p SHERRTUL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
sgm THE •
UiL BEPOBT OF ■
lit!!] PRESIDENT
KZZ&S&X
at Meeting of Editors at
glowing Rock.
ptST YEAR WAS
SUCCESSFUL ONE
For Newspaper Men in North
Carolina— Suggestions Are
Made lor the Conduct of
Business in the i uture.
j;, . X < June 21. —The
to tin ii'titml address of Pres
delivered bete today
hi 2 of tin* North Carolina
‘^V 'great i-leasttiv to again greet
' ",.ir.is'i.n of our annual com
;',,r I trust we have met here
‘L ~ beautiful mountains not only
’irtitmil good, but for the good
‘' ,1' ./' , Stat“. ami that in our de
i-. „ exMiu* for a few days the har
!V. df the sanctum and the
will not give ourselves over
■. recreation and enjoyment and
,1„. molt important tilings which
1 -.'ivavs have mil' earnest consid
’ lift us nev.-r forget that we rep
„f the proa lest industries of
‘ -in,] address 'ourselves as men
ii, . [iX- to the consideration of means
,f drUsiiig and enforcing methods, the
Lii'i.a?ioii of which will make our pro
business profitable' in a de
iriv irmmeiisurate with the capital in-
VK ,, al „| the amount of labor which
it. To be sure we must
r i,«.k Hilly on the improvement of our
condition. bur it is imperative
nn: (In not forget that we should
W Mrrv effort to advance every good
ratis*.an! to aid the promotion of every
(uniiuHriaMe public enterprise.
..paper is necessarily a com
paary builder. It is a trite saying that
"moulders of public
n, iiioii." but this fact was - never more
apparent- than it is today. Even the
pubii'iit-r of rim >n>»llcst paper, who oft
« not realize the great importance
cf hi> work, wields an influence which
>rim-an- tin* win do community, and in
iiiiii'-00-v, sometimes unco use k>usly T the
trHui us c.imuuuiity action. The editor
Mst 1 • personally acquainted with the
Whs ~f j.iv respective communities. He
BiiN be a member 0/ the Rotary. Ivi
vM.'ii". !.i"U nr Civitan Club, or wlmtever
>'. *■:v organized in bis town to pro
u > ria* welfare of the community. In
fact, the newspaper by its forward pol
r> '-in make a community progressive.
k it i-nu by its failure to function as a
ler "f t might and action, retard prog
tes ami keep its town always in the
tear ranks.
1 think the publishers and printers of
X 'h Carolina should sincerely address
tlwnselves to the question: Are we
Urging enough for our products? We
m..;'e„ntr(tl or hold down the rising
IK ‘ "f newspaper publication and of
lie operation of our job printing offices,
b V'i; know riiar practically everything
-in a printer or a newspaper uses is
e 'ifoihd by virtual trusts? If y<)Jl
• 1""K up your invoices of ten years
•i" am! compare them with some of the
day. 1 think you yourself will
prised at the tremendously is*
cost ~f e\ cry tiling that goes to
' newspaper or job office. Not
has th,. ,•,,>( of the material more
in some cases it is three
ur times ; t > mn,-lit but labor, both
tu tue front and rear offices, is exacting
•' '’impart'd to which the salaries of
' !i years na 1 or even less appear as
Mr:—Clifford Vewdall. an
auditing expert of New
delivered an address at a
'ij' • "" U "* ’* l, ‘ Michigan League of
V'‘“' in-' in which lie showed his.au
i ; I ley were f xdiug themselves
diet they are making money
v ' ";. liav, ‘ 'Tine so at all since the
Lttking actual figures furnished
'. " "1 the members present, he
' * ! -em that instead of making mou
|i' l i ■"> had supposed they were do
, i;i ' M " >IV actually losing all the
. “ 'T'ss.ii (|„. p,,i n r that al
' "'ail business costs had come
" war and most mfcrchan*
:■. v .' ‘ for less tha|i dur
>>t costs of newspaper
ns ‘ 1: "| b‘'"ti steadily climbing,
i.f. Urit '‘ f'*r prices on any piece
' '“achitiery you wiH‘find when
i:j s !, Tlies that every dealer
11 exactly the same price
’'Mils, -p ' discount, and the same
M.; U jr a< . ' s absolutely, no such
Heist of—your material
hett-vj, ;i ,J‘ '* 1 "tupetitive market. Any
>U printer knows that
