SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIIL
Solicitors Are Told to
Make an Investigation
of Prison Conditions
Mtoritcv General Manning
" Sends Out Letters to 'Solic
:, or< a nd Chairmen Boards
as ('aunty Commissioners.
iWFSTtCATION OF
• ' i pyj IS ORDERED
rjr Hastings Hart May Now
lie on Way to North Car
olina With Purpose to In-
IkPrison t'onditions
I iLi By tli«* Associated
S<,!i<•:;**i - throughout North
w it* ad'- i'lol Ity Attorney
i j ,1;,, s Manning Unlay to
■ •„ investigations of
',-it‘i!rii! Mill" in -their respect ive
'• ;il|l | i.port to him result's
...,j v X ,,.| r.iii convenient ty do
. . |\ ih*- (itl’n-er a«ltl reaped
~ ,|.airmen of tin* boards of
• «..> tu-r-s advising them of
, a (ji.n to sol'u-itors- and
cooperation in nil steps
1, tier to the solicitors
; ina instructions is
i j j.. (...v.riuif Friday in witl)-
• request for an invest iga-
S;ate .uni county prison sys
v.‘, t, v tip. department of public wel
. ;is f.illows :
_ ~ t chariles recently made
nil lmilidioi ji .ulnst the treatment
in prison camps and ofh
►r•■hoi’'- 4 1 ■’•nlineim-nt. 1 am directed
it... (litvi-rnor to ur.'D you to make
a n*-r-' lull hives: : g:*ti«»n of the condi
*ristimr in any prison camp or
.... in any comity in your district.
sm’i also <•oinlrtions of the jails in
;i, . uitii' ..f your district to ascer-
Fi: the method of housing the
•>,.•.-* 1 ip feeding and'clothing of
•Ti.ird. the treatment of prisoners.
-|...fh : and -well prisoners.
if any illegal or criminal
art?have I*>*n commiited against pris
niivT' giiuiis dr other attendants.
Imi if stp li ads have been coiundt
lot ii> prose.me those who have vice
hitol th. laWs of the State, t trust
pm will in.!he tins investigation ns
. c.i ii. be done and report
ih if mi 1‘ tn me the conditions found
i IF \m: . I
i in iilso. !y directimf of the Gov
ct-h\ writing to chairmen of the
;ird> of Countv (’oinmissioners in
y.nr di>tri.-f to aid and assist you in
twv jmssiiiic way to ascertain the
tme unliti*»ns You will use the
grand juries in your district to aid
r "n if ymi deem it advisable or ner-es- j
to make i!icm‘ investigations. Nut j
at tlu* (hivernor desires, and what
!mu until" you to do is to make the)
| fflyestigatiens yourself. *
>hall appreciate your acknow- j
'•intuit of this letter, and have you *
v, *i ini* yum - report ;is early as you
r'ii oHivenicn;!y do so.*’ ~ '
Intilaiiuti to Prison Expert Has |
Fern Withdrawn.
I ;::i *:g!'. Yl.rv 11 Mrs. Kate Burr;
■ coil.* 11 issio 1l er of Public Wei- :
'*iicit uift i tanl of ilie rejH»rt that !
r IL'idieg- 11 Hart, of the Russell j
[ t •* U t •«I: *ll - > 11 . was vii route to
Carolina i., participate in an j
‘■'•'"stigatjiih of prison systems in the j
th<* export probably was i
u consultation.
i-.v invit,i;i,tlit* department ex- i
h H ! hr. Hart to assist in the in-I
i ;:1 ' ::"t lot'ii withdrawn since
r( l up ron Morrison withdrew]
1 t<» Mrs. Johnson to con- j
I. ’ 1 • "** invest i”n t ion.
,)r - ~urt Now on His Way to State.
May 1 i.—Dr. Hastings
■ Kii-sell Sage Foundation,
recently invited by Mrs.
o 1 J‘ :|ri ’ -ie'i'e oil. of the state. W01v../.
v../. J '.-’‘i’ rinoi,! !)ss ' st tu *an in
eondit ions in State
M'iiitc Plains. N. Y.. late
2 . ' \ h*r Raleigh, artording to a
!. '* : T '' " received by the Fay
: ;. t . (i '' "y-tu *<r today. At the time
i ..... ( . ‘' '' F’uit!< he had not heard
Morrison liad with
ii . vt for an investigation.
j.. 11 ' dpa ieh added.
j, , ' ' luv Hart plans to go
I Xjti,;! 11 'to attend the
: 11 h*ren f Social Work-
Itl " ''i\er dispatch asserted.
