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9 ASSOCIATED * & PRESS 9 9 DISPATCHES 9 VOLUME XXIV WINTER HOW SLOWLY TIGHTENING GRASP ON EASTERN STATES In Far West Some Relief From Extreme Weather Is Felt But Middle West Feels Full Furry of the Storm DEATH LISTIN' WEST GROWING But No Additional Deaths Are Expected Now —King Winter Moving Surely on States on Atlantic Seaboard Chicago, 20 (By the Associated Press). —The icy grip of Winter was slowly releasing the far west and Rooky Mountain region today while it tighten ed in the middle west and began to envel op the east. Although nearly normal temperatures may bt reached in most of the cold wave area within 24 hours, days will elapse liefore wire and rail communication vir tually pnra : yzed in some re sume usual operations. Meanwhile the toll of lives continued to mount as deaths from freezing were added to by fatalities in fires resulting from overheating. Fire departments in middle western cities answered hundreds of calls. Considerable suffering was felt among the poor. Warm winds were forecast to bring re lief,to the Pacific Coast today after a siege of sub-zero weather in the north west. and heavy frosts in California. Ris ing mercury and fair skies were reported in Montana and Colorado. A man and a woman were frozen to deatii in the Butte district. Three members of a family of four were burned to death at Casper, Wyoming., when an explosion was caus ed by lowered gas pressure that put out iiros iii their homos. The fourth, a four year old boy, was expected to die. Kight deaths were reported in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, where thousands of dollars of property damage was done. One man was frozen to death and an other died from injuries received in a fall on tlie iee in Chicago. During the night the Chicago fire department ifuswer cd more than a hundred calls. More tlianj thirty degrees drop to 5 Inflow zero, YafliirirUffr* I *4Jt ;Chie;ig« ip 24 hpura 'Weather Forecast For 38 flours. Washington,: Dee. 20.—Indications are for mostly fair weather, but with consid erable cloudiness in the Washington forecast district during the next 3(1 hours, the weather bureau announced to day. However local snow is probable in rile lower lake region, and rain in Flori da. and rain or snow in portions of the South Atlantic States and along the east Gulf Coast. Tempera tint will continue to fall to night throughout the eastern mid south eastern states, and weather will remain cold several days. Freezing tempera ture is probable as far south as extreme northern Florida tonight and to central Florida by Monday morning. Cold wave warnings Were ordered Friday af ternoon for nearly all Sections of the Ap palachian mountains. The great area of abnormally high pressure and low temperature now cov ers and practically all of the Cnited States and Canada except the ex treme east. LETTERS MAY EXPLAIN 1 REASON FOR MCRDERS May TeU Why Edward D. Roardan Kill ed Fred Stewart, Shot Two Others and Then Himself. i By tfce AmioofufrA Pre»w.l Atlanta. Dee. 20. —Four letters in the hands of Atlanta police today were thought to hold the reason for the shoot ing which late yesterday left two men dead in the heart of the down town shop ping district and sent two others to a hospital critically Injured., When opened by a court order, author ities believe the letters will explain why Edward D. Kiordan killed Fred S. Stew art. proprietor of a shoe store, wounded S. R. Turner, store manager, and H. E. Maddux, n department manager, and then took his own life. Riordan former ly was an employee of the store. Maddux and Turner are in a hospital not expected to live. Inaugural Committee Appointed. < •«> the A■«<>•'< ~v.l Press. > Washington, Dec. 20. —The joint com mittee of Congress which, according to custom, will aid in preparation for the inauguration on March 4th, will consist of Senators Curtis, of Kansas, and Hale of Maine, republicans. Senator Overman, of North Carolina, democrat; Represen tatives Grist, <if Pennsylvania, and Had ley, of Washington, republicans, and Rep resentative Rouse, of Kentucky, demo crat. Passenger and Freight Depots Burned. (By (he Associated Press) •Greenville, N. C., Dec. 20.—Fire ori ginating in a trash pile under the plat form of the Norfolk and Southern de pot at Farmville yesterday destroyed the depot and the freight warehouse with all content's. Two box tars also were des troyed. No estimate of tber lags/has been made. ' Ts Christmas Bonuses of $46,000,000 (By the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 20.