"• i-ost of his product
'• with the steadily ami
j ' U ( ai advauee in the price
~ * s compelled to buy in
" 5 ' v ruaniug T* l tai “! r or his job
“f V ..T ‘ ’ s ' hue for every one
fcttst u„ t ‘ the fact that Ave
, l: ” t 'tit prices nor do
'" l tin. v ,. . 1" die other fellow
' tnust 1 reiipv,' 1 ' , r, ‘ a< l h.v doing it. but
. 1 u,t die ever-mounting
“‘'Hoi to 1, i: < supplies we are
14 J , ~ A '" , ’; II,,S and demands
W\. 8 i'doi Nos the things
la bf»u and "j !'' " ma * n blind to this
. ' ’ns 1 . P ros Per. Let every
c ‘ l !ls diii.g sipiarely in
i s ( .j 0 "Paper, if it be pro-
v ‘ 'dstribts ,i U) die people in the ru
, ' an. if •,* , T daUy. The weekly
1,. bom leavii T 'i' m<>re to beep the
' <!lli the ,1. •I*’ * 1,1 country sections
d! > newspaper. It can
UClu,l< M on p a . e four )
FHE CONCORD TIMES,
WADE GIVES ADVICE TO
STATE INSURANCE MEN
Says Something Must Be Done to Elimi
nate Fires in Manufacturing Plants.
I Winston-Salem. June 21.—“N0 action
.we may take, regardless of the benefit
that may accrue to your organization or
to its individual members,*’ declared
Stacy A\. Wade, State Fire Insurance
Commissioner, speaking here before the
State meeting of Fire Insurance Agents
| and having reference to fire losses, “can
|be considered sufficient and no results
justified which do not bring some relief
from this wanton wnstje and burden
which grows heavier from year to year.”
1 “During 1U22,” said Mr. Wade, “the
.total losses of the United States were
j more than five hundred million or .sr».(Xt
per capita, and while we feel encouraged
i that toe loss in North Carolina is only
: svi.2l per capita, or $2.4H exclusive of
the New Item conflagration, a eompari
-1 son of the per capita rate in the various
J towns points to the necessity or some
j defieuite action toward'reducing the un
necessary flies.'*
J The speaker discussed generally and
1 lit length the various problems facing tin*
! local agents today. He urged What tin*
pioper type of agents be appointed f or
tin* conducing of fire insurance business.
| declaring that very often injustices are
i wrought by careless underwriting.
't fur State is doing more probably than
any other state in the Union in its fire
prevention work.” he said, “the effect of
which is readily apparent in the redue
led number of residential losses, still the
! commercial and manufacturing proper
ties continue to burn at an unprecedent
jed rate. I would charge no agent of our
! state with deliberately over-insuring
! property, yet because of uustabilized con
j (lit ions tlie insurable values on buildings
and stocks has varied widely and often
during the past few years, and it seems
that rhe only remedy for increased loss,
es is the withdrawal of protection to the
sound insurable value of the property in
order than the policy-holder will be a co
insurer for a reasonable amount.’*
GREENSBORO MAY BE
FACING “WATER FAMINE”
Public Told to “(Jo Slow” in Watering
Lawns; City Has Outgrown Supply;
Building New Plant.
Greeusboro, June ‘JO. —The first hint
of a hater “famine” is heard here in
the advice of the city authorities to the
people to “go slow in watering lawns.
If the advice is not taken well there will
be municipal action to enforce more
arid dispositions.
The water supply fell so that search
was made for a leak in the pipe line
bringing the water to the city, but it
turned out that there is no leak. The
extremely dry weather, long continued,
has made people try to save grass on
lawns. On account of the many new
dwellings there is, a great number of
new lawns, with grass induced to grow
only after extreme coaxing and millions
of gallons of water have been used on
them.
The city has outgrown its water sys
tem. It is now building a great dam
and will install machinery that will in
sure a supply of water many times as
great as the present inflow, hut it will
be some time until it is completed.
SANDERS, OF SMITHFIELD.
