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o o o o c O ASSOCIATED O PRESS O DISPATCHES OOOOOOO . .3 .1. U -J Q O O 1 t: VOLUME XXII. CONCORD, N. C MONDAY, MAY 1, 1922. NO. Tfl. i1 1 UKE .mm TOZlIIiEFflElIll At Least Foreign Minister Tchitchcrn, Head cf Rus 'm Dclr-ntlon at Genoa v Cc reference, Says So. ' 0 SECRET CLAUSES IN RUSSOGERMAN PACT French O.Ticials Rejanf Let- ter as Ccr.tinuation of the EiTorts to Gain the French Confidence. -. ' Genoa, Mayl. (By th Associated Pre. Foreign . Minister Tchlteherln, head of the Russian delegation at the economic conference, has written a let- jter to Vice. I'reroler Bar thou of France, a wiring him there are no secret mili tary or politlcahclause In the Rnssn Oerinan treaty aliened Easter Snnday nt Kaptillo. lie aaya Russia Is not hostile toward Frnuce, notwithstand ing France's, "unfriendly i attitude to ward Russia, v ;; . ''. The draft of the- private property articles to be Embodied in proposals to Russia drawn up by the . experts was submitted to allied conferees to dny and provided -.a . lively discus rlon, Belgium objecting to the draft as -.unsatisfactory. . It was decided therefore, that jtha experts re-examine the' draft and -nfaks another report later in the day. , ' .' . T , . Fill Tett Read at " French Foreign "t.;- Office. . . , , . Paris, May 1. (By the Associated Press.) The, full text of the letter, ' from soviet foreign minister Tchit-' ch.rrin-to .vice premerier Barthou de- clarlng there were no annexes to the Rosso-German treaty of Rapalio pro viding for military combination with Germany has been received at ; the ; French- foreign office.- . French offi cial regard the letter as a continua tion of" sivlet' efforts "to gain French confidence In view of soviet Russia's financial needs., . - . f-'t:, - . It was remarked today by foreign official that M. Tohltcherln referred only to the treatv signed' at Rapalio and omitted a categorical denial of any understandings, political wf mili tary with Germany, v, : . -..V ': -v. Tchltcherln's reference, io the 0s tillty of the French to the Russian people was jpartlctilnrly. resented. BATTLE CONTINTES FOR ' 1 1 POSCSESSION OF PEKING Advantage Apparently Going to Forces . of uen. wu rot ru 1 (By the Associate Press.) -'; ' PckliiR May h (By ,the Associated Press) -The battle for the possession of Peking was still continuing today with the advsntuge apparently going to the forces of General Wu Pel Fu ' driving toward the cnpltal from the south. ' ' - ' 1 Advices from the center of the fighN lug ,12' miles north west of the city, were thaj: Genneral W'u was forcing, the soldiers of General Chang Tso Lin r from Chang Bin Tleu and that the tide ) of battle was rolling eastward toward the southern walla of Peking.. . ,! Heavv gunfire broke' out to 'the east of Cbaug 8Iu, Tein at 0 o'clock last night continued jnternnuenuy an night. . , , - i BAPTIST YOI'NG PEOPLE WILL MEET JUNE 13-15 Sessions Will Be Jleld at New Bern and . 1,000 Delegates Are Expected. ' Xe Bern., May 1. More than a i thousand Baptist young peopW are ex ; pec ted to attend the lth annual sej i ion of the state It. Y. P. U. eonven- ; tion, which, will bo held'with the Bap tist churches or this- city June w-u. 'Thf meetings will be held in the' audi- torhim of tbe Methodist chntvh. , J i The Deonle of New Bern have open- v'ed wide their doors and are inviting X nil members of the B. L P. U. through out (he state who wll come to be their gue8ts.t No limit will be placed on the . delogatlon from any union. They will be ciitertalned on the Harvard plan, lied and breakfast will be given In ; the homes and dinner and Mipper on tjie rafcterln style at the church. S ! HOODED KU K1AIX ' j ; : i t , GITE 11REACHER $25,00 Walked into the ' Chureh Saturday , Night Wliere lie Was Conducting ' Revival. : "" l ' (By tlte Associated P.' , : Hickory. May 1. In the midst of !V' the service, at the Highlands BaptUt ' church here Saturday night, five mnsk . "id figures walked intp the cliurch and up trt the niter and Jianded Bev, H. f C. Whltener, who was conducting a re- 1 vlvitl there, a letter which contained V $25.00. The letter said that the money . was a gift from the Ku Klux. Klans- men, declariiig that the order stood . fot law enforcement; ' and appreciated 'the sermons which had been peached i here by Mr. Whltener..'