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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION'. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17, 192:1, EIGHT PAGES. NO. 292.
CHARLOTTE HAS
A GREAT BL^ZEj
Damage of Nearly Kijjlil H1111
<1 r e d Thousand Sunday i
Nijilil When Fire Sweeps;
Into Business Section.
T'printlo, Dec. IT.? Damage ?stl-|
iiui*d at from $500,000 to $800,000]
wa* done here last it Ik lit by a firei
In itie llant Trade street mercai tile
motion.
Tli? buiUlinx occupied by the I
S: 11t h-Wads worth Company, the H. ?
C Long Company. La Mode. Kfird'sj
an:.?'\. Ilclk Department Store. War-.
r*-:?'? Barber Shop, and Georsi A.I
Newman's Tire Service was de-l
jetroyed. |
Fire companies were brought from!
<?a?tonia. Monroe and Statesvill.- to
assist the Charlotte department in
extinguishing the blaze and a com
pany of National Guardsmen was
called out to keep the crowd or l of
the danger zone.
One negro was injured by a fall
In- wall. No one was reported
killed.
At a late hour last night the Are
was brought under control.
Investigation Itagtui
Charlotte. Dec. 17.?Investigation
by the State Fire Cotnmlanio.ier's
office of the flre which last night
caused from $500,000 to $KOo.OOO
damage in the East Trade street
mercantile district will be started to
day.
The cause of the flre Is undeter
mined. Ten Arms suffered from the
tlames. others were damaged by
smoke and water. The Smith-Wtds
worth Company was the heaviest
loser. its loss of stock being estimat
ed at $250,000. while the Belk Bro
thers Department Store loss was
more than $200,000.
HETTKHIK'S BINDS
FAMED FAB AND WIDE
Howard E. Hettrlck's Barred Ply
mouth Bocks bring long prices sold
to customers In New Hampshire and
Oiio. One customer reports from
Ohio: "Pullet you sold me won flrst
place in a very large and strong
class." . And this one says: **ln
shipping three Barred Bocks a dis
tance of about 800 miles, arriving at
their destination afternoon before
tlt? show started the following morn
ing. not even giving the birds chance
to rest and attain their natural beau
ty. they were judged and tiielr
winnings were: flrst on pullet, flrst
on hen. flrst on cock bird. The cock
bird also won shape special and color
.-I" rial, over old and young birds,
competing in his class, which made
him grand champion over all Barred
Bock male birds shown at that
show." Another says: "It takes Het
trlck's Barred Bocks to out-do the
boll weevil. Their egg qualities are
as good as their show qualities.'
COUNTRY FIGHT HAS
HALF DAY IN COURT
A jury trial in an assault case
which resulted In u fine of $20 and
co-tts for Marvin Kussell, Ron of
Miles Russell. Providence township
farmer, occupied morr than thref
nours of Monday'}* session of the
County recorder's court and a ver
dict was not brought in until nearly
on?* o'clock.
Marvin's two brothers. Miles. Jr..
?and Dan. and his father. were co-ae
fendants with hiiu 'but tin- Jury
brought in a verdict of guilty only
against Marvin.
The case grew o-ut of an affray be
tween Marvin Ilus?ell arid *15. M.
jtuning* oil th?* premises of Llovd
Haistead in Salem township, during
a recent auction sale at the Halatcad
home. There seems to have been
had blood on the purl of the Kus
sells toward Jennings rince the lat
ter was principal witness for the
8t ite in a case which resulted in a
plea of guilty to a charge or violat*on
of the Volatead Act by Dan Hiis
-ell. Marvin saw Jennings at the
-.tie and upbraided him an being the
one who had "got my bro'h?*i' Into
trouble." Words followed, the lie
was passed on both sides. and a
fight started. Onlookers separated
the combatants, however, it ap
p? siring that Marvin's brothers used
t-oiislderabl* force in what they
claimed were only their efforts to
prevent Jennings from doing their
brother bodily h-irm. The father,,
also. It appeurcd. d??slr?*d to see the
combat continued, telling Marvin
a< Jennings started away after the
fight had been stoj.ped: "There he
gors. get him!"
Prosecuting Attorney F-iwyer,
made Jennings a State's witness in
the hop* of getting a verdict against
all four defendants, bet the Jury,
turned him down.
The court would probably have
Imposed a heavier fine on young
Russell but for the fact that costs,
due lo lh?' Jury trial and the r.core
or more of witnesses, ran up to a
considci ihle figure.
