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VOLUME XXVI
But Little Relief Felt
Over Flood Situation
Caused By Heavy Rains
Situation Tense Along the
Tennessee, Cumberland
and Ohio Rivers—6,ooo
Driven From Homes.
DEATH UST
REMAINS AT 13
No Immediate Relief foi
Traffic is Promised-r-Mis
sissippi Only Five Feet
Below Flood Stage.
Memphis.Tenu., Dm*. 20. —OP)—
Little relief wax felt over the flood
situation in the Soul’.i caused by the
rerent torrential rains 1 hough gener
ally clear skies forecast for today
brought hope to the areas affected.
'(■he situation is most tense along
the Tennessee, Cumberland and Ohio
rivers where more than C,060 stave
been driven from their homes us a
result of back water froni the streams.
The death list remained at thirteen
today, though meagre reports from
isolated sections indicated that this
toll might be increased when full
communications were established
again.
Kailroad officials would not pre
dict any immediate relief for traffic
which has been greatly hampered by
the water. Home sections are en
tirely isolated from rail service, and
many others were experiencing in
convenience from delayed trains.
Hirer engineers in Memphis an
nounced that tl*c Mississippi was lit
tle more than dive feet below flood
stage here, and expressed fears that
the floods anticipated later when the
snows begin to melt in the headlands,
will cause much destruction in the
lower basin. The unusually heavy
rains will add to tlie force of the big
flood, they believe.
Several cities have issued appeals
for funds wll'.i whicli to carry on re
lief.
Nashville, the most severely hurt
. . of nny city in the flooded area, had
more than 4.000 homeless, with a
crest on the Cumberland Itiver not
reached yet. The flood there was
said to be thb worst since 1882. Be
cause of iuahpUty of observers to
the vccwMr Mvcr gorge an improvised
gorge ■hw been established Oil one of
t'.ie flooded streets. No deaths had
boon reported there, but relief work
will be hampered unless $5,000 is giv
en the sufferers.
Highway traffic in the flooded areas
is practically at a standstill. Warn
ings are being issued in some cities,
cautioning motorists who drive at
night to be careful. Damage to high
ways iu the South has been estimated
into the millions.
Arkansas, which reported the first
serious damage from the flood, was
hcgin.iiing to get back to normalcy
last nig'.it, nml today work on reclam
ation of highways was getting under
way. Six of the kuowu dead per
ished in Arkansas.
Mississippi, where five deaths were
attributed to the floods, was experi
encing clear weather today but the
situation remains tense in some sec
tions. Lowlands along the Pear!
i Itiver were unde* water, and the
1 Delta section was beginning to ex-
I perience severe floods. Fears tlial
I some of the larger towns in the uotth
| Mississippi hill section would be on-
I lively cut off from rail service was
| cx proased.
Tennessee, especially in the low
lands surrounding the Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers, was preparing
for the worst today as the flood wat
ers continued to spread. Nashville.
Chattanooga, and other large cities
were providing for their citizens driv
en from their homes by the waters.
Kentucky,, in the lowlands adjoin
ing the Ohio river, found itself worse
off today as a result of the high water
than the day before, reports said.
One possible death was reported in
Kentucky when a man last was seen
walking along the railroad track had
not been beard from in more than a
day. Crop damage in this state was
expected to be held to a minimum as
l farmers gathered corn in the lowlands
1 keeping just abend of the advancing
I water, to take their lirodiice to high
■ qr ground.
■ I Rivers In This State Rising.
■ ! i Raleigh, Dec. 2!).— OP) —Moderate
■ overflows at low places along the Ro-
Bnnoke, 'far and Cape Feast rivers iu
■ eastern ; NortVi Cartflinh. were forq
-9 cast in reports to the United States
®weather bureau observatory here to
ll day but no flood warnings bad been
IS issued.
