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PAGE TWO '!■ >■ MB—B—WM—■a————Wß———Mgg Telephone 78, Tribune Office. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels Entertain. Italeigh Social Item in Greensboro News: Mr. and Irts. Josephus Daniels entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening in honor of A. XV. Barkley, of Kentucky. Qther guests were.: 11. A. Dougliton. John G. JbawsoH, John B. Sherrill. Z. B. Tur lington. members of the general As sembly: General Julian S. Carr.- of Durham, Heriot Clarkson, of Char lotte. W. T. Shaw, of Weldon, Dr. W. L. Poteat. of Wake Forest and Jose phus Daniels. Jr. m • • Party for Mrs. Matthews. ~ Mrs.* Ernest Porter delightfully en tertained at bridge Saturday evening in honor of Mrs. P>. V. Matthews, of j Winston-Salem, who is i parents, Mr. anti Mrs. J. F. Goodsou. Following the games deliciosu re freshments were served by Mrs. Por ter. Those_playing wore Mesdames M. L. Marsh. J. L. -Cannon. Harry Hopkins. R. E. RideJiour. Jr., and B. V. Mat thews and Misses Xelk Herring and Mary and Adeline Morrison. Wiili Oar Sick. Master Xevin Archibaml. the son of Mr. and Mrs. X. A. Archibabl. is con fined to his home, with Jin attack of la grippe. Mr. J. F. Harris is able to be up after being ill for several days Mrs. T. T. Smith is eoniined to her home with an attack of la grippe. j Mrs. D- U. Hoover is eoniined to her J home by illness. ~~ I Mr and Mrs. C. A. Gttffy. who are visiting Hit dr- daughter. Mrs. J. F. i Day vault, are recuperating from an tit- j tack of "flu." Much interest is centered in the sub- | scription card party to he given at the American Legion club rooms. Thurs day, January iGth, at 3 o'clock by the j United Daughters of the Confederacy, j For tljiose who do not play cards a j room will la* set aside for sewing. . Make the reservations for your 1 tildes with Mrs. G. M. Lore or Mrs. j A. E. Lentz. The proceeds from this party will he. used in buying crosses for the graves (T tile Dopfederate soldiers. mm r 'Party Postponed. The Public Welfare department of the Woman's Club announces the post ponement of the subscription card par ty until the first week in February. Full particulars of the. Valentine card party will lie given later. * * •* With Our Kick. Mr. Ed. Wilson is quite sick with pneumonia at his home at Watts' Cross Roads. MVs. 11. XI. Goodman, who has Imh?m eoutiruHl to her home on Franklin avr* ~nue for several weeks- with the flu. is slowly improving. The many friends of Mrs. J. < \ Cook will regret to learn that she Js quite sick with an attack of* la grippe at her home on North Church street. l Miss Mary Rideuhour is confined tty-' her home on East Depot street by ill/ ness'. , ~ / The condiiimi of Mr. L. A: Rideii hour, at St. John’s, is very much im proved. * * * Auxiliary Meeting. The American Legion Auxiliary b held its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening* at the American Legion club rooms. The chairman of the various com mittees gave their reports and several new committees were appointed by the president, ns follows : .Hospital and Re lief. Miss Frances Ridenluiur chair man. Miss I.eitie Louise Willeford, Adele Pembertoiij and Mrs. W. M Sher rill; post. Mary Pemberton chairman. Mrs. Kenneth Caldwell, Miss Margaret Rep and Mrs. Leslie Bell: Memorial,.. Mrs. I. 1. Davis chairman. Mrs. George Richmond and Miss Annie Hoover. Publicity, Miss C.ottrejl Sherrill and Miss Addle. White. Several, letters were, read from nurse's to whom were sent gifts op mom-v at Christmas. At the conclu sion of the businejss the members ad journed to meet 1 again the. second Thursday in February. c m 9 Moore -Willeford. The following from the Winston-Sa lem Journal will he of interest to a number of peopb* here. Mrs. Moore formerly lived in Concord and has a number of friends here. She is a niece of Miss Rose Willeford and Mr. J. C. Willeford. of this city: A marriage of wide interest was that of Miss Eliza Virginia Willeford' and Mr. Ellis Tompson .Moore, which was solemnized at S p. m. hist Fri day, January 1-tli at the Trinity Church parsonage, only a few friends of the couple witnessed the ceremony, which was performed, by the Rev. Douglas L. Rights. The bride is the beautiful and charming daughter of Mr*, and Mrs. 11. E. Willeford. and has a host of friends in the city, 'as well as in Concord and Ratlin, where she formerly resided. The groom Is a native of Georgia, com ing here from Atlanta only a short time ago. lie holds a responsible po sition with the Crystal After a short trip to the groom's home in Atlanta and through the south Mr. and Mrs. Moore will l>e at home to their friends at 307 North Green street * * * v. Meeting of Fine Arts Department of Woman’s Club. The