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PAGE FOUR 1 The Concord Daily Tribune J « WHFRRILT, Rpr Editor and Publisher p Or. M. HHFRRIUL. Associate Editor Kl'. r ' MEMBER OP THE mr, ASSOCIATED PRESS 8 ?3*U news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the lo cal news published herein. All rights of repubhcation of apec- I lal dispatches herein axe alaa reserved. Special Representative FROST, LANDIS ft KOHN a J 26 Fifth Avenue, New York H Peoples’ Qas Building, Chicago 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta ■ Entered as second class mail matter at the postnfflce at Concord, N. C., un | der the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In the City of -Concord by Carrier: One Tear <6.00 Sir Months 3.00 *' Three Months 1.50 i One Month .50 * Outside of the State the Subscription / la the Same as in the Oity Qot of the city and by mail in North ' Carolina the following prices will pro * n|]. 1 One Tear $5.00 I Wt Months 2.50 i Three Months 1.25 | Less Than Three Months, 50 Cents a r Month A0 Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance mnnfttn srmmrhK \ In Effect Jan. 30. 1920. Northbound So. 40 To New York 9:28 P.M. No. 196 To Washington 5:05 A. M. t No. 36 To New York 10:25 A. M. Vo. 34 To New York 4:43 P. M. i No. 46 To DanviUe 3:15 P. M. I No. 12 To Richmond 7 :10 P. M. I Now KTo New York 9:03 P. M. 1 No. 90 To New York 1:55 A. M. e SMrtNbsvrii No. 45 To Charlotte 3:45 P. M So. 95 Tt- New Orleans 9:56 P. M. ( Now WTo Birmingham 2:35 A. M. No. 91 To Aagusia 5:51 A. M i No. 93 Tb New Orleans 8:15 A. M. > No. 11 To Charlotte 8 :00 A. M. No 135 To Atlanta S :37 P. M i Now 39 To Atlanta 9:50 A. M. No. 37 Tb New Orleans 10:45 A. M. ( Train No. 34 will stop in Concord to take an passengers going to Wash ington and beyond. Train No. 37 will stop here to dis charge passengers coming from be yond Washington. All trains stop in Concord except ' No. 38 northbound. I X—FOR TODAY—I fl Bible Tboojt'i.te memorized, win prow e [II K oriovlesd beritaee in after Tear* j* AN END TO WORRY:—ISe care ful for uothiug: but iu everything by prayer and supplication with thanks giving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. —Fhilippians 4: 6,7. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR Y. M. C. A. A vote of confidence has been given the Young Men's Christian Associa tion by the people of Concord in the whole-hearted manner in which they subscribed in the budget campaign. Asked for if Hi,ooo to carry on the ex ■ cellent work of the past several years, they pledged almost $17,000, the sur plus to allotv for that part of the pledges that for various reasons will i not be collected. t From the beginning of the move ment to wage the campaign we felt i confident that the people of Concord would respond to this appeal from the ii Y. Certainly if the people here ever * were to support the association they would do it this year, we argued, and | our faith iu the people was not mis- I placed. m ' The Concord Y. M. C. A. has been active. It lias worked for the pub -1: lie and that this service has been ap- M preeiated fer shown by the responsive Ej. manner in which the people have pledged their money. More than 000 P* persons subscribed in the campaign, the pledges coming Horn persons in all walks of life. That is as it should he. No contribution Sf-,9shonld be too small for the man who * Jrajj-buM give even a dollar would have That interest that comes when we feel E.f a personal hand in a matter. Secretary Blanks has an efficient C corps of assistants and we predict now tlmt the next year will be just as act £ dve and successful as the past one. hgg- We have reached that point where fejr we expect the local Y. M. C. A. to be just a little better than any other St? and we feel we are not going to be ® disappointed. This paper has always given gen- HK 1 erbnsly of its space to Y. M. C. A. M activities. This policy has been adopter! for two reasons. First, we fcp feel that the public is interested in i St the Yas one of the city's most active' R 'agencies for good: second, because we want to keep the association J>e ► fore tlie people so they will know, gjE, what it is doing. We are safe in » saying, we believe, that no other newspaper in the State devotes as much space to its Y. M. C. A. as this one, yet we are glad to do this, feri- E. ing that we are thereby rendering a P true