North Carolina Newspapers

'll r .~T~ ~ ' ' , ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Want The Australian Ballot, But Not The Absentee Voters Law Senate Bills Provide Estab lishment of One and Re* peal of One for the tar Heel Voters. ABSENTEE LAW FIGHT OLD ONE Sen. McNeal, of Ashe, Pre sented Bill for Australi an Ballot—Now Used in Some Counties. Raleigh, ,Tnn. 11. — (o) —Repeal of the absentee voter* law in North Caro lina. and the establishment of the Australian ballot system for all forms of elections, in North Carolina, were proposed in two measures introduced iH the Scuate today. The proposal to repeal foe absentee voters law is a very short bill merely providing for the repeal of those sections of the consolidate*! statute* which provide for the absentee voter to cast bis ballot. This is one of the pet measures pro mised by the Republicans in sessions of tbe legislature for many years past. It comm this time from Senator Hor ton. of Chatham eounty. The other measnre, that of tbe Aus tralian ballot, is also another one of the pet bills of the minority party in' North Carolina. This meusure come* from Senator McNeal, of Ashe county, and is based on the provisions of the Axbe eounty special law, which pro vides this form of voting in Ashe coun ty. The law provides that there shall be live official ballots as follows: (1) Presidential elections. (2) General ballot. (3) County ballot. (4) Township ballot. 15) Constitutional amendment or other proposition ballot. The names of all candidates for the various positions in all forms of elec tions will be printed on this one bal lot. and tbe voter will east his bal lot in private by making the proper mark beside the name of the candidate of his choice. All voting will be done at booths provided with election pre cincts, with a provision that there shall be at least one booth for every twenty-five voters in the precinct. No The bill also proposes to allow minor ity representation on the list of judges of elections. The bill was reffrred to the com mittee on election laws, and the chair man of the committee announced be fore adjournment of tbe Senate that his committee would have A meeting this afternoon for tbe purpose of colt sidering this and other meusdrps have beeu referred to tbe com mittee. Tbe joint session lasted only thir teen minutes. Returns from the general election of November 2, 11120, were canvassed. Representative Winston, of Bertie. in * traduced a joint resolution which was passed, providing for induction in 'of fice of all elected officers ou January 12th, with the exception of those who have already taken the oath of office. Tellers were appointed to count the vote. They were Senators Dunlap, of Wadesboro, and Smith, of Char lotte, and Representative Byrd, of Wayne; Eure. of Gates, and Price, i of Mecklenburg. The committee on elections will hold a meeting the latter part of' this week to investigate the contested elec tion of Senator R. J. Roane, of Whit tier. democrat of the 33rd district. Tbe following committee chairmen were named by Speaker Fountain: Election laws—Pall. Cleveland. Privileges and Elections—Miss Mc- Lean, Mecklenburg. Immigration—Black. Cabarrus. Fourteen BiUa fat House. Rale’gh, Jan. 11.—(A*)—Fourteen bills, four of statewide import, were introduced in the House today, and Speaker Fountain announced the re mainder of his committees before the Assembly met in joint session to can vass tbe returns of the last election. Judicial reform again came in for the lion's share of the House atten tion, and two of the statewide bills Sowing into the hopper bore on this subject. Representative McLean, of Beaufort, sent them both forward in the form of proposals tq divide the state into sections and' to provide emergency judges, aiid to amend the constitution in the section wherein it relates to judicial districts and forms of appeal. Amendment for laws covering eoun ty tubercular hospitals was proposed by Representatives Everett and Braw ley ; and the fourth statewide bill was presented by Judge Winston, of Ber tie, to provide for a uniform system of taxation for public schools. Rev. 8. R. Seymour, Raleigh, led the house in owning prayer, and the first regular bill came over from the senatk It bore the number Benate Bill K House Bill 01. and related to inr resting bond payments in Mtpore county. Actual beginning of business was noted in the announcement that com mittees on finance and appropriation would meot this afternoon in the new committee rooms in the revenue build ing. Raleigh, Jnn. 11.