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PAGE FOUR THE CONCORD TIMES PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Entered as second class mail matter at the post j office at Concord, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. > J. B. SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher W. M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor Special Representative: FROST. LANDIS & KOHN New York. Atlanta, St. Louis, Kansas City. , - San Francisco. Los Angelee and Seattle —■— ii i " 1 j. ■■'i'jjiiJ l ”" RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN CHINA. The Associated Press has reported that the fall of Shanghai was signal for dem onstrations of rejoicing in many parts of Russia. To the New York Times Wal ter’ Duranty sent a wireless to say that ‘‘Moscow, thrilled by the fall of Shang ’ hai, has recaptured its old revolutionary enthusiasm.” In the square adjoining the Kremlin a crowd of from five to ten thousand persons, carrying streamers ap propriate to the victory, waited addition al news, heard addresses, formed a pa- I! rade. “Hundreds of enthusiastic com munists gathered before Sun-yat-sen uni versity, and gave the Chinese students an ovation. They even caught some of them ; yp and) carried them through the streets.” j ‘Nobody knows the extent of the Rus-j , sian influence on the nationalist move- j ment in China. The point has been in dispute for months and will remain so, primarily because it is so difficult to get . bpot news from the Chinese war center. ■ . That the Soviets have been active in China can hardly be denied; that sia has sought the good will of the Chi c nese also cannot be denied. What is be hind this endeavor tp please the national ist leaders is another problem difficult to solve. Do the Russians hope to benefit themselves or are they just interested in i the downfall of any imperialistic gov ernment ? Those persons who favor old conditions ; : in China look upon any change as a bol- 1 shevist movement. They would look up • on a Republican form of government such ; as we have in the United States as a movement based upon the policies of bol r shevism. In the particular case of China now they point out that Karakliam, for mer soviet ambassador to Peking, and Michael Borodin, called advisor to the Cantonese armies, have played important parts in the Cantonese victories. • Furthermore they charge that scores of Russian agents have been “boring from within” and that these have been as ef fective in destroying the old order of things as have the armed Cantonese un der the leadership of the Russian military leaders. Russia some years ago gave up all ex- j tra-territorial rights in China and other • wise sought to get into the good graces of the more powerful factions. While the soviets* were doing this, for which they r were given recognition by the national , ists, other nations were holding on to j what they had, some even going so far as to seek further power. The Soviets have played for the favor of the Chinese and no doubt their efforts j will bring results. No one knows just; what the full effect of the soviet influence will be but no one can deny that the in fluence is there and must be~reckoned .with. ... ' > RECLAIMING LANDS IN THE SOUTH. The practicability of reclamation of • arid, swamp, and cut-over timber lands in six southern states was upheld in a re ,-port to Congress by a special board of ad visors. The first report dealth specifically with ~tlie states of North and South Carolina. "Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Ten nessee, and was drafted by Howard El . liott, chairman of the Northern Pacific : Railway Company; Daniel C. Roper, former commissioner of internal revemjsu.; and George Soule, a director of the nat ional economic research bureau, who ; were appointed to carry out the survey which congress authorized several years ago. The six states' report held that “every sign indicates that the South is ready to welcome” and take advantage of the! right kind of reclamation colonization, and recommended that experimental or ' demonstration colonies should be cstab-1 lished as an initial step in the reclamation undertaking. The report made no sug- j gestion as to an appropriation by con- j gress for the work but gave a comprehen sive review of the soil, climate, and other conditions that would enter into the pro posed work. The report entered into a thorough dis cussion of settlement areas at Pembroke, N. C.; Mount Holly, South Carolina; Al bany, Ga.; Selma, Ala.; Hattiesburg, and in Maryland and Tennessee. f'The South js facing agricultural diffi culties,” it said, ‘‘which represented one phase of the nation’s prob lem. This problem includes low prices of agricultural products,'increase of 'mortgage debt and tenancy, drift of pop ulation to the .cities— especially for the | {young and vigorous—and