~ aSmHT '** . .... - ■&..-. ~/“ vT HLIUU llWt» Was on Stand Only Seven Minutes Today But Dur-{ ing That Time He Won; Points to Aid His Case. < READY WIT FOR * J ALL QUESTIONS: He Proved That Oddiitiefei of His Appearance Con* ! cealed Ready Tongue! and Keen Mind. 'I * i 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 i * “ t: nfeegi **’ 1 1 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. • 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 Idle curiosity is probably the . busiest thing on earth- } Star's Son | II << I Hi If* i 1 1 ! I' ■ B I I i B ’ I ' i I i ■ 1 ' I ■ B 1 n 1 l r > K i 1 1 1 1 g I f ft i 1 ' I ■ fohn Easton, son of Mrs. Jane < 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. i __________» 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 , “Sehlr. 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.