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• w ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI COTTOHMT MUM OCTOBER'S TOTAL Duviiig Month of Novem ber 583,950 Bales Were Consumed in Plants in. United States. SOUTHERN STATES USED* MAJORITY In Cotton Producing States 425,490 Bales Were Used —Million Bales Export v ed in Month. Washington.. IW. 14— UP)— Cotton wwmrt during November totalled 583,950 bales of lint and 02,978 of litters; compared with 368,932 of lint and 75,330 of (inters in October this* year ;• and 543,488 of lint and 71,- WZ of linters in November last year, the census bureau annnounced today. ■ Cotton on hand November 30th was distributed ns follows- In consuming Establishments. 1,. •107,844 bales of lint, and 117,915. of linters. 1 J n public storage and at Compresses, <!.SJ 7,363 bales of lint and 52,913 .of iinlfertf. Imports for November totalled‘4l,- 441 bales. Exports for November were 1.486.224 brtles of lint and 11,- 633 of litters. Cotton spindles active during No vember numbered 32,586,770. Cotton consumed in cotton growing growing states during November was 423,490 bales. Cotton on hand in cotton growing states was held ns follows: In consuming establishments, 1,046,- 260 bales. In public storage and at compresses 0.292,200 bales. Cotton spindles in cotton growing states active during November man liere.l 17,391,290. EASTERN PART OF COENTRY FEELS STORM OKier tfbter Swee»*s Into Eastern Half From Went Where States Am in Storm's Grin. (■'‘'W-fmcr sSept into the emttern half of the con*ry wester** siates struggling In the grip of iem weather, and deep drifted snows. Swirling winds bore the cold wave across the Mississippi Valley and flung it in a broad fan that brushed the At lantic seaboard and reached to the Gulf coast. Eight persona were dead in the wake of the northwest storm, four deaths were counted in the plains states, and two men were frozen to death in the heart of the corn belt. At Woonsocket. 8. P.. Old Man Winter played policeman nnd thwart ed the plans of thieves who broke in to two stores. After failing to find any loot in a safe the robbers found their automobile radiator frozen and were forced to flee afoot. Throughout the entire western por tion of tile United States the snowfall was unseasonably intensive, both as to depth ns much as 10 feet in some places, and as to area covered. In western Canada the blizzard, , which began Sunday night was called the worst since 1907, and Alaskans were alarmed for the safety of resi dents of the Aleutian Islands where even the thiec radio stations have not been heard from since the blizzard be gnn. v Hoes His Cotton With Geese. Albemarle. N. C.. Pee. 14. —OP)— W. f?. Kimrcy, Albemarle Route 6. hoes his cotton with geese and is well satisfied with the results. Mr. Kim rey has ten acres of cotton under fence ast year and after a stand was obtained ail tbe hoeing was done by three geese and nineteen goslings. Nine 300-ponnd bales of lint were harvested from the ten acres. Mr. Kimrey fed the geese only when the grass would get ahead of them. |l stated County O. H. Philt-v- -ni tlien from ten to twelve ears of corn, wpre fed them to whet their appetite, for green food. Returns/From Hunting Trip to Mexico. Statesville. X. C-, Dec. 14.—04>>— V. Cj Schley has returned frotn a hunting trip to Mexico and reported , excellent luck. Mr. Schley, ith a ! party of Tar HeC's. said he crossed J 165 into the Southern Republic from ' Eagle Pass, Texas, and found the tia tives most courteous. Six deer and 14 wild turkeys were among the takings. A silkworm's cocoon contains from 5100 to 1,200 yards of silk. Cold and Damp jj i i' t Partly cloudy and colder tonight, preceded by rain on tbe fcouth coast; Wednesday partly cloudy and colder, fresh north winds. The Concord Daily Tribune Leading Small City. Daily Lita’s Father | ; nk Jk9 Herfe is Robert E' McMtirray of Wichita, Kan., fAiher o Lila Grey, who separate! from her husband, Charle Chaplin, the movie comedian McMurray also had difficult ties with Lita’s mother, wh< is now Mrs. Lillian Spicer, oi Los Angeles. - > llnleryHonal Kcw«rm».l PLEASED AT ACQUITTAL OF HENRY STEVENS For 21 Years Stevens Ha* Been Hunt ing In Oak Ridge Section. (By International News Service) Greensboro; Pec. 14.