North Carolina Newspapers

j on jav, March 19, 1923 IICMIGN . p uIIEO HERE I FI , SERVICE led Speakers Addressed arue and Representative [licence in St. James Lu heran Church Thursday. HIM BANQUET ' V : : the y. m. c. a. thcraus of the Slat* Have Per Asked to Kaise Great r part of $850,000 the Needs Now. representative body , ~v . *r seen in ibis section • ri,ur> l:iy. Three meet ,i -iliat will mean a long ~,, Inwards the reali , : i ~f $,550,000 for Le r AI d o'clock about 40 " • lt > V. M. C. A. for a ban ' , t'h--* :«ii"t»i«** sos the Alutn- M .,a.iou.. With Superintend : C J», hcdsoii as toastmaster ~nt! \\as led to a tense feeling >m ;imi to a reeonsecratiQii l.t noil. .The Glee Club oii'iV( r.ed the meeting ■ i,Midi , bur i>f old Southern | . i . I’annkoke and Seeg ii Hu. in/‘ds of the «*ollege Ik" i>: -i viU*-e of the alumni mak- Ji •• ,ojli>o ( . the leading Luther . f die South. . f» ; ;iiiiix*•!<»* ~ met tin* workers of distri*-; in the. lecture room of a 1 ; 7 :-”>u for a conference. Jail details of the ! woflTiru; methods were ex „.! ’[’in* sun of BsS(MHIO looked , big ;l mount to raise but in t'annkoke had linisheij it , io mi a* . l’raetieally ev ■!,* .■ r, ~f tin* district was repre \ ~ question in the minds . .. Jifai'l tin 1 Glee Club •m; : tit, I hat these young men • .id in i:*h towards singing 'OH to victory. I)r. .1. o . | *!•<*'*ipeiit of Lenoir College. ;c. ~f l.t lp'vds of the college, for ■ i irA.,'heeause of the fact j rlif ritteg l * li;im to turn away stu- i . for 1; ft - 1 ■: of room. Then the I for hr t r build nigs, comparing j . 'L-t•.•buildings with the splen-1 Imiltlifu: program of the state I ik Ho t oiiliniu“d,»stressing the i f ;! !r -igor endowment to meet Ft i I.iri of file Hoard of Educa ■ ' !I !'aitnkoke stirre/l - the f a• liit ic ,* that idled tlje church r’- with his graphic ad .f -• i < f-s:tol.M|o(Haid 'b rt t-t the Xortli Carolina, [••roiiif. e>i man. To lose now ' tL- retarding of the. college for !;<•!• g(Heratie:t. he said. . Rev. f H'l.vi.,.*. of Goldsboro. chairman if !'• ' g >t ; uadron of the East. <• '• work of bis committee up the larger givers. Rev.,l. !"gi e’uainiian of the alumni ds. Ap;.' 1. told how his commit ,tn ghtg to secure. f ’<> :i'i uni Jit ami ex-students of instil i*t lon. ii inlilrcss was heard when fb. Morgan. 1». I >.. president of Carolina. Synod, spoke of iiaaliotml needs ol the. synod. ■'! rg.Mi sdd that no part of the ■ii work ct in it I go ahead of her ■ a till ft,lieges. ’l'liat lhc col i nkt <i along >ide by side with ii f eloiiio-ynarv on mission s ih" church. Rev. 3, C. :iv L IL. /if Mt. Airy Theological 1 • m Philadelphia. traced the i of edueation from the i iIM pm-.t of history and - showed i I dra? the progress of mankind fi 1 ~x ; he provisions made for He. carried his mi !,un it) I lie meaning of the - before fliis synod in the L "f law labieaticnal institutions. ~ ' V: ' < not concealed that the 1 w ill lie met by the. Luth s.vnod Tltisj, district i’j, to that of any-otlnw a v .(!Hl the May Election? * " -o vor. - _ i i,|, j;i elect a new admitsis -111 ''j ibis is near at hand, i.oitiates baveeome out for ’‘bu-es. Whether the old F ; ;igatn run is not stated. 1,1 ‘ ]no Ib'publiean ticket in jr. as we have heard. If at ail it may be ln*- einoci-atic nominees and ' th ket or there may be ■* up t<| the people to ' ant. We believe the l! 'le sboubl run the city mo not be much politics u iuecnf. The old Imard '•at record-in extcmiing ( '‘a - to all sections of the L 1 :>aitiuents are criticix !!l< ii* are but who commend 'V":k. If a light conies it of other things. Kh - ■■ '. —— / • v -»•«,. .i ;{ Ruby Wins Prize in II , Kansas. < ’•* .March I<J. Harri !f",*._-.'"U«g son of Mr. and 'Kiys. of Abbeville, lias h] ~,M ’ of five prizes of ‘i:,ic of Kansas in a bet- Hi , ' l,|ii ‘' ''L Photographs of Ul fC v t j|, Ul j| ( (H | ( .jjjfJ b;*te_ I hut tfn Abbeviye. [*i j ( : ' F' ! live of the best in tjj,, Andersen Hays is .7 j/ ; k "'ciglis P.l U 2 pounds, •md has an is-ineh tit. J i u ' Kick chest nicasuvc " vie' ,* M ," ! "1 the safety razor iTn ( but ridicule and dls- C'Mi lie first attempted 1 fiicu, . ! ' !ltl the market. Now Wt'v u ’, V..' iU " r wiling out. nearly i.y blades a year to meet t'Ul','- thote who use the ° Petition. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH Began March 18—Revs. Keller and Leonard to Be Here. liinitv Reformed f’liurch announces Easter and evangelistic services, the former began last Sunday, and the latter to begin April 1 and to last un til April la. The following will be the programme: EASTER SEASON SERVICES. Sunday, March 18. 11:00 A.M. Congregational Business ■ Meeting. I “A New Church.” > J 7:30 P.M. -Investment and Inter est.” Paint Sunday, March 25. Baptism and Confirmation. 