TO HEAD COTTON CO-OPS
U. B. Blalcok. of Wadesboro, Re-elected
General Manager; Morrison Appoints
Him Director
Raleigh, June 20. —TV. M. Sanders, of
Smithfield, has been elected president of
the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co
operative Association and I . R. Blalock,
of Wadesboro, has been re-elected gen
eral manager, according to announcement
from headquarters of the association fol
lowing tiie meeting of the board of di
rectors. R. W. Christian, of Fayette
ville. was elected vice president, and A.
E. Bing, secretary-treasurer.
General Manager Blalock has been ap
pointed director.to represent the public,
by Governor Morrison succeeding Dr.
B. \V. Kilgore, of Raleigh, who was re
cently elected dean of agriculture of
Xortii Carolina State College.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at An Advance of From
29 to 45 Points.
New York, June 21.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance of 2l»
to 45 points on old crop months, and
of six to 20 points on the new .crop
positions. There was some selling on
continued good weather iu the cotton
belt but it was absorbed on compara
tively slight setbacks and the early mar
ket was steady on Liverpool buying of
July and covering in new crop positions.
July and October sold up 15 to 37 points
during early trading. *■
South Carolina Railroad Passenger Rate
Cut.
Columbia, S. C., .Tune 20.—The South
Carolina railroad commission this after
noon announced a decision to the effect
that it is ordering the three and six
tenths cents a mile railroad passenger
fare in South Carolina abolished and the
three cent fare, authorized by state
statute, to become effective. This fol
lows a recent hearing, in which lengthly
testimony was taken, with officials of
railroads in the state attending, and tes
timony being taken from various angles
of railroad operation and costs. The
railroads will petition to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, it is understood,
and it is expected that the case will go
through the courts before it is
decided.
Raleigh Gets Uew Drug Company...
Raleigh. June 21.—The C. H. Fleming
Drug Company, of Raleigh, has been
granted a charter of incorporation by
the Secretary of State. The concern
will conduct a general wholesale and re
tail drug business with a ciptal stock of
$50,000. The incorporators are C. H.
Fleming. R. G. Carter, and D. H. Poxvell,
all of Raleigh. *
Gravey Sentenced to Prison.
New York, June 21— Marcus Gravey,
self-elected provisional president of Af
rica, was sentenced today to the Atlanta
penitentiary for five years fleecing the
public through the sale of Black Star
Line stock.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
30 PERSONS HURT AS
ROOF OF GRANDSTAND
FILLS DURING GAME
One Boy So Badly Hurt That
Little Hope is Entertained
For Him.—Another Also
Seriously Hurt.
TWO PLAYERS ARE
AMONG THOSE HURT
During Game Rain Began to
Fall and Everyone Was in
Grandstand When Wind
Struck and Damaged It.
Forest City. X, ('., June 21.—Thirty
persons were hurt, four seriously, when
flu* roof of the baseball grandstand was
blown off by a violent wind during tin*
baseball game here yesterday afternoon
between the Forest City and Caroleen
teams of the Blue Ridge League.
Wm. Harrill, a ten year old boy, will
probably die from a fractured skull. Har
>ld Long received fractures of the shoul
der blade, and of the right leg. and is
considered in a critical condition. Roy
Jones, of Xpindale, of the ball players,
received a broken hip and Morris John
son. of Taylorsville, also a ball player,
was painfully injured.
During the sixth inning of the game,
which was attended by about 200 per
sons, rain suddenly began falling. The
teams left the field and took shelter un
der the grandstand. Suddenly a great
gust of wind struck the stand, tearing off
the roof which fell partially over the
stand, with two score persons beneath
the wreckage. All the injured persons
were taken to a local hospitaL.
All evangelistic tent was blown over
by the wind but no one was injured.
Practically no other damage was done in
the town.
HARDING CHIDES
HIS TRAIN CREW
Pleasantly Jokes Them About Being Too
Busy to See Him.
On Board President Harding's Special
Train. Near Cumberland. UMil., June 20.
—President Harding made his first
speech after leaving Washington for a
15.000-mile trip to the Pacific coast and
Alaska today at Martinsburg, Ya. It
was addressed to a small boy iu the
streets who hailed the President and re
ceived in turn a cheerful “Hello, there!”
The train stopped for water when the
President appeared on the rear platform.
The small boy was the first to recognize
the chief executive and called. ’Hello,
Mr. President.” Others, including a
number of railroad workers who had
been waiting at the station, followed the
boy’s example, shook hands, and wished
the President a pleasant journey.