—Christmas bonus es amounting to $40,000,000 kre being distributed b yWall Street firms today, it is estimated by a member of one of the largest firms in the Street. His estimate is admittedly conservative. Some guess es are as high as $75,000,000. pffiee boys, clerks, senior partners—all will share.: 1 f;V ./ .. .. The Concord Daily Tribune Studies Cancer \j~' 'jL Dr. Francis Carter Wood, director of the Institute for Cancer Research, Columbia. University, says'more haa v been learned about cancer In the last 10 years than In previous 4000 years, yet there IS little hope of ever ■ : finding a cure,-he ONE IN THREE ATTENDS jCHLRCH IN GREAT BRITAIN The Churches There Have Increased in Membership in the Past Year. (By the Associated Press) London, Dec. 20.—The churches of Great Britain have increased in member ship in the la>»t year on a scale not re corded since the great Welsh Revival. , With three small exceptions. the | Great Welsh Revival. With three small I exceptions, the Church in Wales, the! Scottish Episcopal Church and the Unit- j ed Free Church of Scotland, every dp- * nomination Jins increased its number of! communicants or members, the total in crease recorded being 110,000. While this increase has been made in the adnlt section of the churches, there has been a decrease of 23.602 in the number of Sunday school scholars. The strength of the churches in Great Britain is summarized as follows: Communicants and members 5.846.157 : Sunday School scholars 5,405,202; Rom an Catholic population (England and Wales) 1,007.250. making a total of 13,- 338,729. These figures, however, are not complete, as they do not include the sta tistics of the Salvation Army, the Free Church of Scotland, the Unitarians, ex cept us to their Sunday schools, and a number of smaller communions, such as the Plymouth Brethren. As affording a fairly complete record, however, the figures may be compared with the last population census of 42.767,530. On this basis, ope, person jp,. every .three .is aasto> eiated definitely with a Christian church. THE COTTON MARKET Ginning Report of 13,796.216 Bales Had Influence on the Market Today. (By the Associated Pleas.) New York. I)cc. 20.—The Census re port showing 12,706.216 , bales of cotton ginned to December 13th. was above ex pectations based on recent private re turns, and appeared to revive talk of a thirteen and a half million bale crop. The market opened steady at an ad vance of six points on December, but generally 2 to 18 poinls lower in re sponse to the bearish view of the ginning figures aud sold about 27 to 30 points net lower under liquidation and Southern selling. January declined to 23.34 and May to 24.10. White prices were 8 or 9 points up from these figures at the end of the first hour, the tone of the market was unsettled. Opening prices were : December 23.55 ; January 23.45; March 23.75 and 23.86; May 24.28; July 24.40. Closed Steady. Cotton futures closed steady: Decem ber 23.46 to 23.48; January 23.51 to 23.52; March 23.05 to 28.06; May 24.32 to 24.33; July 24.48 to 24.50. i GOVERNMENT WANTS 1 CASE POSTPONED NOW j Not Want Suit For Annulment of Tea- 1 pot Dome Lease to Start in January. (By the Associated Press.) Cheyenne. Wyo., Dec. 20.—Atlee Pom erene, special counsel for the government, of the lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve held by the Mammoth ’ Oil Co., today filed in the 11. 8. court here a mo tion for continuance of the hearing on the suit scheduled for January 6th. The motion was made on the ground that the government requires additional time to obtain certain evidence bearing upon the alleged passage of Liberty Bonds | between Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, who as Secretary of the Inter ior granted the Teapot Dome lease to Sinclair. Contract is Let For School Building at China Grove. Salisbury, Dec. 10.—The Rowan county school board has let the con tract for another modern school plant in the county. The new school will be at China Grove and will cost $53,315 ex clusive of equipment and site. It will contain sixteen class rooms and an I auditorium that will seat 000. It • willi be two stories high and of brick con-1 struction. The contract for the building I was awarded C. B. Mooney, of Mocks ' ville, who is now building the Granite ' Quarry school. His price wr.s $40,295- 1 The heating goes to W. R. Dosher, of I Wilmington, at $6,500, while the! electrical work will be done by T. M. ' Casey of Salisbury, for $520. i . Gompers’ Will Filed For Probate. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20.—The will of Samuel Gompers, filed today for probate, ' left fho bulk of his estate to his sons ! and his grand-daughters, and directed t that only “the minimum amount allowed ] * by law,” should he paid to the widow, j — l -4c ■ '— - The eagle was first used on American 1 money in 1705 when Congress autboriz -1 ed the issuance of a gold coin worth $lO. CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 - --- ■■ - —1 ' .