North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME LI mm i'lean las ACCOUNT OF I I STEWARDSHIP ■jj; Legislators He Re- IJ.ards Budget System as k| rn>v\ nins: Achievement a {)i His Administration. ■trsT MESSAGE ■ TO STATE SOLONS ■hid Executive Says Im- H provement in County ■ Government Now Most H Important Matter. Tribune Bureau. ■ Sir Walter Hut el. |H}> a .. .7.in. .V-After explaining |H“,t-.-titii ihe eossful workings j ■ rL- > out ire budget system dur- I t’ l( > ;.a -1 two years, and urging ■ i,,. o.ntinueJ. Governor A. W. >, u in the cour-o of his biennial to tlie general assembly to «,r reeomtnended a num ■ new measures which in h.s he thought necessary for euntinued -progress of the state. ■ <llii; ti„. new measures advocated Mcl.ean an*: ■ Taxation reform. Apoiiitiuetit of a tax eomrais ■ („ <tudy the question of local ■> w i['u a view to a more uniform H; r m of local taxation. ■>. Enactment of legislation look* ■ toward an improved form of coun ■ government to eliminate waste ■l inefficiency. Authorization of a $710,000,000 ■id i>sue for state liighways. and |Hc!!neLit et legislation to provide ■ dlieir beautification. _ Authorization of an equalizn- H f un ,l of at least $71,000,000 a year the public schools of the State. \ EH; Enactment of a state fish and law . State supervision of weights |H rnc.iMires m an effective manner. Operator’s lieenso for motor ve and pis-v sion that all vehicles ■ highways must carry a light at whether motor or horse drawn. |Hi Envelopment of transportation ■’ilitiev. ,-.specially water tnuisportu ■n by means of inland waterway sys- H.i ■cter regulations in sale of v®ii*oms and more re* *..*■ t iota Hon ■ laws regarding concealed weapons. |HI Tic- isuhiiiisr- : «.n of a constitu- Hiij! ann-tidniciit providing for a re ■ >-iii of the judicial system with ade- Ho' lemporary legislation to pro- He relief in the interim. the question of taxation. taxes and needed improvements ■ the present system of government the last to he taken up by Gov* McLean in the course of h’s J the fact that he left the das- I «f theve matters until the close! ■ his address is taken as an indica- j that he undoubtedly considers B- 1 ' matters of utmost importance to State. \ ■>'" menticm ~r discussion of the bud ■ and fiscal affairs of the state is in this message, the Governor that he had purposely omit ■> these matters front the present 1 , since they will be diseussed |B a spiviul message to l>e delivered when the report of the advisory commission and the appropria !<ml rc-\ etiue lulls will be sflbmit ■ |B Although there wits nothing j*artic sturtling or new in the rnes- it Iwuc exidenee of much careful! prop'iim! study, with the welfare! stai,. as whole uppermost in the nt the Governor. The first part I |Bthe rnev-age. which deals almost ox- j vely with a review of the first! f s "f Governor McLean's ad- I ration, presents a most inclus- H" a,, ‘ < »unr of the workings of the measures enacted by the last and of the manner in the executive budget system H; is very warmly approv as was expected. (Strong approval, also given to the work of the - v and wage commission, and the MI u T ( ,f jijirdons. The Gov lmr recommended that tlie salary wage c.inimission be continued as since : t bad by no means nip let,, d j,,s work. Hi- also asked tie- act creating the commission- H lindens and paroles be contip- R l ' ' u ' !v present form. lie suggested B ’Ed ue sky, Law” be >gbtly to permit the sale of subject to registration un ■” r lll '' act. (ontinuafion of the pub- H,'. h.-alth program was also urged. . llilX ' r * iUl, ' , ‘ °T the continuance of K <d*tfie department of agricul the lines of agricultural ■'“T 1 " 11 , with a view to greater di- was also stressed. H " discussing; the question of law - "re,Governor McLean said H!'' "• '•cd ~f the state had been M r oving, especially with & ■” ti,r abolition of lynchings - However, the bom* j Ol, '’ , 'H much too high, and r " rt '^ uco this he advocated B ]c '‘ r •tiGnsures. xvith regard to the ■l-,,!'. 1 vu ‘ v weajxms and heavier Hiws K 't ! : . t,r - is< ' violate these ■ - n this same connection, be a 'lx• o-atvrj the enactment of a the licensing of auto- Ki! view of the mouut ; «V‘* r " l casualties from auto- "*■ on the hightx-ays. B; ,h'* a- most effective means ■-ho - ta,l ' r -. ,Uin £ tjie drunken drivers, j:. '' u ' ttlo greatest menaces r'; 1 ' ~roP erty. Thus if all _ ot am,.mobiles were to be li- H Turn to Page Three) THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Y/tar, Strictly in Advance. ILEGISUTORS GET 001 TO WORK IN 1 EARNEST TODAY ■(Bill Introduced in Senate ? j to Require All Vehicles 17 to Be Equipped With J Lights Used at Night. THE 1d25 SENATE RULES ADOPTED _i * 1 T Members of Both Houses Seem Determined to Make the Session One of Most Important. Raleigh, Jan. 0. —04*)—Members of the State General Assembly began to day to take to their work seriously, j They flocked to the House and Sen- I ate abit earlier this morning. 