erR ILL, Editor and Publisher
ME L
ere Electrical and Wind
torm Did Damage In City;
[o One Was Seriously Hurt
Os WITH
ISIDDENNESS
ees Were Uproot-
Thrown Across
Breaking - Power
lephone Lines.
INGHIT
veral places
image From This
—Tree Crashed
ie Porch of G. S.
Home.
ra! and wind storm, com*
|Vi. of ilie terrific heat
)Rls} several days, swept
Hast night, leaving brok
abletl telephone and pow
nage<l houses and littered
i evident'* 1 of its strength.
, ( ame with such stealthy
that many persons were
in autos ami before they
Hter they were drenched
ie downpour. Streets be
,j n less than a minute’s
jtje over Tlie streets was
foiu by the snapping of
y uprooting of trees,
serimi' damage was caus
irooting of trees, traffic on
>ts being Incited by trees
(rn from tlmir roofings by
> winds. <»n Franklin
of the large <»aks at the
the Lome of Mrs., B. F.
torn from its roots and
g against the home of G.
Telephone and power lines
d by the tree in its fall
ver the street from Union
halted during the night
today.
Depot street a big tree
near the ('raven Apart
•anght in the grip of the
mrled across the street,
iused suspension of traffic
t for some time and put
ar out of commission for
\ the power line having
path of the falling tree,
y on the home of B. W.
knocked off by either the
wind. Some bricks from
cluttered in a gutter of
'hilt* others crashed to the
libson Mill baseball park
and and part of the fence
Nias though they wemso
■ The wind was particu
-1 in that section of the
urge sign of the Dixie Pos
ich stood near the McGill
hb was partially destroy
[>les which supported the
sh but ail other materials
M were swept from their
sd hurled some distance,
pot street, from Crowell
* Saints Episcopal Church,
with limbs, leaves and
r “ ( ‘ wind had passed. The
ton existed on North Un
and in other parts of the
there are many trees. In
p IrHs were snapped and
Dl * while only a few were
Rioted many were broken
°f the home of C. W. Byrd
• sn ?pped in two near its
f r pees formed a support
1 !r " m crashing into the
'‘ m 'e. A large mulberry
pspital yard was damag
h being torn from the
intersection of Buffalo and
' an °ther mulberry tree
11 two and a large tree
? at the side of the
Pied by Dr. and Mrs. W. H.
■ . w ® s broken so part of
ICj> J he entrance of the
Rangk was badly shock
t sooth- after the storm
./if revived later. Mrs.
■ a< u frightened when the
; t 0 her home and was
,'/ a physician for
1 «terwar*ls.
us/f 1 a Power line pole
j"• n lr «>m its foun
b *l* from th< ‘ P° le ig*
Pa-tm S ' UUIUf; u call for
Iti, if 11 . 1 ' ?'his street was
n,. v f| Us at,( ' r the storm.
fish,' 11 ~ house occupied
isl lH , f 1 '‘ u>t Depot street
in o. I t h ( * wind as was a
Med ht o ° n the same
fcojl J> . M ‘ v - I‘atterson. D.
Hook at T™ 1 ,lry a ßent,
1 doia® he !urt «- chimney
NftlL / aw tbe wind
1 hoop 10of from porch
is. a . fl ue at the
Ha street r: ® u Black, on
ts dark ; ran , tlowu the flue
N stove n rh ° sliape of a
N "» ia
an 0 partially cov
t £ T it The wsnd
the ll S gnp and
on T j" rne °f Leonard
sage Five)
THE CONCORD TIMES
Wind Storm Was Confined
Almost Wholly to Concord
The wind «storm which) wrought,
havoc in Concord last night seemed
confined almost wholly to this city,
judging by reports reaching here to
day. Rain fell in other parts of the
county and there was plenty of light
ning in the rural sectitons around
the city, but damage from wind was
reported only in isolated spots in the
county.
Charlotte reports a heavy rain from
8 to D o’clock last night but there was
no wind and no destructive lightning.
Mt. Pleasant and Kannapolis report
rains with no wind to amount to any
thing.
Some crops between Concord and
Mt. Pleasant and other spots, accord
ing to reports, were damaged by hail
and wind, but generally speaking the
hail and wind were confined to Con
cord. Along Big Cold Water Creek,
between this city and Mt. Pleasant,
some corn was damaged by wind and
EX-KAISER’S MOTHER ‘
BLAMED HER SON
For Any' 111 Feeling Between Ger
many and Great Britain.
