North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Tornadoes- Kill Many And Wreck Towns; 51 Known To Have Died Series of Tornadoes Strucl in Louisiana, Missoui and Ankanfeas, Causini Death and Ruin. HEBER SPRINGS ALMOST GONI 19 Were Reported KiUet There,and Half of Towi Destroyed.—l 4 Death) Reported in Arkansas. Memphis, Tenn., Xov. 2<i.— (A*)—. l steadily mounting death list nml ex tensive property damaite today lay it tile wake of the series of tornadoei that twisted through part of three stales last night. Reports tricking in today told o at least 51 dead anil scores injnret in Arknnsas. l.onisiana nnd Missouri and an undetermined property dam The litt’.e town of Heher Spring, in north-central Arkansas bore thi bntnt of Ihe storm which took a toll ol nineteen dead and more titan n score injured there. Messengers nrrivinf in Kensett. Arkansas, front the Ozark foothill town to seek additional aid. reported half of the town in ruins. Fourteen other deaths were report ed from Arkansas, five of them at Opello, eight from Moscow and one from Sheridan. Mer Uouge, lot., re ported seven casualties and Haynes vllle live. One man was killed at Knobview, Mo., while several build ings were razed, and three were killed at Mrandxvillc. Mo., and two at Comp etition, Mo. Ilig l’iney, Mo., was vir tually wiped off the tnnp, according to information received here. Only one building, a hotel, was left stand ing in the latter place. Tire disturbance took n henvy toll of two families in laniisinnn. Near Mer Kouge Bob Lott, a farmer, nnd his wife were killed when their home was demolished, and two of their thir teen children were injured so serious ly that they died in a Monroe hospital several hours later. All of the other children suffered injuries. Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Smith, living near Hanesvilie,. were kiHcd—wbrn the twister leveled tbelr home. Alp,. Smith, ami another-child S2tte>e fitj,f*AfAUrrioiiSly it’iWlurd' itk ef pected to recover. Relief agencies swung Into action in the stricken districts as sooh as the hnvoc became known. The san itarium at Hnynesville. I .a., was tilled with injured, and virtually the entire town lent its aid. business houses closing for the day. An emergency hospital was set up in Heber Springs court house, nnd was crowded with hospital cots. Sixteen Killed In Louisiana. •New Orleans. Nov. 20.—UP)—Six teen persons were dend nnd more than thirty injured ns the result of n tor nado which swooped down upon two sections of North ’ l.onisiana last flight. K'.eveu of the dend were near Mer Rouge, where four members of one fnmily were killed, and eleven others injured, when a farm house waspslin tered by the storm. Seven negroes also were killed there, as the atorm cut a hundred-yard-wide swath levell ing farm houses, trees and fences. Several Killed in Missouri. St. Louis, Nov. 26.—C4 s )—Five per sons are reported to have been killed and more than seventy injured, some seriously, in a tornado which swept through the Missouri Ozark region last night. Three of the reported dead are at Brandaville, and five in cluding three unidentified at Compe tition and vicinity. Reports of one man killed at Knob View proved erroneous. The depot and a store building there was demolished. AnoMier Ixmlsiana Report. Hnynesville. lot.. Nov. 26.—OP) — Five persons are known to be dead, n sixth is missing, nml 15 persons arc in n Ureal sanatorium badly hurt, £ probably fatally, as a result of 9 storm that struck the Roxana Petro leum Company’s camp #nd Ware's Chapel, a farming community near here last night. Approximately 50 oil derricks were leveled, the Roxana Company's camp was destroyed, a number of farm bouses were blown away, and a large quantity of livestock was destroyed. Work at Stone Mountain. (By International News Service.) Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26-—The fu ture progrftm of the Stone Mountain Memorial association will be mapped out during the visit to Atlanta -of Augustus Lukeman. sculptor, who is in this city to view the carving >n the- Stone Mountain memorial, which he is supervising. I.ukemnn will be here several days nnd confer with directors of the Me morial association on plans for com pleting the work. Mary Ellin Berlin Born Thursday. New York, Nov. 20.— (M —Irving Berlin, the king of Tin Pan Alley, and his wife, the former Ellin Mae Kay, of the fashionable world, are the parenta of a seven-pound bine-eyed daughter. Mary Ellin Berlin waa born yester day in a private hospital here. William W. John Dead. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 26.— (A*) — William Warimer Jones, 61 years old, president of the Jones k Laughlin Steel Corporation, died at his home here last night of pneumonia after a brief illness. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s. Leading Small City Daily "H,LOW-PRICED COTTON nj SEED MEAL 'S'! Dairy Farmer* Are Quick to Tate Advantage of It. Raleigh Tribunf' Huron u < Sir Wn!t«*r Hotol Raloig’u, Nov. 26*— Dairy and 'live ly stock farmers in offecr sections of The I'niteri States are acting to take quick. ; advantage of the low price of cottoti Need ment oeenHiono«l>:b.v the decline hi 11 eotton Actordlug to a state* merit issued at State College nearly all the news services from the ngri cultural colleges of the northern and o,id-western states contain items urg- A | ing the farmers of their respective x-1 states to buy cotton seed meal whi> |« lit is cheap and mix . dairy feeds at iw Theme. ts ' In some qf the news exchanges, ent ) lon seed meal Is ricahribed as being th« nfiiqpst economical protein feed availa ol 1 ble. It is also good to use in keep d, { ing up the milk flow during winter a- j say the writers. .Its present price [s i warrants its more extended use so that ie increased profits may be made by tire if dairymen. It is further pointed out •e that the cow utilizes only a part of the ,g fertility of the meal. A good residue •k is left in the manure which in turn il. may be used for trie enrichment of the soil. t- "'lf the fnrmdrs in faraway New it Hampshire and other distant states ie onn use this meal to advantage, cer »- tainly we ean here in North Caro s' linn,” says John A. Arey, dairy exten it sion specialist at State College. “If |- these men'can afford to pay the freight d charges on the menl to those stntes i i- nnd enn feed it wit'll profit to them-1 selves, dairymen in North Carolina g should also take advantage of the pre y vailing price. Cotton seed meal is now being quoted for $24 per ton. It is worth $20.88 in actual fertilizing II value figuring it nt the present cost r of nitrogen, potash and phosphoric i) acid in fertilizer material, e “But this feed along with other ma '- terinls can be converted into butter - fat which has a market value of $270 I per ton and a fertilising value of $2 r J per ton. Cotton farmers are sending away their soil fertility for n low s price when this meal is shipped from f th£ state. if more of tile feed were r given to more dairy battle, much of fertility would remain. .'We. - wtrithFnot have to pay out dearly won cash for the butter and milk shipped 5 into North Carolina • and the section * would Certainly benefit from the live - stock program adopted. We are oer- I tainly passing by n splendid opportun ’ j ity in not using our cotton seed meal » at home but other sections are not so | laggard, it appears." i j *j THE COTTON MARKET i Showed Steady Tone During Early Trading. With December Selling i I f) to 12.65. New York. Nov. 26.— UP) —The i i cotton market showed a generally t steady (one in t(slay's early trading. <'abfi-s were slightly lower than due, r nnd there was some accumulation of ‘ Southern selling orders here over the ' holiday. I The opening wns frtnr points lower i to three points higher, but the early i selFng was absorbed, and the market : - steadied up after the opening on con tinued buying of December by spot interests or covering. DArembcr sold ' . up to 12.65, while January advanced | to 12.50. later deliveries ruling about ; - net unchanged to 2 points lower at t Ibe end of the first hour. lj Liverpool caples reported that I I trade calling and London buying had - been offset by hedging and Manches . ter selling in that market. Cotton futures opened steadv : Dee. ) 12.48; Jan. 12.54; March 12.75; Mav 1 12.05; July 13.18. > ... Salisbury Will Keep Baseball Fran chise. Salisbury, Nov. 25. Piedmont 1 l league baseball for Salisßury in 1027 1 , is assured, nnd preparations for r naming a manager, selecting players. 1 , and subwerlbing a fund of SB,OOO to : 1 carry the team through the training , season after being assembled, arc _ going forward. Three citizens, R. p. fleer. A. J. Culberson and R. A. Kil- linsworth have secured a charter for 1 B a local club: the forfeit bond has 1 been posted: and 511 other arrange ments witS President Branham made. ' The club was onerated the past I two years by Felix Hnyman and 1 Bud Moore of Charlotte, but they 1 have given up this club and Ureal 1 men are now preparing to make it a - community project. 