—Cff)—The senate and house recessed today after brief sessions, to reconvene at noon in joint scsion to conduct an official canvass of election returns. The Greyhound Hotel. Croydon, will be the first hotel theatre ever licensed in England. The Concord Daily Tribune , North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily TtRAIN WREOKFd AFTER . HITTING CAR ON TRACKS; Colored Fireman Killed and Several i Persons Injured in the A. C. L. I Wreck. , Lakeland, Fla.. Jan. 11. —C4*) —Aj ( negro fireman was killed, anil sev- T ernl persons injured when northbound Atlantic Coast i.ine passenger train No. SC hit a row and was wrecked this morning at Winston, four miles ■ south of here. ♦ ' Engineer Mike Minurrh, of San ford, was the only white person in jured. Several negro passengers were slightly hurt. : A sleeping ear and two day conches; ovurtumed. The engine was wrecked ■ when the wheels left the track after i striking Ihe cow, and plowed 200 yards I i befote turning into a sidetrack and] | overturning, Garfield Barton, the j dead fireman, lived at Sanford. The i engineer's injuries were said to he not ■ serious. With Our Advertisers. The G. A. Moser Shoe Store still has 175 pairs of No. 3 shoes, which i they are selling at less thafi half price and giving free with each pair sold a pair of silk hose. The lumber sold by the E. L. Mor rison Lumber Co. is of the best qual ' ity. See Craven’s for coal for any pur ! POSC. A weekly deposit of $2.00 grows to , SIOO in less than a year at tho Citi zens Bank and Trust Co. Suits and overcoats one-fourth off all this week at W. ,A. Overcash's. Bradley Sweaters also reduced for quick selling. The Yorke & Wadsworth 00. is ex clusive agent for Myers Fresh Water System, and lias just jyceived a big , shipment of System Pumps and Cylin ders. See tlie low prices of Goodyear- ' built tires in Yorke & Wadsworth Co's, new ad. today. When you buy tires there you get service too. The John R. Van Arnam Min strels open a two-day engagement at the Concord Theatre tonight. There will also be a Wednesday matinee at 3 :30. Concert in front of theatre at : [ 7 :15 each evening. Admission f>o, 75 and sl.lO for night shows and 25 and ' 50 rents for the matinee. Reserved 1 seats sew on sale at tfee Concord * Drug Shop. ... North Carolina Should Be a Hunter’s ' Paradise. Raleigh, Jan.ll.—(lNS)—A State wide game law soon would make North Carolina hunters', paradise, it , was pointed out iu a statement made ; public here today by W. G. McCor mick, assistant State forester. 1 “I haven't seen a State where game could be propagated more easily than In North Carotin,” McCormick declar ed, “There are large areas of s|>arsely settled spaces, especially- in the far western and western sections of the State that are ideally suited for this latrpose.” 1 The forester pointed out that pheas ants could be raised in any part of tlie State front the seacoast to the 1 mountains. ' To Be IVied on Charge of Criminal Attack. Charlotte, Jan. 10.—Tarre'l Meng : aod John McCullough, young white >! men, charged with criminal assault upon u 12-year-ohl school girl, today had their eases in Mecklenburg Su : perior Court set for Tuesday; In a •jrelimlnary hearing they denied that * 'hey made her drqnk and then earna'ly abused her in a patch of i woods near this city. The girl and her mother, who life in Greensboro, were here today waiting for the - trial to begin. Dag Practices Economy. I (By International News Service) 1 Raleigh, Jan. 11.—The note ofecon * omy sounded in the biennial message I of Governor McLean is being prac ' ticed by Lieutenant Governor Long in - running tbe Senate. Tbe lieutenant governor’s main per sonnel reductions were ill the number : of committee clerks, which number seven. ' During the 1925 session there were F 21 The workmen, under the sergeant ' at-finna this year number 18. At ’ the last session they numbered 31. * All in all, the lieutenant governor ’ has sacceded ip cutting the lis from J 109 to SI. Two Brothers in State Senate. [ Raleigh. Jan. 11—(INS)—Two brothers occupy seat in the 1927 Sen ate. ’ They are W. P. Horton, of Pitts ' burg, and W. B. Horton, of Yanky- I ville. . I W. P. is one of the two Senators , from the Thirteenth District, while W. B. is one of the two from the e Sixteenth. e “ Conference of Ministers at High Point. e High Point, N. C., Jan. 11.