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VOLUME XXIII
EDITORS HEAR THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF
THEIR PRESIDENT
Report Delivered Today by
President John B. Sherrill
at Meeting of Editors at
Blowing Rock.
PAST YEAR WAS
SUCCESSFUL ONE
For Newspaper Men in North
Carolina—Siigg&tions Are
Made for the Conduct of
Business in the Future.
Blowing Rock. N. C.. .Tunc 21.—The
following is the annual address of Pres
ident J. B. Sherrill delivered here today
before the meeting of the North Carolina
Preess Association:
It is a great pleasure to again greet
you on the occasion of our annual com
ing together. I trust we have met here
in these beautiful mountains not only
for our mutual good, but for the good
of the whole State, and thnt in our de
sire to escape for a few days the har
assing cares of the sanctum and the
shop, we will not give ourselves over
wholly to recreation and enjoyment and
neglect the mort important things which
should always have our earnest consid
eration. I>“t us never forget that we rep
■ resent one of the greatest industries of
the times, and address ourselves ns men
of business to the consideration of means
of devising and enforcing methods, the
application of which will make our pro
fession and business profitable in a de-,
gree commensurate with the capital in
vested and the amount of labor which
we bestow on it. To be sure we must
not look only on the improvement of our
material condition.. but it is imperative
that we do not forget that we should
bend every effort to advance every good
cause and to aid the promotion of every
commendable public enterprise.
The newspaper is necessarily a com
munity builder. It is.a trite saying that
newspapers are "moulders of public
o|dnion." but this fact was never more
apparent than it is today. Even the
publisher of the snjhllest paper, who oft
en does not realize the great importance
of his work, wields an intlueuee which’
permeates the whole community, and in
infiuences. sometimes unconsciously, the
tread of community action. The editor
must be )>f rsoifatl.v acquainted With the
leaders of his respective communities. He
must be a membpr of the Rotary. Ri
wauis. Lion or Civitan Club, or whatever
society is organized in his town to pro
mote the welfare of the community. In
fact, the newspaper by its forward pol
icy can make a community progressive,
or it can by its failure to .function as a
lender of thought and action, retard prog
ress and keep its town always in the
rear ranks.
1 think the publishers and printers of
North Carolina should sincerely address
themselves to the question: Are we
charging enough for our products'/ We
cannot control or hold down the rising
cost of newspaper publication and of
the operation of our job printing offices.
l)o you know that practically everything
that a printer or a newspaper uses is
controlled by virtual trusts? If you
will look up your invoices of ten years
ago and compare them with some of the
present day, I think you yourself will
be surprised at the tremendously in
creased cost of'everything that goes to
make up a newspaper or job office. Not
only has the cost of the material more
than doubled (in some cases ii is three
or four times ns much) but labor, both
in the. front, and rear offices, is exacting
a toll compared to which the salaries of
men ten years ago or even leas appear as
child's wages. Mr. Clifford Yewdull, an
accounting and auditing expert of New
York, recently delivered an address at a
convention of the Michigan League of
Home Dailies in which'he showed his.au
ditors that they were fooling themselves
in believing that they are making money
now, or have done so at all since the
war. Taking actual figures furnished
by some of the members present, he
showed them that instead of making mon
ey, as they had supposed they were do
ing. they were actually losing all the
time. He stressed the point that al
though retail business costs had come
down since the war and most merchan
dise could be bought for less than dur
iug war days, .vet costs of newspaper
publishing had been steadily climbing,
if 'you will write for prices on any piece
of printing machinery you will find when
you get your replies that every dealer
has quoted you exactly the same price
and the same discount, and the same
terms. There is absolutely no such
thing as buying most of your material
needed on a competitive .market. Any
newspaper man or printer knows that
the increase in the cost of his product
has not kept pace with the steadily and
often spectacular advance in the price
of the things he is compelled to buy in
order to print his paper or keep his job
office running. It is time for every one
of us to wake up to the fact that we
must not only not cut prices nor do
work cheaper because -the other fellow
is on the suicidal road by doing it, but
we must realixe that the ever-mounting
cost of material and supplies we are
compelled to buy warrants and demands
an increase in the prices of the things
we sell. We cannot remain blind to this
situation and long prosper. Let every
one of us look this thing squarely in
the face.