Berlin, July 20.—A frank criticism
of the E-Kaiser by his mother, the
late dowager Empress Frederic, is re
vealed by the memoirs of Baron von
Reischach, tTue last lord marshall and
royal equerry o? the Hohenzollerns.
Iu his book of memoirs, “Under
Three Emperors,” the author quotes
the dowager Emperor Frederic in a
letter she wrote to him from England
in 1897 in response to his appeal to
her to try and modify the prevalent
severity of opinion about Germany
in-certain leading circles of England
at the time.
She wrote:
“It is. naturally, my heartfelt de
sire to do every tiling within my pow
er to assuage any existing feeling of
irritation or bitterness of opinion.
But it is utterly impossible for me
to exert any influence on the press
of either country. I have seen noth
ing- in the decent papers which come
to my hand here, as, the Times, Globe,
Standard, Daily Telegraph and oth
ers, that might be considered offen
sive. The indecent ones I never see,
heaven be praised, and we may safe
ly ignore them. It would be deplor
able indeed if the Kaiser were to con
sider preeminently such papers, from
wliiclrffie could never glean anything
but a very distorted picture of public
sentiment in England.
“But quite apart from all odious
exaggerations, a feeling of distrust
still prevails for which, however, the
Kaiser only has himself to blame.
For the exceptional sympathy and
popularity which lie enjoyed repre
sented a card in his hand with which
he might have attained inestimable
advantages for Germany. Now our
only hope must be that in time grass
may grow’ over past errors and ulti
mately a more comfortable relation
ship be established.
“If, however, the German press con
tinues to copy the hostile attitude
of the Kaiser, Germany will inevi
tably be driven into the arms of Rus
sia and France and bring to
grief the consummation of that pol
iev which all my life I have most
ardently desired—an alliance between
the two Germanic nations and great
protestant countries.”
With Our Advertisers.
Ford (the universal car) is sold on
the plan of best value for the money.
The Reid Motor Company is the lo
cal agent.
The first Egyptian woman pro
prietor of a newspaper is Miss
Mureira Sabet, a cultured Moham
medan writer on women’s, childrens,
and other social subjects who has
received from the Egyptian Govern
ment permission to issue a French
languagge paper in Cairo.
Gloria Gould, granddaughter of
Jav Gould and in private life Mrs.
Henry A. Bishop, has signed a con
tract to become managing director of
a new motion-picture theatre in New
York City.
Senator Simmons Does Not
Intend to Quit Senate Soon
1 Statesville. Aug. 12.-Umted States
. Senator F. M. Simmons spent several
1 hours in Statesville today and m an
informal interview let it be known
1 that he did not expect to retire from
! office at the expiration of his pres
• ent term; that he expected consider
’ able discussion of the evoiuhon^ ques
' tion at the next session of
1 and that lie would favor a roduc t on
1 of from $250,000,000 to $300,000
000 in federal taxes for next >eai,
e the exact amound to depend upon the
1 surplus from the present j ear
f reduced appropriations,
i Senator Simmons came to states
i ville this morning from Biowing Rock
with ex-Governor and Mrs. C amero
e Morrison, with whom he had >*!\
-a short vacation trip Binc \. Saturda , > fi
3of last week. Governor Morrison s
d few words to two newspaper men who
d interviewed him were in P|’ 55
‘Blowing Rock and other Carolina re
hail, but beyond that point there are
evidenced only of rain. The same is
true in some other localities. There
was plenty of rain but no hail and
wind. *
Concord persons who were absent
from the city between 0:30 and 8:00
o’clock found it hard to 'understand
what had happened, judging by talk
heard on the streets today. This was
due to the fact that in the places they
were during the two hours there was
only a general electric storm with no
dangerous flashes of lightning and
with no hail ami rain. When they re
turned to the city and found it in
darkness with some of the streets
blocked, they were at a loss to under
stand what had happened.
It seems fortunate that no one was
injured when one considers the num
ber of trees that were either uprooted
or broken off and tossed into the
streets and sidewalks.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Easy Today at Decline of 18
to 24 Points.—December Sold off
to 23.71.
