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Volume Xlll. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, June 30, 1922 One Section a No. 9
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P BROKEN
YEAR AND HOW
TO MEND IT
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Discission of Some of tho
Problems Presented in the
Coel Strike end Threatened
Shortege of this Necessity?
The Richest Coel Country
I in the World Cannot Get its
Own Coel.
.By GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Direc
tt, United States Geological Survey,
Vaahington, D. C.
The present lack of public anxiety
iver the coal situation is not at all
lovel. The popular feeling toward
Mai has always been a sort of Irish
rarlety of chills and fever. The av
irage citizen doesn't get thoroughly
tarmed up on the subject.
Yet disregard of unpleasant facts
lees not stave off disaster. Paralysis
?f industry and transportation on a
umuntry-wide scale is the natural
IWjpome of a coal shortage if carried
to the extreme that can not be many
reeks distant. Serious as the present
lituation is, however, there'erefun
iamental problems more insists ntfer
loulution than even the pending dif
ferences between employer and em
ployee. These basal problems affect
the whole coal indusrty to some de?
free but especially the bituminous
branch. Clear up the economics of
the business and a lasting settlement
of labor controversy would become a
possibility; leave these questions un
answered and industrial peace can not
be expected to survive the usual two^
year armistice
What coal producers and coal con
sumers alike need is reform of the
business rather than compromise be
tween parties to the controversy, and
in this reform it is absolutely essen
tial that the mine worker should co
operate with the mine opera
tor. Too long have the mine owners
treated the coal business as private
privilege and too long have the labor
leaders with no less monopolistic at
titude obstructed every move for un
derground efficiency and economy.
The people's coal costs too much be
cause of the mistaken idea that mine
owner and mine worker can continue
W fight over contracts and rules.
Cheaper coal and larger earnings will
come when engineering is emphasized
n^ore and bargaining less.
In terms of engineering, the coal
industry has a bad load factor; trans
lated into human relations, poorly
funtctioning mines mean poorly em
ployed miners. A longer working
year would seem at first glance, de
sirable to mine owner, mine worker,
and consumer alike. Why not get it.
? The trouble with our soft, coal
mines is not so much the broken year
as the broken month, *the broken
week, and even the broken day. The
running time is broken into small
pieces, for mine operation is not sim
ply seasonal, it is intermittent. I;>
that theoretical mine of the statisti
cian, the average mine of the country,
we find November a longer month
tan Jun.,by 25 per ct. and Jun. long
than Apr., by 10 per cent, and yet
the working time in a normal Novem
ber is only 19 to 21 days. And irreg
ularity creeps into the working week
and the working day, for Friday and
Saturday are noramlly shorter days
than Monday. Granted that the work
ers in other industries suffer the
handicap of seasonal unemployment,
our problem, and the national prob
lem just now, is the betterment of the
working time of coal mines, and espec
ially bituminous coal mines.
That average mine is located no
where in particular, and the average
working time by States and fields
?hows marked and significant differ
ences. The average year in the
Bouthern Appalachian region is a
fourth longer than the average year
in the Southern Appalachian region
is a fourth longer than the average
year in the Central Competitive Dis
trict. With 216 days as the average
year for the whole country we find a
27^ day average In New Mexico, 247
days fn Bahama, and 226 day. in
West Virginia, as against 202 days in
Missouri, 197 days in Illinois, and 192
lays in Oklahoma. For the soft coal
miner this is plainly not a land of
?qua] opportunity.
Markets, quality of coal, mine costs
(Continued on Page 8.)
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GREENSBORO
REPORT OF OR
PHAN^ HOME
Detailed Facts and Figures
Covering Activities of the
Children's Home at Greens
boro Prepared by the State
Superintendent. Heavy De^
mands Made on Orphanages
of North Carolina
To Our Friends?We hand you a
report covering operations for the
month of May, 1922. We take pleas
ure in stating that we have made final
liquidations of all outstanding ac
counts against the Society and there
are no obligations whatever, except
the current operating expenses. This
is a comfortable condition and we
hope to maintain the same from now
on. ?
We have been able to increase our
field supervision during the current
month as you will note the figures
show that our personal representative
has visited 67 foster homes. You
will also note an unusual increase in
the number of applications received
for children. We have recorded 291
separate homes offered within the last
thirty days. This enables us to be
very choice in our selection of foster
homes and will be reflected in a still
higher standard than ever. We have
been slightly overcrowded during the
month in our baby ward and were
forced to use boarding homes for four
infants.
We have sent one of our promising
gi$s to Cojlpge at Lees McRae Insti
tute at Banner Elk, N. C., the finan
cial arrangement for this being pro
vided by Mr. Joseph Taylor, Jr., of
Greeneboro, N. C. We hope to make
special arrangements for several more
of our larger girls who show promis
ing ambitions and to whom we wish to
give a proper education.
