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1 'A -TODAY 1(3 PAGu V A CAROLINA HO&'.E NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAfi A?:0 .RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PR OMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. FOUNDED 1869. CHARLOTTE, N. C, .WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY NORTH CAROLINA 150,000,000 GOOD ROADS STATU Ml I i 111 till X i n i y. tS V jtiifjigul Overman forces. Agreement to Publish; the Testimony. JOHNSON NEGRO HONORED Democrats See, Signs of Trad in End of Llnney Row and - v Johnson's Promotion. ; BVH. E. C. BRYANT, WASHINGTON., June ll. Two , very Interesting things took place , hero today: , Klrat, Senator Overman forced the! v eub-committe of the aenata Judi clary commute considering - tha nomination, of Frank A. Unney to - agree to make public tha testimony taken tt the hearing last Friday, . Second. . Harry .Lincoln Johnesn. colored, who acted at peace-maker . and stopped, the negro Bant on Lin ney, wae nefnlnated for recorder -of . deed for (ha District of Columbia, a position he hold under the Taft administration. :, , - ,v. North Carolina: ..democrat are coupling the Unney row and the Johnson promotion. . They- aaaert hat It looka like ke conaummatlon ... tn a iraae. , .., Tble morning,' when the sub-corn mltiea met Senators Ernst and Cum mitta, the republican members pro ; posed to make favorable report on ths Unney , nomination. Senator Overman said thai .be bad no ob- , Jection to that Sal Insisted that the , testimony taken at the hearing be made public, ' Messrs, Ernst and Cummins aaw no necessity for this, ' but finally yielded, when Senator Borah, who at tha outset led the light against Unney, made tt known , that he demanded -the publication of toe statements made before the sub committee. Therefore, furihr ac tion waa delayed until the Hearings are firm ted and distributed among the members of tha Judiciary com mittee. Senator Overman made It plain that be had no desire or intention to oppose tha confirmation of Mr. Lin . ney but he tblnka that what waa said at (he hearing should be given out. Pro-Negro speech? It is understood that Mr. Unney mad quite a pro-negro speech to the 1 committee. He told of a force bill . that his father Introduced In Con- gross and boasted of hi own record la oeentftg enut tn Ingres.. Sjgh J hue l of curiotsty a ttbe """ Xxct language "of Mr.' Linnev' when he gave hut views on allowing the negro to vote, He aald he was opposed to 'illit erates" voting. Did he mean white and black Illiterate? That la the important question here In the last campaign in the state the republican organization took a bold and aggressive stand for white Voters. It insisted that "all white people, whether able to read and write or not." should be registered and permitted to vote. This waa the position of br. J. Ike Campbel, can didate against Representatives R. h. Doughton. National Committeeman Morehead, Candidate John J. Park er, and Chairman Unney, of the state tommittee. That w'ae the unani mous cry of the O. O. P. leaders In the state. But before the senate committee he announced that he I opposed to Illiterates voting. There is a question as to whether he said "Illiterates" or "illiterate whites and blacks." The testimony will make that clear. Mr. Unney told the com mittee that he waa not in favor of any discrimination aa between white people and negroes under the law. promised to prosecute anyone who violated tha law. His present posi tion would lay down the bare to the Illiterate negro or close them to the Illiterate white man. Democrats and republicans by agreement have permitted uneducat ed white men and women to vote. If Mr. Unney carries out his policy as announced before the senate com mittee the registration b-oks will have to be purged of the illiterate whites who voted In recent elections. Light on Many Question. The testimony will throw light on many Important questions In the Unnery hearing. A Winston-Salem negro testified that registrars would not register colored school teachers who had stood the tests. Then he appealed to David H. Blair, and Mr. Blair told him that he could not help him for. Mr. Unney had decided against the negro. It required some time to force this statement out of the witness. In the mountain counties many white men and women belong to the Illiterate clasg of voters. Eighty (CeaUaaed eo ( Tares.) SEEKING BETTER LAW ' ENFORCEMENT IN S. C. Attorney General and District Solicitor Vil Meet to Die cuss Their Problems. ' Special 'te The Observer. , COLUMBIA. June IS. For the purpose of consulting on the en forcement of la,w ' in South 1 Caro lina, Samuel Mt Wolfe, attorney general, will confer with the circuit solicitor of the state at the Jeffer son hotel tomorrow night, at which time he