The weekly newspaper, if it be pro
gressive, is closer to the people in the ru
ral districts than the daily. The weekly
press can, if it will, do more to keep the
people from leaving the country sections
than can the daily newspaper. It can
CConcluded on p«ff»»fcpr.)
The Concord daily Tribune
WADE GIVES ADVICE TO
STATE INSURANCE MEN
Says Something Must Be Done to Elimi
nate Fires In Manufacturing Plants,
tit the Aaaoetaied Press, i
Winston-Salem. June 21.—"N0 action
we may take, regardless of the benefit
that may accrue to your organization or
to its individual members/' declared
Stacy W. Wade, State Fire Insurance
Commissioner, speaking here before the
State meeting of Fire Insurance Agents
and having reference to fire losses, “can
be considered sufficient and no .results
justified which do not bring some relief
from this wanton wastje and burden
which grows heavier from yeaV to year."
"During 11)22," said-Mr. Wade, "the
total losses of the United States were
more than five hundred million or $.".00
per capita, and while we feel encouraged i
that the loss in North Carolina is only
$3.21 per capita, or $2.43 exclusive of
the Now Bern conflagration, a compari
son of the per capita rate in the various
towns poiiits to the necessity or some
detienite action toward reducing the un
necessary fires."
The speaker discussed generally and
at length the various problems faciug the
local agents today. He urged that the
proper type of ageuts be appointed for
the conducing of fire insurance business,
declaring that very often injustices arc
wrought by careless underwriting.
'Our State is doing more probably than,
any other state in the Union in its fire
prevention work,” be said, "the effect of
which is readily apparent in the reduc
ed number of residential losses, -still the
commercial aud manufacturing proper
ties, continue to burn at an unprecedent
ed rate. 1 would charge no agent of our
state with deliberately over-insuriug '
property, yet because of unstabilized con-1
ditious the insurable values on buildings
and stocks Ims varied widely aud often
during the past few years, aud it seems
that the only remedy fyr increased loss
es is the withdrawal of protection to the
sound iusurqble value or the property in
order than the polie.tAkdder will be a co
insurer for a reasonable amount.”
GREENSBORO MAY BE
FACING “WATER F'AMINE”
...
Public Told to “Go Slow” in Watering
Lawns; City Has Outgrown Supply;
Building New Plant.
Greensboro, June 30.—The first hint
of a hater "famine” is heard here in
the advice of the city authorities to the
people to "f(o slow” in watering lawns.
If the advice is not takeu well there will
be municipal action to enforce more
arid dispositions.
The water supply fell so that segrrli
was made for a leak in the pipe line
bringing the water to the city, but it
turned out that there is no leak. The
extremely dry weather, long continued,
• has made people try to save grass on
lawns. On account of the many new
dwellings there is a great number of
new lawns, with grass- induced to grow
only after extreme coaxing and millions
of gallons of water have been used on
them.
The city has outgrown its water sys
tem. )It is now building a great dam
aud will install machinery that will in
sure a supply of water many times as
great ns the present inflow, but it will
be some time until it is completed.
SANDERS, OF SMITHFIELD,
TO HEAD COTTON CO-Of?S
, U. B. Blalcok, of Wadesboro, Re-elected
General Manager; Morrison Appoints
Him Director.
ltalcigh, June 20. —IV, M. Sanders, of
; Smithtield, has been elected president of
the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co
. operative Association and U. B. Blalock,
! of Wadeßboro, has been re-elected gen
| eral manager, according to announcement
, from headquarters of the association fol
. lowing the meeting of the board of di-
I rectors. R. W, Christian, of Fayette
ville, was elected vice president, and A.
, E. Bing, secretary-treasurer.
General Manager Blalock has been ap
, pointed director to represent the public,
' by Governor Morrison succeeding Dr.'
