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TO SUCCEED M
AND ACCEPTS JOB
Gets Appointment as Act
ing Postmaster in Con
cord in Order Issued on
Thursday in Washington
TAKES UP NEW
DUTY TOMORROW
Has Been Prominent in the
Republican Party and
Directed Campaign in
Last Election.
■lamps F. Harris, chairman of the
Cabarrus county Republican execu
tive committee, has beeu named Act
ing postmaster for Concord.
The appointment came to Mr. Har
ris Thursday night about 6 o’clock in
a telegram from First Assistant Post
master General Bartlett. In the mes
sage he was instructed to take Charge
of the office at the close of business
tonight.
Mr. Harris sueceds W. B. Ward,
w'.io resigned on December 15th in
order to give all of his time to his
wholesale business here.
The length of time he will serve
under the appointment is not known
by Mr. Harris, he stated this morn
ing. “1 do not know whether I will
serve the uncxpired term of Mr. Ward
or whether 1 will serve until the
service commission calls for an exam
ination to fill the office," he said. “X
am grateful for the appointment and
will strive to continue the line service
patrons of the post office have re
ceived in the past.”
Mr. Ward will sever connections
with the post office at midnight to
night. Mr, Harris was at the office
early this morning and during the
day conferred with Mr. Ward about
his new duties.
Mr. Harris is oue of the most prom
inent members of the Republican par
ty in the county. Last year he was
elected chairman of the county execu
tive committee and was his party’s
nominee for chairman of'the county
commissioners at the last election.
Previously lie had served several terms
ns register of deeds in the county.
The apppintment of Mr. Harris as
Acting postmasters his friends think,
means that lie will keep the post in-
Harris will take the examina
tion if and when It is called by the
civil service," one of them said, "and
tlic fact that he was endorsed for
the present appointment and received
it, will have much weight no doubt
when the time comes for the perma
nent appointment to be made."
MRS. GEORGE W. PHELPS
IS FREED UNDER BOND
Charged With Killing Husband, Well
Known Washington County Farm
er.
Plymouth, X. C.. Dee. 31.—(/P)
ills. George IV. Phelps, charged witli
murdering her husband, returned to
her home today under a $5,000 bond.
ill's. Phelps was freed following
habeas corpus proceedings before
Judge W. if. Bond. She was com
mitted to jail Monday without priv
ilege of bond by recorder’s court judg
ment. Her daughter, lamia Pritch
ard, also went home today. She was
admitted to bond at the original hear
ing, but refused to leave her mother
in jail.
Phelps, well known Washington
county farmer, was shot to death Sun
day as he sat in a rocking chair at
his home. Evidence at the record
er's '.tearing indicated that family
trouble had preceded the- killing.
The murdered man was burled yes
terday after being brought here for
an autopsy.
Legion Post Plans to Have Own
Building.
Charlotte, Dec. 30.—That a large
office building will be erected on tlie
site of tjie present Mocklenbiirg coun
ty court-house as a home ,'fbr Hoi
nets’ Nest Post of “(the American
Legion when the county government
occupies next fall ihp new courtt
house' on East Trade street, loomed
Wednesday as a ‘ possibility as mem
bers of the. post's home committer
prepared to meet Thursday and con
sider definite plans for the eduction
of ia suitable building. ' , .-
This was disclosed in u statement
made by J- K. Blear, prominent real
tor and chairman of the committee,
who stated that the post Is deter
mined to erect or occupy a building
as its home “that will do credit to
the city and the legion."
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FORMER SENATOR
DU PONT DIES AT .
HOME SUDDENLY
Wilmington. Del., Dee. 31.—CP)
—Colonel Henry A. duPnnt, for
mer United States senator from
Delaware. died suddenly this morn
ing at *.iis home near Wilmington,
the result of n heart nttaek. He
was S 3 years old, and was a cousin
of the present Senator T. Cole
man dnPont. Col duPont served
with distinction during the Civil
War.
