North Carolina Newspapers

rHE CONCORD TIMES. Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVm. |l[H COTTON IMG I Iff J.CCORDIHG II latest repost n,,int Month 620.956 Bales V l; e Consumed in Manu facturing Plants, Being Al most New Record. irRIl, RECORD IS BEAIHN IN MONTH Consumption in the Cotton Crowing Staes bstablishedi R«or(!. Indicating Crowdh 0 f Industry in Section. .Ini:. 11 —"Cotton niauu ,,y ,i i,,|. m■(<*lt capacity dur .".'.sMimptioti <*f lint cotton hav pt ■' (;•'(( ;t."iti hales, exceeded out# f* . " tl„- l.istorj of the .indus- _ '■ >n was about 43,000 ‘ in April of tliis year. ' I*'i>-.kh» h;ile> more than in May i>f *®J \ hut it "a- 'J.I4U hales less „.. rhi\ reeiifd r.nisumpt ion at rt<ii the tiiomm.' Qin March tins .'ear. - pT ,u euttoii growing states i a record. indicating} r r !i,. uiaiiiit'aeturiitg industry ini nstimi in that region totalled ~r rumt bales more than Z~ )r j ciiisumptioii in Mareh. ; ! rl''r sjiiiulles were ojrerated in the | ", ~ a wind,, in May as compared ,',.nl month of March, but in ; .iv»iug states the number oper i ■ hhlilisle-cl ;l tie\\ record of 16.0Nil m , (HtKIIHH- MAN HEADS THE PYTIIIANs til NORTH CAROLINA (Awl Lodge- in Session at Morganton Kiect Offirers.—li. 1- Caudle Heads the List. Morgantou. June 13—The first or- Jt business today after conferring r> grand lodge decree on 42 past chan mlm;- wa> the election of officers for theeiistiing term in the secoird day’s ses •»r. of the r»2n»l annual Convention of Lodge, Kings of Pythias. Tie new officers are : Crand chancellor. L. L. Caudle, of CkrCTe: grand vice chancellor, D. F, J 't-—ior • gi'iml »r le'e. K_>''. ’ y IV. Hughes, (re-elected). Heruferson ; gi'ittii] keener of records and seal. AA . Al. l.yles, I red is till I. Charlotte: grand master exchequer, (ieo. AA T . Montcastle tre-elected). Lexington: grand master at ;»riiis, .[ns. C. Ha rrill. Forest City: grand (inner guard. .1. Al. Joyner. Statesville: [grand "titer guard. N. AL Pa ton, Morgan |*‘ f U. J. I». l’l vdgeun. I hirham.. wasv. elect |r: supreme representative : R. S. AlcCoin. was’ elected trustee of the ilNthian home at Clayton for six years, pile K. 1. Fleming. Rocky Mount, .was [Mined to fill a -yauc.tncv on the board of trustees. hraml Chancellor- Fleet Caudle will name the ainmintix-c officers of the grand Wf* immediately upon his installation t"UMrrmv morning, at which time the ct place nf meeting will he decided "i by the (Jraiul lenlge. due election of officers was quite 'M. then* being two nominations l,r 'UMeme representative. Mr. Prydg- over Mi> (’cist. Another bm contest ilv-vi'lopcil between Leonard u ""/ of North Wilkes boro, and 1). ( h i"-, of Alanon. for grand vice chan- which tesulieil ■in the election of w latter. •■aniriug the session today was the . a'" v "I Joim Ballentyne. supreme 'imniellor. of Massachusetts, and •. Duval, great kec|ier of records ; '‘'d- "t Kansas, and a moinber of i "’•"‘i 1,1 control of the insurance 1 "t whom made enthusiastic "''u'ditig addresses. i addressing the Grand itnlar.* North .Carolina li! ' :l ,n P'T cent, increase in [ '['I 1 during tin* past year. He i aisolina now occupies , . | , l '" '‘ , ; t*nl»rentfr domain 1 . States. .The increase in Past vo' •* l! Carolina "for the 11 l.htio members. (•hy',?' 1 "T Match in Chicago, itear.-h i t—An airplane-golf I'ia (’, M, " M by the Olym- -»H in celebration of the iiig i t ,h t . . ' ''" Ir ’ 1 1 I s hole links, niak- Ti,.. f .,„ ! Pbtb in the world. !*i) a T j' a , tst '' ‘Midi will be played by *l. hv ni " ll ‘ ,) " rs "f tiie flub, assist i.f,. ; ,, ‘ 1 '* 1 ••Mf- on one side- and bfM rvei.t ,• 11,1 1,11 the other, is the 1 'I Ak.f,"* n‘"‘V !'rnm, s ;. ~ ' ' '‘dot the plane for ' httn'.-t *?i !l! * K'df balls to • 1v while t Vi nine putting .® JP golfer , (~r the other * l,r ‘d s team , / * r "* l r, ‘‘* ribbon balls fl ' 11 tbej, hoi,,' , | ' l '" a . !‘ ,IPs - . players , ’ n ‘*rked . I '." :n f lie spot where not flv | V ! '' aviators ap e Vi'r t ,a “ fpp t. As :-' v n-.a\ ) M ,. ’ s the course, the VK-drop T M-illuig in case the '••'Mi* f,„. ' s '' :M| untoward spot. bile., wiii , \l > " 1,, ”- t -. wl,i( *h'will he . ; , ' soon as the 'cii selected cw. of Co »tiol of P*. 1 Coritora hr.:today aft; . , . irs . <)f that ' »rt , f . ,lui ' irginia Su a:. / Vf.'be chamirv the de last f.'V/ , tilp election C °f lrt ,° f tbis city i11i.,,,? 