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b PRFSS » DISPATCHES VOLUME XXIV raS Slayers of Major McLeary Pay the Penalty of Their Crime by Yielding to the State Their Lives. BOTH CONFESSED TO THE MURDER Harrell First to Be Led Into the Death Chamber, Com plaining That His Complic ity Did Not Warrant Death (By tin* Associated Pmu.) Columbia, 8. C.. Dec. s.—Mortimer N. King/ of Canton, N. C.. and Frank Har rell of Union County, 8. CV, were elec trocuted at tbe state penitentiary here shortly nfter (l o’clock this morning for the murder of Major Samuel H. McLeary just off the,: Hateigli-Columbia Highway on July 2, last. Both had previously confessed to hav ing formed a I>lot to rob a passing tour ist which resulted in the death of the Major after he' gave them a ride in his automobile. Although King had confessed to hav ing fired the fatal shots, Harrell was the first to be led into the death chamber, being electrocuted at C:22 a. m. King was seated "in the chair and the current turned on about 18 minutes later. Strapped in the chair, each of the con demned men substantiated bis confes sion', although Harrell maintained that his complicity did not warrant his being given the death sentence. The death warrant was read at 5:30 o’clock by tl)e Captain of the prison guard. Harrell was led in at 8:15 and nsked to make a final statement. Reaf firming his trust in Divine mercy, he said ‘Tve beat a lot of people dut of mon ey, a lot of cotton mills, but I want to tell you one thing: I hnve had as good a mother ami father as any of you. 1 re alise I have sinqed, but 1 have not done enough to place me where I am todu'y." , At 8:22 the ourreaf of 1,000 volte was turned on for one minute, and four minutes and ten seconds later fie was pronounced dead. ■ti iiJftw flffi very sorry to ha vE-tir-stlriTowri this way . this morning before you p«o* pie,” he declared in dear even tones. “I realise my sins have brought me to thk plaee, but it can’t be helped now.” He asked the blessing of God on all gathered in the room and told one of the spec tators to “Tell all the boys to (to right.” 'Die current was turned on at 6:38 and four minutes later he was dead. The body of King will be sent to Can ton where, his wife resides and that of Harrell to bis home near Lockhart, 8. C. History of the Crime. Columbia, 8. C„ Dec. s.—Major Sam uel H. McLeary, United States army of ficer, met death on the roadside about 11 miles south of Cheraw, South Carolina, on the afternoon of July 3rd, starting what is said to have been one of the most widespread searches for a missing army officer during recent years. Even tually, through the efforts of the agents of the department of justice and North and South Carolina officers. Mortimer X. King, young mill worker, was ar rested on a charge of munder in Connec , fion with the cda.vi.ng of, the major. He implicated as his. accomplice. Frank, alais Sherman Harrell, aW a cotton mill operative. Shortly after the army officer dropped from sight, the authorities of both the Carolinas were notified by the war de partment to be on the watch for him. At first it was thought that lie had suf fered a period on mental aberration, to which theory his young wife gave cred ence. Suspicion o{ foul play was first aroused when the major failed to pall for money telegraphed him from Norfolk to a hotel in Columbia. From then on the search was co ml net ed, most thoroughly. Traced by the major’s automobile, in whiqh he and his accomplice had driven away after the murder, King was ar rested at liis home in Canton, North Carolina, about two weeks after the slaying. The officers grossed the Bouth Carolina line, and, under his direction, went to the spot, a short distance from the road where the missing officer’s re mains were discovered. On July 18th, King confessed and im plicated in his confession Harrell, for whom the search was resumed. Those whose efforts resulted in the,arrest of King were Charles H./ Powers, depart ment of justice agent, Major Sumner M. Williams, of the United States army; A. J. Sumner, chief of police of Canton, N. C.. and Hubert Holloway, Asheville, newspaper man. When the confession had been se cured. the officers set out to locate Har rell who at that time was believed