Thursday. May 24, 1923.
5 s ". Z\ e Justice Platt D. Walker
SS n ea d at His Home in State Capital
.... .-Associate justice j
..,i at his home here i
I>. '' ; following an j
, jti:''" l : '| Ik> cause of lfis |
I -■ ,omplieations.
4i:h- v , -hi was sitting in]
V, t n advised of Judge
jjj-jiii ’ ~M i an adjournment !
Ii xk.
Walker was horn
‘ •’ x , fiu> son of Thom- 1
, t\'i!:»i !! -• y^ llu . ( . < I‘irkiuson ) j
.K. ! I \nl his early train*
| Jewett's school a*
i. at '•<' y ; !;,ter entered Hor
i - , ,! my at (>xford.
[•! - , , .in,:-!' Walker went to j
ih ( 'aTolimv. He |
jte course at the j
iitshed ini.-t where he stud- j
* STIi.KNT'^JKKt'ITAi;'
.. M „ ; ,i \moena Seminarv Tues- j
i'd 1 * u • ( |. t \ Evening.
, ,\; -Ui:- t s :"d. a large |
i i: " , t ,; alienee completely.
i. 1 - !!i Mont Amoena Sent- J
h'" ! r: : on.t. to listen to tin*
S ieiits" Recital. All j
' ; :( i surrounding oom-1
In*o*';' ! ' i,.jn-cscnted. and all |
,m “ '. j. >,;v appreciation of the
" i 1M » with which the differ*
i: " < v ,tc presented,
f • ~iipi!s of this institution
i.. . iTiiiiiy fortunate, thisj
benefit of the tute
i; , i. n Sinit h. of A I-1
: - f _ luatc of Ithaca tX. |
*r\ tcr> < i Music, as direct -1
1 ' "[■ \| x Kii.cl ( oli’n Fisher, her |
' ,1, !.'.: 1 „ r ,.r. The class 's have been
k l '. ujiicli excellent work has •
h; and closing choruses, j
V is Class, were well j
, : ; . 1 careful train
nsiMiiisiv«‘ work. Thewaltz|
7 ; rn< fp.ji! the opera of "Faust" |
lr rendered by a quar-j
‘ iaiiics : the v ocal mum
[ ii in a graceful and fin- !
while the instrumental j
**f .il!ritires were played Wit lw"skill I
': -y , - tally <-on.imonda.hle lie- j
, , r• i 1 v.” ;»y Miss Bessie
•• pressions and touch
, , vi : p.marked upon. Little
ifs. h;!'ia slthc; . ai'icr. only a few
.. . .played her selection
s ‘j.“ .; .a,- .fan with ease and self
o% ~i. • h was a musical treat i
, • , . • reputation sustain
,,j ; M'in Amcci.a Seminary, which]
j. vs g ;(S h'ci ilit* i. ■«.; music instruct- 5
,’'V;:ii:l i-’di 1 the highest form of.
lariiienv. The 'following program was |
cudere.j: • r
. program was redder-.
V-ne/ia—No in.
Alim
Umidnlieri
fanziiir.' Amort so.
Bimna -Xotte
( !. 'Uis
!: .:!•■ .: Spring ~ Binding—Ruby
Faust i Waltz ami < Tun-jus) —Gounod
Bltune. !lylen Moyle. Mary
M' Ka.ii'. ;uc! Mabel Morrison.
Harnmki. g Needham Virginia.
Thr t'vi;,:.<i the Rumble Bee—
l-'ljadwi--k- J iili : Shirey.
Aisent—Mote; d.f-Jne Allred.
Bntrerfh (hieg .Mattie Bln*ie._
The Spirir l lower -('ainpbell-Tip
pii—.Man Margaret Barrier.
The Butterfly -Lavjjlloe—Bessie Lee
• arniena—ll. Lam! Wilson—AVilma
kirewalr. J
Return of tin* U.-apcrs—Gregh—Alice
Al**tiaboose Arabesque—Jessie Tti
lilOki'J. fob \\ iiiskY.
, ISM>S |RM)Y OF BABY
>Mt 'rin i'ailtiTt <»i Oavid s oh I'entity
h‘d lo >;n;t in Sil\er Hill By In
fflriuaiit.
: n.‘ \! • 22. Sufnmoned i
n informant, who said
jii ice where whisky
'i“d. Sheriff R. B. faiDert
>iv Hill township, seven
i from la xingtOn. ' re
r' 10V|,f ' h -up . f brush and dug in the
sarm -c the body of a Da by
/!' no ai ? In d. The informant is
!. ve admitted then mat .he
■ buried, under the
'bn: TluiT lie wanted the .officer
■ tie* find himself.