I TURLINGTON'S DECISION
Inferpreled as an Unfailing Barome
ter of Public Opinion. <
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Waite.- Hotel.
j Raleigh. Dec. 31.—/. V. Turling
ton of Mooreaville ha* at last heard
“hi* master’s voice." This is the gen
eral opinion heard in Raleigh as the
result, of the announcement that Mr
i Turlington had declined ito become
] president of the North Carolina
Bible League definitely organized in
'Charlotte yesterday, the evolution
lary offspring of the erstwhi e and
| now deceased Committee of One
Hundred, organized Insi spring to
combat evolution and glorify funda
mentalism. But when the Committee
of One Hundred began to dwindle to
a mere handful, the lenders in the
anti-evolution move realized that it
was beyond the hope of revivnl and
decided to organize the North Caro
lina Bible League with the same
eufis in view and which would be
motivated and manipulated by faith
ful few left in the committee of one
hundred. * ,
As analyzed nnd dissected here,
from a purely po’itieal point of view,
those back of the movement, recog
nizing the necessity of having as the
head of the organization n layman,
and preferably some one with some
political importance and a member
of the legislature if possible, n still
hunt was begun. Ami Turlington
was the honored victim.
At first it began to look as if the
Bib’e League was really going to get
somewhere after all, and political
wiseacres for a time were really >i
bit worried at the outlook. Turling
ton was a member of the legislature,
a man of real ability with consider
able legislative experience, who could
easily warm things up here should |
he determinedly espouse, with Pool,
a measure that would prohibit the
teaching of the theory of evolution in
state supported 1 educational institu
tions. And when the Bib’e League
announced that it would secure the
services of an able "Christian at
torney” to draw a hill and conduct
an active lobby in Raleigh for its
passage, the outlook was not so
nfefcslng to- those Who dreaded to see
the question brought .np.
Then came the announcement
from somewhere—not from anyone]
skilled in polities, it is generally ad
mitted—that the Fundamentalists
would make an effort to run Turling
ton for speaker of the house on an
anti-evolution platform. This at once
made the politicians rest more easily,
for it indicated that whoever was
trying to handle the politics for the
league knew very little nbont poli
tics, The.tr worried expressions turn
ed at once into broad grins. There
is no cha net in the world of Tur
lington competing with Tobe Connor,
Nat Townsend. or Dick Fountain as
a candidate for the speakership.
Then the fact that Turlington was
becoming so eiosely identified with
so patent a religion-political organi
zation as the North Carolina Bible
League was distasteful to many,
even though they \yere in sympathy
with the ideals of the lengue. For
while there are undoubtedly a great
many people who do not believe in
evolution as a fact, or in its teach
ing—if it ever really is taught as n
fnet—still they do not believe that
the question, which most people con
cede is a religious rather than a
noKtical one. injected into polities.
They believe that there is at present
a sufficient number of political foot
ba’ls on the legislative gridiron wi’h
out adding another smacking or re
ligious controversy and intolerance.
Bo it is permissible to surmise that
Turlington heard something of this
from his friends nnd constituents,
and from those opposed to his stand
also. And Turlington luts been in
politics long enough to recognize (lb
voice of the people—"his master’s
voice.”
Thus when the news reached Ral
eigh that Turlington had declined to
accept the post as president of the
North Carolina Bible League,' quiet
and satisfaction at once spread over
political circles here. Turlington’s
actiqn was at once interpreted as an
unfailing barometer of pub’ic 'opin
ion oh fiie question over the state a
» whole and the likelihood of the evo
lution question becoming a dormi
nent one in the deliberations of the
legislature at once decreased.
What though Turlington does
make a fight for an anti-evolution
bill in the legislature after all? Did
he not decline the lead the movement
in the state as president of the Bib’e
LeagueV And what If the Rev. Dr.
McKendriek Long of Mooresvillc,
was elected president of the league
instead of Turlington? The name
means little or nothing to the over
ate public, and besides he is a
preacher—thus the politicians rea
son.
Hence they surmise that the evolu
tion question is not destined to figure
largely in forthcoming legislative
proceedings.
Cotton Textile Industry Is On Very
Bound Foundation.
New York, Dec. 31. —More sub
stantial basis exists today for confi
dence in the fundamental soundncsA
of the cotton textile industry than
at almost any other period, in the
opinion of William R. Judson, pres
ident of the association of cotton
textile merchants of New York.
