North Carolina Newspapers

2 dSes 2 VOLUME XXIII EffißV DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE CHOSEN 'll m EIETIOI Mayor, Six Aldermen and Three School Commission ers Elected Tuesday in a Very Quiet Election. THREE HUNDRED VOTES WERE CAST There ‘Was No Opposition Offered by Republicans or {dependents and Not a Ticket Was Scratched. , In one of tho quietest elections ever held in this city the voters of Concord Tuesday elected the entire Democratic ticket in the municipal election. Only 334. votes were cast showing plainly that little interest had been aroused. For the first time in uuany years, if not in the history of die city, not one of the Democratic candidates was , scratched. Every candidate received the full vote of his (lartlcuhir ward| and no independent candidates werc| offered in any of tin* wards. Tho can-| didates for mayor, alderman at large and school commissioner at large re ceived exactly the same number of votes. Ward one, box one polled the great est strength, hut it was several hun dred short of a. normal vote. In that liox 117 ballots were cast, each candidate receiving the same number. two and in ward one hnd the smallest vote only 14 persons voting in that precinct. The vote was ns follows: Ward one. box 1, 117: wanl one. box two, 14; ward two 52; ward three 3ti; ward four 72; ami ward five 43. Ward’live, which normally is Repub lican by a small majority, went Dem ocratic; the Republicans falling to of fer il candidate even in tlint precinct. The ticket elected is composed of the following men: ' .1. B. Womble. Mayor; W. W. Flnvve, W. A. Wilkinson, ('. M. Ivey, .1. G. Mc- Kaehern and R.. A. Hnllender, Alder men: .1. 1,.’ Ilurtsell, L. T. Hartnell and Dr. It. M.'King,' School Cominis • trflf lie cnnvwjwl f.«nor: row and as soon as the canvass Ims lioen made anil verllied. the new offi cers will lie sworn in. The Mayor and aldermen will serve for two years, lmt the School Commissioners will serve a longer term. The new nldermnnic hoard will hold its first meeting at the city hall to morrow night. At that time it is prob able that Mayor Womble will announce - the committees to serve during’ the ad ministration, although this matter may lie posl)ioucd until the Iswird meets in June. Mayor Womble {dated tills morning that he shall insist upon economy in administration of the city during the next two years hud the definite policy of the I ward in regard to all public mutters is Expected to lie determined at the first caucus or meeting of the hoard members. SCHWAB AS WITNESS. Against Woman Alleged to Have Forg ed His Name for $2,000. (By the Anaociuced Press.) New York, May O'.—Mrs! Myrtle It. Hayes, Boston business woman now living in this city, was indicted today on a charge of having forged the name • of Charles M. Schwab to a $25,00() note in connection with the erection of the hotel C-hathani In Boston. While the indictment was pn one count, it is alleged that she negotintr ed 17 notes totalling $325,000, Itearing the name of the ironmaster ns en dorser. New York, May o.—Charles M. Schwab today apiieared tiefore the grand Jury to testify against Mrs. Myrtle Hayes, a Boston business wo man alleged to have forged the iron master’s name last January to a note for $25,000. George Gordon Battle, attorney for Mrs. Hayes, told reporters that there was no possibility of his client having made a cent put of the alleged forgery. “I was In connection with financing the Hotel Chatham in Boston,” he added. With Our Advertiser*. The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. has a few more seed Irish potatoes, Bliss, Rose and Cobblers. New hats, new caps, new shirts, new lies, and the suit of elothes yon want ait the Browns-Cannon Co. ! The Musette has a beautiful line j of Mothers’ Day greeting cards. You are always assured coun-’ tesy and efficient service at the Citi zens Bank and Trust Company. Send Mother a box of candy for i next Sunday, Nunnall.v's and Hoi-, lingworth’s at Gibson Drug Store. Hoover’H the young man’s store, 1 sells the. famous Schloss Bros, doth-; ing. ( I France Has Many Sexagenarians. | (By the AiMclaiH r»«— > Paris, May o.