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READY WIT FOR * J
ALL QUESTIONS:
He Proved That Oddiitiefei
of His Appearance Con* !
cealed Ready Tongue!
and Keen Mind. 'I
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Court ' House. Somerville, X. J..
Nov. 24.—(4>M-Willie Stevens, whose
oddities of appearance roiicent * ready
tongue and keen calculating tnihd,
finished his examination ns n witness
in the Hall-Mills ease today as he be
»an —in a blaae of glory. He was
on the stand only seven minutes to
day. but almost every minute Itave him
points In <1 battle of wits with the
special prosecutor, Alexander Simp
son. ' . i-.
The defendant on trial with hia
brother and sister, Henry Stevens and
Mrs, Frances. Stevens Hall, has been
misrepresented by. his neighbors n'iiq
have stlßfested .lirnt he was out of
step with the fast-moving times and
knew little if anything nbout sub*
jects outside of the first houses. As
A former volunteer fireman, he has
been pictured with a fireman's com
plex, and it was' freely suggested be
fore he took the stand that tie would
tell the court and jury about the ex
cellence of- the New Brunswick lire
department On the contrary be took
Ids place ss a witness ns well poised
ns any to testily thus far in the ease,
and tie length and breadth of his vo
cabulary was impressive throuaMont
his testimony. „Hc drew - ileliente
shades of meaning by drawing on his
well-stored fund 4 of words, and his
recital of the events of September 14,
3022, and succeeding days insofar as
they concerned him was little changed
by the courteous but searching cross
examination. > ' -
His account of his movements
placed hint asleep a j the Hall home
when thd sßte says the double killing
plafee, his only expedition put of
a«ewMi s
search for the absent rector.
Bland and trailing, he finally left
the witness box In a flurry of polite
accommodation to the wishes of the
special prosecutor. Mr. Simpson's
policy in cross examination of most
of the defense witnesses and some tes
tifying for the state had apparently
been to “treat 'em rough” but \vil
* lie Stevens' politeness was seemingly
contagious and it was something of
a test to see whether lawyer or Wit
ness could excel in courtesy as tM ex
amination proceeded.
ASKS INCOME OK ONE
DAY FOB THE ORPHANS
State Orphanage Association Aaka a
Collection of This Amount as a
Thanksgiving CWlectlon. •_
Raleigh, N. C.. Nor. 24.—(At—
Just for a day!
That i« the appeal of the North
Carolina Orphan association for
Thanksgiving. One day's earnings
out of the 364 1-4 in the fear for
fatherless and mitherless children in
the institutions for their caife. ,
"The talk about the needs of these
institutions may become tiresome to
some, but not to those who are willing
to cheerfully join in this beautiful co
operation for the support of a needed
civic and Christian philanthropy,
declared M. L, Shipman, secretary
and treasurer of the association, in is
suing the appeal.
The funds will he collected on
Thanksgiving Day through <4iurohes.
lodge* and the orphanages directly.
"Make if ?n the basis of the earn
ing capacity for a single day. more if
conscience directs; Ires If a day's
wages seems tod much," the appeal
advises.
Contributions will be fpr equip
ment in the institutions and for the
maintenance of the children in them.
The especial need of generosity
this year was stressed.
“In this Commonwealth of oure
there are thousands of orphan chil
dren, dependent and deserving, who
must be handicapped for life-unless,
in their tender years. tbe«shehering
care and culture offered in eur orphan
homes are provided.”
MRS. MEAD DEFENDS
PACIFIST ELEMENT
She Says Opposition of. American
Legion Is Cposed by Ignorance of
the Matter.
High Point. Nov. 23.—Mrs. Lucia
Ames Mead, of Boston, who is in this
city delivering n series of speeches
against war, declared today that the
attack launched by the American Le
gion against pacifists ia caused by ig
norance. She would he glad if Le
gionnaires would call upon her in or
der that she may Explain why (he ia
preaching for law as a substitute for
war. . ...
Mrs. Mead explained that she did
not mean that the men and women
behind the attack on her and pacifist*
in general were ignorant people, hut
merely ignorant on the matter in
question.
I He who laugh# last is probably tb«
I one who Intend# to tall, the same
funny story himself a little later.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s, Leading Small City Daily
Officials Say That Otto Wood
“Wrote Hi* Way to Freedom-
Raleigh. Nov. 24.—VP)—“He wrote
his way to freedom” siged Htnte prison
officials Immediately gffor it became
known that Otto Wood, North Caro
lina's most notorious criminal, had
camped again.