" H '"i and \\ \ Blair to Con
hr Tonight.
| so a ' 14. Action to be taken
wit],,i,'.... ] '*} Governor Morrison’s
I, ~ ' . ••• -us requust to the State
j '"i.,!,]./. ''j'"-' and public welfare
investigation of prison
Cili-il * ;, rolina may h«* do
li.i, \y ' ''i ~' t in Greensboro
: ‘ hairman of the
J s '■ Burr Johnson, coni
\. Y( . 1 *r. Hastings H. Hart,
•lifer. j t ■ ■ are Ached tiled to
: ’ 'ip to , ''‘urned tins afternoon
In n,, : , ‘t of Public Welfare.
~'ti,, Jsion is h°t reached at
,ir, ‘ a j-, i 'onfcrenee of the en
;i'' ; u ( ' !, lled for an early
f ' ' Mrs. Johnson left
Green-boro.
.. ( " 1 - IJ'air Talks.
11 ■ M:iv 14.—-J Jlln
" ’ ,,;| ki „f ( '. icliet l«*t\veen the state
'G'dp. 5 ..,' 1 s :,,, 'l pnhlie welfare,
v °-:i prem, l '-’ lM,n ,W,anl the Iliat-
A ii].,; JR vestigation.” said Gol.
1,,,,..,’, ' 'j'dman of ti, e former
Hui u film* v . ! ,s v h’orning upon his
' ‘" ! k City, where he
THE CONCORD TIMES.
HI’SSIA HURLS HER >•
DEFIANC E AT ENGLAND
Foreign Minister Gives Soviets’ Atti
tude in Fiery Moscow Speech.
Moh Sweeping the Streets of Moscow.
Moscow. May 12.—The soviet com
mune was sweeping through the streets
of Moscow tonight crying "Down with 1
Gnrzon: death to the initiators of a
new war: down with l'ascisti: Russia
is not a colony of England !”
While the soviet soldiers, workmen
and students were marching by thous
ands behind the red flag. In a practical
demand for war on England. Trotzky
and T' hih lioriii were addressing a sul
lenly quiet audience in the Imperial
theater in strongly pacific tones. The
\oha no of Russian revolution seeuuHl
(might to he ready for a new entp
i ion.
M. Tehiteheiin, ihe* foreign
minister, dressed in the uniflirm of a
member of the red army and wearing
a red decoration, was the chief speak
er-at a gieat meeting held in a thea
ter here today.
The theatre was crowded to the
doors, while in the streets thousands
who had taken part in a demonstra
tion listened to speakers from motor
trucks and balconies, all of whom made
reference to what they termed the war
threat against Russia in the -British
note: in tin* assassination of Vorovsky
at Lausunne and in other recent in
ternational developments.
Referring to Vorovsky, M. Tchit
cherin said: "This is a symptom of tin*
general European situation. The di
rect responsibility rests with the
Swiss government, who took no pre
ventive measures, while trK* moral re-,
sponsibility is on England. France and
Italy, who originally -instituted tin*
Russian delegation to Lausanne.
Regarding tin* British note, which he
characterized as insolent, Tchitclierin
said :
"We are getting telegrams that Brit
ish warships are already in lite White
sea : perhaps by now they have opened
hostilities against our ships.
"The note contains false facts and
messages improperly deciphered. We
must reply calmly and firmly. Russia
will not go hack a single step .before
the demands: we therefore offer a con
ference. We are ready to discuss the
losses sustained by British citizens in
IDL'D, hut we will render a hill to
i England for all those England shot
during the intervention in the north.
\Ye desire j>euee, and do not want a
break, hut we will wait until tin* ene
my attacks us.”
Tlie foreign minister was followed
by War Minister Trotzky. who told the
cheering throng . that Russia wanted
peace, but the red army was ready, if
necessary.
"If war comes, it will he a.long one:
it will delay the building up of our
country for many years, hut the red
army, which wants peace, will carry
out its duty until the end.”
He suggested that perhaps more
than note writing was going on in the
border states, while the border atmos
phere was thickening. These states
would Ik* the first to feel the brunt if
war came.
Leo Kameneff, the acting premier
and 'president of the Moscow soviet,
paid tribute to Vorovsky. The bullet
which killed him. he said, was direct
ed not only against Vorovsky, but
against the soviet government. the
c< mnumist party and the entire labor
movement.
■We swear to take revenge." he de-
I elarod. "Let our enemies think what
| they like, hut they will npt frighten us
jby bullets »r notes. We will continue
our liberation of the east and the
I west."
M. Bucharin, head of the left wing of
,the soviet central committee, in more
belligerent tone, said that the capital
ist powers constituted a barbarous civ
j ilization. “We are telling them to go
;to hell." lie shouted. "We will not sell
lour proletariatTtven it’ they send more
warships.”
