North Carolina Newspapers

i DISPATCHES ! VOLUME XXIII Seventeeh Known to Have Perished in Asylum Fire All of the Victims of Blaze Were Inmates in Illinois State Hospital Jfor Insane at Dunning, near Chicago. SOME OF INMATES MADE GET-AWAYS Several of Those* Still Free Are of Dangerous Types— Only One of Dead Bodies Has Been Identified. IBt the AiwMialM Frwl.t i , Chicago, Doc. 27. —Seventeen persons were killed laet night when n 'swiftly spreading fire of unascertained origin destroyed an old wooden pavilion known os the "Death House" at the State hos pital for insane at Donning, in the northwest edge of Chicago. Fourteen of the dead are known to have been pa tients in various stages of insanity. Three other were E. .1. Carriker and his wife, attendants, and Ixtwell. their eight year-old son. Only one patient has been identified. The bodies of the others wyre burned beyond recognition. About thirty-five of the patients, in cluding several of a violent type, broke away in the excitment of healing more •auoz joSanp aqj uiojj saimuui oflU uuq) Several were taken back to the institu tion after hard struggles with the po lice. but a dozen, supposedly dangerous patients, today were reported still at large. It was the worst institutional fire in Illinois history. The building, wit nesses said, seemed to go up in one great burst of flames. * It was given the name Death House when it was the property of Cook county, because of its flimsy construction, it was said. It was 800 feet long and 400 feet wide, one story high at one end, and two , stories at the other. It housed approxi mately 000 mildly insane pntients. A number were epileptics, and they aided in rescuing the helpless, after one of their number had given the alann. , The institution houses approximately j 8.500 patients. Attendant battled to drive frenzied patients baek from the. doors and windows of other buildings, j and to quiet them. For an hour the ' scene was truly on* of belnin. More than a dozen Chicago ftre departments responded to the general alarm, but their apparatus was stalled in mud of the --l&ettfztlmi groaadK . ta-iqfcp g**at difficulty the fire was fought! 1 Chicago.' Disc. <B.—-Fifteen phtienß of the Chicago state hospital for the * insane at Dunning are known to have! been burned to death or auffocated in a fire which destroyed a frame structure used as a dormitory for tubercular pa tients tonight. At least three others are believed to have perished. One of the bodies removed from the ruins of the building was that of a woman. It was at first thought all of the patients had been removed. About 600 patients were in the building when the fire started. About 50 of the patients left the hos-' pital grounds during the confusion. Many of them returned and others were picked up by passing motorists and re turned to the asylum which consisted , of seven *builflings housing 3,500 pa tieitt*^ The woman who perished is believed to have been on attendant who went into the building to resci\ patients as there were no women patients in the building. Attendants said possibly a score had perished believed the number would be less. The fire is supposed to have been cauped by an overheated boiler ip Ward No. 3 of the frame annex where the flames first burst through into the rooms . where the men patients were nt the sup- I per table. VENIZELOS WILL DIRECT GOVERNMENT OF GREECE Former Premier Consents to Take Helm Until Country Returns-to Normalcy. Paris, Dec. 25.—Former Premier Venizelos has decided to return to Athens, and is leaving Paris for (Jrecce forthwith. His decision was taken after a dele gation which arrived from Athens last night had delivered to him this metning a document signed by 270 members of the legislative Assembly elected last week urging him to resume charge of the Government and save the country. M. Venizelos was told that the elect ed.,, representatives of 10 electoral dis tricts who were away in the provinces nt the time the document was drawn up also favored the request, which thus was , supported by more than 300 Deputies out of the 396 constituting the As sembly. | Before the overwhelming sentiment of the country gs thus expressed, M- Veni zc’.os informed General Danglis, head of the mission, that he could dot refuse to lend his help to the country, but declar ed that hia political action'would only have a temporary character- The former Premier added that be had no intention of forming a Cabinet under hia. presi dency. and that his entire effortß would be bent toward bringing the country back to normalcy and then conaidering - the work to be done. He will reach Athena before the new Assembly convenes'early in January. Too More Victims of Bootleg Liquor. 1 (By tfco Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 27.