at the meeting, including the president, vice president. . secretary-treasurer and directors, and » earnest testimonials were given by those prevent, representing more than two thirds of the present members, that they are behind the proposition in the ful est measure. The officers ehosen are; T. X. Spencer, President -15. Wagoner, Vice President. •T. I- >l. Smith. Secretary-Treasurer. Directors; F. C. Niblock. A. E. Har ris, W. M. Sherrill. G. 1,. Patterson, A. R. Hoover. A. 15. Palmer. I* D. Coltrane. L. M. Richmond. C. S. Smart. A. H. Jarratt, H. I. Woodhonse and C. F. Ritchie. -Vll of the officers were chosen by acclimation and expressed a delight, as well as a sense of civic duty, in ac cepting the offices to which they were elected. Mr. Smith, who hast been here for the past several weeks organizing the cham ber. declared that at the time the meet ing started 70 memberships bail been secured. There are 300 persons in the city who will sign up, lie advised, and officers chosen at the meeting pledged their support to Mr. Smith in his ef forts to secure nt least 150 members. In addition several of the members signed up for additional memberships, 1 we've pew memberships being secured by the canvass made after Mr. Jarratt j srarted (he movement hv signing up for the lore! claim-1 her should have at least $4,000 for operating expenses during the coming year. The chamber, lie pointed but. does not finance propositions, but it needs that amount to meet local conditions and pay operating expenses. Jle expressed the assurance that enough money could be scoured to raise this amount if offi cers elected nt the meeting would sup- , pert him. “I came here a stranger and sold memberships to 70 persons” he added, “and if I could do flint you people should be able to sell to nt least 74 others, who know you and realize that you would not 1 sponsor. a proposition that was not all right," Mr. Smith a’so stated that the chamber is not being organized to get any one in the city a job, but is being organized rather to work for everyone in the city. “It will have nothing to sell, no axes to grind,” he added, “but. will make your city a belter place in which to live and a better playe for strangers to move into.” Before an organization was perfected short talks were made by several par sons, who lauded the chamber as a general civic asset and pointed out its need in Concord. These speakers were: s Mr. Ritchie. Rev. L. A. Thomas, Mr. M. H. Caldwell, Mr. Niblock and Mr. Jarratt- They fired the opening guns in the fine meeting which fo'lowed, and there is no question of the fact that the men present at the meeting, were in tensely Interested and behind the proposition. In addition to the men named above impromptu talks were made by I. J. Ferris, Dr. T. X. Spencer. <4. Ed. Kestler. G. D. Patter son and ,T. E. Davis. Mr. Caldwell spoke on “What a Chamber of Commerce Means to a City,” and very vividly and impressively he pointed out some of the things that Concord had missed because it had no organized body of citizens to boost it and fight for it. The Norfolk & Southern railroad was an example, he stated, and he added that High Point has outgrown Concord because there was organized ef fort there and none here. He stated that Concord can get\a new hotel and the mud holes at the Southern depot remov ed if organized effort is put to work here. “What a Chamber of Commerce Means to Manufacturers” was the subject of a sensible and spirited talk by Mr. Niblock. “We have spent money in advertising this city in a New York newspaper,” he pointed out. “but there is no use to invite new business here if we haven't an organization to cooperate with the business and otherwise take advantage of the opportunities this advertising gives.” Concord has made some improvement all along and is now growing very rapidly. Mr. Niblock as serted, but the citizens have not taken advantage of their opportunities for they have not worked together. Con cord should have a chamber of com merce,- he said in conclusion, to go after industries that are moving southward. Mr. Ritchie, in speaking on “What a Chamber of Commerce Means to a Mer chant,” expressed the opinion that “we have been too busy building tip our business to work together and help the city.” The day of selfishness is gone, lie added, and the matter of boosting is not a one-man's job, but is a job for everyone. (Continued on Page Five). The Concord Daily Tribune THE GOVERNOR CANNOT DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE Just the Same Uls Auto Has Bcfn Spat ted by the Officers Several Times. (By the Associate)] Press. > Raleigh, Dec. 1, —Governor Cameron Morrison wants everybody in Xirtli Car olina to know that lie can not drive nn automobile. “I have never driven an automobile but once and that was five years ago.” the Governor .