1 The meeting adopted a resolution to
i send a letter to J. Ramsey McDonald.
Deader of the labor opposition in the
house of commons, declaring that Rus
sia would not yield to an ultimatum,
I but was ready to come to an agree
meat if England was ready to negoti
jiite and also a letter to Dr. Fridtjof
!,Nansen, bead of the League of Nations
relief in Russia, asking him to use his
influence against « break and possible
wa r.
A man is no larger than his sym
| puthies.
i had been for several days on business.
Gol. Blair says he does not understand
the attitude of Governor Morrison and
| the prison hoard since he has a letter
| from Jas. A. Leak, of Wadesboro, pres
i iddnt of the prison hoard, stating that
' lie would he glad to co-operate with
jthe board of charities and public wel
fare in flic proposed investigation.
Gol. Blair expects to go to (ireens
| boro this afternoon to confer with
j Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commission
| i*r (> £ pub ic welfare, and other mem
j hers of the board regarding future ac
ition.
Before leaving for New York Col.
I Blair had a letter from Governor Mor
! risen requesting the state hoard of
charities and public welfare to con
duct the investigliDion, (hut nothing
was said then about lack of funds,
i T’pon his .return last night Col. Blair
j had a-letter stating no funds were
! available for the investigation such as
j proposed. Wliat the Governor meant
j by this, Gol. Blair said, he does not
! know. However, the hoard went
ahead with plans for the investigation,
and invited Dr. Hart.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
FINISHING TOUCHES ON
ORGANIZATION TONIGHT
Executive Committeemen, Captains
and Colonels to Meet at the 1. M.
C. A. Tonight.
A meeting of the Executive Gom
mittee. Golunelsl and Gaplains is to he
held at the V. M. G. A. Jonight at C»:lf»
when the finishing touches will lie put
on the organization which will he
ready to forward umrch on Tuesday
night.
Bishop E. A, Pennick . will he the
principal speaker at the opening ban
quet. The program for the evening
fallows:
Dinner ti:ir».
In vexation —Rev. .1. G. Rowan.
Toastmaster*—F. C. Nibloek.
Music by Davidson College Male
Quartet.
Solo—Alan IX Prindell. -
Address—Bishop E. A. Pennick.
Campaign Instructions—S. A. Ack
ley.
Assignment of work.
team ‘.organization is as fol
lows :
Executive Committee- T. 11. Webb,
chairman: F. C. Niblock. T, V. Spen
cer. W. R. Odell. L. D. Colt l ane.
M I. Cannon, C. F. Ritclii**.
A' ir'y Divisii n. A, R. Ilov.str/, Gol
em' •
'Dam I—W.1 —W. G Caswell, Captain: -F
A. Kcnnett, It. P. Mills, Parks M. i.af
feo.y. W. M. Linker, E. F. White, Geo
C. I i.-l or, W. W. Flowe.
T<am 2 —R. E- liidenhonr. Ir.. <’ap
t.iin : Bo.vd Biggt'rs. fli*. ,1. A. Shauers.
J. A Goodman, V\ m. A. Rilciii*.*, <\at.i
ei(.n Macßae. S. Iv Ratfersoa, Rev. I
A 'l'nomas. Tom l.awren -e
Team :i —A. F. Hartsell. Captain. M.
L. Filler, A. E. Harris, C. f. Barrier
R M King. T. It. Lewis. G. T. Ihirn
li.-i ir. L. A. Tajlhirt, Dr. S. AV. P’k * C
11 Bairier.
Navy Di\isiop. C. S. Smart Almiiai
!’«am 4—J. E. Lo- e. Cap:a!n : I’l.m
AhMirder, T. jf >. jNiauess, \V. A, G;er
• a-:* R. L. Dick, E. E. I l*>*lc. Hc-iin r
B«.llinger. Everett Cook.
'ltem —J. Y. l s hairr. Captain : .1. F.
Fisher, Kenneth t’aldwell. Ernest Por
ter. .’. L. .Miller, l.en R. Cri ei . ,J. A
C. Henry WmecofT.
Team (I—A. H. .larratt. Captain: P.
B. Fetzer. W. B. Bust, H. 1. M’ood
house, C. M. Ivey, Paris Kidd. Dr. S.
\Y. Rankin. E. B. Eudy.
Team 7—A. G. tided. Captain: .J. E.
Davis. Julius Fisher. G. 11. Hendrix,
W. H. Gibson, J. G. Parks. Geo. S.
Kluttz. Fred Shepherd.
Team S—L. M. Richmond. Captain:
Farrell White, A. F. Goodman. Pat
Ritchie, Miles M'olfil C. \Y. Byrd, L.
