ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
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Reports Today Direct From
Storm Area Indicate First
Reports Not Exaggerated
THOUSAKOS HURT;
OTHERS WITHOUT
HOMES AMD FOOD
Nurses, Doctors, Troops
and Red Cross Workers
Hasten to Stricken Area
For Relief Work.
BREAD LINES IN
MIAMI FEED MANY
Children Separated From
Parents Wander About
Ruins—Other Cities Are
Damaged.
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(By the Associated Press)
The first news dispatch received di
rect from the storm scattered city of
Miami since the disaster estimated the
dead at between fWK) and 1,500. These
figures did not include casualties at
Fort Lauderdale, where- WO are re
ported dead, or at Moorhaven, 75
miles west of Miami, where huge
waves from Imke Okechobee took a
heavy human toll.
i'ntold thousands were homeless and
the injured were estimated,at 25.000
to 80,000.
■\ Continuing its path of devastation ,
the tropipi)-hurricane that stmc* she ■
Grilf of Mexico, today was stffklhg
Pensacola, according to meager ad
vices received jant before that city
was isolated from communication.
Word from Pensacola at the ex
treme west tip of Florida Peninsula
said a 100-mile gale was blowing this
morning, and the barometer reading
was 20.16.
Two staff correspondents of the As
sociated Press arriving in Miami by
airplane estimated the damage Ih that
sections at $150,000,000, indicating
the totnl property toll of the storm ,
may exceed $200,000,000.
Two hundred children separated
from their families were wandering
through the ruins of their homes ini
Miami, the newspaper men reported,,
while roads * leading to West Palmj
Beach were crowded with automobiles]
filled with refugees. Fears of the j
health of many of the children were,
held because of the lack of water, milk j
and proper sanitary conditions.
A wall of silence guarded the ex-'
tent of the hurricane's tell in Fort]
Lauderdale, said to have been one of 1
the heaviest sufferers. t
Hundreds of persons were injured
in Miami by Hying debris during the
nine hours of the storm, a Pullman
engineer reported. The wind tore
heavy galvanised iron sheets from the
roofs of buildings and carried them
about like paper, he said.
Bread lines have been formed in
Miami, where severe penalties have
been fixed for hoarding- and profiteer
ing. The city is under martial law,
and no one is allowed on the streets
at night unless on urgent business.
Conflicting reports were received
from the towns of Moorhenven and
Clewiston on the south and west
shores of Lake Okeechobee. Refugees
reaching Sebring said that, only the
brick buildings came through, the gale
unscathed,' and that wreckage was
strewn over a wide area. They said
the Mayflower Hotel at Moorhaven
was turned Completely around and
numerous small buildings were wreak-,
ed.
A man reaching Lakeland from
Mooi'oaven, however, said the build
ings were mostly standing. Erti
inates of deaths in this section were
placed at from 50 to 100.
Doctors and nurses arriving in the
disaster sectiou today are bringing
supplies and food and medicine. Urg
ent calls hnve been sent out for bread
and an appeal made for equipment
to handle 300 X-ray cases at Fort
Lauderdale.
Additional reports today told of the
mounting'damage to shipping along the,
east coast. Several schooners were
reported in distress and hundreds of
small craft piled up on the shore.
An unidentified man who swam to
the shore said be was a member of $
schooner wrecked near Fort Lauder
dale. They left its captain on board
with both arms and back broken. The
man was too exhausted to give furth
er details.
Citrus fruit suffered severe damage
throughout the storm swept are*. The
west coast of Florida although in the
grip of 78 to 90-mile gales for several
hours Saturday afternoon, escaped
with comparatively slight damage and
no casualties were, reported.
Nasheville, Tenn., Sept. 20—<*>)—
Flying in the Waco plane of the Naeh-
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Airplanes, Automobiles and Trains
At Service of the Stricken Area
Miami, Tin., Sept. 20; — VP) Bt-ti- •
mates ranging fr.-m 600 to 1500 dead
prevailed in the M’ami disaster aven
fhis morning, as first contact w th the
outside world wtta established by air
plane! automobile and relayed trains.
