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VOL. XL .! SI
n .Li.
a Writ of Habaes Corpus
Former Banker Return
ed from Mexico Un
able to Give Bond
RELATIVES VAIL TO .
' COME TO HIS RESCUE
Prisoner's Counsel Protest at $1T5
009 Bond As Excessive May
. Apply to Judge B. F. Long
Toduy for Order and
Sck Reduction la ,
? ': ' Bond
Today a' writ of habeas corpus will
probably be sought before, Judge B.
F. Long, who is holding court at
Oreennboro. Attorney Z. I. Walser.
attorney for Armfleld, ' stated this
morning that he would go on No. 36
at 12:29 today for the purpose of aak-
. ing Judge Long to Jssue an order to
produce the prisloner before him.
Relatives of Armfleld were to confer
' in High Point this morning-and un
less the contemplated proceedilngs
" should be vetoed at this conference,
the habeas corpus proceedings will
be' followed. V This was determined
last night at a conference here.
. W .L .Armfleld, a wealthy brother
of the defendant and a banker of Ash
boro, was expected until late yester
day to see' about the bond, but It Is
understood this morning he did not
leave Ashboro He was expected to
attend a meeting of relatives in High
Point this morning. Frank Armfleld,
brother-in-law of J. L. Armfleld and a
well known lawyer of Concord, ar
rived on No. 46 at 6:J9. A brother,
Frank Armfleld, arrived about eight
o'clock last night from High Point,
this being the first blood relative to
greet the returned banker, . Mr. Arm
fleld 'Called bis home at Greensboro
on the telephone yesterday afternoon,
Jt Is stated, but the person answering
the 'phone said that Mrs. Armfleld
was unwell and that any message
should be given the person answer
ing the call. W. J. Armfleld, the ag
ed father at High Point, was reached
over the telephone by the defendant.
who wept bitterly 'as he told of his
Whn Bkm K jMitfc . rarormii Aw
"Held about 6:30 that1 hfl "WO'tIo ,av
" ' to lock hlnv- UP for th til$hr, ears
again cam ,lnto his eyes.' lie was
without an overcoat and borrowed
bne in the attorney's offh-a for the
ride to Jail. ,,.;-; , .
Throughout 1 the afternoon Inn's
tone was made that the bond be re
duced, but Sheriff Sink was unyleld
Ing. ; The amount had been previous
ly announced and It, )a said that a rel
ative who inquired as to the amount
Mid that he would not Sign, a bond so
large.- j Chief Stat Bank Examiner
Clarence Latham' Is understood to
have 'Slated over the tetephon yes
terday morning that he did not con-
alder the amount excessive,
Should the habeas carpus proceed-'
lngs be carried through and should
Judge Long see fit to materially ro
duce the bond, It Is believed by Arm.
field's counsel that bond will be turn'
ished. There is a possibility., it was
said this morning, that, bond might be
given in any event
Bupetior court, begins here in less
l .than two weeks and it Is understood
that the state will seek to have the
cases against Armfleld tried then.
When No. J 6 rolled into tho yards
of the Southern here In the midst
of a rainstorm,, Chief, of Police
George B Wimberly, of Thomasvllle,
- stepped from. the . train with Arm
field,' who was not at that time hand
cuffed, accompanied him to Sheriff
Fred C. - Sink's oflice, where the
sheriff read the warnfit to him and
took him formerly into custody.
. Chief Wlmoerly then Immediately
got Into am automobile with a friend
and loft for his home at Thomasvllle,
wnere.ne expeotea immediately to
retire and get much needed rest.
For about three thousand miles the
chief had come withhls prisoner, al
though formally Armfleld was not
, 11 n his custody until after they had
crossed . the Rio Orande River and
the sheriff of Webb county, Texas,
. had furnished v writ of extradition
igned by the governor of Texas after'
Governor Cameron . Morrison of
North Carolina had made requisition
for the accused man.
Of the friends of his days of proa
parity and' high . Iniuenco, only one
man was here to greet 'Artnlleld, this
being his white-haired' fathor-in-law,
Ex-Sheriff C. M. Griffith, of Thomas
vllle. , Both men broke Into tears
when they mot In the court house.