1). Colt ratio. Jr., Hugh Broome.
Team !>—A. S. Webb. Captain : W. A
Overcash, (’has. li. Wagoner. Dr. \V
R. Fisher. Bo.vd Biggers, J. Leslie Bell.
Ben White. V. L. Norman.
THE COTTON MARKET
Big Decline of Last Week Followed
By Sharp Rallies.
New York. May 11.—-The big de
cline of last week was followed by
sharp rallies in the cotton market dur
ing today’s early trading, owing to re
ports of unfa ronthie weather over tin
week-end and relatively easy Liver
pool cables. Orders seemed pretty well
divided at tl]e opening decline of 1(5
to 31 points, tind there was a little
irregularity right sifter the call, lmt
the tone was firm and prices quickly
advanced on broadening of the /le
lmind.
Cotton futures ofieped firm: May
25.42: July 24.40; October 2.150; De
cember 22.35: Januajry 22.01.
(onuneiicement at Queen’s College.
Charlotte, N. -May 14.—Congress
nmn \Yilliam B. Bowling, of Alabanm.
will deliver the principal address at
the graduating exercises at Queens Col
lege Tuesday morning. Eighteen girls
will receive their diplomas.
The commencement season opened
here Saturday, when the Alumnae
banquet was served and reunion of the
classes of 1003. 1013 gild 1023 was
held as a special feature. Mrs. John
D. Shaw, .Jr., president of the Alum
nae Association, presided. In the eve
ning. an open meeting of the literary
societies was held, being followed by
a reception. Dr. Wj Taliaferro Thomp
son, of the | Fnion Theological Semi
nary. Richmond, Va., delivered the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday eve
ning. ('lass day exercises are sched
uled for Monday afternoon at four
o'clock under the direction of Dr. J.
It. Ninniss. director of piano and or
gan. and Miss Ethel King, head of the
department of expression. —-
—t f
Commencement at Flora MacDonald
College.
Red Springs. N. C., May 14.—Rev.
IX N. McLaughlin, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, Norfolk,
Va., will deliver the baccalaureate ad
dress at tlie Commencement exercises of
Flora Macdonald College here, May 23.
Twenty-eight girls, from Japan,
North Carolina. South Carolina, Geor
gia and Florida, are scheduled to re
ceive their diplomas. The commence
ment program wjll open. Saturday, May
10th. with senior class day exercises,
Woodland theatre, j On Sunday, Rev.
J. ft. Purcell, Jr., jpastor of St. An
drews Presbyterian Church, Wilming
ton, will deliver th* baccalaureate ser
mon. at 11:15 in the morning at the
college auditorium. In the evening
vesper services will he observed in the
Woodland theater, Dr. C. G. Vardell,
officiating. Monday evening, a. con
cert by the Conservatory of Music will
lie rendered in the college auditorium.
/ I ‘
.. Would *Stop the Exodus.
Birmingham, Ala.. May 12/—Lead
ing negro editors and negro ministers
of the Birmingham Industrial dis
trict have joined forces with large
! employers of labor here in a concerted
effort to check the exodus of negro
workers Which is said to have threat
ened a serious shortage of manpower
i in mine and mill, according to an in
dustrial item today in the Birming
ham News. *
lfi to 1. SI.OO invested in character
' will save $1(5,000 in the prosecution of
i crime.
CONCORD, N. C„ MpNDAY, MAY 14, 1923.
Wants the Democratic National
Convention Held in New York City
New York, May 14.-—a nationwide
canvass of political and business lead
ers proving favorable, the New York
World makes a formal proposal that
the Democratic National Convention
MISSING MAN FOUND
J. E. Griffin, of Peteis,burg, Found in
a Gravel Pit, Handcuffed and Un-
Qonscious.
Petersburg, Va.. May 14.—Jas. E. I
Griffin, owner of a bathing resort near
here, who mysteriously disappeared
last Monday night while driving along
the road in his automobile, was found
today in a gravel pit. handcuffed and
unconscious. He was taken to a Jios
hospital, where liis condition is said
to he serious. Physicians said he was
suffering from fear and exposure.
Griffin for several, weeks prior to
his disappearance had received tlu’eats
supposedly from a fang of bootleg- ]
gers whom he had forbidden to enter ]
his resort. His abandoned automobile j
was found next morning near a bridge
and since then every available officer
of the city, aided by Chesterfield ('(Min
ty authorities, citizens.-and scores of
members of the Ku Klnx Klan have
searched for him almost constantly
day and night. Griffin is said to he a i
leader of the lof-stl Klan.
PIRATES LOOT SHIP.
Were Disguised us Passengers and
Overpowered the Crew.