-.stated here today to news paper men. The scribes, taking notice of the Governor's desire not to be known as a road king, inquired if he again had been arrested for speeding. "No.'' replied the chief executive," but everywhere 1 go the people seem to have the impression I'm a whirlwind tearing about the state." License number ”1" twice has been spotted hv officers and the Governor's ear halted, once several months ago at Hillsboro, Oh cne of these occasions the Governor of Tennessee was with the Tar Heel executive. “I have no intention of breaking the laws," declared Governor Morrison. "I can't see the speedometer from the bark seal of the ear and can’t tell just how fast the driver is going. I've told him not to go too fast and to stop at all rail road crossings; 1 did this even before there was a stop law.” PRETTY YOI'NG WOMEN KIN AWAY FROM HOME Adventurous Girls I .cave Greensboro For Far South—lifters Sent From Gastonia- Greensboro. Nov. 30.—Two Greens boro girls, pretty misses of 1(5. with bobbed hair, who disappeared fi-om here Wednesday night, their parents appeal ing to the authorities of this and other Cities for aid in finding them, are evidently headed south and not desirous of returning home. The mother of one of them. Mrs, E. S. Spnniola. got letters today from her daughter. Edna posted at High Point and Gastonia, telling her the parents need not look for them back, that they were going on. With Edna Spnniola is Mildred Raper, daughter of Mr. and Ms. J. C. Raper. The fam ilies are next door neighbors and the girls are chums. The Spaniola gir is a pronounced brunette, the Raper girl a blonde. In size they are about the same, five feet three inches. Golden Rule Day. Tomorrow is the world's first “Golden Rule Day,” The entire civilized world does if mean? Why this international request ? In one word it is humanity's answer to the pitiable cry for bread op the part of a million Christian refugees driven from their homes and lands in the Near East a« a result of the signing of the infamous treaty of Lausanne.' America and fourteen nations of Europe and Asia are being asked tot forego their regular Sunday dinner and instead eat for one meal as nearly as possible what the Near East orphans eat, namely: soup, break stew and condensed milk, and send the difference in money to the Near East Relief. 307 Robinson Build ing, or to me. However, this is in no way to take the place of the annual ap peal for the helpless millions but is simply a volunteer effort to have multi tudes who have not been gathered into any orphanage or place of refuge. We are persuaded that many people in Ca barrus will gin illy respond to this call of distress which they have answered in such magnificent fashion in the past two years. Tomorrow will lie your first oppor tunity to observe "Golden Rule Day." You will not fail to seize it as a priv ilege. J. FRANK ARMSTRONG, Chairman, Near East Relief, Cabarrus County, 25 Buffalo Street. Radio Talk on Harding by Cootidge December l«th. Washington, Dei-. I.—President Cool idge will deliver an address by radio on the evening of Monday, December 10th. He will speak on the plan to establish a memorial to his predecessor in office, Wnrreu G. Hurding. The .President will speak for about ten minutes, beginning at 8:30, Eastern standard time, and his remarks will be broadcast from the American Telephone and Telegraph Radio stations at Wash ington, New York and Providence, and relayed from Chicago. St. lamis and Dal las. making it possible for listeners in all parts of the country to hear him. The address Mr. Coolidge is to make to Congrew later next week will be broadcast also from the chamber of the House of Representatives, ns were sev eral of the addresses of President Hard ing. With Our Advertisers. (Jet a Hoosier Kitchen cabinet and make Christinas cheer for your wife or mother. At H. B. Wilkinson’s. It will pay holiday shoppers to see Fisher's Christmas store. Something there for everybody. A little word that we cannot with draw is often life’s greatest throne. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. X Fair tonight and Sunday; little change in temperature. CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1923 Home at Last iz BHr a# n BBS. Wm [ fl/jpßl aft .1 HI f T7fi > I w SrHi I 1 i-liSi -V m) VI h I IraSriw ;•>'£> y - Hj jajg&Ofe&lsg - v • - JsSi ~ , ;> i- I c After being “away” for five years, the ex-Crown Prince of Germany has returned to his castle at Oels. in Silesia. Here he is shown, in his iiftuoj nkirura. witt his wife, the Princess Cccile. O SECRETARY HI'GHES TALKS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION Praises Its Work in the Past.