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VOLUME XXVI
1H COURT WILL
‘ BE ISSUE I FOUR
\ PRIMARIES TOIUT
The Nation Watching With
Keen Interest Fight Be
> tween Sen. Lenroot and
Gov. John Blaine.
LAFOLLETTE IS
AGAINST LENROOT
Pk New Hampshire and Ari
* zona Voters Also Will Gd
to Polls During Day for
Primary Contests.
Washington, Sept. 7. — OP)—Adhe
sion of the T'nited States to the world
eourt figured among prominent issues
today a* voter* in four state* went to
the polls to nominate various party
candidates including those for I'nlt
od States Senator.
Wide interest centered on the fiht
in Wisconsin, where Senator Irvine 1,.
Lenroot, lender of the administra
tion’s successful campaign for Ameri
can membership in the court, is op
posed for the republican nomination
by Governor John J. Blaine, and the
concentrated forces under the banner
of the late Senator Robert M. I-aFol
lette, 1
In the van of the opposition to
Senator lenroot has beene his col
league, Senator Robert M. I-aFollette,
Jr., who conducted an extensive
speaking campaign against the court.
A number of purely state issues also
had a part in the pre-primary strug
gle which was described /as one of the
most interesting in years.
Although in disagreement on the
court issues with Senator Lenroot
and Governor Blaine agreed apparent
ly upon one tfuest'on, modification of
the Volstead act, and particularly the
return of beer. Governor Blaine as
serted he would do everything pofee
ble to bring back beer, while Senator
Lenroot said that if nominated nnd
elected he would work for modifica
tion of the Volstead act if it were the
wish of his people.
The New Hampshire contest of Sen
ator George H. Hoses, president pro
tempore of the Senate, to retain his
seat, has been featured by the charge
of bis principal, opponent, forpjer
Governor Robert r..lUi-s. that the
-
stolen. Prohibition and Betiafor
Moses’ stand on several administra
tion proiiosals also entered into the
pre-primary discussions. A third sen
atorial candidate, James W. Ilemick,
of Concord, former judge of the State
Supreme Court.
Charges of excessive expenditures
• have been made by candidates in both
the Wisconsin and New • Hampshire
campaigns.
In Arizona Senator Ralph H. Cam
eron was unopposed for the republi
can nomination, but in the Democratic
Column Representative Carl Hayden.
Representative Pari Hayden was
opposed by Cbas, H. Rutherford, a
ritoenix attorney.
In Nevada. Senator Tasker L. Od
die. who voted for adhesion to the
court, was opposed foe the republican
nomination my Mayor E. E. Roberts,
of Reno, eourt opponent, and fgther
in-law of Walter Johnson. Washington
Amereican League baseball team pitch
er.
Four candidates stood for the Dem
ocratic nomination; Raymond T. Ba
ker, director of the mint under Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson: Patrick Mo- .
Oavran, former justice of the state
supreme court: Dr. W. H. Brennan of
Eureka; and C. H. Mclntosh, former
chairman of the democratic central
committee.
’ the cotton Market
Active and Excited at the Opening,
WhMi Was IS to 20 Points High
er.
New York, Sept. 7. —(A*l—The cot
ton market was active and excited at
the opening today owing to reports
of rain In the weatern belt over the
holidays and relatively firm Liverpool
cab T ea. The opening was 15 to 26
. points hig'.ier. Active months sold
22 to 20 points above Friday’s closing
figures before the end of the first
hour, December selling up to 18.03
or within 0 points of the higb price
touched on August 26th while Mareh
and later deliveries made neve high
grounds, March selling at 18.30. This
advance naturally brought in consid
erable realising because of uncertain
ty ati to showing of tomorrow’s crop
report, but it was absorbed on mod
erate setbacks.
Three more private crop reports
were issued with condition figures
ranging from 57.4 up to 01.3 and
crop indications from 14,837,000 up
to 15.325,000 bales.
Cotton frftures opened firm. Oct.
1f.78; Dec. 17.05; Jan. 18.05; March
18.20; May 18.43.
Cannot Reopen Newton Rond (Arne.