will be the host to them at a dinner. Practically all the 14 solicitors have signified their Inten tion of being present Mr. Wolfe believeslhat he and tlte other prosecuting officers of South Carolina ought to have the fullest understanding of the prob lems which confront them in the en forcement of the law through Judicial channels, and for tha rea son he Is holding .the conference, No set program has been com piled.' But several papers, on condi tions in the state will be read and there will' be a general discussion of conditions met by the solicitors throughout the state. BRITISH COAL STRIKE 'TO END NEXT MONDAY LONDON, June S-r(By tho Associated Pre.) The prolong ed stoppage In the coal ladostry win end Monday by settlement reached today when tb govern ment agreed to renew its offer of a sabaidy of ten million pounds sterling- to avert the hardHhlps of tha nest , three months because of ' hrwwsary wage redactions, thereby conceding the one condi tion required by the miners In Uie settlement reached yesterday be twees the miners and the mine owner. ' By the term of the new ar rangement wage baa la will come Into effect for Uie next 18 mouths, whereby the miners receive 20 per cent above' the pre-war scale of wage, with aa ed&Uonal share of profit on an- agreed percent aaw basis which will be regulated by the creation of a nationals! board and itrltt boards. t-. Motion of. Counsel to Bar Them From ' Service Overruled. Defense Has Challenge Right f to fall Back on; One Woman Tentatively Selected. CLEVELAND. June II. Women may help to decide the fat of Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber. charged with Plotting the aasaaslnation of her hua nd, Daniel V. Kaber, in their Lake wood home two years ago. In her trial for first degree murder which opened bare this morning, hsr at torneys iosi m - xneir enon . v oar women from the Jury. . ' A motion by Her attorneys te nave a eiecial venire of forty-two proa- pectiv Juror annulled because five women were among them,-, on the ground that constitutional right to sit on a Jury ha not bees extended to women, waa over ruled by Judge Maurice Bernon without argument by the state. A a result of the court's ruling. one woman. Mrs. Caro K. Burg, now sits 1a the Jury box tentatively. With her. when court adjoarned for the day, two men, Edwin L. Kord. a clerk, and Frank w, Evans, a rail road electrician. Thirteen talesmen bad beeh examined, tea.', being ex cused for having formed an opinion of the ease or other legal ground. Mrs. Burg ta tn only woman ex amined so. far, . , The fact? that en woman, now alt teouttvi-ly-ru (be Jvjryrtox-aAid Usat the ecurt ha ruled that womea are eligible to Jury service does not, however, mean that one or more of her own aex will actually participate in the deliberation of Mrs. Kaber' Her chief counrel, Francis W. Poullon,' haa declared that If necea- sary, he win use every one or. nut sixteen peremptory challenged te re move women from the Jury. Mn. Kaber waa brougnt Into court unaccompanied except by her coun-1 set and a Jail deputy. During the morning aension she sat beside her counsed with her eyes fixed steadily on the floor in front of her. Dirring the afternoon sesiiion Attorney Poul son had her move her seat Just be hind him. This put a target post between her and Mosea-Kaber, father of the murdered hutr.nd. Mrs. Ka- i ber Immediately shifted his seat so I he see her. Indicating that temporary Insan ity may he the principal defense of Mra Kaber, her counsel questioned prospective Jurors aa to their atti tude on such a plea and whether Ihey were prejudiced against such plea being made. Defense counsel alpb asked talesmen whether they would consider a recommendation for mercy in connection with a ver dict of firat degree murder. I:.dicatlng the defense'e objection to women Jurors was the clone oueatlonlng of Mrs. Burg by Attorney William J. Corrlgan. For half an hour he fired questions at the pros pective juror, demanding clear cue answers to all. Mrs. Burg answered all unhesitatingly and in a manner that would not disqualify her. Mr. Corrlgan grilled hir so severely that at the conclUHlon he asked her if She had any prejudice against him as counsel for Mrs. Kaber. ejhe replied that she had none.