—The people of Oak Ridge, Gui'.ford county, were greatly pleased over the acquittal of Henry Stevens on the charge of killing Mrs. Eleanor Mills and not even those of his home towu rejoiced more Ilian did Oak Ridge when it learned tMat the New Jersey jury at Somer ville had brought in a verdict of at quittpl of Henry, his brother, Willie, and his sister, Mrs. Frances Hall. For 21 years Henry Stevens, who is n crack shot, has been visiting ev ery winter in the Oak Ridge section, to shoot quail. He has been accom _tmied.br hi* cAusin, Edward Car- Pgnder. They have hunted on a large preHc/x C BanW, 'ln receipt of a telegram from Edwin R. Onrpender, another cousin, of Hen ry Stevens, it is stated that lie will be here next Tuesday for the annual quail httnt. Letters from Henry Stevens to friends in Oak Ridge indicate that he has never doubted that he would be Acquitted. He wrote Professor T. E. Whittaker, president of Oak Ridge Institute: “My appendix is out and I hope to be soon.” Three yenrs ago while nt Oak Ridge Henry Stevens had trouble with his appendix and was given temporary treatment at the home of Prof. Whittaker. In a letter written Thanksgiving Pay to Prof. Whittaker, Mr. Stevens expressed his appreciation and re meuibraare to the treatment and kind ness given him. Mr. Whittaker has written him a letter in which he said the people of Oak Ridge believed him innocent. CHLORINE EXPLODES, IB MEN ARE ASPHYXIATED 29.000 Kilograms of Liquid Chlorine Exploded in Factory In'Crance. Dlgne, Department of Basses Allies, France, Dec. 14.— UP) —Nineteen men are dend most of them having been asphyxiated, ns a result of the explo sion of 20,000 kilograms of liquid chlorine in a factory at St. Auben. Seventy oilier men were injured, thir ty of them seriously. Those who met death included six Frenchmen. The remainder were Al gerians, Russians and Portugese. Ought to Be Ashamed of Himself. (By International News Service) Greensboro, N. CV, Dee. 14. —San- ford Walker, hailing from Guilford county, was arraigned before Judge E. Yates Webb in federal district court here yesterday on a charge of violating the prohibition law. “What have yon to say for your self?’’- inquired the court of the de fendant. * v 'lei “Well, your honor, I am Jhc fnth er of t*enty-four children,’! came the answer, ; . ’ ,■ ' '■ i “Y6u ought,to be a.sliamed of your •self. - I fine you $300." And that was all. i French Pugilist Dies; Opponent Held. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 14. — UP) — Chas. Pegnlihan, French light heavy weight pugilist, died at a hospital here early today following his ring fight with Elmer Friedman, of Boston, at the state armory last night. The Frenchman died of a fractured skull. It was his first fight in this country. Friedman was held by the police. Memorandum Books , Now Ready For 1927 Onr Vest Pocket Memorandum Books for 1927 are now ready. We want every subscriber of The Tribune and Times to have one. Come in and l*t it please. *S Vis , r . V- £ • FALLDOHEHf CASE WILL BET TD JURY nimiof Defense Has Begun Pinal Attempt to Beat Back Tide of Argument by the Prosecution. ROBERTS ARGUES FOH CONVICTIONS Says Defense Did Not Put on Stand Joseph J. Cot ter, Vice President of Doheny Company. Washington, Pec. 14i—WP)—The defense began today its final attempt to beat back the tide of prosecution argument in the Fall-Dohcny a‘l'con spiracy trial.' With every prospect that the case would be in the hands of the jury by «un down tomorrow.- a succession of defense attorneys were allotted a six hour period in which to tell the jury men there was no taint of guilt in Edward 1,. Poheny’s loan of SIOO,OOO to Albert 11, Fall while Fall was in the cabinet, and before Doheny was awarded the lease to the Elk Hills oil reserve. Except for a half hour at the open ing of . court during which Owen J. Roberts for -the government complet ed tbe prosecution argument, begun yesterday, the defense was given all of today's session for its replies. Roberts repented again the charge that the SIOO,OOO was part of a con spiracy to defraud the government. "Fall Jknew that this SIOO,OOO loan was dirty business," said the prosecu tor. “Foil told the Bennte commit tee in a letter written Written on Christmas day 1923 (two years after the loan was made) that he never had approached Doheny in connection with the loan. “And wlmt has been the essence of the defense case? To excuse, explain and forget." He also asked the jurors to consid er that Joseph J. Cotter, vice presi dent of Doheny’s Pan-American Com pany, and Poheny’s confidential agent, in the oil negotiations, had not been called to the witness stand. afTThe angles of the case. He was ip these negotiations from May 1921 so December. 