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’ SON BANQUET SETS !
AnEtIUKCE RECORD
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Largest Crowd in History of
Y for Such an Occasion
Present When Festivities
Began Thursday Night, j
MUSIC ANDTALKS
PROVED FEATURES
Rev. C. C. Myers Was Toast
master.—Several Fathers
and Sons Unable to Get
Tickets for the Banquet.
Reports of Severe Fighting.
Erlipsm* anything of n similar nature
ever undertaken by the local Voting
Men’s Christian Association, the annual
Father and Son bamiuet was held at the
V Thursday night nud the crowd pres
ent and interest manifested on every
hand is proof positive that the fathers of
Concord arc keenly alive to their duties
to their sons, the sons of their neighbors
and the V.
Every available inch of space in tlie
Y gym. where the bamiuet was acid, was
occupied by some father and son. The
sale of tickets was lull led several hours
before banquet time, bint many men, ac
companied by boys, etune to the bamiuet
hall at.the appointed hour, hoping against
hope that by some means they eottld he
admitted to the good things that were of
fered in abundance. The crowd was
probably the largest that has ever gath
ered at the V for any occasion and more
than 275 tickets wore sold. In addition
to this number ihere were others who
did gain an eleventh hour admittance to
the gym.
Tlte details of the banquet had been
nicely worked out and everything moved
off smoothly. There were a number of
talks, but they were all short and snappy,
in keeping with the actions of most boys,
and there was no tired expressions to he
seen on the faces of the youngsters who
were feted for two hours anti who heard
many expressions of confidence ami hope
in their futures.
Ilev. C. C. Myers, pastor of McKinnon
I‘rfebytetian Church, and one of the
leaders of the boys work at the Y, was
toastmaster and lie served in a most
pleasing manner, He kept things mov
'lryv- .nil tgws vfcis Ji£'Jßt(t?'ilKv
(WepfratTon of everyone who nil il a part
in the program.
Local talent was not the only kind that
had ft part in the success of the bnmyiet.
Adding a jazzy note that touched the
hearts of all their hearers the Davidson
College Orchestra and quartet rendered a
number of flections and while minors
wete evident in their plnying their con
tribution was of major importance. Tlte
collegians were called back time after
time in response to 'unanimous applause
and they responded each time in a most
pleasing way.
In. welcoming the guests on behalf of
the Y Toastmaster Myers expressed the
belief that such occasions bring father
and son close together anil the occasions
are fruitful for that reason if for no
other. When father and son are thrown
together in aj.--.-otf ations more their
friendship ripens faster. Mr. Myers add
ed, and he expressed delight that the V
should have a part in this .work.
Mr. C. F. Ritchie brought a timely
message from the fathers to the sons,
declaring it is important that fathers and
sons should walk arm in arm for the
boys of today are the world leaders of to
morrow and their lives are influenced
more by their fathers than any else.
Honesty as the basis of their lives was
the keynote of Mr. Ritchie's talk to the
boys. There are level places, rooky
places and mountainous places iu the
roatl of life, he stated, but the road will
be easier to travel if the boy will moke
honesty his watchword and constant com
panion.
Walter Sullivan, idol of many young
sters here because of his athletic ability
and clean living, made an inspiring thlk
on "The Kind of a Father a Boy Likes
to Have.” Sullivan, known to his as
sociates and to most of Concord as Bub
told his hears that a boy likes a father
who will share his worries as well as his
pleasures; a father who will be a real
companion and who will take time enough
fvom daily tasks to show an interest in
the problems of the boy.
Davidson College played an important
part iu the program aside from the ex
cellent musicians it furnished. Mr. Mac
Beall, who hails from the Presbyterian
institution, was one of the speakers and
he was heard with unusual interest. In
his talk Mr. Beall pictured two fathers.
One had two sons who are growing up
to be known as “sissies” because their
father has been too busy with business
to assume any responsibility for their
upbringing. The other father has six
uons who are growing into manly youths
because the father never lets anything
interfere with his relations with them.
He ’is giving them the personal touch,
Mr Beall pointed out, declaring this close
association is a father's duty ns well as
• I>r Mrfa Wayne Blanks, Mr. M. B. Ful
ler and Mr. A. S. Webb brought timely
messages from the medium of boyhood
stories Mr. Blanks told of an experi
ence when he was blown up with a -hip.