7>ont upon making the session one of most important in history. The bill that would require all ve hicles to be equipped with lights when traveling at night was introduc ed by Senator Johnson, of Duplin, caused further discussion. A similar bill was introduced at. the lf>2s ses sion and though discussed at length it was finally defeated. The 1027 bill may have more supporters. It has been referred to the judiciary commit tee No. -2. Senator Rivers, of Johnson, chairman. Senate rules in vogue at the I02f» session of that body were used for de liberations. The senate voted to make no change in its rules. Senator Long, of Halifax County, was the chairman of the committee named by Lieuten ant Governor Long to draw up rules for 1927. Chairmen of the big senate commit tees including Senators .Clayton, of Moore, on Judiciary No. 1; Rivers. Johnson, Judiciary No. 2; Senator P. 11. Williams, appropriations; Walter H. Woodwon, finance; and A. E. Woltz, education, got down to work to day in earnest. Bills in the Senatf. The following bills'were introduced in the Senate: By Long: To inform Governor Mc- Lean that the Oeneral Assembly is organised and teady to proceed wit'a business. By Williams: To invite Governor McLeAn to read hie biennial message Isy jobfoon : A We a prMecb human life by requiring' all vehicles operated or driven upon public highways of the state to carry lights at night. Much like the first, the second day's session of the House was devoted i strictly to business, but it was of a more spectacular nature. After only half an hour’s meeting, the House adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. T.ie economy theme was thrown to • the fore by Representative Moser, of j Randolph, chairman of the committee! jon rules. He moved adoption of the I same rules as governed the House in 1923. Before he could draw a sec ond, Representative Winston, Bertie, was up with an amendment to section 01, which would limit employment of clerical help. In a routing speech he told the House that he had pledged no jobs, and t*ant he did not believe NEW ERA PREDICTED IN ROAD BUILDING Upham Predicts We Will Have 55,000 Miles of New Roads. Ra'.elgb, Jan. o.—C4*)—Prediction that starting in 1927, 55.000 miles of new roadway systems ranging from j twenty to more than 200 feet wide | will spread themselves over the United States, was made by Gharles M. Up i ham, former state highway engineer I upon leaving for Chicago where he | will supervise the 24th annual road convention and machinery show Jan uary 10-15. •*A new era of prosperity in the United States will follow the conatruc i tioli of an efficient and modern high way system,” he said. “These high ways will enhance the value of rural ands alone more than $2,400,000,000, and besides Will give the United States millions of dollars annually iu reduced congestion. “At present there arc in this coun try twenty million automobiles, which is one for every seven persons. In California one man in three owns a machine. As a result that state one df the most modern highway sys tems in th£ world. In twenty years jt is possible that there will be 50,- 000,000 cars in the United States — one for every three persona. As a resu.t the present highway systems must be increased and many methods will be revolutionized," he said. New Yorkers to Talk to London For Mere $75.00. New York, Jan. 4. — New Yorkers who want to be among the first to telephone by radio to Londoners are to be given a chance to “avoid the rush” for the $75 conversations. Communication will be inaugurat ed at 8.30 o’clock Friday morning but calls will be accepted beginning at 8:30 tomorrow morning on a “first come” beeis. The service will be available be ■ tween 8 a. m. and 1 p. m., New York time, which is 1:30 p- m., to 6 p. m., London time. Hearing on Risberg Charges Post poned. i Chicago, Jan. 5. —OP) —The hearing , of the charges made by Charles A. “Swede” Risberg. accusing the White i Sox and the Tigers of a crooked series l In 1917, was postponed today until • 1:30 p. m., due to the failure of Ris berg to appear. Grief Torn J •'ox 7g || !jjj£7p MM I^l I ' ■ Bs-C- . mjl Here are the sorrowing par ents of six-year-old Walter Sehmith who was slain by Harold Croarkin in Chicago's latest brutal murder. (launutiflul ”—tt—H THE COTTON YLYRKET | Opened at a Decline of Prom 1 to $ Points.