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Kellogg Statement As
To Arbitration Given
Much Close Attention
r — .
The Preliminary Obstacles
Would Have to Be Sur
mounted Before Arbitra
tion Steps Are Started.
WILL EITHER BE
THE INSTIGATOR?
Both Governments Have
Indicated That They Will
Not Take Initial Steps
Toward Arbitration.
Washington, .7an. 20.—(A*)—Wtiile
no definite move has boon made either
by t lie United States nr Mex ieo look
jr>tt to arbitration of the oil land low
dispute, Seerelnry Kellogg’s announce
ment thnt he has considered the possi
bility of applying this principle to the
question has aroused eonsiderable
speculation in Washington and Mexi
co City.
It is concerned chiefly with the
many preliminary obstacles that would
have to be surmounted first before
any step was taken to submit the con
troversy to an arbitrator or some im
partial tribunal.
Secretary Kellogg's statement on
the Knbinson arbitration resolution
has been interpreted officially as car
rying no idea that the United States
would initiate an arbitration proposal,
while the Mexican foreign office has
pointed out the difficulty confronting
it in committing itself until some of
ficial suggestion has been received ns
to ihc points to he arbitrated. There
is speculation in many Mexican quftr
ters ns to whether the United States
or Mexico would make the proposal
to arbitrate.
Meanw’.iile Mr. Kellogg’s reference
to arbitration relations already exist
ing between the two countries has
given rise to observation that he un
dnubted'.v had in mind the Root-
Gisloy treaty of 1908, providing for
submission of disputes under certain
circumstances to The Hague examina
tion of the treaty incloses. However,
that resort to it is surrounded with
special difficulties, and for that reason
it specifically provides t'.iat no other
means of arbitration upon which the
governments, shall agree!, shall be
be deemed excluded under the treaty.'
The treat that after the
questions to Tie submitted in the form
of a "siieeinl agreement defining elenr
ly the matter in dispute, the scope of
the powers of the arbitrators” and the
’time wit’.iin which each step in nf
bitration must Is- taken, such special
agreement must he ratified by both
the Mexican and American senate be
fore arbitration could proceed.
It also provides that the arbitra
tions it contemplates shall take place
only when “they do not afreet the vital
interests to iiidpemiejice or the honor
of either of the contracting parties,
and do not prejudice the interests of
a thrid party.”
While an arbitration protocol not
Vfrnmod under this treaty would not re
quire senate approval, the provisions
of the treaty disclose the difficulties
that confront any attempt to bring
such questions os those in dispute be
tween Mexico and Washington before
an impartial body for judicial verdict.
Neither country could lightly submit
to such judgment the fundamental dif
ferences between them and prolonged
examination and interchange of corre
spondence along could be relied upon to
arrive at a mutual understanding on
the delicate point involved in drawing
np a satisfactory arbitration formula.
MRS. 4USSR GRIFFIN
DIES AT HOME HERE
Had Been 111 For Several Months
With Complication of Diseases.—
Funeral Flans Nut Made.
-Mrs. Kmma Phillips Griffin, wife
of Jesse Griffin, died this afternoon at
12:45 o'clock at her lmine on South
Spring street. She had been in de
clining health for some time and her
condition had been critical for several
weeks. Death was due to a complica
tion of diseases.
It was stated at 2 o’clock this af
ternoon that funeral plutis had not
been completed. It was intimated that
the services probably would be held
„ Saturday.
rMre. Griffin was 51 years of age,
having been born in July, 1875. She
was a daughter pf the, lute Jacob Phil
lips and Elizabeth Phillips Cook. She
moved to Concord while a young wom
an anil spent the remainder of her life
here.
The deeaesed was married about 29
years ago and. three children were
born to the union. On* of these, Miss
Gertrude, died several years ago. Mrs.
Griffin was a lifelong member of the
l.ntheran Church and held her mem-|
hers hip in St. James Church here for
many years.
Surviving -are her husband, two
children, Charles and Bessie, of Con
cord, and several half-brothers. One
of the latter is C. A. Cook, of Con
cord.
Bill Relating to Disbarred Physi
cians Meets Its Doom.
Raleigh, Jan. 19. —Opposed by
I)r. W. S. Rankin, formerly stat*
superintendent of health, and others,
many of them practicing physicians
and members of the -state medical
board, the Smith bill, which would
nl’.ow appeals of disbarred practicing
physicians wh<n licenses has been
revoked by the state board, to the
Superior courts of their own coun
ties and-trial de novo by jury, went
down to defeat beford the health
committee of the senate this after-
noon-
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North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
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1 THE LATE JNO. 8. EFIRD!
For More Than SO Years leader In
Civle and Business life of Albe
marle.
