North Carolina Newspapers

! The Concord Daily Tribune TODAY'S NETS TODAY. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES f . OtIOOOl VOLUME XXII. CONCORD. N. C. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1922. NO. 2.V). 9 CLEMEHCEAU SAYS HE WILLFHIiSH HtS'SAY Regardless of Whom It Of- ma leiHlS. Messages from hrance Urging Him to fp ... n I one Uown His Remarks, INDIFFERENT AS TO WHOM HE OFFENDS Did Not Come Here to Be Expedient, Hs Says, But to Tell the Truth Has Never Been a Compromiser. Aboard Clemencoau's private car. en route to Chicago Nov. 27 (By tho A soelateel Press i. Deep in a campaign for Prance that already has brought attacks from the. British government. ieorges Vletupnpeau today declared he would speak his piece .an In his own way, no mutter whom he offended. The French premier of war days, It was learned, hns received dozens of telegrams and well-wishers of Franee. urging him to tone down his remarks so that, they will not offend any por tion of the nation hp came to win. One telegram urged him to "say tilings that America wants to hear and lie ex pedient." "J did not eoine.here to lie expedient," he doelnred when he received tbls message. "I enine to tell the truth. I did not come to say pleasing things, but to any the things that would be of value, lit tuy judgment, to help preserve the pence of the world." "I have not been a compromiser. Now that I have one foot in the grave, lenst of all will I make a sacrifice to lm expedient. I do not want a suc 'cess of expediency," WHITK WHISK CONFERENCE ' On Subject of Purchase of Armour t'o, nf jtforr g & ( om uiiiy tBy the Asaocintni l'r.,) Washington. Nov. 27. The proposal of J. Ogden Armour that the govern ment approve the' purchase by Armour & Company of (Morris & Company, another of the 'big Ave" Chicago packers, was the subject of a white House confervnee-todfty between Presi dent Harding, Secrst'ary Wallace, antl the Attorney Genornl . 'viglid ly. . V,iih,... It,...' AllMhi.; n.nAl.1 .ai. cnnferencE, and there was no an nouncement (roni the white house re garding It. It watt underst0id, how ever, there is a difference, of opln.oir ps to whether the merger should be approved.- TAKEN FROM HIS HOME BY MASKED MEN AND WHIPPED Greene County Man Was Accused of Stealing Whiskey, It Is Said. i By the Associate Praaa.) Lillingtou, N. C Nov. 27 A tenant farmer named Greene, living on the farm of Tom West, ubout 10 miles from Lillington, was- taken from his home last Friday night by four mask ed men and given a severe whipping, according to report reaching the au thorities here today. Sheriff McCnr den said v information reaching him to day was to the effect that the men accused Greene of stealing whiskey lie longing to them, WOMAN SHOT WHILE ROCKING BABY IN HOME Shot Fired Through a Crack in Her Cabin injuries - mutably pa tal. tBy the Aaaaciaidl Preaa. JJllington. N. C Nov. 27. Mrs. Fos ter Vancannon, wife of it farmer liv lug iri the Anderson Creel; section of Harnett County, was shot and probab ly fatally injiiciHl Saturday night as she sat In her home rocking n baby. The shot was linsl through a crack in the log cabin in which she lived, and the bullet struck Mrs. Vancannon in the head. Sheriff McCarden stated this morning that lie bail information that probably Would lead to an 'arrest during the day. - ' With Our Advertisers. Let the i Motor ft Tire Service CV.'she and her family had lived in Salis- examine the battery on' your car Only experts are. employed by this company. Cline's Pharmacy wants noys to sell magazines. New ad. gives particular.