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■ Moll J.iy, Marc’ll* 5, 1023. * Club and Society Items Are Solicited. Telephone 78, Tribune Office. I old Maid'* Convention. I -moment. Old Maids” ■ Vt' .ii ’’ :l " *ll appear at the s,- b"**l .Auditorium on B •• •* •nigiii " ! this week, is not W*'f' m..,; i> - conveiitioii that was ■ ‘ , v : it is in part Some of I ' that famous troupe. ■ many of them went I v, h of husbands, the bach l B V !>|. -ad being slow to re ■ . llH r in that country they ■ , u ,js. a'mi now they have I liit«i:*•:» "f all ages. The B'*. il t"':' 1:W appearance were a B* ,: .‘,i the times and they ■ -vneration ahead at ■ ~,,.11 the J'rst Retermed W !"tte are giving the ■ r| H . Women's* Mission ■ ... Trinity Reformed B ci-Vt-gi*. Roth will share I Admission is 27 cents. I B • tiall Krid Rook Club Meets. mooting or the Chris- B i. i" Club was held Satur ■ ,'u-itli Mrs. I*. B .Fetzer Uyl' I; ; i,i ivtzer as hostesses. B ;j\v.-.-o lead by Mrs. 11. 1. I :;!ni \h >. R. A. Brower and Ka'i-oitrm.'feit "t il’.e program the B, , A ,,,.. in’\ii:-d into the (lining B. riaborate luncheon was B'/],,vs - profusely decorated hyacinths. ' ! I B f’atte 4 ><o; Fnteriains For Mrs.' B Gilbert. B. x i, Patterson entertained a B;.; r|l ,p intoinially at tea Sa-hir- Bin honor of Mrs. Edwin B',' : , S' •riiigiieM. .Massaclmseuts, Ba'viMtin. Mi-s .lean Coltrane. B“.; U vi,;.,j jo meet Mrs. Gilbert B^tii'. *■ A. .Cannon. Mrs. It. L. B’\ii-s. linin' Brown Saunders.’ B[; [' ihl.-mt and Mrs. 1.1/ Dti |• * ’ I Floral (lub. Bf Flora! ("mb will meet Tuesday! Bnx'Ci m three o'clock >vitli Mrs. Brp <7.er a; in i home on Georgia [ii, -j ■ ■ Kcstlcr-Ritchie. Bp. foll'Aviitu announcements have ■ ; . ii>; Mr>. \T. G. Ititehie ■ ; ii i ti.o marriage of ■ their daughter ■ Vera I .illy ■ I Fred A Ki‘stler B Kroiay the twelfth <*f JamiaVv, Krimi hundred and twenty-three ( ■ Quarry. X. C. I V.V't Cmhii: Smart, . i I fs I ... i ■moot >‘i"inirar> society to Meet. ■lt* 4 Sniuoi .iiksionary Society will In .iiis ow'tiiiu at seven-thirty with I'Jiariaai «'<«!riane til her home on l:h 1 nii' sill',.;. This is the qiyir ■y Inc -tin:: and each memliek* is lii to Ir iim her first payment on Bpbtig**. llojtso note the change in B• 4 • I liilrbday Dinner. I -mpi birthday dinner was giv- Itii Mrs. Mh-k Linker on February B ai In r bane near Poplar^Tent ■iter (iiiitlroi: in honor, of her 70tii B->“ taiil.' at! ra.ctively decorat |i, !!'i v, a- liked with many good in i;i! A'beautiful! birthday B «vu]i!ojh ilie center of the table ■Miiili \v**>c seventy lighted candles. Re I.iiiki'i- was proud to see her I ■ ’ii" and all were glad, I v i*!i her on ibis happy occa ■i 'i pn--* 7,1 were: Mr. and Mrs. |M.' nln. i.f < micord : Mr. and Mrs. l ,; ' v i and family, of Concord: ■ 111 'b ' \V. A. Linker and fam ■ 11 urd : Mr. and “Mrs. T. A. I 1 bihiily. of Kannapolis: Mr. ■b'b' \\ u Herrin and family, of ' ui! : Mr. and Mrs. -C. W. 'ini family, of Davidson: I b'S. l. },. Crenshaw and M. Ha id < 'reek : Mr. apd ■' 11 * I '"s 1 and family, of Rocky I and Mrs. Dick Mabry, of Mrs. A. M. Davis, of I ' Mr- Jim Hudson." of Ratify I.' • I'loyd Tucker, of Char- I : ! ‘ F- i>. Taylor, of Mallard I P. K.'Matte?, Mrs. I Mi'. < baides Fisher hud If' any. nf Poplar Tent. I Fnterlainment. I aygraft Album'' presejited I ■ inia W esley Bible class of j i."di>t Church was highly I ■' 1 ■ cry way, I. ' in their costumes of I ' : "ere most laugh-pro- I : would l»e hard'to say I. -• |l most comical looking. Z, M audience enjoyed tilt 4 ■ iid more than fifty dol j "d by tin* class. Tlips' ■ used in tin 1 ' building liropused new Sunday 1 "f Fentral Church. . * » • I "d) 1 ~ur Sick. [ jj-. 1 ’ : ‘ : i• Brown, tin* little son. |. _ Mi-. Ik i|. Brown, was | ~ dr *'harlot te Saturday for ui'Mim condition today I'ii-s "\i"| :,v f"'vorable. |r< • Fiiig. who suffered a Fti,,.."' 1 !| i b'is on February 8, is [ . nicely. I• * « 'ii\Hiary Members. r ..j ■" mm ii'tter has 1 been re k PemliertoM, Presi [' !!,, ; M '.il Auxiliary, from Mrs. r-i 11 - many members as pi 11, , ;i1 *'outuiander Owsley ' !t at tiie nearest point: Headijuarters Mi;;;) Le-jon Auxiliary P n inston-Salem, X. C. hr i' ; C'; n r; ,lu Pm N am- ami Auxiliary mem [ . J : 1 ■ ! ( jt deal of pleasure i>r - Rate Vv'aler Barrett. National President, American —Legion Auxiliary, will visit our State in March. A letter from her just receiv ed, says: “My plans have been chang ed, I will be passing tlirough North ( aroliua. and wifi he gladi to stop off., for the meeting March 7th.” tVe have written her insisting upon her join ing Commander Owsley's party in Raleigh on the Oth and touring the State with him. Let every Auxiliary Member plan to hear Commander Owsley ajul Dr. Barrett at the nearest jKiint. They will he in Raleigh Tuesday evening March Oth, 8 o’clock, AVedixesdayTioou, March 7th, Wilson; Wednesday eve ning 8 o'clock. Wilmington; Thursday noon. March Bth, Fayetteville. We are especially anxious "Tor you to hear them v as it will be a source of great inspiration. Hoping to have you with us. Yours sincerely. Mrs. JAS. K. NORFLEET, Pres. Department North Carolina, American Legion Auxiliary. February 20, 1022. Dr. Bafrett has accepted an invita tion to be wit 111 us in ltaleigh, Wilson. WilmiijgtiOn and Fayetteville. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Parker Have Daugiiter. Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Parker, of Greensboro, February 27th. a daugh ter. Margaret Mbrris Parker. Mrs. Parker before marriage was Miss May Luu Morris, of this city. * « » With Our Sick( Mrs. Z. M. Moore is confined to her home, on North Union street witlt an attack of the flu. Quint Eugene* Furr, tin 4 little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Furr, is con fined to tlie home of his parents on Marsh street by illness. Miss Lenua Tucked is again able to be out after being ill for several days. Tin* many friends of Mrs. R. M. Black welder will be pained to know of her critical illiuxss at her home oh Tribune street. i • • * Sunday School ( lass Entertains. ( The Ellen Pemberton Sunday school class held a delightful Thurs day evenitig at the home of Mrs. I). L. Bost on South Union street, with Airs. Bost. Aiiss Alary Props t and Aliss .May Belle White as hostesses. Following * the business session at pleasant social hour was enjoyed, during which the hostess served de lightful refreshments. • • m Teachers Invited to Charlotte. The Charlotte ttsichers’ jussoeiation lias invited all the Concord teachers to come over to Charlotte next Fri day evening. March Oth. and hear Dr. Frigleba t*f. of Columbia University. New York. Dr. Englehart is one of the greatest (Educators of our country and the Con- Cord teachers certainly appreciate tills neighborly kindness on the part of the Charlotte association. ' The speech will be made in the new Central high school. The Concord association is plan ning to attend in a* body. m m n m Will Live In Charlotte. Airs. .J. C. McDow left last Friday for Charlotte, after visiting her par ents, Air. and Airs. C. G. Heiliar. in Alt. Pleasant. Air. AlcDow, who is a traveling salesman, has been trans ferred to the. territory of the Caroli nas from Atlanta, and they will make tlieir-home in Charlotte. mm* Friday Afterwon Book Club With Airs. W. AI. Linker. An interesting and enjoyable meeting of the Friday Afternoon I|ook Club was held Friday t afternoon with Airs. W. Al. Linker at her home* on White street. A splendid paper on Southern Poets was read by Miss ALiggie Barnhardt,' and tit the conclusion of the business chicken salad and were served. Mrs. A. C. Wolfe, of Charlotte, was a guest of the meeting. Miss Ervin Hostess to Club. Aliss Margaret Virginia Ervin de lightfully entertained the K. K. Bridge Club Friday evening at her home on North Union street. The prize, for a deck of cards, was won by Aliss Frances Ridenhour. Following fruit salad, sandwiches and coffee were served. Those.' present \< # ert*'4 v Aliss( 4 s Lucy Richmond Bentz. RMefllumr, Miriam Morris. Margaret Bell, Alary Alcl>aughlin. Elizaladh* Black, and Airs. Kenneth Caldwell. • * » Mr. and Airs. C. C. Cochran an nounce the birth of a son, Alarch Ist. 1 PERSONALS. Mrs. W. W. StrihgfellOvv, of Ahulk ton, Alabama. arrived Friday to visit Air. and' Mrs. J. -V Cannon. Aliss Lucy Hartsell and guest. Miss Mary Alston Wright, of New York, left. Friday for (/reenvtlle, S. C., to spend se.veriil weeks with friends. Mrs. A. li. Howard returned Thurs day from a visit to relatives in Rich mond. ' ... Mooresville Enterprise.: Miss Ji'ssu* Deaton, of Concord, spent Sunday here the guest of her brother, Harry I*. Deaton. Alessrs. Vernon Brimiley, of N( 4W to'n, and Carl Broome.’ Os Hickory, were business visitors in the city Fri day. Airs. W. AY. Morris, Aliss Louise Morris, Aliss Addie White and Aliss Alary Spurgeon spent Saturday in Charlotte. Mr. 11. P. Benson left Saturday to spend the week-end iu La Grange with Airs. Benson. \ Aliss Virginia Smoot left Saturday to spend the week-end in Salisbury with her aunt. Airs. T. W. N Andrews. Mr. stiles Jones, of M. P. C. 1.. spent Sunday here with his sister, Alis. Sam Eudy.-'wlio has been quite ill for the. past ten days. ) (Mr. Joe Strickland, of' CfcarugJe, (siienf Sunday here with friends. iMiss Myrtie Fetrea returned Sun-j (day from Charlotte, where she has been visiting relatives for the past week. While there she underwent an operation for the removal of ner tonsils and her condition is reported as improving nicely. 