to be at Union, S. C„ or at Lockhart* a nearby town. An effort gvas made to prevent the name of the accomplice from becoming public, but it soon became known that Harrell was wanted, and a search for him was begun in several of the Southern statas. Several suspects were arrested in South Carolina and others in North Carolina and Georgia, but each proved tot be the wrong man. In the meantime Harrell had made his way to Nashville, Tenn., accompanied by his brother, Gerald, and on the night of July 22nd the pair were arrested by the police of that city on a charge of vagrancy just as they were arriving within the confines of the municipality, No Importance was attached to the ar re«t until the following morning w iCC 'containing f*Slp°tiof “o' 4Continued on Page Fire). I .Li.. V. .. ... V ' i' ~ The Concord Daily Tribune Tragedy Occurred at Bel grade, Jugoslavia. —The Woman Afterwards Com mitted Suicide. THREE SHOTS FTRED ENTERING THE NECK Dayton Had Hold the Wom an That Their Friendship Must Cease—Dayton’s Con dition Critical. —■—— Belgrade, Jfigo-Stevia, Dec. 5 (By the Associated IVwsi.—Henry- Dayton, the American vice Vonsnl here, was shot and' seriously wounded yesterday at his home by a young woman, who afterward committed suicide by opening the veins in her forearm. v The shooting occurred during on inter view between the vice consul and .the woman, Anna Ousoupaitais. During the interview, according to reports, the vice consul is said to have told the young wo man that -their friendship must cease, whereupon she fired three shots which en tered his neck. She thin committed sui cide. Dayton’s condition is said to be very serious. The affair has caused a sensation in diplomatic body and throughout the city. State Department Lacks Reports of the Shooting. Washington, Dee. s—The State De partment today lacked reports on the shooting of Vice Consul Henry A. Day ton. He had only recently been assign ed to Belgrade, having been transferred to that post from Kovno, Lithuania. The vice consul was horn, in Atlanta. Ga., in 1807, , and graduated from the Auburn New York, high school, and from Hamil ton college in 1S)17. He served in the army during the war, and entered the consular service later ns a clerk in the Kovno consulate. He was promoted to be vice consul at Kovno. Dayton’s Condition Not Sfcrions. Washington, Dec. s.—The State De partment was informed today by Consul Patton, of Belgrade, that the condition of Vice Consul Dayton, wounded yesterday, UOTTON EXCHANGE AT ATLANTA IS INDICTED Charged With Violation ot Georgia Law Prohibiting Dealing in Futures on Margin. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4-—The Atlanta Commercial' exchange yesterday was in dicted by the Fulton county grand-jury on a charge of violating the Georgia law prohibiting dealing in futures on mar gin. The indictment of the exchange fol lows close’y the indictment of the grand jury of about 80 individuals, members of the exchange, and other members of other exchanges about two weeks ago, by Solicitor General John Boykin. A former session of the same grand jury returned ft “no bill” when it first in vestigated the case against the ex change. There was no explanation forth coming as to why the first attempt of the solicitor general to indict the corporate body was unsuccess and the second was. THREE COMMUNISTS KILLED During a Night-Long Siege by the Police of a House in Revel. Reval, Esthonia, Dec. 5 (By the Asso ciated Press).—Three communists includ ing ex-deputy Somerling. of the Esthonia parliament were killed, and three police men wounded during a night-long siege by the police of a house in which partici pants in the recent communist outbreak had taken refuge. The house was sur rounded last night and firing by both sides lasted until daybreak when the po lice had effected an entrance. U. D. C. Chapters Bolt; Election is • “IBegal.” Washington, Dec. 4—Six chapters of the United Daughters of the Confeder acy, Wasfhington division, refused today to recognize the officers elected at the organization’s annual meeting last night on grounds that the nomination of Mrs. Albion Tuck, for president-general, had been put improperly. The rebelling fac tion, headed by Mrs. Drury Ludlow, claimed the election of Mrs. Tuck was illegal because votes from her side were not cast. Both sessions yesterday and ln-t night were marked by heated exchanges. So tumultuous did the day meeting become that a call for police, from an anony mous source, brought a negro patrjl man to the convention hall, which caused even i greater excitement. It was indicated tonight that if harmony were not soon restored, a call would be is sued for a special session ofthe national executive committee of the organization. Heavy Hnins In Asheville. (By (he Associated Press.) Asheville, Dec. 5.