-g Observers said that an average pre
' cipitation In the eastern part of the
state during the last 48 hours of
about two inches had caused rivers
to rise, but no serious-conditions were
anticipated due to general low atages
prior to the. rains. The highest water
mark was reported at Weldon where
the Roanoke 'aas risen ten feet, but
was still ten feet below the danger
line.
Rivers in the western part' of the
state were rising, but were far below
flood stage. The majority of these
rivers flow into South Carolina, where
observers snUl the most serious dam
age would occur in case of overflows.
Forecasts of fair weather and cold
er were ipsued from the local office
today, which, it was explained, indi
cated the passing of any danger of
flood conditions approximating those
sci. in the Mississippi valley.
Situation Grave at Nashville.
Nashville, Ten., Dec. 29. —M*)—The
.most disastrous flood in the history
The Concord Daily Tribune
r, -1 ; j North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
CHRISTMAS TI'RNKD INTO
HORROR AND SORROW
Man Lost Wife and Three Children in
the Georgia Wreck.
(Hy International News ServteO
Arlantn. (la., Dec. 2!).—While all
Atlanta was n enjoying a happy
Christmas season, a broken hearted
mail sat and cried at the bedside of
his wife, critically injured in the
disastrous wreck of the Royal Palm
and Ponce de Leon, crack passenger
trains on the Southern, at Rockniart.
Georgia, early Thursday night.
His name is E. M. Hardy, of
Miami. Florida.
And on Christmas Day-—a day
set aside for tidings of joy—Hardy
had gone through the ordeal of
identifying his. two little children—
Hazel. 7. und Kenneth. s—at an ]
undertaking establishment here. They \
met tlicir death in the wreck which
took a toll of 18 other lives, and
Were so horribly mangled, that'
recognition was impois-ible to every
one except the broken hearted fatli
er.
This man whose Christmas had
been turned into a clay of tragedy,
and sorrow indescribable —was torn
between two emotion* that tugged
at his hear! strings- He desired with
his lifeless children on this Christ
mas Day. He had planned this tunny
months ahead. But he wanted to be
with his wife also. And they were
separated now. That had not been
planned. Fate had stepi>ed into their
plans—his wife’s and his—and left
great sorrow.
So the husband spent his Christ
mas nml the day after, between the
undertaking establishment where his
only children lay in death, and the
hospital where hi* wife is within
the shadow of death.
And as Hardy sit* beside his
wife's bedside—dejected and broken
of heart—he seems to be keeping
vigil over bis companion who bore
his now dead children. He cannot
stand the thought of the Grim Ren ,-
or taking his all in life.
He stands guard, therefore, at her
bedside, with a prayer on his lips.
GOV. MARTIN SAYS' A
- PIECE TO GOV. PEAY
Reply to an Idiotic Remark Made By
* ' cf Governor pf jo
' Tallahassee. F.n" Alec. UsS—"T
wonder what the kind Governor
Austin Peny, of Tennessee rninks
about the wrath of the Almighty
now that his own house has five feet
of water in it,” Governor John AV.
Mhrtin declared to the Universal
Service here tonight. Governor Peny.
■according to Governor Martin, sniJ
to the press just after the hurricane
of September 18 that swept South
ern Florida "The hurricane aim de
vastation is a manifestation of the
wrath of God visited in Miami for
her wickedness.”
“The State of Florida is willing
aud glnd to help those in Tennessee
who have been deprived of homes
and food not only in remembrance
for the help so recently given Flori
da, but because all humanity should
respond to any call for help from
such u disaster." Governor Martin
said.
New Year's Eve Program at the Con.
cord Theatre.
A great program will be presented
at the Concord Theatre on New
Year’s Eve beginning at 11:30 p. m.
"Summer Bachelors,” a most daring
story, will be the feature. Also Ma
bel Normand will return in a comedy
“Anything Once.” Better get your
tickets at the box office now.