Albemarle, Jan. 19.--Former. State
Senalnr John S. Kfird. president of
the Kfird Manufacturing company
and millionaire textile manufacturer
of this city, died at his home here
, thie morning Shortly- after 8 o'cleok.
' after an illness of three days from
; pneumonia. Mr. Efird was taken ill
Sunday with pleurisy which develop
' ed into pneumonia Monday.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'-
clock tomorrow afternoon, in the First
. Lutheran church.
The dentil of Mr. Efird removes
from Albemarle and the stale a lead
er in the textile manufacturing busi
ness. He. with his father, the late,
I. I*. Elird. of this county, started the
first cotton mill ever built in this
county more than 30 years ago. At
that time the Efird manufacturing
company was capitalized at $00,001).
It is now capitalized at upwards of
two millions and Mr. Efird held large
interests in other manufacturing
plants and business organizations,
controlling an estate generally esti
mated to he worth around two mil
lions.
Mr. Efird is a native of this eountly.
He was nearing his 70th birthday an
niversary. For more than 30 years
he had been a lender in this county
and section, having served in a num
ber of offieiui capacities, among
which were two terms in the state
senate. He made a number of rather
lurge donations to various institu
tions. among them Lenoir-Rhyne
college and Jackson Training school,
of which he was a trustee at the time
of his death. He was the largest
contributor of the building fund of
the First Lutheran church here and
Was one of its staunchest' members
and regular contributors. Just a few
days ago lie was making plans for
the building of a large annex to the
church at his own expense, but difd
before his plans had been completed.
Mr. Efird was popular with all
classes. Although counting his wealth
by the millions, his friends and neigh
bors aud even the humblest operative
in one of his textile plants never
felt out of place or uneasy in his
-preseilfe* and he was never too busy
to talk wjth the okl friends of hie ,
mat* Mylwmfl • ifcw'iwwir ■ ■s»f -
tenant farmers.
Mr. Kfird was twice married. His
first wife was Miss Sophonia Fore
man. daughter of Rev. C. C. Foreman,
of this county, who in his day was
one of theh outstanding Baptist minis
ters in this section of the state. To
this union were born seven children,
five sous and two daughters. The
two daughters and three of the sonW
are dead, the surviving sons being
Titus Efird, W. G. and Jap. J. Efird,
all of this place. His second wife,
who is a daughter of the late sheriff
I. \V. Suggs, of this county, survivess.
Mr. Ktird is survived by the fol
lowing brothers, and sisters: J. W.
I>. E. nml K. I*. Efird, of this city:
Arthur, of Albemarle route 0; P. J.
C. Ktird, of Union county and Adam
Efird; Mesdames Arthur Teeter, I). P.
Whitley itnd James Halm, nil of this
county.
The stores and places of business
in Albemarle, and the tevtile mills,
will close during the funeral tunnor
mow as a mark of respect to the man
who did more to build up Albemarle
and Stauly county than any other
person.
With Our Advertisers.
Tlie Ritchie Hardware Co. carries
a complete stock of Firestone gum-dip
ped tires. Tlie Firestone gum-dipped
tires run from $(>.75 to $23.75, and
the Oldfield from stt.oo to $9.00. See
half page ad. today and let them serve
you.
First presentation of spring hats
at Fisher’s. The hat that was made
for you, $5.95 to $11.95.
Read the new ad. today of the Bob's
Dry Cleaning Co. Phone 787.
Twenty per cent, reeduction in
prices on gas ranges. While they last
the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co.
is offering the entire stock of reeon
tioned gas appliances at a reduction
of 20 per cent.. > i|!2.oo down and six
mouths in which to pay the balance.
Make your wife happy by buying
her a new kitchen cabinet. They add
comfort to convenience, says new ad.
of the Bell M Harris Furniture Co.
A representative of the Hopkins
Tailoring Co. xirill be at W; A. CKer
cash's Friday and Saturday to take
measures for spring and summer.
The Clarence Sale at Hoover's will
close Saturday. Bny now and you
will avoid the last day rush and save
from one-fourth to one-half on your
, purchases.
. j Not necessary to wait for your ship
. 1 to come in to get rich. Start a sav
ings account at the Citisens Bank
, and Trust Company, with interest
. compounded.
. Silk “undies” dresses, coats and mll
. Unery at Robinson's. Special prices
during present C-learaway Sale.
The January Clearance Sale open
. ed at the Farks-Belk Company's Btore
this morning. Wonderful bargains
- during the sale. New goods at sale
. prices.
