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VOLUME XXVI
PALMER IS CHOSEN,
RECORDER OF CITY
mtuDit
Named to Serve the City
Two Years at January
Meeting of Aldermen.
STREET MATTERS
GIYENATTENTION
Several New Streets Will
Be Opened if Requests
Made to the Board Are
Granted.
A. B. Palmer, of the law firm of
Palmer & Blackwelder. 1r the new re
corder of the city police court. Mr.
X’almer was elected Thursday night
at the January meeting of the board
of aldermen, his election being one of
many important matters acted upon
by the board at the meeting.
Only two names were presented to
the board, these being Mr. Palmer
and M. H. Caldwell, the retiring re- '
coiner. One ballot decided the con
test, the vote being Palmer 5, Cald
well 1.
Street matters claimed the greater
part of the board's attention, several
persons asking that new streets be
oijened or that present streets be ex
tended. Most of these matters were
referred to the street committe with
power to net.
One such ease wns that of,South
Church street, John A. Cline and City
Engineer Smith nHking that the street
Be continued from its present terminus
at Corbin street on .to East Field
street, whirh runs close to the home of
H. A. Oraeber,
W, H. Gibson, who recently pur
chased part interest in the old George
W. Brown property, asked the co-op
eration of the city in developing this
property. This matter also was re
ferred to the street committee.
Mrs, Sears and Mrs. Sides appeared
before the board and asked for ce
ment steps to their property on Guy
street. The committee has power to
act in this ease. <
The board agreed'to accept Cook
street, by John Gross. This street
conneets’-Qannon and Smith streets.
Company E. Concord's military
unit, wasJgiven |SOO for the year
W nefctof the board. This is the
hr j
■ Cress akl Childers and D. B. Tal
birt appeared before the board and ask
ed for permission to operate biuSses
within the city. A committee consist
ing of Aldermen Howard and Hahn
and City Attorney Crowell was ap
pointed to investigate. Cress and
Childers, it wns stated, want to op
erate a large de luxe buH and charge
10 cents for fare while Talbirt wants
to operate a 5-cent bus. The best kind
of bus, the rate of fare and the license
to be paid, will be determined by the
committee which wiM report at the
next meeting.
C. A. Isenhour, member of the wat
er and light board, appeared before
the aldermen and explained that his
board was anxious to get a better
water supply for the city, and asked
the co-operation of the aldermen. Mr.
Isenhour explained that the board
planned to use a creek which empties
into Cold Water Creek, the city’s wa
ter supply, and, that enough water
could be secured to care for the city
nnd any manufacturing plant that
might want to locate here. The fcity’a
water and light committee was au-
V thorixed to co-operate .with, the,-water
and light board in this matter.
Regular firemen and special police
men will be given $25 by the city to'
purchase new uniforms, under a rul
ing of the board. However, if these
firemen or policemen fail to remain iu
the service for twelve months they
must refund the money.
John L. Miller, city fire chief, ap
peared before the board and asked
permission to co-operate .with adjoin-
Ling and nearby cities in the creation
of a system whereby fire equipment in
one city can be sent to another city in
case of big conflagrations. The sys
tem would operate something like
this: Salisbury has a fire which can
not be controlled with local apparat
us. Concord sends a truck to aid.
Then Charlotte sends a truck here to
replace the one sent to Salisbury. Mr.
Miller explained that the plans have
not been perfected and was advised to
submit further plans, at a later date,
‘definite action to be taken then by the
board.
The police department asked that
the city install telephones in various
parts of the city for the Convenience
of the officers. It was explained in
this connection that night officers in
'the residential sections detected two
fires recently at aight but -Were com
pelled to awaken some one to get to
* a telephone. The proposed 'phones
would make it possible for the .officers
to communicate directly with' head
quarters also, it was pointed out.
