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VOLUME XXV
President In Message
To Congress Outlines
His Recommendations
Tax Reductions, Adherence
to World Court, Strength
For Aviation and Prohi
bition Mentioned.
WANTS SALE OF'
MUSCLE SHOALS
Also Wants More Money
For Enforcement of Dry
Laws.— Foreign Rela
tions Receive Attention.
Washington, l)ec. B.—</(’)•*—Renew
ing a number of recommendations lie
already hail made to Congress, Presi
denf Coolidgc, in bis annual message
transmitted today to the House aml
1 Senate, outlined n comprehensive leg
islative program dealing with press
ing domestic mdl international prob
lems. Ills suggestions included:
Tax reduction along lines iqapped
out by tbe House ways and means
comininiteg. /
Adherence to l*ae World Court. !
Continued effert to strengthen avia,
lion, without radical change in the
organization of the army aud navy
air services. ;
Curtailment of the sliipping board's
powers, witli tiie government fleet un-i
. dor the control of it single executive. |
Increased authority for tbe Presi
dent and departments of commerce,
and" labor to deal with labor disputes
in the Coal industry.
Encouragement of co-operative mar-'
keting as an nid to agriculture. j
The President devoted a section to
t’lio prohibition question, appealing for
law observance by public and vig
orous action against violators by en
forcement officials. j
He also renewed his advocacy of
railroad consolidations and develop-'
inent of inland waterways, rpeoraend
cd retention, fer tbe present, of prop
erty seized from aliens duriug the
■war, reiterated that reorganization of
government departments should be an-,
thorized, and declared that states and I
local communities mpst co-operate
nterp with the federal government in
reclamation work.
t'rging said of Muscle Shoals to
the highest bidder who wilt agraq tq
produce iterates primarily with power
development incidental. Mo contended
That the' Muscle Shoals problem hid
"assumed a place all out of propor
tion with its real importance "
"It. probably dots not represent in
market value much more than n first
class battleship," he added, “yet it
has been discussed in the Congress
over a period cf years and for months
nt n time." i
Prefacing h i s recommendations
with a statement t’liat “the country
does not appear to require radical de
partures from the policies already
adopted so much as it needs further
extension of these policies and tlij im
provement of details" and an appeal
for continued vigilance against ex
travagant governmental expenditures,
the President emphasized the need for
further tax reduction arid declared he
approved "in principle" the bill draft
‘ed by the ways and" means commit
tee.
“Insofar as income tax exemptions
are concerned,” he continued, “it
seems to me the committee Mas gone
as far as it is safe to go and some
what further than I should have
gone,"
In a long discussion of foreign re
lations Mr. Coolidgc made theee as
sertions :
That the Locarno security agree
ments represent the success of the
policy of having European countries
settle their own political problems
without involving the United States.
That reduction of land armaments
not only is of prime importance but
a problem peculiarly European in its
practical aspects, and that “our coun
try wouldl look with particular grati
tude upon any action which those
countries might take to reduce their
owih military forces."
That “the general policy of our
country is for disarmament, and it
ought nto to hesitate to adopt, any
practical plan that might reasonably
be expected to succeed. But it would
npt care to attend a conference which
from its location or constituency
wou'd in all probability prove fu
tile.” *■ '
That American participation in
the World .Court would not mean in
volvcment in the League of Nations
but wpiild "contribute greatly to the
advancement of our ideals."
That debt settlements already ne
gotiated “impose no undue burden and
.are mutually beneficial” and that "ev
ery reasonable effort'wi'.H be made to
secure agreements for liquidation with
. the remaining countries.”
Turning to domestic issues tbe Plte ;
blent advocated anew enactment of
a selective service act for . mobiliza
lion of materia’* as well as men in
emergencies. The report of the air
board ought to be "reassuring,” ba
declared, adding that- the departments
cf war,. navy and commerce-“should
cash be provided with an additional
assistant secretary, not necessarily
with statutory duties bjit who would
be available, under the direction of
the secretary to give especial atten
tion to air navigation.”
“We must have an air strength
worthy of America,” he said. "Pro
vision should he made for two addi
tional brigad let generals for the army
air ’ service. Temporary rank eorr
epontttng to their duties should be
awarded to active flying officers in
both army and navy.”
