North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI COTTOI TOTAL OF 18.399,000 BALTS j S IT* FOBECKT This is Increase Over Re-; port of Fortnight Ago) Which Estimated Crop of Bales. ACRE YIEI D STILL | ON THE INCREASE Yield of 186.3 Pounds Peri Acre Indicated.—North i Carolina Crop Put at 1,- 260,000 Bales. Washing! on. Nov. 22.—OP)—Tlte ™<!nn crop will tolal JfLTOiI.OnO bates Ibis year, as indicated by the rejKjrts concerning edit!iliniis probable yields, ginning* and other farters as of Xov. 1-Alli. the Department of Agriculture announced today. A fortnight ago 17.!)t$,OOO bates were indicated. I.o*l year’s prop was 111.103,07!) haler- An approximate yield of 180.3 pound* per acre -s indicated compared with 181.4 pound* a fortnight ago. and 107.2 pounds last year's final y ield. North Carolina's estimated crop is 1,200,000 bale*. Cotton ginned of this year's growth prior to November 14th totalled 12.- 053.708 bales. including 426,026 round bale* counted a* half bales, and j exclusive of linters. the Census Hu- j reau announced today, iina's ginning* were 803,417. OBSERVATION TOWER ON MT. MITCHELL PE.\|t Will Servo Tourists and Forest Firs Ihttixds.—Gift of C. J. Hairi*. Tibune Riireau. Sir Wnller Hotel. Haleigh. Nov. 22.—The summit of Mr. Mitchc’.l is now adorned by a 30-foot observation and fire lookout tower, completion of tbe <v>|h<truction of the tower having been announced I to<hiy by Wade H. Phillip*, director of the Department of Conservation ami Development. Cob C. J. Harris. HiV-b iro, N. C.r, 1 furnishe<l the funds for the construe tion of the lookout, and ha* donated it to, ♦J* State. T.oeated hi Mount J Mitchell State Park, also a forest re serve, the tower rente* a double pur-, pose, that of an • observation lAwyr, for visitors ami a forest fire lookout ; under the direction of the Stale For- < eslry Service. j Plans were made for the structure' , hr Colonel Harris and approved by i Hie Forestry Service. It* construe- ; tion in of atone, and access i* gained ] by a flight of winding stair*. This tower forms the second op a link which the State Forestry Service i contemplates establishing through the ' more thickly wooded sections of | North Carolina, the first having been | comp’eted several months ago in the | southwest corner of Harnett County ] in the Eastern part of (he State. , The Harnett County tower is f!7 I feet in height, overlooking a rudiii* of I fifteen miles, covering part of Ilai- ■ nett. Cumberland. Hoke. Moore aud I<ee Counties. By the construction oi ] the towers, foresters can ascertain | the location of fires in their inei- ] pieney and mobilize tbeir tire-fightiug forces on short notice while the fires an- yet small and can be kept under control. THE COTTON MARKET \ i Opened Steady at Enchanted Prices . to Advance of 3 Points and Sold 10 | to IS Points Higher. j; New York. Nov. 22. —(AO—The cot- I ton market 'opened steady today nt uuelmiiged prices to advance of 3 I points ami sold 10 to 13 iwiut* above t Saturday's closing figures in the early i Hading. A little Southern hedging i was reported, bigt offerings were light I and the advance of 12.70 for January 1 contracts was attributed to further 1 1 pre-bureuu covering and some local of| eonimission bouse buying promoted by { relatively steady Liver)>ool cables. The advance met a little realizing ' which caused reactions of 6 Or 7 points : from the best, with the market com- i paratively quiet at the end of the first hour is if traders were waiting for the government crop report. , l.iverpool cables reported hedging light in the market there, with prices steady on covering aud trade cnlllug. Cotton futures opened steady: Dec. 12.55; Jan. 12.63: Mart* 12.78; May 13.03; July 13.28. Star Theatre We will give away absolutely free for each jiaid admission every Mon day and Tuesday a ticket that will ad mit you free on the following Wednes day (Fntil further notice) to see a Paramount picture, which yon know is the "World’s Best!" MONDAY—TUESDAY ‘TIG LEAVES” With George O’Brien. Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver an* Andre De Beranger "IJehperaiy Lever” WEDNESDAY "THE POPULAR SIN” With Clive Brook. It's a Para mount Special. Also Fox News THURSDAY-FBIDAY "THE EAGLE OF THE SEA” With Florence Vidor and Ricardo Cortez. It’s a Paramount SATURDAY “THE HIGH HAND” With Ico Maloney. Also a Comedy : "Honeymoon Ileaphal” The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s. Beading Small City Daily j ... v •■■■■ —■■ ■ v —-■ —.. i ■ ■■- ~ Mrs. Gibson in Court in Dramatic Climax of Hall-Mills Case ■ JMr IM—^ x.' dnK2! 1 HI K PH: . HBY, gj *} Mm M isAM'iiiiii I L -11' in'x * 11, i.») ■— Mrs. .lurnes Gib-son. star witness in [he Hall-Mil'.* murder case. : s shown on a bed in tile courtroom at Som erville, X. J„ where her testimony formed the dramatic climax to the trial. Senator Alexander Simpson, special j . prosecutor, is shown asking her questions. Beyond the lied are the defense attorneys, and beyond them Willie Stevens, Mm. I- ranees Stevens Hall, and Henry Stevens, the defendants. « (Copyright. 1!126,‘ International Newsreel) L2-.-i.tj. ! ~ .. i PREDICTS HILLKK WILL SUCCEED Wm. M. BUTLER New York, Nov. 22.—(A*)—The New York Americau says today that Charles 1). Hi'des, of New York, is likely to succeed Wm. M. Bntier. of Massachusetts, ns chair man of the Republican nationul committee next spring. The pa per says that tbe matter was dis cussed Ttt week-end conferences here of party leaders. YOUTH KILLS TWO, ~ WOUNDS HIS SI ST Lx. Unpood Ware Kill* Mr. and Mr*. Mrs. William Gandy and Seriously Wound*Jfc*. Madeline Maxwell. jHrhfgctbnT N. J.. N»V. 22—bPi—' Mr. and Mrs. William Gandy, of this city, were shot and instantly killed 1 today by Llnwood Ware, 22, their nephew, who also shot and seriously wounded hi* sister. Mrs. Madeline Maxwell, 20. Mrs. Maxwell is re ported to he dying in ttie hospital here. Mr. and Mrs. Gandy and Mrs. Max well lived with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ware, parents of Llnwood. While the family was sitting at breakfast in the dining room the youth entered from the kitchen with an automatic pistol in his hand. He nt once op ened fire on his aunt and uncle, nnd then shot his sister. After seeing tlie three fall from their chairs he walked out of the house. Mrs. Maxwell' was rushed to a Bridgeton hospital and the police noti fied Young Ware was arrested short ly after the shootiug. To Help American Home Life. Des Moines, 'lowa. Nov.” 22. —Spon- sored by prominent lowa club women and sanctioned hy the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs and other organizations of national scope, the American Home Congress, a national body organized in Des Moines last Marx'.!, Tuesday opened its first na tional congress in this city. - The sessions will continue through Ihe week. --The discussions will touch nil phases of home life, the spiritual and human relations along with the material, stressing the stabilization of the home for ttie coming generation— the exhalation of the character and I the conscience of the boys nnd girls of j America. | The subjects to receive attention will Include: building and fiuauciug a home; home equipment nnd efficiency in giving opportunity for high stand ards in living; adjustment and organ ization of family life in the home; recreation, and association in ttie fam ily group; co-operation of all the fam ily in solving the problems of the home; development of personality through religious and artistic culture, and the relation of the family unit to the community. Among the organizations interested in the congress mid its aims are the American Farm Bureau Federation. Parent-Teacher Association. National Grange, Better Homes of America, nnd the Society of American Agricultural Engineers. Um Travel* by Air. London, Nov. $2. —Queer cargoes are the rule rattier than the excep tion on the London-Continental air service. Recently n ejrcus manager wanted a full grown lion sent from Paris to London. Within a few hours n specially-constructed cage hail been built in n Napier plane to ac commodate the nuimal. While handling parcels, an air goods porter nt Croydon, the London air port, was amazed to find one labelled “Cremated Human Remain*.” Sev eral time* nlr liners have been con verted Into hearses for transporting bodies for burial in different parts of Europe. Gold, platinum and silver in Urge quantities—the total to date exceeds in value 150,000,000 —travel along the airways linking London with all parts of the continent. FAILS TO BREAK THE BIG MARKETS New York. Nov. 22.