regular monthly meeting of the Fine Arts Department of the Woman's •Club met at 7:30 Thursday evening in the club'rooms of the V with twenty three members present. Aftei* the business 'discussion a very interesting and instructive program was given. Mrs. (’has. B. Wagoner ■and her able assistants on the program cbtnmittee deserve much credit for ar ranging such a splendid program. The subject for the evening was: "An Eve-* ning With Browning.” Mrs. R. M. King began the program with a splen did paper on "The Personality of Browning as Revealed in lUs Verses." Miss Rose Harris gave a well thought out and entertaining paper entitled ’’Contrast Between Tennyson and Browning,” by illustrations of poems she showed wherein they were alike or unlike. Miss Maeey pleased all pres ent with two solos, “Unless,” and “The Year's at Spring.” Mrs. .T. P. Cook then read a most able paper on "Eliz abeth Barrett Browning.” Miss Mont gomery gave three poems -from Mrs. Browning, k‘Woman’s Shortcomings.” "A Dead Rose,” "My Heart And I.” The reading of “My Heart And I” was so wonderful that the entire audience sat spellbound during the rendition.' Misses Elizabeth Lord and Null Her ring played as a duet "Carmen Over : ture.” It so pleased the members that they were forced to given an en ! core and Kevin's "Country Dance” was J as pleasin'- 1 -- given. After the con clusion of the program Mrs. Cook an i nounced that Mr. Andrews/of An drews’ Studio, in* Charlotte, wanted to broadcast a concert from our de partment. Misses Lord and Herring and Airs. Charles Wagoner were ap pointed to look after ibis matter. A social hour was very much enjoy ed by all during which tea and sand wiches were served. Misses Addie White, Annie Hoover and Mrs. J. P. Cook were hosteeses l'ov the evening. ! The 'club then ad journed to meet at 3:30 on the afternoon on February 13 with Mrs. Charles B. Wagoner. « » « Auxiliary Meets. ! The Young Ladies' Auxiliary of i Trinity Reformed Church held a most enjoyable meeting Thursday evening .with Misses Dollie and Margaret Fowlkes, at their home on Depot’st reet with Miss Margaret Winders as lead ’ or. An interesting program was ren dered. consisting of readings and a . duos charmingly rendered by Misses Mildred Suther and Velma Lyles, and many plans were made for the year. | Delicious refreshments were served I by the hostesses. • • 9 l. D. C. Party. The United Daughters of the Con j federacy will give a subscription card parjy at me American Legion Club Rooms on January 24th at three o'clock. The object of the card party is to raise funds for the marking of ! the Confederate graves and all who Jare interested in this work are cor dially invited to attend. m m m Friday Afternoon Book Club. Mrs. T. X. Lawrence .was the charm ing hostess to the Friday Afternoon Book Club at her home on Spring street Friday afternoon. In answer to the roll call the members gave inter esting facts about Rotverf E. Lee. Mrs. Ben Craven read a splendid paper on Sidney Lanier and Southern Music, which was greatly enjoyed. During the social hour which fol lowed, Mrs. Lawrence served a de licious saiad course, coffee and sand wiches. mm* Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club. t Mrs. Jones Pharr delightfully en tertained the Thursday afternoon Bridge Club at her home on White street. During the afternoon delicious re freshments were served by the hostess. Besides the members of the club Mrs. Pharr had as her guests, Mrs. M. F. Ritchie, Mrs. Felix Yorke, Mrs. C. E. Parks. Mrs. Hurry Hopkins and Mrs. R. E. Kidenliour, Jr. • • • Kellersbergers to Live Here. The many friends here of Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Kellersberger will he glad to know that they have taken rooms at the home of Mrs. L. H. Lentz on .South Spring street and will make their home there for the present. m w m Subscription Card Party. The Public Welfare Department of the Woman's Club will give a sub scription card party Thursday, Janu ary 23th, at the Manufacturers Club/ at 3 o'clock. Reserve a table and entertain your friends at Bridge. I took or sewing. The money realized from this party will be used in Public Welfare work in the city. ' • t * Honoring Mrs. R. V. Caldwell, Jr. Mrs. It. (). Caldwell charmingly en tertained at three tables of bridge on the Popuar Tent Road, in honor of Mrs. R. V. Caldwell, Jr., a recent bride. Following the games a tempting sal ad course was served by the hostess. Mrs. Caldwell's guests were: Mes dames R. V. Caldwell, Jr., Edward Sauvain, B. E. Harris, Jr., Bradford Caldwell, C. C. Caldwell, Espy Can non and W. W. Corbett, of Mehane, and Misses Mary Harry, Elizabeth Harris, Martha Caldwell and Ruth Cannon. PERSONALS. Mrs. J. E. Smoot and Miss Mary Donnell Smoot left