"f]' 'he.r.tf and Ir. D. R. ferry.
health ofiicer. wen; |o ffie
- ml made an ex*
the little body. There
ions that tin- child had
hi h and pi: bably nad
K J - hhtt. ' ororier Mock was sum
k went to tlu> t scene this
(i;.. vv h':« . n inquest was eon-'
-tried tounj mat
!<l i clues that might
p V; , 0 ',. ! i >> unraveling the
! leported that . there
connection befween
* a in that section
11 *- -Path of tin* infant.
‘ ( * Mil! i Slmf From Aiti
\.i.bush,
-I. Bill Burleson
a bullet from
of -tier Sheriff stanord.
~ «j'i} v. } n ’ v - 'a destroying a
'from which two
tlu officers ap r
'n n ports reaeh
■' v;-.s fired from
Was the Hilly
A " falling instantly.
' , ' r outfit was being
rs. The -entire
• 1 over the shoot -
1 of SIOO li3 s been
• of the' mail fir-
Tdic,!, ( • ‘ ' Lam m Ten.
' •&>!! j.; M:iv -Eddie O’-
•)"!iil;iy ‘convicted on
: ’ roM*,,] . ~ of the gang
' l> ! mni!| , , , Toledo postottice of
•ludge Killits
Bt ‘ l u ‘ !, ‘ r -!l penitentiary
*'• ■ • sian. tile
- bluest Thought.
; ied law. receiving his L. L. I), diploma
at this institution.
Judge Walker was a representative
from Richmond county in the Gen
] oral Assembly. lie hits been Asso
lei.ite Justice of the Supreme Court A»f
North Carolina since January lUO3.
Funeral Thursday.
■ Funeral services for Associate Jus
tice Platt I). Walken, wlio* died at Jhis
home here {his morning following an
illness of one week, will he held at 11
a. m. Thursday from the residence of
Mis. N. X. Davis. 5.15 Orange street,
Wilmington, it was announced this af
ternoon. Burial will take place in the
Wilmington cemetery. The body wiU,
| leave Raleigh over the Southern Rail
way at 1*2:40 p. in. tomorrow for Wil
j mington.
LAWLESSNESS AT RIDGECREST
Official Reveals Startling Story of the
Work of Hoodlums.
Asheville Citizen.
A story of lawlessness, of the sanc
tity of the church itself invaded ’by
dtnnken men who intimidated those
conducting ~ the service, of house
breaking and wanton damage tovpri
vate homes is revealed by I)r. Luceua
J. Sp tiding, of Ridgecrest and Ashe
ville, upon her return here last night
from the nearby conference grounds of
the Southern Baptist Assembly.
That such desperate conditions de
mand immediate and drastic measures
to suppress, is the assertion of Dr.
Spalding, who with other members of
the Ridgecrest colony is up in arms
over the situation caused, many be
lieve. by the steady growth of a whis
key ring that Ims never been broken
up iu several years past.
Very recently, according to informa
tion secured by Dr. Spalding, who is
a member of the Executive Commit
tee* of flu* Southern Baptist Assembly,
and who has a summer home at Ridge
crest. si prayer meeting in the church
there was entered by rowdies who
jnade as if to injure the speaker and
spat upon him.
In another instance recently the
home of one of the colony was severely
damaged by a similar group of row
dies who bore a grudge against the
house owner. Another home-was en
tered and tilings of value removed,
and the lock so tampered with that the
owners, arriving yesterday, were nni
able to secure entrance with thei:
keys.
Groups of men. identified with what
she terms the whiskey ring of that
section, have been seen prowling
a round tin* homes of other members
.of tlie colony, so that the entire com
munity has reached a state of ner
vousness that makes life almost un
bearable.
Conscious that state of affairs
is a most, serious handicap to tin*
growth of Ridgecrest along lines in
keeping with the spirit of the assem
bly. Dr. Spalding asserts it is her
plan to communicate at once with offi
cials of the church urging drastic ac-
I’on. She "plans also to see officers who
can be of aid in bringing to an abrupt
end such lawlessness. •
Several arrests have been made. Dr.
Spalding averts, and many witnesses
have been subpoenaed for the trials
which will probably he held in Bun
combe Superior Court during the next
criminal term.
LABOR SOLICITOR HELD
BY GREENSBORO POLICE
Was Charged With Soliciting Laborers
For North Without Paying State Li
cense.