11:00 A. FM. "The Living Church.” 7 :o0 P. M. “Spiritual Ability.” Good Friday, March 30. 7:30 I‘. M. Preparatory Service. "The Seven Words From The Cross.” Easter Sunday, April 1. (1:00 A. M. Easter Dawn Service __ “Our Risen Lord.” 11:00 A. M. Holy Communion. “The Immortality of* the Soul.” 7:30 P. M. EastQr Servicd by the Mission Band. j Pictures: "The Early Life of Jesus.” EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, April 4,5, 6at 7:45 P. M. Rev. J. H. Keller will be the preacher. ~ Sunday April 8. 11:00 A. M. Sermon by Rev. J. C. Leonard* D. D. » 3:<K) P. *sl. ‘-Old Folks Service.” 7 :f>o P. M. "Young People Service.” April 9-13, Monday to Friday. Services Daily at 3 :00 P. Al. and 7:4u I*. M. Rev. J. C. Leonard. I). D., will be the preacher. Rev. .1. B. Swartz! will be Song Leader for all. the services. This is an Invitatrpn. Come, Invite. Pray. TIIE CONSISTORY. Annual Father and Son Banquet to Be Held at Y Tuesday Night. The Father and Son Committee of the Young Mens Christian Associa tion announces that the annual Father and Son Dinner will be held at the Yk M. (*. -V. next Tuesday night. to which all fathers and sons are invit ed. However, no father will be ad milted without a son. and no son without a father. A local orchestra .will furnish music, while a quartet of men and a quartet of boys will render several numbers. Tickets are now oil sale at the Y. M. ( A. and will be tomorrow in the various -Sunday schools in town. Men selling tickets are requested to report Monday. i Prof. A. S. Webb is general chair j man of the Committee which is com posed of Air. J. <>. Moose, chairman ! program committee. S. K. Patterson. Promotion, and Mrs. W. A. Foil; Ban- I quet Committee. GREENSBORO COMES THIRD IN POPULATION Net* Charter Now in Effect Giving It Population of 40,000. Greensboro, March 15.—Greensboro's new charter, granted during the-re el nt session of the general assembly, went into effect at midnight last night. 'As a result the city is believed to stand third in the state in population, with approximately *40,000 people in the old and new .districts. The new charter increased the area <>f Greens boro from four to square miles, and its assessed valuation from .845,- (KKUNXI to between $70,000,000 and 075,- 000,000. In celebration of the greater city and in honor of the 142nd anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought six miles from here on March 15,1781. lie tween revolutionary troops under General Nathaniel Greene and Britishers under Lord Cornwallis: a dinner was held at 1 o'clock this af ternoon with President Chase, of the University of North Carolina, as prin cipal speaker* The 1020 government census gave Greensboro a population of 10.801 : recent police count raised that figure to 25.375. and now steps have been •taken to get an accurate census of the enlarged city. Honor Roli of No. 2 School. First Grade—Narry Beaver. Char lie Beaver, Elmer Polk, Charlie Sur lier. Ruth Jarvis. Helen Little, Mary V. Shelton. Deona Whitley. Jnlmsie "Readling. Catherine Trull, Pearl Hon-: eveutt, Rachel Fry. Lois Fry. Earl Trull. B. A. Miller, Jr., Fred Rymer. Willie Hoyle Burris, Ray Fry. Clarence Troutman. Walter White, Walter Every, 'Julius Sliankle. Mary nustrong, Francellier Baneher, Evelyn Furr, Ka til let *u Yerble. Second grade—Clarence (’ox, Marv Ella flerlocker. Catherine Rowland, I .eon Ketner, Esther Hullender. -Fourth Grade —Woodrow Millsapps, Estelle Kirk, Fifth grade—Johu M illinms. Lee Pink. Joe Howard. Virginia Millsapps, Mildred -Miller, Sarah Brice Johnston, Martha Eudy, Nannie Belle ltymer, ' Harrison Shikmore. Bertha Gandy. ' Rubv Barnliavdt. Minnie Trull. Ruby ’ Griffin,* Lillian Eudy, Clarence Robin sou. Sixth grade—Coy Phillips, Hake Arrowood. \’iolot Pixipst. ■ Seventh grade—Elizabeth. Brooks. - Prospective Candidate For Attorne> l General. Oxford. March 1(>. —D. G. Brum iuitt is confined to ids home by influ enza. He has made no statement in l ri'g;mi to liis candidacy for nttoiney general, though his friends in Oxford an'd over the entire state are hoping I that ill the next few days lie will an . iiounce. Should he decide to do so, - he will have a strong N support from - ardent udufirers in thks section of the f state and over the . state generally. s The wise manner in which lie man ■>, agc.d the affairs of the Lcgislatuie i while speaker of the House, showed s that lie will make a strong candidate. j Bachelor Asks Jail Terms for Home Wreckers jii Ohio. Columbus. Ohio./ March 14. Sena tor McCoy, of Mahoning county, one of r the few bachelors in the upper house -of the Ohio Legislature., introduced a 1 bill today prodding ?i penitentiary v r 'sentence of from one to fifteen years ! for any man found guilty of inducing t another man's wife to le twe him and e' far any woman convicted of taking away the husband of aupther woman. KIWANIANS MEET Address by Prof. C. E. Roger the Fea ture of the Weekly Meeting Friday Evening. The regular meeting of thi* Kiwanis Club of Concord at the Y. At. C. A. on Friday evening was featured by nu ad dress by Prof. C. E. Boger, Superin tendent of the. Jackson Training School, and a piano solo by little Aliss Adelaide Foil, daughter of Major and Airs. AY. A. Foil. No matters of importance came up at the busing!