1 ' JV °ommoii i° ~, e directors Muted i TU decision J K * hol ?* rB to be tnoa , ‘[ ll Sth.v litig o• 1P '‘’Sh court for, nd Pfofe: a P/“ com ■^i3Uf^CtiJera fo " Bht WORLD S LARGEST AIRPLANE WILL RE TESTED AT DAYTON Plane Bring Built Solely- fer Purpose of Bombing Duty. Dayton. June 14.-—The largest, air plane the'world has known, with a wing spread of 120 feet —half again as wide as the great Martin Bombers of the army air service—will take to the air for the first time here some time this The new 'monster of the skies, in tended solely for use ns a bomber, and said to be capable of carrying a quan tity of explosives sufficient to destroy a large portion of a modern city, is be ing assembled at AlcCook Field, the army air station. Under the direction of AVal tor H. Barling, its designer. AA’ith its great width and other measurement in proportion, the plane will dwarf the largest ships now used. The height of the new plane will be 2S feet, while its length from nose to tail i will be 05 feet. ) Driven by six Liberty engines, the i new ship will require a minimum crew j of four men and contain provisions for a working force of eight men to be used when the occasion requires. Ex clusive of the crew, it will weigh more than 40.000 pounds. With the idea of obtaining a maxi mum of lifting power, stability and safety. Air. Barling designed the ship as a tri-plane of modified type. The upper and nether wings will be of prac ■ tieally the same dimensions, while that in the center will be narrower. Along its length will run the control devices giving them protection and adding a fea ture of safety. Describing the value of the new plane as a machine of war, Mr. Barling, who during the war did much experimental j work for the British Royal Flying Dorps, says that its • maximum load of several tons of explosives could do un told damage. One bomb of the size which the ship can carry would bo cap able of sinking the largest and newest type of naval vesssel, he belives. Likewise, a single bomb from the ma chine. lie declares, could demoralize au entire community. Should such a pro jectile be dropped in the center of a. city, lie says, a fifty-foot crater would be dug. all buildings in the vicinity com pletely destroyed and structures for a half mile or more around would be greatly damaged. The plane will have no passenger car rying facilities and its value would rest entirely in its ability to transport large projectiles great distances. MALE STLDENTS PARADE IN CO-EDS “NIGHTIES” Twelve .'icniors Refused Degrees h.v South Dakota University. -Sioux City. lowa. June 13. —A pajama parade staged by 100 male students of the r«ivmitj of South Dakota, at A’er 'ihiflibn* ft.*!)., resulted in the refusal of university authorities to permit two prominent athletes, five other athletes and five other seniors to attetnd the public commencement. Guesse < 'on well, hurdler and com manding officer of the university military unit, and Arthur Sehanche. a foothal player, were among the men who fai'ed to received their degrees. The participants, in the parade were said to have entered the women's dormi tories after midnight and to have taken intimate articles of apparel belonging to the co-eds. The students staged a pa rade in the downtown district garbed in the pilfered garments. STEAL COPS’ WHISKEY., TOO. IN RAID ON POLICE STATION Burglars Get Official Weapons, But Miss 118 ( Gallons. Harrisburg, Pa., .Tune IS.—All’ the handcuffs, knives and revolvers in the Steelton police station were stolen last night b burglars who broke inte the place. Alore precious than the hoose gow equipment was a bottle of real bottled in bond whisky which they car ried away. The loss is estimated by the police at SSOO. but would have been heavier if the burglars had located 118 gallons of good liquor stored in a secret place in the station house. laymen Meet at Trinity. Durham. June 14.