service to oifr readers and to : JL the eity. I HBW ENGLAND HANDLES A, STRIKE. | |: * 'The British government was wiiiper p iiAthe strike in Enghiml. The gov ertuneht was the wiViner because it | started 'out on. a definite course and . stack to it. The people as a whole H rallied to the government in the hour | b# need, confident tfiat the English ' spirit would carry victory. Efe, ,There was no dilly-dallying. The '.. • . . • v. •* i'government declared a state of emer gency existed right at the beginning Os the strike. Volunteers by the thousands were found to carry os the ‘: business lift, the plan being so es- Ifective that many business concerns were loath to hire again the men who had struck. i Last year when the miners threat ened to strike the British government took a hand in the matter and agreed to pay the miners something in addi tion to what the mine owners wert paying. That policy waa carried out for several months and when condi tions did not improve it was stopped. That started the whole trouble. The government tried out the policy and seeing that it was ai failure decided to let the two factions settle the mat- ! ter. All of the unions derided they | would make the government take a similar course with them, so the strike was called. The government went about the business of breaking the strike without delay and in nine days it was all over. Action byi President Oooliilgo tis the only thing needed now for the formal creation of the national park in the great Smoky Mountains. The bill creating the park has been pass-1 ed by both houses of Congress and forwarded to the President for his j signature. That he will sign it seems j certain. North Carolina should de- , rive great benefit from the park as | should persons in all parts of the i country. There is no finer scenery ! anywhere, it is said by park experts, ami the park is expected to attract j : thousands of visitors of each year. , We are interested for another reason, j Tlie mountains in the park are the source of several rivers that furnish 1 electric power for .industrial plants in Piedemont North Carolina. Now that the mountains are to be preserved as a park these rivers should be safe! from the deterioration that comes with the woodsman's axe. They should continue to flow abundantly, j protected as they are by the giant I trees of the mountain peaks that are ! to be kept forever as things of beauty I for America. J TOM WATSON ON SAM JONES Wrote Spicy Account of Sermon Preached by Great Evangelist. By H. H. SMITH 111 1596 just after the failure of his candidacy of the vice presidency. Thomas E. Watson wrote a very spicy account of his first attendance as a nicer ing conducted by Sam Jones, i After reading it. it will be easy to agree with an editor of a religions paper wfio wrote just after Sam Jones* death: "No man had such sharp wit. such force of apt illus tration. such terrible denunciatory powers as the Rev. Sam Jones.’’ Mr. Watson wrote: "We did not yawn the day he went to hear Sam Jones. "There he was. clad in a little black jump-tail coat, and looking as much like the regulation preacher as, we look like the Archbishop of 1 Canterbury. "He was not in the pulpit. He was ' right next to the crowd, standing j within the railing, and almost in I touch of the victims. "His head was down, as if he was j holding on to his chain of thought | by the teeth, but his right hand was j going energetically up and down with all the grace of a pump-handle. “And. laird 1 how he <ll3 hammer! the brethren. How he did peel the amen corner. How lie did smash their 1 solemn self-conceit, their profound self-satisfaction, their peaceful co-] partnership with the Almighty, their plncid conviction that they were the trustees of the New Jerusalem! "We sinners looked on, listened, j grinned. It was all we could do to' keep from saying. 