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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT T HE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT MON rr-rr JRNAL PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 40. Monroe, N. C, Friday, June 23, 1922. 52.00 Per Year Cash ROE JOl II II NOW JUST LOOK WHAT THE JOURNAL IS BRINCIHG OUT Shaw Sayi Newsy Correspondence to Most Readers as a Letter from Loved Ones at Home WHEN HARRY FEELS MEAN HE GOES AND PICKS A FISS Scientists Teach That We Get Six Brand New Sets Brains a Year and Each Cell Independent By Harry P. Shaw Badin, June 22. Look: and read "what The Journal is brining out r.ewsy correspondence from all over the county. To the man or woman luui was vine a ir.utrui wi n.c wu- tv. nothinz helns them more than the local iitws correspondence, be it ever so brief. And it m:.k?s no difference whether you are able to produce a manuscript that will win the ed.tor over and give you a headline with eighteen-pcint type, he will appre ciate the news and it will be as pleas ing to most all the readers as a let ter from loved ones at home. It is said that a diamond with a flaw is better than a pebble without it. It will be better to be a diamond with a flaw and try to give the news as best you can than to sit idle and be a perfect pebble. If Mrs., Miss. Mr., or Master, "Pru nella" of Stouts will forgive nie of personal mention I would like to ex tend to "her" my congratulations and best wishes and hope she will con tinue to give such niee breezy new from rp toward my old home. It makes The Journal worth more indi vidually to all, as I am not the only one that looks for such news. Then there is the correspondent from Indian Trail, Route 1. Perfectly good, reliable and wholesome news that entertains all, relates in a brief way so a very busy man can read it. Then we turn to Mineral bpnngs, Waxhaw, Prospect, ingate and Marshville and we are ever so sure to find something good in the corres pondences trom these places. Then when I get time and begin to study 'meanness" I turn through The Journal and look for Novus Ho mo ami Rev. T. J. Huggins and pick up a quarrel with them, but it seems tlint I alwuys come out at the little end of the horn. But it is said; "He that tooteth his own hum always stays nt the little end. Though 1 ad mire these two gentlemen greatly and derive a great deal of benefit from their teachings. II ih Unly Hope And the last scran I hid was with Mr. J. H. Cunningham about capital punishment. Well I failed to convince him of my way of thinking and I don't feel any worse off. ho my last and only hope of winning him over is whu: the scientists teach us about the human brain. And that is that we really get six brand new sets of brains every year. They estimate that we get a complete new outfit every two months. The duration of a nerve's life is sixty diys. Each nerve cell has its own Lniin enmasse, and the latter acts as a boss to the individual ac tions and life of each separate cell. Then every cell is destroyed and re newed every two months we are told. Thus some of these times during the change of brain it may happen that I can be able to convince Mr. Cun ningham tnat capital punishment is all right. I'olitics warming l p Politics are warming up now for tr.o fail elections; the big allur.unum plant ;s opening up and whether the Darwin theory is correct or not we Mill continue to evolute in our berg over here. The primary election went off here very nicely, us our Monroe man, Mr. Stack, made a creditable race here in Badin. It is needless to state that Mr. Cade Pell and your tctibo were Stack men for we could n't be anything else, being from Un ion and Monroe. But here's a good one they tell on Cade: A great deal of the voters were Brock men and they say that Ca(b got mad w.th them because they did not vote for Mr. Stack and that he voted for Mr. Tarlton for solicitor, as he got but one vote here. Evolution and Darwinism is becom ing very popular topics in the va rious ntwspars1" and t',e little af fair over at Raleigh some time ago added food for thought along that line. I am very much