.The damage was estimated at $150,-
000.000. (
In the Miami storm disaster area
are Included Hollywood, Fort Lauder
dale, Redlands. Moorhaven and (Lewis
ton.
West Palm Beach received its first
injured patients early today when
George Bte ? n and R. .1. Sims, both of
Hollywood, were rushed to a local
hospital by a fast machine. Both
were reported in a serious condition.
LfWe eontnet with these places had
been established as the causeways
were flooded and wreckage and high
water barred traffic-. Because of con
tinued severe winds pilots of ah-plaues
were reported as wary of attempting
to enter the storni area.
Airplanes could net find any land
ing places, and seaplanes feared the
ville Banner, Captain Walter Wil
liams. local aviator, and W. E. Barr.
Banner staff photographer, leave here
at noon with several hundred pounds
of first aid, hospital and medical sup
plies for the Red Cross station at
Miami, Fla.
Relief Train Hatter by Water.
Sanford, Fla.. Sept. 20.—(A*)—Tbc
Atlantic coast Line relief train wbU-h
left Sanford at 10:30 last night for
lfborhaveii was forced to stop within
fiHfcjs-esM&pa
Cording to information relayed to
T«i ifiSdleal, food and clothing sup
plies are being transported to‘Moor
haven by motor boat this morning.
Ample supplies ape available for re
lief, it is said. One hundred and fifty
volunteer workers from Tampa were
turned back at Palmdale, 16 miles
north of Moorhaven. A total of 375
homeless people were transported in
box cars and motor boats from Moor
haven to Sebriug. a railroad message
said.
Money for Relief Work.
Lakeland, Fla., Sept. 20.— OP) —The
city of Lakeland today appropriated
j 5.000 for the relief of storm victims.
; 50 Bodies in Improvised Morgue.
Avon Park, Fla , Sept. 20.— OP) —
I With fifty-six bodies in an improvised
I morgue here today, and the missing
, totalling nearly 200, rescue workers
I in Moorhaven were bending every ef
| fort to reipove all persons from the
flooded area.
I Nearly 500 refugees arrived last
night. The water is receding, said
1 officials who returned here this morn
ing, and the collection of the dead
will be resumed immediately.
According to one eye witness, the
dyke along Lake Okeetftobee broke al
8 o'clock Saturday morning and the
Water poured over the land until It
stood twelve to fourteen feet deep in
the highest spot in Moorhaven. In
the lowlands it wsh over the roofs
of the bouses.
Few anticipated the break, he said,
os the dyke wns thought invulnerable
No one has been able to reach Clew
iston, 20 miles southeast of Moorhav
en today, and fear are expressed that
many lives lost there. An aviator
flew over the village ami reported the
only sign Os life was a small group
of people on the roof of the only build
ing left standing. An nttempt will
made this afternoon by a relief (tarty
on horseback.
Lake Point, a village of about 200
people is also isolated.
rtartdant Appeals For Relief Fund.
Washington, Sept. 20.— <A") —Presi-
dent Coolidge today appeared to the
American people to come to the assist
ance of sufferers in the Florida d's
aster.
In a Presidential proclamation he
asked that contributions to a relief
fund be sent to the American Red
Cross.
Governor Off For Stricken Are*.
St Augustine, Fla.. Sept. 2Q.—W)
—Governor John W. Martin left here
shortly before noon today for Palm
Beach by automobile to place himself
and accompanying state officials in
touch with relief measures in the storm .
area. He will be there indefinitely.
In reply to reports that newspaper
men are being denied entrance into!
the area by civil authorities. Gover
nor Martin told the Associated Press:
“Associated Press correspondents
and officials representatives of news
papers are entitled to every courtesy
, authorities can offer, and I will see
> to it that their work is not Impeded
by local interference.”
! WIH Fight Insanitary Conditions.
I Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 20.—OO
CStas. Mann, president of the State
Board of Health, has ordered all em
ployee of the board into the storm
i' \ -
,
• i-ough and debris-filled Water.