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YEGGMEN BORE W AY
INTO IRON SAFE
N-w York. Dec. 17.- Three yegg
ne n enrlV today bored throutch the
s:?fe door In the offices of the Rlvo
II Theater, one of Droadwav's tariff]
? ?t movies, hound and gagged the'
watchman, and escaped with the
Sunday's receipts,^ believed to be
more than $6,000.
DYNASTIC CRISIS IS I
IMMINENT IN GREECE
Alliens. D?-c. 17. lJ?*li**f that ;i
d> nastic crisis is immim-nt in iJihtv
was *>\|?n-Ks?'<l today in *<nu*? quar
ters ami the d? part ure of Kinu
CiHirup is r?*-artf? il as annum t!??*
possibilities of tin- situation. R?'i-ub
lirans ar?* arranuinu demonstrations
in Atlit'nn ami throughout Mac <do :
nia and Thrace in fu\or of rt'iuovinis |
the dynasty.
MISSING GIRL IS
RETURNED TO HOME
G reensboro. I)*?c. 17.-?Lois Mitch
ell, aged 1 fi. who disap|M*Hred from
her home her*4 last Thursday wac re-1
turned to her parents. Mr. and Mrs.}
S. C. Mitchell, from near Graham*
yesterday. She had been wandering 1
around through the country aimless-;
Iv and is thought to have suffered j
mental derangement.
LENOIR RECORDS
WERE DESTROYED
Olerk of Court Did Deed to
Hide His ('rime. Says His
torian of North Carolina
Counties.
Raleigh, Dec. 17.?The records of
I the formation of Lenoir County are
' not available to the historian as
'those of most of the other cou.ities
of North Carolina, according to Col
onel Fred A. Olds, of the Stat* His
torical Commission in his hlstoi." of
j North Carolina Counties. This i. as
cribed by Col. Olds to the fact that
a clerk of the court, to hide his own
crime, destroyed the court house and
: the records contained therein, by the
'application of the torch.
In 1878. writes Colonel Olds, "a
clerk of the court, to conceal a
crime, set Are to the court house and
!a few night later applied the torch
j to what remained of the records,
which had been salvaged and placed
in a leased huildlnu, No county has
ever suffered a greater loss. Not only
were the I,enolr County records
swept away, but also those of Dobbs
County, out of part of which Lenoir
i was created In 1701, Dobbs having
been erected in 1758 and named In
honor of Governor Artliuwr Dobbs.
j The county of Dobbs was first hrok
'en up In 1779 when part of it was
taken to form Wayne, and 12 year*
later the remainder went to L? nolr
and G la scow. In the formation of
I both Wayne and Lenoir parts of Cra
ven County were also taken. Dobbs
had been formed in 1758 nut of part
I of the then great county of Johmton.
which in turn had been formed in
1 74 K out of part of Craven, the Int
iter having been created In 1712 out
of Hath.
"I.enolr was named In honor of
'General William f*enoir of the Rev
olutionary Army. The As
jsembly in the act ordered that 'the
'courts of Lenoir be held nt the court
house in Kinston. where the same is
permanently fixed and to which all
proceedings In Dobbs stand ad
journed. and the clerk of Dobbs
shall deliver to the clerk of Lenoir
, a 11 his records and papers, who shall
be accountable for all of them, and
all suits in Dobbs shall continue In
Lenoir. Roth l?enolr and
Glascow shall be In the Superior
Court district of New Hern.
For ?*ach of the two years 1791 and
1792 a ta\ of eight lencte on each
100, acres of land and a poll tax of
2 shilliims is levied.' (it may In
stated that Glascow County in 17 99
was abolished and became Oreei ei.
"William Caawell was the clerk
of I^enolr Court and D. Caswell reg
ister of deeds In 1791.
"The town of Kingston had been
established by the Aasembl' In
1762. at a place In Dobbs called 'At
kins Hanks' on the Neuse River, Wll
i Hani Heritage having given 100
, acres as the nlte for the town and
! 50 acres for the 'common' (public
ground). Kingston meants the
King's Town" and In 17f.3 the court
house was built there. The princi
pal streets were named King and
Queen by Governor Dobbs.
In 178 1 the General Assembly or
dered that the 'g' should le dropped
from the name and that it should be
'Kinston* (which made If utterly
ttieanlotflrss) but the old spelling
continued many years. In 1 792 a
n?*w Jail and stocks were built. The
court house was of wood. It wit? In
18 45 re?daeed by a brick one which
as stated was burned In 18 78. The
nresent court house was hull? In
1880.