.. , , 1111 " " Taidt Steamer V.'liitiier a Total Loss. Br b Aocl(e4 Press.) Han Francisco, CnU May 1. The tank steamer" Wliltticr, of the Union oil Company, which went on the rocks ' at a poirtt ten miles, south 'of Point . Arena lust night. Is a total losn, the comuiiny was ailviel today. ' The si.Miiner'a enr-io of 10,000 barrels of oil was lost also. The "crew of 20 was taved. , " i ; , -vt.i ti i "i s -( are performed i, I, mi. I the bride Is confined to ! e i s !" r s-veral dnya after the rtlRrsT HIIL REVIVAL CLOSES llirr Ornt Service Yesterday ( onrrrtilioo Afala Overflows the Itmrrh. The revlral which lern Foster, Sunday la the Yrrr Hill Methodist Church and whl Mradlly grew ill interest friin the beginning, reached a great rilmai la the errlcm of yer tenia y ami last night, which marked Its Hose. At the morning bonr Mr. Armstrong preached on the "IJght Tliat Khali Never Go Chit." It wss "old folks' day" and a large number of the aged and Intlrm of the city were brought to the chnrch la' antomoWles. The singing surpassed anything beard dur ing the two weeks -Mr. Allen and bis two Mg choirs were evidently at their be-t. .The adult choir rendered "Sail tin" In 'a manner altogether miperh. Mr. Allen, by request, repeated the solo. "I Want to Go There." Tbe en tire 'aervli was "one of the most In spiring every held In this historic church. i 1 At three o'clock Sl&rMlcn preached an excellent sermonMO men only OB Christianity's Test." " Mr. Armstrong preached ia-nt nlglit on "God's Ust Call to Man." ,At the morning hour the . congregation taxed the seating capacity of the church. In cluding chair which Oiled -the aisles. tast night the jtrowd overflowed the. building - and numbers were turned way. A (ins nt eight "was added to the church. Tills number will be In creased to at least fifteen. Practical ly all tber people who attend - this church are member of some denom ination. . ' r'- ' ' - :: If deve.lopeil that In -the entire prl mary and intermediate departments of the Sunday school embracing, perhaps two hundred and fifty children, there were only two children ' present yes terday above, nine years of age who are not church members. This la said to be a very unusual record. .An Intermediate choir of about six ty voices has hee,n regularly organized and will no doubt develop into a great singing institution. ; t ? y , ,A Junior hoard .of sfcewnrtls consist ing of twenty-five . strong, forward stepping", men. has -vbeen organized. Nineteen of these have been selected and were present last nigbt to be for mally installed. - This .board gives promise of great things. This is the fifth revival campaign Which' Mr; Armstrong has led for the Forest HIU congregation.. In all these he has done the preaching throughout except the one jijst cloed, when Mr. Allen conducted three morning ser vices, two afternoon services and one night sej-vice. As pastor he declares himself exceedingly grateful for the wonderful manner in which the .con gregatlott. and .communUy h tfc stood with. him. 'v-i, "'-j -iv- , Rev. H. G.! Allen, who has lel the singing the past two weeks, has great ly endeared himself to tne people ot the city. He Is a most excellent so loist and evangelistic choir leader. No man, it Is declared could have given more universal satisfaetlon.-v,. He left Concord this morning for his. home In Franklin, N. C, by way of Cornelia, Georgia. - BEST TWFNTY FIVK ROOKS FOR THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL To Be Selected by Llhrarlanw and Teachers at Annual Confereneea of American Library AsocuUion. , Chicago, Mav' 1. The liest twenty- five ; books ; for a "one- room country school will lie selected by the votes of several thousand librarians and teach- ers at the annual conferences of the American Library .Association, In De troit,, June 26-July 1, und of the National - Edilcatlon - Association in Boston early in July. !