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9mrW-> ' ■m"m- 11 u« ANOTHIS SLAP AT MUHPI IN WAS of Education. la agato m eruption. lieimir to Or P. P. CUuum for w >«IiWhi administration MkM km • footbftll of politics tvl of th# position of heed of the Department of Edm tow, to) hM before this boon to Um Itaaelight of undesirable publicity Mid oat of tho newspapers called for Wo impeachment, tf ko did not realgn fr>m his poottinn or bo ftrsd oat +1 k. This second eruption of Dr. Ttgart to to thp nature of an omIm|M on Amoriean soldiers who fought to tk» World War oa tho hoaM aad on tho ■ihanh, and it came yesterday In an address Dr. Tigert made before the Coin rea« °' Mothora and Parent Teachers aaaociationa, tho statement of Dr. Tigert concerning the American aoldion being almost as outrageous aa that of Ambassador George Harrey aa to tho mothres that took this coun try Into the World War. What Dr. Tigert is reported to have said in connection with hia rctnsrlce about war and conditions growing out of It to: "I have not met a man yet who kaew why ha wu f ighting and I am not sura that I know either Such an experience aa that come* with ill grace from an American in the face of the vaat number* of American* who even before thi* country wu involved in the war volunteered and aervad under the En glish or other nation* and of the (till greater number who immediately following declaration of war by thia country-ru»h«d forward and volun teered their aerricea in the army of § the United State*. It argue* that eith er Dr. Tigert has an extremely light Acquaintance with men who cerved in And it dearly show* that aa an American, Dr. Tigert U »hort in pa triotic American uirit. It Is a dif grace upon thia reentry that a man who talks in this reeklaas -fashior about his country - and his fallow Americana ahould occupy a position in the government aerviee, and in creasingly unfortunate that he is the head of the educational system of the United States government this poaition giving him an audience and a heartgn that hia silly remark* would not otherwise have. Dr. Tigert'* other explosion was in Ma declaration, that the home had ceaaed to function, that the influence of the church waa waning, the break down of the two giving a most diffi cult problem to educators. Church and home influence*, he declared, had been supplanted not hy wholeaome element*, but by movies, automobiles, cigarette smoking by both sexes, a loosening of the moral code. He draw a gloomy picture of conditions in modern American life. Denying that the returned soldiers had any thing to do with the "Crime wave" or is responsible for it, he declared that thia came aa the result of the break ing down of our institutions and that the remedy if any, is essentially one for educators. In the course of nt» remarks- he held that one of the re^aooa for the breakdown in the home life Is the recent attainment by women or a statu* of economic and aoeial Independence. But hi* remarks about soldier and that he did not ' know why or for what he had fought in the World War are creating much caustic comment here. Widow of Policeman is Awarded Damage* Greenaboro, March 28.—The ad ministrator of eatate of W. T. Mc Outston, Greenaboro policeman, mur dered laat May by bootleggera here, won a $10,000 verdict against Carl Talley, one of the bootlegger*, and his wife. Mrs. Ethel Talley, in Guil ford Superior court today. It waa the second time thia week the case was tried, a jury Tuesday declaring the widow of the policeman waa en titled to nothing and baring the ver dict set aside by Judge B. F. Long. One of the men in the liquor car from which McCuiaton was killed Lewis Edwards, ia now serving a ton year sentence for the murder. Talley has never been captured and has bean declared an outlaw. He had consider able property when he fled the 'Mi BONUS FAME* BY All OVERWHELMING VOTE fmm Vy V«*» 333 •• TOj Fata Ib dM Saw Wuk. March %-Tfca Im> Wilton dollar soldiers' bonus MO M P«m4 tonight kr Ik) How fey m •»» whelming majority If now po to the hntU, «km Ha fata to inirM as uncertain. Tha vote waa MS to TO, or than tha two-third* majority sary for paaaaf* of tito i tha parliamentary by Republican Into for tha i ed purpose of preventing tha crats from offering a motto* to re Party Unas disappeared both la tha general debate and on tike final rod rail, 242 Repablicans, 90 Democrat* and one Socialist supporting the Mil and 42 Republicans and 28 Democrats voting against it. As pasped by the House, the bonus bill wouM provide for iauaedtota cash payments to veterana whose ad justed service pay mould not exceed <60 and would give to other veterans .