Raleigh, Sept. 7.—OW-Associate
Justice Brogden of the State Supreme
Court declined to grant a petition by
the State Highway Comm'ssion to re
opep the Newton road case, which
was decided against the commission
severel weeks ago.
cause swampy* condition of the
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SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION
Meeting of State Board of Education
Last Night.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Wftlter Hotels
Raleigh. Sept. 7.—-Further <sßi
sideration to the school book price
situation was given last night by the
State Board of Education, with
Governor A. W. McLean present and
presiding. Some of the counter offers
by publishers who have not yet in
dicated their willingness to put the
Tennessee prices in effect in the
Staate were considered, as were sev
eral ether phases of the situation.
Governor Mci-eati made it very plain
in discussing the situation that
those companies who refuse to put
thft Tennessee contract prices in ef
fort jn this state will be prosecuted
*e jkfct H*lt M that if
fiegff be, the matter will be taken 6C
fote the legislature. ,
Although for nwhile it looked as
if all the remaining four publishing
companies would follow in the foot
steps of the Johnson Publishing
company of Richmond, Va., and
voluntarily put the Tennessee prices
in effect in this State, developments
have not been so. favorable, and at
present it seems that one of more ot
fight the matter in court. At present,
all books published by these publish
ers are being sold in this state at
the Tennessee prices under the tem
porary injunction obtained by the
Attorney General against the offend
ing companies, nnd which will .re -
main in effect until September 13.
when argument will be mnde to make
it permanent. Even if the restrain
ing order is not permanent, suffi
cient time will have been given the
majority of the school children .In
the State to purchase their textbooks
at the Tennessee prices, which vary
from 17 to 1 cent less that the prices
formerly charged for nfbe textbooks
in North Carolina.
But irrespective of the attitude of
the remaining publishers and of the
course they pursue with regard to
suits which have been brought by
the State to compel the companies
to make the-Tennessee prices effec
tive in their North Carolina con
tracts, the board and the Governor
are determined . thgt . textbooks in
this State shall not cost as much as
they have in the past.
AGREE TO SELL THE ,
SCHOOL BOOKS CHEAPER
Two of Suits Instituted Against
Pubfishsra Withdrawn.
Raleigh, Sept. 6.—Two of three
suits instituted by the state of North
Carolina to compel school book pub
lishers to sell their books in North,
Carolina as cheaply as in any other
state were ordered withdrawn to
night by the tate. board of education.
The action was taken after a
three-hour session and when the two
publishers involved had agreed to
adopt the lower price? in the state.
The suits withdrawn were those
instituted against B. E. Heath &
Co., whose first book in United States
history had been selling for 80 cents
in North Carolina and for 74 cents
in Tennessee and Silver Burdette ft
CO., whose progressive music series
Sheen selling for- 76 cents 'in
i Carolina and 68 cents in
e suit against the Ameri an
company will be taken Up to
morrow with state officials by Repre
sentatives of the company.
Charlotte Youth is Ground to Pimm
Beneath Train.
Asheville, Sept., 4.—David Porter,
SELECTING JURORS
IN DAUGHERTY AND
MILLER TIL NOW
Special Panel of 200 Tales
men Summoned to Pro
vide Jury in Case of For
mer Government Official
LONG TRIAL IS
NOW PREDICTED
It Will Require Three
Weeks for Prosecution
to Present All of Its Evi
dence in the Case.
New York. Sept. 7.—C4 > )—A special
panel of 200 talesmen were summoned
to, provide n jury today for the trial
of former Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty and former Alien Proper
ly Custodian Thomas W. Miller, on
charges of accepting a $301,000 bribe.
Contrary to federal court custom of
having prospective jurors questioned!
by t'.ie eourt, Judge Mack agreed to
permit direct questioning by attor
neys, with the resultant prospect of
au entire day or more being given
over to -selection of a jury.
Federal Attorney Emory R. Buck
ner expects that representation of the
government's case will require nbout
three weeks, but defense attorneys
were unabl to say today how long
they would require as defense testi
mony will depend upon what the gov
ernment offers.