1922. He tnlked with the Navy officMls, the Interior depnrt- I ment officials, he went to Hawaii, to New York,-Washington. Three Rivers. - N. Mex., (Fall’s home), Los Angeles —Cotter was everywhere—and he sat within 20 feet of this witness stand for days and was never called to the stand.” Frank J. Hogan, chief coun sel for Doheny was the first of the defense lawyers to take up the argu ment. He denied directly Roberts’ charge that any wrongdoing attended the SIOO,OOO transaction which he de scribed as nothing but a loan given by Doheny to his friend of thirty years standing. With Our Advertisers. The store of J. C. Penney Co. will be open every night till 9 o’clock un til Christmas. Give wife, mother or sister a Boo ster kitchen cabinet for Christmas. See ad. of H. B. Wilkinson. The E. L. Morrison Lumber Co. will sell yon the best lumber at the fairest prices obtainable. Genuine Ford 13-plate batteries, only sl2 at Yorko & Wadsworth 9°-’ s - Get a box of the beautiful station ery at the Kidd-Frix Co. Prices 30 cents to SO.OO a box. Many other new and beautiful things for Christ mas.' The Purrnn feeds will make your hens lay. Phone 122, the Cash Feed Store. Invest in happiness—buy furniture. You can get a three-piece cane back suite at the. Concord Furniture Co. for only $98.50. Regular price sllß.- 50. Priced low to close them out be fore Christmas. Another Shipment of womlen’s coast just in at JJarks-Belk Co.’s. All sizes from 16 t'o 52. Special lot of children’s coats, «U sizes, from $1.48 to $9.95. They will wrap and tnail yottr Christmas packages free when bought nt their store, j The store will be open till 0 o’clock every bight tilt .<53 istmas. '! ! j.i * ! Curtis J. Johnson,! 617 Commercial National Bank building, Charlotte, has preparer! a booklet in which lie gives his secret of how to grow larger and. better watermelons. See his let ter to farmers in this paper. You will find Christmas goodies ga lore at C. H. Barrier Sc Co.’s. Efird's is open each evening till 0 o'clock Up to and including December 24th. Predicts Fountain Will Be Speaker. Rocky Mount. Dec. 14.—Prediction ; that R. T. Fountain, of this city, will lead his two opponents in the three cornered race for the speakership of the house at the approaching session-' of the legislature and emphasis upon Mr. Fountain’s friendship for Gov ernor McLean marked an expression of views today by L. V. Bassett, of this city, long identified with politics of Edgecombe county and the state and a former representative of the county in- the state senate, on the speakership race and its outcome. i f We begin publishing today our let i ter* to,Santa Claus from the children. Send them In, and they will appear aa fast as we get them. CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926 y — 'vy 1 Gang Warfare and Machine Gun Killiitgs in North Carolina? (By International News Service) Raleigh. Dec. 14.—While North Carolinians have been reading news [ accounts of gAng warfare and maehihe [gun killings in Chicago, Herrin ahd other large cities, they gave, a sigh of relief perhaps, that they were so I far removed from such depredations. But ,'.ie question now has presented itself: “Are they?" I The concensus of law enforcement , 1 officers of Wnke anil several other ‘ eastern counties along highway route ! No. 10 as it winds down from the j Piedmont to the sea would indicate j that they are not. Some of the good citizens themselves i are waking up to the fact that just off their doorsteps the swish and root ■ of the high powered motor cars are droning an moinous obligato to piracy ■ and death. First, rum running, nnd then hi jacking and now gang warfare. That’s the sequence described by officers long