Buddhism is the religiou ot 500,-
''oo,ooo or a third of the human far.i
ily.
of the Cumberland River is en route
to Nashvilie. A stage flood of 55.5
to 50 feet will be reached by the
Cumberland, here, breaking the 55.3
record of 1882 nnd all records since
this section was settled by white men.
This forecast was made today by
the local Vinted States weather bu
reau. The gauge stood at f>4.4 at
10 o’clock this morning, a rise to
55.5 feet before noon tomorrow is
probable—almost certain. A rise to
50 febt b.v tfiat time is considered pos
able. * ,
The crest of the rise wilt be
reached Friday or Saturday.' The
river jis »tU rising at all points..
The I flood’ si teat kin is ureprwfedent
“d in the local weather bureau’s an
nals, presenting problems in forecast
ing that have never been encountered
before.
The river will not fall apparently
before next Tuesday, It is stater). The
rainfall was general throughout the
upper river territory Monday night
and Tuesday, but stopped at all points
Tuesday afternoon. Gloomy wintry
weather has today succeeded rain.
TODAY
CONCORD THEATRE
lOc to all lOc
FAMILY DAY SPECIAL
TODAY ONLY
AILEEN PRINGLE
LOWELL SHERMAN
CHESTER CONKLIN
—IN—
“THE WILDERNESS
WOM>4N”
ITS A GREAT PICTURE
| Goes to Work
jp jj^.
Kate Colby, daughter of Bain
bridge Colby, Secretary of
State in the Wilson Cabinet,
accepted a position in a Phila
delphia steamship office.
(InteraaUonsl Newsreel)
IS IT A STATE LIBRARY
OR JUST A BOOK MUSEUM
The Slate Does Not Permit Any of
Its Volumes to Bq Taken From the
library.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Dec. 29. — UP) —Just what
is the State library, a library or a
book museum? Os what benefits are
its 00,000 volumes of history, biog
raphy and everything but fiction, since
the state does not permit any of its
volumes to be taken outside the li
brary itself?
These questions have been asked by
book lovers and library users for
some years, and lately the movement
has gained some headway to have a
definite effort made during cue cur
rent session of the general assembly
to have the library’ rules liberalized
so that the geueral public may tnakc
better use of the large collection of
books in the libray. At present.
With the library closing at 5 o’clock
in the afternoon nnd no one being per
mitted to take u book out. of the li
brary, its use is confined very largely
to a handful of people who drop in
for an hour or so during the day to
read an article in a magazine or I
glance over a newspaper, the books
being rarely ever called for or used.
Thus Cue library is becoming iu real
ity nothing more than a hook mu
seum.
Yet the majority of the 00,000 vol
umes could be put into circulation
if the public could only be permit
ted to make use of the library as
others are used, and books could be
withdrawn for a week or two weeks
at a time. Miss Carrie Broughton,
librarian of State Library, admits
that the use of the books would un
doubtedlV be greatly stimulated should
patrons be permitted to withdraw
books, and although siie says she
knows of no state libraries that lend
books a* do public libraries, still she
is not adverse to such a plan, should
the legislature deride to liberalize the
present regulations which make of the
library little more than a storage
vault for books. At present mem
bers of the legislature are the only
persons who are permitted to take
books out —a provision that smacks
very much of class legislation, express
ly forbidden by t’.ie constitution.
CHARGE THAT WILBUR
REFUSED NAVY REPORTS
To House Naval Committee is Made
by Representative McClintlc.
Washington, Dec. 29.— UP) —The
Pacific- “war scare” that figured in
the Fall-Doheny oil trial has come
under inquiry by the House naval
committee, and Representative Me
Clintic, of Oklahoma, a Democratic
member, said today that Secretary
Wilbur had refused to give file com
mittee confidential navy reports bear
ing on the subject.
American Steamer Foundered.
Paris, Dee. 29.— UP) —A, telei.'.ione
message byway of Berlin to the Paris
Midi says tjhe American steamer As
toria has foundered in • the Black, Sea
near Kavarna, Romania, with the'loss
’of twenty-one lives. ‘t J
Fall’s Condition Improved.