—Holiday bootleg liquor claimed two morg victims today bringing the list of dead since Christmas Day to seven, when James Marahan and Edward Churchill, laborers, died in Bdle tegfifißWl# ■' ' -vj . . _ v V » v The Concord Daily Tribune 4b 1 SINCLAIR’S PROTESTS DO 1 NO GOOD AT HEARING ! Ordered to Give Details of All Trans itions in Dealing in Wyoming Oil Fields. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 27.—Overriding the protests of Harry F. Sinclair, oil op era’!ir and holder of the leases to the naval oil reserves in Wyoming the Sen ate Public Lands Committee today voted to require him to give details of all transactions in the --took of the com panies, formed in connection with that leas'- and organization of syndicates or ganized to' market the stock. ; Sinclair Still Silent. Washington, Dec. 27.—For a second time Harry F. Sinclair flatly refused today (o tell a Senate committee the in side story of complicated financial transactions in floating the Mammoth Oil Company, organized to develop the Sin clair lease of the Teapot .Dome. Taking, the same position he maintain ed last March when the I<afollette oil in vestigating committee sought unsuccess fully to compel him to answer certain questions about oil stock deals, Mr. Sin clair told tlie Senate public lands com mittee teday he was in the right of busi ness privacy when he declined to reply. The committee voted to compel him to answer, but there was no very clear in dication of how the order was to be put into effect. An indefinite adjournment I was taken when Mr. Sinclair's attorneys declared there was not sufficient author ity in the committee to place any wit ness under compulsion, information on some features of the transaction in question was given freely by the witness, however, and lie declared in a statement that he drew the line only on such dis closures us would pry into the affairs of himself and his associates. During today's session the committee received a statement prepared by Al bert B. Fall, who was Secretary of the Interior when the Teapot Dome lease was signed, giving the details of his New Mexico cattle holdings, a subject brought into the hearing by testimony of wit nesses PEACE TALK IS AGAIN HEARD IN MEXICO CITY Rumors Come as Federal Troops Plan Big Offensive Movement. ' Mexico City, Dec. 26 —via Laredo Junction —(By the Associated Press). — Upon the eve of federal offenses against the rebellious forees commanded by Gen. Eetrada and Dieguez in the State ts .sad Meyentte tro in the state of Oaxaca, report* are | ttgnin in cireulation of a peace move ment. The reports say the author of Fthe new effort toward peace is General Angel Flores, governor of Sinaloa, n presidential candidate. According to unconfirmed reports, which are given prominence in the news paper Excelsior, Judge Manuel Tellez, beading a commission from Sinaloa, has arrived in Mexico City with the Flores peace proposal. After conferring mith Gen. Estrada at Guadalajara, Judge Tallez is reported to have been in wire less communication with General May cotte and De La Huerta. leader of the revolt at Vera Cruz. Details of the ’ reported peaee proposal eouhl not be learned. THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness Owing to Higher Liverpool Cables and Buying Movement. •By the Associated Press i New York, Dec. 27. —The cotton mar ket showed renewed firmness early today owing to higher Liverpool cables and a continuation of yesterday's buying move ment. The opening was firm at an ad vance of 16 to 32 points, with January selling up to 35.93 or 23 points net high er, shortly after the opening, while other months showed net advances of 26 to 39 points, with March selling at 36.43 and May at 36.00. These prices attracted re alizing and later fluctuations Were some what irregular, but the undertone w,as steady to firm on reiterated reports of firm government reports of a firm spot situation in the South. Cotton futures opened firm: January 85.85; March 36.30; May 36.50; July 85.70; October 29.40. William A. Graham, Junior,. Succeeds Father as Commissioner. a Raleigh, -Dec. 26.—Governor Morrison tonight announced the appointment of Wil'.iam Alexander Graham, member of the state senate from the Lincoln dis trict, to succeed his father, Maj. W. A. Graham, as commissioner of agriculture. Mr Graham, who is burying his father today, will come to his duties as soon as he can reach here. Michael Owens Died Suddenly. ißr the Associated Press.) Toledo, 0., De<4 27.—Michael J. Owens, one of the best known men in j the glass industry in the United States, and inventor of the Owens bottle-mak ing machinery, dropped dead in hU of fice here today. It takes less effort to make good im pressions than to re-make bad impres sions \ WHAT SATS BEAR SAYS. ; . . Imcal rains touight and Friday, warm er tonight and in east portion Friday. ,CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923 THE LATEST BIG NOISE IN THE POLITICAL BARNYARD f . '-«*** • • r — 72 ~~ } ~ it m w I LANGSTON IS HELD BY SYRACUSE POLICE Is Charged With Violation of Mann Act. Formerly Lived in Hamlet. •Hr the Associate* Tnasi Syracuse, X. Y., Dec. 27.