- Several thousand persona gathered in front of the courthouse and in the halls and corridori this morn ing hoping to gain admission to the court room or to obtain a ullmppe of Mrs. Kaber. Admission to the court room was by card. The court room w not more than thirty feet square. LIGHTNING CAUSES FIRE AT MOORESVILLE MILL Transformer Struck and Sta tion Burned Out; Fire Also Reaches Spinning Room., Rperlal to The Otxerrer. MOORESVILLE, June - J8. At 3:15 o'clock this afternoon during an electrical storm lightning struck the transformer station at the Dixie Cotton mill, In the northern part of town, doing many thousand' dol lars of damage. Not only was the machinery In the transformer sta tloit burned out, but the wood-work n Ih. Iiilli!1nir warn human In the second story of the mill. which is lined with spinning frames, huge motor was burned out and the room was soon filled with smoke and flames. However, the sprinkler system worked beautifully, together with a stream from a hose, thereby soon getting the flrd under control. The fire department was quickly on the; scene and with chemicals and water extinguished the btazing4rans former house. The mill was full of hands, all of whom escaped with out Injury, The mill men worked heroically and kept down the lire In the upper story. Considerable yarn was damaged by water, .reaching into the thou sands of dollars. The Dixie mill is owned by a company and Is under the direction of E. W. Brawley. president. Vi e-il irv.iv.' OIIE WITH OLD Friends Are Gratified byv Its -; First' Month's Record. TWELVE CASES ARE HEARD ' ' - ' ' ' 9 ' V Innovation Watched With Keen est Interest by Thousands of Business Men and Lawyers. CHICAGO, June 18. (By the As sociate Press.) The Brat Interna tional co art of commercial arbitra tion established In the United State,' toward which the Interest, of thou sands of trastneas men and lawyer ha been keenly directed, la now one month old and baa heard a total of IS cases. : , . ' Friend of the new "trade court" point with gratlftcetlon to the Srst month's record, more especially be cause of the strenuous opposition hirh' it ha encountered on the part' of certain clement of the bar and . the eatabliabed court of law. Thla uiiaennlsm aoranc from a feeling that the trade court cowstj-l- tated aa eacroacoment upon rightful domain. . The trad court, functioning a an arm of the local association of com merce, distribute Justice with much the same informality 'anddl rectnes that characUrixe' the tribunal of tribal daya. Wlth6ut the aid of "hear ye'" or uaimone, deposition or bailiff, the evidence la beard and the case decided. The litigant. uch a In on case were a manufacturer situated in VNew Tork and a retailer located In Chi cago, pursue their respective basl nease Just as If nothing unusual at all were happening, while the court, which Is 'ambulatory.'' gravitates between New Tork and Chicago gathering the testimony and. In the regular course of It business day, without pomp, render it decision, Trade Court- Legalised. The "trad court" was made pos sible officially by the state legisla ture after It had been advocated by the Chicago Credit Men's associa tion, the National Credit Men's asso ciation and Chief Justice Harry Ol- aon. ot the municipal court of Chi cago. , . The final test of It validity occur red later when a teat case waa ta ken te the supreme court through the activity of th Chicago assocla- tUm-H, eowvmewe and . a aoeialeA rulina resulted. f Advocate of the trade court point out neither party to controversy has had to appear as a witness in open court, bo important trade secrets have been paid out to attorneys, no obnoxious or harmful publicity has been incurred and the Verdict haa been rendered with the same dis patch that marks the daily decisions In the conference room of any well conducted business. Anything But Divorce. Any civil case now tried In the established courts of the United States, except a divorce action, may come before the trade court; the Supreme court of Illinois has sus tained its legality under the new ar bitration and awards act. and has de fined it authority aa extending to any question of fact aa distinguish ed from questions of law. Should a point of law be involved in a case, a law court may revise the decision. But the trade court also haa power which a court of. law has not; it may define the rights of both parties under a contract where no action haa ,yet accrued, even though a court of law could not en tertain an ordinary suit until dam age had accrued for breach or non fullfilment of contract; it may dis regard the letter of the law and de cide according to the equities o the parties should a mutual error tn the contract be found where ordinary court procedure would require filing of a bill In equity to enforce the contract. , The scope of the trade court Jurisdiction Is the wide world. A manufacturer In Liverpool who' has a tiff over a merchandise settlement with a tradesman In Hong Kong may have his case adjudicated in ChlcaRO although the merchandise did not even enter the United States. Merely the agreement of both parties to the action brings It before the trade court. The court manager, J. Kent Green, is the only paid employe, and (CetitlSard mi race rive.) 'HOPE CRENSHAW KILLED BY SHOCK AT ROCK HILL Entered Transformer House at the Arcade Cotton Mill Where He Was Employed." Special U The OUensr. - ROCK HILL, June 28. Hope Crenshaw. 