"The e^rlv history of Lenoir Is
that of Dobbs. The first county real
of the latter ?"is called Dobs Court
Hotlse nichnrd Caswell. Governo
In 1771 -80, then general and Gov
ernor :>trnln 17*5-1787, wait a resi
dent of Dobbs ntid Is htirled eear
Kinston. He was the flr?t Governor
under the State cons'it tit Ion. lie was
born In Marvland, .M?*ri??f :i 17 29,
and ft rat married In Onl>hi, M.**rv Me '
vt<v?-en. then Sarah, the daughter of
WH'lani Heritage. WffflMvt On*
wetl was his son. Govern? ?* Caswell
ded while presldlnw In t-'e State
Senate at F*aye?tev|||e. Nov?tnh?r 5.
17f9. > county Is nallied for him
a?id a street In Kln?ton l.i 17 85
the \asemhlv chartered *tlr*ton
Academy, with Illchard Caswell and
Jnmea Glaacow amont* Its trustees.",
Lenoir baa furnished a nuirber of
members of the Council of flute as
I well as other State officials.
Study Conditions
? Th? "syss and ears" of 1,500.000 American farmers' families visited
Oermnny to study conditions. The committee Is shown coming from
Ambassador Houghton's office. Houghton I* In ccitter with white flower.'
The womsn la Mrs. Frits Krelslcr. wife of the violini*t. now In Berlin
aiding sufferers. Ths man In front la Gray Silver, head of the committee.
YEAR SUCCESS ?
ON THE FARMS
Frank Parker, Statistician,
Makes This Statement Par
ticularly Aliout Cotton, Pea
nuts, anil Tuliaceu.
Raleigh. Dt p. 17?A moot' huc< ftm
fni agricultural year has been expe
rienced by North Carolina as a
whole. declared Prank Parker, Suite
a u ricu it a r;? I statistician* In a s> mi
monthly review of crop conditions is
sued here. Mr. I*arker gsrerted that
this applied particularly tn the cot
ton. peanut and tobacco belts*. Re
ports* received at the Department of
Agriculture Indicated tiiat the fgrm
ern were highly elated over the s?eaa
on and looked forward with opti
mism to next year, though theie in
apprehension in soineQiuarlers p* to
the damage which the cotton boll
weevil may cause next season. I.abor
ban been scarce and expensive. The
farmers themselves, however, have"
been quite active and the plowing
has passed the stage tisunl for this
season of the year.
Taking up the ciops Individually.
Mr. Parker's statement declared tiiat
the small trains were generally late
in being planted thla year. The
wheat crop Is looking well in the
stands but several of the Piedmont
counties have reported I r re pillar
stands and unsatisfactory grewtli.
The acreage Is about as usual. The
report ventures that the farmers do
not expect as ."good crops next .ear
as were made during the past reas
on."
The yield of corn Is reported un
usually good over the entire Stale
with the harvesting further advanced
than usual.
"The State has made a very ,ood
hay crop." according to Mr. Paiker.
"the final yield being better than
was expected during the main grow
ing season. This means two % ears
of good hay crops. In addition to
the usual hays. North Carolina baa
something like 100.000 acres of oea
nuts from which the vines are suvcd
for hay. The corn fodder pulled
amount to almost 200.000 tons,
while the tops make a total crop of
about 500.000 Ions. The tame lily
amounts to almost 1.000.000 tons
this year.
"The tobacco crop Is mostly wld.
The a vera "o price to date is apiw'ox
imatcly 22 cents. The qualli; Is
poor hut the weight has been le avy
per acre.
"Iloth apples and peaches rside
very abort crops this year. Tl ? ap
ples are about all harvested and are
meeting competition from good rrop
grown III the West which Is '??in::
sold locally. The apple crop is es
timated at about 25 per cent.' '
| M - *
"Due to the good woatlpf erudi
tions and a year of good forage
crops, together with more than the
usual hay. the livestock Is In trood
condition The usual fall llvevock
sales In the mountain counties are
about over. Prices are reported as
being low. Hog cholera Is report
ed in noine localities of lhi< mountain
and coastal areas.
"The mountain regions report
good fall truck crop* with markets
wood. Cabbage plants are gen* ral
ly good this year, ('arm labor con
tinues to be scarce and high priced.
