•Id by Dr. Culpepper the
m been notable and permanent.
The nernoni Whmd by Dr. Cel
of c«e pel truth* that in cal
to do arach rood. He haa
■st been bitter hi hie deonciation of
aim hot haa presented Ma subjects in
nch a way that one cannot help M
be Impressed with Ma earnestness.
"I hate sin with a bitter, barning
hatred." he said in mm of hie sermons,
*%vt have only love and pity for the
ahtner." The modern dance, card
playinr and promiscuous bathing,
along with Joy riding, are evila that
Ike church haa to fight today. It is
the dirty of the clergy to call atten
tion to these forces that are sapping
the vary vitals of spiritual troths
i the youth of oar laad, and If not
there la great danger of the
dykes riving away.
A warning la given to parents to
aot only keep the faith theauelvn.
tat to see that their children are
reared In the proper atmosphere. If
yon have a One dog or cow yon take
•are of it, and know where it can be
found, bat if some of yoa parents
lad to tell where your boy or girl is
or be hanged yoa would say get the
tape, for yoa do not know where they
are," declared Dr. Culpepper In one
of bis sermons. "Pastors ltd longer
have the influence over the youth
that they once had," said the speaker,
cry is for license, liberty and
It would pay Mount Airy
■ot« than any other one thing if the
parents! would go home and whip
•vary child from sixteen years old
4own, Just to let them know who is
The Culpepper Party.
Ill ere are four in the Culpepper
party—Dr. Culpepper, Mr. William
8baer*on, Mr. Ems Culpepper and
Ma U. Robinson. Mr. Slaaarson is
tke organization man and ha • charge
of the personal work, prayer meet
ings, shop meetings, delegations, etc.
He hat had wide experience in thia
line of work. Mr. Rom Culpepper,
who (a a nephew of the evangelist, ia
4be director of young people'* work.
He has been very successful In this
His first appearance was last
ay night, wh^n he addresaed the
rtgr people at the Methodist church.
Mr. Wohinson is the director of music.
A large choir has been organised and
the singing will be a feature of the
■Mating. Two piano* are being need
tad an orchestra of several pieces ia
■bring valuable assistance.
Comai ratty Revival.
The revival b strictly what Its
canaraaKy revival,
ia invited to Join fat. "A
two things," said the
"It brings the entire cota
eer together and everybody
«fcaar to God. Cone in and get all
yOT can, but do not can all yon fat
tall H to others. Bring la jrotr
and friends."
house M splendidly
comfortable. A large
km erected for tha choir, b the
rear of the building a
competent help in
csii h<* iminni that thiir
receive tha very beet attention if left
in tha nnraary.
Amm
There will ha two services daily-—j
!• a. m. and 7:80 p. m. At tha even
ing service the choir wilt have at
leaat a thirty minutes' song aervice.
There aril) ha three servteaa held
in the warehouse Sunday. At 11 a.
m. Dr. Culpepper will preach a spe
cial sermon to e»efyhudy. At 3
o'clock tn the afternoon he will preach
to men only. He has a "red hloedsd
for red-blooded men." At
night he will preach on the "Hohl
Spirit" *'
Delighted With the Start.
Rev. H. K. Boyer, paster of tha
Central Methodist church, said that
he was1 delighted with the progra
of the meeting, that it has had eae afl
th* mofvt iiMpidoQi Hffinninfi th&t|
ha haa ever aean. 1 am very an
inas that the people of Moont Airy|
and surrounding conn try hear Dr.
Culpepper. I regard him one of the
leading evangelists of the Methndiet
Episcopal Church, South, and a man
very much in demand throughout the
church. We are fortunate hi being
able to get him here at this time."
Baaiaaaa Men's Prayer Meat inga.
Each afternoon at 4 o'clock a
prayer meeting for the business men
is held in some store down in the city.
These meetings are largely attended.
They last for twenty minutes.
Tobacco Crop Boat For Smrtl
Tom.
Greenville, An*, t.—The tobacco
crop in this immediate section U
probably the beat in color, weight
and quality that ha* been grows for
several year*. While the first cur
ings have a tendency to ha light in
weight, some of the fanner* are ex
hibiting curing* from near the top
| of the plant that will almoat equal
in body the heavy tnhaceoe of the
dark belt*. A great many of the
grower* will have their entire crop
housed within the nest ten day*.
