North Carolina Newspapers

V * ~ • 11 ~r associated"* PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Peidmont & Northern Is To Be Extended Charlotte To Durham Link Between Gastonia and Spartanburg: to Be Built, Making Line Com plete to Durham. IS TO COST ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS Work is Expected to Start Early in 1927.—Greatest Industrial Plan in Years in This Region. Tin l pro|w>KHl to extend the line* of the l'ipdmont nnd Northern Railway north thrmigii Conrnnl has not hern abandoned ms cvideiM-ed b.v notion tak en yesterday afternoon' by directors of 'he road at n meeting in Greenville, s. c. In a formal resolution the directors committed themselves to the plan by which the lines would be connected, from Spartanburg to Gastonin and ex tended from Charlotte ‘"in a northerly direction to such points as the board of directors may deem advisable, with the authority ultimately to extend said line of railway to Durham." 'Die directors at their meeting yes- 1 terday did not authorise the work, merely adopting resolutions looking in that direction and agreeing to meet' ngniti in December to further consider the proposal. j It is understood thnt plans for the connecting of the link between Gas tonia ami Spartanburg arid the exten sion of the line in North Carolina have been finally agreed upon and thnt work will begin in the near future.! certainly not later than the first of the year. Several months ago engineers for j the intrrnrbon company spent much time in Cabarrus and adjoining coun-j tics outlining a right of way for the J extension of the line from Charlotte, j Jt was reported then that plans called for extension of the line to Winston- Salem nnd the survey for the right of way went from Concord to Salisbury to Lexington to Winston-Salem. In Iheir resolution yesterday the direc tors made no mention of the Twin City extension so It is not known whether the line will go that route or. dined tM Greensboro and then on to 1 Durham! j I’*aetirnUy"«i: at the i Igiit *t»P *#>4 in Cabatri-us was secured some time! ago. it is reported, and it i* predicted that any other land needed will he secured without seripus difficulty. It is an accepted fact that the line will touch Concord when the extension is begun, this being the most direct route from Charlotte in any "norther-1 ly direction.” It is presumed that' the right of wily secured to 1-exington will be followed but whnt will be done beyond thnt point is not known now. « The work contemplated calls for the construction of about 200 miles of road, the distance from Spartanburg to Gastonia being about 50 miles and the distance from Charlotte to Dur ham being about 140 miles. It is es timated that the cost would be be tween $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. The resolution adopted by the direc tors at the meeting in Greenville yes terday rends in part: Whereas, the late James B. 1 Duke nnd his associates, in organising the Piedmont and Northern Railway Com pany, intended that its main line of railway should extend through the Piedmont section of the Carolinas from Greenwood, S. C„ to Durham, N. P., with such additional lines as j might be necessary or desirable forj the development of the resources of this section: and Whereas, the existing lines of rail way of the company were constructed ns a pnrt of such project, with the aim and deßire on the pnrt of Mr. Duke and the other officers and di rectors of the corporation, that furth er extensions would be made from time to time so as to earrjt. out the original plan of making the Piedmont and Northern Railway Company a potent factor in the continued industrial de velopment of this section; and Whereas, to refer*brlefly to the his tory of the company and to circum stances which for some time have re quired the postponement of plans for further construction: The North Car olina link between Gastonia and Char lotte was completed in July. 1012; the South Carolina link between Greenwood and Greenville in Novem ber, 1913: and the link between Green ville and Spartanburg in April, 1014. In the summer of 1914 the World War came on, causing a general suspen sion'of railroad construction through out the country; Mien followed federal control of raiVroadH, which continued until the early part of 1920. Upon the termination of federal control tj»p physical property of the-eompany had to be rehabilitated and its business re-established. This required several years of effort and a large expendi ture of money before plans for further construction couM be resumed, no that it was not until shortly before Mr. Duke’s death, which occurred on Oc tober 10, 1925, that be and the direc tors of corporation were again able to take up plans for the completion of the road. In the summer of 1925 engineering parties were pul into the field to make surveys for further ex tensions. and intereat In favor of the completion of the roed became generfel throughout this section. Mr. Duke continued actively engaged upon the plans for the completion of the toad up to the time of hie death, and-since fils death the work of completing the preliminary plana up to the point where construction work could be re The Concord Daily Tribune 1 COTTON wearers ! ARE MAKING A HIT Girls Who Discard Si'k Hose Popular With Voting Men Acquaintances. | Kinston. Nov. 3.