j b. SHERRILL*, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
388 PROGRESS IS
SOI IDE Mi
8! If MS
jt‘Uts. Kelly and Macßeady
.]au' Passed Missouri in
Their Mi&ld (o the Pacific
(’oast.
iakint. HUNDRED
'YULES AN HOUR
’heir Flight Over New Mix
jco Will Be the Hardest
Pari of Their Trip From
the Two Coasts.
. .. city. Mo.. May a ißy iho
x„,c i: !' <l Press i. — Til** monopjnlie
y j„ ultifli i.iems. (fa k ley G. Kelly
,I ji i)ih A. M;t< Ready are attempt-j
... , | ( ,p trans-continoiital Might.
( ~j. j ll ,|;i\ p!t r suni:tbly is over New
li-.vic**. 1.;« illtin* linrdest p;irl of tin*;
. f iirma lieinpsteaib X. \ to San
■j,( ai.. tin* home station.
yf;.-r tli«‘ huge plnii(* flew low over]
;. s ,v cjr\ at midnight l;ist nijrlit. 1
oo;oxim:«tfiy l.lod miles in a'n air
iraia its point of taking off. an.-]
[ ( .„,j ( . Jr; .<of it was lost through the I
,f,i;■ >al «i:11 Kli*
Tim! •a it of the voyage lwul been ]
in something le.-s than 11 hours. I
of approximately I<m) miles an i
~ j'jijif same 'speed should bring'
l rl „.\i r,port from the, T-2 from some]
in (hi* sparsely settled distriets
i. \i*w ur Arizona.
Report From New Mexico,
sun Diego. Calif.. May :i.—Reports
: Xortli Island aviation station gave,
:.»■ T-2 iiassing over Tuzuinvarari, j
,y w ■■>. jit 7:50 o'clock, liiOUil- j
;i:i: time, this morning. j
Almost At K *d of Trip.
Hi'vnix. Ariz.. May 3.—The T-2. en
oi. .* S;in Diego on an •ur* nipt ti d |
; m p flight, p -sed over Wicken-
Ariz.. .V, 1 db*s northwest of
■iio*lT\T Jit 10: Id i.! *muain time, a.-
•i a.:■!_ to 'lt Saii'a Fe railroad dis
, uiessji gt* received here,
the nionoplam*. nmnned by Lietirs.
. I jiihl .M.aelb any. was less than
'."i miles from its I’at itie object ve
da it ]K!ss**d rer Wiekt nburg.
WOMEN’S (LI BS
interesting Sessions Are Being Held at
Win 4a»-Salem.
Winston-Salem. May —A busy day
c iietinltnl for tin* North Carolina
'•deration of Women's Clubs in an
iia 1 sesison here. Following the dis
liict presidem's breakfast, literature
lunference. breakfast for the chairmen
'i the literature departments and the
Imiruien of small literary cluhg both
m'W at s a. in. today at a local hotel, ;
mdeiitials were prcfcente<i at nii.y*
I'l'iiM'k. the business sesison opening;
at itt a. tu. at the Masonic Temple with |
tlm sinking of the Club Women’s
hymn. During the first business ses-1
\ym* reports of committees on
biles and regulations, appointment of]
rnmmittees. reports of member-<
diik committees. introduction of new j
du'is. reports of finance committee, j
T'ports, «>f Sally Southall cotton loan j
fowl, ami of tile slate council, south-j
fastci-ii council of biennial and of gen- j
•'r;il toleration state directors. At 1
'"i’lk two luncheons - . were given.
Several reports will be made at this ]
itli'nioeii's session, these being on j
,!v * ,s ' literary extension, health con-j
s nation. home e oiiumics. social ser- :
'“'C education. Conferences willi
' •-* held from :i »to 4 phi and from a
h"' Sal,-in College will be at home to ;
tIV " delegates
v hi.raii Regrets Actual Cancelling En
"agenienf fur Address by Bailey.
hibsvilie. Mu y i’.—A. w. McLean, of;
-umhertt.ii, generally recognized as a. j
bmtlnlate for Governor in the Demo-1
tl ' ;Ul( ‘ primary next year,-who deliver- 1
V 1 Kchttol address here today, wived
’ \ • bailey, of Rnhugh, also regard-
V* ,l> ’he pi(,hnl>le chief opponent of
- Mt'hean in the next gob* rnatorial
me. expressing his regret for the ae
"u cl the school authorities at l’ark
ii in cancelling tl'e appointment of
• • ‘miley to deliver an address there.
