j B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
tfPi BOSS' Os
CONVICT CAMP HELD
01 SERIOUS CHARGE
falter Higginbotham Charg
ed Wiih Murder of Martin
Taberi, a Convict Whom
He Whipped.
GRAN!) JURY ACTS
ON MURDER CHARGE
And Orders the “Boss” Held
on Three Counts—Civil
Action Expected by Rela
tives of Tabert.
Flu.. April 12. —Ai liberty
i'll bail ol SIO.iKM. \Vj#lt**i*
I jiii'iiiL in. • ;iHi]i "whip
t„,... T awaiting triiil for first
inmurr i;i connection with the
; i i, i ; Mill lin Tahori. of .North Dn
v.l:n. v\ itpesscs was he;;toil
i„ lichlft li.v !! igglnbn! li;im.
*isicntiiy ihe Madison Cunn
.. ;iii • ji;r.\ in session here for tin*
of Tiili i rlV Month, iti
, Higginbotham on three counts
,L;iririiijr first degree murder. Tin*
Ir ;jl n:;i\ come op mi ;i special term of
"ii Mil.' I~>. at Cross City. Fla..
n ; e c..ii:it\ sea-t of Dixie County,
wien* the alleged b'utihg took place
p ‘ i-hniary of I'.*—.
c, iji.si■! for Higginbotham sail! they
v. ,i!•{ atin-.it the. use of tin* Irish, hut
p-:M ate-iupt to show that Tabert's
|,nie c liiii»*ii* w:inot so severe that it
vi. cause hi- death. Camp offi
cii* maintain that Tahert died of nat-
E-i! muses.
After tin* indictment was returned.
:;.sel for Ta bert's family in North
>-.■•. announced tlint tis soon ns the
rr.al is a suit will he filed in
iin I'uiteil States District Court in
Iri.ia or Wisconsin against the I'ut
i '. I niiiher Co. for sio.tloo dmuitgi's.
I!io.\nln*iliaM v.a- employed hy this
eeuipaoy at tin- time of Tal»ert*S| whip
jin;. . i.*! it also is pointed out an
a*;.istneiit existed iietween tin* county
:,ir!i‘>r:tii> and the .company whereby
lie i:ii!er sc. uted sole it*ase of the
pri>.>in>
(KTM)KK!) OH. PROMOTERS
(JET OVER $100,000,000
I.oct of Texas Swindlers in Five
Years, Postal Head Asserts.
Washington, I>. (.'., April 0. —Oil
stiM-k iimmoters operating in Texas
during da* last five years have filched
mm" tliati $11)0.1 K>o,ooo from the pub- j
he Postmaster General New was ad- ;
v ; -,*d tmlny hy John 11. Edwards, so
iieitor of the l’ostoffice Department, i
mil ( iiit'i Postal Inspector Simmons.
v -’i> at - in Fort Worth co-operating f
"iihilii* 'Department of Justice in the I
insectiti< n of mail fraud cases in- j
vUving oil promoters.
in making public the report, the |
Tetmastcr General also declared the j
IVt.iffire Department intended “to |
more in the most vigorous and persist- j
111 ; liner possible for the enforce- j
® ,!l! °f both iin* criminal law and the
* i'lle.r statutes against the fraud
,il" ll! 'ise of the mails, not only in the
fraudulent oil stock,-but all
'• ‘ r ' uses involving fraud in the
hails." j
W.TKRWs postpone
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
* ! I- Reported That the Klan Has Ee- i
iimie Factor in Confederate Reun i
'
A* '.v ( h'li-.ms. Anvil 12. —Amid shouts !
'* im railroad the oleetiou crow j
s iih ilie rules.' tin* election of offi-■
1 ' lor ilie Sons of Confederato Vet
sciieiluied for this morning was!
f ,s tioom*,i until the afternoon session, i
delegates were reported sharply!
‘.'li'eii '»ver the Ku Klux Klan issue,
■ m h was said to have been injected
,;|! t!l '*-convention. The Klan and an
' '"' ,l tactions each wt*re reported
rpi'Msnriiig tickets.
' ll!r,i * v Young at 9l>, Objects
. b> Being ( ailed “Old.”