depletion of ’ soil fertility. ■ | “Conditions of the southeast favorable to agriculture include long growing sea son, adequate rainfall, fertile soils, or soils highly productive if adequately fer tilized, nearly flat or gently rolling land, nearness to markets, good transportation facilities and low land values. “The values have not been adequately utilized on account of the one-crop sys | teift, large <icreage~per farm, absentee I ownership, prevalence of tenancy, drift |of population from the land, abandon ment of farms, impoverishment of the ! soil f shortage of local food crops, lack of : self-sustaining farms, inadequate market , ing facilities and diversified agriculture, ! and unattractive rural environment.” ! The three advisors reported that areas ; inspected were chosen by state authori ties as typical of the opportunities in the South for reclamation work. REPUBLICAN ECONOMY? Appropriations made at the session of the Congress just over amount to $4,- 1211,201,270, according to a statement of | William B. Madden, Republican Chair man of the House Appropriations Com j mittee. That is almost four times the total for ! the fiscal year 1910, in the Wilson Admin istration, which was $1,114,191,000, as shown on page 150 of the Statistical Ab- I stract of the United States for 1924, pub lished by the United States Department of Commerce. And appropriations by th'e last session of Congress would have been $135,214,- 700 more had the filibuster in the Senate not resulted in defeat of the second defic iency and priority public buildings bills. At that, as pointed out by Mr. Madden, : and by Representative Bvrns, ranking | Democratic member of the House Appro -1 priations Committee, appropriations were | less .than the President's budget recom fmendations called for. Os course, nobody should expect ap propriations to be no greater now than they were before the world war, but af ter deducting all the large items caused hy that war, after deducting the amounts appropriated for tax refunds, prohibition enforcement, co-operative road building and forest reserve roads—items that have practically all come into the budget since 1910—appropriations arc still double what they were for 1910, though it is nearly nine years since the armistice, a sufficient time, it would appear, to get back near a state of normalcy. So appropriations by the last session j of the Congress, after net deduction of nearly two billions' for World War and other new items appearing after 1910, were $2,213,904,710, as against $1,114,- 491,000 for all appropriations of 1916 — twice as big for 1928, after enormous de | ductions, as the total for 1910, and about four times as big in actual amount au thorized to be spent. Coolidge economy is “Constructive” and vociferous. It requires budgetary in genuity to “construe” a twofold and four fold increase in appropriations as a sav ing. CRIME IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. l From World’s Work for March we learn that no less than 25 prisons in Eng land have gone out of business since 1914 because they were not needed. “The re duction in Great Britain’s prison popula tion which has come about in recent years is startling and almost unbelieva ble.'’ says World’s Work in commenting on the ftict that many English prisoiis-are being closed because they are not needed. To Americans such a condition must be “startling” and almost “unbelievable,” indeed, for here our prison population is rapidly increasing. While Great Britain is emptying her prisons we are crowding ! ours. Fifty years ago in Great Britain 20,000 persons were in local prisons, today there are only 8,000. Fifty years ago 10,- 000 persons were in prisons at penal ser vitude (the equivalent of our state pris ons). Today there are only 1,000. Con trast this with 0,500 in New York State, alone. Fifty years ago there were 113 I local prisons and 13 penal servitude pris- I ons (state prisons for convicts) ; today I there are 31 local prisons and 4 penal ser vitude institutions. Nearly half the prisons in the country have closed down during the last twelve yedrs. ] lere in America we are inclined to lay all blame for the increase in crime to the World War and its aftermath. Great ‘ Britain was in the same war and its peo ple might be expected to be affected by the same conditions that affected Ameri cans. Yet, in England, crime is on. the : decrease while in America we have-some I difficulty in finding enough jails and pris-1 | ons to house our criminals. !: Justice moves without hesitation in | England. There are no long delays there j iin taking criminals into court. There arc * I less technicalities and as a result justice 1 moves with more rapidity. English jur ies do not hesitate to convict and once the sentence is passed the criminal gets what the sentence calls for. The method is effective, as demonstrat