Lay, June 28. 1923 MB OFF |S |S PROVING, K lUffIERTAKIMG I. Have Reached •f, a; nce New Rul- Effect peek- K?th R is week |j a s Be s I Will Have te Post ■ Departures. I ' Hit* number <>f ft- J |MVt , i Hti’ied New WF tin* Treas- Mk w * ;r- new dry nil* ■ s “ >nt ,h\ tomorrow to four ■ s!ii|* s are din*. Oth to arrive- later ,W rigid of rhe.l mt l : .rnhibit carrying soalod u-firw-Hiil" .limit. ..“j jj,, ]H *d in this inorn ■ i.m-Amcrican At hor others it K\or Ibianr was marked ■" 1*- hut that it excenl ■ :rl "i Pfviigaria. the first ■" ,11,, ‘ were seized, are ■ f vulojif. l"it with more ■ ; ir.'te'came appar ■f ® ; t „ r ,', s would have to be ■j .'■j'v ,r else the vessels ■ their liquor or sa'il postponed. ■*' M i aIi( ! 4.0110 litres of beer i-verJeotl'''• from the now in port, it was ■ «Kv"-fter a conference in. ~f p.o-t Kiting. I>r. ■T nijji,. iivalrh service, and B pirMT Kantield will take ■ r.., ;v -j~ - Seizure by the vessels bringing ■ , Sunreme Court u» r( , fK j to have been con- I _ r : ( ,. ~f (-.inferences today ■ j. ;in ,i prohibit ion otfi- B jus |-#(*n no attempt to ■„ „iciisntc the liquor itself. K tfe cft-inls who sat iu the Biff uwkrstooil to have urged ■torir>tf|» should be adopt ■; companies are to ■their lM'li-y of openly disre ■ftrejvsury ruling against bring- r H ,, hi;,, Aaieriean jurisdic- Id-cisioD was announced. I(; M RIW WEEK ■FAVORABLK FHK COTTON- Lt Avwijwl Slightly From ■Xonnal to Normal Tliroughout It. Igtmi. June Ti— On the whole, lcr during the week ended yes as farora.bie for cotton. the eaTtiPr and crop bulletin of the gtief Agriculture sard today, nrfaitiire averaged slightly be lli in the East Half districts, enif’.ritttjmrmal above in other f the belt, the report said. Show ratlier fro,rent, though mostly BMI-r.it, from'(he Mississippi stivard. but dry weather prevail nestern autl northwestern por wiition i f cotton in. North Car s ff]ert«l as follows: Plenty i west, and ample in portions of t only ;t few scattered showers . (iiftmi is clean and doing well , though it would b(‘ benefit ted are rain: forming squares, and Hitni reported in’ the south. MARIANS HOLDINd MEET IN STATESVILLE c» Will Hear Prominent Speak- W»aWs Kail to Pass Board. fUli l . June —Many speakers nr states-will address the twen- Isniuia! convention of the North Veterinary Association which here today with a formal ™ Mayor 1,. P. Bristol, and lirri un. president of the local p. Association. Moitbs, of Knoxville. Tenu.;. bynn, of Kansas pity. Mo.. * ar - v - <>f Auburn. Ala., speakers to be heard dur >W!|1 * wFik-h will cud Tiiurs- ■ A 'dermariati Examining ~',r yesterday to cx- . am ' f' r license, but the failed to .pass. T 'ie Editors. ami Observer; -'U-'anm John B. Sherrill ‘f"in activities con- Carolina Press As 'ttrv st i' 1 ” a ! 1<1 faithful service iflj’b,. V 1 'b'nt - should make tv him "i li i‘‘ asS )< 'i'ation feel • «f the kttb'e... .. f association h as a Ksj.p (' lV **’ 0,10 "so "ill give 1 tttsd ,Hit„ '‘ , ’"'utrice Pobb, 1 'uitor j,f h. ~ ’ erald , v ‘ , lu ' Aiorganton W tj [ '\ did. can | the ;k „ m ‘. av s p "ill for lnetn -1 J ,i" ! ' knr " v there is uo «d- well to’!.. ; u r ll Tiu ‘ **»■ ’iudivi ,!r V! r on,u - law 'h. n ,. v ; ''"'l an nr lir*’ 1 »'“l* -f the "I I;nv order Ul that eml l fl f u, ' u,p of no small ■ or the editor ' ,ro!,f>r ;in ‘l, ia H v " n,HV their this necessary B,i ' dieTT" ordinary viw7, 111 l)Us iness but Jtv < atalo *tH‘d by .. " .'■ifion ail( » . le '‘straordinarv I'Kfuur n,- ,l1 " a ™» "i. lt Er. Miß e“ '‘"VIM. Btova , •• r »fstly # ; b . THE MOTHERS AID IS • AVAILABLE FIRST OF MONTH Sum of $50,000 Prorated Among the Counties on Basis of Census, to Aid Deserfing Mothers. Raleigh, X. C., .Tuue 23. —Partnership of tho state, the county and the mother for the reaping of citizens is the central | idea embodied in the $i?f),000 appropri ated by the General Assembly of 1023 j which becomes available July 1, Public Welfare officials stated tonight. This fund is to be administered by the State Board of Charities and Public AVelfare which has prepared application blanks, a sample of which with explanatory let ter has been sent to all county Super intendents of public