Saturday for Gas tonia to spend the week-end with rel atives and friends. Mr. George Praether, of M. P. C. T.. spent the week-end lie-re with home folks. Miss Madge Wilkinson has gone to Greenville, where' she will visit her sister, Mrs. Howard Cosby. Mr. Eustace Griffin spent the week ent in Albemarle. Miss Virginia Wilkinson, of Mont Amorim Seminary, spent the week-end here with home folks. Mrs. L. K. Lee. who has been spend ing some time here with her father, Mr. J. S. Hill, has gone to Shelby, where she will make her home in the future. * Mr. Albert Vestal, of M. P. C. 1.. is spending several days here with friends, Mr. J. C. Garmon left Friday to vis it liis son. Mr. J. B. Garmon near Fayetteville. •Miss Minnie Hoover, court stenogra pher, who has been here attending the term pf/ourt, returned Friday to her hoiue in Asbboro. Mrs. H. 1. Woodhouse gone to Montreat where she will visit her sis ters for sen;time. ■BBMBWW—!■»■■■ ■■mi wrriimMwti Mrs. U. G. Winnsborft, j J S. C, arrived Friday to be with her' i mother, Mrs. T. -W. Smith, who is | critically ill. Mr. Henry Smith, son j of Mrs. Smith, arrived Friday, i Mr. Bernard Crouse, of M P. C. 1., r is spending several days in Salisbury with his sister. Messrs. J. E. Davis aud A. 13. Davis .returned Friday from High Point, where they attended- the Furniture Exposition. Mrs. A. E. Harris spent Friday in Salisbury with her sister, Mrs. T. A. Foreman. Mrs. L. A. Moose, of No 7 township, is visiting her son, Mr. J. O. Moose. Mr. Gilbert Hendrix has returned | from Raleigh, where he spent days. Mr. M. M. Linker spent Thursday afternoon in Salisbury with friends. Miss Mary Lentz, of Greensboro, arrived Friday night and she and Miss Douglass Archibald were the guests of Mrs. T. T. Smith over the week-end. Mrs. P. B/ Fetaer is eoniined to her home with the flu. Mr. J. B. Sherrill returned this morning to Raleigh after spending Sunday here w ith his family. Mrs. J. E. Smoot and Miss Mary Donnell Smoot have returned from Gastonia where they spent the week end with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Heflin, of Salisbury, spent Sunday here with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cannon left Fri day for Anniston. Ala., to visit~their sister. Mrs. W| W. Sfringfellpw. Mrs. Grace Brown Sanders was a Sunday visitor of Miss Helen Car mack in Charlotte. - Mr. Jack Thrower, of Laurinburg, spent Sunday, in the city with friends. Mrs. C. I*. Deal, who has been visit ing In.r mother, Mrs. Joe Fisliex, for! the past week, has returned to her home in Charlotte. Mr. John Hatchett will return.to liis home in Atlanta tonight after spend ing the week-end here with Mrs. Hatchett, who is visiting her parents, Rewand Mrs. T. \V. Smith. Miss Mary Lentz, who spent the week-end here with Mrs. T. T. Smith, returned Sunday to her home in Greensboro. j Mr. Cyrus White, of Spartanburg, I is spending several days here, with ret- j atives. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Mcßride re turned Sunday to their home in Cherry ville after spending tile past week here with Mrs. Mcßride.'s pa reins, Mr. and Mrs. George Litaker. Mr. Luther Sappenfleid spent Sun day here with relatives, and was ao coinpiuiied back to Charlotte by his wife, who had been visiting her* par nets, Mr. and Mrs. L. I). Moore for several days. Mr. S. V. Brumley. of Newton, is spending several days here on busi ness Misses Carrie Gorman and Etta Belle Sn*ith spent Sunday in Charlotte with friends. Mr. W. T. Miller returned Sunday to his home in Columbia, after spending the week-end here with friends. Miss Ruth Swaringeu spent Sunday with home folks in No. S township. Mr. Eustace Griffin has_ returned Horn a week-end trip to Albemarle. Mr. Frank. Smithlield. of M. I\ C. 1., spent Sunday afternoon here with i friends. Misses Elizabeth Ilahn and Mildred j Stein, of Mont Amoena Seminary. I spent Sunday here with Muss Hahn's i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hahn. Mis. j. e \ orke. Miss Margaret Yorke and Mr. Frank Yorke, of Char lotte. spent Sunday here with Mrs. It. F. Rogers. Miss Billie Misenheimer has return ed from Mt. Pleasant, where she spent the past week with home folks. Mrs. Robert Litaker and children, of Charlotte, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Litakcr's mother, Mrs. W. A. Caldwell. Mr. Richard Porter, of Charlotte/ spent Sunday here with liis mother, 1 Mrs. 1). It. Porter. Mr. K. W. Broome, of Hickory, is spending several days here on business. Mr. L. W. Brainier, of New York, arrived in the city this morning. RepnrJjS Growth For Epwcrt.li League. The report of the Rev. F. S. Parker, D. D., general secretary of the Ep-'j ( wor:h League board of the M. E.l Church, South, as presented to the! annual