—(/P!—Re markable resistance was displayed -in the New York cotton exchange o the increase of 481.000 hale.- in the government crop estimate of 18,300.000 hales. Prices dropped approximately .SI.OO a hale, but large buying orders were enrolln tered on the decline. Slight Effect at New Orleans. New Orleans, Xov. 22.—OP)— The government cotton crop fore cast announced today had only a slight effect otf7* , s» market here. December drop* «0 points. Jnn utry 11 points.) *TManil 0 points. Total ginning* of 12.053708 bales! wns smaller thnn exiiected. wirht ‘h* <rr o fin-east, bales was larger than expected. SEEK BODIES OF CREW WHICH PERISHED AT SEA ■Men Were Killed in Explosion Which Wrcclted Tug Bahada Two Miles Off Coast of Washington. Anacortes, Wash. Xov. 22.—OP)— Willi one body recovered, a search hy I’. S. coast giuirikmicn went forward today for the rest of the crew of nine on the No-foot tug Htiliudn. which sank after a terrific explosion two miles from here yesterday. The body was identified as that of William F. Hi’.ii <ell. deck hand, and brother of the ship’s master. It was washed asltore at Samisli Island, ten .miles from the scene of the blast. , A search of ttie beaches of the many islands near here was begun nt once by volunteers. The likelihood of anyone escaping the explosion which demol-f ishetl the ship was declared slight, however. Wreckage of the pilot house nnd the life boats was found five miles away, i The-vessel which was towing a log! raft now lies in 200 feet of water. A fragment of the, ship's wheel was found on the beach henr here. It hailj been hurtled more than a mile. i I Thanksgiving Proclamation. j Rale gh, X. C„ Xov. 21.—(/«—Gov ernor McLean today issued a procla mation calling upon the people of North Carolina to observe Thursday. November 25th as a day of public thnnksgiving nnd prayer. "I deem this a fitting time for our people to remember that our prosper ity may be transitory and ephemeral I unless we realixe the virtues that make our prosperity possible, it is j most appropriate that we full/ realize! our dependence u|k>ii Alm'glity God for all that is good and lasting." the executive proclamation declared. 1 The document was issued in ac cordance with a time-honored custom and the law of the state. Snow Falls at Oxford. Oxford. N«v. 21.—The first snow fall of the season in Oxford began this morning at 11 o'clock and con tinued four bourn. Storm Breaks in U. D. C. Meeting Over Member Having Picture in Newspapers Richmond. Va„ Nov. 20.:—A storm broke out of n clear sky on the floor of (lie 33rd annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy here today and after it had subsided ttie delegates found themselves on rec ord as regretting that they were una ble under the organization’s by-laws to discipline n member who had caused her picture to be printed in , a local newspaper, i The affair caused the biggest ripple in the amity so much sought by offi i dais and which had market the pro i ceedings of the convention up to the 1 time the attention of the delegates i was called to the picture of Mrs. Nor man V. Randolph, of Richmond, form CON CORD, N: C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1926 “PEACHES” GIVEN S3OO WEEK WHILE HER SUIT PENDS White Plains, X. Y„ Xov. 22. — ! (A*)—-Mrs. Fiances 1 Iconsu "Peach es" Browning was awarded S3OO a | week alimony and counsel fees of i $8,500 pending settlement of her | suit for separation from her hits- j band. Edward W. Browning, weal- | thy real estate mail, by Justice | Morchauscr today. FISH TAIJS OFFERED 4 AS STEVENS AUDI Henry Stevens Hopes to Prove iy Fish He Had No Part in Double Murder. Court IJquse, SomerviUe, X, JLi: Nov. 22.