El Paso, Texas. Dec. 29. —C4»)—
Albert B. Fall, who has been con
fined to his home here since Sunday
with pneumonia, was reported slight
ly improved today.
From the seventh to the thirteenth
century the year in England was
reckoned from Christmas.
City Tax Notice
A penalty of one per cent,
will be added to your City
Tax January Ist, 1927. Pay
today, and save the cost.
CHAS. N. FIELD,
City Tax Collector.
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1926
HIBI
j OF M'PHERSON OISE
| HAS BEEH ORDERED?
jLos Angeles Times Saya
New Grand Jruy Inves*
tigation Will Be Started
l There Tomorrow.
i -
|PLAN SUGGESTED „
TO SAVE TIME
I
j District Attorney Wants
All Defendants Indicted
] Together So They Caii
Be Tried at Same Time.
I.os Angeles, Dec. 29. — 04*) —The
Times says today it has learned from
an authoritative source that a new'
grand jury investigation of the Aimeq
Semple McPherson disappearance ease
will be opened here tomorrow morn
ing-
The newspaper declares that the
Los Angeles county grand jurors wilt
be asked to return a joint indictment!
against the Angeltis Temple evange
list, Kenneth G. Ormixton, her form
er radio operator; Mrs. Minnie Ken
nedy, her mof.ter, and other co-de
fendants on criminal conspiracy
charges. The step will be taken by
tlie diatriet attorney’s office, in order
that all of tiie defendants may be
tried jointly when their cases are set
for trial in Superior Court.
LOUISVILLE FIREMEN
DIE FIGHTING BLAZE
William A. Fisher and Charles A.
Webb Fatally Hurt While on Duty.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29.— UP) —
Two firemen were fatally injured
early today in combatting a $75,000
blaze at the Kentucky Drug Company
at sth and Main streets here.
AVilliam A. Fisher, assistant chief
of the fire department, went to his
death when he slipped while standing
on u small ledge of the third floor
of the burning building directing hie
men. He fell to the ground from
his iee-oobered footing, and died while
being taken to the city hospital. Chas.
A. AA'qbb, a few minutes later, fell
from the same spot aud he too was
drttshed to death by the fall.
; .. .
SEVERAL PERISH WIIpIN
PASSENGER TRAINS CRASH
From Ten to Fifteen Persons Believ
ed to Have Perished hi Tunnel
Wreck.
Santiago, Chile,, Dec. 29.—OP)—
From 10 to 15 persons are believed to
have been killed in a train wreck in
a tunnel near I.otu yesterday after
noon. A train from (’oncepcion be
came stalled in the tunnel when it
Struck an animal. The other train
from Lota crashed into the stalled
train. Shattered oil lamps ignited the
wreckage which burned so rapidly
that the passengers had no chance to
escape. Charred bodies were remov
ed. but the exact number of dead was
unknown today.
Salisbury Stage Star Will Appear in
Show at Raleigh.
Raleigh. Dec. 28.—Sidney Black
ner, Salisbury stage star, will play
Rn'.eigh January 12 with Madge
Kennedy in “Love In a Mist.”
The young man, who has risen to
Broadway fame in a few years, has
been visiting his mother in Salis
bury but has returned to is work nnd
is at present in Washington. The
visit to Raleigh is hi* first since the
early days when he was the star of
a college cast which did the state
years ago.
Proper Dress Needed on Rio Street
Cars.
Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 28.—Cor
rect attire is required of street car
passengers here and the rule is rigid
ly enforced. Men must wear a collar
and tie nnd, on the first class cars,
a coat.
A conductor recently stubbed a
man who insisted on riding in viola
tion of the collar-aud-tie order.
