North Carolina Newspapers

® ASSOCIATED « * PRESS * » DISPATCHES « Ct A Aft Aft A M A VOLUME XXV Think Crest of Flood In South Is Passing • ♦ - : Ten Persons Lost Lives and 1 Great Damage Was Caused by the Floods in a Number of the States. GEORGIA SCENE OF GREATEST FLO^D. Streams There Are Receding Now, as Is Case in Other States—Fair Weather ini Several States. Atlanta, Ga.. Jnn. 20 (By the Associ ated Press). —With the list of "dead ami missing standing at 10, railroad and mo tor traffic demoralized, and a heavy prop erty loss sustained, the crew of the floods which have been acute in several South ern States since Saturday night, early today was believed to be passing. In southern Georgia where menaces and damnge probably has been greatest, many streams are said to bo receding. Predicted rains continued along the trib utaries in north Georgia, however, were expected to cause the recession to be gradual. No estimate of property damages was available today, though the amount was expected to be large. Three of the dead were trainmen who died in wrecks, at tributed to floods in Alabama and Geor gia on Sunday. Two were white men who disappeared from Albany, Ga., Sat urday night, four were negroes reported drowned near Hammond. La., yesterday, and one a negro drowned at Columbus, Ga., today. Fair weather was promisee! .today for Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, as the streams slowly began to return to flieir beds. Every stream in southern Georgia was oiit of its banks, and rivers that normally are ijg wider than 100 feet extended over the )o\vlands to a width of from one to five miles. Scores of towns throughout the south ern portion of the state virtually were is olated as all north and southbound train service was shut off south of Macon. Ef forts were being made to repair the Geor gia Southern & Florida route to Jack sonville. to supply one medium of trans ** l-ongtion for through passenger traffic. MYSTERY ATTACH oTto LIQUOR IN COURT ROOM Bottle. Thud in Wake of Retiring Jury. OwtoWhia nwiaimi Deep Secret x Norfolk. Va.. Jan. 10.—As the jury in the case of Julia Rose negro, charged with selling liquor, was walking to the jury room in the United States district court here today, there was n dull thud and laying in the wake ofthe jury on the soft carpet of the judicial room was a half pint of liquor. Instantly the court room was in an uproar. Not so the jury. It proceeded I calmly on its way. S. C. Burgess, gen- < ei-al prohibition agent; James L. Asher, i District Attorney Paul Hear and half t a dozen other attaches and officials made a dive for the poor lone bottle l that had tried to decorate the carpet. 1 “Where did this coipe from I” Judge Croner demanded. Burgess explained he found it on the floor. “Did one of the jurors drop this?” , the court nsked. Nobody knew. Before , back with its verdict of guilty and the Incident was closed. , COTTON SEED FIGURES From August 1 to December 31, Last Year, 2,543,452 Tons of Seed Were Crbsbed. (Hr the Associated Press! Jan. 20.—Cotton seed ! crushed in the five month period. August ; 1 to December 31, aggregated 2.543,452 ' tons, and the amount on hand December ' 31st was 1,223,863 tons, compared with 1 I, tons and 741,040 tons for the saine period a year ago, the Census Bu- 1 reau announced today. Cotton seed products manufactured in 1 the five month period, and on hand I)c- 1 cember 31st were: Crude oil produced, 760.849,320 pounds; ’ and on hand 105,520,037 pounds. Refined oil produced, 591.073.708 pounds and on hand 232,030,407 pounds. • Cake and meal produced 1,161,059 tons, and on hand 165,754 tons. Linters producer 494,572 bales, and on hand 156,873 bales. NEW RULING AFFECTS TAXES FROM LIQUOR Judge Holds Taxes on Liquor Illegally Manufacturer Cannot Be Collected by Government. (Or the Associated Press.) Spokane, Wash.. Jan. 20.—Ruling that the section of the Federal prohibition law providing for taxes on liquor illegally manufactured is unconst'tutional, Judge J. Stanly Webster in Federal district court here late yesterday granted a per manent injunction restraining Federal authorities from collecting a tax of $2,- 750 assessed against Joe Ducith. Freight Rato Hearing March ». (By the Associated Progs.) Richmond, Va., Jan. 20.