ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
IPITTSBORO ONE
I FAVORED TOWNS
I >iiss Binzel. Nationally Known
Lecturer, Coming to North
Carolina Under the Aus
pices of the State P-T. A. to
Visit Pittsboro.
| ONE OF THETWELVE
favored N.C. TOWNS
ft', rental Education and Men
tal Health of Children the
Topic of Her Addresses;
Highly Praised in Every
I Section of the Country.
I
Pittsboro should consider itself j
■fortunate in being selected as one j
ft t - t he twelve towns in the state;
K: w hich Miss Alma Binzel, a lady
Ex national distinction, will speak!
■hen she comes to North Carolina |
Ender the auspices of the State- j
Bparent-laecher Association in the
■ear future.
f Mr. Livers, director of the Exten-
Eion Division of the North Caro
■ra Coliege for Women, writes
■f,. s p, G. Shannonhouse, vice-
Eresident of the State P.-T. Asso-!
in part, as follows, after
■xoressing her gratification that
ftottsboro will welcome the disting
uished guest:
■ “We are looking forward with j
interest to the visit of Miss ,
■Alma Binzel to our state. We are
■oping that it will mean much for 1
■n? children in giving the parents
Kr.d the P-T.A. groups wise coun
ftiL
I "We are planning to place Miss
■bnzel in twelve of the North Caro
■na towns. She will give one for
■ial address in each place, perhaps
■i talk, and will hold some conferen
■es. The agreement with her ■
■alls for that much. If she cares
■> give some ‘courtesy’ extra talks
■nat will be done by your special
■rrangement with her.”
I “In the years since 1918 when |
■liss Binzel first addressed the
Home Economics Asso
ciation on Making More Children
■vurth While, she has become a na- j
■lonally known leader in programs !
■f parental education and the men- 1
health of children.
I That first appearance in Chicago j
■ecipitated an ovation, the echoes
■vhich are still ringing. In quick i
she was called to the:
■Diversity of Minnesota, the New !
State College of Agriculture j
■ Cornell L niversity, the lowa
■ate College at Ames, the Univer- j
Bty of Chicago, the Second Nation- ;
&1 Summer school at the Utah State j
E'd e S e °* Agriculture, and the j
■niversity of California to give j
■her her original course on Child
Element in the home or its two i
successors. Parental Education and
■e Mental Health of the family.
■ and state organizations, !
■ numert-us to mention, have pro- J
E;-(l ber a star speaker for!
/ lr annual convention. She has!
chilled their anticipita
u n s Clubs are showing an j
■reasing interest in the move-!
E: '^' ss binzel represents.
1 . ' j!nzc i being brought to ;
; ro b T the Pittsboro P-T. A. j
ore at 8 o’clock in the j
torium on March thel
b^ me mber the date, As she {
Priced in only twelve North '
1 Wwns, we are very fortu- i
having her. Come to Pitts- J
- Uunybody invited. Admsi I
tree.
of Miss Binzel’s ad-
Parents and Well l
§E " n - ’ She comes to [
011 the 11th of March. The !
A. feels that Miss!
s is an event of
m ' J< 1 *" UnCe Others,
u hers and others who
'j 1 . t j Ur unc ierstanding of the
K Mgi . i;tlc ant movements of the
following excerpts
m t ‘“ rnm endations of the lady
° Jnvince one °f the im-
E) °f the event:
| father put it thus at
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The Chatham Record
Elizabeth City Boy
Held For Kidnapping
Charges Will Be Pressed Against
Edward Layden Girl Lured
Away by Deception
Elizabeth City, Feb. 26—Edward
Layden, 18, was at liberty under
$3,000 bond tonight following hear
ing before Justice Darden, of
Hertford, on charges of kidnap
ping pretty 15-year-old Margaret
Campbell on Sunday night Feb- 13.
The court held that evidence
showed the girl was decoyed from
her home by deception. She testi
fied that she thought Layden was
taking her away to be married in
Virginia.
The girl’s father, J. R. Campbell,
announced on the girl’s return here
last Friday, he would not prose
cute Layden but subsequent dis
closure which the girl later made
i to her mother led to a decision to
take the case to court with original
warrants amended to include ad
ditional charges, Mr. Campbell said.
Action against Frank Kelly,com
panion of Layden, was dismissed
over vigorious protest of state
ccunsel.
HOPE 1000
FISHERMEN SAFE
!
150 Fishing Vessels In Danger
in Arctic Storm Off The
Alaska Coast
i
1 Seward, Alaska., Feb. 26—Hope
for the safety of the 1,000 fisher- |
men aboard 150 vessels of the‘
North Pacific Halibut fleet who \
were imperilled when a furious sub-
Arctic storm, overtook them in the
Gulf of Alaska last night, grew
today when the weather began to
moderate.
