North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE TWO SOCIAL & PERSONAL By SUSS COTTRELL SHERRILL * Club and Society Items Are Solicited. Telephone 78, Tribune Office. Help Sick Soldiers. The War Mothers-are. anxious to ; send a Yictrola to Ward E4J at Oteen within the next week, and are asking for contributions of/money\for this | purpose. If you care to donate inon-j ov so help buy tills Yictrola you may 1 give it to Mrs. Frank Mills, Mrs. W.! L. Bell or Mrs. I). B. Morrison. • • • With Our Sick. Miss Gladys Swink is confined to j her home on Church street on account j of illness. Mr. Eugene .Caldwell, whoi recently Underwent an operation at- the Con cord Hospital, is again able to be out. The friends of Dr. and Mrs. JL A. Bangle, will regret to learn that their three children are confined to their home by illness. The many friends of Mr. Ben Craven will be gald to know that he is im proving after an illness of more than a month and hopes to be able to be put .soon. r. • » Virginia Dare Book Club. The Virginia Dare Book Club will meet Wednesday afternoon' at three thirty with Mrs. W. S. Bingham at | her iiome on Georgia Avenue. •* • • Girls’Entertain Mothers. Tbe ninth grade doniwstic Science girls gave «t© their mothers a most de lightful. evening on Friday when they served a splendid five course dinner of | their own arts at Central sc-hoof. The. large square table, arranged for’ fifteen guests was beautifully decoy-! a ted in red and white. The hostesses; were Miss Nannie Rl»tt;-. t and Miss j Virginia Isenhour, who welcomed thej guests* upstairs. Each mother was delighted with the | work being done along fh’-s line -and proud of her own daughter, who could ■ give such a banquet. - Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. i A! VS. Webb. Mr. .and Mrs. Hinton Me-j Lend. Mrs. C. H. Barrier.'Mrs, G v S. Kiuttz, Mrs. ,C. f. White, Mrs. A\ . AA . Morris Mrs. .T. A. Cannon. Mrs. N. F, Yorke. Mrs. R. K, Black. Mrs. A. J. Dayvault and Miss Mary Spurgeon, j » » * m Arnold Hamilton Quisins, Jr. i Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cousins, of j Richmond. Ya~. are receiving congratu- j lations on the birth of a son. Arlond Hamilton Cousins, Jr., on February - 24th. " Mrs. Cousins was before her mar-: riage Miss ''lrene Mabry, of this city, and her many friends .will be interest ed in this announcement. ». * . Son Born. Born h> Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sloop. February 24. a son. • • • Friday Afternoon Book C’lub. A most delightful meeting of thej Friday afternoon Book Club was held! Friday afternoon with Mrs. Archie Goodman at lu-.r pretty home on Spring! street. The members answered to thej roll call with some incident relativfH to the Civil War. Mrs. Goodman read an excellent paper ou .“Civil War Days in North Carolina."’ Which was one of the best 'the club lias heard “this year—lter tribute to the negro mammy being especially appropriate. A social hour' followed the program, during which time tin* hostess served chick en salad, frozen punch, sandwiches and coffee. Resides the club members a number of invited guests enjoyed Mrs. Goodman's grat-ious hospitality. * * • Cadin Visitors. Albemarle. News-Herald. Mrs. G. B. D. Reynolds. Mrs. F. E. Starnes and Mrs. i‘. E. Ib>ok. from Kitilin, spent Wialnesday iff Concord guests of Mrs. T. I). Mauess. ... I Birthday Dinner. A very lmppy occasion was the sur- j prise birthday dinner on February 22. i gi Vn by her children to Mrs. L. M. j Widenhouse at. the home of Mr. and [ Mrs. W. L. Widen house at 15 North ! Crowell Street, Concord. By pre-arrangemejit. thojte attend-1 ing. arrived a few minutes before tin 1 ' SKsm hour, taking Mother Widenhouso \ by complete surprise. After a sump- j tuous dinner served in tlie spacious! dining room, some time was spent very j pleasantly. Then the company broke | * up after wishing Mother Wideiihou.se i many more happy birthday occasions, j A number of valuable presents were received by Mrs. Widenhouse. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. Ij. ‘Widenhouse and children. Clyde. Lloyd, Helen. Adejene, of Concord * Mr. jind Mrs. A. I’. Widenhouse and children. Marvin and Lillian, of Mid land; Mr. and Mrs'. E. A. Widenhouse, of Albemarle: Rev. and Mrs. W. T. ! Albright and. children. Elizabeth. Alary Ware, Josephine and Carolyn. ‘ A daughter of Mrs. ' Widenhouse, Mrs. L. D. Haymati, of Wehlou. could not be present, -but sent greetings. ( • • • George Washington Birthday Party. The Junior Christian Endeavor So ciety of the Second Presbyterian church celebrated George Washington's birthday at a party given at the home of Miss Minnie Hopkins. Games were jltayed. Miss Hopkins rendered sev eral selections on the piano, after which delightful refreshments were served. A jolly good* time was had by all. There, were 34 boys and girls pres ent. This little, band hopes to do great things for it's church and community. The party was chaperoned by the leud - ors Mivses. Minnie Hopkins and Nannie Query, assisted by Mrs. W. J. Prather note Mrs. T. H. vMcLellaud. yr mm* s Birthday Party. MisscFlora Lee Deaton was the charming young hostess ut a bitrhday ' party Friday at her home on East Deiw)t street. / .She was the recipient of many beau tiful and useful presents. After* a ’number of games, which created a deal of merriment, de licious refreshments were served. - The following were present: Misses Martha Bust. 2ue Yerton, Lena Riden ; hpnr, Evelyn Goodman, Etbelda Line j berger, Bessie Griffin, Ethel Honey cutt, Mildred Propst, Louise Peck, and Messrs. Down Shinn, Harry Propst, j Kenneth and Brown ) Lee Goodman, -Roy Litaker, Robert 1 ClineA*ud Reece Bostian. 1 Tile guests departed wishing Miss i Deaton many happy returns of the day. • » • Colonial Tea. ! The Colonial Tea given Thursday j afternoon by tbe Parent-Teachers as • sociation of the Primary school at the school was highly successful in, every way. The auditorium and the adjoining rooms were most attractively decorat ed with flags, hyacinths, pictures of George and Martha Washington, and a number of drawings of cherries and hatchets, the latter the handiwork of the children, and several booths where candy, fruit and balloons were sold. Two immense George Washington pies, each filled with a number of toys, were the principal features of the af ternoon and proved to he most i>opu lar with the children. About twenty-live children, dressed in Colonial costunjes, lent an air of quaintness to an already attractive setting. Ice cream and cakes were served by several of the teachers, and candy cherries were given to each guests as a souvenir'of the occasion, i The entire upper floor of the build ! ing was with guests the en i tire and the amount Os money taken i in during the afternoon* was over one j hundren and twenty-live dollars, and 'more than one hundred of this will he ; clear. One child was heard to say that sin? ' ‘diked George’s party,” and it would : he a sate guess to say that every child j present Thursday afternoon hopes i that, there will he "another one just like'it at the earliest possible moment. n * • Study Club Meeting. Mrs. E. T. Cannon was hostess Thursday afternoon to the Study Club i at her home on North Union street, j Mrs. I, T. Davis* Jr., read a sketch lof James Lane Allen, and Mrs. J. A. j Hatrst-ll read a* paper on Mrs. Burton j Harrison. At the conclusion of she program the members were invited { into the dining room where delicious | refreshments were served. The ceu ! terpiece of the table was a graceful arrangement of red roses' and red lighted candles heightened the nrtietie affect. Small red hatchets were giv en to each guest, suggestive of Wash ington's birthday anniversary. € fc • C oncert Marked Success. Concord had the ran* privilege of hearing a real New York type of con cert Thursday evening at the Central ‘School auditorium when Mr. Alexan der Gunn, pianist, and Miss Pevelopu | Davies, mezzo-soprano, gave a joint , recital, assisted by the Ampico. i Miss Davies displayed a beautiful I voice which she used with rare intel ligence,'creating an atmosphere of the highest type of recital which teas v welcome relief from the usual conglom eration of operatic war horses with which the average amateur eoncertist usually lambasts the local .boards. , Miss Davies is a pupil of Edward Bos and Frank La Forge, of x New York. Mr. Gunn ranks with the best of our younger pianists and he well sus tained his reputation Thursday eve ning. Itis' most ambitious numbers were the Ballade in G Minor by Chop in and a sonata by Beethoven. He has the rare facility of combining poeti cal temperament with intelligence. The concert was given under the j auspices of the Woman's Club. Mrs. ; .1. I*. Cook introduced the artists in the absence of Mrs. A. R. Gorman, the president. 1.