Many persons were killed but he was
spared and he declared that he felt that
he had been spared for .a purpose. That
purpose, he could readily see, he saicL in
the Y field in Concord, and he asked that
he be given an opportunity to become the
factor he hopes to become in the moral,
physical and civic life of Concord.
Misunderstood hoys are tragedies. Mr.
Puller dechwed, yet they are* to be found
everywhere. He told the story of a boy
(Concluded on Page Six).
The Concord Daily Tribune
Chancellor
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I'hoto in of Itr. It ilhelrn Marx, r.e
Herman Chancellor.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Was 7 to 32 Points L.wer In
cit. Scattered SC.liirj Orders.
(By tile Associated Press.)
New York. Deo. 14.—The col ton mar
ket showed renewed nervousness early
today. The opening was 7 to .'l2 points
lower under scattered selling inspired by
relatively easy Liverpool cables, with
January off to .'14.20 and March to .'l4 (IK
on tiie call. The Census report showing
domestic consumption of 531,631 hales
was about in line,with expectations, and
after the initial selling orders had been
absorbed, the market stiffened up a few
points on covering. There were rumors
that private returns indicated a ginning
of 0,473.000 bales to December 13th, but
tiu> figures were not Confirmed.
Cotton futures opened steady : Decem
ber 34.05 to 34.75 January 34.20; March
34.70; May 34.00; July 34.12.
MOREIIEAD FFNKRAL
HELD HI RING DAY
Services Were Held at Home—Friends
From All Over State Present.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charlotte, Dee. 14.—John M. More
head, former representative in Congress
from the Fifth North Carolina district,
who died of penumonia here yesterday,
was buried here today. Tiie funeral
was attended by friends from all parts
of the State.
Funeral services were conducted at
the M trehend residence by Rev. Albert
Sidney Johnston, pastor of tiie First
Presbyterian Church. Burial was in
Elmwood cemetery.
f.L YAK*
the Town of chaho
iiouses Were Looted and Burned and
Officials- of Town Carried Off. ,
Shanghai, Chinn. Deo. 14 (By tlte As
sociated Press). — ; Three thousand bandits
under the leadership of (lie notorious
chieftains, Chen Yen Teh anti Wang Han
Ying. capttured the town of Chaho on
Wednesday, burning and looting houses
anti carrying off a magistrate nud the
education commissioner and two other
officials, together with more than 100 res
idents of the town, including many wom
en, according to dispatches received here
from Changsha.
With Our Advertisers.
You will find a wonderful assortment
of rings at the Styirnes-Parker-Miller Cos.
A real Christmas store—Fisher's, that's
right. Their Christmas sate is now on in
full blast in their basement. Every aisle
suggests gifts, ami ill that store toyiand
is joyhtwl.
The Bout lie™ Motor Service Co. offers
in a new atl. today several Christmas sug
gestions.
The Concord Furniture Co. is giving
25 per cent, discount on all heaters'dur
ing their removal sale. .Other goods re
duced from 25 to 50 per cent.
New Victor records at the .Bell & Har
ris Music Department.
The Corl-Wadsworth Co. lias just re
ceived a ear load of mules, for sale or
trade.
Buy what you want now at Farley's
and pay next year. Clothing for men,
women and boys in tiie best styles. One
dollar down gets the goods, and you make
a payment-each week thereafter.
Everything worn by man is sold by the
Urowns-CauHou Co. See list for Christ
mas giving in their new ad. today.
See the new ad. today of tlte -Delco
night. Mr. R. H. Owen is agent for
this county.
See the showing of living room and
dining room furniture at Bell & ’Har
ris. Yum will find here a complete as
sortment of the newest styles, . ,
The Christinas Sale at The Musette.
At the Musette you will find hundreds
of Christmas gifts for everybody, big and
little, and of every age. This big gift
shop is stocked with Santa Claus goods,
games, books, statioaery, magazines, toys,
novelties of every kind, china ware, pot
tery ware, art glass, fountain pens, ev
ery thing for the golfer. "'Read every Word
of the page ad. in The Tribune’today, and
if you can't find something you want al
this store, .you are hard to please. - ,
The yearly crop of raisins in Califor
nia amounts to 200.000 tons.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
1 <slc w o ,
’LI \0 V
Fair tonight and Saturday, colder in
east and south tonight, rising tempera
ture Saturday.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1923
Highlights of Coming Campaign .