—More than 10 perj cent of the population of France has readied the age of 00. In other words, the republic has nearly 5,000,000 men and women traveling toward three score years and ten. Germany, according to the. same sta tistics. with a population one-third . l i - *. v, v' *». Ji' * 'Tv. i , The concord daily tribune ■ t ON THE CHAIN GANG v AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS Jim Carnilhers, 17 Years in .Maean, Ga., Is Now Serving 'Time in Row an County. Salisbury, N. c., May 9. (By the As focidted Press.)—J.m Cnrutnars, alias Jim iMcCraven, said to have been a peaceful, hard-working and aw abiding citizen of Macon, Ga.. for I seventeen ysnrst today is back on the Rcwan cuinty chain gang, serving time-r-nll because he had a fight with | n man who later “turned him up.- 1 All these seventeen years of labor . went into d seard recently, wuen ' detectives, after learning Caiuthc./s’ 1 identity, located him at a company in ’Macon. The man made no denial of th«i charge tbit he was a fugitive from justice and frankly admitted fi ll ad not comp rted a sentence- m i North Carolina, according to a story by an Atlanta Jmitnnl correspondent. iNow. Caruthers - lias eignu-ca months on the gang star ng him in the face, the balance of a three year - term, imposed in 11.05. when fie was convicted, with two of his brothers, of conspiracy pn kill (he son of a Nor ton mill superintendent. Caruthers will make an effort to ribtain a par don from Governor iMorrison, it is • understood. I “I intended to give myself up long • ago—just as soon as I got enough money ahead to pay the expenses of ■ my family while I finished my sen tence,'’ lie told the Macon official i, 1 “but I couldn’t save enough, it seern - ed.” i Caruthers married twice in Macon., By his first wife, two girl children' I were born. Caruthers married again -| after his first wife’s death about six years ago. but was separated at the ■ j time of his arrest. I "Although I was convicted,” he (stated, "I am an innocent man, my 'brothers did stab the mill superin tendent’s son in a row, -but I didn’t. We were all three convicted and all of us escaped. “One of my brothers. Henrv was captured a year after his escape and served his time. My other brotner died. I came to Macon . six months • afterward and started to work. “tMy mother’s name was MeEiavon, 80 I adopted that a.las to avoid ar-. rest. No man ever worked harder, lived more peaceably or fried t.i be a better ctizen than I have during my seventeen years in Macon.” An unusual feature in connection with Carnthei-s’ arrest is that E<l. Chambliss, chief of city detectives, who took him into custody, was the first man in IMacon to give the es caped convict a jolC" Chambliss at that time was foreman In a local cot ton mill. Caruthers applied for a job and got it. working with Chatn ittta* -Sor -**«**- jiAtil the UM-Ut: left the thill to take a position with the city police. “He was ;t very quiet, steady work er,” said the detect ve. “and was the last man I (would have suspected of being an escaped convict.” Chambliss expressed a willingness to assist Caruthers in his attempt to secure clemency and other employes gave him a good record. Caruthers kept his true idoi.tily carefully guarded until he him a fight wilh a man who Jmcdiately went to the )K>lice station in Macon and re ported him as an escaped convict, it is stated. "I wouldn't let a man keep run ning over me. Insulting me at will, calling me vile names and hounding after me to get a fight,” said Camth ers. “So I have/ to go back and finish a gang term, just because I stood him as long as I could and then, took a poke at him. Then be ran to' the police.” GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS’ SUNDAY MOTHERS’ DAT Calls on People of State to Observe Occasion With an Inward Devotion. Hickory, May B.—Calling on * me state to display outward signs of an inward devotion to motherhood next Sundav. Governor Morrison today" is sued a proclamation setting nimrt May 13 as Mother’s Day. The governor’s proclamation fol lows : , “Pursuant with the provisions of resointion No. 38, passed by the gen eral assembly of 1921, I hereby pro c’aim Sunday, May 13. 