Not a blood relative was in tight and
th score of more of mt, mostly
from Thomasvllle, who had gathered
there were by far and large not sym
pathisers. .
Immediately from the sheriff's
office, Armfleld was taken to the of
fice of his Chief of counsel, Z. I.
' Walter, who assisted him tn taking
teps to secure ball. A strenuous plea
was muds that the amount of the
bond asked was ttxaiilve, but
Sheriff Sink Insisted that he could
accept 1ms. Ills father, W. J. -Arm
field, of High Point? and brother, W,
L.) Armfleld, of Asbsburo, were com
- munlrated with and expected' to
come to Lexington and see about ar-
ranging the bond. It was stated
by counsel for Armfleld that appll
cation would be nide to lite Juuse
, prenhling In this tlliMrlrt at bis time
fur a rfdurllnn In the amount of
(Continued on Pate 3 Column t)
Jril; to Seek
Championship in
. Basketball Will
Begin Next Week
Championship elimination games In
basketball , will be ; begun b the
thirty-one schools In Western North
Carolina next week, .it was decided
at a meeting of the faculty and team
managers with E. R. Rankin ,of the
University,' held at Greensboro last
Qlght. Principal Lawrence Orlssom
and Manager, Bob Sink represented
Lexington high school, Orant Raker,
member of the team, also attending
the meeting. ' , . -; ? ..
The teams are divided) Into fire
groups by sections. - Lexington plays
its first championship game with Al
bemarle on February $1, the place
not named In the schedule published
this morning. On next Monday
night Kannapolis and Jamestown
highs meet at. Erlanger and attain
on the - following night Tyro and
Churchland will play on the Erlanger
court. Farmlngton plays at Wins
tbn-Salem on Wednesday night of
next week. .: The Lexlngton-Albe
marie and Kannapolis-Jamestown
winners will play at Erlanger next
Thursday night. ' The winners In the
Tyro-Churchland and Farmlngton-
Winston-Salem games will play either
at Winston-Salem on Thursday night,
or at Erlanger on Friday night. The
final group game has not been sched
uled..., ; V';. . ,
Thomasvllle Is In the second group
and plays Reidsville at Greensboro
Kriduy night of next week.
The Erlanger floor will therefore
be the center of attraction next week,
with three games sure and strone
probability of four there during the
week. ' ' , ,
SUNDAY. SCHOOL CHAIRMAN ':
FOR THE TOWNSHIPS NAMED
At the rail of the chairman of the
Davidson County Sunday School As
soclatlon a meeting of the executive
officers was held at the First Baptist
Church, Lexington, last Sunday even
ing. " ? , v.: ;", .- ;' '". .; ':
Chairmen, -were appointed for each
township of the county, and plans
wore made to hold general meeting
W- the aear, future with all "these-
cnairmon, at wnicn time a cooper
tlve effort will be launched for the
purpose of Increasing the enrollment
of, all the Sunday Schools of the
county. ...
Those appointed as chairmen of
their respective townships arer O. F,
Hackney, Lexington;: C. F. Lambeth
ThomasvllVe; Pat! K flans, Arcadia;
O. W. Wall, Abbotts Creek: Arthur
Brewer, Hampton; Joe Hege. Reedy
Creek; Ed. L. Green. Yadkin College
Chas. - Ilothrock, Midway; 'C, W.
Stokes, Jackson Hill; Olin T. Davis,
Boone; Orover 'Palmer, Sliver Hill;
Leroy Miller, Cotton - Grove; B. I.
Harrison, Fmmons; B. F., Lee, Con
rad Hill Chas Frltts, Tyro;; A. Mc
Carrie, Healing Springs; A. C' New.
som, Alleghany; Ernest Wafford,' As
sociate Chairman at Soutbmont, and
r. B. Hamrlck Associate Chairman at
Thomasvllle', , ,,
O. F. Hanktna Is chairman and E.
C. Byerly, secretary, of the county
association. . , ,
GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS ;
. . SHOW HEAVY DECREASE
On the government pension roll at
the end of the last fiscal year were
(66.053 pensioners, a loss of 160,157
at the beginning of the year. The
number of deaths of the Civil war
soldiers was 140,775. The number
of Civil war .widows, minor children
and dependents was 281,327, a decrease
of 8,683 for the year. The highest
number of Civil war soldiers on the
roll was 746X61. In MSI Slitv.
t four widows of the War of 1113 were
surviving In. June. Of the war with
it.n ih.r. hnn ,. n.
