•dnesday, May 26, 1926
VO BFILICN DOLLAR? - 0. S.
KARLY SMALL—HOME BILL
j| By 8. W. STRAUS,
■ sldent American society for
■ Thrift.
V is of importance to note the
Mrast amount of home construe-
Bo now going on in .'.his country.
B~ building program Ls proceeding
■the rate of about $6,500,000.000
Hear, about one-half of which is
■residential types.
the $3,000,000,000 or more
for residences, the building
KB loan associations last yeat
■of $1,760,000,000. Small homes
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S. W. STRAUS I
financed through banka
companies and othei
[Hcies, including priyate enter
H, so that this country's home
■ership program is advancing al
■ rate of more than 52,000,000,-
Ha year—a figure that makes u»
■ y the foremost nation is
■e-ownership.
■ would be hard for anyone to
■ that Americans are not thrift;
Hie face of these facts.
Bie development of the suburban
■inunities is, of course, respon
Be for a large amount of this
gbe-building. Good roads and th« 1
■omobile are playing their part j
R the automobile, good roads and
p manifold advantages of sub
twin life would be insufficient t*
ike for the successful upbuilding i
these communities if it were not
r the thrift instincts of the
opte.
The impulse to own a home of
«r own is a thrift impulse. Very
pidly Americans are becoming a
tion of hom£ owners and no tend
cy could be more significant of
il progress toward a sounds! ,
iral and economic existence. |
i nation of home owners ls al |
ys a nation in step with the
Lroh of pr^gr^ga.
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’ j Studies in Local Self-Government
How North Carolina County Government Could Be Improved
By Paul W. Wager, University of North Carolina
Southern Agriculturist. sfnll a modern system nf hookkeot,-. nr
a Agru-mcurist.
9 Some maintnin that any system of
, government will work well if in the
. bands of good men. Others think that
’ the form of government determines its
success or failure. There is only an
element of truth in either position.
8 Government in the people’s business;
I the officials are only agents of the
8 people, and the main ennse of ineffi
-1 eionf government in America Is the
i iudifference, or political ignorance, of
9 the rank and file of the voters, pern
j oeracy assumes civic Intelligence and
mental alertness; it can thrive in no
"t her atmosphere. Oiye of the most
discouraging, even alarming, symp
toms in American politics is the gen
eral apathy of the people. Only
twice n year do they show any inter
est in public affairs—on election day
and on the day they pay their taxes
—and even theli there : s more display
cf passion than of intelligence.
The form of government iR import
ant ; the type of men elected to of
fice is important; but an alert citi
zenship will take enre of both of these
other features. On the other hand,
no government is self-operative; any
government will run amuck without I
the proper control'. Democratic gov
ernment depends upon )>opulnr con
trol. and if it. is not supplied there
are apt to be d : sastrous results.
This does not mean that improve
ment in government must wait upon
the. political education of the masses.
I The two may move forward together.
1 The one may contribute to the other.
Tiie best type of political education
lis political experience. A man may
i learn more about county government
by spending a week on the grand jury
, ■ than he had learned in all his life be
fore. Tiie citizens may become inter
jci ted and educated in public affairs
j when they have the opportunity to ex
| ercise effective control. They have
been fooled into believing thnt the
popular election of a multitude of in
dependent. uncoordinated officials is
popular control, that the popular
1 election of clerks and administrators
! for short terms is democracy. This is
j pure bunkum. A long ballot defeats
popular control.
I In a private corporation the stock-
I holders choose a small board of clirec-
Itors; they, in turn, choose a superin-
I tendent or manager; he selects and
controls all subordinates. In a coun
ty the voters choose a board of com
missioners corresponding to the board
of directors, but there the analogy
stops. This board does not choose a
cduhty manager to net as its execu
tive agent and to exercise authority
over the clerks and department
heads. Neither does the board itself
j appoint these subordinates or have
any control over them. They are
I chosen by the voters and subject to
no control Except what the voters as
a whole can exercise. This means no
more than the failure to re-elect those
who do not make good impressions.
Frequently the most inefficient offi
cial is the most popular. I have in
mind n county official who hns com
pletely neglected the work of his of
fice and lias transferred thousands of
dollars of public funds to his personal
account, yet is tremendously popular
with the people. One farmer said to
me, "He is a splendid fellow; he can
have his office just as long as he
wants it.” This is an exceptional in
stance. Most county officials are hon
est, even though lazy and incompetent.