—0 P) —A £i*-pound '‘Tilnir'*)- caught by Arthur Applegate, of Lav-j nliette, On the night of September 11. j 1!)22. continued to win posthumous j fame ns the Hhll-MUls trial proceeded i here today. I This big blue fish looms large in the alibi offered h.v Henry Stevens, charged with his sister, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hull, and brothel*, Willie Stevens, charged with the murder of Mrs. Eleanor It. Mills. Henry Stevens testified in liis own defense that he weighed a six-pouuder caught by Arthur Applegate on the night the choir singer tvas slain with the Rev. Edward W. Hall. Neigh bors from Lavalette came ngnin today to testify that Stevens was on the beach the night of September 14, 11)22, three today placing him t'iiere at 10 o'clock or after. The killing is al leged to have taken place at about 1(1:20 o’clock, fifty miles from the New Jersey const town. | KEIDSVILLE THREATENED | BY EARLY MORNING FIRE Bidding of Reidsville Motor Company | and Several Autos Destroyed by the I Fire. I Reidsville, N. C., Nov. 22. —(A 1 )— Fire which for hours threatened to ' destroy a whole block ill the business ! district of this city at an early hour jtliis morning was pnt under control. I The flumes destroyed the double build- I ing of the Reidsville Motor Company. Damage will probably reach $30,000. a number of cars in the building being destroyed. One truck from the Greens boro fire department was sent here to I aid local fighters, but the blaze had been practically brought under cou- trol when they arrived. : Solicitor Carpenter Experts Run For Congress in 1928. ' Charlotte. Nov. 21.-—-Nolicitor John G- Carpenter, who lma been a power in tbe 14th judicial district for years, ! expects to seek the Democratic nomi nation for Congress from tile ninth district in 1028, it was announced j here upon authorization by his ! friend.*. The announcement . was no | surprise, a rejiort having been cur rent for some months that Mr. Car penter had his eyes on Major A. L. Bulwinkle’s seat in the lower house of Congress. cr president general and now honorary president. The picture was that of Mrs. Sam uel Burleigh Milton, president of the Bureaugard’s chapter l'. D. C of the District of Columbia nnd showed Mrs. Milton in a bathing suit, surrounded by cups and other awards for life saving and wearing Che congresstional medal and bar for saving life on th<* high seas. The underline declared that Mr*. Milton is the only woman in the United States to receive the medal of honor twice and that she wns also awarded the broaze medal of France for conspicuous service during the WorW War and bad received medals ami* nars for service from the Ameri can Red Cross. { OTTO WOOD LEAVES I PRISON AGAIN; 1$ ITHiEW Was Released From Soli* tary Confinement Sep tember 14 Over Protest j of Superintendent Pou. LEAK ABSOLVES PRISON OFFICERS Wood Was Serving 22 to 30-Year Sentence for the , Murder of A. W. Kaplan, Greensboro Pawnbroker j UaJfWi. Xov. 22.—(4*>—Otto Wood, • serving it twenty-two to thirty-year j ] sentence ut State prison for t'ie inur i tier of A. W. Kaplun, pawnbroker of • Greensboro. escaped from prison early ! today. It was his third escape. i Wrtod hud been in solitary confine- 1 ■ ntettf until September 14th since his! | escape and recapture last November.' In, September the bonrd of directors j over* the protests of Superintendent i Pop, ordered that the prisoner be sir en the freedom of the bnek yard of the prison. James A. Leak, chairman of the board, issued a statement today ab ■ solving prison officials from blame for I the escape. - Wood’s escape this time wps the re- I suit of carefully laid plans in the opin* j ion of prison officials. It was made : through the rear gate from which a i pin had been .removed and the iron gratings sprung euoitgh at the bottom jto allow the prisoner to squeeze ; through. j Joe Iltix, guard on duty at the gate l lust night, was charged with "gross I negligence" by Superintendent Pou, | who stuted that lie would be dis- I cliurgeit as soon ns he returns to the | prison. Httx was not on duty at j the time of the escape, but was during j ing the night whpn the gate is thought ; to have been tampered with, and yes terday asked for leave of absence to day. Wood was last seen by prison of ficials when he was turned out of the cell at fi :.’