This is Winter White Goods Week
i at the J. C. Penney Co’s. Only bra mis
I which stand for true worth are sold
1 at - this store. Honor muslin. Belle
[ Isle muslin. Pence aud Nation-wide
i sheeting. Each fabric is tested for
? strength.
t A phonograph having records of
i brass ha# been invented and the
- records may be beard 10,000 yean
from now.
PEACE PROPOSALS
OFFEREO BY DIAZ!
ARE HOT ACCEPTED
It Is Reported in Conserva
tive Sources That Dr.
Sacasa Declined to Ac
cept the Proposals.
liberalsglven
CERTAIN DEMANDS
The Proposal Called for an
Election in 1928, United
States to Supervise the
Election.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 20.—04*)
—The proposals for peace advanced
by General Adolfe I)iuz, head of the
isinservative regime, have been refused
by Dr. Juau Saras?, president of the
liberal regime at Puerto Caliozas, it is
announced here.
General Diaz proposed a conference
with the object of making peace ou the
basis of liberal participation in the
government, liberal representation on
the. bench of the supreme court, elec
tion without contest of liberal con
gressmen in two departments, and sup
ervision by the United States of free
elections in 1928.
Dispatches through conservative
sources say a detachment of Diaz cnl
alry defeated liberal forees at El Pozo.
in northwestern Nicaragua.
DAN MEEKER MISSING
FROM HICKORY HOME
After Leaving Monday. Wrote Wife
He Could Not Endure Financial
Plight.
Hickory, Jan. 19.—'Dan L. Meeker,
former enminandtfl - of Hickory Post
number 48 of the American legion
and present member of the state ex
ecutive committee, has beeu missing
from his home here since Monday
when he told his wife he was leaving
for Lexington on a business trip.
The following day Mrs. Meeker said ,
she received a letter from him stating
that his financial circumstances were j
more thnn he could endure. It be
en me known today that Meeker was ,
heavily involved in debt here and his
creditors have agreed to take over
the Meeker art studio on a division
.basis in case Meeker does not return
■ WrtMftPvauwimMMime. •■■■
Mrs. Meeker, who is left with a
two-months-old baby, is working with -
the, creditors in an effort to save ns
much financial loss as possible. She .
said today thnt she believed he was
so depressed by money worries that
lie became temporarily unbalanced
hut will eveutiiallv return to her.
When questioned today she said she
has uo idea of his whereabouts. She
believes lie is headed toward Floridu.
Meeker came her about four years
ago from New York for his henltli. ,
He was gassed during the war but
his condition has improved consider
ably during the past few years.
Before going to France Mr. Meeker
was stationed at ('amp Greene, near
Charlotte. He is about 35 years old,
is of slender build and has dark hair
and eyes.
ANDERSON IS ELECTED
TO HEAD GRAND LODGE
Other Officers. Elected Yesterday,
Will Be Installed at Today’s Ses
sion.
Raleigh, Jan. 19. —Acting Grand
Master John 11. Anderson, of Fay- ,
etteville, tonight was elected grand
master of the North Carolina Grand
Isxlgc of Masons.
He, with other officers, will be in
stalled at tlie closing session of the
communication tomorrow.
Other officers e’ected were: Depu
ty Grand Master It. C. Dunn, In
field : senior Grand Warden, J. ,T.
Phoenix, Greensboro; junior gram)
warden, A J. Harris. Henderson:
grand treasurer, B. It. Lacy, Ra
leigh ; grand secretary, W. W. Wil
son, Raleigh.
Past Grand Masters S. M. Gattis.
B- W. Royster and Le Grande Ever
ett, and Assistant Grand Secretary
C. H. McCienaghnn were named on
a special committee to draw , plans
for replacing the present Masonic
temple, built 20 years ngo.
“The growth ofthe Grand Lodge
since the erection of the temple has
been sueh that the present Grand
Lodge loom is totally inadequate,”
i said Grand' Mastek Anderson.
’ Big nothing Hale at Browns-Catinon
Company.
The Semi-Annual Sale of Suits and
Overcoats at the Browns-Cannon Co.
1 will begin Friday morning, January
; 21.
They have put final winter sell-out
prices on their entire stock of suits
' and overcoats.’ Overcoats and suits
’ are being sold at from 25 to 30 per
‘ cent off regular prices. They are also
giving 20 pec cent, off on silk ties,
20 to 30 per eent. off on shirts, 20 per
cent, off on felt hats. Shoes and Ox
* fords valued up to $12.50, any pair
now $5.05. See half page ad. today.
! Will Rogers and Dr. Mayo Meet
' For the First Time.
■ Charlotte, Jan. 19. —Will Rogers,
cowboy comedian, met Dr. Charles
1 Mayo for the\ first time here tonight-
J Dr. Mayo, noted surgeon, is the
■ man Rogers has selected for secre
r tary of the interior if he becomes
p president.'
r The comedian says has practiced |
long enough to know all the interior
and ought to make a ideal cabinet i
1 member.
e Rogers was here to lecture and
s Mayo to attend a physicians’ con
vention.