in the game of matching wits with desperate men and youths who are playing a loose game for "high stakes.” And that this “game" has reached the serious stage, they now admit. Mysteriously slain men—men limp ing into hospitals with too easily ex plained. gun and knife wounds—racing automobiles wrecked by the roadsides —police officers and innocent motor ists mangled by crashes in dense smoke screens mkide by fleeting run! runners —a flood of liquor that the iaw despairs of damning. All of these things bear out the opinion, say tit* officers. i Ever since prohibition “Tar Heels’’ with a thirst antedating dry statutes) have known liquor was being made in ! the eastern lowlands nnd western high lands, nnd that it was being transport ed into the central flatlnnds where opportunitiil for manufacturing it were not so propitious. »Later they became nceustomed ti yarns of fabulous profits falling from loose lips of neatly attired young inert with their hands unstained from toll except by piloting motor enrs piled high with liquor. They saw a few of these men caught and their sport frocks changed to stripes, but this did not check tjc rum supply which continued to flow. ’ Then came the deadly “smoke screen”, crude oil device attached to the rum runner’s exhaust pipe which was capable of delivering a dense smoke to thwart pursuers. It Was a success, so much so that a host of serious accidents befell the pursuing cars with officers. Finally came the killing and tbft - wounded trM-Whig--into hospitals fftaf the wild tales of liquor cars being held up by “hi-jaekers" tinder th« guise of law enforcement officers. The officers realized that the free and eaßy business of rum runners hart reached its peak in deaths. They sensed activities of rival bands nnd the beginning of an area of piracy of the highways, which, translated in to modern terms, is nothing less than gang warfare. The same strife of FLOW OF CAPITAL INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Charter Lssued to the Grilling Kim berly Heights. Raleigh, N. C„ Dec. 1-t.— (A>) — Flow of Florida capital info western North Carolina was indicated by a charter issued from the office of Secretary'of State W. N. Everett to Griffing's, Kimberly Heights, Inc... Asheville. The new enterprise >vns incorporated to deal in real estate with an authorized capital stock of 5000 shares without par value with 1000 subscribed to by Arthur At. Griffing and Alabama B. Griffing oi Miami, Fla., and R. L. Luffmnn, Asheville. Other charters were 1 sued to: Spear Motor company. Inc., Kin ston. To deal in all kinds of motor vehicles and appliances. Authorized capital $200,000 with $50,000 sub scribed by Mrs. C. W. Spear, E. \V. Spear. Mrs. W. K. Scott. Miss Olive Spear, all of Kinston, and Mrs. Leafy Spear Guthrie, of Salisbury. Nash Furniture company. Inc.. Statesville. To conduct furniture store. Authorized capital $125,000 with SIO,OOO subscribed by T- A. Nash, C. E. Keiger and O. Elam, all of Statesville. WINTHROP COLLEGE , Shows an Enrollment of 1,830. — Over 1,000 Applications Refused. (By International News Service) ! Rock Hill, S. C„ Dbc. 14.—Win throp College, now the second largest educational institution for women in the United States, may easily become 1 the coilntry’s lending women’s college. ’ it is ttoown in a survey of outstand \ ing women's colieges which places. Winthrop the second largest in the nation. Smith's College leads with an enrolment of 2,132 studenta. Winthrop shows an enrollment of 1,839. v North Carolina College for 1 Women is third largest in enrollment with 1,666 students, Wellesly College fourth with 1.588; Florida State Col lege, for Women fifth with 1,314 nnd • Bryn Mawr sixth with 1,288. 