*.-', session of the club. Roll call sWoc/ed that the attendance is keeping up well in the Attendance Campaign put on by the Kiwanis In ternational, and interest in the cam paign appears to be growing. Air. George S. Kluttz, of this city, was a of the Club at,the meet ing. 1 The talk by Prof. Boger was a plea for the support of the people of Con cord for the state's institution which is engaged in reelaiming the boys of this generation. The speaker did not give his own opinions about the Train ing School, but gave the expressions of visitors ~who had gone through the schools in various sections of the coun try. and th<Mr comparison of our in stitution witli the others. The results accomplished by the Jackson Training School, said Air. Boger, is wonderful, when it is re membered wlmt kind of boys are sent to it, and the large number that arc changed! into useful and trustworthy citizens. Even with the poor start that they have in life, about fifty per cent, of the boys who leave the insti tution are real good citizens, another twenty-live per cent, are fairly good, fifteen per cent, more are found on the border lino, while only about ten per cent, fail to make any improve ment. These averages have been com piled over a number of years. The attendance prize, given by Alaj. Foil, was drawn by Jay L. Cannon. The program at the meeting of the Club on next Friday will be in charge of Team No. 8, Charles A. Cannon, cap tain. W. ED. GIBSON! News comes over the wire of 4 lie dentil in Pittsburgh. I’a.. on March •15th of Air. AY. Ed. Gibson, aged 54. He was my boyhood friend. A bon nier lad never left his homeland. Some 85 years have passed since he left us ami few. if any, know wnere his wan derlust. led him. He was the soul of chivalry, with a heart as tender as a child, and to know him was to love him. that is in tin* days when as a boy he laughed and played in our town. 1 I have often wondered where fate and fortune took my childhood chum. I have often longed jto >:ee the love light in his eyes as it lit up his coun tenance 40 years ago. I am saddened as the news comes of his death. In the old Gibson graveyard, besides a noble raoe as the county ever produc ed, they will lay him down to rest. The ( world was too wide ttnd too big for such a soul ta rest in quietude nmid the dull sights and scenes of his boyhood home. As a tiny tot he look ed -beyond the ties of home to some thing sw**et beyond. For the >nke <>i auld lung sync may his grave bo kept green forever and a day. G. ED. KESTLEIt, BISHOi* DANIfcL TI TTLE’S CONDITION VERY GRAVE Has Lapsed Into Unconsciousness and Little Hope Is Now Entertained for ' His Recovery. St. Louis. Mo.. March lli (By tin* Associated Pressp*—The lit. Rev. Dan iel S. Tuttle, 8U year old presiding bishop of tin* Episcopal Church in tin* United States, who has been seri ously ill with grippe for more than a 'week, lapsed into unconsciousness to day, it was announced at his residence here. It was added that little hope was held out for the recovery of the churchman, who is the oldest active Anglican bishop in the world. WIFE OF JUDGE STALK NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE Guilford Superior (curl Adjourned AVlutii Judge Stack Leaves for riis Home. Grensboro, March 16. —Judge A. 51. Stack, of Monroe, presiding over liie present term of Guilford County Supreme Court will adjourn court to day and git to tlie bedside <>£ Airs. Stack, who is thought to be dying at the family home at 'Monroe. Alos sa ges received by the Judge this morn ing were to the effect that Airs. Stack was gradually sinking. Painting is Outrage of Tlablie Decency. New York, March 15. —Holding that the J. Francois Kaufman painting, ‘‘Father Forgive them For They Know Net What They. Do.” now hanging in the Society of Independant Artists’ exhibition, outrages public decency, - Magistrate Ryttenburg today . held Abraham Bavliuson, secretary of the society, in $25 bail for trial. The painting depicts. William Jennings Bryan spillimr wine which Christ has just changed from water, while Andrew J. Volstead, author of. the federa’ prohibition enforcement, act. and William H. Anderson. New York super intenjent of the Anti-saloon league look on. Burbank Enlists m Fight Against the Weevil. / New York, March 15.