-. The Specially Hat Shop will sell felt nnd velvet hats at 1-3 off on Wed nesday. Miss Nannie Alexander is arranging Cuba and Florida tours. If interest ed see nd. in today's paper. The Sanitary Grocery Co.. is offer ing same Interesting Thanksgiving siK'rinls In the grocery line. Holders of Victory Bonds of the Fifth Loan will be Interested in the nil. of the Citizens Bank nnd Trust Company todny. Outing gowns for children and grown-ups at Fisher'-. Also under wear of best material. , C. H. Barrier ft Co., can fill your every Thanksgiving want, new ad. to day states. Mrs. Clara Phillips Sentenced (Br tka Aaaoetatea rim Los Angeles, Nov. 27. Mr, ( lava Phillips, convicted of murdere in second degree for killing Mrs. Alberta Meadows with a hammer, was today sentenced to serve from 10 years to life in the state penitentiary at San Qnontin. A Ml days stay' was asked to permit her attorney to formulate an appeal from the Judgment and sen tonce. Mr. A. E. Io'nti!. of Charlotte, sponl Sunday here. Ft mm IS81 ANCC OF BONDS TO COMPUTE BO ID PROGRAM lw W the Quettie to i I the ( Munlniul Br MHMMl A ckl Raleigh. Not. 27. Om of tka motf Imp tmik uueartons which probably III he discussed at the North Caro lina Municipal I Willi inference Ik .1 . - " K . ui i i wi-urncr i. lor lur purpuw of formulating n legislative program l !",l"ni' '" ,h'' low-no atscmbiy. I tin- iiuniirr iwimnn- 111 fjui.us hi i-oiupii-io tv mate highway ami ooi unw l iking. It fa learned from official today. "You ptotuMy are aware th slate contcjnplntes issuing a large ntnnnnt nt ti nd to eomplete thew program it was stated, "and an it Is expert, d in rclse tin- rrv.un nco--snry to pay th Interest on it- In . ... -i t . . : . . I . . i indobteilness by the levy of sxclul mi- I n litis something i dn-. the prnhahiliies tin- thV power of towns nnd illii.s to mi revenue from this source will Ik further reatrltted, if not altogether eliminated. ' "With reference to the state high way program, it is admitted tliat at least eighty per cent, of the revenue to care fur tin- Interest on the ileht (rented for tills imriww leing raised h ml motor vehicles, is paid liy towns ami Hi lets, in fh.w of (lie fact tbnt eighty iter cent, of Hip motor vehicles, oils nnil gasoline nr -old within their corporate limils. "Therefore. II behooves the Nortli CnruHnn Municipal Association to. nt least, make an effort to MWN for the towns and eltles of (lie. state the name consideration an is now given the counties and rural districts In other word', the Inhabitants of the towns antl cities, bearing tit least eighty per cent, of the taxes necessary to maintain the, state's paving pro gram, are entitled t.i and should have till state highways continued through them under the simp rules nnd regu lations prescribed for counties," It was si a till. FEEL CERTAIN MOTHER CAl'SED OHIO TRAGEDY Officials Find Woman in Family of Six Dead Hail Consulted "Indian Doctor." Lancaster. O., Nov. 24. Knrnckas Tied Wood, Clrelcvllle "Indian henlcr." who says he cures by "thought and prayer," was appealed to by Mrs. Florence Henderson, who with b.Pr hus band and four children were! found dead in their home here, in an effort to rid herself of real and fancied ills, IC j-ns revealetl here today after a search, of the. Henderson house. A tetter from Bed Wood, dented Kep temlier 1, offered to cure Mrs. Hender rwn by the "Hindis occult absent ineimxi. tM-" k.. iinsinTTw ro snmtnunraie rtre.Titeoiy l officials are working on now. they as sert, that the woman killed herself and family in a fit of mental depres sion, brooding over imaginary ills. Bed Wood's letter acknowledges re ecjiits of $1 and a lock .of "auburn hair," ami asserted that, his "new sister" could he cured'. An unmailed letter found in the Hen derson home, written by the dead woman, dated September J), noted the reeeplt of Bed Wood's missive, and ex pressed gratification that "I can' be cured." Bill Wood told an Associated Press representative in a telephone conver sation tonight that he had never seen Mrs. Henderson, thnt he never had prescribed any medicine for her, and that after writing her he hnd never heard from her again As a further .indication of the mo tive of the tragedy, Officials declared a pasteboard Iwx was found, contain ing letters and