1 Misses Mary and Beulah Ridenhour spent Sunday with home folks Vt St. Johns! My. C. M. Sappenfield, Jr., of Shelby, is spending several days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sappen field. IMrs. Murray Dong, and little daugh ter, Annie Murray, Mr, S. H. Long and little daughter, Annie Welch, all of Charlotte, spent Sunday here with Mrs. J. H. Long. Air, Carl Beaver spent Sunday in Shelby with friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Mcßride end .little daughter Nancy, of Cherryvule, -spent Sunday here with relatives. lAiJiss Lily Wiley spent the Week end with home folks in Fann. Mrs. D. M., Long, of Cabarrus, spent the week end here with relatives. Miss Lethia Snj*der, Aliss Fay Moore, Mr. Joe McCaskqJl and Mr. Ravond Spyder Spent Sunday in Albe marle with friendsv Air. Hoyt Part ice spent Sunday in ’Charlotte with his mother.- Mrs. E. T. Barrier and son Gh*nn, of No. 6 township, are spending sev eral days here with 'Airs. mother, Mrs. AV. M. Cline. Mr. stud Mrs. A. L. Rinehardt and little, son. of "Rockwell, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Riden hour. (Miss Cora Penuinger spent Sunday in Charlotte with friends. Misses Margaret Ritchie and Agnes Eflrd, of Queens College spent the week end here at their respective homes. ATr. A. N. Lentz left this morning on a business trip to Jacksonville. Fa. AUss Alary Me Bin is left, Saturday for -Burlington, where she. will visit Aliss Annie Eudy. Mr. Walter P. Ritchie, left today for Siler City where he will spend some time ou business. EFIJRD BROTHERS TAKE OVER ALRFALARLE STORE Making Thirl.vThird in Chain Now Operated by This Well Known Es tablishment. AiebmaVle.' Alarch 2.—The E fil'd brothers, owners of the well known Eli ill stores, have just closed a deal with .T.'W. Efird, manager of Efird Dry Goods Company, gi Albemarle, by which this large department store becomes the property*of Efird brothers, and incidentally the thirty-third link in the famous chain of Efird stores. The IjJfird Dry Goods store is one of tin 4 largest department stores in the city, 'and in an interview with J. B. Eflrd. of Charlotte, this afternoon, it ,was stated that the size of the store would be practically doubled. Car penters will begin work tomorrow on opening another floor of the building occupied by this store. Tlie Efird I)r.v Goods Company, which is a local corporation, retains ownership of the building, and the same has been leased’by Efird brotli , ers. .Y B. Efird. 4>f Charlotte, and E. L. Efird. of Winston-Salem, are Jw»th in Albemarle today looking after taking inventory of fctock. It fs estimated that tin 1 deal involves about $7.7,000. J. W.- Efird. who is a member of the local Efird family, who has been pres ident of Efird .Dry Goods Company for a number of years, will from this time be associated with Morgan Furni ture Company, of which he is presi dent. “The Pjreacher Who Lost His Head” Subject of Colored Evangelist. A large and responsive audience heard Dr. I. H. Russe.ll. synodical evan gelist, preach a forceful sermon from Alai. 2:1. using as a subject ‘The Ureiyhei- Who Lost His Head." Vividly picturing scene after scene in the life imprisonment and death of John tlie Baptist, Dr. Russell held his audience spellbound for 47 minutes. Laughter, -tears and shouting marked tlie effect of the message. Vas tin 4 preacher, tactfully led his hearers from one salient po'nt to another. Rid iculing the rash, iiitcipperate Herod, flaying unmercifully the adulterous living of Herod and Herod ; as. the dancing and unnatural request nf Sa lome. and exalting the righteous bold ness of John tlie Baptist. "John suf fered death because be tokp the truth and condemned the sins ofNfig folks,’’ declared the premier: '“John,” lie said, “was a fenjess preacheiiV “Many preachers,” declared .’Dr. Rus sell, “are afraid to ]ir(*ach the whole truth for fear of influential members of the cliurch.” > s v Monroe Girls Defeated Concord Girls 29 to 13. Although flic Concord girls were de feated in the basketball game 'with Monroe Friday evening they p.ut up a good fight, the pass work being bet ter than it had ever been. They did good work all through the game, but were unable to make any headway against the Mon rod team. The lineup: Monroe (29) Concord (12) 'Browning 112) L. F. Smoot (7) Moore (17) L. F. Dick (8) Ann field C. Broome Simpson s. R. G. Hathcoek Fowler L. G. Winecoil^ League Attracts Big Crowd, A congregation that taxed the ca pacity of tlie. church auditorium and’ the Sunday school room and necessi tated the use of chairs in the aisles, came together at Harmony Methodist Church Friday night for the monthly meeting of 1 1 lie Epwortft League. Un ion. 