—In*.— Preachers here are active making * preparations for tbe entertainment of r the conference of ministers to be held n here January 11th, when proposed * changes in the marriage and divorce laws of North Carolina will be dis cussed. The conference is being e sponsored by the ministers ossocla ? tions of Leaksville, Spray, Draper and it Charlotte. ;H . The name of Redding, Calif., was due to a mistake. Its original name. II Redding, got mixed with Fort Red d dinff and it noon appeared on all rail jroad map* and gulden as Redding. ! Champ Dad . l w i r A new claimant for the honor of being the champion fall r of America is Reuben Bln- 1, of Robersonvilte, N. C., Karen! of thirty-four childr- n. lewaa presented to Preside;it Coolidge. (Intimation*] Newcr^U BILL TO REPEAL AUTO REGISTRATION ACT Automobile Thieves Are Chuckling Over Its Introduction. The Tribune Bureau Sir Waiter Hotel Raleigh, January 11—Automobile thieves, actual and potential, are chuckling over introduction in the house last week by Representative Poole, Hoke eounty, of a bill to repeal the title registration act. Meanwhile, ear owners and dealers groaned. Admittedly, the title set hns result ed, in much inconvenience to dealers and (he public but it hss proven a tremendous protection. In its pres ent state it is far from perfect but its value has been demonstrated in the woderful showing the state theft bureau has made since its enactment. Dealers through their state organi zations, in tbe legislative program en dorsed after many conferences with the state revenue, automobile license and highway departments, have sub »«,•£ sections of the present act have been eliminated and if passed, the proposed title aet will Iron out many of the inconveniences that mark the current measure. Practicability and value of the title aet is further borne out by the fact that although it has inconvenienced dealers and owners at times, the great majority is in favor of the measure. Only a few states in the Union have fulled to enact a title law. Statistics show that in state where there is a title law car thievery pre dominates in the sections adjacent and within easy reach of states that do not have title laws. A striking ex ample of this is in western North Carolinu. Tennessee has no title law' and several state automobile inspec tors are constantly on duty in an effort to retrieve machines stolen in the Asheville-Hendersonvillo section, driven across the line and easily dis posed of iu Tennessee, where a title is not essential to consummate. Prevailing sentiment appears to favor retention of the title law and the record of the theft bureau will have considerable weight with the aolons when the measure is put to a vpte. If mure teeth are put into the aet the worm will turn and chuckles of the thieves into groan*. The “Little Red Schoolhoese” Gone. (By International News Service) Raleigh. Jan. 11.—Gone t is the “lit tle red school house” of yesterday. Slowly, but also surelyt these little two-teacher affairs, relics of a bygone day, are disappearing in North Caro lina. In April, 1925, according to the State department of Education, there were 2,037 achoola of this type in the state. Now, according to the depart ment, there are less than 1,953 schools of this kind iu North Carolina. Order Investigation of Vnre’a Election. Washington, Jan. 11.—tA*)—Inves tigation of the senatorial election in Pennsylvania Jast November in which Representative William 8. Vare, Re publican, was credited with a ma jority OVer William B. Wilson, Demo crat, wafi ordered today by the Sen ate. Governor Frees 13 Priooncrs. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 11. —(/P)—In a series of executive ciemeucy orders marking his last day in office. Gov ernor Terrell today commuted the sen tences of thirteen men convicted of murder and serving terms ranking from 21 yeans to life. Mr*. D. L. Hethcox Dead. Mrs. D L. Hethcox, 91 years of age, died shortly after noon today at her home here. She had been ill ’ for some time. "Funeral plans hare not been made. Mrs. Hethcox was one of Concord's i oldest and best known women. An nouncement of her death was re ; ceived with deep sorrow in her wide ■ circle of friends and relatives. I Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Brooks today moved from the Smith house on Marsh i street to the Caldwell house on 801 l . Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. S. Kay Pat - tenon, who own tbe Smith house now, plan to occupy it in the near future, it U Mid. CONCORD, N. C.‘, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11,1927 1.000 REPORTED MASSACRED BY CHINESE BANDITS London, .Tan. 11.— CP)— A Reut er dispatch from Peking says I'aftt messages were received today from Shantung, stating that all inhabi tants of Wanghihpon totalling 1,- 00C have been massacred by ban dits. ; ! -ii vmm. WILL THERE BE A FIGHT ! OVER EVOLUTION? Both Sides Keeping Mum and Ar 4 Dodging Newspaper Men. . The* Tribune Hur»»att. Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL v Raleigh. Jun, 11.—If a bill or reso lution 1 to prohibit the teaching of evo lution or of theories in conflict with the Bible is introduced into the pres ent general assembly either by Repre-j sentutive I>. S<-ott Poole, of Iloke, or’ by some one acting for the North* Carolina Bible League, what, would? happen? First, of course, tbe mean-' ure would he referred to the commit tee on education, of whirii 11. G. Con nor, Jr., of Wilson, Is chairman. And from present indications it seems* most likely that the committee at led** will have an opportunity to discuss such a measure, since both ,Mr. Poole and spokesmen for the Bible League declare that such a bill will undoubt edly be offered “at the proper time.” Thus, while the committee on edu cation wifi have a number of other most important matters to pass upon, the fact that it will be culled upon to consider any proposed evolution legislation makes this committee one one outstanding importance in- this of the general assembly. If the com mittee fails, to report the bill out of committee, the fight over evolution will probably be sidetracked. But if the committee reports the measure favorably to the house, it is generally eoneeded that a battle exceeding in intensity that of the 1925 legislature will he waged on tlie floor. Thus an analysis of the personnel of the present committee on educa tion is of considerable interest, es pecially since H. G. Connor, of Wil son. n militant foe of legislation with regard to the teaching of evolution, is again ehairmun of this important committee. It will be remembered by those who followed the evolution flare in the 1925 general assembly that the committee on education was even ly divided, and that it required the vote of Mr. Connor as chairman to prevent a favorable report on the Poole resolution. Thus the bill was re ported unfavorably, with a minority report .uttarticd, and was. Wade spe-, r mat order for Tuesday hlgbtyru (try 17th. A motion to table was defeat ed by a vote of 52 to 40, and the house proceeded to vote on the minor ity report. This vote was 67 ngainst adoption, and 46 for, thus defeating the measure. The present committee on educa tion is composed of 38 members, ot whom but 12 were members of the 1925 general assembly, thus leaving 26 members who were not in the lasi session. Among these 14 old mem bers are eight who voted against the Poole bill in 1925 aud four who voted for it, thus giving the anti-evolution law bloc n slight advantage when 'it comes to old members. However, a cursory inspection of the list of committeemen, without making a personal canvass, indicates that at least sixteen members of the committee who would likely vote no ill considering a favorable report of an anti-evolution bill, that 15 mem bers would probably vote yes on such a measure, with seven members ex tremely doubtful. Thus it is seen that the iiues would be very closely drawn should the question Come lo a vote in the committee, with u "possi bility that the committee might make a favorable report. Not much talk has been heard so far regarding the possibility of evolu tion legislation, those who favor it evidently feeling that the time is not yet opportune and that premature dis cussion might becloud the waters, while those who oppose such legisla tion do not want to discuss it in the hope that through keeping silent it may be forgotten until too late to receive serious consideration. However, it is generally agreed by both sides that if the North Carolina Bible League decides to maintain a strong