Richard Merton, German copper
magnate, is here as a star witness
for the government, and is expected
to testify as to his participation in
the rpturn of $7,000,000 cash and
Liberty Bonds to alien claimants of
stock in the American Metals Com
pany.
T'.ie late John T. King, Republican
uatioual committeeman from Connec
ticut, was indicted with Mr. Daugher
ty and Mr. Miller in May, but he died
a week later. The late* Jesse W. j
Smith, who was a close associate of
Mr. Daugherty and wbp committed
suicide in Washington in May, 1823,
has -often been mentioned in coiinec
lion with the case.
Port-War Fraud Charged. '
New York, Sept. 7.— OP) —The out
standing case involving post-war
opened today -Jw—ffjnr York
Selection of jurors to try Htfrpy Jf. 1
Daugherty, attorney general in the
Harding administration, nnd Thos. IV.
Miller, former alien property eustod- j
ian for conspiracy to defraud the gov- j
ernment began shortly before noon. A |
special panel of 200 talesmen had
been summoned.
The court room was crowded long
before the appearance on the bench of
Judge Julian W. Mack, who is pre
siding.
Both the defendants entered the
court room early. Mr. Miller was ac :
-ompanied by his wife. He took a
seat at counsel table opposite his law
yer Robept S. Johnstone.
Mr. Daugherty, whose hair seemed
a bit grayer than when he was ar
raigned, occupied a front seat near
the counsel table with Max D. Steuer,
his trial counsel, sitting opposite at
the table.,
IT. S. District Attorney Buckner,
who personally is directing the case
for the government, also appeared ear
ly,' accompanied by his assistant, Ken
neth Simpson, who was an important
figure in obtaining the indictments in
the ease. v
The indictment on which Daugher
ty and Miller are being trieel charges
them with “conspiracy to defraud the
United States of their unprejudiced
services as officials’’ by accepting a
bribe of $301,000 in the return of $7,-
006,000 in cash and Liberty Bonds to
Gorman claimants of stock in the Am
erican Metals Co. It is charged the
alleged bribe was accepted within a
month after their appointment by
President Harding in 1021.
DELIVERY OF FIRST BALE
IS SEVEN DAYS LATER
Ulan Last Year—Robeson County
Man Sold It.
Raleigh, N. C„ Sept. 7—C*>>—De
livery of the first bale of cotton to
the North Otrolina Ojtton Growers’
Cooperative association was seven
days later this year tbnn last. B. F.
Ivey, of Maxton. Kobeson County,
was credited with bringing in the
first 1926 bale on August 20. Last
3fear he first bale came in on Au
gust' 10 and the second bale on
August 24.
Anson county, which 'has hereto
fore enjoyed the distinction of get
ting in the first bale, lost the honor
this year by five days. The Anson
balk, grown by L. D. Robinson, of
Wadesboro, was delivered to the as-,
sodiation on August 31.
The states headquarters of the as
. sociatkm here report that deliveries
are now coming in from all sections
for Q 026. The cotton I*, being re
i ceived at more than 30 warehouses
and -300 receiving points.
Advances for the present are said
j to amount to about sixty , per cent of
, the.value of the delivery, and runs as
. follows: On bales weighing 500
. pounds or more, $65: weighing 481
. 400, SSO; 451 to 480. $45; 401 to
450, $35 : 351 to 400, $25-
' Col Major Transferred.
, 'Washington, Sept. 7.— OP) —CoL
. Duncan K. Major has been relieved
, of the Forat Eustis, Va., command,
. and will assume new duties on Sep
> tember 20th as chief St staff of (he
fourth corpa area at Atlanta, til.
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CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1926
YtRN MARKET NUW
MOW STATE
I GISTOk SPINIER!;
• It Is Said That 1,500,000
• Spindles in Gaston Aseo- j
- j ciation Will Be Busy for j
l j Some Time.
j PRICES SAID TO
M BE IMPROVED
i As Result of Orders Some
l Mills Are Running Full
• Time and Others Will
Doing So Before Lflgi’.'
l Gastonia. Sept. 7.—(/P) —£ survey
( made today reveals that about 1.500.-
| 000 spindles in the Gaston County
. Spinners’ Association have sufficient
orders for yarn on their books to.keep
i them in operation for an average of
six to eig'.it weeks from now.