welfare. Chairman of Boards of County Commissioners, and members of County boards of public welfare. The State Board has also cal eulnted the pro rata share of this fund available for each county on the basis of the census of 1920. The fund for Mothers’ Aid. according to the law. is designed to help mothers who are mentally, morally and physically able to roar their own children, but who, without such aid, would be prevented from doing so by reason of poverty only. Those eligible must have been deprived in some way of their husband’s support. Public welfare officials explain that this aid is based on the assumption that the home is the best place for the rearing of a child, and the mother the best person to do it. The following case from one of the eastern counties is cited in the litera ture sent out by the State Board of Pub lic AVelfare as illustrating t'lie type of women whom tlie board wishes to lieln by Mothers’ aid: "Mrs. X. a widow with two children ( twins) eight years old. has a farm of 40 acres, left her by her husband. She has a house and garden, chickens and a cow. From (he rent of her farm she gets about $l6O a year—sl3.33 a month. She makes, on an average. $.-).00 per month from her chickens, during the laying sea son. There is no other source of in come. Mrs. X. was a teacher, her chil dren are both ready for the fourth grade. She has been advised to send them to an orphanage but wants to keep them with her. She cannot buy their books and clothes and keep herself on slß'a month, most of that coming at the end of the harvest. According to the Mothers’ Aid law sire could be allowed s*2s (sls for tlie first child and $lO for the second). Tho county is now paying her $5. That is inadequate, she says, for her to keep her household together, but sls. tkjt is $7.50 each from and county and state would be sufficient to meet her needs and enable her to bring up her children. Wel fare* officials declare that it has proved wiser in states where Mothers’ Aid has J>cen tried out t<\ help mothers approxi maling this type" than to give aid in doubtful cases.” ‘’ln the # application blanks for Moth ers’ aid ns made out by the State Board of Charities and Public AVelfare the greatest care lias been taken to safe guard 'the administration of the fund.” an announcement of the Department stated. "Extensive information is' re quired of the applicant. Such informa tion includes that relative to the hus bands death, imprisonmimt, disablement, or desertion, the verification of marri age. number of children under fourteen; children entitled to Working certificate; the income of for the month of application, the family’s financial liabil ities and full description of members of the household and family history, with references. "Superintendents of public welfare will have supervision of Mothers’ aid in*the counties .underTthe county commissioners and the Public AA'elfare forces. The State Board of Charities and Public AVel furc has sent out to all. county superin tendents a sheet of instructions-iu admin istering Mothers’ Aid.” According to these instructions, the .Superintendent is- to assist the mother in making application: to make investiga tion of the home at the request of the .County Board of Public Welfare, a re port of which is to be made to the coun ty Board for approval, with duplicates of cases approved sent to the state board : to keep in touch with the family through monthly visits, school attend ance and working certificates; to keep in close touch with the Board of Public AA'elfare through discussions of various problems in Mothers’ Aid cases and to secure them help; to find suitable work for children coming of working age; to find suitable work preferably iu the home for the mother, if necessary; to put the mother iu touch with all county and state agencies, for health, education, recreation or religion that will aid the family: to check over the family budget every six >months and maintain, reducing, reject or /increase; to make report to the county commissioners and to report their action to the state board; to preserve in every way possible the self respect of the mother avoiding any implication of char ity and emphasizing