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The Concord Daily Tribune
• . North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
US -£
* WILL NOT CALL *
if SPECIAL SESSION *
4$ d:
if Austin, Tex., Doc. B.—Op) 4i
rfc Governor Miriam A. Ferguson *
%: today issued a statement dcelar- +
rfc iug that she will not call a spec
'if ial scs-ion rtf the Legislature as &
H* requested by Speaker Leo Sat- if
if terpbite and other members of if
if the House.
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THE COTTON MARKET
Considerable Activity Featured Early
Trading and Market Did Better on
Covering. •
New York. Dec. B.—(A*)—Consider
able activity featured today's early,
f trading in the cot top market. Even
ing up of accounts in advance of the
government report was heavy but on
the whole the market did better on
| rowing and trade buying. The op
-1 ening steady at a decline of 9
prints to an advance of 3 points with
near months relatively easy under re
newed December liquidation. These
i offerings were soon absorbed, however,
and the market sold about 7 to liOj
j points net higher before the end of [
! the first Malf hour, with January ad
vancing to 111.00 and May to 19.25.
There was nothing to throw any fresh
| light on the probable showing of the
| government report, but! there were
I rumors that a good many buying or
■ derw in tbe market for execution if it
should show any scaling down in the
crop.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dec.
j 20.0Tg to 19.93: Jan. 19.48: Mnrrft
19.42; May 19.0 C; July 18.70.
SALISBURY’S DEFUNCT
BANK PAYS DIVIDENDS
People’s National Bank Will lUs
burse 10 Per Cent Payment to De
{ poshers.
Salisbury. Dee. 7. —Depositors of
the People's National bank which
I institution dosed its doors in June,
11923, arc to be paid a bird dividend
this week beginning -.Vedneeday
morning, according to an anuounce
mejul made today. The dividend will
ha. 10. per cent Nrtf deposits at the
time the bank dosed and the total
j to be l«id out wH be $82,000. A fine
Christmas gift to depositors. This
will make 40 per cent paid on de
posits, running the total paid to ap
proximate'y $32b,000.
A fall several days ago in which
an arm was broken and a severe
! shock sustained caused the death of
Mrs. Joel Corriher at her home near I
China Grove this morning. Airs. Cor
riper was 88 years old and is sur
vived by two sons, Will Corrtper,
who lived with her, and Henry C.
Coroner, of the Salisbury Letter
carrier force. The funeral takes place
from Zion ehnrch near Chinn Grove
Tuesday mqrning at 11 o’clock.
GENERAL SCNG-LIEN -
WILL ENTER MUKDEN
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General's Troops at Present Are in
the Shenking Province.
Tokio, Dec. B.—Latest dispatches
received by the foreign office declare
that the army of General Kuo Sung-
Lien, former henchman of Marshal
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian warlord,
is expected to enter Mukden, capita!
of Manchuria, tomorrow. General
Kuo's troops at present, are reported
to be a Himminfu,' Sheukeng province,
west of Mukden, facing a small army
which is expected either to surrender
or retreat toward Kirin, whither Mar
shal C«ug was reported journeying
this morning.
Declares People Are Dying Unneces
sarily.
Salisbury, Dec. 7. —People are
dying in North Carolina and Rowan
County as a result of tuberculosis
simply because .they have no cuance
to live, Dr. Spruill, of . the Guilford
tubercular sanatorium, told the Ki
wanis Club at its regular weekly
luncheon-
The cost of n tubercular hospital
on the County would be hardly no
ticeable, he said. In Guilford many
taxpayers do not know th'at tbe hos
pital. is supported with taxes, 'he
said.
■ He said it would hardly be pos
sible, but the combination of a
tubercu'ar and general hospital was
desirable had not in the least dan
gerous, as many people think.
Mecklenburg County to Build Court
/ House.
'Charlotte, Dec. 7.—The Mecklen
burg Board of County Commission
era at 6 o'clock this afternoon settled
the court bouse fight by voting to
sell tbe present site on Soutn Tryon
Street and bui’d a new court house
on Bast Trade Street a block be
yond, tbe sitp. of ,th* new city hall.
The cost of the building will bo
93T6.000. It will occupy, all of tbe
frontage on tbe block with she ex
ception of the home of B. F. With
ers. The lawyers strenuously op
posed the moving of the court house
from its present site.
'America Invited to Work For Anus
Conference.
Geneva, Dec. B.—<A>>—The league of j
nations council decided today to in
vite flte United States, .Russia and
Germany to participate in the work
of the special commission, which is to
prepare for an international disarma
ment conference.
