bee. 15, 1925
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BY CHARLES P. STEWART <
NBA Servica Writer
Washington—President Coolidge
seema as impervious to cold as" a
polar bear.. He-has an overcoat—in
fact, several—but he appears to wear
one only for show, as lie wears a
plug hat on formal occasions. When
be goes for a walk, for pleasure or
exercise, tie almost invariably is
overcoatless;
The secret service men who ac
company him aren’t so weather
proof, husky as they are. They’ve
been pilling on ulsttifk: mufflers and
overshoes for weeks new. They
worry considerably about the presi
dent. tod. Hadn’t he ’better put
something on, they suggest as they
start out. It’s pretty chilly. Btit the
president shakes his head nearly al
• ways. “Don’t need anything.”
He walks fast, but apparently it
isn’t to } keep warm, for he walks
fast in hot weather a'so. And even
as he doesn’t shiver in December or
i January, nobody ever sitw him in a
perspiration in the dog days.
Curiously enough, indoors the
president is a good deal of a sa'n
mnnder. He likes plenty of heat in*
the White House.
it's related of him by those who
knew him during his earlier )years
in Northampton that one of his
favorite ways of spending’ an eve
ning then was to sit and .think
nothing but think—from right after
dinner until bedtime with, his stock
inged feet in the oven.
No oven's available at the White
House—available to the president,
that is,to Say. There's oue there, of
course, but the national chief exe
cutive can't spend Ids evenings in
the kitchen. It’,s reported however,
that he's been caught with his feet
on one of the radiators.
USE PENNY COLUMN—IT PAYS
THE CONCORD, .DAILY TRIDUNE
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SAYS SHENANDOAH 'l
N, HAD WHISKEY ABOARD (
West Asheville Man Says He Found ,
Odorous Bottle Under Craft. j
Asheville, Dec. 12.—That there was j
whiskey aboard the ill-fated/ United i
States Navy dirigible Shenandoahj
when the giant aircraft fell Septem- !
ber 3rd near Cambridge, Ohio, was the
belief expressed here today by R -F- |
rtodder, 782 Haywood Road, West
Asheville, who declared that shortly
after the disaster he found a thermos
bottle bearing an unmistakable Qtlor
of alcohol under the middle section of
the craft.
Hodder, who was visiting in Ohi>
at the time, stated that he arrived
rft the seene of the disaster shortly
before sunup on tfle morning that the
ship was hurled by A storm to the
ground, killing fS members of shh
crew, injuring one, and causing a loss
estimated at $3,500,000. The bottle
whs kept by Hodder, who declares
that it was later stolen from him at
Daytona Reach, Fla.
Hodder at the time vita visiting
relatives at Cambridge and was one
of the first, if not the first person
to reach Hie seene if the disaster.
He today indicated his willingness
to appear before any investigating
board and state thd conditions as he
saw' them immediately following the
crash. His declaration that they?
had been whiskey in the * hennas
’ bottle was followed by the statement
“that it may have been necessary or
carried for medicinal purposes, but
it certainly had been there.”
Post and Flagg’s Cotton Letter.
New York, Dec. 14.—The market
continues to drag its low length
along; with the tone heavy and senti
meut still peiisimistic in spite of
favorable trade advices and tangible
evidence in the way Os large domes
tic consumption and exports th’at
mills are active and that good mer
chantable cotton is rapidtjl being
Used Up. So long, however, as the
attention of the trading classes re
mains focused on the number of
bales aud private and official reports
, Continue to show that that number
1 is large the murket will have to
rely for support almost exclusively
on demand from actual consumers
wl-.iich will hardly be broad or
urgent at advancing prices unless ns
a reflection of a corresponding de
velopment fn the goods division. That
has not yet arised though there is a
Steady demand for most of the
standard constructions and both ex
ports and domestic consumption
promise to exceed last year whi’e
the spinning value of the crop is
variously estimated at one to two
million or more les than last year
resulting from the exccsive quantify
of low grades. In trade circles the
disposition is to regard bearish fac
tors as thoroughly well discounted
and to anticipate that in due course
cotton will come into u more just
relation to othpr commodities than
exists at present.
POST AND FLAGG. N
Davidson Mali Makes Money on
* ™-Lexington." Dee. 14.— (A 3 )—A Tiel
profit of .$100.77 on 13 pigs in 100
days is the record made by W. M.
ffiffimerman, of Lexington route No.
4. according to 1 Farm Agent C. A
. Sheffield, of Davidson county.
