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Rfcft to right, tiie members are Senators Harrell. Reed, Cleans (chairman). Walsh aud Goff. Standing
of the principal wet witnesses. Left to right, they are Congress man John Philip Hill. Senator Edge,
Bruce and Senator Edwards.
the World Is Doing
As Seen by Popular Mechanics Magazine
HHStudent Hair-Raising Stunt
fiHßil Shows Static’s Power
electricity is capable of other
antics than causing ,mow Is in
||Hr radio set. At a public exhibition
Omr.. current from a
generator lifted the hair of mi o
who snt in chairs near by,
KHlrmg a realistic imitation of what
happens in resist erfaj r
and intense fear, When the test
KHjjtt tried with young women who h ul
hair, the results were not so
HMfenounced. Their hair straightened
SgHLtt but did not stand up. pos-ibiy be
||Hklse it had been kinked by waving or
a treatment.
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IjMlßrown Eyes Outlast Blue
by Excluding Light
factors being equal, brown
&H[|es are less liable to give trouble
(■a blue, according to a wosteni
hi! ecialist, for the dark irises act a--
fMtrtoins. shutting out light and thu-
the nerves and inn- - srru
Blue eyes, he declares, arc
often the exception to tin r u
a normal eye will not no. 1— -
the person is forty-five y .a-- 1
illuminating devices and
lunges enable oculists to examine
fßß|Bnts much more accurately ;h m wa-
simply by testing the vision
Ijßph printed cards. They have in
hß| Iruments which also permit inspec-
of the interior of the eye for
gßlaces of disease or approaching cata-
| mAmerican Opera Controlled by Europe, Says Gulbransen
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| » CHlCAGO —American music is
1 Hit trolled by Europe, declared A.
1 B>* Gulbransen. piano manufactur
Ml. ta an address here,
g i “Opera In America is under the
1 Whr-i of foreign directors
I INd l» conducted for the benefit of
:I Mmcb singers.” said Mr. Gulbran
, “Our principal symphony
I HWatn* are directed and man
! Mad by .people foreign born or of
I Krmgn culture. Leading Arneri
atß» impresarios out nearly all
■Mr- anstts back of foreign art
pVorelgn control of American
Keeping “Rin-Tin-Tin” Fit
Keeping the animal actors in trim
for motion-picture productions is one
of the important tasks of moviedom.
“Rin-Tin-Tin,” the celebrated police
dog star, is given morning exercise
in a huge revolving drum like a squir
rel cage, to keep his muscles firm, his
senses alert and his general condition
good. In a short time, he can pace
the equivalent of a considerable dis
tance over ground; the trainer is
spared labor, and the dog is protected
from injuries that he might suffer if
he were permitted to run around un
leashed on motor-crowded streets for
exercise.
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Time-Saving Forms for
Concrete Steps
When making forms for concrete
steps, it takes much time to notch the
stringers and nail on the tread strips.
This work can be eliminated by using
the type of form shown in the illus
tration. As is evident, no diagonal
cutting of lumber is necessary. The
sides consist of 1 by 12-in. stringers,
and 1 by 9-in. material is used for the
risers. These pieces are cut to equal
lengths so that they require only
spacing and nailing. Lengths of 1 by
4-in. stock are used to brace the risers.
After the concrete has been poured
and troweled, a piece of roofing or
sheathing paper is tacked over the
whole incline. This will cany off rain
and prevent the steps from being used
until the concrete is sufficiently hand.
public m 3 the native American
artist, although our music schools
are as good as the foreign schools
Our singers are equal in every
way to European artists when we
can produce each American bore
and American taught opera sing
ers as Florence Macbeth. Irene
Pavloska. and Helen Freupd. as
well as many others.
“A strong movement to change
an this started shortly before the
World War and waa at its height
lust after the war when national
spirit was at its highest. Bat there
has been a reaction which has lost
all the ground gminod.
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How to Make a “Swimming
Johnny”
A “swimming Johnny” is an amus
ing toy that any boy can build from
odds and ends about the house. The
body, cut from a piece of soft pine or
cedar, is 8 in. long and 2 in. wide.