meeting of the Epworth ! League board in Nashville, Tcnn.. m- j dicates a large increase in nK.mber ship and progress of that, organiza tion in foreign lands. r I lie 'recent, mid-winter meeting of ‘lie Epworfli League hoard was pre sided over by Bishop Horace M. Du Bose of San Francisco. Annual meet ings of this board have heretofore been held in the spring hence mere aad born an Mnterval of only eight months since the last meeting. During this time, according to Dr. Parker's report, ‘there has been an increase of more than t wenty-five £?r cent in o--‘ ganizat'on of League chapters, or 781 I new chapters, making a total of 6,- ! "65 and an increase in membership of i 30.491, bringing the total membersnip past 250,000. Since last May_ the Ep- A’orth League board has paid to me mission work hi Africa the sum of ' 548,702, Dr. Parker reported. Fined for Violating National Banking Law. Statesville, Jan. IS.—A. H. Ragan, former cashier of the First National Bank of Thomasville, was tine.d .$4,000 in the Federal court here this after noon after pleading guilty to a charge of violating the national bank laws. The indictment against Ragan con tained 10 counts, nine of which were uol-prossed. The count to which he f pleaded guilty charged falsifying of a report to the comptroller of currency as to the condition of the bank <m June 30. 1010. The defendant, will have until the April term of the Federal court to pay the fine. M ky Teachers Have “Nerves. In a country school the children were in the habit of using “palien” for “-put.” The teacher tried hard to correct them. One day, after » nt- j* tie boy had written a sentence on .he i blackboard, she asked the children if. they could find a mistake in it. i “Yes,” answered a pupil/ “Where is it?” the teacher asked. “Why,” he replied. “ he went and' putten ‘puften’ where lie* ought io L putten ‘put.’*’ “ “ j! THE CONCORD TIMES 2! A 1 j WALLACE REID, ACTOR, IS DEAD Family Said „ Condition Was Due to His Fight Against Narcotic Habit. Los Angeles, Jan. 18 —Wallace Reid, motion picture actor, died today at Hollywood. The end came about 1 :30 p. m., in the sanitarium where the actor was taken about a mouth ago after a nerv ous breakdown, said by his family to have been due to bis light against the narcotic habit. Reid’s wife and children were with, him when he died. Reid, at the height of his career as a motion picture actor, collapsed several months ago. The family made a sensational announcement just be fore Christmas . that he was a victim of drugs and under treatment in a private sanitarium. The announcement by bis mother-in law was to the. effect that more thaff a year before while, working in studios in New York under a strain of illness he used drugs for a stimulant to hold him up through production of a picture which later gained fame as one of his best. This was revealed latex to Jkive set the drug habit upon him and finally last fall lie broke down at the Hollywood studios and went under a physician's caje. It was a tight to the finish to con quer the drug habit his family made known and during the past month was close to death on several occasions. At- Christmas he rallied and indica tions were that he was on the road to convalescence and only a few days ago liis conditions was reported showing such signs of improvement that his return to the screen was se.l for next - July. Reid was born in St. Louis, Mo., in IS!>2 and educated in New York. His stage career began in vaudeville | with his father, in "The Girl and the Ranger" and later lie. entered the mo tion pictures in the early days of this industry, association with Selig. Yitn graph and the Universal. liis entrance was as a geaevbl utility ma*> and lie wrote, acted and directedr- Ife was later employed by ]>. W. Gritiiith in the production of “The Birth of a Nation" and entered the La sky employ in Farrar's | ‘Carmen.” | -j s jTke- Anti-Drug' Mar Interests Fra ternities. Washington, Jan. 19 (Capital News Serv'ee). —Mem'bers of fraternities in Chicago are enlisting the aid of their brethren throughout th: United States in assisting the Government in enforcing the anti-narcotic laws. Orierita Consistory and th© co ordinate bodies of the Scottish Rite in th<* Windy City have completed an -•organization to assist in making ob taining habit-ferming drugs impos sible. f | Colonel Will Gray Beach, narcotic officer in charge of Federal forces for several States, with headquarters in Chicago, is chairman of the organiza tion. Cooperating with him is Com mander in Chief Edward L. Johnson. Oriental Consistory; Roy W. Hill, /lead of Rose Croix; William H. De - lenback, head of Princes of Jerusalem, and Dr. Olive J. Graham, head of Van Renssalaer Lodge of Perfection. They ere all