the idea of partner ship between the mother and the state. Information by the Butairin'teudeut of Public Welfare regarding the home and surroundings, tlje appearance o EXPECTED TO DIE BUT CHANGES MIND Now Bern Woman CouWn’t Got Friends to- Consider It Seriously. New Bern. June 26. —Here’s one that sounds like a fable, but it’s a true stoty, told by the woman herse’f and Tho undertaker will bear witness. A month or two ago this woman— her name is familiar to a host of friends here—fancied that her days upon this earth were few. Poor health and pom* spirits as well had preyed on her to a degree that she took seriously the matter of preparing for the end. Certainly she could liye but a few weeks at the most. Her first concern was the selection of a casket. And so, one day she dragged her self of the establishment of Dhn Slmw and told him in plain English the reason for her visit. She wanted to select a coffin. He showed her his stock —there Were black coffins and white , coffins, great and small —but not one that suited her. She must have a grey ~one; none other wou’d do. She would need it soon, so Air. Shaw muat put in a rush order. He did. In the meantime the ffelf-fated woman found time hanging heavily on her hands. ‘Twas a tedious task, to wait for death. She had relatives she wished to Tell goodbye, and not many days after the visit to the undertaker’s parlors, she was a guest of relatives at Com fort. (There seems to have been signi ficance in the name.) She told her mor bid tale but it was received with laugh ter. No one realized, as she was won to. the seriousness of her condition. She was disgusted and said no more about the subject. A week ago this woman returued home, but not with any foougnt of using at any early date tINe gray cas ket Air. Shaw had ordered aud which at that moment was in hfs shop. She did not say what arrangement she had made with him about tlie disposition of the coffin; she did state very em phatically that she had no intention of occupying it any time soon. HOODED CROWD VISITS SCOTLAND 1 TENANT FARATERS Considerable Feeling stirred Up as a Result of Repeated Activities of Al leged Klansmen. Laurinburg. .Tune 20. —The Ku Klux Ivlan or men in full hooded regalia of the Ku Klux, traveling in eight automo biles. called at the home of the Afo- Phersons. tenant farmers living about three miles from Wagram. It was after they had gone to bed. The women folks began to scream and one of the men of the house opened the door and told them the first man that put his head inside he would shoot it off. The hood ed men told them they were not after them, calling two fellows’ names they wanted. The AlePliersons are of an Indian mixture who do not scare and have a large family connection among the ten ants in the county. They run a two horse farm. The Ku Klux Ivlan have confined their activities to that section -of Scotland county. The rest of the county being bitterly opposed to their organization. They, last fall, are alleged to have beat some mulatto .women and negro men in that section of the county. The latest activity has stirred up the tenant farm ers. as no effort was made to apprehend those guilty of whipping last fall. The only follow up that has occurred thus far. tlie AfePhersons came to town Saturday and tried to got Don Me-, Lanehlin. a prominent politician of Wa gram, out of one of the loading ice cream parlors here. Jim McPherson, in a cool manner, asked AlcLaucliiin to see him on the outside. He asked for police protection as he suspected there was trouble brewing, as they had thought lie was in the crowd who the night be fore visited his home. Before police arrived McPhersdn walked out and re mained in town the rest of the day. Ale- Lauchlin went home soon aftter the in cident. The McPhersons are in a resentful at-* titude and some think there is likely to be trouble yet growing out of the kluxer’s visit. Orders Granite Quarry Bank to Opifo. Salisbury, June 26. —Depositors of the Farmers and Merchants bank at Granite Quarry decided to assume the amount of bad paper held by this bank which closed on the eighth and proceed to open the institution. for husip'***" as jsion as possible. This plan is