!0 this morning and started toward the boiler house where he was scheduled to relieve the fireman Then, on duty. At the time lie was wear i in* stripe*. L He was first missed at thr checkup j lit breakfast, uud questioning of the I night firemnn revealed he had never I shown up for duty. The guard on | day duty declnred he had seen nothing of him and was not aware that'the supporting pin had been removed from the gate until after daybreak. The prison officials expressed the opinion that Wood escaped while it was still dark. Following the break other pri on inmates stated to officials, it was said, that they had seen Wood in con versation with llux on Revernl occa sions and the guard appeared very friendly toward him. News of the escape was broadcast immeodiatel.v, and a $250 reward for ■jis apprehension offered. With Our Advertisers. Don’t miss the array of dolls at the Doll Show at J. Penney Co.’s. They are ready for you. On Thursday night. November 25, the Star Theatre will give away free a big turkey gobbler, a big turkey hen, n carton of cigarettes, a box of candy i and a big baby doll. You will Also see a great picture. “The Eagle of the Sea." At Fisher's you will find a saving of from 20 to 3.1 1-3 per cent, on coats. You will also find a special showing of smart frocks for the young miss. See new ad. You will find the most beautiful sil-! verwnre at the Starnes-Miller Parker | Co.'s. Go and see this most attractive] display. The store of the Parks-Helk Co i will he closed Thanksgiving Day. j You will find at this store hundreds of: the smartest dresses and couts, many I of the latter lavishly fur-trimmed. Vis- | it the gift department on the second ! floor. Lots of holiday good things to cat j at Cline & Moose’s. Phono 330. I Pocket watches at S. W. Preslar’s, j an ideal gift for a gentleman. Coal prices reduced—see ad. of A. j It. Pounds today and get a supply : now. Dig reduction on ail velvet, velours | and felt hats at Robinson's. You'll find some inexpensive Christ-1 mas g ! fts at Cline's Pharmacy. Hats for men for Thanksgiving wear | at Hoover’s, $5 to SK. Woolen hose > at 75 cents. Neckwear, handkerchiefs ■ and dress gloves in profusion. The store of C. H. Barrier & Co. | will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. 1 See a list of good things they have for your Thanksgiving dinner in a new 1 ad. today. Get your photographic work done 1 before the Christmas rush at the l Boyd W. Cox Studio. Over Correll! Jewelry Store. Put in your bedroom one of Bell & ! Harrs' dawn grey and heliotrope dec ■ orated suites. You can get there now ' some exceptionally good values. Bond Returns to Fare Charges. Charleston, W. Va„ Nov. 22.—(A 1 ) 1 —John C. Bond, ousted state auditor i I who had been missing since a few days i before be was indicted in Kanawha I circuit court. October 20th, for em -1 bcralemcnt. forgery and larceny, rc > turned to Charleston today. i No. 10 Downing Street, the of- j ■ fictal residence of the British Prime; Minister, has 70 rooms. ' ~ ~ 1 ~ ““j Movement Now Being Made For a State Highway Patrol Forcf^ Raleigfi Tribune Bureau -i Sir Walter Hotel j Raleigh. Nov. 22. Formulation of! the program which w ill be presented j to ;he genera! assembly by the North: Carolina Municipal Association for! cnac.ment at the approaching session 1 of the leg!sin:arc will be worked out-1 at r. meeting of the members of the I association and any or a!1 city of- ■ ficlu s. w hether members of t'.ie asso-! elation or not. nt a called meeting of' the association here on ltecembor Bth, - according to an announcement by W. | , L. Dowell, secretary of the assoein-j j tion. Tlic meeting will be held In I the court room of. the Raleigh mu-’ nieirai building, and will conyene at i 12 o’clock. A number of matters of considers-! ! b> importance to the cities nnd towns ! of the state are expected to come up 'at this time, among which probably! 1 will he die question of a state highway] I patrol force and the licensing of nil-! temobile drivers hy the stale, instead of by tlic individual municipalities, ns ] is now the ease. Although the licensing of automo i bile drivers by the state, instead of COTTON SEED MEAL IN FEEDING LIVESTOCK i Rrrent Experiment Made hy Expert at State College. Raleigh. Nov. 22.—(A I ) —Cheap cot ton lias produced a cheap bj-product. 