A few miles out of Martinsburg the
President, still on the rear paltform, saw
a scene which carried him back to the
swimming hole days of bis youth. In
the foreground were a half dozen boys,
scantily clad, enjoying refuge from the
midsummer beat in a pool formed by a
little creek flowing down through the
hills. Mr. Harding greeted the youngs
ters with a smile and a wave of his
cap.
The President spent the first hours
aboard the train enjoying the scenery
along the upper Potomac* and in com
plete relaxation after the long hours
spent at his desk in preparation of his
more important addresses and in clear
ing up official business. During this
time he made the acquaintance of the
train crew and pleasantly reprimanded
some of the trainmen who had been too
busy to visit the President’s ear.
EVERYBODY ON THE
LEVIATHAN HAPPY
Vessel Is Making Trip With Good Speed
and With Everything About Her Work
ing Perfectly.
On Board S. S. Leviathan. June 21
(By the Associated Press). —Uncle Sam's
guests on board the Leviathan breakfast
ed today some distance due east of Wil
mington. X. C\. afteir al night’s run
which was satisfactory in evey way to
the passengers and officers of the giant
liner.
The vessel probably will turn around
on the homeward voyage at 4 p. 111. to
morrow when it is expected the island
of Abaca “the hole in the wall” of the
Bahamas, will be reached.
<
Highway Commission to Let Contracts.
Raleigh. June 21 (By the Associated
Press). —Bids have been called for on
171.68 miles of roadway, one bridge, aiul
one overhead crossing, according to an
announcement made at the offices of the
State Highway Commission here. The
bids will be opened on June 27th, the
state reserving the right to reject any
or all. bids deemed unsatisfactory.
The construction work which will be
undertaken when the bids have been
awarded is in every section of the state
and includes many types of improved
roadway.
New Drug House for Carthage.
Raleigh. June 21. —Char’.es Cole and
Company has been granted a charter of
incorporation by Secretary of State
Everett for the conducting of a general
wholesale and retail business in drugs,
medicines, syrups, etc. Capital stock
of the concern is given as $60,000, half
of which is preferred, and the main office
of business is at Carthage. J. F. Cole,
S. F. Cole and P. H. Kennedy, all of
Carthage; are the incorporators.
Bargains will be offered in every de
partment of Fisher’s during Dollar Sale
W T eek.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. is offer
ing some attractive bargains for Dollar
Sale Week. Don’t fail to read new
ad. carefully.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923.
DAN NOBLES MI'ST DIE
IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Gov. Morrison Decline to Change Sen
tence of Man Convicted of Murder.*
Raleigh. June 21. —Governor Morrison
today denied the application for commu
tation of the death sentence of Dan
Nobles, who was convicted oC the killing
of his cousin Henry B. Nobles. Colum
bus county fanner. Nobles is to be
executed at the state prison next Tues
day.
A petition for commutation was pre
sented by D. C. France, local attorney,
who produced a number of affidavits
from Noble’s re'ativps tending to prove
an alibi for the condemned man.
“I have studied the ease and every
theory presented by thevlefendant,” the
governor stated iir declining the applica
tion. “The attempted alibi coining
from testimony of relatives of the prison
er is incomplete. Every word set forth
in the affidavit may be true, and still
the defendant could have committed, the
crime.”
The principal witness against Nobles
was the eight-year-old daughter of Henry
Nobles.
“The evidence of the child or her im
mature years if it stood alone.” the gov
ernor stated. ”)niglit' be insufficient
which to take the life of a human being,
but when corroborated as she was cor
roborated in this case, her evidence, it
seems to me. must b| convincing to any
judicial mind.”
”1 cannot interfeit* with she execu
tion of the law in this case.” continued
the governor, “and tl(e prisoner’s friends
and kepers had best sad vise him to pre
pare to meet the judgment of the court.”
SOUTHERN TEXTISIE MEET
AT ASHEVILLE THIS WEEK
Already Delegates From All Parts of the
South Are Arriving iu Asheville for
the Meeting.
Asheville, June 21.—Delegates began
to reach Asheville today for the annual
convention of the Southern Textile As
sociation which opens tomorrow morn
ing. A special car bringing delegates
from Georgia arrived this morning and
delegates from other Southern states, in
cluding the two Carolinas, Alabama,
Tennessee and Virginia, are expected to
reach the city this afternoon and, to
night.