-he option of these four plans. Adjusted service certificates, with provisions authorising loans by banks in the first three years after nest October 1st and by the government thereafter, the certificates to ran for 20 years aad to have a face value- at maturity of the amount of the ad justed service credit at the rate of |I a day for domestic service and I1JB a day for foreign service, increased by 25 per cent, plus interest at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent, compounded annually. Vocational training aid after Jaa. 1, IMS, at the rate of 91.75 a day, the total payments not to tweed, how ever, 140 per cent of the adjusted ser vice credit. Fans and hon^ aid under which veterans, who purchase or improvs farms or homes would be paid after July 1, IMS, a sum equal to their ad Justed service credit increased by 25 would be reclaimed under the vision of a special beard aad farm unite established for sale to the vet erans at a price fixed by the board toss the amount of the adjusted service credit due the purchasers. In only two Important particulars does this measure differ from the one passed by the House two years age and that shelved in the Senate last July. The original cash bonus option was eliminated and the bank loan provision of \he adjusted service cer tificate title substituted. Not since the war days had the House galleries been Jammed as they were today from the time 8peakei Gillett's gavel fell at 11 a. m., until the last vote had been cast as the shades of evening enveloped the Capi tol. And not in many years had suck scenes been enacted on the floor, where there frequently was an uproar with alternate applause laughter and Jeers. Like the House itself, the galleriei were pro-bonus and supporters of the bill were frequently .applauded. Bui the greateat applause was not for a proponent, but an opponent, the mem ber* and many of the spectators ris ing and tendering an ovation tc "Uncle Joe" Cannon as the griixled holder of the Americsn record for length of legialative service arose tot* in the day to deliver a two miscte speech in which he declared that tlx men who served in the world wat owed that service to their country. In all there waa slightly more than five hours of discussion with 75 ol the 415 members taking part in it Transcripts of the remarks would fill about two ordinary-sited newspapers Many of them were on their feet only a minute or two, but the House gave unanimous consent for all members tc I extend their re (narks in the Congres 1 sional Record during the next five i days and editions, of that volume dur | ing that time promised to be exceed ' ingly bulky. Surveying Road to the Stoke* Line • Winston-Salem, March 20.—En gineers are now encaged in surreyini for a hard-surface road from Wins ton-Salem to Fulp at the Stokes roan , ty line. The two surveys for hard-surface roads to the Darfc ami j to the Yadkin county lines from thia , city hare been completed. Reports oi 1 these surveys have been forwarded tc i Raleigh and it -is expected that tlx State will call for bids on these roadi early in April Each of these roadi are about tea miles in length whik the Walkertown road is approximate!} 16 miles long. ..a | will stand for re-electkm. Mr I Onrw m|M Ml k km njr uppiai ttoo—certainly not within the raaaa «f the DttMcnik party Far IT »hat party ha* mm official la North Cm< line who Km made pio4 a* Ms jsfc I* a mUjf big way, nek an official la the Solicitor of th» Eleventh JiMtl , District. Of eoarae, The Journal msfnllM that thai* ars other attorneys in tha District who would Hka to bars thia office. There ars others who haw tha ability to serve the paopla wall hi thia rapacity. Bat there is not another lawyer in the Eleventh Diatrict, who would accept this office, who has both the ability and experience of Porter Graves In prostrating criminals. In : this view ws believe wa ars enthos i iastkally sustained by a great major - i ity of the citizens of the Diatrict— {certainly the Democratic citisens— I and by not leas