j B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
pi STREET IS
iPfIIDIIETU
. BOGUS CHECKS
:
Prices oh New York Stock
J Exchange Go Tumbling
When More Than Score of
Bad Checks Are Disclosed.
n\K OF CHECKS
WAS FOR $15,000
prawn on Reading, Pa., Bank
—Brokers in Philadelphia
and Boston Received Sim
ilar Bogus C heck.
i 1
Vw'York. May 7. —Prices on the |
\y"v. York Stud; Exchange were sent
lirchlOin mday by reaction from the
t/uyiivic started on flood of or-j
m ,L. w!ii‘-ii it disclosed -wen-* baek
, |, v worthless checks drawn on sev
(.r;!i I*, unsv h aiiia banks.
\|,iic than a score of worthless
were rc!-‘ivcd by Wall Street
oyer lie week end.
di:c i.f the checks was for SIT* 000 •
■drawn on the Keystone National Hank. I
,! f lading. Pa., to cover haying or-j
(>r'- in Wc'tinyhouse. Heading and;
A:i:oriean Par and Foundry. Others
ikvomiianied orders to buy Ney York j
Onrrn! stock. ‘ *
li ;mrr-' fnafi Philadelphia and Bos-
K.ii <:iid brokers in those cities liad
rtvjvrd similar bogus cheeks.
'1 he checks in almost every ease
b're forced certitication. which tricked
<• .;ue of llu brokers into executing
i.r. on'ers for large blocks of
ct'i-y Selling operations, started as
«!.t>c as tin* fraud was discovered, sent
prices down, yractically tlie entire list
Icing carried to new low levels.
THK COTTON MARKET
Firm Opening Followed by a Renewal
of Weakness Laier.
New York. May 7. —A firm opening
va- fdJoweil by a renewal of weak
iic-> in t!ie~>otton market during r*>*
day’s early trading. First prices were
- ’ 22 jtoinrs higher cm old crop
iiM»nths. in response to relatively firm
* aid* < and in jx >ii j • g,.; ■■ points
itmer on ia.er detiveries.
* oiteii futures opened firm. May
- ! kv": July 25 :(itl; Oct. 23 :i>2 ; Dee.
-PM: ,lau. 2,5:10.
New Dirk. May 7.—May cotton
l , n<ke trein- S’2b.hn. the opening figure.
on the New York cotton ex
<hatige today, on reports of additional
arrivals el cotton in the market, and
itofter weather in tlie South. This was
•nleereasc ot Ss a hale from the day's
k.ii figures, and of sr» from Satur
day's closing.
Inrectors to Re Named Soon by Cot-!
ton (i rowers.
kiicieli. May —Thirty thousand
"'t ea growers have 1 teen called to at
!': l!,! li , :l! lueerings Friday night. May
' s,, l»‘ft- delegates to county coll-
I’lheiis et the North Carolina Cot
in ‘‘ biow.ers t o-epciative Association.
' ,!l 1 w hi be held in every count v
Monday. May 14. Delegates
conventions, which will be
"i* 22. will be named at the
''"tuny meetings.
l!l district eon Pent ions will nomi-
J'iii' '"'"diilatos for directors which
iwl] vou ‘' l 0,1 ilt nn election to lie
;. r ' *1 une 11. The annual meet
‘ ,!iel, dif*rs of tire cotton co-opera-
Tt tri ■"! H ‘ hH<I u } Raleigh June 8.
tl, lu ‘‘’ tol of the association at
' ‘, :i>r nu ‘eting continued the pres
■ Fan (1 f having IP districts and
nwaT"T a th< ‘ districts as they
r „ N i , In addition to the 10 direc
-yh'd by the members, tlie gov
" A" 1 ’ 111 Carolina appoints a
F r f«r_the public. '
( 'v at Ahemarle.