—l.enoir county girls who. have discarded xiik '.lose and dresses to do their bit toward a!- i leviation of the cotton price situation are making a hit with young men ac quaintances. "A wear cotton” move ment started in the public school at i LaGratige Inst week has spread to the countrysides around the town, and numbers of misses have donned cotton (gowns and stockings. Lenders of the movement declare it is not a passing fad. The garment spun from the flrery product of snulin-ru fields wi.l not lie discarded toe moment the nov e ty has' worn off. "We’re in this thing to stay. Were all southern girls to wear cotton I dresses this winter it would make a tremendous difference," the Moseley Hall young women say. Home attractive costumes have been devised. Fabrics made of cotton are as pretty as those of silk, it is claimed. And many a courting youth is blind to the difference. Loud prints have been converted into striking ere i ntions. The girls will hardly wear 1 cotton on .Sundays, but many declare they will wear nothing else on week days until conditions have improved. 1 Miss Ruth Burke, LnCraugc. po litical lender and c'.ub woman, was | one of the originators of the move ment. Miss Burke says it is time for patriotic sacrifice. She is viee chairman of the Demoeratie county committee here and one of the most influential women In the section. , SPIN DALE TOP OIL KIKIJ) j THREATENED BY FIRE , Two Gushers Are Burning and the j Wind Is Whipping High. } Beaumont, Tex., Nov. 4.— LA) —The ‘ Spintile Top oil field near here was threatened by fire today. Two gush ers are burning, nnd the wind is whipping high columns of flames around adjoining derrick tops. Fire men with pumping equipment assist ed by hundreds of workmen, are .en deavoring to prevent further spread of the tire. I The blase originated when a well ■ known a« T 4 N No. 53 came.in a with-4? labial jm, I A gust of gas preceded the oil and ; was fired by a spark while the heavy pipe was being joined. The derrirk soon fell, as did an other immediately north. Flames were iffumflng 1110 feet into the air. MARRIAGE IN ROYAL CIRCLES | Prioress Astrid Becomes the Bride of Crown Prince Leopold. Stockholm. Sweden. Nov. 4.— UP) —I n the presence of seven crowned heads of four nations, Princess Astrid. 20 year old niece of King Gustav of Sweden, was married today to Crown jPriuee Leopold, the Belgian heir ap parent. Mayor Carl' Limlragen, of Stockholm, officiated at the civil cere mony which .will be followed by a religions wedding in Brussels next Wednesday. Rowan’s Complete Vote. Salisbury, Nov. 3.—Complete re turns from Rowan give the Demo crats a majority of slightly more than 1.390 in the county. A very light vote was cast, less than 5,000 in the entire county. Walter Woodson is j returned to the state senate and Wal ! ter Murphy and J. W. Rideoutte to the house. Free text books, a measure affecting only Rowan county, failed to carry. More than a ton of admission tick ets will be required for the Arniv- Navy football' game this year. sumed has been continued as rapidly as the circumstances brought about by the death of Mr. Duke would permit; and Whereas, these plans have now been completed to the point where further construction work may be commenced; Now, therefore, be it resolved that a special meeting of the stockholders of the corporation be, and the same hereby is, called to be held at the of fiee of the company in Greenville, 8; 'C„ on Wedneeday, December 8, 1926, at 2 o'clock p. m , to consider and pass upon the following and aueh other bus iness as may properly come before said meeting in connection therewith: 1. That the board of directors of the corporation be given authority to construct, or cause to be constructed, or otherwise to provide for such ex tensions and additions to the existing ' lines of railway of the corporation as will connect the line of railway in 1 the State of South Carolina extend -1 ing from Greenwood to Spartanburg ' with the line of railway in the State ' of North Carolina, extending from : Gastonia to Charlotte; and that the hoartl of directors also be given au thority to cause to be' constructed, or otherwise to provide for the extension > of the existing