'Sick 'em. Sam'." "We knew some of those men. We sinners know their failings. We won dered where Jones had learned it all We rejoiced exceedingly and the! amen-corner brethren sweated in their great agony. “After a while, with solemn, irre sistible force. .Tones called on these brethren to rise in public, confess their shortcomings, and kneel for di vinee grace. "And they knelt. With groans anil | sobs and tears these old bell-wethers! of the flock fell on their knees and I cried aloud in their distress. "And the little man in tlie short-1 tail coat was master of the situa- 1 ' tion. 1 "Then what? “He turned his guns upon us sin : ners and lie enfiladed us. He raked us fore ami aft. He gave us grape . and canister and all the rest. He abused us and ridiculed us; he , stormed at us and laughed at us; he , called us flop-eared hounds, beer kegs and whisey-soaks. He plainly said that we were all hypocrites and ! liars, and he intimated, somewhat broadly, that most of us would steal. “Oh. we had a time of it, I as- j sure you. For six weeks the farms! and the stores were neglected, and Jones. Jones, Jones was the whole thing.” | When Sam Jones died, just ten years after this article was written, Mr. Watson paid the great evangelist the following tribute: , “Against vice in all it* forms he brought- every weapon known to the armory of Rig lit. and he used them, with a force and skill and tireless energy which made him The most powerful evangelist of Christ that re cent history Kite known. | “Brilliant, witty, wise, eloquent. I profound in his knowledge of the human heart, no man ever faced an ! audience who could so easily master it. “From laughter tb teaks, from in ! difference to enthusiasm, from levity •to intense emoting, he couldlead: the multUuda at 'his will. , hi* magnetism and'will power ,the braieu libertine blushed for shame, the hard ened Criminal trembled in fear, smug respectability saw it* shortcomings sham Christians forgot s*lf comftlacent, social hypocrite* fell up on their knees, and the miser opened his purse. AS COUNTIES ARE RUN. Charlotte Observer. It was noted in The Observer sev eral weeks ago that Mr. Paul Wager, of the University of North Carolina has been giving study to the insuffi ciencies in county government sys tems obtaining thrughout the coun try, and had adopted The Southern Agriculturist as the medium through which to make is observations 'pub lic. This paper sumitted some of Mr. Wager's preliminary statements, there having been promised forth coming of detail of situations exist ing in one North Carolina, county that had been selected as an example. An editorial note explains that "on account of an understanding entered into when this survey was rnnde. ; the name of the county is withheld.” But as the reader who might be familiar with situations in North Carolina counties gets well into the article, he may be able to make a good guess as to location of the coun ty tat is under discussion. M.r. Wager tells us this much about it: The county contains almost exactly one per cent of the State's area and slightly more than one per cent of population. It is a good agricultural county and has two brisk manufac turing towns. Now. as to situations in this county: The total value of all property lited for taxes in 1524 was $27,159,307. This probably rep resents about two-thirds of the coun ty's wealth. On the whole, farm land is assessed more nearly at its true value than town property. This is largely because there has been no reassessment situs' 1021 anil town values have enhanced more tnnn farm values. Even farm land is not assess!'r at any uniform percentage sf its true value. Caretess methods of assessing and of keeping the tax records also result in the loss of much property from the tax books. For instance there were 2. 734 town lots listed for taxation in 1022. 2.- 471 in 1923.' and 2.523 in 1024. The county-wide tax rate for the past four years has fluctuated front $1.06 to $1.22 per SIOO of tax able*. Inaddition, there are a few special township levies for roads and schools. A tabic is submitted showing variations in levies from 1021. of sl.lO for schoo's and roads and all other purposes, on a valuation of $306,186. to the same levcy in 1024 on a valuation of $334,820. Tlie iinvent bonded indebtedness is sl,- 360.000, or almost exactly five per cent of the taxab'c wealth of the | county. These bond issues are dis tributed between county home, court house, roads, bridges township and road debts and funding. To show for this indebtedness the county has a : large number of good steel bridges. 400 miles of- sand-clay and gravel 1 roads and a splendid eourhonse. The ; jail is a fairly good one. but the j county home is entirely inadequate. It is a brick building but is too j small and is dark and gloomy. There is the greatest laxity and waste in the collection of taxes. The sheriff and his deputy act as tax collectors. Although the law requires that he shall make a complete set tlement of one years taxis before he receives the tax books toe another year, the sheriff of rhis county was ! serving his second term and had ! never had a ettlement. In March, j 1925. lie hail still failed to collect 2 I per cent of 1922 taxes. 