CONCORD, N, C„ THURSDAY, JAN UARY 20,1927
School Supervisors! Are Worst
Needed in the Country Districts
Tribune Bureau,
1 Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh. Jan. 20.-—The members of
! the joint senate and I louse appropria
tion committee at least know 4 lot
more about how the state department,
of education operates, as well as where
; the money is spent as a result of the
hearings being held before the com
mittee during its consideration of the
! apropriaiion bill. Though the mem
bers of the committee are questioning
every item contained in the bill very
carefully, they are at the same time
showing a desire to do what is neces
sary, observers at the committee hear
ings agree, ,
Numerous phases of the state edu
cational situation were discussed, and
A. T. Allen, state superintendent of
public instruction, was plied with
questions for nearly two hours Wed
nesday afternoon by memberß of the
committee as they sought better to
understand all the ins and outs of thel
complications of administering at
large school system.
For a time some members of the'
committee could not see why it was
necessary to employ supervisors for.
county rural schools, on the theory j
that the county superintendent should
be able to attend to this supervisory
work.
At this point Mr. Allen called on
L. 8. Brogden. director of state rural
supervision, and when Mr. Brogden
had recited the duties imposed upon
the county superintendent by the leg
islature—that is his duties as prescrib
ed by law. the mAnbers of the com
mittee began to realize that the county
superintendent had very little time
left to supervise the work of teach
ers. Mr. Brogden said that accord
ing to the most recent data obtained
from county superintendents, they 1
NUMBER OF JUDGES
WILL BR INCREASED
And Is Possible Without the Crea
tion of Additional Solicitors.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Rqleigh, Jan. 20.—The number of
superior court judges iu North Caro
lina is going to be increased, and it
iwssible. .without the creation of
additional solicitors or more judicial
districts, but these judges must be
more or less permanent in nature,
and their courts must be regularly
constituted courts, and not emerg
ency courts.
These facts were learned louay,
following a number of conferences
between a number of senators and
JiffigrMtii aar^sfe&H
that will solve the present dilemma I
and take the place of the admitted-!
ly unsatisfactory emergency judge!
act.
Neither is any effort going to he |
made for tfie creation of additional j
judicial districts nn«| solicitors, if
any constitutional way can tie'
found to increase tlie number of j
judges without adding a solicitor for!
each judge, according to Represent!-!
live R. O. Everett of Durham, de-j
spite the fact tiiat lie has already in- •
traduced several bills which have as I
their aim the creation of four addi- 1
tional judicial districts.
"It has been my opinion that the!
only way to get the additional judges j
needed, without amending the con-1
stitution. would be to create new'
judicial districts,” said Mr. Everett, j
"and I offered my billA, not to op j
pose any plan recommended by Gov- j
ernor McLean, but because I
thought my piaii offered tlie quick-!
est and most feasabie solution of I
the present problem.
"But if it is found possible, and;
the supreme court will so advise to I
create a number of permanent I
emergency judges, to be elected for'
a term (of two or four years,* and
who can be assigned by the Gover
nor to those districts which needed I
additional help in civil dockets..
then I am heartily in favor of such
a p’nn,” said Mr. Everett. “M.v only I
objection ljas been to emergency!
courts, equal in power and jurisdie- i
tion to any other, even if the regu
lar judge were not presiding."
It is expected that a satisfactory
measure will be worked out by the
joint action of the senate and house
committees on judicial districts, and
that the bill agreed upon will be
readily enacted.
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RAID ’EM OFTENER I
IS MERRICK’S ORDER
Plans For Renewing Warfare
Against Moonshiners Discussed at
Charlotte.
Charlotte, Jan.. 19.—-Plans for re
newing the warfare on moonshiner
iu western North Carolina were dis
cussed here today ill' a conference of
prohibition chiefs and agents. R. Q.
Merrick, of Richmond. Va. t district
administrator, and It. A. Fuliler,
Merrick's adviser, ere here for the
meeting he'd in the office of Ben
Sharpe, deputy administrator in
charge of enforcement in this slate.
More raids every month, as the
order given by Merrick who said
that this policy would drive the
manufacturers out of business. "You
can’t raid them too ofVfn,” Mr. Mer
rick deeared.
Reorganization of the prohibition
forces in the district is complete and
it was necessary to drop only five
men in this state, Mr- Merrick said.
Mara’s Efforts to Font Cabinet Fail.