ing waVh m *V ay 5 ~ A dinner rneet-
All. m . lr , held . today at the Hotel
con-m,‘.'i " he " ,ll ° town and rural
Herald "Vni ° 1 ’ the S:an Y
;| ;* f Albemarle, together with
; prominent men of Albe
: } ]u ' county met in a, get
.• i , . 1 ’ *'’ "?• I'he primary oh
iiiw-ies* Hin ” was to promote
euHnrai * ind « s trial and agri
•sch.MdV “ n| the city and county
:,pitogether dinner was
Fig „r' . '■ ! ’’ S ‘ tAppani. of L\l i -
WlK.p'nr Uris ‘‘Mended bv a large
towns ,!!h n< "' s P i| P° r folks of the
Cna niy (1 ’ Pbnunit ies of Stanly
The m'.V 1 ur Advertisers.
s- i". tto. announces a
y<mi;.r IKM> s,l its for men'and
t s , Sl ,. ,' ( - r , ' l ,'j CPs ranging from
•Mid pam,.’ • y 1 ov i,ls< ’ have straws
*«» S4.ua' . '"'-hided from $1.50 up
'bis p;,,,, I .'.' Iu l>iK three column ad.
'“n!"ami ' V "" s nf "heat, oats,
I!lS| irat;c ( . f ’ . n . purchasing hail
t"Uipau; ’ ° 111 K. Patterson &
»[°ves at $1.0,s a t
<,f s i"lit r, »- Complete line
Committee to
Xe\ v R ; ls '| N fw Bern.
ate | M .:‘ ‘ ' ; 4.—Prepara
of t' ; t , v, here for the
"'d? line inv!, 1 ,-' iri> ina P ort aad
v , h ‘ ( b is sehed im’w lllg « r 'Tnmiue«
p. ear ‘ng3 a r ,; , 1 . to , a, .' Hve Atav 15.
“tty and Beantv .' p hold in Moorehead
ate 'k and * an"' b> '. the body, it was
le subjfK-t les intei 'estea in
dietary of “ t^ e invited by ine
Westftt. be to be
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GREAT BRTTxAIN TO SEND
NOTE WITHIN 36 HOURS
Expressing I)i:-upprovpl of the Lgte t
Gorman Reparations Proposal.
London. Nla.\ 7. <B.v the Associated
Press.! —Great Britain will dispatch
:i note to Germany within 3(5 hours,
.expressing disapproval of the latest
j German reparations proposal and nrg
i ing Germauy to present a more prae-
I tical and liberal solution to the prob
lem..
It is believed Grer.l Britain's note
made in reply to the recent note from
Berlin, will have the general support
of the Italian government, although
j Italy will probably send a separate
j response to the Wilhelmstrasse.
(France and Belgium Again Serve No
tice.
Paris, May 7.—France and Belgium
I have again served notice on Germany
that they contend the reparations hill
shall In* paid in full ‘and there shall
he in* consideration of any proposal
as long as passive* resistance in the
Ruhr continues to he the reich's
watchword. •
Replying in a joint note to the* Ger
man offer, of last week, the Ruhr til
lies point out that the sum of thirty
billion gold marl's represents less than
lone-fourth of tin* tot si 1 which both the
] reparations commission and Germany
j recognized ns the amount of her debt,
j France and Belgium advance no pro
posals of their own, restricting their
ito a categorical rejection of the Ger-
Jmnn terms.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF GIRL.
Found Willi Clothing Torn to Shreds
and Finger Nail Marks oil Her
* Neck.
1 Detroit, Mas 7. —The body of a
J pretty 17-year old girl lies unidenti
| lied in a morgue here today, and two
] young men Who said they found her
'unconscious in a vacant lot last night
'a re held. They told police officers
they knew nothing about the young
woman, but found her lying in a va
cant lot at Burnett and Gordon Ave
nues. -They went to a nearby house
and reported that a woman had faint
ed. . A young woman went with them
to where tin* girl was lying and car
ried her to a nearby house. She died
Id minutes later.
Examination showed her. clothing
torn to Wreds and finger nail marks
on her neck indicated tlie possibility
of a struggle.
THE SUPREME COURT
HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING
To Hear Arguments in Regard to
Right *3- National Bunks to Estab
lish Branches.
Washington, May 7.—The Supreme
Court held a special session today to
hoar arguments in the rase invifying
the right ot National banks to estab
lish branches and Uu* enforeability of
Statelaws prohibiting such branches.