1923, Mothers’ Day and call upon the people of North Carolina reverently to observe f’As a public expression of love and respect for motherhood, you are usked to display the national colors. Each individual is requested to wear a flower in honor of Ills or her moth ejr, whether she is living or oeau. 1 “The above, at best, are merely the ou-iword signs of an inward devotion, which each heart must interpret for itself. Each soul must< light its own altar on Mothers’ Day.” May Close Streets to Make Playground for Children. IBy the Associated Press.) Ijidinnapolis. May 9.—-The 1 closing of a muntier of city streets at. certain I hours of the day, so that they may - 1 be used as playgrounds by the ehil idren. has been advocated by Captain Michael Glenn, head of the Indiana polis traffic department. Copt. Glenn’s recommendations have been placed liefore the eit.v recreation (department. He said several street* j could- lie ‘closed to traffic a, part of • each day when traffic was lightest, | during the summer months. The sug | gestlon has been taken under ndvlse | ment. J Refuses Pe«ee Terms of de Valera, ! . Dublin. May 9 (By ,the Associated Press).—The Irish Free State .govern ment has refused the peace terms, of Bnmonn de Valern, and has declined to communicate further with the re publican leader. - Although the Bible has been trans tated. In part, into 725 languages and ; dialects, new translation for freshly discovered tribes are always needed. .V 4 %.;■ .■ ./-i 1 ■' .V" ' T /v~ •*’ T - V CONCORb, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1923. the rowan county * - FAim I ‘ IFF cnboi. , Commencement Exercises to Embrace May 11th to the lath. (Specie' to- The Tribune.) Chinn Grove May 9—Tho Rowan > County Fimn Life School is about to i close the most siu-cessful year in its history. The commencement exercises " begin Friday evening. May 11th. and 1 1 p nd on the 15th, with the following I ’ program :■ i Friday evening 8 o'clock. Declama tion and Heading contests. Sat unlay evening. X o'clock—Open-!- '■ ta. “Gypsy Rover." • Sunday morning 11 o'clock—Bnccal i Aureate sermon by Archdeacon \V. fl ’ Ilardln. ! Monday afternoon. 3 o'clock-—Class - Day Exercises. i Monday evenilife. 8 o'clock—l’iny, "Clarence.” Tuesday morning 10:30 o'clock — Graduating Exorcises. Address bv Judge Stable Linn. Plans are I icing imrfooted for broad i oning the school’s activities and use fulness. Those plans ’lnclude a new administration building which, it is hoiied will lie ready early in the oom-i ing year. This building will contain a large auditorium, study hulk offices and class rooms. r Courses will be introduced in Teach er Training, special work in music and chemistry. The present Teacher Train ing Class did very successful work in practice teaching in the comity schools this spring. Miss Sue E. Reece, Rural Supervisor, and Mr O. It. Jones, Prin cipal of-the school, pinn a wider scope for this work in the'future. Tlie principal and faculty of the 1 Fanii Lift- School greatly appreciate the support and interest of the com-j raunity of China Grove and especially of the members of the Board of Trus tees. Mention should also tie made of l file loyal support and co-operation of the County Board of Education, the Board of County Commissioners, the County Superintendent. Mr. Kiser, and Miss Reece, Rural Supervisor. The support of the people „f the whole county has lieen most gratifying. I At their recent meeting, the Board of Trustees unnnimonsly re-elected Mr. O. B. Jones principal for the com . ing year and drafted tin- following res olution: / “Resolved, That (lie Rowan County Farm Life School lias enjoyed a most successful year, and it is the desire of the Board to thank ouch member of the Faculty for their diligent work and loyal eo-ojieration." Plans for the teaching force for tlie new school year include a change in the Agricultural department, of which Mr. I). IT. Sutton will be the head. Mr. Sutton, who is a graduate of tin- North Carolina State ('allege, lias had charge of the Bladen boro schools for. the past three years. TW Fftrnr' tfffe Scffdol is very fortunate in securing him. He is a splendid Agriculturist and will give all of his time to that work. Among other additions to the school will be a teacher for the preparatory work, and in instructor for the Teach er Training work, and two teachers for piano and voice instruction. JNFLI'X OF LABOR IN SOUTH NOT EXPECTED Charlotte Mill Alan Doesn’t Think Eng lish Bailor Will Come in Any Great Quantity. Charlotte, May i).