J..;,. 'hhejm wire.| Mr. Bailey that
'' i'‘ known ~f tip* contemplated ae
i 1 * *uhi have done everything in
j-,.,.,,''' ! " have pr.'vented it and
p,./! 1 ’ '‘M»'essetl the hope that the
I1 ) an v, il‘ yet fill his appoint
j, .. •' 1 ;I! i<ton. which is in Mr Mc
',(lls county of Robeson.
Making Inspect inn of State.
eM : <y —Governor Morri
i’!'i‘siii,.v, " b. Swe'ezy. the latter five
*,f o' 1 tlu ‘ 1 ii'sj National Bank
W• rit - v * '‘‘ft this morning
"U (l ,i "here they will inspect
inn w;, , ' going to Charlott**
turn her.' '‘ n ' Sa h* ln - I'he.v plan to re
• uior.liiy to spend Sunday.
( Fired at Bum Ship..
!r, s.'v rn, v '„‘ il,v h The flight of the
MievHiT I’'''' (,uri,, ff the night was
"■list JJ,, * ,M ‘ 'hie to the action of
four i'n,.i, S*>neca in sending
-..mil s' * J;” - the bow Os a
H halt, ln “ r . r ?ft. to bring her to
Henry Wf Infant *
Mr. ami M rs r.'°. n ' llloa, b old son of
tj'sht at thi.ii. '' A ' . w » f l8on, died last
1 unerai sen i. :i ' l in N’o. l township.
‘M'l todav l* !!U<l . Hderment were
■ ' iew Churc*h.
: i f c In hi?* nia ster printers
U:i ’ mm a,.', h.of hernburg. Sweden,
THE CONCORD TIMES.
h H iVOE IX IMMIGRATION
QI.'OTi LAW IM.Fr.XDFJ?
j Pfbspfr-C of flettir.g Fetter 1 liens Lji
This Favniry 0ml rued.
Washington, ;May fl.(Capital Net/.
J Service;.- Vv . W. Husband, Unite.i
! States Commissioner rs Immigration,
j says-that in sp.tc of the fact tha: it
l is conceded, in Washington that the
! Dillingham quota law of 1922 tni. c ;
j been an unqualified r.ucctss, amend
j meats wil. probably l.«> made in it.
One of the probable changes would
raise tin* quota of immigrants yearly
! admitted to 5 per rent, computed not
;on the census of I!'H)f>. but .n ihai of
j 1890. admit;.ng not in. r >,oou, as :it
i pre-a.-nt, from soutli and cast Europe,
i but only f>0.t)00; but 4u0,00i) from the
ir*ouniri<s of north and w.-st Europe
I ilist* rid of the present 2A.j,uuo.
“At any time," Mr. Husband said,
"basin.-s.-, men and manufacturers
want more labor, I think they can
have it, only providing i; comes from
countries whose citizens readily »e
--eome assim.lated here.”
The best class of immigrants lias
come to America this year in its his
tory. The British quota is going to iie
filled, the Swiss and Be gain quotas
are already.used up. the Swedish will
:e n June, the French will perhaps
le about 75 per cent used-, and the
Dutch quota will be filled with a new
emigration of farmers. In this con
nection attention is cal ed to 224 Nor
wegians and Swedes who came over
in <mr ships last week. They showed
customs inspectors <ash. notes, and;
etters c c credit, totaling about SI.OOO- 1
000. Some rod's first-class, tonne i
second, and other steerage.
These Scandinavians went through j
the immigration tests without ilifti- 1
cutty, showing a high level of in- j
telligouce. The proposed changes in
the lav_-wi.l. it is said, increase thoj
number of this type of immigrant.
<;ooi> ROADS MEETING
IN SESSION IN STATE
Progress North Carolina Has Made in
Road Work Pointed Out and Prais
ed at the Meeting.
Italeigb. May d IBy the Associated |
Fressi.—With the history of North
Carolina progress in highway construc
tion being related, and experts term
ing the present program one of the
largest in the country, the annual con
vention of the North Carolina Good
Roads Association in progress here to
day. 1
Frank Page, chairman of the High-j
way Commission, and (‘has. M. I pham, J
state engineer, were two of the princi-j
pal speakers, both outlining the ae-j
complisliments ol' their departments.
The meeting marked the conclusion of
Mr. Page's fourth year as chairman,
during which U.bdi'.OS miles of differ
ear types of roads, costing sr*d.si:>.(>l4.-
02 have been completed or art* under
construction or contract.