postcards, with a no tation in pencil on the bottom rend ing "Ezeklal, 1(1 :(i." This reads: "And when I passed by the.e, and saw thee polluted In (bine own blood. I saitl unto thee, thou must in thy blood live. Yen, I said unto th'ee, thou miist in thy blooVpllve." - Thi3 would indicate, said official, religious fnnticism entering into a mind brooding over physical Ills. Mrs. Frank Brown. Sr., Is Dead at Salisbury. Salisbury, Nov. 26. Mrs. Krank Brown, Sr., died this morning at 1 o'clock at her home on West Bank street, death coming suddenly antl be ing due to heart trouble. Mrs. Brown was 7( years old nnd widow of Ga.pt. Frank Brown, who tiled two ysnrs ago. Her maiden name was Addle Reld and bury for many years. Her home was one of the most hospitable in the city and many arc the friends who were shocked and1 grieved at her sudden taking away England Supports Open Door Policy in Turkey. Lausanne. Nov. 27 (By the Assocl ated Press). Lord Curzon, the Brit ish Foreign Secretary, today authoriz ed an official statement to the press lull England supports the American "lKn door policy in Turkey and re gnrds the San Rcuio agreement for division of the Mosul oil district as null nnd void. Killed When Auto Overturned. iHr ttaa Asaociatad Praia. I Lllliiigton. N. ('., Nov. 27. George Fnquay was instantly killed in Utile River township bite yesterday when the automobile in which he was riding overturned. A man named Keiley, who was riding with Futiuny received painful injuries and Is in a Sanford hospital. Coast Line Kmiployes Are Receiving Cheek. Rocky Mount, Nov. 26. Employes of the AUnntic Coast Line railway who served In the shop or on train crews during tho r:ccnt natlonol-wltle rail -tnad strikes are rcfeelving gratuity checlt3.ranglng from $100 to $1,(100, from the company, it was learned from workers today. " WITH KILLING FI It la Alleged the Victims Were Slain With An Axe and House in Which Thev Were Slain Set Afire. PRISONER SEEMS VERY UNCONCERNED Calmly Chewed Cum When Ixraking at Bodies if Dead Persons Hearing in Case Held at Bristol. 4r hf Aaaaelated Preaa.1 Bristol, Nov. 17. Ben Burchli. l.l. aged 41. WU1 lie brought here bite to day fronf the Blomitsville jail and giv en a hearing on charge of murder in connection .with the llmling .it live chnrred bod MM 'believer! to have been slain, and the house in which they Were found set alire earlv vestcrdnv. lteliitives of Jus W s.,, mi, bis wife their two year old daughter, the wife of the man being held, and her sou. were today making Until funeral ar rangements for the quintet, tnficers say that the slain hud evidently been (beaten to death with an axe and the house set afire to bide trace of the inie. Calmly chewing on n piece of gum. Burchlield showed no concern when he viewed the live lsslies late yester day after his capture in Johnson City. Ten n. According to the police. Burchlield and .Ids wife nre-re separated. They say he is alleged to have made throats against her after ascertaining thai she contemplated getting a divorce. SECTION ELIMINATED FROM SHIPPING BILL Section Allowing Vessels to Be Sold Without Competitive Bidding De feated. (BX the Associated Praia. Washington, Nov. 27. Without a record vote the House today eliminat ed from the administrative shipping bill a section which would have per mitted the shipping board to sell any vessels of the. government merchant fleet without ;rdvorl ising or competitive bidding, L.JJ1" - J: Je section was mnot-.u,, .j'prest'Manvt unman) republican, Illinois, at the outset of the" three-day light over ameiiilment.s to the measure. As soon as Mr. Gra ham mid concluded a five-minute at tack on the provision there were cries from both sides of the House for a vote. It came a few minutes later, leaders in charge of the legislation making no attempts to demand a stand-up count. Mr. Graham declared he wanted to support the measure but Insisted it had to be so changed In principle that he