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fc ASSOCIATED - i PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Dry Agents Padlock Night Clubs to Check Flow Yuletide Liquors Some of Best Known Clubs and Restaurants in New York Raided Sometime During the Night. AGENTS WORKED UNDER DISGUISE Sons of London Widows, “Butter and Egg Men” and Others Worked to Get Evidence for Raid. Now York. Doe. 22—(A>)—Having fallen for a '“big butter'and egg man,” Broadway was a b : t dryer today. A string of padlocks is to be extended j frotn the roaring 40*s to Greenwich ! \ illage. decorating the front doors of ■ |S of New York's most popular night clubs and restaurants, as a result of sweeping Federal prohibition raids. Bills of complaint and temporary personal injunctions were served oil the club owners early today by seven raiding officers from the office of Fed eral 'Attorney Emory It. Buckner, who started out at midnight. Among the places dosed were some of the most glittering centers of New \ork night life, including Texas Gui-1 nan's 300 Club; Helen Morgan's 54th | Street Club; the Case de Paris; Dinty j Moore's Club Anntole ; Club Rich- j man; and a score of others equally l well known. Guests were scrutinized ! carefully before being admitted to the I merriment behind barred doors and j drawn shades. Introductions were necessary. The raids were carried out quietly and caused no disturbance of guests. Federal authoriCes said the raids were designed to forestall plans of the club owners for wet parties dtiring the coming holidays. Confiscated liquor half filled a police station. Evidence against the establishments was obtained by agents who were de clared by Federal authorities to have i "lived the life of Broadway from mid- j night until dawn for the past fort night." Some posed as idle sons of wealthy | Ixuulou widows, others as big cotton | the South, as exiled RTrs- Cf&V hiWßShjrp of the late Czar'w hpd.v others a* ajrenkjfeweaj Zrebate pftinutters from Florida. They were introduced into the clubs by prominent Broadwayists and actress es who took the agent's word that they really were wlmt they pretended to be. "The story of how Brodway fell for j a big butter and egg man is funnier than fiction." Mr. Buckner said. He gave no further details. I One of those who vouched for a i federal agents was described by Mr. ! Buckner as a "young Englishman of | noble ancestry.” "So thoroughly did the’se polished prohibition agents worm their way in to the hearts of Broadway.” said Buckner, "that on their -second visit to the 300 club. Texas Guinnn, the hostess, threw them a kiss and asked them why they were leaving her place so early." Bad Weather May Delay Flight. Brownsville. Texas, Dee. 22.—0 P) —A heavy fog rolling in. from the Gulf of Mexico and settling on the waters of Lngunnn Madre. where the army's five Pan-American flight planes have been anchored over night threat ened to delay the resumption of their flight to Mexico anti South American countries today. Major IT. A. Dnr guc. flight commander, said the planes would not he towed to open water un til the fog lifted. Claims Ho Has I -u'gcst Crowd of Children. Washington, N. (’-. Dec. 21. Reuben Bland, of Martin County, doesn’t understand why President I'mdidge and tlic House of Repre sentatives became so excited last week over a Georgia farmer with only 2S children." Band has 34 children and e’aims he is tin- father of the largest family p in the United States. He is thinking of going to Wash ington to show thf President and Congress a father who is a father. Says Mellon Gave *5.000000. Washington. Dee. 22. — (4 s )— The story that Secretary Mellon advanc ed $5,000,000 to the republican nat ional ; committee fpr the Harding cam paign in 1920 was repeated on the Senate floor today by Senator Heflin, democrat, of Alabama,, who told his colleagues that “secretary Mellon has not denied the truthfulness” of the , charge. ' John McDowell, Jr„ of Morganton. was the guest of friends in Concord Tuesday. ► Cloudy and colder tonight, preceded by rain in the extreme east; Thursday s ~,’dder in the central and east por tions. Fresh west winds. ■ ■ - ni■HIBhISH The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily I’"' j FOUR MEN PERISH AS BRIDGE SPAN ' srDDENLY FALLS Huntington. W. V„ Deo. 22 I (A 3 ) —Five men are reported miss 1, ing and were believed to have been ! drowned today when the central i span of Ac Midland-Atlantie bridge ! over the Rig Sandy River at Cat [ j lettsbtirg, Ky.. collapsed. Three j other men working on the bridge J which is under construction were ; 'removed to a .hospital, one of them I. in a critical condition. : | - - - NEIJJE FREEMAN IS ONCE MORE A BRIDE l “Ra*cr Girl” Who Killed 11 unhand in Charlotte Married in Indiana Month Ago. Charlotte, Dee. 21-—Nellie Free man, who was Acquitted here -rv cral months ago of slashing her hus band's throat with a razor, has mar ried again. Shp became Mrs. Samtie' Hatley a month ago in Indiana, it became known here today. I Mr. and Mrs. Hatley are spending I a short while with Mr. Hatley's par ents in Concord nnd will return to ! Indiana after the holidays. | Cliff Hatley, the bridegroom's | brother, who works here, confirmed j t ho report of the marriage. The young women cut the throat |of Alton Freeman, her husband, last I May and she was tripd on a first de gree murder charge- The jury found Iper not guilty. With Our Advertisers. Yon can get all the trimmings for a good Christmas dinner at the J. & H. Cash Store. You will find gifts for all the fam ily {it the J. C. Penney Co.’s—mother] dad. junior and sister. This store has made great preparations for this j season, and their aim is to provide (gifts that will be enjoyed throughout ! the year. Y'ou will find the prices very | moderate too. See big ad. today. |‘ You will find at the Parks-Ilelk Co. 1 hundreds of exquisite little gifts and ctu)rmipg feminine things that are trrfl.vtjyt-like Look over the items, nametf fn their new ad today, and no. doubt yon will find some of your Christmas problems solved. Sugar tickets void after January Ist. Carving sets, sc’ssors. shears, i l>oeket knives, razors and silver ware j for Christmas giving at the Ritchie I Hardware Co. Open till 0 p. in. A. 11. Pounds wants to fill your coal bin and iee box by Friday evening, j Wrenn at Kannapolis will elenn | and press your clothes for Christmas -in the best style. Everything for men at Hoover :s: Bath robes, luggage, lounging robes, neckwear, hosiery, belt sets, sweaters. Hats, ’mufflers, handkerchiefs, pajam-1 as. shirts, .gloves XV. A. Overeash has just received a new shipment of faultless nobelt pa jamas. Broadcloth pajamas, for $5, Si'k stripe nnd many fancy patterns nt $3.00 and $3.50. Plain colors in tan. white and blue. $2.00 and $3.00. Y’ou get your vulcanizing money's worth nt the Concord Vulcanizing Co. Resolve to carry fire insurance next year. It's the only complete protec tion. See ad. of Fetzer & Yorfce. The Atwater Kent radio factory is now on its second million. Better gel i yours today from the Yorke & Wads worth Co. You can get last minute serviee on Christmas cards at Kidd-Frix Co. The little courtesies of {he service at the Citizens Bank nnd Trust Co. nre the seeds of good will. Italian Doctor Claims New Rejuve nating Plan. (By International News Serviee) Rome, Dee. 22.—A new rejuvenat ing treatment is claimed to have been discovered by Signor Francesco Cav azzoni. an Italian doctor. No operation is needed, nnd claims are iqade that the treatment is much simpler than VoronolFs monkey gland cure. CaVazzoni injects a substance which can be obtained from any animal. Southern is Not Planning Change of Headquarters. Wiiuton-Salem. Dee. 21.—Head , quarters of the Southern Railway company will' not- be removed from 1 Washington to some other point un , til and un'ess Congress appropriates , the office buildings now used by the railway company in the nation’s enpitol. it was stated in a letter re ceived here by John L. Gilmer, presi ! dent of the Chamber of Commerce from Fairfax Harrison, president of . the Southern. Marion Talley is Given New Metro politan Place. New York. Dec. 21.