Orders Broadway’s Theatres
Cleansed Os All Immorality
New York. Dec. 28.—Theatrical
producers of the Great.. WhEte jAVay
here! told todtjy that if their stages
Iwei'e nbC immediately cleansed of
immorality with a theatrical broom,
they would be scoured spotless with
a legal scrubbing brush.
Summoned to City Hall by Mayor
Walker, the producer* were told of
numerous convplaintN concerning cur
rent attractions and were informed
that they themselves could take the
corrective measures if they acted
quickly.
Otherwise, they were told, the if
ficial censor would become an ac
tuality to stalk the playhouse* with
a critical eye nnd with the power of
law behind it.
Notables There.
All the prominent producers called
in by the Mayor attended the confer
ence except Sain 11. Harris, who is
in Connecticut. George M. Cohan
came down from Monroe, N. Y., to
listen to the Mayor's ultimatum.
Other producers iiresent were Lee
Shubert, Arthur Hopkins, AVilliam
A. Brady. Daniel -Frohman, Edgin'
Se'.wyn, David Belasco and John
Golden.
After they bad left, Mayor Walk
er admitted, newspaper men and told
them of hia plans-
In Tragedy
Dorothv Papcnhausen was ex
pelled from Manchester Col
lege, North Manchester,
for smoking. Joseph Tillman,
who was suspended for giving
her cigarettes, died a suicide.
(Iniernattaoa) ltow«*ell
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 3 to 4
Points AVith Business Quiet During
Early Trading.
New York, Dec. 29—</P)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of 3 to 4 points under realiz
ing combined with local and southern
selling, which appeared to be inttu
;enced by improving weather prospects
'in the Soul'll, and the rather easier
late ruling of Liverpool.
A few more January notices were
reported, but spot houses continued to
buy January against sales of March
at a difference of about 18 points.
General business was quiet, prices
.holding within n point or two of the
opening figures during the fust hour.
Liverpool cables reported hedging
in Liverpool had been absorbed by
trade calling and Manchester buying,
nml that a fair demand for cotton
cloth from India was pending.
• Cotton futures opened steady. Jan.
12.55; March 12 75; May 12.95; July
13.12; Oct. 13.30.
RTYLIO-GKRMANY TREATY
READY FOR SIGNATURE
Certain No Political Clauses Will Be
! Be Registered With I ,cague.
Berlin. Deo. 29. —( A *)—The newly
drawn ltalo-German treaty of concil
iation nnd arbitration scheduled for
s-ignature today contains no political
clauses and conforms strictly with the
spirit of the league of nations with
.which it will be registered shortly, a
spokesman for the German foreign
office said today.
The treaty provides for arbitration
and the amicable adjustment of vir
tually all causes of disputes which
may arise between Germany nnd Italy
and follows closely the pattern for
speh treaties already negotiated by
Germany with eight other nations.
Taylor Charges Given to District At
torney.
Washington. Deo. 29.— i/P) —The
charges that Representative Taylor.
Republican. Tennessee, solicited cam
paign funds from federal office hold
ers has been referred by Attorney
General Sargent to district attorneys
for eastern and western Tennessee,
Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi
gan, was advised today by the depart
ment of justice.
Senator Couzeus was chairman of
the Senate civil service committee
which inquired into the subject re
cently, anil the attorney general ad
vised him that evidence adduced by
the committee hud been referred to
the district attorney for such notion
ns seem warranted.
Frisco railroad engine No. 103. in
forty-five years, has run a total 'it
2,500,000 miles, equiva'ent to 100
tripe around flic globe. Mechanics
say the engine is still good for 500.-
000 miles.
“If they don’t do something them
selves,” he said of ;thq produce
"censorship will follow, much as 1
am opposed to that.
“Undressed” Condition.
“I understand that the real nrtis
■tic shows on Broadway ure starving
to death and that some fly-by-night
salacious productions arc selling out
nightly. Many of the complaints arc
about the undressed condition at
some of the musical show*.
“I don't want to assume an alarm
ing attitude, but something must he
done. They are dumping in New
York shows that could not get boox
ings oil the road.”