• • • With Our Sick. j Mr. A. C. Green, of Mt. Pleasant, is i in the Concord Hospital where he is i having his arm treated. The i was severely Injured several days ago jin a saw mill,'hut the injury is not | considered serious, and Mr. Green’s I condition is .improving nicely. Mrs. G. B. Lewis is again able to |be out after being confined to her , home with a severe attack of lar.vn i ftilis. j Mrs. J. T. Fisher is eolified to Tier home by illness. «, The friends of Mr. Merle Litaker, who was injured several days ago, will lie glad to know that he is im proving. Mrs. \Y. A. Kendrick is confined to her home on Meadow street by ill ness. • w ** Colonial Tea Wednesday. A colonial tea was given oy the Mrs. Lizzie Odell circle of the Ladies' Aid society of Forest Hill Methodist i Church on 'Wednesday evening, Feb* I ruary 21st, at the home of Mr. and ! Mrs. W. P. Mabry ou North Church street. The house was beautifully decorated the color scheme being red. white arid green. Beautiful and appropriate costumes were worn by all partici pating in the entertainment of s tlie guests,, Mr. and Mrs. Mabry repre sented General George Washington and Mrs. Martha Washington. Music was furnished by the Forest Hill or chestra. Mrs.' Herbert -Ridenhour re ceived at the' door and Miss Junita Smith pinned souvenirs (a small red hatehett) ou each guest as they en tered. Mrs. Dan Isenhour directed the guests to the dining,room, where they were received by Mesdames J. C. Fink and Pansy Linker. Delicious sandwiches, coffee and tea were served. Masdumes F>ank Miliband B. F. All- Ted poured the coffee and tea and Misses Grace Hodson, Maud Miller, Beulah Widenhouse. Nancy Allred and Grace Miller waited on the guests in a delightful /manner. All present wefe very expressive of their appreciation qf the pleasure of the evening. A silver offering was taken for the benefit of the Sunday school anaes. ' r " / t • . ‘ - PERSONALS. Miss Maude Ilroyrn and Mrs. Grace Brown Sanders have returned from Philadelphia and New York. Miss- Brown was buying goods for the Spe cialty Hat Shop. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Love and chil dren spent Sunday in Mt. Gilead with friepds. „ Miss Edith Gomney, of Charlotte, spent the week-end with Miss Mary Spurgeon. Mr. Joe Foil, of M. P. C. 1., spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. W. A. Foil. Miss Jessie Deaton spent Sunday in Mooresviflle with relatives. Miss Cora Penninger returned Sat urday from a buying trip to New York. Mr. and Mrs. B. A*. Matthews* of AYinston-S.Hc.m, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Goodson. Mrs. C. 11. AA’olfe, of Charlotte, spent the week-end with Air. and Mrs. AY. G. Caswell. Airs. Herbert Ridenhour left ' this morning for Graham, where she will spend several .weeks with her daugh ter. Airs. John Ilornbuckle. Miss Elizabeth Hahn, of Alont Aipoe na, spent the week-end here with her parents. Air. and Airs.'Clifford Hahn. Air. John Kearns, of' AI. I*. C. 1., spent tlu* week-end liye with friends. “ Air. Jubp- Kearns, of M. 1\ C. L, spent the "weelUend here with, friends. Mr. S. H. Long and little daughter, Annie. AA’elcli Long and Airs. #l. E. AVeleh spent Sunday with Air. Long's mother, Al#s. J. H. Long. Aliss Katie Isenhour left Saturday for AVinston-Salem, where she will vis it her sister, Mrs. Luther Harkey. Mrs. Caroline ltolffiins. of Stanly County, is spending a we.ek here with her daughter, Henry McClure. Mr. and Airs, L. K. Lee returned Sunday to their home in Shelby. Airs. Lee had been here for several weeks, and Air. Lee spent Sunday here. Air. and Airs. H. L. Propst. of Yad kin. spent Sunday afternoon here with relatives. Air. and Airs. C. 11. Barrier and family, Mr. and Airs. I). B. Corzino and family, and Miss*. Mary Horton spent Sunday with All. and Airs. J. C. Horton in No. 10 totvnship. -Air. and Mr9!**Frcd I)dell and Mrs. Phil .1. Carlton, of Greensboro, are visiting Airs. J. AI. Odell. Air. and Mrs. A. L. Smoot and little son, Alexander, of Salisbury, spent Sunday here with Dr.,and Airs. ,J. E. Smoot. Mr. AA\ T. Aliller. of. Columbia, S. spent Friday afternoon her witli fi iends. Mrs. T. W. Andrews, of Salisbury, arrived Friday t<> spend several days here with her sister, Airs. j. E. ! Sgncot. Air. \V. 15. Bruton left Saturday for New York, Boston, ami other New England cities. , Mr. and Airs. E. AI. Blackwelfler have returned from Fort Payne, Alabama to spend some time here wiUi home folks. Mrs. Lee Foil, Airs. Harry Fedl and Mrs. Jesse McEachero, of Mt. Pleas an spent Friday in tii': city shopping. Dr. and Airs. \V, C. Houston and Aliss Fat Adams loft today'for AVin ston-Sak urr where* they will atk nd the District Dcmtal meeting. Rev. 4. \V. Simpson, of Rock Hill, p spent several hours here Thursday with friends on his way to Pittsburgh. Pa. Air. and Mrs. Zeb Emlv and Aliss Emily Blackwelder, of Alt. Pleasant, spent Thursday afternoon in the city. Air. Robert LinkeV, of Charlotte, is spending severaLdays here with home folks. Aliss Elizabeth Coltrane left Thurs dap night to spend some time in Nor folk pud Franklin, A’a. Alr< J. E. Lambeth, of Thomasville. spent Wednesday night and Thursday with Airs. I>. L. Bust. Mr. Ed. Sherrill returned TluTVsday from a business trip to New York. Aliss Nora MeAnulty. of Charlotte. 