North Carolina Newspapers

' ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES v • * • , . VOLUME XXVI IMS MURPHY HtDE mm in oigouw It Is Said He Has Already Been Named Appropria tions Chairman if Con nor is Chosen Speaker. A BITTERFIGHT ON SPEAKERSHIP A Three Cornered Fight— Townsend and Fountain Are Friends of the Mc- Lean Administration. Tribune Raleigh Bureau Sir Waller Hotel By .T. C. RASKKRVILLK ! Raleigh. Nov. 13. Rambling pro nging the bitter lislit already going on under the surface and which soon will break out into the open over the] sfieii krrship of tile house of reproseu >olives of the nearing General Assem bly are already being Inward ami their significance sensed. Especially was this, true here Friday when R. T. Fountain of Rocky Mount, X. A. Townsend of Harnett county, and Walter Murphy, of Salisbury, one of the strongest backers of H. ft. Coh uc:\ Jr., of Wilson ( for the speaker ship all were : n Raleigh and for part of the time were all present in the Senate cha'mfcer (luring the budget beaering. So far all three of the aspir ants for the speakeiohip—Fountain! Townsend and Connor—have consist ently claimed that each had enough vetes pledged to obtain the coveted honor. 'But disinterested observers! are not so sure, since a three-cornered I fight oftentimes is any man's victory. I Political observers were pruned and j waiting for Murphy to break loose! and "get 'em told" at the joint meet ing of the budget advisory commis sion, °f which lie is n mem her—nr an nhseutee member—and the executive | committee of the board of trustees of the I'niversit.v, of which he is also a member. Blit they were doomed to disappointment, ns Murphy remained at the joint sesrlion for only a few minutes, occupied a scat in the ex treme back row, and uttered not a word. This despite the fact that In an interview in a Raleigh morning newspaper the had made an exhaus tive statement to the effect that ike bntlget commission does not make ap propriation*. Mutt it really has no jur isdiction over them, further maintain ing that the budget commission and budget bureau are unconstitutional, and should not lie allowed to fhttr tion. He stated further that the mat ter of appropiration* is a matter cn tiriely np to the legislature and (lint if his influence amounted to anything in the legislature, the appropriations as submitted by tlie budget commis sion ns recommendations, and as they finaluly emerged, would not even be speaking acquaintances. Added significance ts gtvon to Mur phy’s statement, which in nothing short of an open declaration of war on the present administration, when it is noted that according to all the po litical wiseacres, Murphy has already been appointed chairman of the house appropriations committee by Tobe Connor, provided, of course, Connor is elected speaker. It is already known that Connor is the ehoire of a group of so-called “in surrectionists” headed by Murphy, violently opposed to any so-called "economy program" and outspokenly up-in arm* against ftovernor McLean, tiie budget coot mission, the salary and wage commission and other innova tions of the present administration. And they arc advocating just as fer vently a program of lavish appropri ations for state institutions and state purposes, with liltlr or no regard as to from what sotiives the increased revenue needed to put this program into operation is to he derived. Oil the other side arc arrayed both Townsend ami Fountain, both admit tedly backers of the present adminis tration, which had their support in the last legislature, with the assur ance of having it again in this ap proaching one. That Townsend is In complete sympathy with the adminis tration in its stand ou expenditures and appropriation* is very evident, judging from his act'vity as a mem ber of the budget commission, which now has been in session for more than a week. With the possible exception of Governor McLean, Townsend' Is scrutinizing the various requests sub-, rnitted more closely than auy other member, and ranks with the Govern or in the number of searching ques tions be asks of the institutional heads and representatives as they make their requests for the next two years. No tendency toward stinginess is being adduced, but it is very evi dent that there must be a definite and well grounded 1 need shown before hits recommendation for the npproprla- “Ready: T 6 Do, or Die!” Special Armistice Sermon —at the— a First Baptist Church SUNDAY 11:00 A. M. 7:00 P. M. “FACE TO FACE” The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily f ■*.'Ul* . ..II mm u 111 I Hi Mas THEY CARIRED THIS KlftK TO THE WATER When Concord firemen were called Friday night to the home of J E. Davis. on West Depot street, I bey pulled something new. In s rad of carrying water to the fire th-y carried the lire to water. A roomer in the home of Mr.’ Dnvis discovered *.iis bed afire When he entered the room about 10 o'clock. Firemen instead of throwing wa.er on the bed, picked tip the burning mattress and cloth ing and carried them to a hydrant near the home. It is not known how the fire started, as no one had been in the room since early iu the morning. axaNaaaMiaaMMMMa ELECTION REFORMS i N. rider Primary ProvUkms and 4be Ansi i alia n’ Ballot Win Probably Be Adopted. ltnleigb. Nov. 13. —With election reforms n live subject throughout the Stat ■ today and possib!y one Mint may come before the next general assein by. one of t’.ie strongest pro|tonei)ts of changes in North (Carolina's election system will not he a member of the next house to present his favorite measure. For Will Neal, proponent bf aboli tion of the statewide primary system, will not he in the next general assem bly and his favorite hill, to abolish the primary, if it is presented will have to he brought forward by some other member. He was defeated at the gen eral election on November 2nd. Mr, Neal, one of the last of the “die-hards" on tiie matter of woman suffrage, is known in legislative cir cles as "The Ambassador From Mc- Dowell". he having gained that title when he crossed the mountains into Tennessee several years ago to urge the Tenuessee legislature not to vote in favor of woman suffrage. Mr. Xeni for several sessions has] introduced a bill to abolish the pri-] mary system, many times it lias been I considered and each lime it Mas gone I down to defeat. Now, when the lead- • ing politicians of the state an l all j lined up, according to political-gos-1 sip, either for or against-some defi- j nite action on the election system, Mr. i Neal, if he participates, will have to j do so other than from the floor of the house. Josephus Daniels has oome out in favor of reform of the election laws by providing a statewide Australian ballot system. Tiie Republican party in the state urged throughout its cam paign tbnt the election laws should he changed. On the other hand, the Democrats urged that the Republicans came out of the primary of last sum mer aroused great Interest in the state and there has been a persistent demnnd in some quarters that the pri mary system be reformed. Some hove taken the view the primary should be done away with. Others have de clared in favor of its reform while still others believe t\ie best method of reform would be the Australian bal lot system. High officials of the Democratic i party generally are saying nothing, but it is known in authoritative cir cles that they have some definite opin ions on the subject which perhaps may come out of the next general assem bly. It appears certain that reform of the primary system by making its provisions stricter, adoption of a state wide Australian ballot and per'ltaps repudiation of the primary in favor of the convention system will be mat ters of considerable interest about the first part of next January and mav, result in definite action in the general assembly. Meanwhile. Will Neal, the pri mary’s most consistent opponent, will not be a member of the general as sembly which perhaps will tackle the election system with greater vigor than any of those in recent bienniums. tlon will be forthcoming. This atti tude. however, is not that of Town- ] send alone, but of all the members of the budgpt advisory commission. Hence it may be deduced that Townsend, if elected Speaker, would name an appropriations committee that would act iu harmony with the administration anil the recommenda tions of the budget commission. But Fountain .is not out of the pic ture, by any means. Yet, just why he is in it, no one can explain exactly, other than that he has had his eye on the speaker's chair for more than two years, worked throughout the last leg islature to that end, and has a major ity of the pledged votes of the mem bers of the last legislature who have ' been returned to the new one that convenes in January. And although 'Fountain consistently declines to make a statement of any kind for pub lication and maintains a discreet si lence on all matters political, his friends declare that he already has more than 40 votes pledged to him. And these same friends are confi dent that in the final frame. Fountain wilt win out. Just why, they are un able to say now. but they intimate that Connor has little or ho chance, because of the violent anti-adm’nistra tten stand which has been taken by Murphy and others known to t>e back ing C honor, though Connor himself baa not bad much to nay. They say that Townsend is really the most dan gerous adversary in the fight, but that be may lose in popularity some what by being too recognizably pro- Administration, and that in