Mayor Walker expressed the opin
ion that it is impossible to obtain
convictions where police officers
make arrests of individuals on the
ground that their performances are
su'acious. The play goes on. he said,
and the player* Rre usually acquit
ted.
“But how about the citizen*’ play
juries appointed by District Attor
ney Banton ' • an unofficial adjunct
of his office?” a reported asked.
“Have they proven a flat failure?"
“Figure it out sot- yourself;" the
Mayor replied He Woulif say ao
more.
Lays Hands j
i
Many claimed to have been
healed by “laying of hands”
by Abram George, eleven
year-old Indian boy, who con
-1 ducted services at Rochester,
N. Y. He collapsed from ex-
Ihaustion at the close of a
I series of meetings.
XlnternaUoDa] Newsreel.)
REPORT IS TO BE
SUBMITTED JANUARY 3RD
The Educational Commission to Say
Whether or Not It Will Recommend
Eight Months Schools.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. Baskervill.
Raleigh, Dec. 21). —Is the lengthen
ing of the school term to a minimum
of eight months going to be recom
mended to the Governor and the
General Assembly by the Educa
tional Commission, appointed by
Governor A. W. McLean to make a
study of school needs?
Naturally, none of the members . 1
the commission will give any iuji
cation. and C, C. Carr of Wilming
ton, chairman, frankly saj% that he
has no idea what action the com
mission as a whole will take'on the
question. Anil this same stand is !
taken by Dr. .1. Y. Joyner, exccn- I
tive secretary, ami Dr. Ereil Vt\ j
Morrison, the assistant secretary.
So although public opinion general
ly has largely taken it for granted
that the Commission wou'd undoubt
edly recommend the eight months
term, it appears that there is by
no means a unanimity of opinion
among the members of the commis
sion asto this question.
However, it is true that very lit
tle attention has been devoted to the
subject oft he longer school term by
the commission as a whole, pending
the submission of the report of Dr.
Morrison, who has now for nearly
six months been assembling ma
terial bearing on the longer term,
and who will submit his filial report
to the entire commission at its meet
ing Monday. January 3- There is no
doubt but that the submission of this j
report will bring the matter to a
head, and that the commission will
act on the eight months term ques
tion as soon as the report has been
examined.-
That the educational commission
expects to give serious consideration
to the eight months term was reveal
ed as a result ofthe two days session
of the commission here last week,
when consideration was given to the
question school financing and all the
possible avenues of increasing reve
nue for school purposes. And since
the chief obstacle in the way or ob
taining the eight months term is ttie
matter of financing it. the fact that
the commission has already given
serious consideration to the matter of
school finances is taken as ait ind
ention that it also intends to cotisid- j
er the eight months term as a serious !
possibility. The attention which the
commission is devoting to flic
financial aspects ofthe situation indi
cates to many that it realizes that
most ofthe opposition to the longer
term is due to the increased cos: it
would entail, and that the commis
sion is going into the question fully
realising this fact.
For some time it has been tin
opinion of those neither definitely tor
or against the eight months, term
■ that if the general assembly doe* de
cide to submit a constitutional
amendment to the people for an ex
pression of popular sentiment on the
question of an eigt months school
term, that if its adoption is to be 1
hoped for. a definite plan for fi
nancing it must also be proposed at
the same time, since the people will
not vote to increase their school
taxes until they know just how they
are going to be increased, and how
much. Evidently this sentiment has
percolated to the ears of the educa
tional commission, for it has been
learned that in the report which Dr.
Morrison will submit, and exhaustive
investigation into the manner of
financing the longer term has been
made, and a number of tentative
methods of providing the additional
revenue needed will be suggested in
the report.