like the negro preacher was when he was discuss ing Adam and Eve. "De Lo'd made Adam out ob soft mud and stood him up agin de pailins to dry." An old deacon got up and said: "Parson did I understand you to say sincerely dat de Lo'd made Adam out ob wet dirt and stood him up against the pailins to dry?" "Dat am my words, deacon, dat am." "Den who made them pail ins?" "Set down deacon, set down, and keep your mouth shut; dem fool ish questions is enough to upset any theory in theology." And so the fool ish question that the preacher in Ral eigh asked the college professors was enough to upset any theory in Dar winism and evolution except from the Garden of Eden. The finding of six bottles of beer of brand famous in other days appar ently buried for several years, by a man who was digging a trench at Ce dar Point, on the outskirts of New Bern, created a small sized panic in New Bern Tuesday. In less than an hour after the report had reached the downtown section of New Bern scores of men were hastening to the scene with hoes, spades, shovels and rakes to try their luck at finding the liquid treasure. No more beer had been found late Tuesday, although excava tion work viJ going onward at a lively clip. ACCUSED STARTING FIRE SO HE COULD ROB BANK William Phipps, Jr., Teller, Only Twenty-three Years Old, Arrested Charged with Theft of $1600 The Philadelphia Public Ledger tells the following story of the shrewd trick of a youthful criminal: Charged with the theft of SldS." from the Jenk.ntown National Bank, William Phipps, Jr., twenty-three years old, a teller, was arrested last night. ' According to the bank officials ahd detectives, 1'hipps "worked" on an entirely new system. They say he has confessed that he started a slight tire in the basement of the building, and in the excitement took the mon ey, not from his own cage, but from the desks of two other employes. Late last month there was a slight fire in the bank building, and af:er it had been extinguished the officials found at the close of the day's bu iress that the cash account was near ly $i(H)0 short. They thought an out sider had taken the money while the fire was in progress. Both the em ployes from whose departments the money was missing demonstrated their innocence. Then the officials heard that Phipps had been spending considerable money, and so they got detectives and Phipps' arrest was the result. With the arrest came the following statement by Samuel L, Schively, president of the bank, and Israel Hallowell, cashier: "On May 23, after the close of bus iness a cash shortage of $4t83 was discovered in the bank. A few hours prior, or just at noon, a slight fire was discovered in the basement, but was easily extinguished by the bank clerks. It was supposed at hrst that the missing money might have been Uken by a stranger while the em- n oves were in the basement. "However, the officials of the bank immediately engaged detectives and the search finally centered upon Phinns. after they, the detectives. had determined Phipps had made un usual expenditures, lesterday, ac cordintr to the detectives, Phipps made a confession, admitting he had caused the fire to cover up the actual theft of the money. "Immediately upon discovery ot the shortage the Federal bank examiners were requested to examine the bunk. This was done, and no other shortage or misappropriation other than the one known and since traced to Phipps was found. The bank examiners re port showed the bank to be, in ev ery detail, in the best possible condi tion. "Of the money stolen $3710 has been recovered, and SG00. paid by Phipps as an initial payment on the purchase price of a house, will be re turned to the bank. Moreover, the hank is fully protected by an employ es' fidelity bond. As officials of the br.nk we want to say to the public. and especially to the patrons, that the Jeukintown National Han'.i was never to our knowledge in better fi- nuucul condition than it is today. MAN TAKES HIS WIFE'S CAR AND DESERTS HEit Also C.vrics Eighty-Five Dollars of Her Money with Him Officers Pir.iue But of No Avail (Fro;.: " Stutesville Landmark) Yesterday