I
: bearing
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Bevel the corners of what is to be the i
front end and taper the sides toward
the rear as indicated. Cut out a head
and taper the bottom down to a slen
der neck which can be fitted tightly
into a hole an inch from the front of j
the body. Cut a square hole just back
of the head to take a small spool a* j
shown. On each side of the body
screw a piece of brass or tin to servo
as a bearing. Plug the spool, force
a piece of stiff wire through the wooj
and fit the ends in the bearings, allow
ing them to project about % in. Tho
arms consist of two pieces of soft
wood beveled on one ei»d and the op
posite ends are fitted securely over tho
ends of the wire axle. Be sure tha
bevel is uppermost when the arms are
forward. Connect the spool with a
long elastic band that passes below tha
body and attaches to a screweye near .
the rear end. This should be just taut j
when the spool is unwound. Oil tha j
spool and the wire in its bearings. I
Wind up the elastic on the spool until '
it is quite tight, being sure to wind j
the arms to the right when the head \
faces left. Place “Johnny” in tha
water and let go of thp arms.
“Grand opera companies In the
United States are for all practical
purposes run in Italy. Ricordi and
Company of Italy, own or control
virtually all the Italian operas that
are under copyright ami have a
strangle hold on tha situation. On*
orchestra conductors. *£■ soon as
tha season is over, take the ftr»|
steamer for Europe. An America*
composer baa a hard time to got
a bearing and when ho does it is
too late, tha Program ta already
filled up with European composi
tions and novelties. A Declaration
of Independence in music is need-
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THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
The Halifax Resolves-We Said It first
Statesville Daily.
April 12, 1776, 150 years aft'> to
day, the Provincial Congress of North ,
Carolina, in session at Halifax, do
dared in favor of American inde
pendence. It was the first official
declaration of that character in North
Carolina. That is to say, it was tber
first time an official body of any of j
the colonies had gone on record in]
favor of independence from the “moth j
cr country.” as -Great Britain was
commonly called. It is true that
nearly a year before. May 20. 1775 j
the Mecklenburg resolves, about which |
there has been mutfi dispute, were]
formulated and signed. Rut granting i
the Mecklenburg resolves full authen- j
ticity. they were the product of a '
gathering of citizens, the outburst of
local patriots, without color of offi
cial authority: and it i« therefore
held that the gathering
did not speak officially for North Car
olina, although it undoubtedly ex
pressed the North Carolina spirit, as
subsequent events proved.
Tho meeting at Halifax was the
fourth Provincial Congress held for
the State. Three ot’liers had been held
in the previous two years, the first
at New Rem, in August. 1774. There
was more or less agitation and much
dissatisfaction on account of the gov
ernment imposed on the colonies dur
ing this period, and protests were
adopted at meetings. In 1774 resolu
tions had been adopted protesting
against the policy of the crown to
ward the colonies. In these resolu
tions t’lie people of Halifax pledged
allegiance to the king, but protested
the oppressive government. Condi
tions became more acute as time
passed, and the sentiment for inde
pendence was greatly augmented by
the Rattle of Lexington, April 19,
1775. It was a month after that
battle, accepted as marking the be
ginning of the inevitable conflict that
the Mecklenburg resolves were pro
claimed, During this period prepa
, ration was made for action, defensive
■ and offensive. A second Provincial
Congress was held in April. 1775, and
n third, at Hillsboro, in August of '
the same year, in which official ac- '
tion was taken for defense of the col- j
on’y. The fourth congress at Ha’i- *
fax met just after the battle of
Moore’s Creek Bridge. February 27.
1776. Conditions were such that
the representatives of the colonly fe’t
that the time had come for definite
action.
The Provincial Congress which was
to make history assembled at Halifax
April 4, 1776. It was composed of
one hundred and fifty delegates from
thirty-four counties and nine boroughs.