-: The winning title will be announc ed after the conferences "in order that people everywhere may- know what hooks are. considered by librarians and teachers aN most interesting and use ful to children In the 1 elementary grades," It was stated by Earl H. Ml Inn, secretary of the American Library Association ' . '-" N 'Oilv ..'Vr. -:' "A recVnt study of children's read ing in one. state showed, that some times scores of children In a given dis trict do not read nuytiitng v nut ; tne tetbooks; and that not infrequently .there are no readable books in either the schools or the tomes," Mr.j Milan said. ."In A other , districts school libraries are made up of r: discarded books from dusty attics o.r of large sets of books, In near-leather bind 1 Ing, which nobody ever reads. ' ' is the hope of the two associa tlons conducting the contest that the selection of this - list will serve to stimulate interest in good books for general reading, and to encourage the establishment and .development 1 of small school library collections. , The desire of the .' organizations ' is )' to interest not only the , teachers , and librarians but also the school boards, trustees, public officials, parents ini the children themselves." , , ' . " Program for the Betlipage Community ' V - Club Meeting. The Bethoage? Community Club will meet on Friday night, May Bth. The following (s'-tlie program: ; - U Song: "Come Thou Almighty King. Reading: "Hey. Rube." , I'lny: 'HVhlcb Will He Mnrryr i . Song: "Let the Rest of. the World Go By." ; , . Talk;; Mr. R. D. Goodman. ' Business. ' ..' 'V;'-; s .:,M X, iV . , s-.- ; Richard Croker b Dead at HU Home i In Ireland. ' - Dublin. April 21 The death' of Rlf'hnrd' CroUer, former leader of Tiimmany Hall in New York, Is announced by the Sunday Independent. He died at 3 :39 o'c'ock this afternoon at his residence hfre after a brief Illness. ; ' ' ''; 'y.' ' ' Defective sight among 100.000 per sons In the I'nlted States could have been prevented If half the cases, ac cording to the field secretary of the National Committee for Prevention of FOW) ANT) TflORVPfRQ CF.T IKoM 1 te II YF.AR1 Oihrt Case Dtspovd ef la Oart Last WnM'iurl Recused This Mm Ing. ' I'Mlwrrns Comity ' Superior Cmrt this niorulng at 1U o'chs-k resumed Its April 'terra, with Jnilgc J. Kis Ilnr presiding. The bearing of evidence in tbe rrinilnal cases was rtMitlnued, and the civil ducket will he taken np cn Wedncilay looming. Hatardny afternoon's session, of court was filled with unusual Interest, owing to the fact that sentence was passed en a unrulier of defendant who had been fnnnd guilty or had plead guilty during the week's sessions. The greatest Interest was In the cae. of Bmce Ford and I). I,. Thornburg. who were on trial, charged with murder la connection with the death rtf Frank Hnnt. negrot of Ka mis polls. The jury Satnrday morning returned a verdict of mnnslanrhter, flmling both men guil ty. ' I , Jmhre Rayon Barnrdnx aftemown prnnonaeed sentence in the -case, glr mg Brnew Fnrd front 7 to 10 year In the State Penitentiary t and I. U Thornburg from I to 1( years In the State Penitentiary. ' v Rob Honevrntt, . charged with lar ceny, plead guilty to receiving stolen property,, knowing that It was stolen. and was sentenced' to six month on the roads.' He whs also charged with an assault with a deadly 'weapon, but plead guilty to a simple assnnlt,f and judgment was suspended in this case. A nol pro was taken in two other cafe against Honeycutt. charging him With gambling, and with car breaking. A line of $200 and the costs was imposed' on Silas Furr for manufactnr- ing liquor. . ,-. -- -. ,t- .t Sam McClure, for two cases or as- snnlt with a deadly weapon, was fined $2S and the costs l)i each case. vaudry IKalitiitl ltaxter, 1. J. Jones and Willie Cobb,, charged with store breaking, drew the following sen tences: Baxter from Bito'T years in the State Penitentiary; Jones from f to 7 years in the State Penitentiary: Cobb two yenr on the roods. Jones also plead guilty on another charge of store breaking, and was sentenced to from to 5 years more in the state Penitentiary at the expiration of the above term. Gobb plead guilty to an other -charge of store' breaking also, and was given an