19 years of age. was in stantly killed by electric shock at noon today when he entered tho transformer house at the Arcade cot ton mill. Crenshaw, who waa em ployed by the mill as motorman, had been engaged a his duties during the morning and the plant hd Just ahut down for the dinner hour when the accident occurred..!, The young man was not seen to .renter tho transformer houae, located near the main building, nor is it known why he went Inside. Superintendent Mc Ge was passing and heard the noise made when he fell to the floor, after the high voltage current had passed through his body, and rushing In found him dead. ' " The' young man is survived by his parepts, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cren shaw, one .s'ster, Miss Lottie Cren shaw, and two brothers, John and W. W. Crenshaw. All vef this city. He warn highly esteemed by his friends and associates and the news of the accident , cast a shadow of sadness over the' village. ' The remains will be taken to Lan caster, his old home, for Interment tomorrow, - New Republican Members Onfhe Brink of Revolt "--" ' "y'l ' ' , ' Mad Through and Through Because of Treatment Received at, Hands4 of Older Congressmen; Disappointed -Becaose of Siowness of Legislative JAill. ; BYH.E C. BkYANt. WASHINGTON, June X8. Repub lican leader of Congress, are con fronted with an Insurgent movement that may prove to ha the cloud the size of the hand that develop into a storm. Nearly 20 years ago a similar movement was started in the house. Now republican' members are mad through and through over tha treat ment they have received at the hand of the older member f their party. They will meet tomorrow and de mand, that the leader wake up and hurry through a constructive legisla tion program. , -; ,. fvw" ' ' ' "Nearly three month have passed and two of the most Important mat ters for which the Congress was call ed into special session, namely, re form In taxation and protective tariff, have not even been reported . from committee," they assert The people back home r dis satisfied with the way things are go ing here. Letters urging Congress to speed up are pouring in. Ninety-one of these Insurgents, led by Represen tative Ansorge, of New Tork. will Those Sdbmitted Not Satisfac tory to Judge or Lawycrs.v Public Service Company Now Making Changes in Decree Of feredby Southern i Power. ; redal Th Obsarrer. . GREENSBORO June 2f-Judg James E. Boyd' haa not signed Jt de-. cree carrying his Judgment; h the case of the North Carolina . Public Service company against sib South ern Power company. It begins to ap pear that the Judge will be put to thd necessity of writipg his own draff of th decree before one can be ' cured.-vi ' - f--' - ' Idseaedlatets; atv5herl5r'f the cad wa completed here it last Thursday afternoon Judge Boyd In structed the attorneys for the South ern Power company to prepare a de cree1 on lines outlined by him at that time and present It for his signature on Friday. The decree was presented Friday afternoon and proved unsatisfac tory. This morning wadset a the' date on which the decree would again be discussed. This morning came and the court ordered that the sttorneys come back this afternoon. They came and after about two hours of wrangling' and discussing the ease among themselves. Judge Boyd gave the North Carolina Pub lic Service company attorneys a copy of the proposed decree and In strutced them to make such changes and additions as they see fit and pre sent It to him gain tomorrow afteer noon. , The main bone of contention has been the claim of the North Caro lina Public Service company's at torneys that the facts in the case are not set forth in the decree as they actually were presented in the trial. Tonight the attorneys are working over the proposed decree and it is thought that the case will be disposed of tomorrow afternoon. WILL NOT RESIGN HIS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP a WASHINGTON, June 28. Henry Lincoln Johnson, a negro who was nominated by President Harding to day to be recorder of deeds, for the District of Columbia, win not resign as member of the republican nation al committee from Georgia to take the new position, he declared to night. Johmton held a similar position under President Taft. He expressed confidence tonight that his nomlnar tlon would not meet with undue op position in the senate. "My life Is an open book." he said. "The only reil enemiee I have wee made through my stand years ago In connection with the pressing of peonage charges, and this feeling has been largely dissipated by recent dis closures of conditions on Jasper county murder farm. It was due to my personal errorta tht Indictments were returned against James M. Smith, of Ogle thorpev Ga.. a millionaire farmer who