I B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLV 111.
'?«! 1 11
Pro-rrani Will Virtually Be
Constructed From “the
Ground Up.” According to
All Present Plans.
a! I REAL ESTATE
TO BE MORTGAGED
The Assessment Will Be On
ol 50 Per Cent, of
the Present Gold Values—
to Assess Every One.
-
■, 'JS iI t v the Associ at ed
~ ! i.lir ;i; ;i U- I:'"' repUfiU tolls pm
• u ,’,\v outlined. will lifMSl*
i from “the ground tip.”
~,i [irinmrily on a nationwide
s to Imcorin' tit** greatest
L ‘i^ati,,, {;iit*! m the history of
j. .. eventually enetunpasa ev- j
..f- German soil' which
T ] (:t \ tribuje to (lontia nv's j
Li' f.> a |"'i lof 20 years. The |
basis of 30 per ]
i.n o-'.t 1 gold A values. Five I
V ~, , :,, :i -.40 marks annually
'T".i„. v i. t!r- leicii’s reparations
this source during the
v *.*!]•< 'l’lte ultimate yearly
r. xiujate 1 ,(100.000,000
f| , ;iirfctH' depending UlHin
r. v.-ill which metropolitan
1 ... • 1.., -übjecteil to the mort
’;l " ::ig will li<‘ .made with the
asriAUnra! land- and. the physical
the industrialists.
• The plan for the great mortgage is t]ie
.. ... |. ; ,rt in tlie German pro
league of i'ndust rialists as
-übmitted !•> I'liaiicfllor Uuno for the
lllirl|S! „f ti c -eveniment. This orgau
jvjij,,., ;i •;.• at*-- it- readiness to assume
ii;,viueiit as -I'l 1 j»er (cut. of tlie hyjMc
,lie:i.-;i'i -inn • >;'' •7oO.ihim.OUO gold marks
v u ;,|, > i.cli. V'- flic government can
|,v ;iss,-imctits ini the iudustrial
liv(4 >,!•', rti*-! The remaining 60 per
i.( oiid Im "aaranteed by tin* bank*
ounio-' • i:il. -hipping and agricul
(llTlllN HAIM.A DAMAGED
BY l N SEASON ABLE. I OLD
Entire stand- in Many Sections Will l>e
Killed if Intimat'd Conditions Continue.
Aiuli'isoti, May 27.—(hit ton is- badly
.damaged nth;- set■ i*m by so mflch rain
and the un.-ea-iumble cold weather, is
tin* belief i.f S. M. Byars. county farm
agent. !i> main -ectiotis cotton ’is dy
and should tin- cold weather continue
tin- entire -rand- in some sections vvi’.l
tic killed. Chopping cotton was wall
under way, and tlie prospects weny fair
In-fore this !a-r mid and rain. The cot
t":; where nitrate of soda was used at
the time nf plant.ittg litis stood the weath
er condition- better. Mr. Byars advises
fanners to ;rprdv -i»»Ia to the plants that
ar left a- -m»n a- work in the nelds
'•a;, h- re-nunsl. and another thing that
■ • flunk- will benefit tlie remaining crop
is t ■ harrow it. either with top harrows
■" -o-riim harrow-, that this harrowing
'V'Htld break the crust.’ rand prevent a
'"■.ivy grew'lt of gyas- that usually fol
-1"«' rainy -poll. The oat crop is not
loirt in tin- end. The wlieat crop, how
*-\er. j-, lonsidindi'v damaged.- ttud in
'rauy sort,on- i- affeitod by rust. If
flc wo;ito, ;■ -loiu’.d tarn warm- and dry.
Mi'. l'.\;u's -t;itrd. that parts of tlie crops
winiiii nverr.iiiir the - stunt and mature.
"11l 1.1) FIGHT FORD
FOR PRESIDENCY
Resolution to This Effect Presented to
Meeting of .lews in Atlantic City.
• Ailatite- I’it.v. X. J.. May 28. —A reso
ld, 1 ’ 1 "' 1 opposing the nomination of Henry
f" r 'i for I’ii'.sident. and stating that if he
y nmrated hi- election will be fought
• entire .L-v. .-!i race, was up for
Wteuleratnin today before the U. S.
V.olgc tinier of B’rith Abraham in
cmvention hero.
% rr '. s M. Green, of New York, was
■’•"Outlined for «;ratal Master^
Memorial Services for tlie Soldiers Who
Have Diet!.
•sri.-lmry, • May 'll. Memorial ser
were hold it? the Strand Theater
T r f" 1 * ,v I *"‘ funnel (’. Hart
, J ■ he- Ann iii an Legion in honor of
' ■■■ Rowan who have died
1 ! l"'l since their enlistment in
Caption Stephen B.
'•ctonia'. tiie principal speaker
t , • o 'ii-ton pleaded for a -condition
\\i-, • ‘ wars impossible, and
,1 , ' not expect wars to cease
i . !; “ pi*-cut or the next genera
, , , a!! '*' : those present to use
i h . : :l: ' ! h, o’her ways bring to
also;y.'"y - -"''/ 'hat will lead to the
1,1 war.- s M that the boys
T- <,v, ‘ r ’ bere" shall not have.