100 survivors and 3,135 widows.
KILLED WHILE HAILING
LIQl'OR NEAR HIGH POINT
J. Lewis Childress, of Lynchburg,
k, died Monday night in a hospital
at High Point, -where he was taken
for Injuries received when his Bulck
rosSster turned over while speeding
on the highway about four miles north
of High Point. The automobile is
said to have been loaded with whlslcsy.
Practically all of the liquor waa taken
by pasaersby or' those who gathered
about the wreckage, It Is said, at least
63 quarts being reported as so taken.
It is believed that much whiskey
Is hauled along the highways in this
section and there Is little means of
detecting . It . unless the automobiles
meet with accidents.
PISH CAMPAIGN FOR
, 500,000 BAPTIST TITHE' RS
Dr. J, T. Henderson, ' secretary of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement,
which organisation 'ia pushing the
campaign for the enr6IUng of 606,000
tlthsrs among Southern Baptists prior
to the meeting of the convention at
Jacksonville In May, la persuaded
thut the goal will be reached provided
all the churches are fully informed on
the movement and the doctrine of
stewardship. He reports that the First
Baptist Church of Williamsburg, Ky
recently, enrolled 170. tllhers at a
single service and that every member
of the Baptist church' at Las Vegas,
N, M, exoept cm It now Utbtr,
rra !JEY STATION
IS THE DECREE
Request that Something
Be Done Here Vetoed
-t By Harrison
Islington gets no depot by grant
of the officials of the Southern Rail
way, accordng to latest ' information
received by officials of the Chamber
of Commerce, who have been working
through a committee in an effort se
cure action. . ' This decision is said
to have come from President Harri
son, to whom the request is said, to
have been presented byGeneral Man
ager R. E. Simpson, of Charlotte.
Several months ago Supt. R L,
Avery of the Danville Division appear
ed before a meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce and promised his best
effort in trying to persuade his superi
or officials to order the station built
At that time facts and figures were
presented to him, showing the great
amount of business done here by the
Southern Railway despite the very
poor facilities, which have been In
use since Lexington was a mere vil
lager ;',..,".- ';'
More recently a committee from
the Chamber of Commerce appeared
before Oeneral Manager Simpson at
Charlotte, with O. W. Mountcastle as
spokesman. : A telling argument Was
placed before the officials: at that
time, those who accompanied Mr.
Mountcastle highly praising the mas
terful manner in which he presnted
the causa of a new station.
There is still one step left for Lex
ington, it la pointed out. That is an
appeal to the State Corporation Com
mission to issue and order to take
Southern Railway requiring hem to
erect a station here suitable to the
needs of Lexington.
i This matter will come before a
special meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce at an early date. .'; ?
INCLE JOE CANXOX TO
. RETIRE FROM CONGRESS
i Having served longer than any man
ever elected to the American congress.
Representative . Joseph U. Cannon,
Af tha 11th tlllnnla Alatrint nnminnsri
-w , ft. J, - ,tm 1 t
Xondiy that fc wodra nofM a can
dldtte to succeed himself next fall.
Mr.1 Cannon la approaching his 68th
milestone. If his life is spared until
the end of the term on March 4, 1923
he will have rounded out 46 years ef
service in the house. He broke the
record for , actual service more than
a year ago, and since that time, as he
himself has explained, he "has been
running on velvet" - . v
There were tears th the eyes of
many of his colleagues when formal
announcement of "Uncle - Joe's" de
termination to retire was made on the
floor by Representative Walsh, Repub
lcan, Massachusetts, -described by the
Veteran legislator as ''one of my bud
file.". While Mr. Walsh was speaking.
Uncle Joe, sitting apart: from hta
friends, was' crouched n a seat, a big
slouch hat and an overcoat protect
ing b.lra from the cold. '
BISHOP DARLINGTON TO .