evening a young lady giving her name as McNeely and her home as Sou'h Carolina came down to the city hall with tears in her eyes and stated to Policeman Mills that her husband had run off with her five passenger Na.sh touring car and $85 in cash. Mills at once got a descrip tion of the man and car and telephoned to officers in several towns to be on the lookout for an outfit of that de scription. Mrs. McNeely engaged a public service car and with Policeman Mills started after the man and car. They diovc ail the way to Charlotte inquir ing along the way if any one had seen a car of that description, but no in formation could be gathered as to man or car. The lady stated that she went into the Vance hotel with the man and that he slipped away from her and ran off with both the car and $85 in cash. Mrs. McNeely stayed in Charlotte and said that she was going on to her home in South Carolina. A veritable uproar of applause was created at the opening session of the United Confederate Veterans at Rich mond Tuesday, when Dr. Douglas Freeman gave a sidelight into the life of Woodrow Wilson which he said he believed has never before been told. When General Lee went to Geor gia to visit his father's grave on one occasion, he was sorrounded by a group of veterans. Through the group a small boy found his way to a point where he could look up at the face of tho general. "Since that day," said Dr. Freeman, "Woodrow Wilson says that in all his acts in life, big and small, he has been in the attitude of looking up to Robert b. Leo. Julius Dolgos, a chemical engineer, who was with mounted troops in Af rica during the war was passing through the jungles of the Belgian Congo when he fell with his horse into a ravine, dragged himself to a spring, drank, and discovered a bed of nuggets. He took a handful and brought them to the United States and sold them to a jeweler. He and hii friends formed a pary and left last Saturday on the steamer Majes tic. Speculation is Rife as to Who Will Be Next Mr. Winchester's Commission and an Examination Has of Naming Suitable The United States Civil Servica Commission announces a competitive examination for postmaster at Mon- roe, applications for which must be filed with the Civil Service Com mis- sion by July 18th. This will be a non-assemblage examination and will bt held under the president's order of May lUth, 1921, and not under the Civ. il Service acts and rules. Competi- tors will not be required to renori for examinations at any place, but will ;e rate J upon tni-ir education ana training, business experience and lit- ness, eduacion to count 20 points, whili training, business ability and fitness will count bO points. Application form --Ml and form renegar is mentioned as a possible 2-13 containing definite information candidate. Some believe Mr. Hern in regard to the examination may be ' don Hasty and Mr. Columbus Haig- had by applying either to secretary of the board of civil service exam - ir.ers here or to the Civil Service com- is no mean salary. ith the magr.ifi mission, Washington. : cent government building erected a The present postmaster. Mr. t. C Winchester, was appointed under the first term of President Wilson's ad - ministration and his commission will expire September 5th, after having served for e.ght years. Mr. Winches - Scores of Non-Union Miners Massacred By Mobs Strikers Some Lynched, Some Burned, Some Beaten to Death, But the Majority Were Shot Down The Scenes of Death Were as Gruesome as in Real War Herr'n, Ms., June 22. The death j very grucs me, as in a real v.ar. toii i:i the disaster last night and to- j Bodies, many with limbs shot away, day, when 5.0')0 striking union miners lay along the roadside or were strung attacked the Lester strip mine b'ingjfrom trees, men wounded and dying operated under guard of imported ; were stretched out on roads and in workers, may run past the forty mark ' fields, with none of the hundreds of it was said tonight by those in touch with the situation, although thus far only 27 are known positively to be dead. In the Herrin hospital are eight wounded men, only one a miner, and six of them