Hong Kong, China. May 14. (By tin*
Associated Press. ) European passeng
ers were among those terrorized and
robbed when the Chinese steamer!
Taispun was seized near Kwatow Sat-j
nrday by pirates, who. disguised as
passengers, overpowered the crew, sail
ed the ship for nearly 24 hours, at
night without lighjs, and finally left
her yesterday at the mouth of a small
creek, transferring loot valued at S(SO.- j
000.
The Taispun. which was hound from j
Hong Kong for Shanghai, returned to :
Hong Kong yesterday afternoon. The j
chief of ixdiee. wounded in the fore- j
arm by a pirate, was taken to alias- J
pital. Most of .the passengers had lost
till their money and personal effects.
The vessel’s cargo, a valuable one. was
not disturbed.
William Bethune Not Guilty.
Ra etgh. May. 12.—William Bethune ;
was acquitted at 5:50 this afternoon
of manslaughter in the dearfi of ;
Robert Chappel and William' Naylor,
victims of Bethune’s automobile. The .
itiry took the case at 5:20 and <1 s
liberated half Jin. luntv
The young State college student
charged with killing as an inenient
to driving a Packard into a Ford,
and Wi liam Naylor, who was with
Bethune, has been in the news mind
all over the country. The case
brought from Sampson a hundred
prominent citizens who gave him a
character rarely ever heard , in a
Wake courthouse. And when J. W.
Bailey speaking tlm last word for him
this afternoon, poured a torrent of
eloquence into the jury box. the re
sult was .in little doubt. The de
fense bested the state in the trial.
M. M. Misenheimer Died Sunday
v Morning in Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer.
•Marion M. Misenheimer died at {
10:30 o’clock Sunday morning at his
home at 1504 Arlington avenpe arter
an illness of Severn weeks.
The funeral service will be con
ducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon at
the residence by Rev. L. R. Prueite,
pastor of Ninth Avenu' Baptist
church. Burial will be at the Luth
eran church near Alt. Pleasant.
The deceased wa? 70 years old and
is survived by His widow. There are
no children. A
Church Street Being Widened.
That part of North Church street
adjoining she property of Mr. W. M.
Linker, which begins at the intersec
tion of Depot and Church Streets is
being widened now on the west side,
Mr. Linker having given the city six
feet of land along the entire sde of
his lot. The city recently ordered
this street widened for a considerable
distance above the property of Mr.
Linked and also on the east side, and
this (work probably wi l begin in the
near future.
Sixteen Foreigners Still Held by Ban
dits.
'Washington. May 12. —State Depart-'
men! advices today from the Ameri
can legation at Peking said if was be
lieved the foreigners still held by the
Chinese bandits in Shantung number
ed fourteen men and two women.
The Americans are:
J. B. Powell, editor. Weekly Review,
Shanghai; Leon Friedman, of the Chi
na s\Jptors Corporation. Shanghai: I.<ee
Solomon, of Shanghai, and Majors
Robert Allen and Roland Pinger, of
the U.\S. Army.
Death of Richard Hall Johnston.
Wilson, May 14.—Dr. Richard Hall
Johnston 51, eye. ear. nose and throat
specialist, died at a local hospital
ast night after a short illness with
acute Brights disease. Funeral ser
vices will be held tomorrow at 11
o’clock at Tarboro. Dr. Johnston is
survived by a widow and three chil
dren.
Asks for Damages Because of Hot
Water Heater.
Charlotte, May 13. —Through his
mother, Mrs. C. C. Therell. as his best
friend, Terrell Wehheil, 20, brought
suit for $25,000 here today against
W. C. Wilkins as owner of the house
the Wetchelts occupy, and the Acem
Plumbing Company, charging that be
was almost asphyxiated by improper
installation of a gas heater for fur
nishing hot water.
of F.-24 he he’d in this city. The can
vass showed 10 national committee
men arid 13 national committee wo
men favoring New York, according t,o
Tin,* World.
SOVIET NOTE REGARDED
AS AVOIDING RUPTURE
The British Consider it An About Face
on Moscow’s Attitude,
London, May 14 (By the Associated
Press).—ln British official circles the
reply of the Russian soviet government
to the British note is .considered as
avoiding a rupture. Satisfaction is
expressed at what the British consid
(’’ an about face on the part of Mos
cow in its attitude toward Great Brit
ain. w
While, the British government is
ready to discuss the disputed matters
with Leonard Krnssin or another ac
credited envoy, Lord Curzon seems de
terynned to maintain all the points
raised in the British note and will not
tolerate long explanations from Mos
cow . it is indicated.
lie will also insist, it is declared, an 1
addfliate redress and apologies for the
wrongs alleged b,\ the British in their
note.