later was candiate for gov ernor In the state primary." Johnson graduated at the Univer sity of Michigan in 1892 and soon afterwards was admitted to practice before the Georgia courts. He has taken an - active part In Georgia politics among his own race since his return to that state, " JAMES F. NALL HANGS HIMSELF IN GREENSBORO "' Chariot t Obetvr Bureau, GREENSBORO, June 28. James F. Nail, aged 31, a resident of White Oak mill village near this city, and said by relatives to have become mentally unbalanced following con tlnuat 111 health, committed suicide at an early hour this morning by hanging himself. "Jt large pine tree In the center of the trash dump of the village and close to the home of his brother with whdm he Jived, was the scene of the acti the, lifeless body being found swinging froma limb high In the tree by a whiteman who passed along the road at an early hour this morning. v tlU ULUIILL ILII1 LHIII UIIULI ILM IN POWER CISERACE RELATIONS take part in the meeting to urge more acUon and fewer word. Th new. republican say nothing ha been done of a constructive na tore except with on or two matters and they will meet tomorrow to try to get something done. s For several week there have been rumbling of serious trouble. It started when the new members found all the patronage had been gobbled up, as some of them said, by those who had been In Congress longest. They had promised Job to soma of their ."ward heeler" when they got to Washington, and some of them brought these men Here, oniy to And that the Job were all gone. Now they claim they have not even been .consulted. On top of thla they are chagrined because they can't seem to get through the maxe of par namentery red tape. (Every day they find themselves jociceyea on tne noor by some well equipped, parliamentary strategist. . A '' r The 'do-nothtflgism" of (he party I coming home te them in the from of protest from the country. New Committee Is Organized at Raleigh and Officials Named. . ' . " ... , Governor Morrison Honorary Chairman and W. L Po V teat Active Chairman. -." ;.: Chrlatt Observer Burtao. " . "i j Tarberoucli Bout ' ' - 'BY B. E. POWELL. v :,: JtALEIGH June 28. North Carolina's committee on inter-racial relation held Its organliatlon meet ing here .today, : selected officer, named special committee and - ad journed tbmeef Again- at the 'call J HOovrnori, Worrtaoj whe : caUdl ithe wieetingjr-wM absent at he wa"l BjUOTTTjeflorary cjMi3B,of the. iTZZ!. L - ,u,t.E.uu vrcenw ror Poteat of Waka.rw.wM-mdlffi acting chairman. W. N. Everett of Rockingham, is viae chairman, and J. 8. Hunter of Charlotte. Is execu tive secretary. The officers with Mrs. T. W. Bickett of Raleigh; H. R. Odom of Chapel Hill, Mre. T. W. Lingle of Davidson, G. C. Huntingdon Of Charlotte, and Trnf I V C VouHsiM r Talft, ed the executive committee. Re ports by those who have been fol lowing the work show the organ isation in 49 counties of local inter racial committees, the object of which Is to maintain and extend friendly relations between the races. r Two special committees were named. One to secure co-operation of the women's agencies Is compos ed of Mrs. 8yd ney p. Cooper, new president of the state federation of Women's clubs; Mrs. T. W. Lingle, Mrs. C. C. Hook, Mrs. W. A. New ell of Hickory, and. Mrs. T. W. Bickett. The other, to secure co operation, of the religious denomi nations, is composed of Dr. R. F. Campbell of Ashevllle; prof. W. A. Harper of Elon college, and Bishop T. C. Darst of Wilmington. N. C. Newbold of the state department of public instruction, will co-operate with the executive committee in me selection or tne negro state committee. ANDY MILES CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS WIFE Woman's Body Was Found in .Creek Near the Home With Three Bullet Wounds in It 1 hprciaJ to The Obwrrer.) WINSTON-SALEM. June 30 Andy Miles, aged S, was brought here early today from Allegheny county and lodged in Jail for safe keeping, being charged with shoot ing and kiling his wife Sunday rvlght at their home near Laurel Springs. Allegheny county. One of the older of five children reported the moth ers disappearance from home to some of the neighbors. An Investigation followed nnri tho body of the woman was found in a creeK a snort distance from the home, with three bullet wound in it. Miles and his wife having separated about three month ago, suspicion of fou- play was placed upon the husband, and a citizen got Miles in his automobile and delivered him to Sheriff J. B. Cmuse, wn0 brought the prisoner to this city. When questioned as to his guilt. Miles stated that he waa intoxicated Sunday and If he killed his wife he had no recollection of It. SIX BREWERIES IN NEW ORLEANS SEIZED BY q. S. . i ' ' , NEW ORLEANS, June 28. Gov ernment agent today . seized six breweries raided Saturday and form ally declared all the brewery property coin real, ana personal under gov ernment ownership, The seizure Is declared to be the largest made in the United States under the Vol stead act. - The breweries are charged With making and. selling beer which ex ceeded the alcoholic content per mitted by '.law. ' ..,'-':.' - Today's seizures , i included all buildings.