line of railroad in the ; State of North Carolina from Char- I lotto in a northerly direction to such > points as the board of directors may ■ deem advisable, with the authority ul ' I timately to extend said line of rsil > j way to Durham, North Carolina, along :! such route antfwifo such branch lines Has the hoard of directors may select, I! and to do all such acts and enter to il to all such contracts and agreements iLas they may deem to be necessary I I or advisable in order to provide for I such extensions and additions. \ CHARGE TWO AIDED i TOMBS' PRISONERS '[ !H LIBERTY BREAK Oscar Ambers and Robert j • Warner Charged W»th,j J Aiding Prisoners Who ; j Tried to Leave Prison. FOUR KILLED AS RESULT OF BREAK | Three Others Injured, One! ! Probably Fatally—Men! Made Break While on Way to Hospital. New 1 ork. Nov. 4.— UP) —Two men were arrested today charged wth aiil , ing the s|Ms-la<-u)ar attempted break j from the Tom bo Prison in which four men were killed and three injured. They were: Oscar Ambery and Robert Warner of Brooklyn. Amberg the poliee said, is a relative of Hy man Ambery, alleged murdered who shot and killed himself when escape from the high prison walls became im possible. . The old prison was under as heavy prison of patrolmen armed with rifles today, ns a result of the attempted break. Tlie dead are: Peter Mallon. ward en : Jeremiah Murphy, a guard; Oliver Giants alias Berg, a Chicago gangster recently brought here to face a charge of robbery, and Hyman Amberg, un der indictment for murder in a jew elry store robbery. The wounded are: Daniel O’Con nor. guard : J. Allen Steadwell. a spec tator': and Miehael "Beil" McKenna, a prisoner charged with murder in connect ion with the robbery of the Ileid lee Cream Co. MeKennn was said to be badly wounded, and would probably die. The three reported sick were being taken to the prison physician's office when they rushed the main gate of the prison with pistols obtained from I an unknown source. They demanded the keys from I -on i s I/irrh, gate keep er. who disconcerted for a moment by walking toward them, although lie was unarmed. NEW SPEED RECORDS EXPECTED AT CHARLOTTE^ “l vlren-Famous* Pilots XVIR - Compete on Armistice Day. Tribune Rnrenu Sir 'Walter Hotel ' Raleigh. Nov. 4—Turning the giant oval of the Charlotte speedway at a gain! of 133 miles an hour in prac tice with his unique front-wheel drive i racing car, , Leon Du ray, the big Frenchman, declared today that new speed records will be set here on Ar mistice Day. when sixteen famous pilots will compete in the American championship sprint classics. "These steeply banked . curves are ideal for front-drive cars.” declared Duray when he climbed out of his throbbing mount at the pits after run ning more than fifty miles to tune his motor. “The old skidding, al ways tearing rubber off my tires when I pulled into t'.ie curves with my old motor wide open, is almost gone Now the front wheels puli me through the turns and I never have to lift my foot off the gas. Before, I had to ease a bit when the rear drive was pushing me around.’* Duray’s experience in tuning for the thrilling four-speed events of No vember 11th were met by almost ex actly the same expressions from the veterans Earl Cooper. Bennie Hill, who has always been a spectacular driver here; Pete Kreis, the flashing pilot from Knoxville. Tenn., nnd Dhvc Lewis, who also hold the wheels of front-drive motors, the only five rac ing cars of this type in 'the entire world. Observation by automobile experts here watching the tuning trials for the races asserted today that the per formances of these peculiar appearing racing cars was a certain forecast of new types of pleasure cars. Just as . all other major Improvements in au tomobiles have come from the experi . ments of racing, they said so will | front-drive engines dev.elop for com , mon use within the very near future. With Our Advertisers. Beautiful easel picture frames, $1.50 i and s2,oft values, only 88 cents tomor . row at the Kidd-Frix Co’s. Every I Friday is Good Friday Sales day at this store. Prices on all pictures are t greatly reduced. Watch for specials i each week. , Don’t fail to attend the Fashion . Show at the .Concord Theatre tonight ; and see the latest things .in coat*, s hats and dresses, in addition to the i full picture program. For the benefit -of the King’s Daughters. Admission ; 25 cents and 10 cents. 8 Richard Thomas VV'yehe, the fam i ous story teller, will appear at tfie e High School auditorium here next • Tuesday evening at 8 o’eloek. r Thanksgiving coat and dress sale is i now on at Fisher’s. Latest styles ir t riving daily. Cats from $9.75 to - $59.50 and dresses from $9.75 to i $39.50. f H. B. Wilkinson has a big stock •of Allen’s Princess ranges. See ad. Go and look at the splendid line I of overcoats now on display at. Hoov e er’s.' , Have you heard the new Columbia - Viva Tonal? It is like life itself, s The Concord Furniture Co. is now f showing a complete line of these won r derful machines. Phone 347 for s demonstration In your home. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926 ' ' ' ' ’ •'- 1 : . • . I Son Would Avenge Father 1 ” ’ - ■ - - ■ ■ 4 - - - » j & fla 11 i/£* 4m Arthur Enz, three, plays with an old rifle, wishing that he was old enough to join in the hunt for the bandits that killed his father and wounded two other men in robbina a mail truck at Elizabeth, N. J. (latomtlnnil VewsmU CHILDREN GETTING TO SCHOOL TOO EARLY School Officials in Raleigh Fared With This Problem. Raleigh, Xov. 4.— LA) —Capital City school officials are faced with the prob lem of children getting to school too early. It is all due, they aver, to one of [ toe commercial telegraph companies <lb;ct>n< inning the practice of tellkig Ike. time by telephone. The result is just opposite what was expected. Certain that there would be a sub j Ktantiat increase ill tardies upon the new system, city education officials called for reports covering the first few weeks that the children got off to school without the benefit of correct time. To their amazement they found no increase ut all, but strong indication that some teachers were worried be cause their charges were getting to school anywhere from fifteen minutes to a whole hour ahead of time. Attempts to explain the phenomena have been boiled down to this: At first they started coming early to make sure they wouldn't be late. They snowed that they didn't trust family timepieces and rather than have a tardy mark entered against them they gave themselves a wide margin. Then'they found that getting to school early they could get in more play time. Consequently instead of get ting later they commenced arriving earlier. CROP CONDITIONS IN SOUTH ARE DISCUSSED Favorable Weather For Part of Week and Then Rains Delayed Farm Work Some. Washington. Nov. 3.— UP) —Crop conditions in the Southern States as summarised by the Department of Ag riculture for the’ week ended yester day, indicafe generally favorable weather in the South the first half of the week, bnt frequent rainfalls the latter part, delayed work generally in the central nnd western gulf area, al though the moisture was favorable for foil truck and pastures. More rain is needed in the interior of the South At- • lantic States. Frosts killed cotton leaves over a I considerable area in North Carolina. I but did little to bolls. The conditions were most favora ble for gathering the cotton crop how ever, piekiug and ginning made slow -1 er progress principally because of low prices and scarcity of labor in some sections. Fall and winter truck is doing well I generally. Tobacco is curing slowly. Most fruits continue excellent. ■apMtoMtouuaunaiuraßtoHtotoßraaaraHtoHtov MAKE SURE OF THE YEARS AHEAD Six days out of the week you work for your money, i But do you make it vyork for you ? “Are You Saving Money?” BE THRIFTY and carry a few shares of Building and Loan and in a few years you will be surprised at the , amount you have saved. ,* .NEW SERIES OPENS NOV.-6th, 1926 Citizens Building & Loan Association Office in the Citizens Bank Building A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS To Be Held at YVinston-Salem Novem ber 7-14.—One of Seven Schools. ■Winston-Salem, Nov. 4.—A stand ard training sriiool for Sunday school workers, one of seven similar school meetings simultaneously In Southern Methodist territory, will be held at | Winston-Salem Novembet) 7-13, ac cording to an announcement by 0,, V. Woosley. of Lexington. superintendent of Sunday school work for the western North Carolina conference. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The school is districtwidc, and ac cording to Mr. Woosloy. will serve the constituency of the Winston-Salem district, which represents 81 Sunday school with a total enrollment of 17,- 907 members. It is expected that a majority of the 997 officers and teach ers will attend the school. The Rev. J. H. Barnhardt. presid ing elder of the Winston-Salem dis trict, is co-operating with Mr. Woosley in pushing the school. The seven local Met’hodist pastors and the 21 other pastors ih the district are also supporting the movement. Subjects offered will be credit cours es and experts in religious education will compose the faculty. In addi tion to Mr. Woosley. who is dean, the faculty includes Prof. B. G. Childs, of Duke University; Dr. C. C. Weaver, Winston-Salem; Miss Lucy Foreman, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Cora T. Court, Nashville: Miss Corinne Little, Lex ington ; Mrs. E. R. Micheaux, Greens boro ; Dr. Emmett Hightower, Nash ville, Tenn., and Mrs. O. V. Woosley. The school at Winston-Salem will he conducted under the joint auspices of toe general Sunday schoo) board of the church with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn., and the conference Sunday school board of the Western North Carolina conference. Other training sehool meetings un der Methodist auspices November are at Lake. Fla., Hannibal, Mo., Charleston, Mo., Paris, Ky., Logan. W. V., and Clarksville, Tenn. More than 300 training schools, ac cording to Mr. Woosley will be eon- I ducted during the present church year, land it iN expected that more than 50.