! B. W. Kilgore,, of Raleigh, who was re
, cently elected dean of agriculture of
I Nortli Carolina State College.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at An Advance of From
29 to 45 Points.
(Br the Associated Press. >
New York, June 21. —The cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance of 20
to 45 points on old crop months, and
of six to 20 points on the new crop
positions. There was some selling on
continued good weather in the cotton
belt but it was absorbed on compara
tively slight setbacks and the early mar
ket was steady on Liverpool buyhig of
July and covering in new crop positions.
July and October sold up 15 to 37 points
during early trading.
South Carolina Railroad Passenger Rate
Cut.
Columbia, S. C., June 20.—The South
Carolina railroad commission this after
noon announced a decision to the effect
that it is ordering the three and six
tenths cents a mile railroad passenger
fare in South Carolina-abolished and the
three cent fare, authorized by state
statute, to become effective. This fol
lows a recent hearing, in which lengthly
feotimony was taken, with officials of
railroads in the state attending, and tes
timony being taken from various angles
of railroad operation and costs. The
railroads wilT petition to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, it is understood,
and it is expected that the case will go
through the courts before it is finally
decided.
Highway Commission to Let Contracts.
Raleigh, June 21 (By the Associated
Press). —Bids have been called for on
171.68 miles of roadway, one bridge, and
one overhead crossing, according to an
announcement made at the offices of the
State Highway Commission here. The
bids will be opened on June 27th, the
state reserving tho right to reject any
or all .bids deemed unsatisfactory.
The construction work which will be
[undertaken when the bids have been
[awarded it in every section of the state
[and includes many types of improved
■ roadway.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923.
30 PUSH
ROOF OF GRINDSTAKD
FILLS DURIG GAME
One Boy So Badly Hurt That
Little Hope is Entertained
For Him.—Another Also
Seriously Hurt.
TWO PLAYERS ARE
AMONG THOSE HURT
' \
During Game Rain Began to
Fall and Everyone Was in
Grandstand When Wind
Struck and Damaged It.
»By the Associated Frees.)
Forest City. N. C„ June 2L—Thirty
persons were hurt, four seriously, when
the roof of the baseball grandstand was
blown off by a violent wind during the
baseball game here yesterday afternoon
between the Forest City and Caroleen
teams of the Blue Ridge T.engue.
Wm. Harriil, a ten year old boy, will
probably die from a fractured skull. Har
old Long received fractures of the shoul
der blade, and of the right leg, and is
considered in a eritical condition. Roy
Jones, of Spindale, of the ball players,
received a broken hip and Morris John
son, 'of Taylorsville, also a ball player,
was painfully injured.
During the sixth inning of the game,
which was attended b.v about 200 per
sons, rain suddenly began falling. The
teams left the field and took shelter un
der the grandstand. Suddenly a great
gust of wind struck the stand, tearing off
the roof which fell partially over the
stand, with two score persons beneath
the wreckage. All the iujured persons
were taken to a local hospital.
An evangelistic tent was blown over
by the wind but utf one was injured.
Practically no other damage Was doue in
the towD.
HARDING CHIDES
HIS TRAIN CREW
Pleasantly Jokes Thsm About Being Too'
Busy to See Him.
On Board President Harding's Special
Train, Near Cumberland. Md.. June 20.
-•-President Harding made his first
speech after leaving Washington for a
15,000-mile trip to the Pacific coast and
Alaska today at Martinsburg. Vn. It
was ad<U'essed to a small. hoy tfg in the
streets who hailed the President and re
ceived in turu a cheerful "Hello, there !"
TJlie train stopped for water when the
President appeared on the rear platform.
The small boy was the first to recognize
the chief executive and called. 'Hello,
Mr. President.” Others, including a
Dumber of railroad workers who had
been waiting at the station, followed the
boy's example, shook bauds, and wished
the President a pleasant journey.