—The ■ Inter state Commerce Commission has set Maftfh 9 for a hearing of the complaint j by the Virginia Corporation Commission that freight rates from points in Vir ginia to North, Carolina points were dis criminatory and unjust as compared with the rates of schedules within North Caro lina, the commisison was notified. HEMPEL IS COMING in her famous JENNY UND CONCERT The Concord Daily Tribune ' PUBLIC WELFARE WORK Cabarrus One of the Fifty-flee Counties Organised for This Work. Ojr the As-•elated Press.) ' Ra.eigh, Jan. 20.—Fifty-five counties in Norlh Carolina nre now organized for j public welfare work, according to the i biennial report of Mrs. Kale Burr John |Bon, state commissioner of Charities apd (Public We’.ware. In forty-five of th'se counties officers are employed and in ten part-time. officers. The em . plo.vment of a superintendent of public | welfare is mandatory in 29 counties, the • law requiring such an officer in counties having a population of 32.000 or snore. In two counties, Onslow and Mitchell, employment of a superintendent of pub lic welfare is mandatory by special sta tute, In counties having no superin tendent of public welfare, tbe county su perintendent of schools is ex-officio wel fare officer. Boards of public welfare have been organized in all the counties in the state. A few of these, however, are at present incomplete. , The counties having whole-time Super intendents of public welfare are: Alamance, Anson, Brunswick, Bun combe, Cabarrus, Caldwell. Catawba. Cleveland, Craven, Cumberland, David son, Duplin, Durham. Edgecombe, For syth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville. Guil ford, Halifax, Harnett, Henderson, Ire dell. Johnston, Lenoir, Mecklenbrug, Mitchell, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pasquotang, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham. Rowan, Sampson. Stanly, Surry. Union, Vanoe, Wake. Wayne. Wilkes Wilson. Counties having part-time officers nre: Anson, Avery, Beaufort, Carteret. Chatham, Jackson, Lee, McDowell, Orange and Rutherford: Eighty-one per cent.'ow the wealth of the state is listed in the fifty-five coun ties organized for public welfare, the re port continues, and the cost of the work on the basis of SI,OOO worth of taxable property ranges from .14 in Brunswick to .010 in Lee. with a State average of .067. Seventy-four per cent, of the state's population is found in the fifty-five coun ties organized for public welfare. Cost of the work on a per capita basis ranges from .14 in McDowell to .015 in Lee with a state average of .069. Os the fifty-five superintendents of pub lic welfare in North Carolina fourteen have been in the county work since its organization in 1919. Thirty-seven of the superintendents have attended col lege, twenty-seven have college degrees.; firty-two have been teachers; three are ministers; forty-three are church mem bers ; twenty-nine report special com munity service prior to public welfare work; thirty-eight are married. The average age is thirty-seven plus years. During the past year the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare has made an effort to get monthly reports from the county jails and chain gangs in the state. Two hundred and twenty three reports from thirty counties have been received' on county prison camps out of a possible total of 520, as such camps exist in fifty-two counties. Three thou sand. two hundred and twenty prisoners were committed ito these camps within the months for which reports were made. The board’s biennial report states: “Assuming that these were representa tive months, then for the period over which the reports extend. 