— Heavy rains this morning checked what is believed to have been the most distroug forest fire that has visited Buncombe county in-years. An area of about id square miles was ed over eight miles northeast of this city. The loss in timber is estimated to run into many thousands of dollars. Two mountains were completely enveloped in flames taut night.. Now Owrarnor of Panama Canal Zoos. Washington, Dec. 4.—The nomination of Col. M. L. Walker of the Army Engi neers. to be Governor of the Panama Ca mTzone, wkas rent to tlm Senate today CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924 NEBRISHIND WEST IK 11 GAP TW OF SHOW AND SLEET First General Snow Storm of the Winter Moving North Today From the Mountains and Plains States. OLD SOUTH WAS NOf AFFECTED Nebraska and lowa Were Hardest Hit—More Than 2,000 Telegraph and Power Poles Broken Off. (Bv the Aiuodiiled Presa.l Chicago, Dec. s.—The first general snow and sleet storm of the winter was moving north today from the mountain and plains states, hut with lessened en ergy. The storm brought the lirst snow of the season to Texas last night, and scattered a fall of from a trace to more than a foot through Oklahoma, Kansas, lowa, Colorado, Nebraska and on into the northwestern, states of North and South Dakota and Minnesota. The es foots were felt westward to the Pacific Coast where the storm dwindled to a general rain. The Old South was not af fected. Nebraska and lowa apparently were the hardest hit. More than 2,000 tele graph and power poles were broken off. and railroad and commercial lines were seriously crippled or put out of commis sion in ail directions from Omaha. The storm damage was estimated at more than $2,000,000. No deaths were re ported. In lowa the unfrozen ground permit ted the moisture to enter freely, and in the Kansas wheat belt it broke a long drought. • Sioux City, lowa, had ten inches of snow in 24 hours, and sevene inches were recorded at Sioux Falls and other points in South Dakota. Drifting snow was blocking railroads and impeding city traf fic. Belated trains and crippled telephone and telegraph service were the only re minders of of the first storm in Colorado and adjoining states. LYNCHINGS ARE REDUCED . ,M TO This Is Shown In Report Made Today to the Federal Council of Churches, Meeting in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga.-, Dee. 5. (By the Associ ated# Press). —Such progress has been made in the fight against lynching in America that the churches are working with the "full expectation” of keeping the year 1020 free from lynchings. This was revealed today in the report of the commission on church and race relations to the sth quadrennial meeting of the Federal Council of Churches here. Up to November 1 this year there were thirteen lynchings in (be United States, a drop of 50 per cent., as compared with the same period for 1023, the report shows. Last year there were 28 lynch ings showing a decrease of more than 50 per cent, compared with 1922; when there were 57, according to the commis sion. In 17 states committees or commis sions have been formed since the Council commission was formed three years ago, it was stated. These commissions, the report says, are principally in the north ern states where the influx of the negro •8s causing a growing problem." The delegates also had the inter-racial question brought before them in address es prepared for delivery by Bishop Fred erick F. Reese of Georgia, and Mrs, W. A. Newell, of Winstou-Saldm, superin tendent of social service for the Method ist Episcopal Church South. “Men and women of the churches ean influence public opinion for the right when they know the facts,” Mr. Newell said. “Co-operation 'between the colored hnd white races through the general com mission on intersi-acial co-oiieration and Federal Council commission on race rela tions shows what ran be brought about by group mediation. Bitterness between the races has been allayed, barriers lowered, opportunities opened by this quet group of undismayed workers. The decrease in lynchings can be counted, but the pervasive influence to fairness can never be measured whn re sults are sought.” BADIN DEVELOPS POWER INCREASE Surplus Water Will Be UtUited In stead of Allowed to Go to Waste. Badin, Dee. 4.