New York, Aug. 13 (4*).—The cot
tou market opened easy today at a
decline of 18 to 24 points, owing to
relatively easy Liverpool cables and
the hope of cooler weather iu the
southwest. There also was bearish
comment on the par values issue by
the government for the interpretation
of mid-August condition figures but
these showed no greater increase over
August Ist pars than last year, the
chief factor being the repeorts of
showers in parts of Texas and Okla
homa.
December contracts sold off to 23.71
in the early trading, about 25 to 20
points net lower, but offers tapered
off at the decline and the market was
comparatively quiei at the end of the
first hour.
Cotton futures opened steady. Get.
23.58; Dec. 23.81; Jan. 28.31; March
23.00; May 23.90.
TURKISH PRESIDENT
DIVORCES HIS WIFE
Signs Decree Making the Divorce Ef
fective From August Fifth.
Constantinople, Aug. 13. —(4*) —
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, president of
the Turkish republic, has divorced his
wife. Latife Hanoum.
An official statement says that the
President, having decided to separate
from his wife, has issued a decree an
nouncing divorce effective from Au
gust sth.
No reasons are given officially for
the divorce, but public rumor lias
been busy for some time concerning
domestic relations of the President.
The divorce in some quarters is at
tributed to a tendency of masterful
ness on riie part of Madam Latife
and to her desire to mix in matters
are considered outside her
sphere.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
Slight Tremors Were Felt in Mon
tana and California During the)
Night.
Butte. Mont., Aug. 13 UP) A slight
earthquake shock was felt here at
7:50 last ‘‘night and at 3:15 this
morning. There was no damage.
Felt in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Aug. 13. —An earth
quake shock, not heavy enough to be
generally perceptible, occurred here
about 0:15 o’clock this morning.
Major Foster Dead.
Gastonia, N. C., Aug. 13 (4*) Maj.
Leo Frank Foster, a veteran of many
campaigns with the United States
Army, died suddenly here ’ast night.
Physicians stated that apoplexy was
the cause. Major Foster was GO
years of age. .
The body was taken to Raleigh for
interment.
Twenty clubs will make up tne
circuit of the National Professions
Football League for the coming sea
son.
sorts. He said that he would have
nothing to say about the alleged deficit
in state funds until the return of
Governor McLean to Raleigh and the
possible publication of reports from
there.
Senator Simmons was asked if he
had had time to study the federal
budget for the next year as presented
to President Cooolidge by Budget Di
rector Herbert Lord. This budget,
according to news dispatches from
the President’s summer home at
Swampscott. Mass., will carry a cut
of S2O 000.000 in appropriations and
this wirtu the surplus from the present
vear, will make possible a tax reduc
tion of $300,000,000. In reply to
this question Senator Simmons said
that he had not had much time to
study the budget report but that he
was in favor of such a reduction of
taxes and that the surplus would de
termine the amount.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925
Rare Operation
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In order to save the life of Kdith
Leavens. 14, of Cambridge, Mass., sur
geons were forced to cut open her
heart. Edith, now on the road to
complete recovery, is believed to be the
only person in the world whose henert
has been opened and who lived after
the operation.
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RALEIGH GO FREE
Verdict of Not Guilty Re
turned in Case in Which
Unlawful Tactics Were
Charged Against Firms.
Raleigh, Aug. 13— UP)— A verdict
of not guilty was returned by Wake
county jury in Superior Court last
night in the case against the four ice
manufacturing concerns of Raleigh
who were tried on charges of forming
a combine in the restraint of . tr^de.
The case went to the jury yester
day afternoon about 7 o’clock, the jury
deliberating until about 9 a’cldeki be
fore reaching a verdict.
The four companies acquitted are:
Powell & Powell, the Johnson Coal &
Ice Company, the "Wyatt Burma Ice
& Fuel Company,, and J. L. Dorminy,
part owner of the Raleigh Ice & Stor
age Company.
The State concluded its testimony
yesterday morning, the defendants of
fering no testimony. Six hours of
argument by counsel followed, after
which Judge Albion Dunn delivered
his charge.
GIRLS TRAINING FOR
THE CHANNEL SWIM
Miss Ederle and Miss Harrison Get
ting in Shape for Hard Task, i
Boulogne, Aug. 13.— UP) —Both
girls who aspire the honor of swim
ming across the English Channel are
again engaged in training for the feat,
and swimming fans may have the sat
isfaction of seeing them attempting
to make their crossing at the same
time, August 18th or thereabouts.