the case of a deadlock between Connor and Townsend, the majority of the Town send men would be more likely to go to Founta'n. instead of Connor, since Fountain is undoubtedly very friend ly to the present administration, and represent* more of a compromise be tween the extreme positions held by Connor and Townsend. ' German Chief | Here is the first photograph to reach this county of Gen eral Heye, new chief of the German army. IstarssUena) Kevuvai. PROGRAM OE CONSTRICTION. Will Continue I'neheckfd For the Next Five Years. Ra'eigli. Nov. 1.1. UP) —The pro gram of construction which lias been in evidence throng’ tout the state in all lines of building will continue un checked for the. most part during the next live years. This is the opinion of Director Wade Phillips of the de partment of conservation nnd develop ment. Major Phillips bases his opin ion on a recent survey lie has made of the state in which he obtained Etc .opinions of leading contractors tmd building experts from each section of the state. Major Phillips said the opinions of tin l contractors were based on definite business indications. In making their reports to him they cited the need of schools to keep up with the educa tional program of city, county nnd state: tiie need of factories to handle the increasing number of manufac turing interests centering their activ ities in the South and particularly in North Carolina; the indication that the people, the main arteries having been nearly completed, will insist on I further highway construction to cofi-l uect the main roads with all imparl-1 though in some sections building of homes has reached the saturation! point, in other sections there is still need of ' development in'this respect, j Water power development and the construction of power facilities also will add tt> the gcnerhl construction ! program, stated Major Phillips. in citing the expansion now underway by two of the largest power eoinimnics of the state with the resultant impetus given all classes of construction in the area affected. A majority of the builders agreed that activity in construction of busi ness buildings probably would slacken while the other lines of construction were expected to make up for this lessening of activity. The factory construction was predicted by two out of every three experts consulted and it was indicated the trend would be toward improving the structures wit’ll less work on spinning and finishing plants. ’ The forecasts taken into considera tion by Major Phillips allowed for temporary fluctuations and any great national period of deflation. With Our Advertiser*. See new ntt. or the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co., g’ving an added reason “Why Coke Is Your Bent Fuel." When you think your tires are about “through" take them to the* Concord Vulcanizing Co. to have them retreaded. Wrenn at Kannapolis knows how to clean and dye clothe*. Phone 128. Ask your neighbor about the work of the Concord Plumbing Company. 174 Kerr street. Phone 57(5. Efird’s bargain basement is full of extra specials in outings, ginghams, j sheetings, shoes, laundry soaps nnd j powders. There are only two more days of the Golden Harvest Sale at the Parkf* Belk Oo.’s. No more Nugnr ticket* given out after today. Big spec ials all over the store today and Mon day. V You can get up-to-the-minute styles in men’s, women’s and children’s shoes at Markson’s. Saints may be made from sinners, but that’s no excuse for sinning. OWN YOUR HOME— Home owners arc splendid citizens. They are lead ers in any movement to boost “our town” and to T<cep it a good place to live in. Now is the time to begin saving for your own home. We can help you. OUR NOVEMBER SERIES 1$ NOW OPEN Start today by taking out a few shares. Citizens Building & Lou Association Office in the Citizens Bank Building CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1926 5EG.532 BILEStF ' COTTMIiMI mi mm Os the Total 404,216 Bales jj Were Consumed by the Plants in Cotton Grbw*| ing States. LITTLE DECREASE L ') FROM SEPTEMBER During Month 32,592,346 1 Spindles Were Agjfe,! With Majority of lriese in the South. Washington, Nov. IS. —OP)—Cotton consumed during October totaled fitiS.- .1 532 bales of lint, and 75,530 of lint- i ers; compared with 571.105 bales of ■ t lint Mini 74.352 of, (inters in Septem-jj her this year. Cotton on hand October 31st was!l held as follows : ] t In’ consuming establishments 1.-i 215.873 hales of lint and 99,318 of it Hitters, and in 'public stornge and at;] compresses 5,400.8011 bales of lint and i > 42.808 of lintors. , Imparts during October totaled 30.- i ’ 440 bales, and exports totaled 1,300.- j 1 820, including lt),048 bales of Haters. , I Cotton spindles active during Oc-M tober numbered 32.592.800. |1 Statistics for cotton growing states ; > include! l Cotton consumed during October. 