1 More than a thousand applications I for admission to Winthrop this yenr ; were refused, almost as many appli ■ cations also being refused last year f for the same reason — lack of aeeom-' 1 modations. Winthrop’s enrollment this ! ■ year easily cou’.d have exceeded 2,500, 1 students bad facilities permitted, ac cording to officials at the institution. | i■■ - ] ‘ Snow is Virtually unknown in the ■ populous sections of Australia, so, '■ the people generally have little op-1 port unity to indulge, in the so-called winter sport*. However, many of - those who can afford it journey to . Klandra, (a the mountains .of New r South Wales, where - the conditions an excellent for skating and aki-ing. elements that was back of (he killing i of Dion O'Bannion in Chicago, the ! millionaire “flower shop” proprietor “ and liquor king.; t'iie machine gun- I ning of Assistant State Prosecutor i McSwiggin, and the raids and killings i of numerous other bands of gunmen was about to descend in this section. I Solicitor Evans, of Wake county, was open with his suspirion that Sid Chappell, Raleigh politician, who • since was adjudged guilty of a liquor 1 violation, did not meet his death from • "accidental" causes. 1 . But the Chappell affair was hardly forgotten before the sensational trail i of events to the killing of “Mighty” ; Forsythe blasted the peace of eastern 1 Carolinn. i Mystery shrouded the affair from the time Forsythe's body was dumped out at a filling station near Raleigh and brought to n hospital by attend ants at the station. Ooeupapte of the "death ear" were recognized and police immediately spread a dragnet for them. ' , Robert Separk, young Raleigh man, was arrested the day after he had been injured in a crash on the Raleigli- Durham highway and spirited away to a hospital nt Sanford, wliere he was entered under an assumed name. Friends who extricated him from the wreckage before officers arrived were not'-arrestod. Separk, in Wake county jail with out privileges of bond, has maintained that Forsythe fell to his death from the running board of the ear. He is supported in this contention by Eve -1 lyn Britt, 19-year old Durham girl who was also an occupant of the j “death car." The girl was freed un der $5,000 bond. Robert Stephenson, the fourth alleged occupant of the car, has not been captured. Physicians Reorn the falling to death theory, and declare that the mortal wound was inflicted with a sharp edged instrument, probably a hatchet. Investigations by Coroner Waring, of Wnke county, in both Wake and Johnston counties, have tended to bear out a murder theory. Blood stninß were found in a Ailing station nt Clay ton, in Johnston county; a cap was found with a split crown, nnd blood was found on a suit of clothes alleged to have belonged to Separk. The freebed car also was brought in for evidence. Little of what has been discovered has been made public, but it is a known fact that the general investiga tion has led the sleuths through a trail of rivalry and gang jenloqsy. j H“ch is thought feu hingk on wh(tt !'!«(a/,reason wHI have tirsayf the 'tetrr <leney so far having been to minimize the presence of the Britt girl in the car, her own explanation being that she was n passenger in the oar simply because she thought she was getting a ride to her home in Durham, Offi cers say that to what extent the ro mance of rum running in North Car olina will be exposed at the trial de pends upon one thing—how much the accused men will tell. * IT IS NOW TP TO THE TOWN OF NEWTON Whether a Paved Highway Between Statesville and Newton Will Be Constructed in the Near Future. Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh. Dih 1 , 14. —Whether'or not a paved highway will be Constructed between Statesville ynd Newton in t'ae near future is now up to the town of Newton, according to the opinion of those here who have been following the controversy between Newton and the highway commission. This opin ion comes as the result of the action of Superior Court Judge W. F. Hard ing in upholding the highway commis sion in its plans to build file road to Newton according to the new survey made following the Supreme Court de cision of last spring, when he dissolved the temporary injunction which had been obtained against the commission several weeks ago. This now leaves the highway commission free to go ahead with its plans to build t'iie road between Statesville and Newton pro vided Newton brings no further suits against the commission. And that is why the next move is up to Newton. If Newton will give up its fight and permit the road to, be built now along the route of the latest survey, in accordance with,the now famous Newton highway decision qf the Su preme Court, construction can be started on, the road iu t’ue