North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 46 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 15)27. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (in advance)—12.6c By carrier, per year (in advance) |3.(K THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW Optimistic boosters still have a h0pe that the P. & N. Extension ‘niay come by Shelby. A news ar tic|e in today’s Star gives the basis for the revived hope. * * * U„w bad are conditions among | tho young folks? A county minis- j ter in an annual school sermon j yesterday depicted them as bad. * * Another candidate is out for ; alderman. Two weeks from today the city election will be staged. j.'„r pre-election news and elec tjon results keep up with The Star. Easter weather here was near perfect. The Ebeltoft thermomet-1 er registered the highest of the year. • * i The Kings Mountain Presbytery j will meet at the Presbyterian J church here tomorrow. ... j A schedule for the state high j school baseball series will be ar ranged Tuesday night, it is learn ed. Coach Mroris attended a meet ing in Salisbury. The Shelby Highs made it nine straight by another victory here last week. * * * Nothing will be known definite ly about the Morganton hospital probe for a week or so, according i to IN'S dispatches from Raleigh. * * * Who’ll be the battleground cele bration speaker at Kings Moun tain? An editorial today presents the attitude of both Kings Moun tain papers. * * * For personal mention of Easter •visitors to and out of town read The Star’s Personal column. Two Other Couples Married 50 Years - i From the Lawndale section comes reports of two other couples that have been married fifty years or longer and are still happy and ror.teni.ed, although the courts are grinding out divorces for the young married ones. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Phifbeck (before marriage she was Lizzie Carpenter) were married 50 years ago in Novem ber. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B. Lat timore of the Lawndale section were married 53 years ago last September. Mr. Lattimore is 78, us good wife before marriage was Martha J. Jackson, is 79. Although the Philbeck home was blessed with nine children, all are married and away from home and Mr. and Mrs. Philbeck are back where they started in their honeymon days. Seven of" the nine are living. Mr. Philbeck was 31 when he ap proached the altar and his sweet poung wife was a girl of 15. Mrs. Philbeek’s mother is still living at ihe age of ninety years. She is now Mrs. Martha Morrison. Sister Of Shelby Man Died Thursday Gaffney.—Mrs. Naomi Mullinax. 26, wife of Clarence Mullinax, died Thursday night at 11 o’clock at the family residence, 304 Chest nut street. She had been sick more than a week with pneumonia. Funeral services were conduct ed the Corinth Baptist church at 11 o’clock Saturday by the Rev. 1. L. Hoke. Mrs. Mullinax is survived by her lUsband and the following daugh ers: Myrtle, Cleo, Marie and Al one; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A- E. Watkins; and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Minnie HcCarter, Mrs. Maggie Jenkins •nd Mrs. Hayne Fox, of York; drs. Emma Medley and Mrs. Mit hell Whelchel, of Gaffney; May kod and Shelton Watkins, of Shelby and Alfred Watkins, Gaff Mrs. H. J. Hawkins Buried At Union Mrs. Sarah S. Hawkins, wife {>1 Mr. J. H. Hawkins of Camp Coll immunity, died Wednesday of last "ff'k at the age of 78 years. 11 tannths and three days. Mrs. Haw k'ns was born May 9th, 1848. Sh whs a fine Christian woman, a de voted mother and neighbor whe will be greatly missed. She joined r°uble Springs Baptist church at il”‘ age of fifteen years and J»rried to her surviving husband ’«hruary 20th 1878. To this unior vtre l)orn six children, two of whon iave preceded her to the grave. Hei •'■Kbaud and four children survive: "aggie, George, Fannie and John l.lc- Interment was at Union Bap •at church on Thursday. '0 Arrange State Series On Tuesday schedule for the state higl cho°l baseball championship wit 10 arranged at Salisbury Tuesdaj "tht, it is announced from the higd c"°°t here. Coach “Casey’ Morrii attend the meeting. _ 1 's thought likely that the firs! ®n,e °f the title series may be plaj d Friday. Machine Brings Inventor Millioi . w irnmr 1 ■ JThe photomaton. which takes eight pictures on a strip when you put a quartet ‘in the slot, is shown above.Jit earned its inventor, RAnatol Josepho of New York, a check for a million dollars and vice 'presidency of a company^that_will manufacture^* - ■_ j&'.j P&NMay Come By Shelby If Commission Is Against Paralleling Southern Road Inter-State Commerce Commission Mry Rule Against Running Roads Side by Side. Optimistic townspeople see a ray of hope for the P. and N. ex tension to come by way of Shelby despite the recent extension plans from