404,210 bales. Cotton on hand October "Ist in !, consuming establishments, 842,077 ! j bales, and in public storage and at j | compresses 5.260,231. Cotton spindles active numbered : j 17.313.022. j J. I). LANGSTON HEADS : BOARD OF ELECTIONS j ’ J. T- Prevette, of North Wilkeabori. j' is Appointed a Member to Succeed j J. Clarence Call. Raleigh. Nov. 12. —Col. John 15- . Langston, of Goldsboro, was appoint ed chairman of the state board of 1 elections Friday morning by Gover- | 1 nor McLean to succeed Judge Wal- 1 ter H- Neal, of laiurinbnrg. Judge ■ Neal resigned recently on account of ill health. 1 Governor McLean also announced the jppnintment of J- T.. Prevettap March Wilkesboro.-to the mate beard of elections to succeed J. Clarence. Call, of North Wilkesboro, who re-j I****** 5 ' Flame* Destroy SmllblleM City Hall ! in Night. I Greensboro, Nov. 12.--Firo at 21' o'clock thin morning practically de- ] stroyed the town hall at SmithfteM; j Johnston county, with a loss of about J $14,000. Watson Wharton, of Smith -j field, here today, told of the fire. The blaze, when discovered, was eating its way through Che auditor ium in the building and had made such headway that firemen could not stive the structure. A call was sent to Stlnia, five miles distant, for fire fighters to aid the local firemen, and Che Selma trucks made the distance in seven minutes. It is supposed that the tire started from a cigarette stub dropped in i trash in the auditorium. A boxing festival was held in the auditorium last night. Mettbodist Mission Board Meeting. South Bend., Ind., Nov. 13.—Bish ops from all parte of the I'nited States nnd from foreign lands, together with missionaries serving in Africa. China, Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia. Mex ico and South America, have gather ed in this city to take part in the an nual meeting of the Board of Foreign ' Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The meeting, which had it* formal opening today, is the first ever held by the board in Indiana in the ninety-tyyo years of its life. Bishop Luther B. Wilson of New York is pre siding over the sessions, which will continue, four days. I Chinese Pirates Rob French Steamer, i Hong Kong, China, Nov. 13.—C4>) — j Twenty-six pirates boarded the Frenrfi ' steamer Hanoi at Kwangohouwan, | south of here, shot and killed a guard, | ransudked the steamer, robbed the passengers, and then abandoned the I ship taking $50,000 wortli of bullion, $20,000 in loot from the passengers, and a large quantity of guns and am munition, it was learned here today. | Sweden’s waterways are, on an av- I erage, open for 210 days each year and ! frozen 156. IIUCLE JOE’ CANNON FUNERAL SERVICES SET FOR THURSDAY Hour for Funeral Has Notj Been Selected But Ser-! vices Will Be Held in Danville, Illinois. DECEASEDGETS j HIGH PRAISE! President One of Those! Who Praised Deceased For Long Service in the. 1 Lower House. Danville. 111.. Nov. 13. UP) l’ncleJ ioc. Cannon, the nation's eldest states- 1 man who first ran for public office the year Lincoln was elected to the presidency, lias found the rest he sought when he retired from public life three years ago, and "came ’tome lo die." Funeral services for tiie patriarch who entered the long sleep at exactly 12 noon yesterday in the brown brick amnion from which he went to Con gress 53 years ago. will be held next Thursday at an hour not yet selected. Burial will he in Spring Hill ceme tery, beneath a modest monument which he Close and had erected on the family lot. Final arrangements will be made with the arrival of rela tives. Tributes to the dead statesman poured in today from friends and former foes who recalled the vivid days'when Cannon ruled the national House of Representatives with an iron hand. “The “nation has lost one of its most ab’e, interesting and beloved men of the last generation," President Cool idge said in u message of xympat'.iy to Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of the former speaker. “He will al ways rank as a great American. His great influence gave his country a better government." While his political career dated back to the days of the great Eman cipator, Uncle Joe had other traits in common with Lincoln. His fea tures often were said to be of the Lincoln type. From ears to ehirt he wore a fringe of closed cropped beard, the upper lip clean shaved. There had been no map in publie life, Lincoln excepted, arttund whose life grew op such a lore of tales. IV* tainty there has never been a man so lampooned in eartodns. But while Cannon's term of service in Congress stretched over nearly half a century and was the longest on rec ord. there was one man who called •a*n “kid." He is,General J. War ren Keiffer, 90, of Springfield. 