The violence of the gale and the
blizzard which accompanied it gave '
rise to the fear that many of the J
vessels might never reach port,but
improved weather conditions today
was regarded by navigators as in
i suring the safety of the fleet.
Many small coves and harbors
have been used by the fisheren
in weathering past storms and it
was believed many had escaped to
safety havens.
A week or more may elapse be
fore the actual toll of the storm is
revealed as many of the vessels
may continue operations in the
fishing banks 200 miles off shore
i when the gale has subsided with
j out returning to Edward or other
inhabited sections.
I No communication with the fish
j ing fleet was possible as most of
the boasts are small and carry no
transmitting wireless. The storm
; was so severe that the passenger
liner Admiral Watson had to leave
the inner harbor at Seward and
j seek safety in the open water. The
mail and passenger steamer was
! swept to within 50 feet of shore.
Three galebattered boats have ar
rived here after a run through
i mountainous waves.
In seeking shelter in the num
erous coves, the fishing boats faced
the danger of being dashed
against the rocks. The halibut in
; dustry is at a standstill and no re
j sumption is expected until the
! storm has completely abated.
:
; TAR HEEL VICTIM
OF ATLANTA CROOK
Atlanta, Feb. 26—R. D. Foster,
I of Micro, N. C., cautioned upon his
! arrival here to beware of thieves,
! today was wishing he had taken j
the warning so seroiusly.
Foster told officers he was met
iat the. depot yesterday by two
! strangers, who told him that
| thieves were extraordinarily en
! terprising here. One offered, how
ever,to take care of both Foster’s
and his companion’s pocketbooks
while they took a stroll.
A short walk about the street
brought Foster back to the start
ing point. The one who had be
friended him was gone and with
them went S3OO of Foster’s money.
tyActoydwa
Never marry a poor girl who has
been raised like a rich one.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1927.
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Dr. Butler *st DEBATE lev Sen. Borah I
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The nation at large, Republican leaders in particular, will watch
with interest the reaction of sentiment following the debate between
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and Senator William A. Borah at Boston
April 8 on Prohibition enforcement. Dr. Butler’s recent statements
about President Coolidge’s third term hopes; the importance of facing
the wet and. dry issue; and things in general about his party, brought
Senator Borah into the picture, with a challenge for debate.
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ANTI KLAN BILL
BECOMES LAW
Passes Senate Unanimously,
And House With One Neg
! ative Vote, Later Changed
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Raleigh, Feb. 26—The house ju
diciary committeemen unanimously
late today voted a favorable report
on the unmasking bill of Senator
Rivers Johnson, of Duplin county.
Committee vote followed an
hour’s hearing on the measure
which had been passed unanimous
ly by the senate. Representative
; Austin, of Ashe county, cast the
sole negative vote but later chang
ed at conclusion of the committee’s
session.
Hearing was a public one in the
house chamber and arguments were
almost solely confined to affairs of
the Ku Klux Klan.
M. L. Godwin, of Dunn, former
congressman, led opposition against
the bill. He asked for postpone
ment, reviewed defeat of a bill in
1923 and 1925, said official records
showed but two klaverns, Raleigh
and Henderson had surrendered
their charters of the 88 klaverns in
the state; that to pass the bill at
this time would be acting in face of
a crisis occasioned by recent resig
nation of Judge Henry A, Grady,
of Clinton, as grand dragon of the
state realm.
Leading debate in favor of the
bill was Senator Johnson, himself,
who said of the 7,000 klansmen in,
the state, 2,000 wished to break <
from the national organization, to
lay aside their masks and robes
and concealed identity, to bring
back protection of personal liberty
to North Carolina.
H. L. Godwin, announcing that
he was a klansman and an attorney
representing the Knights of the
, Ku Klux Klan, requested postpone
i ment.
He said the klan was without a
head in the state and that he
thought the order should be given
a chance to organize and to pre
sent their claims.
Senator Johnson asked for imme
diate decision. He said the order
had a head, Morgan Belser, in
this state from noon today.
W. C. Moreland, representative
of the Order of Moose, spoke
against the bill. Nat Townsend
asked him if he could object to an
amendment exempting the Moose.
Moerland acquiesced and sat down.
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Proposed Home Re
tired School Teachers
To Be Establish By National Edu
cation Board, According to An
nouncement of Directors
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 26—Homes
for retired school teachers are to
be established by the National Edu
cation association in accordance
with a decision of the association’s
directors meeting here today in
conjunction with the convention of
the department of superintendence
of the body.
The directors at a meeting pre
sided over by Francis G. Blair of !