—-Ja — ■: ... -ahcMi nNCimniw.. • —■ —... CHRISTMAS PRESENT THAT! WOULD BE WELCOME MANY AUTOMOBILES 1 SEIZED DURING YEAR Dry Agents Seized 5,214 Autos Valued at i $3,226,336 During Past Year. < (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dee. 20. —Automobiles ! numbering 5,214, aud valued at $3,226.- * 339 were seized by prohibition nuthori- ' ties in the last fiscal year, the House has 1 been informed in a table inserted in the ' report._on the Treasury, post offices ap- t propriaHdh'bfll by Assisrant Prohibition i Commissioner Jones. Boats and launches i Acized during the year numbered 236. and were valued at $275,198. 1 The total appraised value of property < seized and destroyed nnder the prohibi- I tiou law was $3,097,929. and that seized i but not destroyed $7,745,052. Proceeds • of sale of seized property amounted to $57,071. and expenses incurred incident i to seizure and sale totalled $12,323. Two agents were killed in performance of duty, and 2,8 were injured. Persons ar rested numbered (17,161. JERRY CARTER FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME Rowan Man, Who Lived Alone. Ap parently Dead Several Days.—George Elliot in Auto Crash. Salisbury, Dee. 10.—George Elliott, traveling man of Charlotte, is in the Salisbury hospital on account of in juries received this afternoon when his automobile turned over while he was at tempting to pass a wagon on the high way between Salisbury and Mocksville. An X-ray examination repealed a fractured r : b, lie was a'so bruised about the face but his injuries are said not to be of a serious nature'. .Terry Carter, 76; years old, who lived alone in the western section of Rowan county, was found dead in bid this morning by neighbors- who had missed him and who went to his home to inves tigate. He had apparently beeii (lead several days. NO ACTION NOW ON MUSCLE SHOALS BILLS Will Be After Christmas Holidays Be fore Senate Can Take Vote. I’By tbe A*»ociat*d Pre«*».| Washington. Dec. 20.—With all thought of a vote on Muscle Shoals be fore the Christmas recess abandoned, the Senate today settled down to considera | tion of amendments to the Underwood and Norris bills. Progress on the pending bills today had reached a stage whieb promised a final roll call shortly after the holidays. Recent developments have clarified the legislative situatioh in the Senate, and eaders of both sides now hope for a set tlement soon. SIOO,OOO To Fight Poultry Plague. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20.—An emergency I Senate resolution to appropriate SIOO,OOO j for a fight against the poultry plague epidemic was rushed through the House I today and sent to President Coolidge for | his signature. Vanderilp’s Condition Unchanged. (By tbe Associated Press.) Scarborough. N. Y.. Dec. 20.—The con dition of Frank A. Vanderlip, who is ill of typhoid fever at his home here, today was reported as unchanged. His phys ician said the patient's condition was not ularming. Woman Flays “Wiggling” Ministers. Mrs. Catherine Wellers has started a nationwide campaign against ministers who wiggle in their pulpits while preach ing. Such ministers, she declared, arc ' the "scourge of Great Britain” and are I as great sinners a« “tent-show dancers.” I She wishes to force the pastors to main tain dignity of poise while preaching. 1 Montreal is now the greatest inland port in the world. NO FACTS TO SUPPORT ATTACK ON UNDERWOOD Senate Commttee Declares Hearst Edi torial Was Neither “Fair Nor Honest.” Wnshinfton, Dec. 10.—An editorial attacking Senator Underwood, Demo crat, Alabama, and his Muscle Shoals j leasing bill, published in the Hearst - morning newspapers on December 13, , was neither “fair wr, honest,” says a ( report of an investigating committee , adopted nnaulriioiisfi: Tofiay b$ the «eh-' j ate- ; "No evidence was suomitteo.' the re- , port says, “nor was ia claimed that any I ] evidence existed that in any way re- j fleeted upon the integrity or honor or j character of Senator Underwood. The . personal indication of Senator Under wood was full and complete, ami it was denied repeatedly that in the editorial ( there was any intent to make nay per- , sonnl reflection upon Senator Under wood.” > SHARP CUTS TO BE i MADE IN SPENCER FORCE A Total of 465 Men W'ill Be Laid Ofl on Monday. (3y tbe Asseelnted Press.) Spencer. Dec. 22—Sharp cuts in the list of employes will be made at the Spencer shops on December 22, accord ing to bulletins posted in a number of : the departments. A total of 465 men ] will he “laid off" at that time. The bullc- ! tin does not state how long the “lay off" i will be effective nor does