Berlin, Jan. 20.—14*)—Chancellor
Marx’s negotiations for the formation
of a cabinet of the middle parties have
failed. He returned his commission
; to President Von Hindenburg today.
I The President reserved decision as to
1 what further steps would be taken to
solve the ministerial criais.
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Every man should keep . a fair
sized cemetery in which to bury , the
fhulta of his friends.
were able to spend an nverngo of only
37 minutes per year with each teacher
in the county in observing theeir work.
The need for supervision was further
emphasized when Mr. Brogden cited
the fact that 31 per cent, of all rural
elementary teachers had virtually no
teaching experience and with training
amounting to only high school educa
tion or less.
About ten of tlie large cities of the
stale employ 48 supervisors for the
jlt-achera in the city elementary schools (
alone, yet in the state as ft whole
[there are but 29 rural supervisors,
'with more than 4.000 teachers whom
they are expected to instruct and di
»eet, Mr. Brogden said. And these
20 uperviflors cost the state less I
than SI,OOO each last year, since the f
Cost is evently divided between the
-state and the county that has the sup
ervisor.
Another significant fact is that the
I supervisors are most needed in the
j poorer counties where the bigger allot
| ments of the state equalization fund
'go. Thus it is very important that
ft he state exercise some sort of sup
,'erv'sion in those counties to see that
j the state iR getting the full value to
which it is entitled from the money
(hat is spent.
.When Mr. Brogden completed his
brief but pointed argument for the
s (Continuance of the appropriation for
supervision, none of the members of
tlie committee could say that they did
not understand the situation, at least.
At a later hearing, the committee
has asked that Mr. Allen make a de
tailed explanation of the operation of
the state equalization fund.
Representatives of several branches
of the state department of education
were also heard before the committee
; adjourned.
MANNERS IN MEXICO.
Mexico One* of Biggest Countries in
the World and One of the Richest.
Washington, D. (\, Jan. 20.—Pim
ple are apt to think of Mexico—so
much in the public eye just now—ns
! a small country and a poor one. whose
national industry appears to be the
fomenting of revolutions. As a mat
; i ter of fact, it is one of the biggest
: countries in the world, and, naturally,
i one of the richest.
Yet this vast and naturally rich
country is iu'.iabited by only about
fifteen million people. And what man
ner of folk arc these fifteen million
, inhabitants of the southern repub
; lie?
t To begin with, less than ofie-fifth
of-tketu or* white, the remainder being
i*fKgrans Tifif persons 8r
I And of the total population more than
j t\v<>- neither rend nor write.
! The Mexicans, generally speaking,
inre a hnpp.v-go-luckv lot. ami primi
j live in many ways: but Cney are nmnz
j ingly indite to each other. The school
children are given special lessons in
I urbanity and are laught to utter all
j manner of pretty, speeches. A well-
I bred child in addressing an older per
j son will say. '‘l kiss your hands."
i while a gallant will say to a lady.
! “I kiss your feet.’
I Acquaintances take off their hats
- both when they meet and when t’.iey
[part. It is no uncommon thing to I
I hear a half-nakei) aborer, bent double
i under tlie weight of a sack of coffee
| berries, murmur: “With your permis
-1 sion,” ns he passes in front of, say.
| a bricklayer who is preparing u wall.
The modern Mexican is usually a
! small, spare man. But he has im
; mense strength. A luggage porler,
! with bands slim as a girl’s aud small,
slender feet, thinks nothing of ear
! rying on his back for a mile or sb,
! and frequently up a steep hill, a huge
I trunk, a smaller trunk, half a dozen |
suitcases, a bundle of rugs, and a i
ileck-ehnir. A load that a, horse
I might light shy of!
: Theatres in Mexico are not places
, providing great enjoyment, for it is
customary (or the prompter to rend
i everybody’s part, whether ’lie requires
j assistance or not. in a voice as loud
! or louder than those of the actors.
He yells through a whole phi.v at the
: top of his lungs, often rending the
lines after the actors, instead of ahead
of them. When the prompter's ser
, vices are to be dispensed with; as bap
pens. once iu a while, the fact is ad
vertised widely.
At promenade concerts the men
walk in one direction while the wom
™, escorted and otherwise, revolve in
I the other —a convenient arrangement
which permits the men to behold
■ | the tharms of the women, and vice
| versk, without effort or boldness on
' the pkrf of either,
j Many other oddities may lie m«-n
I tinned as peculiar to tlie people south
■j of the Rio Grande. Mexican womcil
■; ilo not attend funerals! The hostesd
.is served first at table, The bride-
N groom purchases the bride’s trousseau.