lobby here in favor of an anti evolution bill, and sends Tam Bowie to Raleigh as its "able Christian at torney” to push the fight, that there - will be more than hectic session of the ' house in the Capitol, and thnt the 1 fight is destined to become hot and 1 acrimonious, especially since it is ' known that Rep. ZV. Turlington is ■ ready to lead the fight on tlie floor • for auch a measure. Rut until the ' fight breaks, both sides are keeping mum and dodging questions and news paper men. Members of the present committee 1 on education who voted against the 1 Poole resolution in the last general ■ assembly are: H. G. Connor, Wilson: ' ©. B. Moss, Nash; George R. Ward, f Duplin; B. T. Falls, Cleveland; T. f A. Eure, Gates; L. W. 'l<eggett, Hal ifax ; O. P. Makepeace, Lee and N. A. Townsend, Harnett. Members who voted for the Poole resolution are: D. 8. Poole, of Hoke; Sam Black, Cabarrus; T. C. Whitaker, Jones, aud J. W. Rideoutte, Rowan. Engineer Ornnamnn is Dead at Spencer. Spencer, Jan- 10 —Engineer Jaco'i Grossman, 52 years old, died at his' home in Spencer tonight follow ing several days of illnoss from pneumonia nnd other complications, lie was partially paralyzed a week ago nnd hud since beeu in a wtni couscious condition. “Main street of Mayfair” is the new nickname for Bond Street, fashionable London Mopping thoroughfare. , r~ - - - ! PNIOHOT DOI'BTK VAEE’K ELECTION. CERTIFICATE SHOWS TMlitadclphiA. .Inn. 11.— (A*) — Son:!tor-Elort William S..Varo was urtfocf by hi* itimpnign manner to day td sook a writ of mandamus I '-om{tol)in£ Governor Pirn-hot to is j sue a now vert i fixate of election. I The governor, in tin* certificate sent i to tho President -of Iho United \\ States. said that Mr. Varo “up •; pears to have boon elected**, in f. ‘•frad of saying ttiat ho “was duly ~i elected**.' t- IIBI.AND NOT WORRIED OVER ANY COMPETITOR! ! | : Father of 7 Says Ho Don’t Guarantee to Beat Negro Competitors. ' (By .International News Service) Washington, X. t'.. Jan. 11.—Reub , en (\ Bland, newly-crowned champion 1 father, today refused to be worried' 3 over the possible loss of liis title, in j an exclusive interview with the In- J ternational News Serviee. The 72-year-old Martin county . farmer declared emphatically that the i boast of “Uncle" Dolph Saunders. Wilson negro, that he is pupa to .‘>7 , living children simply “doesn't count." I "I'm willing to stack my record of , 34 children against any white man , in the country, hut 1 don’t guarantee to heat all negro competitors," Bland ’ said decisively. “When it Comes to prize fighting . and other forms of competition." he pointed out. "the white folks always , draw the color lino." ! Bland said he would do the same , when it came to child-rearing. , He had scarcely returned from the . national capital, where he was pre ■ seated to President Coolidge and Con , gress, when he learned that t’he Wil son negro would contest his title. , “There's one thing about my fam ily." he told the International News Serviee correspondent, "and that is , I can show birth certificates for all m.v children." The robust Champion challenged his ' dusky competitor to do likewise. "Another thing about my family,” he concluded, “is that all my children were born right here in our home. "President Coolidge himself said that my family beat anything he had ; ever heard about, and I reckon the President hears about everything that goes on in the country." And the champion father regarded , that as conclusive. > TO DRIVE MOONSHINER FROM MOUNTAIN COVER , pal to Be Made to Stop Flow of ~ " dtyiiflr Into-Artwwflfc. r (lly International News Service.) Asheville. N. C., .lan. 11.—Tin') giant sponge in the hands of a dozen j sheriffs in western North Carolina i ts going to l>e supplemented by a I mop. according to an announcement by R. Q. Merrick, of Richmond, Vn.. prohibition director for the newly formed district of North' Carolina and Virginia. An effort to drive the moonshiner from his mountain cove ami stop the fiow of .liquor into Asheville and qdjaeent tow (is will he made im mediately. Mr. Merrick stated dur ing his visit to the office of United States Marshall Brownlow Jack son- Three squads of prohibition offi cers will be established in this sec tion, Asheville having been chosen for the main office. . The other two squads will work out of Henderson ville and Bryson City. Squads will bo retained at Charlotte and Elkin, as formerly. “Does Asheville need prohibition officers?" Mr. Myriok. in answer to a question. "Why, I've never seen it when it didn’t. This community could keep a squad of men busy for 365 days out of the-year." Just how many men will be in -1 eluded ill these squads will Is* kepi a secret, according to Myriok. “The judges in this district ar honest and the prosecutors really fry to convict violators of the law in . the south." he said. And the Men Rejoice. London, Jan. 11.