North Carolina Newspapers

ASS PRESS ED DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV SEVERAL DIE WHEN iiTUiin , LINE WHS MEET John W. Weeks, Former Cabinet Member, Among Passengers Who Were Injured. CREW MEMBERS LOST THEIR LIVES Not Believed That Any Passengers-on the Two Trains Lost Their Lives i|t the Wreck. Charleattm. S. C„ Deo. 24.— UP) — - Two petsons. are known to be dead, two missing, and several injured, amr.ng them John \Y. \Yi'(4(s. former Secretary of War, ax n result of a hend-on collision of two crack Atlan tic Coast Line specials early- today at Gnillard’s Cut just south of Monck's Corner, A relief train with doctors and nurses accompanied by a wrecking train hag been dispatched to the scene of the~kccident. The engineer of No. 76. northbound, Herbert rt. Parish of Florence, -was killed, aikf the engineer of No. 85, southbound, J. E. Cummings, of Sa vannah, is missing and his body is believed buried in the wreckage. A man named Williams Is also missing. $. M. Ajrdlette, of Charleston, baggage Hnstr¥, Suffered a- broken leg. 0. Bnx fW. firetebn on the southbound train, was foutid dead. The locomotive, a PnJlmah’ainWlub car of No. 70 were derailed. The bngagge car and loco motive, of Ndi 85 were derailed. It was stated that due to the blocking of the northbound train by it freight train derailed last night, the two trains were running on the south bound track at the time of the acci dent. Three Killed in Wreck. Wilmingtort, N. C., Dec. 24.—OP)— Three men were killed and nnother probably fatally injured in. the col lision of two Atluntic Coast Line trains near Monck's Corner, S. C.. to day, a statement issued from the head quarters of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad this afternoon said. Reports of the accident are incom plete, according to the anouncemeot. It was a (Wed that all wires to the scene were 4owu; * . :i... , The'statement folows: "At 6:45 this morning, northbound .•passenger train No. 75 and south '**■ bound pasengVr train No. 85 collided at a point two miles south of Monck's Corner, 8. C., resulting in the death of Engineer Parrish and white fire man Baxley, of the northbound train, and the death of Engineer Cummings and probable fatal injuries to Firc ■* man Williams, colored, of the south bound train. “Reports on the accident are in complete ay all wires are down, but ' information so far indicates no se rious injuries to passengers. The engines of both trains were badly damaged, and damage was also caused to the forward cars. The line is double tracked at this point, but the northbound track was blocked at the time because, of n freight derailment. The cause of the accident cannot he determined until investigation is made. Trains are being detoured until the wreckage on both tracks can be cleared up.” Acreage Devoted to Winter Wheat. Washington, Dec. 24.—OP)—The areh of winter wheat sown this fall ■ip 30.540,000 acres, which is 1.0 per cent, les than the revised estimate of 30,056.000 acres sown last fall, the Department of Agriculture today an v nouneed. The sowing in the fall of 1023 was 38,664,000 acres, and in the fall of there were 46,103,000 acres. Win ter damage during the last ten years has caused an average abandonment of 10.0 per cent, of the acreage sown to winter wheat. The abandonment ,h»iß ranged .from 1.0 per cent, to 28.0 'per cent, in different years during that period. \ Committee Meeting PMtponed. Chapel Hill, if. C., Dec. 24. — W) — Joint meeting of the executive com mittees of the Southern Conference, Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of tbe Southern States, and the S. L A. A. originally called for January 2nd in Atlanta, Ga., has been postponed one week. The-auounoement was made here to day by Prof. M. W. Walker, of the * University of North Carolina, presi dent of the Association of Colleges and Seeondard Schools. No reason for the postponement to January oth was as _ signed. 1 #' ■ Rose Ritchie to Speak to Mot's Bible Claas. BSoss Ritchie, gon of Mr. and Mrs. John A, Ritchie, who is spending his vacation from the Lutheran Theologi cal Seminary in the city, will speak to the John-dR- Cook Bible., class on next Snnnday morning at its regular session. National Amy Troopa Bvtar Tienstln. Peking. Dec. 24.—0P>—Marshal Feng Yq-BsiangV national army troops entered Tientsin this morning after several days’ fighting In which , were killed or wounded. The troops of General LI Ching • . Inn, 'el»il governor of Chihli, and Feng’s enemy, are fleeing in disorder. * .