The American Red Cross has es
tablished stat'iins throughout the
str-qken area, ami the aid of nea.by
towns and eitiee was offered.
Relief trains from West Palm Beach
have arrived, bringing additional phys
icians, nurses, medical supplies and
essential foods.
Efforts are being made to find rel
atives or friends of more than 200
elr'ldren wlio hnve been found wander
ing about what remains of Miami, sep
arated from their families.
Miami was under mnrtial law, and
none except goveftnnent, state offi
cials, newspaper men and persons |>er
fnrming missions of relief were allow
ed to enter.
Profiteering has been banned under
another proclamation of Mayor Whar
ton.' It's provides that no prices may
be charged in excess of those pre
vnMing September 18. the day follow- j
ing the storm. Violators will suffer
confiscation of their supplies, a heavy
fine, and imprisonment.
urea.
Doctors, nurses, sanitary inspectors
ami engineers will be appointed among
the various cities, w’th orders to
guard especially 1 against typhoid fev
er. Quantities of serum for inocula
tion has been sent south.
Sanitary engineers have reported to
the State Board that conditions arc
“bad.” ,
Portal People Do Relief Work, f
Washington, Sept. 20. —OF)—Pp*]t-
marter General JfeW- TOW'Jn CHe*#.
efi route to Kiimfis 'city; gave *iS r
structions by telephone today author
ing all Florida postmasters to utilize
the facilities of the postal service in
relief and rescue work.
Clewiston, Fla. Sept. 20.—OP)—
This place survived the storm safely,
with no casualties.
SOME DETAILS OF
THE GREAT STORM
Interesting Story of the Devastation
Wrought at West Palm Beach and
Elsewhere.
Real estate activity of the last
five years has seen millions of dollars
(mured into developments, modern ho
tels, subdivisions, apartment houses,
homes, public utilities, schools and
churches along the lower coastal sec
tion of the peninsula which bore the
brunt of the hurricane.
Miami Beach ten years ago a low
lying sand bar and mangrove swamp,
had of late years taken on the appear
ance of a tropical vista, Spanish vil
las, golf courses, polo fields, yacht
basins and artificial lakes and canals
have for several seasons enjoyed a
popularity with winter resorts rival
ing attractions of Palm Beach.
Hotels Erected.
The last three years has seen the
erection of the Fleetwood, Flamingo,
Nautilus, Pancoast and Itoncy Plaza
Hotels, all modern and imposing struc
tures ,at costs estimated in the mil
lljons of dollars.
Miami Harbor, where according to
late dispatches, damage running into
tbe millions was sustained, lias for
several years been tbe site of an ex
tensive development program, and as
sisted by the Federal Government,
thousands of doflnrs have been ex
pended in deepen 1 ng and widening
tbe, channel into the outer sea.
Causeway Covered.
Ih the shallow waters of Biscayne
Bay, artificial islands have made their
appearance and the ‘‘Venetian Is
’ands,” a late feature of this type of
development, built of bulkheaded sand
sucked from the bottom of the bay,
have been show places of the Miami
area. Late dispatches told of water
completely covering the $1,000,000
causeway, connecting Miami with M
ami Beach, and running directly
tbrough tbe Venetian- Islands.
Roval Palm Park, in Miami, lying
one block from the Biscayne Bay
waterfront where reports say a large
steamship has been stranded, is tbe
scene of tbe famous weekly Sunday
School cUrs of the late William Jen
nings Bryan, who for several years
prior to his death made his home at
Miami. The park lies directly in
front of the famous old Royal Fatrn
I Hotel, erected in the 80‘s by Henry
I M. Flagler, shortly after the comple
j tion of the Florida East Coast Rail
way line south of West Palm Beach.
Newspaper Plant Destroyed,
i The Miami Tribune plant, report
. ed destroyed, was situated several
blocks from the waterfront.
Miami and vicinity and Fort
I Lauderdale appear to have borne the
brant of the etorm. Water was flow
ing in the streets of Miami, prac
tically every place of business was
j said to have been damaged, no drink
ing water was immediately available
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CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926
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J Quake Wrecks City on Mid-Atlantic Island |
ißs. s -MffiffirtM^^Lpl off,*
ir ffisffffffy cy ju
fhis iff a general view of damage done when a series of earthquakes rocked Horta, in the
More* Islands. Many werf killed.