—Hedging and Liquidation in Liverpool. New Yorg, Jan. 6.—o4^—The cot ton market opened steady today a at a decline of 1 to 6 points under sell ing which appeared to be inspired by rather easier Liverpool cables and re ports oU continued good weather in the Hnuth. jndi< ; pl!™ihgvv«S’’makEug progressTn twins ' parts of the belt, and there was com ment to the effect that if weather conditions continued favorable gin ning returns to January 16th might exceed recent expectations. Offerings were comparatively light, however, and some trade buying was rei>orted on the decline to 12.72 for March and 13.09 for July, or about S to 10 points below yesterday’s closing quotations; v Private cables said there had been | hedging and liquidation in Liverpool, but there was good business in cotton cloths for shipment to Calcutta and an improved turnover in yarns. Cotton futures opened steady: Jan. 12.61; March 12.76; May 12.95; July 13.12; <X-t. 13.29. PROPOSE BILL TO TAX KILOWAT CONSUMPTION Proposal Calculated to Stand Power Companies on Their Heads. Raleigh, Jan. 4. —Preparation of a bill designed to raise revenue from tax on kilwatt consumption of elec tricity is standing the power com panies on their heads ami from one of the western counties \yh”re the compunies kilowatt to kill, the hill will be offered. The features are being drafted now. What they will contain is not ready for publication, but the bill will not> be unlike others that have been presented. The author of this suggestion is George Itoss, but Mr. Ross is not a member of the house. He has been interviewed on the sub ject more thun once . A western legislator will make the offering. And there will be the grandest lobby that ever panieky period pro ducer!. The proposed tax; is an in direct device which the consumer will pay. It i« making great headway iu the.state. ** •• • ■ 4 t ~ Getting Gunsliy of Flappers. (By International News Service) Anniston, Ala.. Jan. o.—Shieks, .cake-eaters and other exponents of the “pefcttng party’* have suddenly be come “gun-shy’' of t'he flappers in this section. One youth is convalescing from the effects of two broken ribs which, he alleges, were sustained in the arms of a fair maiden on a “petting party”. The physician who administered med ical aid to the boy refused to disclose the names of the parties involved or even the name of the “scrapping flap per’!, so the boys aren’t taking chances with any of them, it is said. Effort to Avoid Forecloses on Cot ton Farmers. Washington, Jan. 6.—C4 5 )—In an effort to avoid foreclosures on cotton farmers for failure to pay the full amount of loans borrowed last year through the federal intermediate cred it banks, Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia, today called on the Fed eral Farm Loan beard for Information . on its foreclosure policy. r Death of Mrs. Franz. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 6.—14*) » Mrs. -Gora R. Franz, past most wor i thy grand matron of the General l Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern . Star, died of pneumonia at her home here today. CONCORD, N. C., JANUARY 6, 1927 Governor McLean Says He Has No Thoug ht of Turning Back Raleigh,. N. <T, Jan. 6. — C4*)- • Midstream, Governor McLean ind enfett last night that he had no ii ► tent ion of turning back. •, j I His biennial rtm-sage. delivered t the General Afsenbbl.v in joint cO sion. reviewed the first two years * his administration arid made reciui fnendations for the last two. It was the Governor's'second ■Mill Inst general legislative message, .anl its contents covered an epoch n 1 North Carolina history. Resume of progress under radi B governmental departures instjtutJ by him in 1925, re •ommendatifl* that they b<* continued in effect dull ing the coming biennium, and »*n| posul that other “radical” legislatiaA be adoftted featured the menage, f “With the convening of this Gear eral Assembly, one-half of my teraf as Governor as expired. I rouw f* give an account of my stewardship* he sahl. launching into the body qE his message. He explaine<l briefly the change* economic r v »nditionri w'hidi he com sidered made chnngeil forms of gow ernment necessary. He told of thf e,<tahlishment of the Executive Bud? get, the Salary and Wage commit sion and other innovation* spotaeorv ed by him arid created by the 1924 assembly. He said these