Miss Gertrude Ederle, of New York,
who was to have started last week
end, has completely recovered from
the’slight indisposition which prevent
ed her attempt.
Miss Lillian Harrison, of Beunos
Aires, who announced while in a state
of collapse after her unsuccessful
fourth trial on swimming the channel
on Monday, that she would not make
another attempt, now says she will
try again.
DESTROYERS TO GUARD
PLANES DURING TEST
Will Form Sea Patrol for Planes in
Non-Stop Flight to Hawaii.
"Washington. Aug. 13.—(4*) Two
destroyers today were ordered to take
up stations for the trip to San Fran
cisco of the naval planes which will
make a non-stop flight to Hawaii late
this month.
Commander John Rogers in charge
of the flight, notified the navy depart
ment that the destroyers. William
.Irnes and MeCawley, will stand off
Cape Mears and Cape Blance respec
tively, for the flight from Seattle of
the TB-1. The same crew will guard
the PN-9 from San Diego to San
Francisco, and later they will work
with the planes until ra
dio communication is assured. When
the hop-off is made, the destroyers will
form links in the sea patrol, which
has been arranged.
Negro Killed by Train.
Salisbury, August 18.— UP) —Toni
Durham, a negro living near here,
was instantly killed by a passenger
train at Elmwood near this city last
night. It was said lie was sitting
on the railroad track and failed to
hear the approaching train.
Want George H. Carter Ousted.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 13. K**)A
resolution demanding that George H.
Carter, be ousted as the public printer
of the United States was adopted with
out a roll call by the International
Typographical Union here this morn
i ing-
i A pointed Solicitor.
Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 13 UP)
■ Green H. Hackworth, of the District
■ of Columbia, today was appointed so
licitor for the State Department.
BELGIAN DEBT NOW
GIVEN THOUGHT AT
THE CAPITAL CITV
Conferees Trying to Find
New Ground on Which
to Continue Efforts to
Reach Agreement.
FIRST PROPOSAL
NOT ACCEPTED
This Proposal Made to Bel
gian Mission Yesterday,
and Its Failure Made the
New Move Necessary.
Washington, Aug. 13.— UP) —A new
ground upon which to continue their
effort to reach an agreement for re
funding of Belgium’s war debt to this
country was sought today by Ameri
i can and Belgian debt commissions.
This was made necessary by the re
' jection by the Belgians of a proposal
» made yesterday by the American in
> counter to that of the visitors prev
; iously found unacceptable by the Am
' erican government.
Before the joint sessions were re
sumed the American commission was
called to consider additional view
points developed yesterday at a group
discussion participated in by Chair
man Mellon and Senator Smoot, re
publicans of Utah, for the American
commission, and Ambassador DeCar
tier and former Premier Theunis for
the Belgians.
While official statements regarding
the negotiations continue to be with
held, there were clear indications that
the commissions are some distance
apart on the fundamental basis of Bel
gium’s capacity to pay, and conse
quently on the details such as inter
est rate and annual payments on the
principal of the .$480,000,000 debt.
Paris, Aug. 13. —Intense interest is
being taken in French government cir
cles in the Belgian-American debt
funding negotiations now in progress
in "Washington.
The French foreign office is receiv
ing each day long communications
from Emile Daeschner, French am
bassador at Washington.
The return of the French funding
mission to London has be&i postponed
until next week in expectation that
developments at Washington will as
sist greatly in shaping the French
policy for the resumption of the ne
gotiations with the British govern
ment.
Finance Minister Caillaux is al
most certain to head the French del
egation when It returns to London as
his four per cent gold coupon loan is
making good headway and conditions
seem likely to permit the minister of
finance to be absent from Paris for a
saw days. *
It is now known that France and
England are thus far agreed in prin
ciple that tiie British yearly demands
for payment of the French debt will
be fixed not according to the amount
of the French debt, but according to
France’s capacity to pay.
NEGRO CHARGED WITH
ATTACKING WHITE WOMAN
Tom Robinson Alleged to Have Made
Attack Within City Limits of Wil
mington.