additional one. yenr on the ronds at tne expiration or tne two years in the foregoing case, f '. Roy Hooker was round guilty ny a jnr.v of : transporting and retailing whisker, and was sentenced to six months on the roads. " . ' ' ? Rob Brown, charged with burglary. plead guilty to second degree, burglary, and Wait given from ti 7 years In tbe.Rtateupenttentiajy. k ','. , Ar nol pros Was taken In the "case against .Frank Wilson charging him with larceny and breaking.. :. "" " , RANK OF ENGLAND BRANCHES RAIDKD More Than 100,000 Pounds Sterling Taken by Irish Armj' Irregulars. Blfntfti May 1 (By the Associated Press).More than 100,000 pounds Sterling have been taken by the Irinh republican army irregulars .in raids on various branches of the Bank of Ireland in the South, It, was reported in Belfast today. The branches at Limerick and Wat- erford were among those raided. All the raiders escaped capture.-' ao other banks were touched. At Limerick the raid was carried out and the money, of the bank was removed In motors, while a large crowd looked on. ' Rocky River Springs Put on Fresh JP ' A Mill, .,-'.,, . ... Albemarle Press. - " ' , Stanly county has within its bor ders one of the best mineral springs properties -to bs found anywhere.' But of late years the buildings have de preciated to quite an extent, De preciated to quite an extent, and those frequenting the place wnt be cause of ,the known' virtue3 ot tho re sort. . ' ?'--'- : '-.-' ' It Is gratifying now to learn that tha place is . busy with the t work of - carpenters, cpalnters .' and elec tricians.' - Mr. B. Ft Ausband Is su perintending the electric work,' and tells us that the" hotel Is being re modeled sand improved In - a material way. ' " - '!."' ...v : . I i - , , - ' 'I - American war Women .Have Reunion. cv'i (Br tk Asoelatci PrcaM Washington. May 1. American wom en who served behind the lines during the world (war, whether by frying doughnuts, nursing the wounded, or by doing the. Innumerable tasks ror which only feminine hands are fitted, met here today In the first grand, re union since the Armistice, v i The purpose of the reunion as 1 an nounced by Miss Margaret Lainble, chairman of the committee In charge) Is to. rededjeate the efforts of those who served overseas to assist . disabled former service 7 me still undergoing treatment and to all classes of emej; gency service. , ' t Bpeclal 'Meeting1 of Merchants' Asso elation. . s A sneclnl meeting of the Mercliants' Association will be held Tuesdax night, Mny 2, In the new home. No. 11 West Depot street, the . Lore building up- stitlrs. The report of the advertising committee on Dollar Days as to what It has done will be made. Other Im portant business will come before the meeting. Everybody come. ' A. E. HARRIS, Sec. i '- ' 1 One of Founders of Republican Party .-'A' i' ' 'Dead. . , j . Chicago. 111., May 1. Edmund Ab bot West, reputed to have been one of the founders of th- Republican party, who celebrated his 99th birthday an niversary last Friday, died here yes terday. ' I ft ' . ' , -., His death was canned by pneumonia contracted oiv hlii birthday. eOGfflME-' TESTIFIES TODAY Faces Woman Charged With the Murder of His Wife, on Which Chahe ,Eastlake Himself V'aa Acquitted. . DETAILS STQRY . np MnVtrXTFTMrCV111' wben the pastor preached ' . ... ! after Ha mon was slain by Clara 8 Miss Knox Exhibits No Emo ' tion as Na 1 Petty Officer Proceeds Viith His'Tes- , timony. (By Ike AmmmrltttrA Ptmm. ' "Slontroxs, Va. Kayr 1. Facing the woman charged with murder' Iu con nection with the lesth of lls wife; 4 . Roger D. Fastis k chief petty officer In the IT, H. Navy hxuiy took the stand In the court 'room' here and detailed the story of his movements on the day the body of his wife was found literal ly shot to pieces in their Colonial Beach home. . ,-.'. ' T ' ..... . MIsit'MniT E. Knux, n Baltimore mirse, the defendant In the case, ex hibited no emotion ns Fistlake pro ceeded with his testimony. , ; . The witness gave his age as 33 years and said he was (employed at the Washington Navy JTnrd as chief' me chanic of aviation. n the. day of his wife's death he said he had left the house at 5:30 a. m. after having break fast' with 'Mrs. Rastlnke. ' "I leftby the front door, he-said, "and saw no one a round the bonse, and walked down the) board walk. In abont three minutes 1 heard cries from the directum of mjr neighbors,- ; the Oolts" . . 