North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI BOTH SB ME TO FHOPOU SIKESETTLEHEHT Miners and Operators Ac cept as Basis for Confer ence Plan Offered by the Scranton Times. BOTH SIDES ARE READY TO CONFER Plans Suggests That Min ers Resume Work at Old Wages and Adopt Long Contract. Washington, Jan. 22.—OW—Sena tor Pepper, of Pennsylvania, today announced in the Seate that t'.ie an thracite strike had been settled. When advised later by the Associat ed Press of t'.ie operators’ statement in Philadelphia, denying there had been a settlement, Senator Pepper said his annoiinment was based on infor mation that he believed reliable. .He had been told, lie said,'that the op erators agreed to the Scranton plan of settlement last night, and that the miners consent today would end the anthracite suspension. Scranton, Pa., January 22. —OP)— President John 1., Lewis, of the T'nited Mine Workers today hccepted as a bnsis for negotiations the plan advnneed by the Scranton Times for settlement of the anthracite coal strike. W. W. Inglis, chairman of the an thracite operators negotiation commit tee. already had favored the plan as a basis for negotiations. Mr. Lewis said he was willing to join Mr. Englis in another meeting in an attempt to agree on a settlement that will send the 158,000 mine workers back to work. The jilan provides that the miners resume work immediately and that there be a five-year contract with the same wages as n effect under the last contract unless changed by ne gotiations. After a two-years elapse either the operators or miners could call a con ference for consideration of wages. If. such conference fail to agree on changes the miner* would remain at work under the five-year contract. Th* plan also provides that one year before the contract expires the cdlifctence shall devise an arrange ment for continuing work after ex piration of the contract. President Lewis after a brief con ference with E. J. I.ynet, publisher of the Times, made known that he would meet the operators in another conference, and said he would issue a statement later on the details of conditions under which the meeting would be held. Mr. Lewis’ favorable attitude does not mean the strike will end at once unless the union has changed its pol icy. Mr. Lewis and other leaders said there would be no return to work until an agreement is reached. The mine workers' leader was in conference with Mr. Lynet less than an hour in accepting the proposal of the Times. He expressed a desire to communi cate with W. W. Inglis, spokesman for the opera fbrs with a view of having Alvin Markle call both sides together again. “The miners stand ready to re-en ter a joint conference with the oper ators,” Mr. Lewis said. Mr. Lynet made efforts to reach Mr. Inglis after Mr. Lewis’ an nouncement but at the Glen Alden office it was said Mr. Inglis was in New York. The situation is somewhat the same ns at the beginning of the recent NCw York negotiations. Both sides met at that time with the understands that plans offered could be reconsid ered. None was accepted and the conference broke up January 12th. Tiie difference between the situatiton in New York and that developed, to day is that the present issue gives more hope of early agreement. The following statement was is sued : ' "Regarding reports that the anthra cite operators had accepted a strike settlement plan proposed by E. J. Lynett, of the Scranton Times, the Philadelphia .office of the anthracite operators conference states that Mr. Lyifett's plan did not meet any re quirement of the situation and had not been accepted by Mr. Inglis or the operators.” Operators Not So Pleased. Philadelphia, Jan. 22. — (AP)—An thracite operators announced today that the Scranton Times' plan to end the coal strike “did not meet any requirements of the situation.” A man’s pet vanity, the crease in his trouser leg, was introduced by King Edward VII of England. The present Prince of Wales is also a great arbiter of fashion- The Star Theatre was packed to its capacity last night to see Pola Negri in “The Woman of the World,” which they claim was one of the best, if not the best, picture ever play ed in Concord. It is being shown again tonight. The Concord Daily Tribune North • Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily % Plans For America To Participate In Arms Parley Taking Shape — WORLD GATHERING -I OF WOMEN IN PARISH ' Bevora! Thousand Will Go to the ; French Capital in May. Paris. Jan. 22.