We have increased the efficiency of
our home supervision department by
arranging to equip the same with a
Ford car on July 1st. This will en
able our representative to remain in a
neighborhood sufficient length of time
to secure increased information. We
have heretofore been using public
conveyances and the autos of Super
intendents of Public Welfare. This
has not been satisfactory as the par
ties do not wish their cars to remain
out indefinite periods of time and our
representative is forced to make hur
ried visits and consequently short re
ports. This will entirely be over
come when we have our own means of
transportation.
The Superintendent contemplates
a visit to the National Child Welfare
Convention which will be held at
Providence, Rhode Island during the
month of June. During the good
weather of the summer months we
hope many of our Directors will visit
the receiving home, 624 Fairmont
street, Greensboro, N. C., and give us
the benefit of their advice. *
The health of the children and op
erating force has been good during
the month: Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. PHOENIX,
State Superintendent. I
STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH
New cases reported 43
Adjustments made by the Sup
erintendents of Public Wel
fare 8
Applications withdrawn 8
New homes offered for children..291
Homes accepted 25
Homes rejected ?. 18
Homes withdrawn by applicants. 42
Children received 25
Children placed ,24
Homes supervised by Superin
tendents of Public Welfare 21
Reports received from foster
parents 69
Homes supervised by personal
representative of the Society.. 67
Legal adoptions executed 14
Operations for adenoids 3
Children boarded out 4
Children withdrawn from homes
from homes not up to our
standard 1
Children in the Receiving Home
May SI, 1922 26
Children in College 1
?: 0
At the time of the Civil War only
three per cent of the population of
the United States lived in cities, while
today more than one-half are city
dwellers.
r DO IT NOW I
I If with pleasure you are viewing any work a man is doing,
If you like him or you love him; tell him now;
Don't withold your approbation 'til the parson makes oration
And he lies with snowey lilies o'er his brow.
For no matter how you shout it, he won'jt really care about it;
He won't know how many tear drops you have shed;
If you think some praise is due him, now*e the time to slip it to
For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead.
More than fame and more than money ia the comment kind and
The hearty, warm approval of a friend,
S For it gives to life a savor and it make* yon stronger, braver,
And it gives you heart and spirit to the end.
If he earns your praise?bestow it; if you like him?let him
ass Let the words of true encouragement be said;
Do not wait 'til life is over and he's underneath the colver,
cannot read
his tombstone '
eg * when he's dead.
IN HONOR OF MISS
EFFIE MAE HERRING
One of the moet original and de
lightful of the many pre-nuptial af
fairs honoring Miss Effie Mae Herring
whose marriage to Mr. Rupert Jerni
gan will take place Thursday evening
in Aulander, was the picnic shower
given by the younger set at Colerain
Monday afternoon.
After a swim in the river the party
spread a most delicious lunch on the
beach and presented Mr. Jernigan
with a handsome swimming bag con
taining many useful and lovely gifts.
The gifts were presented with the
following clever letter:
Once
Upon a time
There was a Bride,
And the Bride had friends
Who wanted to do something
Awfully nice for her.
So they,
The friends,
Powdered their noses,
And chewed their nails,
And fluffed up their bobbed hair,
And tried to get some
Practical use
Of what they had in their heads
After so long a time?
Results.
It was raining this particular day
And the name of the results
Was inspired by the obvious?
A shower,
There.
But every Bride
Has a Groom. ,
Not the kind that
Is chambermaid
To hdVses,
But a Bridegroom,
And that is quite different.
Even so
He has small reason
For ever considering
Himself important,
Except-er
For the purpose
Of buying the flowers
And tipping the preacher.
Therefore,
Be it Resolved,
That we the Herein Mentioned, ?
Zu, Roy,
Ichabod,
Hal, Joe,
Joyce and Nod, ' \
Nigon,
Wayland,
Bailie,
Ruth and Mitch,
Freddie,
Tina and Jack,
Ruby and Young Myers,
And a few others, it is hoped,
Have discovered our Hearts
To the Groom
mis time,.
So
Here's to 'Pert and his Bride,
Long life.
Love,
And Hapinese.
Mrs. Freddie Burden Fuller honor
ed Mies Effle Mae Herring, a charming
bride-elect of Aulander, with a de
lightful and elaborate fire o'clock tea
last Thursday evening.- The menu
consisted of frosen connsomme, cold
fried chicken a la Maryland, escal
loped macroni, lettuce salad, iced tea,
pickles, pip a la Mode, au cafe, and
THREE WOMEN HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
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The following account of an auto
mobile accident in Norfolk appeared
in the Ledger-Dispatch of Mflnday.
