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• ASSOCIATED * 0 PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 00000000 VOLUME XXIV LO«L IMPS IK AFTER REBELS IR THE OIL DISTRICT Federal Soldiers Have Taken Ozuluama—Lihares Seized For Short While by the Rebels. PORT OF SAUNA CRUZ ALSO HELD Forces Which Attacked the Towns Are Directing the Movement Now Against City of Santa Lucrecia. (■» the Fmm.) Tampico, Jan. 24.—Federal forces en gaged in driving the rebel bands oat of the oil district have taken the town of Ozuluma in the Hnnsatccn region. The rebels yeaterday took possession of 1 an il res between Monterey and Ciudad Vic toria, but the Federal column sent from regained the own. More than fifty reh ■ W* -ifevve kiHed -ttr she-engagement. • It is expected that rail service between Tampico and Monterey will be resumed within a few days. Rebels Hold Port of Satina Cruz. < Vera Cruz. Jan. 22 (delayed—By ra dio via Dallas News —By the Associated Press). —The port of Sal inn Cruz is in the (lower of the revolutionists . It was attacked by General Enrique Brcna, aid ed by the gunboat Progreso. The enp tnre gave the rebels complete control of the Pacific coast from the State of Jalis co southward. The forces which attacked Salina CrH* have commenced a movement against Santa Luereeia, and have been rein forced between this town and San Ger enimo. The combined forces will at tack Santa Lucrecia which is an import ant railway trunk line station, still held by the Obregou forces under General Gomez. The siuation along the Vera Crttz- Oaxacft front continued unchanged. Mexicans Get Vessel. Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 24.—Mexican naval officers under a commission from the Obregou government, have arrived in Philadelphia to take youth ja. vessel, for use R the present trouble fuMfcxTecf.The Mexican consulate admitted that men arrived today arid some of them were bri er found at a hotel. There were eight men* in the party and strict secrecy was observed by ail of them. Obregon Changes Headquarters. El Paso, Jan. 24.—President Obregon was forced to return to Aguas Oalientes yesterday when he attempted a trip to Celaya and now is gathering his forces in an attempt to cut through the rebel troops holding Celaya, an important rail way junction, advices received in Jaurez today state. Obregon left his field headquarters at Penjnmo on Monday, it is said, and went to Aguas Calientes for the purpose of meeting the Kaqnj troops en route to the eastern sector. The men left Jaurez Monday and were being hurried to the south In order to reinforce the Federal armies. President Obregon, the advices state, attempted to return to Celaya on Wed nesday in order that he not only be in touch with the Western sector, but the fighting in the east as well. The Presi dent's special hurriedly returned to Aguas Calientes when k was learned that Estrada’s cavalry had cut the rail way at Celaya, and troops now are be ing concentrated in the hopes of cutting through. GOV. MORRISON BLOCKS BOOKS ON EVOLUTION Has State Board of Education to Re ject Two Biology Texts Account of Monkey Theory. 1 Raleigh. Jan. 23.—Upon insistence of Governor Morrison, the state board of education today rejected from the re port of the text book comthission two recommended texts on biology, because of their teachings concerning evolution. The rejected tdxts were Trafton’s “Biology of Home and Community” and “One of them taught that man is descended from a monkey and the other that man is a cousin to the monkey,” said Governor Morrison, expressing his Opposition to uny theory of evolution that involves a missing link. Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire at Kittrell. <B; the Associate* Press.» Henderson, N. C„ Jan. 24.—Fire of undetermined origin last night destroyed the offices, warehouse and hot houses of the Continental Plant Company, *at Kittrell, six miles from here. The ides is estimated at $50,000, probably half covered by insurance. Russian Plot Discovered. (By the Associated press.) London, Jan! 24. —An agency dispatch from Constantinople reports the discovery of an extensive conspiracy of Russian communists. Many arrests were said to have been made. SAT’S BEAR SAYS Ljg Rain tonight and probably Friday morning; no change in temperatue. The Concord Daily Tribune i & Cool v -S S ...; . A-- / i* Captain Anton Heinen (above) of Ger many, was the pilot nbmnl the Shenan doah when the ship broke loose. His cool ness is credited with bringing the giant safely back to the hangar at Lakchurst, N. J., without loss of a life. Captain Heinen is in this country in an advisory capacity. UIWAJBB TRUSTEES TO MEET Conference to Be Held at Pinetmrst „„ Friday, January 25th. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, X. Jon. 24.