—A voice from ! the prairies now has full recognition ' . as golden. Voluntarily the Metropoi- ] tan opera has given Marion Taliey « new contract based on last years SIOO,OOO drawing power and pros- ! poets- The amount is not disclosed, but her fee for one concert is $3,000 1 and Up. i Canada is planning'’ to send a strong delegation to compete in the ’ women’s events In the next Olympic ] Gnmes. The Dominion believes that - in Miss Rosa Grosso, ofToronto, it I -has one of the best girl sprinters in the world. Another member of the y Canadian team will be Miss Catber wood, of Saskatchewan, who i» a 'marvel in the high jump. visit of am TO MEXICO CAUSE OF SPFCOUMS O. H. Sawyer, of Vermont, j Causes a Sensation—The i President Does Not Re member the Name. WOULD NOT SAY MUCH OF VISIT It Was Reported in Mexico ! He Was American Rep resentative But This Has | Been Denied. Mexico. City, Dee. 22.—(4>)—0. 11. i Sawyer. a resident of Vermont and I reportedly a close friends of President 1 Coolidge. has arrived in Xlexieo City j for a flying visit. He refused to make a statement, de claring that anything regarding his mission to Xiexieo must come from Ambassador Sheffield. He also de clined to discuss a report that he hail conferred twice with the ambassador | since his arrival last nig'.it. He is starting his return trip some time today, jmt said he expected to return with his family to reside here "as a private citizen.” Ahnonneing the expected arrival of Xfr. Sawyer yesterday, the newspaper Excelsior of Xlexieo City said he rep resented the American department of stnte. nnd was to discuss the interna- j tionnl situation ‘with Ambassador i Sheffield. XVnshington dispatches lnt- j er stated, however, that no O. H. I Sawyer was connected with the state I department, and that officials had no j knowledge of the purpose of his visit to the Mexican capital. Doesn't Remember Him. XVnshington. Dec. 22.—(4 s ) —Anoth-! er of the "personal ambassador" I stories sprang up whenever an ipi portnnt diplomatic question is pend-1 ing, was denied today at the White j House. President Coolige disclosed that so far as he could mall, he never had met (). H. Sawyer, of Vermont, rep resented by Xlexieo City newspapers as a close friend of the Chief Execu tive. sent to the Xlexicun capital on a mysterious mission. , Another Xfexieo City story.' thnf Sawyer was a state department agent prudueed a like denial from depart ment officials who said they did not know him and had no idea what he t was doing in Xlexieo. GOV. McLEAN WORKS RIGHT UP TO CHRISTMAS | Immediate Matters of State Business Demanding Ills Attention. ltaleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dee. 22.—Despite the fact -that Christmas is only three days off. i "there ain't no Santa Claus’ as fnr as Governor A. W. Xler.ean is con cerned. judging from the manner in which l.e is devoting his attention to state business the last few days. Foiiow'ng his return from Wash ington late Monday night, where 'lie had been for three days on a still mi ex planed mission, he has cancelled all engagements and has denied to cur-fen-nee to all except a few state of ficials. even to newspaper men. with the announcement that immediate matters of state business were de manding so much of his attention that he had nothing of interest to give to the in-ess. XV'nether the governor expects to keep the “busy—please do not dis turb” signs in the windows of the executive mansion instead of Christ mas wreathes, lias not been announced, but it is hoped that he will re ax from his present intensity for at least one day. WHAT ABOUT THIS? Are the “Eats” the Good Ladies Send to Oteen Soldiers Thrown Away? Xlonroe Enquirer. It comes to our ears that the “eats” the good ladies of Xlonroe and other towns from time to time have fur nished file soldier boys at Oteen, promptly gets dumped into a ravine down the mountain side. The government furnishes food, for the sick soldiers, nnd obviously a hospital would not allow rich foods tjo be indiscriminately furnished its patients. Os course the soldier boys greatly 1 appreciate the kindly sentiment ns expressed in donation of fine foods. 1 but it would be better to send gifts that might be used nnd not tjirown ( away nnd wasted? Purnell Goes to Court. Benton Harbor. Mich., Dee. 22. OP)—Benjamin Purnell, king of the House of David colony, was carried into Justice Weldon’s eourt this morn ing to be arraigned on the first of two warrants charging criminal assault. The warrant was. sworn out by Xlrs. Bessie Woodworth, former member of the colony, who led state police to Benjamin’s hiding place in the colony last November. O lymph- Auditorium Robbed. Los Angeles, Cool., Dec. 22.