‘ “Ills book. ‘The True Story of My
I.ifc,' was responsible fury It," they
' answered, and v.-ent on :o exp'ain.
Wood, like many despemdoetp has a
rp'easing peysoiwltj and a most di*-
i-arming approach. Visitors at the
-.(irismi were-hard to convince when told
'. that* the p'cnsnnt appearing young
! man confuted in the narrow limits of
; a cel! on "death row," was the prison's
, farm-famed "bad mau,"
' It was this personitttiy. trahsmitled
I through his book, that gained him ait |
! audience with the prison hoard and :
j his eventual release from solitary eon-;
I liiieinent. His book gained a ciretiln- 1
i tion of more than ■**» copies, and in j
addition to giving the lofovy occupant ]
'of “death row" wide pptWeify. brought I
! him al*o fund**- which it has been;
hinted, might have been used in his I
most retent break for freedom. |
in his bdok. Wood declared he haul 1
reformed and be resized the host j
course for .a prisoner was to behave j
himself and serve out his term.
That was the iden he got across'
with the prison board, and on Sep
tember 14th. over the protests of Su-
Iterintendent George Ross Pou and-
Major lluglv Ijovc. assistant superin-!
tendent, he was released from the im- 1
pregnable walls of “death row” to the
freedom of the back yard and a day i
time job as fireman in the prison boil-!
er room. * . -
“He'll get away again." Superin-]
temient Pou predicted, reflecting upon
flic other two successful dashes for f
freedom engineered by the Guilford!
county murderer. T
Withing two days of the annivrir- 1
sary of his escape last year. Wood!
was gone again. Last year he got j
away by hiding in concrete cnlvert and :
boigg hauled out of the prison walls, j
This time he is thought to have en
gineered a deal either directly with a
prison guard or with outside help.
LgSt time he, left a note telling prison
.authorities that he was going out |
for the holidays. This time he left
just prior to the holidays but without
tbs, formality of leaving a note.
‘-'Otto had reformed only on paper."
Superintendent Pon said. “He couldn't
resist the impulse to make a break.” )
The prison head was absolved of all
j' .( ,*ati ■'■.T-.JJljSjbLi-J-IL.I-S3
REPRIEVES ARB GRANTED
Tt) NEGRO PRISONERS
Raleigh, Nov. 24.—(46—Robert I
Lumpkin and Booker T. Williams,
negroes, sentenced to die on Fridayl
for murder, were reprieved today by
Governor McLean until January 2nd.|
The reprivea were announced by Par
don Commissioner Sink.
The negroes were convicted of the
murder on December 26, lfl2T>, of B.
M. ltodgers. chief of police of the
town of Rowland, Robeson county.
In' announcing the stay of execution
Mr. Sink said that an investigation
of the ease had convinced the gover
nor that the negroes were guilty of
the killing but further investigation
was desired to determine “whether the
evidence as to, premeditation is Btrong
enough to warrant the death penal
ty." Certain witnesses in the case
cannot be located at present, and Mr.
Sink plans to question them further
between now and the exeention date.
PREDICTS NATION WILL BE
AT WAR IN SIX MONTHJI
Lieut. C«l. W. A. Fair Tells Hickory
Guardsmen Tbejr May as Well Get
Hickory, Nov. 23.—Upholding a
prophetic reputation that saw him
safely through predictions of the
Mexican trouble and the World War,
Lieutenant Colonel Warren A. Fair,
.of t.incolnton, a member of the officers
'reserve corps, told members of the
'oral guard unit, at a'banquet here
last , night that “yon may expert to
see active service within six months”
ns a result of the trouble in Central
America. Col. Fair said plainly that
lie was predicting war which would
involve the United States, although
he went no further than that, nor did
he -name the powers 'with which the
country would engage In warfare.
-• The remainder of his talk before
tW guard members was in denuncia
tion of the plan which has stripped
the standing army of the United
States to a mere shadow.
1 Money to Lend to Farmers.
Hirnrnglmm, Ala., Nov. 22.—“ Mo
ney to lend.”
This ia the slogan of the Alabama
Cotton Ftnance Corporation, organized
by leading bankers and business men
to aaye farmers of the state from con
dition* brought by an overproduction
of cotton.