General natUfaction prevail* all over
•he Eastern section in present crop
condition*, and it i* predicted that
the yield from alt field* will exceed
that of many leasons.
Automobile Prico Slashing
Started.
New York, Aug. 1.—Announcement
j of extensive automobile priee cuts by
several of the leading automobile
manufacturers this week generally la
regarded in Wall Street aa a fore
I runner of intense ceeapefMea this fall
Some of the reductions have been the
raoet drastic in years, totalling nearly
one-third at former values. Close
j watch is being kept by financial
statisticians on sales and earning* of
all companies and the street gen
erally would not be mrpriesd to see a
. few of the smaller cMymlei dttnr
disappear or be absorbed by larger
tai • leselnsnhip Hk. Other bitor
aato of the «tats In the rarf kin i»
quire further participation in legal
moves, it wna stated.
The state's i lawm ia said to en
and in the rotation of tha A. and T ta
the old Cape Peer and Tadkin rail
road. The old C. F. and T. ohm
a continuous Hna from Wilmington
to Mount Airy, waa broken at San
ford a quartor of tiitaif ap. The
Atlantic and TadUl forma that pan
betnaan Sanford and Mooi^t Airy
Tha eastern half ia owned by tha
Atlantic Conat Linai A aoit brought
by tha atoto laat yaar, anUiif t«i
bring about tha reunion of tha broken
Una, revolted in a victory for the rail
road ownera.
The A. and ▼. waa pot into reeefcr
erahip by the Soathern, which owned
ft, tut ynf,
Mr. Brmnmitt and Mr. Brooks now
hope to prevent tha Southern from
rafaJnbif poaaaaaion of tha road when
it ia offered for aale under tha receiv
ership. Thar* waa no suggestion a*
to whether they would aeek buyer* In
opposition to tha Southern, though
tha governor mid It had not been sag
rested that tha atoto buy it in.
Mr. Brooks ia appearing in tha
matter aa attorney for the commis
sion created by the 1K4 apacinl ses
sion of the legislature to aeek legal
recourse in an effort to affect a reun
ion of tke Cape Panr and Tadkin
Valley. The reaahrtion creating the
commtaoion directed H to ftrat seek
relief in the conrta, and failing there,
•« negotiate with the railroad imueu
-<s to the possibility of purcbaatog
'he Continuous line.
The reaahition anticipated a report
to a subsequent legislature with re
commendations. Ne now in thai
direction has thus far been made,
however.
Bnra"wSlT
Washington, Ao|. 1.—Mrs. William
J. Bryan left km to-nifht for Co
roanut Grow, Fla., wWrt ah* will
reaide. Her m, William J. Bryan
Jr., accompanied bar. Mrs. Graf*
Harrnrta, after a abort atay bora,
will go to Floriia to ba with boi
mother for several woaka before re
turn in* to bar bona on tbe PacMk
Coaat. Mrs. Reginald Owen, anothei
daughter, wll keep a speaking en
garanent in Northern Peanaytvaail
before going Sooth. Char lea W
Bryan, brother of tbe Coawoaar, ii
"n bis way to Nebraska.
Before leaving Mrs. Bryan said ah«
cxpecta to live at Ceeoannt Grove
where ahe owns • hoaae. tbe reat of
her days.
The relatives of Mr. Bryan held a
brief conference on the aort of nark
er they will erect for his grave. Bom
of then want a niiaaiilsuai. to har
monise with that of Admiral Dewey
while others thought a plain tomb
stone would be mora to the notion ol
the Commoner. No decision wai
reached; the matter will be disrueasd
at other meetings.
Mrs. Bryan rented well last nighi
and waa refreshsd this morning.
Masonic Grand Lodge Moots m
North Wilkosboro Aag. 24
North WUkeeboro, July M.—Th<
mid-sunnier asaaion of the Msaontf
Grand Ledge of N«*th Carolina win
be bald in North Wllheoboro begin
ning August M. The coaveotion wll
last four days and will bo attended by
several hundsad grand officer* and
delegates from the variooa lodges
over the state. Local Meeooa ar«
making preparations to entartaia the
visiting brethren aoi to make thsfa
stay in "the Kay la the Bhse Ridgi
City" piaaAat.