A few miles out of Martinsburg the
President, still on the rear paltform, saw
a scene which carlied him back to the
swimming hole days of his yputh. In
the foreground were a half dozen boys,
scantily clad, enjoying refuge from the
midsummer heat in a pool formed by a
little creek flowing down through the
hills. Mr. Harding greeted the youngs
ters with a smile and a wave of his
cap. • /
The President spent the first hours
aboard the train enjoying the scenery
along the upper Potomac and in com
plete relaxation after the long hours
spent at his desk in preparation of his
more important addresses and in clear
ing up, official business. During this
time he made the acquaintance of the
train crew aud pleasantly reprimanded
some of the trainmen who had been too
busy to visit the President’s car.
EVERYBODY ON THE
LEVIATHAN HAPPY
Vessel Is Making Trip With Good Speed
and With Everything About Her Work
ing Perfectly.
On Board S. S. Leviathan, June 21
(By the Associated Press). —Uncle Sam's
guests on board the Leviathan breakfast
ed today some distance due east of Wil
mington, N. ,C„ after ni night's run
\vhieh was satisfactory in eVe.v way to
tlie passengers and officers of the giant
liner.
The vessel probably will turn around
on the homeward voyage at 4 p. in. to
morrow when it is expected the island
of Abaca “the hole in the wall” of the
i Bahamas, will be reached.
Reformed Church Plans Catawba College
Fund.
Salisbury, June 20.—Plans for the
raising of $400,000 endowment fund for
Catawba College which is to be raised
to an A grade institution and moved
from Newton to Salisbury, were dis
cussed at a meeting of Reformed minis
’ ters and laymen from over the state at
, First Reformed Church, Salisbury. # The
meeting was addressed by J. T. Hedrick,
| of Lexington, who hns charge of raising
the endowment. Sections of the state
| have been laid off in districts and al
lotments made for these districts to raise
' in order to make up the endoment want
, ed. The campaign will be on all sum
mer, the final drive to be conducted the
last week in September. The school is
to be ready for work in Salisbury at the
j beginning of the 1D24 term.
i New Drug House for Carthage.
1 ' (By the Associated I‘rrM. ■
t Raleigh, June 21. —Charles Cole and
s Company has been granted a charter of
■ Incorporation by Secretary of State
i Everett for the conducting of a general
r wholesale and retail business in drugs,
medicines, syrups, etc. Capital stock
; of the coneern is given as $60,000, half
l of which is preferred, an<) the main office
3 of business Is at Carthage. J. F. Cole,
1 S. F. Cole and P. H. Kennedy, all of
Carthage, are the incorporators.
DAN NOBLES MUST DIE I
IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Gov. Morrison Dt#» to Change Sen
tence of Man Convicted of Mnrder.
<ttv the AssOCHUed Frees i
Raleigh. June 21.—Governor Morrison
today denied the application for commu
tation of the death .sentence of Dan
Nobles, who was convicted -of the killing
of his cousin Henry B. Nobles, Colum
bus county farmer. . Nobles is to be
executed at the state prison next Tues
day.
A petition for commutation was pre- j
sented by D. C. France, local attorney,
whd produced a number of affidavits
from Noble's re'atives tending to prove
an alibi for the condemned man.
"I have studied the case and every
theory presented b.v tile defendant." the
governor stated in declining the applica- l
tion. “The attempted alibi coming 1
from testimony of relatives of the prison
er is incomplete. Every word set forth
in the affidavit may be true, nnd still ]
tile defendant could have committed the J
crime."
The principal witness against Nobles
was the eight-year-old daughter of Henry
Nobles.
“Tile evidence of-dhe child or her im
mature years if it stood alone.” the gov
ernor stated, “might be insufficient by
which to take the life-rtf a hitman being. ]
but when corroborated as she was cor- j
roborated in this easy, her evidence, it ]
seems to me. must, be convincing to any t
judicial mind.” (
“1 cannot interfere with the execu- ,
tion of the law in this case," continued (
the governor, “and the prisoner's friends
and kepers had best advise him to pre- (
pare to meet the judgment of the court.’’ ,
SOUTHERN TEXTILE MEET
AT ASHEVILLE THIS WEEK 1
Already Delegates From All Parts of the 1
South Are Arriving in Asheville for I
the Meeting.
'*7 the Auoetated Free*.)