than ninety per cent : of such citisens of Winston-Balsas and Forsyth county The SoUcttorship in any judicial district is ofM of the most important office* in the SUU. That ia especial ly true in a large and populous dis trict auch aa this. Many of the •blast attorneys in North Carolina , r—ids tat the Eleventh district. The »e»»kaa of theae attorney* are always at the command of defeodanu who are ahle to employ III—. It it of highest importance, therefore, that the people should have a repreaenta thre at the bar who, in the prosecn tion of criminate ta able to cope with the strongest lawyer* that defend ants can secure. Porter Graves has | proven himself such a repreeentative. No matter what the, case, no matter : where the trial, no matter how great i as Solicitor Graves la on the job the ; State's intereets will not suffer and | Justice will not he defeated for lack of an able, vigorous and resourceful defender. How much this means to the coun ties of this District, how much H has meant in building up and maintaining respect for law in all this section, only those know who have made some study of our criminal courts. Tre mendous responsibility for the en forcement of law rests upon the shoulders of tfcj Solicitor. The Judge msy be ever so able and courageous, but if the people, who are the State, have not an able, experienc ed, honest, fearleaa and efficient at torney to handle the caae for them the Judge is helpless. The Judge can not prosecute. The Solicitor and the Solicitor alone is responsible for the prosecution of criminals after they are brought before the bar of Justice. As a successful and courageous prosecutor of criminals Mr. Graves la recognised all oveft North Carolina as the State's premier Solicitor. Every Judge who haa ever held court in this District will bear testimony to the fact that no district has an abler or more reaoarceful prosecuting attorney. ' At a time when crime is rampant, as now, it would be little short of a calamity for Forsyth county, and for the entire Eleventh Diatrict, to have a Solicitor of lea* experience and ability as a trial lawyer than Porter Grave*. Hia announcement that ha ! will stand for re-election this ' year should be, and we believe will be, re ceived with enthuaiasm throughout the District. Depression Not S«T*ri in State Raleigh, Mfrch. 1#.—The Income tax return* coming to the officp of 1 Gilliam GriMom, collector of internal revenue, indicated that North Caro lina has been hurt less than any other southern State by the business de pression. At least this is the impres sion the collector has fro* the reports he gets from other States. About four million dollars have so far been collected from over 42,000 tax payers. Most of the returns come from the smaller tax payers. For sbout s thousand of the larger' tax payers hare asked for and been grant ed extensions. When these come hi the collector believes that the returns from the State will ran more nearly up to the returns for the previous year than any other southern State. The revenue will he less this year he cause of the business depression, and also h«r>—* of the increased exemp tion allowed married men. ' - KU KLUX " CAUMtS A SlUt IN CHAALOTTZ CHURCH Charlotte, Mar. 31- PntaM; wnr Man la Ik* Mmry ot Charlotte baa pirtsanfJ by the <ofi|i«|Ktton mf Calvary MttMbt church fcufc? night, when, after In. J. A. Mary,, paetor, bad ftatabad hie w^aottt tfcrw am, nM bi tkt uuitumi of tba Ka Khu Klati, marched down tba aiala hsndsri him a latter and as quietly Mnd oat again. The latur commended tbr pastor for bia service la attacking all form* of viae, and immorality and rililmj; $26, wblcb tba lattar asbad Mr. Sharp to give to a needy woman, known to' tba paator, aa a contribution toward bar sustenance. Tba daeiarad prtr.ci-' pica of tba ordar *m act forth in tba lattar. Mr. Sharp preachsd Sunday night on tba (object, "Asleep at the Switch," in which be arraigned local vice and immoral conduct, inclodixif dancing lo jats muaic, drinking, licentiousness and tba law* prohibiting the teaching c-f the Bible, which, along with the visit of tha K. K. K. created quite a sensation among the members of the church, according to report currant yesterday. "Wherefore be saith. Awake thou that sleepeat, and ariee from tha dead, and Christ shall give thee light." Eph. 1:14, and 'Yet a Uttla sleep, a little slaasber, a Uttla folding of tha hands; so shall thy poverty come aa one that travaleth; and thy want aa an armed man." Pro*. 