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MHH
FEDEHMT
He and J. K. Doughton Be
ing Tried inGreensboro
For Violating National
Banking Laws.
MILLS COMPANY
PAID DOUGHTON?
Charge Made That He R
• , ceived Pay From Meck
' lenburg Mills, While
Serving Bank.
Greensboro, N. C., Deo.' 18.—<48—
Testimony showing that the Mecklen
burg Mills Juc., supplemented the
salary paid to .T'. K. Doughton, vice
president of the defunct Peoples Nat
ional Bank of Salisbury, although
witwifc's stated that Doughton was
not onh-er or director in the mill, was
presented this morning in the i'nlted
States District Court of West • Caro
lina by John C. I-owscn, officer in
the mills, at the trial here before
Judge li. H. Wntjtins, of South Caro
lina, whq is pres-’dlng over the trial of
Doughton and J. D. Norwood, former
presidents of the bank, who are on trial |
for violating the national banking act I
In connection with the failure of the 1
institution.
11. S. District Attorney F. A. Linney j
introduced letters at, the opening of
tbe day’s sesiou, i one letter from a 1
New York bonding house criticising
the “unsatisfactory manner’’ in which
the Mecklenburg Mills met its obliga
tions to the bonding trustes. and an
other letter from Doughton to the
bonding company containing the fol
lowing statement over Doughton’s
signature:
“I have no connection officially or
otherwise with the Mecklenburg Mills.
InC." This letter wag dated January
5, 1023, and was addressed to A. F.
Barringer, car,- B. W. Brooks Co..
Inc., New York.
Dawson testified concerning a con
versation {h> had with Norwood sh to
'gaud to tfie advisability of employing
DoiuhPmf to operate IW-UhiL. He
»4W tbit It wws tentatively atClilY
that the mills would augment Dough
ton’s salary about 310,000 per year,
and that such an arrangement would
result in Norwood’s being able to de
vote all of his time to the mills.
. Lawson said he eould not recall the
SBO,OOO check given by the mills, which
check the government contends "was
worthless, and he said he could n’ot
recollect any arrangement having been
made with the bank for carrying the
check. He said Norwood usually ar
ranged for all negotiations for the
mills with the bank, Lawson said he
is a first cousin to Norwood, and was
reared with him in South Boston.
Charles McCanless, a minor official
for the mills, identified certnin checks
issued by the mills to Doughton, stat
, ing that these checks were charged to
the salary account. He said that cer
tain acceptances at the bank were not
shown on the boks of the mills and he
said that he refreshed his memory in
this respect by looking at the books
this morning.
Clyde Hoey, Aubrey Brooks, Judge
W. 8. O’B. Robinson, Col. Frank P.
Hobgood, of the defense counsel, inter
posed several objections to various
parts of the testimony as affecting
their respective clients Doughton and
Norwood.
Salisbury Concern to Daveibp Suburb
Salisbury, Dee. 17.—Salisbury’s
newest suburban development gets
on the map by the passing of deeds
that indicate a cash transaction of
more than $200,000 for 1,300 acres
lying just to the of the city.
The property will be developed by the
Salisbury Development Company,
those interested in the company in
cluding H. S. Richardson, capitalist,
of Greensboro, president; W. F.
Ross, vice-president; K. E. Prickett,
of Greensboro, secretary; Ross M.
Sigmon, of Salisbury, assistant
secretary; IV. Y. Preyer, treasurer;
James F. Hodge, and others., Land
scape gradegers are already at work
on the property, and contracts have
been let for water and . sewer sys
tems-
Woods Hutchinson hrfs called the
fly “the joy automobile of the germ,”
for as many as 6,000,000 germs have
pean found in the body of a single In
sect v
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MITCHELL VERDICT
ECHOED IN HODSE
As Result of Sentence In
Court Martial Change in
Law Would Lessen Au
thority In Such Cases.
Washington, Dec. 18. —oV>—The
ell, of the nir service, took the form to
day rif a bill of Representative La-
Guardia, socialist, of New York to
greatly curtail the authority of courts
martial in pronouncing sentence on.
those convicted of violation, of the
66th article of war.