DENI CONVERSATION
WITH THE SOVIETS
ABOUT RECOGNITION
High Officials of Govern
ment Say No Effort to]
Negotiate With Rus-!
sians Was Made. •]
I NO RECOGNITION
I • HAS BEEN MADE
j Denial Is Answer to Story
Accredited to Soviet Of
] ficial Who Talked of Al
leged Negotiations.
Washington. Dec. .31.—CP)—A story
that the United States had approach
ed the Russian soviet officials during
tlie past year on the subject of Rus
sian recognition was flatly denied to
day b.v the State Department.
The Department authorized the
statement that no approach whatever
respecting recognition has been made
during tlie year to any Moscow offi
cial. It was a direct denial of a
story told in Moscow- yesterday by a
soviet ‘ government official, who said
“tangible nnd palpable" recognition
aproaches had been made by the
Washington government.
The American attitude regarding
recognition remains unchanged, the
Department said.
“There would seem to be at this
time ho reason for negotiations," said
the department. “The American gov
ernment as the President said in his
message to Congress, is not proposing
to barter away its principles. If the
soviet authorities are ready to restore 1
the confiscated property of American
citizens or make effective compensa
tion they can do so. If the soviet
authorities are prepared to repeal their 1
decree repudiating Russia’s obliga
tions to this country and appropriate
ly recognize them, they can do so. It
requires no conference or negotiations
to accomplish these results which enn 1
land should be achieved at Moscow as
evidence of good faith.
"The American government lias not
incurred liabilities to Russia or repu
diated obligations. Most serious is '
the continued propaganda to over- 1
throw the institutions of this country. 1
This government can enter into no ne- 1
gotiations until these efforts directed 1
from Moscow are abandoned.” i
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OREST OF FLOOD AT
NASHVILLE IS REACHED
;—: i
Cumberland River Standing at 55.9 1
Feet.—Falling at Some Points.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 31.—OP)—At 1
7 o’clock this morning with the Cum
berland River standing at 55.9 feet, i
five-tenths of a foot higher than ever ’
known, weather bureau officials did ,
not consider it likely that it would go |
to 50 feet. It >!s falling at all points |
above Nashville, according to Bureau |
reports, and the rise here has been ,
only .3 foot in the last 24 hours. j
The waters of the flooded river are ,
lapping lower Rroadway, only a few j
yards away from the corner of 3rd
Avenue, and in East Nashville one
street car track on the approach to the
Woodland Street bridge, the only open
viaduct between the two sections, is 1
nnder water, but the other is not and ’
street ears and automobiles are pass- ’
ing without hindrance.
The police department this morn- 1
ing turned to the business of feeding. 1
clothing and providing fuel for the
jobless and homeless of which there (
are 4,000. <
I
ANOTHER "HIT AND RUN"
MOTORIST BEING SOUGHT
i
Fatally Injured Dotie Truelove, Nine |
Year Old Clayton Girl.
Clayton. X. C„ Dec. 31.—t/P)—Fun- ,
cral services for Dotie Truelove, nine, ,
victim of a hilt and run motorist, were ,
hold here today while police in a
srcjre of tow na<-sought the driver of
the speeding roadster thfit killed her (
late yesterday.
The accident oeciirred .on Highway
No. 10, near the western limits of the ;
town. The qhild’s skull. was fraetur- ,
ed, both legs broken, find the body
horribly mangled. ;
Bye witnesses said the girl was ]
dragged nearly 75 feet before the car ]
could be stopped. They said it back- i
ed away from the girl’fe body and then
sped away. The child dried Just as a '
physician reached, her 15 minutes lat- 1
er. I- <’• .j ,
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January Clearance Sale aft Rohjnaon’s. .
The Annual January Clearance Bale !
at Robinson’s will begin tomorrow,
January 1. This store has only two
planned store-wide sqtes a year, one
their Combined Birthday and Annual 1
January Clearance, the other their
Annual Mid-summer July Clearance.
They magnify this event this year by ]
offering for your approval the most 1
drastic store-wide reductions in their
history. See page ad. today.