—(4 5 ) Three men masked and armed today held up Olympic Auditorium, sceent of last night''s fight and escaped with $15,000. Taxation of. soft drinks promises to be the overshadowing issue before the January meeting of the Sbuth Carolina legislature. CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926 ' ~ i Your Carrier’s Christmas Greeting }l On behalf of our faithful band of carrier boys who de liver your paper with such unfailing regularity we ask j patrons to remember them this glad Christmas time. They | , i have distributed cards to all subscribers on the routes, ! : and will accept greetings tomorrow morning.' We j know you will be ready for them when they call with a ■ substantial coin or bill to help make their Christmas time i glad- ( , j There will be no paper on Friday and Saturday, and J the last round our carriers will make this'week, therefore, j i will he tomorrow, Thursday, December 23rd. Look for me earner tomorrow morning. i \ ' To Provide Machinery For the Revaluation of Property in State ] Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. €. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Dee. 22. —One of the num eronr duties which this incoming legis lature must perform is to provide the machinery for the re-valuation of all -property ‘ in the stnte. in accordance with the constitution, which provides | that a full and complete survey of the taxable assets of the state shall be re-valued once every four years, and that 'his property must be volit ated nt its real value. It has now been six years since the last rc-vnlun tion look place. Because there has lately been con siderable agitation in favor of state j wide re-valuation on a uniform basis, ! especially by Chose favoring increased j expenditures for school purposes, more than ordinary interest attaches I to the manner in which this re-vahin j tion will he conducted nnd the ma | chinery which will be set up by the I legislature to do the work. Those j who advocated strict adherence to the | letter of the Inw are urging that tin j survey of -he taxable property be made as strict ns possible this line I with its value placed as nearly as I possible to its real value, arguing that tin-re has undoubtedly been a defid-d | I increase in property values all along i the lines i»nce the Inst valuation w-is! made six yiars ago. If this is done. I they say that it will not be necessary | to increase taxes, but that iu a nntn- ; ber of counties ’and communities It I will ready be possib’e to decrease,! ..t.bi'UA- finer the value, of the .prop •hU'-J has increased to such an extent lh.it a lower tax rate will yield the same revenue. | However, there is another side of j | the question and others argue that it' | it just ns well to let the present vain- ] Fat ions oil property remain, since if jit is increased, the owners will have I to pay more taxes, whether justified or not, and that the rarest thing in the world is tax reduction of any kind. Tans if a county finds itself raising i a greater revenue than it actually needs it will provide some new moans j of spending the money rather than i return it to the taxpayers in the form of a rebnte or cut in the tax rate. Thus it is argued that it would be best to permit valuations to remain ns j nearly as possible ns they arc at pres-, cut and if more revenue is needed, j raise the tax rate in.-tend of raising the nroperty valuation. But right here the flaw in the ar gument of -both sides comes to light nnd it is this: first, any county or municipality must have a sufficient Hiddenite, Rare Green Gem, Again Found in Blue Ridge Mountains By HENRY LESEBNE Internationals News Serviee Staff Correspondent Hiddenite, N. C\, Dee. 22.