, V . BE HEARD HERE SOON
Bishop V. V, W". Darlington, of
Huntington, W. Vs, presiding' officer
of the Western Nnrth r?urnlln Ukn.
dlst Conference, will preach at First
Methodist church on Saturday even-
Ing.. February 35, at 7:30, it la an
nounced Bishop Darlington will
come from Winston-Salem, after at
tending the meeting of the district
conference there on February 33, 33
and 34. ' . -
Bishop Darlington la considered one
of the ablest preachers in the entire
Southern Methodist church. He has
visited Lexington before and was
heard with delight at an educational
meeting. A general Invitation Is
given to the people of Lexington to
hear Bishop Darlington, and it la ex
pected that a great congregation will
be present. ' .
Yadkin College Continue) to Win.
Yadkin College, Feb. 13 Yadkni
College won another fast gam Fri
day, when they dofeaed Reeda on
th Y. C. I. court to tha tun 36 to 16.
It wtt Yadkin College' gam from
h first whistle to th last minute
of play, the visitors being out classed
In all departments of I be game, but
stuck to th local quint with a dog
ged determination that deserved
praise and admiration. Y C. I. scored
13 point to th visitor t In th first
halt. In th lasi half th locals
doubed th score on tlulr rivals, and
were never In danger ef being over
taken. Charles. Michael and Mine,
furnishing the "rat killing" for Yad
kin Collage,, while C raver and Snider
were the out-standing player for th
visiting team. , This is th third-
gam that T. C. I. ha won in a week,
winning from Thomasvllle L, P. I.
and Reeds. ,
Fraye Meeting Schedule.
North Ward Mrs. 8, H. Hege,
Mrt. Webster Koonts, leader: child
ren, Mrs. John Young, Mist Mildred
Clodfelter, leader.
South Ward Mrs. J U Galllmore,
Mr. O N. Brown, eadur,
Went Ward Mrs. A. B. Russell,
Mrs. L. L. Borbee, leder Mrs, R.
K. Leonard, Mrs. T. N. Burton, lead
er; children, Mia. C. Ll Leonard,
Mis Willi Koonts, leader. .,
America' ship won't Com in until
hsr ship beg la to go out.
OF RAILWAY HEAD
Dr. C A; Eaton To
' Address Business
Men Of Lexington
Dr. Charles Aubrey Eaton, of Phila
delphia, former ' editor of Leslie's
Weekly and president of the American
Educational Association, ' will address
business men and manufacturers of
Lexington at the court house tonight at
7: SO o'clock, .en industrial relations.
Dr. Eaton comes here under the ,
auspices of the Chamber ef Commerce.
There will be no charge for this ad- I
dress.' Dr, Eaton has. been before, a1
number of commercial and business
bodies of the State during the past
week or two and is said to have cre
ated a profound impression wherever
he has been heard.
' Announcements of this address have
been mailed to a large number of
men In the city and Dr. Eaton Is
expected to be heard by quite a large
audience. - ,".''
Dr. Eaton has been heard In Lex
ington by three people. Thls was
about two weeks l ago when three
citizens here heard and address he
made before employes of the Westing
house Electric Co of Pittsburg, broad
casted by wireless telephony all over
the east. Every word he spoke there
could be heard over and instrument
here distinctly. , . , Those who heard
this speech can testify that he is an
orator of much force.
TWENTY-ONE ESCAPE FROM -Gl'ILFbRD
COtTKTY .CHAIXOANG
Seventeen convicts escaped from
the Guilford county Work huose a
little after midnight Tuesday morn
ing, going through a heater hole In the
floor to the, basement and from there
through the doors and windows. None
of them' was re-captured Tuesday.
niteen were white -.men and two
were negroes. - -'.-- v v-
A guard was supposed to be at the
heater hole, but it is suposed that he
was asleep. : He said be knew nothing
of the escape of the prisoners. 'The
convicts got hold of big monkey
wrench, took the top off the heater
hole (an unused one) and dropped to
freedom below. ' ' .,; .'
Farley Lowe, Pat Mifter, Lem Mil
ler, Robert Hedgecoek, Jtoy Huffman,
iioy tvewman, Randolph - Robblna
James Miller, Oscar Brim, L. O. Oakes,
H..H. Han, Luther-. Proctor. Robert
Oarrell, J. R. Maness, man named
Wilson and two negroes, all of them
serving rather, shorts tenees, were
the Prisoners Who Mr" d.