4 ' :,-.. .. ' .- Eastlake qunllfled Jiis testimony a minute later, saying the sounds were more like' screams as Ifvthe person crying were, in a. rage. He said he ar rived nt the boat 18 or 20 minutes of six; and was about. , to go on bosrd when Rome one called blm and told blm he was wanted at home. "It was Win. Carrutherj"," sold East- liike, - " . . , .i ' "He told me mv wife had Iteep uiun dered and said 'that' woman is there' "I asked him what woman, and as far as I can remember, be nld Miss Kno." ' , i , E!ujt lake said het , to' ht home and said he, was. met "by Mtss Knox who cried "O Roget', who can lie yoiu eliemy? I want to have a tlk with yon." "I :trled to open the door to go In where she lav, but someone vnntht hold of me and ,told me I could not fro In there, I, asked If s,he. were dend, and was told that she, was." ; i nvn ipira nm inaui'S ..'. ,': ' CLAI NOT WELL FvlTTCRED To- tin Bed of the River. Supronie Court Decision Totfcjy. Br th . Associated Press. ' "Washington,-' May 1. The Supreme Court today declined to decide at this time what constitutes the. South bank of the Red River an issue in the con. troversy .betwen Texas and Oklahoma Involving rich -oil lands,- but In an opinion delivered bv Justice vandevan- ter declared the cluint of Oklahoma t" the bed of the river l was not well wounded, '" SECRET PROCESS FOR MAKIXti FERTIt lERS Is Intended for Commercial t'se at the Nitrate Plant at Muscle Shoals, ' (Kr the 'Assoc-laled Pre. , Washington, May 1. A secret pre cess for making fertilizers has been discovered' and is Intended . for com mercial use at the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, W. B. Mayo chief engineer for Henry Ford, told the senate agricultural committee when It began examination today 'of the Ford modified proposal for purchase and lease of the Muscle Shoals property. v 1 DECLARES PACKERS' ACT CONSTITUTIONAL Decision Rendered Today by the Unit ed States Supreme Court. I Br tkm Associate !. I Washington, May 1j The packers' and stock yard act of 1021 was declar- ed constitutional today by the Su premer Court N The court, in disposing or tne cases brought by uas. K. Burton and others, representing, Chicago : traders, ? and Stafford Brothers, In behulf-or the r"'8. 1 rmJ?,, uTn made last week to .pit all (he , . , . . , . , Tto alyeste ::r ' . '' " T ,r..,7 " interstate commerce. j Camp Bragg Made Permanent Mil C itary Estubllshment. . - - ' (Br tha AMHMlatei .Preas-t . ' Fayettevllle, May I.-Camn. Braw. located near here, has been made a permanent mllltory establishment an urder of the War Department is sued on April 18th, It wm loaned her tofiiiy. . The camp in the future, wid be Knon as Fort Bragg. ; ,;? DfclKioa as to Emergency Fleet Cor "' poration. By the AsaocUtetl Pril ' Washington. May 1-The emergency fleet corporation of the United States Shipping- Board Is nut a goternmentat agency In the sense that It cannot b sued without its consent, the Supreme Court today decided, i " : The Constantinople Woman's Col-, lege, founded by AnierU-nns, la the only Kuropean college for woiih u- east of Vienna. PASTOR KTDXiPrtD ft Vr. Irs Is (aasot dr(lfy ktj ef IW Attacked Him. Bt tka- tHtftiM riM,) Lawtun. Okla, Miy 1-Plaas' for Ufa church trial May 9lh of the Rev. Ibooias Irwin, pastor of tbo Prt Presbyterian Church here, proceeded tcday in the absence of any action to determine who kidnapped the Rev. Mr. Into Saturday night; hit him -co the bead, chloroformed him and threw blm In a ditch 12 miles from this citv. The Rev. Mr. Irwin today said be couia not taenury any of the three men who attacked Jilm.