Nevertheless, the lack of definite, im
mediate, and constant control tempts
an official to be careless, if not dis
honest.
The prime necessity in a county,
as in every other government, is a |
chief executive. The experience of
cities has been that the city manager
plan of government is more satisfact
ory than either the commission or the
mayor and council plan. The present
syetem of county government is not
analogous to any of the three types.
The county has never had a strong
executive corresponding to a mayor.
In North Carolina, there arc county
commissioners. but it is not the “com
mission plan.” Only in Buncombe
County, where the three commission
ers are full-time officials in charge of.
particular departments finances,
roads, institutions —may the commis
sion plan be said to be in use.
In Alamance County the chairman
of the bonril is n full-time official and
has practically the powers of a coun
ty manager. But he is elected along
with eight or ten other offic'als and
can never exert any control over his
colleagues except by courtesy. In
Kdgeeombe, Pitt. New Hanover, (’ra
ven, and a few other counties the com
missioners apoint an “auditor” who is
also a tax supervisor, a purchasing
agent, and virtually a county mana
ger. These instances illustrate tlfc
growing sentiment in favor of a coun
ty manager system. It is quite likely
that the true county manager plan
will be adopted in several counties as
soon as there is general enabling legis
lation. The counties that have taken
advanced steps have done so through
local acts. The North Carolina Con
stitution is flexible enough to permit
quite sweeping changes without an
amendment.
There are many improvements that
can be nyade in county government
without changing the structure of gov
ernment. .Every county ought to in-
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stall a modern system ot DooKKeep.ng.
In a small county where the book
keeping work would not keep n person
bury, the bookkeeper could assist with
recording or be given other clerical
duties. A system of double entry
bookkeeping, with the proper control
accounts, is of inestimable value to
the commissioners! With a complete
statement of the county’s financial
condition before them at each meet
ing they are able to act judiciously.
Os course, the best system of financial
control is the budget. Before final
adoption of n budget, it should be
given full publicity and tiie people
given nn opportunity to make sug
gestions or criticisms. After filial
adoption, it should be adhered to
strictly. When the people are given
a larger vo'ce in determining how their
tax money shall be spent, there will
be less complaining about high taxes.
In a previous article I have indicat
ed some of tile abuses in assessing
property and in prepaying the tax
rolls. North Carolina’s newest tax
law provides for the appointment by
the commissioners of a county tax sup
| ervisor to instruct and assist the local
tax listers. In many counties tilts of
ficer is only n figurehead, but in a few j
counties the office has been raised to
the level of real importance and use- j
fulness. Nothing in the statute pre
vents tiie commissioners from employ
ing such nn official six, eight or even
twelve months in n year and entrust
ing him with the responsibility of d!s
eovering unlisted property and getting
it on the books, and equalizing that
which is on.
There is a general feeling that any
sensible person can fill a county of
fice should be given as rewards for
faithful party service. There Is no
more reason to expect a good black
smith to make a good clerk of court
than to expect a good clerk of court
to make a good blacksmith. In one
one county n clerk of court admitted
to me that lie did not knew much
aboutr’liis office, but he hail a deputy
who knew it thoroughly. This was
the truth. The taxpayers were sup
porting two men to do the work of
one. and the official who had the title
got twice as much salary as the dep
uty who did the work. This waste
is eveq more evident in a register of
deeds' office. A clumsy farmer who
holds the office laboriously pecks
away on Ids typewriter. The girl
whom he employs for S2O n week can
record more papers in an hour than
he can record in all day. There is no
logic at all in filling clerical positions
by popular election. Just so long as
they are filled in this way the over
head expense of county government
will be excessive. Still "politics”
may be ill evidence when positions are
filled by appointment. This is quite
noticeable when npointments are made
by 'the commissioners. But if tiie
appointment of subordinates is left to
a chief executive, who himself is an
appointee of the commissioners, there
is likely to be a minimum number of
political appointments. There will
also be less patronage of other kinds.
More important thau the short bal
lot, a courty manager, adherence to
a budget, or non-partisan appoint
ments is an alert, intelligent citizen
ship. There should be local organiza
tions studying civic problems. Two
North Carolinn "bounties (Polk and
Rutherford) have county clubs. In
Virginia a civic spirit is being devel
oped by means of community leagues
federated into a county council. All
such organizations are commendable.