FtWlUll fcff 'liftnliffM itflrwil
days ago, and have aot been re-cap-
lurea.
BAPTISTS PAY OVER
M, 30 MILLION IN CASH
Despite the financial depression that
has gripped the South for the past
year ana a halt, the total cash collec
tlons of subscriptions to the 75 Mil
lion campaign during . the first two
years that have elapsed since the
drive for pledges as made have
reached the sum of $30,160,843.35, It
la announced by the Campaign head
quarters in Nashville. This It regarded
at an excellent ahowlng, even though
it it not up to the original campaign
schedule, and it much better than
that made by commercial and other
enterprises.
, In the hope of making an even
larger showing during the spring
months preceding the meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention in May,
the Conservation Commission haa ad
dressed an appeal to Southern Baptists
caning tnem to earnest prayer and
.sacrificial giving as a token of their
I T,lud u r Hit blessings In
""f" ' "ep u" nr
work despite the depression, and In
giving them 360,114 baptisms during
the past year, which is probably the
largest number of baptisms ever ad
ministered by an rvanselrlal denom
ination In the nation within a similar
period of time.
MRS. BH'KETT Til WORK
WITH JIYUIKXK M'RK.M'
Announcement was mad afamlav
that Mrs. Thomas iker Mckett.
wife of th lata form. - i -Tfrmor. hid
r4 to rom with itr-' new Ma
ternity and Infant llva!-. bureau
of th Slate board of health, which
1" being organised under th Sheo-
para-rwwner Bill. Immediately after
th paa r th bill several wwks
ago, la fart be fur the bill was actual
ly passed, th board of health had
taken up with Mr, llkkett th pro.
position of handling certain feature
of th new work for th department
The stats department ha baea ready
to meet It part of th appropriation
tor this work uoder th national law
for soma time, but pulling th work
under way has been delayed on ac
count of th failure of congress to
pas in appropriation bill for th
work.
Hltrphcrd and Bull Do Mar Ilavno
Bufnrd towashlp has two lea doss
now than a' fw days sgo. This be
cause a shepherd and a bull dog
made a bad combination when left at
home alone. Mr. Gor Funderburk
of Buford township carried hi .fami
ly i a neighbor' for a visit last
Hunday and left hi shepherd do at
nom. While th family waa away
Mr. Ellison Rogers' bull dog railed
on th shepherd and they decided to
hv a nlc "mess", of chicken and a
a result of th decision
nens, tnre rooster, and a guinea
were gined , The dogs were not sat
isfied with killing the ones at large,
but actually at a klat In order to get
Into a coop that they might finish th
Job by killing the Ibree that were
shut up In It It Is stated that the
yurd was literally covered with feath
er when Mr. Funderburk and hi
family rturad. Monro Journal
Memorial Catling
Gun Has Been
Received Here
- A new Gatllng gun which '
will be used In the erection of
a memorial on the court square
of Lexington to the soldier
dead of Davidson County In the
world war has arrived here.
This gun, a new one, was se
cured by the local memorial
committee through the efforts
of Representative W. C. Ham
mer. A number of cannon balls
have also been shipped and are .
' expected to arrive at any time.
' Order has not yet been placed
for the memorial . tablet that
will contain the roster of the
' dead, but tbls Is expected to be
done at an early date. Chair
man J. R. McCrary has about '
secured all the data necessary
for this tablet and it is believed
, that it will contain the name of
every Davidson County , man
who lost his life as a result of
his war service. :':''', y-.'
As Boon as the tablet Is or
dered it is expected that order
will also be placed for a granite
slab on which the bronze tab'' -let
will rest. The Gatllng gun '
will be mounted beside this and
around the granite shaft or slab;
will be placed about a dozen
small cannon balls with a larger
one on top. A special exercise
will be arranged for the 'un
veiling. It is expected that the
memorial will be erected some
time during the. next few
months. , - "
T
ERLANGER BARACAS AND
SVNDAY SCHOOL GROWING
Erlanger Baraca class and Sunday
school both were r on a boom last
Sunday. Despite the fact that the
weather was threatening Sunday
morning, 176 men above the age of
eighteen years were present in the
nsraca class, wnicn is lea oy n. u
Townsend. In Sunday Bchool there
were 604 people present, ' or almost
half of the men, women and children
living in hte village. : It is doubtful
whether another community in North
Carolina did as well. '
. The Baraca class at Erlanger now
holds the banner for 'the State on
attendance, and interest and they ex
pect to hold it for' a long time yet.