A nril 12.—Joseph Sutton,
' “-J and slil] an active mem- i
T 1 1-oil don manufacturing firm, j
I V ’ " ‘ho Daily Telegraph pro-!
, ‘J-• ii"ie in sorrow than in anger.
I ,!! l‘vrs reeent reference to his i
1,1 i.’ee at a public m<*eting.
j,.,. jj" " |l(, i'ter who wrote the story de- i
7,77 li!lu as ~ ” !|| > old gentleman.”;
~, ns “ s to remark that lie is
lie ; s-*V-' 7 :is be is able to work.
i n „ V 1 ;':. 1 "’ * s his desk every morn-:
“'lock— and hour earlier
Ij v s,| -'"d!(*il young memliers of
I't-icH* 1 lias maintained this
111 titt\ -six years.
(ii,.7 , !s ,10f hing like work to se
-11.,. ,7 I:, i‘l». v and Contented life,” his
" ! '•oiiclndes.
rKss "V* hakßing
W ILL BE NOMINATED
<M, fe Thinks the presi
imhli, No Opposition in Re
■t.
b. p,, ss ' M'l.ii til. -r Senatm* Siuion
J:is t lii-m't I <l!u "' 'h'clanXl in a spcedi
he ; e n7 tin* Hamilton (Tub
a, ,1,777 j Harding will be
fi<*vf ~ . T the• republican party
i** iv-ele - t V’ h,,m "fiposition and will
fiie stre! v-t U \ a uiajority on
u L ° r administration’s
hi;'i,j .‘ U s s *dbl he was express
:iuii',!,7’ !i< 7 ‘fidnion and had not
s i*M*t jj r, *. ' 7 ,n make a
lla ‘ President.
THE CONCORD TIMES.
, SECRET \ Vk HOOVER ON
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
A ( ommur.it.y Must Pay For the Cost
; of 'framing <>r a Oreateg of
liiettieieiiej.
j It:.high, April 12 (By the Assoeiat
jod l*ress) 4 —‘A community must pay
either for the. cost of training labor
or for the much greater cost of ineffi
ciency of labor, and inefficiency of la
bor means inevitably general intbis
j Dial and commercial inefficiency,'*
■ Herbert Homer, secretary of com
merce; declares in a letter to the Fcd
er::l Board of Vocational Education,
a Cony of which was received todux
by T. K. Browne state director.
Mr. Hoover calls auemion-to the
■ fact that last year exjjendituies in the.
j states under the Federal vocational
net amount' d to less than sld.ttttO.tHKt,
•*r approximati’ly id cents per capita,
of this amount, states and local com
munities contributed about $11,000,-
■ <’) and tin* government 54.000.000.
"If vocational education is worth
while, certainly as a natioii we can
afford the price of such education."
la* says, ", Mir only concern is to
know that it is worth while. If it
is expenditure on account of such ed
ucation is in the nature of an invest
ment which will yield alrge dividends
from year to year through tin* pro
gressive increase of labor skiil and
indusi rial efficiency.
“The essential purpose of this act
is to extend public school education
to provide for the needs of our youth
who do not enter our higher tech
nical and professional educational in
stitutions.
“We in this country believe that ed
ucation in general pays for itself and
is" worth while, and if this is true of
any sort of education it is certainly
true of vocational education—that it
pays for itself. That is the acid |
test, particularly of vocational educa
tion—that it shall pay for itself. If
it does not, it is not vocational educa
tion at all.
“Men of affairs the country over are
being impressed with the fact that
the cost of training labor on the jolt
is one o? the great industrial costs,
but tiny know that the cost of ineffi
ciency and lack of training is much
greater, and that labor must be train
ed wli ilever the cost. If they or the
community do not provide such train
ing they cannot compete with the
foreign producer whose, labor is voca
tionally trained at public expense, nor
can wc as a nation adequately sup-(
plv oiti* own needs for the product of j
labor., if wc neglect to provide for the j
training of labor.
.‘•The. eost of providing this train
ing is jus* as properly a charge upon
the public revenue as any other form
of ndmation. In tin* interests <>f la
bor itself sm lt training cannot be de
volved upon the employer. <>rgun
. ia«**t iftbor is perrectiy right in insist
ing that vocational education shill be
under public supervision and control,
so that the interest and welfare of
the worker as wed as of the employer
will be taken fairly into account.