thirty-third degree Masons. Scottish Rite bodies in all sections lof the United States will be enlisted. Remedies sought will be new State i laws to cope with the traffic, ways and j means to care for addicts, and the inreparation of resolutions calling on President Harding to set aside a week known as “anti-narcotic week,” and to urge an international confer ence. At the same time Exalted Ruler William J. Sinek, of Chicago Lodge No. 4. B. P. O. E., has sent, out a coimtry-'wide call to rally ail Elks to the fight. He rep-rts hundreds of en thusiastic responses from the "best people on earth.” One set of resolu tions endorsing the campaign, whieh !is of particular interest, came from Marion Lodge, . No. 32, of Marion, Ohio, President Harding’s own lodge, of hicli he U a charter member. This is considered o| especial sig nificance, because the resolutions are* all addressed /o the President of the Uni|td ‘States. , 1922 Freight Traffic, Excluding Coal, ft Was Greatest in 'History. “Railroad Data. j The final of the Class I 'railroads, filed with the American Railway Association, show that the number of cars loaded 'with all com modities. ofh* r than coal, during 1922, was the greatest in history, ex ceeding by 16 pie- cent the total for! 1921, oind surpassing by 3 1-2 per cent that for 1920. Total loading for the year of all commodities, other than goal, amount ed to 36.265,178 cars, compared with 31.347,816 cars in 1921, and 35,436,022 cars in 1920. Leading of agricultural • products j was the heaviest'cn record. With .grain and grain product alone, 2,467,- j 358 cars were loaded. This v>-as an in j crease of 7.61 per cent over 1921, and i 34 per-cent over 1920. Lending of iv: stock in 1922 totaled 1,637,923 cars which was 9.42 per icent. above the year before, and 5.44 per cent over J 920. Shipments of merchandise- and mis cellaneous freight also established a new record in 1922, 'totaling 27,143,- 591 cars. This was an increase of 3.- 297,193 cars above the total for 1921, and an increase of 1 619,674 above the .total for 1920. Revenue coal “shipments in 1922 totaled 7,448,341 cars. Due to the five months' miners’ strike this was 93 per cent of the total for the year be fore and 69 per cent of the total for 1920. For tbo month of December, 1922, loading of al' classes of revenue freight was the greatest for uiat month on record and exceeded by near’,'' 25 tier cent the total for De cember, 1921. Coal loading for the month showed an increase of 46.72 per cent over the same month in 1912. while loading__of merchandise and miscellaneous freight. . one of th€ best, indices to business, conditions, increased nearly 14 per cent. For 107 years the nuns of the Ursuline Convent in Nrw Orleans have regularly commemorated the an niversary of General Jackson’s vic tory over the British with a solemn high mass of thanksgiving for the salvation of the city Jrom the nr act ing arr-.y. ■' ■ ■ V ■■COTTON HILL OF CHINA GROVE TO BEGIN WORK FEBRUARY 1 Capital Stock of Large Mill Increased to $850,000; Stockholders Elect Of ficers. i Salisbury Post. A large and enthusiastic meeting .of The shareholders Os the China Grove cotton mill was held in the town of China Grove yesterday. (More than a hundred of the stockholders of the new p ant wire present and the deepest and most determined interest in the organization was manifested by all. The large mill, the building of which has be:n completed, standing at the lower edge of the town, is about to begin operation, and _on February 1 it is expected that a large portion of the machinery will be set going. Thc< election of officers resulted in the so lowing: President, A. C. Line berger; vice-president, R. L. Stowe; secretary-treasurer, John C. Rutledge; iheso three and the following four ad ditional making up the hoard of directors: C, B. Miller and M. L. Ritchie, of China Grove, and Frank R. Brown and Janies L. Fisher, of Salis bury. It was voted to increasekifl capital stock from $600,000 to $&TToj)00. It was found possible to place the cards in the basement of the new tyuilding and leave room above, where it was intended to place the card room, for additional spindles so the number of .spindles to be placed in operation will bo 22,000 rather than the 16,000 first planned. It is expected that 8,000 of the .spindles will be set in opera tion the first of the month. The' new mill starts out under the most favorable circumstances. It is officered *md backed by the best of business men. The officers are ex perienced mill men. Mt. Lineberger and Mr. Stowe are . successful mill men of Gaston count, and Mr. Rutledge is a native of Gaston, but for 20 years was with the big Cannon mills at Concord and Kannapolis. The shareholders are mad 3 up of business men in