Each year they hold an annual ban
quat 'With .4one noted speaker and
plant are being mad for the event
this year, ' Hon. O. Mag Gardner
was, speaker at the last banquet.
FATHE KEEKS 'SON WHO
DISAPPEARED AT WELCOME
C. E Livengood, a respocted farmer
of near Welcome, is anxious to learn
the whereabouts of his son, Connie
Livengood, aged seventeen, who is - a
husky youth of about 170 pounds. He
haa been gone for about ten dayt and
he has received no trace of him.. The
fact that his son's companions are
said to be wanted on a charge of
breaking in and robbing the mill office
at Welcome adds to the father' anx
iety according to his story. '
One night ton or twelve days ago,
It la said, Curtis lllnklo, who Is con'
nected with the Welcome Milling Co.,
discovered two youths robbing the
office of the mill and spotted them
with a flashlight. He Is said to have.
recognised bolh of them and expected
co have them arrested They are
said to have secured about 325. How
ever, the pair disappeared from the
community and at the same time
young Livengood left In the night.
Uvengood's futher believes the other
two young men persuaded, his son
to leave with them.
Young Livengood has had quite an
adventurous life for one his age, It
Is said, having been In the navy, where
he had some unusual experiences,
ROAD IMUMiltESH ANNOCNCE8 '
GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE
Hon. John A. Townsend, whose
name will go down in the history of
hi Stat of Delaware a Th Road
Governor, find his former chief en
gineer, Charles M. L'pham doing al-
niim iinumnira vi nuns - iu inw
matter of building roads. ' Governor
Townsend haa been spending a few
dsyt In Raltjgh, stopping at th Tar-
borough hotel. , .
It waa under the Townsend ad
ministration that Delaware under
took to build a Stat system of high
ways, and employed Cbarle M. Up-
ham as highway engineer. With th
program near completed. Mr, Uu-
ham ram to North Carolina, , Vlsltt
Ing at the offices of the Commission
Governor Townsend had opportunity
to observe something of th plan
that ar undor Wuy for roads in
North Carolina.
He was frankly amazed at th pro
gram and enthusiastic wlfen th de
tail of the highway organisation
war explained to him. ' Governor
Townsend' visit to th South la on
private business. He ha large In
terest In canning Industry in hi own
Stat. He was profoundly grieved
t th death of Governor Blckttt
whom h cam to know intimately
during th administration of th late
War Governor,
y Hoaol ,
A shrewd young advertiser ,
Of ladles' hose.
Who was a little wiser .
Than his foes,
Envolved'tn ad; ,
Twa not half-had: , ' ,
A girl, short skills, a great display of
hose.
H headed It "What Every Woman
, Show." Waysld Tale, .
Davidson Co. Has
Four High Schools
In Basketball Race
" Davidson County has twice as many
high schools entered in the basketball
championship race as any other-county
in Western North Carolina and
probably the same ratio to any county
in the eastern part of the State Four
schools,. Lexington, Thomasvllle.
Churchland and Tyro, In this county
have formally entered their teams in
the race.; Guilford, Iredell, Cleveland
and Gaston each have two schools In
the race. ---: - -
Faculty managers of the 25 teams
which are entering the eastern cham
pionship series met at Raleigh Tues
day, February 14, to construct the
eastern elimination schedule.: Fac
ulty managers of the 25 western con
tending teams framed their schedule
at a conference Wednesday in Greens
boro. : .
The State-wide basketball tourney
were instituted by the Carolina com
mittee in 1115 and since that time the
following schools have won the State
title and have been awarded the
trophy cups: Chapel Hill, in 1921;
Wilmington, in 1920;Wlnston-Salem,
in 1916, 1917, and 1919; Durham in
1916 and 1918.
The list of schools entering the com
petition this year was given out by
E. R. Rankin, secretary, as follows:
Eastern teams, Durham, New Bern.
