Conference Ends With Approval on Judicial Reforms
Raleigh dispatch notes the North Carolina judicial conference approving most committee reports, including a shift toward a jury commission and struck jury system. Debate centered on abolishing rotation of superior court judges, with a 13 to 10 vote in favor but some members dissenting.
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Committee On
W. J. Adams
Superior Court
W. F. Daniels
Goldsboro
Dennis G. Bramitt
Wilson
Connor
Supreme
W. A. Devin
Devin
Emancipation Proclamation Celebration Held by Colored Folk
The sixty fourth Emancipation celebration is planned at First Baptist Church colored on East Washington Street starting tomorrow at 7 pm. All colored people are invited for talks and music. An old time dinner will be served in the church basement to aid aged former slaves.
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First Baptist Church
Colored
East
Washington Street
Southern Freight Depot to Close Tomorrow
The Southern freight depot here will be closed tomorrow in observance of New Year. Officials of the Southern Railway company announced that offices will reopen Monday morning.
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Southern
Southern Railway Company
Three North Carolina Leaders to Key At National Road Meet
Raleigh announces three prominent North Carolinians will lead the American Road Builders Association twenty fourth annual convention in Chicago for National Good Roads Week January 10 to 15. Charles M. Upham of Raleigh directs the event and exhibition details for 25,000 delegates. Leslie R. Ames of Raleigh, acting state highway engineer, will speak January 12 on Contract Control and Engineering Service. S. T. Henry of Spruce Pine, vice president, manages executive tasks for the convention expected to be the largest in road building history. International representation includes attendees from all states, South America, Cuba, Mexico and several European nations.
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Raleigh
American Road Builder's Association
Chicago
Charles M. Upham
Leslie R. Ames
Maleigh
S. T. Henry
Spruce Pine
N. C
Union
South America
Cuba
Mexico
Butter Prices in Chicago Market Report for New Year
In Chicago on December 31 the market shows butter with lower receipts of 7,689 tubs and creamery extras around 50 cents. Standards at 49 1/2 cents, extra firsts at 48 1/2 to 49 1/2, firsts at 44 1/2 to 46 1/2, seconds at 39 1/4 to 42 1/4. Butter eyes noted lower with 4,506 cases received.
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Chicago
Potatoes Supplies in Chicago Market Hold Steady
Potatoes receipts reach 79 cars with 121 on track and total U S shipments 654. Trading is light as buyers hold off and sales remain too few to establish a market.
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Chicago
U.S
Metals Market Wrapup From New York Trading Session
Copper steady to firm at 1825 1337 with spot and futures. Tin weak with spot near 66 75 and February 66 25. Iron unchanged and lead dull at 780. Zinc easing at East St. Louis spots and futures 69 7 0 0. Antimony at 1287 with limited activity.
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New York
East St. Louis
Chicago Grain Prices Drift Lower on Opening Trade
Chicago December grain trade opened with signs of steady world shipments pushing prices down. Wheat declined 1 4 to 11 8 cents from prior quotations, with December delivery showing some strength while corn oats and provisions eased overall as the session began.
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Chicago
Wall Street Opens With Readjustments In Year End Trading
At the New York stock market kick off for the last day of the year Baldwin Locomotive dropped 4 1/2 points on the first sale after President Vaulain forecast modest business next year. Southern Railway rose a point while United States Steel, Studebaker, and other industrials advanced fractionally.
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Wall Street
New York
Baldwin Locomotive
Vauclain
Southern Railway
United States Steel Common
Studebaker
Irregular New Orleans Cotton Opens Weakened by Holidays
The New Orleans cotton market opened uneven and weaker than Liverpool suggests. First trades showed small gains and losses as prices eased during the call with January down to 1268, March to 1277, and May to 1236 amid liquidation ahead of holidays.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Longs
New York
Foreign Exchange News Various Global Rates
Foreign exchanges steady with quotes in cents for major currencies and bonds. Notable rates include Great Britain at 484% and 485616 on cables, France around 885 and 395, Germany 2387 813, Argentina 4137 32, Shanghai 6962 34.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switz
Spain
Greece
Poland
Poland 1175; Czecho Slovakia
Jugo Slavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Cotton Market Opens Steady in New York
New York cotton opens steady on December 31 with futures showing an advance of 1 point to a decline of 2 points as traders assess early demand and supply signals.