—Defends Monroe Doctrine. (By (he Associated Press.] Philadelphia, Dec. 1. —Defense of the Monroe Doctrine and an endorsement of the administration's policy of isolation marked the address last night of Secre tary of State Hughes before a joint meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in the Phila delphia Forum, in olwervam-e of the cen tenary of the Doctrine. He said lie was .umwawli to.au* pulley of.aggr(*«ii]m»*-e* intervention amt tIWSWfwT The Morn-he Doctrine accorded entirely with Aifier ica's foreign policy. '■"With respect to Europe,” fie said, “our policy has continued to be, in the phrase of Jefferson, peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, en tangling alliances’ with none.” ITALY IS NOW READY TO RECOGNIZE RCSSIA Mussolini Tallies All ChuntrSfcs Will Have to Recognize the Soviets. (By the Associated Press.] Koine. Dec. I.—Premier Mussolini in formed the chamber of deputies last eve-' ning that Italy raised "no difficulty re garding de jure recognition of tlie so viet government,” believing that all na tions would sooner or later have to re sume relations with Russia, either direct ly or indirectly, and that from an eco nomic standpoint it would be to Italy’s advantage to do so.” The premier intimated that in return for recognition, the Russian government would be asked to "grant a concrete equivalent, namely- a good commercial treated, and concessions, for the raw ma terials for which Italy stands in great need." Big Revenue Paid by Durham and Win ston-Salem. Durham. Dec. I.—The city of Durham I pays more revenue to the Federal gov- 1 eminent than any other two cities in | the state combined with the exception of Winston-Salem, according to the secre- j tary of the local Chamber of Commerce. | The fact that Durham is a tobacco een-j ter makes 'this possible, it is pointed out, | and the same fact is responsible for the elimination of Winston-Salem from the comparison. Mary V.. eleven-year -old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,T. A. Whittington, died Friday morning at 2 o’clock at her home in No. 4 township. Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o’clock j and interment made in 1 Oakwood cetne ter.v in this city. ' ’ <4 Asbestos can be made into materials as hard as steel or as soft as the softest wool, y A single strand of it can be spun so finely as to weigh less than an j ounce for every hundred yards of its | length. GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY Refugee rations are the prescribed diet for every resi dent of the United States on December 2. Before that date, it is expected that a million Americans will have signed pledge cards to observe Golden Rule Sunday with a diet similar to that which is served regularly, day after day, in the American orphanages of the Near East. Fourteen foreign nations have signified their intention of following President Coolidge’s lead by backing thtf ob servance of December 2 as Golden Rule Sunday. Peoeple will forego their usual noondal meal and eat instead the frugal ration usually partaken by the refugees and orphans of the Near East, contributing the difference'in cost to the big national relief organization in each country for refugee work. » FIND LOST KENTI’CKY BABES IX HOLLOW LOG Little Ones Had Waritleml Away From Home to Mountains. Corbin. Ivy., Dee. I, In a hollow log in the Kentucky mountains two lo«t children were found last night by n posse of sen rollers. They were Ernest and Gladys Manning, 4 and 3 years old. re spectively, who disappeared Saturday morning. They are children of Ansel Manning, a cool miner, of Packard, Ivy. Playing Indian, the children hail wan dered away from home At night they -found refuge in ft . Irßifow log. When found they were fainting with hunger and numbed by the cold. The entire countryside was aroused by the disappearance of the children. Some one said they had been kidnapped by a man who took them north in an auto mobile. and a garage man reported that the trio had stopped at his place for gaso line. _ All activity in the minning town of Packard was suspended and the populace organized into posses, which pursued the imaginary automobile, while others searched the woods. Twenty-five hun dred coal miners and mountaineers en gaged in the hunt, which extended 40 miles in every direction from the little town. The children were hack in the little mountain cottage < f their parents to night. tired, but happy. They were ex amined by a doctor, who said they prob ably would suffer no ill effects from their escapade. THE COTTON MARKET Renewal of Liquidation and First Prices