1- ! Divorces Make Gain. (By International News Service) s Charlotte, Nov. 26.—Divorces in ’ North Carolina made a healthy gain in percentage during 1025 over 1024 frhlle marriage gains over the previous year were alight, statistics just re leased by the department of commerce Show. During the year of 1025 there were 1,57(F divorces granted aa com bated to 1,468 in 1024. There'were 23,387 marriages performed in the J State during 1025 as compared with J 23,190 in 1924. * Wealthy Widow is Found Strangled. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25—Mrs. ” Florence Monks, a widow of this City with an estnte valued at $500.- 000, was strangled to deanth, in vestigators announced today after an - (autopsy. Her body was found last l<| night behind the furnace in her rilhome, which she occupied alone. Mrs. e! Monk* left a sister, Mrs. Charles a Drummond, of Flushing, Long Is land, N. Y. Hal] Doctor —.—mi 1 i* n 1 H » j v | & 1 Dr. Lawrence Runyon, Hall family doctor, testified that Willie Stevens, one of the de fendants in the Hall-Mills murder trial, was of more than average intelligence. Dr Runyon is shown on the stand \ (International Nnw-rc«i) INTEREST IN WORLD WAR VETERANS ACT Already One Applkation for loian Has Been Received. Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Nov. 26.—Now tha{ the World War veterans' loan act has be come n renlity, with all that remains before its operation the certification of the vote which enacted by tbo State board of elections, interest in the net is growing npace, according to W. X. F.verett. secretary of state, nnd ex-1 officio chairman of the advisory board which has jurisdiction over the grant ing of loans. Already one applica tion for n loan under the net has been received from K. K. Kukman. Greensboro, and one cnmlidnte for tliy 1 position of commissioner of the |o«|i junil has beep 1 ecoinraended, j Joseph P. Fountain, of Salisbury, and ex-service man who lias had five years experience in banks nnd allied lines pertaining to finance, loans and ' real estnte, is strongly recommended { for the post of commissioner of the fund by B. I>. McCubbins, clerk of the superior court in Salisbury. Fountain served twenty-one months with the 1 American forces during trie World War, following which he was em- - ployed in a large bank in New York, - in the drafts and collections depart- - ments. He later resigned his posi- - tion there to return to North Carolina and until recently he has been with the First National Bank of Salisbury. A few months ago Mr. Fountain resigned his position with the First 1 National Bank in Salisbury to enter 1 the real estate business for riimself in Salisbury, nnd is now operating there under the incorporated name of the 1 Union Security Company. He is 36 1 years old nnd a native of Onslow ' county. 1 "Mr. Fountnin is admirably fitted I both by temperament and experience to 1 handle this very important position.” 1 said Mr. McCubbins in his letter to 1 Mr. Everett, “and I am sure that ' the board will make no mistake in giving Mr. Fountain serious considers- 1 tiou before making the appointment.” The letter of Mr. McCubbins will be put on file, as will other applica tions which are received, Mr. Everett ' said. ) There have been indications in some quarters that a number of World 1 War veterans are inclined to look up- 1 on this net more in the nature of a 1 gift instead of loan, in the belief that they ean secure these loans from the 1 fund and then "forget” about them on the theory that the state will not 1 foreeoise on a war veteran. 1 When told of this point of view, . Mr. Everett said that any who had this 1 opinion were due to receive a se vere jolt, inasmuch as it would be the policy of the advisory board, which - must pass on all loans made under the act, to conduct the business of 1 the commission on a strictly business basis, just ns a bank or building nnd 1 loan association would, and that this might as well be thoroughly under- ; stood in the beginning. Now that the act hgs been passed, the American Legion to take more interest in * it, although I’aul Younts, of Charlotte, the state commander, has made no public state ment as yet calling the attention of the members o fthe Legion to