4,442 prisoners were committeed in thirty counties in ten months. If the average for these counties is the average for the state, there were 7,500 men committeed to the chain gangs within the first ten months of 1924. The same l proportion would give a total of 9,000 for the year. “In the summer oT 1923 Governor Mor rison requested the , county authorities to abolish the lash. Os the thirty coun ties reporting on chain gangs, seven re ported flogging used as a punishment. It is known to the State Board of Char ities and Public Welfare that several other counties did not report at all, or on this item, practice flogging.” In regard to jail, 546 reports out of a possible total of 720 for the 72 coun ties reporting were received. On an average of a little more than seven and a half months per county, 72 per cent, of the counties in the state reported 6.087 persons confined in county jails. The biennial report states that an attempt was made to find out something about these prisoners, but that there lias not yet been opportunity to compile this in formation. Although even the approxi mate age of many prisoners was not re ported, enough ages were reported to be significant. Os those whose ages were given, 138 were children under 16 years old, _49 white boys, 18 white girls, 60 negro boys and 11 negro girls. One thousand, seven hunder and sixty-five were boys and girls between the ages of sixteen and twenty, 782 white boys, 612 negro boys, 186 white girls and 185 negro girls. Two thousand, two hundred and sixty-eight were young men and women between twenty-one and twenty-five, 1,063 white men, 843 negro men, 148 white | women and 214 negro women. Fivc| hundred and four were over forty years old, 381 white men, ten white women, ninety-two negro men and twenty-one negro women. Eight Indians were re ported. Six Hurt In Train Accident. <Or the Associate* Press.) Richmond, Va., Jan. 20.—Six persons were brought to hospitals here today ! suffering from injuries sustained when the rear coaeh of a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train turned over near Sabot, about twenty miles west of here. De fective rails were said to have caused the accident. Tickets may now be reserved for the Frieda Hempel concert at the Y. M. C. A. Quite a number of tickets have already been taken, some by out-of-tßrn persons who intend to make the trip h«e to hear Mme. Hempel in her Jenny Lin'd con cert. * CONCORD, N. C. t TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1925 NOBODY LOVES THIS F AT MAN ~—”— . —” THE COTTON MARKET Steady Liverpool Cables Promoted Ad-! vance of 2to 6 Points on Buying, j (By the Associated Press.! ) ■New. York, Jan. 20.—The cotton mar- ( ket opened steady today at advances of I 2 to 6 points on buying, promoted by' steady Liverpool cables. j March sold up to 23.87 and May to 24.20 in the first few minutes or 6 toB points higher. Quirk reactions of Bor 10 points followed under- hedge selling | or realizing, but general/ business .waa' qm« v and there app&rm ro^be'donfc'j trade buying as well as covering on the dips. This was sufficient to give the market a steady tone and prices were within a point or two either way of yes terday's closing nt the end of the first hour. The opening prices were: Jan. 23.63; March 23.85; May 24.16; Jan. 24.36; Oct. 23.93. CHICAGO HAS 11 MURDERS FIRST 14 DAYS OF 1025 Eighty-nine Robberies and 212 < Auto Thefts Also Reported- Chicago, Jnn. 20.—Chicago's crime record for the first 14 days of 1925 stood at 11 mimics, 89 robberies and 212 automobile thefts, Chief of Police Morgan Collins reported to a special meeting of precinct captains in his of fice yesterday, it was revealed today. The chief presented demands for a rigorous clean-up. YVith Our Advertisers. • Fresli car of oranges, grapefruit, tan gerines and apples just received at room formerly occupied by the Htarnes-Miller- Parker Company. This is insurance day. Take out some insurance with the money you can save by trading at Efird's. See new ad. to day entitled “Life Insurance Day.” The Fetzer and Yorke • Insurance Agency, successors to the Southern Loan and Trust Co., specializes in tier, auto mobile and easunlty insurance. Offices in Cabarrus Savings Bank, main floor. A word with 23 letters meaning! a good place to trade —Concord Furniture Company. Hatch every hatchable egg and raise the chickens with a Buckeye Colony Brooder. The Ritchie Hardware Co. sells them. If you are interested in making S4O a week, see Sir. Dunham at 246 Church Street, between 4 and 7 o’clock p. m. The big picture, “Monsieur Beaucaire,” at the Star January 21 and 22. All-star cast, with Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Dan iels, Lois Wilson and Doris Kenyon. Today is your last chance to see- “The Eternal City.” Next time you need gas, grease or oil, Howard’s Filling Station wants to sell it to you. The Cash Feed Store sells the feed that is put up in checkerboard bags. More ergs gnranteed or your money back. Gifts for every occasion at the Starnes | Miller-Parker Company. I The Musette has a wonderful line of 1 valentines, from 1 cent to SI.OO. Phone 579. The big sale on all goods will continue all this week. Yon will always find a cheerful at mosphere and sincere courtesy at the Ctizens Bank and Trust Company. See the stylish two-strgp pumps for only $5.90' at J. C. Penney & Co.’s . In i tan calfskin and patent leather with Ou r ban heels or patent leather with Spanish i heels. , > _________ • Morrison Welcomed Back to Charlotte. ’ Charlotte, Jan. 19.