are believed to be fatallv injured. There were nine but one died. a miner torn a corrcsponoeni oi i the Associated Press that he had seen fifteen bodies thrown into a pond with rocks tied around their necks to- day. About twenty imported workers are missing. t necking the death list has proved ; were some fifty or sixty workers and almost impossible. The victims, all guards there. What has become of but three of them imported workers, ; those not in the known dead and so far as known, were found scattered ! wounded list cannot be said. Some of iver an area within several miles of I them were seen in fields today run ihe mine. .Some were lynched, some ning with miner sympathizers pur wcre burned when the mine was; suing them with guns. How many es fiied, others were beaten to death leaped could not be told. C. K. Mc- and the majority fell before the scores ot bullets poured into them. County Outwardly Calm "Bloody Williamson" county, so - called because of several riots, tonight was outwardly calm, but there was a noticeable undercurrent which kept everybody on edge and wondering if further trouble might be expected. Hie correspondent talked with scores of miners today and about half ot tnem were certain tnut tnere would be no further disorder if there was no attempt to reopen the mines, while the other half said they were afraid some of them might not be held back. Officially, the situation was reported tonight by county of- ficials to be quiet. The scenes of death today were Personals From .Matthews Route 2S. 1 Matthews Route 28. June 22. Mr. and Mrs. Reece Steele, Miss Maggie and Mr. Springs Steele of Lancaster . spent Friday n;ght with Mr. R. C. ' Steele. Master Harrison Morris of Mint Hill and Mrs. W. C. Gurlis of Stouts spent last week with Mrs. Charlie: isa Josepnine wentz spent last Trull. Iweek with her brother, Mr. J. K. Miss Lela Price visited relatives in Salisbury Sunday. Mrs. J. T. Moser snent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Sustar. j Misses Ruth Benton, Bliss Thomp- son and Hassie Sustar spent Sunday Stallings visited Mrs. J. K. Polk Sun with Wade and Ethel Price. day. Mr. John Price spent last week-end , with Mill Creek relatives. Miss Ethel Moser spent Sunday, with her sister, Mrs. Vern Phillips. Misses Ora and Lela Price went to Charlotte Thursday, shopping. Messsrs. Bnce bustar, Jesse and Lester Stilwell, and Evan McClain motored to Charlotte Saturday on; business. ! Mr. Lander Benton and family of very glad to see the rain which fell I'nionville spent Sunday with Mr. and last Sunday night. Mrs. Luther Moser. Mr. O. Dees and Mr. Henry Dees Misses Ollie Byrum, Audry and Ru- of Charlotte visited Mr. Ed Burnett by Stilwell of Mill Grove and Mr. I Sunday. Mark Yandle of Monroe spent Sunday I We are very aorry to report Mr. afternoon with Miss Ora Price. jMark Squires, who underwent an op Mr. and Mrs. Brice, Brinnie, Myr-1 eration recently, is not improving, tie Ruth Sustar and Cal Davis spent j Miss Ollie Pressley visited Miss Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Festus Ethel Yandle Sunday. Crook. Mr. and Mrs. Crook, Mac,' Mr. R. W. Killioug is on the sick Dora and Veta Crook, and Aurelia j list this week. Daisy. Jame Helms accompanied them back to Mt Harmony for prayer-meeting Sunday night Messrs. Ray, Clarence and Houston '.rii. .n!n7 iZ arlotte spent Sunday ' t Helms of th with their parent Mr. and Mrs. Hill White an 1 sr.. a? spending a while with Mis . ..a' i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Benton. Postmaster Here Expires the Fifth of September Keen Called For the Purpose Person to Succeed Him ter has made a very efficient and faithful postmaster and speculation is rife as to who his successor will be. L'nder th president's order of May 10th, 11'21, a great deal of latitude is given the Civil Service Commission and sruiie competent Republican will doubtless be chosen. Monroe has a number of good men among the Republicans and it is interesting to hear different citizens express them- s.