Under the measure, 30 days suspen
sion from the army would be the .max
imum penalty . for violations of that
article, under which Col. Mitchell was
convicted. The present statute leaves
the punishment to “the discretion of
the court.” In the case of Col. Mitch
ell the penalty was five years’ suspen
sion.
The 96th article of war is “the gen
eral article” which provides for unenu
merated offenses against the military
service.
Reid Makes Statement.’
Washington, Dec. 18.—(48—Charges
that “ordinary military proceedure
was not followed” in the court mar
tial of Col. Wm. Mitchell, and that
the court “was convened in order to
get Mitchell, and get him quick,” was
made today in a statement issued by
Representative Frank R. Reid, of Il
linois, who tvas chief defense counsel
for the officer during his trial.
"The ge'neral staff,” Mr. Reid said,
“grabbed at the long sought opportun
ity pf prosecuting Mitchell, in terror
of the new step which the advancing
truth was about to take. This every
body knows.
-“If he was tried it was because they
wished It, not because he did any
thing to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline.
“It is they alone who made the
President and the Secretary of War
th*ir tools.”
SLAYER OF HUSBAND
GIVEN HER FREEDOM
Coroner's Jury Holds Mrs. Franklin
Killed Mate in Self-Defense.
- Charlotte, Dec., 17.—Mm. Eugenia
Franklin, 40, confessed slayer of her
husband. George Franklin, aged 60,
blacksmith and a war veteran today
walked from her cell in Meckleqburg
jgil a free woman. A coroners jury,
held that the woman killed in de
[fense oI her life. She struck her hus
band on the head with an axe the
night of December 12, in a bloody
family brawl at the Franklin home.
Franklin’s body was sent to Golds
boro, hia former home for Interment.
Chang's Army victorious.
Tientsin, Dec. i 18.—<48—A tele
gram from Techow, Shantung prov
ince, received this morning by the
American misaion, declared that af
ter ten days fighting the anti-Koumin
chun, the forces under Marshal Chang
Tso-Lin; the Manchurian dictator,
have regained possession, . and that
there had been considerable looting.
The hospitals were overflowing, the
telefraih said, but the foreign com
pounds were safe.
Rowan Farmer Drops Dead ,
Salisbury, Dec. 17.4-John A.
Parks, a farmer, sixty-six years old,
dropped dead this afternoon just
after eating dinner at b>s home near
the city. Hia funeral will take place
tomorrow at 4 o’clock from Calvary
Baptist Church. Two sons and two,
daughters survive.
Says Diehl Story Os
Submarine’s Sinking
Was “Wholly Untrue”
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at an Advance ,
... -of From 3 to T Points. .
, - Krifcj&tfer 18»V,.'
ton marker opened steady at an ad
vance of 3 to 7 points in response
to relatively steady Liverpool cables.
March contracts sold np to 18.84, or
■about 21 points above the' low level
of yesterday on covering by recent
sellers and a little trade buying, but
the advance was cheeked by southern
selling and commission bouse liquida
tion. Renewed Liverpool selling rep
resented further straddling between
New York nnd the English market.
Local selling developed after Hie call
on rumors of heavy private ginning
returns and unfavorable trade reports '
from Lancashire. It was ruomred i
that one of the private authorities
estimated ginning to December 13th
at 14.760,000 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady. Jan, :
18.55; March 18.80; May 18.02; July
18.31; Oct. 17.87.
DANIELS TO SPEAK I I
AT WILSON MEMORIAL
Section-Wide Occasion at Charlotte
on War President’s Birthday.
Charlotte. Dec. 17—Charlotte will ]
celebrate the anniversary of Wood
row Wilson's birth, December 28, ,
when Josephus Daniels, of ltalfigh,
Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet
of the war-time President, will de
liver an address at. a dinner for
which 400 plates will be laid, accord
ing to announcement Thursday by H.
M. Victor, chairman of the arrange
ments committee.
Mr. Victor said the leaders in this [
national movement hope it will be- ,
come a custom for American cities to ]
observe Wilson’s birth anniversary.
Croups of prominent citizens from
Davidson College, Concord, Ruther
fordton. Gastonia, Lineolton, Mon
roe, Itock Hill Statesville and other
towns of this section will be invited
to join with citizens of Charlotte
in this celebration, Mr. Victor said.