! Samuel Johnston, of Chowan, was
I chosen president. The day after his
arrival at Halifax for the meeting
Johnston wrote of the situation : “All
our people here are for independence.
. * * *We are going to the devil
| without knowing how to help our
selves. and though many are sensible!
lof this, yet they would rather go that
way than to submit to the British
ministry. * * ♦ Our people are full of
the idea of independence.” Tie Hal
ifax meeting, therefore, was the cul
mination of the agitation and pro
tests against British aggression and
oppression, and it was ripe for the ac
tion that followed.
The committee appointed to consid
er the situation and report to the con
gress was composed of Cornelius Har
nett. who was chairman; Allen Jones,
STATEMENT OF
CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
Concord-Albemarle-Kannapelis-Mt. Pleasant
North Carolina
At close of business April 12, 1926
RESOURCES
Cash in Vaults and Cash
Items $140,593.31
Due from Banks 270,465.78
State of North Carolina
Bonds 62,061.15
Listed Bonds and other
Marketable Securities ___ 450,361.49 $923,481.73
Loans and Discounts 2,656,645.31
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures (L f BB «,744.«) 237,273.45
Other Real Estate Owned ___ 17,500.00
Total Resources $3,834,900.49
LIABILITIES
DEPOSITS
Demand Deposits subject to
check $2,228,349.63
Time Certificates of
of Deposit 835.024.18
Savings Deposits 197,243.17
Deposists due banks 13.555.79
Cashiers Checks Out
standing 15,374.21 $3,289,546.98
Reserve for Interest
| and Taxes 18.000.00
Capital Stock 400,000.00
Surplus 100,000.00
Undivided Profits 27,353.51 527,353.51
Total Liabilities - $3,834,90049
The strength of our hold upon public
confidence is dearly reflected in the fig
ures of our statement shown above. ...
Your patronage solicited.
Nash. Dr. Thomas Biirka. Jtßin .
Kinohrn. Thomas Porson, Thomas
Jonas. This eommittaa of wvm re
ported the resolves, which were sub
mitted to the congress on the evening
of Friday, April 12. 1770, nml adopt
ed. The resolves and the prologue
: follow: «
“It appears to your committee that
I pursuant to the plant concerted by
! the British ministry for subjugating 1
America, the King and Parliament of
, Great Britain have usurped a power.
| over the persons and properties of the'
I people unlimited and uncontrolled,
j and disregarding their htimb'.e peti
! tiona for peace, liberty and safety,
i have made divers legislative acts, de
nouncing war, famine, and every
species of calamity, against the conti
nent in general The British fleets
and armies have been, and still are,
daily employed in destroying the peo
ple, and committing the most horrid
devastations on the country. The
governors in different colonies have
declared protection to slaves who
should imbrue their hands In the blood
of their masters. That ships belong
ing to America are declared prizes of
war. In consequence of all of which
multitudes of the people have beep
destroyed, or from easy circum
stances reduced to the most lament
able distress.
“Aud whereas the moderation hith
erto manifested by the United Colo
nies and their sincere desire to be
reconciled to the mother country on
constitutional principles, have pro
cured no mitigation of the aforesaid
wrongs aud usurpations, and no hopes
remain of obtaining redress by those
means alone which have been hither
to tried, your committee are of opin
ion that the House would enter into,
the following resolve, to wit:
“Resolved, That the delegates for
this Colony in the Continental Cou
gress be impowered to concur with
the delegates of the other Colonieß in
declaring independency, and forming
foreign alliances, reserving to this
Colony the sole and exclusive right of
1 forming a constitution and laws for
i this Colony, and of appointing dele
j gates from time to time (under the
I direction of a general representation
'thereof), to meet the delegates of the
other colonies for such purposes as
sba'l be hereafter pointed out."
The action of the North Carolina
patriots at Halifax in April, 1776.
bore fruit in the great declaration at
Philadelphia in July of the same year.
Os course the North Carolina action
was only the expression of the repre
sentatives of one colony. Sentiment
in other colonies was also strong, in
some of them at least fully as strong
for independence as ours. While we
can by >m means claim credit for the
Philadelphia declaration, it is true
that our folks took the first official
action looking to that end.