similar to tlie one adopted several days ago by the Rockwell bank and if acceptable to the state banking authorities it is thought both banks will soon reopen. The de positors stand to lose around 1-5 or 20 | per cent. There were no new developments in the Peoples National bank case. Ex aminer Will Folger does not expect to be kept here in cliarge of tin* bank forever, but he is still on the job and is waiting for local men to perfect (heir* plans for faking over foe institution. It is still hoped that this may be ac complished anjt that a receivership may be avoided. The Vance Cotton mill, one of the Lineberger chain of mills, today de clared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent. Tlie mill was reported as being in fine condition. . State Highway Roads to Be Opened! To nitocrow. Raleigh. N. C,„ June 27.—Contractors ,from many sections of the state are arriving here tonight for foe opening of bids tomorrow by the State Highway Commission on 171.68 miles of road way. Tomorrow’s letting will constitute one of the largest single lettings which the 'Commissions fins handled and all sec tions of the State will be affected. In addition to the road bids, bids on uu overhead crossing and a bridge are to ibe handled also. The (types- of construction of the roads will not fie determined until after the 'bids have examined, it is stated., Specifications call for bids on two or three types of surfacing on each pro ject and it will rest with the commis sion to decide the types preferred. High Point Postal Facilities to Be Im _ proved. , High Point, N. C.. June 26. —Effective July 1. three tiew carriers, two new cl'erks and ah extension of city delivery will be improvements added to the High Point postoffice. Postmaster O. It. York recently returned from Washington, .where it* conferred With officials of the post-officer department i* s longer. The tent itself •has been shipped from Durham, wftere he lias been holdiug a meeting. A big • choir of 500 voices will be organized jtliis- week. Services start next Sunday. July 1. Meetings will be held twice daily, except Monday. It is expected that the meeting wiil attract crowds from Mebane and Spencer. At the former place he held a meeting just be ifore going to 1 Durham. Spencer is full iof people crazy about the evangelist. 'Predicts Weather Co Bte Cooler To morrow. Washington; June 25.—The weather man relented tonight, and while pre dicting that warm weather would con tinue generally east of the Mississippi •tr u orrow, said h»* was certain it would be a bit cooler Wednesday. In more specific language, his f.rc icast calls for ‘ somewhat lower tempera te le” Wednesday in New Knykand and New York state with “sligliriy lower temperature” in the Ohio valley, lower lake region and the middle Atlantic states. Local tliunder showers are predicted f»r practically all sections tomorrow or tomorrow night. The Five National Banks at Charlotte Declare Dividend*. Charlotte*, June 26.—The five national banks of the city at meetings today de clared semi-annual dividends, the hanks meeting- being the Merchants and Farm ers. First National. Charlotte’ National, .Union National and Commercial Nation al. '• The Merchants and Farmers was the .only bank of tilt five to increase the semi-annual dividend, the increase being front 0 per cent, to 10 per cent. The semi-annual dividends of the other National banks were: First Na tional remains at 6 per cent, with extra 2 per cent; Chamotte National remains at 5 per cent; Union National remains at 5 per cent; Commercial Natitonal re mains at 6 per cent. Many Firms JHie. Harrisburg. .June 27.—More than 30R.00b acre* of farm land remain idle in Pennsylvania this summer, largely as a result of the shortage of farm hands. This total is about fen percent of the total agricultural acreage of the state. Bank Situation in Salisbury Unchanged. Salisbury June 25. —The bank situa tion. both in Salisbury and Spencer, .re mains unchanged with directors, bank official* a-nd committees still at work on plans with a view to opening the fwo institutions. - Mrs. John M. Cook ha* gone to Blue Ridge. N. C., where she will spend sev eral dhyt. / '* PAGE SEVEN WHITFIELD DENIES HE KILLED GRIFFIN, CLEIEUI OFFICER! Whitfield Was Arrested ini Detroit After! Leading Officers Through! a Number of States. CLAIMS OFFICER SHpT himself! Prisoner Says He Had Al-B ready Decided to Go Back! to Cleveland and Give Him-B self Up. Detroit. June 27.