"The cost of such training certainly
, should not be put upon the individual
! worker unless we are prepared to
abandon our traditional policy of pro
viding free education and equality of
opportunity for our youth. We can
not in fairness continue to provide
sp,claimed education free to tin* few
who propose to enter the. professions,
while denying education to the many,
for the commoner vocations.
‘•Further it may be noted that in
so far as -the products of American la
bor come into competition with the.
products of foreign labor, either iu
our own domestic market or in for
eign markets. unemployment for
American labor is bound to develop
in proportion as foreign labor is bet
ter trained and more efficient. No
American employer can hold bis mar
kets and continue to employ labor, if
his labor is relatively unskilled or if
his costs for training labor greatly ex
ceed those of his foreign competitors.
Every important foreign country, Eu
ropean and American, is providing for
the vocational training of its citizens.
Having taken the lead in vocational
education, we certainly shall not now
permit ourselves to slip back because
of a notion of false economy."
Secretary Hoover is a member of
t.lie Federal Board for Vocational Ed
ucation and for the past two years
has been in close touch with those
administering the act.
Child's Life Is Restored For 6 Hours
By Vd.renalin.
Detroit. /Mirh.. April 9.--Life was
restored here Sunday to fi newborn
babe that passed away within a few
minutes after birth, and the infant
| was kept alive for six hours by use of
I adrenalin, a powerful drug that now
j s engaging the attention of the
’ medical world. Death was the victor
; in the end. however.
The baity, born in a hospital, was
; pronounced d-ad a few minutes alter
birth. Attending physicians decided to
employ the drug. The baby’s lungs
had. not functioned. When the heart
slopped heating the drug was inject
i ed directly into the heart tissues, and
30 second later the organ began to
function again. By use of a puimotor
tire lungs also wore made to function
17 minutes later.
LIAM LYNCH CAPTURED
BY FREE STATE TROOPS
He is Chief of Staff of the Irish Ir
regulars, Official Statement Says.
Dublin, April 10 (By the Associat
ed Press). —Liam Lynch, chief of staff
of the Irish Irregulars, has b<H*n cap
tured it was officially announced this
. j.. %
afternoon.
Lynch was captured by the Free
State forces this morning at Knock
nasaleji, near Newcastle, after an en
gagement in which he was seriously
wounded.
This is in; ii and boys* night at
Trinity Rclermed Church. A section
of pews for men and boys. Lively
song service led by Mr. Swartz. Dr,
Leonard will have a special message.
I This is lor you—come.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
OISAPPEARAHCE OF
! WILLIAM CASON NO
j LONGER A MYSTERY
D. Coburn Taylor Arrested
Charged With Killing Cas
on* —Taylor Is Said to Have
Made Confession.
SAYS CASON TRIED
TO KILL DAUGHTER
Bunyan McDonald and Wil
lie Baker Also Arrested,
and Are Held as Acees
; sories to the Crime.
•
Camden. S. (*,. April 12. -The mys-
I lory of the. disappearance on Decopi
l.er 22 of Willi.tm Cason, a Beth uni*
! blacksmith, today had boon cleared
I up. aci-ording to \V. W. Budget s, one
lof Governor Thomas (J. McLeod's
j special constables who late yesterday
I brought I). Coburn Taylor. Bu.van Me
[Donald and Willie Baker here and
.placed them in jail. Taylor, accord
ing to the constable, confessed that he
.shot and killed Cason to prevent him
from killing a child, with the other
men are held as accessories.
Taylor, according to the story told
the officer, said .that Cason, who is
said to have come from Alabama with
bis wife and child, spent the night of
December 21 at the Taylor home.
Cason the next morning took Bis child
and went into the woods with the
avowed indention, aeooixfing to the
story, of killing ir. Taylor said that
he shot Cason to prevent the death
of t3ie child.
After Cason was dead. Taylor is
alleged to have called up Will Reeves,
a negro, to aid in disposing of the body,
but the negro refused to help. Run
yan McDonald then was summoned and
then, ir is alleged, he and Taylor
placed the body in a bog. Kix weeks
fitter reports were heard that officers
Intended to starch the swamp for
Cason’s body and Taylor is alleged
• o have said that he and McDonald
removed the, body to another place
'and cremated it. Biker is alleged to
have disposed of portions of Cason's
clothing Taylor ami uia
slflefs.