things were stop* toward bringing the Ktnte to living within its income, not, he empha sized, to bring about drastic re trenchment to retard material projp ress. Starling with the Executive Bud get, he pointed out it* wori ing«, and asked its continuation along with the Salary and Wage romniti sion and the Pardon commissioner j On the matter of eight uioiifh* school, a moot question throughout the state for many .months, lie wa* silent, but told the assembly thas j soon it would have before it for eo«v sideration the report of the Educa tional commission, which has making an exhaustive study of thd project. Another com mission report was not completed in time for its recom mendations to be touched upon in th* message. That is the findings of the Transportation «omin v ission, but sub ject of right-of-ways for iuland waterways was covered by the uov ernor. Both reports, replete with detail, are expected to be submitted later ill the session and fornj the basis of im portant legislation. Amendment of the Oapita} Issues FOLLOW .SLOGAN, L . . - BACK TO SCBOOC.- Says John A. Park, of the Raleigh Times, in Address at Newspaper Institute. Gbape. Hill, Jan. C.—C4*) —Every newspaper executive and department head m the Tar Heel state should follow the slogan “Back to School" this week. John A. Park, publisher of The Ral eigh Times, president of the South ern Newspaper Publishers Assocla: tion, and Associated Press members, so deciaredxlast night. His address was delivered at the third annual Press Institute held under auspices of the North Carolina Pres* Association and the extension division of the Uni versity of North Carolina. Mr. Park outlined plans for con- 1 ducting training schools for newspa per workers in the eiitire territory of fourteen states embraced by the or ganization of publishers which he heads. Round table discussions by six groups embracing the major depart ments of news, advertising, circula tion,- mechanical accounting and ex ecutive. will be conducted during the next two days. Two hours of the institute program each day is to be devoted to these conferences for daily newspapers while similar conferences for weekly paper* are in session. Some 200 department heads and representatives of the forty North Carolina dailies hnve been assigned specific topics and reports of these discussions will, be recorded for the benefit of all state members. • Charles. A. \Vebb, puDilsber of the A«heville Citizen, and state director of the Soutlfern Association as general chairman of the study groups, func tioned. Mr.- Park’s remarks were, iu part, as follows: “It has been said that the greatest of human tra&edie's is that life which leaves no other record of Its existence except the pnstdng of years. “The great newspaper tragedy of modern times may, fn one community, be I a shiftless, 'spineless sheet with no claim for tolerance except the mo nopoly of its fieVl. In another sec tion the tragedy may be self-inflicted by an imposter that aims to supplant its established predecessors. “Again, the modern fiewspaper trag edy may be t'ae simple, dry rot of mediocrity as the penalty for failure to join the procession of progress, “It is the lethargy of the status quo which meetings like these should counteract and prohibit. If the dis cussion* here do nothing more than dissolve tendencies toward inertia, they will not have been in vain. “Any meeting here on the campus of North Carolina’s great state univer sity is in itself an inspiration. In struction here seems quite the natural thing; knowledge is rampant, culture inevitable. This contact of open mind ed person* imbued with the desire to study newspaper making should prove helpful in proportion to the ex tent of participation and the determi nation to follow the leader in success ful getivittes. “There is nothing new about the ‘back to school’ movement. There are farmers* institutes, doctors’ clin ics, salesmen’s training schools, exec utives’ conferences— perhaps as many Blue Sky laws was recommended and a law to prevent fraudulent deal Mgs in real estate proposed. Radical suggest ions for judicial re form were made in that the Superior court system ho taken from under eoastUutiofial jurisdiction arid placed under the Supreme court as mean* toward remedying present apparent cvl!s. Agricultural diversification, more stringent “pistol-toting” Laws state wide game lawn, state-wide weights and measures law*. $30,000,000 highway bnd issue and drivers' li <-ens<*. local and county government and local tax reforms were all recom mended. Leading the long list