Thursday, Marcli SOtlt, Is "Dollar Day' In Monrofi
Monroe Jourm
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 14.
Monroe, N. C, Friday, March 24, 1922.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
KU KLUX KLAH CAUSES A
STIR III CHARLOTTE CHURCH
Three Robed Figures Present Letter
to Methodist Pastor at Close of
Sunday Night Sermon
COMMEND TREACHER FOR
FIGHT AGAINST IMMORALITY
Ask That Twenty-Five Dollars In
closed in Letter be Handed a Needy
Lady Known by the Minister
(From Charlotte Observer.)
Probably never before in the his
tory of Charlotte has there been such
a surprise as was experienced by the
congregation of Calvary Methodist
church Sunday night, when, after
Rev. J. A. Sharp, pastor, had finished
his sermon, three men, robed in the
costume of the Ku Klux Klan, march
ed down the aisle, handed him a let
ter and as quietly moved out again.
The letter commended the pastor
for his service in attacking all forms
of vie and immorality and contained
25, which the letter asked Mr. Sharp
to give to a needy woman, known to
the pastor, as a contribution toward
her sustenance. The declared prin
ciples of the order were setforth in
the letter.
Mr. Sharp preached Sunday night
on the subject, "Asleep at the Switch,"
in which he arraigned local vice and
immoral conduct, including dancing to
jazx music, drinking, licentiousness
and the laws prohibiting the teaching
of the Bible, which, along with the
visit of the K. K. K. created quit a
sensation among the members of the
church, according to report current
yesterday.
"Wherefore he saith, Awake thou
that steepest, and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall srive thee light
Eh. 5:14. and 'Yet a little sleep, a
little slumber, a little folding of the
hands; so shall thy poverty come as
one that traveleth; and thy want as
on armed man." Prov. 24:33-31.
These were scripture passages on
which Mr. Sharp based his sermon.
"Men are busy making money, but
sleeping as to moral conditions," said
Mr. Sharp. 'Officers are reported to
be indifferent as to rendering help to
federal agents. Liquor and morality
go hand in hand and Sunday laws are
being violated witn impunity.
Jazi and Worse
"The Orientals introduced into this
country .. the licentious jazz dance,
which is an institution of heathenism.
This dance is admitted to be the
greatest evil that ever spread its in
fluence over America and this admis
sion is made by an American dancing
master, Fenton T. Bott, who says:
'"The idle rich are growing
ranker: the Jazz is worse than the
saloon! Young girls, destined to be
mothers of the men of the next gen
eration, park their corsets on the out
side of the pavillion and throw de
cency to the wind, exclaiming: 'Come
on, boys, the sky is the limit, and the
curtain of public sentiment is drawn.'
In Cincinnati a church deacon wins
first prize in a dancing exhibit, with
his pastor's daughter as his dancing
partner.
"The enemies of Christianity have
had laws written on our statute books
prohibiting the teaching of the com
nientarks of Jesus Christ, though we
may inculcate the teachings of Julius
Caesar," continued Mr. Sharp.
"We may teach our children the
philosphies of Aristotle, but not the
maxims of the Man of Galilee. We
may teach the laws of Lycurpus, but
the law of love shall not be mentioned
in our schools and colleges.
"The Book of Books shall not be
read, but the atheistic insults of
Paine and Voltaire are readily ap
proved as textbooks in our schools
Many of the professors in our higher
Institutions of learning are denounc
ing Christianity and preaching athe
ism, the pastor said.
The Klan Letter
The Ku Klux Klan letter pre
sented by the three silent, robed fig
ures, bears the seal of Charlotte Klan
No. 3a, Realm of North Carolina, and
refers to the letter as being an ofn
cial communication and that commun
ications not bearing this seal are not
official or authentic. The date is
March 18.
Three closely written typewritten
pages are included in the letter,
about two of which are devoted to the
principles and practices of the order,
and one paragraph directing the pas
tor to use at his discretion the money
enclosed, $25, to aid a woman known
to him, who is in need of financial as
sistance, the letter stating that this
benevolence is a part of the work
of the Klan.