„ Ills—elUwql ttsvewmi
COOUDGES AGAIN ARE ]
IN THE WHITE HOUSE j
President Returns From Vacation |
j and Prepares to Resume Routine, j
Washington, Sept. I!>.—l “resident |
Coolidge resumed life at the White
House' today as before his vacation |
and tomorrow plans to be at his j
desk early in the executive offices
prepared to carry on the business of
the government.
With Mrs. ('ooiidge he attended
services this fnorning at the First
Congregational church.
The services were held at the Met
ropolitan motion picture theatre in i
the down-town district which bos
been placed at the disposal of tbc
church peding construction of a .new I
building.
It was the first Sunday service to
be_i*onducted by tbe Rev. Dr.
Noble Pierce since his vacation' mod
he greeted all his parishioners from
the pulpit.
Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge returned
late last night from the Adirondack*
to the White House, which was re
novated during their more than two
months' absence.
The first day home was spent
quietly at the executive mansion.
Do Not Inherit “T. B.”—lt Is
Communicable.
Sanatorium. Sept. 20.—Previous
to Koch's discovery of the tubercle
bacilli, anil among ignorant people
since, it lias been held that tuber
culosis is inherited. It is now known
that jt is not inherited, but infectious
or communicable. It is also generally
agreed that most infections occur in
childhood. *
The germs of tuberculosis are
found in the sputum or spit that
consumptives cough up- Intimate and
close association of the well with the
sick may lead to infection if proper
precautions are not taken. Probably
most infections occur from inhaling
air in wich are large numbers of the
germs, or the germs are conveyed to
the month on the fingers or'in food
contaminated from floors, sidewalks
and gutters where consumptives
spit.
Physicians declare that large num
bers of persons contain in their
systems the tubercle bacilli. With the
tubercle bacilli so general and wide
spread right living is the best means
of preventing the disease. Rest, food
and fresh air are today the recogniz
ed essentials for the cure of the
disease. Methods of living that will
cure the disease will also prevent it.
State Highway Detours.
Greensboro, Sept. 20— OP) —De
tours on five main highways in North
Carolina were shown oh the regular
semi-monthly report on touring condi
tions of the Carolina Motor Club,
which has been issued here.
They are: route 10, Greensboro to
High Point, Salisbury to Btatesville,
Valdese to Morganton and Smithtield
to Goldsboro; route 20 from Shelby
to Forest City about two miles; route
00 from Raleigh to Wendell; route 80
from Salisbury to Albemarle, and
route 21 from Raleigh to Fayette
ville.
Detours ‘generally were reported in
good shape, and in several cases al
ternate routes are provided where It
’ is necessary to detour around con
struction activities.
i Old Duke Gymnasium Will Sen Ser
vice as Cafeteria.
, Durham, Sept. 17. —The old Duke
, gymnasium, built in 1880 through
. the generosity of Benjamin N. Duke,
was named the Angier Duke builil
: in*. In honor of tbe late Angler B.
Duke. The building was at that time
considered one of tbe finest gymnas
iums in the entire south. It is still
‘ standing, and during the present
year will be used as a cafeteria for
students.
I Thirty-six from the Jackson
. Training School enjoyed a fine swim
, at the Y. M. C. A. pool Saturday.
. Their visit was made possible by the
, courtesy of W. B. Ward Company,
which furnished a truck and driver to
take them to and from the Y.
[boy. 12. DIES IN FIGHT
FOB GENE TI NNEY
“Dempsey,” Agc:l 10. Lands a
! “Knockout” on Young Enthusiast.—
I Clot Caused Death.
Philadelphia. I’a., Sept. 20.—A
112-yenr-old boy's enthusiasm over the
j prospect of Gene Tuhney winning
; the world heavyweight title trom
Mack Dempsey when they meet in
j the Sesquieentennial Stadium cost
him his life.