* }?.r 1 - Great secrets are much easier to keep than little ones. The Concord Daily Tribune . North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ♦#******##***♦ * * * NO ISSUE OF THE * * ‘ TRIBUNE TOMORROW * * * Hi. Following the precedent extab- * * lixhed several yearx ago, worn * hi in' the Times-Tribune office will hi *be halted this afternoon for hi hi Chrixtmax. * hi There will be no issue of The hi hi Daily Tribune tomorrow orlSat- hi hi urday, the two-day holiday lie- hi hi ing given the employes who find hi hi it practically impossible to be hi hi absent from their work duritig hi hi the year. hi hi We are sure our pntronx will hi hi not begrude this holiday so rich- hi hi ly deserved by our efficient corps * hi of helpers. ' hi HELIUM GAS NEW RELIEF FOR DIVERS Mixture WM» Oxygen to Avoid Dan ger to Nitrogen Poisoning. Washington, Dec. 24.—Experiments with helium, the non-inflammable, in ert giui used in inflating navy dirigi bles, hold promise of increasing the depth to which divers may descend and of decreasing the danger from pres sure to divers, Rear Admiral J. D. Beuret, Chief of the Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair, said today in his annual report. Experiments are being conducted to reduce the dangerous effects from the absorption of nitrogen by 'the blood in deep sea diving. These indicate, it was said, that "a mixture of helium and oxygen may permit the diver to descend safely to greater depths tiffin have hitherto been reached and may. also permit a more rapid ascent with out finger to the diver.” Other inventions reported include a rescue breathing apparatus and a mine sweeping rope. Gas chambers have been eonstroeted at th- New York and Mare Island Navy Yards, for “a new type of oxygen rescue breathing apparatus,” initial lots of which liavc been issued to the ves sels of the fleet. The mine-sweeping rope is “a domestic type,” tests of which have indicated that “it may prove superior to the British serrated wire rope hitherto used for mine sweeps.” Discussing construction, the report said that during the last fiscal year two light cruisers, five submarines, one fleet submarine and three auxil iaries were completed. Including one additional fleet submarine, started duriug the year, there remained under construction on July 1 last the Sara toga and Lexington, both airplane carriers, which will not be completed -before the end of the calendar year 1026, and one submarine, three sleet -submarines, amp wne-auxiliary. *- No Shoal Water Found Off Coast of North Carolina. Washington, Dec. 23.—Naval ves sels have completed an investigation of the urea beween Cape Ha'tteras and Cape Fear, near Wilmington, N. C., without finding sjhoal water as has been reported occasionally in recent years by merchant vessels. The work \wns undertaken by , tbe survey ship, Nokomis, and ships of the scouting fleet, all equipped with sonic depth finders, nfter nu Ameri can merchant ship recently reported finding shoal water off Diamond shoals in a region where charts showed several hundred fathoms. At the nnvy departmen today it was said the water. outside the 100 fntham curve between Cape Hatteras and Cape Fear has been investigated and no indication of shoal water wis found in those places. Ford to Cut Big Melon For His Many Employes. Detroit, Dee. 23.—The Ford Motor Company announced today it will dis tribute $1,744,000 next month to hold dqra of Ford employes' investments. A total of 20,001 persons will share in the distribution which represents 8 per cent, of their investment and brings their income for the year from the certificates to 16 per cent. An eight per cent, return was received last July. The Ford company discontinued is suing the certificates April 6th, after $25,000,000 had been purchased. Wrecks Car Ditching 72 Gallons of Liquor. Kinston, Dec. 22.—An unidentified rum-runner who broke through an ambusb prepared by Federal and lo cal officers here last midnight partially wrecked bis automobile in a ditch a few minutes later., The machine, of an expensive type, and 72 gallons of whiskey were seised by the pursuing poeee.. The driver took to his heels and escaped. Christmas pay Roll Stolen. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 24.