of recom mendations wa* the executive budget system. It wo* enacted into law at the 1925 general assembly at the Governor’s recommendation. By it the Governor became the business head of the state in much the same manner as an executive orrect* the dcstinie* of private corporations. Governor McLean described thp act as perhaps the most important measure enacted Into law by the General Assembly of 1925." .He dec’nred the system has been femarkably successful, and was a natural result of changed financial conditions, ne cited use of the sys tem for over 200 years in England and its more recent adoption by the Federal government and many states of the Union. . t He said that he would touch much more definitely on this point in his budget report, to be delivered Friday or Monday, and that it would be the first complete budget ever presented to the General Assembly of North Carolina. Governor McLean touched briefly upon acts supplementing the execu tive budget act, which revolutionized parts of state governmental proceed nrc. He stressed t'he provision which required daily deposit of state fund*, ban on issue of stato bonds except for permanent and useful improve ments, and provision for their amortization within the life-time of the improvement, for which the bonds were issucd.and provision for investment of sinking funds. The Salary and Wage, Commission, also one ofthe Governor’s pet legisla tive enactments, wa* taken up next. “Antagonism in the city of Ral eigh has largely subsided now’ thnt state employes and their families have come to realize the wisdom and justice of the measure,” he said. gaHieriugs as there are professions. * “The business world continues to demand specially trained workers. If lifwsptper running be classed as a business operation, and indeed it is that if nothing else, the success and general progress of the newspaper in dustry is almost wholly dependent on personnel selection and training. “There Is a rule iu some establish ments that only experienced workers are to be employed. The better plan, now in force by many newsfwpers ami other enterprises, fills important po sitions by advancement of workers up ward from the rank*. ’* “A successful publisher recently said that he had done his last ‘im porting.’ He selects his department heads and executives from his own ranks and not by disrupting other or ganizations and taking chances on the possibilities of strangers fitting into bis places. Surely, the plan of ad vancing workers to more important and more lucrative position is far preferable to the uncertainties of fre quent labor turnover. “Ilrtw then, may an ambitious and alert newspaper with suitable physical equipment be assured of continuous and effective advancement and certain ty of profits? There can be no more definite and positive plan under any conditions than that of personnel training. “The success of any group of work ers can be duplicated under similar circumstances by some other group with equivalent knowledge and train ing. The magic of success is noth ing more than the product of skilled hands and trained minds. It is not to those who wait for success that it comes, but to those who prepare for it.” Death of J. M. Hill at Lenoir. Lenoir, Jan. 6.— UP) —J. M. Hill, former manager of tbe Charlotte branch of the-,Standard Oil Company and well known as an educator and bqainess man over the Carolinas, died here today. ; He had been ill ' for many weeks. I ’ ,j Mjr. Hill retired from active busir ness ten years ago! He spent most of, his time traveling. He came here when his health failed during the past summer. He is survived by his widow, a sis ter, Mrs W. P. Bynum, of Greeps boro, and a daughter. Mrs. Arthur Black, of Columbus, Ga. “Miss Nobody” at the Concord Thea tre. , The Concord Theatre is showing to day and Friday “Miss Nobody,” with Xnna Q. Nrlssoir in tbe leading role. This story was published serially in The Tribune some time ago and was greatly enjoyed by our readers. The Concofd is also showing today shots from the Alabama-Stanford Football game played in California on New Year’s Day. “Come to England for Fox Hunt ing”. is the new slogan of the British government to attract winter visi tors- Americans are invited to ride — and fall—with the Prince of Wale*. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and colder-tonight and Friday. Freeh west, shifting to northwest and j north winds. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher . SIX HIORE VESSELS i ARE ORDERED TQ ! NICARAGUA TODAY ■ • . J ' , t&c, mm, ... I They Will Carry an Expe- i I V ditionary Force of 4,000! Marines.