—The first school of methods for laymen of the Methodist Church. iu North Carolina will be held Thursday and Friday at Trinity College, fi. 1,. Alorelock. of Nashville. Tenn.. secretary of lay activities of the South ern Alethodist Church, will direct the school. The objecet of the two-day ses sion is to provide organized instruction in ways in which laymen can aid in the work of the church, and in keeping ■with the general broadening of activi ties for laymen .in the Southern Aletho dist Church. Trinity’s president, Dr. AA\ P. Few. lay leader for the North Carolina con ference, has- written letters to interested parties in Oxford, Henderson, Raleigh and Greensboro calling attention to the school. Last Sunday special attention was called to the sessions at the Durham city Sunday schools. Pastors at Trin ity to attend the school for preachers have co-operated in interesting their members in the school. C. H. Ireland, of Greensboro, lay leader for the west ern North Carolina conference has been in charge of preparations in his dis trict. Regular classes will be held for three periods in the morning. After the class work there will be an inspirational lec ture. On the first day of the school the laymen will listen to Dr. B. Camp bell Morgan while Air. Alorelock will probably deliver the address on the sec ond day. The school is expected to mark the first of a series of organized efforts among the laymen. Belgian Cabinet Will Resign. Brussels, June 14 (By the Associated Press). —The Belgian cabinet today de cided to resign in consequence of the con troversy over legislation providing for the use of the Flifcaish language ip Ghent University. \ An amateur photographer in Alaine be fore going to the rescue of his wife who had lost her balance and fallen into a 'nkp tonb « snan shot of her. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS PRESIDENT HARDING WANTS ALL TO KNOW ' NATIONAL ANTHLI Wants the Legion’s Code of Rules to Include Provision That Each American Learn the National Anthem. MUST LIVE UP TO FLAG’S IDEALS Samuel Gompers Also Advo cated a More Widespread Respect in America For Stars and Stripes. 'Washington. June 14.—President Harding urged the American Legion’s Hag conference, opening here today, to adopt a code of rules and regulations for the proper display of the flag, and to include a provision that every Ameri can citizen should learn to sing the na tional anthem. “While you are adopting a code where by the citizenship of America may show due reverence to the flag.” the Presiden* said in an address to the conference, "1 would like you to go a step further, and insist upon Americans being able to sing ‘The Star Spangled Banner’." The President also said it should not be forgotten that American citizens have another obligation—"to maintain in America unimpaired the things foi which the Hag stands." Scarcely 150 persons attended the op eniug session of the conference, and Air. Harding in beginning his brief address mentioned this, but added lie was glad to speak because of a “consciousness that it is a group of working men." The President’s address was followed by .one by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who also advocated a more widespread, re spect for the Stars and Stripes. RED MEN WILL MEET * IN MARION IN 1924 Elect Officers at Elizabeth City and En joy Steamer Trip Down the River.— Reception. Elizabeth City, June 13.—Alarion wil be the place of meeting of the nexet ses sion of the North Carolina great coun cil of *ffie Improved Order of Red Aleu. and the officers for the ensuing year are as follows: Great sachem, E. A. Emory. Spray: great senior sagamore, Edgar 11. Bain, of Goljlsboro; great junior of sachem. Ed. O. Gray, AlcAdenville; great prophet. J. 8., Gee, Henderson: great chief of records. W. Ben Goodwin. Elizabeth City: great keeper of wampum. E. P. Strunek. Wilmington-; representatives to national council at Indianapolis. J. R. Charlotte, and J. B. Gee. Henderson. The election of officers ami selection of the place of the next meeting followed a trip down the river on the steamer A'ansciver iu the course of which din ner was served by the degree of Poca hontas. WOULD ENLARGE ATLANTA PRISON COTTON MILLS Herbert H. Votow, Prison Superinten dent, Recommends Employment for Every One of the Prisoners. Washington. June 13.—Employment for every prisoner in a federal peniten tiary was i*eeoinmended today by Herbert 11. Votow. superintendent of prisons, to the special congressional committee ap pointed to investigate prison labor. Air. A’otoxv favored enlargement of the cotton mills at the Atlanta prison and the installation of additional shoe ma chinery at Leavenworth. However, he expressed opposition to . the government entertaining into competition with free labor in the open market with its pro ducts, and to the operation of farms by prisoners which he said would give only seasonal employment. After examination of Hr. A r otow the committee adjourned until October. - Seeing Through the Skin. Paris, June 14.