—OP)—The Christmas pay roll of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company, $47,000, was taken from the pay car by six armed men at Mollenauer, a mining settle ment near Pittsburgh today. The robbers made their escape ih an auto mobile. 1 The Browns-Cannon Co: store will be open until 11 o’clock tonight. Gifts for evefy man. GREETINGS— AMONG our assets we like to count the only one that money cannot buy, your good will. And bo at this Holiday Season we extend to you, not as a customer alone, but as a friend the Best of Wiflhes for the coming year. DOVE-BOST CO. He’s a Pretty Good Santa Claus After All f gs*«G*iss»as (J/ZTI MILD WEATHER NOW PROMISED IN SOUTH | Some Sections Will Have 1 Snow and Ice Christmas, i But In the South It Will Be Warm. • ' , ..Washington, Dec. 24,.— W) —Iq contrast to the sold and show of the Christmas season in the north and east, the South tomorrow, generally is slated for mild weather. Christmas day in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, according to the weather bureau forecast, will bring clear skies and warm sunshine. Extreme northwest FJorida, North Carolina, Aiabnnia and Mississippi will not benefit as their sister states from the warm rays of the Southern sun, but a forecast of cloudy and warmer does not indicate that the ele ments will damped the Yuletide spirit. Kentucky and Tennessee are sched uled to receive a snappy change; with overcast skies, the prediction being colder and cloudy. Virginia, Maryland and the Dis trict of Columbia will take their thances between fain and snow. Slot Mahcines Are Declared Unlawful Elizabeth City, Dec. 24.—The oper ation of slot machines which deliver a small quantity of merchandise, and which may or may not reward the pa tron with one or more tokens redeem able in merchandise, was held a viola tion of the State anti-gambling, laws by Judge D. G. Sawyer in recorder’s court Monday morning. The ruling was made as a result of a to' a local drug store. Witnesses testified that when a nickle was dropped in the slot, the contriv ances delivered a roll of mints. Some times they also dropped out a num ber of tokens, which might be used in the store at a face value of 5 cents eaeh in the purchase of merchandise. The action was in the nature of a test case, and J. B. Walston, proprie tor of the store, although found guil ty of the violation charged, was let off without payment qf fine or costs. (If the officers of any pity or coun ty will examine chapter 138 of the public laws passed by the Legislature of 1023, they will find that to Be a specific act making it unlawful to ojierate slot machines, or to keep them in possession for that purpose, or punch boards, orVother machines for vending merchandise which does not give to the customer each time ' the same return in market value.—Edi tor.) Present for the Standard Oil Stock holders. New York, Dec. 24.—C4>>—The Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey todhy gave its stockholders a Christmas present by declaring a stock dividend of 25 per cent. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925 ************** * ALL “OPPORTUNITIES m HAVE BEEN ADOPTED * * * Announcement was 'made * shortly after noon today that * 4! all "Opportunities" represent- * * iug needy families and individ- tk j* uals in the eity, had keen adopt- * ed by generous hearted persons * |* in Concord. * * Only a dozen of the needy eases if * remained to be cared for this Hi * morning and these were adopted W IK before noon. * DU * *** ********* THE COTTON MARKET Shorts in Cotton Market Contracts Again Forced Higher Prices I)ur ing Morning. New Y'ork, Dec. 24,— (A>) —Shorts in the coyon market contracts again forced higher prices this morning to replace sales previously made, and a strong undertone prevailed throughout the first hour. The opening was 7 to 10 points higher, and the market rapidly advanced until active posi tions were fully 10 to 22 points above the previous close, March selling at 1000. There was further good buying of October for foreign account, and Liverpool also bought botli March and May contracts during the first half hour, notwithstanding the fact that practically the entire stock of certificated cotton at New York was re-tendered today through the issu ance of January notices aggregating between 70,000 and 75,000 bales. January contracts acted fully as firm as the rest of the list creating an impression that there was competi tion among some of the bigger houses for possession of the local stock. The South, commission houses and Wall Street were moderate sellers on the opening advance. Cotton futures opened tseadv. Jan. 18.65; March 18.03; May 10.08; July 18.33; Oct. 17.05. Tourist Hotel Is Planned as Ceasar’s Head. Greenville, S. C. Dec. 24.