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,
Gity Tax Collector.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926
PROSPERITY TO CONTINUE
DURING COMING YEAR
By A. J. BRORBEAU
President. Mack Trucks, Iqp.
iWritten for International News
Service)
New York, Dec. 31.-—I see no
reason to antiq'pate a change of
prosperity in this country for the
next six months, or perhaps a
year.
Continued good Kindness and
prosperity is dependent upon eon
tihued consumption. which. in
turn, wilt justify production. '
As long ns Jhe people of the
country are employed at high
wages, business will continue in
large volume.
THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
Reports Approved Will Be Submitted
to the Governor and Legislature.
Tribune llurenU
Sir Walter Totel
Raleigh. Dec. 31. —Although the
mending of the weak spots in the
state’s judicial structure is diagnosed
and prescribed for the judicial con
ference was temporarily threatened,
from time to time by such possihili- -
ties as the abandonment of rotation'
of superior court judges and the spec- j
tern of having women jurors, the con
ference finally ended its weighty con
sideration of the many recommenda
tions proposed by approving in sub
stance. the reports of hiost of the
committees. Thus, with the excep
tions of the report of the committee
on pleadings and practices, only a
portion of which was approved, the re
mainder being remanded to the,com
mittee for further consideration, the
reports approved will be transmitted
to the governor and legislature with
the recommendation that statutory
changes be made as suggested.
Following the report of the com
mittee on judicial system, of which
Associate Justice W/-J. Adams, is
chairman, considerable discussion arose
over the advisability of recommend
ing the abolition of the rotation of
superior court judge*- The present )
system of rotation was branded as 1
nefarious and antiqitated b.v judges I
who were resident judges instead of j
itinerant circuit riders, as at present,
most of the present congestion in the
courts could and would be relieved.
A number of other superior court
judges present concurred with him,
with the exception of Judge W.- F.
Daniels, of Goldsboro, who declared
he would not have the rotation sys
tem abolished. Attorney General Den-;
nis G. Riuinmitt also spoke in favor
of the present system. After more'
than an hour of discussion n vote was ,
taken by which the rotation system I
was opposed by a vote of 13 to 10. J
Eventually, virtually the entire
port, calling for a constitutional
amendment to correct a number of
defects in the judicial system, was
approved by the conference with only]
a few minor changes.
When the report of the committee*,
on juries was made, of which Judge
TV. F. Daniel* is chairman, all went
smoothly until the question was raised
by 11. G. Connor, Jr., of Wilson, ns
to the source of the names from which
the jury list would be selected. The
answer was that the judge could select
his own sources, such as tux books,
directories, telephone books, and so
forth.
"What if some of the names so se
lected are women?” Sir. Connor asked.
And for a few minutes there was
something as nearly resembling fire
works as could be expected in such
and august assemblage of supreme and
superior court judges ,and astute bar
risters. The thought was anathema
to them nil.
However, the waters were finally
quieted when Judge W. A. Devin
called the attention of the conference
to the fact that the possibility of
women jurors was once and for. all
prohibited by the constitution, and
that they all were thus propery safe
guarded.
But even after Judge Devin had
saved the day there was considerable
nervousness evident for sometime, al
though the report was eventually
adopted with only a few minor chang
es. Its principal provisions were for
the creation of a jury commission of
five men. charged with preparing the
jury likls,.so that only those of suf
ficient ' .education and intelligence
would jje drawn' for duty, and for the
adoption of the "struck jury” system,
Whereby the judge-selqcts the bulk, of'
The jurors, and thfin permits the coun
sel for each of the opposing sides to
“strike” three of the jurofk from the
panel, instead eff -the ,, present, system
of challenges; I■ ’ C > ' ? } )
t \ .v ; v*...
bin!
home here since Sunday with pneu
monia, suffered a slight but not alarm
ing relapse this morning, attendants
said.
An enterprising resident of Wor
cester, Massachusetts, hns equipped
his radio set with eight loud speakers
which he has installed in the homes
of eight neighbors. He charges them
two dollars a month eueh for the
service.
HOLIDAY NOTICE
SATURDAY. JANUARY lat, 1927
being a legal holiday the banks of Concord will not be
open for business.
CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
. CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
TEXTILE OFFICIAL
SAYS STATE’S TAX
POLICY NOT RIGHT,
Hunter Marshall, Jr., of(
Cotton Association, Says i
..Policy Not Serving Best |
Interests of the State, i
MILLS FEEL THEY
PAY TOO MUCH
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Says Cotton Industry in
1926 in North Carolina
Not Satisfactory.—He
Blames Revaluation Act.
Charlotte, Dee. 31. —OP)—'flic tax
ation policy of North Carolina is not
; serving “the best interests of the
istate” and is “putting the brakes on
i industrial expansion,” Hunter Mar-
Miatl. Jr„ secretary and treasurer of
tthe North Carolina Cotton Manufac
turers Association, said in a statement
issued here today.
He said that the association believes
that “their own industry is suffering
from tax discrimination against cor
porations.”
Mr. Marshall's statement reviewed
the unsatisfactory history of the cot
ton manufacturing industry in 1920.
He expressed doubt that any import
ant improvement in general conditions
affecting the textile manufacturing in
dustry will occur during 1927. He
asserted that the 1920 revaluation act
was the cause of what he said was
the present taxation problem in this
state.
He urged that the state remove
what he said were barriers to indus
trial expansion, asserting that “other
southern states have waked up nnd
are making attractive appeals to these
i industries and are getting them.”
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DEMAND MADE UPON
STANLY ROAD BOARD
Finance Committee Named by Com
missioners Calls for Books And
Other Records.
Albeinqrle, Dec. 30 —lnteresting
developments are coining' nbout in
connection, with the dispute between
the board of county commissioners
and the Stanly road board in regard
to an audit of the books of the latter.
Last June the board of icoiutnis
i=iooers ordered an audit matte of the
r books of the board of commissioners,
school board and road board. The
audit of the first two boards was
made but the auditor recently report
ed that he hud been unable to get the
necessary information from any
source h.v which an audit of the road
board might be made.
Ar a result of this the finance com
mittee namqd b.v the commissioners
has made formal demand on the road
bourd that it produce for inspection
by the committee “all hooks, papers,
accounts, invoices, data, memoranda,
records and other information” that
it may possess. The hearing is set
for January 5, in the office of the
register of deeds at Albemarle.
Just what attitude the road hoard
will take in answer to the demand is
not publicly known, but it is under
stood that the board will not object
to letting members of the finance
committee look over its books and
records. However, as to whether or
not the road board will consent to
letting the auditor employed by the
board of commissioners have the said
books and records, is problematical.
With Our Advertisers.
Saturday, January 1, is the day the
Parks-Belk Go. has set for Clean-Up
Day of odd lots of merchandise. Toys
reduced from 30 to 60 per cent.
Men’s and boys’ clothing reduced from
25 to 50 per cent See new ad. to
day for other reductions.
Bell & Harris’ big sale will begin
tomorro.v morning, January 1, 1927.
at 7 o'clock, and continue till Satur
day night, December 31, 1927.
Men’s, women's and children's
shoes at less than half original prices
at the Markson Shoe Store.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. buys thfe
best hardware money can buy. It
stands the test. Phone 117 or 20.
Kantleek hot Wfiter bottles at the
Gibson Drug. Store. ?
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Two Youths Hanged For Murders.
Chicago, , Dec. "31—OP)—James
Gricius and Thos. Me Wane, two
youths convicted of the murder of
;three, jrerßojfii last' fhly; ha. Chicago)
th*>x3oek County jail
shortly after 7 o'clock this morning.
The double death sentence was impos
ed for the slaying of Frederick Hein
and Miss Marie Blanc shortly after
they had left a church service together,
and the killing a few minutes later
of a taxicab chauffeur.
Ice hockey was not introduced into
the United ' States until the early
'9ftt. when Canadian teams played
exhibition gomes in several Eastern
cities.
DIAZ FORCES FIND
LIBERAL SOLDIERS
FORCING FIGHTING
Civil War in Nicaragua
i Has Progressed to Seri
ous Stage for Conserva
tive Troopers.