These four men vll! co prominent in the pending presidential campaign. Left to right- William M Rutter
Cootidge campaign manager; Fred W. Upham. treasurer of the Republican National Committee-John TSs
chairman of the commit tee. and Frank Stearns, close personal friend of Coolidge. ’ ‘
LESS COTTON USED
IN NOVEMBER THAN
THE MONTH BEFORE
The Census Bureau Report
Shows That 53y,631 Run
ning Bales Were lUsedi
Last M0nth—541,325 Bales!
Used in October
34,101452 ACTIVE 1 1/
SPINDLES IN MONTH j
358,718 Bales of the Total ;
Consumed Were Used in;
Plants in Cotton Produc-|
ing States, Renort Shows.)
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(By the AsHociated Press. (
Washington. D. C., Dot*. 14. —C ’otton j
consumed during November amounted to
531.031 running bales of lint and 4S.(X>6 I
of linters. compared with 541.325 bales
of lint and 57.128 of linters in OctoberJ
this year, and 570,100 of lint and 55.128 j
of linters in November last year, the
Census Bureau announced today.
Cotton on hand November 30 was as
follows: in consuming establishments.
1.438,813 hales of lint and 03,851 of lint- j
ers. In public storage and at compresses, |
3.770,542 bales of lint and 43,(100 of lint- i
ers. " |
Cotton spindles, active during N'ovent- t
-*• 3
| TflJmsfWfJpr (•bewm'-grriwltl* kftatetrSfn'- j
chide :'Consumed during NovVmhPr 358.-:
718 bides.
Cotton on hand November 30 in con- j
stinting establishments 028.800 bales.
In public storage or at compresses, 3,-
010,140 bales.
Cotton spindles in cotton growing j
states during November numbered 10,- ]
102,382.
TODAY’S EVENTS
Friday. December 14, 1928.
Only one week more of autumn.
Mississippi observes today as Arbor:
Day.
Fifty years ago today died Louis Agas- j
siz, the great naturalist.
In accordance with the custom of many i
years tiie Masonic lodge of Fredericks- j
burg, Ya., today will place a wreath on j
the tomb of Washington, in commemora-;
tion of his death on thits date in 1709. I
Beginning in the New England jewelry \
manufacturing centres today the l nited ;
States government is' to make an exhaus
live survey of the jewelry and plated
vvare industry throughout the world. j
Measures to insure the public health in
Louisiana and Mississippi,are to be dis
cussed at a general conference in New ;
Orleans today to be attended by the pub- i
lie health officials of tiie two States. !
MRS. 1. B. RECTOR BEATS
HER DIVORCED SPOfSE
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Tiie Supreme Court Says He Must Pay ,
Her SBS a Month. j
Raleigh, Dee. 13.—Mrs. Bessie Rector
beats her divorced husband. J. Bayles
Rector, in his effort to make tlte courts
follow Jiim to collect the SBS monthly
alimony, and the Supreme Court this
afternoon - settles the appeal which had
sought to move jurisdiction from Bun
combe’to Guilford.
The defendant was taxed with this j
stipend so v long as. Mrs. Rector lives;
and remains single. Default on tlte j
payments after , th ret; installments had
been met got Rector in the courts. |
(Mr. Rector was formerly manager of:
the St. Cloud Hotel here —Editor.)
Government Pays the Seaboard $750,000.
New York. Dec. 13.—S. Davies Win
field. president of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway company, said tonight that the
road had received $750,000 cash in final
settlement with the government for the
peiioil of publie operation during the war.
■ Announcement was made in Washington
yeoeutly that .■negotiations between the;
t-ortip.any and the government had been
fonclnded.
, “The settlement,"’ Mr. Warfield stud,
“was based on the annual rental value to
the government of $5,800,000 as compar
ed with, tlte so-called certified standard
return of approximately $6,500,000. All
federal control accounts against the Sea
board, including trustee account, are set
tled- „
Cotton Mills to Close.
Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 13.—The cot
ton department of the Pacific Mills,
employing 1,500 operators, will shut
down December 22nd, and remain idle
until January 7th, according to an an
nouncement issued today. No reason
is given for the shutdown. The an
nouncement was also made that there
would be a curtailment in the print
1 works as is customary at the stook-tak
• ing period. The print works employ
2,300.