AMERICAN GOLFERS
WIN IN ENGLAND
Dr. Willing and Francis Ouimet Will
Flay Special Play-off Match for the
Cup.
Sandwich. May 3 (By the Associat
ed Press). —The St. George's challenge
cup. one or' the most important golf
trophies in England has been captured
bv the American invaders. Dr. O. F.
Willing, of Portland. Oregon, and
Francis Ouimet, Boston, former Amer
ican open champion, tied for the first
place in the two-days’ stroke competi
tion which ended today with aggre
gate scores of 1.13 each.
They will play eighteen holes to
morrow to decide the winner.
Three Men Indicted for Capital Of
fenses.
Greensboro. May 2.—Three men
were arraigned in Guilford Superior
Court this morning on capital charges,
two for murder and one for first de
gree burglary. Howard Beck, young
white man of High Point, is charged
with the murder of John Miller, a
negro a I a furniture plant in High l
Point on April 4.—He has bet n out
under bond of .$.”>.000. but because of
the first degree arraignment lie was
remanded lo jail. Mack Cloud is
charged with the murder of a negress,
Peggy Ai*mfield, b: re, and 'loin
Drake, a negro, was arraigned on a
charge of entering Ihe home of Max
Teniko here, while members of the
family were asleep and stealiiig
watches and cash amounting tot •s<>.">.
Rum Fleet Off Jersey Regius to Hove
Away.
Highlands, N. J-. May 2.—A gen
eral exodus of the rum fleet that has
been off the New Jersey coast for sev
eral months began late today when
the - British tanker. Warsseawa, and
the yacht Istar got up steam and
sailed out to sea. Both were out of
sight by dark.
The vessels denarted soon atter a
government cutter had hauled and
searched a small unidentified steam
er that was steaming toward the
fleet. When the cutter headed hack
towards rum row, the tanker, which
had -been on the row since February,
steamed out to sea on a northeast
course. The Istar followed a rew
minutes 1 later, headed south east.
REP. KITCHIX IS NOW
TAKING “REST (TRE”
i Physicians State His Condition Is Not
I Serious, But That He Needs to Rest.
Wilson, X. C.. May 1 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Representative Claude
Kitchin. former minority leader in the
lower house of Congress, is a patient
at a local hospital taking the "rest
cure.” Mr. Kitchin entered tlie hospit
al yesterday, and his condition is de
clared by his physicians to bo not se
rious.
Representative Kitchin recently suf
fered an attack of influenza and his
already run down condition was said
to have been greatly weakened. He
came to Wilson from Scotland Neck
yesterday by automobile accompanied
by Mrs. Kitchin and his two sons-in
law. His physicians said today the
former 'minority leader was in fine
i spirits.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
The Spy Visits Fayssoux
Show at Tent Every Night
A stage full of volunteers resy»onded
to invitation to come for-
I wai'd last night at the Tent Theatre,
tilt* managed to lijul several good sub
jects who remained upon tin* stage
(during tin* entire evening. A program
j was presented th.it for exceeded any
' during the week. It was lull of snap
and ginger, laugh followed A laugh in
I such rapid succession, that one's sides
j ached from the unaccustomed exer
i cise.
This afternoon at three o'clock Fays
isoux wiil e\p*crim!ent in mental tel<*p
ia I by. lb* \\ ii 1 hp-ve Miss Clarke til
New Knitting Plant For
This City is Announced
Concord Knitting Co. to Begin Operations by July First.
—A. R. Howard, L. M. Richmond and A. R. Hoover
Are Officers—Mr. Hoover Will Be Manager.
+> l-~
I Announcement |\yafj made here to
day of the organization of :i new knit
ting mill for this city, and coincident
•with the announcement of the organi
zation of tin* company came the state
jiuent from the oflievrs that the com
. pany probably would he in operation
'by July first.
I The Concord Knitting Company is
(the new textile Organization and the
j officers'are: Alex U. Howard, Presi
j dent: L. M. Richmond. Vice President:
.and A. R. Hoover. Secretary ami Treas
j urer. The company has an authorized
(capital of SIOO,OOO. In addition to his
duties as Secretary and Treasurer. Air.
Hoover will ;tlso be tin* active mana
ger of the new company.
The company will manufacture lad
ies' line gauge silk hosiery and when
.completed the plant will have a ca
pacity of about 2.000 dozen pairs per
week.