—"No English tex tile iqieratives hnve recently come to this section and. to the best of my knowledge, it was not : likely that ail influx of English operatives would be welcomed by Carolina mill men.” This was the reply of a Charlotte mill man whfi Is in close touch with the cotton mill situation throughout the Curoli nas when -questioned regarding a re cent story liy Richard Spillane telling of the coming of a large number of British workers to America. Mr. Spil lane estimated that the nnmlier of such immigrants had been greater dur ing the {last 12 months than during the preceding IQ years. The mill man quoted and others who have givf-n thought to the labor sit uation in the Carolinas are inclined to believe that English workers would be more welcome tfinn the Portuguese. Itnlinns and othor foreigners who make up the greater part of the oper atives In New England, but they de clare that the Carolinas hnve ample - labor l-esonrces. not only stir present de mands lmt sufficient to take care of the demands of the rapidly expanding industry for many years. There Is no shortage of labor at present and in some sections of South Carolina there is actually more than is required, not withstanding the fact that practically all mills are operating ut full capac ity. This situation is explained by the fact that there has recently been a trend from the farm to the mill in Sqlitli Carolina as a result of the In vasion of the boll weevil. Chamberlain's Resignation Accepted. , (Bv the Asaociated Proa.) Wushingtoiij May 0. —The resigna tion of former Senator George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon, as a member of the Shipping Board, has lieen ae -cepted by President Harding, effective June 30th. Mr. Chamberlain said he for a time. It is understood he will 1 open a law office here. When a manV back bone becomes a wish bone, he »6on gets chicken-heart ed. . YOUR LAST CHANCE “WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER’’ Shows 2:00, 4:30; 7:00 ami 0:30 DON’T FAIL TO SEE “TRIFLING WOMEN” THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Equally as Good as “When Knight hood Wife In Flower.” * . STAR THEATRE Final Exercises of Commencement | at Sunderland Held Tuesday Night I A crowd that the capacity of i the auditorium was present Tuesday !i evening for the final exercise of coni s menceinent at the Lttnia Sunderland n Memorial School. The, exercise Tues -1 day evening was ope if in the general public, and one of tsy largest andi j cnees that ever gather'd ut the school J - I for commencement was present. The program consfetcil of several - musical selections, tw^ 1 essays and nn (address by Rev. .1. Rowan, pastor -of the First Presbyterian-Church. Stu . dents of the ijchool taid a prominent part on the program aid they were as j sisteil by several otlitf artists. Two numbers on ("4* program that , wore of sjlecinl jndlest were piano duets by Miss Eiiznbet* Lord and Miss - Nell Herring. Vocal? solus bv Alan ’ D. Pi-indoll, of’ New York City, also were greatly enjoyed. V Students taking purl, in tlie program : - wore Miss La inelle Mjspse, Miss Irene • Black and Miss Jnnib McDaniels in ; • | WILEY PERRY EXECUTED | Was Convicted of Killing a Deputy l Sheriff of Granville County. I (Br the Associated I'rru.) • Raleigh, May <).—W|lcy Perry, ne i gro. convicted in Graarille Comity at ‘ the murder of John Aiken,, a deputy sheriff, was executed ajl the state pris ■ on here this morning. ; Perry walked calmly from liis cel] j into tin' dentil cbipnbor, and was ' quickly strapped into flie chair. lie ‘.handed a prison attache n i,ateh of ■ letters as lie I«»fr his <>dl. They Were | addressed to friends and relatives in ; Granville County. The negro did not utter a word from' the time he left ids cell until he was in the chair, only 1 waving a farewell to a neighbor in ' the death row as he passed by. Perry was an unusually large nc -1 gro, lmt it required only two shocks ' to produce death, the first of 95 sec onds and the other one-half a minute. •A score or more, of Granville citi zens witnessed the execution. Oscar Brothers, a-pifsoner who lias had charge of the motor during the 1 electrocutions for the past year or so. served in that Capacity for the last time today. He completed his term in prison today and was discharged fol lowing tlie Vlectm-ution of Perry. Brothers was convicted, in Pamlico of second degree burglary and was sen tenced to life imprisonment. Governor Pickett first reduced his centence to 30 years and inter to four years. He bad served tlie four years today. THE COTTON MARKET Renewal of Y«sterday*£'-Bnying Move ment.