No city or county ever drifted into
| perfection. There must be an aim and
a program. A comparatively new
concept and effort is that of city
planning. We must also have county
planning. Would it not be fine if ev
ery Southern county had a county
club or a county council to formulate
and promote a 10, 20 or evene 30 year
program of achievement? Each eoun
ty would be competing with its neigh
bors for superiority in physical at
tractiveness, economic status, intel
lectual level and general welfare. Gov
ernment would become purposeful, a
I moans to an end, rather than an end
in itself, which too often is little more
than public support of a few politic
ians.
Fenner and Beane’s Cotton Getter.
New York, May 23.—Worked up
a few points today on continued
drought in eastern states, official pre
diction of showers for west and
rumors of forthcoming low condition
estimates from private bureaus.
There was also some buying on pos
sibility weekly review tomorrow
might turn out to be more unfavor
able than favorable. The weather
was good except for eastern states
where rains are badly needed. Tem
peratures were higher and crop re
ports from west and central por
tionare improving. Spot and dry
goods news is better and southern
and European mills are again taking
cstton in fair quantities. Exports
are picking up and spot sales con
tinue to run two to three times as
much as a year ago. Price move
ments are more dependent upon
weather than anything else. If more
rains develop in west market will
probably work higher.
FENNER AND BEANE.
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
MTH TUB GIRL ON i
1 mu ii 1
ji M. OF emu.
I
! Joyce Hawley Admits Tub
i; Incident, But Says She
Didn’t Get the Money
i i Promised Her. |
i
IRVIN S. COBB ALSO 1
CALLED AS WITNESS
Girl Says She Became'
Drunk Before Going in
Tub—Turned Down $350
to Change Testimony
New York, May 23.—Joyce Haw
ley. the "Girl in a Tub” at Earl Car
roll’,l party, fold on the witness stand
today how she was ushered into it,
undraped, served drinks from it to
guests at the party ami tried unsuc
| cessfully to collect pay she said was
| promised her.
I Giving her age as 17, she said he.-
name really was not Joyce Hawley,
but that she was Theresa Daitgclas.
born in Chicago, Marcli 3. 1909.
Her story was, substantially, that
she had been appearing as a model
in a fashion show for a salary of
S2O a week. meanwhile endeavoring
to get a position ns show girl in
Earl Carroll's Vanities. While she
testified she alternately was com
posed, then weeping, and again dis
p.aying signs of intense nervousness.
Promised Neat Sum.
While appearing as it model, she
said an employe of Carroll’s saw
her. admired her figure and a week
before tile party asked if she would
do the "bath tub" stunt. She suid
she wns promised S7OO or SI,OOO.
She said that when sue went to
collect the money, Chris Scaife. an
associate of Carroll's offered her
$350 if she would deny before the
grand jury that liquor was served at
the party.
Miss Hawley said she wanted the
money, because she had been ordered
to appear before the grand jury that
day and believed that she would need
to hire nn attorney.
After Miss Hawley testified that
she had become drunk at the party
before going through with the bath
tub scene, she was asked if she felt
bitter against Carroll.
"No,” she replied, "but it wasn't
a very nice thing for him to do.”
Eater. under cross-examination,
she was asked considerable about her
present work in a Broadway show
where She docs a simulation of the
bath iub scene as n part of the
nightly performance. She testified
she had been in the show about three
months.
"Didn’t you get that contract as
the result of the publicity you got
from the Carroll party?” she was
asked.
"Oh, I suppose so,” she replied.
Posed For Pictures.
When nsked whether she had posed
for newspaper photographers show
ing her nude ill a tub, she sard she
had posed at the insistence of the
show's publicity ngent. with draping
on her which made her appear nude.
A question as to her salary
brought n spirited tilt between her
and Carroll's attorneys.
“You know all about me you need
to know." she said, "and I won’t tell
yon any more."
That ended tier testimony for the
day aud the government rested its
case.
Four defense witnesses called dur
ing the afternoon session denied that
liquor was at the party and none
was questioned about the bath tub
episode.
What Happen"*!.
Miss Hawley testified that she at
tended the bath tub party at Mr.
Carroll’s invitation, arriving about
midnight. Asked what happened after
her arrival, she said:
"Mr. Carroll told me to go behind
the curtain until the bath tub was
moved out on the stage. It was on
the left hand side of the stage, look
ing toward the audience.