THE COTTON MARKET
Yesterday’s Decline Followed by Firm
er Tone at Today’s Trading.
New York. April 12. —Yesterday's de
clines were followed by * a decidedly
firmer tone in the cotton market ar
today's trading. Liverpool was again
firm, while heavy rains in the central
and western belt sections threatened
further delays to the new crop start,
and the market here opened linn at an
advance of 14 to .“(*> points on cover
ing. trade buying and a fairly active
commission house demand. There was
some selling for Liverpool and Japan
ese account, on the opening advance to
28J58 for July, and 2H.04 for October,
but during the early trading prices
iield to about 28 to MS points "above
yesterday's closing figures.
Cotton futures opened firm.: .May
20.3.1: July 28.80; October 2.1.00; De
cember 21.40: January 24.0.1.
FIVE RAILROADS IN
WEST CONSOLIDATED.
Change Made Under Direction of
Svveiingen Interests, of Cleveland.
Columbus, ()., April 12.—Consoli
dation of five middle western railroads
under the direction of rhe Van Swer
ingcti interests of Cleveland, was of
ficially consummated here today v.lion
incorporation papers for the consoli
dated road, which will be known its
the New York. Chicago & St. Louis,
wore filed with the Secretary of State.
Profitable Praying
(New York, April 12.—Because a
tombstone fell on him while he was
praying, at the grave of his father-in
law, Samuel Foth, of Brooklyn, won
a verdict of SSOOO against the United
Hebrew Cemetery, on Staten island,
tonight, hi the Richmond County su
perior Court.
Roth claimed that he was praying
on the grave of Ids father-m-iaw.
Moses Cohen, with his wife kneeing
on one side of him and his daughter
on the other, when the tombstone
toppled over and broke his knee. One
leg. he said, is shorler than the other, i
as a result of the injury, and he had i
to be in a hospital for 19 ivveeks. Ho
asked for $25,00P.
Sale of Fine IVwring Apparel at!
Efird’s.
Friday morning at 8:4.1 o’clock
Efird’s will begin a sale of silk dress-!
es, slipon sweaters, French voile;
Shirtwaists and Blouses. The dress- ■;
es are divided into three groups at j
$8..10.- $14.10 and $lB.lO. In the 1
sweaters you may take your choice
at SI.OO. This xvill be a wonderful op
portunity for the ladies of this city
and section. See page ad. today.
The Ford Weekly Purchase Plan.
Only SI.OO deposited in any bank in !
Concord will enroll you i.*i the Ford
Weekly Rurehase Plan. Then you se- !
lent the type of Ford you want and
arrange to make weekly deposits,
which will bear as interest at the regu
lar savings rate. Go to any of the
banks or to the Cabarrus Motor Co.
and they will explain everything fullv
to you.
Mr. N. J. Sherrill, of Charlotte, was
in Concord today on business.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1923.
i Announces Prizes to Be Awarded to
| Students at County Commencement
With the (inn! examinations in the
[ county schools to be held next week
and flu* announcement from Prof. ,J. Ik
’Robertson, superintendent'of the coun
ty schools, that many interesting priz
es, medals and certificates are to be
awarded this year, interest in County
Commencement, to lx* held tßis year
on April Ssh, is increasing daily.
Commencement day is always an event
of great interest to tlie pupils and
patrons of the rural schools, and Prof.
Robertson is striving to make the ex
'■rcises this year more interesting ail'd
beneficial than any held in any form
er year.
The following prizes will bo award
'd this year: '
The C. B. Wagoner- gold medals in
recitation and declamation:
Cash prizes of $4.00 ami $2.00 by
the Citizens Bank and Tnmt Company
in spelling contests:
Cash prizes of SI.OO and $2.10 by
Prof. Robertson for the best and sec
ond best compositions on “What a
School and-Community Can Do to Im
prove Country Living Conditions;"
D. A. it. medal given by Mrs. J. F.
Reed to that pupil in any grade in the
Contract Let Wednesday
For New Bank Building
Work on New Home For Cabarrus Savings Bank Will
Start Monday, Contract For $250,090 Building Hav
ing Been Given to Charlotte Contractors.