Greensboro. X. <\. May 22.—Charley
Hampton, negro, charged with "se
cretly enticing negro laborers" to
leave Greensboro to take employment
in the steel mills in Harrisburg. Pa.,
is temporarily at least no longer an
exoduser taking part in the rumored
exodus from the South to industrial
nlants in tin* east. Today in munici
pal court the negro was lined $r»00 and
taxed with tin* costs for violating tin*
i North Carolina law governing labor
agents, it being proved that Hampton
had no license to solicit labor.
Hampton wired his employers at
Harrisburg immediately after being
lined, for instructions. It is l*elieved
an appeal will he taken. This is the
first labor agent ease up here in the
Tast few years, and Hamilton was ar
rested just as he was about to hoard
tlu* northbound train on which he had
shipped a squad of ten workers.
TURKS PROTEST
Against the Appearance of the Greek
Fleet at the Entrance of the Dar
danelles. *
Constantinople. May 23 (By the As
sociated Press). —A Greek fleet is
cruising about tin* entrance to the
Sira its of the Dardanelles, and the
Turkish government lias formally call
ed the attention of the British to the
incident, lodging a protest against the
presence of the Greek vessels. Rum
ors of various activities on .the part of
the Greeks are causing much uneasi
ness at Constantinople.
Leviatlmn Will Be “Dry” Says Lasker.
Wasliigton, D. May 21/ —the
Leviathan will be as “dry” as un
ceasing vigilance can make her, of
ficials" of the shipping board de
clared today -in denying published re
ports that four bars already had been
installed oil the great liner, which
soon will be p aced again in the
trans-Atlantic service. “It didn’t take
even a good imagination to frame
that hoax.” Chairman Lasker (Ve
: Jared. “There will be no .liquor on
the liner, and any employe found
bootlegging will he treated severe y.
At least lie will he turned over to ihe
federal authorities. We intend to be
mors severe on them than on a
regular bootlegger. I’m no ‘dry my
self. but the President lias ordered
‘no-liquor’ for government ship, ami
his instructions go.”
The most valuable carriage in. the
world is preserved in the palace of
the Trianon at Versailles. It .'as con
structed for Charles X. of Franc
From pole to hind wheels the \ehicle
is thieky covered with gold, auu it
co?!t more than $200,000. \
Sentiment is no substitute for Ser
vice. _
EMBODY TALKING
ABOUT BIG TRADING!
EVENT FOR CONCORD
Event Began Thursday of
This Week and Will Run
Until Six O’clork on the
Night of June Second.
•%
BOOSTER TRIP IS
TAKEN BY MANY
Number of Cities and Towns
Visited by Caravan.—Two
Autos to Be Given Away
Are Purchased.
r h
Everybody is talking Trade Week
now. Even those'pessimists who are
afraid of everything out of the ordi
nary are beginning to feel now that
this event is going to he the biggest
ever held in this county, and one of
the biggest ever held in the State. Ev
erywhere one goes lit; finds business
men making preparations for the event,
and that hundreds of fine bargains will
he offered is a certainty.
The autos to he given away by the
merchants of the city are two of the
most popular on the market now. The
Ford sales continue to increase and
more of these cars are sold than all
others. During the past two years,
during which time many improve
ments Imve been made to the car, the
Chevrolet has grown in popularity,
and its sales are increasing each month
now. Each $1 paid for a purchase
or paid on account will entitle the
payer to a ticket and the duplicates
will he deposited in the store in which
the purchase is made. On Saturday
night. June 2. at 7 o’clock all of the
tickets .will he placed in one big box
and the lucky numbers drawn.
The Chevrolet touring car will be
the first prize and the Ford the sec
ond prize. Persons holding the lucky
numbers for tin* ears will have to be
present when the drawing takes place
if they get the ear. If persons hold
ing the duplicates of the numbers
drawn first are not present, the draw
ing will continue until some person
present holds the number cotrespoml
ing to tlu* one drawn.
The Booster Trip, planned for tlu*
purpose of advertising tlie big event
throughout this and adjoining coun
ties. was made Tuesday. About
a dozen ears were in the party,
and each ear was decorated with a big
banner giving the dates of the trade
event and inviting bargain lovers to
this city while it is on.
The boosters visited Kannapolis.
Landis. China Grove. Salisbury, Moors
ville and Davidson,* in addition to va
rious community centers in this comi
ty. They had dinner at Mooresville.
Fifteen members of the Jackson
Training School hand accompanied by
the boosters, who were under the com*
ilia lid of J. E. Davis, chairman of the
advertising committee. The / Iwunl
hoys drew large crowds in each town
and city visited.