The committee on public property waa
authorized to take action in the mat
ter. J
Some of the aldermen believe the
North Carolina Public Service Co.
can be cMopeUed to pay its street as
sessments here. The City Attorney
was instructed to make inquiry and
Investigation and it is probable that
his report will determine whether or
not suit will be entered against the
company by the
The South Spring street extension
***, come up again, Frank Mund appear-
S J l ’* th « bo * fd to make a com-
Jdaint. The matter was referred to
r the Mayor and ntrt*?. committee for
settlement.
Gives Up -|
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Crown Prince Carol of Rumania, who resigned his rights to his coun
try’s throne, is believed to have done so to return to Zibi Lambruni, for
mer wife (above). Zizi, a commoner, married Carol during the war, but
in 1020 King Ferdinand induced Carol to annul the marriage and wed
Princess 1 Helena of Greece. Now Carol and Helena will be divorced, dis-
I patches say, and he will remarrk Zisi.
COACH ANDY SMITH
DIESOPPNEUII
Had Been One of the Most
Noted Football Coaches
in Country For Sev
eral Years.
Philadelphia, Jan. 8. —C4*)—Andy
■Smith, coach of the University of
ty of Pennsylvania hospital, of pul
monary abscess following bronchial
pneumonia.
Andrew Latham Smith was born
and reared in Dubois, Pa. He at
tended Pennsylvania State College
where he played in the varsity back
field in 1901, and thep transferred to
Pennsylvania.
After playing fullback on the Red
and Blue varsity teams in 1008 and
1004, and being selected all-American
the latter season, Smith graduated in
the spring of 1905. He was appoint
ed freshman coach in the .fall of 1905,
and the following season was assist
ant coach. In 1000 he succeeded Sol
Metgger, the former Red and Blue
captain who "had charge of the Uni
versity team for several seasons.
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GAME WITH SALISBURY •
POSTPONED FROM TONIGHT
Weather Was Such That It Was De
cided Unpractical to Have Contest.
—To Play Soon.
The Y. M. C. A. team will not play
Salisbury on the local court as plan
ned tonight.
Long distance communications be
tween J. W. Denny and Dunham,
physical director of the Salisbury Y.
finally resulted in a mutual agreement
to call the contest off until some fu
ture date. Phe weather, it was con
cluded, was far too bad to make any
trip.
At first, Mr. Denny was of the
opinion that loctfl fans should have
the game as scheduled and Mr. Dun
ham declared that be would have a
team here at .all costs. Later con
versations between the two brought
out the impßactabUity of trying to
play.
The game, it is said, will doubtless
be played at an early date, announce
ment to be made soon. It is pos
sible that it will be plaped ltcgt
week.
Many of the local lans were anx
ious to have the Salisbury five in
the city since they are one of the
osst expert teams in this part of the
state this year.
Charleston Banned at William &
• Mary.
Williamsburg, Va., Jan. 7.—The
Charleston, the latest step to invade
the dance hall, was banned today at
the college of William and Mary.
For many years the re-openlng of
the college after the Christmas holi
day’ vacation with its gay round of
social events has been the period for
the introduction of something new in
dancing. Studets who gathered the
i latest steps at Yuletide parties have
, in tho past returned to school proud
of their accomplishments. Bnt this
. year thflr efforts were in vain, for
Just one demonstration of the Char
. leston wag enough for officials.
“A dance, after all,” said one of-
I flciaL “should emphasize grace and
. beauty, and as tho- latest fad pre-
K qualities it
the program
lefore a large
was as large
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BYNUMFUNERALTO
BEHELDSATURMY.
Services .Will Be Held at
Three p. m. in Episcopal
Church in Greensboro.—
Many Notables to Attend
Greensboro, Jan. B.
services for Judge Wm. P. Bynum,
noon following a lingering illness at
tended by acute dilation of the carta,
will be held Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock from St. Andrews Episcopal
Church here. The services will be
conducted by Bishop Joseph Blount
Cheshire of the North Carolina Dio
cese, nnd Rev. C. E. Buxton. Inter
ment will he made in Green Hill Cem
etery.