—H Wal ter Fuller, North Carolina realtor, has announced that he has retained a firm of architects to draft plans for a hotel to be erected within the next few months at Caesars head in upper Greenville County, at a cost of $1,000,000. Contract for erection of the structure will be let as soou as architectural plans are completed, probably by eurly Spring, it was said. Mr. Fuller recently purchased the Caesar’s Head tract, embracing 2.461 acres, from the Paris Mouutaiu- Caesar’s Head Company at a cost of approximately' $500,000. The hotel will be one feature of a $2,000,000 development at the Head. An 18-hole golf course, most of which will be more than 3200 feet above sea level, will be constructed. The hotel will be completed in time for the 1027 tourist season, Mr. Fuller said. y Eflrd’s Announce Big Christmas Business and One More Sole in 1025. • The biggest Christmas business in our entire history, is the report from Efird’s Department store. At the same time Eflrd's announce their annual after Christmas cut price sale before inventory. Sale commencing Saturday morning December 27tb and continuing for one week only. Tlje.v say this will be the biggest < bargain sale of the entire year. Report Armistice in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 24.—(A>) —An- armistice is reported to have been signed betWfen the Druse tribesmen and the new French high commission er in Syria, Henri de Jouvenel. lE6RQ ROBBERSARE ACTIVE IN ATLANTA They Held Up and Robbed Fourteen Persons in Two Hours Last Night, Using Speedy Automobiles. Atlanta, Ga:,' Be 24^f-o«—A.t-. Innta had the appearance toffayof an armed camp, following a night of ter ror last night in two hours of which 14 persons were held up and robbed by bands of negroes cruising through the city in fast automobiles. Several of the victims were severely beaten by the bandits, and one man was shot when he fled from his assailants. Police reserves were patrolling tbe city in automobiles armed with snwed off shotguns, under orders to shoot to kjii. The patrols will be tripled at nightfall tonight, Police Chief E. L. Jett announced at midnight in antici pation of a redemption of the holdups. HYPODERMIC NEEDLES ARE FOUND IN HOUSE Place Formerly Occupied By Clair voyant is Raided—His Personal Effects Seized. Asheville, Dee. 23.—Finding of nearly 100 hypodermic needles in tile house formerly occupied by W- E. Himihia, clairvoyant, on Mer rimon avenue, near Grace, has caus ed W. W. Warren, township con stable to start an investigation, he said this morning. The house was searched for narcotics, but the officer fouftd no further evidence of drugs. The needles were discovered by the constable when he went to the house yesterday, lie said. Several days ago he served an attachment on personal effects of the seer nfter proceedings had been instituted by Duff Jackson. Tryon negro, who charges Himihia defrauded him of six horses valued at $1,200. Constable Warren’s contention is that the house has not been oecupied since Hinihia left the city for Macon. Gn. The fortune teller was held tem porarily by the Macon police on charges brought by the negro, but a few days later he was released as Jackson failed to post expense money for the defendants's return to Ashe ville. Two crystal balls, magic wands and other equipment are soon to be sold at auction unless Himihia in tervenes. The proceeds of the auction will be turned over to the negro the couatable stated. Named Alien Property Custodian. Washington, Dee. 24.—UP)—How ard. Sutherland, former senator from West Virginia from West Virginia, was appointed today to be alien prop erty custodian. Mr. Sutherland, who is a republi can, succeeds Frederick C. Hicks, of Ne wYork, who died here several days ago. The new custodian served two terms in the House of Represen tatives. and one term in the Senate, retiring from the latter body in 1023. He was engaged in the coal and tim berland business before entering Con gress. He was born at Kirkwood, Mo., and is 60 years old: Advices on Wreck at Wilmington Office. Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 24.