could not stand for it. Republicans he added, should accept suggestions from their own side if they wanted it Hissed. REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION Including Farm Credits and Possibly Railroad Legislation. (By the Associated ITcss.) Washington, Nov. 27. Further prog ress was made today by Republican Senate leaders toward a definite pro gram p legislation including farm credits? nnd possibly railroad legisla tion. The group of western republican senators who held a conference last week, took their tentative program to Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, re publican leader, today, and it wtis agreed that a formal conference of all republican senators would lie held lat er this week to determine what legis lation would lie given preference. The question of leadership, it was said, was not broached at today's meet ing, but the discussions are expected to continue until the conference of the entire republican membership is held. ANNAPOLIS MIDSHIPMEN BEHAVE DISGRACEFFULLY Secretary Denby Arraigns Them in a Public Statement Today. (By tbe Aaanctnted Preaa.1 .Washington, Nov. 27 The conduct of the Annapolis midshipmen nt the Army-Navy football game in Philadel phia Saturday was arraigned In a pub lic statement today by Secretary Deu- bv of the navy Department, declaring (hn( the members of the corps had brought disgrace not only on them selves 1ml on the Naval Academy. "How many midshipmen drank heav ily, I don't know, said the Secretary's stulement, but he ndded that uespitt tne gotsi itennvior o. m.v . .wk mldshipmen had "failed to do duty to their uniform and their coun- try te bring shame upon all." Hp announced that an Investigation would be ordered. Thirty-four Lives Lost in Boat Col- iMon. Buenos Aires, Nov. 27 (By the Asso ciated Press). Thirty-four Uvea were lost In a collision Sunday evening be tween a launch and a ferry boat In the Parana River, northwest of Buenos Aires. The collision occurred In the dark ness itt X o'clock Inst night. The . launch, filled with picnickers, many of - i them children, struck the ferry boat ! while going full speed. i So far as Is known (here are only 1 three survivors of tho excursion party and launch crew. (0-.T Or i THE lUiUHIiOS I U- ( r.a-jn! ( ollrcted In oarUK - . ember -7 I F. taj AMurtared -That the to to lit enfon- tal expenditure 1 praMMHM km lb rough.. nt the to ICS' tkaij half n the amount col ieetel by mtialnlet rr . was (111 Iimm I In ii afnlvan.-tii ImhimI hv it A K.-blnaa flHlMat ... obll.ii .11. rector of North Ckn.l r.ii. today. Artnal cull.sions. mnning comk. forfeitures and flaM -fTeieil under the operation of the ar for the nation fot the fiscal rear 195 "t.Jing June SO. are given In the itnt ment fine and peimltit- imposed on vio lator jtmonnted ft ltJ.MVi.74. Thv value of the pi open seiwil was e tjnaiiil at .v..iil.0OP wlill' toifelt urcs and tavew itM l .V2l Ji(JH.!li. j "In other woriht'"' Hi" illnstor. "the (sist oi pntiing Into . i'.s i the erii lion of the prohiUtioii law in the I lilted Stall's during vns r,.TMt. (XXI. while the total ti mounts colletel tolajleil si l.12XiS0IMH. or more than double the operation costs." The statement, inbuilt, follows: Fines ami s?nulrn. lisml year end lug June m. 1022, .1 42..V.H.74 :-cosl of enforcement, risen 1 your ending June HO. I !.'-. $li..'i-Vf.nML'ii: cos! of en forcenient, tlsi'nl yenr ending Jim' !)0. 11121, $ii..".t:i.!t1.20: cost of enforce- iincni. Iiscal yenr cwllug .lime .III. I'.CI 92.1M).iift2.r-K; anproriatim for llscnl year ending June SO: 1H21, f7.1(Ki.(XX: for fiscal year ending June :u. Wl. (TIOOJJO: appropriation for fisnil year ending June SO. lttW. fJllTiO.OOO ap propriation for fiscal ending June SO. U4, $2"'0.000 (reconnnemled). "Each of the above appropriations Includes 7."0,000 Tot enforcement of the narcotic law." f PROF. TI HUNAN'S PR1BK GOES BACK TO HER PA She Met Tiernan at lite Time of the PoHlin Trial. Chicago, Nov. 26.