it. It is expected that this will be done soon, however. F'rank D. Grist, commissioner of labor, who helped write the bill in the first place and who has worked untiringly in its interest, is most en thusiastic over its passage and over the outlook for getting the machinery to pat the law into action immediate ly. He believes that little difficulty will be experienced in finding a man for commissioner with the necessary qualifications, although he admits that the administration of a $2,000,000 loan fund is a big job and will re quire a man of real executive abil ity. Nova Beotia was named Markland by the first discoverers, but received its present name from Scottish immi grant* to offset Nouvelle France and New England. 1' CONCORD, N, C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1926 im dig* USE GOES BACK TO THESBffIEHECOHBT Will Be Many More Months Before One Can Drive ; From Statesville to New- I ton on Hard Surface. ■ THIS SEEMS TO BE I THE FATE OF ROUTE , 1 j Restraining Order by Town of Newton to Be Heard l < Before Judge Harding in Lenoir December 3rd. Raleigh Tribune Bureau .1 Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. B ASKER VIM. . Raleigh, Nov. 26.—Back to the sfa [ preme Court from whence it camel ; This seems to be the fate of the iat- I est route for trie link in No. 1(1 he-’ f tween Statesville nnd Newton us the result of the restraining order which was served Wednesday triton Frank Page, chairman of the highway com mission, ns bids for the construction for this "Supreme Court route" were being qpened. So now it looks as if it will be many more months before it will be possible to drive from Statesville to Newton over a hard surfaced road and the protestations of Newtonians some weeks ago that they cared not for trie route, but wonted the road built as soon as possible seem to have bjen unfounded. For, according to tln* re straining order, obtnined by the town of Newton and others and signed by Judge W. F. Hunting nnd made, re turnable in Lenoir on December 3rd. I it is alleged that this new route not i only does not comply with the high way act of 1921, but that it is also ■ in conflict with decision of the Su preme Court which brought it into be ing. The chief complaint is that this newest road does not run through the | center of Catawba county and that it deprives the southern section of the county of paved road service. What is really desired, evidently, is to have the present "southern route” between Statesville ami Newton made the offi cial route for the paved road between these tow towns, despite the far.ttrint It is « number of ntilcs longer. Along with the injunction was » writ of mandamus to be heard follow ing the hearing on the injunction De cember 3rd, nnd it will seek to force the highway commission to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision as it is interpreted by the plaintiffs I This it is considered most probable by those familiar witri the situation that the Supreme Court be called up on eventually to interpret its own de cision relative to the Newton highway controversy, despite the fact that the court has already refused a request to reconsider the case as it stood. For no matter which side Judge Hard ing upholds in the final hearing on trie injunction, the losing side is bound to appeal to the Supreme Court, it is generally agreed. The building of the Statesville. Newton link in No. 10 has now been delayed for almost a year due to liti gation over the route to be followed. Thesoriginal route planned wns stopped by injunction proceedings brought by the town of Newton on the grounds that it wns not in accord with trie highway act of 1921, because it did not run by thb court bouse in Newton. This first route would have entered the corporate limits north of the court house and have proceeded on to Hickory and would have made it necessary to back-track a few blocks to get to the Newton court house. Trie injunction against this route was made permanent by the Supreme Court this spring with the result that the highway commission had to undertake a completely new survey for the en tire strip of road. This survey wns made to conform as closely as engineering limitations would permit to the directions laid down by the Supreme Court in its . final opinion on the Newton case. And inasmuch ns great emphasis wns laid on trie service which the high way system was designed to perforin to counties and the towns