4 per cent of 1923 taxes, and 38 per cent of 1924 j taxes- In other words, uncollected j taxes amounted to $147,868. Since I taxes do not become delinquent until | May 1, a large volume of 1924 taxes i i would still be collected; but moot i of te 1922 anil 1923 taxes would in' j declared insolvent. Most of them ; would not have been insolvent if col- : : lifted on time. This dilatoriness in collecting taxes means the loss of ; considerable revenue, and also de prive the county of the use of tax ; money and necessitates constant borrowing and paying of interest. For instant, at the close of the school .year the sheriff still owed the school fund $73,579. The'school board had , ’to borrow the money or make the i teachers wait several months for their pay. Directly and indirectly, this tenseness in collecting taxes is costing the taxpayers several thou sand dollars a year, j Tlie people elect a treasurer ns custodian of county funds. The.last treasurer's hook were so tangled that it cost hundreds of dollars to get them audited. The audit revealed j that he owed the county about $22.- 000. He was totally incompetent, i failed to keep his own money | separate from county money, and it Sis quite possible that he was the in i nobent victim of fraud on the i>art jof another. The treasnrer preceding i him a'so defaulted, and there is no doubt about his guilt. He still owes the county SIB,OOO. These instances illustrate tnhe failure of popular election to secure competent and trustworthy officials. While dishon , i-sty is the exception rather than the , rule, incompetence almost universal. There is very little book-keeping . done in connection with the expendi ture of county funils. There is no ledger or vouch ret-ukd. In fact, there is no record of expenditures at all except the voucher stubs and a list jin tlie Minute Docket of c'aims | audited by the commissi oilers. Furth ermore, thc.se record are only of those expenditures made from the general fund or te bridge fund. The highway board has its own secretary and treasurer anil pays its own bills- The same is true of tlie chool -boar,l. Interest on bonds is paid directly by tlie treasurer. The clerk of superior enmrt pays witness fees. The register of deeds pays out poor relief after the dependent has been placed on the pauper list. He has the welfare of fii-er review the list monthly so a* init to make the mistake some coun ties ■ have made of continuing pay ments after the beneficiary was dead. There is no attempt as clmmiftcatiou of disbursements. There arc no con tnld accounts. There is no accounting! worthy of the name. It is a loose. | cureless system which insured waste ami invites corruption. Each'officer boys’ his own supplies.' Tie jailer buys nupp’.ies for the jail,' the janitor for the court house, the mt]>erintemlent of highway* buys, rood and. bridge material. Usually, bills ha TP the o. k. of some otliek of ficial before beiug presented to the commMsioherd for their approval. All paid vodebers evehtunlly witHe back to the county aud are Died iu the THE COMCOfeto bAiLV fttmUHfi register’s office, but %ny ! control accounts there is no Way 0 f knowing wherj the county stands at -a particular time, and it is lilWfcqp, , to locate an error, i A highway commission waa estab lished in April. 1919. By the enfi 0 f 1924 this board had raised and spent $1,327,615. Os this $.'.23,024 repre sented bond issues, $213,762 pepre sented short time '.cans,and $582318 had been raised from taxation or from miscellaneous sources. Nearly 400 miles of road had been improved, several good bridges built, apd the county had acquired a large outfit of road machinery. The road board is a bi-partisan board, has had a .good business man for chairman, employ ed a capable road superintendent shil has served the county faithfully There has been a minimum of “poli tics" in the highway work and that largely explains results. All of the officers of the county are paid salaries, except the deputy sheriff and the jailer. The sheriff re ceives $5,000. The register of deeds s3.ooo,and the clerk of coart $4,600. The sheriff also retains his fees, The fees in the register of deeds office amounted, in 1924. to $4,347 and in the clerk of court’s office to $3,784. Each official pays his own clerical assistants. It will be noticed that these two offices are practically saif supporting. The treasurer receives $1,200 a year, the welfare officer sl,- 500 the superintendent of public health $3,600, the county nurse, sl.