Interesting addresses concerning the
textile business and discussion of prob
lems relating to the industry will fea
ture the meeting which will come to a
close Saturday morning. John W. Clark,
of Franklinville, president of the Ran
dolph Mills. Inc., is President of the As
sociation and will preside over the delib
erations. Election of officers for the en
suing year, will be held Saturday.
James A. Chapman. Inman, S. C., vice
president, is yxpected to be promoted
to the presidency. A. It. Carter, of
Gastonia. N, (\, is sefijyiary.
One of the prlniiicaf addresses tomor- ,
row*wi.l be upon “Human Relationships
in Textile Industry” by Joe X. (Tame
well. of Lexington. Friday afternoon
an industrial motion picture entit l'd
’’Thirsty Cotton” will be shown and the'
annual banquet of the association will
be held Friday night.
WASHINGTON’S UNIVERSITY
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
Old Pohiok Edifice One Hundred and
Fifty Years Old,
Washington, .Tune_2l (Capital News
Service). —Pnliick Church is one hun
dred and fifty years old. This is the
famous old edifice near both Mt. Ver
non, Washington’s home, and Alexan
dria, Va., of which George Washington
supervised the erection and of which he
was warden of the vestry.
Other names famous in the early his
tory of the church were George Mason,
of Gunston Hall; George William Fair
fax. and Daniel McCarty.
The church has maintained its active
interest in the country's welfare, as evi
denced by the unveiling last year of a
tablet to young members of the congre
gation whose lives were sacrificed in the
World War. Mrs. Harding, wife of
the President, participated in the birth
day celebration ceremonies, which in
clude addresses by noted divines and
an elaborate musical program.
RESERVE BANKS WANT
ANOTHER HEARING
Not Satisfied With Decision of Supreme
Court in Par Clearance Case.
Washington, June for the
Federal, Reserve Bank of Richmond. Va..
presented to the Supreme Court today a
motion for leave to file a petition for a
rehearing in the case brought by the
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe,
N. C., and others, in which the court on
June 11th sustained the validity of the
State law under which state banks were
authorized to charge a commision for
their services in the collection of checks
drawn upon them.
Tiie effect of the motion will be to pre
vent tin* issuance of a mandate by the
court, putting into operation its decis
ion until after it reconvenes next Octo
ber, and determines whether it will re
hear the case.
Reformed Church Plans Catawba College
Fund.
Salisbury.* June 20.—Plans for the
raising of $400,000 endowment fund for
Catawba College which is to be raised
to an A grade institution and inbved
from Newton to Salisbury, were dis
cussed at a meeting of Reformed minis
ters and laymen from over the state at
First Reformed Church. Salisbury. The
meeting was addressed by J. T. Hedrick,
of Lexington, who has charge of raising
the endowment. Sections of the state
have been laid off iri districts and aL
lotments made for these districts to raise
in order to make up the endoment want
ed. The campaign will be on all sum
mer. the final drive to be conducted she
last week in September. The school is
to be ready for work in Salisbury at fbe
beginning of the 1024 term. v.
Finds Shortage in Trust Funds.
Harrisburg, Pa.. June 19. —Discovery
of a shortage of $170,000 in trust funds
of the Waynesboro Trust Company, of
Waynesboro, was reported today by Sec
retary of Banking. Peter G. Cameron.
Mr. Cameron announced that he had or
i dered the arrest of Chas. H. Goover.
BRITISH SHIPS IRE
CARRYING LIQUORS
10 AMERICAN PORTS
1
Ships Will Sell Liquors to
Their Guests as Usual, and
Wet Supply Will Be Sealed
With Government Seals.
SEC. MELLON IS
AFTER SOLUTION
If Seals Are Broken a Serious j
Situation May Arise.—
Thinks the Situation Will
Be Met When It Arises.
Washington. June 21. —Secretary Mel
lon began a series of conferences today
in an effort to clear up the new ship
liquor situation developing from the de
termination of several foreign shipping
companies to bring liquor into American
waters under the new customs seals cf
their government. > 1
Prior to) these deliberations the secre
tary declared there was no doubt of the
general light to seize eontrabrand “With
in American waters, but added that the
question whether an agent of the Ameri
can government dared to destroy a for
eign government seal presented a grave
problem.