not very far distant future. But if Newton resolves to keep the question in liti gation it may be months, or even a year or more before a road can be built. If Newton decides to push the present case to the • Supreme Court, it will ptobably be months be fore matters can be untangled. When the temporary injunction was dissolved by Judge Harding in Char lotte Monday, attorneys for the high way commission sought to obtain a restraining order to prevent the plain tiffs from bringing any further litiga tion that might prevent the building of the road. Rut Judge Harding de nied their motion, thus leaving the way open for the Newton plaintiffs to bring further action if they should see fit. What further course the highway 1 commission will pursue in the matter , will not be determined until a copy of Judge Harding’s ruling has been ! received and given careful study, ac ! cording to Frank Page, chairman of the commission. 1 It is not so very long ago that copper was used in Sweden as the chief medium -of exchange, and at times merchants hid to take wheel barrow* with them When they went to receive payment of considerable sumo. KASCHQLK ON STAND DESPITE ARGUMENTS mm counsel Defense in the McDermott Trial Argued That Wit- j ness Was Not Competent i to Give Testimony. JUDGE OVERRULES DEFENSE MOTION Counsel for State Denies Kaschold Had Part in Conspiracy Against the Dead Editor. • Canton, 0., Dec. 14.—UP)—Con tjminncc of testimony by Steve aKx cholk against Patrick Eugene Mc- Dermott, alleged slayer of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, ns begun yesterday, was continued today when Judge E. W. Diehl overruled objec tion of defense counsel. Objections of defense counsel which were first voiced late yesterday were based on defense allegations that the testimony of Kaseholk was inadmissi ble. Homer Durand, of defense counsel, argued against receiving any declara tion from Kaseholk contending he was a co-conspirator until a prima facie case of conspiracy had first been proved b the state. Prosecutor C. B. McClintoek 'de clared Kaseholk was not involved in any conspiracy, but that the state would show conspiracy between Mc dermott, Ben Rudner and Louis Maz er, defendants. FAMILIES OF PRISONERS TO BE GIVEN CHRISTMAS Charlotte Civic Clubs to Include These in Their Christmas Program. Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, ‘ Doc. 14. —Names of the dependents of all prisoners in State prison from Mecklenburg county have been sent to the Charlotte civic cabi net, composed of representatives of all the civic clubs in the city, so that the wives and children of these men may bo remembered at Christmas time, it was learned here today. It is understood thnt the Charlottf eivic ' tSpsotaara to imdiuie the fniirfHes 1 of prisoners in their Christman pro gram ns the result of the address de livered by Governor A. W. McLean before the combined civic clubs of ! Charlotte last week, in Which he sug gested that the clubs could do much good by keeping a sympathetic lookout for the families, of prisoners in State prison. When informed thnt the Charlotte chibs had decided already to put his suggestions into action, and that they were preparing to include the families of prisoners in their Christmas pro gram, Governor McLean was much pleased nnd expressed the hope that other cities and communities might decide to take the same interest in the dependents of prisoners that Char lotte and Mecklenburg county are showing. “I am sure that there is no better time for the people of a city or county to show the wives nnd chil dren or parents of men who. have been so unfortunate as to be sent to prison that they have the real Christmas spirit than to see what they can do for them at Christmas time. For the wives and children of these mew are in no sense to blnnre that their hus band or father is in prison, nnd the people of the community should do what they can to show a helpful in terest in them.” the governor said. A list of the prisoners and th<4r dependents from any county or city will be sent by H. H. Sink, commis sioner of pardons, to any organization desiring it, Governor McLean states. READY FOR FIGHTING WITH SHIP’S CAPTAIN Coast Guardsmen Determined .to Go Aboard the Schooner Charles A. Bean. Wilmington,, N. C„ Dec. 14.