Were Steady at a Decline. (By- (he AKSoc-fttetf Press.] Now Y’ork, Dec. I. There was a re newal of liquidation in the cotton mar ket at the opening today and first prices were steady at a decline of 4 to 23 points on active months, and of 45 points on August. There was some rebuying at the opening decline based on reports that trade interests had been good buyers on a scale dotvn in the Liverpool market, but it was teadily supplied] and the mar ket was nervous and unsettled during the early trading. December broke to 36.40 and March to 35.95, or 25 to 30 points net lower. Cotton futures -opened barely steady. Detif**36.6s; Jan. 36.!15; March 36.02: May 36.25; July 35.33. Closed Firm. New York, Dec. I.—-Cotton closed firm; December 37. Pi: January 36.45 to 36.52: Marc h 36.74 to 36.78: May 36.80 to 36.00; July 35.8 s to 35.03. Plot to Rob Mail Bags. (By the Assoc luted Press.] New York, Dec. 1 An alleged plot to rifio mail sacks aboard tlie American liner Mongolia was revealed today when three members of the crew were brought back on the Minnekahda from Hamburg. The theft was discovered when open sacks were found oating on theft Elb. PROGRESSIVE BLOC NOT REPRESENTED AT SENATE CAUCUS Members of Bloc Failed to Appear When Regular Re publicans Met to Choose Leader and Odopt Policies. LODGE REELECTED SENATE LEADER Selection of the President Did Not Come Before Con ference.— Senator Cum mins Keeps Place. CBy (lie AsMocinlcd Press.] Washington. Dec. I.—Ail members of the Senate progressive bloc absented themselves today from the Republican senate conference at which the party or ganization was speedily effected with re election of Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts as leader. The question of the selection of the president of the Senate did not come before the conference, leaders adhering to their plans to proceed on the assumption that Senator Cummins of lowa, retains his office as president pro tem, without the necessity of a formal election. ■Senator Cummins will call the Senate to order at tlie opening session on Mon- Senator Curtis, of Kansas, was re elected vice chairman of the conference and party whip, and Senator Wadsworth of New York, again was selected n> secretary. Senator Lodge was authoriz ed to appoint the committee on commit- Party candidates for all Senate offices except that of president- pro tem. were selected as follows: Secretary, George A. Sanderson; Sergeant-at-arms. David S Barry; and Chaplain, the Ret'. Dr. J. ,1. Muir. Wants Reapportiomnent of House. Washington. Dec. 4.—Ue-apportion ment of the House of Representatives on the basis of the 1620 census without a change in the present number of 435. is proposed in u bill to be presented b,v Representative Fairfield, republican, of Indiana, who is senior member of the Census Committee. Eight s|atc delegations would bo in creased, while eleven would suffer loss es under ilmi re-Rl>|H>r(l(inment, wTiicli would be fixed on ratio# figured by the Census Bureau. California would gain three members, Michigan and Ohio would gain two each, and Connecticut. New Jersey. North Carolina. Texas and Washington gain one each. Missouri would lose two members and a loss of one each would be suffered by Indiana, lowa, Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine. Mississippi. Nebraska. Rhode Is land and Vermont. Can Defeat Speaktr Willett Washington. D. C., Dec. I.—A voting strength of 21—more than enough to block the re-election of Speaker Gillett by tfie regular Republican organization of the house—was claimed today by lead ers of the progressive bloc. Representative Nelson, of Wisconsin, chairman of the bloc, declared that 21 representatives had indicated they would not support the speaker, unless the pro gressive bloc's demand for concessions of various kinds are granted. That num ber would be sufficient to prevent. Mr. Gillett'# selection if the Democrat,-! vote solidly for the Democratic candiate for the speakership. Mr. Nelson reiterated that bloc had no intentio not voting solidly for the candidate for speaker, but would scat ter its strength. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, will get most of it. WANT NEW METHOD OF ESTIMATING COTTON CROP Cotton Bloc in Congress Will Preset Law Covering This Question. (By the Associated (*re*s.» Washington, Dec. I.