-Alohn P. Tiernan. former law instructor at Notre Dame university and chief, figure In the Tiornan-Poulln paternity suit, return ed today to his home In South Bend to attempt to straighten out the legtii tangle caused by his divorce last Thursday, his remarriage two days later and the vacating: of his divorce decree last night oh the pica of his wife that he had deceived her. Meanwhi e Mrs. Mlunche Brimmer, whom Tiernan married at Crown Point, Ind., yesterday after a short mail courtship, was spelling ibadk to her parents in Iowa and her twei young children by two former mar riages. She said she would seek to remove any question regarding the tegajit!? jjef., 4iww.,t3a ,h!' H ohd nusba'nd. A: ft. Brimmer, a con struction gang foreman. Tin-nans Are Again on the itowl to Conciliation. South Bend. Nov. 26. Another sen sational angle In the marital rela tions of Professor John P. Tiernan and Mrs. Augusta Tiernan. principals in the Poulin paternity caas, devel oped today when the profess. r, whose decree of divorce from 'Mrs. Tiernan was invalidated yesterday by the 'ocal Superior court following hs marriage to Mrs. Blanche Brimmer, returned here and effected a recon ciliation with the first Mrs. Tiernan. Professor Tiernan, in a statement here tonight, sr.id he and Mrs. Tier nan had ugree to 'patch up theit differences." He also said he had agreed to recognize "Baby Billy" over whose paternity the recent Poulin Tiernan case arose, as his son. County Athletic Association Formed. The committee appointed by Super intendent Robertson to organize a comity Athletic Association met nnd arranged the schedule. In response to a questionnaire which was sent out eight schools signified their desire to enter. The following is part of the nrnnosed schedule : November 20 Winecoff at Kannap- olis: Bethel at Midland: Rocky River at Harrisburg. Pectiiuber 8 Midland at Winecoff: Kannnpolls nt Bethel; Harrisburg at White Hall. Further details will bo worked out and published later. C. A. FURR, Chairman of Committee. SEPARATE TREATY BETWEEN TURKEY AND 1 NITEP STATES Is Under Consideration at Lausanne, Says Dispatch t Paris Temps. Paris, Nov. 27 (Hy the Associated Press). Preparations of a separate treaty between Turkey and the United States Is liniler consideration at Lausanne, says a dispatch to the Temps. The correspondent suggests that this perhaps was the subject of yesterday's long conversation be tween Riehnrd Washburn Child and ismct Pnshn. Books on Business and Commerce. (Br the Aaaorlataal1 Praaa.lt Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 27. Announce ment that the North Carolina Library Commission hits a large numiier of luniks on business and commerce now , . . wns made today b M mer see-retary and d I The books are on Miss Mary B. Pal- lirector. the following sub jects: economics. Industrial sociology, government, transportation, commerce, money and bunking. Investment, real property anM insurance, accounting, of fice efficiency, innrketing, advertising, selling, credit antl others. First Snow of Fall Season at Ashe vllle. Ashevllle, Nov. 25. Traces, of snow the flrst-of the seeason fell here this n....ninn ,ni. a hn,.vw mind n t fvo,.- ingtcmpernturepK valling.Them.nl -mun flicrniometer reading i 25 de- green, far. the lowest of the fall Kfasnn so The man who, Is given to self-praise owes an aimlogV to his acquaintances, THINKS LAPOLLETE Governor Elect Hunt, of Ari zona, Says Wisconsin Sen ator Has Given Him Full Views on This Subject. COULD SCRAP BOTH PARTIES The Senator Said, For the Radical and Progressive Candidates Were Success ful in the Last Election. I II j tar Aaaarlatad Picaa. Phoenix. Arix.. Nov. 27. Senator I-aFolletto. of Wisconsin, told him in a long distance telephone conversation from Washington, Hint the people hail sHiken twice to tin- majority pArtlea. and if they hail to speak again it would lie to welcome a third I tarty, t.en. W. P. Hunt, govoriior-oleol