—Will Report to! »j Rear Admiral Latimer. ' i TWO DESTROYERS LEFT YESTERDAY j is to Enable) Admiral Latimer to Pro tect American Lives and Property in Nicaragua, j Washington, Jan. o.—OP)—Six ad ditional naval vessels have been or-> dered to Nicaragua, carrying an ex peditionary force of 400 marines. 1 The ships are: the cruisers Cincin nati and Marblehead, the destroyers Barker, Smith-Thompson and Os borne ; and the submarine tender Ar gonne. They will report to Rear Admiral Latimer, in command of the American forces in Nicaraguan waters, for such disposition as conditions warrant. Two other destroyers left Norfolk yes terday. and although they were to re place two other ships of their type, ' they doubtless will be used temporari ly to increase the total . American naval strength available to Admiral Latimer. The navy department said the pur pose of the dispatch of additional I troops and ships was to enable Ad miral Latimer to “thoroughly protect” American lives and property in the war-torn Central American country. With Our Advertisers. All kinds of blank books at the Kid-Frix Co’s. See new ad. today for a partial list. S. W. Preslar has the watch you need. See him at Cline’s Pharmacy. Don’t order enlarged photographs from a traveling agent. See Boyd W. Cox. Prices greatly reduced on artificial flowers at Cline’s Pharmacy. Go and look at one of the beauti ful bedroom suites at the Bell-Hafris Furniture Company. Price* on the Whippett car have been reduced, and now run from $625 to $725. See ad. of Corl Motor Go. ?• Phone 630. Advanced spring styles in hats are ! ready at the Richmond-Flowe Com pany. t Choice meat* at the Sanitary Groc ery Company. Phone 676 and 686. Schloss Bos. clothing, Stetson and Sehob’.e hats. Cooper's unionsuits, , Manhattan and Berger shirts at Hoover's. A new quarter in the savings de ‘ partment at the Citizens Bank and Trust Company began January Ist. All deposits made before January 10th will draw interest at 6 per cent, from January Ist. You will find at Robinson’s tjie greatest storewide reductions in the history of this store. The G. A. Moser Shoe Store, for merly the Markson 'Shoe Store, yrill have a Change of Ownership Sale be ginning Friday, January 7th, and con tinuing through January 29th. A pair of ladies’ silk hose will be given free with every pair of ladies’ slippers size 3 sold. Every shoe in t&e house will be on sale and the price will be right. See three-column ad. on page seven. Tbe Indians "are coming! Don’t fail to see them in “The Flaming Frontigr.” 'Chief Little Otter and Princess Yellow* Bird will appear cu person at the Pastime Theatre today tomorrow and Saturday. They are real Indians who take part in “The “Flaming Frontier, Thursday, Fri -1 day and Saturday. Bob’s Dry Cleaning Company wati-iie* the work sent out from start to finish. One 50-eent tooth brush and' one 50-eent tube of toothpaste, both for ■ 39 cents at Cline's Pharmacy. First Southwide Baptist Sunday School Conference. [ Memphis, Tenn. Jan. 6. — (INS) — , Sponsored by the Sunday School I Board of the, Southern Baptist Con- I vention, the first southwide Baptist . Sunday School conference will be held here January 18-21. It Is estimated that, at least' 3.500 persons from out ! side of Memphis will attend. Half of the conference will bo de voted to inspirational sessions to be 1 outstanding speakers and the other half to deprtmental conferences. To Advertise Virginia Roads. Richmond, Va. Jan. 6.—(INS) — assisted by the Virginia State Cham ber of Commerce, the State Highway Commission will begin on January 10, the advertising campaing to put ' the highways of Virginia before the 1 e yes of the road builders of the ' nation. Plans have been made to 1 issue literature and souvenirs. * The Virginia State Highway Com mission is said to be one of the largest j bodies of its kind in the world. Thompson Guns. New Orleans, La. Jan. 6. (INS) — - Following the introduction here in i recent holdups of the machine gun, - famous “Chicago weapon,” police have - announced that shortly tbe New Orleans police force will have in their possession for use in fighting bandits, : four Thompson machine guns, capable of firing 300 .45 calibre bullets each per minute. The Thompson guns will be used i in combating gunmen, highwaymen, and payroll holdups, the police say. FIRE AT LENOIR- >' RHYNE COllf n > CAUSES Bid tOSS j ' t - V ■ - Administration Building ! Practically Destroyed, ! Entailing Loss Amount s ing to $75,000 or SIOO,OOO [ ORIGINATED FROM j UNKNOWN SOURCE ) Entire Library, Valued at $20,000, Was Destroyed. —Building Was Partial- I ly Covered by Insurance. Hickory, Jan. G.