Work on the now bank and officei
building to be erected here by the
Cabarrus Savings Bank will begin
Monday morning. Mr. C. W. Swink.
ashier of the hank, announced yes
terday afternoon following a meeting
of the bank officials who met to award
the contract for tlie modern structure.
The building will be erected by T. C.
Thompson and Bros., contractors, of
Cha riotte.
The new building will be erected on
rhe property now occupied by C. Patt
Covington's store, the Singer Sewing
Machine Company’s office, the office of
K. L. Craven & Son add the Central
•afe. It faces on FnUn Street with
an extension, on Means street.
"We are going to eiect.'a modern
bullning.*’ , Mr. Swink l aid after the
meeting. ‘‘The ground' tloor will be
constructed in a manner to give us a
modern banking home, and the oilier
four stories will be constructed so
rhey cun be used - by JnmVftTunh>. hns
ness concerns or organizations of dif
ferent kinds.
“Work of tearing down the buildings
that now stand on our property will be
started Monday morning. The con
tractors plan to rush tlie work with all
practical speed, and as soon as the
present buildings have been razed, ex
cation work for the new structure will
be started.”
The building will be five stories in
height, will cost about $210,000, and
will l*c the largest building in Con
cord. It will add much to the ap
pearance of the business section, as
rhe stores on the property to be occu
pied by the new structure are among
the oldest and most obsolete in the
business district.
Many of the office rooms which the
building will offer already have been
rented, Mr. Swink stated, and officials
of the bank express tin* opinion that
the new building will be very popular
with business and professional men.
PROHIBITION AGENTS
REPORT FOR MARCH
Report Shows Agents Were Very Busy
in This State During Last Month.
Salisbury, April 12.—One hundred
and seventy illicit distilleries and
128.021 gallons of spirits and malt
liquors were captured by prohibition
agents in the state during March, it
was announced today by A. Ik Col
trane. prohibition director at state
headquarters in this city. Sixteen au
tomobiles were seized. Ninety-one
persons were arrested for violations
of the dry law, and property valued at
$15,231 seized and destroyed.
GENERAL ALLEN TO HOLD
HIS LAST “REVIEW” TODAY
Commander of American Troops on the
Rhine Goes on Retired List Tomor
row.
Washington, April* 12. —Major Gen
eral Henry T. Allen, former command
er of the American Army of Occupa
tion in Germany, held his last "re
view” today. Tomorrow he concludes
41 years of active services, reaches the
age of Ut and is automatically retired,
j AH troops stationed in Washington
! were called out for the review today.
Tornado Causes Damage.
Alexandria, La., April 12.—Several
j persons were injured. 11 houses were
! wrecked, and other damage was done
| when a tornado struck Meridian, La.,
j a sawmill town 30 miles south of here
,j early today, according to meager re
| ports reaching here.
1 •
W ith Our Advertisers.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany will cash your Victory Bonds
maturing May 20th.
Now is the time to get your gar
den plows, garden tools, lawn hose,
i etc. A large shipment just received
by the Ritchie Hardware Co.
! Fisher’s millinery presents a glor
ious collection, and the prices are
1 moderate.
The Central Filling Station offers
you free parking ground —no use to
violate the few by leaving your car
on the stieet.
“Soap Sud Specials’’ at PatU Cov
ington’s will interest you.
You can bank by mail with the Cit
j izens Bank and Trust Co.
rural schools who writes the best oom-
I position on some local Revolutionary
I history.
Certilic.ites will he awarded for al
! tendance, library reading, proficiency
■ in spelling, and graduation.
The rules governing the awarding of
[the prizes and certificates are. in the
i hands of the teachers.
; A number of the schools in the
: county already have held preliminary
contests to determine'which students
; will represent the schools in the reci
tation and declamation contests,
j events that always cause, the greatest
■ interest mi commencement d ;y.
From present indications and re
ports that have reached Prof. Robert
! son. the commencement attejidanee
■ record probably will he broken this
year. From every part of the eoun
i fy come reports of increasing interest
In the eve.nt. and Prof. Robertson and
other persons who are assisting him
with plans for commencement are de
termined to make the day an eveat
t fill one for those who attend the ex
(creisos. to be held as usual in Central
' graded school here.