—Trustees Os the Kiyvnnis Clubs of the Carolina Dis trict will meet with the lieutenant gov ernors and chairmen of the various com mittees at Pineliuyst on Friday, January loth for n conference at which the ad vancement of the Kiwanis Club in this district will be discussed and planned. Harry T. Adams, District Governor of the Carolina Kiwanis Hubs will pre side. Governor Adams stated that there are now 50 clubs in the Carolina district and that three additional clubs have beeu started since the first of the year. New clubs have recently been formed at Ben nettsville, S. C„ and Raeford. X. while the Raleigh Kiwanis Club has .sponsored a new club at Wnrrenton it was stated. According to Governor Adams, n num ber of important matters looking to the future advancement of the Kiwanis will be discussed at the Pinehurst meeting, the Lieutenant-Governors who will meet with the district governor at this time arts: John IL-.Dnffy.Kumter.H. IL>-Rieh ar«l T. Ferrell. Rock Hill. S! C.: Wil kain A. French. Wilmington, X. C.; and Felix Harvey, Kinston. N. C. Governor Adams stated • that a new lieutenant governor had been appointed for the western section of North Caro lina and that his name will be made public at the meeting in Pinehurst. ATTORNEY GENERAL IS CALLED TO WHITE HOUSE Just What President Coolidge Wanted Is Not Known Now. (By Ih* Associated Press.) Washington. Jan. 24.—Attorney Gen eral Daugherty was summoned to the White House today for conference with President Coolidge, but there was noth ing to indicate whether any change had taken place in the administration policy of merely observing the Teapot Dome in vestigation in its present phase. It was declnred by Department of Justice of ficials that the President wanted to talk over various things with Mr. Daugherty who expected to leave for a day or two for au indefinite stay in Florida. Post and Flagg Cotton Letter. New York, Jan. 23.—Notwithstand ing a ginning report somewhere „in ex cess of current expectation the action of the market suggested sold out condi tion and that there were more waiting to buy than to sell if the figures proved large. The effect of the report was off set to some extent by a more favorable view of foreign conditions and still more by continued bullish spot advices. The report is in running bales and the trade is not sure how much will be lost when the figures are reduced to standard weight} as private advices are that the bales are running light especially those which linve passed through the gins re cently. The weather has not been fav orable for preparations but not much stress is laid on that though if there is not a change for the better presently the trade will begin to feel somewhat anxious ns an -early start is very es sential for good results and while the delay may be offset for a time by the favorable season in the soil there must be an opportunity to take ndvantage of that if it is to count for anything. The lack of activity in the goods markets is the serious drawback and as mills can ; harly afford tA absorb a much wider spread between goods and raw material it ’lpoks essential that some distinct im provement hiust occur in that section before any sustained important advane can be confidently expected. Rallies like ; today are apt to improve only local and technical and to fade away as soon us scattered shorts have covered through ’ they look fully warranted by the sound fundamentals on which the market rests. • His First. Success. New York. Jan. 22.—Fred Milford, a restaurant bus bay. by his suicide to night, made the first success of his life, a letter left by him stated. “If I succeed in the act I am about to attempt.” He wrote in his suicide note, “it will be my first success in life, and my last- Life in this world is for men made of sterner stuff than I am. Milford's body was found in his room, a gas- jet tube fastened lo hia mouth by 1 handkerchief. i “According to prevalent ideas, this is a cowardly act,” the note concluded. r “I offer no excuse. I shall now see what if anything, lies beyond.” CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924 Dr. Martin’s Removal as President of Davidson College Only Suggested Mr. John A. Livingston, special wrlt ■ f? /Os the Raleigh News and Observer, j vmting from Davidson College, has the following in today's issue cf that j>a per: Davidson, .Tan. 23.