— o4 s ) origi nating from an unknown source swept the udmin : stration building of ) Lcnoir-Rhyne College at an early hour this morning, and practically leveled it to the ground. Early estimates are that the loss will amount to $75,000,- or SIOO,OOO in actual damages. The entire library, valued at more than $20,000, was totally destroyed. Tre President's office, and‘library, the auditorium, the college store, two class rooms, and a literary society had were all wrecked. The administration bnilding was the oldest and most beautiful iu the col lege group. The building was partly covered by Officials spent the morning search ing for some clue as to the origin of the blaze. It is thought to have start ed in the library which is in the South wing of the administration. Many of the students had just arrived from the Christmas vacation yesterday and when the blaze reached its height sev eral of them threw' trunks and clothes from dormitory windows^ The south side of the building where the fire did the most damhge was the wing containing the president's office, the college auditorium and the library, the most valuable parts of the building. President, H. Brent Shaeffer an nounced this morning that he expect ed to start a program for rebuilding immediately. Classes were being held today as usual, but those which should have been held in the administration build ing were being held in other parts of the college. There were no in juries nt the fire. ...... ....-t —: —: —sett. NEWSPAPER IrWWItTTE ■ ■ •f Remarks Made at Opening by Presi dent Honeycutt. Chapel Hill, Jan. 6.—President A. C. Honeycutt, of the Stanly News- Herald, Albemarle, and of the North Carolina Press Association, last night welcomed the state’s newspapermen ns “panegryisfs of the glory of Old North Carolina.” The occasion was the opening of the third Newspaper Institute here, under auspices of the State Press As sociation. the Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association and the Uni versity of Norrti Carolina. * “We are here to better prepare our selves for the fight ahead of us, the fight against the many enemies which daily strive against the things we hold dearest, the enemies of liberty, of happiness, progress, such as disease, ignorance, vice and corruption in of fice. “Ours is the duty to champion the cause of our country and our fel lows, and our privilege is to nec ns Pile panegyrists of the glory of Old North Carolina and her p«*ople. “If is our business to record the history of this great state day by day and that's the biggest job I know. “This state has long been too want ing in writers big enough to tell of the glorious deeds of our people. “Alexander the Great, when stand ing at the grave of Achilles, said: ‘O happy youth, to find Homer as the panegyrist of your glory!’ And be said the truth: for if the Iliad had j not existed, the same tomb whi,ch cov ered his body W’ould have also buried his renown. “So let us as the panegyrists of North Carolina's glory, take courage and get down to the work for which we have assembled here, that if may be said of our state, ‘O happy North Carolina, to find such a fine lot of panegyrists of our glory.” FATHER OF 34 CALLS AT THE WHITE HOUSE I Reuben Bland Calls on the President. —Say’s He Is in Perfect Health. Washington, Jan. 6.—( A *)—A fath er of 34 children called at the White House and was received by President Coolidge with a smiling face. Reuben Brand, of Robertsonville, N. C., iu Washington on his third trip away from home, called on Pres ident Coolidge to remove from the President’s mind the impression that Leander Gentle, of Georgia, who called some time ago at the White House and boasted of his twenty-eight children, had set a record in tfis matter of fatherhood. President Coolidge appeared de lighted at the call, and laughingly told the North Carolinian that he ought to be thankful for all his blessings. Mr. Bland declared himself in per fect health despite his 72 years. A portrait of King James'l, carved on a plum stone encased in a crystal and framed in gold, has been pres ented to the Chapter of Southwark Cathedral. Nothing upsets a man more than to have someone try to cheer him up when he is feeling nice and s >rry for himself. A STRIAE VOTE IS . utii TAKEN BY TRAIN EMPLOYEES | • - | Os Railroads in Southeast ern Territory, Including Seaboard Cosat Line and the Worfolk & WesteriC ORDER MAILED DECEMBER 23RD Full List of Roads Included Ballote Being Cast at Re* quest of Executive Com* mitttes of Organizations. Richmond. Jan. G.