Spinners are free.y declining busi
! ness offtfled near the price levels of
. the summer, textile men said. Stocks
. oT yarn are now the lowest sindh May.
Some mills are ruunning full time itml
others are preparing to resume regu
lar hours.
The checkup has brought an appar
ent spirit of optimism.
THE SHEIKS BODY
NOW AT HOLLYWOOD
Young Girl Hid In Chapel Since
Sunday Night In Order to Glimpse
Body.
law Ange’.tw, Sept. 6.—Rudolph
Valentino, the screen’s foremost
lover, returned today in death to the
land where he rose from virtual ob
scruity to unbounded fame.
The body of the actor reached the
end of its journey from New York,
just before 3 p. m.
Friends and picture comrades,
fearing a repetitions of disorderly
scenes which occurred in the east,
had the* body removed from the train
lat Richfield station, a suburban
point, nnd taken directly to an un
dertaking parlor here.
Pol* Very Nervous.
Pola Negri, film actress, who was
to have wed Valentino next year,
left the train wbjle the body was
being placed in a hearse and was
driven to her hotel. She appeared t 6
be in. an extremely nervous condition.
• tefare. tbe-wasket was remo'KSL’:
•from the train, Miss Negri plaeed a ■
large sheaf of yellow roses upon it.
Then, accompanied by Marion
j Davies, film actress who bad board
jed the train earlier today, she en
tered an automobile with her nurse
mnd physician
Albert Gugiielmi, Valentino’s
brother, and George Ullman, the
dead actor's manager, rode in an
automobile just behind the hearse.
KILLED IN AUTO RACE
Frank Perry, of Greensboro, Loses
His Life at DanviUe.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 6. TV death
of one race driver and injuries to five
others today married the racing pro
gram staged at the Labor "Day cele
bration at the state fair grounds.
Frank Perry, 45, of Greensboro, N.
C., went to his death when, blinded
from dust and unable to see the turn
in the bowl, bis machine skidded nnd
turned over. His neck was broken
and he died en route to a hospital.
Charles Holly suffered bruists in a
practice spin and Garnet Holly, mo
torcycle driver, was treated for in
juries at a hospital nnd later re
turned to ttie track.
Fred Fretwell, Arthur Adams nnd
Walter George were injured, none
severely, as a result of a series of ac
cidents occurring during the racing
program.
The machines of Charlie Davis and
Ernest Moo>re crashed while traveling
at breakneck speed, but both miracu
lously escaped injury.
With Our Advertisers.
Is your Ford tuned up and ready
to enter the contest for S3OO in gold
Go around to the Reid Motor Co. and
let them tell you how to enter.
Last time of “Up in Mable's Room”
at the Concord Theatre today.
See new ad. today pt the Cabarrus
Creamery Co.
W. J. Hethcox is always at your
service electrically.
New fa',l dresses ’n everything at
Efird’s.
Blue Ribbon malt extract is sold
here through the F. M. Youngblood
Company
The E. L. Morrison Lumber I'om
pany sells superior lumber.
Lee Nora Hats are among today’s
arrival* at Robinson's millinery de
partment.
Vote on Raising Pay of Kansas Legis
lators.
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 7.—OP)-Citi
sens of Kansas will decide at the
erai election November 2nd whether
the services of their law makers nre
worth more than $3 a day. They
will vote on a proposed amendment to
the state constitution providing for
the payment of $8 a day to members
ot the legislature for a period of sixty
days every two years.
The present pay was adopted sixty
seven years ago.
Skirts or knickerbockers shorter
than four inches below the knee are
not to be worn by women or girls,
engaged in organised athletic com
petitions in France, under a decree
just issued by the Morality Com
mittee of the' Fftnhiine Sports Fede
ration. .:*jgp£ • • "f
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Machine Guns Used on Rhode Island Strikers
i fitted Pap*
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State troopers are shoWn unloading mactmie guns at Man vine, it. i., ui preparation fort
battle with strike sympathizers at a mill there. John Koumansky, right, had two Tinges
ihpi away in a riot.