- machinery, ' vats, trucks and other brewery accessories, - ss well" a the valuable, sites occupied by the :plsntc The. value of the property totals millions. of dollars. 300 DEB III CHflRLOnE FOR State Convention Opened Last Night; Full Program Today. COL OLIVER TO SPEAK Five J District Organizations Formed and Delegates; Judd Makes Annual Report! ; ' . ... , ) With additional dentist coming in on every train and by automobile, upward of 300 were in Charlotte laat night for the opening meeting of the NdHh Carolina, Dental so ciety' 47th annual convention, which waa held last night at the Selwyn hotel. . - Three sesaidhs. at 1:10. 2:30 and 8 o'clock, win be kjeld today, th lection of officer and selection of th next meeUng place coming up at the meeting tonight. Morning and afternoon aession will be held tomorrow; the convention coming to a close tomorrow afternoon. s . ..Following the "opening exercises last night, the dentist gathered Into flye .district meetings, under the new plan of organisation, elected officer and representative to the house of delegates, the orQaer of the district societies and Bve ,. representatives from each transacting practically an of tha business of the state society. The opening meeting last night wa called to order by President J. H. Judd, of Fayetteviile, the address of welcome having been delivered by Col T. L. Kirk Patrick, president of the Charlotte Chamber of. Com merce. He opened up the city to the visitor and expressed the desire that they will enjoy Hbeir-stay here. He also paid tribute to th work the dentist ef the state have done in re lieving; pain and suffering and also f the patriotlo and unselfish work done by them during the world war. President's Address. President J. H. Judd, in hi anr nual address, stressed preventive dentistry and hygiene. The past year have made It possible for den tists to spend more time in study and experimenting, ha said, those taking advantage of the opportunity having realised that many thing can be done by th average dentist that formerly were thought to belong; to the renin ,'.....,.. . ' r pr4. JttiAi recommended' that' 'th. secienr, worg , toward gutting " tews OOOg on DhVSiOlOSrV and hvffUne. Recommendatoln was made that the hygiene committee of the society Work with tbe superintendent of ed ucation in providing textbook In struction. Co-operation on the part of th new members, support of the ethics of the society and general Improve ment of the body was asked by Dr." Judd. who urged tnat all, in what ever work, make the slogan "Do it better." In his annual essay. Dr. R. M. Olive, Fayetteviile, essayist, also stressed dental hygiene and preven tive measures, the main thought now in both dentistry and medicine. Dr. Bland Honored. Dr. M. A. Bland, the only living charter member of the North Caro lina Dental society, at is organization meeting in Elizabeth City 47 years ago. was present last night and was' given quite an .ovation when hi name and his long dental -service was referred to, the membership standing In a body to do him honor. After the opening talks, the divis ion of the solely according to tho Ave divisions of the state waa mad. and officers and delegates elected. The officers and Ave delegates from eacn uistrict, making about 40 den tists in all, com Done the hnuu .-.t delegates, through which practically ,all of the business of the society, will be transacted. The house of delegates will hold Its first meeting this afternoon at 4 o clock and another meeting Thursday at 2 o'clock. The officers and delegates elected by each district at the meetings last night follow: Officer and Delegates. District No. 1. Dr. R. Ware Shelby, president; Dr. W. V Bell' Ashevllle, vice president; Dr.' R fl Edwards, Morganton. secretary treasurer; house of delegates: Dr Joseph Fulton, Ashevllle; Dr D e' McConnell. OastonLa; Dr. W ' b' Ramsey, Hickory; Dr. C. A. Pleue' Canton: Dr. C. D. Baird. Franklin' District No. 2 -Dr. W.'m. Robe": Charlotte, president; Dr. B. C Tuy lor, Landis, vice president; Dr. K O Click, Elkin, treasurer; Dr. J. d! (Continued m Pace Mva.) ue , CHARLOTTE MAN WANTED BY HIGH POINT POLICE Is Charged With False Pre tense ,jn Connection With Consumers Tire and Supply Company. Special ta Tha Observer. HIGH POINT, June 28. Sergaunt L. R. French, of the High Point police department, left this after noon for Charlotte to bring back1 to this city Harry K. Davis, prominent white mna, who was arrested yester day by the Mecklenburg authorities on a charge of false pretence. Davis is alleged to have falsely collected stock for the Consumer Tire and Supply company, a corporation re cently adjudged bankrupt.' He came to High Point in 1820, having been sent .here by the Char lotte company to establlah a branch house in this city, ' It is said that about 40 local - business men, who subscribed to stock In the company, lost considerable money. Warrant for the arrest Davis waa Issued by local authorities, following an Inves tigation by the North Carolina insur ance department.