ed by the decrease in crime. Wq certain ly can learn from England about law en forcemierit. CABARRUS COTTON CROP. Cabarrus farmers found crop conditions almost perfect last summer and as a re sult of these conditions and an unusual ly large acreage they produced more than 19,000 bales of cotton. The final ginners’ report gives the county 19,012 bales and there is quite a bit of cotton still in the fields. From the 1925 crop Cabarrus farmers produced 13,449 bales, the 1920 crop be ing approximately one-third larger than Hie crop for the year before. What effect the large crop with resultant low prices will have an the 1927 acreage in Cabar rus no one can tell now. There is a tendency, however, on the part of many to cut down acreage and in crease the amount -of fertilizer. Thus some of the farmers hope to produce about as much cotton as they did last year with more land available for other crops. They believe the increased fer tilizer, to be twice as-much in some cas es, and intensified farming, will pro duce as much cotton, and with only half as much cotton planted it will not take but about half as much time to keep it properly worked. We have heard many Cabarrus farm ers declare their intentiori of planting as much cotton this year as they did last. They do not believe 'the season will be as favorable and are confident it cannot be any better. Too, they think maybe the boll weevil will come back for more prom inence after a rather mild winter and that the same acreage as was devoted to the crop this year will not yield anything like the same amount of cotton as was produced from the 1920 crop. There is the possibility that another big crop will be produced, however, and farmers should do everything and any thing to prevent that. Another 48,000,000 bale crop will bring greater disaster than the South has known in years. Prices this, year have been low enough but they are nothing to what the prices would be for the 1927 crop should the total be any thing near the 18.000*000 bale mark.> > SENATOR OVERMAN NOT THROUGH. Senator Overman has no desire to re sign and he so says. He has let it be known that he will be a candidate when his present term expires, indicating that those who seek his present seat might as well realize now that he will have to be :onsidered when the voting starts. Senator Overman insists also, that he' is in fine physical condition and is fully capable of carrying on his duties as jun ior Senator from North Carolina. There have been persistent rumors of late that 11 health has greatly handicapped his work. We see no reason why Senator Over man should want to fight through another campaign, butkmaybe if we were in his position we # would want to do the same, fie has served the State long and well and no additional honors cAn come through another term. The people of the State have often demonstrated their love for and faith in the Salisbury Senator and one might presume that a mail of his age would not relish another political |ight. However, that is for Mr. Over man to decide. He may not feel as keen for a fight at the end of the term as he does now as lie begins it, and friends may persuade him to. step aside for a younger man. That’s when the fun will start. There are several unannounced candidates in, the field and no doubt others will be on hand when the time comes. Former Gov ernor Morrison is regarded by almost ev erybody as a candidate; some think Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, will fight-for the place while others think Mr. Hoey will remain out of the race so his kinsman, O. Max Gardner, will have a clearer field. . . | Again the fruit crop in Cabarrus has been struck by a heavy frost which may result in heavy loss to orchard owners. I Snow r fell in some sections of the Pied mont section Thursday but Concord es caped this, although the mercury dropped below the freezing point during the night. The frost Friday morning was unusually heavy in this county and much damage is believed to have resulted. Last year the 'peach crop in the county w r as al most wiped out by an early spring frost and there are indications that the same j thing has happened this yeaf*.; Reports from the Sandhills,! where the North Car- I olina peach crop is concentrated, indi : cate that the crop there w r as not damaged badly by the recent cold snap. ... —n, „ y ! There’s another thing about the new automobile lav/ that is a bigger joke than THE CONdORb DAILY TRIBUTE • the clause about the registration card ; holder. We refer to the clause which s says that it shall be unlawful for the driv er of a car to coast down a hill. This - means that the driver of a car can’t push - out his clutch when going down a hill or - anywhere else, except when he is ready to change gears. We’d like to hear from the person responsible for this clause as to how he is going to have this law en „ forced. 