• Men speak first when passing women
acquaintances in the street. The sofa
. i is the seat of honor in the parlor,
‘.and n gnest waits to be invited to
i [ occupy it. Men and women in tlie
i | same soeinl circle call each other by
. i their Christian names. Even the
’ I youngest children of the family are
II dressed in mourning upon the death
*; of a relative. Young ladies never
i | receive calls from young men. and
- - are not escorted to entertainments by
them. Mexican gentlemen remove their
i hats as scrupulbusly upon entering
i' a business office as in a private resi
r | deuce.
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| Kilts Mud Turtle in Top of » Tree.
Charlotte, Jan. 18. —Firing into a
r ! squirrel's nest in the top of a large
n 1 tree* Roy J. Dulin, of this city, to
p | day killed a mud turtle. How the
n turtle climbed in the tree is not
. s known. The story is well substantiate
o jed.
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_ Ten Pages Today
Two Sections
SMITH’S FRIENDS
MAKE DESPERATE
FIGHT IN SENATE
To Overturn Odds That
Have Forecast His Ex
( elusion as a Member ofi
That Body.
STATE’S RIGHTS
ISSUE AGAIN
Smith People Are Seeking
Support for the Resolu
tion Introduced by Sen-1
ator Overman.
Washington. Jan. 20. —OP)—Rally-
ing in unexpected force, friends of
Frank L. Smith made a desperate
fight today to overturn the odds thnt
have forecast his exclusion from the
uennje.
As the second day of debate dragged
on with n possibility of action before
.adjournment, partisans of the Illinois
senator-designate privately sought by
means of personal suasion to wipe
out tlie slender majority that lmd been
claimed against him.
When yesterday’s session adjourned
the opposition bad the advantage of
a handful of votes and the opposition
leaders still were claiming today that
this advantage would be held until
file showdown. On the other side,
however, predictions began to grow
rosier.
The state's rights issue again was
the dominating note of the whole dis
cussion on the floor and In the pri
vate consultations. The Smith people
were seeking support for tlie resolution
introduced by Senator Overman, of
North Carolina, providing that tire Il
linois appointee be seated without
prejudice to any future inquiry into
the financing of his primary campaign
last year. Tlie arguments addressed
b.v Senator Overman to his democratic'
colleagues was that not a single
southern senator would have been ad
mitted to the senate after the Civil war
under the rule now invoked in the
ease of Smith;
Republican regulars who stand sol
idly for admission of tire Illinois man
and investigation, afterward, saw in
tlie Democratic ranks their chief hope
of. winning over th*u votes needed for
Except for Overman aud .
Blease of South Carolina. Democrats
have stood almost as a unit in support
of the resolution of Senator Reed of
Missouri to deny Smith the oath of
office pending an elections committee
investigation of his pre-primary onm
paign.
METHODIST DISTRICT
MEETING IS HELD
Allotment of $7,000 For Salisbury
District Oversubscribed More
Than 100 Attend,
Salisbury, Jan. 19.—More than a
i hundred preachers and lay workers
were here today in attendance upon
u missionary institute for the Salis
bury district of the Methodist
chore. The meeting was held at
First church and was presided over
by Dr. Z. Paris, presiding elder.
Much enthusiasm for the cause was
exhibited and the body in session
over-subscribed the $7,000 allotted
the district out of the million to. be
used by tlie Southern Methodist
church as a sustentntion fund dur
[ ing the present yoa,r for the cause or
J missions.
Dr. J. W. Perry, representing the
southern mission board; J. W. Clay,
returned missionary from Brazil,
and M •s. C. f. Weaver, president of
the Woman's Missionary society of
the Western North Carolina eon- ■
ferenoe were among flic out of tlie!
district speakers. Morning ami after
noon sessious were held with an in
termission in which local women
served a splendid lunch to the visi
tors.
Funeral of Jas. T. Burris Attended
By Large Crowd.
Albemarle. Jan. 19.—The funeral
of James T. Rurris, Confederate
ran, of western Stanly, who died
yesterday, hold at Stanfield this
afternoon at 2:30 o’o’ock, brings to
mind the fdet that the deceased as
possibly the first out and out advo
cate of prohibition in this county.
Mr. Burris fought for the abolition
of liquor when the wots nbused him
nnd the temperate element, -or sober
drinkers, ridiculed him, but he lived
to see “der tag.” as the Germars
wopld put (t. Xlte funeral was at
tended by one of the largest crowds
ever assembled in the little town of
Midland. The widow and seven chil
dren survive.
Samuel V. Garland Duried.
Salisbury, Jan. 18. —The body of
Samuel A. Garland, ex-serviee man,
arrived Monday night from Otben
where he died Sunday. The funeral
took place from St. John’s Lutheran
church at 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon.