—Luther Bur bank. the California plant wizard, who is among the world’s 'foremost horticulturists, has accepted the. place on the board of directors of the na tional campaign for boll weevil con trol, according to an announcement Tuesday by Dr. Miller Reese . Hutchi son, president and managing director of the campaign. Air. Burbank is one of numerous leaders in financial, agricultural and scientific circle* to take an active part in the crusade against the in sect pest which is causing hundreds of milieus of dollars loss each; year by attacking the country's cotton’crop. X. (\ Christian Rdvoeate: Rev. F. O. Drytnan at Norwood has entered upon the most promising pastorate of his life. Joy fills his heart as there are signs of progress everywhere. Loyal ty on the part of officials and big congregations, and a growing Sun day school, are among the encouraging features of the Norwood church.” T THE CONCORD TIMES TWO CAKOIIHAS IX roIIIV'.HISON. Industrial Commission. Recently Created, Makes Report to Sciath Carolina Governor. Columbia, S. C., March 16.—" There lias been a much greater development in manufacturing industries taken as a whole in the state of North Caro lina than in South Carolina r any of the other states under considera tion. We have attempted to find out the reasons that have contributed to this greater development during i.no ; last the slate of North Caro lina.” Thus reads the report of the in dustrial commissio, created by the present legislature, at the suggestion of Governor McLeod,' early in the session. The commission, composed of B. E. Geer, of Greenville; R. B. Rei ser, of Sumter; Senator Allen John stone, of Newberry; Representative J. W. McKay, of Dillon, and President W. M. Figgs', of Clemson college,, re ported to the Governor, and the Gov ernor will report it to the legislature Saturday. The committee says that it believes that taxation has not been the de termining factor in the greater in dustrial development which has taken place in North Carolina* The commis sion finds no disposition on the part of 'South Carolina to appress or harass industrial corporations. |As to factors that have brought about large industrial development in North Carolina the commission refers to the -smaller cotton mills, ownjed locally, the larger amount of capital invested in industries, the larger variet and number of resources, the larger territory and population and •‘chief among the factors contributing to North 'Carolina’s imputation for progressiveness may be mentioned its modern state revenue system, its ambitions road program and its recent large contributions to educa tion.” HOME EC ONOMICS FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN Special Teachers to Be* Placed in the Field. Raleigh. X. ('., March Id.—Extend ing its program of, providing instruc tipn in home economics for girls aud women not in school in North Caro lina, the state department of,vocation al education, effective May 1 will place special teachers in the field. Gas ton. Alamance and Aleeklenburaf coun ties being the first to receive this work, according to present plans. Aliss Alargarct Edwards, supervisor of home economics, lias just* returned from a tour of a number of counties in connection with her plans for starting the new instruction. Among the cities she visited were Greensboro. High Point, Rocky Mount. Gastonia. Gra ham. Charlotte, Reidsville. Wilming ton. Goldsboro. Spray, Asheville. "l't is our desire to reach girls and women, over sixteen years of age, not in school,” said Aliss Edwards. "These special classes in lionie economics and home making will he held in the df ternpons and evening:,. "The work will be paid for out of federal and st.'.te funds. It is our plan (o supply several local teachers and another instructor who will divide her time with several counties. "At Gastonia and Charlotte, as well as in other communities, we were giv en excellent co-operation by city and county school authorities in our steps to inaugurate the - special classes. We are working through local clubs and mills in starting these courses and ex pect them to start about May 1. "All communities desiring to offer this work to the women not in school should communicate with this depart ment as early as possible in order to assist us in completing our plans," she said. PLAYS FRIDAY NIGHT Despite Rain Large Crowd Greatly Enjoyed Pro.entation of F'olk Plays. Despite the rain a large audience greeted, the presentation of the Folk Plays, "Off Nag’s Head." and "The Last of the Lowries,” at Central Grad ed School Friday evening. The plays were, presented under the aus pices of the Fine Arts Department oT the ‘Woman’s Club and under the di rection of Aliss Elizabeth Taylor. > The entire east aV:is made up of Condol'd people, and it would probably bo unfair to say that one character was portrayed better than another. Each person taking part in the pro gram received mqch just applause and favorable comment, and the acting was so well given that the attention of tin' .audience throughout was un divided. Alusic by a double quartette and a solo by Aliss Elizabeth Lord proved to be additional features on the at tractive program. Regional Conference of Baptists at Sanford. tShnford, March 15.