Flowers and Noisy Colors Feature
Pajamas’ Revival.
Paris, Dee. 18.— (48 —‘Pajamas in '
the fashionable French' haberdasher
shops seem to run to flowers and are ,
in extremely noisy colors. After a
temporary toll from grace, they are
being Vividly received and are be
coming as popular as ever for bou
doir wear.
“Sold for Palm Beach” -was the
label tagged on one garment display
ed in the main window of the flash
iest and most expensive shops. "Les
Hoses Merveilletfses” was the title of
another of the most gorgeous, g
coat of brocade in designs of red,
yellow, pink and fhld, made upon a
foundation of black velvet, and flar
ing smartly over trousers of gold.
.The colors went to contrast in
another model of exquisite delicacy
called “Quelques Fleurs.” They were
of pale green, blouse of pale rose, an
overdrapery of purple, with a front
panel and borders of modernistic
flowers in a blending of all these
colors.
Find Dead Body of Wife Stayer. .
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 18,-—GW— g.
A. McAdams, Sulphur Springs farm
er, who late yesterday ran amuck, beat
hi* wife to death, fatally wounded J.
D. Helton an aged farmer, and slight
ly wounded three other persons, was
found dead today in a clump of woods
a short distance from the Helton bom*.
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1^25
Lieut. Com. Lockwbod
Says Captain of Vessel
City of Rome Was Mls
' taken 4n His Testimony.
DENIES SUB WAS
IN THE WRONG
Says City of Rome * Did
Not Observe Rules of the
Sea and That She Was
Cause of Collision.
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Boston, Dec. 18.—(40—A charge
that the story told by Captain John
H. Diehl, of the City of Rome, of the
sinking of the S-5I submarine, in col
lision with his vessel off Block Is
land September 25th. was “wholly
untrue” was made today by Lieuten
ant Commander Charles A. Lockwood,
judge advocate before the naval board
of inquiry investigating the disaster.
Summing up at a session of the
court convened today at the Charles
town Navy Yard. Commander Lock
wood said the S-51 was not at fault
in any way for the collision and that
the City of was entirely to
blame. { /
The judge advocate said the conduct
of the City of Rome was “reprehen
sible.” Yhe S-51, he maintained,
was a crossing vessel, and as such
had observed all the rules of the road.
Commander Lockwood said that the
fact that the S-51 was allowed to ap
proach within 600 feet of the City of
itome without any action showed a
lack of attention on the part of the
officers and crew of the latter ves
sel. He described - the of Rome
as a “blind ship” with only one man
in the pilot houße to sfeer and keep
a lookout.
11l questioning the story told by
Captain Diehl, the judge advoate said
the captain had not been in the pilot
house at the time the S-51 was sight
ed, as he said, but had come up after
the first blast of the ship's whistle.
The collision, Commander Lock
wood said, “was the result of neg
lect on the part of both officers and
crew of the City of Rome, nnd no
blame was attached to anybody in the
naval service.”
Southern Power Company Gets Op-,
tion at Norwood.
Norwood, Dec. 17. —The Southern
Power Company has taken an option
on the property of the Norwood Light
and Power Company with a view to
buying it in the near future. Almost
all requirements have already been
met and it looks as though the com
pany will soon have charge of the
plant here. The rates .will be con
siderably reduced, and every one is
hoping that the Southern Power Com
pany will be instrumental in bring-,
ing enterprises here, as the rates have
been considered quite high.
The Standard Oil' Company lias
bought the large filling fetation owned
by Messrs. Thompson and Bennett:
The Carolina Light and Power
Company is rapidly buying the lands
up and down the river. They are
also making plans to build new roads
and to raise the bridge near Swift
Island. Much progress Is contem
plated around here in the near fu
ture.
Lake Erie, the shallowest of the
great lakes, has an average of 204
feet.
Colonel Mitchell Is Found Guilty;
Is Given Five Year Suspension
IVYashington. Deo. 17. —A verdict of
guilty ou all s]iecifientions and the
geueral charge coupled with a sentence
of", suspension for fiv> years from j
"rank, command and ’duty’’ in the |
army, was found tonight against i
Colonel Wtllinn Mitchell by the court-;
martial which has been conducting j
his trial for insubordination since Go
tober 28.