!■', :1 1 , ' fcading “On Flanders
T !: ‘ <, Vl t*;i 1 selections by local
a. “ !l the program. :is well
t„, ‘ l ‘•>’ ‘ .apta in T. Diusinove
Kif-., ; Ibdpath clmutaupuft.
4k* p" wi l Id■ 11 s;ithe Marspl
’ ■’b :i !,... , :Ul '* the program closed
’ti'-wm,"' M : 11 - *i. during which
"ere sounded.
' lil; ' SP ,{ hicUsmith M at the Pied-
l ur . moot.
„ ' ■ in fact ever since
; mlited the immortal
*Tibe the “Village
' lil'ir • ' *‘ as *" M * n oue of the
a -chool vr.m- ever been used it,
, ".'"l'lini V( |. Every, school child itfter
Tiii ' , . with the lines
Si, i,i,." , ! ' a "‘t'ltfy man was
■ :|t n | '. ll '".' ls 'i'i s masterpiece
!;• ,is itiK it '.’, x the opportunity
' „.' t"iUidation for one of
1 1 .- "ft year ' i. 11 , l. l< ‘ ,uro plays of the
t T A; , l) ** s i»own at the
‘‘ tu, ‘ : >.v ainl tomorrow.
| L’ W Y,?j at L Earrimorp.
he;h’ m .j. d ' -' s Supreme Court
a . deci *
ih, a, 'trc>v , v i,, ' ‘‘Ba Earn more,
-ilu as „ ne “f s by (ieral-
Te«i 11 !lf 'f suit t* ' \'. v '' ral co-respond
-01 divorce from Lou
FHE CONCORD TIMES.
W. LEE WATSON DIED AT
SAXATORIVM DURING DAY
Had Been l iidtrgaing Treatment There
I Kt.r Several Weeks.—Body To Be
1 Brought Home Today.
1 \V. l.ce Watson, well known man of
jthis city, died this morning about ten
i i.t iock :it Sanatorium, where lie hud been
taking treatment tor -ome time. The an
nouncement of his death was contained
in a telegram received by relatives hefe.
No fuuej-al arrungpments have yet
been made, though ir is probable that
jtt c service, will be held some time YVed
■ nest lay.
• Mr. Watson was 41 years of age and
is survived by- his wife null one son, Har
ry Watson. For a number of years he
. vv:,s employml at the Browus-t'annou
Company and had identified with,
other business houses here in past years.
,He became seriously ill several mouths
■ago and had been undergoing treatment
jat Sanatorium for several weeks.
The deceased was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church and was a
consistent Church worker. He was one
of the most prominent and highly re
spected member cf Stokes Lodge No. .‘ill
A. F. A A. M.. and at the time of his
death was secretary of that lodge. He
had been prominent in Masonic circles
for ;i number, of years and held several
offices in Stokes Lodge.
I. The body will be brought to Concord
I this afternoon and prepared for burial
at tiie Bell & Harris Undertaking l'ar
| lors. Later it will be taken to his late
home on Meadow street.
TO BAN USE OF TIIE
AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN
Movement is Being Made by Sportsmen
Throughout the Country.
New Orleans. .La.. May 2N.—The move-
J meat among sportsmen throughout the
country to ban the use of the automatic
j shotgun in the field because of the havoc
j it plays, has gained another supporters
i in Governor John M. Parker, of Louisi
| ana. who has issued a formal statement
on the subject.
“1 have been a hunter for many, many I
years.” said the Governor, "and not once !
have I used an automatic shoutgun. and
I have carried it to such ati, extreme
that I will not go hunting with a man
who does use it.* This fall, before the
hunting season begins. I propose to do
everything that lies in my power to ap
peal to the best that is in real sports
men. asking them to confine their hunt
ing to dotib'e barrel shoutguns, which
will at least give the game a lighting
ehiiuce.**
SAYS PLUMB PLAN IS
FAVORED BY EMPLOYES
Chicago Paper Says Heads of Railway
Unions May Out legislative Program
to Be Sent to Congress. .
Chicago. May 2>v—Railway labor as
represented by the heads of fifteen of the
sixteen standard unions yesterday mai»-
ped out ii legislative program for sub
mission to Congress, the Chicago Trib
une says today. The organization would
itbolish the U. S. Railroad Libor Board,
says the newspaper. No final action was
taken, however.
"Not only abolition of the Railroad
f abor Board* —and cron morr partienUtr
<y immediate elimination of one or two
members objectionable to labor —but also
a move to revive interest in the Plumb
plan for control of the railroads was dis
cussed. according to reports.” s;tys The
Tribune.
THE COTTON MARKET
Showed Continued Firmness Owing to
Bullish Private Conditions.
New A’ork. May 2S. —The cotton mar
ket showed continued firmness tocbiy ow
ing to bullish. private conditions and crop
figures and firm Liverpool cables. The
opening advance of 12 to 1!) points at
tracted scattered realizing, but offerings
were absorbed/ on setbacks of thrive nr
four points and the market soon sold up
up 27.40 for July and 24.00 for October,
or about 17 to ,‘>o points net higher on die
general list.