DIAZ CHARGES
MEXICAN AID!
He Insists the Liberals Are
Getting Aid in Revolu
tion From the Mexican
Government.
Washington. Doe. 31.—OP)—The
civil war in Nicaragua, judging from
cable advices, apparently has pro
gressed to a serious stage, for the con
servative forces of President Dinz.
Coupled with the news that an
American censorship had been estab
lished in the neutral zones, the later
lifted, and a reiteration -of Diaz's
charges that the Sacasa liberals were
receiving aid from Mexico, detailed
word has come telling of the severity
of the defeat of President Diaz’s
troops on the east coast, and of plans
of the liberal army to inarch on Man
agua, the country's capital, in the in
terior.
Meanwhile Sacasa, in a message to
the Associated Press, declares the
landing of American naval forces in
Nicaragua was unnecessary, since no
lives or property needed protection,
and adds that the “seal" purpose of
the move was to protect the “de
fa,cto government of Adolfo Diaz, who
counts on the effective influence of
Wall Street bankers.”
Pedro J. Zepeda, Sacasa’s chief
agent in Mexico City, was authority
for the statement that the liberal
tthieftain who has been recognized
by Mexico was preparing to march on
Mnnagun, seat of Diaz, who has been
accorded American recognition with
absolute confidence of victory. He
snid Sacasa had two army corps of
2,000 men each.
Diaz's defeat in the last few days
fighting iiY which seventy 'save been
reported killed on both sides, was
ascribed by the President himself in
a Managua dispatch to poor commun
ication, his orders to withdraw two'
or three days before the battle hav
ing been delayed until after the fight
ing began. He knew his forces were
outnumbered, he said, and jt was use
less to put up a fight.
BILL PROVIDES FOR A
MONUMENT TO THE WRIGIITS
On the Spot Where the Two Brothers
Made First Successful Attempt to
Fly.
(By International News Service)
Charlotte, Dec. 31.—Bills intro
duced into the house and senate by
Representative Warren, of the first
district, and Senator Bingham, of
Connecticut, provide for a monument
to Wilbur and Orville Wright on Kill
devil Hill, near Kittyhawk, where the
two inventors made their first success
ful attempt to fly an airship. Mr.
Warren’s bill calls for $50,000.
In presenting his measure, Mr.
Bingham said:
"Twenty-three years ago in North
Carolina the people who lived in the
Killdevil section were invited to go
to Killdevil Hill to see whether mnn
had nt last been able to achieve the
conquest of the air.”
“Tens of thousands of persons had
laughed at 'Darious Green and his
flying machine’. Wiseacres the world
over told ambitious young men that
man was destined to leave the ground
and assume wings only when he was
ready to leave permanently to take
his place in heaven."
“So on that cold and windy day
when Wilbur and Orville Wright took
their contraption from its shelter,
there were only five spectators. There
had been so many unsuccessful at
tempts that only these five cared to
risk the waste of their time.”
“Orville Wright took his place in
this strange, new device that was the
result of thousands of experiments in
gliding made by him and his broth
er. And then, for twelve seconds; the
first flight in the history of the world
in which a machine carrying a' man
had raised itself into the air by its
own power in free flight begun, and
sailing forward on a level course
without reduction of speed; went into
the air and landed without being
wrecked.”
“In the four flights made at this
time the total distance traveled was
852 feet. When the last flight was
completed and spectators were discuss
ing what they had seen, the machine
was caught up by the wind, over
turned, and rendered useless for furth
er experiments at the time."
“The following year a new ma
chine, stronger and heavier, was con
structed by the Wright brothers, nnd
from that time to this progress has
been steady."
, “During the past year the conquest
of the air for commercial purposes
has seen prodigious strides. This year
siw the inauguration of thirteen air
lines carrying mail hy contract, and
the first opening of contract lines
across the sky."
Wheeler Enters Protest.
Washington, Dec. 31. —OP) —Pro-
tests against elimination of poisons as
denaturants of industrial alcohol un
til effective substitutes have been
found, was made to Secretary Mellon
today by Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel for the Antl-Sallon League,
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iIKiII WAGES; BIG CKOI I
TO KEEP I S PROSPEROUS
By CARL M. I.OEB *
President, The American X
Co., Ltd.