The building formerly used by the
G. 11. Y. Hosiery Mill will be used by
the new company] All of the machin
ery to be used by the new concern will
!he new and modern, however, and no
| equipment of the G. H. Y. Company
| except, the building, will be used- by
(rite Concord Knitting Company.
] Orders for tin* machinery have al
ready been placed, Mr. Howard stated
in making announcement of the new
company, and he stated that the otli
eors expected the plant to be in opera
lion by July first,
The otiicers of tin* company are
three of Concord's most prominent bus
iness nun, ami two of them. Messrs.
Howard and Hoover, have had much
experience with textile plants. Air.
‘Howard at‘present is Secretary-Treas
urer of the Oijbson Manufacturing
Company rand Mr. Hoover is active
'head of* the Hoover Hosiery Mill, one
of the most successful knitting plants
in the State.
The Concord Knitting Company is
the second now textile organization to
tic perfected here within th<> past sev
eral months. The other is the Hobar
ton Manufacturing Company, which
was recentlv incorporated with a cap
ital stock of $400,000.
BANKERS OF THE STATE
MEETING AT PINEH FIRST
First Session of the 27th Annual Con
vention Got Underway This Morn
ing.
Pinelmrst. May 3.—The twenty-sev
enth annual session of North Carolina
Bankers’ Association opened here this
morning with an organ recital after
which the convention was called to
order by tlie President. C. E. Brooks, '
of Hendersonville. W. L. Parsons,
of Rockingham, welcomed the dele
gates ami was responded to by ,1. W.
Simpson, of Greensboro.
The annual address of the presi
dent was then delivered, followed by
the appointment of a committee for
the session.
Approximately ADO members of the
association have arrived here for tin*
convention.
THE COTTON MARKET
Several Factors Caused Easier Tone
in Market During Early Trading.
New York, May 3. —The cotton mar
kid was easier during today’s early
trading owing to better weather re
ports from the South, unfavorable re
ports from the goods market, and
rather disappointing European polit
ical advices, indicating that the Ger
man reparations proposals wore un
satisfactory to France.
The opening was steady with first
prices 2 to 14 points lower and ac
tive months soon sold 20 to 35 points
bolow yesterday’s closing figures un
der liquidation, Southern and local
selling.
Cotton ftutres opened steady. May
27.(57; July 2<>.3S: Oct. 24.05; Doc.
23.00: Jau. 23.33.
20.0(H) RAIL WORKERS
GET RAISE IN PAY
Maintenance of Way and Shop Em
ployees of A. T. & S. F. Affected by
Wage Seale.
Chicago, May 3. —Twenty thousand
maintenance of way and railway
shop employees of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe Railroad have been
granted increased wages effective May
1. through an agreement just negotiat
ed. A. F. Stout, vice president of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way employees and railway shop lab
orers announced today. The increase
j will range from 1 to 3 1-2 cents an
I hour, Mr. Stout said.
1 A single bee, with all its industry,
{energy and the innumerable journeys
it has to perform, will not collect
| much more than a teaspoon of honey
|in a single season.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1923.
the piano in the tent, while he is ,*u
tended by a eommittee of citizens in
front of The Tribune office. He will
allow this committee to select a piece
of music, and will cause Miss Clarke
to play the piece selected, by mental
suggestion. This is a remarkable dem
onstration and will doubtless ho wit
nessed by an interested throng.
Fayssoux will continue bis perform
ances the balance of the week. Those
l who have seen this show are of tin
opinion that it is the most entrancing
and altogether interesting and mysti
fying ever seen on a stage her**.
EIGHT PERSONS LOST
LIVES II ACCIDENT
Six Were Passengers and
Two Trainmen on Denver
& Rio Grande Train Which
Was Wrecked.
Salt Lake City, May 3. —Eight pas
sengers and two train men were killed
and twenty-five passengers were in
jured. some probably fatally in the
wreck last night of eastbound Denver
& Rio Grande passenger train hear
Woodside, Utah, according to tele
grams reaching Salt Lake City early
today.
TWO engines pulling the train of
eleven cars were overturned, killing
one engineer and one iireman, and the
baggage car and smoking coach
smashed into the wreckage. The eight
passengers killed were occupants of the
smoking car, it was reported.
Later Report.
Salt Lake City, May 3. —Five per
sons were killed, one is missing and
twenty-six were injured in the wreck
of Denver & Rio Grande western pas
senger train No. 2, eastbound, at
Woodside, Utah, late last night, ac
cording to official advices received at
the offices here.