Rowan, merchants, farmers and professional men who believe in the project and are pleased with the start being made. The meet ing yesterday was very largely at tended and is said to have been of unusual interest. The mill has a splendid site and is modern. The building is adapted to the manufacturing business and the machinery is all newest pattern and modern to th? last word. The building of the mill is the result earnest co-operation which does' things and which has Characterized the cotton mill business in the state during the past half of a century. PRESIDENT’S CONDITION IS IMPROVED TODAY But Under Direction pf Physician He Will Remain at the White House. Washington. I>. C., Jan. IP. —Presi- dent Ilarding continued to improve to day. but under the doctor’s order will remain in seclusion at the White House until he entirely shakes off the attack of gripped from which lie Inis been suffering fpr the past few days. The President - is transacting no offi cial business arid continues to spend most of Ids time lying down in his room. Noted Divine For Summer School for Preachers. Durham. N. C., Jan. 20.—Announce ment of tin* securing of Dr. (1. (’amp hell Morgan, noted English divine, and Dr. Andrew Sledd. of the Caudle School of Theology for places on the program of the summer school for preachers at Trinity college, June 0 to 1.1 was made today by the program committee, which is now co-operating witly Home Mission Board of Meth odist Episcopal Church. * South, in plans for an extensive work on sub jects relative to the country church at the summer school. Other men high- in religious education circles of the church will probably lie contract ed with in a short time. Dr. Morgan is a native of Glouces ter shire, England. lit* was educated in England and holds the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary. Dr. Morgan has served leading churches in Eng land—including famous Westminster Chapel. London. During the World War lie was engaged in training Y. M. C. A. Workers in London. Irr the fall of 1020 ho was brought to 'Trinity’Col lege* to deliver the A vein' Bible lec tures and the impression that he made at that time >vas an incentive to the committee to secure him for the pro gram for the summer school for min isters. He will he pro,sent for a greater part of the summer course. Dr. Sledd has been engaged' for the entire course and will give addresses for those who have completed the re quired conference work. He is a na- i live of Lynchburg, Va., and secured his education at Randolph Macon Col- . lege, Yah' and Harvard. Honorary de- , grees have been awarded him by Rol- | lins college, and by the University of Florida. The faculties of Southern , University. Vanderbilt, and Emory j httve felt his influence. lie is a mem ber of the Board of Education of the Southern Methodist church. New Fowl Cross Between Turkey ajid thicken. A new development ih the poultry industry is the produetiton of a fowl that is a xross between a turkey and a chicken. This hybrid, according to an illustrated article in the February I’ppuhir Mechanics Magazine., has been propagated for four years by a Cali fornia breezier. He has called the fowls “turkens." and has now quite a large flock yf them. The male bird has a gobbler neck and other resem blances of a turkey. The female has a turkey head, but otherwise looks like a chicken. In color theyare generally red* and wlien full grown, weigh from b to 14 pounds. I In telling of some of his earlv ef forts in the Earl of Birken head confesses that he sold his first two hooks for. #3OO each, in order to obtain money with which to get mar married. , .< Another Name For it. Customer in lunch room: “Waiter, give me mi k and shredded wneaf biscuits.” ~ 'Waitsr to man behind: “Cow mice for two straw pillows.” v j UPSHAW SAYS HE HAS ] JUST STARTED BATTLE Georgia Representative to Wage Cam paign Against Officials Drinking. Asheville, Jan. 19. —‘ In the words of John Paul' Jones, when he once was asked if he was willing to sur render. let me state like he did. ‘I have just begun to fight’.” This was the assertiton of Congressman W. D. Upshaw, of Georgia, last night, when asked if he intended to cease his campaign against the drinking of liquor by public officials in Washing ton. “Just so long as I live I am going to wage, a truceless tight, and I have the assurance of large temperance bodies that before another presiden tial election they will put forth such strong efforts that no candidate of either party will dare to make a race unless lie makes a pledge that he vyill personally live up to every amendment to our constitution, and above all, that lie*' will never violate the*. Volstead amendment. “< >n January 10. I addressed a large body of W. C. T. U*s. in