MILLIONS IN GERMANY ARE
CONFRONTED VVWH STARVATION
Unless Aid Is GivwjL by th? Fnitfrt
States, Sajjgfor. Cafert.
(By tile VaSKiMMed Press.)
Columbus. Doe. . 11. —-"Millions > n
Germany will be e’ujft'Cnted with otar
vation thi-i winter mile-' aid is given
by the Fnited States.’ 9 declared the Rev.
Dr. Samuel McCrca Cafert. one of tit
two general secretaries: of the Federal
Council of Churches, fit this morning's
session of the annual Jjneeting of the ex
ecutive committee of- that body. "Re
ports not only froth German seutc-s
but from American observers and church
men indicate suffering beyond anything
yet imagined in this country,” he said.
V At tlte same time announcement was
made that the Federal Council of
Churches, iu co-operation with -the
American Friends Service Committee
and the various denojninational agen
cies. will carry on ts campaign in the
churches to raise nimby for relief pur
poses in central Europe.
In this report Dr. (.’avert said: "Her
bert Hoover declared that tit? work ■ f
I lie American relief administration in
feeding tiie children of central Europe
in the tragic month* following the war
had done more t> prevent war between
these nations and America than could
be accomplished by a whole fleet of bat
tleships. From my own observations
in Europe last summer, I am persuaded
that something of”the same nature could
truthfully be said about the work of
the American, friendH service committee
(Quakers). It is probable not too
much to say no influence is counting
for more in releasing the spirit of good
will and promoting international peace
today than tlte generous contribution of
the American people through many agen
cies ti tiie suffering in all parts of Eu
rope.
‘The Federal Council of Churches,
through its committee on mercy ami
relief, is acting agency-ef
Hie churches in, relatioW to the great
movement* of ministering to the hun
gry in the stricken parts of the world.
This winter ft is to direct its energy
into two special channels.
“The first is the continuance of sup
port for Near East Relief. As one
who spent part of last summer in the
Near East Rtief is doing, both in sav
ing the lives of thousands of homeless
orphans and in creating a spirit of good
will in -thi sarea where (facial bitter
ness is so aente. What the Near East j
Relief has so nobly begun the Chris
tian churches gif America must help to
complete.
“Another great work of mercy which
the Federal Council of Churches is to
promote this winter is in behalf of the
suffering in Germany. By action of the'
administrative committee of the Fed
eral Council, an appeal is soon to be is- ;
sued iu the name of the churches for
a generous response to the appalling
need of the German people, specially of
the children and the elderly people of
the middle class, whose savings of a
life time have been swet away by the
collapse of the currency. As a result
of firsthand evidence brought from Eu
rope by church leaders of all denomina
tions, confirmed by information re-!
reived from the most authoritative
sources in the government at Wasliing
tcn, it is clear that before the Winter
is far advanced millions in Germany
will be confronted with starvation to a
degree quite beyond anything which has
yet been imagined in this country.”
AMERICANS LEAVING
VERA CRUZ AT PRESENT
Few Old Time Residents Remain, But
Alost of Them Are L-aving City.
Havana, Cuba. Dee, 14 (By the As
sociated Press). —Americans are leaving
j Vera Cruz, as rapidly as possible except
for the old time residents, a'eeording to
! passengers arriving here today on the
j French liner Espagne. While absolute
tranquility reigned in Vera Cruz when
; the Espagne left December 11. th: Am
ericans feared that should do La Huerta’s
forces suffered defeat, looting and bandit
ry might begin, according to Herman W.
Smith, vice president of the l’. S. Rub
ber Export Co., one of those who arrived
on the Espagne.
Thieves at Davidson Enter Jewelry
Stare.
Davidson, Dee. l.'t.—Thieves last night
t entered the jewelry store of W. S. Hen
’ derson, on Main Street, one door ah >ve
the postoffico. and carried off $260 or
more worth of stock. There is no
clue a« yet that would lead to the dis
covery of the guilty parties, nor any
evidence as to what was the hour when
the thieves broke in.
It seems that they .hook a hammer
and smashed a hole in the heavy glass
of the front door, a hole not 'large
enough to allow one tv “squeeze" his
body through, but abundantly large
enough to permit one to reach his hand
and arm through and turn the “catch”
on the drop latch.
Bandits Escape With $15,780.