Oscar Wells, president of the First
National Bank, has charge of loaning
the money on cotton. The cotton is
stored In n warehouse for a period not
to exceed 24 montfaa and the growers
take a pledge to reduce their cotton
aereag at least 25 per eent. next year.
Farmers are advanced three-fourths
of the value of their cotton and retain
one-fourth ownership, of the product
until It is marketed next year.
This will enable farmers to get a
, much better price for the cotton, ex
peris say.
I soe»e««-o»ow
The Tribune will not be issued
1 tomorrow—Thanknivin* Day. The
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nfeegi **’
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b orne for the escape immediately it
wars made public by James A.
chairman of thr board of directors.
He ea’ltd up from his borne in Wadcs
buro and told ■ newspapermen that all
the blame lay with the Wank Later
he dictaied a forma! statement which
reads • .
"I wish to public y absolve Supcr
in leaden: Oeitrge Ross Ton and Chief;
Clerk Imve .of any responsibility in j
connection with the escape. After |
Woods escape and subsequent recap
ture last November Superintendent ,
Pou directed that he be placed in 'soli, j
tary confinement and that every move j
be exercised to prevent his escape, i
' This was done and Wood remained j
jin solitary confinement until Septetn-]
j her 14.1!)20, at which time lie was re-1
' ‘eased by direction of the board of j
| directors of Ihe St tote’s prison overt
the vigorous protests of Superintend-1
] ent Pou and Chief CTerk 1-ove.
; "T'.ie matter of his release had eome
j before the board of directors as its
j August meeting, but nil account of: the
[ very earnest protest of the sutnoin
, tc mlont action was deferred and Wood
; remained in solitary confinement. The
I question again came before the board
lat its September meeting nt which
time, as stated above, the bonrd di
rected thnr Wood be released from
solitary entitlement and given the free-
I dom of the back yard of the prison.
[This action of the board was opposed
tby Superintendent Pott. Wood wns
given the freedom nf the back yard
I anti assigned {o work in file boiler
I room, where, it was fe t that he could
Ibe watched better by the gunrds. The
I reason the bonrd favored his release
i from solitary confinement was on
F purely humane grounds. ns we felt
Ibis health and mind would become
| impaired by coiittmtous solitary con
finement. No blame whatsoever ran
! be attached to the superintendent. The
! responsibility rests entirely upon the
board of directors, ns Wood was r(- '
! leased over the continnous protest of
Su|ieriiiteiident Pou,” )
Immediately following his escape
information was broadcast and a to
ward of $230 offered for his recap*.
' tore. ' ,
Wood began his sentence on De
cember 17, 1623. He was srint.up
from Guilford county with a tcjjn of
from 22 1-2 to 30 years for the mur-
I der of A. W. Kaplan, a Greensboro
pawnbroker.
I COTTON SPINDLES ACTIVE
J IN NORTH CAROLINA
' “There Were •OM.tU In. the Statu
oh Griober Slat. *
I Raleigh. N. (!.. Nov. 23.— (At—
I There were 6.094.088 cotton spinning
I spindles in place in North Carolina
Jon October 31, 5.840.95 K of which
| were in actual operation at some
time during the month, according to
figures just released by the United
States Department of Commerce, llie
active spindle hoar overage, based
upon spindle in place, was 307.
North Carolina was second only to
one state in the Union, Massit- .
riinssetts, in point of spindles in |
place and active xpindlcage. The
New England state led with a total
in p’ace of 11.368.594. of which 8.-
430.394 were in operation during the
month. Average active spindle hours
per spindle in place was calculated
at 145, or 102 less than North Caro
lina's, the government statistics in
dicate.
Although Massachusetts had a 1
total of 8.439.394 spindles in opera- .
tion at some time during the month
of October, as against 5,849,968 in ,
North Carolina, the New England
state tallied a lower average of
active spindle houro per spindle in ]
place by reason of Us greater ton!
spiqdleage.
South Carolina achieved a higher ;
rating of efficiency ill its spinning
operations for the month than any
other state in the Union, with in
average active spinning hour mark
of 317. this figure n'«o being nrtiv
ed at on n basis of spindles in place.
■South Carolina follows North Car
olina in number of spindles in place
with a total of 5.361.350, the two
states having a greater comb ned
spindlenge than any tthree other
states in the Union outside of New
England.