Hotel Concord
SPECIAL ROOM RATES
130.00 and $35.00 Per Month
Single
. $40.00, $50.00 and $60.00
Per Month Double
Coffee Shop Open From:
6:30 A. M. to 9:00 P.M.
REBELLION OFTHE
W> l
i «fii m end
j Rebellion Has Entered the
I Final Phase, Mexican
i War Department Says,
and Indians Seek Peace.
INDIAN SDECLARE
THEY WERE TOOLS
Tell President Calles They
Were Deceived by Adol-
I so Huerta—Now Willing
to Give Up Their Arms.
Meoxieo City. .Inn. 20.— UP) —The
rebellion of the Yaqui Indians in the
state of Sonora is reported by the War
Department to have entered Us final
phase, the Yaqui chieftains announc
ing a desire ti> surrender. General
Manzo, military commandant of So
nora, sent to the War Itepartment a
petition of the Y'aquis for amnesty.
They claim they were deceived by
Adolfe de la Iluerta and will deliver
up their arms and devote themselves
to agricultural activities henceforth.
General Amaro, minister of war and
navy, conferred with President Cool
idge and the newspapers declare that
the Chief Executive instructed him to
accept the unconditional surrender of
the Indians, appointing General Ob
regon special representative to carry
out the negotiations.
Once the. Yaqui movement is com
pletely subdued the War Department
says the troops now in Sonora will be
mobilized in Jalisco and a few other
states where the so-called “Catholic
rebels" are active.
WORK TODAY IN
STATE LEGISLATURE
Six Statewide Bills Introduced in the
House.—Dr. Haywood's Marriage
Bill.
State Capitol, Ualeigh, Jan. 20.
(A*) —Tile general assembly settled
down to the grind of passing laws to
day. Introduction of new measures
gave way in a measure to committee
reports and passage of bills on the
final readings. The house was ill
session more than an hour, and the
senate convening an hour later foufad
.itMU.-4aeed. wiUr the largest -calendar
of the session.
The house introduced 21 new bills,
of which six were of statewide im
portance. It passed 17, but all but
one was local. 1 The one statewide
hill passed and sent to the senate re
ferred to making Confederate' veter
ans' pensions payable quarterly.
In tiie list of new hills was the
marriage bans measure sponsored by
slate women's federations. It was
presented by Rev. Oscar Haywood, of
Montgomery, aqd would require post
ing of intention fifteen days before
marriage license could he issued.
Representative Falls' Australian
ballot hill also sponsored by the wom
ans' organizations, was introduced.
Representative Stancil, of Mecklen
bug, moved to amend the "stop law”
and two insurance bills were present
ed by Woodward of Nash, and Brewer
of Moore.
Both houses received a message from
Governor McLean outlining recom
mendations for judicial reform from
Chief Justice Stacy. The provisions
were adopted at the recent judicial
conference here.
THE COTTON hLARKET
Easier Under Selling Which Appeared
to Be Promoted by larger Ginnings
Than Expected.
New York, .Tan. 2(l.— UP)—' The cot
ton market was easier early today un
der selling which appeared to bo pro
moted by larger private ginning fig
ures than were expected.
The opening was steady at a de
cline of 2 to 5 points, and the market
soon sold nbout !) to 11 points net
lower, March declining to 13.32 and
July to 13 72. Toe decline to about
the 13 1-2-eent level for May seemed
to reach some trade buying orders
which steadied the market slightly, but
prices were within 2 or 3 points of
the lowest at the end of the first hour"
It was reported a Memphis authority
estimated ginning* to January 16th
at 16.539,'000 bales, indicating ah out
turn of about 0115,000 bales ginned
after December 13th. t
Liverpool cables reported hedge sell
ing, but said there was good trade
calling and continued good business in
cotton goods.
Cotton futures opened steady: Jan.
unquoted, Mar<*ii 13.40; May 13.01;
July 13.77; Oct. 13.08.
LITA GRAY CHAPLIN
WANTS TO GET CASH
Has Discovered Her Husband Has
About 91,000,000 in Cold ash
Los Angeles, Jan. 20.— UP) —Lita
Grey Chaplin looked forward to a pay
day today as her attorneys prepared
■ to go Into court to collect from Charlie
Chaplin temporary alimony awards in
the divorce suit against the wealthy
comedian., who it was disclosed has
almost $1,000,000 in cold cash.
Receivers of the Chaplin fortune ap
pointed at the wife’s instance yester
day reported an examination of bank
l books found in the studio safes showed
bank balances for Chaplin and his cor
poration totalling almost $1,000,000
. scattered in banks in Hollywood, Los
Angeles, New York, England and
France.
Os this amount, $74,547 is in the ac
tor’s personal accounts; approximate
ly $17,000 of which is in California
banks in the jurisdiction of the cotarts.