"Did you look in it?" she was
asked.
“Yes.”
“Any liquid in it?"
“Yes, there was a red liquid in it.”
“Did you drink from it?”
“I had three or four drinks."
“Did you have any other drinks
aside from what was in the tub?”
“Yes, Chris Scaifer or Jimmy Car
roll gave me some from the table on
the stage.”
“What effect did these drinks
have on you?”
Councel for Carroll interposed an
objection, but Judge Goddard per
mitted the question to be answered,
remarking that the witness should
perhaps know better thau anyone
else.
“It got me drunk. Miss Hawley
answered.
The witness then was asked what
happened after the bath tub was
moved to the center of the stage.
“Mr. Carroll said, .‘Baby, all right,
go behind the curtain,’ ” she testi
fied.
“So you went there?”
“Yes.”
“Then whnt happened?”
Miss Hawley replied that she had
\ on one small garment and her shoes
i and Mr. Carroll came up with an
1 opera cloak and led her to the bath
\ tub.
i "Did you see them put anything
| in the tub?”
! “Yest, they poured in some liquid
i from green bottles.”
“How much was in the tub?”
i “Oh, about nn inch and a half.”
i “Did you get into the tub?”
[ "Yes. I did. I stayed about five
i minutes."
I It looks suspiciously like the chap
i who names Pullman cars has been
| devoting his peculiar talents to devis
i Ing titles tor race horses.—Nashville
Banner.
TWO WOMEN ARB RIVALS
IN MECKLENBURG RACE
Miss Ah vruidrr and Miss McLean
Running. For Houso of Represtn
' tsllvrs.—O.her (Tmrtodtte News.
Charlotte, May 23.—With the
Dewocruiic primary less tuan two
wcfk.i off, interest in politics is lie
ginning to wax warm in Mecklen
burg county.
Two races, that for sheriff and'
the house of representatives, are at- 1
'trading moot attention in tne coun
ty, the race for the house being
somewhat unique in that two women |
are candidates. Miss Julia Alcxan-'
der, who was a member of the last
general assembly, is seeking re-elec
j tion and Mies Currie McLean,
’ prominent local professional woman,
lis in the race Mecklenburg sends
three representatives to the house.
Those in the race for the house in
j elude Miss Alexander. Miss McLean.
I J. Clyde Stnnrill, George E. Domb
;hart. Edward Hanson. Conley E.
Robinson. (’. W. Hunt ana Dr. Z.
K. Justice.
Sheriff W. O. Cochran has stiff
opposition for renomination for that
office, his opponents being John
Boyd Pharr. J. Lester Wolfe and
John'it. Irwin. Jr. I). B. Smith has
no opposition for the nomination for
the state senate. Clerk of Superior
Conn James’ M. Yandle has opposi-
J tion in the person of W- M. Smith.
Major-General Mason M. Patrick,
chief of the United States army air
Service, will be a visitor in Charlotte
Saturday, coming to the city to ad
divrt* the Men's club of St. Peter's
Episcopal church General Patrick is
expected to arrive here early Sat
urday morning. Ho will be the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Draper at
their home in Myers Park while in
the city. During tho afternoon he
will be taken on a tour of inspection
of some of the big plants of, the
Southern Power company by officials
!of that, concern.
Mrs. Nellie Freeman, young white
woman, who Saturday night killed
her husband, Alton Freeman, with a
razor, as he was preparing to leave
her, probably will be tried on a first
degree murder charge, carrying the
death penalty. If she is found guilty
without recommendation to mercy by
the jury, Solicitor John (J. Carpen
ter intimated today. Mrs. Freeman
will Ist given preliminary hearing to
morrow. Nile probably will go on
trial during the term of Superior
court which convenes here on .vine
7. It .Ayas understood today that she
has no "funds with which to employ
counsel.
W, H. Fisher. 26-yenr-old Monroe
white man, today was at liberty
under SI,OOO bond on a manslaugh
ter charge, in connection w ! th tiie
death nf Joe Black, 19-.vear-old Mon
roe boy.
W. B. COOPER WANTS
MEEKINS TO TRY IIIM
That ,Is, If He Faces Trial Again—
lialeigli Gets Impression That Case
Is Ended.
Raleigh, May 25.—Former Lieut.