. With Our Advertisers.
This is family day at the Concord
Theatre. 10 cents to all.. The picture
is “Broken Hearts of Holloywood,”
with Patsy Rnth Miller and Douglas
Fairbanks. Jr., and a splendid come
dy.
To get that thankful feeling get a
ton of Craven’s “Best by Test” Coal.
See new ad. today.
The Thanksgiving dinner at the
Carolina Case will be served tomor
row front 12 o'clock noon to midnight
at SI.OO per plate. See the excellent
menu in this paper.
H. B. Wilkinson is now showing an
; unusually large and beautiful ussort
! ment of fiber living room suites.
< Stores at Concord, Kannapolis, China
t Grove and Mooresville. ,
i D'Orsay bouquet odeatt of flowers
i of France perfume at the G'bson Drug
. Store.
* Christmas hose for men. silk plaids
l and rayon mixed, at J. C. Penney
t Co.'s at only 49 cents.
A wonderful sale of rugs is now
i going on at the Parks-Beik s Co. s.
* The Parks-Belk Co. will take up
an sugar tickets between now and
T January lat. After that time they
wiU be void Sugar at 5 cents a
pound with tickets.
free t Simpson Studio this week
only; one Bxlo photo mounted in 11x14
easel folder, in oil colors, with every
order for photos amounting to $5.00
oy more. Phone 000. See ad.
Special Thanksgiving dinner at the
I New York Case tomorrow for 75
■* cents. See menu on the second page.
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CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 ,1
MILS MSS
IT THE OH
ID FILLS TIL
Says No Oil Leases Were
Granted During Time He
Served as Secretary of
the Navy.
HOLDING BIGGEST j
GUNS IN RESERVE
So Far Prosecution Hass
Brought Out Only the
History of Oil Reserves
Now in Dispute. j
A\>*hi»gton, Nov. 24. —(4 I ) —•With 1
its biggest artillery still in reserve, |
the prosecution in the Fall-Doheny
nil eonsp'racy case continued today j
its tedious preliminary barrage of sta- j
tistics and geological dntn concerned
in the Elk Hills naval oil lease.
A prospect tha the day migh -
bring to the witness stand Senator
Walsh of Montana, and Senator.
Smoot mid I.enroot served to cant in
to deep shadow the dry nud dusty de
tails with which the morning sess'on
began. Josephus Daniels also was a
witness.
By the testimony of the four the
government hoped not only to further
strengthen the chain of evidence re
garding administration of the oil re
serves before they were transferred to
tke Interior Department, but also to
strike directly into t the circumstances
under wh'Ch it first became known be
fore the Senate committee that the j
.defendant Edward J.. Dohffly made a i
$160,606 payment to the defendant
Albert B. FnH, while the latter head
ed the interior Department, and be;
fore the Doheny interests reeeived thj
lease to Elk Hills.
' Much of the morning session was
taken up with identification anti read
ing of papers relating to the Doben.v i
Pearl Harbor oil storage eontrfli-t ami l
Elk Hills lease.
In the midst of the presentation of I
documentary evidence, Josephus Dan-1
! als was called to the stand, but or- j
cupied it but a minute. ‘
The former Nava) Secretary naid|
he was in the Wilson cabinet from j
March 4. 1913, to March 4, 1921.
“Were any leases to drill oil onj
navi* Wterve Na 1 <Elk HillsV i*£|*4
daring that timclT asked government"]
counseL
"None." i
“Were there any applications for j
leases?" A
“Yes.”
“But none was granted?"
“No.”
"You mn.v cross examine him." said
Owen J. Roltcrts, government coun
sel.
"We have nothing to nsk." replVd
Frank J. Ilngan, Doheny’s chief
j counsel.
Will E. Harris, one of the owners
of the ranch adjoining Fall’s at Three
Rivers, N. M„ testified that the Har
r's ranch was bought by Fall early
in December 1921, Fall paving $lO,-
000 in cash to bind the bargain.
“In what denominations were the
bills?” asked former Senator Potne
rene for the government.
"I think they all were SIOO bills,
in two packages of $5,000 each."
Harris said Fall had the money in
“a small hand bag." That was the
only cash that passed in the transac
tion, the other payments totalling
$81,500, being by cheek.