The “military record (of the accused
during the world war” probably sav-!
ed' him fre-m a more severe sentence.
That was indicated by the court when 1
it 'announced that the finding “is thus j
lbi'eht.” \
• jMajoh General Robert L. Howze, |
president of the court, nnd the nine
otjiej- members closed the court at 3 :40
o'clock this afternoon for findings. At
precisely (i :34. r.r two horn's and 54;
minutes later, the sentence and ver- j
was announced in these words:
'Tlie cbnrt upon secret written bal
lots, two-thirds of the meinberx pres
ent at the time the vote was taken
concurring in each finding of guilt,
finds the accused guilty of all specifi
cations and the charge, uiion secret
written ballots.
"The court sentences the accused to
be; suspended from rank, command und
ditty! with forfeiture of pay and al
lowance for five years.
"The court is thus lenient because
WOULD OVERTURN VERDICT
j iIN THE MITCHELL, CASE,
t I
Fhemh of Officer Set Dot to I)is
credit Methods Used in Cdurt Mar
tial.
■Washington. Deo. 18.—OP)—The i
friends and defenders of Colonel Wil
liam Mitchell set out today to dis
• credit the methods and overturn the
verdict of the general court martial
which yesterday stripped the air cru
sader of rank and pay for a period
of five years.
Representative Frank R. Reid, of
Illinois who .was the colonel's chief
counsel during his long trial for in
subordination. charged openly that the
| court martial proceedings had not fol
lowed ordinary rules of proceedure,
but that at the very beginning the
word had been passed down to “get
l Mitchell.”
Another Mitchell supporter in Con
[ ftrees, Represenatitive , LaGuardia. of
New York, introduced a bill to pro
hibit courts martial for ‘suspending
t for more than 30 days those, found.
guilty under the article of warwMch
Colonel Mitchell was held to have vio
i lated in publicly attacking govern-
I ment aviation policies. Another pro
posal which eomes before President
I I Coolidge, who must approve or dis
| approve the findings of the Mitchell
< j court martial, contemplates reduction
| of, t'he suspension sentence to two
years, to expire at the time Colonel
Mitchell become eligible for voluntary
retirement from the army.
‘ This feature of the situation, how
-1 ever, is surrounded by many legal
■ technicalities. There is some doubt
“ 'whether the years an officer is under
'• suspension can be counted in fixing
the time for his retirement. It is
■ also discretionary with the President
whether an application for voluntary
1 retirement would be granted or re
fused, and the army's legal authori-’
1 ties are not willing to pass on the le
gality of an actual resignation from
' the army during a period of suspen
sion.
' PROPONTNTS OF WORLD
COURT PLAN ARE HEARD
Senator Lenroot Takes up Argument
Where It Was Left Off by Senator
Swanson.
Washington, Dec. 18.— UP) —The
1 proponents of the world court con
\ tinued to hold the stage today in the
Senate, Senator Lenroot, republican,
of Wisconsin, taking tip the argu
! ment for American adhesion where it
was left off yesterday by Senator
Swanson, democrat, of Virginia, in
opening the debate.
Asserting that there was much
. propaganda on both sides of the ques
tion, the Wisconsin Senator said most
of that in opposition “is very mislead
’ ing, and alleged statements of fact
. are made that have not the slightest
justification."
Denying that the court is “a crea
. ture of the league,* and is owned by
it,” Senator Lenroot said “The fact
is, as every Senator knows, that this
, court is American in its origin, and
substantially in its present form was
proposed by American statesmen many
years ago,” at The Hague.
Church fi'omen Find Rum Bottle in
C»r.
Kinston, Dec. 15.—A report today
] said a party of prominent church
women returning here from Goldsboro
! brought a bottle of whiskey back with
them from the Wayne county town.
, They traveled in an automobile. Be
. fore returning they made purchases
,in Goldsboro stores. The parcels
, piled on the back seat were numerous.
. The women, three in number, sorted
,' out the packages upon arriving here*
Two were left that could not be ac*
, counted for. One containued the li-
I quor. The party was shocked. Painß
were taken to conceal the names to
, save them embarrassment. Some per
, son at Goldsboro made a mistake
, in cara, it was concluded, and placed
| his bundles in the wrong automobile.