of Arizona, -aid here Inst night. He nay send n representative lo the meeting of progressive leaders called by Sena tor LaPtdlette at Washington for le rptnher 2, but will not attend himself, Mr. Hunt said. . Senator IjiKoliette said he would just as soon see both old parties scrap ped, according to Mr. Hunt, pointing out that radical or progressive candi dates in eight slates, had been victor ious ill the late election through close combination of organized farmers and union workers, and that tin analysis of the returns which show Mr. limit's election by such a combination. Mr. Hunt said that was the reason for in viting him to the conference. Mr. Hunt will confer with demo cratic leaders here today Is'fore decid ing m a representative to attend the conference. "I feel, confident that Senator Ln Follette has the best interests of the people at heart in his efforts toj estab lish hlsbldc," Mr. Hunt said, "hut I cannot get a way from my ideas that the place to make this tight for the people is in the. democrat if party." ADVOCATES FORMATION OF A NEW PARTY NOW Allan McCurdy Says Republicans and Democratic Parties Are Essentially (he Same, . .... .... .. ....:.-. .1 . . i,e, , nnd Dcniiocratic parlies "are nothin more thah the right and left wings of the same bird of prey," Allan McCur dy. of Nt'w York, national secretary of the ('Oinfoiltee of -IS. said at the stale conference of that organization lust night. He advocated the forming of a new party which, he said, would lie flu second party. This was an op portune time. sir. .uee urtty sunt, to rally progressives and liberals around a dominant, economic. issue and launch a new political movement. NEW ENGLAND STRIKE HAS BEEN FINISHED Union at Amoskeag Manufacturing Company Has Ordered Its Members to Return to Work. (By tlrr- Axaacliited P.-.l Boston, Nov. 27. The return to work of as many of the operatives of the Amoskeag Manufacturing lompnuy. in Manchester. N. II, as could be nc- ommodflted marked the virtual end of the great textile strike in New England. The Amoskeag union called off their strike yesterday. Starting in Rhotle Island in Janu ary the. strike a month later had spread to nil parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, affecting mills in all the leading textile centers except Fall River and New Bedford. In some places it was catted as a protest against wage reductions averaging 2(1 per cent.; in others against an exten i 1.1 i e ... o ... r. I ion I lie h i; minis iioin -.- u. .-i . . .... a week ;and in stilt otni'is lnciutnng Manchester against Iioth th a wage re - ductlon and lengthening of working hours. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Early Today at a Decline of From 7 to 24 Points Under Liquida tion. (Rr tha AaaoelMad Preaa. New York, Nov. 27. The cotton mar ket .opened easy at n decline of 7 to 24 points under scattering UcitlldatloU and selling by houses with Japanese coninvtion. There was some sjait house buying on the decline, but prices worked off to net dee-lines of some 2H to II" points shortly after the call. Cotton future's opened easy: Decem ber 25:4.1; .lanunry 35,52; March 2f5S; .Mnv 2o.: July 25.1(1. Long Takes Office as Solicitor in De cember. Sfisbury. Nov. 26 Mayden Cliv f h, , , mis ween, com- prosecutor of the r:or courts of this ills unit un state in the super Judicial circuit, and wilt be succeed eel by Zeb V. Long, of Statesvllle. who carcass of his cow. The mother bear, will be sworn In the first Monday in charged him hut was intercenteti by December. Gibson's house dog who attacked the! Solicitor Clement was principal at- j bear's flanks and odvered the hasty re torney for thf state in the case of , treat of Wis master. KTi sUyin7SMrsq Maude I King, widow of Chicago millionaire Miss Nannie Alexander. of Char 'lotto, has been organizing travel par - 1 1 iw for ii iiioiibi'i' of vejirs. ii ii 1 ell I) - arratigi' for travel niiywlicr' amiit