- He will bp tried here Thursday. ."..... . LABOR BOARD CUTS v OUT "TIME AND HALF ,. e ' ' . . CHICAGO, June . a Railway employes will be paid fOr all over, time work hi exceaa of eight hour daily at the pro-rate rate instead f receiving time and one-half, ander a temporary derision of the railroad labor hoard today. " The order, cfferUve July 1, ap plies to all employe except those who have reached agreement with the road regarding pay ment for overtime, or those, meetly tn the south, who are be ing paid time and one-hair after eight hour before federal con trol.'. . The ruling was made pending settlement of nnmerooa " dispute before the board, and if It la de cided later that the punitive rate for overtime la Justified, the road will be directed to pay back to employe the amount to be de ducted after July 1. .-'.'.'.. Guests of Dilworth Building Co. on Special Pullman Train. Gathered Along Seaboard From Hamlet to Monroe Club Wo 1 .men- Supper' Hostesses.; v '. BY MCK YOUNG. ' Chartering a special train made upof 10 Pullman cars and bring ing hundreds of passengers as pe etal guests, "without cost, is the pectaoular advertising stunt staged yesterday by the Dilworth . Build ing company of Charlotte, The Dilworth special pulled into the Seaboard passenger . station yesterday afternoon near 4 o'clock bearing 600 vtsltocs from Hamlet. Rockingham, LtlesvMe, -Wadesboro and Monroe, as the guests, of the realty company t view its property In Dilworth, --v- , v ,t, A. mammoth picnic dinner, pre pared by member of the Charlotte Woman's club, wa served in the big grove of the Dilworth com pany development., on Park road yesterday afternoon -at o'clock. One thousand plate were arranged on the long tables amid tbe trees. This morning the Dilworth com-1 pany wui serve ounet nresxiasx at the ? Mecklenburg hotel, for the Visitors. C-!They spent the iflght h Charlotte ui Pttllman car 'bertha. KSSeWlffiS? ' 4"S, iwere Unable r to .meet the tt$?"Aft&SL'!i jLLi tii :t Ihe w8t state c uie-Heaooar W mm -efivM'. BvMU7e ww at, she '-eons aanv. They hava soma' to" the'tty-smd wffl re-; turn home 'this afternoon an tn trip Will h absolutely tree. v.. The train which pulled Into the Seaboard yards yesterday waa de clared by the general agent of the Seaboard to be the longest train made up of Pullmans alone that ever entered Charlotte. The' special train left Hamlet yesterday morning near noon as the Charlotte concert band, engaged for the occasion, played lustily. This local musical organization wan on the Job throughout the trip play-. Ing at Rockingham. Lllesvllle. Wadesboro. Monroe and at the Charlotte station. Throngs of people crowded the streets in the towns where the train stopped. In Rockingham, the majority of the town must have been down at the station from the looks ot the crowd and the largest number of passengers csme from that fhnivlng little city. On the train It was a merry crowd. It was a unique experience. In fact It was one of the most audacious advertising schemes ever conceived and executed In Xorth Carolina. And the passengers, who had been Issued tickets gratis, were enjoying It. too. , The cars were loaded to capa city with prominent people from "down the Seaboard." All were coming to Charlotte as guests of the Dilworth Building company, which had conceived ' the Idea of boosting Its new suburban develop ment In Dilworth by bringing the hordes of visitors to Charlotte. Yet there was no land saJe. Simply the welcome to the visitor, who were escorted over the property. T. T. Cole, president of the com pany, was the .man who engineered the enterpritte. From start to fin ish he was chief host. At the picnic dinner yesterday afternoon he was (Continued oa I'aae Three.) J0 JO SAYS Local showers top" and probably! Thursday; . ; ''' ; . Be virtuous and vou will be happy, j even in the knowledge that you are getting ihe worst of the deal, - ; ' BIG .DEFICIT I, PUBLIC SCtlDQL FUHD OF STATE .. -..., .-;! ; .... J- ., ' " ' ' ' a "t- (."" Department Facet a Shorta;3 of $700,000 This Year. PROGRESS- IN SCHOOL: i More and Better Teachers a .