The meeting of the grand lodge in
this city will ho oas of the largaot
Hard In ir a petition far world pane
bearing the ilgnatill«» at tan thou
and urged by friends not to
teka to make tha
Wanhington Conference win prob
ably ba aty hat chance to da mm
thin* for the cauae of peace and Ira
manlty, to which I Kara ilidli«li< m;
life." Madame Yajhna believed t>
prohibition, tka equality of mm
and aR
tha gooi
«ity of adapting ideals to prartica
-ducational
vming waa essential to tka — erase
ful institution of prohibition; am
that tha country weald ha randy fa
woman rafrtp only
traininf.
Upon the announcement of !
Yajima'a death tha Emperor
ad upon bar tha Junior Grade of thi
Fifth Court Rank in recognition a
W remarkable aai »Waa aa a welfar
worker. Tkia ia the hirhaat rani
ever riven to peraona who have pro
ia aaid m ba tha Aral woman apoi
whom it ban been beatowad at death
For years aha had. in addition t
other duties, advocated
ly the abolition of the
tera in Japan. It waa my ptUBagi
to be a delerate to a (rent intonation
al rathering in the national capital i
few yeara afs whan Madams Yaihni
waa introduced. She waa maiTiai
•arly in life; hat It waa an nnhapr
match, and aha obtained a divorc
Her ffoing to Tokyo and Vecoming i
Chrietian and fhrtnc to her natioi
•neb distinguished service make read
in* equal ia intoreat to a novel am
far mora inspiring.
uit month we MM another pM
earthquake fai Japan. 1W damag
waa not ao terrible a* that occasion
ed by the rreat catastrophe of Sep
•ember 1, 1923, partly Aw to the fac
that th* centre of tbe ahoclca las
month waa away froai any grsa
I'CUtfV of population and of waaltl
Aa it waa. at least aUty-eight mllHoi
yen worth of property waa dsetroyec
and quite a toll of human Htm wa
exacted. Our son Grady waa in th
mefoctura where shocks did the grea
damage, but on the opposite coast, fc
tbe city of Kobe. While Kobe wa
also shaken, tbe boy has never men
tioned the earthquake hi Ma eorra
spondence. It doubtless lacked th
thrill which the ahake of IKS gar
him when he waa aent sprawling t
the earth. Yet 1 waa proud of a bo;
who could go through with what w
did for flee days aad nights witboa
*eemh»g to leee his nerve.
Yon are doabtleaa reading abou
the trouble in China where there I
fl eh ting and eulfint Bat H wil
probably auhaide era this la in >rtni
Any coaament upon the attaattof!
even at thia cloae range, which
might make would probably ha atal
raadtag by the tea yea would rmt
II So 1 daeiat. Mi sight la hat
Neat month wfll probably And «
up at Goteaaba, under the tediw o
Mount Fuji trying to heep cool. -
Uwajima, Japan. Juae It. IMft.
J. W. FRANK.
SNOW DAMAGES CMH
in NommN wnooNsn
•
Marinette. Wta„ Aug. «. fcaw fel
for free minutes over aa ana of see
era! square aailaa ysalirday neai
Amberg. 4* miles norfhsweet of Mari
nette. Advices today that the freal
Ktortn was followed by hail dat level
ed grain aad stilppad greea corn ti
the stalks
X
MAGIC HOG ISLAND TO
GO FOR A MERE SONG
; Maw Yarh. Aw. I—Whoa the wl
> riUpyard erar 'id down*ta STE
1 tory of the world, are by the
United State* SMppin* M on O*.
I lobar I. It win be tater*ettnf to learn
how maah of the fAS.0M.M0 Hnrl.
' 8*« f>»it oh tho gigantic milinrt
tag la to And tta way back late hia
coffer. Ona official of tha Emerg
1 eaey Fleet Corporation haa bm qaot
' ad aa laying that If a biddar —mm
' forward with aa offer af UjtOOfiOO
for tka property he will ftpd bimeelf
. •aeoroiy lockad tm the roam until ha
! haa dg»< na tha dotted Una.