-lves as to whom they tlrnk Monroe's next postmaster win oe. air. j. v. Love nas oecn assistant postmaster here for twelve or fifteen years and it is the opinion of some that he will succeed Mr, Winchester. Mr. A. C. ler will compete for the job. 1 This office pays $2700 a year which few rears ago the facilities for hand- . ling the business are excellent but : the growing receipts of the office are ' making the work heavier every year , and the next postmaster should be a , man who is equal to the task. the passerby s able to lend a helping hand. Attempts to assist the wound ed in the early part of the day brought ivbuffs from the spectators, backed in some cases by drawn guns. Later the feeling quieted down and some of the wounded were taken to hospitals. , Urteg to Kemain Closed I It is understood that there will be no attempt to reopen any of the mines i until the strike is settled. When the attackers went over the top in the j beseiged mine this morning there : Dowell, superintendent of the import- led workers at the mine, was among j the di ad. It was said that he was the ' first to be shot after the mine was ' captured and that he was given no opportunity to escape. , Hundreds of men, women and nt- tie children, some as young as four ; years old, surged through the morgue , today to view the bodies, which lay side by side on the floor, with no at- tempt to straighten mem out. Most of them bore no identification marks : All were mangled. Officials of Williamston county today expressed deep regret over the affair, as did many miners, but sever- al of the latter told the writer that ; while it was regretable, "no other course could have been taken. News From Monroe Route Six Monroe, June 22. Mrs. J. A. Pres- ley is visiting friends and relatives in Charlotte this week. , Mr. and Mrs. Waynian Sullivan, '.Mr. Houston and Misses Vera and Nellie Lemmond of Charlotte visited Mr. and Mra. T. A. Helms Sunday. Wentz. Mr. and Mr3. Lemie Martin were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Victory Sunday. Mrs. Clara rincher and children of Miss Bessie Thompson was the guest of Miss Hessie Jordan Sunday. Mr. Vance Wentz and Mr. David Helms were visitors at Stouts Friday night. Mr. Emsly Sellers and Mr. Dick Orr, and Misses Margaret Helms and Onella Plyler motored to Pineville Saturday afternoon to sea. relative. The farmers of this section were Between 10,000 and 15,000 northern forces sent against Sun Yat Sen's v " Kiangsi province mutJn J .v burne5 wn of Ku:i;u ar.d 'other nearby cities and kiiled thou- sands of th? residents. The troops vera under command of General Tsai Chen Hsun, military commander of Peking. YOUNG HENRY ADAMS ACQUITTED THIS MORNING (barges Brought Because of Acci dental Killing of 16-Months-Old Child of Horace D. House Young Henry Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Adams, was acquitted in recorder's court this morning on a charge of manslaughter brought by Chief of Police Spoon bt-cau.se of the death of the sixteen-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Horace D. House when the baby dashed out into the street in front of Mr. Adams car Sat urday afternoon, June lOih. Evidence was brought out in the case showing that Mr.Adams was not exceeding the speed limit and that he was not driving in a caie'.ess man ner, several persons testifvinir that he was looking ahead and noticing .r.uiiren playing on the opposite sul i V'i' roaa trom the or.e on wh nud from the or.e" on which i the b. Kv dashed out into the street Chic; Spoon brought the charge in tider to discharge his duties as an f - heer and Mr. House went on the stand and slated that he di.in't hold. Mr. Adams responsible for the acei- dent that he believes he did every - U:.. ill A. . im:iik ioMiL'ie io prevent ic. .Mr. Adams was represented bvialiy. o r sluhest whim was law to Messrs. Stack. Parker & Craiir and Mr. W. B. Love. Prosecuting Attor- e desired, r.o matter how far. All ney Brooks carried out his duties as'8"1 old soldier had to go to get what such, but stated that if the Recorder he wanted was to make himself found that loung Adams was not driving in a reckless or careless man-1 "We were niet at the depot by a ner he hoped he would acquit him. 