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Senator Henri Berenger of France
will be the yioxt French ambassador
to the United States. He will re
place the present envoy, Emile
Daeschner, who is blamed in Paris
tor the failure of the French debt
funding 'commission to reach an
agreement with American commie.,
| sioners. g,
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APPROVE BERENGER
FOR AMBASSADOR
Council of Ministers of
France Ready to Spon
sor Senator Tor Post in j
United States. I
Paris, Dec. 8—(A I )—The appoint
ment of Senator Victor Henry Beren
ger as French ambassador to the
United States was approved today by
the council of ministers.
Senator Berenger is expected to
leave in the near future to relieve
Emile Daeschiier, the present ambas
sador in Washington. Tlie new am
bassador will have his appointment
renewed every six months, ns is cus
tomary in rite eases of members of
Parliament sent abroad on diplomat
ic missions.
Will Be With Special Debt Mission.
Paris, Dec. 8. — UP) —Senator Vic
tor Henry Berenger. whose nomination
as Ambassador to the United States
j was approved at a cabinet council -to
day is going to Washington with the
special mission of settling the French
war debt to America, it was declared
in official circles titis afternoon.
TIIE DOI’GIHONS HAD
NO PART IN ROUTING
Frank Page Writes Hanes Relative to
Spartan-Mount Airy Route Contro
versy.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 7.—A. Si
Hanes, highway commissioner for the
seventh district, received a letter to
day from Chairman. Frank Page con
cerning the fixing of the Sparta-
Mount Airy road on the inter-state
map. He declared in the letter t’aat
Dc-ughton. H. G. Chatham nor any
one else in North Carolina had any
thing to do with the road; that the
route was fixed by a commitee of
American highway officials and the
bureau of public roads, acting under
the secretary of agriculture, and that
fluey. took into consideration the j
through route rather than local serv-j
ice in North Carolina.
Mr. Page stated that originally he
prepared a map and submitted it to
the commimttee but that the eomrnit
tee refused to accept the mail and
curtailed the inter-state system as
they saw best, looking to tbe interests
of the states generally instead of the
local interest of any one stale.
Catholic Bishop Raps Drys’ Appeal
to Pope.
Tucson, Arizona. Dec. B.—Prohibi
tion laws of the United States have
been a failure ever since the Vol
stead act went into effect, Bishop
Daniel J. Gercke, of the Catholic
diecese of Arizona, said in a state
ment yesterday.
Bishop Gercke characterized the ap
peal of Pope Pius XI., .made by Clin
ton N. Howard, chairman of the Unit
ed Committee for Prohibition Enforce
ment, as the "height of impudence”
because, the bishop said, the pope
would no more presume to dictate the
right of the American people to drink
than he would, presume to dictate what
they should wear or eat.
The prohibition law in America,
Bishop Gercke said, is purely a po
litical question, which must be dealt
with by the American people them
selves.
Bell Fouml Guilty of Embezzlement:
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. B.— W) —John
A. Bell, banker and coal operator; was
found guilty today, of embezzlement
and misapplication of more than
SOOO,OOO of the funds of the -closed
Carnegie Trust Company of which he
was president.
$700.00 For University of Virginia.
I New York, Dee. B.—C4>)—Donation
of $700,000 to the University of Vir
ginia for the construction of its new
medical school buildings was an
nounced by the general education
board.
CONCORD, N, C„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1925
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Facts Concerning Bond Issue For
Hospital Given By L. T. Hartsell, Sr.
County Attorney Points Out Law Governing Action ■
to Be Taken Before Hospital Can Be Erected by
Public Funds of County.
In connection with the proposed
County Hospital Bond issue, a stale- ]
mem has been prepared by County
| Attorney L. T. Hartsell relative In
jthe proceed fire before the election,
taxes and method of running the hos-'
pita!.
The statement also answers ques- 1
titons which have been asked with re-j
gavd to persons in the county receiv
ing benefits. Charily patients are to
he determined by the trustees. ;
Mr. Hart sell’s statement is as fdl
lows:
Petition presented to County Com
missioners : j
Signed by 209 resident freeholders.
150 of whom shall not he residents of
Concord, N. C.. asking
1. Annua) tax may lie levied so.
establishment and maintenance of pub
lic hospital.
2. At a place in tiie county to be
named therein.
3. Specifying the maximum amount
of money proposed in purchasing of
building said hospital.
ElectUm Ordered.
1. Upon presentation of such pe
tition duly signer).