- 000 units of credit will be awarded to Sunday school workers in attend (ance. Eflrd’s Thanksgiving Sale. Efird’s Thanksgiving sale is now going on, and will continue every work day through Saturday night until No vember 27th. In this sale they will offer many splendid specials in every department of their big store. See the pag of offerings in The Tribune today. WHAT EFFECTS DIO PROHIBITION HAVE ON THE ELECTION? The Drys and Wets Agreed j That Is Was Important Question and Both See ! Victory in the Outcome. iSENATOREDGEIS SURE OF CHANGE Isays Election Shows Peo-i ! pie Want Modification! j While Wayne B. Wheel-! ! er Says Just Opposite. ! i Washington. Xov. 4.— UP) —The; usual hare ‘nherenf in prohibition as I a political issue clouded the outcome ' iu Tuesday's election with the result i that victory was claimed today by • leaden* of both wet and dry forces. j The election in the opinion of Sena- | tor Edge. republican, of New Jersey, j anti wet leader "should insure Vol- ■ stead Act revision within constitut'on- j til limits," but Wayne It. Wheeler, seneral counsel for the Anti-saloon league, declared that "in every state j where the drys bad a fighting chance j except Massachusetts they won in the senatorial contests according to re ports received at our headquarters." ‘■From every sufficient angle of op pronch,'' saitl W. H. Slayton, national chairman of the Association against the Prohibition Amendment, the re sults "may fairly be considered to constitute unqiitilified victories for the I advocates of a substitution of sane! regulatory liquor laws for the prohib itory 18th amendment and the vicious Volstead Act." THE COTTON MARKET ! Opened Easy Today at Decline of 8 to 20 Points, and Later Prices Ral lied. New York, Nov. 4.—(A>) —The cbt ton market opened easy today at a decline of 8 to 20 points, active months selling 10 to 12 points net lower un der further liquidation and continued southern selling. Local selling was promoted by rela tively easy late cables from Liverpool | while there was continued talk of a ' probable large crop figures from the government at the beginning of next week and heavy ginning returns up to November Ist. Trade interests were good buyers on the initial decline to 112.31 for January; however, while there was considerable covering and prices showed rallies of 4 or 5 points from the lowest at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened easy. I>ec. 12.23; Jan. 12.32; March 12.58; May 12.83; July 13.00. JUDGE ENGLISH RESIGNS Charged With Vsurpation of Power and High Misdemeanors. East St. Louis, 111., Nov. 4.— UP) — Federal Judge George W. English in his letter of resignation made public here today told President Coolidgc that while he had discharged his du ties to the best of his ability lie was convinced that his usefulness as a judge had been "seriously impaired” as a result of impeachment proceed ings. Impeachment of the jurist who was appointed by President Wilson was voted on April 1 this year, the charge being that he was guilty of usurpa tion of power and other "high misde meanors." Whether the Senate* will proceed with Impeachment proceedings was said not. to be known at the White House, although acceptance of the resignation wens with the approval of Representatives Miehencr, republican, Michigan, and Summers, democrat, of Texas, managers for the House in the impeachment proceedings. In one or two cases it was said the Senate had proceeded with impeachment pro ceedings after an official had resigned. MR. OVERMAN DENIES HE PLANS TO RETIRE Health is as Good as Ever and He Means to Fill Out Teem, He As serts. Charlotte, Nov. 3.—Senator Lee S. Overman, of Salisbury, North Caro lina’s junior senator, re-elected in yes terday's general election, has no thought or intention of resigning be fore tiie end of his new term, Wash ington reports to the contrary. In a long distance telephone state ment to the Charlotte News from his borne in Salisbury this afternoon Sen ator Overman denied reports from Washington published in sbme state papers yesterday to effect that the' junior senator planned to resign on ac count of ill health. "My health is as good as ever and I fully expect to serve out my term and have no idea of resigning before tiien,” Senator Overman declared. Madden Sponsors Tax Reduction. Chicago, Nov. 4.