The case reached the court on an
appeal by the First National Bank of
St. Louis, to have reviewed the de
cision of tin* Missouri courts uphold
ing the law of that State prohibiting
branch hanks.
Fcur Men and Girl Dance Continuous
ly 167 Hours.
Baltimore, May 3. —After dancing
continuously for 1 C»7 hours, four men
and a girl at the Fourth Regiment ar
mory <piit at 7 p. m. Tuesday, joint
holders of the new record. The
dance began last Tuesday night with
25 collides. The survivors are Ev
elyn King. John Davis, and Harry
Talbot, of Baltimore: Aubrey Gilbert,
a marine of Washington, and War
ren Mills, of Columbia, S. C.
Although so exhausted they could
scarcely keep awake, the (lancers
this afternoon boldly announced their
goal as 200 hours. They abandoned
this idea, however, when it was
learned the hall had some time ago
been engaged for 7 o'clock tonight.
Rather than move, they called a halt.
The manager of the contest de
clared todav that the original rules
bad been adhered to in every way and
that the record was genuine.
Dies From Injury Received When Hit
By Baseball.
I Belmont, N. C., May 7.—Funeral
services were held here yesterday for
Charley Harris, who died Saturday in
a Charlotte Hospital as a result of an
injury sustained here Friday when
struck by a pitched hall in a baseball
game. lie felt no ill effects until the
day after the blow was struck.
Uncle Joe Celebrates 87th Birthday.
Danville, Til.. May 7 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —"Uncle Joe” Cannon,
who served in Congress through two
generations with a record and display
of personality that has made his name
and black cigar as well known to tin*
schoolboys as to politicians, today is
celebrating his 87tli birthday, and his
homecoming from his final session of
Congress.
! General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Atlanta, Gu., May 7. —A meeting of
the hoard of directors of the General
Federation of Womens Clubs, delegates
of which are gathered here for the
‘mid-biennial council, was held today.
I I The delegates represent a membership
Jot about 2.000.000 women and are from
I all over the United States.
The formal opening of the Council
will take place tonight.
Ap.oHkt Decision in Foreign Vessels
Case
Washington iMay 7. —The United
States can compel masters of arriving
vessels to submit manifests showing
‘, the articles alioard including those
,-whose importation is probib.ted, the
■ i Supreme Court held today in a case
‘ brought by the government from the
state of Washington, against Wesley
* L. Sischo.
I An Omaga girl, Ruth Cook Gerth,
3 lias been awarded a SSOO prize by the
t American Face Brick Association for
* the best designs for face brick work
? suitable.for the grounds or garden of
a residence.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
A New Location For the
Trinity Reformed Church
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Trinity Reformed Church voted
yesterday morning to purchase m?
lot on North Church Street cornering
at Reed's Lane, for the location of a
new church which the congregation
will build in the near future. The
Consistory is authorized to close the
trade and the Finance Committee is
authorized to provide the means of
payment. The lot is 1(X) feet on North
Church Street and 161 feet deep.
IMr. D. S. Lippnrd offered to give a
lot on East Depot Street for a parson
Sunderland Finals For
Year Started Yesterday
Annual Sermon to Graduating Class Delivered in First j
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Lindsay Hadley.—Op- j
eretta to Re Given at the School This Evening.
The first service in the annual com
mencement exercises of the Laura
Sunderland Memorial School was held
in the First Presbyterian Church here
yesterday when Rev. Lindsay Hadley,
of the Presbyterian Church of the
Foiled States, preached the baccalau
reate sermon., In addition to the
members of tin* school and ils faculty,
tin* speaker was heard by a largo and
interested congregation.
Mr. Hadley has spent many years in
the foreign field and ,at present is
spending home time in North Carolina.
He is a Hjieaker of much ability, and
although a young man, is already
prominent in his Church.
The necessity of a vision was the
subject Mr. Hadley dealt with and
though his sermon was**addressed es
pecially to the members of tlie grad
uating class of the school, it was pre
pared and delivered in a manner ap
plicable to everyone who heard him.