in those counties, this latest survey was routed to include the towns of Catawba nnd Claremont, in Catawba county, which are not on the present road at all. This latest route enters the town of Newton south of the court house, so that it may run past "the court house door” as directed by the court. The State highway commission, though it has made no statement, will undoubtedly welcome any further move that may 'serve to clarify this deci sion, since it has been constantly hampered by * numerous injunctions holding up various projects, because certain citizens or groups of citizens have been dissatisfied with the routing of a road. And most of these in junctions have come as a result of the success of Newton in having its injunction made permanent. In trie meantime dirt roads will have to serve a while longer between Statesville and Newton while the courts deliberate. Arrest Chinese Communists. Peking, Nov. 26.— UP) —Flstablish ing ft precedent which prottably will result in abolition of sanctuary in for eign concessions for Chinese polities! offenders, the police of the British concession at Tientsin, acting on In structions from l their legation, have turned over to- Chinese civil authori ties, fourteen alleged Chinese commun ists who will be tried under Chinese martial law. High Drama in Somerville ■ A ;•, ■ v. \ \ a ' " lIM lull Wtk** if ' y j Henry Stevens, one of the defendants in the Hall-Mills nmr : iler trial at Somerville. N. J., refused to use a was mi'del : es the head of the slain Eleanor Mills to show how he cet a -1 fish in cleaning it. Mrs. Mills’s throat was slashed in the , murder. Stevens is shown on the stand, facing (he model. Kawarael) Murphy Has Many Supporters in His Fight Against "Economy”' Tribune Hureau. Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. Baskerville. Raleigh, Xov. 20.—That Walter Murphy of Salisbury is not going lo be without a goodly number of fol lowers is daily growing more ap pareut here, where hit< oj>en declara tion of war against economy and the budget bureau, and though not direct ly mentioned, the salary nnd wage commission, felt aa soft, sweet music t upon the ears of several hundred statg employes. For it is no weevd in Raleigh, nor to any who ()re familiar with the situation.. tlmr the majority of the state employes, with the ex ception of department nnd bureau heads, arc generally nnti-ndminisfra tion. And especially lias this been rue during the present administra tion. So when Murphy gave vent to his utterances to the effect that the bud get commission wns all poppycock, and that after it had fiddled around nnd had its hearings and submitted its report, that as far as he was concerned it would be ignored, there wns a chorus, though somewhat stifled, of “omens" echoing through the of fices of most of the state •departments ns of timid school children applaud ing the action of the school's bad boy who was not afraid of telling the teacher "where to head in." There is no doubt but that Murphy’s stock hns gone up 100 per cent., with many of the state employes. Nor are these the only ones to ap plaud Murphy's notion. There are ntlny who, while they may not agree •with him implicitly or even partially, express approval in that lie has come out squarely for what he believed right, letting the chips fall where they may. They point to the fact that for more than fifteen years Murphy has been a power to be reckoned with in the legislature and that he has al ways bad the interests of the people at heart nnd has worked for them un tiringly. “Murphy is all right,” said a promi nent Democrat ill talking of the situ ation here, "and Pete is not hnlf ns radical ns he may sound. Pete will, not be in favor of any wild spending orgy, but is only interested in seeing that the vnrions institutions nnd agen cies of trie state get what they need in the way of appropriations. He may be inclined to favor some to the point of over-liberality, but the rest of the legislature will see that no one gets too much. In fact, every legis lature needs a man like Murphy to act as a sort of balance wheel, to see that the majority bloc does not get away with too much or wield too much power. As it is, everything that is proposed by the administration ad herents can be assured of being given a close scrutiny by Murphy and his followers, and that if it does not measure Up, it will be fought. Per sonally. I am glad Murphy hns taken JOHN M. BROWNING