—Dr. L. R. Scarborough. Fort Woytii, Texas, general director of the 75 million campaign, (thrilled 3PO representa tives from .eight or ten district as sociations at a regional conference held in the First Baptist church of this city .oday under the direction of Secretary Charles E. Maddry, of Raleigh. Other notab'c speakers of the conference were Dr. C. E. Burts, of Columbia,' S. ('.. and Dr. T. W. O'Kelly, Raleigh.* Great interest was aroused in the payment of pledges to the 75 million camoaign this spring. Drunk Boys SI agger to a Newark School. Newark, N. .T.. (March 15.- -Stirred by reports of children staggering zo school so drunk they had to be taken home, federal prohibition enforce ment agents today raided a Tyler street dwelling and seized a quantity yof home-made liquor and 'a flve-gal lon stilt. . Tile attendance department of the Newark school board filed the com plaint. “Just Forever ‘BlmVing Bubbles.” a. very clever exhibition -which was-first .presented in New York City, is j»eing shown now in the show windows' of Cline's Pharmacy. The exhibition is something new, and is ciVating much interest here. Iceland's geysers never shoot their water higher tliau 100 feet, while pome of the Yellowstone geysers go more than three times as high. / WATTS FINED SIOO [He Will Resume Active Work With i His Federal Income Audit Com | Pany. I Tom Boat in Greensboro News. Former Revenue Commissioner A. p. Mutts today paid in police court a fine ol SIOO and costs on a submission to charges of aiding and abetting pros titution. He denied the act itself and was acquitted of that accusation. N ihe Democra tie leader, who is the father of statewide prohibition, who was several times Iredell’s represen tative in the lower house and in the Sejmte,.-private secretary to Senator Simmons, President Wilson's collector of internal revenue for almost the en tire eight years, form Collector J. W. Bailey s choice for revenue commis sioner and Governor Morrison’s ap pointee for “2<kodd months, motored from Statesville to answer personally today. He has been in the hospital almost the entire time since he was divested of the unusual honors and po litically divorced room his most dis tinguished associates. To have lost so much and to have suffered so long, he looks surprisingly well. He called on Governor .Morrison, his life-long friend and fellow iic politics and had the colonel been minded to do so, he could have pulled off a reception not “given anybody in Jhe -state in recent years. Instead, he went to police court, submitted to a charge which could not have been proved, paid the tine, open ed not his mouth, then went to the ho tel. He brought friends with him. All of them went went with him Un ashamed. Tile warrant charged him with engaging in an act of prostitution with Grace Grantham, the girl found m the Shepherd building apartments occupied by the former Democratic leader. Tt was the arrest and the al legations which, paraded in the public press, set Pharisaism agog and Ul9 colonel conceding a point to the pub lic just unit. Friends of Mr. Watts said tonight after he had returned home with State Chairman Dave Norwood, Wal ter Woodson, Jim Hartness and others, that the colonel will resume active work with the federal income audit company which lie organized and in which he can make double the salary of revenues commissioner. And those friends are authority for the statement that Watts is sure to he in the campaign next year exact ly us he was for Governor Morrison two years ago—constantly on the move and just as energetic for the mat) of his choice* as he ever was. Tin* States ville man has no notion of quitting; he has merely removed himself from an office. A SALISBI RY~LAD REPORTED AS LOST \ Thurston Watkins Not Heard Frol Since Last December. Now York. March 14.