—More than n : hundred Charlotte citizens tonight wel comed former Governor Morrison back to Charlotte as a private citizen at a b dinner given at the Chamber ot Oom . merce. An address by former Mayor f Frank R. McNich reviewing Governor »(Morrison’s administration as chief exe rjcutive of the State and a response by -'Mr. Morrisdn were the features. Word • 11. Wood presided. , SENATOR EDWARDS NAMED AS DRY LAW VIOLATOR i Charged That He Acted as Link Between | Bootlegger and IQs Customers. ' i lly the Associated Press, i | Jersey City. N. J., Jan. 20.—Senator ' Edward I. Edwards, of New Jersey was j mentioned today in the New Jersey rum scandnl at the trial of twelve Weehaw ken policemen indicted for prohibition law violations, when two government dry | agents testified .that the Senator had j?> atetomi , bootleg liquor | buyers and Wm. FT Orffau, alleged mas ter mind of flic conspiracy. Chas. L. Hurlbnt, a general prohibi tion agent under Divisional Chief Mer rick in New Y'ork, testified that on No vember 14. 1923, he had given Senator Edwards $3,800 which was to be held for payment to Griffin for Scotch whiskey to be delivered to him. Griffin became sus picious. the witness said, the deal did not I, go through, and the money was returned. Lyon Ek Wilson, another agent, cor roborated Halibut's testimony. John Milton, prosecuting attorney, said' at the conclusion of the trial, he would give very serious consideration to the question of presenting to a grand jury the evidence implicating Senator Edwards, which was offered in court today. Senator Edwards Declines to Talk. Washington, Jan. 20.—Senator Ed wards, of New Jersey, today declined to comment on testimony given in court in Jersey City today bringing his name into the YY’eehawken rum scandal. The senator told the Associated Press that lie would reply to tbe charges at the proper time, and added tßat any one who undertook to quote him as comment ing did so wholly without authority. DETROIT WOMAN HAS SURPRISE FOR HUSBAND Investigates Amount He Paid When Fined in Traffic Court. New York, Jnn. 20.—Mrs. Peter Florin, of Detroit, Mich., appeared at the Traffi Court today and asked she clerk to check up on a fine paid by her husband, a fur salesman, when he was arraigned there 6, charged with driving she wrong wny on a one-way street. Mrs. Florin said she had sent her husband S2OO with which to pay the fine. She was told her husband was fined $2 and paid it ‘‘Please give me a receipt for that $2 and I’ll give my husband the surprise of his life when I see him,” she ex claimed. “That $2 fine has cost me $300.” Parisian Girls Are More Feminine Now. Paris. Jan. 20.—Bobbed hair and overbright complexions, hard hats and barbaric jewelry appear to be on the decline, and cigarettes and slang among the feminine smart set are less ag gressively indulged in than in past sea sons. Such are the conclusions which a male observer has reached after at tending numerous recent Parisian social functions. Hard-boiled manners and a high com plexion were found to be all wrong as a setting for dresses made of soft kasha, in pastel shades, soft silks and muslins and hats with flowing lines. The trend of the hour is forward subtle charm and softness. The bare back is also less com mon and very low cut dresses are rarely seem except among tbe show girls. Road Closed Because of Floods in River Charlotte, Jan. 19.