14:044. These wars scripture paaaagea on which Mr. Sharp baaed his sermon. "Men are busy making money but sleeping as to moral conditions," said Mr. 8harp. 'Officers are reported to be indifferent aa to rendering help to federal agents. Liquor and morality go band in band and Sunday laws are taiMT with "gprnilT Orientals introduced Into this country the licentious jau dance, which is an institution of heathenism This dance is admitted to ha the greatest evil that ever spread H in fluence over America and this admis sion is mads by aa American dancing master, Kenton T. Bott, who says: "Tha idle rich are growing ranker; the jaxx is worse than the saloon! Young girls, destined to be mothers at the men of the next generation, park their corsets on the outside af ' the partition and throw decency to the wind, exclaiming: 'Come on, boys, the sky is tha limit,' and the curtain of public sentiment is drawn.' In Cincinnati a church daaeon wins first prise in a dancing exhibit, with his pastor's daughter as his dancing partner. "The enemies at Christianity have had laars written on our statute books prohibiting tha teaching of tha com mentaries of Jesus Christ, though we may inculate the teachings of Julias Caesar," continued Mr. Sharp. "We may teach our children the philosophies at Aristotle, but not the maxims at the Maa of Galilee. We I may teach the laws of Lycurgoa, but the lsw of love shall not be mentioned in our schools and colleges. "The Book of Books shall not be read, but the atheietk insults of Paine and Voltaire are readily approved as text books in our schools. Many of the professors in oar higher institu tions of learning are denouncing Christianity and preaching atheism," !inr puiur wnl The Ku Klux Klan letter praaanted by the three silent robed figures, bears the seal of Charlotte Klan No. 35, Realm of ^forth Carolina, and i refers to the letter as being an official 1 communication and that communica ' tiona not bearing this seal are not ! official or authentic. The . dato is I March 18. Three closely written typewritten ; pages are included in the letter, about | two of which are devoted to tUfc prin ciples and practice* of the order and ! one paragraph directing the pastor to use at hia discretion the money encloa ed, (26 to aid a woman known to him, who is in need of financial assistance, [ the letter stating that thia benevo j lence is a part of the work of the Klan. The first three paragraphs ~>t the Ku Klux Klan letter followa: "Chart-iite Klan No. St, Realm of North Cai iina, through many «f ita members nrfco have heard some of , your aensona, and through Its repre : santaUvefe in the miaiatortal -~n" tion and the citi oa's welfare league, who have kmt ywg tato Mm t the —tin>l organ isa for. My ana soul, sad «f wiah you to know and believe that *• art with jron to the lyt dttck." Another paragraph ia the latter, in the declaration of principles, ia aa follows: "We believe, and intend to see, that oar wires should be able to appear en the public streets of this city with out danger and without fear of bcisc insulted." FIFTY YEARS AGO IDEAS WERE VERY DIFFERENT bo« Paoplt Thought it all Right for Anybody to Drtnh (Rer. T. J. Hoggins in Monioe Journal.) Fifty year* ago nearly everybody believed that it wma no si> to take a drink, just so one didn't get drank. Fifteen years ago while I *u teach ing school at Peachland, an old gentle man told me that fifty years ago, the teacher treated his stodeots with a dram the last day of school, and everybody thought it waa all right. Anyhow, they straightway employed said he, "Too treat on whiskey, mad I guarantee that you will never teach here again." And why? Because public sentiment had changed. People were beginning to find out that alco hol is a curse to the human family, and were determined that its use should not be encouraged. Father tells of a teacher in Booth Carolina who was almost forced by the larger boys to bring a Jug of li quor to school the last day for the purpose of treating them. The teach er promised. So en the last day he walked in with a two-gallon jug. After finishing his day's work, he hurriedly took his departure, telling the boys that there were two gallons of good liquor in that Jog, and that they could divide it among themselvea as they saw fit. Finally, after breaking two or three pocket knives they got the stopper out, poured out a glass full, snd found it to be nothing stronger than "pot-liquor." Of coarse they were «sd, bat the teacher was beyond their reach. I Indignation in Berlin Over .Royalist Film Berlin, March 20.