—The missing persons’ bureau lias been asked to. comb the city for Thurston I Watkins, 20, years old. former oLerliu Univer sity student, who inis been missing from Ids home in Salisbury, N. C., for several months. When last Ids" par ents heard frym him young Watkins was living at 211 Hicks street, Brook lyn, with a man known to Watkins' parents as Guy Hobson. Though-the youth was six feet two inches tall and weighed '2OO pounds his fatlu*l\ P. J. Watkins, believes that some harm lias befallen the bov. Detectives who visited the Brook lyn address today discovered that an Alfred J. Hobson had lived there 1$ months ago. - The police are looking for Hobson in the belief tlmt he knows Watkins’ present whereabouts. Stanly Gold Mines. Albemarle Xews-llerald. The early resumpion of work in the gold mines at Gold Hill on a bigger and more • modern*-scale than ever be fore should he looked to as a most favorable omen for this section of Piedmont North Carolina. The Char lotte Observer says that “the ores will Ik* mined and treated under a new system and by a new process, which is said to develop 100 per cent in re sults.” and that - paper believes that “there is to be a revival of the. once nourishing gold mining industry hi the Piedmont section on a profitable bas is.’’ Active operations, we are told, will possibly commence within the next- <SO days. This project, if successful, will no doubt mean tin* spread of the. gold mining industry to otlier abandoned mines in Stanly, Montgomery, Cahar ms. Mecklenburg and other counties?-, as wefTas Rowan. There are a num ber of abandoned mines in this coun ty which were once worked with great protit. For instance, there is an abandoned *duif( on Lewder Moun tain. just two miles west of this city, and in the New London section there are several abandoned mines. It would mean no small advantage, to our county and section for active and successful work to he resumed in these mines. Four More Executions in Ireland. London. March 14 CBv the Asso ciated Press). —Four men were exe cuted today at Drumboe , Castle, Stranorlaiv County Donegal, says a Central'News dispatch from Dublin. Printer Paid Four Cents Income Tax. Greenville. S. (_\. March 15. —J. W. Britt. Greenville printer here paid his income tux. The Federal government got three cents and the State of South Carolina one. HO had 72 cents of tax able income. He did not take advant age of the installment plan. House is Blown Away in * Storm of Tuesday. Goldsboro. 'March 15.—-Jack Casey, of Casey 4 * Chapel, came into the city yesterday to bring his-four year olti son to be treated for injuries re ceived in Tuesday's storm. He declar ed that his home was blown away by the terrific wind, particularly ihe part of the house in which their clothes were. Some of tlr'e clothes he found in a field several hundred yards from the house. His son *Was injured by’faking debris. Exports From l’. S. Total $310,000,000 In February. Washington. March 15, —Total ex ports from the United States during February amounted to $310,000,000, compared with $250,000,000 in Feb ruary,-1922. 800 MILES OF HIGHWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN STATE 400 Miles Hard-Surface Road Included in the Program.—Commission in Session. Brock Barkley in Charlotte Observer. Raleigh, March 15.—The State Highway Commission, beginning its first meeting of 1923, and with two new commissioners present, is laying plans for the construction diiring the year of 800 miles of highway, one-lmlf of it in hard-surface. The commis sion will be in session through tomor row. It will hear a few delegations, but most of the time will be taken tip in organization plans and outlining a plan for the year’s work. Commissioner Hanes, of Winston- Salem. and Commissioner Kistler, of Morgan ton* the twe new- members of the hoard, are sitting with the com mission for the first time. They are men of exceptional abilito, and Chair man Frank Page is of their appointment and the. main tenance of the high standard of the commission. Mr, Hanes sucoeded for mer Commissioner R. A. Dough ton, who resigned to commissioner of revenue. Mr. Kestler succeeded John C. Mcßoe, who resigned in Jan uary following complaints of citizens of his district over road work. The commission carried through successfully last year’s program of a thousand- miles, some .<>oo miles of which was in hard surface. Chair man Page said today 800 miles would lie. set as tin* goal for this year. The first contracts of 1923 will he let April 3. when projects for some 200 miles will he awarded. The cement situation is causing highway officials considerable concern just now. Mr. Page said it is almost impossible to make satisfactory con tracts for the delivery of cement. In creased demands throughout the coun try are partly responsible. The commission undertook last year to procure this product from foreign countries, but the plan did not prove •feasible, and the necessity again arose to depend practically altogether on the American market. Procurance of cement in large quantities and at lower cost was expected to result from the foreign