Gastonia to ’Spartanburg. Last week it was talked about the streets here that reports had emanated from Charlotte or else where sating that there might be a ruling by the Inter-State Com merce Commission which would be against having another road built alongside the Southern. The Star at the time consulted P. and N. offi cials but could learn nothing defin ite other than that the application before the Inter-Staie Commerce commission had been withdrawn. One reason assigned for the with drawal was that price of land ask ed along the proposed route was too high, while another was that the permission of the commerce commission was not necessary as the P. & N. is an electric line and would not come under the steam railroad ruling. There is a Federal law forbld S ding construction of parallel rail road lines unless good cause is show’n and the reports that the route might be changed no doubt arose from information concerning this law. Nothing definite is to l>e learn ed about the matter yet many boosters who work strenuously for the extension for Shelby sec some ! hope in the probability thaa change may be made. A news dispatch from Charlotte speaking of the with drawal says: Plans of the Piedfnont and Northern railway, an electric line, to extend its lines to points in j North Carolina have been material ! ly changed, temporarily at least, ar ! cording to information obtained here today semi-official sources, but undoubtedly reliable. It is probable that the proposed i extension from Charlotte to Wir ston-Salem and later to Durham will be built along a route through ! the counties of Stanly. Randolph and Chatham, instead of by way of Salisbury and Lexington. It was learned that the appli I cation of the company, made to the 1 Inter-state Commerce commission, for permission for extension of lines, has been withdrawn and the reason given is that holders of land along the right-of-way proposed from here to Lexington had askel too high prices. That is the official reason given. The Southern railway, however, operates from Charlotte to Lexing ton part of the main line, and if the Piedmont and Northern were built that way it would be paralleling the Southern. Federal railroad law forbids construction of a line par allel to another unless good cause is shown. The Interstate Commerce commission could undoubtedly per mit it, being the judge of condi tions, but it is entirely likely that sudden withdrawal of the applica tion may have a connection with 4he parallel situation. This may be a “victory” for the Southern railway, although any thing like a contest between the two roads has been carefully avoided. It is known, however, that at a recent meeting of the directors of the Pied moot and Northern in Greenville, S. C., there was authorized the ap plication for a permit to build, and now comes the sudden withdrawal of the permit and the explanation that land is too high. Section Should Honor Col. Shelby On 14th Of July Senator Fulton Thinks Well of Lit tle Switzerland Celebration Honoring Famous Man. Kings Mountain—Senator II. T. Fulton suggests that Kings Moun tain should turn out strong and help the mountain folks celebrate the passing of the over-mountain men next July 4th. He says that up at Little Switzerland there will be a hig celebration held in memory of the coming through of Col. Isaac Shelby and his crowd who swooped down on Colonel Ferguson and de feated him on Kings Mountain. The mountain trail all the way from sycamore shoals is marked and people all along the way keep alive the history and traditions of those mighty pioneers who wrought so nobly over here. Babson Institute Builds Biggest Map Of U. S. And Canada; Costs Over $60,000 (By International News Service) Wellesley, Mass.—A map is a map but when it takes several years to make it and the cost reaches the $(10,000 mark, it is some map. Out here in the hills of Wellesley that hold the famous woman’s college and the I^abson Institute where figures and stat istics are treated as playthlings, the greatest map in the world is in the making. This huge relief map is of the United States and Canada and is being built at the Babson Insti tute for the use of a “National Map Committee.” Every state in the Union has a representative on 11 the committee and every state has | contributed $1,200 towards the ' cost of the huge project. When completed the map will be used j for study, for photographing sec bibition as a spectacle of extra ordinary interest to the public. The dimensions of this huge map are 4(5 feet from north to south; (53 feet from east to west,; a total surface of 3,000 square feet. The map is being constructed in a large room in the Coleman Building of the Babson institute. The huge curved surface rises out fo the floor in the effect of a planet turning in space. As the work on the map stands now only the foundation