—With the first • of this year some of the big railway ■ysterns in England have abolished the time-honored rule requiring all , trainmen to wear red neckties. Henoe i forth blue ties will be the official neckwear. How the red tie came to be adopted •is an interesting story. A director ■ was traveling on the old South West • ern system many years ago when a • difficulty arose about stopping the I train, and he conceived the idea that < every man engaged In operating traf < 8c should wear ft bold red tie, so that - In ease of emergency it could fee taken ■ i>(f anti used as a danger signal. Or c iginaliy the tie was neckerchief of generous proportions, but in recent years it has become but a symbol in • the form of an ordinnry knitted fottr p in-hand. I l Wants New State Prison Erected. Raleigh, Jan.tl —(INS —Erection of a new State prison is strongly - favored by George Ross Pou, snper • intendent of the prison. “I think he’s right about it.” was i* his comment on Governor McLean ; recommendation to the legislature , that the prison be molted from its present site. “A new modern plant would save i the state from $50,000 to SBO,OOO a year—probably enought to pay for j itself when added to the sale price ; of the present prison,” he said. v Superintendent Pou said that the t present prison was go obsolete that its upkeep would be eonsidernlbly re k duced by the erection of a new build - tag. In very early times Texas was v known as the “New Philippines,” e gad was so alluded to in Spanish of ficial papers. ! . In the News of the Nation | J-fAS’OKI K PATI2ICK lOPSOPP LAKE VlN^' Static and fading are caused by other worlds trying to signal us, Professor Michael I. Pupin, of Columbia University and internationally famous scientist, declared, Martha Attwood, Metropolitan Opera singer, was injured in a taxi accident in New York. Majoi General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the air corps, was to be summoned to tell Congress the condition of his forces. Professor Kirsopp Lake Winn, of Harvard, was to make a trip to Palestine to induce the Bishop of St. Catherine’s Monastery to permit him to photograph rartj manuscripts there. GOVERNOR McLEAN IS RACK AT HIS DESK Went to New York to Affix Signature 1 to $('0,060,006 Bondi:. Tribune Bureau. Sir Wnitel Hotel, j I Raleigh, Jan. 11. —Governor A. j !W. McLean was back at his desk : today, after returning from New Y’ork ' York Monday, where he went Sat- j urdav to affix his signature to the 10,000 bonds of the $10,000,000 is sue sold a few weeks ago. He seemed much rated as the resu't of the few days change from the rush arid strain he had been under prior to the | con vailing of 1.11 c general nssem- ' bly and the delivery of his two | messages. By making use of a machine v.hich affixed his signature to is] bonds at one time, be wns able to j sign the 10,000 bonds in one hour and ten minutes, he declared. Ben R. Lacy, state treasurer, whe went to New York, with Governor McLean, also had to sign all of the bonds. 11c is still in New York nnd will re main there until January 12th, to superintend the transfer of tlie i bonds for the short time notes | which had been issued in nntieipa- j tiou of the bonds poper. The weather in New York wns delightful, according to the gover nor and his biggest taste of winter wns on his return to North Caro lina where he found every thing covered with a mantle of snow. A STRANGE PORTEND Steel Structure Bowed Its Head in Grief When “Sawney” Webb Died. Blue Ridge, N. C„ Jan. 11—INS At the hour of tlie death of Senator Sawney Webb, of Tennessee, a strange portend occurred in this state, where he was born, Webb Tower, n steel structure erected on the crest of Blue Ridge in his honor, bowed its head as if ‘‘iu grief. The platform at its top was twist ed from its place, and left hanging to one side in mid air. On December 18 the tower, when seen by a hunt er. was intact, but on December 25 it presented a weird spectacle against the sky when discovered by a party from Webb school who wont up to this point of vantage to view the sur rounding country. Members of tlie party had been grieved nil week over the death of their friend, and they could scarcely believe their eyes when the loosened platform thirty feet above the ground came into view. Firemen Fly to Rescue as Doll Cries “Mamma.” Joplin, Mo., Jan. 11.