—Oup of the most notable gatherings of women in the world's history will open in Paris at the end of May with several thous "j and delegates and visitors in attend '; anee, representing more than thirty I different countries. It will be the ■ 10th international conference held un | der the auspices of the International | Womnn Suqrage' Alliance. Sessions will be held at the Sorbonne and will continue for seven days. Since its preliminary organization nt Washington nearly a quarter of a century ago the Aliianee has vostly increased in membership and influence and has seen notable progress made in the cause it represents. In 1004, when the first regular biennial con ference met in Berlin, the Alliance embraced only nine national suffrage organizations, among which only the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and four of the I'nlted States had given the vote to women. Num bers nud victories grew from con gress to congress, at Copenhagen, Amsterdam. London. Stomkholm and Budapest, when 22 countries were represented, and where Swedish and Norwegian women were among the voters. In 11)20 at Geneva, after the long interval occasioned by the war, a wonderful list of suffrage victories was rejKirted iu more than 20 coun tries. In 1023. at Rome, the whole qf the T'nited Stntes of America, and several provinces and native states of India were added, while today 40 countries nre affiliated with the Al liance of which 28 have enfranchised their Women. It is confidently expected that the coming congress in Paris will prove another milestone on the path of woman’s’progress. Its possible effect upon France itself could scarcely be overestimated, for the enfranchise ment of French women would have an immediate reflex action upon all the lands of the Mediterranean, nnd in the great continent of South Am erica. The coming congress will have its formal opening on Sunday evening, May 30th, wlieu Mine. Brunscliwig, president of the French auxiliary, will welcome flic visitors, nnd - official geetfngs will be tendered by the muni cipality of Paris. Mrs. Corbett Ash by, first British president of Alliance, will then deliver her presidential ad dress, which will be followed by re ports of progress in the five conti nents, given by n well-known woman representative from each country. These reports will embody a narra tion of the progress made during the past two years, the plans of cam paign count most effective in that particular country and an exchange of ideas through debate. Consideration of the methods to be adopted in countries which have not yet enfranchised their women; the economic position of women in the professions, in business and in indus try ; the equal moral standard of both sexes, responsibility for the illegiti mate child ; the nationality of the mar ried woman; and the study of family allowances, will occupy several days of the convention, when the discus sions will also include such subjects as women in diplomacy, women police, women in the League of Nations, and the problems of women voters. The program provides for five pub lic evening meetings; oue consisting of five-minute speeches from women of all nations; a dramatic protest of un enfranchised women against the ty ranny of the Code Napolcan; a meet ing of prominent men speaking in support of woman suffrage; a meeting addressed by women members of par liiament, giving accounts of their ac tivities; and a final demonstration on the last day, urging the paramount importance of women’s influence on world peace. THE COTTON MARKET - Initial Decline of S to 8 Points Brought Some Covering and Trade Buying. New., York, Jan. 22.—(A I)—Liquid ation was renewed in the cotton mar ket at the. opening today with prob ably some local selling promoted by relatively easy Liverpool cables, re ports of further good rains in the South and expectations of large gin ning figures from the census bureau to morrow. The initial decline of 3 to 0 points brought in some covering and trade buying, but'it was supplied on slight bulges and the market was rather un settled, active months showing net declines of 5 to 7 points. May sold off to 10.56 and October to and was about these fig ures around 11 o’clock. Cotton futures opened barely steady. March 20.15: May 10.56: July 18.97; Oct. 18.18; Dec. 17.08. Director of Census Seriously Hurt. ■Washington, Jan. 22—(4>>—Wil . liam M. Steuart, director of the cen * bus, was seriously injured here today , when he was struck by a mail truck ’ on a down town street. He was tak . en to a hospital In an unconscious condition^ r . . Theodore Roosevelt was largely re sponsible for the Importation of Kar r akul sheep from Asia Minor in 1908. Pelts from Karakul lambs are made into Persian lamb coats. Final Plans Must Be Ap ! proved by the President, Who Gives. Sanction to Work Done at This Time MONEY MUST BE ON HAND FIRST ; Congress Has Been Asked to Give $50,000 For Ex | penses.