— UP) — Equipped with United States war weapons, coaat guardsmen from the Oak Island station near the, mouth ■ of the Cape Fear River wpre this af ternoon attempting to board the four masted schooner Charles A. Beaty Savannah to Baltimore, which went i ashore early I’liis mprning on F F >*ng ■ Pan Shoals, its captain described ns i beipg “aft with a gun", and the crew > of the ship demanding that he re linquish his command. Coast guardsmen and pilots this i morning attempted to board the ship after it had gone “hard and fast” on . the shonls. but t'aey were met by a ; command from the enpnin, they said. . that he would not permit them go aboard the schooner. Frasier Welcomed by Republican*. Washington, Dec. 14.—(4s)—Ban i ned after the 1924 election as a po i litical undesirable in the republican ranks. Senator Frasier, of North Da kota, insurgent, was formally wel -1 corned back into the fold today by - unanimous vote of the republican i senate steering committee. ' The senior class play, “Cinderella O’Reilly,”' of Mont Amoena Seminary is to be given in the Mount Pleasant : auditorium Wednesday evening, De ' cember the 15th, at 8 o’clock. The Pittsburgh Field Trial Club : plans to enlarge its club grounds un t til It baa a game sanctuary covering 10,000 acre*. I In Opera ■ v ?• * 3 k, 2B& 3I Stuart Gracey, of Geneva, N. Y., who recently made his de but in grand opera, sailed for Italy to continue his studies. TEXAS WIVES AFTER A BETTER LEGAL STATES Evidence of Revolt at Some of the In justices to Women. Dallas, 1 Dec. ' 14.—A Texas wife lost a foot in a street car accident- She won a judement of several thou sand dollars in a s-uit for locos of the member, but her husband collected and spent the money. Another woman worked for her living. Her spouse, who was a was- Jrel, appropriated her week's. ~ny and applied it to his own debt. The court upheld him. reiterating the law that in Texas a wife's earnings are under her husband's exclusive control. Husband Is Benefactor Such is the legal status of some wives in Texas Its the state's first woman governor prepares to leave office. Many maintain that the elec tion and the defeat of the woman governor had nothing to do with the emancipation of women. . The pres ence of a >voman governor, however. Juis aebentunted.Jlie legal stains of Women. There are evidences of revolt. Mrs. Sarah Menexes. assistant United States district attorney here, lias pre pared a digest of some legal points affecting women for the Texas league of Women Voters, which may propose remedial legislation. Mrs. Menexes declares that the chief need is a definite law clarifying sta tutory confusion. In Texas, rents and revenues from a wife’s Separate property, and her wages, do not belong to her but are a part of the community properry which is under the husband’s ex clusive control. He Control’s Wife’s Profits. She cannot encumber or convey her separate real estate without her signature. She cannot be the joint maker of a note nor the surety on a bond without the joinder of her hup band. If slie is in business, her profits are in (iis control. If an unmarried woman is n part ner in business, her marriage dis solves the partnership, because a married woman’s disabilities are such thal she cannot continue in the re lation of a partner, even with her biisbaml. When Mrs. Miriam. A. Fnrgiison became governor she hnd a court de clare her a "feme sole" (unmarried woman), for trading purposes, un der a 1911 statute, but lawyers state this law lias little practical effect on a married woman's status, since she is bound by constitutional limita tions. » Among legal causes for divorce, one act of adultery on a wife's’ part is sufficient, but a husband must have abandoned his wife and lived with another woman. Legislatures have struggled for half a century to lift some of thes limitations, but the Supreme court has held that,- the legislature can neither diminish nor enlarge the con stitutional defipitiop. , In Abyssinia one method of doing the hair that is adopted by young men is tot stroll int’o the market place, buy a pound, of butter, and putting it upon the top- of the hair, stand still while the sun arranges things. When the