■ The song, “The Sweet Bye and
- Bye,” composed in the lantern light
of a country store, brought a royalty
of $56,000, but not until 50 years
* after its cpmposer, Joseph P. Web
i ater, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, had
writtetn it.
of the military record of the accused
during the world war, two-thirds of
the members who were present at the
| time the vote was taken concurring.”
J Colonel Mitchell, standing as the dfl
i citfion was announced. with Mrs.
j Mitchell at his side, smiled.
| Adjournment of the trial automati
cally transferred the MUcbeil ease
] from tile old brick building near the
capitol to the war department. There
I it will be forwarded h.v the adjutant
general of the army to the board of
1 review in the judge advocate’s to be j
| checked for inaccuracies. latter, the j
'board will pass it on to Secretary, who,
jin turn, will submit the voluminous
trial records to President Coolidge for
final review and.approval,
j Meanwhile. Colonel Mitchell re
j mains in the status of an officer under
j technical arrest since the court’s ver
j diet can only be made effective by
President Coolidge’x indorsement. Ij)
view of this situation and the flat re
fusal of the accused to comment pub
licly concerning his future plans un
til after the President has taken final
action, there was some belief on the
part of the colonel's closest . friends
that he would quietly await the out
come. and if that failed to relieve him
'from the five year suspension, he might
offer the President his resignation
from the army.
PRINCE OF WALES’ RESIDENCE
I Prince Plans Scon to Move to Marl
borough House.
I London, Dec. 18. —The news that
the Prince of Wales is likely to take
lup his residence at Marlborough
House, when in London, has been re
ceived with genuine satisfaction by
the press and public. At the same
time the announcement is taken as an
intimation t'jat the heir to the throne
is about to settle’down to the per
formance cf those many social and
state duties,which fall to him as the
King's eldest son, duties which for
I nearly ten years have been deferred,
first by the participation of his« Royal
Highness in the War aud since then
by his extensive travels abroad.
Whether there exists any connection
between the contemplated change of
residence anti the matrimonial inten
tions of the Prince is also a matter
of lively speculation. In any event.
. Malborough House is regarded as a
far more desirable town residence for
' 'dw tirrone ttiimrig Ynrtr
House, St. James' Palace, where he
has made his home for several years
during his brief stays in London.
Sibreover. Marlborough House will
ever be associated in the minds of
Londoners with the Prince of Wales.
For nearly forty years it was the
London residence of the late King
Edward VII., when he bore the title
of Prince of Wales, and it is said
that he openly expressed his regret
that his accession to the throne ne
cessitated his removal to Buckingham
Palace. After his death Queen Alex
andra returned to Marlborough House
and to the familiar surroundings and
fond memories of many happy years.
Marlborough House was built by
Sarah, the first and greatest Duchess
of Marlborough, on the gardens of an
old friary. A stipulation in the or
iginal lease was to the effect that
the friary gardens should not he built
over. For this reason the garden's
although in London’s very heart, re
main to this day spacious and produc
tive. Sarah of Marlborough had quar
relled bitterly with her architects
when the mansion was about to be
built, and it is said that this singulnr
woman completed the plnns herself
and personally directed their carry
ing out. At any rate, Marlborough
House is one of the most admirably
constructed houses in London.
The Marlboroughs dwelt in Marl
borough House from the days of the
great Duchess down to the first decade
of the nineteenth century, when the
successive heavy losses of the then
Duke and of his son, Lord Blnnd
ford, caused the family to part with
it, in order that Blouheim might be
saved. Royalty at opce leased the
King George had intended it as a
house for Prince Leopold, husband of
the ill-fated daughter of George IV.
residence for his daughter, Princess
Charlotte, but the princess, who died
in childbirth at Claremont the same
year, never lived in it. Her widower,
Prince Leopold, made it his residence
for several years, until he became
King of the Belgians.
In 1831 the Queen Dowager Ade
laide went to live there. Some thirty
years later Queen Victoria assigned it
to the neWUy married Prince and
Princess of Wales (later King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra) as their
popular town establishment, and such
it remained for nearly forty years.