Offering to demonstrate how the
exmarine would knock out the ehani
| pion. Mattel Kin of 1.032 North
Franklin Street today squarred off
in the yard of the Clay Public
School. Eighth nml Thompson
[streets, with Carl Weinstein, It), of
411 West Oxford street, his pal. tak
ing the part of Dempsey.
>' A few moments later Kin was
dead, his pal sobbing, "I didn’t tneair
to hit him.”
Physicians oily the dead boy ap
pears to have suffered from a
thrombosis, a rare ailment caused by
obstruction of the veins or arteries,
which blocks the action of the heart.
Weinstein was arrested on a tech
nical charge of homicide.
With Our Advertisers.
Dodge Bros, announce another im
portant list of improvements on their
cars. See ad. of the Auto Supply and
Repair Co.
The Parksßelk Co.'s Beauty Shoppe
will, dress the hair in such away as
to accentuate the beauty of the face.
Phone 802.
Atwater-Kent radios talk for them
selves.l Get them at the Yorke &
YVadsworth Co.
Overstaffed Suites complete with
three pieces, only $133.05 at the Con
cord Furniture Co.
Deep and Shallow well pumps and
washing machines told here by 11. H.
Owen. Phone 600.
• Done Star cement is sold here by
the National Lumber Co. See nd. in
this paper.
Get a radio and etfjoy the fight
Thursday night from your home. From
sls to $375 at the Ritchie Hardware
Co.
Just two more big Dollar Days at
the Parks-Belk Oo.'«. Special dis
counts in their rcady-to-wenr and
millinery departments during these
two days. They buy your country
produce.
Exquisite new fall frocks at J. C.
Penney Company's, only $14.75. See
description in new nd. today.
Fall and winter footwear at Efirds.
Prices range from 05 cents to $4.05.
Final reduction of prices of one
half to one-third at Markson Shoe
store.
Caps, neckwear and belts as well as
clothing at Hoover’s.
The Forest Hill Cleaning Co. wants
to clean your clothes. At 318 North
Church street. Phone 175 J.
The Moreland is another one of
those nice Pttle cottages, one of
which F. C. Niblock can erect for you.
See plan and description in new ad.
The prices on Goodyear tires are
as low as any you can find. Yorke &
Wadsworth Co. sells these famous
tires.
Farmers Form Mutual Help Aaaocia
tlon.
Lineoluton, N. C., Sept. 20.— 0 P)
—Farmers in the Triangle section of
Lincoln County have formed ■ a
mutual help association and at their
first meeting built a concrete septic
1 tank at the borne of the local minia
' ter, reports Oonnty Agent J. t*.
Morrison. The Association will uext
' put in a wuter system and electric
light p’ant in- this home at their
| next meeting. This is the first rural
| borne in the community to be equip
; ped with these modern conveniences,
states Mr. Morrison, and will be used
as a community center for the ex
change of agricultural ideas.
i
i C. t. Patterson, of China Grove,
I Has been very sick at the Concord
Hospital, suffering from lockjaw
caused by getting a nail run into his
> foot. We are glad to note that his
condition is now improving.
FI Nl> AMENTALIST BODY <
PLANS NEW ACTIVITIES ! (
1
Committee of 100 Will Have Im- 1
portant Announcement Within 1
Short Time. <
Charlotte, sept. 10.—The Funda- 1
mentnlist Committee of One Hull- 1
dred. formed here last spring with 1
the announced purpose of battling to 1
rid stnte eupjiorted schools of a taint 1
of evolution .theories is showing new !
signs of life nnd may take an active 1
part in the fall campaign, it was ‘
indicated here today with announce
ment by Dr. A. R, Shaw, of this ;
city, that the committee will have an :
important announcement to make :
within a few dayo-
Dr. Shaw, one of the organizers of ‘
the movement, k vice president of
the committee of which Judge Wal- ‘
ter H. Neal, of Laurinburg, is presi- ‘
dent, :
The committee plans a campaign
this fall designed to foster ' public ]
opinion favorable to enactmeut by
the state legislature at its meeting ,
next January of a bill to prohibit the }
teaching of the evolution theory in
public schools and state supported j
colleges and universities in North
Carolina, Dr. Shaw intimated. ■
Judge Neal is exacted to call the <
committee to meet within the ’ next (
two wees at which time definite (
plans for the committee’s future pro- |
gram will be outlined. Dr. Shaw ,
said the meeting in nil probability
will be held in Charlotte.