1 Cottonseed men!, which recent experi ments show may be used to advantage in feeding livestock. One of the most logical uses for this by-product is as a protein ration for swine, or at least this is the con elusion arrived at by Earl 11. Hostet ler, in charge of swine reseurch work at State College. Tae swine experts to determine the place of cottonseed meal in the pig's daily ration have proved disappointing, but that cotton seed oil, cheap as it is now, is stead ily gaining popularity. “Experimental results show that the meal cannot lx* used as a substitute for corn or other high carbohydrate feeds for pigs as it can for cattle,” Mr. Hostetler stated, "but on theoth- : er hand, if the meal may be used aR a supplement to the protein ration and fed with corn, the increase in the value of the meal to the whole south will he tremendous. We have conducted two feeding trials at the North Carolina experiment station which indicate that this meal can lie used as a protein supplement.” The first trial conducted at the up per Coastal Plain station near Rocky Mount with purebred Hampshire pigs showed rtiatrwhen cottonseed meal was a part of the protein ration, the bogs could be fed at less cost and the profit per pig was greater. With two lots of 25 pigs each fed 55 (lays, it eost $7.35 to produce a hundred pounds of gain using shelled corn, fish meal and mineral. The profit ]>er pig was $5.28. When the fish meal was reduced one half nnd this made up with cot tonseed meal, the eost of producing a hundred pound* of gain dropiied ; to $6.73 and the profit per pig jumped to $6.68. The cottonseed meal used in this test was valued at S3O a ton and the price is now below that point. The second test .was conducted on the State College farm at Raleigh and fifteen purebred Berkshire pigs were used in each lot. The pigs were fed i for 84 days and (luring that time it cost $8.04 to produce 100 pounds of gain when the pigs were fed a ration of stielled corn, fishmeal and fineral. i The profit per pig was $6.30. In the second lot where the ration was corn, fish meal, cottonseed oil and mineral, the cost of producing 100 pounds gain dropped to $7.83 and the profit i«*r pig jumped to $7.78. "The increased profit per pig where cottonseed oil wns used is not so great," said Professor Hostetler, “but i it would easily ]>ay for the cost of ! marketing a carload of two hundred pounds considering the prices paid for ■ the feeds that we used." Professor Hostetler does not claim 1 his experiments to be conclusive nnd i lie is conducting further research into | the problem. Storms Ravaging Southwest Europe. Paris, Nov. 22.—(to)—Storms with scarcely a lull between them, are rav- I aging southwestern Europe. Ports on both the Atlantic aud Mod ; iterranean coasts are filled with bat i tenpd vessels. Tile fishing industry is at a complete standstill. The Rivierra 1 again has suffered badly. I Says James Joyce Is Married Again. Chicago, Nov. 22.—(A>)—The Trib ! une says today that James Stanly 1 Joyce, Chicago lumberman and third i husband of Peggy Joyce, from whom he was divorced in 1021, wns married ! Mere Saturday night to Mrs. R. N. j Vail, of New York. 1 The boxing championships in the heavyweight, light heavyweight, mid -1 dleweight, welterweight and light weight divisions have changed hands 1 since the beginning of this year. stapTttSeatre TURKEY NIGHT ! THURSDAY, NOV. 25th We will give away absolute ly Free the following prizes-; No. I —A Big Turkey Gob i bier. No. 2—A Big Turkey Hen. No. 3—A Carton of Cigar- No. 4—A Box of Candy. I No. 5—A Big Baby Doll for the Kiddie. j You will alßo see the Greatest Pic ture of the Season, “The Esgle of the . Sea." Iby the towns and cities, would 1 many cities of the state of a gorks-efted , slice of revenue, it is believed that I the association will advocate such a j step, since it will work for the ad- I vantage of the entire stale as a whole 'and of all t'.ic cities to have this func ■j tion performed by the state. At [ires- j I ent driver's licenses issued by muhiei-; !polities arc of little value outside the] jurisdiction of thin particular mu-1 ' sieipnlity. while a statewide licensing j j system woo d make these licenses of equal value in all parts of the state. I Their revocation, too. would hold good throughout the entire state, instead of; I merely in the place of issuance as at j i [(resent. | It is also believed that the associa tion will advocate any movement to-1 I ward a system of state highway police.' I Whose aim shall be primarily the pre- j vention of highway accidents and the apprehension of reckless drivers. Many ! | city officia's feel that such a system 1 , 'of patrolmen would greatly assist in] .linking up the work done by the po-] 1 lice of the various towns ami cities, t and would materially add to the effec-! tiveness of all police forces. f. P. J. MOONEY DIES WHILE AT HIS WOKK j Was I‘rcsiiVnt and Managing lldit r I «I the Memphis ('turmereial-Appral. Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 22.—OP)—t'. | P. j. Mooney, editor of the Memphis j Commercial-Appeal, died suddenly in j Ilia office here today of apoplexy. I Mr. Mooney came to his office thus j morning against the protests of his j wife, who said he was suffering from j influenza. Soon after he went to ills; disk he suffered a fainting spell and 1 died without regaining consciousness, j Preparation for the publication oft an afternoon paper by the Commercial Publishing Co. hnd heaped additional burdens on the nationally known edi tor and published who recently an nounced that the company would is-i sue the Evening Appeal beginning De-i cember Ist. Mr. Mooney was born in Bardstown I Junction. Ky., September 15. 1865. j He is survived by his widow, who was Corinne O'Sell O'Connof. of Pine Bluff, Ark., and three children. He took over the office of Pres : dent of the Commercial Publishing Co. about three years ago. retaining the] duties of managing editor of the pa per. It was noon apparent to his I friends that the double duties of his j position was sapping his physical j strength. Mr. Mooney's general health in re-, . eent months, had appeared j to be excellent. Mr. Mooney's death occurred at 11:40 o'clock, approximately five mltl ules after his collapse at liis desk. Dr. l.ouis I.eroy. his physician, who had been summoned, arrived shortly before his last breath, hat the editor was un conscious and died without speaking. i Surviving children are: Mrs. Rob-]' ert Galloway. Hugh Mooney and C. I P. J. Mooney, Jr., all of Memphis. j 14 GRADE CROSSING FATALITIES IN WEEK Forty-Three Other Persons Killed in ' All Forma of Traffic Mishaps in the 1 South. (By 1 the Associated Press) Grade crossing accidents took a toll of fourteen dead and six injured ill the South Inst week, while 57 persons were killed and 24!) hurt in all forms of traffic mishaps in eleven southern states, reports to the Associated Press . show. Two crossing crashes in Mississippi Sunday cost four lives and four were iujured, giving that state tile lend for the week in traffic fatalities, with eleven. Georgia's crossing toll for the week was four dead and two hurt, while three were killed in North Carolinn and one each in Florida. Virginia and South Carolina in crashes between trains and automobiles. North Car olina hail seven deaths and 24 in jured in all sorts of traffic accidents, LEGION AND AUXILIARY WILL EIGHT PACIFISTS Will Try Ut Keep Such Persons From Speaking in North Carolina. Charlotte, Nov. 22. —OP)—A de termined fight against radical activi ties in North Carolina will be waged by the State American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary, the executive com mittee of the two bodies decided at a ' joint session here today. The ac-1 tion of the committors related par- ; tietilarly, it was said, to pacifists. | A resolution was adopted calling; for collection of information regard-1 ing pacifists by the state organization i and furnishing three ro|>orts to local j posts where aucit persons may be | booked to speak. Recommendation i was made that action be taken to halt i sqch speaking tours. t Southern New England imports 00 per emit of its lumber” from the South and the Pacific coast and pays as.much in freight on it as New Eng land lumber used to coat delivered. ' 55r ■ g . ~~ FUN!FUN!FUN! By Congressman Upshaw Five Dollars to anyone that goes to sleep at High School Auditorium Tuesday Night, November 23rd 8 :00 O’CLOCK ' ADMISSION 28c and 50c Benefit Athletic Associa- thk TRrauHfi PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TQD^J NO. 2tf> FINULLV CIRRIEB \ mm COURT ROM Trial Is the Result of (Nl | Scandal of 1924 and C*se Is Expected to Contiftjji f j Many Days. WILL QUESTION -jM FALL CLOSED ! Want to Know About sl<W," i 000 Payment Doheny Made to Him and Otfie? ' Facts About Trades. ! Washington. Nov. 22.—(4 s ) —TBb a | many-fingered hand of the oil sotug. >1 \ dal of 1!)24 reached into the crijpjtajp ,courts for the first time today .! Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Dbr I lictiy were called to trial here an A j charge of conspiracy, j The former Interior Secretary | tin- millionaire oil magnate, persona^ I friends s'ncc boyhood, were - 11 ryoOZJd- ■ ied by a battalion of attornin' j I hey took their places for the w«cs tit • - 1 prospective legal jousting. The trial ! will go into all the circumstances of | Doheny's SIOO,OOO payment to j while the latter was in the cabinet, a and of the part played by Fall in the award of the Elk Hills oil lease to hie j old time friend. Long before the trial opened a sou# 3 I court room was crowded. Doheny er- " ! rved early and took the seat beiweej|l the counsel. Fall came in later M “ moved about the court room talklug with counsel and others. m I ESTIMATED CROP FOR STATE 1.260.000 B.«4B» 4 I On a Basis of 186.3 Pounds Ykfll at I Jut Per Acre. Raleigh Tribuue Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh. Nov. 22.—The cotton -cf'OP in North Carolina showed a remarks- , ble increase in the condition of —' j per cent, of a full crop over the 73 par i cent, condition reported two weeks j ago and 71 per cent, n month ago. j The forecast is 1.260.000 bales on n ] j basis of 186.3 pounds yields of lint peg* _ ! acres. This remarkable crop waa not due to an increase in acreage, b*t ! rather to the remarkably good cotttwg^ was 1,102,000 bales with a yield of ' 262 pounds to the acre, according to the formal statement on crop condi tions for North Carolina, issued* fcy the North Carolina crop reporting set- j vice. j Now that the cotton farmers really jsec the evidence of tremendous jglj|3pM| ! production in North Carolina, they ark * I losing sight of their criticisms of two months ago. The cro[f is now J-ryUy larger than most growers can jU&tity , Hate. T’.ic ginnings to NovembeFjSlk showed 863.417 hales for North olina. This is by far the Umße|9 crop the state has ever made. * MTlfiia the production is probably eqgaj to a this figure, there is a good probjApMHJ that not all of the lint will be picked, especially so if the weather'ls] bad | after This date. Experience has shown that cotton crop yields tain he forecasted fairly ac curately by counting the 1 tolls. Til's' k! I method has been followed rather close- jgi ly for the past three seasons, in ad* dition to the condition and yield esti- ! mates. Then the data this yeay has been strengthened more t'aan over by ,i the comparison of gitmers’ figures .and $ estimates. Statistical methods to pro* | vide reliable forecasts of crops as wel£ as of industrial probabilities. ; While the reporters showed thai ( the size of bolls were !I2 per wnl. the usual size, a year ago they re port ed 84 per cent. Thus this je<tr'3 I: bolls are evidently larger than last 1 j years. Previous experience Ims | that while the estimates might he for 1 75 per cent, ginned, the actual gij>- 1 ■lings computed for the same dptc gjfc, '% the close of the season were about j twelve points less titan this. Tiie [ter ' cent, picked has shown the same trend. Tints by allowing a so-called spread or ’ bias, the actual per cent ginned or J picked can be closely approximated*;' In addition to the low price being -J received for cotton staple, the price of | $1.02 per hundred weig'at being paid for picking seed cotton, which is the 1 ] same as that paiti a year ago. still j .'further reduces the mnrgiu or net ' nrice of lint. It is estimated that 1 65 per cent, of tile crop h@s been i ginned and 75 per eent. lias been ? | picked. The weather has been unusually | ; favorable for harvesting the crop . .1 , fait. The frosts and freezes have done no great damage ns the crop wtw 1 already too large. The cold weather | always interferes with the ease M. picking but the absence of leaves makes lint. The forecasted estimate * of ginnings to November 14th was ; 886.000 bales. Former Emperor IU. 'M || Doom. Holland. Nov. 22.—Off-*- | Former Emperor William of Germany » is confined to his bed by a severe cold J which has settled through his body Wo tW that lie cannot move. It wag atafkft J t'aat liis condition is painful, but that 3 he is in no immediate danger. THE WEATHER •£ t | Moatly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, l with slowly rising teinpernturea. tie to moderate winds, mostly norfb J » and northeast.