0., a former speaker of the house, whr. served with Uncle Joe for years in Congress. “I always called Joe the kid," ex plained General Keiffer: "You see. he was 90 years old last May. nnd I will he 01 years old on January 30th. He always enjoyed that little j6ke, and often in his let ters he would sign himself just that way." Body WIN Lie in State. Danville. 111., Nov. 13. —C4>>—In an ivy-covered church where his wife planted sprigs that in tiie years have grown into a massive bower of foliage will be held the final rites for "Uncle Joe" Cannon, whose eventful life of 90 years ended in peaceful sleep yes terday. Funeral services will be next Tuesday afternoon, bnt the exact hour has not yet been set. The body of the veteran statesman will lie in state at the Cannon man sion on Sunday. United Slates WHI Conte to la-ague Says Paper. London, Nov. 12.—0 f Resident Ooolidge's “not unfriendly speech at Kama* City." The Daily News aft er analyzing it, nays: "Not because of appeal* but be cause of pressure of circumstances the United State* wiS be impelled in fere many years have passed not only to join directly the great work of the la-ague of Nations, but also to concern herself actively in the af fairs of Europe; for the American people are building up great economic interests here which will make her permanent isolation impossible. “When the debt settlements are concluded much of the present ill humor anti misunderstanding will disappear.” Clock Made of Steaw la Goad Tim Keeper. Berlin, Nov. 13.—A clock made en tirely of strgw i» the latest exhibit of the skill in clocktnaking which ha* long made the little Town of ftoalar. in the -Ilartz Mountains, celebrated. > It took Cart Reichert, the maker, two years to fashion the novel time keeper, which stands nearly six feet high and in which not. only the ease and the twelve wtioe's of the clock work but the weight* and the pend it | lam have straw as their material even the little bolts and atrip* which bold the dock together are made of at raw. The movement is of the twenty four-hour variety and keeps good time. Week of Prayer for the Young. New Tork, Nov. 13.—The World’* Committee, which federate* the nearly forty national and international alli ance* of Young Men's Christian A*so> elation*, ha* issued a call upon the as sociation* of aU land* to unite in ob serving the week .beginning tomorrow aa a week of prayer for young men and ' bey a. Loses $300,000 The home of Mrs. Myron C. Taylor, of New York, was robbed of $300,000 in jewels, police learned. (latently! anal Kivaol) R. 0. ALEXANDER IS DEAD AT CHARLOTTE Was Colton Expert and Developer of Western North Carolina Property . Charlotte. Nov. 13. —(A 3 ) —R. O. Alexander, widely known North Car olina financier, died suddenly at his home here early today. He had been in ill health for six years, having re tired from active business at that time. Although tie had engaged in the cot ton busmens most of his life, being regarded a* one of the foremost ex perts on staple cotton in the two Car cliuns. during his later year* Mr. Alex ander was better known for his work in developing Black Mountain, in western North Carolina, as a summer resort. It was through his efforts that a number of religious organizations choose Black Mountain for annual as semblies and training courses. Mr. Alexander was a son of Rev. Samuel Cra’ghead Alexander, a Pres byterian minister, nnd the great grand son of John McKnitt Alexander, one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Dec laration of independence. Funeral services probably will he held Sunday afternoon. Mr. Alexander is survived by his widow, three sons. s#ven daughters, one brother and two sis tec*. ONE RACE A YEAR. MANAGER ASSERTS Meagre Attendance Leads Charlotte Speedway Official* to This Decision. Charlotte. N- C., Nov. 12.—Races at the Charlotte Speedway probably will be held annually in the future, C. IV. ■ Roberts, s[pecdway manager, !said today. Races have -been held more fre quently in the past, but Mr. Roberts said he thought attendance would be larger if only one rnee were held each year. Approximately 7.500 person* were at the speedway at the race* yester day. which was a much smaller erowd than tisnnl. Definite action will be taken when the speedway directors hold a meet ing. it was stated. Iredell County Man Killed in Acci dent. Statesville. Nov. 12.