' IJrown-Norcott School Closing.
The Brown Noreott school.will close
Friday, May 4th. The year closing
has been very successful from every
standpoint.
At 1 :30 p. m, a patriotic operetta
will be given by tlie pupils of the
school. This wili be followed by the
presentation of the various certificates.
Tlie following will receive diplomas:
Ethel Read ling. Eula Dees, Jennie
Sizemore. Minnie Stowe, Baxter Watts,
Belton Boyd, Ray Brown, doe Dabbs.
Woodrow Staten.
Mr. Marvin Slither Undergoes Opera
tion Successfully.
The many friends here of Mr. Mar
vin Suther will he glad to know that
a message received from Philadelphia
this morning stated that his operation
was a success and his condition is
very favorable.
French Reject German Proposal.
Paris, May 3 (By the Associated
Press.) —The. French cabinet today
unanimously rejected -the new German
reparations proposals.
Tlie reasons given for the rejection
were lack-of guarantee and the insuffi
ciency of the sum offered by Germany.
Fair Association Stockholders to Meet
Tonight.
There will be a meeting of the stock
holders of the Cabarrus County Fair
Association tonight in Dr. Spencer's
office on Barbriek street, to accept the
charter for the organization.
SC'HEDI'LE OF VISITS FOR
SPY ANNOUNCED.
The Fayssoux Tribune Spy
will visit the places shown be
low at the approximate times in
dicated. Any persons who de
sire to apprehend the spy may
Ik* on the watch for him accord
ingly :
Today’s Schedule.
Piggly Wiggly 11 :15 a. m.
W. A. < ivcreash's: b:!.»() a. m.
Elird's Dept. Store 10:20 a. m.
J. 11. Farley 10:45 a. m.
Musette —11 u. m.
Bell & Harris 12:20 p. m.
Brown's 2:00 p. m.
Porter Drug Co. 2 :J0 p. m.
Hoover's .*> :00 p. m.
Pearl Drug Co. 4:00 p. m.
Parks-Belk 3:30 p. m.
Ritchie Hdw. Co. 4:15 p. m.
Gibson Drug Co. 5 p. m.
Tomorrow’s Schedule.
Piggly Wiggly 10 a. in.
W. A. Overcash's 10:45 a. m.
Elird’s Dept. Store H :30 a. m.
J. 11. Farley 1 in m.
Musette I :45 p. m.
Bell it Harris 2:30 p. m.
Brown's 3:15 p. m.
Porter Drug Co.. 4:00 p. m.
Hoover's 4:25 p. in.
Pearl Drug Co. 5:30 p. m.
I’arks-Jh‘lk Co. 11 a. in.
Ritchie Hdw. Co. 11:15 a. m.
Gibson Drug Co. 20:20 p. m.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
BY MRS. ROBERT R. COTTON
To The North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs at Winston-Salem.
Winston-Salem. May 2 (By the As
sociated Press). —Club women have
learned to distinguish between good
and bad men, ‘and no doubt will ap
ply this wisdom in the* use of their
citizenship, which will he good for the
public welfare.” Mrs. Robert R. Cot
toil, honorary president, declared in
response to an address of welconv*
tonight at the convention of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
here*.
“Despite the dire prophecies about
(■lu)> women, they have continued to
marry and rock the proverbial cradle."
she asserted. “And. yet by systema
tizing their households have gained
time to attend dub meetings.”
to speaking of the twenty-first nnn
versary of the federation Mrs. Cotton
declared the organization “stands in
(lie limelight of success." The feder
ation, she continued, has developed in
all possible directions.
“Growth is the law of life,” she said,
“hut material growth is in vain unless
spiritual growth he added to it.
“While growing in numbers, have*
we grown in spiritual strength? Have
we grown in toleration of tin* - weak
nesses of our co-workers? Have 4 we
grown in breadth of vision!and unity
of purpose? Have we obeyed ilna ad
monition of the strong to bear the bur
dens of the weak- Are we bravo
to meet new the acid test of citizen
ship—which is a responsibility not
even dreamed of in our early years?
“We have* stood at all times for flu*
highest and host for our nation, for
our state and for the individual. We
are living in a very different world
from the one 4 v.e knew when this fed
eration was formed, inventions, dis
coveries, find human achievements in
scientific line;; have made miracle's al
most an every day occurrence. View
points have changed, and it is hard to
believe that women's clubs, now so
universally commended, wore once
feared as the forerunner of evil —but
it was so.