has been completed. Two years already have been spent on the work. It will be several years more before it is completed. In charge of the work is Major S. C. Godfrey, ex pert government engineer assist ed by a supervisory council beaded by President W. W. Atwood of Clark University. t; Fitzgerald Depicts Had Conditions In Annual Sermon : Fallston High School. Charging that his seven year-old son had been taught to gamble and that another preachers son had been made into r. gambler and drunkard. Rev. J. W. Fit*gcraid, Metho dist minister of Fallston, had his h-irers attention well caught in the annual baccalau reate sermon of the Fallston high school Sunday night. Basing his sermon on Abraham and Lot the minister came boldly out in defying alleged conditions among the younger , folks. “They are not as good as they should be ! -—I know that some of our young J people have come here to school with the smell of whiskey on their breath,” he stated in bringing out several statements regarding drinking and gambling. Who is to Blame? A brief review of the entire scr ; mon follows: Having been invited by the prin cipal of your school to appear in this part of your commencement program I count it a most oppor tune privilege. The message that l shall bring to you from God’s word is one of deepest concern for the wellfare of the youth in the Falls ton community. The text is found in the book of Genesis, the 13th chapter and the 12th verse: “Abra ham dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.” Abraham and Lot are standing at the threshold of a new and spec j tacular future. They have come to I the place where the roads fork, j It is an interesting story as we i watch these two men make their i choice for the future, and how the 1 choice affects their future life, hap piness and safety. We see how un selfish Abraham was in his choice and how the world has ever been blessed and will be blessed forever through him. On the other hand, we see Lot and his lustful mind make his selfish choice and start on his 1 downward road. He went down into j the plains, and he went down int > alife of sin and shame. At Forks of Road. Dear young people, you stand to day where the road forks, You arc making your choice in life. You nr - choosing to live in the land and life ! which God has called you, or you I are choosing to live in the land that j is pleasing to the eye and pleasing J ure to the flesh. Most of our young j people have to make some vital ' choices between the time they en ter the school room for the first time and the time when they go out of high school into college life. First they must choose what kind of character they are going to build. They choose whether they are going to lend their education, their strength, their activity into the that which counts for the upbuild ing of their country or its destruc tion. Then they choose what voca tion shall be theirs during life. Oft en they choose who shall be their life companion. These choices aie difficult ones, nevertheless they are made with premature minds and experience. The older people and j the environment contribute largely to the nature of these choices. I I have often heard people make a I statement to this effect: “I don’t know what is to become of the world if things go on as the young people of today are going.” I know that our young people are not a< good as they should be. I know that : some of our young people ha\ e come here to school with the smell of whiskey on their breath, know that they gamble, cuss?, and stroll out in the woods in the dead hours of night all alone. But I ask you older people who is the cause of all this? Our young people are just what we have taught them to he. You older people stand out here in your village and gamble before them. You cuss. You sell liquor. You sell and buy on Sunday. You in vite them to your parties and send them away drunk. You sit down in your homes and play cards and gamble before them. Then, on top of all this, when a preacher or an officer of the law attempts to cor rect some of these evils, you threat en to fill their bodies full of lead. (Gambling and Drinking. You have taught my little seven year old boy to gamblie. You have almost made a gambler and a drunk ard out of another preacher’s son in the community. Then the other day. when I and several other men went to consult officials about what steps to take to eliminate some of the evils, our tracks had scarcely got cold when some of you leading citizens followed us up and gave New'Dry'Czar Hoy Haynes is tbe new national, prohibition commissioner appoint* ed by President Coolldge.t The com-, tnissioner has^wlde powers and' pi.iiiE a campaign of drastic enforce ment. vliis appointmeat was urged^ byj.hejfc.utib.noon League./ ^ j HIGHS DEFEAT FOREST CITY FOR NINTH WIN The l edition of the Shelby j Highs, would-be