—A French scientist, Al. Farigoule. claims that sight is possi ble by means of certain elementary or gans which exist Lu the human skin. He has just published the results of his ex periments. One of the cases described relates .to a subject who at a second trial, with eye-lids tightly fastened down and eyes covered with a thick bandage securely fixed, was able to distinguish such col ors as white from pale gray, brange from ochre, and at the end of a further sit ting read two couplets. As the characters to be deciphered were placed in a photographic frame un der glass, it was impossible for them to be identified by touch, and moreover the glass frame itself was handed to the subject in such away that nobody pres ent could see through it. In this partic ular case, the success was obtained with the forehead, right cheek bone, and fing ers. According to AI. Farigoule. certain areas of the skin are more receptive to. this “second sight” than others. CHAIR OF OPTOMETRY AT STATE UNIVERSITY Movement for Chair Launched by N. C. State O»»tometric Society. Hendersonville, N. C., June 14.—The North Carolina Optometric Society in final session here today launched a move ment for the estkblishment of a chair of optometry at the University of North Carolina. The society voted to set aside annual ly 20 per cent, of its income to be ap plied to the purchase of equipment for the students of optometry at the State University. . The present plan of the society is to have the physics course at the University extended «o as to em brace optometry. CONCORD, N. C., THUR SDAY, JUNE 14, 1923. Cotton Growing Hazardous at Present, Cotton Crushers Learn Blowing Rock. N. C.. June 14.—" At the present time the cotton industry is perhaps the most hazardous of all branches of agriculture." declared A. W. McLean, former Director of the War Finance Oorparation, in an address here odny before the annual convention of the Cotton Seed Crushers Association of North Carolina and South Carolina, his subject being "The Problems Controlli ng the Cotton Industry.’’ * For many years. Air. Ale Lean asserted, t lias been obvious to every thoughtful *erson acquainted with the cotton indus ry that due to a number of causes the •otton growers have been gradually but uirely approaching a state of econonii •al exhaustion, ■‘whereby they sooner or ater would have to abandon the indus try because it does ikit provide a fair return on the investment of lands and “quipmeut nor reasonable compensation to those who furnish the labor.” Among the problems confronting the ndustry. he said, were the aftermath in lie form of indebtedness, "due almost ■ntirely" to the losses sustained in 11)20, A’hen the price of cotton dropped from 13 cents a pound to eight cents a pound; unfavorable marketing conditions which had been brought about by the world war; the boll weevil menace, labtur diortage due to migration of labor from •otton farms to northern and western industrial centers, farm tenancy situa tion; and. the memwSP of speculation and severe fluctuation^ 1 in price. Thp damage caused bwJhe boll weevil mice F.KISI. Air. AleLean*>rsserted, includ ing seed and lint destroyed, has amount ed iu the aggregate to three billion dol lars. "In each of the years 1021 and 1022,” he continued, "it is estimated that six million bales of cotton were destroyed b.\ this pest. The concensus of opinion is that with the mild winter through Gains Ih Employment Are » Shown Through Country SURVEY SHOWS THAT DURING ' MAY FEWER MEN WERE OUT OF EMPLOYMENT THAN AT ANY PREVIOUS TIME IN LAST 12 MONTHS. Washington,. June 14. —Continued gains in employment over the United States are shown iu statistics compiled today by the Department of Labor which reported that in many of the ma jor industries the demand for both com mon and skilled labor is far greater than the supply. A survey of conditions during May disclosed that fewer men are now out of employment than at any previous time in the last twelve months. Employment gained in the cities and industries re ported by .031) per cent, over April. A pronounced shortage of farm labor exists in every section of the country, the figures disclose, with resulting cur tailment of activities, it being impossi ble for farmers to obtain sufficient labor to harvest seasonal crops. Unprecedent ed migration of negro labor from the South has added to the hardships of the Southern farmers. Conditions in North Carolina were de scribed as follows: Employment in fertilizer mills de creased slightly due to usual seasonal curtailment of this industry at this time of the year. Large road" construction and building program assuring employ ment to all available skilled labor and tradesmen in this state. DRAINING PONDS IN SEARCH OF BODIES Os Two Young Men Who Are Believed to Have Been Drowned in Pends on Tuesday.