—Readjustment of the methods used in estimating the cotton crop by the government was recommend ed in a resolution adopted at a meeting today of the cotton bloc in Congress. A committee of five was named to draw up and present legislation to Congress to this exect. Representative Rankin, democrat, of Mississippi, who introduced the resolu tion reclared cotton growers had lost more this year through “misinformation upon the crop prepared by the govern ment department than from the Hell weevil and other ravages." He advr cated that the estimate on crop and ginnings be prepared through one branch of the government in place of by the Department of Agriculture and the Cen sus Bureau. FALL GETS CHANCE TO TALK TO COMMITTEE Former Secretary of Interior Invited Be fore PubHc Land Committee. | (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. I.—Albert B. Fall,' former secretary of the Interior, has been invited by the Public Land Committee j to appear again before it in its investiga tion of tlie leasing of the Tea Pot Dome Naval Oil Reserve to the Sinclair inter- j ests. The invitation was extended yesterday after the committee had heard testimony from several witnesses regarding Mr. Fall’s financial status. Inasmuch as this evidence was admitted to the record, the committee members decided the former Secretary should be given an opportunity to make a statement if he desires. A course in business law without un necessary technicalities has been open ed by the extension department of the University of California, especially for women- THE BATTLESHIP WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONED Ship is the Last Word in Naval Archi tecture and Protective Devices. j (By the Associated Previ^jUlJ Washington. Dec. I—The NawP*r?, gained one of the proudest shinfe ~»r --today with the commissioning at the Nor folk Navy Yard of the battleship West Virginia. Embodying all the knowledge of naval architects and protective devices gained during and since the battle of Jutland, the big fighting craft, a sister ship of thp Maryland and Colorado, takes the place of the North Dakota, which is to be wrapped under provisions of the Washington conference naval treaty, j "The commissioning of the West Vir ginia will mark the end of nn era.” said ' Secretary Denby in his letter to Captain Ulemas Jones Scnn, who is placed in command. "For years to come there j will be no competition in capital ships • among the great naval powers.” Displacing 32,600 tons, she is the fifth battleship equipped with electric! drive, and is described by Secretary Den by as "the latest of the super dread- i noughts." Battleship West Virginia Ready. Newport, News, Va„ Dec. T.—Tlie bat fteship West Virginia left the plant of the Newport Shipbuilding & Dry Deck Company at 10:30 this morning for the Norfolk Navy Yard, where she will be placed in commission this afternoon. TROOPS GUARDING NEGRO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT Trial of Lee Washington Nearing End. Wilson Troops on Duty During Day. lßy The AMIH-lated Pres*.) Rocky Mount, Dec. I.—With a de tachment of troops from the Wilson ma chine gun company on guard, the trial of Lee Washington, negro, charged with having attacked a white woman at her home near Moneyer several weeks ago, entered the final stage today at Nash ville. The hearings started yesterday but last night officials removed the negro to mi unannounced destination fearing trou ble. and on his return to Nashville this morning lie was guarded by troops. Telephone advices from Nashville this morning said a large crowd was in! town blit there had been no evidence of ' any feeling against the negro. The wo- ' man alleged to have be.en attacked and a number of other prosecution witnesses testified yesterday. The negro also tes tified. Prior to tlie opening of the trial, Wash ington was confined in the state peniten tiary at Raleigh to avoid any chance of mob violence. OPPOSES CANCELLATION OF ALLIED WAR DEBTS Elbert H. Gary Thinks It Is “I'ntbiuUa 4>»e” That Dttftc 4*e~ AY4pad 4B*' " - q. (By (lie Associated Press.) New York. Dee. I.—Cancellation of European war debts was characterized ns unthinkable to the average American mind by Elbert 11. Gary, directing head of the I". S. Steel Corporation in setting forth his views on the virtues and vices of charity, at Town Hall, last night. There is a strenuous agitation going on at present, he asserted, in favor of cancelling or reducing the debt of for eign countries to the United States. From the viewpoint of the United States the proposition would appear to be irra tional and preposterous, he said. "Most of us remember clearly what took place and what was said during tlie war by those who borrowed money." "We remember," lie declared, "how urgent they were, how profuse in prom ises, how grateful in commendations. It is difficult to believe there is a change of sentiment." GREENSBORO FEDERAL CO CRT IS POSTPONED Term Scheduled to Bogin Monday Has Been Postponed Until January 24th. (By (he Associated Press.) Greensboro, Dec. I.