Three women were injured aa a
result of an automobile collision Sun
day morning about 11:45 o'clock at
the intersection of Church and Gran
by streets at the south entrance of
Lafayette Park. The injured were
Mrs. ft. A. Zambelli, 4215 Myers ave
nue; Mrs. Edith Heck 4218 Myers
avenue, and Mrs. Julian Thomas, of
Ahoskie, N. C. Injuries of none of
the victims are regarded as serious.
W. A. Zambelli, operating an auto
! bile belonging to Baldwin Myers, was
driving south in Granby street. In
! the car with him were his wife and
; Mrs. Heck, a neighbor. D. L.
1 Thomas, of Ahoskie, N. C., was driv
ing north in Granby street. Other
occupants of his car were his wife and
! Mr. and Mrs. Julian Thomas. The
; North Carolinian's car is said to have
struck the right fender of the machine
driven by Zambelli, jamming jt
i against the curbing.
Mrs. Zambelli was thrown from
the front seat to the pavement and
Mrs. Julian Thomas was -injured by
flying glass. Mrs. Heck sustained
, bruises. Mrs. Zambelli and Mrs.
Heck were taken to St. Vincent's Hos
pital by Detective Leon Nowitsky.
Mrs. Thomas was attended by a pri
vate physician.
Following the accident Thomas and
Zambelli swore out counter warrants
against each other, each accusing the
other of recklessly operating an auto
mobile. Hearing in the cases will be
held in Police Court this morining.
The ease , above was called to trial
as scheduled in police court Monday
morning, and was then continued un
til July 7th.
A
! YE SCRIBE AND
YE PHARISEES
The following was included in the
"Pity Paragraphs" in the Wilmington
Star Monday. If we thought it
would work again we should be tempt
ed to try it:
"The editor of a small town news
paper recently published this squib:'
" 'If a certain prominent business
man in this town doesn't stop hug
ging his stenographer?we will pub
lish his name in this paper.'
"The next day 37 prominent citi
zens called and paid their subscrip
tion five years in advance; he received
37 columns of new advertising to run
indefinitely, and was told 37 times
that a man oughtn't to beliaye every
rutupr his hears."
A
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A radio telephone at each of the 70
table* of a San Francisco hotel enab
les the diner* to listen to one of sev
eral concerts that are broadcasted
daily. Diners now eat while listening
and the hotels of the city are making
preparations to have wireless phones
installed in their guest rooms.
cheese and crackers.
Those enjoying Mrs. Fuller's hoe
Herring, Miss Ruth Lessiter, Miss
pitality were, the honor guest Miss
Vivian Lessiter, Messrs. Rupert Jerni
gen, Joe Carrot. Roy Holloman, and
Milton Burden.
STATE NEWS IN DIGEST COM
PILED FOR READERS OF THE
HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia, headquarters
in Raleigh, has announced the success
ful negotiation of a loan of $30,000
000 from the War Finance Corpora
tion. The proceeds from this loan
will be used to make advances on the
coming tobacco crop by the Coopera
tive Association. The loan is secur
ed by the tobacco farmers in the three
states named above who contracted
to deliver all their tobacco for the
next live years to the Association.
Home grown watermelons are re
ported as being on sale in Robeson
connty.
R. T. Howerton, Sr., one of the
State's most prominent Baptist lay
men, dropped dead while lecturing be
fore the Baraca Class Sunday school
in Durham Sunday.
With only a few more days left, the
Secretary of State, Raleigh, reports
that hardly one-half of the old auto
mobile licenses expiring, have been
renewed. Either the office will be
swamped at the last minute or many
people will be delinquent this year.
Citisens of Rocky Mount have been
suffering from burglars during the
past week. Numerous residences and
one office have been entered. The
amount of the hauls obtained by the
thieves so far has been relatively
small. Their idenity Jias not been
learned.
Miss Ethel Parker, candidate for
the Legislature from Gates county,
has challenged the opposing candidate
to meet her in a series ol joint de
bates. Mr. Simpson, the opposing
candidate, evidently has had previous
experience in joint debates with ladies
for he has declined the invitation.
A truck driven by Elijah Dunn, col
ored, near Kinston Saturday, left the
roadway and collided with a horse
drawn vehicle parked in the yard of
a home. The collision resulted in the
death of James Hill, age 12 and per
haps fatally injured Mrs. Julia Ann
Smith and a one-year old infant. The
negro claims that the steering gear
broke but reports are that he was
drinking at an excessive rate of speed.
The truck was loaded with colored
laborers, several of whom were also
injured. Feeling ran so high against
Dunn on account of the accident that
he requested the authorities to put
him in jail which they did.