it give any rea son for the cut in the number of em ployee. i All of those laid off are in the locomo tive departments and will include jour neymen, machinists, apprentices, boiler makers aud helpers. In these classes the outs are: machinists 104; boiler makers 100; blacksmiths 43 and the remaining 110 divided among other departments. W r ith Our Advertisers. The Christmas shoe sale at Parker’s Shoe Store is going on with a snap and a bang. Shoes, oxfords, bedroom slip pers, hosiery, all suitable for Christmas giving are there. The Ritchie Hardware Co. lias many gifts that boys ami girls wil lapprrecinte. See list in big three-column ad. today. Read the poetical ad. of the Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co. today. City Hall building, telephone 76. Only three more shopping days till Christmas. Efird's want ,you to come aud get your pick of the many splendid Christmas tilings they have before the grand rush. A. B. Pounds’ telephones 270, 244, 517. Cali any of them if you want good coal. A complete assortment of cigars at Gibson Drug Store. Cari Norni single and double compacts at Gibson Drug Store How about giving a ton of coal for a Christmas gift? Phone K. L. Craven & Sons. No 74. The Concord Furniture Co. lias a lot of useful and substantial gifts for Christ inas. See list and illustrations in new ad. today. Get that permanent wave for Christ mas now. See ad. of C. A. Henry’s Beauty Shop. All kinds of foot wear at Parker’s shoe store, shoes, orfords, pumps, bed room slippers. A beautiful line of hosiery two. The officers of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company want you to consult them on any of your business matters, whether you are a depositor in their bank or not. The Parks-Belk Co. has a large line of doll. Prices range from 25c to $lO. The city of Natchitoches. Louisiana, . i is a good roads town. In ndditon to the , i Louisiana Purchase Highway, now , 1 under way, there are three other 1 national highways converging in this . city. They are the Jefferson Highway , from Winnipeg to New Orleain, the I Lone Star , Trail from Jacksonville to I Los Ange'es and the Ltike to the Gulf t Hoad from Chicago to Lake Charles. COTTON GINNINGS 12,790.210 Running Bales Had Been Gin ned in This Country Piior to Decem ber 12th. (l!y the Associated Preaa.l Washington, Dec. 20. —Cotton ginned prior to December 12th totalled 12,796.- 21(( running bales, including 293,366 round bales counted as half bales, com pared with 9.549.015 running bales in cluding 232,643 round bales ginned prior tSlßat'datfe lasUyrttr. Ok* Census KtirUaii * announced today. This-year's crop was estimated at 13,153,000 e<iuivalent 500- pound bales on December Xth by the De partment of Agriculture. Ameriean- Egyptian cotton included in the ginings amounted to 3.392 bales, compared with 17,045 to December 13 last year. Ginuings by states include: North Carolina 761,775; outh Carolina 799,735: and Virginia 20.949. The revised total of cotton ginned this season to December is 12,237,970 bales. There were 15,271 ginneries operated operated prior to December Ist. NAMES RECEIVERS FOR FISHERIES PRODUCTS Judge Woods Rule Receivership is State Affair and Appoints Weskett and Neal. v Wi,lminghnn, Dec. 19.—Receivership for the Fisheries Products company property belongs in • North Carolina. United Staff's District Judge C. A. Woods in United States District court ruled here today. He named John S. Weskeet. of Rayboro, and W. H- Neal, of Laurinburg. receivers. Receivers for the company had been appointed in New York with ancillary receivers in North Carolina, but. action was brought by a faction ofthe stock holders asking that the main n-ceiver ship be transferred to North Carolina. Prince of Wales Drives While Chauffeur Sleeps. lily the Associated Press.' London, Dec. 20.—The numerous rounds of engagements which the Prince of Wales is called upon to fulfill often demand long hours of duty on the part of his servants and attendants, but the prince is uniformly Considerate of them. One one occasion the prince arrived home in the early hours of the morning after a busy day and told his chauffeur he would require his car at 7 o'clock as he wanted to go hunting. Detecting a shadow on the chauffeur's face the prinoe inquired the reason for it. The chauf feur replied that he would not have time lo clean the car whereupon the prince replied with an encouraging smile: ‘‘Well bring the car round nt 7:30. Don't trouble to clean it, I'll drive and you can hop inside and have a sleep." Miss Helen Long. 91 of Charlotte, is Dead. Charlotte, Dec. 19. —Miss Helen Cald well Long. 91, one of the oldest, as well as one of thf best known women of Charlotte died early this morning at the home of Osmond 1,. Barringer on North Tryon street, where she had lived for the past, several years. -. WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS Cloudy and colder tonight and Sunday, with rain or snow in the east portion to night and on the coast Sunday; cold wave in east and central portions. WILLIAM GREEN iSF iHln r Tlie New President oi the American Fed eration of Labor. BIG’ CHRISTMAS FOR POOR OF NEW YORK Preparations owl a Lirgc Scale Being * Made in New Y'ork. New York. Dec. 10.