Cotton futures opened steady. July
27 2o; Oct. 24.58: Dec. 24.88; Jan.
21.12: March 22.00.
New Orleans Cotton Review.
New Orleans., May 27: —Prices were
higher, almost from the opening, in tin*
cotton market hist week. Lowest prices
were reached on the opening session
when the trading positions were 0 to IS
points under the level of the preceding
week’s close; this there was a rise of
3SI to 220 points higher than the close
cf the preciding week.
The close was at net gains of the
week of 1.14* to 181 points. July, after
trading as high as 27.00 closed at 27.8< :
October, after trading as high as 24.40.
closed at 24.11 cents a pound._ in the
spot department prices gained 175 points
on middling, which closed at 28.00 cents
against 20.50 on the close of this week
last vear.
The main stay of the advance was
the unfavorable tone of crop reports,
due to continued excessive rains over
large areas of the central and eastern
divisions of the cotton region and to
too low -temperature in many norrnern
sections. Much complaint of foul fields
came from sections of the bolt m the
Mississippi valley and to the-eastward
and similar complaints came from Ar
kansas. Texas sent in the most encourag
ing crop accounts of any state but even
there some localities said that _
were too cool and others comylniued of
the presence of the bo.ll weevil. .
Friday ended the first condition period
of the season and interest in the con
dition report hv the government increas
ed This report is scheduled to be made
at 10 o’clock. New Orleans, time. Fri
day of this week, which means that
forecasts of the report are likely to be
the dominating influence of market up
to then, unless the weather- over the
be’t turns either very good or very ban.
Private reports on condition thu.“ tnr
Lave ranged from 72.2 down to 67.0 per
cent of normal, with a distinct ten
dency to the. low figure. A year ago
lon Mav 25. the government reported
that the condition of the crop was (>J.b
while the ten private estimates reported
it 72.6.
One of Trio Hit by Auto Killed.
New Bern. May 26.—His skull crush
ed when run down by an automobile driv
en bv Gitv Gaskins, white. Robert Alli
son ‘Waddell, five-year-old son of Mrs.
Alberta Ulrich Waddell, died in a local
hospital at noon, an hour after the ac
cident near the victim’s home on Jonn-
M ”Witnesses, who attached no blame to
Mr. Gaskins, said the child stepped from
behind an ice wagon directly into the
path of the machine which was drawing
a trailer loaded with brick and was run
ning at a low rate of speed. .
Suffering from the shock of the g
edv. Mrs. Waddell said this was her third
child to be run down by automobiles
the other two having recovered.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Prizes Presented Saturday to
Winners in Kitchen Campaign
"The Better Kitchen” campaign, which
wa; conducted here for seveial months
under the direction of Miss Cathleen
Y\ ilson, (Yuiuty Home Demonstration
Agent, came to a close last Friday,, and
prizes to the winners in the campaign
were presented Saturday at an inter
esting meeting held at Central Graded
School.
In addition to presentation of the cam
paign prizes the meeting Saturday was
featured by tin address by Mrs. Jane Mc-
Kimnion. Stale Home Demonstration
Agent, who spoke on "Food For tlie F;im
ily." Mrs. McKimmon was heard by sev
eral hundred persons, and impressed the
members of her audience by her prac
tical suggestions, greet knowledge of her
subject and the earnestness with which
she plead for better food and home con
dit ions.
The meeting opened with the singing
of "America.” after which the invocation
was made by Rev. L. A. Thomas, pastor
•of St. James Lutheran Uhurclu. A solo
by Mr. Alan 1). Prindell and tlie talk
by Mrs. MeKiinmon preceded the pre
sentation of the prizes by Air, L. T. Hart
sell.
The following were the winners of the
six prizes: «
First Prize. Perfection Oil Stove —Mrs.
I). li. Mabrey.
Second Prize. Enameled Table—Mrs.
L. S. Pharr.
Third Prize. Set of'Aluminum Ware—
Mrs. M. L. Penninger.
Fourth prize. Pimm —Airs. I). B. Pas
tor.
F’ifth Prize, lee (.'ream Freezer —Airs.
W. A. Sifford.
PROGRAM FOR THE MASONIC
MEETING HERE TONIGHT
Educational .Meeting of Stokes Lodge
, No. 22 YVill Be Held at S O’clock.
The following is the full program for
the educational meeting to be held here
tonight bv Stokes Lodge No. 22 A. F.
& A. Ai.:'
Song-—My Country ’Tis of Thee.
Ten minute t;ilk —The Fatherhood of
God—l). It. Coltrane.
Ten minute talk —The Brotherhood of
Alan—W. A. Jenkins.
Ten minute talk —Man’s Duty to All
Mankind and His Especial Duty to His
Masonic Brother—L. T. Hartsell.
Song.
Introduction of speaker.
Address —"Am I a Master Alii son?'’—
E. T. Ale Swain.
Announcements.
Song—Blest Be the Tie That Binds.
Closing of Stokes Lodge. No. 22. A. F.
& A. AI. in due form.
Refreshments.