hair is thus dress -1 ed with melted butter the Abyssinian knows that fate cannot not. or will not, touch him—he is a picture of well-dressed elegance done in oils. BEAUTIFUL Christmas Cards 10 IN A BOX With Envelopes tQ. Match FOR ONLY 50c A BOX TIMES-TRIBUNE OFFICE Phone* 78 end 882 L M <l 1 ’"""V 1 THE TRIBUNEII PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAYf? NO. 293 : DENSE FOCUSES j WRECKS MED HILTS PASSENGER LINERS — JUg Fog Was Driven Eastward by the Cold Wave From i the West—Nine Hurt in Train Wrecks. VESSELS FAIL TO -.A REACH THEIR PIERS More Than 3,500 Passeng ers Are on Liners Which | Halt Off the New York Harbor. New York, Dec. 14. —OP)—A dqjMjt - * fog rolling eastward before a “a ] wave from the west, and blanketing 1 the New York region in gloom, tyns blamed today for two railroad wrecNg, a collision of river craft, and the tar J tension off New York harbor of 3.0 W passengers on board twenty-five in* '■ coming ships. Nine persons were injured TR two railroad accidents in New Jersey last night. The second section of the At lantic City Express, moving slowly through the gloom near Howe’s Labe, : ran into the Commercial Express from St. Louis to New, York, derail ing the front truck of the Atlantic City locomotive and the rear truck of the last car of the St. Louis train and injuring four persons. Five persons were slightly injured, two of them women, when the Wash ington-New York train of the Balti more & Ohio railroad was derailed at Hopewell Junction, near Treaton. • Eight of the nine cars left the rails and railroad men said the dehse fog caused the engineer to miss a signal nnd run into a derailment switch. . i ( . Among the twenty-five vessel* de tained off quarantine were eight liners including the Berengarin of the Can ard Line nnd the Deutschland of the Hamburg-Americnn line. Pilots re- “ fused to risk an attempt, to guide the giant ships through the heavy fog. :;| Fifteen hundred persons abonrd the ■ municipal ferry boat Richmond became :j excited when the boat plying between State Island and New York collided S off the Statue of Liberty with the lighter Sagamore. TWenty-flve feet • of the ferry boat's port side was J smashed, and the. guard ripped away but the boat docked safe* l.v and no one was injured. I The fog covered the entire metro ' politan area and the Jersey coat, and 1 drizzling rain added to the murkinesß. THE COTTON MARKET - : Opened Firm at Advance of 0 to It Points on Buying Movement and Covering. New York, Dec. 14. (A I )— The cot ton market opened firm today St. all advance of 9 to 11 points on d re newal of yesterday’s buying move- • ment and covering promoted by com paratively steady Liverpool cables nnd the Census report showing do mestic consumption of 585,950 bales for November compared with 568,532 for October and 543,488 for Novem ber last year. The advance seemed to meet Southern hedging and real izing nnd after, selling at 12.05 for January and 12.52 for May, prices re acted 4 or 5 points from the best by the end of the first hour. . L-iwf Private cables said there bad been, some covering nnd London on buying in Liverpool, but that fears of lower / prices were checking business iti cot- ' tou goods. Cotton futures opened firm: Dee* 12.30 and 12.40; .Tan 12.05; March 12.30; May 12.52: July 12.71. GIRL WOUNDED WHEN AUTO WAS FIRED UPOSI / Mbn Doing the Shooting Said Ttt* Were Prohibition Agents. /'j Norfolk. Ya„ Dec. 14.— (A 5 )— C4 oth.v Carrington, 16-year old, daughter of the Rev. W. B. Carrington, pastof of Franktown Baptist Church, was struck in the hip by one of fifty ,1* lets fired by two men who claittHSff | they were prohibition agents and held up several automobiles oh a pub'ic highway in Northampton county last night. > ■ Four machines were struck by bul lets as they passed the sfcenp,, Com monwealthis Attorney T. H. Hotting 'uam, of Northampton county, dmlitred today ahd several other vehicles were tired upon but were not hit. 'SB The name Poland describes the . country geographically, since itmeans "Plain." . ' ■■■ ■' n—~inFSl AVA DUPOISH * title STUwKINu T 9. WNi UrU days left rtjv J v ,r ,31-••
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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