—State Highway No. 20 today was closed between Wadesboro and Rockingham because of the flooded Pee Dee River, according to word received here by J. R. Pridgen, sixth district engineer for the State Highway Commission. The ferry over the stream could not operate because of high water, it was said. The river is reported still rising. Traffic on the Wihnington-Charlotte- Asheville Highway, as a result, is being routed byway of Albemarle. BUNKER HILL. CELEBRATION. Exercises to Be HeM Next June Com memorating Hundredth Anniversary of Laying'Corner Stone. , , Boston, Mass., Jan. 20.—President Ooolidge has taken under advisement an invitation extended to him by the Blinker Hill M‘onument Association, to attend to exercises to be jield in Fanefiil Hall next, June commemorating the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the monument. It is the the-Tregi dent flelnw the -Oration, ns tnSs' year' will also mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. The project for the erection of th“ Bunker Hill monument originated with William Tudor, an eminent citizen of Boston in 1822. Mr. Tuder watched the battle-ground on Breeds Hill, and learn ing that about three acres was to be |ko1(1 conferred with several friends as to the expediency of weping it unoc cupied. Dr. Warren was one of them, who, with this object in mind, pur chased the land in November, -822, and held it until it was required by the Monument Association. A party, in cluding Daniel Webster, 'Prof. George' Tickncr, and others, visited the battle ground, and consulted in regard to build a monument. A circular letter, dated May 20, 1823, invited those interested to a meeting to be libld at the Mer chants’ Exchange. Soon after an association was former! to procure an act" of incorporation, authorizing them to collect and hold subscriptions for the purpose of erect-*. ing a monument , “to the memory of those statemcn and soldiers Who lid the wa in the American Revolution.” Ac cordingly an act of the legislature was passed and approved by the txovernor June 7. 1823. establishing the Bunker Hill Monument Association. In the Spring of 1825 the directors of the association had secured title to the lar.d, purchasing about 15 acres on the slope of Breeds Hill, but had not matured plans for the movement. How ever. the cornerstone was laid June 17, 1825, by Lafayette. Daniel Webster de livered the oration and President John Quincy Adams participated in the ceremonies. One account said: “This celebration was unequaled in magnifi cence by anything of the kind that had been seen in Nek England.” The cornerstone laid at this time was subsequently rejected when the plan for the obelisk was finally approved. On the commencement of work on the monu ment the bog placed in the cornerstone 'was taken out, given to Dr. Wa itch for datekeeping and placed in auorner stone, whigh now is in the northeastern angle of the structure. The design of Solomon Willard was accepted and he became the architect of the monument. A quarry in Quincy was bought by the association and from it the stone was taken. Many delays oc curred, but in the spring of 1827 the monument was fairly under way. It was estimated that SIOO,OOO would be re quired. The money then on hand carried the work along until' 1829, when the monument had been raised about 37 feet, and then the work was suspended for lack of funds. The Massachusetts Chauitable Mechanic Association 'help ed, part of the land was sold and final ly the women of the State held n fair which realized over $30,000. This, with several substantial contributions from private citizens, was enougn to complete the work, which was recommenced in 1841. ; Trotzky To Be Relieved of Duties Under Resolution. 1 Moscow, Jan. 20 (By the Associated • Press). —The resolution relieving Leon E Trotzky of his duties as chairman of the .evolutionary war council was adopted in the central committee of the communist - parly by a vote of 50 to 2. The central [ control committee imaged it unanimously, with two absentees. ILOCIL BILLS mf£Sat f SUITE LEGMM Appears Now That It Will Be Several Days Yet Before More Important Bills Will Be Presented. BUDGET REPORT NOT COMPLETED; Chance That Most of the Lo cal Bills Will Have Been Disposed of Before State- Wide Bills Come Up. Raleigh. Jan. 20 (By the Associated PreSs) .