The two autos to la* given away-have
already been secured. They will be
kept at the garages where purchased
until time for the drawing on June
2nd. wlu‘ii they -will he driven to Cen
tral Graded School, where the draw
ing will take plac/*. The persons win
ing them will he allowed to drive them
home that night. The ears are the
latest models and have not been used
except on the booster trip.
Special prices will lx* found on prac
tically all goods in the stores of the
city for the big event. The mer
chants are planning to make it worth
while for shoppers to visit their stores
while tlie big trade event is on. and if j
attractive prices on seasonable good* '
will lx* an incentive thousands of shop
pers are certain to trade here during
the ten days the event is on.
The big event started tins
morning with the opening of the
stores and business bouses. It will
continue through <5 p. iu. June 2nd.
Tin* bargains will be here in abun
dance and the wise shopper will bt*
hen* for them.
SALISBURY ELECTION
WAS A SUDDEN AFFAIR
Lap tain Shank Discovers Monday Was
the Day and Quick Action Was
Necessary.
Salisbury. Alay 21.—Salisbury was
all set to have a municipal election
tomorrow but late Sunday Ctipt. M.
A. Shank, who has conducted elec
tons here for a number of years, dug
up the law on the subject and found
that the eleelion had [to he held to
day or not at all.
A local printer was secured x o print
the Democr Mc ha lois 'Sunday night
the Captain fihank got the North
ward booth open on tme this runni
ng. Other precincts opened later in
the day and the election was held ac
cordng to the law,* which is different
as to date from any other munici
pality in the state.
C. M. HenderTite for mayor and the
Democratic ticket as selected at n; re
cent primary won the f lection as there
were no other tickets in the field. 'lsi%
vote was about as light as any elec
tion ever held here.
Editor Got First Auto License.
Raleigh. X. (\, May 23.—The first
automobile license .granted in North
i Carolina was issued in 11)00 to John
A. Park, publisher of the Raleigh
Times. Raleigh. The number of the
license was 100. and Mr. Park lias se
cured this uuulber for his car every
' since 1000. The first license cost Mr.
Park .SI.OO. while the 1023 license cost
■ $1.1.00
KUchin Rests Comfortably.
Wilson, May 21. —Congressman
■ Kitchin, who is ill in a local hospital,
was reported as resting eonfortably
tonight.
Character is the balance wheel of
civilization.
THE CONCORD TIMES
STANLY BALDWIN IS i
CHOSEN PREMIER TO
SUCCEED BONABLAW
Premiership Offered to Him 1
This Afternoon by King!
"George and He Accepted!
It At Once.
HAS HELD MANY
IMPORTANT POSTS
Has Been Serving for Some
Time as Chancellor of the
Exchequer Under Regime
of Bonar Law.
London, May 22 (By tin* Associated
Press). —Stanly Baldwin is Great Bri
tain’s new prime minister. He accept
ed the premiership offered him this af
ternoon by King George.
Sir Stanly Baldwin, the new British
Prime Minister played a conspicuous
minor part iu British politics until the
advent of the Bonar Latv regime, af
ter the resignation of Premier Lloyd
George, and the breakup of the coali
tion which guided British destinies
during the war.
Under Mr. Lloyd George he was
financial secretary to the treasury and
later president of the hoard of trade,
and it was in recognition of his abili
ties in tlu* field of finance that he was
-named to the important post of Chan
cellor of the Exchequer by Bonar Law.
Possibly Sir Stanly's most notable
achievement as chancellor was the ne
gotiation of tlu* war debt settlement
wit.h tlu* United States, in the course
of which In* visited Washington at the
head of the British debt mission. Ilis
handling of the current budget which
mikes possible various reductions in
taxes, notably tlu* levy on incomes,
also brought much favorable comment.
Since Mr. Bonar Law's illness had
incapacitated him from personal par
ticipation in the parliamentary de
bates. Sir Stanly acted as government’
spokesman in the House of Commons.
Hi* is fifty-live years of age. was edu
cated at Harrow. Trinity College and
.Cambridge, is married and 'lias two
sons and four daughters.
HACK DRIVING FOR M) YEARS
Mark Fuller and His Mare Represent
tiie of the Old-Time Hacks.
Raleigh-. X. <\. May 20.—Sin* has
weathered something like fourteen or
fifteen summers and stands hitched to
a dilapidated carriage across the street
from the Union Depot in Raleigh. The
old mare's ears point eastward and
westward, her head drooping sharply.