BODY OF KIDNAPPED
POLIC EMAN FOUND
Had Been Shot Twice Through the
Head and Once in the AhiVwnen.
Cleveland, 0., May 14.—The body
of Patrolman Dennis Griffin, kidnapp
ed by a man he had arrested early
Friday morning, and with whom he
had started for the po ice station, was
found this afternoon 3'UO feet irom
where remnants of his charred cloth
ing were found between Geaugh Lake
and BainUridga 30 miles east of here.
Gatlin had been shot twice through
the head and once in the abdomen.
Police say any one of the shots wouid
have killed him. His body was
stripped of all clothing. He was
found buried in a grave not more than
two feet deep.
Sacred Word* Set to Jazz Convert the
Heathen.
Chicago. May 12. —Ragtime and
“jazz" may he working to, the detri
ment of Young America hut their syn
copated strains are winning converts to
Christian ideals in Timlmetoo. Tibet
and Taihiti. according to Paul Rader,
evangelist and president of the Chris
tina and Missionary -Alliance, the in
ternational conference of which here
May 15. 23 will bring missionaries
from all parts of the world.
“American jazz music is used by our
more than 1(H) missionaries to attract
the attention of and assemble the.most
savage people in our fields to evangel
ist ie services," Mr. Rader said. "Our
missionaries carry no arms, hut
through musical instruments and tlicir
voices raised in song and prayer ply
their work of converting the heathen.
Sacred words are put to modern jazz
songs, noble thoughts to popular tunes,
and then sung with a spirit that at
tracts the black, yellow and brown
faces.
“All sorts of hymns are sung, hut
we find that the rhythm of ragtime
tunes delights the simple mind of the
savage, appeals to his tom-tom trained
mind, and the first thing the mission
ary knows the wild man is sinking
Christian words, learning white re
ligious theology and presently is con
verted.”
World’s Cltainnion Cow is Honor
Guest at Banquet,
Agassiz. B. C., May 14. —Led among
rows of tab es'in a brilliantly lighted
banquet hall and milked in the pres
ence of 300 members of the British
Columbia Dairymen’s Associat.on
here, Agassiz Eegis May Echo, cham
pion hatter-producing cow of ihe
world, was toasted in*foaming glasses
of her own milk here recently.
The famous cow was led into rlie
banquet hall iwith a silken rope by a
pretty mC'k maid. She showed no
signs of embarrassment or fright
when a storm of applause greeted ner
and -quietly chewed her cud when,
under the ministrations of her iair
attendant, the streams of nlilk made
bubbling music ir* a silver pail.
(Agassiz Segis May Echo <is a five
year-old Holstein bred and owned by
the Canadian ovgernment’s expert-,
mental farm near here. She recently
established a record of 30,886 pounds
of milk in 365 days, yielding i.bSl
pounds of (butter Her milk record
has h:en better), but. her butter
record is* far greater than any ever
made before in the same period of
time.
Georgia Can’t Pay Negroes from $4 to
\ $lO a Day.
Atlanta. May 12. —Georgia is “too
poor" to offer negroes $4 to $lO a day
to remain in the State. Commissioner
of Agriculture J. J. Brown said today
commenting on reports that Southern
States were making efforts to halt the
exodus of negroes to the North. Com
missioner of Commerce ynd Industry
Hall Stanley said there was “nothing
to the reports” so far as Georgia is
voneerned.
Aasoline Prices Cut by Standard Oil
Company.
New York, May 13.—The Standard
Oil Company, of New Jersey, and the
Texas Company, today reduced the
tank wagon price of gasoline one cent
a gallon in North and South ( arolina.
,<The new prices ranged from /IS) to 21
cents excluding the three cents tax.
Cabarrus Boy Paroled.
Raleigh. May 12.—Loy Mauney.
convicted of violating the State prohi
bition law in Cabarrus County Super
ior Court, today was paroled by Gov
ernor on recommendation of the trial
judge. Mauney had served oyer three
months of a six mouths sentence.
; PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AT MONTRF YT
To Be Held in the Auditorium Begin
ning May nth.
J The -following notice of the General
! Assembly will lie of interest to Con
cord Presbyterians, many of whom plan
to go to Montrent. Mrs.-P. B. Fetzer
j lias already gone to Montreat and ojh
j ers plan to go in the next week.
Members of the' Southern Prvsbyte
jtian Church are looking forward with
’ great interest to 'he sixty-tpiixl an
, nual meeting of the general assembly
i of the church, to tie held in the Amler
son Auditorium.Montreat. N. C.. May
j 17tli. The general assembly is the
'highest court of the denomination, its
j sphere of activity reaching into six
teen states, eight countries and four
| continents. A number of important
matters relating to the future plans
and growth of the church will come
before this body for consideration.