'delegation of nen and Boy Scouts. Mr. House has proven himself to. The Boy Scout v. re fine. They knew be a man of liberal views, for not- their way abcu: any part of the city withstanding the fact that he is and they took ns aiotind evervwhere. deeply hurt over the death of his only child, after the trial was over he went to Recorder Lemmond and to.d him he was glad he acauitted Young Adams, because he considered :r.e unfortunate atta-r' entirely acci- dental and unavoidable. THE WEEK'S SOCIAL NEWS.Lh?;a"ksT,h:ruJ.,iiilsL'.1I L0I Mr. . A. Ashcraft of Marshville township returned a few days ago from Texas where he spent four weeks with his sister, Mrs. M. E. Me - Xutt, who returned with Mr. Ashcraft and will s-ier.d the summer with rela - tives in the county. Misses Fay Ross Develle, Mary Bagley Ross and Martha Davis from, Charlotte are visiting Miss Katlierine Kyle Redfern. Many social functions are planned for the young people. Mrs. W. M. Gordon Is visiting her sister In law, Mrs. U. F. V.ke, at Or angeburg, S. C. Miss Jennie Sherrod of Lancaster, S. C, and Miss Elizabeth Oilflln of school picnic. Cut they oan t di it. Andersou. S. C, are the gt.esu of Nothing can boat Richmond. Every--Mrs. l G. Henderson. I body is pleased with Gen. Carr's re- , I flection. The soldiers seem to be a Dr. N. A. Funderburk is spending unit in he matter." a few days with relatives in Monroe, j "There were loh of speeches' Mr. He recently graduated from a medi-; Douglas continued. "The Yaukees say cal college in Atlanta and will go to, hat we fought for the negroes. A work in the Louisville City Hospital. Mr. J. C. Slkrs and family and Mrs. Dora Sanders left early today for Myrtle Deacli, S. C, to spend a few days. Mrs. F. G. Henderson entertained at bridge Tuesday morning In honor of her guest, Miss Elizabeth Griffin of Anderson, S. C. Mrs. J. R. Doisey and children of Pomplin, Va., are visiting Mis. Dor sey's sisier, Mrs. Vann Funderburk. Mr. J. J. Holloway of Atlanta ar rived Tuesday on a visit to his sons, Messrs. C. !., W. J. and L. A. Hol loway. He was accompanied by two sons, Messrs, C. R. Holloway of Law renreville, Gii.. and Winston Hollo lovvny of Atlanta. Mr. Holloway is if.'to oil and fertilizer inspector for G. orgia. A quarlet of Monroe ladies will sing a number of selections nt the woekly meeting of the Kiwanis club tonight. Tho quartet Is com posed of Mrs. H. R. Laney, first so prano; Mrs. J, W. Yats. second so- lira no- Mr. R.iv Funderburk, first contralto, ana airs. u. .m. smnu, sec-: ond contralto. Miss Louise Cox if visiting friends in Rock Hill. Mr. C. E. Houston, Jr., left for a visit to friends in Richmond, a., Wednesday night. He will stop over for a lsit with relatives In Raleigh on his return. Miss Ashe Atkinson Lane left this morning to visit lelatives and friends in Gaston la and Wayesville. Big Crowd Attended Harris' Funeral ... A ariro concourse of relat ves and friends attended the funeral of Mr. Walter Harris last Tuesday after noon. Those from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris and son, Robert, Jr., of Columbia; Mr. George Harris of Rocky Mount; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Yarborough of Charlotte; Mrs. Ida Craig of V ilmingtonj Mrs. hue Houeh of Raleigh: Mrs. Kirby Hough of Chester, S. C; Mrs. F. M. Lowery, Mr. and Mrs. D. r . Morgan. Mrs. Rob ert Jenkins and Mrs. C. C. Lowery of Taxahaw, S. (J.; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Watson, Mrs. John Watson, and Mrs. J. L. Perry of Wingate; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Spencer and Mrs. Claude Squires of Charlotte. The active pall bearers were Messrs. Jack Harrell, Joe Privett, Carl Schaehner, Claude Helms, Bert Crowell, J. B. Simpson. Hrri"a:-y rail bearers, Messrs. A. M. :. v. John Brewer, Dr. G. M. SiiUh, Dr. R. H. Garren, Code Mor gan, Lee Griffin, Dr. G. C. Pruett, and Ha'.I Wilson. The floral offerings were many and ver ybeautiful. The sym- pathy of the entire community goes out to the mother and wife of Wal-101 OLD SOLDIERS RETURN FROM THE REUNIONS RICHMOND Mr. Douglas Reports That They Hid Eierything Heart Could Desire and That It Was the Best RICHMOND PEOPLE SEEMED THINK THEY WERE HELPLESS Ne Orleans Promises to Make the Richmond Reunion Look Like a Sun day School Picnic. There is a considerable sprinkling of gray oa the streets of Monroe to day. All the oid soldiers attending the reuiiion held la Richmond this week returned last uibt and this morning, although they had a splen did time at Richmond and were treated like lcinces, are glad to be !aok. Mr. J. Dvislas. who has at tended five o.