- . Winston-Salem. June 14.-—Work of draining one of the large ponds of the city water works in an effort to recover the bodies of Walter Alugee and Fred En score, reported by Ernest Rollins to have been drowned when their boat capsized Tuesday night, is well underway today and by night it is expected the water will be low enough to perm if the search to be resumed. The police have taken charge of the search. Rollins was ar rested and lodged in jail last night pend ing developments. . Find One Body. Winston-Salem, June 14. —The body of Fred Enseore, one of the two men whom Ernest Rollins reported to the police to have been drowned in one of the large lakes of the city water works when their boat capsized Monday night, was found today at noon by Harry Fox, au expert diver, who was assisting in searching the pond. The body of Walter Alagee, the other man in the boat, has not been recovered. Rollins, who was arrested by the police yesterday on a charge of tres pass, has arranged the bond of SSOO re quired, and has been released. The pond is being drained, but at noon today it was estimated that not more than half of the big basin had been emptied, although the Hood gates were opened at 11 o clock last night. Dempsey to Get Second SIOO,OOO Tomor row. Great Falls, Alont., June 14.—The sec ond SIOO,OOO of the $300,000 guaranteed Jack Dempsey for his match with Tom my Gibbons July 4th. positively will be paid tomorrow. Jack Kearns, manager of the heavyweight champion was advised today. Kearns will leave for Shelby to night to receive the money. New Company for High Poipt. Raleigh, June 14.—F. J. Howard, AA . E. Price and Richard P. Royer, all of High Point, were today granted a char ter of incorporation for a concern to be known as the High Point Tereminal Company. The new concern wUI con duct a general storage and transfer busi ness. The capital stock is given as | $15,000. t which we have just passed, there may be even greater damage during the pres ent year.” i AA’itii reference to the migration of la bor from the eyttiei farms to Northern and middle AA’esteru industrial eeuters. Air. Alel/ean said the movement is eon fined largely to the negro population, "because they are more easily discour aged by the difficulty of making a living j under boll weevil conditions and are ; more susceptible to the alluring appeals j of the emigrant agent." “Unfortunately,” he added, “cotton cannot be produced profitably without cheap labor. This condition should not j exist but it does." I Closely related to the problem of farm j labor, he said, is the prevalence of farm tenancy in the cotton sections of the South. He said recent statistics show ! that in North Carolina alone, white farm j tenants number sixty-three thousand ! families, with negroes representing a ! larger number. He said the difficulties I in the way of solving this problem are | great. "One ini]>ortant thing to be ■ done at the outset,” he continued, "is to ‘give the tenant better educational facil ; ities and this is being done in North (’«'•- j oliua at the present time. The funda mental consideration is to make farming more profitable. thereby enabling the tenant to save from his net earnings, a j I sufficient amount to purchase a farm of his own." The Farm Land banks and the Joint Stock Land Banks are providing loans on thirty-three years’ maturity at six j per cent., he said, which contribute in a j "most material way in supplying long time credit needed by the tenant to pur j chase land." "The only seriously liruita , tioii is the fact that under the Farm Ix>an Act. loans can only be made up to 50 per cent, of the appraised value of the land, plus, 20 per cent, of the ap praised value of the buildings." * *************** * * * SEVERAL KILLED IN * BATTLE OF AXES X * * New York, .Tune 14. —The crew of four men and five Chinese pas- sengers missing from the two-mast ed British schooner. Alary Be a- trice, which was found drifting off Sandy Hook last night, were killed 4; in a battle of pistols and axes, ae- & to stories told by the sur- vivors to immigration officials when rF tlie craft was brought into quaran rF tine today. » ’ * BULGARIAN SITUATION SHOWS NO IMPROVEMENT Ex-Premier Stamboulisky Is Reported to Have Stopped Flight and Offered Re sistance. Sofia, June 14 (By the Associated Press).