connections. LUTHERAN MEETING AT CHINA GROVE SUNDAY Mass Meeting in Connection With the Appeeal for Lenoir College. China Grove, March Id. —Lutherans in and about China-Grove will gather at Bt. Mark’s Lutheran Church, China Grove,, Sunday, evening for a great mass meeting held in connection with tin* Appeal for $850,000 for endow ment and expansion of Lenoir College, Hickory, X. C. Speakers nationally known in educational and religious circles will address the meeting and the. famous Lenoir .Appeal Glee Club, which' has attracted great attention in the rallies in other districts, will •ting. Two special meetings will be held Sunday evening at St. Mark's Church —at 7:30 a special workers meeting of all who are most active in the in terest of Lenoir College in the China Grove district, and at 8.15 a public rally attended by members of all the congregations represented. Tin* Lutheran pastors and congre gations of the' district who will he represented at the. meetings are: Rev. y. A. Brornn, Luther Chapel, China Grove, and Center Grove Church at Kannapolis: P. D. Risinger, Landis Lutheran Church and Concordia con gregation, Landis; Rev. C. P. Fisher, St. Mark’s Church, China Grove; Rev. J. S. Wessinger. Mt. Moriah and St. Mark's churches, near China Grove.: Rev. P. L. M4Her, Organ Lutheran con gregation at Organ Church, and Kb-, enezer, near China' Grove: Rev. G. IV. Cobb. Grace Church, near. China Grove, and Salem congregation near Barber, and Rev. G. O. Ritchie. Faith Luther an at Faith and Wittenburg congre gation, Granite Quarry. VAN WITH TWO WIVES IS IN' DOUBLE TROUBLE Salisbury Van Held in Richmond For Non-Support of Number One. Richmond, Va., March 15. —Wulter E. Craw ey, when arrested here to day for the Salisbury. N. C., authori ties on a charge of non-support told the police he was “in double trou ble.” The police declare that on further questioning lie told them that alter leaving his wife and five children at Salisbury he went to Wilmington. N. C., where on Christmas day married wife No. 2. Crawley is being held for the Salisbury authorities. Salisbury, March 15.—•’Walter E. Crawley arrested today in Richmond, Va., on charges of non-support pre ferred by Salisbury authorities will be brought buck here for trial at once, Chief of Police Kesler said late today He advised that he Tiad arranged to 1 leave tonight to get Crawley. Crawley is charged with having left his wife and . five children and married another woman in Wilming ton. N. C., on Christmas day, Chief Kesler said, but charges of bigamy have not been issued, the chief added. Mining at Gold Hill Will Be Resumed. Albemarle, Mftrch 15.—The £arly resumption Os work in the gold mines at Gold Hill on a bigger and more modern scale than ever before it**an nounced for the near future. The announcement is taken to mean the spread of the gold mining in dustry to other abandoned mines in &unly, Montgomery, Cabarrus, Meck lenburg and otlier counties, as well as Rowan. There are a number of abandoned mines in this count.? which were once worked with great profit. For instance, there is an abandoned shaft on Lowder Moun tain, just two miles west of this city, and iu the New London section taert are several abandoned mines. It *ould mean no small advantage to our county and section for active and successful work to be resumed in these mines, t • -*.-2‘ ♦ The amount of sijk produced by each spider is so small that 4 scien tist has computed that 003.522 would be required to produce a siugle pound of thread. Waluut shells, which hitherto have been regarded' as waste matter, are now made into charcoal. PAGE FIVE f LIGHTER INFESTATION ! OF BOLL WEEVIL THIS YEAH fl Number Wintered Successfully Will Be 1 Less Than That of a Year Ago. Raleigh, X. C., March 1(5.-—Only an . average numl>er of boll weevils is e “wintering successfully and this num s 1 her will lie far less than that of one > .’ year ago,” according to a report re ; reived from the Delta laboratory of 1 the United States Department of Agri f culture, 'Tallulah. lii„ made public - here today by Franklin Sherman, chief -of the Division of Entomology of the . North Carolina Experiment Station. > “I wish to cantion 'the farmers to ? remember that this does not mean the weevil injury for the whole season will - l>e less than it was last year, for this f wAJI he greatly influenced by weather f conditions during the late spring and - summer,” he said. i “The report does indicate, however, - that there will he lighter infestation f to begin with, and this will give the - farmer a chan/e to use good cultural - methods and to get a good start to - ward setting an early crop of bolls . ahead of the heavy infestation. “I believe that if the season from 1 from the present date is at al adverse - to the weevil, it might delay the dust s' ing process somewhat, possibly, cull ing for less applications than in 1922. 