—(A*)—The Chicago Daily News today printed a news story saying that Martin R. Madden, chairman of the appropriations com mittee of the House of Representa tives, and “watchdog of the federal treasury” was of the opinion that taxes on next year's incomes will be cat between $800,000,000 and $400,- 000,000. "I am certain that another reduc tion can be made, and I will recom mend it, as I did the last one,” the Daily Xewe quoted the congressman. ; NEW SENATE COULD, i | WORRY PRESIDENT ■ 'I REPUBLICAN i Only Qne-Half of Senators j . Wifi Be Republican As-i ter Next March—lnsurg- j ents Hold Balance. ! VARE AND SMITH NOT YET SEATED I It Is Certain the Democrats Will Try to Prevent the Senate From Accepting Them Because of Money New York. Nov. 4.— UP) —Belated I returns today emphasised indications j that from next March till the end of ; his term in office the Senate will fttr ' nish a problem for President Cooi ! idge. On paper just one-half of tin-' ] senators will be Republicans. Eight [ !of that half will he insurgents, ! The Republicans will have a re-! i duced majority in the House, but the ! insurgents will he a considerable fnc itor there. i In addition, there is the prospect j of the new Senate refusing to seat two Republican senators-eleet, Vare of Pennsylvania, and Smith of Illinois, because of testimony as to heavy ex penditures in obtaining nominations, j This testimony was developed by a senate committee before the elections. Complete returns Show that the nexl Senate will have 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats and one farmer-labor, Ship- I stead, of Minnesota. In the present ISrnnte there is a Republican major ity of nine. The 48 Republicans in the new Senate will include Brook hurt of lowa, Nyc of North Dakota, and Blaine of Wisconsin, insurgents ■ who were elected Tuesday, as well as I ,the following who did not have to go j to the polls; LaFollette of Wiscon-: sin, Frazier of North Dakota, and i Norris and Howell of Nebraska. Democrats will actually begin to reap the benefits of their victory next ■Wednesday when Walsh of Massa chusetts and Hawes of Missori take their sents. They were elected for the balance of the unexpired terms which bad been filled to election day by appointment. JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS DEAD OF HEART MALADY j Had" Been 111 Two Days But'Condition | Was Not Regarded as Serious. i Richmond, Va., Nov. 4.— UP) —John j Skelton- Williams, former Comptroller | of the Currency, dietl at 10 :30 o’clock ! this morning at "Paxton.” his home! about three miles from Richmond. Mr. ] Williams had been ill two days, but ; the fatal termination throng!* a hard j attack of what appeared to be a minor illness was a greaf shook to his fam ily and friends. Mr. Williams, who was in his (list year, took to his bed Tuesday with what was described as a "slight in disposition." An ailment of the heart developed about 10:30 o’clock til's morning, and he died almost instantly. Only members of his immediate house hold were at the bedside. Mr. Williams was probably best kfiown as Comptroller of tile Curren cy under Woodrow Wilson, although he also had a wide reputation as a financier, publicist and railroad build er. He was the son of the late John Lanbourne Williams, and -Maria Ward Skelton Williams. His mother sur vives him. Heis also survived by his widow, who was Lila Lefebrc Isaacs; two sons, John Skelton Williams, Jr., and Hubert L. Williams; two sisters, . Mrs. E. 1 su'kert Bemis and Miss Lewis C. Williams, and five brothers, E. Randolph Williams. Langbourne M. Williams, Berkeley Williams. Dr. Enion G. Williams, all of Richmond, and 11. Lancaster Williams, of Balti more. Mr, Williams was engaged in his active business career almost up to the moment of his death. He was president and chairman of the board of directors of the Richmond Trust Company and in recent months had ■ been engaged in the reorganization of the Georgia-FJorida railroad. He was appointed receiver for the road in 1021, and last month on reorganiza tion was elected chairman of the board. Funeral services will be held Sntur i day afternoon at 3 o’cloek at St. Pauls 1 Episcopal Church here. Interment will be in Hollywood cemetery. The family has requested that there he no flowers. Death of Mrs. Frank Butler. Greenville, 0., Nov. 4.