Asheville, June 21.—Delegates began
to reach Asheville today for the annual 1
convention of the Southern Textile As
sociation which opens tomorrow morn- ,
ing. A special car bringing delegates
from Georgia arrived this morning and 1
delegates from other Southern states, in
cluding the two Oarolimis, Alabama,
Tennessee and Virginia! are expected to I
reach the city this afternoon aud to
night.
Interesting addresses concerning the 1
textile business and discussion of prob- 1
lems relating to the Industry will sea- '
ture the meeting which will come to a J
close Saturday morning,, John \V. Clark,
of Fraukliuville, president of the Ran
dolph Mills. Inc., is President of the As
sociation and will preside over the delib
erations. Election of ffiScers for the en
suing year will be held Saturday.
'James A. Chapman, leman, S. C\, vice
president, is expelled J’ be promoted
to tlte presidency. Jk &■ .Carter, of
Gnstrtnia. N.' J C., fs'SWWrary.
the prinpical addresses tomor
row wlil be upon "Human' Relationships
in Textile Industry" by Joe N. Game
well, of Lexington. Friday afternoon
an industrial motion picture entitled
'Thirsty Cotton” will be shown and the
annual banquet of the association will
be held Fridas night.
WASHINGTON’S UNIVERSITY
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
Old I’ohick Edifice One Hundred and
Fifty Years Old.
Washington, .Tune 21 (Capital News
Service). —Pohick Church is one hun
dred and fifty years old. This is the
famous old edifice near both Jit. Ver
non, Washington's home, and Alexan
dria, Va„ of which George Washington
supervised the erection and of which he
was warden of the Vestry.
Other names famous in the early his
tory of the church were George Mason,
qf Gunstoii Hall; George William Fair
fax, and Daniel McCarty.
The church haR maintained its active
interest in the country's welfare, as evi
denced by the unveiling last year of u
tablet, to young members of the congre
gation whose lives were sacrificed in the
World War. Mrs. Harding, wife of
the President, participated in the birth
day celebration ceremonies, which in
clude addresses by noted divines and
au elaborate musical program.
RESERVE BANKS WANT
ANOTHER HEARING
Not Satisfied With Decision of Supreme
Court in Par Clearance Case.
<Br the Associates Press.*
Washington, June 21.—Counsel for the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va.,
presented to the Supreme Court today a
motion for leave to tile a petition for a
rehearing in the ease brought by the
Farmers & Merchants Bnnk of Monroe,
N. C., and others, in which the court ou
June lltli sustained the validity of the
State law under which state banks were
authorized to charge u commiHion for
their services in the collection of checks
drawn upon them.
The effect of the motion will be to pre
, vent the issuance of a mandate by the
court, putting into operation its decis
ion until after it reconvenes next Octo
ber, and determines whether it will re
hear the case.
. With Our Advertisers.
The Cabarrus Cash Grocery has some
special for Dollar Sale Week. New ad.
! gives particulars.
Bargains will be offered in every de
, pertinent of Usher’s during Dollar Sale
. Week.
The Crystal Pressing Club can keep
. your Peaim Beach suit looking like new
, all of the time.
, The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. is offer
ing some attractive bargains for Dollar
Sale Week. Don’t fail to read new
ad. carefully.
1 New Warehouse Company. ,
[ (By the Aosoclnted Press.)
; Raleigh', June 21. —For the purpose of
i conducting a general ware housing busi
, ness the Secretary of State has granted
c a charter of incorporation to the Ham
s let Warehouse Company, Hamlet. The
s. capital stock of the corcern is $50,000,
,'and incorporators are ,T. P. Gibbons, W.
f R. Land, Nathan LeGrand and L. E.
Blanchard,, all of Hamlet.