Judge Bynum was 64 years of age
and was known well all over the coun
try as a brilliant jurist. He was
counsel in some of the largest cases
tried in the country in recent years and
made many contributions to the law
profession. He was a member of the
American Ifor Association at one
time a member of the executive com
mittee of that association. In recent
years he Was president of tl\e Nortli
Carolina Bar Association.
URGES AIR DEPARTMENT
HEADED BY COL. MITCHELL
Congressman Green Tells House Air
Crusader is a Napoleon Without
Tyranny. >
Washington, Jan. 7.—Representa
tive Green, democrat, Florida, urging
- before the house today a department
on the air in the cabinet, said such
a man as Colonel Mitchell should be
its secretary.
Florida representaive termed Col
onel Mitchell “p Napoleon without
tyranny” and said “a ~ crown of
- thorns baa been 'placed upon his
i brow.” •
Mr. Green declared Mitchell was
the outstanding hero of the Amerl
- can air service in the world war.
“And Such a man is being ground
i into the dust," he added.
1 Campaign for High Point College.
High Point, Jan. B.— (A*)— A cam
■ paign to raise $25,006 necessary for
: the proper continuance of High Point
College at this to collect old
■ pledges, will he launched here by the
1 local chamber of commerce next Tues
' day, it is announced.
! The college, which was loeatecLhere
two years ago. is an institution of
the Methodist Protestant Church, but
; tho school is not sectarian, it is point
ed out. In the student body, it is
: stated, arc Roman Catholics. Hebrews,
! Methodist Episcopal*, Lutherans,
1 Friends, Presbyterians, Baptists, Epis
copalians, . Befdrmed and possibly
1 others.
A large amount of the original sub-
I acriptions remain unpaid, it is said,
f leaving the college in an embarrassing
1 position.
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f Many Traffic Signs for Durham.
1 Durham, Jan. B.—(A 9 )—The city of
® Durham has. decided to join, the
r ing number of other cities in this
“ state and the country which have
, adopted the automatic traffic signal
‘ system.
1 The city council has voted to |n
' stall the automatic Traffic signals at
1 the various intersections in the city.
1 and the city manager has suggested
- the acceptance of a bid for the sig
nals which is slightly leSs than $4,-
e 000. In addition, ths cost of laying
e the underground cables necessary to
it operate the lights is estimated at $3,-
■- 000, making g total cost of about
iibi
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY, 8, 1926
SCORE OF PERSONS
INJURED IN EARTH
TREMORS 111 limy
It Is Reported Several Hun
dred Houses Were Dam- j
aged by Shocks Which
Contined 12 Seconds. !
NO DEATHS SO
FAR REPORTED
Relief Measures Are Un
derway in Stricken Areas
—Mining District Dam
aged Most by Tremors.
Siena. Italy. Jan. B.—C4>)—A score
of persons suffered minor injuries and
several hundred houses were damaged
by a strong earthquake shack lusting
12 seconds which rocked the connlry
s:de today. The entire imputation
fled into the open.
A large section of Tuscany was as-,
fected, particularly the region around
.Monte Amiata.
The towns suffering most severely
were Abbadia and San Salvatore, the
center of the mercury mining district
where three persons were badly injur
ed nnd all the houses damaged.
Other towns affected were Plan,
Gnstagnaio, Radicofani, C'astel del
Piano and Arcibosso.
The first shock was felt at 10:15 a.
m. After n lull the movements began
again, but with lessened intensity. The
prefect here lias Rent several aides to
the district to organize relief.
MAY DRILL FOR OIL
IN LEE COUNTY FIELD
Expert Oil and Gas Men Submit
Proposition to Mass Meeting o{
Citizens at Sanford.
Sanford, Jnn. 7.—After more than
50 years of contemplating, the peo
ple of Lee county and surrounding
territory will in all probability real
ize the dream that they have So long
had. that of being a real oil nnd gas
field. Practical asiairnnees were
given a send-off on Tuesday night ip
the town hail here, when, n mixed
crowd of representative people gath
ered to hear the proposition that
Marion Carver, weH known and ex
perienced oil geologist; A. C. Young-'
Ujood. and a Mr. Drr, successful oil ;
itntf gas wel) driller, had to offer. .