'is spending the week-end here with home folks. All*, and Hrs. .T. F. York© and Aliss Alargaret York©, of Charlotte, spent Thursday here with Mrs. Ada Rogers Gorman, sister of Airs. York©. Air. K. H. Walker has returned from Atlanta, where lie has been for -everal months. • Air. and Mrs. Olin Hoover, of ■Ashe ville, are spending several days here with Airs. D. It. Hoover. Air. A. E. Harris lifis returned from Lilesville, where lie was called by the illness and death of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. White, of Spar* tanluirg, spent Thursday night here with All*, and Airs. Tom Alexander, the latter a sister of Air. White. They attended the laymen’s convention in Charlotte Friday, lmt returned here that evening and Saturday left for High Point, accompanied by Air. and Airs. R. L. White. Rev. AY. C. Wauchope. Air. and Airs. L. (’. Barringer. Ates. Frank Carroll and Miss Martha Barringer attended the laymen’s convention in Charlotte Thursday. - Aiisses Yirginin Ree(\ and Laura Virginia Yorke are spending the week-end in Salisbury, the guests of Airs. J. F. Hurley. y Civil War ‘*Dtiu” Bursts. The last shot of the Civil War has just been fired, r»S years after Appo mattox.* A Civil War bomb, which had been tossed about for f»7 years, used in shot-putting-exercise, muffinal ly ys an andiron in an'old-fashioned fireplace on a Louisiana plantation, recently exploded and wrecked the house. . But it considerately waited until there was no one at home be fore it cut loose. * If you b ave any AA’old AYar relic lying about your house, handle it carefully, particularly if it is a ’*(111(1.” Cary Johnston lulled In Automobile Wreck. Pittsboro. Feh. 21/—Cary Johnston, white, of Test Chatham, is dead and two Ford <-ars wrecked a& the result of an accident near Siler City, on the highway between Siler City and Pitts-, boro, AVednesday at noon. Lonnie CoopPr, white, was on the side of the road repairing a spark plug to a ear when .Johnston plunged into his eaiv damaging it. and completely wrecking his own, turning it over ou him, kill ing him almost instantly. Two pints of liquor were found in the dead ’ man’s ear. it is said. He leaves a . wife and five jsiuall children. The J coroner was summoned, but no inquest • was found necessary. , THE CONC6RD TIMES PRESIDENT CHANGES 1 HIS FOREIGN POLO » —• Asks Senate for Right to \ Place American Represen tative On International Court of League. Washington, Feb. 24. —Conditional American membership in the interna tional court set up by the league of nations was proposed toflay by Presi dent Harding. In a message to the. Senate, asking ’ that it advise and consent to such a step, the President declared participa tion in the tribunal offered an oppor tunity through which t lie United States could demonstrate its willing ness to aid .in preserving' world., sta bility without in any manner ing "any legal relation to the league.” •Four reservations, the first of which would specifically disclaim any obliga tions under the league, were suggested by Air. Harding as necessary condi tions to membership in the court.. The others would give this govern ment a voice in selecting the judges of the court and in making changes in its basic regulations, jfnd would provide that Congress determine what part of the expenses of 'the tribunal are to he paid out of the American treasury. Although there had been intimations that American participation in the court was favored in 'administration quarters, the President's message j (nine as a complete surprise to sena tors 'generally and all indications pointed to a delay in Senate action on the recommendation until the session of Congress which meets next Decem ber. Among the leaders of the “irrecon eiliables" of the league of nations fight in particular, there were predictions that nothing would be done until time had been given for mature reflection and comprehensive debate. A special meeting of the foreign relations com mittee was called to meet Tuesday to take up tin* President’s proposal. Itut there seemed to pe no hope that final action would be possible- in the four days reniainiifg after be fore the present Congress goes out of existence. So far as the merits of the proposal were concerned, there was general dis inclination to comment. Even the "irreeoneilables" were unwilling to openly declare war on the plan/ de spite their private expressions of dis satisfaction. The Republican organi sation leaders, including Senator Lodge, of Alassachusetts’ chairman of the foreign relations committee, would only say that they must give the sub ject further study before announcing what would be done. Among the Democrats who had supported the league there disposition to Inodrse the sought by Air. Harding, hut. they all stopped there and asked for time to think it over, v Proposal Is Indorsed by Cox AUarnij. Fla.. Fe.b. 2f>.