ai most any time. See advertisement Gils' paper. Miss Mary Geiser, elected clock of courts, Is the C!rt woman to hold county office In Licking County. Ohio. TAKING si in ii un r.rt Dim dial ( aaqpalfn O ed ) Mlsi KaJrr. x IWr tfca Aaaaciatr frraa. gU'C Raleigh. N. C, Nov 27-Anwrt that wliifd lUliawrry is the "dl- rtt heritage of ineflctent eternals rr I hoola. od that in order for the state I to promote puofaxfully lis educational program, adult llUteratea of the rtuan try dlatrii-tH tnii-i U Informed u ibe tale gnverniaent ami other vital sub jects. Miaa Elisabeth Kelly, maiuiln atoner of adult illiterates, today out. lined to the North Carolina parent teachers organisations a projxWj rem edlal campaign As one of the first 'tep,;. the com missioner proposes (o strengthen ele tneiitnry schools "until all children, regnrdlps of hx-atlou or section, shall hove ..pi:, rt)H.rtuuit . ' thereby pre venting future n.luli illiieraina S. . nnd, in connection with such schools, she "would provide Instruction nf the adults 'who have never had a chun?'." "This not only would take care of the illiterates." said Miss Kelly, "but would also minister to that other class tijunlly needy and often more jresiHinsive the class that has not mastered the tools of an education, reading, writing and arithmetic, flcicutly well to use them nil bout aid. Schools for teaching adult illiter ate are by law a part of the public school system of our stale, ami now remains only the necessity for an un derstanding of conditions and needs anil a demand so Insistent ami per sistent on the irt of the eople Hint these schools shall not fail to func tion ns planner rims may tne ttgnt against illiteracy lie won. 'Finding a way of effectively plat ing needed information within reach of all her pinple i9 perhaps the biggest and most difficult problem facing North t arolina today. It this is true and if a solution to the problem is to lie found, the following two things must be considered: First, reliable In formation, concerning vital topics must be available; Second, a reliable means for disseminating this information. 'The lirst tiling to le done then, probably would lie to select for con sideration a half-dozen topics vital to the life and continued improvement nnd development of North Carolina." she' continued. "Health should cer tainly be one of the first topics select ed. Education, welfare, government, insurance, production and distribution and transportation might io selected as most profitable topics for study. "Each of these six topics might have ... .......... u-.R... ...... i ma 1 ,1 t. liii.ii. .r tku . . ,V''T.V. t ljiTi ,.,., ,iu, i, ,.,.,i ,. ,' ' , , ' ' Ii,. ' ,,, . ' in, .lour.. I . I 1. ' II- VI .lltll.l, jo ... . iv .ii... ... ...... i .!..,.,,;,.. . ......... ... i,i ,.e In an attractive way and planned two weeks ahead so that pupils and par ents may take part, and so that ample time may be given to secure the, in terest of the community is well worth while. This is -particularly true in rural communities "People who really work on the farm or in Hit" home for long hours during the day will not make the effort neces sary to attend ninny meetings: nor should they so long as meetings are called too often and arc of doubtful , called a conference to be attended by value. high officials of the Southern railway "It is ti fact, however, that school, and citizens living along the main lino communities, attend well an occasion-' between Greensboro and Char- ottc. to al meeting when their own children consider improvement of the pas and thev, themselves, are on the pro- senger service of th Southern he grain. The pitiful part of it is that tween those points. The roofmr wdl often the program lias little value or be held at High Point in the Shorn., mnv be harmful. Here then in the hotel on December' 1. lelementiirv school as a nnrt of its pre - , ,., Vnrtl, rarMnn hns , ' ' .. ,.,.,. ... ' ' , nf n,nl,. .ens