BRIM SHIPS ARE ;
CARRYING LIQUORS i
• TO AMERICAN PORTS:
i
Ships Will Sell Liquors to *
Their Guests as Usual, and i
Wet Supply Wfll Be Sealed '
With Government Seals, i
t
SEC. MELLON IS ;
AFTER SOLUTION <
1 l
If Seals Are Broken a Serious \
Situation May Arise.— ‘
Thinks the Situation Will fc
Be Met When It Arises. (
(By the AuMOctnied Press.i |
Washington, June 21. —Secretary Jlel- ,
lon began a series of conferences today ‘
in an effort to clear up the new ship ,
liquor situation developing from the de
termination of several foreign shipping ,
companies to bring liquor into American >
waters linden the new customs seals of
their government.
Prior to these deliberations the secre- ,
tary declared there was no doubt of the (
general 'right to seize contrabrand with
in American waters, but added that the j
question whether an agent of the Ameri
can government dared to destroy a for
eign government seal presented a grave ’
problem.
He expyessed a hope that we “find out (
just what we can do immediately.”
Informed that the liner Berengaria,
due in New York tomorrow or Saturday, ,
was bringing a sealed store of liquor
the Secretary merely replied that the (
Treasury would be able to drtil with the
situation thus presented when it arose.
Ships Carrying Liquor as Usual. |.
Southampton. England, June 21 (By j
the Associated Press). —The Cunard
liner Berengaria. which sailed for New j
York last Saturday, carries sufficient al
coholic liquids for her return voyage un
der the same kind of lock and seal as 1
that employed by the White Star liner
Olympic which sailed yesterday, it was
learned today.
A showdown over the question whether
British ships can satisfy the thirst of
their passengers on their trips from dry
America to wet England, therefore be
comes likely to come sooner than expect- :
ed.
The first challenge will /probably be
thrown dopvn tomorrow when the Bereu
garin is d*e to pass the Statue, of Liber
ty.
CALL PRIMARY TO NAME
’ SUCCESSOR TO KITCHIN
Several Names Have Been Suggested as
Candidates for the Unexpired Term.
Rocky Mount, June 20.—At a called
meeting here this afternoon the Demo
cratic executive committee of the second
congressional district issued a call for
a primary on the first Saturday in Oc
tober to elect a congressman to serve
the unexpired term of the late Claude
Kitchin. The eommitve also provided
that a second primary be held one week
after the first, if necessary to. fill the
vacancy.
At the same time the committee ad
dressed a communication to Governor
Jlorrison advising him of its action aud
rebuesting that he call for a regular elec
tion on the first Tuesday in November.
Judge John H. Kerr, of Warranto*,
Solicitor R. G. Alisbrook, of Tarboro,
aud X. J. Rouse, an attorney of Kin
ston, are said to be candidates for the un
expired term.
SIOO,OOO FIRE AT OIL
CITY,-PENNSYLVANIA
Entire Suburb Threatened But Fire Was
Finally Gotten Under Control.
IBy the Associated Press.)
Oil City, Pa., June 21. —Fire caused
by an explosion in a vapor line spread
so quickly in a part of the Pennsylvania-
American Refining Company today that
ten oil stills were Won in flames, and
7.000 barrels of oil endangered. Fire
men were summoned from nearby points.
One man was injured.
Soon after the explosion the fire spread
toward a number of tanks fill'd with
gasoline and benzine and fears were eg
pressed for the safety of Rouseville. the
suburb in which the refinery, a $2,000.-
000 plant, is located. Merchants began
moving their stocks and all automobile
were ordered off the streets by the state
pol ice.
The fire was finally extinguished with
a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO.
Mecklenburg Mills Creditors to Meet.
Salisbury, June 20.—A creditors meet
ing of the Jieckleuburg Mills Company
has been called for Saturday morning at
10 o’clock in the office of Linn and Linn,
Salisbury, for the purpose of consider
ing a practical solution of the difficul
ties now confronting the creditors. One
possible outcome of this meeting would
be- the financing of the receivership of
the four mills involved so that operations
in them might be resumed. Martin
Cannon, of Concord, and J. K. Doughton,
named as receivers, refused to qualify
because of a lack of funds with which
to keep the mills going. The deposi
tors of the People's National Bank,
which closed on account of the Mecklen
burg Mills trouble, are having a meeting
at the court house Thursday evening to
take steps to protect themselves in the
premises.