(., Higher Salaries the Ceuue. M Reduced ' Valuations., - . Charlotte Obotrvor Bareaa, " ; , . ". Yarkorouvk Mot.l, j ' BT, R. . POWELL. RALEIGH, June IS. On the ev of the apportionment of the publi school fund among the several coun ties of the state. State Superintendent Brook has issued : from hut effloe a statement explaining Uie 1700, Oeo deficit "whloh the department faces this year, because "of (be- largo In crease m tbe number ' of eachers emplpyed and especially to the targe Increase; in the number of well quali fied teachers emptoyed.fJ."(';!i .'. No state In the union has made greater progress in one. year tba:i North Carolina , has, he points out, Uie state having climbed -ovet 14 other commonwealths in It spurt to ward the top of the educatlpnal lad der. Tnif progress has coat money, more money than the 'department thought It would when the estimates were made to the legislature, but tha deficit is looked nport as a state obli gation due Just aa quick as it can be paid. ' v'v... ,. 1- ' . North Carolina: In three year has multiplied her echool expenditures five times, Jumping from three mil lion (approximately . in -.ISIS to an estimated cost this- year of fifteen millions, i - Reduced t valuations, of real and personal property in many counties assessed the 11 cent rate is not going to produc -thei necessary money but the. constitutional six months mandatory ta superior and the schools wilt be run. In the mean time. Dr. Brocks 1 framing a line e( action which will be made ' public within a few days. His statement In full follows: i-- t - f - - v .v . teacher employed was 15.89i." Dr. teacher employed was 1S.093, "Dr. Brooks pointt out in his statement tn the papers, "But S,I0J Hr-t. U "per cent oths entire teaching prof" certiticah wh( u fjtraduatlon ttom a, standard flit, ii S04100I and afx weeks of protr? gtonal Ualtiins,.. . - "In l20-Il.ithe-lotaJJuumbtr teachers employed waa 17.52J, an in crease over the preVlou year of I, 130 teacheiK But the number of un- ?repared and untrained teacher ,S82 or forty-two and one half per cent of the .entire teaching profes sion. Within one year the number of unprepared teachers wa reduced by 13 per cent while the to:al num ber of teachers employed .was in creased by sbout ten per cent. "In If 10-20 the number of teach ers holding state trrtlflcate waa 7. 491. But in 120-21 the number was 10,141. showing an increase In no year of it per cent. In ltlt-20 the number of teacher holding the high est standard certificates, that' is, having as much aa two year of col lege training or H equivalent, was 2.348. In 1(20-21 the number of teachers of this claaa was 4.367 or an Increase of IS per rent. No state in the union has ever made greater progress In one year. ? The CauSc of TN Change. . .'. After giving his figures. Dr. Brooks then explains th -. cause of ; this change: "Over T.0O0 teacher went to echool laat summer front six to It weeks. Hundreds of teachers of the loWem claaa stepped teaching. .and., entered school last fall fpr the purpose of im proving their qualifications. , . "Patrons in many of the Counties declined te employ the unprepared teachers. As a reault several coun ties have entirely" eliminated this class of teacher.- There haa never been such an intelligent demand foi prepared teachers and th people arr willing to pay the price. By uslni local taxes or by private contrlbu tions loal committees have beet able to exceed the state salary ached uie and In a majority or tne counts perhaps they did exceed the stst salary schedule in order that- thr, might secure better ieacner.y . "The state salary schedule that of fered special Inducement to th well " (Contlna tw KIT.) ! . TEXTILE WORKERS AT; CONCORD HOLD MEETirr Addressed by Two Winstoi Salem Labor Leader VVh Explain Duty the Craft ' apodal to Th Oboorror. ' CONCORD, June U. W. T. BraN foW. editor of The Winston-Salem 1'rtion Newspaper, and Mr. Clodfet ler, an organizer in the R. J Rey nolds Tobacco company, addressed a gathering of local textile members at. No. 3 graded school Monday aft ernoon. The - two Winston-Salem men spoke in the place of Rev. W, L. Hutchlns. of Lexington, who had been scheduled to speak here, but who was unavoidably detained at his home.: .. .''':;"-'".'.'.' . ' The two Twin City labor leaders devoted the greater part of their speeches to an explanation of a union member's duty te his craft and a plea for sanity and respect, for th? law. Mr. Brafford pointed out thai the only way for a union to sue. ceed wa for every member to tl : bv his organization, and after o' lining th advantage of high . which, he said, helped every r hi a city, he advised local tx iptembers to avoid - bitterness . w! ft heir mill owner and bosses. t everything legitimate to get att 1 crease in .wagss, and to respsrt t: law at all tunes '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 29, 1921, edition 1
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