She blinks her eyes occasionally and
in fly time the old horse gives unmis
takable evidence of life by switching
her tail frantically at the pests.
Perched high up on the seat of the
vehicle, reins and whip ii. hands is
Mack Fuller, negro, driver and owner
of tlu* outfit. Mack has been a hack
driver in Raleigh for more than thirty,
years and he will tell the world that
he intends to continue in this occupa
tion untiLlie dies. The old horse and
carriage represent tlie last of the
horse drawn hacks in Raleigh.
"Right here. Boss." yells Fuller, wav
ing his whip at tin* passengers as they
file out of the railway station. "Hop
right in this- buggy and let The old
nag carry you to any paijt of tlie
city."
Although business is not as good
with Fuller as it is with liis neighbors
—the drivers of automobiles —lie says
there are many people who prefer the
carriage and he is making a living.
"She ain’t so fast, boss." said Ful
jler. "but she is safe and sure. When
a gentleman or. a lady gets into this
old carriage, they know they are go
ing where they started. The car
riage is not in the best shape, but it
rides aH good as it did thirty years
ago.
"No. I am not going to drive an au
tomobile. I love tin* old horse and
she loves me. We understand. each
other exactly. She gives me the best
that is in her and I am going To stick
to her. When I am forced to give up
my old horse. I am going to quit hack
ing-''
WANTS THE PRESIDENT
PLEDGED AGAINST /DRINK
Bryan Would Rave Cabinet Members
anil All Public Officials Total Ab
stainers.-
NKansas City, Mo.. (May 20. —'To
guarantee the enforcement of the pro
hibition law. a pledge of total aDsti
nence for the President of the United
States, his Cabinet,--members of con
gress and other public officials was
iffged by William Jennings' Bryan in
an address before the annual con
vention of-the Southern Baptists here
last night. Mr. Bryan also included
members of Churches and faculties
and students of colleges.
“There was a time when I supposed
that law enforcement woum never be
a problem in this country.” Mr.
Bryan declared. ‘‘l thought it was
the ideal of our Government that the
minority should acquiesce to-the will
of the majority.”
Mr. Bryan attacked the Darwinian
theory of evolution, declaring it was
based entirely on a guess. He asserted
that it ought not to be taught in anv
Christian insti-tutiou.
Referring to his defeat for the of
fice of Moderator of the Presbyterian
General Assembly at Indianapolis, he
remarked:
“I might have appeared officially as
a Representative of another great
Christian assembly if I. had had only
26 lfiore voites.”
. - /- - '
Turks Destroy Important Bridge.
- Athens. May 22 (By the ssociated
Press). —Turkish troops are reported
to have blown up tbfe bridge oyer the
Maritza river, connecting Adriauople
and LZuragntb. The news caused con
sternation here.
1 1C, 1. CAMPAIGN
•GOES OVER WITH
IIGRE/IT. WHOOP
A Total of $22,363 Was Re
ported at the Final Meet
ing, $863 in Excess of Orig
inal Sum Sought.
ARMY DIVISION
. WAS IN THE LEAD
The Last Luncheon Held at
the Y. M. C. A. Monday Ev
ening Was An Occasion of
Great Joy and Jubilation.
The Y. M. CVA. campaign went over
the top with a big whoop when the
workers made their final reports at the
Y. \l. A. Monday evening at the
last luncheon of the campaign. A
total of $22,303 was reported which
was sß<>3 in excess of the original goal
of *>i,r>oo.
The Army division, under the
leadership of Gen. Howard, led both
in the number of subscriptions secured
and In the total amount subscribed.
They secured 202 subscriptions for a
total of $5,280. The Air division, tin-'
der tin 1 leadership of Commander A.
H. Hoover, came second in the num
ber of subscription secured and the
total amount pledged—lsl subscrip
tions —.$4,337. The Navy, under Ad
miral C. S. Smart, secured 120 sub
scriptions for a total of $3,5(14. The
lii-Y club secured -7 subscriptions
among the High School boys and girls
for a total of $3,333. The executive
committee accounted for the remainder
of the 510 subscriptions.
Captain Oddi’s team of the Air
forces took first place in the teams
with a total of $2,404.50. Captain
Pharr of the Navy came second with
$2,203, while Captain Ilartsell of the
Army followed with $1,705.
At the luncheon' Monday evening af
tcr flu* reports were all in. Chairman
Webb called on W. It. Odell, who
thanked Mr. Ackley for his splendid
work in heading up and directing the
campaign. Mr. Ackley 'responded
complimenting the fine spirit of the
workers, Mr.- H. I. Woodliouse was
Then called upon to Uiank the women
for their line work in preparing the
luncheons during the campaign.