— UP) — Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line (headquarters here said at 0:1B a. m. today they had no definite advices yet of the collision of two Atlantic Coast Line trains near Charleston, .S. C., today. What Some Americans Think of Prohibition “Any time the president demands enforcement he can get it. If there is in .the cabinet a member who does not believe in prohibition enforce ment it would be the duty of such a member to resign.”—Oliver Stewart. President of the Indiana Hying Squadron. ,'T challenge anyone to point to a single place in the United States where there is more drinking than before the country went dry.”—At torney-General Sargeut. "The court system lias broken down under prohibition- In congress I shall propose a federal police ynagistrate system, tin’cos we can eliminate the Volstead act. The present corruption must stop.”— Representative Hill (Rep.) of Mary land. "It is impossible to eliminate politil:-s from prohibition."—Senator Watson (Rep.) of Indiana. "The IHth amendment' must and shall be maintained. America must continue, her world leadership, not only in financial, commercial and in dustrial life, but most of all as a moral leader.” Representative Rathborgne (Rep.) of Illinois. "The more murders there tiro of bootleggers, the better it is for pro hibition.”—"Pussyfoot” Johnson. “Reorganization of the prohibition enforcement system is an unwarrant ed invasion of state rights. Each state should be permitted to enforce the laws until the state authorities CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Will Be Observed About the Same as in Any Home. Washington, D. C., Doe. 24. Christmas will be observed at the White House much ns it is in thou sands of other homes throughout the land. This evening the President has promised to speak at the Christ mas Eve community celebration to be held near the executive mansion and which will be featured by carol sing ing in which the President and Mrs. Coolidge are expected to join. It will be the third annual celebration of the kind in the national capital and the speech to be made by tbe President will be brondeast. The White House family probably will be up early tomorrow and follow the usual eustom of exchanging gifts. It will be a quiet family gathering with no elaborate festivities. Only the President and Mrs. Coolidge and their son John, with several intimate friends as house guests will join in the Yuletide spirit. j Tire family will attend rtiurcli serv ices and in'the‘afternoon probably will go for an automobile ride if the weath er is favorable. During the fore noon Mrs. Coolidge will distribute Christmas gifts among the servants and attaches of the executive man sion and the' President will visit his offices to exchange greetings with those who assist him in the onerous duties of his office. The White House din ner will be served at 7 o’clock and will have as its chief feature a mam moth turkey sent from the President's native State of Vermont. Today the historic old executive mansion has many of its rooms deco rated with Christmas greens and in the windows handsome wreaths of holly are displayed. For several days past the postmen, expressmen and lo cal deliverymen, in an almost con tinuous stream, have coma with hun dreds of gifts from all parts of the country and from distant lands. Fol lowing the usual rule set up by oc cupants of the White House, the most of these gifts will be returned with a note of thanks, except in, cases where t’ae senders are known personally to the President or his family. Phantom Stabber Terrorizes Girls In Conn. Section. Bridgeport. Conn.. Dec. 23. Bridgeport's “Phantom Stabber,” who appears unexpectedly in vari ous sections of the city to terrorize girls whom he attempts to slash with a knife, is still at large. Twelve young men have been stabbed here in the past few mohths. Several others have escaped being slashed when the man was frightened away by their screams. The stabber's latest attempt was made last night when Bertha Bylin ski, seventeen, was attacked a short distance from her home. The girl, who was alone, fought off her assail ant and escaped, being his thirteenth victim- A score of plainclothes men and patrolmen failed to find any trace of the stabber. who as on previous oc casions, vanished completely into the darkness. Miss Bylinski said that the man, as he clasped his arms around her, held a knife aloft in one hand, and muttered a threat that he was going to stab her. Her strug gles aud cries for help saved her, she said. General Ohing-Ling Retreats. Shanghai. Dec. 24.