Many are paying $2.00 per hundred-i
weight for picking cotton. The wea
ther has been generally favorabl- for
farm work, although varying from
warm to quite cold. .Many localities
report rainy and wet condition*
"Increased Interest In co-opcrr?ive^
^Marketing and other farm orgai-lltn-,
tlons Is evident. Thg members ap
jiear to ?e in good s'plrlt*. ' pnrticu
larly those In the Cotton Assocla
t Ion."
"More stalk land has keen pb wed
to date than for many years." says
the report In conclusion. "Pick In is'
adn ginning of cotton Is further ad
vanced I ban perhaps ever before.
Farm conditions are good for enter- ?
lug the winter. The farmers arc r$-'
i signed to the idea of doing their own
work. imlitK the member* of t??elr
fa ml tie* murli nn po**ll>|e. The
outstanding feature* are that mar
ket* an* good. price trend* upward*
ami lhat th* fiimrn ar?- VBHiiitlb
well plea*ed. Cotton, particularly,
has put the farmer orer the ferce."
ARTIFICIAL INLET VI AS
TRIED 71 YEARS AGO
"I see there is talk of opening up
an artificial Inlet at some point on i
the Carolina hanks." said Kcpnven
tatlve F. F. Cohoon to a reporter for
tliis newspaper the otlier day, *\ind
everybody seems to think that tin*
Idea is a new one.
"As a matter of fact, tin* ramc i
thin;; was undertaken 71 yearn ago.
with Captain Ou)i Harney in charge
of operations.
"Starting on tlie sound side. a
dredue starteil cutting its way ac:oss
tin* har at Nans Head. I was only
a year old at the.time and do not
remember it. of course, hut I have
heard my elders tell of it often.
When the dredge had cut its way to
flie sandhills between the heach and
the sound, a bi? windstorm came up
and tilled up the channel behind the
dredge, which had then to cut Its
way out, and the project was aban
doned.
"The fact that this project was
found unfeasible 71 years ami, how
ever. I would not he understood as
contending to be any sign thxft it
could not he accomplished today.
Dredsing machinery has so greatly
improved In the last T?0 years that I
should think that the task of dredg
ing a channel across the sandhills
would now be t comparatively sim
ple matter."
RIMRKRV CHARGES
AGAINST OFFICIALS
Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 17.- Warnnts
charging an attempt of bribery
against Fnitid States District Attor
ney Iloyes and Harry (J. French.
Federal officer, were served ibis
morning. The variants followed the
adjournment Saturday of the Fcler
aI grand jury which returned 117
true bills.
FOR DEVELOPMENT
^F FOREIGN TRADE
Oinalut. Dec. 17. Representstfves
of agricultural and manufacturing
are her* attending the third farmers
ami manufacturers conference Co
ordination of railroad* and steam
ship lilies for Hie development of for
ei'/n trade of the Middle West are
the ivjliptt of the conference, it is
paid,
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FRATERNITIES TALK
THE MATTER ONER
Wake Foreai, December 17?"Meet
ing at an informal reception in the
Masonic Hall here Thursday even
ing. in embers of the Fraternities
,A?f WaHe Fyrest Collepe pled 'ed
thejiiindividually and < ??11 ? -f
lively to further the best interest of
AVake Forest, *to promote character,
and to strive for a higher average
In the scholarship. Thai the ?p
pointmen.t of a com mission by fhe
State Itaptlst Convention to investi
gate the facts as to fraternities will
in the end be productive of m;ich
uood was the general opinion of the,
100 men at the affair. Speech mak
ing, the sineing of college songs, a
Df-inpscy - Flrpo encounter a la
burlesque, find the serving of re
freshmen!ft occupied the evening.
"Although my fraternity plays an
important part In my college life.
Wake Koreit comes first. I would
not think of doing anything for my
fraternity that would hurt the col
lege." This was the declaration of
L. K. Andrews, president of the
Student Government Association,
and a member of fhe Chi T m fra
ternity. This sentiment was e%i
pressed In turn by the spokesmen
representing every greek - letter or
Divers Held On
Burglary Charge
In Default Of $500 Bond Is'
Remanded To Jail To Await J
March Grand Jury
Henry l>iv? rs. y<uing while mail !
geneiallv known ?? "Dinkey". _W'isj
li?? l?l for |ir?l>ulil<' cau-e oil a chaw
of bura'acy by Trial Justice Spence
in ri'iHinlcr's court Mom! iy morning. |
and in ilff mil of $:"?imi ?'?n?l ilic de-|
fendant was roinaiMli'il lit jail to,
await ?jelion hy the grand jury at the
March term ?>f Superior Court.