—A 35,000 horsepower turbine direct, connected to a 23,180 K. V. A. generator has been added to the main power house of the Tallassee Power company on the Yadkin river at Badin. This completes this power’house which now has % generating capacity of 92,540 K. V. A., or 125,000 horsepower. Preliminary tests were completed and the generator thrown on the line. The new unit will function as a space and will allow the high water of the winter and early spring to be turn ed into useful poyer instead of wast ing over the dam. It means a larger production of aluminum at Badin, with an increasing payroll and a larger amount of power available for general utilities. It has taken a large force of men five months to install this machine and represents quite an f investment. The fact that this machine has been in stalled Chows,', not only the confidence of the company’s directors in general busi ness conditions, but also their apprecia tion of the ideal conditions existing in North Carolina for large enterprises. Penny ads. are cash. ' ' '• . \ • * ' : . . . * »>- " ' •■n'T. ■ : Buy Christmas Seals and Help Fight White Plaguer til HEALTH ||<j j .'.'rcWflhgji s lam the Christmas Seal. I come to yop with a greeting of health and -good cheer. I carry messages to millions of men, wonlen and children throughout the land. To the sick : I give hope that they may become well again. To the well: I give protection and promise of a longer life. I am the children's friend, for I make possible stronger bodies -and happier minds. J® I protect yon, f<u| tuberculosis is no respecter of persons—it invades the homes of the rich a nils lie poor. Your only safeguard is to wipe if 1 out entirely. Please buy as many of me as yon feel able. H. W. MOORE SWfIjRN IN AS CHARLOTTE MAYOR Suceeds J. 0. Walker Who Resigned—To Serve Till M*y 8, t»25. Charlotte, Dec- 4. —Harvey W. Moore, prominent Charlotte business man, to day was elected and sworn in ns mayor of the city of Charlotte to fill out the upeypired term of J. O. Walker, resign ed. Mr. Moore was elected by the city commissioners for the term expiring on May 5, 1925- Mayor Wnlkcr this morning snnmit •frtt o*te«* twt>' members of the city commission, stat ing that press of business matters made the step imperative. At. the same ses sion the commissioners, W. S. Staneil and N. W. Wallace, elected Mr. Moore. Mr. Walker has purchased an automo bile sales agency in Columbia, S. C„ and it is understood will move to the South Carolina city at once. He has Rerved al most four years as mayor of the city, being qrst elected in 1921 nnd re-elected in 1923- Mr. Moore for the past four years has been secretary-treasurer of the Thrift Manufacturing company. Prior to that time he was connected with the South ern Cotton Oil. company and for a time was an assistant cashier of the Merchants and Farmers National bank. He is a native of Aujuste, Ga.. but has lived in CEarlotte for the past 20 years. SALISBURY AND SPENCER ACTIVE Both Towns Ate Going After That Piedmont Franchise. Salisbury, Dec. 4.—Salisbury baseball fa as are going after a berth in the Pied mont league in hearty fashion. A meet ing was held of interested eitirons Wed nesday night and another yesterday morn ing with the result that definite steps have been taken towards securing the franchise. Plans were gone over Wednesday night, and nt the meeting yesterday morn ing, T. W. Snmmersett, prominent base ball fan of the city, was elected presi dent of the Salisbury-Spencer baseball association. A seven-year lease has been drawn up for suitable grounds be tween Salisbury and Spencer nnd awaits only the signature of the owners. In the event that the present plans go through, the present fence and grand stand of the American legion now situat ed on the high ‘school athletic field will be moved to the new project. Communist Students in Bavaria Clash With Police. (By the. Associated Press.) Belgrade, Juge Slavia, Dec. 5.