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New York
Clifton Furniture Exchange to Open in High Point
A new furniture store named Clifton Furniture Exchange will open at 210 East Washington Street in High Point. Owner P A Clifton, formerly with Coffield Furniture and Cut-Rate Furniture, promises a full line of new and reconditioned furniture and house furnishings, inviting friends to visit upon opening.
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High Point
P. A. Clifton
Coffield Furniture Company
East Washington Street
Clifton Furniture Exchange
Clifton
Coffield Furniture Co
Cotton futures slip amid steady Liverpool cables trade
Night buying orders and southern selling push early trading lower. By hour one March futures fall from 1296 to 1286 as general market loses about 9 to 10 points with openings at 1280 for Jan and 1295 for March and 1315 for May.
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Liverpool
Southern
Continental
Disappearance Case Ties Winston-Salem to Missing Executive
Police say no new leads in the J. R. Bean case of Lumberton Sales Exchange manager suspected of fleeing with an 18-year-old girl and 1900 dollars. Officers statewide alerted. Mrs Bean faces a desertion warrant. Sheriff McCreary reports over 553 thousand six hundred ninety nine dollars in 1926 taxes collected. Forsyth tax levy exceeds one million dollars.
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Winston-Salem
J. R. Bean
Lumberton Sales Exchange, Inc
John B. McCreary
Forsyth
Referee Q and A on sports figures and facts
Stockton California is the birthplace of Joe Benjamin and he is married. Sid Barb erian is Armenian American. John L Sullivan held the world championship from 1890 to 1892. Johnny Doeg Jr is left handed. Randolph Rose hails from New Zealand. Jake Schaefer is 18.1 champion and Eric Hagenlacher is 18.2 champion. Estelle Taylor Dempsey owns Old Kickapoo that won recently at Tia Juana.
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Joe Benjamin
T. B. M. Stockton
Calif
Sid Barberian
J. H
John L. Sullivan
J. P
Johnny Doeg, Jr
California
Randolph Rose
T. G. New Zealand
Jake Schaefer
Eric Hagenlacher
Plymouth Woman Freed on Bond After Killing
Mrs. George W. Phelps, charged with murdering her husband in Plymouth North Carolina, was freed on a $5000 bond after habeas corpus proceedings before Judge W. M. Bond. The couple’s daughter Laura Pritchard also secured bond but did not join her mother in jail. The victim, farmer Phelps, was shot Sunday at his home while seated in a rocking chair and the case followed family trouble before the recorder’s court. The body was buried after an autopsy in Washington County.
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Plymouth
N. C
Phelps
W. M. Bond
Recorder’s
Laura Pritchard
Washington County
Funeral services held for hit and run victim Dotle Truelove
Clayton mourns Dotle Truelove nine killed by speeding motorist on highway 10 near town edge. Police in many towns search for the driver as eyewitnesses describe the child’s horrific injuries and the car’s initial retreat before fleeing the scene.
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Clayton
Dotle Truelove
Marion Young Man Held for Mail Theft
William Gattis, a former Marion post office clerk, is free on $500 bond after a hearing before U S Commissioner James Morris on charges of stealing a parcel post package. He waived examination and awaits district court in Asheville. The clock valued at $5.49 was taken.
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Marion
N. C
William Gattis
Liberty
United States
James Morris
Gattis
W. B. Francisco
Roy A. Sylvester
Asheville
Drowning Search Continues For Work Foreman In Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina F R Causby of Morganton North Carolina a construction foreman fell from the Gervais Street bridge into the swollen Congaree River. He swam about 300 yards but could not reach either bank and disappeared beneath the water three times. Efforts to recover his body yesterday were unsuccessful.
Judge hits down I C C valuation of Kansas City Southern
Federal Judge Kimbrough Stone set aside the Interstate Commerce Commission order valuing the Kansas City Southern railway at 49 million dollars for rate making. He permanently enjoined the commission from fixing any valuation on the railroad's property.
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Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kimbrough Stone
Kansas City Southern Railway
Missing Fremont motorcycle officer Hamilton found?