“Now to be more specific, what has
the North Carolina Federation accom
plished?
•‘lts growth his been slow but
steady. If began with seven clubs
which soon increased to seventeen. It
now has 250 women’s clubs, six affili
ated organizations and 500 demonstra
tion clubs, which combined, make a
membership of between forty and fifty
thousand women —all working for tic 4
benfif of North Carolina.
“Thus lias our sphere of influence
widened, bringing with it the respon
sibility of co-operation with tins'large
number of women. As we come it:
tomb with Them, let us take ms our
first aim Hie unifying of North Caro
lina women for mutual benefit and up
lift, for individuals and for the state.
“All organisfit ions- are born paupers.
Om* federation was no exception.
For years we were handicapped by the
lack of funds, hut it taught us econ
omy and thrift, and our opportunities
for service \vere_jnot with a brave
spirit and often personal sacrifice.
We continue to find more needs than
we can meet, and like Oliver Twist,
we continually cry for ‘more.’ meaning
money. And, somehow, it always
comes.
“From the beginning this federation
was interested in libraries. I have
been told that the majority of libra
ries in the towns of North Carolunt
were started in some woman's club
and later given to the towns. This
federation started the traveling V
brarv movement in this state, and
finally gave all its traveling cases to
the library commission, which it had
been largely interested in having cre
ated.
“At the fifth annual meeting many
forward steps were taken. A gavel
made of wood from Mount Vernon was
presented to the federation by the
Charlotte Woman's Club. The feder
al ion pin was first exhibited, eagerly
bought and proudly worn. At that
time our interest in scholarship was
aroused, and we voted to assist in
raising a memorial scholarship at
Salem College, in honor of Mrs. Stone
wall Jackson.
“At the next convention, the depart
ment of education presented many
scholarships from various colleges in
the state, which were to be used at
the discretion of the federation. This
aroused the enthusiasm of the depart
ment of education, which, on its own
initiative, kept a girl at the Greens
boro Normal for four years, the money
being raised by the commissioner of
the department. When that money
was returned to the federation treas
ury. it was made, through a resolution
l>v the chairman of education, the nu
cleus for a permanent loan fund,
which became an immediate realitv in
the form of the Sallie Southall Cotton
Loan Fund, so dear to us all. because
it is helping so many girls to com
plete their education—-.and will con
tinue indefinitely to holy more and
more as it increases.
“Tn the meantime, an endowment
had been started and in 191 b. at Hen
dersonville. the full $5,000 was re
ported in the treasury. Our growing
needs and our growing expenses forc
ed us to go to work for another $5,000.
which we hope to complete nr this
meeting.
“The'federation song was first sung
at Henderson in 1010. Now we are
to have another one. which I hope all
'will learn and love to sing. The nm
*ic contests began at that time. 1 brig l
musical selections were submitted.
n ramie them the federation song, hut
no prizes were given. Now. we have
two silver cens to 1 o annually award
od for the firs f and second best music
sent in. This year tla 4 music chair
man has add(*d a rerson’l prize for
the lies! music to the now federation
hvmn. Those contests have sHmnliP
op fpp latent musical, talent of North
Carolina and each year brings greater
inte r est.
“The department of health also was
created at Henderson and the literary
contests began. No prizes were giv
(Continued on Page Five).
THE DUTY IMPOSED ON
BELIEF SUPPLIES REPEALED
Turks Tawe If Off on liisistence of the
t. S. State Department.
■ Raleigh. May 3.—Word' has just
come from New York to Col. George
11. Bellamy, state, chairman of ii:e
Near East Relief, that the outrageous
“duty” imposed on relief supplies se<> f
to iiu* interior of Turkey has bt
pealed by lb* ’rurkish naflonalis
eminent at the insistence of the
erican State 1 tepartmenr. i
• This duty would have cost the Near
East Relief $15,000 a day and great
• ly d(*creased Hie number of Christian
lives which an* iicing saved in this
unfortunate part of the wot id. Full
details will he given the. press larer in
■ the week. Col. Bellamy was informed.
. Several v.«*e;:s ago the world stood
l aghast at another Turkish actrocitv
i when it was announced by K<-mal Pa
! shii that duties aggregating $15,000 a
(day would be imposed on food Stull's
'and relief supplies sent to any part of
(lie Turkish empire and intended for
! Hie relief of Christians,
j Vigorous protest was made to The
j American State Department by Char- ;
j les V. Vickery, of New York, general ;
secretary of the Near East Relief. Mr.