Pomerene produced a check for
$16,000, dated December 21. 1921. and
payable to Harris. The witness said
it was given him by Fall in payment
for cattle on the ranch.
ANOTHER COTTON MILL
PLANS TO COME SOUTH
Textile Concerns Are Leaving New
England States in Interest of Econ
omy.
Ware, Mass., Nov, 23.—Adding to
a long list of recent changes in the
textile situation in New England, the
Otis company* of Wore today an
nounced a plan for closing ttieir plant
| here and removing manufacture to
■ the South. The project will be sub
’ mitted to the stockholders for rntifi
i cation on December 6th.
Reduction of manufacturing costs
to meet southern competition was
i given as the principal reason for the
. removal.
Within the last month a number of
consolidations of textile companies
have been made public with economy
in production as the goal.
Recently Pile Nashua Manufacturing
Company purchased the plant of the
Tremont and Suffolk mills in Lowell
and details of a merger between the
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
and the Massachusetts Cotton Mills
were made public. Last month the
Jenekes-Manville Company of Rhode
Island c'.osed its Nourse bill at Woon
socket and moved the machinery to
units already in oiteration in the
South.
* The plant of the Quidnick-Wind
ham company at Willimantic was
closed in October, and t'ae announce
ment reason was the inroads of south
ern competition.
Charged With Stealing Hose.
(By. International News Service)
Durham, Nov. 24. — Charged with
“lifting” a pair of 25 -cent men's hose
i from a department store, Mrs. Ro»n
' Bowen, it In jail here. Her case
I has been continued until November
24th. -'I V
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Gribson, star witness in the
Hall-Mills murder trial at
Somerville, N. J., attended
jourt when his mother testi
fied from her sick bed.
flntarnatiooa] Newirmlt
jo. M AUSTIN SAYS HE
IS NOT AFRAID Ot OITO
f-Msit Who Married ►i-isoner’"* Dl
j voreed Wife Says He Is Hfrtltlhg
i For Him.
| Winaton-Snlem. Nov. 23.—.1n
I North' Carolina today there i.- one
] man who is not Rfraid of Otto Wood
RUd that man is G. M. (Red) Aus
tin. who married the wife of the
state's "famottH bad man."
Austin came to Winston-Salem to
day not only to see his wife, who is
a patient nt a local hospital, hut al
so to see Otto if he happened to hej
about hero. "The guards at the state j
prison mn.v Is- afraid of Otto, hut.
besides not being afraid of him, I
am out hunting for him. 1 want to
see him." Austin told newspaper
men.
Austin married Mrs. Wood after
she hnd reeeived a divorce from Otto,
nnd they -now have one child. About
a year ago Otto mndo one of his es
capes and, came here obviously
hunting his former wife and air.
Austin, who at the time were at Dan
vil'e. where Austin was employed
with n construction company. It i
understood that Otto said freety that
his former wife nnd her husband
were hiding from him and made
numerous threats as to what he
would do if he found them, and know
ing that. Austin made it a point to
come here tonight, as he learned Ot
to was out again.
“But after all," said Austin, "my
thoughts are on my wife who is
critically ill. It's her first. If Otto
comes I will fake care of that, bill I
am thinking first of her who is the
mother of my baby.”
Isti-al newspapermen received, a
tip today that Wood was here. The
tip came from a woman who slid
she didn't want her identity dis
closed. but that she knew positively
that Wood arrived here this morning
at 5 o’clock.
i Reporters supplied this informa
tion to the police and a search was
instituted. A squad headed by Cap
tain Jenkins was dispatched to the
i address given. Wood was not there,
i It is not doubted, however, tit it
, Wood did come to the Twin City,
and pojice are on the watch for him.
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i Panama Flight Planes Make Progress.
Key West, Fla.. Nov. 24.—(40
The Panama flight planes were 210
i miles south of Cnba at 8:10 a. in.
- today, it was reported to the naval
I radio station here by wireless.
FOOTBALL SCORES
WILL BE RECEIVED
FOR LOCAL FANS
Football fans who for various
reasons must remain at home to
morrtm’ can keep up with the prog
ress of the North Carolina teams
through Associated Press reports
to be received by The Daily Trib
une.
Scores by quarters will be re
ceived from the State-Wake For
est, Davidson-Duke and Carolina-
Virginia games. These scores will
be posted at the Times-Tribune of
fices for the benefit pf patrons and
friends of the papers. The games
will begin at 2:30 and reports of
the results should begin coming
here about 3:15.