Springfield, 111., president of the j
association, voted to authorize the j
trustees of the organization to ac
cept unconditional bequests land
gifts to purchase sites, erect build
ings, establish endowments and
create a maintenance fund, as the
first step in a movement which
has been the dream of educators for j
many years.
A resolution was passed provid
ing for the establishment of a
trust fund to build and maintain
the homes. The fund is to be known
as the Olive M. Jones fund in hon
or of Miss Olive M. Jones, of New
York, past president of the Nation
al Education association, who start
ed the movement for teachers’
homes four years ago. The amount
of the fund was not determined.
Whether there would be homes
established throughout the country
or only one large national home is
yet to be decided. Some directors
suggested that there should be a
teachers’ home in each state. Miss
.Jones said she would like to see the
first home established near Wash
ington, D. C., which is the national
head-quarters of the association.
It was stated that 20 acres in
Florida already had been offered
for one of the homes, and that
many gifts of money and land
would be forthcoming as soon as
the machinery for launching the
movement is completed. A board
of managers for the venture under
control of the directors is to be
appointed later.
Since the directors can finally
determine su,ch matters without
vote of the national association, it
is considered that the establish
ment of such homes already is a
certainty.
By the time most of us find our
selves with money to invest the bar
gains are gone, and when the bar
gains are back on the counter we
have no money.
I COURT DECISION
AGAINST KLAN
Kansas Law Is Upheld By Su- j
preme Court, Forbidding
Klan to Operate Without
Permission
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Washington, Feb. 25—The Ku
Klux klan today lost in the supreme
court its claim of the right to car- I
ry on activities in any state with-1
out obtaining permission from the
state.
The question reached the court |
| frem Kansas in an appeal by the j
j Georgia Klan corporation which |
sought to conduct its activities |
there without obtaining permission |
as required by the Kansas law re- !
lating to corporations organized in j
other states.
Questioning of John S. Dean,
counsel for the klan, by the mem
bers of the court during his argu
ment was followed by Chief Justice
Taft’s annuncement that the coun
sel for the state would not have
to be heard as the court was
without jurisdiction in the case.
An order giving effect to the
court’s decision to dismiss the ap
peal will shortly be announced,prob
ably Monday.
In opening his argument Mr.
Dean emphasized the importance of
the controversy from the view
point of the Ku Klux klan and de
clared that it wanted to contest
the right of any state to exclude
it as a foreign corporation. He
asserted that every citizen and cor
poration of the United States had
that right under the federal con
stitution. 'i
Members of the court declined to
agree with him and expressed their
views to the contrary. These were
summarized by Justice Mcßeynolds,
who demanded that Dean state the
grounds for claiming such a right.
He replied that every corporation,
including the klan, was guaranteed
by the federal constitution rights
of free speech, a free press and to
conduct propaganda. Chief Justice
Taft then interjected that no cor
poration had the right to go into
a state withut its permission un
less engaged in interstate com
merce, Dean however, * contended
that the klan was engaged in such
commerce.
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Determination in a friend may
look like bullheadedness in an en
emy, and self-respect in a friend
may appear as conceit in one not
so loved. .
Kinston Ready To
Redeem Its Club
Directors Will Be Asked at Norfolk
Meeting to Return Franchise
To Kinston
Kinston—Stockholders in the new
Kinston community baseball asso
ciation perfected organization and
elected directors. Hundreds of
shares of non-assable stock were
sold at $lO a share. Fans of all
I classes subscribed, many being in
the one-share class. It was stated
that the association would enter
the season with a SIO,OOO fund and
other valuable assets if the Vir
ginia league directors see fit to re
store Kinston’s franchise at a meet
ing in Norfolk, Va.
The other assets would include
the players, equipment and ground
of the defunct Kinston Baseball
club, which threw up the sponge
two weeks or more ago after two
seasons during which it incurred
heavy financial losses.
TWO AVIATORS
FALL TO DEATH
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Breadful Tragedy Witnessed
by Crowd Gathered to Watch
American Aviators Land
Buenos Aires, Feb. 26—Death
came today to two members of the
United States army flight squadron
just at the end of the first half of
their good will visit to the Ameri
cans.
Captain Clifton F. Woolsey of
Michigan, pilot of the Detroit, and
the squadron’s maintenance offi
cer, and Lieutenant John W. Ben
j ton, of California, the relief pilot
[ and youngest of the aviators, were
i killed when the New York and De
! troit collided in the air and crash
ed to the earth.
Major Herbert A. Dargue, flight
commander and pilot of the New
York,the flagship of the .squadron,,
and Lieutenant Ennie O. White- 1
head, his relief pilot, jumped from
; their machine and were landed by
! parachutes safely.