! Vickery contended that such an oui-j
1 rageous duty would not only greatly;
i decrease the number of refugees that!
j could bo fed, but it would be break-j
jing faith with the American public!
j who are so cheerfully giving to this '
cause.
j For six years funds have been col-'
; lected and disbursed at an overhead of
j only live per cent. The Near East Re-!
| lief has challenged every charitable or-1
jgaiiizatioii in the world to equal this!
(record for efficient management and it j
1 has never been disputed. To pay such
a duty would greatly increase this tig-j
j ure, it is said.
! RUSSIANS NOT FIGHTING
CHRISTIANITY THEY SAY
|At an All-Russian Church Conclave
Soviets Praised For Their “Evangel
j leal” Aims.
j .Moscow, May 3 (By the Associated
(Press). —While the outside world is]
] ringing with charges that Christianity ';
lis being persecuted by the bolshevik j
j regime in Russia, speakers at an All-j
| Russian Church conclave yesterday |
] laid a lialo of praise upon the “even- j
j gelical” aims of the soviet govern-,
] ment.
j Premier Lenine was declared to he
'dear to the church, and prayers were
(asked for his recovery. It was solemn
ly asserted that there is no persecu
-1 lion of religious thought in Russia
I while the - government was character-1
I ized as an organization, "which though
] non-believing, is doing good, while
I many of us who are believers are do
i ing wrong.”
j Among the speakers was Bishop Ed
-1 »ar Make, of Chicago bishop of the
> Ament an Methodist 1-plscopa l Church
of Southern Europe. Ug said, in geney
:F tb;:' ;;; ■ church A jinhot stand aside,
j but must follow revotutionary upheav
.• a i*« and accept every movement looking
ilcwatd brotherhood.. The pr'es.: Ved
| cjtsky, head of the delegation roprt*-
| serving the apostolic church and other
■ speakers, said the church had broken
j with the past.
With Our Advertisers.
i Sweaters in smart summer styles at!
| Fishers, from $2.50 to $0.95.' Sport
skirts also, $3.05 up.
| Bell & Harris have received the Vic
: tor Records for May.
i “Solving Your Rent Problem"—-read i
] the new ad. today of tlie Citizens I
Bank and Trust Company. j
On Friday, Saturday and Monday]
the Parks-Belk Company will have a |
i big stoneware and crockery sale at i
! about half the usual cost. They have]
just received a solid car load, and they
lire going to sell it all out in these
three days. See big ad. elsewhere in
this issue.
May Make Means Street One Way
Street.
It is probable that the aldermen to
night will be asked to make pait ol
Means street a one-way street while J
work on the new Cabarrus Satiugs,
Bank building is in progress. Under j
the proposed plan, i! is stated, the,
street will be used one way from Cn-j
ion street to the alley adjoining tiny
store of A. S. Day vault, and persons!
will not be allowed to enter Union]
street from Means street. It is not j
known what action the aldermen will;
take on the matter, but they are ex-{
pected to approve the ulan.
Rev. *L Simpson Suffers Stroke as
Paralysis.
Rev. Jacob Simpson, who has been
in failing health for some months
past, suffered a stroke of paralysis
Tuesday night and is in an extreme
ly weak condition, having never re-1
gained consciousness. Doubt is ex
pressed at to whether he’ will live
through Hie day. Mr. Simpson is one
of the oldest and best beloved citizens,
of Concord, having movtd here from
Stanly county more than forty years
ng» *.
Library to Be Opened Again Tomorrow
The Concord public library, which
lias been closed for repairs for sev-:
oral weeks, will be opened again to
morrow. Mrs. Richmond Reed, the:
librarian. statf*s that no fine moi.ex
w ill be charged for books which have
been kept out while the library was
being repaired, its there was no chance
, for the books to be returned. The
changes made have added much to the
I appearance and convenience of the in
| terior of the'library building.
Plays Postponed.
The plays which were to have been
given at the Pitts sehooihouse last
Monday evening, were postponed on
account of illness mid will he given
next Saturday night. May sth. at S
o’clock. “The Doo Funny Family,”
will he rendered by the intermediate
grade, and "The Awful Aunt,” by the
high school pupils.
More maple grows in Michigan than
in any other State.
52.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
COLLECTION OF TftX
PEMALTIES S HOT
J¥ SHERIFFS
Form of Act Passed in 1923
. by General Assembly En
tirely Abrogates Old Law,
Under Latest Ruling.