I)R. SHRILL WILL HEAD
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL
Has Had Wide Experience in Work at
Sanatorium as Patient apd Otherwise.
Greensboro, Ala.v 27.r-=-Dr. J. F.
Spruill, of Siinatorium. lias been chosen
.as of the Guilford coun
ty tiiTfereulosis KospiFaT. and will i.
same his duties on September 1.
He is widely experienced in the wiir 1
against tuberculosis. Several years ago
he went to the state . sanatorium as a
patient. When he recovered he joined.the
stiiff of the institution. In 11)21 he went
with the state dejxirtment for health,
doing clinieiil work that carried him
into the majority of the counties of the
state. Before entering upon his new
duties lie will make a comprehensive
survey of conditions in the county, hold
ing clinics and securing the aid of the
peop’e in tlie effort to stamp out tuber
culosis in Guilford.
The hospital, whjch was authorized
by the voters of the county, providing
for a bond issue of SIOO,OOO for its con
struction and a tax not to exp red five
cents on the sl<K) for maintenance, is
nearing completion. It is being hurt
near Jarryestotyii, between here and Ilian
Point, atid it 1 is expected that it will
be ready for the reception of patients by
November 1.
GETS ANOTHER CHANCE
FROAI RICHMOND JUDGE
Young Man Held for Stealing Diamond
Ring at Wilson Given Freedom.
Richmond. Ya., May 26.—Gary 11.
Stodgliill. 25. son of the Rev. J. R.
Stodghill. Baptist clergyman of Childers
burg. Ala., was today given a chance
by Judge Davy Crockett Richardson.
Hustings Court, to make good when the
young man was arraigned on the charge
of stealing a diamond ring and pleaded
to be given a chance.
“I w'ill return to my home in Alabama
and make a man of myself.’’ he assured
the judge. "I have seen the wrong side
of life and T only ask the opportunity to
carry out my promises.”
‘‘l will give you a chance,” said Judge
Richardson, “nnd I hope this will be a
lesson to you.”
Stodghill was arrested several months
ago for passing worthless checks in Wil
son. X. C., while he was operating a
booth at a carnival in the city but his
father made good the amounts involved
and the prosecution was dropped.
He is i\ young man of pleasing appear
ance and is said to be possessed of. more
than ordinary business ability.
•While running the booth at the Wilson
fair he had several girls from Richmond
assisting him in the work.
Men Held for Trying to “Swinv” Jury*.
Winston-Salem, Alav 26.—Gray
Thompson and Nick Whitfield, charged
with offering to “Swing” the jury in a
case on trial in the Superior court the
past week here, were held in bonds of
$2,000 and SI,OOO respectively. At the
conclusion of presenting of evidence
Judge Shaw announced that he would
reserve decision until alter. Evidence
given by the State showed that Thomp
son approached the defendant in tlie raw
then on trial and told him that for the
sum of S2OO lie would “turn” the iurv.
acting through a partner. Whitfield.
One Was From North Carolina.
Asheville, Alav 28.—Aliss Virginia Alc-
Fadden. formerly of Asheville and well
known in her native state as the author
of “Peggy,” a tragedy of the tenant farm
er. was among the thirteen persons con
nected with the “God of Vengeance,”
convicted of producing an indecent per
formance in New York. She was one
of the eleven who received suspended
sentences.
Annual Dinner es Daughters of the Con
federacy.
The daughters of the Confederacy will
give their annual dinner in honor of Jef
ferson’s birthday, to the Confederate Vet
erans of Cabarrus County. Saturday,
June 2nd. at noon, at the Y. M. C. A.
All Veterans are cordially invited to be
present. «
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 28, 1923.
Sixth Prize, Cook Bool;—Miss Gladys
Goodman.
The sixth prize was donated by Aliss
! Wilson and went to the. person writing
ithe best history of the kitchen,
i It wit’s announced a.t the meeting that
1 the kitchens in tlie follotving homes were
icharacterized as "model kitchen:.”
j Airs. Walter Rumple. Airs. W. NV Pe
; trea and Airs. C. J. Goodman.
I In presenting the prizes to the winners
;Alr. Hartsell declared kitchen is the
most important part of any home and be
paid high tribute not only to the winners
but to all other contestants and,women
of the county who paj* particular atten
tion to their kitchens and the preparation
of food. ■ ■ ' j
Airs. ALKimnion devoted the greater
IKirtion of her address/ to an outline of
proper food for the average home, and
also (Dalt at some length with the prop
er preparation of tlie food. A clean
kitchen and wholesome food are great fac
tors in real home building, she-said.
„.The "Better Kitchen” campaign was
Started by Aliss Wilson during the first
of March. About 25 women of the eoun
; ty entered the contest; and the kitchens
! were scored ,-everpl times during the con
, test by Aliss Wilson. ’ ?
• Last week the final scoring was made,
j Aliss Wilson being assisted -by. Aliss Alar
! tha Creighton. District,Agent. After the'
! final scores were made Miss Wilson and
I Aliss Creighton determined the winners,
j Although the campaign was the first
of its kind ever held iri this countv. Aliss
. Wil son, Aliss Creighton and All’s. Ale-,
Kimmon declared it one of the best ever
held in the State. ’ t ' •.,
(REMARKABLE RESULTS
<K REVIVAL AT S. P. CHURCH
i ■ * •; , IE ■
Twenty-one Persons United With Sec
ond Presbyterian Chdroll On Sunday.