'Die pigs were valuer, at $(! each
at the beginning of the feeding per
kuf. and sold at the close for a total
of $30.80. Fish meal, corn meal,
shorts, and shelled vporn, costing
$122.03, was given the pigs during
the time of (he demonstration.
This feed'was all purchased by
Mr. Zimmerman, and his costs would
have been less, says Sir. Sheffield, il
home-grown feeds had been used.
’ Thinks Football Dominates the Cob
\ leges.
Monroe Enquirer.
Wefl. I see the eight-pgge Alumni
News, published by the North Caro
lina State College of Agriculture nml
Engineering, at Raleigh, and paid foi
by the taxpayers of the state, used
practically all of the November issue
telling of the prowess of football play
ers. and how the A. & E. boys won
over Whke Forest, and outlining next
Sear’s athletic solieuule. i
The question, “Does Football Domi
nate Our Colleges’/” no longer is a
debatable subject. . Everybody now
knowii it does.
“Aud where," asked the passenger,
“shall 1 put this bag?"
“Up on the rack.” said the porter.
“Rpt it is a black bag.”
“What of it’/’V
, “Well, you spe, that notice says,
‘For light articles only."
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SALISBURY BANK TRIALS
STARTED AT GREENSBORO
Norwood. First of Three Officers
pf People’s National Rank, to Be,
Called.
Greensboro,. Dec. 14.—J. t). Nor- j
wood. Salisbury man, was placed on
trial in Federal District Court here
Pais morning on’the charge of violat
ing- the national banking law and so
swiftly did the cast! move that short
ly after 4 o’clock in the afternoon the
government had introduced all its evi
dence.
The defense, represented by Clyde
Msey. of Shelby;, A. L. Brooks, of
GtjwStisboro, and Walter H. Woodson,
of Salisbury, tomorrow starts intro
duction of evidence, in anticipation of
concluding 'in a day, and Norwood’s
fate will soon thereafter be in tb»<
hftnds of the jury. J 1
Judge H. H. Watkins, of the west
ern Soul’4 Carolina district court,
presiding, having exchanged court
terms this week with Judge E. Yates
Webb, of Shelby, of western N’ortjj
Carolina district, suggested at the op
ening of the trial, that attorneys con
fine themselves to immediate issues'
Slid not go far afield into extraneous
matters, and his stand for a speedy
getting at the facts and the truth in
the ease undoubtedly bad Its effect.
Attorneys did not bicker and squab
ble; there was comparatively little
objection to testimony. Un ( ] the trial
moved with almost eloek-like preci
sion.
No Whlspafing Allowed.
The case, arose from- the failure of
the Peoples’ National Bank in Salis
bury. in June, 1023. Norwood was
chairman of the board of directors;
J. K. Houghton, president of the bank
and M. T,. Jaekstm, a director.
Doughton and Jackson were also in
dicted by a federal court jury -here
and are scheduled to be tried afte
Norwood's case is finished. Their
attorneys nre in the court room and
every word of the proceedings is being
absorbed. In Judge Watkins’ court
no whispering, even, is allowed,
v The issue, as drawn by the attor
neys. is one of intent. The defense
early showed its band, determined to
get before judge and jury their con
tention that N or wood hud no notion
to Mefdaud the bank; that he came
forward at of the crash and
endorsed personally paper of the
Mecklenburg Mills that the bank car
ried or before that time. It ap
pears that a contributing cause of the
failure of the mink was failure of the
Mecklenburg Mills, a chain composed
oft.ifho Mecklenburg Mills at Char
lotte. Newton and Clyde— at Newton,
and Nancy-— at Tuckerfown, Mont
gomery county, t’ne bank holding pa
per of the mills.
Introduced today by District Astor-1
aey Frank A. Linney, of Boohc, were
A. 1.. Smoot, who was cashier of the
bank ; various directors of the bank ;
Luther W. Jones, formerly hauls ex
aminer ; E, C. Gregory, of Salisbury,
ledger evidence and three notes, each
, for $15,000.
X Prosecution Relies on Notes.
It is upon these notes that tbfc
takes its stand.*!'*,Mr.
;.stated that the-^ros«j6lioH in
-istod ups.n trying Norwood separately
from the ot’ier two defondants, ansi
upon the allegations contained in an
indictment, that Norwood sesOired
these three notes from the bank on
February 17. 1022. and did not give
the bank anything in return for them.
He secured them from the cashier.
Mr. Smoot, and the latter said'that it
ivies witb the promise to collect at
east two, of them and get the other
renewed.
Mr. Gregory testified that he made
'Hie notes payable to bearer, endorsed
then* and gave them to Mr. Norwood.
Dion went to the hank, to the credit
of the Yfocklonburg .Mills Company.