— (A*) —Mrs. 1 Frank Butler, better known through ! out this and other countries ns Annie ‘1 Oakley, champion markswoman. and ■ Know woman, died at tile home of a relative here last night. She had been I in ill health sos some time. i i i i i—■—- i ii i Fashion Show , TONIGHT 8 O’CLOCK , CONCORD THEATRE , ( In Connection with , DORIS KENYON j WARNER BAXTER t IN— “MISMATES” Fashion Show By PARKS-BELK CO. , Benefit Kings Daughters THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 261 !TRAPPED MINERS ; ’ ST HAVE BEEN KILLED INSTANTLY Bottom of the Shaft Gave Way, Flooding Mines, Resulting in the Death of 52 Men. FORTY OF MEN . WERE MARRIED All Except a Few Leave Children—The Mud and Water Checked Every Outlet of the Mine. - Jshpemiiiff, Mich., Nov. 4. —OP)—£ grief-Ktrirken crowd of womon and children, most of thorn widows, and or phans of the victims, kept watch throughout the night about the gi-eiut , j gaping mud pit which marked the | grave of 52 miners entrapped Jm the Barnes Hooker iron mine near here j yesterday, when the bottopn of a swamp jjnve way. over the shaft, flood ing the workings. Forty of the men are accounted fop and believed drowned or suffocated, were married, and all except ,a few leave children. Huddled around bonfires and in th« company shacks on the mine su:*faee | the little groups presented a pathetic figure. Holloweyed with despair they clutched at the scant hope that in some miraculous manner their loved ones had been spa mi. They refused to • leave the seene for any and spent the nighi alternately praying and hov ering about the workmen dralntaff the shaft. Solicitous mine officials and employers served eoffee and lunch to the watehers, and administered the j best facilities afforded, but it was lit* j tie solace for the terrible blow dealt ! the simple mining folks. Curiosity j seekers were barred from the company i property shortly after the cave-in and only officials and relatives of the en* trapped men were permitted on the grounds. Thousands of persons came to the mine in automobiles from all over the iron range district . following first l-ejmrts of the accident, ami a large staff of state police was kept busy clearing the roads. Mine officials revealed that the eav«- in occurred in an offshoot working ■about 100 feet from the main shaft jof the mitre. Recent Ireav.v rain* had j deepened flic xwani[\ pressing the j bed Into the eavity. A section ap i proximatoly a city block in width and ■length fell into the workW|lCsad i quickly made its way into the mailt • (shaft. Hooding (lie three levels of the ! mine. j The trapped men are believo(l to I have been killed almost instantly, as the mad and water ehoked every out let of the npper level, and then work* I'd its way to the lower levels until the entire shaft was filled. As the mild and water rose to the surface the bod ies of seven of the victims were brought up aud rescue crews succeed ed in recovering them. One of the bodies was that of Win. Tippett, fore man of the mine, who was eonduetiag W. E. Hill, a mine inspector through the shaft. Hill's body has net'been, recovered. WOMAN ENDS LIFE IN STATE HOSPITAL Mrs. Ada Wells, of Semora, Hangs Herself With Part of Her Straight Jacket. Raleigh, Nov. 3.—Mrs. Ada , Wells, of Semora. was found dead at Slate hospital this morning. She had hanged ‘herself. She used some of the machinery o£ her jacket to do the work of death. She had been here only four days. Six' came here from Person county' with n suicidal mnnin which had shown itself for five mont’.ia. The jacket as a means of restraining was applied. The woman in some way worked these devices around to her neck and either strangled or killed herself by breaking her neck. Miss Hattie Frasier, night nurse, found her nbout It a. in. The nurse tried to release here and Coroner Warring might have succeed ed iu making Miss Frasier think she had done a wrong. T'.ie coroner, ov erwhelmed with official sense of obli gation, told Miss Frasier that the body shouldn't have been moved. As sistant Attorney General Frank Nash suggested that it was the find duty to save the woman if she could. Mias Frasier committed no offense. | The dead woman was committed October 28th. Sjie was 40 years old. Arizona Rare Not Decided. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. s.—OP)—Tab ulation of belated returns ill Arizona today failed to determine the outcome of the governor's race between Gov ernor G. W. P. Hunt. Democrat, uipl E. S. Clark, Republican, although . Hunt held the lead he ’.ihs maintained « , since early yesterday. The count in 402 of the 484 precincts showed Hunt 30.100, Clark 38,035. The $2500 diamond,-studded belt . which was presented by admiring followers to George Dixon, the king of tbe featherweights of a genera- I tion ago, is now iu possession of tied Chapman, the Boston boxer. THE 'WEATHER | Fair tonight and Friday, slightly warmer in extreme west tonight, warmer Friday, possibly light frost tonight. Gentle to moderate variabia winds.