North Carolina Newspapers

• associated • ' • PRESS * • DISPATCHES « •ft****** VOLUME XXIII GEN. CALLES HAEDY TO HELP PfifSIDEIIT OBREGON 111 REVOLT Leader of Insurgents Has Re nounced His Candidacy for Presidency and Offered Services tojHis President. CENSORSHIP BEING MAINTAINED NOW And Little News is Coining From Mexico Unless It Has Approval of the Supporters of President Obregon. Mexico City. Deo. 8 (By the Associated Press).—Gen. Plutarco Calles has a*e* nonnoed his candidacy for the presidency and has offered his services to President Obregon against the insurgent forces in Vera Cruz and Jalisco.; The President has accepted the offer and has named General Calles as head of the Federal forces opposing the do Ist Huerta-Snnehez rebels. Twenty-eight thousands federal troops, it is said, are converging upon the Vera Cruz revolution zone. They are under the command of Generals Amaro Ala mazan ami To pete. President Obregon has issued a mani festo to the people calling upon them for support against the military coup, branding them as conspiracy against the common people on the part of reaction ary conservatives. . General Enrique Estrada, chief of mil itary operations in Jalisco who has joined the revolt, is said to have thous nnds of followers. Will Not Halt Revolution. Vera Cruz. Dec. 8 (By the Associated Press).—Gen. Calles.* renunciation of his Presidential candidacy will not halt the rebellion against tile Obregon govern ment. it was stated at the headquarters of the rebels who are headed by Gen Sanchez and Gen de La Huerta. The news, however, caused much rejoicing. Chimes were sounded on church bells, ami battleships in the harbor blow .licit whistles. At the rebel headquarters it was de clared today that having repudiated the Obregon government, they intended to keep on fighting until it was ousfed. Thev coijtddered tji« JM&miksJtK h »«*, judging from reports of th* *exPedt' to which the rebelion had ttprpnd through out the republic. The revolutionary forces left here last night for Jalapa where it was reported iiOO men loyal to Governor Tejala had rallied other elements about them, and declared their intention of resisting the rebellion. More than 4.000 meu were sent, to ward the city from various directions. They are reported to have made a con tract with the enemy a lit tic after mid night, and to have occupied the railroad station and some outlying streets. Re ports early today were to the effect that the occupation of the remainder of ttie city was expected during the day. Strict Censorship. New York. Dec. B.—The Mexican fov ernnient hits stopjied all code telegraphic messages to and from Mexico City via • Galveston and has imposed a strict cen sorship on all plain language messages because of the revolution troubles, the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the All America cables announced today. Insurgents Have Only One Ship. New Orleans, Dec. 8. —The Mexican I navy supporting the Huerta revolt against the government consists of only one vessel, the Zaragossa. which was condemned as unseaworthy a year ago, i it was stated today by Arturo M. Elias. Mexican consul general. DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE IN COOLIDGE ADDRESS! "Cotton Bloc” Head Glad Republicans Admit Poor Agricultural Policy. Washington. De«i B.—Representative ! Lowery, Democrat, of Mississippi, chair-j man of the so-called cotton bloc recently I formed amoug Southern members, deel(ir- ‘ ed in a statement last night that Presi dent Ooolidge’a message to Congress con tained "a surprising amount) of good Democratic doctrine, though, of eourse, j much that no Democrat can agree with.' "Where he is right Democrats will i support without partisanship," Uepre- j sentativc Lowery said. “I am especial-' ly astonished at the inference that out farm production must be held to domestic needs. That would mean the absolute ruin of every farmer in the country, but it is a relief to find a Republican ad-' ministration confessing that time honored Republican policies have made the agri cultural situation intolerable.” Says Baldwin V\ U1 Resign. (By the Associated Press.) London, Dec. 8. —The Stand ard today says Premier Baldwin will re sign on Monday and that he is likely to recommend as his successor J. llamsey MacDonald, head of the Parliamentary Labor party. There is no indication,, however, of any authority for the news paper’s statement. Greensboro Sells $050,000 of Bonds. Greensboro, Dec. B.