The first three paragraphs of the
Ku Klux Klan letter follow:
"Charlotte Klan No. 85, Realm of
North Carolina, through many of its
members who have heard some of
your sermons, and through its repre
sentatives in the ministerial associa
tion and the citizen's welfare league,
who have heard your talks before
these bodies and before different
church organizations has learned of
the decided stand you have taken on
the question of the immorality, and
the open and flagrant lawlessness ao
vitally affecting the reputation of our
city and the security and safety of
the citizens thereof.
"Therefore, the Klan wishes,
through this letter, which it hopes
you will read to your congregation
at the earliest opportune moment, to
thank you for the stand you have
taken, and to openly and publicly
promise you the hearty and earnest
Continued on Page Four
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
TO BE OCCUPIED MONDAY
Bill Clock Sounds Gong for ltecese
and Recitation Periods Auto
matic Fire Alarm
Mr. J. S. Stearns has the contract
for building concrete sidewalks from
the street to the new high school
building and walks around the struc
ture, and expects to have the work
completed by Saturday night.
The building has been wired and
the chandeliers hung. One of the most
modern parts of the equipment is a
b:g clock in the superintendent's room
that sounds a gong automatically ior
recesses, recitation periods, etc. A
runched card is placed in the big clock
and at the time indicated the gong
is sounded. Fire alarms are also
placed in various parts of the build
ing which may be set off by simply
breaking a small glass with a little
hammer hanging by.
The building is modern in every re
spect, costing over $100,000, and to
add to the beauty of the building and
grounds the school board has pur-
based six acres of the old county
home property and the top soil will
se. taken from it and placed on the
school grounds. Driveways will be
laid off by a landscape engineer and
no vehicle will be permitted on the
:cmpus. Places will be provided at
he back of the building for park
inir cars.
Everything will be in readiness and
he new building will be occupied by
the high school students next Mon
day.
MONROE GRADED SCHOOL
HONOR ROLL FOR MARCH
Many Students in the Various Grades
Reach Requirements for Spe
cial Honor in the School
First Grade
Lower Section Billy Lee, Sarah
Hinson, John McCall, George Ayscue,
Janie Stevens.
Second Section Margie McRorie,
Kathleen Stewart, Francis Fairley,
Carroll Medlin, Frank Stutts, Baxter
V illiams, W alter Crowcll.
H'gher Section Donald Coan
man Snyder, Jo Neal CuMwell.
Second Grade
First Section Sarah Hoylo,
Her-
Rosa
Lee Reader, Henry Mangum.
Third Grade
Higher Section Katherine Carroll,
Dick Lee, Mary Alice Long, Robert
Payne, Elizabeth Redwine, ' Philip
Sewell, Ashe Bennett Sikes, Beatrice
Lee Sikes, Burdett Scales, Worth Win
Chester, Mabel Fowler.
Lower Section Louise Roberts, Lil
lian Lockhart, Hallie Austin, Laura
Fowler, Elizabeth Rice, Virginia
Gravely.
Fourth Grade
I.ower Section Elizabeth Griffin
Mabel Hinson, Charlotte Houston, Sa
rah Morton, Lorraine Stack, Frances
Lee Stack, Martha Wager, Heath
Howie, Walter Lee, Ernest Plyler,
Herman Stewart, Edward Todd.
A Section Philip Weaver, Adeline
Fowler, Helen Hinson, Sara Parker,
Lilian Warren, Elizabeth Cody, Fran
ces Crowell.
Fifth Grade
Lower Section Mary Copeland,
Helen I'ouglas, Katherine Lee, Jul a
McLeiuIon, Margaret McCorkle Ma
rion Simpson, Charles Roberts, Myrtle
Cline Fullenwider, Mary Kirk Love,
Billy Taiks Smith, Jane Austin Sikes,
Rachel Hudson, James Ashcraft.
Sixth Section
Higher Section Edith Boylea, Mary
Steele Norwood, Lena May Hill, Har
ry Lee.
B Section Margaret Henderson,
Freda McRorie, Frances Shute, Ruby
Snyder, Maggie Stegall, Margaret
Wager, Edward Clary, Mary Myers
Faulkner, Elizabeth Miller Caldwell.