‘‘Where there is no vision the peo
ple perish.” was the legend that h*d
Antone. of the great men who lived in
the 15th century, to his great fame,
the speaker said, pointing out that An
tone saw this legend while working in
a monastery while a youth. Later, he
said, Antone, asked what the legend
meant and was told that a "vision is
something in tlie soul of a man that is
good, tine and desirable.” He asked
where he might get a vision and was
told "at your workbench.”
‘‘And Antone got that vision,” Mr.
Hadley stated. "He saw that it
mo:uit verve eto ): r -’ fellow man. Aud
it means just that today. No matter
whore wo may he we can always have
a vision and strive to see il put into
practice.”
Some people, the speaker declared,
become so engrossed in making money
that they look from llieir hearts tin*
joy that comes from a vision. \Ye
may have money, we may have all
that money will buy, hut we will never
have a full lift*, a satisfied life until
we get within our souls a vision.
The speaker expressed the belief
that lack of vision is tlie curse of the
world today. “The United States lias
money, national power and all that
goes with it. but somehow tin* people
in the United Stales have lost their
vision. When tin* ponce conference
was called in Paris small nations had
a thrill for they believed the United
States stood to help the weaker na
tions. But polities or something got
hold of us and we lost our zest for
world jiid. I stand for no particular
party hut in the United States wo need
more thought for others: wo need to
pay more attention to living things
and less to material things.” Robert
Louis Stevenson, Mr. Hadley said, be
lieved that man’s greatest Task was to
make people happy, not; good, for the
latter was up to tlie individual him
self. The Stevenson vision, he said,
is the correct one.
“Don't he discouraged when people
about you seem to fail to appreciate
your talents and efforts,” he advised
the members of the graduating class.
“In the end your work will be appre
ciated if you have the proper vision of
service and helpfulness. The men of
the Revolutionary Army at Valley
Forge had enough to make them dis
couraged, but they were not. In the
middle of the camp their leader held
prayer with God each day. He had a
vision of a great country, and lie made
his. men see that vision also. That is
what carried them through. Their
privations and sufferings, great as they
were, were small when compared with
the founding of a great nation.”
Mr. Hadley then told of a letter he
received while in China from a woman
who had been bed ridden for ten
years. ”Tn that letter she did not
mention her illness," he said. “In
stead she talked of the beautiful
things she heard and saw from her
sickroom window. Bhe also had a vis
ion of great things among the Chinese
people and she told me she prayed each
day for the work we were doing. Such
a vision makes life sweet and strong.”
Americans, he advised, have a fore
most place in the world because of
their great opportunity, hut we will
not do all that we can do until we get
a vision. “[We think too much of
America as America,” he said, “and
not enough of America as part of
God’s universe. First, we must let the
opportunity to serve control ourselves.
Then it will pass on to our States, our,
nation and tlie world.”
Vision of service, he also declared,
would wipe out labor disputes. “When
we have more employes with a vision
of working for the good of tlieir fel
lowman rather than for tlieir wages, '
and employers who have a vision of \
their plants aiding everyone instead of,
themselves, then we will have a set
tlement of all labor disputes. The la
bor problem is not a matter of dollars
and cents. It is a matter of having a
vision in the soul.”
l In conclusion Mr. Hadley again re-
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY. MAY 7, 1Q23.
age. This offer came as a surprise to
j the congregation. It is likely that ih v
I offer will be accepted. The cmgrega
j tion also voted to Offer the rnurch
j property on South Church and 'Means
I for sale, appointing i Messrs J. O.
! Moose. J. H. A. Holshouser anti k. T.
| Lippard a commission to receive any
[bids for such property. The building
I committee will immediate.y consider
' plans of building and submit me
j same to the congregation for ap-
I proval.
FINANCIAL ciPAIGN" |
OFTHELCCftLYI Cfii
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Organization of Colonels and'
and Captains Has Been
Completed.
Tlie organization of the executive
committee, colonels and captains, have
been completed and will meet at tin* Y.
M. (’. A. tit (*:lo' Wednesday night to
perfect the organization of workers.
The opening night of the campaign
will lie Tuesday, May J 5. at (5:15 p. m.
at the Y. M. ('. A. It is expected that
a prominent out of trifwn speaker will
deliver the principal address.