— (A 3 ) —Gen Li Ching-Ling defeated by Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang of Tientsm, is reported to have taken refuge in the Ja]>auese con cession accompanied by his staff. Filling Stations Closed All Filling Stations in Concord will observe Christ mas Day as a holiday. Get your Gasoline before Christ mas. ' • - * * fail or refuse to carry out *’ statutes.”—Senator Blease (I . of South Carolina- t'"' v "I hope and believe that the b hibition movement has resulted in great good notwithstanding disre gard for iaw so flagrant in eerrain localities." John D. Rockefeller. Sr. “The great weakness of the en forcement of the ISth amendment has been iaek of adequate penalties." —Representative Hudson (Rep.) of Ohio. “The greatest struggle since the Civil war."—Bishop Nicholson of Detroit. "President Oooiidge could give the world a moral thrill by smashing' every illicit jug and breaking every intoxicating bottle in Washington- Members of congress who drink liquor should resign and go home.” —Representative Upshaw (Dem.) of Georgia. "The prohibition law is the delib erate expression of the will of the majority. There is no coercion of good citizens today, but there will be unremittent opposition to those who seek to restore the crime, corruption and pauperism of the people by the brewers and distillers.”—Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League. "Bootleggers are becoming an alarming menace to the social oder aud bid fair to beeome the moneyed aristocracy of the next generation.” —Gen- Andrews. “’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” Yuletide Poem Written More Than Hundred Years Ago. New York, Dee. 24.—1 n pursuance of an annual custom a wreat'ii was laid today on the grave in Trinity cemetery where rest the remains of Dr. Clement C. Moore, author of “A Visit From St. Nicholas," better known as “ 'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Educated for the ministry. Dr. Moore served for nearly thirty years as professor of Biblical learning at the General Theological Seminary. His life was devoted to the study of oriental and classical literature. Many dignified classical works came from his pen, but the author is remembered far better for the little poem which at the Yuletide season has thrilled the hearts of so many generations of youth. “'Twas the'Night Before Christ mas" was written more than one hun dred years ago. on the evening of December 23, 1822. Dr. Moore pgpned it for the entertai unbent of Tils town boy* and girls, to whom lie had pgssed on the story of Santa Ctain and his reindeer that he had heard in his own boyhood. The poem was de signed only for the diversion of an evening; he had no thought of having it put into type. But visiting at the house at the time was a Miss Butler, on whom the lines made a great impression. She either memorized the poem or wrote it down.and a year later, when in her Troy home, sent it to the local newspaper, ill which it was printed on December 23, 1823, just a year to a day after it was written. Copied all over the country it was years be fore the author could be induced to father it. End of Cold Wave Predicted in South By Christmas Day. Washington, Dec. 23.—The weath er bureau said tonight in its report of conditions that the Atlantic coast disturbance has moved northeast ward to New Fourtdland with a de cided increase in intensity and has been attended by light precipitation iu the middle and North Atlantic states and by gales along the At lantic coast Cape Hatterns north ward. The area of high pressure from the northwest is now over the gulf states. The temperature, lias fallen in the Atlantic states and has risen al most generally between the Rocky and the Appnlacahian mountains. The temperature was below freezing Wednesday morning as far south as extreme norther Florida. Mostly fair weather will prevail Thursday aud Friday east of the Mississippi river. The temperature will rise in the Ohio valley and the nrddle Atlantic arid north Atlantic Thursday and Friday in Tennessee and the South Atlantic and east gulf states Davidson Closes For the Christmas Season. Davidson, Dee. 22. —Davidson col lege closed this afternoon at 1:30 for the holiday season, classes to be resumed on January 0, 1026- The students will literally scatter to the four corners of he south, but few members remaining on the campus for the holidays. Several of those who will not go home are from Texas. It would be impossible for them to reach home before Christ mas. .1. Lee Carpenter, of Greenville. S. C., will arrive in Concord tonight to spend Christmas with his laugh ter, fdm. W. M. Sherrill. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY* NO. dOtJ CATHOI |p YEAR OF | i tNCE CLOSED! WITH USUAL POMPi Pope Pius Performed thdj Ceremony of Closing the| Holy Door of Basilica of f St. Peter, 70,000 ONHAND FOR CEREMONIES| Cardinal Hayes, of NeW/l York, Was Promjneiffl Among the Cardinals afl the Ceremony. . Rome. Dee. 24. —G4 s )— Pope Pitt)lf| XI. picturesquely dressed in pottttejjjt i robes of rich medieval design, and';] surrounded by ecclesiastical tnries, today performed the eerembny i of closing the Holy Door of BasSkd* | of St. Peter, the mammoth mothepd church of Catholicism. The mony officials brought to a close the >1 year of penitence and pardon, amjM specially marked on the Catholic Ml endar once every quarter of a eentmjb. 1 The Holy Door had remained opm ' since one year ago today when tfiij Pope was tlie central figure in a similar opening ceremony. Since that J time more than 35,000,000 pilgrims j from corner of tile world had crossed the sill and kissed the door- j post of that sacred aperture ns all sign of devotion and humility. Most • of them likewise kissed the celebrat ed fisherman's ring on the right hand of the supreme spiritual leader and ; received medals commemorative of the Holy Y’ear from the pontiff's own hand. Cardinal Hayes, of New York, waa a prominent figure among the ear<fi-i nnis at the ceremony when several thousands of pilgrims .together with multitudes of Romans, men occupying 1 high positions of state, and members .j of the historic Roman aristocracy j composed of 70,000 persons who filled the great Basicila and its massiveJj portico today to bear witness te the ■ time-honored solemn ceremony. Other.; thousands without number eongregafcif ed in the spacious St. Peters covering virtually every flagstone be tween the weather-worn cloisters. Is All seemed to sense a thrill from the deep-toned bell of St. Peters which tolled the knell of parting jubilee jpur, tuuU.t Uie, .s|tp # time K3Se*tl!tjl the air with Yuletide. vTSrationsj . FOUR INDICTMENTS '' ‘ Yijl RESULT OF LYNCHING . Grand Jury in Mississippi Investigat ing Lynching of Negro. Olarskdale, Miss., Dec. 24. — bO —; Four indictments were returned short- ;i ly before noon today by the Coahoma county grand jury which was con- ' veiled in special session Tuesday to investigate the lynching Saturday night of Lindsey Colemau. negro. The names of the men indicted and tiie specific charges in the indictments were not made public, pending the is suance of warrants and the arrest of the men indicted. It was stated, however, that one in dictment included the names of four men, and another three. 1;: 540-Pound Y\ r oman Goes Under Knife. Greensboro. Dec. 23.—Mrs. Will liam Little, member of a show com- . pany wintering here, her role being that of “The Fat Lady,” operated on at a hospital here for a minor com plaint. came through all right, it waa stated today, although she weighs 540 pounds. She was off weight one hundred pounds, due to recent Ill ness. Her husband weighs only 150 pounds. Try to Speed Up Peace Negotiations. London. Dec. 24. — UP) —Cabling Damascus on Wednesday, Reuter’s special correspondent in Syria said the French were endeavoring to speed up their peace negotiations with the Druses. They were moved by dis quieting rumors regarding the situa tion on the northern frontier, where Turkish bands were reported to be missing. The Turks, it was said, bad even occupied some of the French pouts. White Hall News. Miss Fannie Thompson entertained the following couples at her home Sat urday night: Miss Nettie Sue Alexan der, Mr Carl Roberts; Mr. Wheeler Love. Miss Rachel Browu and Mr,' Reuben Childers. Master Billie Thompson, who ha* been sick for the last few days, it now improving nicely, we are glad to say. X. '''* Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bollinger will spend Christmas Day in StatesvilMi visiting relatives. SATS BEAR SAYSI || > } Fair and slightly warmer tonight Friday increasing cloudiness, warmed in southeast portion. Moderate til fresh west and southwest wtaigpH