Seventh Grade
Lower Section Maud Bowers,
Francis Houston, Margaret Redwine,
Maurice Redfern, Chattie Stack, Lois
Stegall, John Stewart.
A Section Lois Fowler, Allie Hawn,
Rena Broom, Winnie Boyles, Claudia
Brown, Prestine Blakeney.
Eighth Grade
C Section Emma Dixon Worley,
Katherine Fulenwider, Estelle Rollins.
Higher section Virginia Blakeney,
Annie L. Caldwell, Katherine English,
Mary E. Faust, Katie Gravely, Louie
Sikes, Eleanor Stevens, Max Griffin,
Henry Simpson.
C Section Taccoa Cleary, Thelma
Williams.
Ninth Grade
A Section Margaret D. Sikes,
Charles Weaver, Louise Anderson, Ed
Roo Houston.
B Section J. D. Snyder, Lee Todd,
Nellie Cadieu.
Eleventh Grade
Beatrice Burrell, Mildred Lee,
Gldays Presson, Florence Redwine,
Lucile Shannon, Whiteford Blakeney,
Abram Hill Crowell, Clarence Houston.
North Monroe
Second Grade Pauline Trull, Har
old Wooten,
Third Grade Nellie Coan, Williard
Helms, Robert Simpson.
"Clean Up, Paint Up, Keep It Up"
The first week in April is clean-up
week for Monroe. Mayor J. C. M.
Vann has decreed it and Mrs. Olive
B. Webster, of the State Department
of Insurance, has agreed to be here
to assist in the campaign. She was
in the city Wednesday conferring with
Mayor Vann and the Parent-Teacher
Association in regard to the work.
During her stay here she will address
the public schools and assist organi
zations in the obligation. The slogan
is "clean up, paint up and keep it up."
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION BIG SUCCESS
The Sunday School Prevents Crime
and Reduces Taxes, According to
Statement of Mr. Sims
JUDGE DECLARES FEW Sl'NDAY
SCHOOL SCHOLARS CRIMINALS
Every Individual Born Into the World
Has Both a Religious and an Ani
mal Nature, Says Prof. Locker.
Sessions of the Union County Sun
day School Convention being held in
Central Methodist church of Monroe,
have been well attended and the ad
dresses and discussions have been in
teresting, profitable and inspiring to
those attending. The convention will
continue through today, closing with
the night session.
The members of the committee on
arrangements have expressed them
selves as well pleased with the at
tendance. The report including inurs
day night showed a representation
fiom fourteen Sunday schools of the
county. Among those attending were
nine pastors, eight Sunday school su
rprint endents and fifty-three teachers
The total attendance has been esti
mated around 250.
Mr. D. W. Sims, general auperin
tendent of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association has addressed
the convention several times. In his
address last night he told of the
work of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association, his subject be
ing, "Our Purpose and Our Task.
In speaking of the work of the as
sociation, Mr. Sims said, "It seeks
helpful co-operation, not union. Its
conventions and institutes discuss
methods of work, not church doctrine.
and are free to all who will attend."
Again in territories where there are
no Sunday schools he urges the or
ionization of denominational Sunday
Khools of the denomination preferred
by the people of the community.
The purpose of the local Sunday
school, this convention and the State
association, is to promote Bible study
through the Sunday school. The rea
sons for the promotion of the Sunday
school was first, the Sunday school
prevents crime, and reduces taxes. He
said that a judge in a near-by state
"ad made the following statement
"In the eight years I have been judge
of the county court about 1700 people
have come before me lor various kinds
of crime, and only one of thum was
a member of a Sunday school. One
dollar spent in formation is worth ten
spent in reformation, declared the
speaker. The work of reformation is
compared with the work that is done
in the Sunday school, it is like put
ting an ambulance at the bottom of a
precipice to care for the injured when
with less effort a fence could be built
to prevent them from falling over.
The Sunday school, he said, is the
fence at the top of the precipice. Mr.
Sims gave some startling figures in
regard to crime in this country and
in Germany, indicating that people
must be educated in heart as well as
head.