A parade is being arranged for. for
Tuesday afternoon, it will consist of
two hands, the hoys and girls ol‘ the
High School, the civic organizations
and other interested groups, also the
campaign organization. They will
carry numerous banners and slogans.
At the conclusion of the parade a
mass meeting will Ik* held on the lawn
of the Y. M. <\ A., where an address
will Ik* given by some prominent speak
er.
The outlook for Aim campaign is
most encouraging, some splendid work
has been done by the Executive Com
mittee in securing iuitial gifts.
Practically everyone that lias been
asked to take part in the campaign is
accepting tin* responsibility. The cit
izens of Concord should he proud of the
Secretarial Staff and the accomplish
ment of the past year.
If the effort to raise $21,500 with
which to pay off the present indebted
ness and to provide for the running
expenses for the balance of the pres
ent year is successful it will enable
the Association to greatly increase its
effectiveness.
Certainly there is nothing of o(pinl
importance to the conservation of the
character of the young people of tin*
community. It is just as certain that
there is no agency better equipped by
experience, training and leadership
than the Y. M. U. A. For 75 years it
inis been recognized as a character
building agency.
Certainly the citizens of Concord
will rally to this great challenge.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
EXPELS 238 STUDENTS
Disciplinary Measure in Negro Insti
tution Starts Students Strike.
Salisbury, May 5. —Livingstone Col
lege, well known negro institution of
this city, is having trouble between
the student body and the president.
Nearly two hundred of the three hun
dred students in attendance have been
given their walking papers and are
now allowed to stay on the grounds
of the college only until they can
make arrangements to go to their
homes.
A week ago ail infraction of the
rules was followed by a trial of the
offending students hv a court of six
members of the faculty and the stu
dents were recommended for expul
sion. President Suggs modified this
ruling to allow the offending students
to do extra work instead of going
home. The remainder of the students
went on strike for theenforceiuent of
the trial court. Wednesday tin* ores
blent read the names of 238 students
and announced their suspension, giv
ing thm 48 hours to leave. Today it
was announced that 51 of the offend
ing students liad re-registered and the
others were allowed additional time
in which to make arrangements to get
to their homes. The suspended stu
dents include both girls and boys.
niinded the members of the graduating
class not to he discouraged if their
tasks fell in unpleasant places, or
where they did not seem to he appre
ciated. “Just lCmcmlier'.” he sakl,
“that your work may bring* light to
some dark place or happiness to some
lonely life. Christ came not to be
ministered unto but to minister, and
1 we should all follow in his footsteps.”
• The second exercise of commence
ment will he given this evening in the
auditorium of the school when an op
| eretta will he presented by the stu
dents of the school. The entertain
' ment this evening will begin at eight
’ o’clock.
Tomorrow evening the final exercis
es will he held when the students’ re
cital will he given. Admission to the
recital and the operetta .will be by
card, which was included in every in
vitation issued for commencement.
CHI SITUATION
IS REOARBED SS S
VERY SERIOUS OHE
Menaces Goad Relations Be
tween the United States
and Peking Government.—
Bandits Take Americans.
VIGOROUS COURSE
IS TO BE PURSUED
Nineteen Americans Were
I Captured by Chinese Ban
j dits.—Vigorous Demands
for Restitution.
Washington, May 7. (By the A
- Press.) —A situation appar
ently regarded as seriously menacing
good relations between the United
j States and the Peking government in
China was described tnda.v by Ainev-
I lean Minister Schurman in the firs t
olticial report to reach tin* State Ile-
I partment. regarding the capture of
j American citizens by bandits near
, tin* Shunt ung border.
The American minister is under
stood already to have made formal
representations on his own responsi
bility, and if is expected he will be
instructed by the government here to
pursue the most vigirous course to
secure the release of the prisoners un
harmed.
The report was prepared by Mr.
Scliurnian on tlie basis of information
furnished him by an American citizen
who was on the spot when the bandits
attacked tin* tourist train on which
many tourists were riding. It was
indicated that so far as known none
of those taken prisoner was harmed,
and the minister was apparently hop?-:
fill that all would he released.