Fayetteville, Chapel Hill, Wilmington,
Belhaven, Lagrange. Stem, Smithneld,
Benson, Black Creek, Fremont, Au
rora, Ellerbe, Wilson, Greenville.
Wakelon, Parkton, Rocky Mount,
Rich Square, Sanford, Clayton. Snow
Hill, Roxboro, and Eastover.
i Western schools: Ashevllle, Char
lotte, Wlnston-Sulem, Greensboro,
Leaksvllle, Morganton, Liberty, High
Point, Reidsville, Tyro. Dallas, Star
town, Marlon, Albemarle, Churchland.
Kannapolis, Llncolnton, Lexington,
Burlington, Thomasvllle, Mooresville,
Shelby, King's Mountain, Farmlngton,
and- Belmont.
TEN MILLIONS MORE FOR
. NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS
There Is at least ten million more
available to North Carolina bankers
for agricultural loans, according to
a statement of Col. James R. Young,
Chairman of the North Carolina Agri
cultural ivoan Agency or, the , -war
finance corporation. ,,- The committee
hag already approved loans to bank
for more than five million dollars and
14,500, 006 fiat been' approved ' and
turned back to th North Carolina
banks for distribution among the
farmers to aid them in their financial
problems at this time. - .
A. W. McLean, of Lumberton, Is
chairman of the war finance cor
poration and he is very anxious that
this state get at least ten million dol
lars more money, before the time closes
Even this will not put the loans In
North Carolina . anywhere, near - the
figures that the loans to som of the
Western states have secured.
! "No new loans can be made after
July 1,", Colonel Young says In
statement . "This practically means
that the lending business will be clos
ed up to June 1, as It will take a
month to get things In shape after
(he corporation stops making the
loans.",. We are now making ad
vances 12 months to the banks where
they have made, or desire, to make
loans to farmer The banks can get
tlrelr papers in shape and approved
and If they do not need the money now,
but will need it later on the money
can be secured at any time later.
ANOTHER STORE ROBBED
OF QUANTITY OF GOODS
4. . ', - -..
- Robbers visited the store of John
Evans, on South Main Street, Monday
night and took away merchandise
valued by the merchant at about 3100,
according to a report made to the
police Tuesday. Entrance Is said to
have been made by breaking through
a window. Most of the goods taken
consisted-' nf .,rr.... I,
i. . u Tki. i ,.
la said. ' This class of goods Is popular
with local robbers as hundreds of dol
lars worth of tobacco has thus been
stolen here during the past twelve or
eighteen months. Several convic
tion have been secured but the work
goe on Just th same.
It Is understood that Mr. Evans
will pay a reward of $50 for the arrest
and conviction of the thief or thieves.
A similar reward was offered several
weeks ago for someone who robbed
Hill' store in the same section. Since
that time Clyde Pickett' store and
one or two others haa been robbed.
The store of A. L. Bean was burned
down but no tangible evidence is said
to hav been secured Indicating that
router might have been repnnslble.
The local police are known to have
made diligent efforts to break up this
tnievery and that section of the city
has been more thoroughly patrolled
during the past two or three months
than ever before.
PEANUT FACTORY CAUSES
DOWNFALL OF A CASHIER
Peanuts encompassed th downfall
of H. C. Sullivan, Herford bank
cashier who yraa placed under bond
ot 616,00(1 on a charge ot embezzle
ment bf $60,000 of the bank' funds,
according to a reports' mad to the
Corporation Commission by Chief
Bank Examiner Clarence Latham.
Sullivan wa promoting a factory
for cleaning and grading peanuts,
and withdrew the fund of th bank
for his operations, covering tha with
drawals by false .entire on the
books. It I said. - Th depositors
of tho bank have been puarnteed
against losses by the prompt action
of the bank officials. Sullivan ha
oeen release bb sooo.
juniors aski ;;g
FORACIil
Request Made that Step ;
. Be Taken Soon As ' ,
Possible , !
Lexington Juniors want to see the
new school building . her finished.