—John L. WMrlield.fl whose capture here last night ended a* chase that has extended through Ohio* Indiana. Illinois. AV}*co; :4f,8 o'clock thib morning Capt. Lowell E,B Smith and Lieut. John B. Ritcher. urinyß aviators endeavoring to establish new* world aviation records, had been in thffl air five hours and were Hying at of 1)0 miles an hour. fl Complete success atteudofi ti’ re-fueling* test made at 9:45 Ji’el&ctc’ this morning* when 50 gallons of 1 gasoline was trails fl ferred from a plane piloted by Liouts B Hines and Seifert, to the pious in wlfichfl (’apt. Smith and Lieut. Ritcher are en-B deavoring a new series of world aviation* records. IS Captain Smith, a Californian, has won* more than* ordinary recognition by hi.sß flying ability. 9 Lieut. Ritcher. a- native of Virginia.* received his training at British andß French schools during the early part ofß the war. and was one of the Americanß fliers sent to the war zone. Q MISSING BANK TELLER j§ ARRESTED IN THE WEST* John D. Sykes. Jr., of Elizabeth City, Ar-fl rested Tuesday at Great. Falls. Mon-fl tana. - Elizabeth City. June 27. —John D.fl Sykes*, Jr., who is reported to have been* arrested yesterday at Great Falls, Mon-fl tana, in connection with an alleged* shortage of 25.825 from the First Citi-B zens National Bank here. disappearedß frain Elizabetli City Septembber 4. 1022* He was a teller in the bank, and was uu H del* surety bond of $25,000. fl Federal authorities have been investi-B gating the case for some time, and re-fl cently questioned Penelope Lyon, a young* married woman, who before Sykes left* and on her return was questioned. No* details of what might have been obtained* from Her was announced. fl Sykes is the son of a deacon in a 10-fl cal church and his family stands high in* this community. fl Father Convicted For Whipping Girl. Monage. June 24.—Oscar Gardner, white man of North Marshvil'e town ship; aged about forty years, was con victed iu recorder’s court last week on a charge of assault and battery upon his fifteen year old daughter and is held under a $560.00 bond until judgment is (passed. ' The evidence of the daughter was that site and her fuller were plowing in a field together d* that as they drove to the end of the rows the father made improper proposals to her, which slie resented. Gardner then, according to the girl’s testimony gave her the flogging because she talked back to Gardner denied the accusation ol his daughter and testified that he whip ped the girl because she was not doing the harrowing as it should be done. The defendant was arrested a few days ago and committed to the Union county jail without bond until .the hear ing. According to Constable Griffin, the girl Weilt to a neighbor’s house and told what had taken place between her and her ftttHer. whereupon the constable was notified and the arrest made. a Newspaper Man to Accupy Pulpit. Charlotte, N. C., June 27. —A n* ws pajier editor will stop writing editorials long enough to share honors with a professor and two ministers in occupying the pulpit of the St. Jolm .-fl Bhptist ehurefi here the four Sundays* from July 22 to August 12. when llrv.fl Joseph -Arr Oaides, pastor, will be on hisfl vacation. The editor ,is J. Rio a Me m Kissick. of the Greenville (S. C..) Pied B mont. Dr. E. Penham, of !h^J3 faculty of the Baptist Bible Institute,™ New OrlpaDs, is the professor and theJg two minister* are Rev. M. I). Austin,* Matthews, and Dr. W. M. Vine*. now* pastor of the Greenwood (S. C.) Bap-JS' tist church. ' - Druggists Meet in Greenville. u Greensville, S. C., June 26. —Druggisos M and drug manufacturer* from the two jfl Carolina* w«fe igathering here for 9 tile opening annual three-day convention of the two state association. The C.nv9 lina Pharmaceutical show wiil' b< held .03 in" connection. History of Bfc John's Church, Written * fey Rev. S. D. Steffy, ten cents each, T at Tlmes-Tribrtne Office. 23-ts. A