The second reason for promoting
Sunday schools was that it was
great church builder. Seventy-five
per cent of the churches of America
have been built on a Sunday school
The third reason was that the
Sunday school pays the largest divi
dend of any business on the globe
putting in ten per cent in dollars am
getting out ninety per cent in results.
We get from the Sunday school, said
he, 85 per cent of all saved souls, DO
per cent of all church workers, such
as deacons, elders, stewards, 95 per
cent of all preachers and 90 per cent
oi an missionaries.
Mr. Sims discussed the work of the
Sunday School Association and plans
for advancing work in North Carolina.
"Our task," he said, "is to form
enough Sunday schools to reach ev
ery person and to make existing Sun
day schools better."
In territories where there are no
Sunday schools the association does
not suggest the organization of union
Sunday schools but the organization
of denominational Sunday schools of
the denomination preferred by the
people of the community. Through
co-operation, we can create public
sentiment for more and better denom
inational Sunday schools. The co
operative Sunday school work is in
terdenominational in work, but in re
sults it is denominational for if a
worker puts into use the methods dis
cussed in the conventions and insti
tutes the efficiency of his own school
is increased.
All meetings held under the aus
pices of the association are free and
open to any Sunday school worker.
Mr. Sims spoke of the annual State
Sunday School Convention to be held
in Charlotte April 11-12-13. He urg
ed as many of the Sunday school
workers of Union county to attend as
possible. More than thirty of North
Carolina's Sunday school workers
will take part on the program be
sides the six out-of-state specialists
who have been secured.
In his address yesterday afternoon
Prof. Locker set forth a few funda
mental principles required as a basis
for the study of the child. All of us
believe, said the professor, that every
individual born Into the world has
both religious and animal, or brute
nature. By the term "religious" I
do not mean christian, I mean, rath
er a tendency or instinct, in every hu
man being to worship somebody out
side of himself. No race of people
has ever yet been discovered that d d
not have some kind of a religion.
Therefore it has been accepted by ev-
Continued oa Page Eight
IMPORTANCE OF HEREDITY
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
Free Advice in the Matter of Choos
ing Husbands and Wives Ought
to Be Given Young People
.
COUSINS OUGHT NEVER
TO MARRY EACH OTHER
Why Not Give as Much Care to the
Human Race as is Given to the
Lower Animal Kingdom
New York City. March 25. Free
advice In the matter of choosing
wives anl husbands is soon to be
available In Vienna for people who
wish to observe the principles of eu
genics, according to a. news report re
cently received from that etty.
Vienna has lately had occasion to
become alarmed at the large sums
which the municipality has had to
soend on treatment for children born
idiots: and Dr. Tandler, the chief
sanitary officer, has decided to Intro,
duce the pre-matrimonial service as
a sort of hopeful experiment.
You cannot prevent people trom
having children," says Dr. Tandler.
by merely Imposing conditions oi
marrlaee anv more than you can',
make many people pay taxes if they
are really determined to evade them.
You must cultivate a sense of re
sponsibility in the Individual. I pro.
pose, therefore, merely to give peo
ple ao opportunity of consulting a
doctor gratis before they are mar
ried. In the future there will be a
municipal consultant on wedlock who
will be a doctor with a good knowl
edge of human nature over and above
medical qualifications. He will slm
ply tel the people the truth about.
tnemseives .ana me u-ubtoh
suit a doctor Deiore marriage,
. . i i
The rendering of scientific opm-
, . .
l0,", f0JTC tSS nnZbl? cnaracS
marriage as to the probable cnarac.
k . nr1,1 El
...
cases of disputed legitimacy.
among the new Practical uses of .
neiuiB. "
known Eugenics Record office at
Cold Springs Harbor In this county,
under the direction of Dr. Charles P.
Davenport, leader of the eugenics
ViOvemeiu over une, wiutu ouiifu"
ndvice similar to that proposed for
the citizens of Vienna. Such advice
Is more In demand than mi;?ht be ex
pected, and majny romances have
been blighted or aided by the coldly
scientific analysis of eugenics ex.
pciln connected with the Daveji.
port laboratory.
More Serious Views Certain
"Eventually there will come a
widespread realization of the im
portance of heredity In marriage,"
says Dr. Davenport. "Young persons
to whom nvarriage is so serious a
matter will be led to stop a,nd con.
stder when they fed they are falling
in love, and inquire concerning con.
sequences of offsprings.