1 Farmers must remember, however, 1 than in the southern counties of North f Carolina the weevil had scarcely • reached its full abundance in ltf-J. and I in the counties of Anson, Scotland, ‘ Robeson, and others iu this section, 1 there will he equally as great damage ! this year." Mr. Sherman said that,the reports > from the Delta laboratory are always 1 fairly accurate, especially in its bul letins on boll weevil conditions../ Last year, he continued, tiles laboratory : found that a heavy emergence of wee ' vils would result because ,of she suc cessful winter the weevils weitt pass ing, and these proved the reports to 1 be correct. _ TAX OX ALL OCCUPATION'S. L 4# y * - - . ‘ Kdutli Carolina Senate Passes a Sweeping Measure. Columbians. C., March 13. —The South Carolina State Senate today passed a bill levying an occupational tax of almost every firm and indi vidual in the State. The measure, a substitute for a commodity tax bill passed by <he House , also levies a tax on gross re | ceipts of all corporations and per sons receiving more than $509 a year from any source. , The measure passed by th& Senate is regarded here ’fi&lotie' of the m.et inclusive tax billsovdr brought before a State .Legislature. From ihe negro laborer in the field to the owner of thousands of acres of ’and and irom the office boy to the President of the firm, none is missed. The tax provided in the bill is in addition to the State income tax already levied and it is estimated it will yield $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 a year. The measure provides that* every firm, corporation or person in the State working for gain must pay to the State Treasurer a license fee of $2.00 » year. In addition to this, indi viduals or firms having gross receipts from any source for the year in ex , cess of SSOO, must pay from one-tenth of one per cent, to one-half of one per cent, of the total exceeding that figure. Gasoline dealers and Federal employes arc expected while persons selling farm products are not requir ed to pay taxes on such products. EASTER ISLAND “MISSING.” French Ship’s Captain Reports it lias Vanished in Pacific. I*apcte, Tahiti. Mareh 16.—Easter Island, in the Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles off the coast of Chile, and lam ous for its* ancient, gigantic statues, believed to have been the work of a prehistoric people, has, disappeared, according to the captain of a French merchant ship. Although persistent rumors are rife, here thpt the island sank during the Chilean earthquake a few mouths ago, no confirmation has beeij ob tained. The most circumstantial of the rumors is that of the French sea cap tain, who seeking to verify his posi tion, tried to sight Easter Island, DUt found nothing but water where tin* island should have been. It is pointed out by marine authorities, however, that observations of French merchant skippers are not always accurate. There is no communication with Easter Island from Tahiti. The only way of reaching the isolated bit of land is byway of Chile, to whicn re public it belongs. A Chilean Govern ment ship sails at the is'aud about once every year. CIVIL WAR VETERANS ARE GERMAN MILLIONAIRES 229 Residents of Germany Draw Reg ular Pensions From United States.' Washington, March 15.—Payment of back pensions due Civil War veterans unci' their widows residing in Ger many is creating a new class of mark millionaires in that, country. A number of pension accounts were suspended during the World War and , payment was held up alter its termi nation until pensioners could send to Washington properly executed vouch ers. As a result, in some cases pay ments have recently anoint ing to $2,800 to an individual, repre senting nearly 11,590,000 marks at the current rate of exchange. Records of the (tension bureau show . 229 residents of Germany are draw -1 ing regular pensions from the United ' States government, such payments iu 1922 amounting $87,522. Ten iK*usioners of the government reside in tile former AuMnian em pire and these receieved $4,898 last year. At the current rate of ex change the average remittance to these pensioners wohld be 72,000 1 kronen a month to those on the sls 'monthly pension list. —.—*— __ • /The Farmers-’ Co-operative Cream ery, »if Payette, Idaho, not only p<*id ■all expenses and wiped out its oeDt, but in addition paid its farmtr patrons a dividend on last year’s business amounting to $11,428. The, | creamery pays the farmers nearly ; 20 per cent more for butter fat than ! most of the Idaho farmers receive. It t also distributed a five per cent bonus to all employe* except tae manager.