They are chafing under the delay and ,
hope that they can infuse a little more ,
enthusiasm into the people here for
SCHOOL MATTER
- : - ... 1. ' ,V,1 w
the early completion of the big build- .
ing on State Street. So enthusiastic. - -are.
the Juniors that every man pre-
sent at their regular meeting Monday
night pledged himself to work and ,.
vole for any feasible plan, to get the
thing going toward success,
A resolution was Introduced and i v,
passed by a unanimous vote, respect-
fully petitioning the city school board
and board of city commissioners to y
take steps at once looking toward an :
election for bonds sufficient to com
plete the work begun. ' They ex-
pressed themselves as willing to tup
port elther a district high school pro- '
pdaal.or a proposition for Lexington "
alone to go ahead and complete the
building. ; , ,
' It was recalled In the discussion
that for more than a year the city
has been paying interest on $85,000
spent on-this building, while It stands
there bare and unfinished and hundred
of children of Lexington are crowded ,
Into school rooms insufficient for the
demands made upon them. ' In one
room of the lower grades, it was
pointed out, there were over a hund- .
red children a few days ago, with -several
more desiring to find room
there. , .':" 1 . . , .
An election was held April 33 of
last year, at which time district bonds
for 6225,000 were carried, but th
courts upset the whole- matter. A ' -bill
was passed by the special session .'
of the Legislature during the first ;
half of last December but no an
nouncement haa been made here of
when an election might be called ,
under this act Thl matter,, it it "
known, has been given earnest con
sideration by the Hchool board, who -are
working In consultation with the , ''
attorney who drew the bill. . Howv .
ever, it Ik said, it appear to tome ofv 'r
uw i nnjor inat moar rsH-are drag-' ,-
gtng a little in view of the desperate
need of more school facilities. ,. :.:
It now begins to appear that unlet .
something Is done quickly that an-'
other school year will open next fall .
without the building completed.' .
CIGARETTE SMOKING 18
INCREASING AMONG GIRLS
Cigarette smoking among girl 14
and 15 years old, and especially among
girl employed In industrial plant. '
where they need all the nerve fore '
they have to withstand the strain of
the, machines, is Increasing at an
alarming rate, declared Dr. Clara
Selppel, assistant city' physician of
Chicago, at the fouteenth conference
of the Industrial physician and sur
geons. .,. ... .
"Society girls, who .have plenty' V
leisure, and can go to Palm Beach and
Atlanta City for rest and recuperation,
need not auffftr the breaking down of
their nervous system by thlt nerve
destroying hafcit." Dr. Selppel ex
plained, "but girls who re thut up in
shopt and confined to to many hour
work every day become nervous
wrecks from smoking cigarette. .
"It is not only confined to factory
girls. I have been In many hospital
where all he women nurse smoke. The
most alarming phrase of th situation ,
Is growing of the habit, among th ,
young girls."
, Dr. Selppel also said that the aban
donment of the corset hat not proved '
a benefit to girls, "for instead of hold
I u",ml,M l
ing themselves up and developing
i their abdominal muscles, so mnv of
them slouch down -and thus injur
their health." .... - '
Another Injurious practice she ex- '
plained, "is going to work without 'any
breakfast. .You don't find many boy
doing that" aha exclaims '
CDVCATION INCREASES
CHANCE FOR SUCCESS
Efficiency In any line with a person
of tsct Industry and Ingenuity 1
directly proportional tt the extent
and kind of education secured. It
has been found that boy with no
schooling ' have only 'one chanc la
160,000 of performing distinguished
service: with an elementary education
they have been found to have their
chances Increased four times: with a
nign school .. education eighty-seven
times: and. with a college education
eight hundred times the chanc of
those without schooling. . , ,,
Now. since efficiency and produo- '
Ing power of the individual Is great
ly increased by education of all kinds.
ea,eclally that secured In properly
equipped and conducted colleges, from '
th standpoint ot the State every en
couragement possible should be pro
vided y the. State for trnnlnlg Its
young men and women thoroughly
and In such manner as to beet prepare
them, for responsibilities of citizen
ship and the calling they are to fol
low. No money spent by the State
niay be expected to afford- greater
returns In a material Way, as wall as
In other respects, (han that wisely
spent In the training f It. youth t
meet the responsibilities of the special
vocation they are to fullow., ! It is
Just as Hert-sMHry to train men r,,r
th farm and shop as fur tts bar and
numir.