Hence the feeling grows that if the
commission decides to definitely
recommend the longer school term as
one of the outstanding educational
needs of the state, it will be prepared
to 6how how the longer term can be
financed- aa well as give reasons why
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After Victory
I ROGER BABSON TO BE IN
RALEIGH JANUARY 7TH
; To Advise With Southern Clients as
to the Economic Trend.
1 Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Dee. 21). —Pacts conccrn
; ing the economic trend in the South
jat present and especially in North
Carolina which are expected to be al
| most startling in nature are expeet-
I etl to be brought out here ill the
- course of a conference between Roger
I W. llabson and a hundred or more
clients of his bjiireau on the morning
of January 7. it was learned here To
day from one of those clients. At this
conference many questions relating
to ngrieultiira'. commercial and in
dustrial conditions here in the South
are expected to be brought up for dis
cussion. and Mr. llabson is expected
to advise liis southern clients in the
light of his vast knowledge of condi
tions over the country as n whole.
Especially will the outlook with rer
garil to cotton and tobacco he dis
cussed.
The trend of prices, not only in
cotton and tobacco, but in other
lines as well, are very close to the
peak now. according to the latest
statistics available, and a turn down
ward is expected to develop at al
mose any time, especially in agri
cultural products, as a result of the
large productiion of the last two
years, and especially this year, in the
light of the Inst crop reports just is
sued by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Heme the in
terpretation placed upon these re
ports by Mr. I tabasco, especially in
their relationship to the South an a
whole and North Carolina in particu
lar, will prove of great interest, to
this section, in the opinion of those
who have been interested in following
recent developments.
And among the various questions
that will be brought up perhaps
none will, be of any greater interest
than those relating to the probable
cotton and tobacco acreage that will
be planted this spring. Reports re
ceived from Texas indicate that ap
proximately 80 tier cent of the cotton
farmers there are opposed to acreage
reduction and do not intend to re
duce their cotton acreage,and reports
from other states and fvom North
Carolina too tend to sho\>’ that it is
going to be very difficult ti) secure
any appreciable reduction in cotton
acreage, with f.he probability of
! another large cotton crop again next
j year, with continued low prices,
j And much the same condition
seems probable with regard to tobac
co, with increased acreage likely
throughout all the tobacco producing
sections. An increase in tobacco
acreage in North Carolina of more
than 10 tier cent lias already been
indicated, as reported by confity
agents recently, and this is likely to
be increased rather than decreased.
Thus the probability of lower cotton
and tobacco prices, even if confined
to North Carolina alone, will have a
far-reaching economic effect on com
merce tind industry in general,
whether allied with the cotton ant
tobacco trade or not.
“The agricultural situation, and I
especially the cotton outlook, in this
state is extremely serious right
now:' said an official of the State
I Department of Agriculture here to
day in discussing the economic status
in the stnte at present, but who de
e'ined to permit his name to be used.
"Because crop* have been good and
production plentiful, many of the
farmers believe they are having pros
perity. when in fact they have over
production. Thus if they do not re
trench next year, they will have so
nine overproductioin that prices will
tumble all along the line, as the re
sult of the old economic law of sup
ply and demand going into action-
Still, hundreds of farmers are plan
ning on planting more cotton and to
bacco than over before, in the hope
that some one else will reduce their
acreages, and that they will gain
thereby. Thus they are ignoring ab
solutely the most fundamental coo
! nomic laws and are gambling on the
future. endangering the whole
economic foundations upon whi*Ji
they will suffer the consequences.”
In fact, one farmer in a eoun r y
neighboring Wake, who owns aho it
30 farms, is reported to have order
ed his tenonts to plant nothing hut
cotton this spring, banking on the
chance that, others will reduce acre
age. And this is said to be but one of
numerous similar instances.
Hence whatever Babson may, have
to say with regard to the situation
will be listened to with great inter
est by those who look at the situation
from a serious point of view.
it should be instituted, despite the
fact that the state department of
education and the state Teachers As
sociation has carefully refrained
from mentioning anything about its
cost or how it could be financed,
being content to ndvooate the longer
term in the hope of its adoptiion.
leaving the question of how to fi
nance it until later.