Brooklyn, N. Y„ whe were celebrating America’s se'eemd Fourth of July, that is, the anniversary of the. advent of na tional prohibition. The movement, to prohibit drinking by public officials ii> spreading fast,, and in fact, it has be come nation-wide. The prohibition forces are pledging themselves, for dry public officials.” Asked if he was in a position to dis close the. names of the attaches of foreign embassies that have violated the prohibition act. Mr. Upshaw re plied, ‘ No, I can not. I have turned over the names to the federal enforce ment officers. I gave they my sacred pledge that I would not. To do this would defeat justice.” ‘Tittle did I think, when I made an address of 15 minutes in Congress that I would reeeieve such a great amount of publicity. What I talked about everyone in Washington knew. I did not think it right to turn over the names of my colleagues in Con gress that I know drink liquor. “Dn the front page of a New York daily last Sunday I noticed a little box which bore -a Washington date line. - It stated that-orders had been issued at the White. House prohibiting any of the officials there from keeping liquor in their desks. I have made mo charges against the President that he lias violated the act personally, hut I am aware' of the fact that cabinet members have been reported to have taken drinks on a number of occasions. “I have just dispatched a telegram to Governor Pineliot, of Pennsylvania, commending him for his statement that liis state would be dry, the gov ernor would be dry, the mansion dry. and the officials dry during his ad ministration:’’ Mr. Upshaw, who represents the fifth congressional district of Georgia, came to Asheville on a short visit to liis family here, and he left for Washington today. KIRKPATRICK CHARGES ARE TRUE, SAYS GOVERNOR And Mr. Morrison Recalls Big Freight Rate Alight. Raleigh. Jan. 20.—-Governor Morri son today said that it was "undoubt edly true” as charged by C. 0. Kirk patrick, of Ne.w the joint legislative hearing that $200,000 ’ was being raised in Norfolk, Va., to fight the governor's proposed ship and port commission. Advocates of the commission had as serted that if authorzied it would re lieve North Carolina of freight jgites alleged to be disemirinatory to this; state and in favor of Virginia and would increase this state's commerce. Further,than that Governor Morri son declined to comment., on'the alle gations regarding a fund but said he did not know in advance that Mr. Kirkpatriok was going to make the charges which were denied in a tele gram from the Norfolk chamber of commerce. “CENTRAL, GIVE ME EUROPE.” Transmitter is on Broadway; Receiv er is in London. * H. B. Thayer, president of the American Telephone and Tele graph Company, Sunday night picked up the telephone on liis desk in a Broadway skyscraper and talked to a group of scientists in New Southgate, London. Eleven minutes later, mes sages received by cjdde stated: “Thayer got through to all.” Scientists # of the company who have been working for several weeks on the experiment, notably John J. Carty, in charge of and re search, hailed the feat as ‘‘epoch-mak ing,” in view <>f the clearness with which the trans-Atlantic message were received. Guglielmo Marconi, the wireless wizard, was among other scientists in Europe who congratulat ed Mr. Thayer by cable soon aft»r he had talked. . The instrument used by Mr. Thayer was connected directly * with rad o equipment at Rocky Point, Long is land. about seventy miles from New York (Tty, from which point the mes sage was transmitted, without relay to England. Understood Perfectly. “Are the directions clear to vou now, Jefferson?” ‘Was. sail, all ‘ex cept one thing, doetah. Was I to take dose little pills externally or befo’ meals?” iscr POOD CIGARETTES io c ijff® 8, genuine MESSf "Bull" ! TjFm durhah i tobacco ; i > Monclay, January 22, 1923. 1 WARNS AGAINST DANGER OF PLANTING MUCH COT > q\ I < * Dr. C. B. William* Says An Over-f 'in duction Wouid No t Be Benefin V Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 20.—North olina farmers are warned a:, planting too large an acreage ii <, | this year by C. B. William*, <|r n , North Carolina State College, t i in the Second of his articles <irsj_ TO aid planters in cultivation p boll weevil conditions. “In grovvipg cotton, or am <•, crop,” he says, "it is wise if. I down total production a point v there will not be an /over-pi-odupt . For this reason, it will be best of year for our cotton growers in Carolina to guard against planting j large an acreage to this staple. “At the present time, it would pear from all the facts available , the acreage of cotton in the v , should not be increased or, , t I planted last year. As a state, v, profit by a reduction in qcreage ; j make tip this reduction by inn. production per acre. “‘Other things being equal. 