On this occasion the structure was
much enlarged, many portions of it
entirely rebuilt, and its interior reno
vated to meet modern requirements.
Since then it has been regarded as
the most comfortable of all the royal
residences in London.
It has been said that Miss Cohsuelo
■Vanderbilt, after her marriage to the
present Duke of Marlborough, from
whom she has since been divorced,
conceived the ambition of winning
back Marlborough House from royal
control, and placing it once more in
the hands of the Marlboroughs. Noth
ing, however, came of the project,
Mrs. Sctienck Critically 111.
Greensboro, Dec. 17.—Mrs. gallie
VV. Schenck, widow of the late Judge
David SAenek is critically ill at her
home here. She is the mother of
Judge Michael Sehenck, of Hender
sonville.
ForJ>s Years |
Rev. J. P. Crincy. who occupies a
pulpit in a Disciples of Christ
Church at Kansas City. Mo., has
spent C'l'ycars in the ministry. Be
ginning his career in 1559. he has
served in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Washington. Illinois and Missouri.
OPERATORS DO NOT
WANT PINCROT AID
Declare His Plan For Set
tling Coak Strike Will
Only Make Conditions
Much Worse.
Philadelphia, Dec. 18. — (A 3 ) —"The
only practical effect" of Governor
Piuctiot'x course in offering his pro
posal to end the anthracite suspension
and in making coal one of the sub
jects for consideration by the extra
session of the legislature "is to pro
long the strike, increase the public
inconvenience, add to the distress suf
; sered by the mine workers, and to
the losses of the industry and the
whole anthracite region," said a state
ment issued today by William W.
Inglis, of the operators.
THINKS SENATE WILL
SAVE BIG DUKE rt'ND
1 Bui winkle Writes Dr. Few to Take
Up Matter at Once With Senator
Simmons.
Washington, I)cc 17.—“ The relief
which you seek will no doubt be
1 granted by the Senate,” stated
: Representative Buhvinkle, in inform
ing Dr. W. P. Few, president of
Duke University, that there is no
chance in the House to prevent the
loss of $10,000,000 of the funds of
the hospital section of the Duke
foundation in Federal inheritance
taxes.
“The proposed amendments which
you desire should be brought before
the Senate aud I urge you to take
this questioin up with Senator Sim
mons at. once,” Mr- Bulwinkle wrote.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee - refused to consider the
amendments to save the loss of the
funds of the foundation. The hospital
section of the Duke Foundation is
the residuary legatee of the estate of
the late J. It. Duke, tobacco and
power magnate, after the payment of
certain specific bequests to relatives,
friends and servants.
FIND MUCH POISON
IN BOOTLEG BOOZE
Plain Concentrated Lye. Sulphuric
Acid and Fusel Oil Found.
Charlotte. Doc. 17.—Whiskey con
taining a high percentage of poison,
ranging from plant concentrated lye
to sulphuric acid, is being consumed
by lat t rnns of bootleggers in North
Carolina, South Carolina aud Geor
gia.
This was disclosed in a report by
the laboratory of division headquar
ters here of the federal prohibition
enforcement organization. Beu C.
Slmrpe, divisional director, Thurs
day made public the report, which
was sensational in its disclosures.
Tlte analyses were made by J. D..
Albright, Jr., chemist in charge of
thp laboratory, from 100 samples of
agents operating in South Carolina.
The samples included concoctions
labeled " moonshine" and some near
ing the names of well known brands
of pre-Volsteud days.
Seventy of the samples examined
were labeled "moonshine" and con
tained "fusel oil in high content,”
according to the report.
Heflin Introduces Three Cotton Bills.
Washington, Dec- 17. —Senator
Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, today
introduced three bills to regulate
government cotton reports ami they
: were referred to the committee on
agriculture.
One measure would require month
ly estimates of hales of cotton that
will be consumed in the United
States aud tlte number that will be
exported, another calls for the col
lection of tf’correet and reliable in
formation" ori cotton acreage and the
other would require local gin ro
| porters to make direct sealed reports
to the bureau of the census and the
linters report would be made and
published separately from that of
cotton. ✓
Nominated Ambassador to Spain.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Ot 3 )—Ogden
: H. Hammond, of New Jersey, Wag
- nominated today to be ambassador to
Spain.