It la thought that tha ialand, with
ail ite paraphernalia of plai a. ahip
Although tha United Statea had
baan at war with Germany for about
aix aumtha whan tha work of oon
niMag Hoff Ialand, a taady waate of
qoftoaa hi tha Delaware Riwr fa
tight of Philadelphia'* City HaU,
began about Ortobe,- 1. 1917, tha
*peed with which the VMfonaatina
waa affected compelled atta^tton. It
waa a breathlaaa aort of thiaf; Ilka
rubbiag a ma air lamp and coauaand
iac that a city appear. There waa
*oawthiag heroic, epic, in tha way
Hoc Ialand emerged from Ha waate*
• to bar am* a community of MM)
ItNia. i-j
im miry or um umno SHOT ir.to
the World War mad* nscesssry the
prompt construction of a hoc fleet
if octM carrier*, ships of mc dnifn,
which could be fibrioM in various
parts of the country—for there are
mora than 20,000 separata parts to
the freighters the yard turned oat—
the units transported to convenient
points and there asaiiblsJ into the
-ompteted voaaeL Hog Island was
one of the places sslnfcd by reason
of its accessibility and the deep
waterway flanking it.
Work on the place was hegun a boat
October 1, 1917, and rarely have engi
neers been faced with sach a problem.
It meant completely changing the
landscape, leveling, filling in and
(*r edging Fifty shipways. more than
Hi any five shipyards in the country,
weie planned, and provision had to
be Made for the housing and main
tenance of the legion of steal work
ers, shipwrights, engineers, and al
lied artiaans who were coming after
to throng the place in so shaft a time
By the time the apper sandy layer
of the island had been piaiUatsd by
the diggers it was necessary to thaw
the land here or to blast a way
throogh froaen mod there. It was
like going through stone. Bat the
work went on and on, day and night,
the latter by electric light and the
tnomination of bonfires by which the
chilled workmen clustered at intervals
to shake off the penetrating cold.
la time the 80 shipways were com
pleted, bat on concrete bases, the
great barracks to house thonsand*
of man, the long mess halls, the score
of administration buildings, the 72
miles of trackage to transport ma
terials about the island—the entire
M acres wars occupied. Sevan piers,
with a total length of a mile and two
fifths, ware built, and there were
mora than U acres of covered struc
tures erected. There had te be a
keen eye to the future of the island
I aa the war ptogriisssd. because 1,000
shops all over the country, — |iliijhig
fabricate the inaumeisbis parta of
[ the voaaeis which wars te (Ms down
tha ways at Hog Island.
TV* contract with tha American
International Shipbuilding Corpora
tion. acting aa agont far thit United
States Shipping Board, wna far Um
, construction of ISO freight tsiilns
of IM* to 1.000 tone, to be 4M feet
1 long by SI feet bsam, with engines
developing 10.000 hersspuwot. Tide
' required snch aa agmy ef nsikmsn
that the raster eventually mas to
SOjMO. Bach noon hour 14.000 men
wore fad In the Mm hah. IMr
• gamr* <>f rlratara «t ml,
"»* *»T thay itum
In
Mra. Woorfmw
veaaal. President Wllaon
ont at tha ear
hia hat at tha naw craft glided M*
tha waMr. ,
Thar* waa annthar
<pnna«r far a Hof blaad
Thia waa Itaf AlWt of
who ekrMnH tha troopahfp Cjnt
i tigny on Octohar 77, ltli
Thoo0% H had baan phniH
1M> raaaaU .hoald ha
H«f Inland, tha total Bant
waa 1SS, and Mm ialand i
..war by tha i<n«ni»ant in IMC. Wow
tha fnvemmmt want* to gat rid of
It to rwcmla a little aomathinv of tha
SA3,000.000 H expended fat
i Aladdin-like parfo
Nrw York, Aug 1.—Another dash
toward the north pole imt time hi
an airship instead of a plane. TMs
' is the hope of Lincoln Ellsworth, fa
mous explorer, he said hi aa inter
view tonight.
MI still believe we can reach the toy
of the world" he smilingly declared.
"I have always thought so."
Captain Boald Amundsen in the re
rent effort to reach the pole, retail
ed to his home in New Tort today
from Norway.
Re certainly did not look aa if the
gruelling journey Into the frosea
wastes of the northland told upon hia
ronstitution. His color b good, kis
stap elastic and his manner buoyant.
There is. however, a somewhat strain
ed look about him. He peers at yoa
intently aa he talks.
"We look an the last attempt aa
merely preliminary." he said. "We
hope to try again, although we hare
no definite plana.
"To a man we are for Amundaen,
If we go again we certainly want
High Point, Aug. 1.—Oscar Gam
ble, of 711 Fifteenth street. Wlnstott
Salem, waa seriously injured when
struck by aa automobile on the Win
ston-Salem road flee miles from hero
tonight.
stopped at a service station to repair
their automobile. The machine caught
Are and Gamble hi aa effort to aa