The minister's report was dated
midnight May (>, and described the
situation as “very serious.”
Should any American lost his life
the Slate Department is prepared to
make vigirous demands on Peking au
thorities for restitution. Not only
will suitable apologies he required hut
indemnity must lie paid, and those re
sponsible must be puJfshed if good re
lations between the two governments
are to continue.
American Killed by the Bandits.
Shanghai. May 7.—An American
was killed by tin* bandits who held up
the Shnnghai-Peking express train
near Shantung border and carried off
150 prisoners early yesterday, accord
ing to a message from Nicheng. hut all
of the women captives including Miss
Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John I).
Rockefeller. Jr., have' been released.
The men still liehl are said to be in
grave danger.
The message said tlie bandits had
notified the authorities that all the
men among the foreign captives would
he killed unless the troops are with
drawn.
Miss McFadden 'and Miss Coralli
were released with Miss Aldrich, the
report added. Troops were pressing
the bandits on both sides at latest ad
vices.
Nineteen Americans on the Train.
London, May 7. -A Reuter dispatch
from Shanghai says the following
Americans were on the train held up
by Chinese bandits near the Canton
border: A1 Zimmerman, V. Haimo
vitch, L. Friedmann. J. A. Henley, L.
Solomon. Mr. and Mrs. Finger and
two children, J. I*. Powell. Major Al
len and Mrs. Allen and child, Miss L.
T. Aldrich, Miss McFadden. Miss
Schronberg, Messrs. F. and E. Elias
and E. Gensburgej*.
CHINESE BANDITS CARRY
OFF 150 PASSENGERS
Sister-in-Law cf John Riockefeller, Jr.,
JVns on Train; Her Fate is Un
known ;
Peking, May 6.—Bandits killed one
foreigner and carried off 150 pas
senger in a raid near the Shantung
border on the Tientsin-Pukow rail
way today. Miss Aldrich, of New
York, sister-in-law of John D. Rocke
feler, Jr., and daughter of former
U. S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, was
among the passengers, hut her fate is
unknown. ,
The foreigner killed.a believed to
he a Russian. Tlie minister of com
munication late ‘today telegrapned
General Tesao Kun and the civil
governors of Shantung, asking unit
troops be sent to surround tin*
bandits.
The express train was northbound
from Soocliow whsn attacked by the
bandits, who disarmed soldiers esti
mated at 1,000 strong and tore up a
stre'ch of the railroad track, rifty
first-class and 100 second-c ass pas
sengers were carried off. it was re
ported here. Six foreigners escaped.
Three Hundred Passengers.
London, May 6—Three hundred
passengers including some Americans
were carried off by bandits who early
today raided an express train from
Pulcod to Tien S : en at Linchenow
Shantung, a Reuters dispatch trom
Peking says. One foreigner was re
ported killed and 23 Chinese ana six
foreigners were said to have escaped.
King George and Ouccn Mary Arc in
Italy Now.
Rome. May 7.— King George and
Oueen Mary, of Eng’and. arri\efl in
Rome at 3* o'clock this afternoon on
a visit to- Italy.
The smoking room of the mammoth
American liner Leviathan has been
fitted with 48 stained glas panels, one
: for each State of the Union.
PREDICTS SOUTHERN STATES
WILL LEAD THE COUNTRY*
la Humanitarian Treatment ot Pris
oners.—New Era Imminent.
IHr tlie iiiKOcintcd Pr.*«* *
White Plains, N. Y., Mi ute i.iln
diction of a new era in ” ... t
' Southern states would lead the u*an
i try in humanitarian treatment of
i prisoners was mad? today by ur.
J Hastings H. Hart, a members of the
j Russel Sage Fotuidaiion, and former
i President of the American Prison Xs
! sociation. in announcing that he might
j accept an invitation to investigate me
i prison conditions in North Carolina,
and South Carolina. (
, Dr. Hart who has investigated
prison conditions in various Southern
states, nAably Alabama, Mississippi,
Wisst V.™inia, Florida, South Caro
lina and Virginia, declared that in a
large number of these states they nad
begun sweeping reforms.
“Alabama and'South Carolina have
done more in the last few years to
I better conditions than any two states,
in the TJnion,” he said.