- 800 and the superintendent of schools $3,000. The commissioner -re ceive a small per diem. Mr. Wager's comment ig that “there is much to be commended in this county, the highway administra tion. the public health service, the welfare work, the elimination of tlie fee system, and a rather exceptional ly aggressive board of commissioner*. The greatest weakness i* the manner in which taxes arc levied anil collect ed ami in the lack of proper account ing. it may be reported, however, that within another year the county is to abolish the treasurership as an elective office, appoint a combined bookkeeper and treasurer, anil install a thorough system of accounting. This official will also serve as tax super visor.and efforts will be made to cor rect abuses in tat field." Tlie advice is that the county ought to go a step further and take tax-collecting out of the sheriff's of fice. Tlie general situation in this coun ty is typical of all other counties in the State, with exception of the few that have modernized their systems, and in the disclosures made by this University student, the legislature may find subject for study and ac t ion. GRISSOM WILL GIVE ESTATE TO DAUGHTERS Trust Funds Set Up For Old Ser vant anil Grand Child By Widow Who Died Recently. Greensboro News. The will of Mr*. Oliva A. Gris som. widow of the latd l)r. IV. L. Grissom, was tilt'd fur probate at tlp office (of the clerk of Superior coqr{ yesterday by the executor, the Cdor mereial National bank of Hish I‘oint. and under its provisions the bulk of the estate, estimated at being worth not less than $250,000. Is di vided equally between two daughters, strs. Elizabeth Grissom Smith, of Greensboro, and Mrs. Annie Grissom Offcn, of Stamford. Conn. Mrs. Grissom, who died several days ago. did not forget her faithful servant. Maggie Graham, a "black mammy" of the old school, for under the terms of the will, the sum. of $2,500 was placed in trust for Aunt Maggie, and the iucome from this amount will be paid the faithful old servant.' in the Grissom family over a long period of years, by the execu tor. Another trust fund was created by the will, this in favor of Albert Hy att Grtasom. soil of Mrs. Grissom's -on who was drowned in Florida two , years ago when his machine went ' into a stream. The boy is now six 1 years old and a resident of Atlanta. ' Five thousand dollars constitutes 1 this trust fund. . 1 The estate consists or some very 1 valuable Greensboro property, busi ness nml residential. The bnililiiig oh j Houth Elm street now occupied by the Grissom Drug company, J. * Isaacson Saslow's Inc., jewelry store, ' anil the Marks boot shop, constitutes 1 the business property, while the re- * inainiler of the estate is made up of 1 the Grissom home plaee, at the ' northeast corner of the intersection * of West Market and Spring streets, and the house and lot located at the corner of West Gaston and North Spring streets. Some stocks and bonds are also included. No estimate of the value of the es tate was made by the High Point bank, but well informed Green shore l real estate and httsiuexe men yester day declared its’ value to oe between $200,009 and $250,000 with the lar ger amount favored as being nearer correct. NEXT AUTO RACES TO TAKE PLACE AUGUST 23RD Sprint Rare* Instead of Long Grind to Be Inaugurated. Charlotte, N. C., May H.