'rlu 4 music was especially inspiring. 'The speakers. Mrs. R. I*B Aleck, of Harmony, Air. H. A. Scott, of Alt. Ol ivet. and Miss Juanita Smith, of For est Hill, gave a tine account of them selves. Tlhj. next meeting. April Gtli, will be held at Epworth Church. . Miss Alary Temple Honored. Washington. March 2.—Aliss Mary Boyoe Temple, of lias been chosen president general of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial Congress, Dr. Clarence*.!. Owe.us, president of the organization, announced today. The annual convention of the Amal gamated Association of —lron, Steel j and Tin workers of North America [ will be held at Warren, 0., beginning April 3rd, A r- .. v . r '■ v ■ ' ■ ■ THE CONCORD TIMES TO PUSH COMPLETION OF CENTRAL HIGHWAY Hickory People Getting ilusy As Re sult of Assurances Prom Caldwell* (Hickory, March 1. —With assur ances from Lenoir that the Caldwell county section of the Blowing. Rock highway will be taken up and Cei to the contractors by the State; Highway commission at an early meet.ng, good roads advocates here will push for the completion of the Catawba link of the central highway, already agreed upon by Highway Commis sioner Wilkinson arid the Catawba board of commissioners. Iredell coun ty will build from Statesville to the Rowan county line and will meet Catawba in ‘hhe middle of the river.” representatiYe’ business men from Statesville have asserted. Catawba expressed its desire in mass meeting and J. D. Elliott, chairman 6f the board of commissioners,- and Geo. L. Lyerly, chairman of the comity high way commission, are ready to take up the details with Mr. Wilkinson. Caldwe 1 county has about $250,000 of the original $604,000 allotted h by the state highway commission and this amount will be supplemented by county appropriation. Granite Falls, almost half tvay betwen Hickory and Lenoir, is the second important town in the county and is vitality interested n the project. Much of the way be tween Granite and Lenoir there is a good highway paralleling the main road, and detours will be easy. If the work is started this summer, traffic t?> Blowing Rock, which has two im portant will not he in terfered with. \ DEATH IN CHARLOTTE OF—J. LOCKE ERWIN _ * Former Resident of This City Died of HeartN Failure in Charlotte Last Night. ,1. Locke Erwin, of Charlotte, for merly secretary-treasurer and manager of the Locke Cotton .Mills, of this city, died at his home in Charlotte last night, death being caused by heart failure. The announcement of his death came as a surprise; and shock to his many friends in .Charlotte. Con cord and other sections of the State. Air. Erwin made Ii is borne here for a number of years while connected with the Locke Mill, and he and Airs. Erwin made many friends here. Be fore coming to Concord Air. Erwin was secretary-treasurer and manager of the Oxford Cotton Mill at Oxford, and since leaving.here lnfll been connected with the Erwin Yarn Agency in Phil adelphia and Charlotte, he having es tablished tin* Charlotte branch re cently. Air. Erwin is survived by his wjl’e, three brothers, and a number of sis ters. liis brothers are AY. A.. Harper and Eniest Erwin, and the faulty, has been prominent in the cotton manufac turing industry of this State for a number of years. Friends here have not been advised yet of the funeral arrangements. GRAND JURY INQUIRY OF CITY HALL OF rfIfICAGO Investigation Was Authorized hy Judge AT. E. .McKinley, % of Cook County. • Chicago. March 2.—A grand jury in vestigation of the City Hall of Chica go was authorized today by Judge Al. E. AicKudey, chief justice of the crim inal court of Cook County, when he broadened the scope of the special grand jury which had investigated the school board affairs, and indicted more than a score of persons, includ ing Fred Lund in. former congressman and reputed “boss" of Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson's political organ s za=- tion. AMERICAN PLANES ARE ON FLIGHT TO PORTO RICO Six Planes Left San Antonio Carry ing Twelve Officers of the Air Ser vice. San Antonio, 'J* iff. Alarch -2. —Six giant do Ilaviland planes carrying 12 officers of the air service, took off at Kelley Field shortly after 8 o'clock this morning on a flight to l’orto Rico. The first ship left at 8:01 o'clock; and a half minute later al! were in flip air. After encircling wver the field in close formation, they headed due south and turned toward Houston. They were' flying in a 12-mile east wind. WARRANT IS SERVED ON EDWARD V. CLARKE He Is Charged With Violating the Alann Act.