Gravey Sentenced to Prison.
(Hr the AlMintltl Preen.)
New Y’ork, June 21.—Marcus Gravcy,
self-elected provisional president of Af
rica. was sentenced today to the Atlanta
penitentiary for five years fleecing the
1 public through the sale of Black Star
Line stock.
It is estimated that there are 400,-
000,000 mummies in Egypt. I
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SEEN FOR WASHINGTON
Capital to be Center of American Edn
, cation.
Washington, June 21 (Capital News
Service).—The National I'niversitr -j
jest, originally fostered by George Sl*'®
ington, and agaiu put before the (
by the program of the Supreme Council
of the Acient and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry for the Southern Juris
diction of the United States, is receiv
ing much attention from Capital City
educators.
Dr. Abram Jiiinon, president of the
board of education, of the District of
Columbia, believes that a national uni
versity is assured for the city and na
tion in the near future. He believes
that the present George Washington
University will be the nucleus around
which the national institution is built,
and that with the establishment of junior
universities, paralleling junior high
schools, working in connection with the
national university, the nation will have
an educational center in Washington
which will profoundly affect and greatly
stimulate the cause of education through
out the country.
“The junior universities must come,"
Dr. Simon said, “because our large uni
versities are overcrowded; because they
are too extensive. They will have to
comp to all the large cities of the coun
try for this'reason, and although Wash
ington is not an industrial city, it, too,
will have them incorporated into its
school system.
“I believe every large city will have
to develop an educational program thnt
will carry the pupil from the first grades
to ,the university. These junior univer
sities also will give the pupils enthusi
asm for the college degree.
“The pupil enters the junior high
school in many instances firmly con
vinced he neither needs nor is able to
finish tlie full high school course. How
ever, after he has completed the junior
course nnd receives his diploma he is
eager to continue to the senior ■ high
school and receive the senior diploma.
‘ln the same way the junior uriiversi*
ties will add stimulus to education. The
i pupil will say that he can not take the
I full college course, but will take the
1 junior university course and see what
it is, like. After he has received the
junior diploma he will want the senior
college diploma and the degree.”
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ROTARY CONVENTION 1
OPENS IN ST. LOUIS !
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Employment of the Highest Standard of i
Ethics in Business Urged at Meeting. I
St. Louis. June 20.—Employment rtf '
tlie highest standard of ethics in busi
ness, co-operation of capital and labor 1
and cultivation of friendship between
employer and employee were urged at
today's session here. Speakers inclnd- *
inuoijnti.irftiii ‘suoauh K pnouu'Bjj pa
irresident C Sydney W. Paschal, of Don-'
don: Merle Sidener. n member of the
vigilance committee of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the Wordl: Slier- 1
man Rogers, New York: and Bert Serib- i
ner. chairman of the Rotary's business :
methods committee. I
“Tlie danger to civilzation is not the i
mob or the raging multitude but the i
weakling citizens, the spineless business i
mail, the person who stands for nothing i
and will do nothing,” Mr. Havens as- (
serted. "Every community is what its
business men make it.. In promoting i
codes of business ethics n round tlie world
Rotary is striving to do away with that ’
other false notion that honor can be pas- i
sive: that right can exist without ac
tion." i
MANY PLEDGE LIVES
TO MISSIONARY' WORK
107 Delegates to B. Y. P. U. Volunteer
For Work in Home and Foreign Mis
sion Fields.
(By the Associated Press.)
High Point, June 21. —One hundred
and sixty-seven delegates to the 14th an
nual convention of the North Carolina
Baptist Young Peoples Union in session
here this morning at a sunrise consecra
tion service, volunteered for work in
home and foreign mission fields of the
church. Twelve of these said they had
definitely decided to enter training for
foreign nfissiou fields.
Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, ad
dressed the delegates this morning on
“Christian Citizenship.”
Methodist Orphanage Plans Improve-
Raieigh, June 20.—The decision to ex
pend between SIOO,OOO and $200,000 for
tlie erecting and equipping of five build
ings was decided upon at a meeting of
the trustees of the Methodist Orphanage
here yesterday. A cottage for babies,
two for older boys, a modern kitchen
and dining room building, and au indus
trial training building were authorized.