—There will be no December term of Federal court for the trial of criminal case# starting Monday morning, it was announced at the Fed eral building today. An order signed by Judges Boyd and Webb adjourned the term until January. 26, 1624. Judge Boyd recently has been taking treatment and while improved did not feel equal to the strain of a week of court. More than 100 cases were docketed and jurors had been summoned for ser vice. Attempts are being made to reach the defendants, witnesses and jurors throughout this section of the state to infrom them court will not convene. Messrs. I). 15. Morrison, 11. I. Wood house and J. P. Allison are the executors of the estate of* the late Mr. Joseph White. SEVENTY-FIRST SERIES Concord Perpetual Building and Loan Association Starts Saturday, December Ist Books Now Open For Subscriptions at CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK Concord and Kannapolis, N. C. Do you want a good investment for Your Savings? Do you want to secure a home? Then Call and Subscribe for some stock. '■ ( C. W. SWINFy, Pres. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec-.Trcas., P. B. FETZER, Assistant Treasurer. / , © ; TODAY’S « • NEWS « © TODAY tt NO. 283. iimps is "■ms 10 HUP 1 REPARATIONS PLAN Invited to Appoint Members on Two Committees That Will, Study 'Germany’s Fi nancial Status at Present. INVITATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED American Representative In formed That Restricted In quiry Cannot Be Supported at Present by Government. Paris, Dec. I.—-(By the .Associated Press). —Aa invitation to the United States to appoint members on eaeh of tiie two committees which are to inves tigate German finances has been forward ed to Washington by Col. .Tames A. Lo gan on behalf of the reparations commis sion. According to information in repara tions circles, the principal reason why the door was left open by the reparations commission for the American government to be represented on the committee, was that the French, British, Italian and Bel gian governments were agreed that Am cTriean money would be essential to any reasonable plan for the restoration of the German financial system. Premier Poincare, it is declared, did not expect Secretary of State Hughes to refuse so quickly the conditions insisted upon by the French for the originally proposed inquiry info Germany's ability to pay reparations. Mr. Poincare had thought, it is said, that a period of ne gotiations would take place. Plan Not Favored. Washington, Dec. I.—The American government is unwilling to participate in a restricted inquiry into Germany's finances, and has so informed Co 4. James A. Logan. American observer, with the reparations commission in Paris. The communication outlining the govern ment's position was sent to Col. Logan after he had informed the State Depart | ment that the reparations commission | favored American membership on the 1 two commissions created by it to investi gate and report, on German finances as , related to''ability of tin l government to pa, reparations. Ol.n FORT PROPERTY TO BE BLEACH FRY SITE 000 Acres of Land Have Been Purchas ed by Jos. Bancroft & Sons Co. (By the Associated Press.) Asheville, X. ('.. Dee. I.—Announce ment that the sale of 600 acres of land to Jos. Bancroft & Sons Co., of Wilming ton, Del., would be completed here today sit Old Fort, was made today by per sons who say they have arranged the sale. A breaehery project involving the final expenditure in plants and improve ments of a sum said to be $30,000,000 or more was said in the .announcement to be in prospect. G. W. Sandlin, of Old Fort, who made the announcement, said lie and D. W. Adams and T. 11. Mashburn conducted the negotiations. None of the Bancroft officials eould be located here. Confirm Reports. Wilmington. Del., Dim.-. 1. —tn response to a report that the Jos. Bancroft & Sons Co., was about to build a $30.- 000.000 bleacher.v plant at Ashevile, X'. 0., officials of the company said today they were acquiring land with a view of establishing a small blenehery there. The company has no definite plans as to the character or capacity of the proposed plant at present, it was stated. Sampson Boy Victim of Thanksgiving Hunt. Dunn, Nov. 20.—The lure of Thanks giving hunting resulted in the death of Bud Lewis, 12-year-old son of Hardy Lewis, who lives 13 miles east of Dunn in Sampson county, today when the back of his head was blown off by Rogers West, his 16-year-old first cousin. The two boys were hunting and were walking a log across a swamp when the gun went off unexpectedly. The unfortunate lad fell into the water and deatli resulted instantly, The load froi jf ;he shotgun struck the lad at close range, blowing away the back of his head.