—Decline of 10-Points on May. (By the Associated Press.) New York, May it,—There was a re newal of yesterday's buying movement at the opening of tlie cotton market this morning which was regarded as reflecting further covering of- shorts and continued trade buying to fix: pric es. Disappointing Liverpool cables ap iieared to lie ignored, and the local market opened steady at at decline of id points on May, but -generally 7 to 11- points higher. Cotton futures opened steady: May 25.70; July 24.03; October 23.20; De eemlier 22.83; January 22.57. FIRE IN GREENSBORO ~ Plants of Bickett Storage Battery Co. and Chero-Cola Bottling Works De stroyed. <Br the Associated Prrsa. Greensboro, May 9. Fire discover ed shortly liefore 1 o'clock this morn ing destroyed the plants of the Bick ett. Storage Battery Co., and the Chero- Cola bottling works, the wall paper establishment of .0. G. Williams and the railroad watchman’s tower at the Summit’ Avenue crossing, doing dam age amounting to more than s<‘>o,ooo. The property was partly covered by in surance. River Dam Saves Yearly Its Cost of Construction. (By the Associated Press.! Keokuk, In., May 9.—Six million tons of coal are saved annually by the .operation of tlie Koekuk dam in -tlie Mississippi rivet; here, according to nn estimate by the operators of tlie dam. Power hidden under the surfuce of the Mississippi and harnessed by the dam is lighting stores, and running sreet cars iu St. Louis and a great many smaller towns in lowa, Illinois and Missouri. Miles upon miles of cables and conduits run out from the i dam in almost every direction. Accepting the average price of coal, j it -t-an reaejily lie seen that the saving in one year of this fuel would more than pay for the entire cost, of tlie dam which was placed at $29,000,000 in 1913, when it was completed.. Non-Stop Pilot Flew For Heart of Girl. Dayton, 0., (May 5. —According to reports -generally credited here Lieut/ Oakley G. Kelly in the successful | hop across the continent, was playing i for a Mg stake; a pretty San Diego girl who is a telephone operator in Kelley’s home town. ; ! It Is said thity were to have been I married at -the conclusion oi me ' trans-continental . flight attempted j last fall which ended at Indianapolis, j but after that “heart breaker” Ke-t y j decided to wait until be had heioed to hang up an endurance tScora and cress the continent. Mercury Down to 36 at Hickory. (By the Ah»»ilh Cm*., Hickory, May 9. —Tlie mercury reg istered 311 at the local government sta-1 tlon here last night, and there was ice here this morning. If all the bread the average, person eats in a year were baked in one loaf, it would take three strong men to life it and a horse to pull It. The weight Os the loaf would be 397 pounds. ’ addition lo the .students who sang in ■ j tlie choruses. -Miss Moose gnve a pi ■ npo solo, Miss Black read an excellent , essay on 'Community Betterment," ■ and Miss McDaniels* essay on "The 1 j Value of Reading Good Books.” was heard with interest. | Tiie commencement exercises of the school began Sunday morning when Rev. Lindsay Ilndloy, of tho Presby terian, Church of the United States, preached the Ixtecnlaureate sermon in the First Presbyterian Church here. Monday evening the program consist ed of an operetta given by the eighth ‘ grade students' of (lie school. All of . the commencement exercises were wit nessed by large crowds, and proved among the most interesting ever held at (he school. j . The school during tlie year enjoyed ’ °ne of the most successful years in its history, both as to the number of stu dents enrolled and. work accomplished. MAKING PLANS FOR NEW DORMITORY AT ..M. P. ( . I. Everutive Committee of Board ©f Trustees Held Meeting Monday to Discuss Plans. That a new dormitory will be erect ed in tlie near future at Mt. Pleasant Collegia I e Institute is indicated bv ac