5 ' . ’ DO WE WANT A LONGER SCHOOL TERM? 1 The real educational issue in North I Carolina, thinks the Winston-Salem i Journal, is: “Are we willing to raise the money.” > Discussing the address of. Prof. Ed - gar W. Knight before the State teach i ers in Raleigh the Journal says: t “Seldom has the real issue before North > Carolina at present been more succinct • ly stated than by* Dr. Edgar W. Knight in his presidential address before the : State Education Association in Raleigh • yesterday. Summed up in a single sen • tence it is: No longer is it a question,of ‘ the State’s ability but of its willingness : to educate!’ " v Dr. Knight says if we are poor it is • because we have refused to give proper educational facilities to our children. “If North Carolina is poor either in •material or cultural possessions,” Dr. Knight correctly observes, “the condition is the result of poor schools. It is time we, learn this simple truth. Declama tions against taxes have built and sup ported the foundations of any poverty with which we struggle. Those who say that North Carolina cannot afford an ex tended school term help to perpetuate that poverty. Those who suggest that young children must be worked in the cotton and tobacco fields are encouraging a peasantry that daily gains strength in North Carolina. These false and brutal notions must vanish. Worn out tradi tions must fall away. The mendicant whine of the politician and the landlord must be hushed. The dead hands of the past must be lifted. We must provide well for all the children. Whether they are the sons and daughters of the rich and well favored or those of the poor and the dull-faced tenants of the hovels, North Carolina’s children are the State’s most valuable resources.” Dr. Knight has Decn Severely criticis ed in some quarters because he has dared say that North Carolina is not perfect. He has pointed out on various occasions that the State has made educational prog ress but he hasn’t stopped with that. He goes further with the charge that we haven’t progressed far enough and he is right. Dr. Knight faces the issue squarely himself and calls upon his colleagues in the teaching profession to do iikewise. “As teachers we can lead the State so a better conception of educational duty. Through us conditions can be improved. Civilization can be quickened and the level of the life of the masses rais ed. But we cannot give that w r hich we do not possess. If we woujd arouse men to energetic action for the improvement of North Carolina we must be energetic ourselves. The influence of great teach ers outlives that of any potentate or pol itician of their age. Immortality for the teacher is gained only when he blossoms in the lives and works of others. There is no higher immortality.” The Legislature, we feel, should have left the matter of a longer school term up to the people. It was not suggested that the Legislature provide money for the additional two months. The only rec ommendation seriously considered was tha,t the people of the State be given an opportunity to vote on the matter. That seemed a fair proposition and certainly put but little of the responsibility oncol ons. 7 However, the legislators refused to ac cept any of the responsibility so the mat i ter stands about where it did before the legislature met. With legislative hope deferred for at least two years it is in cumbent on educators and others who are not afraid of the public to continue their fight in behalf of the children who are be (discriminated against educationally. | HAS DANIELS SWITCHED TO SMITH? I ! Raleigh and Durham newspapers see recent moves on the part of Josephus; Daniels as indicating he is switching to J the A1 Smith side of the Democratic po litical drama) He wasn’t in Raleigh for a big prohibition meeting, he hasn’t de nounced certain conditions that they thought he should have denounced and he is said to be favorable to abolition of the two-thirdc riile. : We don’t know' wliat Mr. Daniels’ po-~ litical plans arc, but- are sure .that any thiing he lias done so far doesn’t mean he has switched on the liquor question. He has always been a prohibitionist of energy , and determination and the fact that 7 he I missed a prohibition meeting doesn’t , make us think he is ready to forsake the . Anti-Saloon League. ; Neither do we think Governor A1 t Smith would disregard the prohibition laws were he President. He ifiay not ; favor the law but h? respects it. Cer [ tainly we are convinced that should Mr. ; Daniels be a candidate for the Vice Pres idency on a ticket with Governor Smith it would not mean he has changed his • views about liquor. , 1 Certain Texas Democrats are out and j out for Smith and there is jubilation in the Smith camp. In Georgia recently 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Smith manager 1 in 1924, was entertained by leading ‘, Democrats and this was accepted as an i indication that Georgia Democrats are ’ getting ready to support the New \orker. So if Mr. DaneHs should come out on the Smith side he would not be alone. 