— I This little Carolina hamlet, nestled against the Blue Ridge, has thrown off a slug gish placidity of three decades, and again, invigorated by an atmosphere of activity, is supplying the world with the rarest of rare gems. The mining of Hiddenite has been started here again after efforts to continue operations were abandoned in the letter part of the nineteenth century on account of the scarcity of t'lie emerald green gem, which was mined then at only one place in the world—here at Hiddenite. For nearly ten months now, boring and blasting into the gray granite has brought encouragement to operators and a few days ago a thrill went through the (community'when the re port spread'like wild fiye that a pocket litjed with quartz' crystals and ora i bedded with hiddenite ’and been dis covered. i Gems Identified Since then a number of the gems have been found, 1 and have been iden tified as hiddenite by Dr. Joseph Hyde, former stnte geologist nnd recognized gem authority. The present owner of the land near Closed Christmas Day All Filling Stations in Concord will be closed all of Christmas Day. Don’t Forget to Gas Up Before Fri day Night i /-■' it. tri'i..; ■>; . . :•:& „ y-.-xim av income from taxes to meet its expen ditures; and tax rates are determined by expenditures. Thus no matter whether the valuation he high or low. the tax rate is determined not by • the valuation, but by the expenses which must be met by the income de rived from taxation. Thus the man ; whose property is valued at a high valuation in the end pays the same proportion of taxes as the man whose property is valuated at a low figure, the only difference being that the for mer pays nt a low rate and the latter nt a high rate. Thus, the final ques tion that remains is very largely a psychological one, rather than an economic one. It is, t'.ien finally, one of polidy, ns to whether it is bet ter to collect more taxes in the ag gregate at a lower tax rate, or the same amount at a higher tax rate. And this is the question which me legislature will have to decide—the question of wlmt will be the least painful method of extracting tile nec essary revenue from the taxpayers. And that is no simple undertaking. Students of political economy gener ally agree that the true valuation sys tem is the best, since it tends to keep the tax rate down and still mnin- I tains the revenue at a point where | it will increase in proportion to the j growth of the community without en tailing any great increases in the I tax rate, especially if the re-valuation | is made at least every four years, j Theoretically the economists are un- J dtmbtnlU' correct. Jsut tile difficult j ] part of the matter is to get any tuii | form re-valuation on a true value | basis, because of Ibe wide differences i in-the judgment of values by individu- I als. Thus it is that the particular I machinery which the legislature will set up to make the re-valuation will be watched with the greatest of interest. Formerly the county commissioners appointed a committee of three men in each township to make the valuation and report to the county commission- I ers. who acted as tile equalization I board. Then the last time the State | Corporation Commission was charged with the task and named one man to each county who should have the as sistance of one man in each township, j to be named by the county eoinmis ; nioii. j Whether either of these systems j will be advocated by' the present log j ielature remains to be seen. The thing that makes the job most diffi eull. of course, is the owner's estimnte of his property’s value as compared with the assessor's estate. here on which the hiddenite mine is located is J. Ed Turner, who bought the tract for farming purposes nearly ten years ago, after mining operations had been abandoned. Turner, how ever, had been engaged in mining formerly, and early in 1926 several geologists persuaded him to resume op eration of the mine. After months of drilling in the rock, the hiddenite deposit was found. Since then miners hnvc succeeded in unearthing a number of the gems, which have been deposited in a bank at Taylorsville, four miles away. First Specimen The first hiddenite specimen was found approximately 45 years ago by Washington Warren, who then owned the mine, property. The late ,T. A. ' D. ‘Stevenson, of Statesville, N. C., became interested in the specimen nnd called it to the. attention of William Eirl Hidden, of Newark,l>{. ],<, a. mineralogist. •' ■ '•.