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PRIMARIES IN FIVE STATES
Primaries Rein; Held Today in Wide
ly Separated Sections.
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 7.—Five
state primaries are being held today
in widely separated sections of the
country, the results of wiliest will be i
scanned with close attention by the
party lenders. In each of the five i
states a United States senatorship is
at stake. George H. Moses, presi- i
deirt pro tempore of the senate, is up
for renominntiou in New Hampshire, I
Tasker L. Oddie is seeking a renoini
nation in Nevada. Irvone 1.. I.enroot i
in Wisconsin, Ralph H. Cameron in
Arizona, and William M. Itutler in '
Massachusetts.
Senator Mrses' opponent in the Re
publican primary in New Hampshire
is Robert P. Bass, a former governor
of the state. Mr. Bass represents
the progressive wing of the Republi
can party, Mr. Moses, the
Republicans. Mr. Bass was govemot
In 11)11 and 1912 and was one of the
“seven Irttle, governors” whh in 1012
:memorialized Theodore (Roosevelt to .
he again A candidate for the presi
dency. New Hampshire is a Re
publican state by a substantial ma
jority and 'it is regarded as a cer
tainty that the Republican candidate
will be elected in November.
In the Wisconsin primary Presi
dent Coolidge and the World Court
face another severe test. Senator Ir
vine Ij. I .enroot, whose seat is at
stake, is one of the administration’s
leaders in the upper house. He is
waging the hardest kind of a cam
paign to retain his place, but opinion
is divided as to his chances of • suc
cess. His opponent for the Repub
lican nominations is Governor J. .T.
Blaine, a lieutenant of the late Rob
ert M. I-aFollette and commanding
the support of the LaFollette machine.
Senator Oddie, of Nevada, likewise
faces a hard fight to retain his seat.
His opponent is “Ed” Roberts, mayor
of Reno and a former representative
in Congress. To some extent the pro
hibition issue figures in the contest.
Senator Oddie, though not an enthu
siastic “dry,” is standing on a law
enforcement program and favors a
state-wide referendum to ascertain the
sentiment of the people. Mr. Roberts,
on the other hand, is an out-and-out
“wet.” From this distance the con
test between the two appears to be
close and the result uncertain.
The Democratic contest for the sen
atorial nomination in Nevada is also
attracting considerable attention.
Three candidates are seeking the nom
ination—Ray Baker, Judge Pat Mc-
Caren and Bert Mclntosh. Mr. Bak
er is At best known nationally, as
he BerWcr under President Wilson as
superintendent of the United States
Mints. The concensus is that the
contest is between Baker and Mc-
Caren.
Senator Butler in Massachusetts
and Senator Cameron in Arizona are
attracting little attention, so far as
the primaries are concerned. It is
generally expected that Senator Cam
eron will be renominated. Senator
Butler, who is a close friends of the
President, has no opposition for the
nomination in his own. party.
Both Massachusetts and Arizona,
however, are expected to attract wide
attention during the election cam
paign. Senator Camero’s chances for
re-election are not regarded as sure
as his chances for the renomination,
since the political records show that
Arizona is as likely to go Democratic
as Republican, particularly in an olF
yeaf election. In Massachusetts, Sen
ator Butler will face a hard fight for
S re-election. He will have as hts op
ponent oh the Democratic ticket David
I. Walsh, a former governor of the
Bay . State and later a United States
1 senator, whose jiersonal strength and
popularity are generall conceded.
Bache'or Trial Opens. iy
Wetmnpka. Ala.. Sept. 7.—(A 9 )—A
crowd so large that it appeared at
times to be out of control Os officers,
gathered here today at the opening of
the trial of Clyde Reuse Bachelor,
I chared with murder in connection
with the death of Judge Lamar C.
Smith, his father-in-law.
The defense lost in the first round
of Ihe fight, .Indite George F. Smoot
denying a motion for postponement.
GOVERNMENT COST PER
INDIVIDUAL* $8.20j
Department of Commerce Statistics
Are Made Public.