—lVith the exodus of thousands of fans and scores of participant* and officials, qieciilatioH wuk rife here today as to the exact attenUaoce and gate re ceipts at the Charlotte Speedway Monday and decision to inaugurate sprint race instead of long grands al so ereated conxiderntde discussion. Officials pointed out that at tendance from distant points wis greater at Monday's 250 mile classic than at previous contests, while there appeared to be no me decrease hi attendance from the Charlotte trading area. This, it is construed, indicatr* that local fans purtk-ulnrly, arf tiring of the 230 miles races, and Idiodta to ace more and ritorter chfi i tests. official sanction for races August ,23 has been receiv'd and j when this ’Was announced at the speedway Monday, along with the statement that the event would consist of three kail's, several seat reservations were imniedtdtrifr recorded. Requests for choice *eaj» coatiaued at Hpoedway hcadqvarters at 492 Booth Tryou Street today. The August race* will consist of r - **V*(S tf* U *”' '•<' - '" *»'. -; t: : ", -■'*-’ gjjh Here’s REAL Jj[f Hot Water Service iffl —and a Real Offer Here’s the kind of hdt water service 1 ® you pay for when you stop at the best hotels—unvarying temperature and an unlimited supply ready and Waiting for you the minute you tUfn the tap. < The Ruud Automatic Water Heater - brings this hot water service to your - home. It’s a permanent investment, paying daily dividends in comfort, convenience and satisfaction. ™‘f"* r And here’s the offer expires TODAY A Ruud Automatic—slso less a J sls allowance for your old tank heater and boiler. Easy terms —$5 i ; down and 13 months to pay the •fef balance. ", ' 4 ■% m *• x Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co. ' CONCORD, N. C. \ -* 25, 75, and 150 mile contests it is | an no u lut'd by Coleman W. Roberts. General Manager. Practically all o£ the drivers who started Monday’s race agreed to return foe the sprints " Most racing fans want to see jnore starts and finishes” Mr. toberts said, "and the Charlotte bowl is .peculiarly adaptable for spying races because it ranks among the fastest in the country. When the question was put up to the drivers and A. A. A. officials, they were unonimous in declaring that they believed it would accentuaate Leaves Badgers *\ . -■* ■gPI? f l ’* i S Reade Burse, famouacroa* copturj yxweb at Wisconsin,; who hai aa ndanced Wa withdrawal from th. university coaching stuff tn order tt comptste a, medical course at Rust Medical College. Chicago. Burke hai +**• many great runners. ( ,n. having won the 44$ hurdle* at ttu T>m valay* several seasons agu. ■gga-"—■ > |interest in racing here. The field will be open to all driver in each race, and if the nfw program proves as popular as current sentiment indi cates, the $25,000 priae money prob ably will be increased. Fred Wagner, veteran starter and Val Haresnapes. recently appointed Manager of the A. A. A. contest board, were among the last officials to leave Charlotte- Most of the drivers, their families and mechani cians left the dny following the race, for Indianaiiolis where the cars of 91.5 cu. in. piston* displacement will make their debut May .TO in the an nual 500 mile grind. McDonogh, Hill Milton, and Hartz bought new private cars here. gggPgMgTrvi v - I There is this to remem ber in regard to the use of our Fun'eral Home. That there is no addition al charge when a service is conducted here. It is arranged tto take care of every «*#. jjf' Wilkinson’s Funer al Home PHONE 9 Open Day and Night AMfIUtANdE SERVICE RICHMOND P. HOBSON WILL SPEAK IN STATE WM Deliver Five Addresses In Near Future in the Interest <ff Prohibi tion. Wilmington, May 13.—Richmond Pearson Hobson, who sank the Mer rimne in Santiago harbor in nn ef fort to bottle up Orveka’e fleet, will deliver five addrexaes in North Caro lina in the immediate future in the . JntrpHt of prohibition. Sunday morning, May 10. Mr, Hobson will speak in this city, leav ing shortly afterwards for Durham, where he will speak Sunday night at Duke Memorial Methodist church. The following Wednesday he will be s 1 ri Oi'i 1 Just Received Fresh Shipment of Finest Imported Nuts Mediterranean Salted Almonds Large Selected Salted Pecans Filberts p “S.’W i “ PEARL DRUG CO. Phbfies 22—721 * 1% r . * . Saturday. May 15, 1926 heard in Asheville. Addresses are ' also to be made in Goldsboro ami Salisbury, although these dates will . not be determined until later in the week. Discouraging. One of the inevitable kindly old gentlemen stopped where a group of urchins were scuffling noisily on the sidewalk. “Boys! boys! You should play quiet ly together,” he cautioned. ‘ Xiissen at dat!” snorted one of the group in disfrust. "He t'inks we're playin'.” More than half of the Rhodes Scholars elected in the United States this y«r have been Boy Scouts, Jk’ I*^^l I I ft MR.wrlSht./ A E MR. WRIGHT IS 3 . 1 He believes ' that R { ■ milk should be as ■ I C pure aS it can be. So 3 If" do you, So does ev- n jy 3 teurized and There C E is no Better Food. 3