bringers of a third I state baseball title to Shelby, ran j their sting of victories to nine j straight by defeating the speedy j Forest City Highs here Friday aft-j ernoon 5 to 4. Naturally the long run of wins has pepped up the hopeful among baseball followers and another North Carolina championship does not seem so far out of reach as it j has in days that have passed since I the last title came to Shelby Just because it was another in a 1 long array of victories does not ; mean that “Casey'* Morris’ horse ! hide hammerers had an easy day of | it. It was, by way of information, (the second good scare Forest City , has thrown into the locals. On a ! previous win over the Rutherford i boys at home the margin was not j anything to boast of and the score I Friday for the abbreviated con -test tells its own story. : Sparks, the celebrated foul ar * tist of the locals, led the home j slugging with two safeties, while j F. Blanton and Keeter cornered a j like number each for Forest City. ; The box score: Forest City AB. R. H. E Biggerstaff, 2b ..._ 3 10$ 1F. Blanton, 3b ___ 4 2 2 0 I). McKeithan, ss_ 2 0 0 1 j T. McKeithan, p _„ 3 1 10 Xceter, lb __ ______ 4 0 2 0 | Whitlock, If__ 4 0 10 Dorsey, cf_... 4 0 0 0 : T. Blanton, rf 3 0 1 0 Watkins, c _3 0 0 1 Totals Shelby Kerr, 2b_ Lee, ss ___ Cline, lb_ Gillespie, c __ j Sparks, rf_ | Cold, If .. j Harris, cf_ Anthony, 3b ! Moore, p_ i Whisnant, p_ .... 30 47 2 AB. R. H. E. _ 3 0 12 _ 3 111 ..... 3 0 10 _ —...3 0 1 0 _ 3 1 2 0 .... 2 1' 0 1 .... 3 110 _1 1 1 0 _ 2 0 0 0 .... 0 0 0 0 24 5 8 1 Totals _ everything we said the lie. In less than a week an officer caught you at exactly what we had reported was going on. I wish you would look at the pic j ture of Lot and his family^ He pitched his tent toward the city with all its wickedness. He got to be mayor of that city. He stood well with all the high class. But one day the angel of the Lord came that way. I imagine that Lot tried to show him the paved streets and the beautiful homes. Can you imagine angels who walk on golden streets being concerned about paved streets and beautiful homes. And here we are in Fallston—fine school building, fine stores, fine homes, and a beautiful community, but God is looking on the corruptness. You know the story of Lot how he took the angel to his home and how they took the bottle and put it to his mouth and tried to thrust a beautiful woman into his arms. It is too much to tell the entire story to a mixed audience like this, but you know it, and you are practicing the very same thing here. You are not satisfied with what you can do, or how your children drink and gamble, but you have put the bot tle to the mouth of some of the teachers who have to teach them. I plead with you to turn from this evil way and help to make men and women out of these boys and girls. ‘‘And to you young people, in spite of all this, if you will, you can by the help of God and your risen Lord who said: “Lo, I am with you Always, even t othe end,” make your choice, take your stand, and count for much in the world.”’ t HERE IDEAL FOR B E Churches Filled for Easter Services. Visiting Ministers in l.oeal Pulpits Sunday. Ideal weather n perfect sprit'* time day with twittering birds and all the accessories of a budding ^ season—marked Shelby's Easter day parade. Milady with her new Easter : bonnet and her knight with his: faun-colored suit hail no weather | worries yesterday. The typical, April showers of Friday night and | Saturday gave away Sunday morn- j ing to a sun that beamed joyously lover a green landscape doted with [dogwood bloom and myriad spring ! time blossoms. Church attendance at all the local j I houses of worship yesterday was! 1 large. Special musical programs b<■ ■ * fitting the Easter season were ren | dered at all the churches and at the I majority the services touched upon' the Easter season and the resur rection of a new world hope so many years ago. , Closes Meeting. At Central Methodist church Pr. Hugh K. Boyer, the pastor, closed j a revival meeting that had been in progress for two weeks, church of ficials terming it one of the most convincing, earnest series of serv ices held here in many years. At the Presbyterian church Dr, J. E. Purcelle conducted the morn ing services preaching to a delega tion from the local Masonic com mandery and the regular church congregation. Dr. Purcelle, secre tary of .men’s work in the Presby terian church, is here this week con ducting a training school for the men of the Presbyterian churches in this presbytery and the men of Central Methodist church. At the First Baptist church Rev. Mr. Lumpkin, of Winston-Salem, i occupied the pulpit in the absence j of Dr. Zeno Wall, the pastor, who j was still away conducting a meet | ing at Loray Baptist church. A union service was held Sun day evening at the Central Meth odist church at which time Dr. Pur celle, the visiting minister, again preached. Shelby District Delegates Going Metihodist Womi-n To Attend Meeting of Missionary Society In Greensboro. Greensboro.