—Released on Bond. Atlanta, ' Gli., Alarch 2. Young Clarke, former Imperial Wiz ard of the Knights of the Kit Klux Klan. was arrested here today on an indictment issued against him by-ffte federal grand jury at Houston. Tex as. charging' violations of the Alann act. He was 'released on a bond of SI,OOO. Program For Harrisburg Community' Club. Harrisburg Community club will meet at the sclioolhouse Wednesday evening at 7:20 o'clock. The follow ing is the program: Song—By School. Prayer. / ' Business. AI usic. Recitation—• Virginia Cochrane, Recitation —Beulah Taylor. Piano Duet. / Reading: "The Devils Visit to the Post Office"—Air. Cluil. Siius. Reading: ' “Tlie .Mail Carrier's Dream"—Mr. J. W. Taylor. Scotch Songs—Aliss Helen Patter son. * Air. J. C. Higgins. Jokes —Mrs. Ben Teeter. Piano Duet—Alisses AtcCoy and Har ris. * Address—Air. Theodore Harris. Lighting*Up in the Air, London, March s.— Under regula tion just promulgated by. the Air Ministry all British aeroplanes wm, ijr future, when flying at night, be re quired to carry white rear lights—on each wmg tip and on the tail. "Light ing-up time" will he, a half hour, be fore sunset. v The eo-operiitive movement fostered by organized labor in the United States lias made its greatest progress in Illuois, where about 170 00-opera‘- tive retail stores related to the trade union moveweut are* scattered over the state. GENERAL ALLEN BACK HOME AND IN MUTFI General* Praises American Soldiers Who Served, Under Him On*ihe Rhine. Nf\v York, March 3. —Major General Henry T. Allen, commander of the American army of German occupation, came home today, on the steamship George Washington, the last.of Amer ica's generals to return from the World War. With him came his wife, two more Henry T. Allensy-his son. a captain 4,>f cavalry and his bryndson, born on the Rhine 15-months ago to Cap tain Allen‘s French wife—a score of staff officers and 54 casual enlisted men. For the lirst time, since General Al len went with Pershing's column into Mexico on March 17, 1910. lie was at tired in mufti, and wore spats. He said the calves of his /legs felt “very airy” in the unaccustomed garb. General Allen said the army of oc cupation had proved to he one of the greatest army training centers the 1 uited States ever had and described the force he commanded there as “the finest soldiers in the. world.” Modified prohibition—allowing the troops light wines and beers—Gen eral Allen said, had proved most effec tive in maintaining discipline. The German residents of the American zone rt§ occupation. lie said, lmd iYhhi greatly pleased with the conduct of the Americans. Personally, General Allen said, he was a “near teetotaler." having taken no liquor of any kind “for years,” but he could not see that the lesser intoxi cants had done his men any harm. Speaking of complaints of,-Ameri ca i/s because Germany had not yet daid for the maintenance of the Amer ican- troops on the .Rhine, he pointed out that the $250,000,000 that the army upkeep cost was hut Ik per cent in excess of what it would Lqrve cost to keep the troops in America. The prestige America lias gained from its army of occupations, he said, was well worth the extra IS per cent if Germany never paid. General Allen and his family plan to remain in New York for several days, after which he wi/l report to General Pershing at Washington for service with the general staffs He then plans a brief--.visit to his home in Paris. Keft lucky, which he has not seen for nine, years. PRINTING JPROBE , REPORT IS FILED Commission Recommends Transfer of Printing tb Secretary of State, •Raleigh,' March 2. —The printing in vestigation commission, after a dead lock of several days, tonight filed its report, finding no substantiation for the charges of discrimination brought against IM. L. Shipman, commissioner of labor and printing, by the Edwards & Broughton Printing company, one 'of lhe state printing contractors. The report of the corfimittee never theless recommended the transfer of the state printing from tin* department cf labor and printing' to the secretary of state's office, ami a bill providing for tlm transfer was introduced in the senate and made a special order for tomorrow at noon. 1 : [ IM V L. Shipman, commissioner, to night declared the printing committee report had been made upon a misap prehension of, the facts and that the committee was wrong in the state-, ment contained in the report that a part of the state pripfihg is_ now un der the direction of the secretary of state. This was the basis for the com mittee’s recommndation for a trans fer. “We have done the printing for the secretary of state’s office, just as we have done that for other offices of the state department,” said Mr. Shipman. “The secretary of state prepared the copy and wo did the rest. Only to this extent did the secretary of slate have charge of any of the state printing.” McNAKY NOMINATION FAVORABLY REPORTED But Senate Ls Expected to Hold Up the Nomination Just the Same. Washington, March o.