Titis same Provincial Congress at
I Halifax undertook to form a consti
tution for the State. Disagreement
prevented action at that time. The
congress adjourned July 30th, to meet
again the following November. Re
assembling at Halifax in November
the delegates took up the work of
framing a constitution, which was
completed in December following.
An abandoned, circular, earthen
water reservoir at Jacksonville, Illi
nois, has been converted into an
open-air theater, said to nave won
derful acoustic qualities.
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Yorke & Wadsworth Co.
The Old Reliable Hardware Store
Phone 30 i.
We are pledged *—
to grow
IN assuming responsibility for the gas
utility in this community, we have
pledged ourselves to render a service that
shall answer every demand of the present
and the future. As a public servant, we are
also pledged to make our service a factor
in community development. To keep this
pledge we must keep on growing— must
anticipate future needs and prepare for
them.
As fast as extensions of service are necessary, ex
tensions are being made. As increasing consump
tion calls for it, our production is being increased. .
And to the extent that an unfailing gas supply,
efficient service and competent advice in the use of
gas in homes and industries can aid development,
we are helping your community to grow.
f Concord & Kannapolis Co.
* Concord, North Caoolino
.. Gas&'Fower
Corporation
Z«ke Jane, ud Hi. Pint Trip A war
From Home.
T. B. Looey, in Honroe Joural.
When I woo young and didn’t
hore much eenoe about town and
.bow., I came to town one day and
it win show day and I wa» scared
to death. I did not want that ele
phant to tramp on mo and the lion
wus awful and them monkey*, ju.t
as I wus stepping into the show, I
felt like it would be my loot breeth!
A monkey Jumped down from the
rope and landed on my head and
lord, 1 thought I hod to go! I rg
member the time very well when the
old monkey went back up the rope
and carried my cap and f begged to
■o home for I never had seen any
thing wild but a rabbit and I wuan’t
■cared of them.
It takes time to gat used to all
yon nin up against I remember first
time I was in town they hod no light 1
much, Jest lamp light, sou every
»d I thought it
woo Hghtnln bog or Jack-o-lanterns,
and I woo afraid to move, hot 1 got
used to that^
I never will fergit the first opera
show I went to and when the curtin
Went np and all of them show gals
there s-kicktn’ up their heels made
me so shamed I wanted to go home.
And out at the show I went over
where I heard the atrangeht music
and I seed others gold’ in and I
went in Jest for curiosity and When
I got in what I aeed made me so
ashamed I wanted to go home agin.
And the other day was up the
streets and I seed a lot of fine folks
and the wind wns whistlin’ down
from the north pole wher them avia
tors scarsd It up and when It got
down here to North Carolina it wus
gpin’ so fast that it got in there little
atyltrt sklrta and it ballooned the
skirts and it made me feel so bad
1 .wanted to go home.
And I wua goto’ to Charlotte last
munmer and a bunch of girls wua up
oo the high diva all stooped over and
I wua right there in the road pastin'
;V>ng and I looked and it madetoe
fad so bad I wanted to go home.
Monday, April IP, 1926
ToM Mother He Would Step Out,
and Stepped 11 Stories to Death.
New York, April 16- —Telephon-
ing his mother that he was “going
to step out for f little while.” A
Leonard Beckman, young Philadel
phia business man and son of an old
and prominent family, plunged from
the eleventh floor window of his
apaftment today and was Instantly
killed.
This morning, after Carver had
gone out. Beekman called his mother.
“I’m going to step out for a little
while, he said, “ you’d better come
up and see me. When Mrs. Beelunan
reached her son’s room die was
greeted cheerfully.
Beekman was the third business
man of prominence to end his life in
this manner the pnst week.
In its forty yean before tne pub
lic, Ben Hur has earned—as book,
p'ay, and movie—more than S2O,
000,000. It was written by General ""
Lev Wallace, of Qrawfordavilla, In-