tion taken Monday when tlie execu tive committee of tlie board of trus tees of the school met at Mt. Pleasant and discussed plans for tlie building. The committee members . were in structed to- have plans more nearly completed as soon as possible mud when the plans are in better shape they will lie presented to the full board for action. This action is in accordance witii in structions from the board of educa tion of tlie Lutheran Church, which recently instructed the committee of the Institute to have plans made for the dormitory. First steps looking to the dormitory were taken last year at commencement at the Institute, when the need of the new building was pointed out. It is hoped to hnve tlie building ready for the opening of school next fall. WOMEN ENDORSE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT R(‘solution A(V»|ded bv the General Federation of Women's Clfiibs. (By (hr Auovlit«d Preoa.) Atlanta, May 9.—Endorsement by tlie i*;-u:ral federation of Women’s Clubs of America participation in an international court of justice is a sued in a n-.so UUqn adopted today by the ' resolutionsCoofiiffirttitfe : f(sf present!!-' tion to the mid-biennial council in session here. It will be reported to morrow. While not mentioning President Harding’s proposal, adop tion of the resolution would endorse “the working out of this principle aloftig the lines proposed for the ac ceptance of nations.” Informally it was pointed out that there is but one proposal before tlie country on this subject, that of Presi dent Harding. Another resolution asked that the Federation approve a Federal (migration-policy which would provide for regulation of selected m migration of “law abiding assimilable aliens” quotas to be based on the cen sus figures of 1890. EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA Yearly Meeting Being Held in Ox ford.—Barbecue Served at Noon. (By, the Associated Press. 1 Oxford. N. C.. May 9.—Reading ot the annual reports and a barbecue served at noon were the chief events on today’s program of the 107th year ly meeting of the Episcopalian Dio cese. of North Carolina. At yesterday’s session the report of the Diocesan secretary had ns its tea time tho recommendation that the con vention attempt, to raise $25,000 to •ward the endowment of St. Mary’s college, Raleigh. Tlie report ot the bishop coadjutor and sufragan bishop revea'.ed much progress in the church during the past ear. Bishop Joseph H:ottnt Cheshire, of Raleigh, ;Bishop E. A. Penick. Char lotte; and Bishop Delaney, Raleigh, are attending the meeting. FRAUD ORDER AGAINST PILGRIM OIL COMPANY Was Issued Todav by Postmaster Gen eral New. | ‘ (Bt the Amoclated Prow.) i Washington, May 9.—A fraud or der was Issued by Postmuster General New today against the Pilgrim Oil Company and several individuals at Fort Worth, Texas. Tlie order, which will stop the de livery of mail, named the Pilgrim Oil Co., the Pilgrim Oil Co., of Texas, and W. H. Hollister, J. M. Richardson, and 11. E. Robinson, of Fort Worth, individually 'and ns trustees. TWO SALISBURY MEN ARRESTED AT DANVILLE :— i ; L. G. Rabe and J. B, Pegr&m, Charged With Defrauding Mrs. Nannie Smith i of $3,600. fib '*• *«aoe:oted Vreaa. > I Danville, Va., May 9.—Charged with I defrauding Mrs. Nannie Smith, of Winston-Salem, N. C„ of $3,000. 1,. G. Rabe and J. JB. Pegram, of Salisbury, N. C„ wore arrested here late yester day. Warrants Which were brought here frofii North Carolum, charge that Ratio got SI .OOO and ’Pegrniu $2,000 from Mrs. Smith under false pretenses. British Air Forres to Be Increased. (Bv tho VHK.M-tniod Prono.> I.ondon, May 9.—-The cabinet lias reached the conclusion thnt a consid erable increase in the British air forces is necessary, the Duke of Dev onshire, secretary for the colonials, informed the House of Lords today. HI-Y BOYS WILL ASSIST IN THE V. CAMPAIGN ■ ‘Will _ Convass for Funds.—Joe Bar ringer Is Campaign General. Ar a meeting at the Y. M. ('. A. [ Tuesday it was decided by the lii-Y boy's that they would assist in rite . coining campaign of the Y. and an or- : , ganization was perfected and officers appointed. They are ns follows: Joe Barringer, Campaign General under T. 11. Webb of the Men’s Divis ion. Charles Parks, General of the Armv Division under A. It. Howard. W. C.’ - Walker Admiral under V. S. Smart of the Navy Division and "Peanut" Ridenhonr Commander of the Air Di vision under A. R. Hoover. The meeting was characterized by much enthusiasm and it will lie tlie goal of the Ili-Y boys lo secure 100 per cent, subscriptions from tlie girls md hoys ill tlie High School. Such an effort will result in greatly inspir ing the workers on (lie Men : s Divis ions. The Ministerial Alliance . met at 7 o'clock and hoard an outline of the campaign by Director Ackley and appointed a committee to draft reso lutions commending tlie Y. M. C. A. and its work and pledging its fullest cooperation. Plans for tlie Dig parade on next Tuesday are working out well, a large nnmlier of organizations having al ready decided to enter floats in the parade and others are expected to fol low. Those who have already express ed- a willingness to enter arc : Tlie Ro tary and Kiwanis Clubs, Woman's Club. War Mothers. D. A. It., National Guard, Girl Scouts, Pnrks-Relk Co., Ritchie Hardware Co. and Kurd’s. It is expected that many others will join and it is imped that every (lull and organization will Join and' make this one of the biggest and best pa rades every held in the city. The executive eommltete is working hard and will report at the y tonight. The women's clubs of tlie city have iieen asked to assist in this campaign and will no doubt do their share. A tiig thermometer is being made and will be placed on the front of the Concord Furniture Co., and will register the progress of tlie campaign from day to day. Other printed matter and ppbiioitv is being planned that will bring the facts regarding the Y ami its needs clearly before the people of Concord. PORTION OF VOLSTEAD ACT DECLARED VOID Which Limits the Amount of ■ Liquor a Physician May Prescribe. <Bt the Associated l-rrw.i New York, May 9.—Federal Judge Knox today declared void that portion of tlie Volstead act which limits the amount of liquor which a physician may prescribe, and granted an itiium ' fffin fesrftrinlng proTiTWtio'Ti —STTffmrr ties from interfering with the prac tice of Dr. Samuel IV. Lambert. BIG INCREASE IN FUNDS FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION About $6,000,000 Will Be Available, Against $3,200,000 lust Year. (Bt the Asnoeiated Press.■ Raleigh. May 9.—Approximately $0 000.000 will lie available for high way construction and supervision in North Carolina next year through au tomobile and gasoline taxes, as com pared with about $3,200.00(1 the last fiscal year, W. X. Everett, Secretary of State, announced today. SNOW IN THE BLUE RIDGE. It is Reported That the Mountains are Blanketed in White. i (Br the Associated Press. I Greensboro. May 9.—Snow fell in North Carolina on May S, according to reports reaching here this morning from Wilkesboro. where it is reported the Blue Ridge mountains are blan keted in white. The full is not thought to lie very heavy, hut it is said to lie tlie latest in several years. Goes Down in Defeat Before Tar Heels. •By the Associated Press.) Pinehurst. X. ('.. Mpv n. r. r Ilodgins, of Columbia, sole South Car! olinian to qualify yesterday in the 12th annual tournament of tlie Caro lina Golf Association here, went down to defeat today leaving the men's amateur championship of the two States to be contended for by the Tar Heel entrants. Lieut-. Macßeady to Be Married. (By the Associated Press.) Isis Angeles, May 9.—Lieut. John A. Mac-Ready, who witii Lieut. Oakley ( i- Kelly recently made a trans-con tinental non-stop airplane flight from New York to San Diego, will lie mar ried here today to Miss Xellio Turner, of Columbus, Ohio, according to the Los Angeles Times, Knockout Jabs in the Y. M. C. A. Campaign 'When a man turns his hack to n puli iic need, lie faces his own destruction. A man will need an ear trumpet at ; the J udgment Day to understand his sentence if he has lieen deaf to the cry of the World’s need. A man looks like a grasshopper to himself, Ills difficulties look like gian.ts to him only when lie loses his eyes of faith. Crooked methods are never a short cut to success.-—Selected. A mule never pulls much while he is kicking. Xeither can you. Suc cess. An ounce of perspiration is worth a world of talk when there are things to he done. An ounce of formation is worth 8 ton of reformation. When character goes out, Bolshe vism comes in. 8M * TdiAVS I $ NEWS i ® TODAY « )St A Jst JSt iSt A m « NO . 