—For the purpose of continuing a program of city improve ment the city of Greensboro this week sold $050,000 worth of bonds. Indi cative of the strength of the securities was the price procured $952,375. Maintenance of Way Men Voting. ,By A* Associated Pres. - Detroit, Dec. B.—A strike ballot was being mailed today to all maintenance of way men in Canada, it was announced here today by the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees and rail way shop laborers. The Concord I)aily Tribune . Angel of Mercy |nR \ h - y mmHM Marie Douglas,* the German angel of mercy," was selected re [ eentl y as one of the Six foremost ' nurses In the world. She received the Florence Nightingale Medar given by_ the . international Red CANDLER SUIT MAY BE TRIED IN JANUARY Mrs. Deßourliel Suing Atlanta ('apitul | Ist for Half a Million Dollars. Atlanta, (la.. Dee. B.—The sail for $500,000 brought by Mrs. Onezima I)c --| Bouchel, New Orleans society leader, against Asa (i. Candler. Sr.. Atlanta cap italist. alleging breach of promise. Inis been tentatively set for trial January 30, , it became known here when the calender for the United Stales district Court for j the Northern district of Georgia became, j public. The date will be definitely fixed ' when United States Judge Samuel W. | Sibley hears motion for changes in the calendar January 17. The suit was filed February 17 of this year, but this is the first time a date for trial has been set. Mrs. Deßom-l-.el. in j her petition, alleged that Mr. Candler broke their engagement - to marry after refusing to identify persons whom she said he told her had reflected on her character. Mr. Candler married an At lanta woman since the suit was tiled. New Orleans, Dec. B.—Harry Gamble, of this city, of counsel for Mr. Onezima Deßouchel, when it was made known to night that Mrs. Deßoucel's damage suit against Aso G. Candler. Sr., of Atlanta, tentatively had been set for trial in Fed eral Court in Atlanta January 30, said trial date. If such a step should be de cided upon, he said, his legal associate In Atlanta would handle that angle. SIX MORE ARRESTS IN SAVANNAH RUM AFFAIR Alleged Conspirators in Bootleg Ring Owe $1,000,000 Income Tax. I Hoboken, N. J.. Dec. 7.—Six men ac cused of conspiracy to transport) liquor valued at hundreds of thousands of dol lars from the state of Georgia to New Jersey, were rounded up here lnle today by federal officers. Indictment against the men were returned in Savannah sev eral dayjt ago. | The men are alleged to have been in volved in a bootlegging conspiracy through which large quantities of liquor were illegally transported to New Jersey by i(utomobile,. steamer and train. Ac tivities are alleged to have begun in I)e-. cember, 1921, and tiave continued up to the present. An exact estimate of the amount of the liquor involved has not i |ieenc mnde. j The men arrested were Samuel K. Ri vet, Harry Langseu, Bernard Cohen, I Philip Schultz, all of Jersey City, and Joseph Klein berg and Frank Hartlyett, of Hoboken. .They were arraigned be ' fore United States Commissioner Stan \ ton in Hoboken and were held in SIO,IKK) I bail each for a hearing December 18. All I furnished bail. | The arrests were made under indict ments returned in Savannah by a feder al grand jury charging the men with il | legally transporting liquor from Georgia |to New Jersey and with conspiracy 'to defeat the federal prohibition laws, j • Agents said the gang had been running a rum vessel from Savannah to Jersey- City. The liquor is thought to have been shipped to Savannah from Nassau and the Bahama Islands. i ' Everett anil Clm.se to (Speak in New York. | Raleigh, Dee. B.—Secretary of State YY’, N. Everett has been invited to'ad dress the New York City Chapter of tlu> University of North Carolina at its in formal winter dinner in that city next Thursday and has accepted the in vim i tion. President Chase, of the Univer sity, also is scheduled to speak at the meeting. . Daring Run by “Rummers.” (By the Associated Press.) Atlantic City, Dec. B.—Coast, guards today reported that during the night rum runners from Atlantic City and vi cinity completed one of the most suecess [ ful landings from the rum fleet ever made from Highlands, hitherto the cen ter of smuggling operations. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday cloudy and warmer, Lead Democrats mm VS?v# < Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama (left), Democratic' floor leader during |he last session of Congress, has turned over his control to Sen* ator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. Underwood stands Srgood chance Os getting the Democratic nomination for president. Chinese Brigands at Likwankia Loot Town; Bum Captives Alive Peking. Dec. B.—Bandits scaled the walls of Likwankia. in southwestern Hovan province, and looted and burfied the town some days ago, according to ad vices received today from a mission sta tion at Lachokow, in Hupeh province, across the boundary line from the burned town. Two thousand dead and wounded were left behind when the bandits abandoned the smoking ruins of the town, the ad vices said. Although the attack occurred in mid- November. details of it were delayed in reaching the rest of the world by the isolated position of Likwankia, far up "a tributary of the Hankiang R^ver. Led by the notorious Lao Yan-Gren. who has been terrorizing settlements all along tlie Honan-Hupeh border, the ban dits swooped down on the town unex pectedly. They used poles and ropes to make sealing ladders, with which they Report of Census Bureau Caused Decline j i f 25 to 55 Points at Opening. (By the Associate,! Press.) New Y’ork. Dec. 8. —The report of the j Census Bureau showing 9,243,917 bales of cotton ginned prior to December A was slightly above expectations and led to renewed liquidation on the cotton milr kc-J) The opening was barely steady at a decline of 25 to 55 points In consequence, and the more active -months soon showed nel losses of 47 to 55 points, with January selling down to 34.08 and May to 34.70. There was covering and some trade buying on u scale down, but the market was feverish and unsettled during Ihe early trading. Liverpool ca bles made relatively firm showing, but the market was dominated by ginning re turns, which seemed to be interpreted as pointing to a crop of slightly more than 10.00,000 bales. The market bad been looking of a ginning of 9.100,000 to 9.150,000 to December. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. Dec. 35.10 to 35.00; Jan. 34,(10 to 34.40; March 34.80 to 34.(14; May 34.85; July 34.15 to 34.05. COTTON GINNINGS > Cotton Ginned Prior to December Ist Amounted to f 1,24.3.917 Bales, Report Shows. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. B.—Cotton ginned prior to December 1 amounted to 9,243.- 917 running bales, including 228,997 round bales, counted as half bates, 15,- 882 bales of Am(rican-Eg.vptian), and 713 bales of Sea Island; compared with 9,319,001 running bales, including 157.- 708 round bales counted as half bales. 22,- 70S bales of American-Egyptian, and 4.- 907 bales of Sea Island ginned to that date last year, the Census Bureau an nounced today. North Carolina ginnings were 939,010. Bevised statistics of cotton ginned to November 14 this year show 8,374.148 bales from 15,025 ginneries. Coaches Who Fell Down. Raleigh, Dee. 8. —The announcement made here that Coach Harry Hartsell of the football team of State College, will be released after the present con tract expires is the second changes in football coaches to be made by North Carolina teams largely as a result of the 1923 allowing. Coach Herman | Seiner of Trinity College, was removed from the football coach position in the middle of the season after the Blue Devils had hit the toboggan. State College on the whole made a poor show ing for the season. Neither team has yet secured coaches for next year. Hart sell's release is unconditional while Stiner will remain at Trinity in charge of the physical department. The Governor Will Prevent Lynchings. Raleigh, Dec. 7. —“I am determined to use every particle of power given me' by the constitution of this state to prevent lynchings in it while I am Governor,” asserted Governor Cameron -Morrison to day in a letter addressed to J. R. Bod die, clerk to the board of county com missioners in answer to an abstract of the niinutes of their last meeting of the board sent him br Mr. Boddie in which the executive wbb criticized for sending troops into Nash countd at the trial last week of Lee Washington for an attack upon a woman. CONCORD, N. C., SAtURAY, DECEMBER 8, 1923 surmounted