Washington, D. Sept. 7.—(A*)—
A i>er capita cost of $9.20 for the
operation and maintenance of the gov
ernments of the 48 states of the Union
during the fiscal period closing Jan
uary 31, 1920, or the first fiscal period
closing thereto, was revealed in de
partment of commerce statistics on
Stiite government costs issued today.
The total amount expended to run
the different states during this period
was $1,035,478,035, the report shows.
This was apportioned from $250,060.-
428 for education to $55,884,578 for
payment of soldiers’ bonus in 21
states.
The per capita maintenance cost
has displayed a steady increase since
1917 when it was only $4.19. By
1924 it has risen to $9 and jumped
21 qynts additional in 1925.
Payments for maintenance and op
eration; of public service enterprises
amounted to $8,398,276; interest ou
debt to $07,001,948, and outlays for
permanent improvement $503,023,971.
Total payments for 1925. therefore,
amounted to $1,014,562,230; for 1924
to $1.513.628;021, and for 1917 to
$517,503.22. Interest charges increas
ed $11,814,000 over 1924.
These figures show that during 1925
the total payments were divided into
64.1 per cent, for operation and main
tenance of the general departments;
0.5 p*r cent, for the operation and
maintenance of public service depart
ments; 4.2 per cent, for charities,
hospitals and corrections; 13.8 per
cent, for highways; 8.3 per cent, for
general government; 5.4 per cent, for
protection to person and property; 5.5'
per cent, for development and conser
vation of natural resources; 2.4 per
cent, for health and sanitation; 0.3
per cent, for recreation, and 9.G per
cent, for miscellaneous, which includes
the soldiers' bonus
Tiie outlay for permanent improve
ments were principally for highways,
constituting 83.2 per cent, of the total.
The next in importance were the out
lay payments for education, amount
ing to $30,072,861 and charities, hos
pitals and corrections amounting to
$25,400,155.
To meet this cost of operation the
total revenue collected by the 48 states
in 1925 was $1,485,242,240. This
was $373,793,981 more than the total
payments of the year exclusive of the
outlny payments for permanent im
provements, but $129,319,9iK) less
than the total payments including
those for permanent improvement*.
In only 17 states was there suffi
cient revenue to meet all payments
during the year, the difference in ex
cess of revenue being met from pro
ceeds of debt obligations.
The wide deficiency existed after
the states as a whole had increased
their revenues $115,176,000 over the
past year.
The total per capita revenue re
ceipts were $13.19 in 1925, $12.32 in
1924. and $5.14 in 1917. Property
and special taxes represented 40 per
cent, of the total revenue of 1925.
Special taxes in 1925 included $85,-
894.009 from inheritance taxes in 45
states and $27,535,105 from income
taves in 13 states.
These collections made on an as
, scssed valuation of $130,184,400,483
in the 48 states. The per capita
! levy for 1925 was $3.28. in 1924 it
. was $3.31. and in 1917 it was only
$1.83. During the past year there
were no general property taxes levied
, Tor state purposes in Bennsylvania,
North Carolina and California,
i Tlie increase for 1925 in the as
sessed property valuation for the gen
| eral property tax was $4,850,882,000
i and the increase on the levy on this
valuation was $1,285,000. The ag
gregate valuation also gives the as
sessable valuation in the three states
which do not levy a general tax for
statd purposes.
Orchestra* Ordered Out on Strike.
Chicago. Sept. o.—(
■ in- 45 leading vaudeville and motion
picture houses were ordered out on
strike today by the Chicago Federa
tion of Musicians. The orders affect
all vaudeville theatres and all mov
ing picture theatres offering matinees
and evening performances.
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I FEWER BUT LARGER
COTTON GINS THE RULE
According to Study Completed by IT. 1
j S. Department of Agriculture.
• Italeigh, Sept. 7.— UP) —Fewer but
larger cotton gins are now the rule in i
the south, according to a study re- 1
cently completed by the United States
department of agriculture. The study '
was undertaken in order to determine 1
factors that influence gin efficiency
for the purpose of eliminating waste. '
In 1912 there were 28.358 ginning
plnnts in the cotton belt. By 1925 ]
this number had slumped off to 18,202
but the increase in individual capacity
gives the smaller number the same 1
operating capacity as for the total
number of gins in 1912, the report dis
closed. i
The more detailed portions of the
study were carried out in the north 1
central Texas belt, but the observa- <
tions are thought to furnish averages •
that will hold over the entire cotton >
belt.