—Gossip reduced to facts discloses that some weeks ago members of the senior class of David son College sent a letter to L. Richard son. Greensboro business. man, who is president of the General Alumni Asso- : cintion. suggesting the advisability of I replacing President \V. J. Martin ns head of the Presbterlan institution with what was termed a more progressive man. Gossip had it the petition was to be presented at tlie meeting of the board of trustees at its meeting in February, but this report was declnred today by responsible members of (lie senior class to be a lie.” These sehiorfc said the action in sending the letter was has ty, but at. that is did not do more than | suggest the possibility cf n new presi dent. Boys Bound To Kick The sending cf the letter started ru» j mors that spread across the State hut people in the college village haven't got the news yet. and wouldn't be disturbed about it,if they had. Boys will be hoys and if it isn’t muddy streets it's some thing e’se. say the villagers. In fad, muddy streets' helped to start the move ment that culminated in the sending of the defter, which lias become a part of the bisfttfy' (if "(he college- Progress has lilt the college town, and water and sewerage ditches make the main street of Davidson nearly as muddy as the ■ majn_ street of Durham is in the midst of an improvement, season. Some three years ago a senior class at Davidson College had some differences with President Martin, and they sent a delegation to see him. Students and president sat down to a table and ironed them ont. In the present instnnee sev eral members of the faculty have confer red with the lenders in the senior class, and they seem to have arrived at an agreement that promises to work out all right. The seniors were not asked to shut up ami hold their peace but were told to make such investigatitons of oth er colleges as they deemed wise and after •careful consideration, and they were as sured that the college administration stood ready to listen to any just griev ance they might have. c Liberty of Opinion. In following this polfey of frank trad open discussion, the college authorities were carrying out a Presbyterian rule of a))owiug to pvery man the privilege of thinking things out for themselves. It is significant that efghty and seven years ago when the eollegb-was founded, ffir founder* chose a* -itA motto: “Let learning Be Cherished. Where Liberty Has Arisen.” There are 75 members of the senior class and they are a manly looking set of youngsters. Their leaders look you straight in the eye and talk straight. Once set upon a course they follow the well known Scotch-Irish bent of stick ing it out, let come what may. Today marked the beginning of the mid-term examinations, and it was inter esting to make the rounds of the class rooms and find every student placed on his honor not to cheat. They do not abuse this trust, and would be ostracized if they did. Student government here has proven highly successful. Martin Is Unruffled. If any one thinks that President Wil liam J. Martin is worried about his boys, they do not know the man. He is the coolest and calmest man on the college campus and not in the least disturbed. For 12 yenrs he hns been at the helm of the institution and has seen in that time | three freshmen classes come to the col- j SHERIFF LYERLY OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY DEAD] Died From Wounds Alleged by Police to Have Been Self Inflicted. 4By tha Associated Press. • Asheville, Jan. 24.—John A. Lyer ly, sheriff of Buncombe county, died at a local hospital early today from the ef fects of a pistol bullet fired into his brain yesterday afternoon, alleged by the police tb have been self inflicted. The sheriff had been despondent over ill health and because of the death of his wife last August. Motorcycle policemen found him lying in the county garage at the rear of the court house, clutching a pis tol in his hand, and bleeding from his right temple.. The county commission ers are expected to appoint a successor to fill out the unexpired term. The funeral will be held Friday afternoo nat 3 o'clock. | PROPOSED CONFERENCE. I HAS FALLEN THROUGH Leaders in England’s Rail Strike v Will No* Hold Conference. London, Jan. 24 (By the Associated. Press). —The proposed conference be tween the railroad managers and engine men for discussion of issues involved in . the present strike has fallen through, and J. Bromley, secretary of the Asso ] elated Society of Locomotive Engineers i and Firemen, announced this afternoon t that “ he regretted” that the strike must i continue. t ; I Dr. Kaupp to Speak at Madison Square Garden. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, N. C., Jon. 24.—Dr. B. F. Kaupp, iMuiltry investigator, and puthol ■ ogist of North Carolina State College of ' Agriculture, will address the Educational ’ section of the Madison Square Garden Poultry Show in New York City on Fri ; day evening. Dr. Kaupp's subject will be ’ “Poultry Losses From Preventable Di ■ seases." ' This will porticularly interest the poul try raisers of thlq state and many will ' have the opportunity of hearing Dr. '. Kaupp speak over the radio at 8 o’clock I on Friday evening. I ! The number of men now employed in I I the coal mines of Great Britain is 1,- 1184,200. lege and pans out asL-seniors. | Xo doubt President Martin would be glad to lay dowp tli of his of fice for quieter; .pursuit* but until his work is finished he hold his hand steady to the pldnjr to the end of Hfe fur row though the 5 Aotjns bait about his .head and path. H§. comes of a stock that knows not the meaning of the / word fnil and that it takes .. its full responsibility 1 for-pei fcnuance of hard tasks. I Lfhe record of achievement under Pres ident Martin's adlfimstratioh will loom large in the history ; of the institution. He has seen the., endowment fund dou bled under hfct KUldfctg Stand and' the student body grow Tram 300 to over 500, and did Davidson crowd its dormitories as some colleges do, the (ii.