1 , There will be other prominent Democrats ' 1 from the South on that side when the • show down comes. READY MONEY. Several carloads of poultry have been shipped out of Gaston county within the past tw'o or three weeks. This is some thing new for this county, but it will not be a novelty much longer, if the folks keep on raising chickens as they have started out. Five carloads went out from Row r an county a few days ago at one shipment. Each car contained about 18,000 pounds of poultry or 4,500 chickens. This is one of the weekly ‘ shipments out of Salis bury by the Carolina Poultry and Egg Company, of which B. H. Eller is mana ger. In addition to poultry, a solid carload of eggs is shipped from Salisbury every week containing 13,800 dozen. —Gastonia Daily Gazette. We would like to see the Cabarrus County Poultry Association or some oth er agency in this county take up the mat ter of selling eggs and chickens co-oper atively. Poultry cars are being loaded in nearby towns and cities each week but £o far { as we have; been- able ,to learnt npife of them has visited Concord or Cabar rus points. This is the season when poultry flocks should be carefully culled and the poul try raisers would find these carload lots an easy and profitable way to dispose of their surplus stocks. We have received copies of the -first and second issues of a new' weekly pa per published at Aberdeen by Mr/ Rol and Beasley, Jr., The Sandhill Times. It is neatly printed, well edited, and the general makeup is excellent. Tlie editor is a son of Mr. R. F. Beasley, who for many years has published the Monroe Journal with signal success. The young er Beasley has been trained in his fath er’s office, and this training is evidenced in the excellent appearance and contents of his new paper at Aberdeen. NOT A POPULAR LAW. Durham Herald. In the case coming up from Gates county con cerning the right of a school girl to ride in a school bus when she lives in less than two and one-half miles of the school was decided according to law, but there ave a lot of folks who are going to agree with one Charles Dickens, wasn’t 'it? when he had one of his characters to give the famous ex pression to the effect that “the law is a ass.” A fanner in Gates county is the father of nine children. He is not as well fixed in wealth as he is in children, but he is drying to afford his off spring all possible educational advantages. His home lacks about 50 yards of being two and one half miles from the school house. One dt his children is a cripple, and another is only six years of age. He asked that the school bus take those two children to and from the school house, he being content to let his other children walk. The school authorities refused, eitiug the law which says that the bus is only Jor those who reside two and one-half miles and further from the school. The farmer though that was an unfair ruling, and that in his peculiar situation the school authorities should be more liberal in construing the law, so he asked the court to compel the school authorities and trustees to provide transportation for the cripple and the six year old. The case finally landed in the Supreme court, which recently handed down its decision refusing the mandamus. That opinion is in strict accordance with the law’, but is not in accord with popular sentiment. The law is common sense, according to one famous Nt>rth Carolina legal authority, which, if true, would permit that crippled girl at least to ride in the school bus. In view of the many liberties that are taken with the law, it would seem that sufficient elasticity coaid be given in this ease to allow that unfortunate girl the beuefit of nearly five mile ride each day without doing violence either to the letter or the spirit of the law. . court held according to law, that’s what it IS . l* 8 ” found some way to afford bus ! privileges to that crippled girl it would have re- I eeived more approval at the hands of the general public. FACTIONS. Albemarle Press. I selves UOUS are 001 necessari h' unhealthy in them °ld have 1)6011 in the lead so long l it becomes possible that a visit to some other town or section where they have learned to do real things instead of fight would be healthy. I actional squabbles get obnoxious only when the public good is submerged id individual selfishness to a point that dommancy of one faction over another is greater than the public good aud Us oil?if must thegc is a bringing. f, at , °f ffe tkat 18 good'on both hides, Vwben’ the ferih p€uuut loses its place. lit.