Rev. Leonard Gill ptreaeuen>- Sunday to;
! 4t crowded church. Alau.V persons mani
! fest interest. The rit|> of baptism was'
■administered to eight individuals. S;it
[unlay night Air. Gill preached on "The!
Judgmeiu I)ay.”
On Sunday morning his subject was:;
“The Christian - Home,” and Sunday j
night on "Heaven or licit Which?" Sun-!
■day afternoon there whs a meeting for j
men only. The sermon was on "influ- |
ence." Resumes of thosh sermons will
appear later.
Air. Gill is being mightily used of
God to bring souls to Christ. He is ;t
powerful and convincing preacher of tin*
gospel. Tonight .subject will be
"What Lick 1 Yet?” can't afford to]
miss this service? ” B. j
'GREENSBORO CERTAIN FOR
NEW PASSENGER STATION
Court Validates Municipal Bond Issue
For Purpose of Lmditig Money to
(Southern Railway. *•. C f.
Greensboro, Al:iy 26*- Derision of the
North Carolina supreitie *court today,
validating the GivcunimVo * municipal
bond issue for the erijdjon vs a i«tß
- station herPrTfffflpr tw~n'n etui
a bittei fight to prevent the lending of
Ithe city’s cr. Jit to the Southern rail
road. thereby setting a now, style in sta
tic’’. building.
The ease went up from Guilford
Superior Court, Judge W. F. Ilarding
denying 4tn injunction that was asked
by opponents of the plan. The injunc
tion. if granted, would have prevented
the city and the Southern from carry
ing out a contract providing $1,300.-
000 bond issue by the city, to be usisl
in erecting a station, the Southern to
pay into 4i sinking fund for 20 years
sufficient to retire the bonds, title to the
station then being vested in Southern.
It is possible that the matter could
be carried to the United States supreme
court, but persons involved in rlie suit
this afternoon declared that the matter
is Probably settled for good.
The p’an is unprecedented, and was
suggested by the Southern when the city
asked for a new station, the Southern
stating funds were not available for
'erection of tin* great number of new
stations sought alotug i ,s lines.
TODAY’S EVENTS.
Monday. May 28. 1923.
' Representatives of Kiwnnis Clubs
throughout the United States and
Canada gather in Atlanta today for
their international convention.
; Alonsignor Xassal'i-Rooco. archbishop
of Bologne. and Algr. Sindera, assessor
of the Consiforial Congregation, are to
be created cardinals at tlie secret eon
sistoyy in Rome today.
! The quadrennial international con
vention of the Women’s Benefit As
sociation is schedtiled to open in Los
Angeles today and will continue in ses
sion through the greater part of the
week.
Promoters of the General Lee oil de
velopment ) interests*. Ugaiivst whom
charges of fraudulent use of the mails
have been made. f4ice trial today, in the
Federal court at Fort Worth.
' Hydro-electric development in Cana
da will feature the annual spring
meeting of the American Society of
Alechanical Engineers, which meets in
Montreat today for a four-day session.
CLARKSON WILL TAKE
I OATH ON WEDNESDAY
Charlotte Man to Become Member of the
1 North Carolina Supreme Court.
] Raleigh, Alay 2.B.—Heriot Clarkson, of
Charlotte.'will, be sworn in as Associate
Justice of the North Carolina Supreme
Court at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Governor Cameron Morrison today was
advised by Chief Justice Walter Hark.
Mr. Clarkson was appointed Saturday to
succeed Justice Platt D. Walker, who
died last week.
PRODUCER AND STAR
i OF PLAY ARE FINED
Participants in “God of Vengeance” A lust
Pay Fine of S2OO Each.
1 New York. May 28.—Rudolph Sehild
kraut, star, and Harry Weinberger, pro
ducer. of the “God of Vengeance,” con
victed with eleven members of tlie cast
last week of producing an indecent per
formance. were fined S2OO each today.
The court suspended sentence on the
eleven others.
With Our Advertisers.
The Citizens Bank itnd Trust Co. will
be glad to give you information in re
gard to any form or feature of banking
with which you are not familiar.
Read C. H. Barrier & Co. s new ad.
today and see what you can buy this
week for SI.OO.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. not only
gives you ai chance at the Chevrolet or
Ford for every dollar spent and for ev
ery dollar paid on account, but will give
you two chances for every dollar paid
t ou an old account.
• v '!-..
ATLANTA NOW MECCA
TOO KIWSNIANS OF
THE ENTIRE WORLD
Thousands of Members Are
Present for the 7th Annual
Convention, Which Open
ed Today.
FIRST BUSINESS
SESSIONS HELD
President Geo. P. Ross, of
Toronto, is Presiding.—
Many Features Have/Been
Planned.