Divers was arri'Sti'd on iiifonua*,
tion given the police hy I.eKoy
White, negro, contended burglar and
alleged gunman. who told Police Of
ficers WlnHlow and Houghton that
Divers had been ills accomplice when1
the residence of John Albert soli nit?lL
the . Southern Hotel w *re
entered and some clothing
and a suit < ?se Klolen some time
in November. White wus Uie prin-|
cipal witness for the State in the
preliminary; hut there was also tes
timony from the police that .they
stood outside the jail and heard a
conversation bet wen Divers and ttaei
negro in which Divers upbraided
Sap for squealing on him.
Divers has no visible means of
support and yet wears D. Walter,
Harris cloilies. He has a court re
cord. having been convicted in the
recorder's court several year's ago
for petty larceny and twice more re
cently for operating a g-imbllng de
vice.
TWENTY LIVES
LOST FROM RUNA
Captain Ivrrsmi Anion# (!???
naltie* When Norwegian
Steamer Sink- Off North
Carolina Ota*!.
Norfolk. Dc. 17. That more than
20 men including ('apt. Iversson lost
their lives in the slnkinu of the Uu
na, Norwegian steamship 110 miles
off Cape Tear early Saturday in be
lieved In shipping circles.
Five survivors were picked up off
Frying Pan Shoals Saturday after
, noon. No trace of I be other mem
bers of the crew has* been found.
Norfolk, Dec. 17. Hop* of find
ing alive any of the l* missing mem
bers of the crew of the Norwegian
Runa. lost early Saturday, off Frying
Pan Shoals on the North Carolina
coast, was today abandoned by the
J Coast Guard upon receipt of a mes
i sage from the Cutter Modoc that the
second of the life boats launched
1 from the Runa hud been found with
all its occupants dead. Five mem
bers of the crew are known to have
survived.
I'll!ST I.1TTLE DAILY
CAUSED SENSATION
"Did you ever see the like of that
in ICIizabeth City before." an Ad
vance reported inquired of F. F. Co
boon, holding up the 12-page regu
lar edition of last Friday. T.??*re
have been bigger newspapers issued
here, of course, time without num
ber. but they were special editions.
A daily running Into 12 pages just
to accommodate a day's business set
a new mark for The Advance and
the reporter was feeling rather ches
ty about it.
"That's a remarkable achievement
for an Kli/.abelli City dally pa|."i."
said Mr. Cohoon. "I recall onl\ one
I that could equal It That was 15
yearn ago when Fllzabolh City's first
I dally newspaper was launched, 'The
; Evening Telegram.'
! "The Telei'ram was a four-page
sheet, three columns to the page
and each column about H inches
long; but. for it1* time, was a dis
tinct sensation. However, for The
Advance, which had a beginning on
ly sl\ year* ago hardly larger than
that of I lie Teh-gram, to get out a
12 pate newspaper in one daythis
wee I; and to put It out on lime and
in such good shape, Is quite as ex
traordinary an accomplishment as
was the first issue of the Telegram."
W KAITIIY MIIRDEIIF.H
DHI.AItKI) INSVNK
Milwaukee. Win.. Ore. 17 K. Hay
Tomphln*. wealthy real r*tat?? man.
r!iaru<-<l with Aral ?!#?*???? murder of
?iN wife, I* ltt*ane. according In the
htnaey rommlaalon finding*.
Wll.li \TTKM? MKKTI\<;
or TH\m< \ss4h ivriov
>*errotary R. C. Job of the CI .im
I or of Commerce Irave* Monday
nUM for ll:ilet!.1i wheire he wll* at
f< nrl . flwUnir T?i?"'Inv.of the North
f'.troUnn Traffic Aaftorlatlon, The
I* held to gather data >in<l
oth*rwlae prepare for the Aaht to
iniilhtnin tlo adviintnKCoiiH fr< ixht I
fi.fr* won hy North Carolina after,
many yenra of diftaatrou* comoetl-j
tlon with Vlrulnla rltl^u enjo/lniu
Mlnr rat??a.
Virginia cltlo* arr now reeklPK to,
lower their own or Increase the fate* ,
of North Carolina fillet
TIGER RESTING
AFTER ACCIDENT
( li'iiii'iircaii Painfully < int
Alton! llw Far.' Vi'Jien \nt<?
moliilc Crashes Into a Tree
ill Pari*.