[GOOD iBKET FOUND
! FOR STATE’S BONDS
i
Treasurer Lacy Says He
Was Well Received in New
York City, Where Bonds
| Were Disposed of,
Raleigh. April 11*. —Approximately
$2,000,000 of the $.">.000,000 North Car
olina hoods recently purchased by a
New York concern at 4 1-2 per cent.,
already have been so id to private ain’t
commercial interests. B. R. Lacy, State
Treasurer, announced today.
1 Mr. Lacy, who returned from New
fork last night, said he had been well
received by bond agents, and that
North Oarolir.aYs standing
tad a high rating. Another $,1,000,000
n bonds will be sold June 1, he said,
aid the same concern buying the last
>atch has tin option on them at 4 1-2
per cent.*
The Treasurer was lamenting the
la mage of a pen with which lie has
signed $40,000 bonds in addition to nu
merous letters, checks and various
documents, having dropped it just be
fore returning from New York.
J. 15. IVEY REELECTED
Charlotte Man Again Heads State
Sunday School Association.
Winston-Salem, April 12. —An ad
dress by Dr. Wade Smith, of Greens
boro, on "Little .Tests Telling Bible.
Stories," discussions during a "It can
he done period,” each speaker being
assigned ten minutes, recognition of
officers and standing of county organi
zations, period of business, reports of
committees and election of officers,
and an address by Rev. .T. H. Barn
ha rdf.. of Greensboro on "A Program
of Missionary Instruction in the Sun
day School” were features of the
morning session of the. State Sunday
School Convention.
j, B. Ivey was re-elected President
of tin* state association upon recom
mendation of the nominal ion commit
tee. 11. 1». ('row, of Raleigh, was also
re-elected treasurer. The convention
accepted the recommendation of the
executive committee to create four
rgional. groups of the state, to be
known as the Eastern. Eastern ('mi
tral. Western Central and Western..
1 Each region will have a President,
who by virtue of his office shall be a
vice-president of the state association.
R. B. Peters. Jr., of Tarboro. was chos
en for the Eastern -region: D. 11. Dix
on. of Goldsboro, for the Eastern Cen
tral: W. L. Bn lit his, of Gastonia, for
i the Western Central: and T. P. Pruitt,
of Hickory, for the Western region.
W. J. HIM AID DEAD
AT HIS GEORGIA HOME
Organized First Cotton Mill in South
to Be Run Entirely by Steam.
, Griffin, Ga., April 12.—W. ’.J. Kin
, caid. a pioneer cotton mill man of the
South, and a native of Morganton. N.
10„ is dead here after a prolonged ill
. ness. He was 82 years, old.
Mr. Kincaid is said to have organiz-
Soutli to lie run entirely by steam. lie
was a director in several banks, the
e<l the first cotton mill built in the
Central of Georgia, and other rail
-1 roads, and a number of cotton mlils.
He presented to the people of Mor
' gnu ton a Confederate monument.
1 Other Important Arr*ate Reported.
London. April 12 (By the Associated
■ Press). —It is reported in Clonmel thßt
' Count Plunkett. Counts** Markievioz,
* Miss Mai v the late
* j Liam Lvucli's brc ler fre captured
>'hv Irish National troops in Tipper ry
' today, soys an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Dublin.
There are nearly 2550 clocks In Winrt
- J sor Castle and more than 100 In Buck
ingham Palace.
EDUCATION A MATTER
OF CONCEERN TO LAW
Emphasis Placed, Upon Compulsion of
Proper Schools.
Washington, Apr. 12. (Capital News
Service). —More and more are schools
coining under the mandate of t*h*2.
voters, and less and less are eunen
j tioiui matters being left to rhe
vagaries of irrespons.ble boards and
i committees.
Two laws just enacted by ihe Kan
sas Legislature prvide, (1) an eignt
montlis minimum term, which pro-
J vines state aid for weak school dis
t i.riets, so that every school, city and
j rural, will have not. lens than eight
j fni months of school work every
jyear. This becomes effective with the
opening of the new school year in
September; (2) that children can
not work in any sort or gainful oc
cupation until they are 14 at ffiast,
and must have completed the eighth
grade of the school. The age limit
was increased to 15 years unless the
pupil finish the eighth grade of school.