—Eugene Dent I Kingston, n jeweler of Hamlet, N. C., was arrested here yesterday by an agent of the Department of Justice, charged with violation of the Mann Aet in eloping with Mrs. Gertrude Harrill, wife of Rev. Benjamin Harrill. and hflnplgis, ..<£?**- ytorrill was not arrested. After his arrest Langston made a statement to poliee giving details of their elopinent. and making it unecees sary to take Mrs. Harrill ns a witness. According to the statement* Langston and Mrs. Harrill met at Petersburg, from where they went to New York City and later to Montreal. They came to Syracuse on November 14th and regis tered at a hotel, the next day moving to the rooming house where they remained according to the proprietor, occuping separate rooms under their own- names until their arrest. Langston was work ing in a jewelry store here and Mrs. Harrill was an automobile agency. , Is a Charlotte Woman. Hamlet, Dec. 26.—Eugene D. Langs ton. prominent jeweler, arrested in Syra cuse. N. Y., with Mrs. Gertrude Harrill, left Hamlet November lOtli, supposwfly to do his Christmas shopping. This is the last word his wife heard of him except that she received, several days after his departure, a batch of papers from him. among which Was one turning over to her the bulk of his property in Hamlet. Mrs. Harrill, who is supposed to have been his companion on the trip north, is a Charlotte woman, the wife of Rev. B. H. Harrill, Who is now said to be in a sanatorium suffering with tu berculosis. Mrs. Harrill came to Ham let several days prior to the departure of Langston. She was formerly «n em ploye of .the P. and N. railroad at Char lotte. The cduple went from here to Peters burg, Va., from Which point Langston addressed the last communication to his wife, Mrs. Harrill is believed to have made the trip to Petersburg alone and to have joined Langston there. MACABEES ANNOUNCE CHANGE IN OFFICERS! A W. Frye, to Become Supreme Com mander of the Organizatino. (By the Associated Press.) Detroit, Dec. 27.—D. P, Markey, for , 33 years head of the Macabees, has re signed ,as supreme commander, effective January 1, to be succeeded by A. W. 1 Frye, supreme iiuetenant commander, it I was announced here today. Announce-1 ment of the complete reeorgnnization of I the fraternal body on a 100 per cent, lc-! ' gal reserve basis, was made at the same | 1 time, Mr. Markey to remain in charge of ■ j the reserve fund. Beneficent Bees. New York, Dec. 27.—Specimens of “social” bees, which bite, but do not sting, have been for the American Museum of Natural History from the Canal Zone by Dr. Frank E. Lutz, curator of the Department of Entomology. Highly individualized, these bees pro duce varying grades of honey from that with a fine flavor to some that is add and nrtually poisonous, whihh they store in cells resembling ordinary grapes in shape and size. Some of them neither bite nor sting but eject a fluid which burns the human skin. Nests containing as many as 75,000 of these bees, which are smaller than the common hohse fly and have prominent gauzy wings, were found in Panama by Dr. Luts. He found another species of bee, mißCrly and so distrustful of its - brethren that it refuses to colonize, hoarding its koneyiia secret places. '.sr~— 11 -jlj.ji ~r LOSS OF THE DIRIGIBLE PIXMUDft ypW ADMITTED There Is Still Hope, (However. That tlie Members cl Her Crew Escaped. Paris, Dec. 27 (By the Associated PV-ess). —The loss of the dirigible Dix mude is now reluctantly admitted, al though hope for the safety of her crew of fifty officers and men has not yet beeu relinquished. It is considered certain that tile Dixmude -tejl in a desert in southern Algeria. 'ft; is inferred here that her fall must %fcye been violent, wrecking the wireless' apparatus. Even assuming such a crash, it does not fol low that the crew perished, for the Dix mude was well provided with parachutes, and,,some of her men, it is pointed out, must have escaped. NEPHEW OF KING TO MARRY AMERICAN GIRL King Christian’s Nephew to Wed Miss Eleanor Margaret Green, of New York. Copenhagen, Dee. 27 (By the Asso ciated Press}. —King Christian today consented to public announcement of the engagement of his young kinsman Prince Viggo and Miss Eleanor Margaret I Green, daughter of Dr. J, O. Green, of New York City. The Prince, n nephew of the king, has renounced the rights of succession to the throne. , Baptists to Probe Missionary’s Acts. New York, Oeo. 20.—The Baptists fundamentalist league today announced it would insist upon a thorough investi gation of the reports that Baptist foreign missionaries are preaching doctrines contrary to the faith of that denomination. Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, lien- is presi dent of the league. The league rejected the recent report of the beard of managers of the Baptist foreign mission society that evidence that contrary doc trines were being preached was insuf ficient to justify drastic aetibn. The an nouncement said the league would soon issue a statement giving the evitfebce on which it would base its demand. Nine Killed in G.un Fight Over Cracker Hazard, Ky., 26.—0 f nine men who participated in Perr.V county shooting affrays over Christmas tonight finds five o fthem dead, one wounded and said jto be in a critical condition and three men unscathed. Jerry Dunn, storekeeper, was the last of the five to die. succumbing today to wounds he received at the same time ,T. D. Matthews, a barber, and Lester Hays, a miner, were ki’led. These men all inside Dunn’s store, were shot by ■deputy sheriffs who passed the building when a firecracker wap said to have ex- I ploded at their, feet and they took it as ' Imi indication they were being fired upon | from tlje store. | Cool idge Headquarters in Chicago. I Chicago, 111., Dec. 27—William M. j Butler. Massachusetts member i f the I Republican national committee,* is to ’jopen headquarters tomorrow in this | city, where, with the assistance of 1 1 former Congressman James W- Wood of lowa,, he will renew the campaign which •lie began here two weeks ago to bring about the nomination ' of President Coolidge by the national convention next June. j Lad Accidentally Kills Sister. (try the Associated Press * Winston-Salem, N. C., Dec. 27. —Aaron ' Stewart, aged 11, while 'playing with a shotgun at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart, in Clemmons, I 1 this morning in some way discharged the i 1 weapon, the entire load taking effect in 1 ; the head of his seven-yearu>ld sister, ' killing her instantly. ... . . .... i Miss Jessie Greeson, of Greensboro, is , spending several days with Miss Ethel [Blackweldfcr, of Kerr street. 1 ■ ■■ w* STATE REVENUE FOR $1923 WAS $47,087,332 An Average Per Capita of slß.ol.—As sessed Valuation $2,521,115,274. (By tlie Associated Press.' Washington, Dee. 27.—Revenue of the state of North Carolina for the year 1923 amounted to $47,678,332, an average of $lB.Ol for'each person in the state, according to an announcement made here (opight by the Department of Commerce This total was; divided as follows : general property--'♦inresT 246.861 : special property taxes $4,214,- >7l>: poll taxes $903,151; licenses and permits, $5.791.341; and special as sessments for improvements, $1,516,403. This showed, according to the Depart ment an increase of 369 percent for towns of over 2.500 population over the year 1912. In 1922 the entire debt of North Carolina and its political subdivisions less the sinking fund assets set aside to meet such debt was $182,711,045, con tinued the report while in 1912 it was 34,343, or an average pereapita in 1922 of $69.03 and in 1912, $14.88. The in crease in the ten years was 432 percent. The assessed valuation of ail property subject to general property tax. accord ing to the report was $2,521,115,274 in 1922 as compared with $747,500,622 in 1912, an increase of 237 per cent. The pereapita assessed valution increase from $323-90. in 1912 to 952.46 in 1922. The per capita tax levy increased from $4 33 in 1912 to $13.98 in 1922. DEATH IN FIERY FLUE FATE OF MISSING MAN Draft Swept Powerhouse Worker Into Smokestack Pit New York, Dec. 25.—Burned almost beyond recognition, the body of Fer nando Mendes, a coa! passer, who dis appeared Monday, was found today in a pit at the foot of a flue in the power house of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Long Island City. When Mendes failed to return to his home, his brother, Gustavo, sought him at the plant- His time card showed he had not checked out. Gustavo returned today and the search was continued. Martin Walzcr, a wnter tetnder, found a small door leading into a flue on the third floor was open. The fines lead to the smoke stacks. Mendes apparent’y had entered the door nnd the strong draft had blown him from a ledge. The temperature in the ffue was about 1000 degrees, but the soot in which tlie body was buried prevented it from being cremated. The powerhouse officials lessened tlie : heat and two firemen got the body. ; Car Cuts Railroader in Two at Gastonia. Gastonia, Dec. 26. —Robert Sparge, car operator, for the I*, anil N. railroad lost liis life in the local yards at 3 oclock this afternoon. Spargo had been draining an oil tank, hod completed the work, and his helper had given the signal for the train to move. Those who witnessed the accident stated that Spargo had stepped clear of the train and had ample room to allow the car to pass him. bnt his foot caught between the two rails in home manner and he fell across the rail just as the j car reached him The wheel ran across. I his body, causing instant death. | Spargo had been in the employ of the I P. and N. for a long term of years. He is survived by four brothers, John, Will, now in Detroit; Ernest and Atwood Spargo. |. Sudan Temple Opens Ceremonial. | (By the Associated Press.) I ] New Bern, Dec. 27.