- —Ex-preuiier Stamboulisky is re ported to have been halted near Tatar Bazardjik and is said to be making a stand against the government troops with several hundred peasant guards. Several casualties have arleady resulted. Part of his band tied in a motor ear but were caught and arrested. It is officially asserted that last Alareh Stain boulisky received from the Treasury 4,000,000 Swiss francs, ostensibly for state purposes, but really for other ends. It is reported a large quantity of ma chine buns ahd ammunition was dis covered at Stamboulisky s farm near So fit. THE COTTON MARKET Liverpool Lower Than Due, and the Mar ket Was Unsettled! Early Today. New York, N. Y., June 14.—The cot ton market was unsettled early today. Liverpool was lower than due. weather reports were more favorable and there was continued talk of domestic mill cur'' tailment which led to a renewal of li quidation. As a result, the opening was fairly steady at a decline of t> to 26 points ini the more active months, while August was 00 points and Novermer 43 points lower. \ Cotton futures opened fairly steady. July 27.75; Oct. 24.70? Dec. 24.18; Jan. 24.00; Alareh 23.85. DRY RAIDS CONDUCTED IN DETROIT PLACES Federal Agents Claim to Have Found 50 Places Where Liquor Has Been Sold. Detroit. June 14 (By the Associated Press).—The Federal government’s “cleanup" of the liquor/ situation in the Detroit district was begun here today when injunctions were issued in the I . S. District Court against the proprietors jof approximately *»0 places where liquor |is alleged to have been sold. An effort | will be made, it was announced by gov ■ eminent agents, to close these places for : one year tinder the state padlock law. Wyoming May Supply Utah With Natural Gas Salt Lake City, Jupe 14 —Natural gas for Salt Lake City and Ogden from a newly discovered field in western Wyoming is being Considered here. One well drilled recently is said to ha\e a capacity of 80,000,000 cubic feet of gas a day and this amount, experts point out, is greatly in excess of what would be used by Salt Lake and Ogden even should natural gas displace coal for heating purposes. CLUB GIRLS ATTEND SHORT COURSE AT RALEIGH | One Hundred and Seventy-* 5 ' ~.T Ladles Gather From 28 ( ctl&te Raleigh. N. C'., June 14.-. ,ue hun dred and seventy-five young ladies, leaders in club work in their respective communities, gathered from 28 counties hist week to attend the Fourth Annual Short Course for club girls held by the Home Demonstration workers of the Agricultural Extension Service. The short course was held at Peace In stitute this year. Fourteen members of s he Home Demonstration Division of the State' College and State Depart ment of Agriculture under the direction if Aliss Maude E. AA’allaee, ns Dean, gave instruction to the girls during the week. Three lines of instruction were given. The'first was with clothing and had to do with a study of textiles and the dif ferent clothing materials. The six girls making the highest grades in these •lasses were awarded gingham dresses made from cloth donated by the Pomona Alills of Guilford County. Aliss Wallace stated that the instruction in this course was so tedious and exacting 'hat it was decided to make it more in teresting by 'means of this contest. The second course was in canning. The young ladies were required to do actual canning. They were given demon strations by their instructors and in turn gave demonstrations with both iruit •tnd vegetables. Both the commercial and home use of canned materials were -stressed in this course. The third course was in jelly making. A number of the young ladies who at tended last year’s. short .course won '.many prizes with their jelly at the various fairs of the State and some sold their jelly at good prices. The reeord of these former students did much to popularize this phase of the short course. But