" After hearing the brilliant lecture
by Mr. Carver on the earth forma
tion. and the reason why he was led
to believe that a two million dol
lar oil and gas field was actually
here, they proceeded to appoint a
trustee to handle any funds that
might arise, this man being J. R.
Jones. Sr., and a temporary chair
man. W. A. Grabt-ree, t form a can
vassing committee composing seven
ment to arrange a further meeting
on Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock.
COL. CHEAT AM NAMED
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
Will Succeed Major General Hhri
Who Died Several Days Ago.
Washington, Jan. B.— Of) —Col. B.
Frank Cheatham was selected by Sec
retary Davis today to succeed the late
Major General Wm. H. Hart as quar
termaster general of the army.
Col. Cheatham is now executive of
ficer for the Assistant Secretary of
lY«r McNider. He is a native of
Tennessee and had a combat regiment
al command in France during the
world war. He is a graduate of the
Army War College and the army gen
eral staff school, and commanded a
regiment of Tennessee volunteer in
fantry in the Philippines during the
Spanish war. He entered the regular
army in 1901 after having served as
a major in the U. S. volunteers dur
ing the Philippine insurrection.
Wills SI,OOO to Make Son’s Wife
Good Cook.
Boston, Jan. 7.—C01. Lyford A.
Merrow, Boston and Ossipec, N. H.,
millionaire, thought knowledge of
domestice science so necessary for a
prospective bride that when he died
he left SI,OOO to liis son’s fiancee, to I
be used in educating her to be a good
housewife.
With the filling of his will in
Middlesex Court it was revealed that
Miss Grace I Wooley of Malden al
ready had started a course in cook
ery to fulfill its provisions. She Ls a
graduate of Boston University.
To carry out the letter of the
legacy the SI,OOO must be use “for
her education in domestic science
and in developing skill as a home
maker and companion.
Mother and
Daughter
Pow-Wow
CONCERT LUNCHEON
, Miss Katheryn Riggs
1 Washington, D. C,
! HARPIST
Miss Dorothy Mallard
New York
•f SOLO DANCER
j WONDERFUL PROGRAM
. Tickets: Mothers and Daugh
ters SI.OO
' Bathers and Sons, Admission,
\ Concert 50c \ 1
t Sale at Kidd-Frix Co.
, and Y. M. C. A.
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Evelyn Nesbit Attempts to End Her Life
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cago. This photograph shows her on a stretcher in a Chicago hospital. Dr. E. Thomas Brand is standing nt
her head; Miss Glynn, nurse, is at his left, and next are Dr. Amanti liongetti and Miss Estelle De Lucas, nurse.
WE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE HEARS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
He Is Asked About Facts
In Inquiry About Delay
In Prosecuting Alumi
num Company.
OTHER"OFFICIALS
WILL BE HEARD
Case Against the Company
Developed Month! Ago
But So Far Nothing Has
Been Done in Matter.
Washington. Jan. 8. — UP) —With '
Attorney General Sargent as the first
witness, the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee began today inquiry into the <
failure of the Department of Justice 1
to bring contempt proceedings against
'the Aluminum Company of America, s
in which Secretary Mellon is a large
stockholder.
Beside Mr. Sargent, Assistant Attor
ney General Donovan and Chairman i
Vernon W. Van Fleet, Secretary Otis
B. Johnson and Chief Examiner Mil
lard Hudson of the Federal Trade
Commission, were called as witnesses i
in the inquiry which is expected to
cover a wide range affecting both the 1
Justice Department and the Trade
Commission. ,
At the outset. Senator Walsh. dem- 1
oerat, of Montana, read from a letter
written by the then Attorney General
Harlan F. Stone to the Trade Com- |
i mission in which it was held that the (
Aluminum Company had violated pro- (
visions of the consent decree of 1912. ,
Among other things the decree forbade (
the shipment of defective material to
competitors. Letters from agents of ,
the company and from competitors
charging shipments of defective mn- ,
terials then were read into the rec- ,
ords.