While declining to go into details |
of the proposed campaign Dr. Shaw ]
said that it would be non-partisan, ,
and of a purely education nature. He
said that speaers representing the .
committee probably would be sent
into every nook and corner of the ,
stnte.
The committee was organized here (
last spring when a group of promi
nent churchmen and civic leaders
met at the First Baptist church aud
formed a tentative organization.
Later a formal organization meeting
wns held nt the Second Presbyterian
church. The organization wns com
pleted but the meeting was adjourn
ed in haste, when delegates became
embroiled in an exchange of bitter
words and a first fight was narrowly
averted.
It was thought at the time that
■ the committee would cease to func
tion but a few days later this was
denied by Judge Neal, and Dr.
Shaw's statement, today indicated
that the organization is planning for
a new lease on life.
THE COTTON MARKET
> Opened Fairly Steady at Advance of
3 Points to Decline of 7 Points.
i New York, Sept. 20.— (A*) —The cot
ton market opened fnirly steady today
( at an advance of 3 points to a decline
i of 7 points, most months being lower
in response to relatively easy Liver
s pool cables.
f Selling was active after the call,
owing to belief that the volume of
hedge business by the South was
> steadily increasing, and further pri
. vatc reports pointing to an increase
, in the indicated crop. October broke
to 15.03, net decline of 12 points, and
new low ground for the movement,
while January sold off to 10.21, the
general list showing net losses of 12
I to 15 points by t'ae end of the first
f hour.
. i Cotton futures opened fairiy steady.
I Oct. 10.00; Dec. 10.28; Jan. 16.32;
s March 10.57; May 16.78.
Silk That Explodes.
t Paris, Sept. 20. —A French manu
> facturer of artificial silk has been
f sued for one hundred thousand francs
1 by the parents of a boy w'ao was
. killed by the sudden flaring up of the 1
, scarf he was wearing. It is said
i that a certain mixture of cotton and
- artificial silk makes a compound al
most as explosive as gun-cotton.
, The Fred f. McConnell Post of the
1 American Legion Auxiliary w'.H meet
r this evening at 8 o'clock in the new
i. Iregion dub rooms. As this is the
s I time for the election of officers, a full
1 attendant!* is urged.
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Hurricane SwepsTo I
Florida West Coast; M
Pensacola Is Struck I
MR. MORRISON PROVES !.
PUZZLE TO POLITICIANS
It May Be He Exp-ots to Profit if
Mr. Overman Should Retire In
Mid-Term.
W. T. Bust in Greensboro News. ,
j Raleigh. Sept. IP.—Politicians -1
: have been trying to understand the
meaning of former Governor Camer
on Morrison’s recent announcement ,
!of his United States senatorial eandi-: J
daey. a statement which enme at the I
j opening of a very dull off-year in I
| politics and in advance of the ae- j
tun! commencement of the term to |
which Senator Overman recently hue
i been nominated and soon will be j
elected.
Messrs. Morrison and Overman !
have been very thick for a year or 1
two. Though the high aspirations of:
Mr. Morrison have been unconcealed I
by him for four or five years, be j
never would hear to any proposal to 1
run against Mr. Overman and the! 1
worst threat that he would make <
was a candidacy designed to bent 1
anybody else who might beat Mr. 1
Overman. That splendid loyalty of '
Mr. Morrison nerved the Overman •'
men during the late fight with Bob i
Reynolds. There were all sorts of j 1
evidences that Mr. Reynolds was j '
making much headway ; the boy was i <
irrepressible. Bur Mr. Morrison
never enme out to help Mr Over
man by announcing against ltey- j
Molds. When the Charlotte statro- 1 i
man would not take Reynolds ser
iously the Overman boosters anew
everything was all right.