} 'V ’ Hidden recognized the specimen hs something now in gems, and forward ed it to J. Lawrence Smith, a chemist, i for analysis. Smith published an article describing the gem in The , American Journal of Science, nnd sug -1 gested the name Hiddenite, which, in cidentally, later became the name of ■ this municipality. USON DECLINES TO DISCUSS CftSE; j SHORT BID tiUNT Man Who Disappeared 8; Weeks Ago When Bank i Failed Refuses to Tell! j Where He Had Been. SPECULATED AND LOST BANK FUNDS Was Assistant Cashier of Memphis Bank and Said He Speculated With $465,000 of Bank’s Funds Memphis. Tenn., Dec. 22. —OP)— • Courtney G1 isson, confessed default ing assistant cashier of the Itank of • Commerce & Trust Company, who voluntarily returned last night after , an international search of eight weeks ' - had failed to locate ’aim, was in the | county jail here today in lieu of' SIOO,OOO bond. Maintaining the same composure j which characterized his voluntary re-| turn. Glisson refused today to tell j! where he had been or what his mo-! live was in returning. He had pre-! viousl.v admitted speculation of ap-l, proximntely $-105,000 of the bank's! funds. I, Glisson faces indictments on eharg-1 , es of embezzlement. larceny and |, breach of trust. j j MORE THAN 1,000 MILES I] OF STATE HIGHWAYS BI'ILT , In 1026.—0 f This 735.5 Miles Were I, Hard Surfaced. J i ltaleigh Tribune Bureau ! Sir Walter Hotel 11 Raleigh, Dec. 22.—More than 1.000 it miles of state highways have been 1 1 constructed by the state highway com- j mission since January 1. 1026, and j 1 tip to December Ist, of which 755.5 miles were hard surfaced, according 1 to ligates just released by the high way department. Os file 735 miles 1 of hard surfaced highway, almost half was concrete construction, the figures show. The total cost was approxi-! aiately $23,161,400 for the eleven months. ■ j Thus it becomes evident- that the ! highway commission was building,! roads at a rate of almost 100 miles j a month throughout file present year, j and that more than two-thirds of the ' construction was hard surface. The number of miles of the various ! types of highways built during the eleven months period ending Decem ber 1. 1020, follows: topsoil, sandclay and gravel. 117.7 miles; grading, 228.- 01 miles; concrete. 310.4; macadam. ‘ 21.6: asphaltic concrete, 165.0; sand ; asphalt, 55; road oil treatment, con- ( sidered as hard surface, 152.6 miles. ( BORAH IS READY TO MAKE INVESTIGATION Thinks Millions Have Been “Pur loined or Illegally Taken” .From the Government. Washington, Dec. 22.— UP) —"Theft, i graft and extravagance” in the ad ministration of the alien property cus- ! todian's office oyer a period of eight j years'were charged in the Senate to- I day by Senator Borah, Republican, j Idaho. Answering inquiries whether he in- I tended to proceed with the investiga tion previously authorized by the Sen ate, he said lie was ready to do so if the Senate would appropriate for expenses. ‘ I have no doubt,” he said, “that millions of dollars were purloined or illegally taken by those charged with the responsibility of protecting pri vate property,” Pershing’s Former Orderly Will Not Diets. Montgomery, Ain., Dec. 22. — UP) — Governor W. W. Brandon today com muted the death sentence of Johnsie ITmbles, negro, to life imprisonment. He was under sentence to hang De cember 28th. He once was personal orderly for General J. ,T. Pershing. No Action Against Rescue Workers Now. Charlotte. Dec. 21.—Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, State Welfare Com missioner. announced here today she would take no action against the American Uetscuf Wrkers pending a complete, iiiviytigijtipn soon, after Christmas! As a rule ten years is about the. limit in the career of a succefoPul jockey. However, there are many notable exceptions. Joe Childs, for in stance. had passed his fortieth birth > day when he rode Coronach to vic tory in this year's English Derby. The Carmago Country Club of Cincinnati will have three polo fields, besides its 18 J ho'.e golf course. Wanted Quick Everybody to fill Coal Bins and Ice Boxes by Friday eve ning. Don’t forget two holi days together. Wishing you a Merry Christmas A. B. POUNDS Ice, Coal and Service 4 - 'Vs* ‘-cv-wi* '•V'V-'i Rains for Sixty Hours 1 Result In Deaths And j Much Property Damage 1 !—* i .... i WANT NEW USES - FOR COTTON TO AID j COTTON FARMERS ! I Washington, Dec, 22.