—With an esti rated attendance of 2.000 Masons from 1 eastern North Carolina, the mid-winter ceremonial of Sudan Temple was to open here today. Potentate U. C. Dunn was ATTEIIPTS TO KILL PRINCE REGENT OF mu 01 STREETS Youth 20 Years (of Age \ rested After He Had FiWff at Prince Hirchito, Japa nese Ruler. PRINCE RIDING IN AUTOMOBILE Windows of Machine Were Smashed and Bullet Nar rowly Missed the Head of the Prince. Tokio. Dec. 27 (By the Associated Press).—A youth dressed ns a laborer was arrested by the police today short-! ly after he had fired at Prince Regent Sirohito in an attempted assassination. The youth is 20 years oid. Tlie police i believe he is insane. The shooting has I aroused intense excitement and feeling is high throughout the city. Another youth who was with the as- j sailant was arrested later. The attack occurred while tlie prince regent was in nn automobile on the way 1 to a session of the Diet. The assailant used a "cane-gun." The windows of the I machine were smashed. The bullet nar j rawly missed the head of the prince reg ent. He continued on his way to the [meeting of the Diet, but took refuge jin j the upper house composed of peers. La ter he convened the Diet with the custom- i ary ceremonies, after which he returned i to the imperial palace under a heavy 1 guard. I The authorities are conducting a rigid investigation. They are of the opinion fliat others may be implicated. , Viscount Tameori Iri.ve, member of the House of Peers, and chief chamber lain to the prince regent, was slightly in jured by flying glass. Tlie prince regent rend a speech to , tlie members of the House in a calm voice and then retired without an indication 1 1 that anything unusual had occurred. ! | None of those present at the session!, which he addressed was aware of the , shooting. Home Minister Goto resigned later, as- , smiling responsibility as home minister for the attempted assassination. Baron Goto's home and all socialist centers are being. closely guarded owing to fear of anrisKortnlist onlbreeeks. --w DIG DP. BURN BODY OK SUICIDE-SLAYER Man Who Killed Wife and Four Others Cremated in Ruin of Blazing Home. Jefferson. Me. Dee. 25.—The body of John Snow was exhumed early today from the solitary grave where- it was buried yesterday and placed in the cot tage where he killed his wife and two other women Saturday. The house then was set on fire. The charred body was found in the ruins. . County Attorney Weston M. Hilton has begun an investigation. The whole countryside was stirred wen it was learned that Snow, after killing the wife and son of Deputy Sheriff Frank C. Jewett, at their home in Whitefield had come to the cottage in this town, a mile from Cooper's Mills, where his wife, her aunt nud her grand mother lived, and had shot all thfee .be fore he ended his own life. Although the medical examiner characterized the murders as “the work of a madman,” threats that Snow’s body would be burn ed. were heard the next day. The authorities refused permission for the burial of Snow's body in the cemetery and it was interred without ceremony in a rude grave on the farm' where his wife ahd lived. Snow, a native of Poland, came to this country a few years ago and mar ried a Jefferson girl. Her grandmother, Mrs. Ruel Brann. helped him financial ly. but he never was successful in any kind of work- When his cruelty com pelled Mrs. Snow to complain to the authorities last summer she left him and since then had lived In her grand mother's cottage. Her aunt, Mrs- Eva Eaton also lived there. North Carolina Has 1,474 Alms Houses. Washington, Dec. 27. —North Caro lina had the second largest number of persons in its almshouses on December 31, 1922, according to a report made j here today by the department of com merce. The report covered ,a compari-! son of seven states as fallows: Georgia, 1 Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina and West Vir- j ginia. New Jersey was earing for the greatest number in its almshouses with 1,764 while North Carolina had 1,474 in its institutions. \ Want More Ships. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dee. 27. —Authority to construct eight 10,000-ton cruisers and three submarines will be sought of Con gress by the Navy Department in the near future, according to information re ceived by members of the House naval committee. i .' j Big Snow In Northwest. I (By the Associated Press.) St. Paul. Minn.. Dee. 27.—The north? west experienced its first real snow of the season today when cities in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota re ported snow ranging from one-half to four inches in depth with more snow and I cold wave forecast for today. Ready to Open OoolHlge Headquarters. Chicago, Dee. 27.