(Written for
Service) v'
New York. Dee. 31. —While com
modities remain low' and wages
hfgh; while shelves arc empty and
employment full; while the coun
try is blessed with average crops
and conservatism and efficiency
rule the policy of consumer nnd
producer, an attitude of confidence
In the future, development of Am
erican finance and industry is ful
ly justified.
| SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT DRILLING WELLS
Consult the State Geologist and Save
Lots of Trouble.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Dec. 31- —"If schools and
individuals would not undertake to
drill wells without consulting the
state geologist, they would save thou- j
sands of dollars and would find wafer
without having to bore through him- (
dreds of feet of dry granite.” accord- ]
ing to 11. .1. Bryson, geologist of the •
Department of Conservation nnd De- •
ve’opment. As examples. Mr. Bryson '
cites two instances in Granville j
county where two schools expended
nearly $1,200 in trying to drill weds
in a vein of solid granite. where (
water would not have been found in ,
tousauds' of feet of drilling. ,
“If the authorities at the Creed- j
more nnd Stem high schools bad only ,
consulted the records in our offices. ,
and permitted one of our experts to ,
go over the situation ith them, they
could have saved a large sum of
money nnd could have had water at '
the same time," according to Mr.
Bryson. “As* it is, a serious situation !
has been reacted that effects both '
the health of the pupi’s and the
sanitary situation as well."
At Creedmore high school a well j
was drilled to a depth of 340 teet j
some time ago. but virtually no ,
water, aside from what was gathered (
from seepage, was obtained, and the
well now is virtually abandoned. At
Stem the well was bored to a depth
of 1(10 1-2 feet, and but little water (
found.nnd the well since abandoned.
In both wet's water was first struck
at a depth of about 25 or 30 feet. .
but the drilling was continued jn the ,
hope that a better flow would De I
struck. At Creedmore water was j
struck at various depths on down to |
100 feet, but after that none was
found, owing to the . fact that the
drillers had struck vein of granite. ‘
although they did not realize it. Thus '
the farther down they went the less !
was the jiossibility of finding a water
vein.
Because the only water to be ob- ,
tained at Credmore was from surrace j
seepage into the six-inch reservoir
formed by the well casing, the well ,
was easily pumped dry in a lew ■
minutes, nnd soon had to be abandon- ,
ed.
As a result of the situation at ;
Creedmore, another well, six feet ;
square, and 60 feet, was dug. and
this well now supplies the water for
drinking, but is entirely insufficient
for supplying water for sewerage.
Owing to the greater surface in the '
larger, shallow well, the flow is
much greater than in the deep well,
supplying a reservoir of about 8.000 ;
gallons.
Thus the report of the geologist,
inode after investigating conditions 1
both at Creedmore and Stem, and
after the wells had been dug and ■
abandoned, shows an almost com
plete absence of water in the lower 1
levels? nnd that only comparatively 1
shallow wells can be sude success- :
fully, and that even then the flow is 1
small. The situation is explained by
the geological formation in that sec
tion of Granville county, according
to Mr. Bryson, nnd the fact that the
schools in question arc situated on a
granite ntrusion. which is a’most
completely lacking in water veins,
owing to the compact construction of
the rock.
The water in those localities is of
meteoric origin, according to Mr-
Bryson which penetrates the pores
and cavities of the regolish and bed
rock, forming a more of loss saturat
ed zone, whose upper limit is known
as the water table. This saturate
zone in this particular area is be
tween 20 feet and 60 feet, the rock
below that level being too compact
to contain much water.
The solution to the water problem
at the two schools is given by the
geologist in the sinking of two or
three \\ells, mbre shallow nnd with
larger lateral surfaces. Reservoirs
formed by the several wells would
form storage space for a supply in
proporation to the dimensions of the
bodies of the wells and sufficient
needs of the schools.
Had these facts been determined in
advance, the schools might have
saved the $2,000 expended in the
(vain .eareh for water at deon levels
and have provided the additional
shallow wels that now must be dug.