— Experts Get i ting Data fop Conference i Washington, Jan. 22—C4>)—Suhjeet i to final action by President Coolidge, • plans for American participation in ■ the Geneva arms limitation prepara ■ tory discussion are taking A ape on , the basis of assigning Minister Hugh ■ Gibson as commissioner with four i technical experts, two from the army ‘ «nd two from the navy, to assißt him. The President is awaiting for Oon ■ gress to complete action on the $50,- i 0000 appropriation he has requested, now caught in the Senate blockade, before making his selections known. , There is some concern nt the delay, as the delegation should sail not later than February oth if the original Feb ruary date for the opening of the com mission’s session is not postponed, due to the differences between Russia and Switzerland. No official word on this point has been received. ' In tlie meantime a group of experts is working up data and policy out lines for the American delegation. They are anticipating a general round table exchange of expert views at Geneva, since the commission will not have power to make tredty commit ments. It is increasingly evident that the Washington government is hopeful of definite progress towards formulation of a satisfactory agenda for an actual conference or a series of conferences for arms limitations as the result of this somewhat informal, although of ficial canvassing of expert opinion. In some quarters it is believed that sev eral conferences will result and.thut limitation agreement will be attempt ed, a step at a time. SEEK FACTS ABOUT DEATH OF WOMAN . Officers Seek Information About the Death of Mrs. Annie Mae Burgess. Asheville. Jan. 22. —C4>>—Testi- mony was given at a coroner's inquest this morning into the death of Mrs. Annie Mae Burgess, who was found dead at the intersection of two prom inent residential streets yesterday morning, tending to show the mur dered woman stater! some weeks ago that William “Bill” Davis, who is being held by the police for investiga tion, made threats against her life. At the same time the witness stat ed Davis threatened to beat up Jim Redmon who was friendly with Mrs. Davis. Witnesses called today were Mrs. Henry Townsend, mother of the de ceased, Mrs. Maggie Lee, with whom she was staying at the time of her death, Olson Revis, a companion of Davis while the latter was serving a sentence on Buncombe county chain gang for keeping a disorderly house; Lloyd Ward, a friend of the murder ed girl; Bonnie Ledford who found the body; Caleb Ingram an employee of the city who discovered the pipe with which the woman was struck on the head and her slipper at the scene of the crime the night before the body was found; Lynn McChone, first cou sin of the woman; and Chief of Po lice Messer. REGIONAL CONFERENCE On Stewardship of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 21.—OP)—The regional conference on stewardship and brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the second in a series of 16 such conferences, got under way here tonight, with a good attendance from over the state. Fea turing tonight’s session was the ad , dress of Wiliam Ward, of London. Mr. Ward, who is honorary life president of the World Brotherhood Federation, centered his address on “Brotherhood.” He was preceded by ' Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond, Va., the Bishop in charge of this dis ' triet, who addressed the meeting. The sessions are being held in Ed enton Street Methodist Church. The meeting, following immediately on the heels of the meeting of the North | Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons, is * being attended by many Masons, who 1 stayed over for the conference. Q. L. ' Morelock, general secretary of the j laymen’s movement, is presiding at the sessions. There will be three sessions tomor row,/* morning, afternoon and night At the morning sessions, addresses by Mr. Morelock, Fred T. Barbett, of the Nashville headquarters of the de nomination, Rev. J. E. Crawford, also of the Nashville headquarters, and Bishop W. B. Beauchamp, bishop In charge of the work of the denomina tion in Europe. Rudolf Frolik, the champion welterweight of Czech-Slovakla, who hail arrived in America, claims 50 knockouts to his credit. Major General B. Frank Cheatham, the new quartermaster general of the United States army, is 58 yjrars old | and a native of Tennessee. CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1926 More Woman’s Organizations Are Opposed to Name “Hotel Concord” Several women’s organizations of the city, either in regular session or through their executive committees, , Thursday entered protest against calling the new hostelry here the "Ho tel Concord.” The first action in the matter by the women came Wednes day when members of the local chap t ter Daughters of the American Revo lution suggested that the hotel be * called “The Stephen Cabarrus.” and » named a committee' to file the pro test with offio-'als of the hotel com pany. The following resolution has been adopted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy through its executive ■ committee; "We favor the name, “The Stephen Cabarrus,” as a distinctive ■ name for the new Concord hotel, thus . perpetuating mlr county history in a manner most effective and striking. t CHAIRMAN PAGE TO OIL > 506 MILES OF HIGHWAY i - Experiments Made in 1025 Show the 1 Oiling Proves to Be Very Deslr • able. Raleigh. Jan. 22.