Wilmington, Aug. 13 — UP) —Charg-
ed with attacking a young white wom
an within the city limits of Wilming
ton, Tom Robinson, negro janitor,
was arrested here today on a criminal
assault charge. Robinson, and Mor
ris Tindhle, negro held as a witness,
were rushed to Raleigh for safe keep
ing by Sheriff George C. Jackson.
The attack is said to have occur
red during a thunderstorm last night
in a vacant lot within a block of the
, James Walker Memorial Hospital,
where the young woman lias been em
ployed as a nurse for the past two
1 years.
t Robinson was arrested at his house
, by Sheriff Jackson, police chief Joe
’ Wayne and several deputies. After
[ considerable interrogation the wife of
, Robinson is said to have divulged a
number of details of the occurrence.
. She at first said she withheld the story
" because her husband threatened to
t kill her if she told.
■ American Will Organize Arctic Rein
deer Industry. ~~
I Seattle, Aug. 13.—W. T. Lopp,
i chief of the Alaska division of the
: United States bureau of education for
■ 31 years, left his home here this sum
-1 mer for Baffin Land, the Canadian
l island between Greenland and North
i America, to reorganize the reindeer
industry for the Hudson Bay Com
pany.
Until this year Lopp was in charge
» of reindeer throughout Alaksa._ In
* the winter of 189 G a party composed
' of Lieut. D. H. Jarvis, Lieut. E. B.
t Bertholf. Dr. S. J. Call and Lopp
; drove a small herd of reindeer 800
> miles to Point Barrow, Alaska, from
Cape Prince of Wales, on the east
si<je of Bering Strait, to relieve a
whaling fleet frozen in and starving.
l The first reindeer in Alaska were
* landed in 1892 at Teller, fifty miles
f from Cape Prince of Wales. Lapps
- were brought to Alaska to teach the
1 Indians and Eskimos how to care fpr
* the animals. The raising of rein
deer has become one of Alaska s larg
est industries.
) A polite man is one who listens
t with interest to things he knows all
-about when they are told by a person
who knows nothing about them.
Wizards and Goblins Parade
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Here is Imperial Wizard Hiram W. Evans, center, and his aides in'
silken robes leading the parade of Klansmeu down Pennsylvania avenue in
t "Washington, D. C.
Urges Greater Care With
All County Government
Governor McLean Tells Commissioners New System
of Managing County Affairs Is One of the Great
est Needs In State at This Time.
(By the Associated Press)
Blowing Rock, Aug. 13.—“ An anti
i quated system of county government,
as in State government, is largely re
i sponsible for the defects in adminis
* tration which exist in many coun
ties,’’ Governor McLean today told
i the North Carolina Association of
■ Couny Commissioners, in a written
■ message. “I regret it is impossible \
for me to appear before this body in *
; person,” lie wrote. “I deem it a |
privilege, however, as well as a pleas
: ure ’to accept the invitation to ad
> dress this message to your associa
. tion.” _
Governor McLean declared that his
. administration was earnestly trying
> to place the State government on a
sound business basis, “so flexible as
j to be adjustable to progress and hu
. man needs.” He urged reformation
: in county government in North Car
j olina.
“At the outset,” the governor wrote,
. “I desire to express to each member
i of the association my appreciation of
. the earnest efforts being made in a
number of counties to improve local
; government by increasing the value of
t the service- to- tbe people. *x x x x
Due to constantly increasing activi
ties and services which, each comity
government is now called on to per
. form, I am sure you will agree with
. me that the present system has be
come in n large measure inadequate
. and unadapted to present day needs.
. In many instances it lacks organized
; unity under definite and responsible
[ executive headship. There is some
i times duplication of effort and over
’ lapping duties, and an absence of prop
ier fiscal control. Such a Condition
is not the fault of the officials, most
j of whom are competent and faithful.