- Beth factions la the congregation which baa been r,pllt for more than a the llamon, Smith Hamon, were dlicnssins the incident today, but out of the discussion noth ing concrete , for investigation bos come tnu far. - , Tbts is one of the things which has- brought about a movement for his removal. , . The Rev. Mr. Irwin later married a couple 'In n public bathing poo!, and exhibited motion pictures in his church, thinss which split the con gregation anew. , . . - , . ,, CAPTAIN OF AMERICAN ARMY IS WOUNDED Occurred During a' May-Day Demon stration at Majence. Mayence. May 1 tBy the Associated Press). During u Mav Dav demon stration here today a captain of the American army wos wounded by the monlfestants. . 1 . ; . A column of May Doy demonstra tors was marching through the -Ithein-strasse when through a mistake in steering, the American captain's auto mobile ran Into the proces-ionr .The mnchlue was stopped Immediately, but It was a once surrounded and attacked by a. shrieking furious, crowd which began to mount the ear. The captain, Itelie.vlnghis lift to. he In danger, drew his revolver. One of the men Ire the crowd tried to disarm, him, but the revolver was discharged and the offi cer sank back, wounded in the shoul der. -: ; " -'--.'t - ' French soldiers extricatrnl the Amer ican's car and made several arrests. KCKLCX KNOW NOTHING OF " PLAN TO KIDNAP BULLOCK Have. Nothing to Do With the Case, Keys Chief of Staff of Mao . lr Ik Aowiift4 rwici Atlanta. Ga.. May l.--OfflcIals nt headquarters of the Ku Klux KInn here totfay declared they had no knowleuea, of any olnns -beinir for- mulatej by tnembrs-df the,Jr organi zation q. juana'p aianuea uuiuock, the negro wanted at Norlina, North' Carolina, and bring .him hack to North Carolina. , , Report3 from , Hamilton, Ontario, stale that Bullock has fled to another country and his whereabouts were not disclosed. In the absence of Col. Win, J. Sim mons, imperial Wizard, S. E. Savage. chief of staff, declared the Klan had had nothing to do with Bullock's case And no efforts had been made to bring the negro back to the United States. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at a Small Advance, and Later trices mitreneu. . -. ' Br tha aiaacmted run.' New York, May 1. The cotton mar ket opened steady at an advance of 5 point to a decline of 4 points, near mouths being influenced by bullish sta tistics and firm cables, while, later de liveries reflected the propect for bet ter weather In the South.' Private re ports received right after the opening. however, reoorted rains in .Central Texas, and prices stiffened up with Ju ly selling at. J7.KS and October at 17.u.r or niiout 10 to 12 points net tugiier. 'Cotton futures opened - Btenly : May 18.30; July 17.75: October 17.8S5; De cember 17.888; January 17.81. ; With Our Advertisers. Bell & Harris wul give n ten per cent, discount on anv piece of furni ture In their store on ;, Dollar Days, May t'i nnd 13. Hot water bottles at Cline's Phar macy See ad. A The U-Save-It Store wants yitu to buy your groceries there fora month and then "uotice the dlffereA-e.' - All the straw hats at Hoover's have air cushion sweat bands. Prices from $3 to $7,50. Extra nice bananas, apples, oranges. etc., as well as fresh vegetables at the Sanitary Grocery Co. - Nr.w May Victor Records at Bell & Harris music department, ;, Yesterday a Good Day at Methodist v Protestant Church. ' Thare was, a line congregation pres ent yesterday morning, at the Method- . jai, & luitvmui, vuuivu. nu ruwi i. , and while they all did not come, yet effort k WICW(j) , t, .i.r . grown its present,- quarters, espeelnl- ly the Baraen class. PASTOR. Only once, so far as Is known, have the, feereU of the music used In St. lofors nt . nmiie: Iwten vlolntpd. '. fo- byUnrt Is reputed to have memorised one of the Masses while hearing' it sung. Copies of the music are, as a matter of fact, so carefully guarded that mem bers of the Vatican choir seldom handle-them-Mf nt all at other times thandurlng practice. ( ,,- r ; Fabiola," the first nurse recorded in history, was a Roman c woman "- who established a hospital . and . con valescent home for the poor, after her conversion to Christianity, about A. D. ."W0. . ' " '.' . ;;' - Thht they would be worn one day' ny a King s ciiuiiiiiior is a iraonion ar .tacked to the C anrienrde diamonds whlchiVlscoiint Lnw lies pi-ewented ro Prlm'pis Mary m their wedding day. ADVOCATD4 TWrt FTH CKmOT. AT (0tt)KO HIGH KHOOL Mr. Jarretl A Jit That taw Roys and 4'u-rt Be Kept ft Hour One Year Mere. Mr. Kdltor: ' ' ' The boy or girl of today I the man or woman of tomorrow. We parrot ar the fanners of the future crops of the human race. As we cultivate and train our aiK-renaors, so may we expert tbctn to .develop. We often" hear the complaint that the. children of the present are lacking In. repect ami obedience as compared with us In our childhood. Htop! I-ook! Iten! Are we giving our children' as-much nf onrsclves as our parents gave ns? To those of rw have, have no children I wtili to tell this tme story. Wben I was a boy I raised chickens and gnin cns. There was an old be from whom the hawks -bad taken her last thick and there wa a guinea hen who bad four little babies.' which site was drag ging around in the wet till they were ready to die. The chick less chicken hen took the next to motherless' guines chirks and raised tbem. - 'An unprecedented' thing has happen ed in 'Concord, There Is a class of thirty or more boys and girls In our High school. The majority nf tbem are crvlnir out to ns to keen them sr.""" Reserve system, was introdui-ed home one mure vesr hefnre w flln thera on the world. Thev realize thejr!1'1"' lu'"rat, of Georgia, as a further lack of preparedness to meet the JreP ,n ,n' P"gram of extending cred standanls of our colleges and of life iu to grU-ulture. The. present law if they do not go to college. This lack Is no reflection on our honorable school board nor our splendid superintendent of schools, nor on the faithful, hrad worklng faculty of teachers. These have ail done their best under existing conditions; and we. the. people, are the only ones who' can change these, con dition'. And may God have mercy on us if we do not. We have been given a trust fund in our children. Are we going to lie unfaithful to that trust? If there were thirty children in this splendid old town crying . out for bread there will be ten thousand men, women and children ready to divide their la t crust with them. . There are that numlier of boys and girls crying out to us. for more of the bread of knowledge, more of the bread of home life. Tin place of being iu a hurry to meet the adventures of college life and the experiences of life in general as wev were, they are begging for -one more year of childhood. No matter what" the underlying reason for this desire may be, can we afford to Ignore a reason which has been strong enough to break alt traditions In school life? Men and women, we cannot afford this. These thirty or more men or women of the ,next citizenry of our town and (state want a twelfth grade in our school. Can we turn tbem down? God foUild..r. . A. II. JARRrtTT.. To Erect $180,000 Methodist Church at Chapel Hill. Chapel HIU. April .80. Jame Gam ble Rogers, ' the designer of the Yale quadrangle, Including the famous ruinous Harkness dormitories, n has bwn selected as the architect of Hie new iletluxllsf church. ; Mr. 1 Jtogers has been here on a visit, looking over the campus nnd the village in prepara tion for his preliminary design. Mr. Rogers, whose home is in New York, was delighted with the trees in the campus nnd the village, and lie declared it his 'intention to. design n church which would lie In harmony with the luxuriant foliage round aliont - The cburch "will , cost about $180,000. Attempt to Assassinate Chinese Gen . cral. .'"Loudon, May 1 By the Associated Press ).t An attempt ' to assissinate General Wu Pel .Fu, leader of the cen tral Chinese forces, was made Satur day,, says -a Peking' dispatch to - the Evening News today, which said the report hod not been conrmed. The General w said to have been slightly wounded an'd his assailant was cap tured and executed, the dispatch said. Five Negroes Killed tn Explosion. : (By the Associated Press.) : Kansas Citv. Mo.. Mav 1. Five, ne-1 groes i were killed and : n number ' of others Injured early today In an ploslng In a rooming house. ' lbe cause of .the explosion . has not yet. been determined. .' The building was - wrecked." . , I ' ' - : ( Dishop Kllgo ' Leaves -Today ' For , . v.i- , MftthodM CMferfnce. I ' .Charlotte, April 80.