A. C. L. Trains Discontinued.
Wilmington. Dec. 31.—CP)—Three
trains operated between Fayetteville
nnd Wilmington, and Wilmington and
New Bern have been discontinued by
the Atlantic Coast Line with permis
sion of the State Corporation Com
mission, it was announced today at
the general offices of the company.
Trains Nos. 59 and 60 between Wil
mington and Fayetteville, and the
Sunday trains operated Between Wil
mington and New Bern are those dis
continued.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, warmer tonight; Saturday
partly cloudy. Fresh southwest and
west winds.
TUB TRIBUNE
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I
NO. 308
r JFICIAL IS
VEINISTIC ABORT I
FUTURE OF ROADS
J. R. Kenly, of Atlantic
Coast Line, Things the
Traffic in Southeast Will
Continue Heavy. j
OTHER OFFICIALS
OPTIMISTIC, TOO
Mr. Kenly Says All Rail
Officials Enter the New |
Year Confident of Good I
Business.
Wilmington. N. C., Dec. 31.— OP)— :S
Despite the situation in the South, I
jrought about by the slump in' cotton
jrices. there is reason to believe that
raffle in the Southeast wiill continue •*
teavy, according to .T. R. Kenly,
President of the Atlantic Coast Line
flnilrond Company in a statement giv
■n to Railway Age and made avails.
>lo here today.
Railway executives in all parts of
he country join with Mr. Kenly in a
■heerful view of business prospects is
orecasts published ,in Railway Age.
rhey do not predict any such large
ncreases in freight business as oedflpi 3
■ed in 1926. but the concensus is that
he heavy movement of traffic will con- I
inue.
Mr. Kenly says that “there Is rea
son to believe that during 1927 traf
ic will continue heavy.” Material
ii'ogress is being made toward finane
ng that portion of the cotton crop
hat w, ! ll be warehouses for future
nffrketing. and he believes that 'the 1
iresent situation may result in bene
itting the farmers’ position by bring
ng him to a realization of the need
>f a better balanced system of ngricul
ure.
ns
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at Advance of '•
1 Point to Decline of 2 Points.
New York, Dec. 31.—OP)—The cot
on market opened steady today at
tn advance of 1 point to a decline of
- points. Some overnight buying or
lers developed, and probably a little
Inlying influenced by relatively steady
Liverpool cables, but the in’itcal de
nnnd was soon supplied by realizing
combined with Southern selling and
wiling for both Liverpool and
aental account. By the end'of <Hhm,i
lirst hour March had declined from
12.97 to-12.86, the general market
diowing net losses of about 9 to 10
[>oints.
Buying tapered off after the initial
irders had been supplied, and there
»ns probably some selling on belief
hat the more favorable weather now ’
reported in the South would be re
flected by increased hedge selling lien*
[text week.
Cotton futures opened steady: .Tan.
12.80; March 12 95; Mnv 13.15; July
13.27; Oct. 13.43.
WHITE DENIES HE HAS '
DONE ANYTHING WRONG
Says Audit of Books WBI Show No
Shortage in His Accounts.
Gastonia. Dec. 31.—OP)—Asser
tion that a full audit of his books
tvould show nothing wrong was the
inly comment James H. White, tax
collector of the Dallas township, f;
Daston county, would make today to
charges by the county commission
ind county attorney that discrepan
cies totalling $29,479.73 had been
Found tn his books. Oother than thin
he declined to comment. ' :;S|
The commission and county nttor- ,1
ney yesterday issued a statement say
ing that auditors had. found discrep
ancies in Mr. White’s books oyer a
period of years. It was said that
he is bonded for $53,000 with a nttm- ;
her of individuals on his bond.
State Senator A. E. Woltz, attor
ney for White, said that there tj'as :
no real shortage shown by the audit,
as it has proceeded up to the; ifre*. J
ent. He asserted that a shortage |
could not exist until a thorough audit
had been made of the county's books r
and White's bondsmen officially noli- ’
lied.
Tbe statement issued yesterday said
that John Eck and Company, public
accountants. ' had been • going over 1
White’s books.
Members of the United States Cou
gress are better paid than anv other
national lygis'ators in the world.
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