* 1 ~r « a uut Satiety gives place to“ the SaiitilvimV^ lfferß bUt UtUe jußt what 18 the aiDl - Mill have an even show with all else for' recognition. e Saturday,^ ; WHVo,B wi^ ' Winston-Salem .Tonr)^ The announcement ,) [ from Harmonv—; n , i> at a a strange man is Vn i! WJ have been doing ,» lis . every year—f,. r a G ,hi W ■ each recurrent T ments. Why do girls i eav , ' been asked innumerableT* l variety of reasons W- None of them. In mover TH satisfactory explanation ’ probably no one reallv l ‘”’*4s [ themselves. The u sual ami She horn, cm-iiSS I is admitted that thev find M " much more— a thousand . Unfortunately for the l ?* 5 * ' «Jtb strange ; they never seem to think i they do, they do so only J . Who is to blame f or tragedies? The parents - v " • tainly. But the major bh? 1 l men who are always t piece T l,e ,:ar™, s i, rt ~f % ■ daughters discontent Th i ; always ignorant of the w l! . it must be confessed they sadly wanting in the foresj,?* mon sense. But the man if h? whatever. Ho is the most vJ£ ■ for he commits the worst,,! J der of character— and he Z* { consciously and without any J? As a rule, he is seldom ? never adequately, for-there « . ment for liis heinous erime **i . society is indifferent to his vi c J • to do a thriving business Iw ’ courage these crimes bv <hoS and understanding for the'r f -J thus forestall the sinister h-C? brute. There is. however, the w ultimate Supreme Court.4h3s because it is superhuman and ii will take care of this typg. (i f. manner suitable to the charaeth the, meatime parents should be should be warned and the they reasonably can to stop suth# GEORGIA HUIPIXGf Raleigh News aiid Observer. It was in. Atlanta that,tiie Kj this period had its birth and j t ,-| pretended to be a re-birth of the which' served a good purpose in certain parts of the South mg stable government to prevent lari in the late sixties and early sn® vigilance committee. With the m government in the South, thecoj brought the K. K. K. into beiu- da Georgia', or a portion of it rather.i to the new klan with nothing in « old K. K. K. It s now reu]i;ii{i An Associated Press dispatch !nt j. Georgia floggings diure 81 congregations of that siatn»j that an appeal has beert made id bring those guilty to justice. A survey by The Atlanta (bai the recent acts of mob violence h into public notice. In Toombs coat masked bands have held "weekly ii for more than a year. The totaije it is estimated, was more that 101 aud in Treutlen county, where E editor of the Soperfou News, ts Constitution correspondent deehufi tion showed that two group? hart into tlier own hands aud cowed th favor of law and order.’ Slashed bands in Toombs coot Women, the correspondent said. Ik paraded in robes and other repai Among the known victims were: 1 said to have deserted his wife, a* masked men did not think had ini enough for violationof the prohioiti ried woman accused by her assail duct; a man who was "drunk ini I son and daughter; a preachraudit about to become a mother; all ell morality.” The Constitution said that oat I pings, which are common kaowiaf has been punished. •You cannot sow to the windwi4 whirlwind. WIIAT BEAT If Statesville Daily. Miss Nell Battle J.ewis, Bafeift fate of legislative measures chta women, has this: The Australian ballot, which t« defeated in. the house by on** '* so much strength sin<e D-’ 1 a serious threat to tfie owfN ■ machine that it, became to summon Col. A1 Watt*'and and to bring intensive bear in order to defeat, it. This house by ten votes after efforts to emasculate it.by auiea According to Miss ,to to injure the continued doi.mi- 1 faction, rather than through enemy. But it will be notn'e* ten, a gain of nine, the > seemed to have gained 111,lrt , i years but that sentiment dnln' ► lativc expression as two year it if even 95 per cent of «•'; J desire a protected ballot an* •' tives to the legislature that The same is t rue of other Uii®. to fhvor. We profess to he > but each and every session is conspicuous at the <*apit«' , the top floor of one of the ers do most resort, is *IW That’s so with a rw '' ,nl 01 State-wide prohibition. After awhile the sovere.i. they favor certain mea.-tue* acted iuto law they nniP- “ it to themselves but tnu.-t ■ • legislators with such [count for something. I r a ,j( ; what the folks are 1 Ltf ! him about what lie is bother him he can ! " ,ph the things they are supp^j^, WHO dwJV I>urham Herald. : n tfl The last legislature P \ { it a law which nc-w | l nobody seems willius 1 to do with its com mg matter is that the leg^. , ,fr» long enough to thmn disquieting pie'e ot hr new automobile h*’ v - * !W j from manirthctmcis I - 1 - containers and reipui"' * M the con tamers from t-‘ e .' . had adjourned, some - ot. in the law, and began 1 • • aud Observer reports jb gjtr» Doughton disclaims t> ; dci* Silver, of the j ’the head of the Autct-'' • . f„ r ?• cmlitetl with also entehs denial. ■ wo'-fj says: “Pretty this h--- *
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