the wall ajtout the town. Groups of townspeople were tried to gether, kerosene was thrown ovdr them and a watch touched t<j it. turning them into living torches, the report said. it; continued: veto numerous were the disfigured corpses that a big pit was dug and all who could not be identified.were dumped therein. A string of SI,OOO cash was paid for carrying each corpse to the pit.” Alarmed by the activities of Loa Y'an- Gren. foreign missionaries stationed at Lachokow have fled. .The mission sta tion there, was burned and Iwo native teachers dre missing. Lao Y’an-Gren is continuing his activ ities in (he district tpnl lias issued a proclamation announced that any per son resisting his followers will be sub jected to ihe crudest possible deaths. Tte —— ~ SEVEN MINERS KILLED IN KENTUCKY DISASTER Men Were Working in Dust Mine of Blackhawk Coal Company.—Six Oth ers Hurt in Explosion. (By the Associated Press.) Hazard, Ivy., Dec. 8.-—Sevei miners are dead today and six others injured, two sposibly fatally, ns a result of an explosion of dust in a mine of the Blackhawk Coal Company on Carr’s Fork, 12 miles from here, late Friday. Dust, in the mine is believed to have been ignited by! a faulty shot. The dead, all apparently instantly killed, are Jesse Patton, of Souddy, Ky.. and six negroes. The injured are E. (>. Edwards, Hogan Slavoe, Josey Vanish, .Moses Saron, Wil liam Strunk and William Hunter, the latter a negro. The expiosion is said to have occurred about 3,000 feet from the entrance to the mine, but yith such force that the office of the mine foreman at the mouth of the pit was wrecked. MAN WOUNDED AS HE RAN FROM HIGHWAYMEN O. C. Bray, of Elizabeth, Received Bul let Wound When He Disobeyed Com mand. Elizabeth City, N. C., Dec. B.—O. O. Bray, 44, is in a hospital here with a bullet wound in his hip as a result of a series of holdups here last night. The wound was sustained when the high waymen fired at Bruv when the latter ran instead of halting as ordered. Po lice are looking for Leroy White, a negro. INTERCEPT SWALLOWED PIN MOVING TO BABE’S HEART Operation Saves Life of Two-Y'enr-Okl Girl in New Wk. New York, Deo. B.—Surgeons tonight successfully operated on two-year-old Dorothy Tresh, whose life was despaired of earlier in the day when a pin she had swallowed was detected by the X-ra.v nosing its way toward her heart. The child was resting comfortably in Jamaica Hospital after the operation. Surgeons said she would recover. . Believes Something in Grfssom Murder. Orlando, Fla.. Dec. 7.—Sheriff Karel, of Orange county, who yesterday an nounced the statement of a prisoner in his jail, alleging that his wife was impli cated in the killing last January of Hyatt A. Grissom, of Greensboro, N. 0.. re affirmed his belief this morning that , husband and wife were implicated in the case, notwithstanding reports from Jack sonville that authorities there put little faith in the confession. The woman was arrested Wednesday morning by i Jacksonville detectives on charges of bo-1 ing implicated in Grissom's death. The, prisoner's name was given as Jones. School of Physical Education. Raleigh, Dec. B.—A School of Phys ical Education will be established at State College if recommendations made by President E. C. Brooks become effec tive. Dr. Brooks presented a plan to a meeting of trustees, alumni, athletic committee, and faculty embracing the new school divided into four sections. Included in the proposal were depart ments of social hygiene, department of physical instruction, of physical hygiene, department of campus athletics, and a department of inter-collegiate athletics. NORTH CAROLINA EIGHTH With Regard tn the Mileage of Sur faced Rcadk in the State. Washington, Dec. 8. —North Carolina ranked eighth among the states of t He union on January 1. 