Chairman Webb then called upon
Mr. Cameron Mcßae, who expressed
the thanks of the workers and their
appreciation of the fine work Mr.
Nihlock had done. He then present
ed him with *a Howard watch as a
token of the high esteem in which he
was held by the workers and of their
appreciation of his wonderful work in
behalf of the Y. M. C. A.
A male' quartet, composed of
Messrs Prindell, Yerhurg, Patterson
and Ackley, rendered two numbers
during the luncheon. This quartet
was introduced as the Pan-American
qua rtet.
Rill Gibson presented Cameron Mc-
Rae with an old clock and told him
that if he would hook his mouth to the
clock it would run forty-eight hours
a day. AJhmry Richmond also pre
sented “Papa” Boh Ridenliour with
several gifts for the new “Y” worker.
The spirit of the entire crowd was
one of joy and jubilation. The fact
that tlie .job was a hard one made the
victory all the sweeter, and the entire
corps of workers joined in giving
praise to God.
BRYAN WINS FIGHT v
Carries the Question of Total Abstain
ance to Presbyterian General Assem
bly.
Indianapolis. May 22 (By the Asso
ciated- Press I. —\Ym. .Jennings Bryan
today won his fight in the General As
sembly of the Northern Presbyterian
Church here for a demand that every
Presbyterian minister, church official
and church member, and the faculties
and students of denominational schools
controlled by the Assembly, sign a to
tal obslinance pledge.
An effort to limit the pledge-signing
to church members and students was
rejected by the General Assembly.
National Forest Highway Fund.
Washington, D. C> May 20. —Secre-
tary Wallace, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture has approved
expenditures, totaling $28,570 of nat
ional forest highway funds and $71,424
from other Federal road funds for the
construction of IP miles of roads in
North Carolina.
The national forest highway fund
was made available for roads serving
the national forests and for roads with
in or adjacent to the forests which aye
of primary importance to states, coun
ties and communities.
Yancey county. North Carolina, has
offered $30,000 and McDowell county
slooXioo for use iu constructing the
highway which is an important sec
tion of the Marion-Micaville road con
necting the county seat towns of these
two counties. The State of North
Carolina, hgs offered funds to com
plete the road building, it was an
nounced, estimated to be around $210.-
848.
The road in question is entirely
within the Pisgah National Forest and
runs in a northwesterly direction from
Garden City-in McDowell county. It
is planned to let bids and start con
struction this year.
Andrew Johnson Memorial.
Greenville, Temi.. May 23. —This city
will be the scene of an unusual cere
monial on May 30th, when there will
he dedicated the State's new memorial
to Andrew Johnson, seventeenth I’resi-
JtTeut of the United States. This is a
i structure erected with funds appropri
ated-by the legislature to surround and
protect the little tailor shop in which
Andrew Johnson worked for so muny
years in Greenville. The old shop has
been kept intact and untouched for
manv years, "but was beginning to
ffeel the effects of the weather.
Mrs. Jane McKimmon to Speak in
, _ Concord Saturday at 11 O’clock
Awarding of prizes to the winners in
the “Better Kitchen” campaign, which
has been conducted in this county
since March Ist under the direction of
Miss Kathleen Wilson, home demon
stration agent, will be made Saturday
morning by Mrs. Jane McKimmon,
State home demonstration agent. The
prizes will be awarded by Mrs. Mc-
Kimmon. at Central Graded School at
11 o’clock and immediately after the
presentation Mrs., , McKimmon Will
speak to the ladies of this , city and
county on “Food For the Family.” ’
Miss Martha Creighton, district
home demonstration agent, is spending
this week here with Miss Wilson, and
they are making the final score of the
kitchens. Twenty-five women of the
county entered the contest -and so far
Misses Creighton and Wilson have
scored about 20 kitchens. They will
determine the winners iu this final
inspection and the prizes will be
awarded in accordance with their
scores.
Miss Creighton in discussing the
campaign in Cabarrus was most gen
erous in her praise of the kitchens al
ready scored. "Marvelous changes
have been noted in the kitchens,” Miss
Creighton stated,” and the campaign
in Cabarrus has been one of the most
successful ever held iu the Sta4e.”
Miss Wilson was equally generous
in discussing the changes that have
been made in the kitchens that have
be eu scored. “The women who entered
th° campaign have taken even greater
interest than I had hoped for,” she
said, “and some of the changes I have
COMMENCEMENT DRAMA AT
MT. PLEASANT A SUCCESS
Presentation of “Esmeralda” Witness
ed by Large Audience—Declared a
Great Success by All.