Gov.' IV, B. Cooper, who recently
gained a new trial from the circuit
court of appeals and thus escaped a
judgment of sentence in the federal
prison, wishes to be tried the next
time by Judge Isaac M. Meekins.
Governor Cooper probahly would
have objected to Judge Meekins’ sit
ting in the first ease had not his
■honor spoken first. The jurist, hav
ing talked the Cooper case many
times in the governorship campaign
in 1924, withdrew himself from the
Cooper inquest so soon as the issue
was brought to bar. The judge who
tried the ease seemed to 'have clipped
it off rather lively for North Caro
lina trials. Mr. Cooner got a new
trial and nobody seems fairer to him
than Judge Meekins does.
However, it is by no means certain
that there is going to be any “new
trial." There is a very sizeable im
pression in Raleigh that the Cooper
case is ended. That will very large
ly depend on District Attorney Irvin
B. Tucker’s course in Mr. Tucker has
not hurried the case to trial again.
He, of course, has not Raid what will
be his attitude when he meets this is
sue again, but Wilmington visitors
seem to think that there will be no
more trials growing out of the bank
case.
WISE CRACKS
No land was found in the Arctic
by the Amundsen expedition. A
blow io realtors.-—Mobile News.
Geometry: A mathematical science
affected by the high school boy to re
veal his father’s ignorance—Danville
Bee.
The River Amazon has the widest
of all rivers, but there are other Ama
zons whose mouths need no exten
sion.—Greensboro Record.
Divorce records indicate that many
a man discovers after marriage he has
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You will not have n shiny nose
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Process Powder is all the rage. Keeps
dhine away—perspiration hardly af
fects it. Lines or pores won’t show.
Looks like natural skin and gives a
beautiful complexion. Get a box
today. It is called MELLO-GLO.
Porter Drug Company.
Thought 3 Little Children
Needed Mother’s Care j
“My stomach suffering was so se
vere that I could not have lasted
much longer. I did not care so much
for myaelf but did not want to leave
my three little children who needed a
mother’s love and care. A cousin in
California wrote me about MAYR’S
and 1 took a course of it. I have
since been entirely well.” It is n
simple, harmless preparation that re
moves the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam
mation which causes practically ail
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments,
i including appendicitis. One dose will
■ convince or money refunded. Gib
t son Drug Store and druggists every
where.
been hugging a (leltmion.—Tampa]
Tribune.
The Polish revolt appears to have |
been a sueress, but in this country i
r.ie largest part of it can't be pro- ]
non need. —Nashville Banner.
This irf one year when ‘ Red" I
({range should be able to give np de- 1
On the vital subject
of safety
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Safety is the first consideration in distribution. Our
mains and service lines are carefully laid and all con
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Safety is the first consideration in the installation of
gas equipment. Every gas appliance offered our
customers is tested for safe and efficient operation.
Work with us in the interests of your safety. If
there is ever any question that your gas equipment
is not in perfect order —call on our inspection
service.
Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co.
t Concord, N. C.
Gas SfPower
utility Corporation
They Just Don’t Happen
To Be Good
You hear a lot about Goodyear Tires.
They have a fine reputation all over the world.
Did you ever stop to seriously figure out why they are so well
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at them. They all look pretty much alike
But you know, Goodyear tires don’t just happen to be good. They
are good for very definite reasons. Most of the reasons why Good
year tires are good are due to patented processes—materials and
mothods not found in any other tires.
The All-Weather Tread, the Goodyear Bead, the remarkable new
Cord material—SUPEß-TWlST—the group ply construction—
these and many other things are the reasons why more people ride
on Goodyear tires than on any other kind.
And the beauty of it is—you can buy these superb, quality tires for
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The Old Reliable Hardware Store
Phone 30
I livenng ice and buy some. —Durham I
Sun.
j The only thing left which may be j
| taxed is one's memory.—Durham Sun. j
j What the new members of Congress
j cannot understand is why it needs n j
. holiday.—Tampa Tribune.
I What's this startling news from j
PAGE THREE
I Memphis we rend—“ Methodist Bish-
ops are Firmly For Prohibition?**
, That’s one form of unification to which 7 \
j there is no argument,-—4jreensbor«» .
Record.
j Amundsen finally proves his brav-
j ery. He is said to be contemplating *9*l3
| marriage.—Tampa Tribune.