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Report of Census Bureanl
Shows 2,220,780 Tonf]
Were Crushed in Last!
Four Months." I
THIS AN INCREASE J1
OVER LAST YEAR!
Cotton Seed on Hand at I
Mills November 30th To- I
tailed 1,364,174 Torts, the]
Report Shows. / J
Washington. Dec. 18.—04 3 )—CottQt||l
seed crushed during the four-months a
period, August Ist to November 30tb)|j|
amounted to 2.220.780 tons, com-. 9
pared with 1.843,820 tons for the same ]]
period a year ago, the census bureau 1
today announced. < 'ofton seed ah .]
hand at mills November 30th tota)fea J
1,304.147 tons, compared with 1 190,- 1
020 tons a year ago. |
Cotton seed products mai?tifactllMH|
in the four-months period and on hand]
at mills November 30th were: I
Crude oil produced. 042,998,886 1
pounds, compared with 548,615,624, J
ami on hand 111.33:1.050. compared 1
with 100.425.073. I
Refined oil produced, 475.450,241 *1
pounds, compared with 403,373,717,1
and on hand 111,259,544 pounds com- I
pared with 140.112,924. ]
Cake and meal produced. 1,033,094,]
tons, compared with 842.0999 and on J
hand 221,437 tons, compared with 4
142.125. j
Linters produced 440.171 bales, ]
compared with 344,955 and on hand ]
129.817 bales compared with 136.267j1|
Exports of cotton seed products;]
during the period were:
Crude oil. 11,737.724 pounds, com- 1
pared with 3.035,865. I
Refined oil. 11.459,921 pounds, 1
compared with 10,734,394. I
Cake and meal, 137,146 tons, com* 1
pared with 166,119. j
Linters, 28,122 bales, compared 1
with 31.253. J
With Our Advertisers... .--oifl
Bed spreads and bath mats at Robe]
in's. They make lovely Christmas I
gifts. # j
Perfume—the perfect gift. Gibson I
Drug Store has the kind the ladies I
use. Se ad. I
Get a bowl and two gold fish with ;
every tube of tooth paste at the
Pearl Drug Store.
Good things to eat for Christmas
Cline & Moose. Read the new ad. 0
"Merry Christmas!” Say it with
footwear. See the new ad. of the
Markson Shoe Store.
Miss Irene Rich, a Warner Bros,
movie star, will appear in person at ’
the New Concord Theatre tomorrow.
(Saturday) at 2 p. m. She will be
glad to met all her friends and admir- :
ers in the lobby there.
Read the “Merry Christmas” poetry
in tlte ad. of C. 11. Barrier & Co. to*
day. It's good.
Put a pair of bed room slippers on
every tree. See, the new ad. of Ivey’s.
Efird'x Christmas Shop has gifts
for every member of the family, year
friends and swetheart. See new ad.
today.
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(Imstmas at the Charles Store. ' : <
The Charles Store is not only thfs
Gift Store but the Store of Christmas
Service. The store is literally filled ,*
with gifts suitable for every one irt
the family. The prices range from 5
cents to $2.98, nothing higher. Yeti
will find here books, toys, lingerie, jew* i
elry, lamps, silver and hundreds of
other Christmas things. See big ad, '■
in this paper.
High School Star Becomes Benedict, ,
Gastonia, Dec. 16. —Carroll Shel
ton, star halfback on Pat Crawford’s
championship Gastonia eleven, and
Miss Alberta Rankin, prominent Gas* \
tonia school girl, were married Wed
nesday. it was announced today.
- Both were in the tenth grade and
popular students. Shelton* lias.dropped
out of school and is now connected
with a drug store here.
Aprpopriation Bill Reported to Home.
Washington, Dec. 18.—(A 3 )—The
first big appropriation bill of the ’
year, that for the Treasury and Post
Office departments, was reported to
the House today, calling for increassfej
expenditures of $103,962,000 over the t
. total allowed these establishments iu :
last year’s allotments. ■
Every minute fire destroys more 4
tliau one thousand dollars worth of i
property in the United States- 'jaj
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