—An automo bile collision three mile* north of Statesville on the Wilkesboro road this morning about 9 o'clock result ed in the death of Quineey L. Sharpe Iredell farmer, aged 53, nnd minor injuries for two other occupants of the ear. Mr. Sharpe and his son were j coming toward Statesvile, the *on driving a Ford touring ear. They met a Chevrolet coupe on a sharp curve going north, driven by R. A. Lowry, snlc*mnn for a local whole sale grocery concern- Both ear* wore almost demolished. Mr. Sharpe was thrown through the windshield of hi* Ford and his mangled body landed on an embank ment. His death followed a few minute* later. Mr. Lowry was brought to Doctor Long'* sana torium. where an examination reveal ed that his scalp was lacerated and one rib had been fractured. No ser ious development# are anticipated in his ease. .lame* Sharpe, son of the dead matt, received a number of cuts and bruises but. was able to return home later. Bigamy Charge Silly Declare* C. B. White. Charlotte, Nov. 12.—Charles 11. White, Charlotte architect, today was returned here from Jackson. Mies., to face trial on a charge of bigamy. White is alleged to have skipped a $3,000 bond in the bigamy ease. “I had aleady bought .my ticket te return to Charlotte when the office! arrived to get me,” he declared. He eharoeteried the bigamy chargf a* “about the silliest thing any body ever got away with.” TAX NOTICE City Taxes Paid in Novem ber saves you the penalty that will be added December Ist. Pay now and save the cost. CHAS. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector. SO-CALLED “DIARY" OF MINISTER GETS mmz* The Ten Cent Note Book, | Identified as Property of j Rev. Edward Hall, In-[ traduced in Trial. DEFENSEWOULD EXCLUDE DIARY State Contends That Book Shows Feeling That Ex isted Between Minister and Mrs. Mills. Court House. Somerville. X. .1.. Nov. J 3 ten cent store note book became exhibit "S 100”. and •laimed a large part of today's ses sion of the Hall-Mills trial. The writing in the book "which for con- 1 .enienoo we will call a diary" hns been identilied by Charlotte Mills, | daughter of the slain Mrs. Eleanor I U. Mills, as that of the Kev. Edward j \Y. Hall, s ain with Mrs. Mills more, than four years ago. The "diary" part of the book con-1 dsted of a number of pages unat tached to the covers at the moment. The State said they had been torn out. while the defense preferred to speak of it as a "mutilated book." Over objection of the defense, that the defendants had no knowledge of the so-called diary, had never seen it. and were in no sense concerned with it. it was admitted to s'.iow the feeling between the minister and the choir singer. choir singer. The contents were not revealed. but the court stated in de scribing it for identification in the rec ord that the first date was July 31st and the last August 12th. With the diary in fifteen letters, said to ’have been written by Mr. Hall to Mrs. Mills were admitted to evi dence on the same basis. The diary and letters were found it) Mrs. Mills' home several weeks after her death, and as published four years ago contained terms of endearment. QI’EEN MAIRE 18 NOW ON WAV EAST Negotiations Continuing for Va* of Southern on Her Way South- Queen Marie's train, en jOAte t* Chicago. Nov. 13 —l4*—Queen Marie traveled toward Chicago and its four days stopover today, with only a two hour halt at SprltlgfloM, Illinois, to break the journey. She arranged to stop at Springfield long enough to place a wreath on the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, whose birthplace near Louisville, K.v„ she will visit next week. The Queen’s itinerary after the pres ent tour is completed at Washington on November 24th is in doubt. Al though it is understood that the South ern Railway, over which the royal party planned to travel to North Caro lina and possibly Florida, has refused to accept a normal fare for the en tourage. negotiations are said to be continuing. Still further complications are pre sented in the request of several rail roads that their special cars making up the Queen's train be made avail able for regular duty as soon as pos sible. Colonel John H. Carroll, in charge of the train, is carrying on negotiations which he believes will keep keep the train virtually intact or provide substitute equipment. EJECTED FROM BALL ROOM MAN SHOOTS TO KILL | Billie Coats Kills Com):able and "h Stray Bullet Kills Girl Also. Rig Lake. Tex., Nov. 13. —(A*)—Bil- lie Coats. 34. a machinist invaded late last night the ball mom of the Santa Rita Hotel at Best. Texas, from which he had been ejected earlier, shot and killed Constable (leorgc Haynes, 45. As he struggled with C. A. Jones. 35. had come to the aid of the officer. Coats' revolver was discharged and ! Miss Alta Dean, 10, fell dead on the dance floor, a bullet in her temple. Jones was wounded in the arm in the struggle. Coats found an open path through the huddled panic-stricken dancers and escaped through the lobby of the hotel. Scores of armed men were searching for him throughout the Reagan Coun ty oil fields today. SI,OOO For Hymn Music. Memphis, Teun.. Nov. 12.