DEMOCRATS NOT TO
NAME SMUT), SAYS |
DRYCONGRESSMAN
“Not the Ghost of Chance
for A1 Smith,” Says Wil
liam D. Upshaw, in In
terview Given in City.
HIS NOMINATION
WILL BE FOUGHT
Should He Be Nominated,
Says Militant Dry Lead
er, Voters of the Nation
Would Not Accept Him.
“Not the ghost of a chance for Al'
SmitM," said Hon. William I). Up
shaw. member of Congees* from Goor-1
gia. and Ini.itant dry leader, here to- 1
day. *
"This is my deliberate conviction |
after having traveled over several]
states since the election and having
felt the ptt’se of nil classes, especial-!
ly the Democrats who are deeply in- j
terested in victory at the next elec- \
tion.
“Everybody, of course, recognizes
the remarkable personality of Alfred I
E. Smith: ami his more than remarks-1
ble series of political triumphs, but I
we might ns well look t'.ie thing
straight in the face—the Democratic j
party is not going to sell its son!
for a mess of pottage, even if titer pot- j
tage were assured, but the nomination !
of a mail, who. as governor of tltej
great state of New York, led his state i
legis'atiire to secede from the union— j
part of it represented by the j
18th amendment—would be nothing I
less than a red Hag in the faces of j
",ie great saber God-fearing masses of
America, who. fought for the dethrone
ment of the liquor traffic through ac
tive generation of ■ consecrated pa
triotic purpose.
“To the question often asked me.
‘would you. would the Soutfo support
Al Smith were he nominated for the
presidency ?’ I give always the uni
versal answer—'That 1 am too busy
fighting file wet cause, which Al Smith
champions, to be taking up time an
swering hypothetical questions—first,
the Democratic party has too much
sense to nominate Al Smith or any
other wet. and second, if the lead
ers were to lose their heads and sur
render to the damp sophistries, whieir
ruled in San Francisco and New'
Y'ork, r.iey would meet a more crush
ing defeat in 1928 than the defeat
which followed the folly of San Fran-1
Cisco and the tragedy of Madison i
Square Garden.
"I have not changed my position
I one jot or tittle from my declaration
lon the floor of Congress on the ninth
of January, nearly four years ago.
when 1 served notice on the gcninl
i governor of New Y'ork and nil the
'damp' crowd who train with 'aim.
‘that he, nor any other “wet”, will ever
roil into the White House on n beer
keg or a wine barrell'.” the Georgia
congressman said.
I
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
ENJOYABLE OCCASION
Congressman W. D. Upshaw, of Geor
gia, Makes Interesting Address
FiHed With Wit on the Subject of
“Schools and Fools.”
A most enjoyable time was passed
by those who attended the entertain
ment given Tuesday evening at the
High School for the benefit of the
athletic association. From Che be
, ginning to the end the program was
entertaining. The musical selections
given by the High School orchestra
and High School students were eu
i joyed and the address given by Hon.
, William D. Upshaw, congressman from
Georgia, who had for his subject
, “Seh<s»ls anti Fools”, was an address
with a lesson to be learned from it
arid at the same time it was given
with the usual touch of wit that Con-
I gressmnn Upshaw puts in his mes
sages.
Congressman Upshaw’s address was
; a combination, of wholesome education
al ideals, good natured railery, pul
verizing sarcasm, concerning the aim
i less fool, the selfish fool, the unpro
gresslve fool, the litterized fool and
’ the Godless fool.
The speaker began with a graphic
comparison between the city and coun
• try fool, weaving into his lecture some
amusing personal experiences of his
on the farm and paying tribute to the
i. country boy who works day in and
- day out in partnership wit the God
t* of nature and who often comes to |
i. the, city with his dower of stalwart j
1 character and worthy ideals to be|
a leader in 'the affairs of the city, ]
_ the state and the nation.
Perhaps the greatest'fuh of the eve-j
ning came in making n comparison i
between the educated fftol, the igno-!
rant fool, and the unprogressive fool. I
Congressman Upshaw told story
near the beginning of his lecture
about riding a country mule to town
to attend a Fourth of July picnic and
how. being disgusted at the splurging
display of a certain “smart aleck"
with a cigarette stuck in the corner
of his mouth at an angle of 45 de
grees, he determined then and there
to celebrate the Fourth of July from
a not only grateful memory of our
Revolutionary fathers, but he de
clared his own dependence from the
thsldrom (V) of a cigarette.