2. Order a new registrat'oii.
3. General or special election,
4. Giving ninety days notice in
i one or more newspapers published in
tlie county and posting in each town
ship of said county the text of the
petition aud amount of tax to be lev
ied.
5. Election at same places and
held ns nil other elections.
Tax to Be Levied.
•1. Not exceeding 1-15 of one cent
13,857,000 BALES i
i OF COTTON GINNED
The Total To December
First Was Greater by
Million Than For Same
Time in 1924.
.Washington, Dec. B.—OP)—Cotton,
or this year's growth ginned tse
December Ist amounted to 13,857.U8<>
running bales, counting round as imlfj
bales, and excluding linterh, com-!
pared with 12,237,059 bales to that :
datelast year, the census bureau to
day announced.
The ginnings prior to December Ist
by states follows:
Alabama, 1,301,471: Arizona, 70,-
944; Arkansas, 1.190.537; -California,
08,203; Florida. 39,407; Georgia. 1.-
167,300; Louisiana, 823,589; Missis-1
sippi, 1,570,769; Missouri, 190.235;
New Mexico 50.007; North Carolina, 1
1,080,808; Oklahoma, 1,333,089 : South
Carolina, 893,408: Tennessee 405,378;
Texas, 3,001,010;- Virginia, 44,000.
All other states, 14,085. *
Inc uding in the ginnings were
470,671 round bales, counted as half
Laics; compared with 284,844 for
1924, and 239.215 for 1923.
Trust Company Increases Capital.
New York, Dec. B.— UP) —The
Equitable Trust Company of New
York today announced an increase in
its capital stock from $23,000,000 to
$36,000,000, giving it second place j
among New York City’s banking in
stitutions in matter of capitalization.
Only the National City Bank, with a
capital of $501000,00 and surplus and
undivided profits of more than st!9,-
000.00 now ranks above the Equlta
! ble.
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Muscle Shoals Report to Congress.
Washington, Dec. 8. —OP) —The en
t're report of the special commission on
Muscle Shoals is being sent to Con
. gress by President Coolidgc, it was
said today at the White House. Tiie
action will result in making public
tbe entire document.
The projection which is now ex
tended to wild birds in the British
Isles has led to several women tak
ing up a new profession—that of
bird-watcher.
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NOW IS THE TIME
ji To Subscribe for Stock in the 75th Series of the
i Concord Perpetual Building & Loan ji
Association
, Books open at Cabarrus Savings Bank, Concord and |
Kannapolis, N. C.
; [ Thirty-seven and a half years successful business. Hun- |
| ’ dreds of homes built and paid for, and many thousands of (•
; |! dollars saved through this old reliable association,
i | ( Take stock with us now and be ready for your check |j
[| ‘ when our 75th series matures. •
’ 1 ff you want to build or buy a home there is no better
E plan than the B. &L. plan. * j
: 25 cents a week carries one share which amounts to r
1 j SIOO.OO in 6 1-3 years. Prepaid shares at $72.85 will grow \~
‘ \ to SIOO.OO, in six and one-third years. ALL TAX EX- If
. EMPT.
i: ’v, . - 5
I <m dollar.
j 2. Not to run oxpoocl r ns twenty 1
j years.
, •». Taxes levied and collected as'
j oilier luxes.
! 4. Commissioners shall appoint 7
j of whom may be women, j
1 f». more than four to reside in
i (’uncord.
J G. Seven trustees elected at next
| general election.
7. Cast lots 2 for two years. 2 for
; f<jur years and •"» for six years, and
!at each general election trustees
J whose terms expired to be filled.
Method.
1. Trustees to elect a chairman
and secretary.
2. County Treasurer shall he
treasurer of fupds.
2. No trustees shall receive any
pay.
4 % Trustees to make by-laws and
regulations for government.
r». Select site and build hospital or
purchase.
(k Appoint superintendent and as
sistants.
Persons Entitled to Benefits.
1. All persons of county and any
person falling sick or being maimed in
county.
2. Every person not a pauper must
pay according to the regulations of
t ruxtees.
2. Charity patients shall be deter
mined by trustees.
4. Equal privileges to all physic
ians. Patient shall have the right to
employ his own physician who shall
I .iave absolute charge of his case and
treatment.
I OPPOSE HDERIL
"BLUE Sty El#
Bankers Are Opposed to
Measure That Will Lead
the Creation of Another
Bureau.