It is stated that funds for the buildings,
which are badly needed, are available,
the conference and gifts having taken
care of this essential.
The condition of little Miss Nancy Mc-
Clelland, who has been ill at her home
for some time, is reported as improved to
day. _
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VALLE! BELOW ETNA
BECOMES
LAKE OE RED ASHES
Lava From Mount Etna Has
Been Deviated Into Valley
and Town of Linguaglossa
Seems to Be Out of Danger
ATMOSPHERE STILL
FILLED WITH SMOKE
And Thunderous Explosions
Continue, Filling Popula
tion With Fear and Driving
Them From Their Homes.
Catania, June 21 (By the Associated
Press). —I'nless' there is a new and
strong emission of lava from Mount
Etna, the town of Linguaglossa, which
has been threatened for the past three
days is almost certainly safe from de
struction. the official reports from devas
tated regions say.
The, huge stream of lava which has
been coining toward the town has been
deviated into a side road, and is flowing
with accelerated velocity into the neigh
boring valley which is gradually becom
ing a veritable lake of fire.
The few inhabitants remaining in I.in
gnaglossa ascribe the diversion of the
lava to the town’s patron saints to whom
prayers and gifts were recently offered
throughout the recent days of terror.
The atmosphere for miles around the
volcano is still dense with the ashes
hurled skyward from the crater, which
is completely hidden by dense pall of
smoke and cinders. Thunderous explo
sions continue, and from all quarters are
heard distressing tales of wild stam
pedes by the panic stricken population,
and the destruction of homes.
The town now most endangered is
Castigilions of 15.000 inhabitants, which
is menaced by one of the lava streams.
Further from the crater than I.inglia
glossa, Castigilions is also lower on the
mountain slope down which the molteu
rock is advancing. It is a picturesque
town, surrounded by nut. trees, many of
which are one fire.
THREE CITIES WANT NEXT
MEETING OF EDITORS
Pinehursct. Charlotte and Raleigh Want
♦Vinter Meeting.—Storm Interrupts
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(Hr the Associated Press.!
Blowing Rock. June 21.—The North
Caroline Press Association, which opened
its convention here last night, was inter
rupted near the close of the night session
by ajeetric storm which cut off the elec
tric lights. Miss M. H. Berry, of Chap
el Hill, was addressing the members on
rural credits when the interruption came
and she completed her address at the op
ening today.
J. B. Sherrill, President of the Associ
ation, delivered his animal address at
noon today, stressing the value of the
Weekly aud the smaller community papers
in the lives of the people.
Pinehurst, Charlotte and Raleigh pre
sented invitations for the mid-winter
session of the Association.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, President of
■Washington and Lee University, is sched
uled to address the editors on the Lee
Memorial School of Journalism.
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
TONIGHT IN ST. LOUIS
Train Passed Through His Native State
Early This Morning.
(Br the Associated PresaA
On Board President Harding’s Special
Train, Parkersburg, W. Va„ June 21.
President Harding spent a ■ few hours
with home folfcs today as the special train
carrying him to the west coast crossed
the state of Ohio and then through Indi
ana and Illinois, to St. Louis where the
the chief executice tonight will deliver
his first formal address. >
Tlie President’s train entered Ohio in
the early morning hours after traversing
a portion of Marylund and West Virgin
ia, completing about 850 of the 15.000
miles to the Pacific Coast, Alaska, Pana
ma and Porto Rico. Mr. Harding clearly
indicated that he was glad to be back in
his native state, even though for only a
few hours.
Raleigh Gets Uew Drug Company...
Raleigh, June 21.—The C. H. Fleming
Drug Company, of Raleigh, has been
granted a charter of incorporation by
the Secretary of State. The concern
will conduct a general wholesale aud re
tail drug business with a eiptal stock of
!j!50.000. The incorporators are C. H.
Flemiug. R. G. Carter, and I>. H. Powell,
all of Raleigh.
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