1922, with regard to the mileage of surfaced roads in the j Slate, according to a report of the D. partment of Agriculture made public here today. At that time 16.755 mile? had i been surfaced. At that lime only on • stale in the South had a larger mileage limn (lie North Slate, it being Georgia with 18,000 miles of improved highway.s j During the year,l922. according to the report North Carolina with 2.115.9 miles of highways constructed was third in the union only to Michigan and Indiana re spectively. The mileage of surfaced roads in the country including sand 'day. gravel, ma cadam as well as those which had been paved as well over 400.00 miles at that time, according to the report. "It in believed." read" the report, “tli:.t (he 1923 construction will not fall short of the previous year's record and that by the end of the present year the sur faced mileage will be somewhere near 130.000 miles. This figure, it is be lieved makes due allowance for the fact , that a porition of the 1022 and 1923' construction consists of the resurfacing of roads reported as surfaced at the be- i ginning of 1922.” The following table shown the snr-' faced milqage by states for the twelve! leading states of the union as of Janu ar.tkl. 1922: Indiana-—39.857 miles. 0hi0—30,007 miles. Wisconesin —l9.7l4 miles. New York—lß,soo miles. | Georgia—lß,oo(jl miles. I Michigan—l7,lß(l miles. Minnesota—lo,9o4 miles. North Carolina —10.755 miles. Kentucky—ls.43o miles. Texas-—14,838 miles. ('alifornia—l4.27s miles. Pennsylvania—l3,92l miles. Following is a table of the ten high est states in 1922 in surfaced roads ad-1 ded to their systems during that year: ; Michigan, 2,570 miles; Indiana, 2.435, miles; North Carolina 2.115.9 miles;! Texas. 2.103 miles; Minnesota. 2.077.0 miles; Wisconsin, 1,958.1 miles; Newi York. 1.43.5 miles; Colorado, 1030 9 miles: Ohio. 1.205 miles; Georgia, 1.060. ' COMMITTEE SLATES ARE BEING PREPARED NOW ! Hope to Have Them Ready When C<m- j gress Convenes Again Monday. •By (Be Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. B.—The task of j completing committee slates was resumed today by (he Senate ami House leaders in an effort to have full membership as signments ready by the time Congress convenes Monday after the week-end rer ; -Cfss. .114 Abe Senate, however, it np-; pen red doubffrrl-» that thu- -RepuMiein ' committee on committees would he able , to complete its assignments to the ma jority of vacancies in time for party an-j proval conference before the Senate j meets. This raised the possibility thal the Senate Democrats would defer their i fight on reorganization of the Senate when that body meets Monday until af ter the committee assignments have re ceived approval. On tlie House side the Republican committee is continuing its slate mak ing. taking up assignments to the rules and steering committees. Democrats of ( the Ways and Means committee appoint ed yesterday after fixing of minority committee ratios held the first meeting today for assignment of committee mem berships. DUTCH SCHOONER SEIZED BY COAST GUARD CUTTER In Her Hold Was Found 2500 Cases of Champagne and Other Liquors. (By (lie Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 8, —The Dutch schoon er Zeehond was seized otr Fire Island today by the coast guard cutter Lexing ton, and her captain and crew were held for violation of the prohibition laws. In her hold was found 2500 cases of cham pagne and other liquors valued at more than $200,000. The Zeehond is the first vessel of her registry to be taken as a rum runner. Explosion Near Bucharest, (By the Asspclated Press.) Bucharest, Rouinania, Dec. B.—An ex plosion occurred in Fort Ruden on the outskirts of Bucharest at 0:30 this morning. It is reported there was great loss of life. Nc Coalition Planned. (By the Associated Press.! London, Dec. B.—Edgerton Wake, chief agent of the Irabor party, officially an nounced today there would be no coali tion between the Liberals and Laborites. “Full Power BiM” Voted. Berlin, Dee. 8 (By the Associated Press).—Reichstag today voted the i'full power bill” asked by the government by a vote of 313 to 18, on the third and final reading of the measure. Dr. and Mrs. H. K. Morrison, of Houston, Texas, are expected to arrive on December 19th to spend the Christmas holidays with. Mr. and Mrs. YV. M. Mor rison, and Dr. Morrison’s .mother. Mrs. IV. YY\ Morrison at their home in the country. The “okapi,” to secure a specimen of which nn American expedition is now oil its way to Africa, is a very rare animal, first discovered in Uganda bv the explorer Sir Harry Johnston. The animal is about the size of a large ox. The coloration is. perhaps, unique among mammals. The body is of a red dish color, the hair is short, and the appearance of the hide is extremely glossy. The hind quarters and legs are of n cream color and striped like those of the zebra. Eskimos in the Canadian Northwest have asked the Anglican Church to scud missioneries to offset the demoralizing influence of vicious whites. ) Tlie first submarine rab’.e was that be tween Dover and Calais, opened in 1850. Like Dream rtfltogxjK. / - IiMMI Al the age of S 3 Mrs. YY’. G. Ma hone of Atlanta. Ga.. probably will in herit $3,333,000, being one-third of a ten-million-do’.lnr estate in New York City.