(By the Associated Press.)
j Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14.-—Two ban
dits today bound and gagged the paymas
ter of Michael Melody A Sons Co., build
ers, in the office of the, concern and fled
with $15,786 which he was placing iu
! envelopes to pay employees.
WINTER WEATHER IS
FELT IN THE SOUTH
AND THE SOUTHWEST
Winter Traced Icycle Hand
Through South, Leaving
Lower Temperatures and
in Some Sections Snow.
SOUTHWEST TIED
UP BY THE SNOW
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Railroad and Automobile
Traffic is Blocked in Some
States—Twelve Prisoners
Killed by Storm.
(By* the Associated Press.)
Chicago, Dee) 14.—Aided by rising tem
peratures today the southwest was at
tempting to recover from the blizzard
which claimed 12 lives in New Mexico
and western Texas.
Although more than 24 hours had
elapsed since snow stopped failing. New
Mexico today still was trying to dig out.
Albuquerque reports said. Railroad and
automobile traffic still is blocked in many
parts of the state.
Telephone -eitorts from Socorro and
San Marcial. New Mexico last night said
that 72 automobiles with more than 30)
passengers were snowbound in Nognl Can
yon, and that of 10!) men. members of i
the party .were trying to dig a passage
way. Food !t ml ftreF were-tie the*
Canyon front San Marcial.
The recovery of six bodies reported at
E! I’aso last night brought to twelve the
number of victims front freezing iu that
section. Five members of a Mexican
family ttiul a sheep herder were frozen
to death between Corona and Vaughn.
X. M. The bodies of the six members of
the Anton Montoya family, which were
found Wednesday were taken to Capital),
New Mexico.
Winter Weather in South.
Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 14. —Winter traced
an icicle finger through the South today
leaving lower temperatures as far south
ns Southern Florida, and snow in several
sections for the first real winter weather
in the south this season. Predictions
■generally were for much colder weather
throughout the Southern States today.
Snow in Asheville.
Asheville, Dec. 14. —With an inch of
snow covering a sheet of ice beneath
sleds and small boys were much in evi
dence on the numerous hills about tiie
city today. Rain during the night
was frozen when the temperature drop
ped to 26 degrees this morning and the
mantle of snow followed.
First Snow of Year.
Raleigh. Dec. 14.—Snow, the first of
the season began to fall here shortly
after 8 o’clock this morning.
First Snow at Memphis.
Memphis, Temi.. Dec. 13. —The first
snow of tlte season here was falling this
afternoon in the wake of two days’ rain
1 and unseasonably high temperatures.
I Tlte snow melted as it fell.
Nashville Gets a Snow.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 13.—With
freezing weather predicted here tonight,
snow began falling early this afternoon.
Submarine S-28 Aground.
(By the Associated Press.,
Washington. Dee. 14.—The submarine
S-26 is aground near Execution Rock,
twenty-five miles east of Hell Gate, X.
A'., but not in a dangerous position, ac
j cording to a dispatch to the Navy I)e~
| partment today. The submarine had
asked for help which has been sent from
' Brooklyn Navy Yard, the message said.
j Tarhoro Man Takes Own Life.
(B.v the Associated Press.)
I Tarboro, N. (’.. Dec. 14.—T. R. Ju
eoeks, local insurance man, committed
I suicide at his home here today. His
■ wife found his body with a pistol wound
jin tlte head. Jacocks had gone to his
| room after breakfast. His body was
'found some time later.
(Yolidge Headquarters in Chicago.
■Ur the Associated Press. ? s
Washington. Dee. 14.—General cam
i paign headquarters for President Cool
! itlge will be established at Chicago on
I December 27th.
Mrs. Geo. T. Slade Dead.
Illy the Associated Press.!
New York, Dee. 14. —Mrs. Geo. T.
Slade, daughter of the late Jas. J. Hill,
railroad magnate, died at her home here
today.
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The sight of a policeman carrying a
boy across Trofn’gnr Square, where the
. traffic was too thick for the chid to
cross n’one, so touched the heart of a
Welshman visiting London that he de
[ oided on the spot that he would remem
i her the police in his will, which he did
to the extent of one hundred dollars.
Champ!
■ “Silver Lane Pakson," kitten held
by Mrs. Fernie B Reydcr of Bing
thTlnt' s' Y " Won flrst P rize at
the cat show in New York City.
SECTARIAN ANIMOSITY
FAST PASSING AWAY
Protestant Churches Are Co-cperating
Rather Than Competing.