Atlanta. G.i., Alay 28.—Several thou
sand delegates and visitors were on hand
when tin* seventh annual (Convention of
the Kiwnnis Club International was for
mally opened here this afternoon, but
arrivals biter iii the flay were expected
to swell the attendance to between 4.000
and 5.000.
The festivities were launched at a big
luncheon spread in the City Auditorium.
Aiany of the quartets and glee clubs
which will participate in the contest
scheduled for tonight limbered up their
lungs during the luncheon.
Business sessions were opened with a
joint conference which followed the lun
cheon with George P. Ross, of Toronto,
interdational president, presiding.
Among the musical organizations al
ready listed are glee Clubs from Eliza
beth Citv. X. C.. and a quartet from
Raleigh. X. C.
bride kills brother
IN PLAY WiTII PISTOL
Snaps Weapon Supposed to Have Been
Unloaded in His Facfc During a
a Frolic.
Monroe. Alay 26.--Airs. R. B. Kluttz.
In years old. and it bride of 15 days, ac
cidentally shot :ind killed her brother,
Vernon Wentz. 22 years old. while play
ing with a revolver from which she
thought she had extracted the sliellls at
the Wentz home, eight miles from Alon
roe. Friday night.
A neighborhood crowd had congregat
ed at the Wentz home in Vance town
ship. and tlie bride during the course of
the evening went to a bureau and took
therefrom a revolver from which she
thought she had extracted all the sheds
before she snapped tin 1 weapon in the
face of her brother. There was one L:i 1 ♦
still iii the chamber, which exploded
with fatal result.
A coincid ’inv is Ihat this is said to
be the same weapon with which her
brother-in-law. Alatthews Kluttz. ■shot
and killed the mail carrier. Chambers,
for which crime lie is now in jail at
Monroe, and on which charge he is
scheduled to be tried sit the term of
court to be held next month.
Airs. Kluttz is said to have been warn
ed not to handle the revo’ver.
DR. RIDDICK RESIGNS
COLLEGE PRESIDENCY
Will Head School cf Engineering at the
State College in Future.
Raleigh. X. (’.. May 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press). —President Riddick's res
ignation as President of North ( 4ti*Oiina
State College today was accepted by the
Board of Trustees and announcement
was made that his successor probably
will be elected at a called meeting of that
body within 30 days.
Both Dr. Riddick’s resignation and his
request that he he placed ai the head ot
tin* school of engineering of the institu
tion. were unanimously passed, it \uc
stated.
AFTER SHOOTING MAN
WOMAN TAKES POISON
Both Are Now in a Raleieh_ Hospital
in Very Serious Condition.
Raleigh. Alav 28.—After shooting H.
I! Alale, who resides near Raleigh,
times. Airs. Bessie Gray today attempted
to commit suicide by taking posion. Both
are now in a local hospital,
cials said their condition was serious.
Airs. Gray stated she shot Male in
self defence) according to hospital au
thorities. Only meagre details of the
shooting could be obtained in Raleigh
owing to tho sorious condition nf llic
man and woman.
HAVE ORDERS TO Ql IT
FIGHTING BEEN ISSIED
Such an Order Said to Have Been I‘ ound
in Irish Republican. _
Dublin. May 28 (By the Associated
Press). —A document addressed by
Eamonn de A’alera to all ranks in the
republican army calling for discontinu
ance of the armed struggle has been tak
en by the Free authorities from
ii captured republican leader, it was au-
today. 'I
Chief of Police Runs Masked Men From
Home
Fairmont, Alay 27. —Chief of Police M.
B. Lawson was awakened by a noise, at
tlie back side of his house the other night
and upon going to a window he saw
several men with masks .over their heads.
Upon going to a,window at the side of
the house he saw several more men simi
larly disguised. Mike then ran to an
open window, jumped out and comment
od shooting, but the men ran. They na<!
parked their cas on the Oman road and
the speed they made getting to them,
when Lawson commenced shooting,
would have made tlm Greek runner m
tlie Olympian games ashamed of them
selves.
Negro Ministers Ask Negro Paper to Be
More Careful.
Salisburv. Alay 26. —“We do hope the
editors wi(l hesitate to publish such glar;
ing stories until they have been verified,
is the closing sentence of a letter mailed
todav bv tlie Colored Ministerial Asso
ciation Os this city to the Afro-Ameri
can negro weekly published at Balti
more. denying that a lynching and other
racial disturbances had taken place here
last Wednesday, as reported in the col
umns of the weekly.
The association s letter declared that
relations between the two races at Sal
isbury have been most friendly and that
no trouble of any kind has occurred.
LIVELY DISCUSSION AT
SYNOD MEETING TODAY
Question of Raising Synod Budget Up
Before the Reformed Synod.
Hickory, Alay 28.’—Lively discussion,
which it was expected, would continue
into the afternoQn was started at today’s
session of the General Synod of the Re
formed Church in the United States
when .a proposal was made to assign to
churches the lump sum to raise toward
the Synod budget instead of apportion
ing items among members.
The budget for the coming triennial
period calls for SI.OOO.(XH>, an increase of
almost 40 per cent, and proponents of
the plan contended that it would assess |
churches in accordance with their ability
to pay. The proposition was submitted
by Dr. C. B. Schneider, of Shamokin. J’n..
chairman of the United Alissionary and
Stewardship Committee.