—It is understood that on the ground that its continued production constitutes a menace to public order, the Berlin police prnpoes forbidding the further presentations of a film called ."Frederick King," shout which there has been such acute controversy here of late. Today the leading Berlin Socialist organ, Vor wsrts, calls on all German workers, if the film is displayed in the picture houses in the working-class districts to show by their vigorous \ protests that German workers display no en thusiasm for the old discredited Hohentollern regime. The German Republican League complains that the Junkers, aristo crats snd even Hohentollern princes take part in the noisy Monarchist demonstration* which daily mark the production of the film in the fashion able Berlin picture palacee. $600,000,000 for Road Work ia U. S. Last Yoar The bureau of public roads of the United States department of agricul ture for construction snd mainten ance of roads in the country in 19X1 to be *400,008,000. The sources of this fund an approximately as follows: Motor-vehicle revenue, 19 par cent; state road bonds,. 7 per cent; local road bonds, 33 per cent; atate tana and appropriations. It par esot; federal aid, 14 par cent; county, town ship, and district tanas sad amass ment*, 14 per cent; and isjsnllanwns ■ ■ HIT iiilliili ally i dressed to young ladies on the itmto of Ik* town, by corner Loafers. The grand jury, of whkk To* Skinner Mann of this eity is fcriwi, tried iu best to identify this Lav ami Order League and gat i of it before the jury. Gc cant brine bills of against unknown offrndsn of the tow for unspecified offenses agsinst the law. Being unable to got a line oa the Womaa'i Law aad Order League, the grand jury with some show of disgust aad impatience drew op the following resolution: "We therefore now rsaolve that U the Woman's Law aad Order Laagos of the U. 8. A. will have oaa or wan of their representative appear before this or the grand jury of any future gation of a»y charges made and means in our power win be used to better conditions as pointed out by your letter. "Be it further resolved that your organisation take steps and ru^toat the mothers to see that their daugh ters are attired In a more manner so as not to invito the ><■ ing remarks from the young our eity ss charged." Spring Styles for M«n Omar Kamytm Shirt patterns will be on the square like a checkerboard. "Hope-you cboke" collars will be worn. For in stance, a No. 16 neck will require only a No. 15 collar. Clothing will be light In color, laid off in squares Hka a suburban plan of lots. Coats will conform to the waist and hips so as to show the shape. If you havent (tot any shape, you lose (many will lose.) Trousers win be slightly narrower, and worn short, ao as fee display as much hose as decency will permit Panama hats made in New Jersey will continue in favor. Men's I hose will be perfect screams this spring. They will be boisterous and disorderly in pattern. Neckties ditto. A necktie that cant be heard a mile and a half will not be in ft. Shoulders will not be padded. This wiU of course be an awful blow to the little bantam-weight who has been strutt 1 tag around with * f ho aiders like a pugilist, and who when he gets into a new style coat will show up a couple of shoulder^ like thoec on a summer squash. There will be two novelties in waiat coats this spring, known as the "soup" vest and the "stew" vest. The color scheme of these vests will be soak that when soup or stew is spilled en them H will not be noticed. Sharp toed shoes will be worn, so that five toes will occupy the space of one. Damages Widow mi Given CUtff Winston-Salem, March at.—'The estate of J. E. Taylor, former chief et police of Thomasville, who was and killed by Dr. Dred that city, there lay. awarded (SUM from the Or. Peacock hx a jury In perior court this afte Taylor sued for $40,000 lag of her husband. Dr r * 8»~
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