—The contest ed nomination of James G. McXary, of New Mexico, to he comnptroller of currency, was reported favorably to day |»y the Senate hanking committee. There was a delay jn compiling the final vote, members .being polled in stead of a vote bejng'taken in the full committee. Early results of the poll, however, gave McXary a majority. . Opponents of confirmation predicted that despite the favorable recommen dation the nomination would fail with the adjournment of Congress. A re cess appointment by Pi evident Hard ing is expected. ~r Carolina-llavidson Battle to Be Play ed at Gastonia. Chapel Hill. March 2.-The Caro lina-I>avidson baseball game will be played in Gastonia Easier Monday. Nogitiations avo under way for a game with Maryland in Ilocky Mount March 31, and Chapel Hill March 2. The fine weather brought out about *4O men for baseball practice today. Captain Morris was not out on ac count of a class Iml Shirley, Bryson, Sweetnian, 'Dofincr. Wrenn. Coffey, Ragsdale and Tailing were there. Joe McLean.- and Monk McDonald were out in civilian clothes for a few minutes. Monk probably reports to morrow and Joe after examinations. Effort to Restrict Further Grades of Cotton Defeated. Washington, (March 2.—An effort do fi.rtlier/restrict the grades of cotton which might legally he tendered under a future contract* failed touay when the senate defeated s'teven ’« 14 an amendment to the Voight fihed ' milk bill offered by Senator Dial, South Carolina. Senator Dial, speaking in support of his'motion, asserted that the south was losing up to $450,090,000 annual ly because of the unfair advantage a’lowed the seller on the co:t vi future market and declared he intended to continue his figijt for legislation which would “put the buyer and seller on an even basis and give lhe producer a chance to at least break even.” s * « \ A SSOO loving cup will he presented to the first basketball team which de feats the. Original Celtics on tlieif lioiue surface, Madison Square Gar den. ' . DR. BROOKS SPEAKS ON THE NEW SCHOOL PLAN New System ls Enacted by Law ami Every Official Will Be Held Respon sible. Raleigh. X. C., March 5 (By the As sociated Press). —“The new school code, enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, defines for the first time, our public school system ami sets up the machinery for its operation and control. Therefore, it will not he so easy jn the future for any offi cial to eseapb“the responsibility of his own acts. Each official acts under the authority of the law-, and if he. fail* to obey the law, he is responsi ble for the ‘ eonsequehceii.” This statement was made by I)r. E. U- Urookni sfa,te superiirtendlk.nt of public instruction, in explaining the new school code just passed by the assembly. . “The code describes the organization according to districts and schools, and classifies' the officials according to the. kind of schools’over which they have jurisdiction.” 'he continued. “It then outlines in detail, the du ties of the several county officials who in any way serve the schools. They are the county hoards of edu cation! county sfiilperintf ndenta dis trict committees, boards of county commissioners. treasurers, sheriffs,, ’principals and teachers. Their du ties are so organized and classified that the public may know whom to hold responsive for both tig l success and failure of the school system.” The important changes were outlin ed by the superintendent as follows: T. County/ boards qf education are elected for two years, unless the gen eral assembly, upon jtfie recommenda tion of the. representative, elects mem bers of the board of bis county for si term of six years. Tlie terms of all members will expire (jvvo years from now,-unless it is specifically ’stated- in the law that tlieir terms arc. for six years. The methejd of electing coun ty boards of education remains the same. Candidates are nominated in the primaries and -the. general assem bly elects. “2. The county superintendent is elected- in the usual manner airtl for a ‘term of two years, but the county board ad education must give, public notice of at least fifteen days in ad vance 1 of .the date of the election. “3. The county hoard of education is authorized so borrow against, the budget # for the current year to pay the salaries qf the teachers and other necessary operating expenses as they come due. hut if the. county board'"©! education wilfully exceeds the with the approval of the county com missioners the debt so created is il legal and the members of the board may be held liable for the same. “4. The county commissioners are required to fund the school indebted ness of the county incurred prior to 1923 in providing