He expressed a hope that we “find out
just what we can do immediately.”
Informed that tin* liner Berengaria.
due in New York tomorrow or Saturday,
was bringing a sealed store of liquor
the Secretary merely replied that the
Treasury would be able to deal with the
situation thus presented when it arose.
Ships Carrying Liquor as Usual.
Southampton, England. June 21 (By
the Associated Press). —The Cunard
liner Berengaria, which sailed for- New
York last Saturday, carries sufficient al
coholic liquids for her return voyage un
der the same kind of lock and se% as
that employed by the White Star liner
Olympic which sailed yesterday, it was
learned today.
A showdown over the question whether
British ships can satisfy the thirst of
their passengers on their trips from dry
America to wet England, therefore be
comes likely to come sooner than expect
ed.
The first challenge will probably be
thrown down tomorrow when the Beren
garia is due to pass the Statue of LttKPT-’
ty.
CALL PRIMARY TO NAME
SUCCESSOR TO KITCHIN
Several Names Have Been Suggested as
Candidates for Unexpired Term.
Rocky Mount, June 20. —At a called
meeting here this afternoon the Demo
cratic executive committee of the second
congressional district issued a call for
a primary on the first Saturday in Oc
tober to elect a congressman to serve
the unexpired term of the late Claude
Kitchin. The committee also provided
that a second primary be held one week
after the first, if necessary to fill the
vacancy.
At the same time the committee ad
dressed a communication to Governor
Morrison advising him of its action and
rebuesting that lie call for a regular elec
tion on the first Tuesday in November.
Judge John H. Kerr, of Warrenton,
Solicitor It. G. Allsbrook. of Tarboro,
and N. J. Rouse, an attorney of Kin
ston, are said to be candidates for the un
expired term.
SIOO,OOO FIRE AT OIL
CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
Entire Suburb Threatened But Fire Was
Finally Gotten Under Control.
Oil City, Pa., June 21 .--Fire caused
by an explosion in a vapor line spread
so quickly in a part of the Pennsylvania-
American Refining Company today that
ten oil stills were soon in flames, and
7.000 barrels of oil endangered. Fire
men were summoned from nearby (mints.
One man was injured.
Soon after the explosion the firs spread
toward a number of tanks filled with
gasoline and benzine and fears were eg
pressed for the safety of Rouseville. the
suburb in which the refinery, a $2,000,-
000 plant, is located. Merchants began
moving their stocks and all automobile
were ordered off the streets by the state
police.
The fire was finally extinguished with
a loss estimated at, SIOO,OOO.
Mecklenburg Mills Creditors to Meet.
Salisbury, June 20.—A creditors meet
ing of the Mecklenburg Mills Company
has been called for Saturday morning at
10 o’clock in the office of Linn and Linn.
Salisbury, for the purpose of consider
ing a practical solution of the difficul
ties now confronting the creditors. One
possible outcome of this meeting would
be the financing of the receivership of
the four mills involved so that operations
in them might be resumed. Martin
Cannon, of Concord, and J. K. Doughton,
named as receivers, refused to qualify
because of a lack of funds with which
to keep the mills going. The deposi
tors of the People’s National Bank,
which closed on account of the Mecklen
burg Mills trouble, are having a meeting
at the court, house Thursday evening to
take steps to protect themselves in the
premises. \.
Counterfeit Money Used to Purchase
Contraband Liquor,
Halifax, June 16. —The extent_ to
which counterfeit money figures in boot
leg dea's off the Atlantic seaboard was
revealed today when a young Halifax
sea captain who was for several months
in the St. Pierre-American trade, tried
to deposit SIOO,OOO profits. The bank
accepted Only $20,000 as genuine.
Great minds are the lighthouses of
[ humanity.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SEEN FOR WASHINGTON
Capital to be Venter of American Edu
cation.
Washington, June 21 (Capital News
Service). —The National Cniversitr
ject, originally fostered by George a ti
ington, and again put before the 00 _
j by the program of the Supreme Council
1 of the Acifut and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry for the- Southern Juris*
t diction of the United States, is receiv
ing much attention from Capital City
j educators.