The Roman Catholic Encyclopedia
will be taken out of the public schools
of Belleville, New York, and placed in
the public l.hrary, as a result or an
action of the local board of education.
Representatives of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics, the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, the Royaj Riders of the Ked
it he, tho Ladies of the Invisible Em
pire, the Patriotic Order Sons of
America, and other organizations pro
tested against tlie action of ike board
in accepting the book for use in the
Belleville public schools.
.The Oregon public school compul
sory attendance law. enacted by the
: voters under th:2 initiative last No
vember, has not yet been attacked in
(the courts, notwithstanding announce
i ment made before anti . after the
j (‘lection by opponents o£ the measure
Ithat such an attack would be made.
I
AEROPLANE PHOTOGRAPHY
As an Aid and Cherk in Estimating
Cotton Acreage.
Raleigh, N. April 11. —Aeroplane
photography as an aid and check in
estimating cotton acreage is u> be
tried this year by the United States
Department of Agriculture, according
to information received by Frank
Parker, statistician, of the federal
and state departments of agriculture,
here
Photographs of land in cotton and
other crops will be made over select
ed areas by war department aero
planes lent to the "grieultunU de
partment for poison dusting opera
tions.
Tiie novel plan of estimating m-re
ages and forecasting crops by aero
plane photography this year is an ex
periment. it was stated, and will not
supercede the time tried methods
regularly used by crop estimating
forces.
The new arrangement, howevei, “is
seen to offer interesting possibilities,”
R was addrd. Large areas of land can
be photographed in relatively short
time and the entire cotton* o'elt
pictured in about 2000 hours, accord
ing to information given i lie
statistician.
UNION STATION FOR
SELMA COURT ORDER
Southern and A. ('. L. Expected to
Make Plans at Once for Erection of
New Station.
Raleigh, April 12.—The North (Car
olina Corporation Commission today
was expecting the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad and the Southern Railroad to
take steps in compliance with its or
der 1o build a union station tit Selma
following tin* Supreme Court’s decis
ion yesterday, upholding the Commis
sion's action.
The court affirmed Judge Cranmer
in Wake County Superior Court, who.
tit the instance of the Corporation
Commission directed ihe railroads to
build tlie'station, and tit the same time
denied tin* motion for certiorari made
by counsel for the. companies for tin*
purpose of bringing the action in Su
perior'Court for review.
TO ASSIST DEAF PERSONS
IN SECURING EMPLOYMENT
Chief of Bureau of Deaf Confers >V ii li
Superintendent of School for Deaf.
Raleigh, April 10. —James M. Rob
ertson. chief of the bureau so the
deaf, department of labor and print
ing, lias returned from Morgamon,
where ho conferred with Superin
tendent W. McK. Goodwin, of the
school for the deaf with reference to
work and future conduct of the insti
tution. The official expects to leave
immediately on a visit to several
cities in North Carolina to get in com
munication with deaf persons and to
assist in securing work for those m
need of employment.
“This bureau is not simply an em
ployment bureau for tlie deal’,’ he
stated. “In addition to finding work
for the deaf, we arc helping them in
many other ways—at court, .u fu
nerals. in seeing that they arc well
boused; assisting deaf travelers en
route to various destinations; in see
ing that every advantage of education
r is given deaf children and in ad
justing personal matters.
“We are trying to prove to many
employers that the deaf workman is
on an equal footing with his more
fortunate brother as to efficiency* and
i intelligence. We are anxious to have
the co-operation of all employers in
! paving the way toward success ior
i the deaf,” he said.
!1C Candidates For Mayor and Alder
men at Monrce.
Monroe. Apr 1 9—Wish 16 candi
dates for -aldermen c.nd two for
mayor, the democratic primary for
Monroe, to be held Saturday. April
14. promises to be one of the must
Vn* 1 ? conferred ones ever held in this
eitv. The candffia + es are ? 1 g°ort p< n
which will help to complicate matters
in <ths minds of the voters when they
get ready to cast their ballots.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
NEBRASKA VOTERS
PIT ut“ nu ID
ae Vto****
l ill BE CUM
Sixteen Hundred Sign Peti
tion Asking That Ford’s
Name Be Placed on Bal
lots in 1924.