—Wm. M. Butler, republican national committeeman from Massachusetts, and national director of i the Coolidge campaign, arrived today to - inaugurate the work of the national head quarters here. > TODAY’S t » NEWS i » TODAY I NO. 303. CHOKE DENOUNCES THOSE CONTROLLING i JT-TIKIS TIE _«tifier High Official in Or ganization Sends Letter to Coolidge Giving Views on Present Leaders. WRONG VIEWS ARE BEING FOLLOWED Clarke Says Present Organi zation is Not What Found ers Hoped For—Willing to Help Change Conditions. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 27.—E. Y. Clarke, j formerly high in the councils of the Ku Klux Klan, wrote President Coolidge to day, offering to co-operate with the Exec utive in ending the activities of “an ele ment'' which is converting the Klan into an organization vastly different from that planned by its founders. Clarke also an nounced bis intention of issuing a proe | Initiation to Klausmen “calling the bet ter element” either to take hold and "remedy the existing evils” or to disband the organization. | The President was told by Clarke that I there had been a "steady withdrawal” [from the Klan it:\lf, or from participa tion in active control, and that he had j “voluntarily severed his active official ! connection” with the organization more [than a year ago. | Various charges were made in the let ter against the activities of the organiza tion, in regard to which “high ideals, principles, and purposes,” for which it was formed, and these activities Clarke characterized as “keen disappointments to me.” "I am perfectly willing,” the letter said “to assume moral responsibility which is rightly mine, as having been chiefly instrumental in building the Klan. in justice to myself and hundreds of [thousands of high grade men who have been drawn into the Klan because of its declaration of ideals and principles, I cannot and will not rest passive and si lent and sit idly by in the face of such conditions.” With Our. Advertisers. W. B, Smith, of Marshvillr. will on Saturday-, Jjeeembet; Jstb. at q'docfc sell. at public auction at Midland, a Tar load of horses and mules. See ad. in this palter. Read the “Word of Thanks-and Ap preciation" from H. B. Wilkinson. The Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co. lms an interesting new ad. today. Large bottle of Dr. Gibson’s Syrup of White Pine for 25 cents at Gibson Drug Store. New Year enrds at Cline's. See the new ad. today of the Carolina case. Complete stock of men's underwear at Hoover's. Hats to brighten up dark eonts and dresses at Specialty Hat Shop. New wool plaids for skirts and dress es at Scarboro’s. Watch the space of the Southern Mo tor Service Co. The King Tut Service Station sells Miller and Michel in tires. See the new ad. today of the Ivey Shoe Company, Handsome line of overcoats for $35.00 at the Browns-Gannon Co. Everything you need in blank books, ledgers, etc., at the Musette. Everything in hardware at Ritchie- Caldwell Co.'s. All wool overcoats, $18.50 and up at W. A. Overeash’s. Milkmaid Bread—quality first and quality last. C. H. Barrier & Co. have that good home-made saner kraut. Read about the Yale door closers sold by the Ritchie Hardware Co. , Elgin watches, the favorite, sold by Starnes-Miller-Parker Co., the new jew elry store. Your clothes will be properly handled and cleaned if you semi them to Bob's Dry Cleaning Co. The Parks-Belk Co. has begun a gen eral elean-up sale of all winter goods on : the second floor. Sweeping reductions are being made on ail winter wear and articles. I Post and Flagg Cotton Letter. I New York, Dee. 26. —The immense | tender was so readily taken care of that at times the demand for January was in ; excess of the supply and the market ' proved the amazing spectacle of advance in face of about the heaviest tender on record for a single day. The influence is that the underlying strength cxeeeds even what had been thought by even the most ardent bulls and also that spec? illative longs are chiefly conspicuous by their absence. Spot advices from the south average very bullish and a hope ful feeling is reported among mills ns to the future of trade after the ho’idays. Foreign trade advices are also rather more eheerful and the export movement I continues largely in excess of last year. | Predictions of further important .ad- I vances are freely made and appear to contain a strong promise of realization though it should not be expected that ' that will come to pass without reactions some of which may. be severe. The best ■ policy appears to take advantage of any > that occur to make purchases and to I use caution- in following advances un less those are well supported by a I marked increase in the activity in the ■ goods marnets. . | POST AND FLAGG. i - t 1 There will be preaching services at > Prosperity Lutheran Church next Sun . day aftarnoon at 2:80 o'clock by Bev..C, P. Fisher.