—President Harding’s request that the Senate au thorize American membership in the international court 'set up by the league of nations "is - anoDie.r triumph of public opinion in American af fairs” and "a demonstration of the power of our religious thought, when aroused and organised.” former Gov ernor .lames AI. Cox, of Ohio, Demo cratic nominee fofi President in the last campaign, declared in a state ment here today. NO FIRES REPORTED HERE IN JANUARY Fire Loss For Entire State Les 9 Thau During January, 1922. Raleigh, N. C„ Feb. 24.—North Car olina's fire loss in January was .SB2K,- •“»7D, as compared with $i.0 1 5(),.”»2.'» for the corresponding month of 1022, ac cording to Jhe official report of Stacey \V. Wad©, state insurance commission er. mad© public tonight. The total number of tires was 2.”1> against 217 in 1022. "Th(‘ value of property immediately at risk by fire last month was $.‘5,878,- 87.“ with insurance aggregating $2,- 382/15(5,” it was stated. \ “Os the 23(1 (ires rejjorted, were In (iwcljhigs. the total loss being but $(52,395, with values at $(528,570 and having'insurance of $373,805.* “The bulk of the big lire loss for January came from only 22 town and county tires, amounting to $78t>.555> the other 214 fires totaling 848,024. "Defective flues and shingle roofs caused LOO fires, with origins undeter 'mined given as 4!». With the excep tion of Fayetteville, Raleigh, Wilming ton, Winston-Salem. Durham, Salis bury, Reidsville and Kinston, no other of the linger towns had as much as $5,000 damage in a single tire. “The total loss for Greensborojwu's $3,125; Ashev-yie. $4,888; Charlotte, $3,(535; Elizabeth City, $3,045; N©w Bern, $2,040; Monroe, $130: High Point, SO(KS; Hickory, $105; (htefopia. $5(5; Rocky Alount S2O; Lcxiirgfou, $25; and AYashington .$lO. < "The Januarv lire loss for the Unit ed States and Cimada' is computed to have been $3(5,(514.850 as compared with $38,0(53,000 l'or January, 1022. “The following towns in North Car olina reporting no fires, or no damage from tires are placed on the depart ment’s honor roll: Bessemer City, For est City, Pinehurst. Concord, Bethel, l’inetops: Alt. Olive; Uarthage, Gra ham. Beaufort, Kernersville, Farmville and Huntersville.” M ill Raze Hippodrome. New York. Feb.-» *J2. —The Hippo drome. famous Npw York playhQUse, w |i be razed this spring and a $15,- teOO.OOO hotel erected; in its place, it was Reported today. !l-he United States -Realty (cofiipafcy,: which coiitrols ;thc property,. Udm it ted negutiatioite for its sale wexe under viray. ' • \ Lou Eogash is anxious to clinch a bou with'Mickey AValker, the welter-' weight champion. AA’heu Bir James Barrie i£ in a tem per he puts-jofi his* hat tit© wrong way round. \YAY IS NOW CLEAR , ~ ' for power people “Eminent Domain” Bill Passes l tie House and Developers May Now Proceed. Raleigh, Feb. 24.—The bill with re gard to “eminent domain, sponsored by the watei\ power interests passed the house Friday night and the way is now clear for 1 the greater water power project to .proceed to condemn and fix by court procedings the price that a lesser water power development should be bought. The immediate question involved in this controversy is What should be paid for a certain mill on one of ths creeks near Mor ganton where it is proposed mat a large dam of the Southern Power in terests will back water ovei'. Under the present laws, it is very hard to deal with an jyicient mill site, but the new laws give power to proceed to condemn and then do the paying afterward/ Where the Royal Babe Will Be Christened. London, Feb. 20—A lively public in terest is being manifested in the prepa rations under way for the christening of the infant son of Viscount Laseelles and the Princess Mary, which it has been decided shall take place early next month. The interesting and im pressive ceremony will take place in the historic Chapel Royal. Owing to the limited accommodations of the chapel the attendance at the ceremony will be confined to the members of the royal family, .the family of Viscount Laseelles, high dignitaries of the Church and State', the foreign diplo mats,-and a few intimate friends of Princess and her husband. There are probably few, even