it was not all work. Col. Fred Olds took them around on trips ot in spection to various parts of the Capital City; there were songs, stunts, games and friendly contests between counties and there was the fun of being to gether as recognized leaders in a line of work that has demonstrated its value to the North Carolina farm- home. Catawba leads in so many things pertaining to the agriculture of North Carolina that it was no surprise to know that she led in attendance at this meeting. The 16 “Catawba Bread-mak ers" as they styled themselves com prised the largest representation from any county -and braved the hardships of travel in a school truck for an entire day to be on time. Mecklenburg. Cum berland and AVashiugton counties were next, each with 15 girls, all of whom were prize winners in some contest put on in those counties by the home agent. The other counties were represented with only two or three each. Mrs. Mc- Kimmon so appointed the representa tion that as many counties as possible could have representatives to take part in the short course. Only four girls were present who had attended former short courses and one of the young wo men has attended each of the three held previously. This veteran is Aliss- Cornelia Pleasants rtf Davidson Coun ty and a leader in the club work of her community. Iu the opinion of Aliss Wallace. Dean of the short course was one of the most successful yet held. All of the girls took an interest in their work and seemed to enjoy the privilige of being selected to attend. It is planned to make provisions for a greater num ber next year and it is probable that one of the larger girls Colleges of the State will be asked to care for the girls. Lack of dormitory room at Peace In stitute has been a limiting factor in the size of the school so far. NO ANSWER RECEIVED TO LATEST PROPOSAL Os American Government Relative to Changes in Liquor oil Ship Law. AVashington, June 14. —Informal nego tiations on the American proposal for a reciprocal treaty arrangement with the maritime powers on the ship liquor and rum running problems of American pro hibition enforcement, have, so far as was learned today, brought no definite reac tion as yet from atiy of the powers. As to the probable attitude of the nine governments which have made the new ship liquor regulations the subject of diplomatic conversations, there was no indication available either at the State Department or in diplomatic cir cles here. Whatever the outcome of the negotia tions. it was clear today that the Amer ican proposal offers little prospect of an early solution of the inconveniences oc casioned foreign shipping by the regula tions applying to the Supreme Court’s ban against the transportation of bever age liquors within American territorial waters. Senate ratification would be re quired of the treaties by which it is pro posed to amend the existing law. to re move both this restriction and that ap plying to in transit shipments of sealed liquors through American territory, and unless called in special session the Sen ate will not reconvene before next De cember. DEATH IN TOY BALLOON FOR 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL Strangled to Death When Wooden Mouthpiece Lodges in Windpipe. Indianapolis. June 10.—Eight-year old Alary McGinty swallowed a toy bal loon with which she was playing last night and died a few minutes later at the City Hospital. Death was caused by strangulation. The child, daughter of -Air. and Airs. Albert C. McGinty. was playing with the balloon when she put •it in her mouth. The balloon was ex tracted, and efforts were made to re vive the child by artificial respiration. The wooden mouthpiece of the balloon was lodged in the child’s wondpipe. With Our Advertisers. You will find the Citizens Bank and Trust Company an active, well managed institution, ready to serve you. Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in whieh to bury the taults of his friends. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. liw T IF FLOOD IS ANXIOSLY AWAITED IN TWO STATES NOW Citizens in Parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma Have Taken Every Precaution Possible Against High Waters. CREST OF FLOOD EXPECTED SUNDAY One Man is Missing Near Fort Smith, but Others Liv ing Near River Have Mov ed Families to Safety. Little Rock, Ark., .June 14.