1 [cheapest production of cotton, as •any other crop, is that obtained | moderately large yields seemed ! planting land, using suitable \ ; j ties, proper fertilization and tic.;. _ and frequent cultivation. “Cotton farmers of North Car,.! will be forced more and more ut boll weevil conditions .to put' int o p. | tiee methods of growing cotton w|. will result in economically h yields per acre than many an* s. ing tit the present time. Those if: j ers who are producing only, id out > third to one-half halo per acre w; !. a large extent, be forced out << I - ness by the coming of tin* boll w. unless they plant their cotton ia. .- ter land or improve by rational'm the poor land they have been usiirr the past. 1 “Farmers will be forced to n lin all probability, the acre; „ have been devoting to cotton g. - they can look after prod!.. ; thoroughly, just as growers lnr « h - to do in the weevil invested states the south of us. PaTticufitrly will ii be true with our Coastal I’iain j ers. i ‘ “The acres released from con •should go into suitable food, feed i soil iinin-oving crops to lnfoi t ' needs of the growers’ family. I ers and livestock On the farm. and build up the fertility of rlieir soil: many eases, outside of possibly northeastern and eastern se-diot. acreage to corn and soy beans n, this year be increased. “Enough corn 'should be .grown supply feed for the livestock a bread for the home (and t In're . none better when properly <■< k< Why can't we eat more <■• in lay muffin bread and other breads ma : corn products and teach our frier; !-- the north of us to appreciate tin value of this grain for bread maid, purposes?" “Grow soy heaps and eov. j seed, for soil improving purpose:-. {for supplying, at least in part, t ' roughage and grazing for 1 1 n■ stock. Where beans and peas ar> ii for soil improving purposes, < like cotton and torn, which 'i will usually show considei creases in yield which should r cheaper cost per unit of crop. “These sire no Utopian scliAm*. thousands of progressive No; Tt < linsi farmers ard already folh.-vh, plan of growing iuo.sts.of their f.><- feed while producing goodly yi» Cotton and at the same time tic ; building up the productiveness their soil from year to year. Soil duetiveness lies at the very ha-- - < the state's prosperity, -for no p< dependent upon agriculture <an permanently prosperous unless lit* soil is reasonably productive. "Some other crops that may used on many cotton farms to a : . larger extent are rye. crimson ehr vetch, in some cases, peanuts. \*'d hetins, (certainly in the soutliea-a i : section of the state> sweet poia\ and sorghum to supply sorghum •for the home, tenants, less provide-• neighbors, and perhaps to those in ' near-by villages and towns who lia hot lost their taste for gowk conn; ‘eats.’ “Lesson numb(*r two is that in dev to play safe in fanning where ■ ton or any other crop is? the in; money crop, we must provide lor . grow the feed needed by thefarm ily and laborers and li\estoM< on farm. When this plan is followed farm will become largely self- n ing. having the cotton as a real ; ! crop and farmers will then 1- ■■ : more independent. “Farmers should then, will; in try and intelligence, have somethin's spare for educating their redd' for promoting civic and reiim work in the community: for mu improvements in the home ahd w - farm; atuUeven for putting aide investment. Or a ‘rainy day ." Parish Prison in Louisiana Built i. , a Club House. In apperanct*. much more like ;> clubhouse than the casual prixm l ie ing. the Beauregard parish jail, m Bidder, La., was constructed y f ars ago to conform with tie - [of correction rather than a dear. ;of punishment, says the February !'- ular Mechanics Magazine in an d trated article; \ The building h reputation of being almost periV* sanitation and health conditions, is massively built of reinfon d blasted concrete, three stories ir. with a terracotta roof, and a s<y central tower. Every cell in ii terior is rummy and has a window th it no prisoner is deprived of fl - air and a view of the beautiful and landscape cf a southern s»a Baths and toilets are provided for cry cell, and every prisoner sleeps a comfortable bed. Hi* [Excuse Reasonable. The teacher was angry Thomas appeared ten minute: for school! ; “Why are you late, Tommy*.’ said sharply. “Please sir,” replied the : inm was late when I started from lion “Then why didn't you s an U home earlier?” “Please sir, it was too late ro : early.” Trespass Notices, 10 Cents for bm Tribune and Times Office.
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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