Montreal, the church's summer con
ference grounds, located in the heart
of the Blue liidge mountains, should
prove an ideal and most acceptable
meeting' place. The new auditorium 1
j where the sessions are to<A»e held is a
marvel of beauty and efficiency—said
to be the greatest auditorium in the
south.
At tlre last meeting of the assembly
the church reported a membership of
411.854; ministers. 2.05(5; churches, 3.-
402: and per capita gifts to all causes
for ihe previous year amounting to
82K.n0. In per capita gifts, the South
ern Presbyterian church, with one ex
ception, occupied first place among the
Churches of America. Jin the light of
a recent announcement that the church
es of kmerica have shown more growth
’and advancement during thev]>ast year
than during any previous year, the re
ports from tin* various committees and
-departments on the efforts and work of
Jthe year ending March 31. will lie re- 1
'ceived with Jmusuul interest.
The Mont feat* assembly lias lieen des
ignated as a "prayer assembly.” Pray
er will therefore tie one of ttie domi
nant features of this meeting and it
is believed that a deep note of spirit
uality will pervade and characterize
the daily sessions. The pre-assembly
conference on evangelism ,will take
place on. Wednesday evening. May 1(5.
when Hon. William Jennings Bryan
will deliver an address in tin* auditor
ium. And the assembly will convene*
at 11 a. m.. Thursday with.an opening
sermon by the retiring mederator. Dr.
R. <’. Reed. Professor of Columbia
Theological Seminary.
Among the important matters com
ing before the assembly will Ik*: re
ports of executive committees, com
mittees on men's work, ml interim
committees, stewardship committee,
woman's auxiliary, overtures.
All Churches are entitled to repre
sentation at the Assembly through com
■missionevs elected by the ves>»e»Hiv(>
Presbyteries. The following will rep
resent the Synod of North Carolina at
the approaching Assembly:
Rev. Stanley White, Roanoke Rap
ids: Rev. W. B. Neill, Rocky Mount:
W. A. Ilart. Tarboro: J. B. Sparrow,
Washington, Rev. T. H. Spence. Har
risburg. Rev. W. L. Lingle. Richmond.
Va. ; Rev. W. C. Jamison. Kannapolis.
Rev. R. O. Lucke. Mooresvillt*. < . it.
Harding. Davidson. C. F. Ritchie, Con
cord. J. J. Willard. Hickory. J. IJ.
(Beall, Lenoir. Rev. G. F. Kirkpatrick,
Laurinlmrg, Itev. W. E. Hill. Fayette
ville. Rev. C. E. Clarke. Carthage, Rev.
E. C. Mpnay, St. Paul's. L. L. Mc-
Girt, Maxton. A. G. McDonald. Pine
lmrst. J. 11. Curnock. J. A. Hodgin.
Red Springs, Itev. It. F. Cuit. Merid
ian, Rev. C. C. Anderson, Charlotte,
Rev. J. W. Stork. Mt. Gilead, Itev. B.
B. Shankel. Monroe, J. A. Little, Al
bemarle, Dr. LAV. Faison, Charlotte.
1. D. Crowell. Matthews. T. 11.
Rowan,. Hamlet, Itev. J. S. Foster,
Winston-Salem. Rev. C. E. Hodgin.
Greensboro. Rev. C. YY. Ervin, Glade
Valley. C- M. Norfleet. Winston-Satem.
A. W. McAlister. Greensboro, R. A.
Gilmer, Greensboro, Itev. W. P. M.
Currie, Wallace. Rev. J. J.. Murray,
Wilmington, F. B. Johnson, Clinton, I).
L. Blue, Elizabethtown.
Death of Frank Alien.
Raleigh, May 12. —Frank Alien,
aged 45. member of the firm of Allen
i Brothers, local real estate development
company, died in Greensbdro this
morning, according to a telegram re
ceived here. Mr. Allen had been in ill
health for several weeks and had
teml a hospital at Greensltoro about a
week ago for treatment.
• Cotton Consumed in April.
t Washington, May 14.—Cotyon con
sumed (luring April amounted to 577,-
3;Mi hales of lint and 52.022 of liliters,
compared with 443,500 of lint and 01,-
745 of linters in March this year, and
43.500 and 49.287 of linters in -\pril
last year, the Census Bureau announc
ed today.
The longest ski-slide in the world
Is in Oberhof. Thuringia. It is 6"
miles in length and the course is laid
out on an old road winding* through
the hill of the Thuringfhn forest.
Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN JABS
“There is possibly nothing needed
worse in all our cities and towns than
well organized Young Men’s Christian
Associations, which shall stand for
character building in tlie three-fold
way in which the association does its
work.” —Theodore Roosevelt.
You will be glad you helped when
you see the result.
When ohnrfioter fails nothing else
is secure. •
A nation’s greatest arid' cheapest
defense is character. Invest largely.
Safety first means character first.
Did you ever stop to think that the
man who asks you for a contribution
What makes a city great and strong?
time and money voluntarily? Is there
any reason why you should not do the
same thing?
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
TWELVE OR IRE ARE
! DFHnj.J nn, "OOES
State
m IHE SOUTHWEST
I
Twelve Persons Have Been
Counted Dead in Texas,
and There Is No Official
Estimate of Number Dead.
STRETCHES OVER
WIDE TERRITORY
Eight Bodies Been * Brought
•to Colorado City, Texas,
and Several More Are Said
to Be on the Way There.
Colorado city, Texas. May 14.—Eight,
bodies of persons killed in a tornado
near here early, this morning have
been brought to Colorado City and it
was reported that several more bodies
are on the way here. Twelve persons
have been counted dead and. there is
no official estimate of the number of
persons killed, it was stated. Persons
doing relief work reported dead, and
injured being found at almost every
shuttered farm and ranch dwelling for
miles south of here.
.1. 11. ‘Green, chairman of the Ited
Cross workers here, “probably will
reach as many as 100 and probably
as many as .TO killed.”
Doctors and nurses from nearby
towns have been appealed to and are
searching the damaged areas.
Three Killed in Tornado at Abilene,
Texas.
Abilene. Texas, May 14. —doe Rich
burg and his two children were killed
in a tornado eight miles from Colora
do City, Texas, last night, according
to reports received here.
Thomasville Youth Takes His Own
Life.
Thomasville, May 13.—Roy Elledge
placed a Smith and Wesson revolver
to his right tenfple this afternoon at
2 o’clock, and find a bullet into his
head, dying in a short time. He was
17 years old and a son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Elledge. who live on High
land street. The young man was in
an upstairs room at. home when th3
tragedy wu* enacted, but no one has
J>eeu able, to assign his motive for.
the act" Roy was a member <>f
Heidelberg Reformed church' and
Sunday school and was an employe of
the Thomasville chair dampen..
Report Whippings on Rowan Convict
Lang.
Spencer, May 12—The gran| jury
of the May term of Superior court in
its report to Judge Webb had this to
say about whippings 1 at the county
prison camps, “We were inquisitive to
prisoners personally in regard to the
whipping of prisoners. They state that
some get whippings for breaking the
rules but at all times the county
health officer is present at the time
of the whipping. The prisoners. «s a
whole, say they are well cared for
and receive very good treatment from
the officers and guards.”
Governor is Guest of iSini,mons at
\ew Hern.
New Bern. May 12. —(fovernor Mor
r'son and Leonard Tufts, of Pine
hurst, arrived here this afternoon by
motor from Raleigh to spemj the
week-end with Senator F. M. Sim
mons. W. A. Hart, of Tarboro.j arriv
ed at mid-night to join the party.
After breakfast at the Country ctub
tomorrow morning they will be given
a sail up Trent river, and arter
lunch at Senator Simmons’ will leave
on board the cutter Palmeco for
iMoreheatf City and Beaufort to
main through Monday.
Juror Offered SI,OOO to Vote for Ac
quittal.
Xew York. May 14.—Kerry S. liied
*el man. an electrician who served in
the jury which at the third trial of
Edward M. Fuller, broker, accused of
bucketing orders, was finable to reach
a verdict last week, today told District
Attorney Banton he had been offered
SI,OOO to vote for acquittal, but bad
refused. Biertelinan will be called Im*-
fore a grand jury, Mr. Banton stated.
Another Cut in Price of ('rude Oil.
Pittsburgh. May 14.—Another cut of
2." cents a barrel in the principle grades
of crude oil was announced today by
the purchasing agencies.
!f every man were just like me what
kind of a town would this town be?
WHAT MAKES THE CITY GREAT?
What mawes a city great and strung?
Not arch it ure's graceful strength.
Nor factories' extended length.
Rut men who set* th" civic wrong.
And give their lives to make it right
and turn its darkness into light.
What makes a city men love? _
Not things that charm the outward
sense.
Not gross display or opnienee.
Rut right, that wrong can't remove*
And truth, that fjces civic fraud.
And smites it in the name of God.
This is a city that shall stand,
A light upon a nation’s hill.
A voice that evil cannot still.
A source of blessing to the land :
Its strength not brick, nor stone, nor
wood.
But Justice, Love aiul Brotherhood.
NO. 89.'