-Bishop Kilgo ! will leave tomorrow for Hot Springs,., Ark. to attend the general conference i of the Methodist church."' He will ac- j company Rev. Mr. Wooten, of Kulelgb, presiding elder, . - , ' ,f i Do It Now dm : Ciliica C:.! '1: i ' c:: 1 L: ::i L: :: : (O.T.cc in ABiLL ALTEKDHiGTHE T So That State Banks . With $15,000 Capital Would Be ', Allowed to Enter the Sys , ter, Introduced Today. LAW NOW REQUIRES CAPITAL OF $23,000 This Is Intended as a Further -, Step In Program Extend-, ing Credits to Agriculture, It Is Said. . (T tha Aaaaetatea- Prms.) . Washington." May l.--A bill amend ing the Federal Reaerve Act so that . state batiks with a capital of $1.".ik would be permittexl to enter the Fed- tlie Henate totla.v by Senator Har- requires that a bank must bare a cap ital of &5,000 iiefore being admitted. Senator Harris said his bill, which he expects to broaden the loaning fa cilities "where the tnosr good could be- had from credit power of the. system." . bad been approved by the Federal Re serve Hoard, and had the backing of Eugene Meyer, Jr managing director of the War Finance Corporation. The 'Harris measure, provides- epc- cflcaUy that a state bank seeking mem bership under the amendment, must set aside annually not less than- 20. per cent, of the net Income from the pre- ceding year until it possesses paid up and unimpaired capital of not less than the capital , of ?20.000, which would have been required If the bank had been admitted to membership un der the present law. . i CHOKER'S ESTATE VALUED ..... AT TWO TO FIVE MILLION Considerable Part of Property Is ; Along , the . Water Front at Palm Beach,'1 -sT'-"'-; : ; : New York, May 1. Relatives, friends and former political associ- ates of Richard Croker. who. died Sat-: nrday at his estate In Ireland, specu lated ipd.oy as to whether ithe former.. K Tammany; Hall chieftain left; a will. Richard, Croker. Jr.. iaid In hi ptnhnt nlftf!irhe.r Ib'robably lefe. no " will.- Tiie -estate . was variously esti mated at from two to Ave. million dol- . lara A considerable part of the for tune was said to be property along the, waterfront at Palm Beach, Fla.,-worth about $2,000,000. t '. . New Law 'Requires Autos to Btp at -Crossings. . Richmond, a..-' May 1. Drivers Drivers of automobiles 'and other . vehicles using the public highways of Virginia' must come to a full stop be fore crossing anv main line railway track at grade under n law recently -enacted by the General Assemblv of : Virginia. . The law provides that drivers of . nil vehicles on approaching any grade crossing of a main lne railway track outside an incorporated ' town must stop not less than ten feet., nor lnore-v than one hundred feet, from the nearest rail. A penalty of ten dollars for each violation is provided in the act. ' y , t 1 Advocates of tills, act pointed - out that Its enforcement would greatly re- . ditce the numliet of grade crossing a in cidents'. By enacting this- law the Virginia solons . have given legal ef fect to the; admonitions - which ralb ways have, for many years displayed on their crossing signs, ugring drivers of vehicles to "Stop, -Look, and Lis- ten!" - ' - - First Tire is Made In Salisbury Plant. ' Salisbury, April 30. The Paul Tlr nnd Rubber-' company, a new concern for Salisbury, has Just (timed out its first automobile tire. . This cbmpany's, plant In the Boutin ! or part of the city, covers 28,000 square . feet, , and when it full capacity will '. turn out MO tires ;. and -1,000 tuben daily, giving employment to 250 people. There are 60 Salisbury people Interest . ed tn the company. Two city blocks . owned by the company will be used for .. building purposes to house employes of the plant, ;v .j : ; X. , .:, ' Everybody kiiows that it is a good thing to save, that . only by thrift can success comeCv But it Is not V hat you KNOW that saves you. ' It is WHAT you DO. Start some BUILDING AND LOAN in our 33rd series which ,is NOW OP en. DO IT NOW. Citizens I!..r.!c.)
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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May 1, 1922, edition 1
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