. It is the fault of a system that at
t one time was fairly adequate for the
needs of the day, but which now, un
: der the changed conditions, lias be
* come inadequate because of its fail
ure to meet "the demands made upon
it. Those who now hold county of
fices, as well as those of us who hold
State offices, have inherited this an
tiquated system. I think all of us
, agree that county government, no less
than State government, must be made
adequate for present day needs. The
confidence of the people in local gov
ernment must be maintained. I be
lieve that our future progress is de
pendent, to a large extent at least,
.’ upon the confidence which our citi
zenship has in government, and this
confidence will be secure only when
> the people realize that public funds
' are used in such away that every
dollar is accounted for and expended
‘ wisely in purchasing needed service
b for all the people. Our efforts have
? been directed of late to the task of
* placing the State government on a
' sound business basis, and it is not
> too much to say that good results
have been accomplished. The State
; government is a large unit, composed
j of the smaller units —the counties,
r The strength of the State then, in a
t large measure, rests upon the suc
i cessful .conduct of the affairs of the
. counties.
r “We are earnestly striving in North
> Carolina to place our State govern l
ment on a sound business basis, so
flexible as to be adjustable to prog
ress and human needs. I believe
this will inspire greater confidence in
; - L s
I Odd Fellows to Meet Next
Year in Furniture City
r
Charlotte. Aug. 12.—C. P. Burch
ette, of Winston-Salem, was elected
e grand patriarch of the grand eneamp
-11 ment of North Carolina. Independent
1 Order of Odd Fellows, this morning at
the final session of the 78th annual
P meeting here.
3
High Point was chosen as the place
J for the 192 G meeting to be held the
l third Tuesday in August.
:• Other officers elected at the sessions
e this morning were: I. H. Paris, of
s Raleigh; grand high priest; W. A.
8 Barbour, of Wilson, grand senior
e warden; J. R. Young, High Point.
r grand warden; L. W. Jeanneret. of
■ Asheville, grand high scribe (reelect
- ed) ; John E. Wood, Wilmington,
grand treasurer; M. P. Jennings, of
Elizabeth City, grand marshal, N. M.
s Fleming, of Charlotte, grand sentnel;
1 B. H. Cosby, Asheville, grand outer
a sentinel, and H. M. Ballard, of Ashe
* ville, grand representative.
and create greater respect for our
State government at home and at the 1
saule time conserve our credit, amy*
resources in such away that we can
continue ta expand our highway sys-J
tem, our schools, and other works of
public improvement generally. There
is a growing and insistent demand
that there shall be improvement in
j local government also,
j “We are expending annually twen-
I ty and in some instances a hundred
times more for schools, rbads, and
other public services than we expend
ed a generation ago, and in some
instances' our methods of expending
and accounting for public funds have
not improved or become properly
adapted to riie tremendously increased
volume of business that our counties
are carrying on today. We need to
study this condition and to make the
business method of government, both
State and local, the chief business of
our people, if we are to secure and
maintain that degree of confidence
which is absolutely necessary to en
able us to continue to progress.
“In order to bring about a reforma
tion in county government, there is
no-necessity, in my et>iniofi, for any
radical modification of our present
State laVs. These laws are adequate
to enable us to set up better stand
ards of county government and ad
just ourselves to them. Neither the
chief executive nor any department of
the State has any desire to interfere
with local government, nor to take
away any function that belongs to the
counties, but this is. an age of im
provement and progress and it is my
belief that by proper study and sym
pathetic co-operation with your coun
ty officials in discussing ways and
means we can help to bring about
needed reforms that will be of lasting
benefit to the people of our State,
and put North Carolina in the fore
front in the matter of conducting the
affaks of government wisely and ef
ficiently. For the purpose of con
sidering some plans to bring about the
result outlined, I desire especially to
have your opinion on- tjie6e ques
tions :
“1. Would it be helpful to the coun
ties, in your judgment, for me to ap
point a carefully selected commission
in county government to study condi
tions as they exist today, as well as
td what reforms or changes in admin
istration may be effected under pres
ent laws and under riie guidance and
authority of the county commission
ers, that would , improve local govern
ments?
“2. Could such a commission, by a
thorough study of the functions of
county government, be in a position
; to give you helpful suggestions that
would aid you in determining the best
methods of improving county govern
ment?
1 " “Many counties have already made
1 great progress in improving their
methods, and it seems to me- that
a commission, by studying the best
practices and observing the best func
' tions of a number of counties, might
1 be able to set up general standards
by which the officials of each county
1 may measure the efficiency of their
own county government. Such a
* service as this is what I have in mind
1 in suggesting a commission to study
(Continued on Page Two)
The morning and concluding ses
sion of the encampment was devoted
to a general discussion under the head
of “for the good of the order.” The
outstanding topic discussed was a pro
pospal for the building of an up-to
date swimming pool at the Odd Fel
lows orphanage at Goldsboro. It was
decided to start work on this project
some time next year.