—Preparations on the customary large scale are being made I to assure tlie poor of New York a mer ry -Christmas this year. Charitable or-j ganizations which supply cheer for the' homeless andr forlorn unite in declaring that there is more unemployment and consequently more poverty and distress in the metropolis than was the ease last year. The Christmas preparations are being made accordingly to meet the needs of the occasion. All over the city there will be dinners, trees and entertainment for the poor. There will be toys for every child and none will be overlooked b.v Santa ( lans. Hospitals, orphanages, aims houses and even the penal institutions will not be without their share of the holiday spirit. The largest stocking in the world to be filled with toys, candies and other gifts and funds for the poor oil Christmas is now to be seen hanging from the front of a prominent building on Fifth Ave nue. This unique event is part of the Christmas campaign of the United Neighborhood Houses of New York. Generous donors have filled the mammoth 1 stocking from toe to top and on the day before Christmas there will be a grand distribution of the gifts among the j poor children of the city, __ Although Santa . Claus slide . down the efiimneys to fill the stockings of New York’s poor, his deputies will I care for tens of thousands of the young- I sters. Negro children of San Juan Hill, i now called Colmbus Hill, who have had i for almost twenty years their Christ- ’ mas tree and dinner through the gener- < osity of Miss Uoealie M. Jonas, writer 1 and poet, will have their celebration .• again this year. i Church societies aud other organized charitable agencies will have made a com- 1 plete survey of the poorer quarters of the city to ascertain what will be needed to assure every needy man. woman and I child in the metropolis a merry Christ- ’ mas. In many cases it lias been found ] that the need for clothing is greater than I that for food. Great piles of east-off i clothing have been collected and with many of the Christmas baskets will go warm overcoats, wraps, underwear and i shoes. The Salvation. Army, as chief assist ant to Santa Claus, will deliver 25,(KMX) dinners to the homes of the poor and give toys to 5,(X)0 children the day be fore Christmas. By leaving the food and the gifts at the door, the recipients will not have to wait in public places, making an exhibition of their plight. Visits and delivery of gifts to the 2.000 charity patients of Believin', Ford liam, New York City and the United States marine hospitals and the city home on Welfare Island will be made by a hand of the Salvation Army women known as the League of Mercy. Sp"- cial visits will be made to the families of men serving prison terms, and gifts anil greetings will go to the inmates of every jail and penitentiary. Turkey dinners will be served to the inmates of all Salvation Army institu tions. Another feature of the Christ mas week program arranged by the Sal vation Army will be the singing of carols every evening in the vicinity of the hos pitals and in the poor districts. Many of the police stations are being turned intp storehouses for Christmas gifts intended for poor children. Many other city agencies are working ir. con junction with the charitable and religious organizations to provide on a scale hith erto unknown for the comfort and wel fare of the poor, and it is confidently asserted that all homeless and forsaken persons will be.supplied at leasr v.ith shelter for the day and a real Christmas dinner. Can’t Drive An Auto Any More. Asheville, Dec. 19.—Restriction from driving an automobile for the remainder of his life is the penalty imposed upon Sam Frady in Superior Court here for running down and fatally injuring Rob ert E. Shuford, of Biitmore, while learn ing to operate an automobile a few week* ago. Frady was inificted after the ac cident and lie pleaded guilty wlnyi the case was called. Judgment was sus pended, upon his payment of the cost and agreement never to operate an au tomobile again. Suit for $3,000 Damages. Charlottp, Dee. 19.