a six months school term, and issue short term notes or serai I bonds for the same. This takes care of the ac/umulated indebtedness of the past. In ease, the county com missioners approve of an amount, higher than that allowed in the bur get, they aye required to place the extra amount in tlu> budget for tie next ensuing year, and to levy a tax to pay the same. ”5. One of the most far reaching changes in the lhw is the section deal ing with the consolidation of schools. County hoards of education in the fu ture are prohibited from redistricting the. county, or any part of it, or con solidating schools, except in accord ance with a.county-wide plan. If any changes are desired in the present or ganization, the county hoard of 'edu cation must map but a county-wide plan of organization showing what changes are needed, what consolida tions are necessary, and after adopt ing this plan they are prohibited from dividing districts and making any consolidations that arc not in har mony with the pounty-wide plan of organization. Moreover, the counties are. authorized to vote a county-wide tax not in excess of 5u cents. If the tax rate levied is less than 50 cents each local tax district Is permitted to retain such part of its local tax as will make the totax tax rate not in ex cess of 50 eeuts. The county also is, authorized to assume the bonded in debtedness and to provide for the payment of the same out of the spe cial county-\vidc tax voted. “0. The lawful exiling with the bud gets lias been rewritten. In the first place, the county, hoards of education must const It the committeemen and secure flieir ideas as to the needs of the schools befort* the budget is inside. Jn making the budget, the county commissioners, or ti representative se lected by the. commissioners;--a re re quired to sit with the county hoard of education, and when the budget is approved, the total amount must he provided clear of sill fees, rebates, commisions. etc. But in the event of a disagreement between the county host'd of\ education- aqd the county commissioners e*<4i hoard shall have one vote and in case of a tie, they shall call in the clerk of the superior court as arbitrator.’ Either board then! may appeal to the superior court from the. decision of the clerk. I lie case then shall be heard qp sippettjL be fore the judge presiding in Mho dis trict. The county commissioners may. demand a jury trial, but in the event of a de.lay, if is specified'that st suffi cient salary fund and a fund for the repayment of losms and other obliga tions must lie provided. “7. The local-tax laws sire rewrit ten. They provide for si maximum rate of 50 cents, smd the election machin ery is simplified. Election in any <Fs trict, including s’ special charter dis trict or a district whose boundary hues are coterminious with the city limlts, is provided for. In addi.tion to these, the general assembly created U special taxing district which may be composed of any group of districts ; n the county. A special taxing dis trict may include non-local tax, local tax, or districts. When si rate is voted in a special taxing dis trict all local rates then in existence are repealed and the. county board of education, after the tax is voted iu the special taxing district, has authority to consolidate iu accordance with the -county-wide. plan. „ “8. The bond laws arc all rewritten and they provide likewise for any school district, urgan or rural, or tW entire county to vote bonds iiot ini ex cess of five pet cen.t of the valuation PAGE FIVE JERKY DALTON TALKS ’ CONCERNING HIS CASE Says He Did Not “Wilfully” Kill .An gel and Should Not Die in Chair. Raleigh, N. C.. March 2 (By the As sociated Press). —Under sentence to be electrocuted, Jerry Dalton, who was twice cOnvictefTTrf murder follow ing his slaying of Merrill Ange.l and Maude Graqt in lfillF dkid who escap ed only to have the reading of a birth announcement in California to result in fits capture, believes in capital pun ishment “when a man willfully kills another,” he. told The Associated today. - ‘ But Dalton, whose case has attract ed nation-wide attention, does not l»e --lieve he should he ex mi ted for the Crime for which he. wag convicted, be cause. according to his statement, he killed Sirs. Grant, described as a “fas cinating widow,” through accident and Ahgel'in self defense. “I want to live, but T do not fear death. I can walk into that room yon der,” pointing to the cell in which the electric chair stands, “with a clear conscience. But if I die in this man ner, it will he an injustice because I have not been given n fair trial. I believe.Mu capital punishment, when a man wilfully kiljs another. ) “When I came upon Angel and Mrs. Grant' riding together on a road to