—Fireman Charles Foster was fumbling about in the semi-darkness of a water-soaked bedroom at a fire liert yesterday when he came to a child’s crib. He touched a child's garment. “Mamina!” came a sound from the crib. "Quick,” Foster cried, "bring me a light.” Other firemen rushed forward. The light disclosed a life-sized doll, : the crying kind. WEATHER FORECAST. Fnir nnd continued cold tonight; ' Wednesday fair with slowly rising ■ temperature. Diminishing northwest winds. THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Steadiness at the 1 Opening, With First jPHces 3to 7 I Totals* Higher. New York. Jnn. 11.—C4 s )—The cot- I ton market showed renewed .steadiness j at fin* opening today, first prices be ! ing 8 to 7 points higher on a renewal ! of yesterday’s buying movement which j I seemed to find additional encourage ment in Liverpool cable advices and' reports of continued trade buying to fix prices. The advance extended to 18.18 for March and 18.55 for July in early | trading, new high ground for the movement, and net gains of about 5 ! to 8 points. A good deal of realiz ing ami some southern selling on the | upturn -was absorbed, giving the mar- I ket a very steady undertone during | the first hour. Private cables reported local and continental buying in Liverpool and; said there was an extensive* inquiry I for eotton eloths from India, with improved demand from Chinn. Cotton futures opened stead: Jan. 18.00; March 13.14; Mnv 13.38; July j 13.51; Oct. 13.71. DELLINGER DESTITUTE Rut Will Renew Figfet to Establish His Identity as Charlie Ross. (By International News Service! Denver. N. C.. Jnn. 11.—Destitute but still hopeful, Julius Dellinger, or Charley Ross, local carpenter, will re- | new his tight to establish his right to the name of the kidnapped son of a Philadelphia millionaire as soon as '.io is able to secure funds with which to push the claims, he said today. During his recent trip to the Penn sylvania city when he presented his claims to the Ross family, he com pletely exhausted his funds, lie stated, but will not seek aid of the public. Dellinger says lie has been in Florida writing a book on his "forty years' search for a birthright." Gov. McLean Wears a Smile. Tribune Bureau. Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Jnu. 11.—Governor A. McLean is wearing a smile rites** days, and is digging his work with renewed vigor, because of the ap parent hearty reception which has been given his budget message, and the attached revenue and appropria tions bills. He regards the prepara tion of the various financial state ments that accompanied these docu ments. especially the entire balance sheet of the state —the first ever prepared—as among the biggest jobs he has ever accomplished, and is much pleased that so many peo ple concur with him in this nrti-» tilde. One of the first things he did on his return from New York was to go though ft stack of newspapers in order to familiarize himself with the action to h ! s budget message as ex pressed in the press of the state. Portland Ned at Work. Raleigh, Jnn. H. —(INK) —“Port- land Ned" Howard recently granted n parole from State’s Prison here, is i going to try his hand at beautifying Raleigh's city parks. , Portland Ned established something of .a reputation ns n gardener at 1 State's Prison. City officials have al -5 ready made arrangements with him tjto prepare Nash an Moors Square for (the plandiog of bulbs and flowers. THE TRIBUNE ! 