, k St. Petersburg, Fla., Dee,, B.— UP)
Opiiositlnn ns To a Feitaw blue aky
t statfite is voiced in tbe report of tbe
| committee on securities presented
I here today to the Investment Bankers
Association of America, nt the sec
ond day’s session of its 14t!i annual
convention.
The committee expressing its belief
that the Federal government does not
desire to create another bureau which
the enforcement of such a law would
' necessitate, points cut the difference I
| between two bills which probably Will
| be introduced nt the present session
of Congress. One of thofo by Con
gressman Christqpherson. of South
Dakota, the committee, said, seeks to
regulate the intra-state as well as the
interstate sale of securities, While that
of Congressman Dennison, of Illinois,
only deals with the interstate trans
actions.
George S. Norfleet in Serious Con
dition.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 7.—George
S. Norfleet, prominent in business
and fraternal circles, lies at. his
home here desperately ill, caused by
a stroke of paralysis, which develop
ed soon after he arrived home Sun
day from a business trip North. Mr. |
Norfleet is Pa»st Grand Master of
the North Carolina Grand Lodge of
Masons and Past Grand Command
er of the Knights Templar, ami is
• well known throughout the State.
His right side is affected as well as
his speech.
Christmas at Hoover’s.
You will find gifts at Hoover's
Store for all tfie men, ranging in
price from 25 cents to $75. Every
thing there from collar pins to over
coats. In a half page ad, today you
will find a complete list of things
which will make suitable presents for
■ your men folks.
The child of Mr. and Mrs. TV. C.
' Jenkins is confined to the home of
its parents on account of illness.
\ Senator Lee S. Overman Buying - | '
Christmas Seals and Br- ve v vV l
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The Senator Is always ready and anxious to do whatever will
benefit the people of onr state, whether in congress or at home. In the
picture, from left to right, are: Senator Overman; Prof. Guy B. Phillips,
superintendent city schools, Salisbury, who is also interested in the
leal sale and the health of his school children; Mrs. F. F. Smith, chair
man Health Department Woman’s club, under whose auspices the seal
tale in Salisbury is conducted; Mrs. Edwin R.• Overman, chairman
seal-sale 1920; Mrs. Chas. McCanless, chairman seal sale 1924; Dr. C.
W. Armstrong, the efficient health officer of Rowan county, and, the
-enter of attraction, a modern health crusader, Edwin Overman
selling bonds and seals to the Senator.
ARMY REPLIES TO,
MITCHELL CHARGE
Navy Having Finished Its
Testimony the First Wit
ness For the Army Gives
Testimony.
Washington, Dec. B.—OP)—The
army's reply to Col. Wm. Mitchell's
Charges of incompetence, neglect lynil
near treason in the condiieFof avfSftfmf
wtis begun today before the army court
martial trying the air crusader.
Major General Hanson E. Ely, the
commandant of the army war college,
was called by the prosecution counsel
to open its counter attack, while ten
other Major Generals, two Brigadiers,
and a squad of lesser ranking officers
were held in reserve. They will be
j thrown into the offensive as the court
j battle goes on extending probably into
! next week.
With Onr Advertisers.
j Do you need money? If so in
j vestigate the weekly payment plan
j of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
See ad. in this issue for particulars.
Tile Concord Bakery lias opened a
retail bakery in the store room for
merly occupied by the Orchard Pro
duce Co.. 85 South I'ninn street. You
can get hot rolls, buns, doughnuts,
cookies, cakes, etc.
Nothing better than Purina feed.
Said here at the Cas'a Feed Store.
Phone 122.
Richmond-Flowe Co. is showing a
fine selection of Christmas -rifts for
both men and women. See new ad.
Install an Oriole, oven heat gas
contsol range and your cooking wor
ries will disappear. See new ad. ofi
Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co. Sale !
ends December -23rd.
As executor-or trustee of your es
tate the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. i
is ready to assume every detail nnd;
responsibility from the day your will I
i becomes effective. Consult A. F. I
i Goodman, trust officer.
See the birds, flowers, leaves, ghosts
and goblins at the Corbin Street
School (Thursday night at 7 :30. Ad- \
. mission, 25 and 15 cents.
The Aaron Overeasii farm in No. |
4 township will be sold at auction at
Kannapolis next Saturday at 10 a. I
m. Only one and one-half miles
from Kannapolis. Se.e ad. in this
paper for particulars.
Chrstmas wreaths and potted plants!