Pari*. !>?'<*. IT. Clfinrnrt-aii Is
r?*sllim roiufnrtahl.v today at his
home after Yesterday's automobile
acrid.nl in which In* was painfully
rut about the far?>.
Tin- Tiger joked about the doc
tor's orders*. "I cannot eat." !ih
said. "That'* a misfortune. Hut nei
ther can I talk. That's a terrible
blow."
He takes liquid food through a
straw. He was asleep when the au- J
tomohlle rrashed into n tree. Ho
said lie thought himself bark on the
front line (if battle ugalu and that
' j? shell had exploded.
SOV1KT IS ASKING
FOR RECOGNITION
| Washington. Pec. 17.? A r.ote
from the Cussian foreign office to
day making a bid for recognition of
|the soviet government by the I'nlt
?*d States was received at the White
House and referred to the State De
partment to be studied carefully.
Ol.l) TIMERS SAY ITS
biggest show yet
The advunre sale of seats Mon
day morning for the Elks' Minstrel*
fur exceeded the expectations of the
? committee in charge and while ther*
are still many desirable seats left
for both performances It looks as tf
the Alkrama will be parked both
W'.mIip idly ami Thursday nights.
Itehearsals are now heinffheld
nightly in the Shrine hall and every
thing is in tip-top shape for the
i opening . performance Wednesday
] flight.
1 Those old-lliners. Hill C. Sawyer
and Cliiy llrorkett. are both iiriiin
Inioiis in their praise of the rast this
year ami they are ax one in saying
that the show this year far exceeds
any Klks' Minstrel ever before pro
duced her. And it Is a known fact-'
* that these two men have been In
Klks' shows since the first Klk ran
across the plains of Montanu and
when they say a show Is good It Is
doubtless good.
The proceeds of I his yiars show
are donated to charity as usual urn!
the Klks hope that the public will
accord It their usual llher.il re
i spouse.
TWO %1'TOMOItirKH DAM\4.M>
IN SI \ DAY'S r.\ ll.\l>K
Two automobiles were hadlv dam
aged in Sunday'* auto parade up an I
J-down the Weeksvllln road, but no
one wan hurt.
The accident wm sold to be due to
reckless driving: and many other In
cidents oT such driving were report
ed by the more careful peraona It\
1 the parade. s
A Ford driven by Howard Bcott
with I'ercy Jennings coming to Kill
'a belli City when trying to cut In
ahead of lh?* car in front struck an
Overland going to Weeksvllle driven
1 by Clarence Garrett, with Vernon
Garrett, George Askew .and Willie
Sawyer. The left front wheel, the
bumper, fender and wind shield of
the Overland were broken while tlin
Ford was a total wreck and was
turned around facing the opposite
direction from which they had been
driving. linth cars bad to lie left
by the roadside.
Another collision occurred Aatiir*
?lay when two Fords said to 'm? driven
by negroes ran Into each other n?'ir
th" home of Kllaha Coppersmith.
The Fords were badly damaged out
no one very much hurt.
MEXICAN SITUATION
KKMAINS UNCHANGED
Washington. Dec. 17. Advices re
ce|v?<l from Mexico City last iiiaht
relative to the revolutionary move
ment were declared by the Mexicar
embassy here to Indicate that tie*
situation thrnuuhout the republic re
mains unchanged.
Vera-Crux, Dec. 17. With the re
ported capture of Pueblo and Cuat
la. revolutionary headquarters claim
to hold the low points In the Is Ian
Kle with Mexico Cltv a* Its ape*;.
General Ambrosia FunUtfi In tie
state of Guerero and General Jo*'
Launnes In the plates of Yucatan a lid
Tabasco have broken with Obr koi:
and Joined the Insurgents.
AMERICAN CONSUL
OIKS AT KDINIll IM.II
Kdlnburgh. Um. 17, Hu'.ter
Sharp. American conoul, died here
today. He was horn In Hertford
County. North Carolina. In lftai and
entered the consular service hi
ixrrrox mahkkt
New York. l>ecsmber 17 ? Spot
cotton closed steady this afternoon,
advaaelaf 11 & points. fititM
Hosed at the following level*:
Decetivber 11:00; June 34:2S:
Mirch 314:70; May .14 90; July
34: 10; Octoper 29:35.
December 17 Cotton futures op
ened thla morning at the following
levels: December 83.90: Jaauaff
131 26: March *2.901 May 34.1&;
July 23.29; October 17.75.