RATES REASONABLE
Charges for Transporting Money Not
Considered Executive.
Washington, Jan. B—l4*)—Rates
charged by express companies for
transporting money were field reason
able today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in dismissing a ComplAit
of the New York Federal Reserve
Bank.
The testimony in the case showed
rates running from 45c for shipping
S2OO in gold fVom New York to Phil
adelphia. up to $10,250 for shipping
$5,000,000 in currency from New York
to San Francisco, and the Commission
held that the guarding and checking
necessary justified the charges.
Bible Reading in Schools Dp in Vir
ginia Again.
Richmond, Va„ Jan. B.—(A>)—An
other fight on whether the reading of ,
the Bible in the public schoola of Vir
ginia tfoall be made compulsory is ex
pected to develop at the coming ses
sion of the General Assembly at which
the so-called "Bible bill” will fbe , re
introduced. The measure passed the
House of Delegates at the 1924^’ses
sion but died on the Senate calendar.
Although many religious organizations
have gone on record as opposing the
legislation the bjll will be submitted
again to the General Assembly! it
was learned today. It is being spon
sored by several fraternal orders. >,
Clean up Sale at Ivey’s.
A big January Cleau-l’p Sale of
men’s, women’s and children’s shoes
started this morning at Ivey’s Shoe
MM.
The company is offering some ex-,
ceptional bargains while the sale is in
progress, the goods being of the
and the .prices far below the average.
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VERDICT RETURNED
AT HOLMES TRIAL
J. A. Holmes and Wife
Found Guilty of Murder
in Second Degree—Both
Sentenced to Prison.
Rockingham, N. C., Jan. B— UP)
Verdicts of second degree murder were
returned today in the trial of Mrs.
Sarah Solomon Holmes and J. A.
Holmes, her husband, in connection
with the death of Mrs. Holmes' first
husband. A. D. Solomon.
They were given sentences of from
15 to 20 years each in state prison.
The jury wax out 19 1-2 hours be
fore reaching the verdict.
The Holcomb case was tha Worn)
of widespread interest in North Car
olina during the past few months. The
first was th* trial and acquittal of IV.
B. Cole, charged with the murder of
W. W. Ormond.
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes denied the
charges of poisoning Solomon through
out the trial.
The verdict was returned at 9:30
a. m. at the convening of court, and
sentence was immediately pronounced
by Judge Michael Schenck.
Attorneys for the defense moved to
set the verdict aside, but the judge re
fused this request. Appeal was then
noted, with bonds placed at SIO,OOO.
Both were remanded to jail when un
able to make bail.
LIVERPOOL ALARMED AT
THREAT OF RETALIATION
British Cotton Exchange Men Be
lieve Such Move Would Hurt
America Most.
Liverpool, England. Jan. 7.—Mem
bers of the Liverpool Cotton associ
ation showed little alarm today over
the proposal made in Congress yes
terday by Representative McKeown,
democrat of Oklahoma, for retalia
tion against the British rubber
monopoly by increasing the price of
American cotton abroad. Liverpool
cotton men believe that such a move
would hurt America more than Eng
land.
“America needs to -find a market
for her surplus cotton,” said 4i
prominent member of the cotton as
sociation today, “and if they put a
pyhobition export duty on cotton
their own farmers would have some
thing to say while they would defeat
their own object by reducing the
prices the farmers would receive in
the democratic market. America is
grumbling about the British govern
ment’s interference with the produc
tion of rubber, but in effect America
would be doing the same thing by
such action.”
Refuse to Make Inquiry.
Washington, Jan. 8. —M 5 pro
posal to investigate the rubber and
coffee industry in the United States
was rejected today by the House com
mittee which is inquiring into the
foreign monopolis in rubber, coffee and
other rnw materials.