of those who think they know London, who have discovered the Chapel Royal, rt is. possible, indeed, to wander again and' agan through the maze of St. fame's Palace without even suspect ing its nearness, although it looks out on the visitor through a large window at the very portal. And yet this cun ningly concealed chapel is one* of the most historic and interesting build ings in England, well worth a long pil grimage to visit. For centuries it has been the matri monial mecca of royalty. Queen Anne wore her bridal veil at its altar for George of Demark; Frederick, Prince of Wales, put a wedding ring on the ‘Duke of _ Coburg's daughter; and George IV., too intoxicated to stand without support, hicoouglier his vows to Carolina within its walls. It was the 9 setting for Queen Victoria’s nup tials more than four score years ago. her daughter, the Princess KoVal. stood at its altar with her German bride groom ; and the late King Edward was married there in 1863. And not only has it been the scene of these and many other weddings of English royalty and liobilityA. ah its foiit scores of princes and princesses, have received their christening. And yet this ultra-royal chapel has no architectural pretensions ; to rival its splendid history. It is small—bus twenty yards long, nvith accommoda tions for two hundred persons only. 'lt is wo larger in lyct Ilian many a parish room. Nor is it beautiful, apart from its painted and panelled Holbein ceiling, on which one may see the name of Henry VIII. and the date tr»4o. And yet it boasts three gal leries, one for royalty, another for peers and peeresses and other distin guished personages: and the third for its organ, one of the finest in England. Here generations of kings have wor shipped more or less reverently. Charles I. attended his last service in this chapel before taking his walk to the headman’s block in Whitehall: and George 111. listened patiently Vo sefmons two and three hours long, amusing himself by beating time to the anthems and boxing his pages’ ears when they ventured to talk or giggle. And Queen Anne was so shocked by the ogling and sighing of the younger members of the congre gation during the sermon, that she gave orders for the pe\ts to he “raised higher and made into closest.” The Chapel Royal claims to have' the tiCst chair in London. It is com posed of boy choristers, arrayed in gold and scarlet uniform, white ruffs and baud, knee breeches and stockings. At the coming christening ceremony it is expected that the Archbishop., of Westminister will officiate, assisted by the Bishop of ..London and‘"‘numerous other high dignitaries of the church. — ■■ i * A Wonderful Private Museum. London, Feb. 21U —During the late war, at a cost of many millions of dol lars. 300.000 miles of specially' pre pared cable, armored to stand shell fire, were used in the trenches. A section of that cable and of many other kinds of cables, from the first deep-sea lines used across the Atlantic ! onwards, is exhibited in a dingy pas sage in life London General Post Of fice. A specimen of every insulator, telegraph transmitter diul receiver, indeed, of every kind of instrument used in tile public service in bygone days, is lo be s<h*u there. One can see the 1835) A. B. C. Wheat stone Step-by-Step transmistter along side a box containing what look like four teuus bills placed in a row, hut which in reality represents Marconi's first wirelsS wave discharger.. The nucleus of the collection was made by a former engineer superinten dent of the Gerenal Post Office, who collected one of every new kind of line insulator issued. On his retire ment he presented the collection to the post, office, and it has since been offi cially added to and enlarged in every direction. Among other interesting souvenirs are some wonderful table telephone receivers made of fvory and gold, used by the late Afciert RotSdiild in his home at Hatton Park. ar Death of Charlemagne Tower. Philadelphia, Ja., Feb. 24.—(.'bade .magne Tower, former United States Ambassador to Germany, died in a hospital here from pneumonia. * Mr. Tower, who was 75 years of age, had also been minister to Austria- Hungary and. Ambassador to Russia before he was appointed to the diplo matic post at Berlin. He. was taken to the hospital on February sM.li. “Dreamed last night I was eating shredded wheat.” "Yet?” “Woke up this juormng—half the' 1 mattress gone,” CUMBEBCAND OFFICER IS FIT.UH WOuMilu W. C. Callahan, Special Deputy, Dies in Line of Duty.—Jno. Smith Is Arrested* _ ~ Fayetteville, Feb. 24.