- six reunious. says this one was t!i greatest he has ever been to. 'It wa magnificent." said Mr. Don!?s. "We had eveivthing !'0 Mt that heart could wish for aud i : . ... , - . ' . .. i . . . i - . . . J "as uit we were ireuia ruj. i 'hem. They would carry us anywhere known. We all felt i-erfectlv at home. We did not pay anything to ride oa street cars. They would not let There were about 6,000 rebels in the parade and not one was walic. ing. Mr. Douglas said thp nennl of ; Richmond were brinKine un their children to be rebels and to hate uvma Mill liOlT.ll I J piuuro Ul IUQ war. When throueh thev would bes for more. I "The neonle seamed n thlnlc 'that we were helpless?" remarked Mr. Dorclas. "Thev would nearly 'cniry i:s across the'streets, afraid we would f.ret run over. We could not !iave 1)K'a ""'m better, fcvery home 1B 1 uvlA vue uiree sowiers in it. In speaking of the selection of New Orleans for the 1923 reunion city and I the reelection of General Carr as I commander. Mr. Douglas said: "The people of New Oilear.s told us that , if we would come there for the next minion tiny would make the Rich- monl reunion look like a Sunday general replied to tlm In a speech. He said thai we did not fight for the negroes but for th principle. He made a regular rebel speech but was kind to the Yankees."' Mr. Douglas said that he did not think he spent over fifty cents all i he time he was gone, which was four days. "I could have stayed a week though," he said, "and have beui welcome." Resolutions were adopted for th selection of histories fair to the South. There nrc 1.013 ramps on roll now, although some are extinct all members having died. Reports sub .niited at the reunion showed this to be the greatest in history, with a larger representation. Benefit Hecital for Hospital The recital to be given by Miss Helen Day, assisted by Misses Ruth Chapman and Dennie Withers, and Messrs. Alford and Brown, four of the highest paid choir singers of CharlO'te, will he held In the high school auditorium, instead of the J off re hotel as previously announced, Monday evening, June 26th. at 8:30 o'clock. Same of our musicians heard tins conceit In Lharlote and pro- nounee it "an echo from grand op era." Miss Day is a most wonderful oice i earlier and has recently b.en elected to the diiectorshln of the In- jt. rnatioiial Institute of Fine Arts in China. A treat is hi store for all music Iovms, and we Invite our friends from Waxhaw, Marshville, Wlngate and other centers to come and spend a most delightful evening and help in this worthy cause, as the entire proceeds will go toward buying an x-ray machine for the Ellen I Pll. 11 , .1..!,- PA "i'". Aanta rhtlJi,tn uterine II Z aanls ""u" " " vr'"-' Everybody come. Pilot Roy Snow, R. H. Norman and a woman passr.er, all of Oklahoma City, escaped .i parachutes when their airplane wont into a tail spin at an cle.'auo:i ot a.ttinj feet and crash ed to the .ar.li .iear Belleplane, 15 miles south oi ichita, Kami. Wed nesday. The paiachutes had been strapped to the passengers before the flight. Their escape is unprecedented. Heretofore a tail spin has invariably proved fatal to every person in the machine if it were at any height. William "Pussyfoot" Johnson sail ed for Liverpool yesterday to resuma his prohibition drive overseas cn the British steamship Scylhia. "I will not ride on American bootleg scows," ha said. "I den't regard any such thip safe to travel on. The managers cf the United States Shipping Board spend much money appealing to Americans to ride on their ships for patriotic reasons, ana then, through mke .,rLca ricl,culous " th I eyes of the world." ter Harris.