IS BEAD IN BELGIUM World Famous Inventor of Fire Arms Was In Liege at Time of Death. Ogden, Utah, Nov. 2(l. — UP) — John M. Browning, wor'.d famous inventor of fire nrniH, is dead in Belgium, a cablegram to relatives in Ogden an nounced today. Browning went to I.iego, Belgium, a few weeks ago to perfect his latest invention, an "over and under” double barrelled shot gun, and the message telling of '.lis death came from Liege. The new gun had one barrel above the other instead of horizontal bar rels. It was to be manufactured in the Liege plant. It was this plant which in 1913 manufactured the mil lionth Browning automatic pistol. In honor Os this • achievement King Al bert conferred upon Browning the title of chevalier of the Order of Leo pold. the position he has, despite the fact that in many things I disagree with him." And this attitude is typical of many others. Not a few believe that in many ways the operation of the executive budget during the first year hns been far from satisfactory, and that some readjustments must be made to make it more flexible. Most of them agree, however, that a test of one year is hardly a fair test and hard ly anyone can be found who does not agree thnt in theory, at least, the exeent-hre budget system- i* -setuttd, and thnt it triould be kept. But many would make it a bit more flexible, in order that it might better meet vary ing needs. It is felt thnt these facts need to be faced squarely and some action taken to remedy them. However, as an indication of the fact that Murphy will not advocate any measure looking toward wanton extravagance, nnd that he already knows the necessity of keeping ap propriations within the income of the state, it is only necessary to look nt the figures for requested appropria tions for trie present biennium, 1024- 25. to 1026-27, nnd notice the differ ence between what was asked and rfhat was finally recommended to the | legislature by the legislative budget i commission, of which Murphy was n member. This was beforfi the crea tion of the present executive budget commission. For the year 1025-26, appropria tions amounting to $16,813,468 were asked, but this sum wus scaled down by the legislative budget commission —not by the governor—to $13,840,710 —a cut of about $3,000,000. And for the year 1026-27, trie requested ap propriations amounted to $17,060,030, which was later scaled down by the budget commission to $14,181,132 —a cut of about $3,000,000 more. Thus it is self evident that Murphy was not in favor of granting every appropriation that was asked for two years ago—and his position has not ehnnged much since. As to his claims thut the executive budget net iw not constitutional, little stock is being paid to it. in that 46 of trie 48 states in the United States now have the executive budget act, or acts similar to it. and their constitutionality hns nev er been questioned. What the whole thing simmers down ! to is that Murphy is at outs with the administration, especially the gover nor, and is ready and willing to make an issue of anything wriioh will serve as adequate support for a controversy. And so far the advisory budget com mission and the executive budget act have been about the only material available. But other material is going to bob up from time to time, and when it does, there will be fireworks. It all will be worth watching closely. The "Shadow Gang” of Bandits. (By International News Service) Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 26.—A new gang of bandits, named "Shadow Gang" is so named because triey ap pear, pull a robbery; and disappear almost like a shadow. The gang is composed of three youths—always masked with hand kerchiefs and always driving a high powered car. Their activities start early in the evening when they steal a big car. They then start turning in “bogus” telephone calls to police, saying a robbery has been committed in cer tain sections of the city. Meantime, while police are hurry ing to that neighborhood, the “Shadow Gang" starts operation in another section of the city. Last Saturday night the gang staged 1 eighteen holdups on fiilling stations, grocery stores and pedestrians. They j escaped with over $4,000. TEK KLLEO WHEN ■ mnorj* i nan A Were Working on Water Tunnel When Temporary Dam Gave Way Before Onrush of Water. HEAVY RAIN~WAS ACCIDENT CAUSE i Caused Stream to Overflow and This Sent Torrent i Into Tunnel Where Men Were at Work. Martinez Calif . Nov. 20. — UP) —Ten men met sudden death in the Gontca ( ' Tost a hills last night San Pablo] 1 Oeek, swollen by a heavy rain, bursVl a temporary dam and sent a torrent of water into a tunnel t in which they were working. The workmen, a shift, boss and nine laborers, had not a chance for their , lives. They were working in the far end of the tunnel 2,200 feet from the entrance, and the Hood, coining wit’.i j barely an instant’s warning, engulfed them. The victims’ bodies still are | in the tunnel with no chance of their | being recovered until the flood recedes i and the water can bo pumped from the j bore. | Three men working at the base of ! the shaft which extends upward from j Cue tunnel at a point about 700 feet from the entrance, escaped by juinp- I ing into an elevator and ascending as ! the torrent roared in on them. | The tunnel, seven miles from here, J is part of a project to carry domestic water from the Moke’uinne River to | Oakland, and other East Ray cities. The mouth of the bore started in the botom of a deep gulley through which the creek runs. To prevent Cue creek running into the tunnel a temporary ? dam had been built. As a result of the pressure from today’s rain, the 1 dam burst. 1 ABOUT AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION N Mr Voters Take It for Granted That Legislature Knows What It Is Do ing. J Tribune Rureau, Sir Waiter - Hotet. ~ Raleigh, Nov. 26.—One"" o( rb< 1 most outstanding evidence of the iti * creasing progressives ess of thought * in North Carolina is the ease with * which amendments to the coustitu j tions are now approved, according to ■ W. N. Everett. Secretary of State, i who declared that ten years ago It was virtually impossible to put over. But now it is different. The voters are coming to take it for granted . that when the legislature submits an amendment, it should be approved, and act accordingly. The amendment just enacted, mov ing up the date for the inauguration of state officials is of far more con sequence that at first appears, ao | cording to Mr. Everett, who states | that it virtually blocks for all the time possibility of any legislation to increase the salary of the Governor or of any of the major state officials. The only time* salaries of State of fieials ever been increased has been by incoming legislatures, before the new officers were inaugurated. This was true just before Governor Bickett took office, when the first of ficial action of the legislature was to increase his salary. Such action now. however, would not be jwssible. as the governor and other state officers take office at the time the legislature convenes. The only possibility would be to pass legislation that would not be effective until the present ad ministration retired, and legislation of this character js always extreme ly difficult to obtain, it was pointed out. With Our Advertisers. New shoes from old at the Shepherd Shoe Hospital. Phone 4MI. You will find a large variety of fur niture and home furnishings at Rell | & Harris’. Saturday, November 27 is the last : day to get your Goodyear tires at the special low prices at the Yorke & Wadsworth Co.’s. Better go in or phone today. * The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. is still 1(M) per cent, on Atwater Kent radios. The tyitchie Hardware Co. has sen sible useful gifts for Christmas pres , entx. Buy now before the Christmas rush. Efird’s Thanksgiving sale closes tomorrow night—better hurry. Engraved Christmas cards at the Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co. shipment also of new Hand dipped candles. New Columbia records every week . at tli? Concord Furniture Co. See . list of a few popular numbers in ad. . today. Hoover’s thank their many patrons , for the splendid Thanksgiving busi . ness given them. “Quality first. Inst and ill the time” | is the slogan of the J 0. Penney Co. k Their prices are always as jow as is consistent with quality .u Fisher’s the opinion of the ens >*Mir always rul»v 7l»:« store wel _ coiars suggest ; ons of any kind. Read the seven reasons why you should have the Boyd W. Cox Studio to do your photographic work in the , new ad. on the society page. Twenty years ago there were no 1 athletic societies of any kind in Bu!- * garia ; now' there, are about ten large organisations, with branches in ad the principal’ towns. THE TRIBUNE ! PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAYfI NO. 278™ VENDER NOT TO IFSTIFI IS JUDGE h-iiulES WITH STATE He Was to Have QtiM 1 Used by Defense in Haiti ;! Mills Case.