The largest audience that has at
tended any of the commencement exer
cises at Mt. Pleasant this week was
present Monday evening for the pre
sentation of the commencement drama.
"Esmeralda” was the drama offered
this year, and judging by criticisms
made by those present, the entertain
ment given this year ranks with the
be.st ever presented, and many declare
it tlie Best ever seen in Alt. Pleasant.
Elaborate costumes, appropriate set
ting and background and impressive
presentation of the various parts by
the actors served to make the enter
tainment one of real pleasure and in
terest. The play was -presented be
fore sui audience that filled the audi
torium and was loud in its praise for
the excellent acting.
The following was the cast ofThar
aeters:
Mr. Elbert Rogers, a North Caroli
na farmer—Geo. B. Johnstone.
Mrs. Lydia Ann Rogers, his wife —
Mattel McAllister.
Miss Esmeralda Rogers, his daugh
ter —Mrs. C. B. Smithdeal.
Dave Hardy, a ybung North Carolin
ian—(\ B. Smithdeal.
Mr. Estabrook, a man of leisure—H.
11. Alexander.
Mr. Jack Desmond, an American
artist in Paris—B. L. Allen.
Miss Nora Dqsmond, liis sister —Mil-
dred Barrier.
Miss'Kate Desmond, liis sister —Hel-
en James.
"Marquis” I>e Montessin, a French
adventurer—L. G. Russell.
George Drew, an American specula
tor —L. G. Russell.
►Sophie, a maid —Wilma Tucker.
The drama was directed by Mrs. D.
D. Barrier and Prof. W. W. Holman,
and much of its success was due to
their personal supervision not only of
the rehearsals, hut also (ff the cos
tumes and scenery.
While all of the persons taking part
in the drama were generously and
justly praised, the following received
special praise for their excellent work:
George B. Johnstone..Miss Mabel Mc-
Allister, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smithdeal,
H. H. Alexander, B. L. Allen and L.
G. Russell.
The Maroon and Gray Orchestra, of
Roanoke College. Va., is furnishing the
music for the commencement exercises.
The orchestra is in charge of Carl W.
Seiler, of Savannah, Ga., the author
of many of the novelty acts which
have added to 'tlie popularity of the
college orchestra. ' -
The college musicians provided the
music on Monday and Tuesday. Tues
day night they fill an engagement for
the American Legion.at Charlotte, re
turn to Mt. Pleasant for the final ex
ercises of commencement on Wednes
day morning, and then jump to Salis
bury to furnish the music for an Am
erican Legion Celebration.
During the present year, the Roa
noke College orchestra has won more
than ordinary distinction for itself
and has played at numerous Rotary
and Kiwanis dinners, church socials,
dances, entertainments, and commun
ity gatherings.
NEW TREATY OF AMITY
AND COMMERCE WITH SPAIN
Pact Has Been Sent to Madrid to Be
Negotiated With the Spanish Gov
ernment.
Washington, May 22.—A draft of a
new treaty of amity and commerce be
tween the United States and Spain
lias been forwarded by the State De
partment to Alexander P. Moore.
American ambassador at Madrid, to
be negotiated by him' with tbe Span
ish government.
Earl of Derby to Continue as Secretary
• es War in England.
London .May 23.—The Earl of Der
by announced at a luncheon today that
lie had an offer from Prime
Minister Baldwin to continue to serve
as Secretary of War, and that he had
agreed to do so.
Much interest has been aroused
among the public from the fact thaf
Lord Robert Cecil had a long inter
view with the prime minister this
morning.» What the purport of the con
i ference was could not ber^earoyd.
"Is the Young Man Safe?” Not on
til that question is answered in the
affirmative for every boy in the com
munity, has any citizen a right to be
Rainbow-hued walking/ sticks and
' vivid colored spats are the. latest
masculine fashions” lh Paris.
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noted' are little short of marvelous.
Whilp some of the improvements made
to the kitchens have resulted from
ready-made materials, most of the im
provements have l>een assompiishted by
the work of JJie women themselves,
who have given their kitchens the per
sonal touch that has literally trans
formed them.” I
While tile presentation address of
Mrs. McKimmon will be of special in
terest ( to the prize 'winners and others
who entered the contest, her address
on “Food Family” will he of
interest to every woman of the county.
Mrs. McKimmon has been unusually
successful as head of the Home Dem
onstration department in the State and
she stands out as one of the most
prominent women in North Carolina.