THE TRIBUNE
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COTTON SPINNING...
IN DECEMBER WHS
SOMEWHAT BETTER
Active Spindle Hours To
i tailed 8,563,136,989, or
Average of 229 Hours
Per Spindle.
AVERAGE BETTER
THAN NOVEMBER
Average Number of Spin
dies Operated Was 37,-
511,552 —Average Better
Than Last Year.
Washington. .Tan. 20.— OP) —Cotton
spinning was slightly more active dur
ing December than in November, the
Census Bureau's monthly report in
dicated today.
Aetibe spindle hours for December
totalled 8.503.130,980, or an average .
of 229 hours per spindle in place;
compared with 8,480.410.447 or an
average of 227 for November last;
and of 8, 271,570.487 or an average of
218 for December a year ago.
Spinning spindles in place Decem
ber 31st numbered 37,404,472, of
which 32,496.250 were operated at
some time during the month, compar
ed with 37.426.048 and 32.586,770
for November last; and 37,885,488
and 33,000,874 for December a year
ago.
The average number of spindles op
erated during December was 37,511,-
552 or at 100.3 per cent, capacity on
a single shift basis; compared with
37.877,570 or at 101.2 per cent, ca
pacity in November last; and 87.-
083,720 or 99.5 per cent, capacity In
December a year ago.
LENOIR-RHYNE FIRES
CONTINUE A MYSTERY
No Clue As To Origin Has Been
Found—Flan* For Rebuilding Are
Under Way.
Hickory, Jan. 19.—Officials of
Leuoir-Rhyne college are no nearer
tlie solution of the mystery surround
ing the tires in the science and gymna
sium buildings, following closely on
the heels of the blaze that wrecked .
the Administration building on Jau
uar.v 0, gave rise to the theory that
a pyromaniac was at work here,, and
college ait t lKWtioi, assisted ■ * "
Chief H. K. Whitener and Fire Com
missioner Frank M. Jordan, of Ashe
ville, began an investigation, which
so far. has failed to reveal a clue.
The question now uppermost is the
rebuilding of the destroyed property.
President 11. B. Schaeffer said that
tlie committees appointed by the ex
ecutive board were functioning and
that some favorable reports had bean
received.
Stairs have been erected on the orrt
side of the left wing of the Adminis
tration building and the rooms that,
were not destroyed by tire are being
rapidly arranged for use as class
rooms.
Meanwhile work of restoring the
college library is going forward, and
it is believed that in a week’s time,
8,000 volumes will lie collected to re
place those destroyed by fire. Citizens
of Hickory and friends of the insti
tution donated over 2,000 volumes-of
books before tlie general drive was
started today. Four hundred dollars
in cash was also contributed. . The
largest single enotribution to come
from out of town friends was that
made by I'rof. Charles I. Coon. su|>er
intendent of the Wilson school sys
tem. who forwarded 155 volumes-tb
the library commission here. ijHj
USURY LAW IS BEING , l 'i
VIOLATED, SAYS JUDGE
Harding Scores “Better Element of
Society'’—Likens Them to Boot
leggers.
Winston-Salem. Jan. 19. The
law prohibiting tlie charge Os mbre
than G per cent intercut for money
loaned in this state is being
Judge William F. Harding ho *.ijs
presiding over Forsyth country Su
perior court.' declared in addressing
’ the Winston-Salem LLotls club here
: today.
“The banker ill tell you he can
not make any money lending at 6
per cent,” said Judge Harding. “I
1 reply that neither can the bootleg
| ger make any money if he obeys the
1 prohibition law. Bolsheevism. soviet
ism, soliali»n|, are not nearly so
dangerous to this government as are
the members of the better element of
1 society who hold that there is no
harm in violating tlie law of they
■ don't get caught nt it. There can
• never he law enforcement as long as
the better elements set aside the
laws that interfere With their self
ish interests and pleasures.’’ rj.
Smith Has Abacas of Kar. fj
s Washington, Jan. 20.— UP) —Frank
L. Smith, senator-designate from lUi
t nois, its suffering from abscess of the
t ear at his hotel here. He wag visited
i by a doctor during the night, but at
e his rooms it was said today he would
i probably be able to attend today’s
y session of the senate, where the ques- -
s tion of seating him still is pending. \
- A late feminene fad in Paris
■- the tinting of the finger naila i* <i
It bands of three colors.
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0 WEATHER FORECAST.
s . ' -r
i Cloudy tonight and Friday, ratrt %
Friday in the west and north central;.*
!- portions tonight; colder Fridge in MB'*
west and north portions. Gentle‘mb
it able winds becoming moderate easterly
>. along the northeast coast