—With the budget commission still wrest ling with problem confronting it in an effort to wade through the mass of material it must peruse and digest be- • fore it can make its report, it appeared today ns if much of the local legislation would be well underway before the more weighty matters are taken up. Many new local measures were introduced last night. The budget commission has invited the heads of all the state institutions to as semble in Raleigh tomorrow afternoon following the delivery of Governor Mc- Lean's message. There will be a heart to I heart conference between them aud the members of the commission with a view to get down to “rock bottom” facts as to their needs, it was said. It is indicated that a policy of strict economy will be adhered to, and that there, will be close figuring, W. W. Neal’s bill designed to rei»eal the statewide primary was introduced in the House of Representatives last night. No comment was made on the floor of the House. However, it was indicated by some of the members commenting on the bill after adjournment, that while they were unwilling to accept the re sponsibility for the abolishing of the pri mary they would gladly vote to submit the question to a referendum at the next general election. It is known, however, that the bill will receive strong support in certain quarters. There has always beeu an ele ment in favor,of the repeal of the state wide primary law, and indications that this element represented in the present assembly. Representative Baker last night intro diets of juries. Brief Session in Each House. Raleigh, Jan. 20 (By the Associated Press). —Action by the House recalling from the Senate House bill No. 91 pro viding for an increase of $150,000 in the appropriation -for the erection of a new State office building to house the au tomobile license department, making the total available $650,000 aud the intro duction of a bill by Currie, of Scotland, which would prevent moonshiners from carrying pistols while occupied in mak ing whiskey broke the monotony of a brief sitting of the general assembly this morning. At noon both houses had called it a day. They will meet again ut 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. The bill increasing the appropriation for a new state building by $150.1X)0 passed all three readings in the House last night. “Motion to recall the mea sure from the Senate was lodged this morning by Representative ,T. W. King, of Guilford. After this passed and the bill was again before the House, Miss Julia Alnxander, of Mecklenburg, moved that it be re-referred, this time to the committee on appropriations. This mo tion prevailed. The bill was previous ly reported to tile committee on finance, which voted 17 to 2 for a favorable re port. It passed last night without com ment. CHAPMAN IS BEING CLOSELY GUARDED NOW Will Be Turned Over to Deputy Wardens From Atlanta Prison When They Reach Indianapolis. (By the Associated Press.) lindianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20. —Gerald Chapman, credited with being the leader in some of the most spectacular robberies of recent times, was guarded closely in the Marion county jail here today, pend ing the arrival of deputy wardens who are expected to return him to the At lanta federal prison, whoch which he es caped. (jfhapman was arrested Sunday at Muncie, Ind.. by Muneie authorities, and was immediately brought to this city in order that he might be more safely con fined. Federal authorities plan to place Chap man in the custody of deputy wardens from Atlqfita without formality. -» was kaid they anticipated no interference from two detectives who are reported en route from New Britain. Conn., to ob tain custody of the prisoner for trial on an indictment charging him with the murder of John Skelly, a police o cer in tlie Connecticut! city on October 10, 1924. 1 < HAD 20-GALLON TANK UNDERNEATH HIS HOUSE Lewis Carroll Acquitted Last Week But New Evidence Discovered. Gastonia, Jan. 10.—Lewis 1 Carroll, who was acquitted last week in Su perior Court on charges of selling liquor while his two alleged co-wokers were given 60 days each of work on the ' county roads, is. in jail today charged with having 20 gallon tank for storing I liquor in the ground under his house op i East Airline Avenue. Carroll was ar ■ rested this afternoon. He had a big tank i in the bapement of his house and use a : pumpsimirar .itothe kind in use in coun- I try stores in drawing kerosene from a , tank. The. contraption was in fine work ing order. NEWS TODAY NO. 17 IRS. FERGUSON WAS HIED MV AS TEXAS GOVERNOR Took Oath in Same Roh& Her Husband Was in When He Took the Same Oath Ten Years Ago. HUNDREDS SAW THE CEREMONIES Elaborate Plans Made for the Ceremonies, Which At tracted Biggest Crowd in History of Texas. Austin, Texas. Jan. 20 (By tb? Assoei. ated Press).