5 PRINTS NEWS TODAYjf j • NO. 4 CATHOLICS BATTLE 1 lEMI OFFICERS J OVER REGULATIOHSI Mayor of Cocula, Local j Deputy and 19 Others 1 Reported to Have Been 1 Killed During Clash. AGRARIANS OFFER CALLES SUPPORT ; Members of Agrarian Or* ganizations Instructed to Support Federal Troops % Wherever Needed. U Mexico City. Jnn. 11. —W)—Special ‘ ; dispatches from Guadalajara Stat* say that twenty-one persons have he*W killed and ten wounded in a claSfi the tween Catholics and the nuinigfjMgt authorities in the town of Cocula ft* • the state of Jalisco. Till* mayor of Cocula and the local I deputy. Hostenes Castillo, were among those killed. The dispatches reported tlmt thti municipal authorities offered oppotdw $ tion to a religious demonstration, atufl | a battle between Cat'aolieH and m«- nid pal officials, employees and police* ja men followed. The agrarians, it was aanounedia I today, have decided to support Pwa* I ident Calles, and Mexico City lteatf- 5 quarters tuts instructed nil agrarian organizations throughout Mexico to co-operate with federal troops in th* pursuit of rebels wherever fount, ‘ d Clearing up reports tliut fodewal forces under General Enrique I-eesi were defeated last Friday near Du rango City. Torreon specials state that General Gonzalo Escobar, military commander at Torreon, has reported that the situation is merely a revival , of the problem presenter! by the war like Mezquitnl Ilidiaus, who alway* revolt when an opportunity present* itself. There are reports of armed Cath olic uprisings ill tile states of Du rango, Michoncan and Jalisco, and ono bishop claims to have information that important cities have been eaptu rad, | and news being suppressed. These reports, however, have not been con firmed. Bandit outrages are also increasing, 5 -and a half dozen Ti ll *iTMi score of miles of .Mexico nty IffW tanlly desert<sl. The most sensational developments affecting tlie situntioii within the last ; 24 hours were two in number. The I first was the proclamation by ft Junta, ut El Paso of n "provisional goveru meiit’’ of Mexico, with Rene lapistraa 1 Garza as "provisional president.” -j The second Was the arrest and or dered deportation of Bishop Pnscual 1 Diaz, of Tobnseo, secretary <>f tho Catliolic Episcopate in Mexico. Fivo other prelates were taken witk ' fchf at the episcopate building. Clarence Dubose, oorrespondtent for tlie Associated Press, who went t® -the ‘episcopate to get the prelate's Com ment on the development at El Paso, was taken into custody, while William ■ Folger. ' United Press correspondent who followed when he learned of Du- , hose's detention, also was held. Tho correspondents succeeded in getting word to the American embassy, but were held several hours, despite their i protests that they were American citl- | zens. Junior to liege as Part of County Scliool System. ; 3 New Bern, Jan.ll.—(lNS I—Tlflim are under way Itere for the dVc'CtUm •if the first junior college to .ho' n^ler* * ated in North Carolina as a port fit ! the county school system. The school will lie started next year in Craven County, near. New Berui • according to plans being worked out ■by County Snperinteudenfii of Educa tion U. S. Procter and others. Permission to establish the school , probably will be requested of the 10£7 Legislature, it was said. % rhy Center I\>r Sale at Glaas Egret. (By International News Service.) Knoxville, Twin. Jail. 11. —Tliis* j city claims certain honors ns a era. | ter for the sales of glass eyes,' ntw hundred liavittg been sold during the past year by otic company. When ; blindness comes as tlie result o£ * drinking poisoned alcohol, the eye is usually removed, according to a local optician. This is thought to p have been the cause of many of the salts* made here, an increase since j the advent of prohibition ami the - promiscuous use of had whiskey having been noted. More Neutral Zones for Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua, .Tau. 11.— OP) . —I tilted States naval forces have as- > eonded the Escondido River, sixty I Yniles to establish a neutral zone ill j . the interior today. Another neutrhl - zone has been declared at the mouth j of the Wawa River, i • .M • Says Is Affront to Mexico. *L. i Washington, Jan. 11.— OP) —Thd i > statement that President Coolidge'a - Nicaraguan-Mexican message to Oou gress was a deliberate affront to Mer* M ico was made in the House today by Representative Huddleston, democrat .3 ■ of Alabnma. • i Would Restore 1020 Postal Rates. *J ; Washington. Jan. 11.—</P)—Restor. j ntion of the 1920 rates on seooad class 1 t mail matter was approved today by,* : *3 1 the Senate postoffice committee, *x_l i Johann and Heinrich Melslabn, llgS r year old twin brothers, are the Utleet M twins in Germany. ? . .. • H