—Not Met}- I tioned in Case So Far, THAT’S WHY HE WAS RULED OUT !Mrs. Gibson in Her Testi mony Did Not Say She Saw Carpender at Scene ; of the Slayings. Somerville, N. .7., Nov. 20.—OP)— (Judge Charles W. Parker, presiding ] in the Hall-Mills murder trial, today I ruled that Henry de la Bru.vor# Car pender, Wall Street broker, could not testify for the defense to offset the testimony given for the state by Mrs. Jane Gibson. Carpender, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, was indicted with his cousins, Mrs. Frances Sfeveps Hall and her brothers, Henry and Wil lie Stevens, on charges of murderipg file Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, but was not. brought, to trial with them on the charge of murdering Mrs. Mills. Called to the witness stand late Wednesday. Carpender had denied that he was at the scene of the slaying when Alexander Simpson, special pros’! ecutor, entered a strenuous objection against the broker’s being used by the defense to assail the story of the slay ing told by Mrs. Jane Gibson, state’s star witness. Justice Parker ruled that the queg* tion was not as to whether Cgrpep* der was generally competent as a wit ness. ‘‘Mrs. Gibson did not at this trial incriminate him either on direct or cross examination,” said the court, “and if such things were not assertml it would be futile to contradict them. There is not testimony in this trial tending to place Carpender at the scene.” Mrs. Gibson in the priliminary hearing on charges against Willie Stevens and Henry Carpenter had placed Carpender at the scene, and in llfiWX'Mie..,-r*«'H i n«tioii > Carpenter was taken to her - Den side - to be identified as the man whom she had incriminated at the preliminary hearing. After the decision tliat he woujd not testify with reference to accusations at the preliminary hear ing. Henry Carpender was was called to the stand to refute allegations that he had carried book*s and paporKjfrom the Hall residence on the morirbig of September 16. 1022 a few hours be fore the bodies were discovered. . u 1 Other state testimony had accused Edward Carpender with similar ac tions and when Edward was called to the stand on Wednesday he said that a box which he carried from the Hall home on the afternoon of September 15 after the bodies had been found contained clothes hi which Mr. Hall was to be dressed for burial, while an empty one was for the minister's vestments. , Henry Carpender testified today that he was in New York at work until about 1:20 p. m. on the day'tbe : bodies were found, and that he never t emovffl "paper boxes, dm wees or packages containing letters or papers” from the Hall home. Felix de Martini, employed gs a private detective by Mrs. Frances Stevens Hail after the slnyiug "of ber husband and Mrs. Eleanor It. Mills, was sworn just before the luncheon re cess in the Hail-Mills trial today. Hi Martini, who has been threatened with arrest on a warrant charging him with being an accessory after the fact of the murder, did not begin Ilia testimony, but was sworn that he might be placed under the protection of the court. He spent the luncheon recesses under the custody of theher iff. and will testify during the after noon. Carpender said Pant on Sunday. September 17th. three days after the murder, he went to Spring Lake with his wife and returned late in the af ternoon. .J. H. Separk Head of Duke Alumni. Durham. Nov. 25.—Joseph H. Sc park, of Gastonia, was e eeted presi dent of the Federated Alumni Clubs of Duke University at the animal meeting here today on the occasion of the alumni home coming day cele bration. John Paul Lucas, of (*bu lotto, was elected vice president aiul Banks ArendcM. of Raleigh, treasur er. Richard E. Thigpen, alumni secretary, was re-elected. Plane Off for Colon. Washington, Nov. 26. — OP) —The navy seaplane PN 10 No. 2, carrying Lieutenant Commander H. T. Bart lett and his crew of three, took off at 6 :."0 a. in. today from Cape Francis Siguanen Bay. Isle of Pines, to com plete the flight to Colon, Canal Zone, interrupted Wednesday morning when the plane was forced down from lack of fuel. President Coolidge is the only liv ing ex-vice president of the United States. THE WEATHER Rain and colder tonight, Saturday fair, much colder Saturday and Sat urday night. Fresh to strong south, shifting to northwest winds.