The study shows that the average 1
cost of ginning , a bale for 21 plants
in the territory investigated, having a
capacity of 1,001 to 17500 bales is
$6.90. In the larger gins the cost
is shown to decrease until in the 3,00 l
to 3,500 class it drops to $4.58. The
average for 74 plants ginning a total
of 141,000 bales is $5.70 per bale.
Os the 74 ginning plants included
in the study, 19 were four-stand
plants, 40 five-stand plants and fifteen
were eight, nine and ten-stand plants.
In total number of saws the four
stand plants had an average of 301,
the five-stand plants 370, and the
double battery plants 046. The four
stand plants ginned on an average
of 22,090 hundred weight, or approxi
mately 1,500 bales, the five-stand '
plants turned out approximately 1,-
800 bales, and the double batteries
ginned about 2,000 bales per plant. '
The-average for all plants was approx
imately 1,900 bales.
The conclusions point out that vol- j
urne is unquestionably the principal
factor in determining total costs per ;
unit.
“THE GOLDEN WEED”
Opening of Tobacco Markets in East
cm North Carolma.
Raleigh, N. C-. Sept. 6.—OP)—The
flood of “Tlie Golden Weed” will be
gin tomorrow in Eastern North
Carolina with the opening of the to
bacco markets of the New Bright
Belt. Warehouses arc scheduled to
open at 22 cities and towns and to
night thousands ami millions of
pounds of tobacco had been conveyed
to the markets in readiness for to
morrow’s activities.
Growers generally were optimistic
on the eve of the opening and good
prices were,'looked 'award to in to
morrow's sales. The high prices
realized on the South Carolina Belt
and in Georgia during the past two
weeks have heartened growers and ’n
addition the crop of this year is
<aid to be in fine shape and*of ex
! cellent quality.
Much Tobacco at Wilson Market.
Wilson. 'X. C.. Sept. 7 —(A*)—Ap
proximately 750,009 pounds of tobac
co were on the floors of the local
auction warehouses for sale today
when the bright belt tobacco market
opened. The product in the sales of
the first three hours brought the av
erage price of 23 cents to 25 cents
per pound. Quality was said not to
be so good, due to dry weather in this
particular section.
1,000,000 Pounds at Greenville.
Greenville, N. C., Sept. 7.—CP)—
With an opening average estimated
price of 22 cents per pound, the auc
' tion tobacco markets opened here to
day. Approximately 1,600.000 pounds
1 of tobacco were on the floors of the
warehouses. Prices ran from 85 per
cent, to 50 per cent, higher on the
1 common grades than that paid last
year.
Mecklenburg Tax Rate Raised.
< Siarlotte, .Sept, 6. —Ninety eight
' cents on each SIOO worth of proper
• ty was fixed by the board of county
1 commissioners today as the tax rate
-for Mecklenburg county for the en
-1 suing year. This is a raise of two
■ cents from last year. The rate was
« baaed on the expectation of $165 -
000,000 worth of taxable property.
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THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODA||
noSM
PRffR DECLARES
JdHDED REPORf
ABOUT REM®
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Spanish Premier Says ,CM
lv Trouble in
Caused by Artillery®!!
ficers Who Mutinied.
DECREE CAUSED
THE TROIJHtf
Officers Wanted Senifl|j|H
Rule in the PromotJflflHj
While Government PgjHl
ored Another Plan. H
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! London. Sept. 7.—(A*)—PeefnH
Primo de Rivera, of Spain, in a gtMgfl
sage to the Evening News,'
'emphatically there has been no rep|Hl
tion in Spain but merely a
among artillery officers against fSjP
constituted authorities. Outlining’fflß
situation he says;
“On June 6th a royal decree
published modifying the system o>f
motions in the army whereby it
made possible for the government]®
reward its best servants of dimtigtwj
instead of adhering strictly; .
rule of seniority.