-olimenf would be still larger, for many| applicants have to be turned away each Bar. President Margin's shend is not bowed, j for he beads a suniegt body that meas ures high in itw i dials. They respect i charncter-and integrity, and that he has I far above the average/ and they know it. Not a Go-ail Mixer The worst that they can say about President Martin is That lie is lacking in tact. He does not mix in friendly catnardcrie with the ioys on the college , campus, not docs he Fith friends off the campus. He pursue S' the even tenor of bis way with a friendly word for every one and no bluster for any occasion. Re is as nearly tfifcjffnine yesterday, to day and forever, as it is possible for a human being ta be. When athletic teams gel licked, students (fan raise a mighty i kick because some star lias been kept ' off the team on acehmtt of failing to make the required grades in his studies. That is the Davidson way, awl in their calmer moments they know that it ift the right way. Tbqj berate the presi dent though because no college student likes to see his team ijose. It. is likewise the (Davidson way to refuse to recognize the offering of spe cial inducements to »t?r athletes to come to this college, even, when enthusiastic alumni arc ready to $n down into their jeans and help pay Ijis expenses in col lege. Xot that Davidson is trying to dictate to anybody, but it just isn't the Davidson way. , Makes Hfmarif Goat President Martin gets blamed for a lot of things that he doesn’t do or that he isn't entitled to he blamed for be cause ns head of college, he conceives one of his duties to be the goat for things that are unpleasant. Another man might do it different, tpit not so President Martin. It is his way and he does it that way. The spjrit of unrest that pervades this old wit-cracked world is magnified' ka >lw ngUsges of the land and Davidson has not escaped. The desire for change is rampant. Some cf the students here think the institu tion needs shaking up. They don't know how they can aid much, but they want to do sometihng. This is not peculiar to Davidson. It is being met with calm and wise counsel, and it is a benediction to a newspaper scribe to come to the quiet shades of a fine old Southern college town 1 and breathe the spirit of restfulnees and peace which no doubt palls some times on youngsters who are ready to sart out on a crusad ing mission. Eleven thousand men and womed have contributed to the six hundred thousand dollar fund that has been raised to re build the Chambers building, which wae burned down, and to the endowment fund. That in itself is a record that insures to this college a continuance of ' that fine pioneer spirit that led to its I founding over four score years ago with ’ [ little to build upon except hope and | faith. THE COTTON MARKET I Further Advance During Early Trading Met Good Deal of Realizing. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 24.—A further ad vance in the cotton market during to day’s early trading met a good deal of realizing, and after selling at 33.98. March reacted to 33.70. The general market opened steady at a decline of 3 points to an advance of 10 points. There were a few overnight selling or ders around the ring, brought in by the advance of yesterday, by Liverpool made a very good showing and prices here soon showed net advances of 10 to 22 points on active months as a result, of covering, trade and house buying. May sold tip to 34.20, but selling became more active at this figure, and the market broke some 25 or 30 points from the best with in the first hour. I Cotton futures opened steady. Jan. 1 33.55; March 33.85; May 34.02; July 32.96; Oct. 28.20. REPARATIONS EXPERTS WILL VISIT GERMANY Going to Berlin to Get Facts About Germany’s Financial Condition. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 24.—The experts inquir , ing into German's financial and economic condition today continued preparations for their hearings in Berlin whither they are going Monday, probably by special train. The committeemen and their staff of experts, secretarys, stenogra phers and attendants, number more than 100. r Discusses Coming of Experts. Berlin, Jan-. 24.