SHERIFFS WERE
AFTER OPINION
They Wanted to Know
Whether to Collect Penal
ties Where There Was De
lay in Tax Payments.
Raleigh, May s.—Collection of pen
allies'by county sheriffs for delay in
paying 11122 taxes has been abrogated
entirely, owing to the form of the net
of 11(22, passed by tin 4 North Carolina
General Assembly, according to an an
nouncement today by Assistant Attor
ney 'General Nash.
A number of letters have been re
ceived by the. Attorney General’s de
partment recently, the sheriffs asking
if they might not proceed after the
first of May with the collection of pen
alties on delayed 11)22 taxes.
a“An examination of tin 4 act of 11(22
relating to taxes and jienaltics," said
Mr. Nash "resulted in "our ruling that
all penalties for delayed 11(22 taxes
have been abrogated, owing to the
form of the new law. ,lt is impossible
to tell how much money will he di
verted from tiie sheriffs and counties
through the new act. owing to differ
ent existing conditions in each comi
ty.”
INMI'ACTION SLIT NOW
IS BEING CONDUCTED
Government Asking For Permanent In
junction Against the Railway Shop
men.
Chicago. May 2.—More testimony of
violence in ihe rtr’lroad shopmens
strike last year was given today in the
Federal injunction proceedings lief-ire
District Judge Wilkerson. The shop
men have abandon-.’! the case, only the ,
government's side being heard on ihe
application of Attorney General
Daugherty to make permanent the tem
porary injunction against the shop
i craft leaders.
James Swan, of Asheville, N. C.,, a
T T . S. marshal. lesffffoflT that stones'
were hurled at non union workers from
an overhead trestle at the Southern
Railway’s shops at Spencer, N. C. ITe
said 1.8(H) men walked out when the
strike was called. At Asheville, he
said, sleeping quarters of the non-un
ion men were bombed, hut none were
injured. Trains were delayed from
two to twenty hours, lie testified.
REDUCTION IN PRIC E
OF SUGAR IS MADE
Price of Refined Sugar Reduced One-
Half a Cent a Pound by One Com
pany.
New York, May 3. —Reduction of the
price of refined sugar from 10 to 9 1-2
cents, was announced by one large re
finer today, after Cuban raw sugar
had dropped 1-8 cent to G 1-8 cents
cost and freight, equal to 7.91 in trail
ing of the New York Sugar & Coffee
Exchange.
Ruth Gets $ 1,333.333 a Month, Claim
* For Car Damage Shows.
New - York Times.
That “Babe” Ruth, the “homo-pin
king” of baseball, actually gets ?4 P -
J 3 a month for knocking cut
homers was revealed yesterday when
Justice Louis Wendel in the «..u.v
Court ordered him to pay David
Laividson 1>590.51 for automobile dam
ages resulting from a collision with
the ballplayer’s car. Judgment was
returned against Ruth February Ist,
pin Sherifl Nagle was unable to ex
ecute it until the ballplayer went into
action for the Yankees with his bat.
The Court obtained a statement
from the Secretary of tin 4 American
League Baseball Club of New York,
owners of the Yankees, that Ruth
won d have $4,333.33 coming to him
on June 1, and Justice Weil o el or
dered a deputy slier ff to lay claim
against this sum for payment or the
damages. -
A Query.
A prominent resident of West De
pot Street wants to know why the
city invested about $7,(Ms) in a street
sweeper that takes the trash and rub
biVli from the back lots and dumps it
into the principal streets of the city.
A1 tout the noon hour every day a pile
of trash is placed on West Depot
,'treet, blocking the sidewalk at the
First Presbyterian Church. This
trash is blown on the porches of tin*
residents of this part of the* city, and
is becoming a nuisance, and the afore
said citizen wants to know why this
trash is dumped so as to compel pc
(Ustrians and schoifl children to walk
in the street, to say nothing of hav
ing your front porch and yard littered
by the wind scattering this trash.
Fetter Kitchen Campaign.
The “Belter Kitchen’’ campaign, be
ing conducted by Miss Kathleen Wil
son, home demonstration agent, will
end the latter part of this month, and
Mrs. Jane McKimmon, State home
demonstration agent, will he here to
make the final scores in the campaign.
Miss Wilson is preparing an Interest
ing program for the women of the
county on the day Mrs. McKimmon
I will lie here.
NO. 86.