— UP) —The Rich mond News-Leader today says a strike vote "is being taken by conductors, trainmen and yardmen of the Chesa peake & Ohio Railroad,' the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk & Western, the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Po tomac, the Seaboard Air Line ab 4 other railroads of the southeastern ter ritory. The newspaper says the men are being asked to “vote as to whether at not they will remnin in the service of of the employers unless a satisfactory agreement can be obtained which is agreeable to the general chairmen apd executive officers of the organiza tions.” The ballots are being cast n$ the request of the executive commit tee of the organizations with the ap proval of L. E. Shepard, president of the order of Railroad Conductors, and W. G. Lee, president of the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen. Other affected by the vote are: The Atlafisa & West Point road, the Atlanta Joint Terminal# Central of Georgia Railroad Company, Charleston & Western Carolina Rail road Company; Clinehfield Railroad Company, Florida East Coast Rail road, Georgia Railroad, Gulf Mobile UP) Northern Railroad Company, Jack sonville Terminal Company, Louisville Henderson & St. Louis Railroad Com pany, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Loui« Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railroad, Tennessee Central Railroad, Western Railroad of Alabama and Winston- Salem Southbound Railroad. The order of the strike vote was mailed from Washington on December ■ -asnt- htst - —sesH Lee Confirms Report. Cleveland, 0., Jan. G.—William (1. Lee. president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, today confirmed the report that conductors, trainmen and yardmen of railroads in the south eastern territory are taking a strike vote. % Southern Not Mentioned. Washington. Jan. G.— (JP) —The Southern Railway' is not mentioned among those roads of the southeast, on which trainmen strike votes have been ordered. It is understood the Southern’s contract with the train men does not expire until March tut. Wage Increase Declined by A. C. L. and Other Roads. Wilmington, N. C.. Jan! 6, — UP)— Officials of the local brotherhood of railway trainmen and conductors un ion said today that a committee’ repre senting these unions left yesterday for “somewhere in Florida” to meet with W. N. Doak, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and chairman of the general commit tees of the two unions, to discuss the strike vote and wage iucroa.se sought by the two unions, which thus far it i*i said to have been declined by tbp Atlantie Const Line ahd other rail roads. Local union officials have been ad vised that the vote was to be taken at once, they said. \ r—; 7* . I ' SEES ONLY GOOD BUSINESS' FOR FUTURE -i Business, Financial and Economic in States of South is Soamk Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 6.—(lNH)—‘Our greatest days are ahead.” “I cau see nothing but good busi ness. peace and plenty for the future. The business, financial and economic status of the entire South is sound,” The head of an organization which embraces 14 establishments in 13 Hou.- thern cities, from Atlanta to. Charles ton oij the East and to Fort Worth on the West. J. J. Haverty, well known furniture dealer, makes these statements in expressing hjs confi dence in the future of the South. ~ “We have just completed the beat year in the history of our organize-. tion. covering a period of 41 year*,” he declared. “We enter the new year with no cloud on the business horizon and confidently expect to be our ban ner year.” “Industries iu the South are all ac tive and labor is fully employed. We have goods to be wild and the world is buying them,” he continued. “We have produced the largest cotton crop in history, and, while the price has | not been as high as it probably should have been, still I do not believe it has hurt the South. have raised large diversified crops. The low price of cotton will harm no one. We have weathered every storm, and always have emerged a greater, stronger and more indei>eudent section than ever.” “There is nothing but progress for business and individuals in the South, so long as everyone works, has con fidence and faith.” “Our greatest days are ahead.” British air lines are to fly an en sign, which will be specially desighed as the flag of Britain’s air fleet, juot as the red ensign is the flag of the merchantile marine. NO. 54