Flying in close formation over
the Palomer field, a few miles from
I Buenos Aires, the Detroit slipped
j down upon the New York when the
j signal was given to break forma
! tion for landing purposes.
[ The wings of the two planes be
[ came entangled and they went in
j to a spin together, the Detroit tak
: ing fire. The other two planes,
the St Louis, and San Francisco,
proceeded to the landing place.
Major Dargue and Lieut. White
head succeeded in leaping from
their plane, but, according to Capt.
Eaker, of the San Francisco, Lieut.
Benton was thrown free and was
killed by the fall. An early version
had it that Benton was burned to
death when the Detroit came down
in flames.
Commander Dargue announced
later that the flight would be con
tinued by the two undamaged ma
chines, the fifth plane, the San
Antonio, having only reached I
Couimbo, Chile, today.
The bodies of the two valiant;
men were taken to an emergency
hospital and later brought to Buen
os Aires.
COOPER RELEASED UPON
BOND FROM THE PEN
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25—Thomas
E. Cooper, Wilmington, N. C., bank
er whose sentence of three years
for violation of the national bank
ing act in connection with the fail
ure of a Wilmington bank recently
was commuted by President Cool
idge,was released from the federal
penitentiary here late today.
He also is wanted in North Caro
lina to serve a state sentence in the
same case and his release was or
dered after local federal authorities
had been informed that bond had
been made in that state for his ap
pearance.
Previously it had been announc
ed that he would be arrested im
mediately upon his release and
turned over to officers of that
state. Cooper was believed to have
left immediately for North Caro
lina.
MNARY HAUGEN
BHJ IS VETOED
Farm Relief Measure Is Dis
approved by President; Gives
Reasons for His Veto
Washington, Feb. 25. —The Mc-
Nary-Haugen farm relief bill, the
product of western Republicans
and southern Democrats, was con
signed to the waste basket today
by presidential veto.
With it died all hope of general
farm legislation at this session of
Conggress. The senate will vote to
morrow on the question of overrid
ing the veto, but the process will
be merely a gesture. No one ex
pects the bill to muster the two
i thirds now necessary for passage.
, What its supporters do expect
is that the roll call will give notice
to the White House that they have
not surrendered, but are prepared
to accept the issue. A new battle
over a McNary-Haugen bill is pro
mised when Congress meets again
next December, and political lead
. ers on both sides are prepared t#
see the contest carried over into the
1928 campaign.
President Coolidge took his stand
against the bill in unequivocal fash
ion. In a long veto message dis
secting the measure he declared it
an “economic folly” to attempt t*
regulate farm surpluses by levy
ing an equalization fee on basic
farm commodities; pronounced the
proposal discriminatory because it
did not apply to all farm products;
and said in plain terms that it was
a scheme for price-fixing that
would not benefit the farmer. For
good measure, he sent along to -
the capitol an opinion by Attorney
General Sargent, declaring the bill
| unconstitutional in its vital pro
j visions.
As an alternative, to meet an
agricultural condition which he
conceded to be unsatisfactory, the
President renewed his recommen
i dation for passage of other plans
I proposed in Congress for the recov
ery of agriculture.
He declared these programs “of
fer pormise of sound assistance to
the farmers without these uncon
stitutionalities, invasions of execu
tive authority, this contrasting with
pack ers and flour millers and oth
er manufacturers, this overpro
duction with its inflation and in
evitable crash, without this in
direct price fixing, buying and sell
ing, this creation of huge bureau
cracies,” involved in the McNary-
Haugen measure.
While stating that many other
reasons existed why the measure
ought not to be approved, the
President said the most decisive
one was that it was unconstitution
al. He also pointed out that the
bill singled out cotton, corn, rice,
swine,‘'tobacco and wheat “for spe
cial favors” at the expense of other
farm products, and contended that
it was “for certain groups of farm
ers in certain sections of the coun
try.
“The measure discriminates
| definitely against products which
! make up what is universally con
sidered a program of safe farming”
he said, “can it be thought that
such legislation could have the
sanction of the rank and file of the
nation's farmers?”
At another point in his message
the President said it “seems al
most incredible that the producers
of hogs, corn, wheat, rice, tobacco
and cotton should be offered a
scheme of legislative relief in which
the only persons who are guaran
teed a profit are the exporters,
packers, millers, cotton spinners
and others profiting on some of
the nation’s basic foods and ma
terials, and added that “govern
ment price fixing, once started,
has alike no justice and no end.”
“It is an economic folly from
which this country has every right
to be spared,” said he.
Characterizing the equalization
fee to be paid by producers of the
bassic farm commodities so that
surpluses might be exported as a
tax for the special benefit of par
ticular groups, the executive said
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