FORD POPULAR
IN IDAHO, ALSO
And a Similar Petition Will
Be Filed in That State.—
Believe Mr. Ford Will Be
a Candidate.
Omaha., April 12 - Petitions bearing
more than IJSOO names requesting
that the name of Henry Ford lie
placed <m the Nebraska primary ballot
next year as the Progressive party
candidate for President of the Cnite<l
States were filed with the Secretary
of State late yesterday.
Similar petitions, it was announced,
will he tiled in Idaho Saturday and
others are being circulated in Kansas,
Minnesota. Illinois. Indiana, South
Dakota, Colorado, and other states.
Roy M. Harrop. president of flu*
American Economic League, chartered
at Hartford, Conn., which is circulat
ing the Ford petition, said the League
]nul not consulted Mr. Ford, but had
"drafted” him.
"We have had no communication
with him, no connection, ye.t I am sat
isfied that when Mr. Ford realizes how
the American people need him and
hiny. lie will not decline the candi
dacy,” Mr. Harrop said.
MADE MONEY IN OIL
At Least That's Wha't One Texas Fel
low Claims.
Raleigh. April 12. —Read this:
“Yes, I've made some money in oil
and I’m going to make some, more
money and furthermore than that.
“I went through Charlotte when I
was as poor as the proverbial ‘church
mouse.'
"I slaved around at one thing and
another and besides nearly working
myself to death, 1 stayed just ‘with
in fifteen minutes from the poor
house’ all the time.
“Then one day I made up my mind
I was coming here and make some
money in oil or starve to death or go
to the poor house to boot.
“I’m no millionaire yet—but I’m on
my way and if I live long enough, I'm
coming back over there some day and
buy the ‘Selwyn’ and have a big
blow-out for all the boys and girls.
] “Now listen !
“How would you like to come in
| with a few of us on a proposition
i where a little money is almost certain
I to return you an income for life and
: may make you a fortune in a short
1 time?
“It's a speculation and a good one
land if you’re not too rich already: too
j busy; too tired or too old, send me
| the enclosed card and I’ll send some
pope you’ll he. glad to get.
“I’ve got blood in my eye and mean
j business. If you are from Missouri
| —let me show you. Mail the card
, today—l won't make this offer again.”
i’ll is is what the citizens of Char
lotte are reading now, through the
kindness of a Texas oil promoter, who
signs himself as being “yours to make
a fortune —and meet you and yours in
Charlotte.” The letter is just a cam
ple of the many being placed in Ihe
hands of Stacey Wade, insurance com
missioner. each day. for investigation.
BE SI! ELS OF WEEVILS
ARE WASHED ASHORE
Reports From Lower Brunswick
County Describe I'ntiManl Phenomena.
Southport, April 11. —A report
j from the lower ocean shops of the
j county tell of there being washed up
ion the beaches hundreds of bushels
of cotton's enemy, the boll weevL.
Just where this destructive pest has
come from in such quantities or
; why in this particular locality, can
-1 not he learned. Some sav that the
jiwcevils were swept by winds from the
j land, though there lias been no
i amount of cotton planted in that
j vicinity in some* time—a year or two.
(Those who have examined this mass
jof insects say that there are to bo
j found many live ones in the mass.
: May Omit “Obey” From the Marriage
Service.
London, April 10.—Among the
i changes that arc* being discussed in
connection with the proposed revision
of the. Prayer Book of the Church of
England, few have excited more com
ment than the proposed elimination of
the word “oliey” from the marriage
' service. This question, of course, Juts
I often been raised, hut* at no time has
it assumed more significance than at
j present. So gre<t tis the change now
adays in the position of women, that
| large numbers of people who were
' resolute, opponents of the proposal now
ithink that “obey” should no longer
j have a place in the marriage ceremny.
iCo motion of Col. Bradshaw is Re
ported a-> .Mor" Serious.
•Greensboro News.
Friends of Col. G. Sam Bradshaw'
wi| be distressed to learn that his
condition, which has not been good
f r ome time, Las been serous since
last Saturday. His condition is such
i as to cause his family and friends to
i feel alarm.
NO. SO.