- YY’hflt's she going to do with it? She says she knows several good women who never had enough money to bay what they liked, and now they're going to.j BISHOP ATKINS BURIED IN WAYNESVILLE CEMETERY Funeral Service YY'as Simple But Im pressive—Dignitaries of Church Prts • ent. (By the Associated Press.) I YY’aynesvilie, X. C., Dec. B.—Bishop , .Taaies Atkins, of the Methodist Episco pal Church, South, who died Wednesday ,in Little Rock, was buried this morning jin Green Hill cemetery, following simple . but impressive recemony. . | The service was held in the Baptist ! Church because the Methodists are now . without a. building. It was attended by ! a large number of friends, including j many dignitaries of tlie church and lay members of the Methodist denomniation. i YY'biie arrangements were in charge I of Rev. .T. T. Mangum. of the local Meth- I odist Church, Rev. E. B. Chappell,! of I Nashville, Tenn., delivered the funeral ' oration. His address was a tribute to j the life and character of the bishop. BROOKS AND ODELL ARE TO SPEAK TO EDITORS ! Mid-winter Meeting of Press Association Will Be Held at Pineluirst January 3-4. Asheville. Dec. 7. —Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and YY’allace Odell, of ■fTarrytviwn. N: Y,; president Tis—the Na -1 tional Editorial Association, will be (lie I principal speakers at the mid-winter ! meeting of the North Carolina Press A«- I sociation to be held at Pineluirst on | January 3-4. The program for the meeting was oom -1 pleted here today by Charles A. Webb, president, and Miss Beatrice Cobb, of Morganton. secretary-treasurer. In ad ' edition to the two principal speakers, sev | cral publishers of the state xvili discuss various topics. Mr. Brooks will speak on “North Carolina's Educational Prog ress and the Future of State College.” French Women Flock to Have Hair Bobbed. (By (he Associated Press.) Paris, Dec. 8.; —Bobbed hair has long been accepted as standard practice in Paris, but there lias developed suddenly such a rush to the shears that it is 1 realized now that only a small propor . tion of tlie women have had their locks trimmed. Advocates of short hair have taken ad vantage of this situation to spread fur ther the doctrine of the bobbed head, and newspapers are carrying interviews and comment that would lead one to suppose ttlie movement is new. Hairdressers offer no explanation for the thousands coming to them to have their hair cut just in time to catch cold this winter, but they ask no questions and cut. 801 l Weevil Makes Winter Home in Cocldebur. YY’hiteville, Dec. 7.—R. L. Brown, well known farmer of the YY’estern Prong section of Columbus county, has discovered one of the unique habitats of the boll weevil, through the winter sea son, and now tlie lowly eockllebur, for ever a nuisance, must go. Mr. Brown has just discovered that a boll weevil, in hardy state of health, oc cupies each of the two cells of the cocklcburs in his fields and lie brought to YYhitevillc an exhibit to prove his contentions. YY'ith Our Advertisers. Christmas gifts of every description at Cline’s Pharmacy. YY 7 est Virginia all lump coal $8.75 a ton at A. B. Pounds. Don't miss the Old Fiddler’s Conven tion at Landis graded school tonight at 8 o'clock. The King Tut Service Station can show you something worth while for a Christmas gift. I Tlie Yorlie & Wadsworth Hardware .Co. has a big stock of Christmas pres ents that will please the boys. 1 Had Total Expense of Only $35.00. Raleigh. Dee. B.—Congressman J. H. Kerr, who took his seat in Congress this week as the successor to the late Claude Kitchin has filed his expense account incident to the campaign for the office conducted this past fall. The account carries only two items, one for S2O and the other for sls, the total be ing $35. * Borrows Gun to Kill Himself. (By (he Associated Press.) Augusta. Ga.. Der. B.