(By the Assoclati-d Press. I
Columbus. 0.. Dec. 14.—" Much of tiie
sectarian animosity among the churches
lias passed away; the Protestant church-'
es are co-operating nther titan eomiiet
ing," declared Bishop Thomas Nicholson,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Chicago, speaking yesterday at the an
nual meeting of the Executive Committee
of t>he Federal Council of Churches on
"What the Denominations Should Ex
pect the Federal Council to Do for
Them." At the same time he said he.
did not advocate the abolition of de
nominations. but believed in greater co
operation. Bishop Nicholson said in
part :
“The denominations expeet the Federal
Council to promote the spirit of co-opera
tion among them. There is great need
for a solidarity of Protestantism which
shall be as great as the solidarity of Ro
man Catholicism. but which shall center
around the loyal -and carefully thought
out allegiance of the respective bodies to
great central ideas and movements. This
can only be brought about by mutual in
tercourse. b.v discussion and by confer
ence. The Federal Council should be
tiie co-ordinating and informing instru
ment. Nothing is more sgr.iticant than
the increased co-Operation of the Prot
estant denominations manifested in re
cent years. They are working together
4tw-tiin> idmiraUtt.j wj>wft rl --33»«i ;m
speaking as one voice on great moral afftt
international issues. They are co-op-,
crating rather than competing. They are
discovering that tlte growth and prosper
ity of each contributes to tiie growth
and .prosperity of till.
"The Federal Council should promote
the spirit of good will. The great task
of the churches in tiie present genera
tion is to help men and nations to live
together as friends and neighbors. Much
of the old sectarian animosity has pass
ed away. Ail that is left of it is rapidly
passing. The Federal Council has been
a great contributing agency to this con
summation so deboutly to be wished. ’
"Under proper restrictions and with
due authorization the Federal Council,
representing more than 20,000,000 adult
church members, may speak with tre
mendous power and influence on great
social, moral and economic questions.
These are but a few of the tilings which
may be done notwithstanding doctrinal
differences and many variations of church
policy. The Federal Council in tiie main
has been wisely directed, is a growing in
fluence among the Churches, and is capa
ble of still greater development for useful
ends.”
DEFENSE CONTENDS THAT
FOX HAD BEEN DRI NK
Will Try to Prove Slayer of Coburn Had
Been Drunk For Three Days Before
the Shooting.
(By the .\«Hoolate«l l*re»».>
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 14.—Philip K. Fox,
on trial here fer murder, was drunk the
three days prior to the shooting and kill
ing of Wm, S. Coburn, the prosecution
announced today, it will contend. Con
gressman Patton 1 Summers, of the sth
Texas district, was on the stand at the
time, testifying as to Fox's character.
“Did you know.” Solicitor General
John A. Boykin, asked the Congressman,
“that he was arrested in a local hotel in
this city, and with a woman, threatened
the life'of the arresting officer, and was
taken to police headquarters?"
The Congressman said he knew nothing
of the life of Fox since he came to At
lanta from Texas, but during hist resi
dence in tjiat state his general character,
was gootl.
Death of Mrs. Beardslee.
(By the Associated ress.)
Beaufort, 8. C., I lee. 14.—Mrs. Eve
lyn S. Beardslee, widow of Rear Admiral
’ Lester A. Beardslee, died at her home
here today after an illness of pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow,
after which the body will be cremated
and taken to Arlington for burial.
Searching for Aviator.
(By the Associated Press.)
Hastings, Eng . Dee. 14.—(8y the As
sociated Press).—Const guardsmen this
morning were continuing their search for
Lawrence B. Sperry, the American avi
ator whose airplane was found in the
English Channel three miles off Rye
yesterday.
Rev. Thames H. La w Deoil.
(By the Associated Press.)
Spartanburg. S. C., Dee. 14.—Rev.
Thomas Hart Law, for forty-eight years
1 i stated clerk of the Presbyterian Synod
| of South Carolina, died here today, aged
■ eiglity-six.
I See “Green Stocking” at Central School
on the night of December 14th.
TODAY’S l
NEWS i
TODAY i
NO. 294.
REV. B, W. SPILLMAN
AGAIN FJ FCTED BY
i iois OF STATE
\
For Seventh Time Kinston ►
Minister is Chosen Presi
dent of the North Carolina
State Baptist Convention.