—Warned by government forecasts and organized in every possible defense against the menace of the flood which heavy rains in Kansas and Oklahoma have created, in habitants of the Arkansas River valley, extending suakelike diagonally across the state, rapidly are repairing recur ring defects and harrassed levees, watch ing the slowly rising tide of the muddy current, and waiting for the record crest to plunge over the northwest border to night and tomorrow. At Fort Smith, where the swollen stream enters the state the gage at last reading registered above 2t> feet. In that vicinity nearly 20.000 acres are under water, from 2 broken levees in Crawford County, and the promised rise to 114 or 35 fleet will inundate approximately an equal area. One man is missing atid is believed to be drowned. All others apparently have escaped to higher ground. Residents of the low portions of Little Rock and North Little Rock are prepar ed to find their homes threatened by back water Sunday. A rise of 1.7 feet was re corded here yesterday, and a stage of 2<S feet is predicted for Sunday. Revise Flood Predict ions'. Little Rock. June 14.—The weather bureau here today issued a revised flood prediction, lowering the predicted'- stage for Little Rock and Pine Bluff one foot. The new forecast says the river will reach twenty-seven feet, at Little Rock Sunday and twenty-nine feet* at Pine Bluff Sunday. These stages., are below those of February, 11)10. . ■■■ - C • 5n **t>K! RECORD NINE PER 100.000 POPULATION Memphis Leads American Cities, While Nashville Stands Second and New Orleans Third. New York. June 13. legislation for the control <rf firearms as the means of checking the steadily grow ing homicide rate, was urged by The Spectator, an insurance periodical, to day, making public homicide statistics for 1022, which showed a slaying rate iu 28 of the largest cities of nine per * 100,(KM) of population. "The record since 1000." said the re view, "reflects an attitude of lawlessness and indifference to human life without parallel in the history of mankind. The outstanding facts of America’s murder record, are: "First, the excessive proportion of criminals who go unpunished, or who fail to get punishment proportional to their offenses. "Second, the large majority of mur ders committed by shooting, as the re sult of the ease with which revolvers ami ammunition can be secured even Where the law prohibits their sale." Presenting statistics of the census bureau to show that nearly five out of every seven murders in the 12 years were committed with firearms, the re view said : "While a beginning has been made in some states to control firearms, there is probably no alternative than congres sional action ,6f inerting the murder problem.” "Capital punishment.” the reveiew con cludes, "is not a sufficient deterrent of homicide .crimes, t-o justify its continu ance,” and should be abolished as "a relic of barbarism." Against 330 deaths from murder in 1021, there were 331 in 1022, the review added, which showed Memphis again heading the homicide rate list with (57.4 per 100,000 population. Spokane was at the other end of the list with one per 100,000. Nashville, Tenn., had the sec ond highest rate, 30.7. New Orleans was third with 21 and St. Louis fourth with 10.0. Other cities with “excessive rates were given as: Cincinnati, Ohio, 14.0; Ixmisville. Ky., 13.1; Los Angeles, 12.0; Chicago, 11.8; Dayton, Ohio, 11.7; Washington, 11.2; Cleveland. 10.5. and Baltimore 10.2. Cities with low rates included, Mil waukee, 2.0; Boston, 3.6; Seattle, 5.4, and Minneapolis 5.5. "On account of a few exceptional out standing cases,” said the review, "the New York city murder record is always more or less in the lime light, although the New Yopk rate of 5.8 is much below the national average." President LI Yuan Hung Resigns. Ixuidon. June 14 (By the Associated Press). —-President Li Yuan Hung, of China has resigned, and turned over to his captors at Tientsin the government seals which he took with him in his flight from Peking, says a dispatch ,to the Eve ning News from its Tientsin correspond • ent. Raw Sugar Steadier. New York. June 14. —Raw sugar was steadier at. 7.28 for Centrifugal. Re-, fined, unchanged, with tine granualted listed at from 9.25 to 9.90. The Belgian Congo will be able to fur nish radium in such to sup ply the needs of the world, according to ,the_ Belgian minister of the colonies. NO. 98.