—A man identi fied as C. A. Hattaway, of Sjpartanburg, S. C., went into a local hardware store today, asked to look at a pistol, borrowed a bullet from clerk, and placing the gun against his temple, shot and killed him self. A wife and five children are said to survive. V V V 9 9 9 ! « TODAY’S < a NEWS ( # TODAY ( •*»« ® « $ < NO. 289. T FOR CREAMERY TO BE LOCATED HEBE Dr. T. N. ( Spencer Chosen President and C. H. Bar rier Chosen Vice President Charter Has Been Secured PROMINENT MEN IN THE COMPANY Business Men and Fanners Subscribe Stock.— Com pany is Purchasing Cream and Has Started Business. The Cabarrus Creamery Company, with headquarters in this eity, is the latest business enterprise to he organiz ed in C'oneord. Organization of the com pany was begun several weeks ago and was completed this week when stock holders met and perfected a permanent organization. At a stockholders meeting the follow ing officers were chosen : President—Or. T. X. Spencer. yice President—ft. H. Barrier. Secretary—H. E- Baker. Treasurer —<W. Swink. Directors—-F. C. Niblock, Dr. J. V. Davis. J. O. Moose, Henderson Litaker and IV. D. Yorke. Tlie directors of the organization met Friday and with the officers outlined plans for the company. The first step hy the company will be the purchase of a lot for the home of the organization. A committee was appointed at the meeting of the directors to secure the lot. and the directors further ordered that as soon as the lot is secured work be started on the home of the com-' pany. It was announced at the meeting that so far $10,500 has been paid into the company and the subscription books will be left upon until $15,000 capital stock has been subscribed. The company has already received its charter and incorporation papers arc is now functioning to a certain extent. Mr. C. H. Carrier will purchase cream for the company until it gets its permanent quarters. t A number of prominent business men of the city and qtfite a number of farmers of tj>« county a_re members of the org6lilZa>ion T "fßat 'organized' fife ' creamery company. Creameries have paid in other sections of the State, it is pointed out by the officers, and there is every reason to believe that one in Concord will prove a good investment. Officers of the company declare they expect to raise the rest of the capital stock within the next several weeks. If suitable quarters can be secured it is probab’e that the company will purchase them, tberwise a lot will be secured and a new bedding erected. MARSHVILLE BUSINESS MAN KILLS HIMSELF H. B. Marsh Drinks Poison; Bad Health is Assigned as Cause. Monroe, Dec. 7.—H. B. Marsh of Marshvil’e, prominent business man, committed suicide here today bv drink ing i>oison. His body was accidentally found in the barn on his premises by a servant who was looking for eggs. By his side was an empty two-ounce bottle that bad contained carbolic acid and the evidence that he had drank the full con tents was unmistakable. No cause can be assigned, it is de clared. other than bad health and melancholia. He was one of the largest business men of the county, being head of the Marsh-Lee Company at Marsh ville and other enterprises. Up till 2 o'clock today he was known to be going about his usual affairs. He was a member of the Baptist church and had just subscribed large’y to a new building in his town. He is survived by his wife, to whom he was married about a year ago. Two children by his first wife, both gtown, survive- He was fifty-five years old. Sheriff Fowler and Coroner Abernethy were summoned when the body was discover ed. but they deemed no inquest neces sary- Cox Refuses to Say He’s Barking Mr- Aoo. Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. B.—Former Gov ernor Janies B. Cox, of Ohio, ami Demo cratic Presidential candidate in 1920, told the Associated Press last night that he had “nothing to say" when asked of the report current in the east that he was favorably disposed to William G. McAdoo for the Democratic nomination next year and would do nothing to con trol Ohio’s votes to the party conven tion. “I know nothing of it and I haven’t anything to say concerning it,” was the substance of Mr. Cox's statement. For mer Governor Cox is here on an annual hunt with friends. “71 T^~7 , tTr*T”'T^''TTT ! a^TTT''r'r-r't' , ?'!r"l UNTIL FURTHER NO TICE WE WILL GIVE | 10 PER CENT. DIS COUNt On All Orders For | Engraved Wedding Invita- I tions and Announcements \ j Monogram Stationery and i Christmas Cards TIMES-TMBUNE OF-