"Alreadv there Is being developed
a well-defined conscience in the mat-
S rtStZtoWK to addUi0n t0 a Urge din'11S Tm inK,he about" four ches above the anklo
L . kh. . ni whe it will rear' and W0J1J accommodate ""t, by a train last October and Vas
the public to a point where It will children and that lt can be con-' tIfeaUd Dy Dr. M. P. Blair, has mado
be a matter of common sense to con- ..,,, ,nr Dh, .innnn The . , , . . .nli
ter of cousin marriages, for exam.ye3M but nad geen n0 gUcn muml. a course In a Business College pre
nle. and of matlngs into fanijlies with n,inn h .mreested thai the fed- paring himself for a book Jieeper.
grossly defective members. This is
snown Dy me ixiensiv currti):i
dence that the eugonics office has
been obliged to enter Into with per
sona who are contemplating mar
riage. "They are quite willing to submit
to an extensive account of their fain,
ily traits, and they write to leiirn
about the Inheritance of borne family
weakness or defect. The people who
make these inquiries are often unusu
ally intelligent, and not at all radi
cal; some of them stand high in the
social world.
"It Is a high-idealism and a for.
ward-looking one which leads them
to Beek the desired knowledge, and
one can only respond to those re.
quests by telling them what Is
known or highly probable, In respect
to the recurrence of the family de
fects In offspring. Whether the con
elusions that one is able to give are
aiways very vaiuame or noi m
the custom of considering children
and their inheritance 01 lamuy
traits Is one to be encouraged. Nor.
111 a I persons marry to beget normal
children, and it is natural for them
to seek Information concerning
inheriting of particular traits."
TK. nulu tr..llhla with thin "lll?h
Idealism" at present Is that the
science of eugenics is still lu its in- Recorded I Independent living. These are but a
fancy, and eugenlsts show an alarm. st- Louis, Mo., March 22. Earth , few typical cast's Illustrating some
ing tendency to contradict each other , tremors lasting 18 seconds and be. of the methods by which the Ileha
on various important points. There i, ginning at 8:22 o'clock this evening biLtat'.on Depnrtvient i converting
the question of cousin marriages, for
instance. Some authorities, Including
Dr. Davenport, believe that such mar.
riagei are always unwise, but there
is the case of the Darwins,wbich
would Indicate that other eugenics
are In favor of them. Major Leonard
Darwin, who Is leader of the eugen.
ics movement in Engtand. married
cousin. And so did his father,
the great Charles Darwin.
Are Lt Marriages Best?
. v . 1 l .k ..lit
which Is stilt
among the best eugenics authorities ,n,paducnh K March Tw0
Is that of delayed marriages. Som! .,.a.d"C"m; ' K: r fe?t here fda?
believe that If the parent, are not r"'h. 'r. ZZl .J .
young the children are ant to be In.
fertS On the other hand othera cite
ovVdence to show tLt wheaU
r is over SO at the birth of a child.
Las from five to ten times the chance
of being distinguished that another
Contmaei m Pag Fr
ITO MAKE CHILDRI&'S HOME
A PERMANENT INSTITUTION
Many Citizens Are Agitating Bond
Issue for Providing Suitable
Building and Equipment
Sontinieut Is rapidly crystalizing
for the establishment of a permanent
institution in the county for the care
of fatherless and motherless chil
dren. Since the Children's Home
was put on foot through the tlrefess
efforts of Rev. E. C. Snyder Ui June,
1921. citizens of the county have ral
lied to its support in a most admira
ble manner and wonderful success
ha3 been attained.
It is pointed out, however, that
the present quarters will soon prove
inadequate for the growing institu
tion and that the two-story building
which it now occupies is unsuited for
such a crowd of small children.
It U reported that a citizen of the
county is seriously considering offer
ing the county a ten-acre lot one mile
southeast of the city for the estab
lishment of a permanent Children's
Home. Those interested state that a
bo nil issue of $25,00", which would
be less than one dollar to the citizen,
would provide funds for the erection
of the necessary buildings and set
aside something like $15,000 as an
endowment from which interest
could be realized that would go a
long way toward the Interest on the
entire bond issue. Especially is this
true when we take Into consideration
the tact that the new building would
stop a rental of $45.00 a month that
is now being paid on the present
building.