—When the reparo , tiops experts now meeting in’ Paris-come to Berlin to ascertain the truth, said Minister of Finance Luther in an nd dress at Hamburg yesterday, “then the world will determine that the repara tions problem must be settled in a man ner permitting Germany’s recovery.” Sir Hall Cain* 111. London, Jan. 24-—Sir Hail Caine, ; who has suffered during the past few : weeks from serious attacks of vertigo. • has toft for Switzerland on the urgent 1 advice of hia physician. Sir Hall was at •: work on a new novel when the disease I became acute. ANNOUNCE DEFENSE WHICH ANDERSON IS TO OFFER IN TRIAL Attorney# For the Superin*; tendent'of the Anti-Saloon League Says Case is Simp ly One of Bookkeeping. ADMIT SOME OF THINGS CHARGED They Admit That Anderson] Agreed to Share in Excess Commissions of Phillips, Fund Collector. Now York. Jan. 24. —Wm. H. Ander son. exercising the right of liis office ns Supcrintifmftiit of the jAnG-Salf/On I.eagne, mode a contract with O. Bert sall Phillips, the I/eagne fund collector, to share in Phillips' excess commissions. Anderson's attorneys declared today in outlining the defense they would make j against the forgery charge on which he is being tried. Policy Williams, one of the attorneys, ■ said that under this contract Anderson agreed that Phillips would not have to l>a.v income taxes on the moneys turned over to Anderson. He admitted that Anderson, as brought out by the prosecu tion yesterday, ordered the transfer of one entry of .$4.4000 from Phillips’ sal ary account to his hotel and traveling expense account. The defense, he continued, would prove that the case now before the jury is one purely of book-keeping and that the pros ecution had been either bndly advised about the mysteries of book-keeping or had proceeded recklessly in making its accusations. GREAT PROCESSION BEFORE THE BIER OF LJSNINE Thousands Pass to Pay Respects to the ! Former Soviet Ruler. Moscow. Jan. 24. (By the Associated Press). —The great procession before the bier of Lenine in the House of Unions continued today. From 5 o'clock yester day afternoon when the doors of tjie hall were opened until after midnight the wide square on which the building fronts saw a constantly swelling mass; of ■ hju raunity outlined against (he snowx In the early hours of the morning the crowd dwindled, but it was still deep enough to keep the soldiers and police busy, and early this afternoon it had agaip swelled to its former proportions. Excellent order Was maintained. Among the mourners today were thou sands of children from the schools and other institutions, some of them so tiny they had to stand on tiptoe to view the waxen face of the dead premier. No ehurch bells "bad been tolled as yet in Lenine's memory, but they will prob ably ring out on the day of the funeral, as the Holy Synod lias formally desig nated Archbishop's Evdokim's suggest ion that Lenine be declared a Christiau. GASTONIA WOOLEN MILLS LATEST TEXTILE BUSINESS Plant Manufactures a Fabric That Goes I?- Under Leather Covering in Rollers. Gastonia, Jan. 23.—The Gastonia Woolen mills is the name of the coun ty's newest textile corporation, charter ed to spin and weave woolen fabrics. The incorporators are John E. White, K. M. Glass and others. The plant manufactures a fine grade of woolen fabrics that goes tinder the leather covering on rollers. An essential part of the machinery in a cotton mill. The plant has authorized capital of $50,000. It is equiped with a number of looms. This mill is another evidence of the • desire on the part of Gaston county manufacturers to diversify their in- 1 terests. There are some five or six weaving and finishing; plants in the county at present. Club for Boys Organized. Elizabeth City, Jan. 24.—-Two clubs have just been organized in the mill, district of this city by Rev. Daniel j Lane. The purpose of the clubs is to ; bring together the youth of the mill dis trict under the direction of a leader who will carry them on hikes, organize ath-'j letic teams and in general direct them in the life that is most profitable. The .first club is boy for boys between the ages of six years to twelve years old. The second club is for boys from twelve years and up. Herman Bunch was elected captain of the younger bbys club and Harold Belengia was elected assist ant captain. The older boys club is headed by Dewey Copeland, as captain, and Walter Kirby as assistant captain. Dog Leads Way to Bodies. Rochdale, Mass.. Jan. 23. —A wet dog that returned to the home of Mr. and Sirs. Michael Zajack, Greenville, long after supper time last night and refused to be cheered by the prospects of a meal, was the first inkling the Zajacks had that their sons, Dominick, ten, and Michael, twelve, who had failed to ap ' pear, might be drowned. The dog led the way to a hole in 1 ‘ the ice on the pond where the two lads , had been skating. ! | Hours afterwards the bodies were re '. covered with grappling irons. Increase in Auto Output Last Year. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 24.—The output of , motor vehicles in the United States dur • ing 1923 was placed in a commerce de , partment announcement today at a total t of 3,036.592 passenger automobiles, and b 376,257 trucks, as compared with 2,339,- s 760 passenger machines and 246,281 trucks in 1922. NO. 16. Close-Up ! fry wNu V A close-up view of the mooring mast of the dirigible Shenandoah at Lakchurst, N. J. When the ship broke loose the | nose of the ship was ripped off. It is that ' portion shown in the picture. WILL BE TWENTY-FOURTH DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION | History of the Democratic National Con vention.—First Held in 1832. Washington. D. C., Jan. 24. —The con- j vention which meets in New York next j June will be the twenty-fourth national assemblage of the Democratic party, while the gathering at Cleveland will be only the eighteenth Republican nntional gathering. But the Democratic party surpasses the Republican in age much more than this difference would indicate, i Bern in the bank controversy of 1791, christened by Jefferson, its founder, in 1792, the Democratic party passed *he century mark in its life more than three decades ago. | Beaten in the first canvass for Presi j dent in which there was a contest, that ! of 1796, in which Adams, the Federalist, defeated Jefferson, Democrat, the Demo cratic party carried the country in 1800 under Jefferson, and controlled it front - that time until Buchanan stepped out J of power in 1861. except in 1825-20. ] when tne second Adams, National Repub lican, was President; in 1841-45, in th*i administration of the Whigs. Jackson, for his second term, was the first Democratic President chosen by na tional convention, and his nomination was certain under any sort of auspices. Nobody else was thought of for Presi dent by the Democrats in 1832. The Democratic convention of 1832 was held in Baltimore, and from that time until within a few years of the civil war Baltimore had the vogue as a convention city which Chicago has en joyed in later years. Whigs as well as Democrats in those days usually met in the Maryland metropolis. Its nearness to Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Richmond and Charleston made if a convenient center lor rallies of the political forces. The Westward move ment of population and business, how ever. threw Baltimore and the rest of the big cities of the Atlantic seaboard largely cut of the running, and the running, and the great quadrennial meet ing places cf the parties of the past three-quarters of a century have com monly been in the middle West. 1 No platform was framed by the Dem ocratic convention of 1832, but that body is memorab’e for another, circumstance than that of its being the first national delegate gathering of a great party. It adopted u resolution which recited that “each state be entitled, in the nomina , tion to be made of a candidate for the ! vice presidency, to a number of votes equal to the number to which they will ( be entitled in the electoral college under the new apportionment, in voting for President and Vice President; and that two-thirds of the whole number of votes in the convention shall be neessary for a choice.” This was the origin of the | two-thirds rule for the selection of nocni- | nees in Democratic national conventions, j i In every other natioual party, small or] j large, a majority of votes has sufficed j jto nominate, but the two-thirds rule was adopted ip 1832 in Van Buren’s in terest, to warn all rivals all the (rack : and to show that he was a general favo-1 rite of his party. And in this Conner- 1 I tion it is interesting to note that the: rule was used in 1844 for Van Buren’s 1 overthrow. With Our Advertisers. Shoes at SI.OO a pair at the S. S. i Brown Shoe Store. All other stock is especially priced. See the Flint Six with seven-bearing • crankshaft at J. C. Blume’s Garage. Concord has a new dyeing and clean ing plant, the Engle Company, 41 E. Cor : bin street, in the new Grady building. See ; | ad. in this paper. . j Thomas Smith, agency supervisor,' ' wants a manager for the Concord agen : I cy of an old line life insurance company. | Address him at 914 Commercial Bank 1 Building, Charlotte. To Issue Proclamation in Rat Killing Campaign. Abbeville. S. C„ Jan. 23.—Mayor Moore will issue a proclamation within a day or so urging the citizens to assist Minn Ann May Wright, of Portsmouth, Va., in conducting a “Rat Killing” cam paign this week. Miss Wright claims every person in Abbeville supports two E rats at a cost of $1 82 a year, the town - thereby losing SIS,OOO each year in this - manner. Every one is asked to kill two 1 rats and bring- them in as part of the 1 campaign. That sounds fine, but by - the time every Womah in Abbeville killed her two rats there wouldn’t be a whole ' piece of furniture left in the town. 9 TODAY’S • 9 NEWS « • TODAY 9 MELLON PROGRAM OF TAX REDUCTION IS DEFENDED IN HOUSE Strong Defense to Plan Of fered by Rep. Mills, One of Members of House Ways and Means Committee. WANTS REDUCTION FOR ALL PEOPLE Democrats Waiting For Defi nite Terms of Compromise j Which Was Offered Them \ by the Republicans. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 24.—Secretary Mel lon's program for tax reduction was de fended today in the House by Represen tative Mills, of New York, a republican member of the Ways and Means commit tee, which is engaged in framing a reve nue bill. Mr. Mills argued vigorously for the reduction in surtax rates to a maximum of 25 per cent, as recommended by Mr. Mellon and attacked the Democratic 1 plan to cut surtaxes only to a maximum lof 44 per cent, while further reducing I normal income rates as "limiting the benefits of tax reduction to three million ] individuals.” j The Mellon plan proposes relief for • the small income tax payers, Mr. Mill* explained, "but also a reduction of stir taxes on higher incomes not for the ben efit of the few individuals who pay them, but because from the standpoint of the United States government they are un productive and uncollectible and from a standpoint of the welfare and prosperity of all our people uneconomic and harm ful.” Miscellaneous Tax Rates Considered. Washington, Jan. 24.—The House Ways and Means committee proceeded today to consideration of the miscel laneous tax rates, leaving the fate of the Mellon proposals for revision of income taxes undetermined, while' Democratic i members await the definite terms for a i compromise which they suggested yes | terday when Chairman Green proposed that the committee work out a non par , tisan biy. - 'joiur con gressional session is planned for next Wednesday. February 27th. as a mano rial service for President Harding. Selected for Shipping Board. Washington, Jan. 24.—W. S. Hill, banker and farmer, of Mitchell, South 1 Dakota, has been selected by President Coolidge ns the representative of the in terior states on the shipping boa. d. Another Consolidation Bib. Washington, Jan. 24.—A bill designed to stimulate voluntary consolidations of railroads into a limited number of sys tems with competition preserved as full as possible was introduced today by Sen ator Cummins, of lowa, ranking republi can member of the Interstate Commerce Committee, and one of the authors, of the present transportation act. Senate Gets Liquor Treaty. Washington, Jap. 24.—The ship liquor treaty with Great Britain was transmit ted to the Senate today by President Coolidge. It was referred to the foreign relations committee. ' COOLIDGE TO MAKE TRIP TO (NEW YORK V'”" u’-st TV-- H - 11-s L-ft Wash ington Since He Became President. the \«NiM>(n«st I’rr-- Washington, .Tan. 24.—President Cool idge will leave Washington for the first time since he entered the White House last August when he goes to New York on Lincoln’s birthday to speak at the anniversary dinner of the National Re publican Club. The address is expected to be the first of a political nature to be made by Mr. Coolidge since he be came President. ; The executive accompanied by Mrs. j Coolidge will leave Washington at noon ] February 12th, reaching New York about : 6 o’clock, to attend the dinner, and tvili I return at midnight. Puts Mule in Cow’s Stall to Welcome a Milk Thief. ‘ Hot Springs. Ark., Jan. 23.—“ The ! guilty flee when no man pursuetli,” de i dared Lige Dodd. farmer, Ouahita ■ township, here today. Dodd's cow had been off in here milking and investiga | tion reveiled fresh footprints in the vicinity of the cow barn each morning. Dodd switched a particulary disagrec | able mule to the stall, transferring the cow to the mule’s stable in the barn. Tile cow mi’ked well the next morning, and Dodd reported to the officers that he found a battered tin pail hnd torn hat recovered from the stall occupied by the mule, which they might use to eon- I neet with the visitor who had been milking his cow. Spencer Boys Skate Distance of 16 Miles. | Spencer, Jan. .23.—Skating over the 1 National Highway from Spencer to ( 'Lexington, a distance of 16 miles, was the record of half a dozen Spencer high ' school students on Saturday. The skat ing time was one hour and forty-five ; minutes and the young athletes declare ■ it a most interesting experience, this ■ perhaps being the longest distance skat ' ing on record hereabouts. The party in > eluded Jay Stoudemire, Hendrill Self, > James Cooper, Sydney Lee Ridon, Lcs * ter Slate and* Charles Ellis. > V- s Sponsor Gilbert Dead. r Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 24—Spencer C. 1 Gilbert, a director of the Pennsylvania s Railroad, died at bis home here today. He was aeventy-three years old. ' ■■■
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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