• The speaker then said seriously to
the boys and girls: "Young America
While I do not wish to be foolish con
cerning the cigarette habit on the part
of some worthy men. I am frank to
'say to you that I hardly believe I
“ would be a member of Congress today
Bouncer
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Mrs. Lintorn Orman is chiel
of the London Special Patro
of British Fascists, which, ai
a Fascist! meeting at St. Pan
ora» Baths, threw out a.
women not agreeing wit.
speakers.
lln tern all o*t Hi Itewaree).)
LEONID KRABBIN IS
DEAD AT JUS POST
Was Russian Charge IVAffaires in
London.—Had Been 111 Several
Months.
Loudon, Nov. 24.— UP) —Leonid
Kradsin. Russian soviet charge d’af- .
faires in Ixindon? died at 4 o'clock
this morning from pernicious anae
mia.
Blood transfusions made over a pe
r;od of several months failed to save
him, hut of lase he had appeared in
good spirits, and his death came as a
shock to his friends.
The death of M. Krassin will not in
terrupt any importajjf irflfliWtinn
with (ireat Britain.
solve the problem of bolshevik propa
ganda which Foreign Secretary Cham
berlain told the House of Commons
was keeping Great Britain and soviet
Russia apart. >lr. Chamberlain added
t'aat he had been informed by the
charge that the soviet government
would welcome better relations with
Great Britain and that he hnd re
plied that Moscow first must cease
communists propaganda against, the
British empire.
Man Leaps From Washington Monu
ment and Ends His Life.
Washington. Nov. 22. —For th>‘
second time in 80 hours the Wash
ington monument was the seene to
day of a suicide.
B- Ward, crawled through the
iron bans at a window near the top
of the structure and .jumped .">OO feet
to the pavement. A similar leap was
taken Saturday morning by an in- 1
mate of soldiers hosoital here.
Offieia’s are planning to reinforce I
the gratings placed at the windows
several years ago.
Some people are born good: others
; make good.
| if I had not gained tile mastery of
my will power on that historic Fourth
| of July.”
He pled for n_ keener civic con
| seiousness concerning the real value
| of boys and girls, declaring that every
■ brick building, every bank and every
manufacturing enterprise in Concord
' would have no value if tbey were not
1 io.val to the social unit of the boy and
girl. “Ail these things,” he said,
"the dollars, that, will soon fall from
our nerveless hands, the acres that
will soon fade from our hazing vision
only have a related value—the value
comes from their relationship to Hie
development of boys and girls who
are,” the speaker declared. “The to
morrow of the republic.”
In an impassioned conclusion, the
, Georgia congressman urged the youth
[ before him tlo lay tile foundation stone
I of life’s pyramid on the Rock of Ages.
He reminded them of that Bible quo
tation, "The fool hath said in his
J heart there is no God." and he de
-1 j o!nred with great feeling “that both
’ i education and money are worse'than
• l failures* unless those who have them
I remember that education- withoiit.re
'! ligion and character are like a flower
1 without fragrance—like a statue with
out a soul.”
"■ * '
QUEEN MAIRE AND
CHILDREN SAIL FOR
RUMANIAN HOME
New York, Nov. 24. —(A*)—
Queen Marie of Rumania with
Princess Ileana and Prince Nich
olas, sailed for Bucharest today,
ratting short the American tour
to return to the bedside of King
Ferdinand. Before the Berengaria,
bearing the royal party sailed, some
200 persons were received in the
royal anite, and the farewell eheers
of other hundreds crowded on the
pier were acknowledged by the
Toyai visitors from the deck.
Th£ TRIBUNE j
TODAY’S NEWS TOD&f I
I. .II nn-'ra
NO. 277 :
POLICE SEEK CLUE
" S uiun nr*f y -
i udLlmu Uljrei|i
OF L, E, FORSTfI
Body Left at Filling i«8
tion at Garner by Pear
sons Who Asked Prqjgfli
etor to Bring Physician* !
LEFT THE BODY
AND DROVE OFT |
Robert Separks Said to j&if I
One of Men in CarWt*!|!