—State Highway ’ Chairman Frank Page, setting out for • 1026, has fixed 500 miles of tlie oil • road in which he majored by experi ■ mentation in 1025. nnd he will finish . that job thiH year. • He worked out 300 miles for 1025. At the close of the yenr lie and his • whole force are acclaiming the as phalt oil as a wonder. The state completed only 130.00 miles of it, but ■ made partial experiments in the re ‘ maining 170 miles. This proved to 1 Commissioner Page that the asphaltic 1 oil is more than has been said for it. completed projects enough 1 last year to run the grand total to $27,827,056. Have Stood Up Well. The oiled roads have been yvell over the state. Every stretch lias stood up. The practice of the Rtate. is to give three treatments before the job is finished. The three cost about $2,500 a mile. It takes two years to do that work. The state tries to put down two coats and then there is a year's rest. Again the state puts ; down the third coat and the average cost for the three years is $2,500, or $833 for each mile eneh year. The interest on a concrete mile of road is about $1,500 a year. Over three years there is an interest charge of $4,500 against a maintenance charge of $2,500 on the soil road. The prin cipal is thus saved. Mr. Page isn't saying that' this i« the coming road. He is sayißg that it js here in most style. He is declaring that with the three applications costing $2,500 for three years the state is getting a road which is constantly being built up. His belief is that after the three ap plications of oil have been made, a hot mixture, which is in reality a hard surface top. is in order. He makes a guess at that cost which he thinks will approximate SIO,OOO a mile. That done, he says the state has a semi hard surfaced road. He estimates the carrying capacity of tlie road before this treatment at a maximum 1,500 ears daily, about the present trowel of the Raleigh-Greensboro line. But when this hot mixture goes oh he is-sure that the carrying power !r doubled. There is not yet a road in the state where the maximum re quirements is 3,000 cars. When that happens the road will be very nearly full of machines. The thing that he emphasizes is that the first experi ments in the use of oil have been most successful and that this dust less, mudless device is going to work wonderfully on the secondary roads. The present beauty spots nre in Sur ry, Alleghany, Harnett, Moore, Rich mond and Lee counties. Chimes of Old Cathedral in New Or leans to Ring Again. New Orleans, Jan. 22.—The chimes of St. Louis cathedral, silent for a generation, will be heard again. Seven bells in the cathedral tow-| t ers hang over the site of an altar, among the oldest used continuously in ! Christian worship in this hemisphere, i The great bell in the central towqy, : which will sound the hours, bears this I inscription: “Brave Louisianians, this bell whose I name is Victory, was cast in com ■ memoration of the glorious Eeighth • of January, 1815.” The bell was hung at the time the i name of the Place d’Armes was I changed to Jaeksou Square, in honor i of Gen. Andrew Jackson's victory at ■ Chalmette. , Two small bells, to tinkle the quar ter hours, are'dated 1851 and the bells of the chimes, to be rung at midnight - mass, weddings, communions and oth i er special occasions, number three. 1 mmmmmmmmmm— ___________ 1— « 1 ; ‘ ' ' > Governor McLean Issues His Law and Order Proclamation t Raleigh, Jan. 21. —Governor Mc- Lean today issued a proclamation set ting aside next Sunday, January 24,1 as “Law and Order Sunday,” and I called upon the religious leaders of the state to observe the day as seema most expedient. The governor requests religious and civil leaders to remind the people of the state that “a proper respect for the civil laws is as necessary to the life of the state as respect for the di vine law is to the life of the church.” The proclamation follows: “Whereas, ours is a government founded on laws, a proper observ ance of which id, necessary to the welfi. be’ng of organised society, and “Whereas, because there appears to he a growing tendency on the part of some to disregard statutes and ordi nances enacted for the good of the anil respectfully request the direct ors in charge of naming the hotel.to give our recommendation the : r con sideration." The executive committee of the lo cal chapter of American War Moth ers was called together Thursday to take action on the matter. The com mittee endorsed the action of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion in naming the hostelry "The Stephen Cabarrus.” In regular session Thursday after noon members of the Study Club went on record ns endorsing the name "The Stephen Cabarrus.” Committees from these organiza tions have been named to meet with officials of the hotel company so their protest and recommendations can be formally filed. PSYCHOLOGY GROWING EVER MORE IMPORTANT ! Better Understanding of Men to Be Evolved by Scientific Methods. Evanstown, 111., Jan: 22.