—The fifteenth an nual session of the Woman’s Mis sionary society of the Western North Carolina conference will be held in W'est Market Street Me thodist church, this city, April 26, 27, 28 and 29. A number of missionaries will be speakers at the various meet ings. The woman’s council will be represented by some of its most ably officers. Mrs. Lucy H. Rob ertson, of Greensboro college, is official hostess to the conference. Mrs. S. V. Dawson, district sec retary of the Greensboro district, has already received a partial list of those expecting to attend. The list for the Shelby district is: Mrs. J. A. Owen, Bessemer City, district secretary; Mrs. John R. Rankin, Gastonia; Mrs. B. T. Morris, Gastonia; Mrs. L. B. Alt man, Gastonia; Mrs. R. K. Daven port, Mount Holly; Mrs. E. E. Williamson, Mount Holly; Mrs. T. A. Spangler, Mrs. M. P. Coley, Mrs. W. T. Alexander, Mrs. D. Z. Newton, of Shelby; Mrs. P. B. Stokes, Kings Mountain; Mrs. Walter West, Lincolnton; Miss Winifred Perkins, Lincolnton; Mrs. Summey Alexander, jr., Lincoln ton; Mrs. Tom Pruette. Gastonia; Mrs. G. P. Hall, Gastonia; Miss Carrie McClurd, Stanley; Mrs. G. G. Adams, Stanley; Mrs. R. F. Coble, Bessemer City; Miss Ger trude Kiser, Bessemer City; Mrs. J. W. Gaston, Belmont; Miss Annie Surig, Belmont; Mrs. C. A. Morri son, Shelby; Mrs. L. V. Martin, Gastonia. I Hon. Felix Alley Billed For Hollis Hollis has been fortunate in se curing Hon. Felix Alley of Waynes ville as commencement speaker. Mr Alley is known as the Silver Ton gued Orator of the west and will no doubt be heard by a large crowd He is scheduled to speak at Hollis school house Friday, April 22nd at 2 o’clock on the occasion of the closing of the Hollis school, accord ing to information received from Mr. Grady Withrow. Mrs. Thomas Lowry, of York, S. C., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. R. L. Ryburn. Kings Mountain Presbytery Meets Here Tuesday Morn rhermcmeter Up To 82 Yesterday The warmest weather of the year was registered in Shelby yesterday on Master Sunday. The Ebeltoft thermometer had the mercury dankling about 81 and 82 during the afternoon, this being a new high for the season thus far, it is said. The mercury this morning had crept up to 74. Mrs. Buford Owens Buried At Zion Mrs. Buford Owens died Tues day of last week and was buried Wednesday at Zion Baptist church, Mrs. Owens was sick only a few days and had been a patient at the Shelby hospital, suffering with pel legra, She was a good woman and a member of the Buffalo Baptist church for three years. Before mar riage she was Miss Rose Grose of Hickory. In December 1924 Bhe was married to Mr. Buford Owens who survives, together with one child, Mary Sue. Besides the immediate family she leaves her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Grose of Hickory, four sisters, Mrs. Gary Smith of Lincolnton. Mrs. Miller Henner of Maiden, Mrs. Allen Den ier of Taylorsville, Mrs. Vone3 Hames of Gastonia and two broth ers, George and Lewis Grose of Hickory. Interment took place at Zion church cemetery, the funeral being conducted by Rev. Rush Padgett and her pastor. Rev. W. E. Waldrop assisted by Rev. Charlie Padgett of Ellenboro. Jostled On Street Youth Uses Knife Colored Boy Rips White Boy’s Wrist After Bumping On , Crowded Business Street. 1 A 15-year-old colored boy was j ordered to pay the costs and to pay 'a white boy by the name of Pears on $20 in Recorder’s court today as the result of a cutting: affray Sat urday. Evidence revealed that on Sat urday afternoon the two boys were amid the big shopping crowd on the Shelby streets. One jostled the other and words resulted. Then, it is said, the colored boy whacked the wrist of the white boy with a knife. It is said today that four stitches were necessary to sew up the wound. Hopper In Race To Succeed Self M. D. Hopper who is rounding out two years on the board of al dermen as an official from Ward 2 announced today that he is a can didate to succeed himself. He says friends have been urging him to continue in office as he will be valuable in the building and opera tion of the abattoir at the old city pump station. Mr. Hopper has had ten years experience in the meat business and was one of a committee from the city fathers to investigate and buy machinery for converting the old water plant into an abattoir where all cattle sold in Shelby will be killed. Ma chinery will arrive shortly for the abattoir and will be placed in op eration under the next administra tion. J. Lon Thomasson has also an nounced in Ward 2. Thomason and Hopper were opponents two years ago in this ward so the contest is on again. Summer Training Camps For Youths