While the action of the commis
sion with regard to the longer term
cannot of course be foretold, still it
is becoming increasingly evident that
much valuable material and pertinent
data has been assembled which will
go far toward clarifying the whole
situation, when it is made public.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and slightly colder tonight;
Thursday fair. Fresh nortweat winds.
THfc TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
NO. 306
The Liberals in Nicaragua
Threaten Several Strate
gic Points as Result of
Success in 3-day Battle.
DIAZ TROOPERS
GIVING GROUND
It Is Said That Several
Hundred Mexican Sol
diers of Fortune Are
Fighting With Liberals.
Managua. Nicaragua. Dec. 29.— UP)
—Victorious in a three-day battle at
Las Perlas on the cast coast of Nic
aragua, the Pberal forces of Dr. Juan
Sacasa arc now threatening scvecul
strategic points leading to the inter
ior.
The troops of the conservative gov
ernment of President Diaz who lmo
been recognized by the United States,
were forced to retreat before the lib
erals. The latter's government un
der Dr. Sacasa is recognized by Mex
ico.
Advices from the fighting zone wf
that 1.000 conservative troops' were
opposed by 1,500 liberals, of whom
300 were alleged to be Mexican sol
diers or officers.
The conservatives ran out of am
munition. anil found their machine
gun fire no match for the twelve pieced
of light artillery in the possession of
the liberals. A retreat was ordered,
400 men being told to cover the rear,
while the main body retired to tfie
neutral zone of El Bluff. Os the
400 rear guard many were killed
while others were' surrounded and can
tured. The main body reached El
Bluff where they will be disarmed b?
the American naval forces who are
maintaining the neutrality of the zone.
By their victory the liberals gain
ed access to the Escondido River,
captured Fruta de Pan, and began nil
attack on Monkey Ridge.
CHARLES H. REECE
DIES OF INJURIES}
Was Hurt Christmas Even When He
Fell From Running Board of Au
tomobile.
Franklin. N. C„ Dec. 29.—(A I )—<
Charles 11. Reeoc, 24 year old taxicab "20
driver, died here last night of n frac
tured skull received Christmas Eve
when lie fell off the running board of
an automobile when it was unexpect
edly started.
His was the second death iu. ..the
Reece family from automobile acci
dents. his brother, Wiley, them eight
years old. having been kilted when
struck by an automobile in 1943..,
Reece had made a trip to Sylva
and was en route home with Ralph
Penfield driving. The car developed
motor trouble mid Reece had gotten
out to investigate. As he was-get
ting into the rear, Penfield started,
thinking Reece was on board.
Reece was paralyzed in one arm
and it was due to the fact that lie had
only one hand that his fall was at
tributed.
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Theatre, TO cents to all.
A penalty of one per cent, will
he addl'd to, your city tax if not paid
before January Ist.
The clothing sale at one-fourth off
at the Rit’jmond-F'.owe Co's, began
Tuesday and is going good. It goes
through January 10th.
| You can get a pair of $1.25 shears
for only (i!) cents at Etird's. Cut out
the coupon ill their ad. today. If to
be sent by mail add 5 cents for post
age. Ixiok up tin* ad. anil don't miss
this opportunity.
The Citizens Bank and Trust. Co.
endeavor* to adapt its service to the
individual requirements of each ac
count.
Vulcanizing i* tire economy—see
new ad. of the Concord Vulcanising
Co.
Wrcnn at Kaunapolis. can work
wonders with your clothes. Let hint
try it.
Convicted Robbers Sentenced.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 29.r-(/P)— *
Sentences ranging from one to tvyen
ty-seven years were today given eiz'it
men and a woman involved in the
robbery last August of n mail train
of s3£p.ooo in bonds and currency
near Eock Springs, JVyiij, by Judge
T. B?ake Kennedy iii federal - court
here.
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