—Although ■ psychology has been defined “ns a • word' with four syllables which a per- I son uses whenever he doesn’t know what e’se to say.” Prof. A. R. Gilli i land, of Northwestern University, as serts it is about "ns easy to shake as . one’s shadow.’.’ s Successful business men, he says. ■ nre keen psychologists, often without ■ being aware of it. The minister who preaches, the lawyer "hen he gives legal advice and the doctor when he i prescribes whnt to do, are using psy • ehology. Prof, Gilliland, who Is a noted psy chologist, in discussing psychology and its application in business, ex plains that so far as the science is concerned, man must be treated ns a machine—but a very complicated one. “We have learned how to build ef ficient machines but we have failed to adapt these machines to the individ uals who are to use them,” he de clares. “We know that individuals differ but few of us realize how much they differ. “By intelligence or mental alert ness tests of fifteen to thirty minutes, it is possible to select those who nre best fitted for executive, administra tive and other positions requiring keen insight and thinking. Personal appearance often is the basis in the selection of men but too much im portance has been placed on this trait.” QjST THE POOR PET ; V IN PUBLIC PARKS Rules Now in Effect Called Puri tanical and Asinine. Washington, Jan. 22.—Petting places for the poor were urged upon the national recreation conference today by Ethelbert Stewart, com missioner of lit boy statistics in the department of labor, who pleaded for the opening of public spaces in American cities to the “ble jeaned” workers in great industrial plants. “Nellie from the shoe factory.” he said, “can stand a little petting in a public park furnished by the city, even though Joe from the stock yards, who spends his days cutting off the feet of sheep, does the petting.” Mr. Stewart assailed what he termed “the increasing rigidity and puritauical asininity of much that goes into the newer forms of park rules and regulations.” AGENTS ARE REFUSING INCOME TAX PAYMENTS Waiting With Rest of Nation For Congress to Pass Reduction Legis lation. Greensboro, Jan. 21.—People in ' North Carolina who have tnken an early start and tried to pay their federal income tax have had the money refused, it was learned here this afternoon from a deputy col • I lector, who made a trip here today. The reason is that is that the tax i collectors are waiting, with the rest of the nation, for Congress to pass a tax leduction bill, and they know i that paymenn according to existing schedules will mean refunds, and ■ that means much trouble and some • expense. The collectors have tax re i turn blanks but they are the same as last year. . Come buck a little later, the peo i pie who offered to pay have been •. told. Storm Warnings Issued. Washington. Jan. 21.—The weath -1 er bureau tonight ordered storm ; warnings displayed' on the Atlantic ■ from itouthport, N. C., to Bandy Hook. whole people, It i» entirely fitting that steps be taken to correct this evil. I “Now, therefore. I, Angus McLean, I governor of the State of North Caro lina, do hereby proclaim and set aside January 24, 1026, ns ‘Law and Order Sunday' and cull for its observ ance in such a manner ns may seem expedient to the ministers and lay men in the churches and to all oth ers making up our citiaenship. It is earnestly requested that religious and civil leaders devote such time ns may be convenient to the task of remind ing their people that a proper respect for the civil laws is as necessary to the life of the state as respect for the divine law is to the life of the chureh. Further, it is suggested that com munity gatherings be held, wherever practicable, law and order to be ex pounded. ~T“ " 7 ~ == They Made the vie Come True ■ i I mMm William Boyd and Elinor Flair, movie people, played opposite each other In a Him that had some very romantic moments—aa this picture shows. So, one night while the aim was being made, they slipped out and wars secretly married. mums STMT LONG FLIT Going to Try to Fly to Beunos Aires and May Extend Trip on to New York City. Palos, Spain, .Tnn, 22.—</P)—Three Spanish avitors started at 8 o’clock this morning in the Sen plane Neplus Pltra on the first leg of a flight for Beunos Aires and possibly New York. The first stop will be Las Palmas, Canary Islands. The aviators are Commander Ramon Franco, Captain Rusie de Alva, and Ensign Dnnan. The distance to Iteunos Aires and New York is 12,332 miles. Tha Columbus of the air, Command er Franco, is seeking to link Spain with the Americans ond from the ex act spont in file Domingo Rubio canal here, whence the travels of Columbus set forth. The length of the first hop is 87C miles. From Palos to Beunos Aires is 6,332 miles. First Leg of Flight Completed. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Jan. 22.— UP)— -Commander Franco's sea plane arrived here this afternoon com pleting the first leg of the projected flight from Spain to Argentina. ANOTHER COLD WAVE EN ROUTE EASTWARD Middle West is Shivering and It is Expected to Reach Atlantic Coast Today. Chicago, Jan. 21.—The middle west tonight shivered in the grip of another cold wave, brought here in the teeth of a high nortwest wind and moving rapidly eastward. Temperatures of five below zero were anticipated for Chicago by morning wit'ii zero temperatures ex pected iu many sections of the mid dle west and northwest. Tbe weather hurra if held out hope, however. that, the extreme cold snap will be short-lived and ex pected' moderating temperatures by Sunday. Tonight the cold was gen eral from the Rocky Mountains al most to the Ohio river ami was mov ing on eas*ward with prospects for lowered temperatures as far as the Atlantic seaboard by tomorrow. Asheville-Spartanburg Line Opened Again by Southern. Atlanta, Oa., Jan. 22.— UP) —South ern Railway officials announced here today that traffic over the Asheville- Spartanburg Line of the road had been resumed. Trains yesterday were detoured when the Vaughn Creek bridge was weakened by waters freed by tin breaking of a portion of the dam at Lake Lanier, near Tryon, N. C. Tin bridge has been repaired, it was an nounced. Zero Weather Promised Asheville. Asheville. January 22.— UP) —Zero weather will strike Asheville for the second* time this winter tonight or early tomorrow morning, according to predictions of the weather bureau. The mercury took a 30-degree tum ble during the night here, and a chilly 32 degrees with snow flurries was reg istered at noon. A stiff wind was blowing. Predictions were registered that the cold wave may continue for from three to five days. Want to Advance Hearing. St. Louis, Jan. 22.— UP) —A mo tion to advance the hearing of the government’s appeal from a decision upholding the famous Teapot Dome oil leases was argued briefly in the U. S. District Court of appeals here. The motion was taken under advise ment. Will Invoke Rule Limiting Debate. Washington, Jan. 22.—0 P) — Unless an agreement is reached to vote on the world court by tomorrow the rule for limiting debate will be invoked. Sen ator Robinson, tbe Democratic leader, said today after a conference with other Democrats. 500 ARRESTS INK AGAINST PLOTTERS Premier Patchitch Returns From Riviera to Be on Duty During the Present Crisis in Belgrade. ' Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Jan. 22. <A>)—Discovery of a plot against the lives of King Alexander and his cab inet ministers is believed to be behind the sudden decision of Premier Paeh iteti to return from the Riverie, where he went on January 10th for an an nounced lengthy stay for his health. The ixfliee are continuing their widespread raids on the homes of com munists, and the number of persons arrested had swelled this morning to 500. The plot against the king and mem bers of the government is said to have been revealed by the arrest of a work man In Bagrab. The man was spend ing money lavishly, boasting that he hail received 250.000 widnare from Moscow, as part payment fpr the work to be executed. He declared, accord ing to the police, that he received the funds through M. Phllipovieh, a leading Jugo-Slav communist who for the last year has been a resident of Moscow r . BIG MAIL ROBBERY AT GOLDSBORO REVEALED Occurred on Morning of December 21.—Losses Estimated From $15,- 000 to SIOO,OOO - Jan. 24.—A robbery of registered mail in which losses esti mated at from $15,000 to SIOO,OOO occurred here on the morniug of December 21 was revealed here to day. Postal inspectors investigating the robbery refused to discuss the ease, saying they preferred to con tinue their investigations without publicity. The robbery is said to have oc eurred when a mail truck entered the Union station about 7 o'clock in the morning. One pouch was seized by unidentified persons who have not been captured. Estimates made by reliable par ties place the cash loss sustained by banks of this section at $15,000 with negotiable securities in the pouches which would increase the losses to SIOO,OOO. Woodmen of the World Hold Annual Meeting at Salisbury. Salisbury, Jan. 21.