Interested parties who have done
some figuring estimate that a five'
room central building with wings ex
tending on each side containing a
passage or hall on both sides of
wh,ch fiye room. might be bu,u
are nowln the Institution thirtv.three
a.a m-.vw vi nvvM Tv,vvw.
. . ,K ,,orr.
uiuiuirii mi itic .i0v.uv ui u
800n be t0 8n,al1 t0 lllke ca;e of !
sUuatlon
. Those interested In the proposition'
i m 1 .1 riiiin nk a t nr HIT trsx 11 a in I a a m lit t I J W ( -a A. . a
glate lna( nol only everjr coumy in ntisfortunf.
Nortn Carolina, but that other stales; ,t wiU be the po,icy of the Siato
1.e walcnln(t Uuion (o fiee what Is to'oftict. t0 gend its representatives tfl
iliwonio of this .new undertaking ror
the
county and that we cannot afford st&te officials but as additional nlp
atl down on the Job. since the car er8 f
to I ail uown on lue juu, mute vmv
flrgt ,a the heraU nf our peopie.
of helpless little children should be
BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT
WILL BE INVESTIGATED,
Senator Overman Asks for
Full
Report of the North Carolina
Phenomena lalk
Washinston. March 21. That I
li,.hf nn Jnnua rirlup Ilrnwii moun
tain, to be seen from Morganton and
other good communities, is stirring
up a discussion. Senator Overman
has asked for a final report on it.
In the meantime partlzans are lining
Up,
Rev. Albert Slierrill, of Stanly,
iu -nnrihiita n letter lt. wrote
i Mr. Overman that he had been in
hV .ociinn nf h mountain for
j eral prohibition agent rather thin
rial iiuiuuiuuu n.s1- uv .
representatives? of the geological sur-'hts course and promises to make as
vev should be sent to look after It. 'excellent accountant. A blacksrttfta
Senator Overman's formal request In Montgomery county who 14
for something from the survey hand has been aided In securing aa.
reads- artificial appliance whifh has-Mi'-.
"There seems to be great intere&t abled hinv to continue his former ,
concerning ,a light which may be 'trade. A young farmer in adklfl
seen from time time to time in var- county found that he was no longer
ions places on Brown mountain. able to till the soil upon recovering
"Several years ago your depart-! from a serious illness because of re
ment made an investigation to ascer- sultin? disabilities In his knees and
tain the causes of this light, and thejhii'. This man by means of the aa
report showed it was no doubt the sistance of the Rehabilitation De.
reflection of the headlight from lo-Prtment has been receiving training
comoiives coming down the moun- in linotype operation for the past
tiin west of this point. More re. 'Jive month, and U now operating a
centlv. however, this decry was dis- machine for a large and successful
counted by reason of the fact that Job printing office. He Is again self
during a certain period when the supporting and will be drawing a
trains were not running on account much larger wage in the near future
of some wreckage, or otherwise, this than he ever dreamed of. A young
ii"h w., .tut vinihie it U the onln-'uwn ot Faycttevillo who lost a leg
jnn of gome as t am advised, that
tnla jRnt js caused Dy some peculiar
; combination of electrical phenomena,
or otnioinherlc conditions
'iTnHPt- th rliciiniBtanpeii I w
appreciate It if vou will again have
the matter Investigated and a full re-
port made thereon."
. Two Earth Shocks at St. Louis
were registered on the seismograph
at St. Louis university. The quake ets.
was described as not as severe as' The State DMartment Is now or
the first one at 4:30 this afternoon ganizing local bureaus of RehabllL
but was felt In St. Louli and. accord-Station i ech county in order to In
Ing to reports, southeast Missouri and Merest people In the rehabilitation of
southern Illinois. the handicapped person In their own
Trov. Tenn.. March 22 Two dis. communities with a view to aecur
tant earth shocks were felt through- ing the co-operation of the best cltl.
out Oblen and surrounding west eta la the state In this most worthy
Tennessee counties late today. The economic and hunvanltary work,
first was felt at 3:?0 this afternoon Methods of Training
nil IH aPAtiH nf miiph prautar in. I hl. . . . .