C. B. McBrayer, local represen tative of the Citizens’ Military Training Camp, is now in position to give information concerning and receive enrollments for the seven summer military training camp3 for young men. The government pays all neces sary expenses for the month’s per iod and it is considered a fine out ing for young men, offering them recreation for a summer month as well as fine physical training at no expense to those enrolling. Camps will be held from June 15 to July 14 at the following places: Fort Bar rancas, Florida; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Camp McClellan, Ala bama; Fort McPherson, Georgia; Fort Moultrie, South Carolina; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Fort Screven, Georgia. Mrs. Carl Webb and son Billy are spending the week in Win ston-Salem with her brother, Rev. W. L. Hutchins. Five Counties Represented in An nual Spring Church Meeting. Two-Day Meet. The annual springs meeting of the Kings Mountain Presbytery will convene at the Presbyterian church here Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock, it was announced yesterday by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pustor of the local Presbyterian congregation, which is entertaining the Presby tery. The meeting was originally sched uled for Chimney Rock, but was la ter shifted to Shelby. To Name Moderator. Rev. O. C. Houston, of Ellen boro, moderator of the Presbytery, will be unable to attend owing to his health, it is learned, and in stead of the annual moderator’s sermon it is announced that Rev. ,J E. Pureelle, D. D., will preach to the presbytery Tuesday morning Immediately after the sermon the new moderator for the presbytery will be named together with other officers. On Tuesday evening a special program will be held on home mis sions, while on Wednesday morning, at 11 o’clock, Rev, J. E. Berryhill, of Gastonia, will preach the pres byterial sermon. Presbytery will close Wednesday, it is said. Composes 5 Counties. The Kings Mountain Presbytery is composed of the Presbyterian churches of the following counties: Cleveland, Rutherford, Gaston, Lin coln, and Polk. Mr. L. P. Holland, of the Pres byterian church, heads the enter tainment committee for the pres bytery. A Trrining School. In conjunction with the presby tery meeting Rev. J. E. Pureelle, secretary of men’s work in the Pres bytery, is holding a training school for men of the church and ail other churches are invited to participate. The first meeting of the school was held Sunday afternoon and will be held each evening this week at 7:30 o’clock through Wednesday ev ening. Ligon Defeated For Tennis Title Harris Ligon, young Shelby High tennis player, lost his chance for the state tennis championship Fri day in Chapel Hill after driving his way through the list of high school entrants to the finals. In the final play Burwell, of Charlotte, defeat ed the Shelby boy and became state champion. This is the second straight year that a Shelby boy has performed in the finals and after Ligon beat Rogers, former champ, it was hoped that he would emerge winner. A dispatch from Chapel Hill says of the match: "Charlotte High school won both the doubles and singles title in th ; 14th annual state high school ten nis tournament held here. Burwell, of Charlotte, defeated Ligon, of Shelby, in the singles finals, and then came back with Hutchison in the doubles to defeat the Hickory entry for the paired crown. ' “Burwell, by his win over Ligon, succeeds to the title held last year by George Rogers, of Ashevile High. The defending champion had weathered the first two rounds, but he fell this morning before the steady driving of Ligon. Ligon met the same fate this afternoon against Burwell, and the Charlqtta youth won in three straight set.-, -63, 6-2 and 6-1.” COTTON MARKET (By Jno. F. Clark & Co.) Cototn was quoted on New York exchange at noon today: : May 14.35; July 14.57; October 14.85; December 15.04. New York, April 18.—Holiday in Liverpool. There were heavy rains Friday in western Tennessee, eastern Ar kansas, Mississippi and eastern Louisiana but aside from these no precipitation of consequence is re ported from 17 stations over tho belt from 8 p. m. Thursday until 8 p. m. Sunday. Highest water on record is predicted for the Missis sippi river and tributaries and a Memphis special Friday said over three million acres of cotton lands may be flooded on Which acreage would be reduced 25 to 50 per cent. Forecast is for thunderstorms in all cotton states except Carolinas. Manchester cable reports poor week owing t oholiday influences. Fall River sales for last week 70, 000 pieces. Dallas special says Texas crop conditions are advanced in southern section, normal in central and two weeks late in north. Would but cotton on the weath er news and lateness of crop over the northwestern quarter of the belt.