The effort to expand the investiga
tion to include conditions in the rub
ber and coffee trades in this country
was made at an executive session of
t'je committee by Representative
Parks. Democrat, of Arkansas. It re
flected a considerable movement nl
ready/- apparent among democratic
medrbars of the House to bring into
the question the attitude of the pres
ent administration toward business
methods at home.
The resolution would have called
tor an inquiry into the “meana and
methods of the manufacture, price
and distribution of automobile tires,
and of all rubber pdretuos 28 33
and of all rubber products and rubber
goods sold in the United States, and
also the price, sale and distribution
of coffee.”
The end of the Christmas vacation
and the return of the college athletes
to their atudies means that the win
ter season of indoor sports will now*
begin in earnest.
FIRST HEAVY SNOW
OF WINTER COVERS
ENTIRE STATE NOW
All Sections of State Feel
Effects'of the Snow and
Sleet Which Began Fall
ing Thursday Night.
ASHEVILLE FEELS
STORM THE MOST
Snow Is Said to Be Piled
Up In That City.—Sleet
Falls With Snow In All
Parts of the State.
Charlotte. Jan. B.— W) —All North
Cnroliua today was blanketed under
snow and ice.
Marking the first white of the win
ter. the downfall began generally over
the state early last night and was still
descending fitfully this morning.
Anheville was reported deepest in the !
slump, with snow piled up there. The
mountain city had been visited by flur
ries earlier in the winter, but that of
last night and today was the heaviest
by far.
At Raleigh the capital grounds were
covered with ice. and Fayetteville
Street bore its burden of winter. 1
Winston-Salem. further north than
its neighbors, also encountered the ele- ’
ments and was coated. Charlotte to
the extreme south, had the first snow
and sleet of the season, but was bur
ied two inches deep today. Greensboro 1
also had its share.
High Point, Concord, Salisbury, 1
Gastonia. Kinston, Durham. New Bern '
and Goldsboro reported simi'nr exper- '
iences during the right.
THE COTTON MARKET
Better English Trade Advices Fol
lowed by Steady Opening Today.
New York, Jan. B.—UP)—Distinct
ly better trade advices frdm Liverpool
and Manchester were followed by a
very steady opening in the cotton mar
ket today.
First prices were 5 to 17 points
higher on covering and fresh buying,
March selling up to 20.08 and July to
18.97. These figures evidently attract
ied a good deal of realizing by recent
buyers however, while there also was
a good deaj of selling "here to undo
old straddles between New York and
Liverpool at the increase in the -dif
ference. This checked the advance
and caused quick reactions of 15 or 20
points, but the British trade news
steadied prices at the declines and the
market was about net unchanged at
the end of the first'hour.
Cable advices’received in the trade |
report a better '• business in eotton
goods at Manchester and an increased
spot demand frdm spinners and export
in Liverpool.
Cottou futures opened steady ! Jan
uary 20.25; March 20.08; May 19.00;
July 18.96; October 18.23.
Two Men Electrocuted in Arkansas
Prison.
Little, Rock, Ark., Jan. B.— UP)
The state of Arkansas exacted the
toll of two lives for murder at day
break this morning when Tyrus Clark,
Sulphur Springs bank robber and
slayer of L. M. Stout, banker, and
Aaron Harris, negro, slayer of Deputy
Sheriff Scott Streeter, of Ashley coun
ty, were executed in the electric
chair.
The ZZbyxzko brothers, Stanislaus
and Wladek, diave never come to
gether a real wrestling match.
Yeans ago/ however, they met In a
tournament in Paris, where both de
fen ted all comers in the preliminary
contests and were contestants in the
final, but Stanislaus refused to
wrestle his younger brother and for
feited his title to Wladek.
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NO. 4
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’SING: CHANGE IS
PREDICTED SUNDIY
Cement and Sand Bag Bar- |
ricades Being Placed at 1
Points All Along the |
Quays.
FLOODING IS NOT
HALTED IN CITY
Situation in the Suburbs
Is Growing Graver, With
Many of the Houses in
Danger.