' . ' - " v . w .. , v. o - - - -
" , " v
aml ,be, 0,her at 8:24 0P'8"- B,?th
u n -. " ' "'.
Rev. R. M. Halgler will preach at
oiaceuonia cnurcn next aunuay 111,111
r 1 --: i 1. . o 1 : i .
' t 7:30 o'clock.
UNION COUNTY COMMITTEE
TO AID THE UNFORTUNATES
M. (Jordan, Rev. E. C. Snyder, J. A.
Stewart, Dr. G. B. Nance and
C. W. Ortoa Are Named
DISABLED CIVILIANS WILL
RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID
Cases of Two Applicants of County
Are Now Being Considered by State
Officials at Raleigh
An advisory committee for the
promotion of industrial rhtfiiiu-
tion in I'nioQ county has been ap
pointed to assist those citizens who
have- lost linbs or have otherwise
been disabled to secure governmen
tal aid. The Chamber of Comment,
under the direction of Secretary Or
ion, will act as a kind of "clearing
eney" ia the work, and will rur-
nish all necessary Information to clt.
izens of the county who are handi
capped through misfortune.
The following committe has been
appointed and has accepted the work
under the name or union county
Committee on Industrial Rehabilita
tion: W. M. Gordon, chairman;
Rev. E. C. Snyder, field representa.
tive; J. A. Stewart; Dr. G. B. Nance,
medical officer, and Chas. V. Orton,
secretary.
This committee has under consld
eration tv.o casf-s In the county.
William Paul Stegall. of Marshvllle
township, who lost his leg Sept. 28th,
through the accidental discharge of a
gun that he was handling, ajid who
was treated In the Presbyterian hos
pital, Charlotte, has made applica
tion for an artificial limb and "a job
that a one legged man can haidle."
Ed Cuthbei'ison, a colored citieeaj
il II III I IT I lllll
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.h- oi. n,H I. moklnr rrn.
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nieillS lu IrtlO UJlallClal alu iiuu u
also made arrangement, with his
former employers to give him back
job hePnel(1 at tjf. me 0f uiu
tho rnion rnnnt committee ndt Aa
dt
ers.
Work of State Department
The Stata Department of UebabUi.
tnltnn ...no a j, 4 Kl I uh lltlftar fho Pnn.
satoa the
act of acceptance by the General A9-
senibly of North Carolina at its ape-
clal Stlon assembled in August
I ft Hi TV.a Qn,A A nnfnn.i.tlnn fAI
,thU work wag not avallable until t!l9
firjtt of July. 1921. and so the actual
work was not begun until this date.
Within the past few months slnco
the establishment of the Rehabilita-
tion ueparimeni 10 cases ime
brought to the attention of the board,
Over half of this number have beu
offered some assistance, and moro
thvi forty handicapped persons aro
receiving aid from the department at
the present time.
! A young man in Gaston county
who lost an arm oy me acciuenuii
discharge of a cun Is now receiving
He Is making excellent progress ill
has been receiving training as a shoe-
, nianer ior me pasi six mnuns ana 11
now Bble to support himself with tha
prospects 01 a very comionaoie hv
ing in me near luiure. a young may
. . . - . - a t I-
'n Rockingham who has been oblige
to walk with a crutch for the past
tre yer because of a stiff hip re.
BMiuuK iiuui pueuiuuiiia Mas juat
cottiil?t?d her training in the drsas-
; making trade and Is now making aa
hitman llabilitiej into economic as-
1 1 nsf 1 m 1 iir vnirn ii.iflrmin.1 I n a
lJpr"r h,U dtabtlity. SC
,i0n' ?ccupat,ona, P"ej. mental
"paclty. tempera moot, and oppor-
tunny ior employment ana advance-
ment In the preferred vocation within
locality of the applicant home.
aa mese raptor ninpr wiobiv wit 1
different persons, a great
rfivaraltv
of tralnlnr ! marie invcunn and n
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