The North. Carolina state penitent
! tiary and the jad at Durham, he r-Pd
are about tin* average.
The convict lease system, attacked
recently in Florida, lie said, was the
result of the poverty of the Southern
States after the war.
Slaves. Dr. Hart continued, were
♦ rented h.v their owners like valuable
horses, lmt the attitude under tin* con
vict lease system was "if we kill one
convict* we can get another.”
The road cage, one of the greatest
evils of lease system, Dr. Hart said,
is fast disappearing. It was in this
<age, he added, that convicts spent tin*
night under conditions closely resemb
ling those of Siberian prison camps.
I Conditions in Mississippi were worst*
than other states he had investigated.
Dr. Hart said. There', he declared,
murderers sentenced to imprisonment
for life, acted as guards and were
armed with high powered rifles. If
one of these murderers killed a fellow
convict who was trying to escnin* the
murderer was granted a pardon, tic
cording to Dr. Hart.
Dr. Hart said the new Kilby peni
tentiary at Montgomery. Ala., is in
better condition than Sing Sing prison ,
in New York.
At Columbia. S. C„ are two prison
farms, a state industrial school for)
whites and a negro reform school, he
said.
NEWSPAPER MAN AMONG
CHINESE C APTIVES
Robert Scripps Reported to Be Among
Americans Being Held by Bandits.
Peking. May 7. (By the Associated,
Press.) —Robert, Scripps, the Amer
ican newspaper publisher, is reported
ahirmg the captives taken Rv the train,
bandits operating on Shantung border.
Others included Major Finger of the
American Army, and his two sons.
Mrs. Finger escaped.
Mrs. Wiggins Dies Unexpectedly.
Mrs. S. L. Wiggins became alarming
ly ill at her home on Meadow Street
Saturday and in the afternoon was
carried to the Concord Hospital, wh'*r*.*
about two hours after an immediate
operation she died.
With her husband and three daught
ers Mrs. Wiggins liad a little more
than a week ago moved here-from
Charlotte. In this short time she
had made many friends. She w.ns a
woman of fine Christian character,
possessing ways that invariably win
friends.
The funeral service was held at the
home yesterday afternoon by Rev. J.
Frank Armstrong and a large group
of -acquaintances accompanied the
family to the train last night, where
they started with-the body to South-
East. Ala., her former home.
Mr. Wiggins holds a position with
the T. C. Thompson Construction Co.,
and will return here in about 10 days.
Immense Crowd Attends Funeral of
Rev. Jacob Simpson.
One of the largest crowds ever seen
at a funeral in this city attended the
services yesterday afternoon, held in j
the Forest Hill Methodist Church over i
the body of Rev. Jacob Simpson, for
many years an honored minister of
this community.
; The services were in charge of Rev.
iJ. Frank Armstrong. With him on the
Ipiatform and assisting were Rev. G.
A. Martin. Rev. M. L. Kester, Rev. W.
A. Jenkins and Rev. T. W. Smith.
Interment was made in Oakwood j
Cemetery.
Autopsy on PoppeH’s Body to Be Made. :
Tallahassee, Fla.. May 7. —Repre- j
sentative Fred Davis, of Leon, stated i
today tlott lie would introduce s! con-,
earring resolution in the House tills !
afternoon looking to an autopsy on j
i the body of Jerry Pop*H*ll. star wit-j
j ness in the Tabert investigation, who
(lied suddenly at Quincy Saturday!
I iijght.
The 'banks of the city will he closed
Thursday, May 10th, Decoration Day.
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Knockout Jabs in the Y. M. C. A. Campaign
For a New and Better Building for Concord
A Man is as big as his Impulses.
[ Who wants to salvage a Boy?
Who will he to blame if the boys of
; Concord go-wrong?
L How much arc the hoys of Concord
. worth?
How would you like to live in a town
[if the people were like you?
j Invest in the future; you'll Ik* there
[! a long time.
1 ! When a man’s cash increase faster
1 than his character lie is, facing moral
bankruptcy*.
1 Don't live a financial success, and
1 die a moral bankrupt.
j Give moral protection to the boys
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
HILL INVESTIGATE.