Paris, Jan. B.— UP) —The River
Seine continues to rise. Provided
there is no rain during the interval,
and there is every probabilty there
will be. the river is expected to cease
its upward trend Sunday.
Workmen are busily engaged in
marking cement and sand bags bgrri- I
cades at all vulnerable points along
the quays. These, however, cannot s
prevent flooding by infiltration of
places in the city at a lower level ;
than tiie water. The outlook conse- M
quently is regarded with anxiety, the
population iu such quarters within' |
distance of the river.
Tiie situation in the suburbs both S]
up and down stream is growing grav
er. While the watermark fs well be
low previous record levels.' the dam- a
age undoubtedly will be far greater
than that of previous floods for thou- j
sands of houses have been built on
the banks of the river feince 1910; ■
most of them after the war when the
housing problem became acute.
Most of the houses are of a flmsy
character.
Some of the rivers in the provinces J
again are rising, notably the Saonn
in the vicinity of Lyons. General- |
ly, however, the situation shows im- i
provement.
In Belgium the flood conditions in '
the north, notably in the Bsccant
valley, are as bad as ever. King U
Albert and Queen Elizabeth yester- j
day visited some of the affected dis
tricts.
With Our Advertisers.
Don’t fail to attend the big cleat). -’*■
up shoe sale at Ivey's. I. ,-;]3
Ten year loans on O'mrrus Farm
Loans. A. F. Hart sell i* agent
for the Thies-Smith Ren :fy UO., of
Charlotte. Consult Mr. Hartsell. '
Columbia sleds for sale by Yorke & ?|
Wadsworth Co. Get them now. fa
Read the new ad. of Bob’S Dry
Cleaning Co. in this isue. '• >
Monte Bine and Patsy Ruth Miller
in ‘Hogan’s Alley’ at the Concord I-
Theatre today and tomorrow. . '
Goodyear All Weather Tread tires .f i
are safer on all kinds of roads. For ',l
sale at Yorke & Co. --.ijjl
Buy your wool dresseh now at the
J. C. Penney Co. for $9.90.
Beauty has been woman's heritage , >
as far back hs creation. Visit
Beauty Salon. *
See Mother and Daughter Pow-Wow **•
ad. oh first page today. : -y'M
Good Whisky Cheap Appeals to
Jurist.
Chicago. Jan. 7.—Selling good
whisky at reasonable prices was
termed "sufficiently meritorious in 1
these trying days” to warrant miti- ,jj
gation of sentence at the trial today
of Charles S. Young, Aurora, Ills.,
saloons proprietor, and his bartend- >
er.
"I would say that this is more
their attorney argued after guilty )
pleas to violating the dry law were
entered. "It is harder to sell good
whisky five years after prohibition
than it was during the first year.”
Y'oung was sentenced to 60 days in
prison and the bartender was fined
S2OO and costs.
Evelyn Sorry That She Is Recover- ’’il
Ing.
Chicago, Jan. 7.—Evelyn—-Nesbit ,
Thaw, who swallowed poison Tuesday
-a prolonged New Year party,
continued to improve today but said
she was sorry she would recover.
Meanwhile, there were reports that
Harry K. Tlmw, her divorced hus
band, would be in Chicago next week
and this led to rumors of attempts
at a reconciliation. Thaw’s attor
neys said they expected him here
shortly but were not specific as to
the date, and the conference was on .
j business matters only.
Gets Ten Years For Sending Pres*- if
dent Threat Through MaiL
San Francisco, Jan. 7.—William
F. Wolf, found guilty in the United
States district court yesterday of
sending printed matter indirectly
threatening the President, through
the mails, was sentenced today to
10 years in a federal penitentiary, 'Sj
SAT'S BEAR BAYSt 4
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Probably rain or snow tonight Mid ,jj
. Saturday, rising temperature Satur
, day, and in west portion tonight. M
Slrong east winds, diminishing Sat- §
urday.