—The inauguration of Mrs. Miriam Amanda Ferguson as Texas' first woman governor, was set for noon today in the spacious hall of the House of Rep-* resentatives where ten years ago her hus band, Jas. E. Ferguson, was sworn into the same office, and where, nearly three years later, he was impeached, and re moved from office. Ceremonies as elaborate as the event was unique were planned. The entire { city was bedecked with Texaß and Ameri. can flags, and the largest crowd ever to attend an inaugural was on hand, many coming from other states. The induction program itself was brief and simple. It called for a short pray er, administering of the oath of office by Chief Justice Cureton using a Bible that dated back to induction of the first Gov ernor of Texas, and then the inaugural address of the new Governor. A three inch gun was mounted*at the capitoi en trance to sound a salute in honor of the new Governor and the retiring executive, Pat M. Neff. To Mrs. Ferguson her iniiuguration represented the final stepping stone of ( her long endeavor to clear the family name from the stigma of her husband's impeachment. Bfie never believed the charges of misappropriation of public funds which were the basis for the im- • .peachmeflt, and during his trial and the days of disquiet which followed his re moval from office she steadfastly stood by . him and encouraged him in his unavail able efforts at a political come-back. Taker the Oath of Office.' , Austin, Jan* 20 (By the Associated I Tresis V. —A woman nits today in the teat -power aekyi * the sfcwßr wt only men have sat. A kiss bestowed on the stage's oldest official Bible, an oath to uphold the laws, a promise to consecrate lier lift to her state, and Mrs. Miriam A. Furgeson, of Temple. Texas, became the first woman governor of the Union’s largest state. j Wit & great crowd pressing against tlie doors of the House of Redresenta- the governor’s party for a time could not enter, and the inaugural was delayed. Aisles were packed, and every inch of flood space was covered. Spectators had commanded seats set aside for sena tors, and refused to give them up. Sen ator Satterwhite, in vain tried to make more room to start the inaugural. BASEBALL SCANDAL TO BE INVESTIGATED Inquiry Will Be Made Uniter Orders of District Attorney Banton, of New York (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 20. —District Attor ney Banton today ordered an investiga tion of tlie baseball scandal in which Cozy Dolan and outfielder Jimmy O’onnell, of the New York Giants, were alleged to have attempted to bribe infielder Heine Sand, of the Philadelphia Nationals, to throw a game, Mr. Banton said the ease would be pre sented to a grand jury* If investigation sliowed procedure to be warranted under a special New York State law, specifical ly covering baseball bribery. The Dis trict Attorney said lie received from Base ball Commissioner Landis, a transcript oi all the testimony taken by the latter in the case. BiKmore Forest Horse Show Association. Raleigh, Jan. 20.—Mrs. Edith Vander bilt. T. W. Raoul, J. F. A. Cecil, an* J. G. Adams, all of Biltmore Forest, Bilt more, are among tTie incorporators named in a certificate of corporation issued by Secretary of State W. N. Evertt. Th| corporation will be known as the Bilt more Forest Horse Show Association and is a non-stock organization. The object of the corporation, accord ing to the charter, is to promote and fos ter interest in horses and to conduct horse shows in western North Carolina. The charter is granted for an unlimited predion and the corporation will be op erated on a non-profit basis, the net in come of the association to be used in furthering the purposes of the associa tion. * Tlie first recorded trotting meeting in the United Estates was held in 1818 at Boston, when “Boston Blue” trotted n mile within three minutes. WHAT SMUTTY'S CAT SAYS Fair tonight and Wednesday; coidea tonight along the coast.