CONDITIONS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Expert Criminologists Will
Be Employed by the State
Board of Charities and
Puclic Welfare for This.
TO INCLUDE COUNTY
JAILS AND CAMPS
Investigation Result of Sen
sational Charges Made by
E. E. Dudding, President
Prisoners’ Relief Society.
Raleigh, May 7.—The exact pro
ceedure to be followed in the investi
gation of North Carolina prison sys
tems. in which improper conditions
are alleged to exist, will Ik* determin
ed after Dr. Hastings 11. Hart, form
er President of the American Prison
Association, and now of tin* Russell
Sage. Foundation, arrives in tin* city,
Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commis
sioner of public welfare, today .an
nounced. !
Decision to employ experts was
readied by tin* State Board of Char
ities and Public Welfare last week
in Greensboro. The preceding week,
the board held a conference with'Gov.
Cameron Morrison, at which it was
decided to investigate not only the
State Prison, Raleigh, under direct at
tack by Dudding. hut to include its
subsidiary branches and county jails
and camps. Previously the Board of
Directors of tin* State Prison had held
a conference with the governor and
* declined to investigate Dudding's nl-
I legations. The members expressed
a willingness, however, for Mrs.
Johnson, or any other recognized au
thority, to make an examination.
As a direct result -of Dudding’s
charges and evidence submitted h.v
other parties, the hoard of commis
sioners of Guilford county lias decided
to investigate conditions in its prison
system. A conference of hoard mem
bers was to he held in Greensboro to
day to deckle upon plans to follow in
conducting tlie inquiry. The board,
was stated, will participate, in the
nvestlgaTlhfi: ~
When the experts employed by tlie
state arrive in Raleigh, they probably
will start immediately reviewing data
already on file in the public welfare
department. The records here
tain what have lK*en termed sensa
tional accounts of alleged conditions
in certain camps, cases of flogging re
ceiving a great amount of space. One
official bulletin refers to the “dun
geons'’ at the State Prison and quotes
the superintendent of the institution.
George Ross Pou, as being in favor
of whipping prisoners rather than con
fining them in the particular cells.
Mr. Pou has entered several emphat
ic denials of tin* charges brought by
l Dudding. He declared ho was wills
ing for an investigation of the allega
tions to he conducted. After tlie de
cision of the board of directors not
to consider Dudding’s allegations, at
which Mr. Pou was present, the super
intendent invited newspaper men to
inspect the prison. This was done by
several Raleigh reporters and corre
spondents, but the trip through part
of the prison was strictly unofficial
and no report was authorized, the
newspaper men taking'the position
such action would he irregular.
Numerous letters from prisoners
commending tlie management of the
prison have been made public by Mr.
Pou.
The state is expected to advance
funds to conduct the investigation, it
was announced by officials after the
Greensboro conference. ancL-Mrs. John
son today was expected to confer with
Governor Morrison in this connection.
Verification of Powell’s (Capture Re
ceived.
j Hannibal, Mo.. May 7.—Verification
| of the capture of John B. Powell, for
jmer Missourian, by <*hin<*se hankits.
1 was received today by J. P. Hinton, of
j Hannibal. Powell’s fatlier-in-law, in a
! cablegram from Mrs. Powell, who is
,in Shanghai. The inesssigc stated that
1 Powell had been captured in Xlian
i t ung.
Director of Federal Land Bank.
Washington. May 4.—Selection of I*.
'I. Guinn to bo director at large of
'■ the Federal Land Bank at Columbia.
S. 0., was announced today by the
Federal Farm Loan I ward.
( or they may bankrupt you financially.
The lioys of today are the men of
tomorrow.
The conservation of a city’s natur
al resources is as child’s play in com
parison with the conservation of its
| mandhood.
“The wealth of a city depends not
upon its square miles but upon its
j square hoys.”—Dr. (’has. E. Barker.
An ounce of prevention is, worth a
| ton of cure.
j A man who is wrapped up in him
self has a pretty small package.
Y'ou can’t- take your money with you,
unless you invest it Fn others.
Give today like you will wish wish
i you had should you die tomorrow.
NO. 87.