Police seek missing Mo torcycle Policeman Hamilton and town motorcycle after attack on official belongings. Hamilton disappeared last week with the motorcycle and no trace of him or vehicle has been found. he is married with several children.
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Fremont
N. C
Hamilton
Williams estate to fund Jesse Parker Williams Memorial Hospital
An Atlanta estate plan will place 2.25 million dollars from the Mrs. Cora B. Williams estate to build a hospital for women and young children in memory of her husband Jesse Parker Williams. Litigation over the will ended with voluntary dismissals, the estate’s attorney said, noting the estate is valued at about 1.15 million.
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Atlanta
Cora B. Williams
Jesse P. Williams
Jesse Parker Williams
Phillip Weltner
Nisbit
Marion Smith
Kenneth C. Royall
Goldsboro
N. C
Mr. Weltner
North Carolina
Raleigh
James J. Hatch
Frank O. Ray
Pan-American fliers reach Puerto Galveston Mexico arrival reported
The Pan-American fliers arrived in Puerto, Mexico, this morning at 10 30 according to a message received by the All American Cable company in Galveston Texas.
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Galveston
Tex
Pan-American Fliers
Puerto
Mexico
All-American Cable Company
Pan American Fliers Continue 20000 Mile South America Flight
Vera Cruz reports United States Pan American fliers hopped off at 10 15 this morning continuing a 20000 mile flight around South America Puerto Rico and Mexico are listed as next stops with the route area noted.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Ty Cobb Basks in Augusta Welcome Amid Hopes of Return
Augusta hosts a warm reception for Ty Cobb as the city hopes he will return soon. Local officials and fans anticipate another extended visit if he agrees to future events led by Mr. Squawk Leonard.
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Augusta
Ty Cobb
Squawk Leonard
Cobb
K. M. Landis
Leonard
Georgia Peach
Dutch Leonard
California
The Nutcracker and Sportsway Ditties Across Time
A collage of witty quips on sports legends theater and Christmas tropes. References include Lon Chaney Charlie Chaplin Ty Cobb Dutch Leonard Rogers Hornsby and Jack McAuliffe. Notes on tradition humor and changing journalistic headlines appear amid playful verse.
Three Mile Race Set For Tomorrow In Rich Fork
The first annual city wide cross country three mile race will start at 10 in the afternoon. Runners meet at Perryman farm on Rich Fork creek two miles below the new Payne road high school and finish at the country club after passing the new school. Jack Edwards starts the race and Dr J G Groome will pick the winner. twelve or more entrants include Perley Fogleman Cleve Lowman Bill Montgomery Stuart Clark Paul Apple Marvin Davis Bud Gurley and Obie Hancock. The course was laid out yesterday by Stuart Clark Paul Apple and Edgar Hartley.
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Perryman
Rich Fork Creek
Payne Road
Jones Street
Country Club
Jack Edwards
J. G. Groome
Perley Fogleman
Cleve Lowman
Bill Montgomery
Stuart Clark
Paul Apple
Marvin Davis
Bud Gurley
Obie Hancock
Edgar Hartley
Young Men’s Christian Association
Risberg Accepts Landis Challenge To Reveal Baseball Crookedness
Chicago December 31 Charles Swede Risberg former Chicago White Sox shortstop banished with six teammates from organized baseball for the 1919 world series scandal accepts Landis challenge to tell his secrets Risberg telegraphs he will come to Chicago soon from a Minnesota farm he winters on near Rochester
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Chicago
Charles
Risberg
Chicago White Sox
Indis
Landis
Rochester
Minn
New Lease On Life For Georgia Inmate
Wada Johnson, awaiting execution in Wray Georgia, received a habeas corpus appeal approved by Federal Judge W J Tilson. The appeal moves the case to the United States Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Johnson had been scheduled for execution in Gray for a two year old attack on an 84 year old Jones county woman.
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Macon
Wada Johnson
Wray
W. J. Tilson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Johnson
Gray
Jones County
Cotton Statistics Liverpool December Update
Liverpool December 31 weekly cotton stats show warded to mills 45 000 bales with 27 000 American, stock 1 209 009, American value 31 600, imports 79 000 with 50 000 American, exports 4 000 with 1 000 American.
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Liverpool
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