This generous support of Mr.
Overman must melt that gentleman.
The interpretation of it is this: Mr.
Overman will probably serve half of
his term, will resign and take things \
quietly for the next 20 or 30 years.
He will have served 30 years if he
completes his term and 24 plutujf he
does not. That is li long senatorial
life ami Mr. Overman has gone
through the senate during th» must
exciting years of the world. He
never has said ahything publicly
about retiring bill he has dropped
things, to friends in his part of the
world that they construed to mean a
possible retirement before the date of
maturity.
Mr. Morrison stands to profit most
by such a step-down. If it should
come three years from now Mnx
Goodlier would be governor and it
could hardly be asked of him that
he name his brother-in-law, Clyde
Hoey. And primury would be neces
sary and Mr. Morrison would be in :
it. If Mr. Overman should resign
two years from now Governor Me-,
Is-an would be asked to name sev
eral senators and he could not do it.
It is assumed that he wou'd let a
primary decide the issue and Mr.
Morrison again would be in it. These
considerations come to the men at
tempting to analyze Mr. Morrison’s
statement.
Wanting to Hold Baby Hill Bill Was
Paid.
Tribune "Bureau i
Sir Walter Hotel I
Raleigh, Sept. 20.—" The incident',
arising when the sheriff at Waynes- j
ville refused to deliver the prisoner |
to Masaehusetts officers until the SSOO i
reward was paid, though unusual and j
irregular, is rather amusing, but not i
as unusual as a ense that was brought (
to me when I first started practicing
lnw years ago. in Robeson county,”
said Governor A. W. McLean today.
“In this case a midwife had sworn
out a laborers' lien and threatened to
keep the babj until her bill was
settled. The young father came to
me much agitated, lest his young son
be taken away from him, for lie was
too iMior to pay the eight or ten dol
lars due the midwife, who had gone
before a country magistrate and se
cured the lien.
“The young father was much re- j
lieved when 1 told him that the worn-;
an could not take the child, that the,
lien was illegal, and that he and his j
wife need no longer worry about los-'
ing the custody of the baby.”
Von Elm’s Victory Lauded By Bob
by Jones.
Short Hills, Sept. 18.—Bobby
Jones received his defeat at the
bands of George von Elm today as
the "finest thing that could have
happened for amateur golf.”
“if ever a man deserved to win,
George did,” said Bobby. "He just
put us all down and stepped on us.”
Von Elm, blushing and stammer
ing, received the championship
trophy with his head bowed, eyes
rivited on the ground.
“1 don’t, know what to say snd
you wouldn’t either,” wns the new
champion’s brief message to a cheer
ing throng which looked ou at the
presentation.
Oil Keeps Eggs Fresh.
London, Sept. 20. —Bathiug eggs
in oil is the latest method for keeping
them fresh and sterilized. Eggs at
the rate of 360,000 per day are passed
through a bath of hot oil having a
temperature of 235 degrees Fahren
heit. The oil is said to fill the pores
! In the egg shell, and prevent air from
entering.
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TODAY’S NEWS TOd4§l
no. 2aii
mam
Just Before All ConuKpftiv<l
cation Was Lost WfMj|S|
City Wind Velocity WjH9
100 Miles an Hour. .• 3 I
MOBILE ALSO IS JW
FEELING STO&tf. j
Barometer Reading at Mo* |*|
bile was 29.31 and BraT;'il
Falling This Morning.-—tcfll
High Winds There. 'JMI
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Mobile. Fla., Sept. 20.—0W—
wind velocity nt l’eiisaco'.a. Fla.,
inn miles an hour. Ilic weather
renu reported just before all
munieation wits lost with the
Florida city. The last barometer r«C|flH|
ing was 2!t.l(i. Efforts were ZMrtMBIjSH
to communicate with Pensacola by M§|H|
dio from Mobile after all other wIjHHHs
failed, hut the antennae at the local pH
station was damaged by the. 4Bxh. .jfl
winds here, and put out of.