-jfi* e Religion the Firs! Place. Says Dr.
Harms.
Hickory. X. (’.. May 27. — (By the As
sociated Press f—Ten 'commandments for
dealing with religious education, which
he S4iid might well be considered, were
suggested by the Rev. Dr. John AI. G.
Darins in nuj address tonight at a public
meeting under the auspices, of the general
synod of the Reformed chureh m the
l nifed States in session here.
Dr. Darms vylio is president-elect of
the Mission House at Plymouth Wis..
devoted a lengthy address to the suDject
of religious education and discussing the
subject from various angles suggested
theses as the commandments for the
eliureh in dealing with the question :
“Recognize tin* fact that, we are liv
ing in a changing world.
"Give religion the first p’aee m it.
"Adopt the educative process in re
ligion.
"Study and rcrstudy tlie children nnd
young people.
"Rearrange < ur curriculum.
"Reconstruct our program of religious
work in our churches and Sunday i
schools. |
“Simplify our workship.
"Co-operate with the public schools. I
"Rebuild our homes spiritually.
"Train*our leaders.”
Tlie Reformed Churcli in the Unite." |
States. Dr. Drams-said, lias iong been'
interested in religions education and be
stressed many “reasons for this belief.
In proposing his ten rules or command
ments for dealing with the subject lie
took each nic up in detail, and gave his
ideas of what it meant and h >w he be
lieved it should be carried out. Much
lias been learned of childrens’ nature
through the study of p°"cho!o"v. he said,
and he urged continued study of the
child's nature, both in schools and in
homes and uged his audience to “Go
home and do some solid thinking about
religion and education.”
WOULD GO HALF
WAY IN HELPING
Former Congressman At General Synod
Urges Aid For Catawba College
H ickory,,May 27. —Speaking today on
the question of the Reformed Chureh.
which is holding its general Synod here,
assuming control and guaranteeing sup
port of Catawba College, former Con
gressman A. It. Broderick, of Hanover,
Pa., stated-at a mass meeting this after
noon. that he was in favor of tin* Synod
helping ihe institution on a fifty per
cent basis of its needs and suggested
$400.00(1 to be the first appropriation for
this purpose. *
The question of raising the scholastic
standing of the college and its adoption
by the chureh will come before the Synod
this week. Catawba College is the onlv
Reformed Chureh school in the North
Carolina Classic.
Jasper Cherry," of Conover, colored
musician, brought his choir to the audi
torium for a .concert and they rendered
many old songs. The crowd was «o |
large, however, that the audience later
moved to the public square, where tlie
singing was continued. The great audi
ence gave the colored singers an ovation.
Two baccalaureate srmons. a lay
man's ipiss meeting, and numerous
special services throughout this section,
marked Sunday with the delegates to the
General Synod "f tin* Reformed Church
in the United States, now entering the
closing days of the sessions. One of the
sermons was delivered hr Dr. .T. A.
Singlemastei:, president of tin* Lutheran
seminary. Gettysburg. Pa., before the
graduating class of Lenoir College, and
the other baecaluareate was by Dr. J. W.
Memingef*. of Lancaster. Pa., before the
Hickory high school students in tlie audi
torium tonight at 8 o’clock. A sermon
by Dr. J. L. Smith, of Bristol, Tenn.. be
fore the religious organizations of the
eol’ege. also was delivered tonight.
The laymen’s meeting in the audi
torium this afternoon was also addressed
by Emory L. Coblentz. Elder Henrv C.
Heekornian. of Bedford Pa., presided.
NATIONAL GUARD I
ENCAMPMENT JULY 1
About 2.700 Officers and Men to Attend
at Four Camps.
Raleigh. X. <’.. Alay 28':—Members of
the North Carolina National Guard
will commence their animal two weeks
encampments on July 1, and indications
are that there will be about twenty
seven hundred officers and men to attend
during the months of uly and August,
according to assistant Adjutant General
Smith, who todav announced the dates
and camps to which the various units
wil’ be sent.
The troops will be sent to Camp"
Glenn. Fort Bragg. Fortress Monroe.
Vii.. and Camp AleLel'an, Tai.
A feature during the encampment at
Uamp Glenn will be the* decoration of
.the colors of the 120th infantry bv the
Portuguese government on Julv 10. the
decoration being on account of the ser
vices on the Western front during the
World War. Major Smith announced.
The Governor, state officials, formers of
the regiment and others will be ex
tended sf>eeiaT invitations to attend the
exercises. j
CLARA PHILLIPS SAYS
SHE IS NOT GUILTY
On Way Home. Says She Will Give the
Whole Truth About Crime With Which
She Is Charged.
Tequcigalpa. Honduras, May 28 (By
the Associated Press). —A message de
claring her innocence has been received
by the Associated Press Correspondent
here from vClara Phillips, convicted of
the murder in California, now on her
way back to the United States in charge
of American officers. The message was
sent just before the steamer Copen sail
ed for New Orleans. It said :
"Please say I intend to give the world
the truth about the Alberta Meadows
ca c *e—that I am innocent of that awful
crime of which I was unjustly convicted,
and that the opportunity will soon, come
for me to prove it.