—A prize . of SI,OOO awaits the American writer f of the best new musical setting for the hymn of the National Federation i cf Music Clubs—“ America the Beau tiful-” Beautiful Engraved Christmas Cards The Tribune-Times is now prepared to deliver on short notice beautifully engraved Christmas cards at unusual? ly low prices. Call at the office and make your selec tion, as the stock is now ready for you "» ' j - TRIBONB 1 TODAY’S NEWS TODA|I N 0.2 m FIRE CAUSES MUCH| DAPf TO STORES' . mInOERSOM Fire Which Started ia Ip Store Basement Causes Loss Now Estimated at - $250,000. ASHEVILLE SENT EIGHT FIREMEN • Fire Was Under Control at 3 O’clock But Broke Out Afresh Shortly AftwJ That Time. Hendersonville, N. C„ X°v. 13.<**»j (A I ) —Fire which started shortly aff*£ midnight in the basement of the , ner-Pentiy department store on Malit street here, was brought under Otitj-s tro! shortly after 7 o’clock this wnwgyi ing after the store's stock was tobiHfe . destroyed and the stocks of two ad l joining stores badly damaged. Hie loss is estimated at $250,000; Only the heroic work of the city'* firemen, augmented by Chief- A. t&\; Duckett with eight men and pumper from Asheville, saved several othef buildings nearby from the 'flame*. Lodgers in the apartments above Run Hunter Drug Company were routed from their beds in time to escape, WK| two who were overcome by the srnoW) had to be carried out by firemen, tj* T.iC fire is said to have started tA the basement of the department a long two-story structure., If wa* horning briskly when the first ala'Mjp' was turned in. Shortly before 3 o’clock,.. the flames were brought uttfier; rs||jp trol. . . ■ Hardly had the Asheville fire unU arrived when the blaze broke ofia afresh. It was iu this second break that Lie greater part of Ms.-.; damage was done. The loss of the stock of the deporfc* mint store, owned, by! W. F, Penny and X. Rrenner, was estimated today at *130,000. SI IT AGAINST AIKEN COt’NTY FOR LYNCfgfIM This Contingency Now Looms l’p To* .; day. Dispatches Say. Columbia, S. C.. Nov. stilt against Aikeh lynching of Clarence. Demon and Rer tha Lowman. negroes, by h masked mob October Bth. loomed today. Iw) bate Judge Geo. If. Webb isoed aßa.' tions for persons interested to" tdwfii cause why Thomas 1,. Hahn, UapjGg Augusta attorney, should not be pointetl administrator for the estpijpri of Demon and Bertha Ixiwmail, broth,, cr and sister victims of the mob. Hahn was counsel for Bertha IstMjji*! man when she was on trial for the murder of a constable. Affidavits stating that he was Mgt og kin to ail three victims were Hp tained from Sam Lowman. father tig Bertha and Demon, now serving a 2- year prison sentence for a liquor law violation. In a suit instituted against the county by the estate of personal, lynched, constitutional provision set* the minimum amount at $2,000 and a directed verdict for this is cnsiotrtarily given. THE COTTON MARKET M Opened Steady at Advance of i PoWI to Decline of 4 Points. New York. Nov. 13.— UP) —The cot ton market opened steady today atJMi advance of 1 point to a decline,of fout* points, but soon turned easier tmdfC week-end realizing, combined ' Vffli lo cal and Southern selling. . i}£m The report of th«- Census bureau, placing domestic consumption for Oc tober at 508,532 bales, against 544!- GDT bales last year, evidently disap pointed recent buyers and probably accounted for some liquidation. Tfonii* also appeared to be a little more ing on the decline which extended iw | 12.57 for January contracts, or aboi& 13 to 15 points below yesterday'!) ' film ing figures for the end of the first ! hour. Private cables reported trade selling : with further covering and continental , buying in the Liverpool market, s Cotton futures opened steady : 11*0. 12.60; Jan. 12.72 ; March 12 1)2; May , 13.15; July 13.35. dg ' New York, Nov. 13.—Cotton do«ii( fairly steady at a net decline of 13 1* 1!) |)oints: December 12.48; Jan, 12.37; March 12.77; May 12-D0 July . 13.20. Attend Dance In Chnrlottq. ,J; , After the bridge-supi>er given hy Misses Louise and Alice Gibbon Jt» Charlotte Friday evening in honor -of Miss Adelaide Harris, the. gursts *4* - tended the Davidson-Carolina danC)£. Among other Concord youiig p<s*p Je who were present were: Miss Virginia Reed, (llarenee Ridcnhnur, Joe Bar rier, Tom White. Worth Joyner. Bill McAuley, Dick Richards and "Sir*” Laughlin. Mr. Castor to B« Pastor Rocky Mona! Lutheran Church. H. C. Castor, of Columbia, 8. spent several days with his parent*; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Castor, on Routt 3, en route to Rocky Moutit, wMm he will be supply pastor of the Ldffp eran Church. THE Cloudy and warmer tonifiit and Sunday, showers Suhday. 'ModeWji northeast shifting to east and soatp east winds.