STATE CONVENTION
COMES TO FINISH
No Meeting Place for Next
Year Chosen.— Baptists
Will Observe January 17th
as Day of Fasting.
(By tlie Auoolalnl Prru.)
Gastonia, X. Dec. 14.—Rev. R. W.
Spillman, of Kiuslon. today was unani
mously re-elected president lof the North
Carolina State Baptist Convention. This
will be Ids seventh term.
The convention at the closing session
hr.'e today formally set aside January 17
as the day on which North Carolina Bap
tists will be called together in local
churches for fasting and prayer.
The commission named last year to
report plans for denominational work af
ter the close of the $75,000,000 campaign,
recommended a goal for 1025 of $1,000.-
000 for all denominational objects, ex
clusive of orphanage. It recommended
that every member of the church be can
vassed during the last week of 1024. The
Boards of missions and education were
instructed to take charge of the 1025
campaign.
No invitation for the next session of
the Convention having been received, the
selection was left to the executive com
mittee of the board of missions. Rev. A.
Paul Bagby. of Wilke Forest, will preach
the convention sermon, with Rev. W. I).
Spinx. of Winston-Salem, as alternate.
MAY FORM COALITION
IN LOWER HOUSE
Democrats ami Insurgents May Combine
Against the Party Leaders.
(By me Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 14.—Attempts to
form a coalition between democrats and
republican insurgents to control the pow
erful House rules committee were re
newed today at conferences among the
lenders.
Hit- enffitrmtee Burton, of Tlliio. and Tit
son of Connecticut, two organization re
publicans. and elect in their places Ayres,
of Kansas, and Nelson, of Wisconsin,
leader of the Insurgents.
Today's conference grew out of the re
fusal of the republican organization lead
ers to give more than live scats on the
rules committee to democrats and to as
sign any out-and-out insurgent as a
member. Some of the democrats joined .
the insurgents in advocating a tight on
the 11 (Mir of the house against republican
committee assignments when they came
up for approval.
Negotiations for breaking the Senate
deadlock by election of Senator Couz
ens as the Interstate Commerce Com
mission chairman appeared today to be
in the preliminary stage, although some
leaders of the insurgent senate group
predicted! that the entire insurgent
strength would be thrown to the Michi
gan senator in case the Republican or
ganization found him acceptable.
It had been the plan of the majority
House leaders to present their commit
tee slates for' approval today, hut, in
stead, they asked for adjournment till
tomorrow, ten minutes after the session
began. Immediate2y after, the demo
cratic leader Garrett announced that the
democrats would hold a caucus tomor
row morning before the House con-
venes.
JOHN HATFIELD AGAIN
GAINS HIS FREEDOM
With Four Other Prisoners He Escapes
From Jail at Wise Ccurthouse.
(By the- Awnernifd l*rc«.»
Bristol, Va., Dec. 14.—Five prisoners,
headed by John Hatfield, 75 year old
veteran of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, are
at large today in the Cumberland Moun
tains following their sensational escape
last night from the Wise County jail at
Wise Courthouse, according to advices
here. A sheriff’s posse, organized five
minutes after the alarm was sounded, as
the five men slid down the fire hose from
the fourth floor of the building, was hau
dieapiMMl in the pursuit by a heavy snow
fall which covered completely the tracks
of the fugitives.
Fierce Fighting Reported.
(By the Awnoeioted Press.)
EI Paso. Texas, Dec. 14. —Reports of
severe fighting between out posts of the
advancing rebel army and federal troops
entrenched in the part of march to
Mexico City were received here today
by the De La Huerta Junta, and con
firmed in meager advices to the govern
ment sources in Jaurez.
Tax Lien Against C. W. Morse.
(By tlie AHOcnttl PrfM.l
New York, Dec. 14.—Counsel for C.
W. Anderson, collector of Internal Rev
enue, today filed In Federal Court a tax
lien against Charles W. Morse, of Wash
ington, I>. C„ for $1,224,531.24. Fil
ing of this lien automatically caused it
to be tenered on judgment ruleß book.
Want U. S. to Enter World Court.
ColumbuN, 0., Dec. 14 (By the Asso
ciated Press). — Reiteration of the appeal
of the Federal Council of Church for en
trance of the United States into the world
, court was expected to mark the closing
sessions of the annual meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the organisation
here today.