Signed “CLARA PHILLIPS.”
The Copen is expected to arrive at
New Orleans on Tuesday.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
BRYAN DENOUNCES
FUtll llTinu THEORY
state Library
untie B! FORTY
Says Men, Including Three
Bishops and Two Cabinet
Members, Merely Use the
High-Sounding Phrases.
MARSHAL GIVES
EVOLUTION VIEW
Says Regardless of Source
of Man, All Must Admit
That Jesus Christ is the
Son of God.
Washington, May 28. —The joint dec
laration issued here Saturday by forty
prominent Americans holding that there
is ho antagonism between science and
religuui was assailed by William Jen
nings Bryan in a statement published
today by the Evening Star.
Those who signed the declaration, in
cluding Secretarys Hoover and Davis,
three bishops and other leaders in polit
ical. religious, business nnd scientific
world were said by Air .Bryan to have
“put ui> a straw man and then assaulted
it with big words."
"There is no antagonism between re
ligion and real science." continued Mr.
Bryan’s statement. "Science is classi
fied knowledge; therefore nothing is sei
entifie unless true. No truth can hurt,
the Bible. No truth can harm Chris
tianity. Our objection is to unsupport
ed guesses put forth by scientists in the
name of science. The guess to which
we most object is that man is a de
scendant of the brutes.
"The document published this morn
ing obscures the issue. If the man
who wrote the statement had explained
that theology denounced as medieval
teaches that the Bible is true, that Christ
was born of virgin, suffered for man’s
sins, and rose from the dead, it is prob
able that some of the men named would
have refused to sign.
"If these men believe that man came
U]> from the animals, why don’t they dis
pense with their long and high sounding
words and use every day language: let.
them iMtint out the parts of the Bible
they reject, and the public can under
stand their issue.
"The Presbyterian General Assembly
spoke for nine-tenths of the Christians
when it reaffirmed the church’s belief in
the infallibility of the Scriptures, the vir
gin birfh of Christ,-' the ntooemewt and
bodily resurrection of Christ.
“Why substitute an unproven hypothe
sis for the’Word of God?”
Christ is Son of God.
Spartanburg. S. May 28. —"The
real cornerstone of the republic of Am
erica is the Golden Rule of the Nazn
rene." and "the essentials of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ are the essentials of
Democracy.” former Vice President Tlios.
R. Marshall declared in an address here
last night in the First Presbyterian
Church. He came here to deliver an ad
dress today before tin* graduating class
of Converse College.
Touching on the matter of evolution,
Air. Marshall said:
"1 am not concerned in whether my
grandfather was a monkey; I have been
kept busy not making one out. of myself;
J do not care what they prove about
where I came from, or where you came
from; they cannot prove that Jesus
Christ was not tiie incarnate Son of
God.”
AS INDEPENDENT. FORI)
CAN WIN. SAYS IIEARST
If Left to Popular Vote. Publisher Sees
Motor Million&ir In White House.
New Orleans. May 27.*—^William Ran
dolph Hearst. publisher, today predicted,
according to a story published by the
New Orleans States, that Henry Ford
could be elected President of the United
States if left to the popular vote of tlie
people. ,
Air. Hearst was here a few hours en
route to California, via Fort Worth,
Texas.
“But the only way Ford can ever run
for President will be as an independent
candidate,” Mr. Hearst said.
"The political*machines of both nation
al parties. Democratic and Republican ,
alike, are in the hands of old line reac
tionaries. They may not be able to
nominate the man they want, but they
can prevent the nomination of the man
they do not want —and that man is Henry
Ford.
“I believe the Republican party will
go down to the most decisive defeat in
its history in the coming Presidential
election. The so-called foreign poMcy of
that party will be responsible for its de
feat.
"I am unalterably opposed to the en
try of the United States into the league
of nations or into the world court, which
is nothing but a stepping stone to the
league.”
FOUR SMALL CHILDREN
SEE FATHER MURDERED
Were Strolling in Woods With Him
When He Was Killed by Negro.
Valdosta. Ga.. May 28.—Four small
children witnessed the killing of their
father. C. A. Hunter, a fanner of Far
go, Ga., late yesterday afternoon by Han
dy Armstrong, negro, while the farmer
and liis wife and children were strolling
in a wood near their home, according to
a rejairt reaching here today. A jmsse
was reiHirted tiklay close on the trail of
the negro.
Poppies to Be Sold Here Wednesday.
The poppies ordered through the Am
erican legion Headquarters (made in
U. H. A.) by the American Legion Aux
iliary have arrived. They will lg* sold
Wednesday, Memorial Day. Ten cents
apiece. The proceeds of the poppy sales
go towards decorating the world war
American soldiers’ graves in France. It
is the request of Legion authorities that
everybody wear a poppy in memory of
our soldier dead on Memorial Day. The
Auxiliary expects everybody to be wear-,
ing a poppy by the afternoon of that
day.
Compared with other birds the wren
is very short-lived, its average span of
.life being three years.
NO. 93.