Dr. Abram Mimon, president of the
board of education of the District of
Columbia, believes that a national uni
versity Is assured for the city and na
tion in the near future. He believes
that the present George Washington
University will be the nucleus around
which the national institution is built,
and that with the establishment of junior
universities, paralleling junior high
schools, working in connection with the
national university, the nation will have
an educational center in Washington
which will profoundly affect and greatly
stimulate the cause of education through
out the country.
“The junior universities must come,”
Dr. Simon said, “because our large uni
versities are overcrowded: because they
are too extensive. They will have to
come to all the large cities of the coun
try for this reason, and although Wash
ington is not an industrial city,, it, too.
will have them incorporated into its
school system.
“1 believe every large city will have
to develop an educational program that
will carry the pupil from the first grades
to the university. These junior univer
sities also will give the pupils enthusi
asm for the college degree.
“The pupil enters the junior high
school in many instances firmly con
vinced lie neither needs nor is able to
finish the full high school course. How
ever. aft>r he has completed the junior
course and receives his diploma lie is
eager to continue to the senior high
school and receive the senior diploma.
’ln, the same way the junior universi
ties \Vil] add stimulus to education. The
pupil will say that he can not take the
full college course, but will take the
junior university course and see what
it is like. After he has received the
junior diploma he will want the senior
college diploma and the degree.”
ROTARY CONVENTION
OPENS IN ST. LOUIS
Employment of the Highest Standard of
Ethics in Business Urged at Meeting.
St. Louis. June 20.—Employment of
the highest standard of ethics in busi
ness, co-operation of capital and labor
and cultivation of friendship between
employer anil employee were urged at
today's session here. Speakers indud
‘audAitH K pnom.fuqj pa
president; Sydney W. Paschal, of Lon
don ; Merle Kidener. a- member of the
vigilance committee of the . Associated
Advertising Clubs of the Wordl; Sher
man Rogers. New Y'ork : and Bert Scrib
ner. chairman of the Rotary's business
methods committee. ,
“The danger to civilzation is not the'
mob or the raging multitude but the
weakling citizens, the spineless business
man. the person who stands for nothing
and will do nothing,” Mr. Havens as
serted. “Every community is what its
business men make it. In promoting
codes of business ethics around the wArld
Rotary is striving to do away with that
other false notion that honor can be pas
sive: that right can exist without ac
tion.”
MANY PLEDGE LIVES
TO MISSIONARY WORK
167 Delegates to B. Y. P. l\ Volunteer
For Work in Home and Foreign Mis
sion Fields.
High Point, June 21.—One hundred
find sixty-seven delegates to the 14th an
nual convention of the North Carolina
Baptist Y’oung Peoples Union in session
here this morning at a sunrise consecra
tion service, volunteered for work in
■home and foreign mission fields of the
church. Twelve of* these said they had
definitely decided to enter training for
foreign mission fields.
Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, ad
dressed the delegates this morning on
“Christian Citizenship.”
Methodise Orphanage Plans Imprpve
* Raleigh, June 20. —The decision to ex
pend between SIOO,OOO and $200,000 for
the erecting and equipping of five build
ings was decided upon at a meeting of
the trustees of the Methodist Orphanage
here yesterday. A cottage for babies,
two for older boys, a modern kitchen
and dining room building, and an indus
trial training building were authorized.
It is stated that funds for the buildings,
which are badly needed, are available,
the conference and gifts having taken
care of this essential.
It is estimated Riat there are 400,-
000.000 mummies in Egypt.
Dollar Sales Week to Bring
Out Hundreds of Bargains
Dollar Sales Week begins iu Concord
Friday of this week, to continue for
eight days.
This trade event will be something
novel for Concord. Instead of having
“Dollar Days” for two days, the mer
chants of the city decided to have eight
days of dollar specials, and this plan
led to the formation of (dans for Dollar
Sales Week.
Merchants of the city last week de
cided to conduct the big trade event, and
since that time they have been busy mak
ing final plans for the event. They are
grouping and marking their stock so that
the possible bargains can be offered,
and when the sale- starts Friday, every
thing will be in readiness.
The sale will be conducted under the
auspices of the Merchants’ Association,
which conducted so successfully Trade
Week. The plans for the event were
mapped out at a recent meeting of the
association members, and all members
of the association will co-operate in the
big event. That means that practically
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
ME! BELOW ETNA
rr:.J BECOMES
LAKE OF RED ASHES
Lava From Mount Etna Has
Been Deviated Into Valley
and Town of Linguaglossa
Seems to Be Out of Danger
ATMOSPHERE STILL
FILLED WITH SMOKE
And Thunderous Explosions
Continue, Filling Popula
tion With Fear and Driving
Them From Their Homes.