—The local amp of woodmen of the World held ' its annual meeting and banquet this week. E. B. Lew'is, of Kimston, one of the sovereign managers of the order, was present -and delivered the principal address. J. Milten Todd, of Charlotte, also spoke to the Wood men. The banquet was furnished by the ladies pf the Baptist church aud 100 members of the order and of the Woodmen circle, sat around the ban quet tables. Officers for the year were installed. J. W. Rideoutte heads the Official roster as consul commander. The Monarch club is the latest civic organization for Salisbury. Al ready it has a large enrollment of members and the formal organization will be perfected at a banquet to be held this week. Flight Again Postponed. Charleston. S. C., Jan. 22. — UP) — Flight of the twenty-five seaplanes to Fernandina, Fla., on the next leg of their journey to Guantanamo, Cu ba, today was again postponed. The hop to Fernandina will be made to morrow if weather conditions permit. Tp Enlarge Lenoir Hotel. Lenoir, Jan. 21. — An addition of fifty rooms is to be made to the Carlheim Hotel, of this place, accord ing to 8. Q. Myers, proprietor. The architects are working ont the plans now, and as soon as they are complet ed work will be started. I_ T ' In Japan, seaweeds are used at New Year's to decorate their round mirror cakes of rice dough. 1 ■ M THE TRIBUNE M PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY® NO. 16 NORTH CAW! LEADER IN SPILE* HOURS IN COUNTRY Record First Made in Ns* vember Was Repeated in December, Latest ports Show. * MOST SPINDLES USED IN STATE This State Now Has Less Spindles Than Massa chusetts But Used Mosl of Them in Month. Raleigh, Jan. 22.— UP) —During December North Carolina again let) Massachusetts, until November the leader, in the number of active cotton spindle hours during the month. Al though this state’s margin over Mas sachusetts was very slight last month, North Carolina led the entire union in this particular. North Carolina maf|i tained its lead over the Buy State spite the fact that the latter haa jjt most twice as many spinning spj nfffcd in place on December 31st, and thgf Massachusetts had more than a third more spindles active during December than this state. Out of a total of 8,271,676,487 act ive spindle hours for December in the entire United States, according to fig ures compiled by ,the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce, North Carolina’#, total was 3.600.223,055, as compared with 1.606.030,281 for Massachusetts. North Carolina’s average hours for spindles in place was 281 as compared with 147 for the Bay State. With Our Advertisers. The Markson Shoe Store will have many new bargains for Saturday. The prices will run from SI.OO to $5.05. The White Auto Co. is the only Au tomobile concern which is in the Cal ifornia tour contest. Read the new ad. today. A big clothing sale is now going ont at W. A. Overcash's. Fifty suits at 25 per cent, reduction and over coats from 25 to 33 1-3 per ceeot. off. Bradley sweaters also reduced 25 per cent. See ad. today of the new millinery department at Robinson's to open in a few days. ...JYgM The Parks-Belk Co. will have sohM special values ,in their men's depart-* ment today and tomorrow, among tliein being 100 dress shirts for 41) fonts each. Big reduction on all oth er shirts. See ad. Bob’s dry cleaning process de stroys all contagious germs. Phone 787. Phone C. H. Barrier & Co. your or-* ders for eats. See new ad. todays for list of prices. Beginning Saturday, January 23rd, and closing Saturday. January 30th, H. B. Wilkinson will give 20 pig cent, discount for cash on any bed purchased from his stock. He will also give 500 votes on the California tour for every dollar paid on any bed. Five tickets for one for three day# only in the special aluminum sale at the Ritchie Hardware Co. See ad. Saturday and Monday are the last two days of Efird’s 88 cent sale. Read “Buying Better at Home” Penney's new ad. today. ' ' j ijj The January Clean-Up Sale Shoes at Ivey’s is going over big. Better go before all the bargains are gone. Montague Put to Death. J Raleigh. .Tan. 22,—OP)—The State of North Carolina today demand#*) and received, the supreme penalty of Arthur Montague, Burke county nkfe gro, convicted of an nttack on a deaf mute white child inmate of a state instituton at Morganton lass spring. Montague died in the electric chahf here at 10:30 this morning, ’ It was necessary to turn on the electric current twice to exttpguMk' life. The first shock, made for 2 min utes 20 seconds. The second time the current ran through the negro’s frame for 1 minute 15 seconds. Convicted in Burke Superior Court, Montague appealed to the Supreme Court and was denied a new trial. Making a last appeal to the Goverifct or for clemency this too was denied. A statement obtnined from the negro a few days ago by Pardon Commis sioner H. Hoyle Sink was to the ef fect that he was under the influence of liquor, he believed to be “doped $ the time of the crime.” He “gues# ed” he was guilty, he said, but tiidal know. ,S2W jifej m For fifty years Sir William Soulsbj has been secretary to London's Low Mayors. BAT'S BEAR SAYS I f 1 " ; j - ;' | Fair and muck colder tonight, frijM ing temperature to the coast; Sattfl t day fair, colder on south coast. StMfl 1 north winds this night, diminishing Saturday.^