—Suit for $3,000 damages against the Seaboard Air Line railway lias been entered in the Superior Court here by Theodore Crawford, sta tion hand of the railroad in this city, for alleged injuries received on May 18th last, when a trunk fell upon him in the station. The plaintiff claims that he , was “weak, tired and exhausted” at the tinje the trunk fell and as he had no one 1 to help him, it crushed his hand and side. » TODAY’S 1 * NEWS * ( » TODAY i NO. 298 CANCER INCREASES \ IS Decreases in year —i 14- ' ’’’ q Total of 76,754 Deaths Re sulted From Cancer Last Year, An Increase of 5,816 Over Year 1922. , 90.732 DEATHS” FROM TUBERCULOSIS But Rate Per Thousand De creased from 97 to 93.6 North Carolinit Had Ex cellent Record. (Ry the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20.—Deaths from cancer increased in the United States in 1923, while the fight against tuberculo sis made progress. A total of 86.754 deaths were reported to the Census Bureau as having resulted , from cancer last year in a registration area composed of territory containing K 7.6 per cent, of the total population. | This represented an inerease of 5,816 j deaths over 1922. The rate per 100.000 I iKipulation was 89.4 against 86.8 in 1922. I In the same area, tuberculosis caused 90.732 deaths against !X),452, in 1922, ■but the rate per 100,000 decreased from 97 to 93.6. The Census Bureau estimated that if the unregistered area maintained the same ratio of deaths, cancer caused 99,- 000 deaths in 1923. against 95,000 in 1922. South Carolina had the lowest aver age, 52.2 per 100.000 for cancer; with New York the highest with 102.6. The deaths from cancer in North Carolina during 1923 were 1220 against 1228 in 1922. South Carolina had 657 deaths from caucer against 670. Colorado had the highest average for tubereulos, with 158.6 per 100,000, and Nebraska had the lowest with '34.2. North Carolina had 2667 deaths from tuberculosis in 1923 against 2,716 in 1922. South Carolina had 1,834 against 1891. R. O. KING HAS LEFT ASSOCIATED PRESS if Ha* Acquired Interest in Carolina Jef fersomian, Weekly Paper of Raleigh. (By the Associated Press) r b::Klng. Jr, for" the past eight years correspondent for the Associated l’ress here, has acquired an interest in the Carolina Jeffersonian, a weekly publication of this city, and will assume the duties of managing editor of that paper on January Ist. Mr. King lias tendered his resignation to the As sociated Press after serving in the organ ization since 1907. Ford Pays 16 Per Cent on Investments - of Employes. Detroit, Mich., Deo. 19.—A distribu tion of $2,000,000 to 30.000 employes was announced by the Ford Motor com pany here today when it was stated that Ford investment certificates— available only to employes—would pay 16 per cent interest for the year 1924. Payment of the interest misses being a Christmas gift by a week. Cheeks will start going out January 1. Interest on the investment is guaranteed at not less than 6 per cent. The investment certificates payments have replaced cash bonus for Christmas in the Ford Plant. To Investigate Senator King’s Charges. Washington, Dec. 19.—Action upon the resolution of Senator King, Democrat of Utah, for an inquiry into the status of the American navy, was postponed indefinitely today by the Senate naval committee. After more than two hours’ debate in executive session, however, Chairman Hale was instructed to. obtain data from the navy department nearing on tlie charges made by the senator. Home From China. Salisbury, Dec. 19.—Early J. Har ris. young Salisbury man who has been in Chinn or the past, three years repre senting the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, is at home for a month’s va cation. Extensive limitation of the Danish army and navy to the extent of practical dsarmament is proposed in a bill introduced in the Rigsdad by the Danish Minister of Defense. The bill would abolish general enlistment for military service and all solders would return to civil life. All forts would be dismantled and the material and land would be used for other government purposes or sold. Put a piece of mignonette and a rose together in a vase. Within half an hour each will make a perfume “gas attack” upon the other. In the battle of odors both flowers will lose thei,r freshness and scent. Separate them and each’ will revive at once. Aerial photography has become so important in recent years that dredging companies and others whose work re quires drawings are using photographs taken from the air instead of blae prints and maps. _ j NOTICE! Assessments against property for street paving are due Decem ber Ist of each year. Take notice ’ that all assessments which are due must be paid at once or the prop ■ erty will be advertised and sold. ; CHAS. N, FIELD, i City Tax Collector, t'; 17-41. j
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