Catania. .Tune 21 (By the Associated
PressL==-T r nless there is a new ami
strong emission of lava from Mount
Etna, the town of Linguaglossa, which
has been 'threatened for the past three
days is almost certainly safe from de
struction. the officiail reports from devas
tated regions say.
The huge stream of Java which ha*
been coming toward the town has been
deviated into a side road, and is flowing
with accelerated velocity into the neigh
boring valley which is gradually becom
ing a veritable lake of fire.
The few inhabitants remaining in Lin
guaglossa ascribe the diversion of the
lava to the town’s patron saints to whom
prayers and gifts were recently offered
throughout the recent days of terror.
The atmosphere for miles around the
volcano is still dense with the ashes
hurled skyward from the crater, which
is completely hidden by dense pall of
smoke and cinders. Thunderous explo
sions continue, and from all quarters are
heard distressing tales of wild Stam
pedes ljy the paftic stricken population,
and the destruction of homes.
The town now most endangered is
Castigilions of 15,000 inhabitants, which'
* - menaced by one of the lava streams.
Further from the crater than Lingua
glossa, Castigilions is also lower on the
mountain slope 'down which the molten
rock, is advancing. It is a picturesque
town, surrounded by nut trees, many of
which are one fire.
THREE CITIES WANT NEXT
MEETING OF EDITORS
Pinehursct, Charlotte and Raleigh Want
Winter Meeting,—Storm Interrupt*
Mqpting.
Blowing Rock, June 21.—The North
Caroline Press Association, which opened
its convention here last night, was inter
rupted near the close of the night session
by electric storm which cut off the elec
tric lights. Miss M. H. Berry, of Chap
tel Hill, was addressing the members on
rural credits when the interruption came
and she completed her address at the op
ening today.
J. B. Sherrill, President of the Associ
ation, delivered his annual address at
noon today, stressing the value of the
weekly and the smaller community papers
In the lives of the people.
Pinehurst, Charlotte and Raleigh pre
sented invitations for the mid-winter
session of the Association.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, President of
.Washington and Lee University, is sched
uled to address the editors on the Lee
Memorial School of Journalism.
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
TONIGHT IN ST. LOUIS
Train Passed Through His Native State
Early This Morning.
On Board President Harding’s Special
Train, Parkersburg, \V. Va., June 21. —
President Ilardiug spent a few hours
with home folks today as the special train
carrying him to the west coast crossed
the state of Ohio and then through Indi
ana and Illinois, to St. Louis where the
the chief executice tonight will deliver
his first formal address.
The President’s train entered Ohio in
the early morning hours after traversing
a portion of Maryland and West Virgin
ia. completing about MSO of the 15.000
miles to the Pacific Coast. Alaska, Pana
ma and Porto Rico. Mr. Harding clearly
indicated that he was glad to be back in
his native state, even though for only a
few hours.
New Warehouse Company.
Raleigh. June 21. —For the purpose of
conducting a general ware housing busi
ness the Secretary of State has granted
a charter of incorporation to the Ham
let Warehouse Company, Hamlet. The
capital stock of the corcem is SSO,(HX>,
and incorporators are J. P. Gibbons, W.
R. Land, Nathan LeGrtind and L. E.
Blanchard, all of Hamlet.
every business house in the city will
have dollar special beginning Friday and
continuing through the 30th.
During Trade Week, when many new
shoppers were attracted to Concord, it
was definitely determined that Concord is
a favorable city in which to trade, and
business men of the city are expecting
the bargains of that trade event to bring
many of the shoppers back for the bar
gains to be found during I>ollar Sales
Week. The bargains will Ue offered in
great quantities, and seansonable goods
will make up the bulk of the stock to be
offered during the weak.
This paper this week will trarry many
attractive ads, setting forth a few of
the hundreds of dollar bargains that will
be offered during the week. The ads.
will make it possible for shoppers to sit
at home and determine in advance just
what they want when they visit the va
rious stores. For that/ reason it is ad
visable to read the ads. Carefully and
mark the bargains that make a special
appeal so that they may be readily found
NO. 100.