-r-Com inunist students protesting measures tak en against two professors in Agram Uni versity by the ministry of education, clashed with police yesterday, and a doz en were wounded. Five policemen also were wounded. Stores Wrecked In Hattiesburg. (By the Associated Press.» Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 5.—A storm struck the business section of Bay Springs in Jasper county late test night, wrecking three stores and fourreaidences. and doing other damage. A number of persons were injured. W. M. Sherrill is confined to his home by illness today. Public Sale of Old Presbyterian Church, Kannapolis The old Presbyterian Church building at Kannapolis. N. C., will I | be sold at Public Auction SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, AT 2P. M. I Sale will take place on the Church Grounds. . ’ Building open for Inspection any time between now and sale. Great j I value of lumber in this building. Look into this sale and come ready M to buy. j For further information see R. T. Fry, merchant, Kannapolis, la I GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY Preachers Asked to Observe Next Sunday Sunday for Near East Relief, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. s.—More than 75,- 000 preachers throughout the United States are invited to practice what they preach next Sunday, by personally ob serving Golden Rule Sunday for the Near East Relief, according to a statement made in connection with the quadrennial convention of the Federal Council of Churches here. Every clergyman in the United States, it (css announced, has, already sermon on Stffrtbry.. He is now asked, also, to observe the Golden Rule in his own home by eating a four-cent orphan age meal and making an offering for the care of refugee orphans in the Near East. A statement published in the Bulletin of the Federal Council says: “The Golden Rule has a peculiarly sacred and powerful claim on all Chris tains. It was Christ who gave to the principle of universal neighborliness the classic expression that has impressed the world. Os all who keep his Vord of His, therefore, those that bear His name should be foremost. And of all who bear' His name, those should be fore tnkmt in service whom He lias most load ed with benefits. “This means ourselves—the Christians of the United States. Protected far be yond any deserving of ours from the woe and affliction which have over whelmed all peoples beyond the Atlantic in the last ten years—most of all, the lands of the Near East—we owe now to the Golden Rule ideal a lavish tribute, a giving so abundant that the specta tor of starvation can no longer dog the steps of any un da rod-lor Armenian child. * ‘“At noon on Sunday, December 7th. a dinner as plain as the orphans eat will remind us of the straits inj which the moßt fortunate of J,hem have lived thesa ten years. And then a gift to match what we hope they would do for oiTr children if we were ns poor as they and they as rich as we in God’s blessings and the teachings of the Golden Rule.” Post and Flagg’s Cotton Letter. New York, Deo- 4.—The market has been a dull and featureless affair with scalping and smnll evening up opera tions predominating. Some buying of October was in evidence by southwestern interests which account for the strength in that option. Speculative interest in cotton' it at a low ebb temporarily as op erations stand a far better chance of making profits in the stock market. Trade demand is still present but there is an idea prevalent that for the time being there requirements are fairly well protected nnd aygressive buying is ab sent. Until the bureau a rather quiet and steady market is expected. TOST AND FLAGG. The first man to use electric lights on the American stage was Bolossy Kiralfy. a veteran theatrical producer, who in troduced this manner of lighting more than fifty years ago in his first New York playhouse. He was assisted by Thomas Edison, who has among his cherished possessions a program of that show on which appears, “Novel electric effects by the Edison Electric Light Com pany, under the personal direction of Mr. Thomas Edison.” BODIES OF WONI AND IN FOUND IN CAR PARKED ON ROftEr The Man, J. T. Cornwell, Was Shot Through Head, and Mrs. Frank Simpson, the Woman, Through Body. IS SUPPOSED TO BE MURDER AND SUICIDE Pistol Was Found in Corn well’s Hands—Thought He Shot the Woman and Then Killed Himself. Rook Hill, S. 0., Deo. s.