sion temporarily. Tup last baromensyJßl
reading at Mobile was 20.81. and atlg ; fl
falling at S :10 o'clock this morning. fl
The wind here had reached a vclociW-Baj
of 0!t miles. fl
Hurricane Strikes Pensacola.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Sept. 2ft—
A hurricane riding a 100 miles nii g.
lioui wind swept into I’ensacoal a&arti'Gß|2
ly after 11 o'clock today, the
Bell Telephone Company here was ad-taj|
listed by its Pensacola office. Hfl fl
Mobile Feels Storm. ■
Mobile. Sept. 20.—0 W—The
eter Lad fallen to 20.21' at 10 o'ci'odC-jjß
and an 84-mile wind was s\veepitl|j^BN
this city. H
Storm Gaining in Intensity. ■
Birmingham. Ala.. Sept. 20.
A radio message from the Warrior, JBj
river service boat, twelve
of Mobile, quid that i|U lines of
municatfon with Mobile had been loatsMß
there, and that the storm was rapidly’B'i
gaining in intensity. All bostts OR fl
the river Imd scurried to <’OV«|k > .*gßßft|
A fast train bearing bridge anfi rg£rSß|
struetion gangs left here at noon
the Louisville & Nashville railroad for
Mobile and Pensacola. Right Os way
will he given the train as
ns the tracks are safe. Sn
cut James Morrison, of that
said he had word just before nodh B1
that t he wind at Mobile was gaining ,fljj
momentum and was then about Hwfsi
miles. This report said the wind wS* fla
from the northeast, a fortunate
for Mobile, as no water was
forced into the city at that tijjfc.-ijM fl
The Birmingham Community Chest .W
today telegraphed $5,000 to the IM
Cross to aid storm suffereers.’ I " -syoPH fl
Many residents of Mobile ate afiriU-yfll
ing places of safety in down-toUtn
tels and office buildings, aciording to fl
wireless messages receive^ Itjr the
Warrior River Barge Service, nt WwBI
mingport. Since that message
! received Mobile was silent,
j efforts to get into touch with the Alit*Sß|
| bama port by wireless failed. fl
Most business was suspended, atKM||B|
j ear service tied up. and dumb Bei!-5W|
! vices were being held in some afilifMH
| lions.
; New Orleans-Mobile Wires Down. .j|S
} New Orleans. Sept.. 20— (A 3 ) —AH B
! telegraph nnd telephone
tion between New Orleans and Mo- B
bib- was severed shortly before
today. fl
The Tropical Radio Company
ported a short time later shat its
tion nt Mobile reported a M)0-mile B
gale at 10 o'clock with the barhtnefer fl
down to 20.05, B
Meckl-nUurg Woman Takes Hes Ow#'9
Life. ■
Charlotte, Sept. 10.—Mns, Rosa B
jZani Toplin, 38, wife of
! 1 in. I»ng Creek farmer, died
I day afternoon shortly aftter .firing a B
j pistol bullet through tier bend at
| home on the Statesville road, 11 B
. miles from Charlotte. fl
I Her act was attributed to 111;JCj
health by tlie surviving
Coroner Frank Hovitt said. No
vestigatimi into the death ,*eiß jMsH
made, the Coroner announced. fl
Toplin told Mr. Ilovis that hlh IB
wife was unbalanced at
that she had been acting qucerly B
recently. He was in an
bedroom when his wife killed her- fl
self in the dining room. fl
Sugar-Coated Booze is Latent Bajfc.fl
Coup. fl
Vancouver, B. C., Sept.,
i Bootleg chocolates have emerged
British Columbia’s latent liquor
lent. fl
Police umiounced they would.fl
! prosecute five leading confection«i|flj
in Victoria next week for telling the-Ml
chocolates, alleged to contain liqutiffjfl
which can he sold under the lfitr
1 by government liquor store*. ’» m
: :WJB
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I THE WEATHIB* 1
Increasing cloudiness folltWiflß
i showers Tuesday and in sottt|Mfl|H m
l night; cooler Tuesday. (M»MHfI
northeast and east winds. | '»