110. i msstrjt [oi.APt FROM THE CHINESE BMDITS Including Seven Men, Six Women and One Child.— Many Others Remain in Perilous Captivity. SEVERAL OF THEM “ALMOST DEAD” From Lack of Food, Clothing and Exposure. Another Outrage Occurred|on Tien pu Railroad Monday Night. t » Tien Tsin. Mny 0 (By the Assocint - ed Press). —First advices today made ? uncertain the nuiuher of foitpign ohi>- fives held by the Chinese bandits lint - it is believed here shat several for - eigneiß, including four American mis < sionaries hoarded at way stations the I Peking express train which was seizinl , nynr Suchow Sunday and that there fore these passengers were mot. listed. 1 Thus while thirteen passengers are i known to have escii|>ed the bandits, it ■ is probable that twice that number ro - main in perilous captivity. ! Another outrage occurred on the : Tienpu railway line Monday night . when n Canadian merchant named . Co we. traveling to Shanghai, was pull i ed from a train by Chinese civilians,, beaten bound and carried away. Chi . nese police standing by made no effort ’ to release him, but a foreigner who 1 saw the abduction notified the British i consul. The consul demanded and ob tained Lowe's release immediately, hut ’ an explanation of the affair is awaited • impatiently in foreign official circles, i To the list of foreigners known to . be held by the bandits has tieen added I the name of 11. 11. Rowlett, British manager of Reiss' & Co., merchants of i Tien Tsin. Mr. Rowlett is believed to. have been married in San Francisco about months ago. Fourteen Have Escaped. I Peking, May !> (By the Associated' H Press). —Major Roland Finger, Maj. Robert Allen and Major Piaget's son, Roland, .if., have escaped from the 1 Suchow bandits who held up the Sunday morning, ticcoriff^g^pv^n' ft received here. This brings the total of 1 those who have escaped or have been ; released to 14. including seven men, six women and one child. 1 | Several Foreigners “Almost Dead.” I Shanghai. May 5) (By the Associat ’ ed Press). —(Fourteen foreigners, in ! eluding at least seven Americans, held , in the hills hack of Lincheng. hv the Suchow train bandits, are "almost dead” from lack of food, and clothing i and eximsnre, according to a message received here today from lincheng. Rev. Frank W. Pratt Not on Train. ■ i Peer Held. Mass., May {).—The Rev. i Frank W. Pratt, of Richmond, Vn., j was not on ,the train captured tty j bandits in China last Sunday as had I been thought when Shanghai dispatch es mentioned “F. \V. Pratt" as among I those seized by bandits. His sister of : this city, received a cablegram from the Unitarian minister today, sent, from Saikwan. saying that he and his wife were not on the train. Rev. R. F. Crooks IU. A message from the home of Rev. R. F. Crooks at 2 o’clock this after main stated that he was serioitsiy ill, and was not collected to live. He was • ■ in his usual health this morning, and after eating his dinner had a eon -1 vulsion. and his condition as The Tri bune goes to press is considered criti cal. His children have all been sum , molted to his bedside. The postage stamps of the new Irish i Free State were designed by Miss Mil , licent (Jarlnnd. a 21-yenr-oUI girl who recently completed her studies at the Dublin School of Art. The shark sucker, a defenceless and retiring fish, takes shelter in the mouth of the savage and voracious shark, but it is.not harmed by the shark. Anybody can quit; it takes a red blooded man to keep on keeping oil. Character exalteth a city, it’s loss is a reproach. One !x>y gone wrong mny cost the city in one year as much ns a Y. M. C. A. building. i “Success is 98 per cent. Perspira tion and 2 per cent. Inspiration.” Sentiment is no substitute for Ser • vice. > i The young men and boys of Concord are her greatest asset. By their labor they create wealth. By their character they determine ‘ the city’s morals. By I heir standards they set the mark of citizenship. t > By their development they guaran tee Concord s greatness. i Coin your cash into character by giv ing It to the Y. M_C. A. ‘ * | Character is the balance wheel of civilisation. *