Franklin, she wanted to go with me. Thig angered Angel and. the quarrel started. He. reached for his gun. I pulled miner'and the trigger eaught*in my clothing, discharging and killing the woman. I then shot Angel.” Throughout his trial, it was charg ed that Mrs. Grant was a “sweet heart” of Dalton. This Was denied by Dalton today. He declared that he, “had gone with her,” but was “not in love with her.” After his first trial, Dalton was granted another hearing by thq state ; supreme court, which found an error •in the charge, of the Macon county su- Jperlor court judge. Judge Bis Ray was the presiding 'jurist, In the sec ond trial, Judge T. A. Bryson presid ed and Dalton again was found guil ty and sentenced to be electrocute/!. Dalton escaped from the Buncombe county jail, while awaiting removal to the “death row” at the state pris on. Stories, were published to the of fect that the prisoner had escaped through the use of an airplane and the assistance of friends. The love of a woman for a prison er in the jail, however, led to the es cape. according* to Dalton. She brought her lover a pound cake i,n which 1 was concealed a thin file, he said. Dalton and the other prisoners worked at night and, finally separated the bars. The man wno received the file .was too stout t<v gyt through the opening ••und other inmates.went away into the night, while he. languished in the heat of a fdiltry July night.’ After walking across the mountains for nine rights, Da.lton <fi light a train. He traveled toward the west, stopping in Wyoming, Montana, Ore gon and Then he went to Mexico, but returned to San diego. He assumed the name of Bill Birclilield, later became superintendent of ti laundry and was going to a night school at the time of his capture. W hile reading a newspaper one day. a birth notice attracted Dalton’s at tention. The child's mother was the escaped convict's aunt, residing only three blocks away. For many months Dalton said, he had been homesick. He longed to hear news' from home and to learn how his widowed mother was faring. -- For months, he visited the uunt and heard from his mother. Finally, the family moved to Michigan, but before leaving, the aunt told the of Dalton’s life to her “bosom friend.” The bosom friend told her “best friend.” The wife of a court official then heard the. secret, A reward of nearly a thousand dollars had been in North Carolina. The result was that Dalton was arrested and re turned to North, Carolina. Dalton appealed to the supreme court, hut this laxly refused to con sider the appeal. ThcYriends of thf condemned man now are appealing to Governor Morrison to intercede in his behalf by commuting the sentence to life imprisonment. Dalton was lead ing a model life in California, serted. “If it had not been for whiskey,” Dalton sakl . “I would not be here now. VI was drinking at the time the shooting occurred. “I have not been given justice,” he continued, x “and I do. not believe the governor is going to let me die ill the electric chair.” > Living Costs Advance. The cost of living generally increas ed 13 per cent from January, 1222, un til January, 1923, on the wholesale prices of 404 commodities, ranging from food, to building materials. Building materials topped the list with an increase of 19 3-4 per cent; Metals and metal products Were nextß with an increase of 18 3-4 per cent.H whilo farm products*showed an iu-8 crease of 17 I*4 per cent. Fuel andH lighting materials increased 1 3-4 peril cent, while clothing prices showed acH upward trend of 11 1-4 per cent. Foodii arieles, chemicals and drugs, housefl Turnislflng goods, and other articlefgjfj showed smaller increases, r*rices remained at virtually thefl same level during the first- part h]H 1923, Although farm products decreas-B ed in price. A resulting decline or twola per cent in wholesale food prices wasjS noticed. / Mr. W. A. Kendrick spent last Kri-S day In Albemarle. Mr. Kendrick basil a contract to paint alwmt 500 mill houses at the Wiseassett Mill, and isra nuking preparations for the work. H The first export of raw sifk froui*« American (8 iiyunds) was nnade injM 1784. of the property. ‘V. A special building fund of 55.-S 000,000 also is provided. This will 0{»jB crate iu the same way the specials building fund provided by the gener-® ai assembly of ISJ2I* was handled, ex * cept the first loans, will be made notM earlier than July 1. 1924, and tfie stateS board of education after that date •authority at any time to sell* botodsEp and make loans when amount to as much as $500,000,” V.bjb said- m t ™
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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March 5, 1923, edition 1
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