This afternoon delegates here for
the meetting were given a ride over
the city. The encampment opened
yesterday afternoon with about 100
delegates in attendance.
• j. p. Roberts, white, driver for the
White Bus Line Company, today for
feited a S2OO bond when he failed to
appear in magistrate’s court to an
swer a charge of reckless driving.
Roberts was driver of a bus which
collided with a Ford car near New
ells last night, resulting in painful
injuries to Anthony Noos, trfcveling
man. _ jk. 4..JL
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
CONFESSED SLAYER: <i
BEING TAKEN BACK'
10 MISSOURI TOWN
m
Everett Adams, Confessed
Slayer of A. R. Clawson,.:
Will Be Tried for Murder
in Sedalia, Mo.
BODY OF CLAWSON
FOUND NEAR THERE
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Adams Was Arrested In |
Kansas But He Told Offi-1
cers General Location in >*
Which He Placed Body.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 13.—14*) J|
Everett Adams, 17 year old Wil
mington, Ohio, high school boy, the
confessed slayer of A. R. Clawson, '
school teacher of Lodi, N. Y., today i
was on his way to Sedalia, Mo., front (
Garden City. Kans., in custody of of
ficers. to answer a charge of first de- J
gree murder.
Hedalia is the seat of Pettis Conn- |
t.v. It was near Lamonte, in that
county, where the decomposed body of i
■ Clawson was found yesterday in a ;
! ditch where it. had lain since August
I Ist. Adams confessed he had put tbe
body there after he had shot
to death following an attempt to rob ,
him.
The boy’s confession was obtained
by the Garden City police, where lie .
had driven in Clawson’s coupe after
disposing of the body. Blood stains
on the car led to his arrest in the
Kansas town.
The confession followed a grilling .
by officers there when the license i
plate numbers on the car were check- I
ed, and it was found to have belong
ed to Clawson.
Adams said he was walking along
the road just west of Jefferson City,
Mo., when overtaken by Clawson who
gave him a lift.
Adams, nearly penniless, decided to
rob his benefactor. After riding an
hour Clawson alighted to remove his
coat and Adams produced a gun.
Clawson resisted. Then followed the
shooting and flight in the car. His
arrest and subsequent confession fol
lowed.
CHURCH PUBLICATION
BANISHES EVOLUTION
Nothing Concerning Much Discusaei I
Theory Will Appear in Re
corder Columns.
Raleigh, Aug. 12.—Evolution has
been banished from the eolumns of ,
The Biblical Recorder which opened
its pages to discussion a few weeks
ago and let the protagonists and the
antagonists fight it out.
The Recorder congratulates all dis
putants that they have been consid
erate of each other and have observed
the amenities from the start. There
has been no blackguarding. The evo
lutionists have been free from patron*
inzing the “ignorant” and the anti
evolutionists have not called anybody
infidels. The paper says that it is
receiving requests from every section
to discontinue the discussion and these ,
appeals come from people who have •
strong convictions but see no good
to come from agitation. Moreover,
they see a great deal of harm because
attention is taken from the conven- !
tion to the contention.
The Recorder tried it six weeks.
In that time it says it has had to
carry over much material and evan
gelistic meetings have been unchron
icled on account of the space *
A promise was made to one pastor to
print several of his atircles. If he ;
delays he is lost. Dr. Mullins is j
running a series which will be fin
ished but Itbe evolution battle is over. *
Editor Livvy Johnston after express- |
ing hrs happiness that there was no .
bitterness, says: “Let us give our* j
selves unreservedly to the promotion «
of things that are eternal and abid- »
ing”
Freneh-Npani-.il Junction Success..
Fez, Aug. 13. —(4*) —Information ■
reaching the intelligence department
of the French headquarters here
shows that the first results of tbe
junction of Spanish and French forces
in the north western part of tbe fight
ing front for combined action against
rebellious tribesmen were highly sat
isfactory. A profound impression has
been made on the dissident tribes who
have made it clear to their leader Ab
del Krim that they either will not
fight any more or they will not fight
outside their own territory.
Believing that the “elixir of youth”
may be obtained from the California
.redwood trees, an Oregon scientist
is now experimenting with the sap
to determine whether it will prolong
life.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
/ JL
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
probably local thundershowers.
NO. 11