—Tlio bodies of Frank Simpson. 28 years old. and .1. T. Cornwell. 34 years old. were found in an automobile parked on a highway about two miles from Rook Hill this morning. The woman .was shot through the body, and Cornwell, in whose hands a pistol was found, had a wound through his bend. Authorities expressed the opinio'n that it was a ease of murder and sui cide. Mrs. Simpson is survived by her hus band, who operates a dairy in the Og den community of Rock Hill, and several small children. Cornwell, a bookeeper, was a widower, but he left two voting children and his mother with ’whom he had been living. annuaiTfall ceremonies Two Thousand in Attendance at Meeting in Charlotte. (Br be Associates Press.. Charlotte, Dec. s.—At lcflst 2.000 mem bers of the Ancient Arabic Order of No bles of the Mystic, Shrine were here to day for the annual Fall ceremonial of Oasis Temple. The vanguard catne yes terday for a business session during the afternoon and a ball at night. , About 150 candidates are to be initiat ed today. John M. Seott, treasurer, at yester day's business meeting reported that about SIOO,OOO of the $200,000 fund need ed for erection of a building for the Shrine has been raised. Louis Sutherland, of Charlotte, is slat ed for promotion to the offiee of Im perial Potentate at the final meeting late today, it .was said. He succeeds J. Hi iEliotC, of Hickdry. _ ' With Our Advertisers. The big sale is now on at Farley’s. You can buy there anything you want for every member of the family—wom erif and Misses' fur-trimmed coats, men’s overcoats and suits, women’s dresses, boys’ suits, waists, skirts, millinery, men's hats, raincoats. And you can buy now and pay later. See the very at tractive ad. on page nine today. Tile Cabarrus Drug Co. Ims succeeded in obtaining the famous creosote throat and bronchial preparation. Glyca-pyra. Read about it in their new ad. today. Give jewelry this Christmas. It lasts. The Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. has a splendid selection of gifts suitable for Christmas. The old Presbyterian Church building at Kannapolis, N. C., will be sold at pub lic auction Saturday, December 6th. at 2 p. m. Sale will take place on the Church grounds. » Only $lO joins the Christmas Club of the Kidd-Frix Co. Phone 76. Welcome to the house of charming Christmas gifts—Fisher’s. Toy Town at Parks-Belk Co.’s is real ly a toy city. Go and see. Four pieces in walnut ouly $138.50 at the Concord Furniture Co. You will find real non-skid tires at Howard's Filling Station. Special Saturday in Nu Shine at the Piggly Wiggly. Get a Nestle, La noil, Permanent Wave at C. A. Hehery’s Beauty Shop at Parks- Belk Co.’s. Marcel waving at half price. I Knot hats and everything a man wants at Browns-Caunon Co.'s rt cost. Going out of business. Fin-stone fires and tubes at Corl Mo tor Co.’s. The season's best and newest awnits you at Ivey’s. See special offerings in new ad. today. The best of Sunday eats at C. H. Bar rier & Co.’s. Creo I’iuus, the excellent cough medei ciue, at Pearl Drug Store. An ideal gift for the whole family will be a radio outfit, the Furhman Master piece, sold here by Howard’s Filling Sta tion. Sec big ad. today. Beginning Saturday. December 6, the Ruth-Keesler Shoe Store will succeed the S. S. Brown Shoe Store here. The en tire stocks of shoes will be offered at un heard of prices until the entire present stock is sold. The big sale will open to morrow morning at 8 o'clock. Be on hand. White Woman Attacked by Negro in- Ire dell County. Statesville, Dec, 4.—Cltizehs, posses and sheriffs forces tonight were scouring Iredell county for the unidentified negro i who this morning attacked a white worn -1 an, of Titrnersburg Township, Iredell county. The pdsses have, been searching lai day, but no trace of the man had been I found early tonight. | The alleged attack was made near a fish pond of the vicinity where the wom an luid gone unaccompanied shortly be fore noon. . —, ;i. . Blizzard Sweeps Over Nebraska. Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 4.—A blizzard, the first of the season, whit* held Nebraska j J rein and TODAY'S TODAY NO. 285 IN ADMIT i HPUUI RUDY GUARD • ' . ,' :J v„ As a Precuation Against Vio lence From Egyptian Sym pathizers—Discovery of a Plot Is Made. THE FACTS ABOUT THIS ARE MEAGER Matter Was Communicated to London Yesterday—The Extent of Plotters’ Activity Is Not Known. London. Dec. 5 (By the Associated Press).—The British cabinet ministers and many other officials of the state went about their duties today accompanied by body guards as a precuation against vio lence by Egyptian sympathizers. The discovery in Cairo of a plot in which the prime movers were asserted to have been planning outrages against the British ministers was communicated tot London yesterday and placed before the cabinet here. That body immediate ly took steps to safeguard itself and oth ers concerned. In official departments to which the plot was revealed, it was stated today that the facts were meager; hat the exact extent of he plotters’ activities was not known, and that the body guard was be ing used more as a precaution than against the existence of any imminent danger. MISSISSIPPI MAID WINS AS “HEALTHIEST GIRL” Michigan Lad Declared “Healthiest” Boy at Chicago Exposition. Chicago, Dee. 4.—lnez Hardin, 16 years old, of Merigold, Miss., today was selected as America's healthiest girl by the Boys’ and Girls’ Club Division of the International Livestock Exposition. The club is composed of farm young sters in 41 States. The healthiest boy in this year's meeting was Coe A. Emeus, 17. of Prattville, Mich. Miss Hardin won her honor with a score of SKI 4-14 per cent. Young Eraens, an athletic type, also rated AB+-10 per cent. Princeton Rocewood, a yearling breed ing 'tieUee frMm- the Friure- of Wniies’ Alberta ranch, won the blue rib bon in the cattle competition at the ex position today. It. L. Heilman, of Hope. Ind.. was se lected grand champion corn exhibitor in the hay and grain division. The exhibit was the Heilman Johnson County white dent variety. The junior championship of the silver jubilee show, for boys and girls under 18, went to 'Frank Lux, a 16 year old high school boy of Shelbyville, Ind. L. E. Peterson, Victor, Mont., was awarded the grand championship in the oats division of the hay and grain show. Peterson's victory in taking the grand championship brought that honor to the United States from Canada for the first time in six years. THE COTTON MARKET Oponed Steady— Liverpool Buying Ab sorbed the Offerings. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. s.—The cotton mar ket opened steady today at unchanged prices to a decline of 11 points, under further commission house liquidation pro moted by relatively easy Liverpool cables, reports of fall sales on the Fall Itriver market for the week, and the recent increase in crop estimates. Considerable Liverpool buying and cov ering absorbed offerings at the. decline, however, and after selling off to 22.82, January rallied to 22.65 before the end of the first hour, or back to yesterday’s clos ing quotation. General business was quiet. Cotton futures opened steady; Decem ber, 22.84; January 22.87; March 23.25; May 23.62; July 23.75. Minister is Expelled For His View an the Virgin Birth. Dillon. S. C-, Dec. 4.—Been use of his alleged “unsound views” on the virgin birth, the Rev. J. J. Stevenson, Jr., whose father is also a minister, was dis continued from the church’s list, of ministers by the South Carolina con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in annual session here today. In the course of a lively debate on the question, the Rev. J. J. S wenson, Sr., father of the young preacher, addressed ■the conference freely. Several other young ministers’ characters were con sidered and approved. Nine Killed in Wales Coal Mine Explo sion. Wrexam, Wales, Dec. 5. —Nine men were killed and many are missing as,'a result of a coal mine explosion here to day. . . jr* WHAT SMITTY'S CAT SAYS
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