—For the sixth time within the past seven years, an officer of Cumberland county was shot and killed in the performance of his duty when W. C. Callahan, deputy, was fatally wounded' by bootleggers near VitFory lake snoi t ly after noon today, dying in rhe Highsmith hospital In this city four hours later. , . Callahan’s slayer, who is not known to the officers, is being sought by a sheriff’s posse, ,but\is still at large, though John- Smith, a, young white man of Gray’s Creek al leged to have been ne of the two men placed under arrest by Callahan shortly before the shooting, was re captured late this afternoon. ft was said at the sheriff’s office to night that the wounded) officer's suf fering was such that he made no state ment as to the identity of the man who shot him. * The meagre details available as to the actual manner of the homicide seem to show that Callaiian, w ho* lives in Pearce’s mill township, near the scene of the shooting, found a quantity of liquor hidden in the woods and proceeded to take charge of it. While th2 officer was stanamg guard over the confiscated whisky two men approached the cache and were arrested by Callahan, who then called two young men of thq. neigh borhood named Hall and Strickland, and requested them to telephone Sheriff N. H. McGeacliy.. While Strick land and Hall were gone shots were heard, and when they reached the spot where they had 'loft the officer they found that Callahan had been shot and the .prisoners had tied. Several shot were fired, but only one took effect, piercing Callahan’s kid neys. When arrested late' today Smith denied having beep implicated in the affair and claimed' that he could es tablish an (alibi. Callahan was a member of the At lantic Coast Line railroad polio** force and formerly served the Fayette ville police force. He was not a regular deputy, but frequently acted as a "special deputy. He is the lOtli officer who has, been shot in this county since 191t> and the sixth whose life has been tas.en. The others are deputies Frank Dees, killed by a “negro, W. J. Moorre and Herman Butler, siain by George Hobbs, ne a ro, Melvin Blue, killed by Tom Clayton, and A1 Pate, murdered by (Marshall Williams, a blockader. The four who have been wounded and escaped death are, W. O. Patrick, se riously wounded by Clayton, Ransom Pope, shot by George Hall, J. T. Kel .Jy, wounded by an insane man, who later took his own life, and Jones, who was fired on in a recent raid on a liquor still. THE FALLEN MONARCH. The <dil German Kaiser remarked one day: Dor Tog is coming when I will say To all the powers, your freedom you lay At my feet, to do with it what I may. Os England. France, 'ltaly and the IJ. S. A.. It won’t do them any good to pray; Gott amt leh will answer thee nay, For German autocracy must hold its sway. Rut the old war clouds* grew heavy and grey. And the invincible army was held at bay; When the Yanks arrived at last,'out in the fray. And old Yon Hindenburg didn’t huvf J. his way. Now, the old Geripan Kaiser was craf ty and wi^a Although rolling in atrocities and ■ steeped in lies, * He knew how to take advantage of time as it flies, And for safety then Holland loomed large in size. And now as a wood-cutter thither he hies, Ahd all day long his trade he plies; And Holland, grown large in her own . eyes, The request of the uutiou slievcalmty denh^i. J. M. (TLULEASURE. , 54 X. Spring St., l’houe 322. Railroad Employee Has Most Unusual \ Record. She!by*.'Feb. 22. —L. P. Yarhoro, sec tion foreman on the Seaboard, has a recortl of service which is probably not. equalled by any other man in the state and by few in tbe railroad ser vice. Mr. Yarhoro worked for 33 yi**Ts without missing a single day. has been connected with the Seaboard for nearly a half century, most of which time has been in this same po sition, and six year/ ago. when he attended a meeting in Columbia, a Seaboard official declared that Mr. \arboro did not have a demerit up until that time. Since then his record has been as clean and perfect. He owns a farm west of Shelby and su perintends this after work hours. -g* Mooresvillc Debeats the Kannapolis Five. Charlotte Observer, 20th. Moores wile eliminated Kannapolis here last night at the Y. M. tv A. be fore, a large audience of fans made up of citizens from both nearby towns, the final score being 33 to 24. The stellar performing of Hart ness, at forward for the Mooresville lads, was too much for the Kannapolis bovs and they had to bow in defeat. It was a deun, hard-fought game throughout and there were many tense moments that thrilled the audience. Some fine paying on the part of both clubs was developed during the after noon. T * ' - \ _____ High Point Recommended as Civil Ser / vice Examination Point. High Point. N. C„ Feb. 23.