A most unusual occurrence is re
ported from Kinston. It seems that
burglars made vigorous attempts to
rob the printing office of George
Wells located in that city. Their
efforts were unsuccessful as was evi
denced by marks of crowbars and
other instruments on the two doors
of the place. The owner of the place
stated that the miscreants missed no
fortune on account of their failure.
J. D. Hyatt, age 76, a well known
planter and a Confederate veteran, of
Polkton, N. C., died in the Memorial
Hospital in Richmond Sunday as a
result of a paralytic stroke suffered
while attending the Confederate
reunion. i
A motor road to the summit of
Mount Mitchell in the western part of
this state, has just been completed.
The highway is 22 miles long and has
an average grade of 3 1-2 per cent, is
built of cinders and cost $150,000.
Mount Mitchell is the highest peak
east of the Rocky Mountains.
John Lamson, age 28 of Raleigh
was drowned Sunday at Lasaiters near
Raleigh. It is supposed that he was
sie'zed with cramps and went down
before being able to call for help. No
one was near the young man when the
accident occurred and he was not
missed until nearly 12 hours after the
accident and his body was not recover
ed until the next day.
Employment activities in North
Carolina are reported as continuing to
improve, in fact there is an urgent
demand for skilled and unskilled
labor. During the past week the six
offices maintained by the Employment
Bureau have been swamped with ap
plications from students out of school
for the summer months. Many have
been placed but this class has more
difficulty in obtaining work. Wil
mington appears to have been the
best city for a man out of wotfc dur
ing the past week
A special term of Superior Court
is being held in Hertford for the trial
of both civil and criminal cases. The
most important case to be tried is
that of the State vs. H. C. Sullivan,
former cashier nf th? P?w?i?w W?-v?
and Trust Co., for an alleged short
age in his accounts of about 160,000.
The shortage was discovered during
February and resulted in the wreck
ing of the bank.
Unable to swim, Balph Icard, 17
years old, stepped into water over
his head in the Catawba river near
Hickory, N. C., Sunday, and was
drowned. His body was not recov
ered.
The city of Greensboro has just
negotiated the sale of a bond issue
totaling the sum of f 1,000,000. The
proceeds of the bonds will be used for
school purposes, sewers, and street
improvements.
The Methodist Orphanage at Ral
eigh has taken steps involving the
expenditure of the sum of $200,000
for three new dormitories, an indus
trial building and other enlargements
and improvements.
Early curing of tobacco is in pro
gress in the eastern belt In a few
days curing Area will be built ia
many barns, and a large part of the
crop will be ready before the middle
of July. The heavy rains of the pest
three months have hastened the crop
to maturity at the expense of quali
ty. This is the report from Greene,
Lenoir, Jones and Duplin counties.
The Goldsboro Tobacco market will
open for the season on August 8th.
A month earlier than it has been in the
habit of opening. The Wayne ware
house, D. F. Currin, proprietor, and
one other warehouse will be run as
independent warehouses, the Liberty
and Planters will be used by the Co
operative Growers Association.
David Blair, the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue at Washington, D.
C., appointed from North Carolina,
continues to be the center of attrac
tion and activity on the part of num
erous Republicans who would like to
have his job themselves or help some
other Republican to their liking get
it. However, in spite of all the
charges and verbal assaults, Mr. Blur
continues on his smiling Vay and
promises to disappoint them all.
It appears that the case against
Captain Coleman of the British ship,
"Messenger of Peace" is not over yet.
It will be remembered that the master
of this ship was arrested while with
his ship at New Bern about two
months ago, being charged with con
spiring to violate the prohibition law
by landing the large cargo of liquor
in his charge. The ship was tied up
and the captain sentenced to serve
several months inethe local Jail at
that place. It now appears that a
large part of the "evidence" in the
case has mysteriously disappeared afid
thqye is talk of prosecuting some of
the witnesses against the captain on
charges of selling the liquor.
The figures now show that the
counties of Northeastern North Caro
lina have received nearly $1,000,000
for the irish potato crop this year.
From Elizabeth City it is estimated
that the total shipments will reach
1,200 cars or 250,000 barrels.
Charles Allen, a yong white man of
Guilford County broke a record in
court last week when he was arrested
on a charge of stealing an automobile.
He was arrested, tried and sentenced
to four years imprisonment within
twenty-four hours.
As a result of the heavy rains, E.
G. Flannigan and the American To
bacco Co., suffered a heavy loss in
Greenville last week. An excessive
amount of water around the brick
pillars of a storage warehouse caused
the pillars to crumble, this lowered
the floor and caused the roof to fall
in, thus damaging some 500 hogsheads
of tobacco.
Of an enrollment of nearly 1,200
students up to this time at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, for the summer school session;
900 or more are women students.
The majority are of this number be
ing new public school teachers or pre
paring to teach. The remaining few
hundred are young men, some irrad
uate students studying special fields
of work and some making up work.
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