—Mrs. J. A. Walker can supply you. j
Get your order in early. Phone 112. |
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Grange China Monty on Wholesale
Scale.
Xew York, Dec. 8. —Red Grange,
football Hash, is making headway in
his demonstration that, rwo teet can 1
cover several, yards—when properly
placed. His earning.; in 11 days are
estimated at. $82,000.
Grange must share with ills man
ager and the income tax collectors,
but the money henps are mounting
and soon he may bo able to re
nounce the ice industry for good nnd
all.
Attendance figures, sometimes de-
Sceiving, indicate that lie averages
about $16,400 a game, or around
$470 a yard. He has performed pro
fessionally before 18,000 persons,
contributing to four victories for the
Chicago Bears in five starts.
Option Is Given on Vacated Church, j
i Charlotte, Dee. 7. —Tryon Street
jj | Methodist Church, at Xorth Tryon I
] and Sixth streets, was formally placed
: on the market Saturday when an op
tion was given the members of the
Charlotte real estate board, compris
ing about 75 real estate men of the
city, by the board of stewards of the
j church.
GRADY M’ALLISTER
DIES IN ACCIDENT
Son of Prof, and Mrs. Geo.
F. McAllister, of Mount
Pleasant, Fatally Injured
by a Truck.
Grady McAllister, nine-year-old sou
of Prof, and Mrs. Geo. F. McAllister,
of Sit. Pleasant, was liwtnutly killed
lot\nf shortly tflter noon —»—-y - ‘rif-iy
ran over hint as lie was-coming from
school.
According to information received
in Concord, the boy was going to lunch
with a number of his companions. As
they neared the home of Ills father. Col.
G. F. McAllister, he tagged one of
his companions and then darted out
in the street to avoid being tagged in
return. The truck struck him before
the driver had time to swerve it from
its course.
The driver of the truck stopped it
immediately and rendered what assist
ance he could, but death had been
practically Instantaneous. The truck
was tlie property of O, E. Iloss, cf An
sonvillp. and was loaded with cotton.
Tite driver was Otis Bunn.
Physicians who examined the body
declared that the wheel of the truck
did not run over the boy. Death re
sulted from a blow received on the
forehead when the front of the truck
hit him.
Dr. J. A. Hartsell. county coroner,
was notified and left at once for Mt.
Pleasant to hold an inquest.
Nocturnal Prowler Proved to Be
'Possum.
Salisbury, Dec. 7.—Police Officers
Gibson and Whitley, called out to in
i vestigate tile report of an alleged
| burglar on West Bank street early
. one morning recently failed to get
| tin- burglar, but they returned to
i lie police station with a splendid
j ‘possum.
I The nocturnal prowler, weighing
about five pounds and plenty tat.
| was caught as he was crossing West
Bank street in the 300 block. The
officers have him in captivity and
jare planning a Christmas barbecue..
, “If we can get the sweet potatoes.
! we will barbecue hint for the Christ
mas holidays." said Officer Gibson
! last night. "Mr. Whitley has hint
i now fattening a little more, and all
we need is the potatoes."
! New York-Florida Air Route Opened
i Xew York, Dec. 7.—Bearing four
passengers,’ the new seaplane. "Mies
I Key Large City.” left ■ Xew Y-ork
this afternoon for Florida in the
j first trip of a proposed direct, air
line between Xew York and south
ern cities.
1 Letters from Governor Smith and
Chauncey Depew were mar Med iu the
plane to be delivered to the mayors
of cities at which stops will be made
enroute. Before hopping off, (he
p ane, described as am “air yacht,”
was christened with, ceremonies on
the bank of the Hudson river. The
plane is equipped with Liberty
motors totalling 400 horsepower and
is of all metal construction. It has
carrying capneity of 7 passengers,
with a compartment for luggage-
Thcugh it is claimed I hat man has
been on the earth 500,000 years, half
his knowledge and control of nature
has come within the last hundred
j years.
I To continue file work of creating
new plants and flowers Stanford Uni
versity proposes to take over Luther
Burbank’s experimental farm.
Lemon rinds are now utilized for
the manufacture of pectin, the sub
stance that makes jelly “jell.”
THE TRIBUNE
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TODAY’S NEWS TODAIIH
NO. 290 1 I
CROP ESTIMATE OF 1
11.t05.000 bales]
of cotton ural
This Is An Increase Over!
Estimate of 15,298,0001
Bales Made in the Pre* |
vious Report.