—High Point Has ijeen recommended to the f sion as a scheduled civil service ex amination point, following an inves tigation here by an official of the' uTOtru. i Monday, February 2(3, ]n> v jp® WANT FLOGGING STOPIM h pi PRISON AND c AMps Sponsors of Defeated Erpect to Continue Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. Jth the Senate committee on j iutions has reported unfa vo|3.[‘ : . %; i' ator J. R. Baggett’s bin !o j|J , s > the flogging of prisoners ;nui j "“‘ty ish prison dungeons in North ‘l!** the Citizens Committee of J‘ illa ' tired on Prison Legislation. continue its fight for the' )t ' to the measure, either in substipiq.'’? • at this session of the assemble its present draft two years f n , ni it was stated in official (ix-!,. , .'.yt Officiate; of the* State R (li Charities and Public Welfare"h i North Carolina Social Service n ! 1 * once declared before th ■ conim!?' that many “sordid details „f j‘ ity” ’to prisoners had been iij M ' • in an investigation conducted'i, v 7' B. Sanders, Os the departi«en, : lioy M. Brown, field agent. Th3 , I tended the passage of the would “greatly improve <•<*n<ihT..i;s!,; feeling the care and treatment prisoners throughout the state*• “The Infliction of corpora} raent upon prisoners." sai l Mr s'!!' tiers, “is peculiarly objectionable "p cause of the utter helplessness (l s Z I prisoners. They are protected p v publicity. In all but» a few \'- d Z where written rules have nttiv been prescribed by the county sioners, the superintendent m p’ camp iy the sole judge of what hZ stitutes a breach of termines the amount of punishing and he usually applies the lash ' self. “The prisoner has no appeal and no ‘come hack’ except in those t;l<w where the brutality is so great > arouse the indignation'..of i!jo entire community, and even if the cast! y bueught to trial the offending mva};, Ufuall.v let off with a slight line or reprimand.” Dir. Sanders asserted <’hief ' IValter Clark, of the stale si)|i» court, is of the opinion that the.flu;, ging of prisoners even under regal:., tions laid down by the emtuty <y. missipners is unconstitutional. 1 “Chief Justice Clark." he S; u . “maintains that a form of. puiiistiiix;. which robs a man of his self and brutalizes nbt only the' gaarlwi'i inflicts the punishment, hi:; also prisoner who receives it. is ueitlav necessary nor reasonahle. “The opponents of the Baggett.Hi argue that you can't control j.r -... ers without flogging them, that ; ■ ‘only way to appeal to a nigger , through his hide.' Flogging of pi;.., oners was abolished last year in Ala bama by order of tin* governor; and no I less authority than Dr. llavtin_- IJurt. president of the American I’m on Association, who studied the Al bania prison system hist November, declares that the abolition <d ,1-. gr, was followed by marked iniprovema; in conduct and morale. “Two counties in North Carolina. Alexander and Vance.* hove - proven conclusively that convicts can l« worked successfully wit limit tDggiir.’. “Flogging has long since Dyn alwt ished -as a part of prison discijilUie V all 4he great and enlightened of the world.. In Knginml Fran.-. Germany, Austria, Italy. Helgiw: Holland, Switzenand. Spniti. ami the government of tin* United and even in Dlexico. the lash a- an adjunct of prison discipline h;s bc siuee been forbiflden. It s ‘iil l 1 slats, however, in a few southern states.” Superintendent George I’uu. if' state prison, opposed the Bagge t Mil when it came before tin- conn litter but did not submit an oral argip-iG He maintains, it was stated. Hftit % ging is necessary to maintain <ii4 pline in prison and in convict camp of North Carolina. 433 Persons Given Employment Ilijr ing Week. Raleigh, X. C.rFeb. 24.—Four, li'f (lrefl and thirty-three persons "l'i placed in positions in this state due ing the iveek ending February 1° ■ the United States and North faroltaa employment bureaus, accord in- ,(l 1 regular report of ! M. I>. Shiinnun, ■ mrssioner of labor *tml print in-'. He' ' public tonights Tin; Wilniiimtmi reau, with it total of 100. led tla-s The lull report follows: Registrations—Men 10 s . w<incu !<> total 540. - Requests for ■ Help—Men HO, v en 84), total 44)4). Referred —Men 51)3, women tul 520. , Placed—Men 340, women " l 435. Skilled <BB, unskilled 2P-: ' and professional 33. domestic dust rial 3; total 433. Asheville—Men 41. women _• 04. Charlotte—Men 40, women 1< ot). \ Greensboro—Men 30. women n« / tul 47. / New Bern—Men id. worn' n 1 *!•) Y ♦> >. _ / Raleigh—Men 21, wontoi 37. , , ,/ Wilmington—-Men I'd. woum tal 100. ♦Winston-Salem—Men dv ' total 77.