I Body.—Gang Warftfl
May Have Caused Dfean|!
Raleigh. Nov. 24.—0P>—Myster* J
| surrounds the death of L. C.
| Forsyth. 24 years old, near here ; last
night, as police returned empti-bnjiflt
ed from the search for his alleged
slayer. Two conflicting theories flip
to the maimer of his death were ad- ,
vanned.
Forsyth was brought to a local hos
pital at 3 o'clock this' morninij HBra
was found to be dead. His inaly
been unloaded from a touring djjW'ijjjH
a Garner road filling station, Wth Mp
plea to Paul King, the
hurry him to a hospital here.
occupants of the touring car said theyf -J
were out of gasoline, but when
lice went back to look for them neff|p|
hors who hnd been aroused by the
j turmoil said that the gasless cat tifiKg
| sped away soon after King's car Hgi
' for Raleigh with the body. They sttUk •
| it. too. headed toward the capttppjl
J city.
I King said that the car was debit*
pied by two men and a woman. H*
said he recognized one of tile men id * ■
Robert Separks, but did not kuolv toPyl
other man or*the woman.
wanted by police in several (UW
North Carolina cities for alleges-,j.,«B|S
•quor trafficking and laying smoke
screens.
Police also had associated ForsyfjtV;
with an eastern Carolina rum
and regarded it as possible that he wii;*J
a victim of gang warfare. The otfierg
theory is that he came to his deant®
by falling from the car. His
was crushed in stich a manner ah wi
support the latter theory. ,
HIGHWAY 10 KOI TE
IS
Second InJuncthwi Halts Work Hi mM
tcmplated by Slate Highway CIM
mission.
Raleigh. Nov. 24.—1 njuiieti3jE-|;
proceedings arose here this morniw|
to thwart for the second time tfe de
signs of the State highway (wfllj
sion of constructing the link of high?>;
way Route 10 which leads timSv4jH|
town of Newton. The legal barrifi
to letting the contract was serw|fcJß||
Commissioner Frank Page justopr jo*
to the time set for tbe opening of b«S(L"f
on the project.
The injunction was served for tKo
same plaintiffs who last sprig#" sup*
eessfully blocked the highway* oota
mission from constructing the Stabhld' S!
ville-Newton link in accordance with
engineers' recommendation. They Are :4
The Town of Newton and a number
of its citizens. The injunction wa*
obtained from Judge P. A. McElroy.
at Hickory, and is returnable before
Judge W. F. Harding at Lenoir pit
December 3rd. Accompanying tb#f.;.
injunction papers was notice of an
application for a writ of
to force the highway commission to
build the road in aeeordanee with the
recent decision of the Supreme Ooiurgj
The injunction sets forth HMR '*My|
present route leaving StatesviUp gnd
running north of the Catawba Bivefc
through Claremont and Catawba aug \
then south into Newton at its nefr '
court bouse, is not in ucCiiriiaiK-e witil
the dictates of the supreme tribunal.
IV. C. Feimster and Wilson MfHWjP
lick, attorneys of Catawba *
were here today representing,
plaintiffs. The legal aetion,
did not interfere with opening thej
bids which were being compiled by
Acting Highway Engineer Leslie ft.;
Arnes early this afternoon. .
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Declbm
1 to .8 Points. With .Active Month*
Rallying Later. * ~ .*A]
. New York, Nov. 24.—(A 3 )— The cot
i lon market opened barely steady to
| day at a decline of 1 to 8 points, with;
j near months relatively easy on liquida
tion incident to the circulation of tjw
lirst December notices. There was al
so scattered selling of later deliveries
promoted by relatively easy Liverpool
cables, but after selling off to 12.3 ft!
December rallied to 12.30. while Jafty,
uary advanced from 12.40 to 12.4 U.
Spot house brokers were buyers At
- December against sales of Inter .dftg
liveries, absorbing-the early liut{MP
tion, and the steadiness of tbe near
montlis evidently helped i’te tone of
the general market in the early I rad*
ing.
Cotton futures opened barely steady,
Dec. 12.35; Jan. 12.41: March 12.(15$
May 12.85; July 13.09.
Some get into touch with.departefl
spirits through a medium— others
through a bootlegger.
THE WEATHER :kj
Mostly cloudy tonight and
'colder Thursday. Moderate south]
west shifting to northwest sod notM
winds.