THIS STATEHAS J
OVER ONE MILLION |
To December First 1,090,? I
000 Bales Had Been |
! Ginned in State, the Rerl
port Shows.
' Washington. Dec. B.— (/P) — Cotton a
! production this year will amount to hi
15.603.00 t) equivalent 500-pound bales, I
exclusive of linters. the Department I
of Agriculture today announced! from hi]
December 1 conditions. An estimate 1
of 15.298.000 bales was made from |
November 21st conditions. Last?!
year's crop totalled 12,237.05 ft hales, J
Tlie abandonment of acreage is es
timatod at 4.0 per cent, of tile ssti- |
mated acreage of cotton in cultivation ft|
June 25 compared with abandonment 3
of 3.0 per cent, in 1924. and 3.3 per'*4
cent, tin- 10 years average.
The December revised estimate of >S
cotton for harvest this year is 45,-11
945.000$ across compared with 41.* 4
360,000 acres in 1924, and 35,581,000 m
acres tlie five year average.
The total yield of lint cotton per |
acre on tin- area for harvest is es- ,
timated at 162.3 pounds, compared,-a
with 157.4 pounds In 1924. aud 148.4 i
pounds tlie five-year average.
The percentage of area
since June 25, and the Dec 1. estimate. ;3
of production by states include:
Xorth Carolina—l.o per cent., and 1
1.090.000.
South Carolina—2.o per cent., afid I
857.000.
Department of agriculture officials 'a
explained that the number of bales of ft|
cotton ginned in South Carolina and |
Georgia prior to December Ist as ft|
reported by tlie census bureau whs 1
larger than the estimated production i
because tin- census report was in run- I
ning bales, while the department of 4
agriculture estimate was in equivalent 1
55-pound bales. counting 478.1 |
pounds of line and ; 21.9 pounds oLdj
weight ;fiT
round as half, id some states some -
years run much Ipss than 500 pounds 3
including bnggiug and ties. 1
NATION TO REMAIN
DRY, WEBB IS SIRE :
-JSB
Western Federal Judge Also De- |
livers Vigorous Attack on Militarism
Greensboro. Dec. 7.— Charging the <
grand jury at 'tlie opening of a term : :
of federal district court for trial of
criminal cases here. Judge E. Yate* %■
Webb, of Shelby, praised the prohi- ;
bition law; declared that the people
will not have it overthrown, and do- |
livorod a strong argument against
war and militarism.
Look at the growth in savings ft
banks deposits, in building and loan
associations, the construction of good
roads ad good schools, the increase 1
iu home owners—ail since prohibh j>
tion became effective. me judge
said. The bootlegger and manufac- |
turn- of liquor might as well make
up their minds that the good people, is
the best in ail classes have turned ft
thumbs down on liquor, he said-
All the good roads in the state
would lx- useless if a barroom was
at. every crossroads, he said and be, $
for one. would not ride on them—
they would not be safe. Now the '<
average man gets his money for his
work, goes to the bank and deposit* ft
some of it. goes and buy a dress fop
his wife and something for bis cbil- i
dren and they wait for him joyfully j
instead of weeping ar.d wailing anti
fleeing from him. as was the case '
often in the liquor days. ulfl
In Xorth Carolina the prohibition
law, ail things considered, is better -
enforced than any law, he said, l’eo* A
pie have had appetite for liquor a ,
long time: the supply was suddenly 3
shut off. But tlie time is coming, al- ft
most, here now, when a drunken matt ft
is almost as scarce as a snowstorm
in July. That is even the case
New York, he said, with its mil
lions of people.
Hydro-Plant cn Second lx-g of Jour
ney.
Key port, X. J. .Dei-. 8. —G4 5 ) —The ft
all-metal hydro aeroplane. Miss Key
Largo, City on a trip from New York 1
to Florida, started today on the sec- ft
ond leg cf its journey. C. J. Zim- „
merman, pilot of the plane, said the
next scheduled stop was at some point
in North Carolina. The boat cap
able of a speed of 110 miles an hour,
hopped off at the airport at 9 a. m.fti?
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SAT'S BEAR SAYS: j
'• Ccnpraltj fair t.miaht on,l Wailnea
day : slightly warmer in extreme west |
portion tonight, colder iit westportl#®
: Wednesday afternoon, colder Wedn*S-|
- day night. Moderate to fresh »outi|dj
west shifting to northwest Winds. ft