Her message is* certain tp lie an in
teresting as well as a- timely one.
At the conclusion of Mrs. McKim
mon’s address a picnic dinner will he
served at the school ground. Every
one is invited to attend the dinner:
also to bring something to be added
to it.
The following prizes will be award
ed to the winners in the contest:
First prize—New Perfection Oil
Stove, given by tlie Standard Oil Co.,
of Charlotte.
Second prize—Enameled table, given
by the Concord Furniture Company.
Third prize—Set of Aluminum Ware,
given by H. B. Wilkinson.
Fourth prize—Churn, given by
Yorke-Wadsworth Hardware Co.
Fifth prize—lce Cream Freezer, giv
en by Ritchie Hardware Co.
WANNAMAKER makes
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Says Department of Agriculture Add
ed 5,000,000 Acres to Estimate of
Cotton Harvested in 1921.
St. Matthevys, S. C., May 23 (By the
Associated Press). —Charges that the
crop reporting bureau of the Depart
ment arbitrarily added 5,000.000 acres
to its estimate of cotton harvested in
1021. and that the figures were left
to stand as a basis of comparison for
the crops of 1022 and 1023 were made
here today by J. S. Wannnmaker. Pres
ident of tin 1 American Cotton Associa
tion. in his statement attacking Sec
retary Wallace far the failure of the
latter to acknowledge that the crop
forecast issued last month were, incor
rect as alleged by Mr. Wannamaker.
Referring to an estimate by the spe
cial committee which was called to
gether by tlie Department, that the
total available supply of raw cotton
on July 31 of this year would lie <».-
800.000 hales, the Cotton Association
head declared that Dr. W. R. Mea
dows, chief of the United States Bu
reau of Markets, had made a publish
ed statement that the estimate was at
least 2.300,000 too much in view of the
authoritative figures compiled by the
Census Bureau and other reliable
sources. N
PROHIBITION OFFICERS
MAKE A WATER HAUL
r
North Carolina Minister Reads His
Bible While Officers Search His
Auto For Rum.
Danville, Vu., May 22.i—How a North
Carolina preacher read liis Bible in
his automobile while law enforcement
officers searched the machine for li
quor came from Martinsville today.
Tlie name of the minister was not re
vealed. Officers saw, a small car
laden with suspicious looking packages
and they gave chase. The dirver led
them a merry chase to Smith river,
where tin* car was overhauled. As
the officers blocked the road the car
which had been overtaken hove into
view. The officers were surprised to
see the driver stop, and when lie had
done so lie drew a book out of his
pocket, which he began to road.
As the officers approached the man
in the car said, “Go to it boys: I’m
with, you.”
The packages were empty egg
crates, the driver was a North Caro
lina minister and the hook he was
reading was the Bible.
REJECTS OFFER MADE BY
NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS
Southern Presbyteridn General Assem
bly Does Not Favor New Organiza
tion Now.
Montreat. May 23. —The Southern
Presbyterian Church General Assembly
“does not feel that there is occasion
for reopening the question of organi
zation," it advised the Northern Pres
byterian Church General Assembly to
day iu response to overtures from that
body now in sesison at Indianapolis.
The northern church in its message
from its moderator, had stated that
“we reaffirm our desire and declare our
purpose to continue our activities for
the realization of one Presbyterian
Reformed Church in America.”
The telegram in reply from the Gen
eral Assembly of the Southern Church,
expressed appreciation of the friendly
attitude taken hv its sister organiza
tion and in making known its stand
added that the General Council of the
Presbyterian Reformed Churches in
America provides an agency for “gen
uine fellowship and effective 00-oper
ation.” /
RUSSIA ACCEPT MOST
OF THE BRITISH DEMANDS
Suggests Holding of Conference to
Consider the Points in Dispute.
London. May 23 (By the Associated
Press). —Soviet Russia’s second reply
to the British ultimatum accepts the
majority of the British demands, and
suggests the holding of a conference
to consider points iii dispute. The So
vieut expresses readiness to conclude
forth with an agreement granting
British citizens the right to fish out
side the three-mile limit off the Rus
sian coasts pending settlement by ail
international convention of the dis
pute over the extent of territorial wa
ters.
Will Appear Before Labor Board.
Philadelphia. May 22.—President
Samuel Rea, of tbe Pennsylvania Rail
road. today wired the railroad labor
luoard at Chicago that he would ap
pear l»efore the board next Monday af
ternoon in the matter of tbe.complaint
before the hoard of the brotherhood
of railway and steamship clerks.