“Tlie artillery showed itself In ifMjf n
agreement, ibpeding the work of
government, 'and refusing to
the orders of the authorities. , Wl
conduct rendered necessary ricoropw.-
measures already made known, KieMKa
ures which were necessary to rifoWSKj
tablish the prestige and authoritgpH|
the government.
“The rebellious artillery men mH
quently submitted to disciplintu*|«®
crees, and promoters of the
will be tried by a special ainß
court.”
MARTIN CANNON BUYS -&J1
7 ACRES DUKE I>KOPH|M9
Transfer of Large Tract of ImH
Following Long NegotUHHH
Awaits Confirmation by CourijO
Charlotte Obeserver.
Approximately seven acres
land, constituting part of the dotnmH
of the former J- B. Duke estate - mj£l
Myers Park, will pass to the ownMMg
ship of Martin L. Cannon, 530 lial*J
Mtorehead street, when
of the court completes the legal'l
transfer of the property from UjgH
Duke estate. -
Mr. Cannon said last night he haftSl
made an offer to the Duke eßtg|m9
which he bad transmitted through j
his agent. Oaaton C. Galloway, HIM
he himself, went to Europe. ‘yM
He had not been in touch «|h
Mr. Galloway, who is in HloWihC.l
Rock, but said it had been report®!
unofficially to him that his offer half
been accepted.
Agent’s Version. . cm
Agents for the Duke estate'. IH
the other hand, tended to cdMag
the sale by the statement (hai rig ’]
that would be required to com'»H3|
the sale would be a necessary
act, which would probably be “eoiijtll
pleted -in a few days.” •'•f'S
The property 'll question lies jjlotmlj
Queens road, on which thq , jifjmHHj
Park car line runs, EdgehiU, jwyjßPu
and Adsley road in Myers Park. ?pj|H|
acreage extends from Queens
back toward the hedge of trees whiA >.
form a fringe on the west side <O3
that part of the Duke domain- J»il
cently purchased by C~ o.' Gudz ''
dington.
Negotiations for the deal Wdftwl
begun some months ago. before Mr.'-;
Cannon made a trip to Europe.' HljSj
entrusted tlie negotiations to] QtigH
ton C. Galloway, real estate, attwßl
who is in Blowing Itock at pr«M|pj9
The acceptance by the Duke tetAnj
of the offer made for the appeorij],
mately seven acres is uiulerstObd tKii
have been accepted by the ugesg K|
the Duke estate.
Tlie sum of $115,000 is the naWripH
said to have been offered hyr; Hpj
Cannon for the acreage, w-liicfl TPj
without a dwelling upon it. at pttjMM
cut. Mr. Coddington is undeTsf«||
to have paid $250,000 for the
maining 10 acres of the 17,origiftiik |
ly constituting tuo Duke domain. ’
The 10 acres bought by Mr. flM|
dington included the palatial ; Duwl
house and grounds-
Mr. Cannon has not annouii4Mjj|
plans for the developing of the proftei
erty lie is negotiating for, bat
derstood to have plans for developiltg;
it at all early fate.
Statesville Aldermen Fix Tax ffwl
at $1.39. -a
Statesville. Sept. o.—At a mriMsfl
mg of the board of aldeniiew ofj
Statesville, the budget for the jjKjH
was adopted and the tax rate
year 1926 was placed at $1.39. yrinH
is the same rate in effect for the pflH
three years. . •
The board also passed an (ifjfclj
nance calling for ail election JjHH
vember 10. 1026, to vote qti a muns-,
cipal building and the Chambejj-jM
Commerce. , ' i '
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1 100 Legion Auxiliary Women fa OMjl
lotte.
Charlotte, Sept. 7.—(A 3 )—More tIMH
100 women of the American LegfMw
Auxiliary of North Carolina
South Carolina attended a lunohow!
'iiere today in honor -of Mrs. jjjjH
Isindon Shepard, of Sonora.
. national president of the auxiUaqO
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THE WBAUBEB/I
I Fair tonight and probably WeigH
- day. Gentle winds, mostly nortMM
and east. l&p