They were renewed payable to the
bank. Mr. Gregory received notice
(bey were title, went to Norwood,
asked for them back, and grt them
batik. Mr. Gregory said he did not
get anything for the notes.
The defense brougiit out that Mr.
Norwood offered to exchange notes for
that amount endorsed by J. H. Rous
er, of Salisbury, who was solvent then,
lias been jsilvent ever since, and is
tiow solvent. Defense also brought
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|out that Mrs. Norwood, shortly be-!
.fore the failure of the bank, offered!
I to the bank and it was accepted, sliv 1
000 in stock of the Halifax Mills, at!
, South Boston,
i Kept from wandering far afield axj
j they re. however the attorneys
went to the matter of the Mecklen
burg Mills, of which Norwood was
president, and. starting at $15,000,
the figures used in t'ae examination
of witnesses finally reached the sum
of $572 000, which was testified was
the liability of Norwood, directly and
indirectly, cf the mills atid the affiliat
ed companies.
However. Norwood’s attorneys got
cn the record that at the time of the
failure of the bank, Norwood's lia
bility as individual at the bank was
only $18,500. and as endorser $73,-
< 800. It was stated the capital of
(tie bank at the time of failure was
$1,000,000 surplus. SOO,OOO. and un
divided profits $*21,082.
Quest inn One es Intent.
The whole battle centers on the
good faith of Norwood, his lawyers
say. and try to prove by witnesses
that lie dit! everything possible from
1 his private means and otherwise to
avert the clash.
The jury was very carefully select
led by both sides, several men being
excused, and Mr. Hoey. in examina
tion of jurors, asked each one if he
had lost money through any bank
failure.
Houghton atuT Jackson, awaiting
trial, were in the court room con
tinuously today, with their attorneys,
t-’ol. K. P. Hobgocd and A. L. Brooks,
both of this city.
Original indictment of the thspe
men charged the bank had lost
t’lirough them a total of over $300,-
000. Recently the receiver for the]
bank announced a divideud to de
positors. and it was once stated that
depositors wmfld receive -about 40
per cent.
Unification Plan Formally Declared
Defeated..
Nashville. Tenn.. Dec. 12.—Unifica
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
Church .and the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Sbuth, separated since 1844.
is defeated in the southern church.
Official announcement of the failure
to carry out the pin n of merger was
made tonight by the college of bish
ops of the Southern church. The
bishops spent the greater part of the
•day of their regular fall session in
discussing the legality of three votes
of-tlie Baltimore conference, which
were challenged, because it was
claimed the three delegates were in
eligible to vote.
The bishops decided that two of
these votes in the negative Column
should not.be counted, but will report
| without change the total vote for and
| against the of unification to the
' general" conference of the church next
I May as compiled by Mm. Maud XL
Turpin, director of the secular prcsV
• bureau of, the church. • '
j The official vote is 4,528 for the
merger and 4.108 against. A major
j ity of 420 votes is given the affirma
tive, but tile vote favoring unifica
tion .-lackx 1.040 votes of the three
. fouuth.s .jugjurity. ,Reeded foii-jaititira
tton. tnfder the constitution of the
ch u rc<t.
Religions in Congress.
Denomination House Senate
i Methodist 00 27
Presbyterian 03 11
Episcopal 57 22
Baptist 48 5
Congregational 32 0
Christian Disciple -- 21 1
Lutheran __i7 2
Quaker ... ;j j
United Brethren __ 2
Reformed __ ;;
Memion'ite __ 1
, Mormon ) o
. Universalist 2
Unitarian i 4 o
, Christian Scientist 1 4
Roman Catholic 32 4
Hebrew 8
Protestant 7
None 35 10
Vacancies __ 1
Unknown 7 3
... . 7T~7
Womens cant suiter in silence;
it takes all the pleasure from it.
! DENIES THAT TOXAWAT
HAS CHANGED HANDS
C. E. Orr. Resident .Manager ol.ln
| tercsts. S*ys (tingling Bros. Have
j Made No Offer.
Hendersonville, Dec. 14' —The
Hendersonville News will print 111
Tuesday’s ishe a statement from C-
E. Orr, Transylvania resident man
ager for the Toxaway interests, in
which he denies the rumors current
over the Mate that the ’foxaway in
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terests have been sold to Ringling
Brothers for $3,000,000.
Mr. Orr told The News over loti* _
distant today that he holds contract
with the owners of the property in
which j» written a clause stating
that the property can be sold only
by him.
Mr. Orr stated that he had re
cived no offers from Ringling Bros,
for the property, and that he was at
los to understand how such rumors
originated.