— UP) —An j exhaustive investigation by the ( secretary of commerce to discover , new uses for cotton was passed in I }he resolution introduced today by I Representative McDuffie. Demo- ! crat. Alabama. By opening new commercial ave- I niics for cotton, the resolution aims | to "more evenly balance production and consumption and thereby ben efit millions" engaged in cotton farming. MAY DEFINE POWERS OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION j More Clearly, as a Result of the New ton Road Case. Tribune Bureau. Sir Walter Hotel. Rah igh. Dee. 22. —That the legis lature will undoubtedly be called upon to clarify the highway act of 1021. by specifying just how much the highway commission has to say about what route shall be f > owed between two "principal towns or county scats" seems most likely in view of the announcement that New ton plaintiffs would appeal to the State Supreme Court from the de •• ;- ion of Judge W. F. Harding last week when he refused to make permanent the injunction granted several weeks before, when the high , way commission planned to let th • contract for the construction of the new road. Thus while the contract has been let for the construction of that por ] tion of the road that is in Ired 11 county, the contractor already hav ing starting work, all hope of work j being started on the Catawba cori t«- i end of the road until the Supreme Court again passes on the question, has been given up. And if is not ex pected that the appeal can b" brought before the court before April, at least, although an effort will he i made to advance the case on the docket as much as is possible. Wal ker C. Foimater, attorney represent - jing the Newton plaintiffs, has as- Isured Charles Ross, assistant attor- I'liey general, representing the higb | way commission, that he would ro- I operate with him In every way to 'bring the case to its speedy a close las possible. Rut at that. the end seems far off. Hence, because of the various in-1 terpretations put on the state high- j way law since the first Newton do-| oision last spring, in which the Su-1 preale Court, decided that the qnes-1 tion of the amount of service that ac-1 cured to a community nr a town was contained in the riginal law, and be cause of the number of highway pro jects which have been delayed and , held up as the result of suits based I on the Newton Decision, is regarded now as virtually certain that the legislature will have to take a hand in tlie matter, before it is finally straightened out. Thus it is expected that an effort will he made to lmvc| ! the general assembly more clearly do-! ! fine the powers of the highway coin mission in locating and routing high ways. in order to prevent endless litigation and delay in road const ruc tion. SUBMERGED AUTO FROM HIGH POINT Car Found in Catawba River Near Statesville Was Stolen From Fur niture City. Statesville, Doc. 21.—The cloud of mystery surrounding the finding Mon day of a new Auburn roadster partly submerged in the Catirtvbn river near tho bridge on number 10 highway was somewhat cleared up today when it was learned that the car was stolen. Through the Raleigh office, infor mation was received to the effect that the license plate on the ear was the number issued to the Clyde Farley Motor Company. High Point. Taking the matter up with the High Point company police officers here were nil vised that the car had been stolen. Neither the Statesvillq nor the High Point officers have so far been able to get any clue that will lead to the identity of the party who cominitted the larceny and then abandoned the ear after rolling it down a steep em bankment 50 to 75 feet high into the edge of rlie river. Moving Swiss Mountain Soon to De stroy City. (By International News Service) Luganoo. Dec. 22. —The mountain of Arbino, in the valley of Arbedo, near Bellinzona, is, found to be mov ing as much as one meter every few days. At this rate, geologists and other scientists w'ho nre studying the cu rious phenomenon, declare that it will i soon wipe out the city which is the capital of the canton of Tesino. Thirty Boats Lost During Storm. Tokio, Japan, Dec. 22. — UP) — Dis patches from Mukpo, Korea, report 1 thirty fishing boats sunk in a heavy storm yesterday. A hundred fisher men are missing. Many people regard model .vatcit ing as an amusement only for boys. Yet in America and in Europe it has become a highly orfianized sport. Both sailing and power boats are in cluded in the hobby, some of the lat ter running to six feet in lenght, and managing a speed of over 20 miles an hour. THE TRIBUNES 1 PRINTS ill 1 TODAY’S NEWS TODAYi no: 300 ! Five Persons Are Known | to Be Dead and Many Others Are in Danger erf Rising Streams. %J| i : NO RELIEF FROM RAIN SEEN TODAY | | More Than Seven Inches of f Water Had Fallen in 1 ! Some Cities From Sun- 1 day Until Today. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 22.— (/P) —Low j hanging leaden skies accompanied by an unseasonably serious steady rain* fall moved slowly over three South- "f •ern states today. Kentucky, Arkati- 1 Isas and Tennessee, and'threatened to raise already swollen rivers and IS streams to even more dangerous tioo4E’ ;A proportions. Rapidly rising water*, V;|i in ilicse stall's yesterday took a toll ;| of five lives and causes miestimgtoqt property damage. For nearly 60 hours continuous ■-% heavy rains have fallen throughout the trio of states breaking many, pro* ; oipitation records. From 4to 7 inch- si es of rain was reported from scores of cities in tlie flooded area. Hot Springs, i Ark., reporting almost 7.5 inches since midnight Sunday. No relief is in sight for 48 hours ns weather fore casts told of continued rains for today : and Thursday. The lives of three girls, all sisters, % were snuffed out in raging Water* in ' Arkansas yesterday as they were on 1 their way to school. Just as a wagon n which their father was driving rott ed up on a bridge over a creek, the bridge collapsed and threw them into Us tlie stream. None of the girls could swim, and today their bodies had pot been recovered. The father, .WtttMtt ! Crowson. attempted to save the girl*. j hut the swift current carried him out 3 of reach, anil lie barely escaped with his own life when lie was swept over s"|| a dam. In Kentucky’s blue gras region two j men lost their lives at Valley View, when a boat they were trying to row across tlie Kentucky River with two 5 companions was overturned by drift- *3 wood. -Those drowned were A. •B. Howard and Hal Goings. ■■ ! Many homes were flooded and num crons houses washed into overflowing >3 streams in eastern Kentucky where - ’ the water was rising at from B.incite* | to a foot an hour today. { THE COTTON MARKET ! I Opened Steady at Advance of 5 to 11 Points on Trade Buying and j Covering. I New York. Dec. 22.— UP) —Tlie cotton market opened steady today at | an advance of 5 to 11 points on a little I trade buying and covering which ap- ! pearod to be influenced, by a bullish i j view of tlie weekly weather *report, and the somewhat steadier tone of late Liverpool cables. 1 There was further transferring of I long contracts from January to later months, sjiot house brokers buying I January against sales of March or j l May. but general business was quiet. | After selling up to 12.32 for January. 3 prices held within a range of 4 or 5 5 I points during the first hour, j The weekly weather report said very’ • j, little progress was possible in gather- | I ing cotton remaining to be picked in ; 9 ] northern sections of the belt owing I to unfavorable weather conditions. , Cotton futures opened steady : Deo. ■ 12.82: Jan. 12.27: Mari') 12.53; May 12.77: July 1.3.00. ' No More Supreme Court Decisions Till After January Ist. Raleigh Tribune Bureau v| Sir Walter Hotel i Raleigh, Dec. 23. —There will be ; no opinions handed down todny by tin State Supreme Court, and none - will lie likely until after January Ist, t it was learned today. This leaves .5 » a number of important cases still, to be decided, including the, Robeson r county highway appeal, based on the i I Ni w:on case decision, and the Wins- 1 - tnn-Sa’.cm meat zone case, along with . many others. Although the court 3 i completed its docket some days ago. it ■ was intimated that it might be the lat- ■ , :ci part of January before all of its $ 1 opinions have been rendered, and ad ■ jmirinnent taken. i* Green Reinstated. Washington, Dec. 22.— UP) — Colt Ned M. Green, acquitted in San Fran- * cisco yesterday of charges of em bezzling confiscated liquor, was or* J dered reinstated today as prohibition j administrator in that city. jPYLON - KOHL ■ -• ill . f|| whs ....IF VOO DARE,! rz OAVS LEFT i CHRISTMAS tjHOPPHU®* , tj
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Dec. 22, 1926, edition 1
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