on ci oiiif. luir ii,.uir, ..I. .. (jUy. "Here is an unusual opportunity for I pa rent -teacher associations and other kindred organizations to function, This would cut out duplication of ef- fort among the various state and coun- tv department or would at the samei time clarify in the minds of the peo-1 pie the functions of needed depart-j ments and the real help that might bei Iseclired from each. Thus may North 11 roil II.! Will C hi mail men sure the ,,,, i 1 i,i.,il,loin of nliiclne. needed in or nation 'I. i ii La. ,.ii l"lulIU eilrllc. i-nn ... .... .... .... sens," she stated. Earthquake Shucks in Middle West, illy the A MsmOit.il Preaa.) St. Eoiils, Nov. 27. Considerable property damage was caused by earth tremors of moderate intensity in east ern Missouri, southern Illinois, west ern Indiana and northwestern Ken tucky last night, according to reports reaching here today. The shocks slusik buildings and homes, toppled Chimneys and resi liences, broke windows, knocked china ware from shelves ami frightened res idents in part of four states. Hi' re ports said. :tl)0-Poiinil l! ir in Swain County t By the Aaaoelated Preaa. Bryson City, N. C Nov. 27, The prize bear story of the season comes from Ocona Lufty, " TaSJ county, where uee uiobou ll'wu u nni.uw co. ape, i rum a ami poiiim jjiuin. ui juii nm cow In the mountains, trailed her I into the. wild-mess, and came upon from a 300 pound Bruin. Gibson lost - 1 two cubs and an old bear, feasting on ! cwid Dies-BTunTwhen cith- ing Caught nre. (Br tk Aaaaelaled Preaa.) F.liziibeth City, Nov. 27. Flora ' Crank, aged 4. died here early today of burns suffered Sundnv afternoon - when ner cioining caugnt ure wiuie In she was playing with match iPlin to can some of your meat when , killing Unio comes. It may be a life . saver some day whon company dtopai in. FdlGNFRn OPPOSE mM BILL I-01 Ifflir U,,n Edward C. Plununer Says British and Other Foreign Shipping Interests Are Fighting Proposed Bill. WOULD TAKE MUCH MONEY FROM THEM Sixty-eight Per Cent of Ex ports of America Will Use American Ships if the Bill is Passed. Milwaukee. Nov. 27 (By the As clated Press). British and other for eign shipping interests and Journals ar gaged in a studio,! campaign of misrepresentation and propaganda to defeat the American ship sulisidy bill, Edward ('. i'lummi'r. commissioner of the r. S. Shipping Board, declared In a seecli prepare! for delivery today Itpfore the Middle West Merchant Ma rine and Foreign Tende Conference. Alarmed at the xwil'1li!y that the, American ships will take from them soqie (is per cent, of American exports which are now carried in foreign ships, the fore'.gn shipping interests are us ing every possible menus to discourage. (the upbuilding of the merchant marine ' in (his country. Mr. Plumnier said, I "They've been feeding their cattle in our pasture so long that they've come to think they own the land." he said. "So when we start to put In some stock of our own they proceed to charge us with about everything from trespass to manslaughter." MEETING AT HIGH POINT Object, lo Secure a Through Train From '(ioldshoro to Cincinnati Via Salisbury. A meeting will lie held in the bhll room of the new Sheraton Hotel nt High Point on Friday evening. Decem ber 1 at 7 o'clock. The purpose of this meeting is to get all of the towns throughout this section of the state fully aroused to the imimrtance of hav- ,., ,,.,'u..K .. ll. I l.C . ..111 lOi Jl U.IIH.,11 pill OIL II IthrmiKli train from (Joldslioro to rin- cinnnti via Greensboro and Salisbury. Jt is expected that some of the high- er officials of the Southern Railway . i i 4... 1 1 ..11 ...1. Hll' np orcsoiu. oiieoivi iiim nil ouiei . r... . . ..lr.l . : '"V in. '.-, mi- ' i.i . .n..- .--. i. .... of (he State must have a through train from Goldsboro to Cincinnati via the main line nnd we do not believe, the people will be satisfied with anything else. I,et Concord be represented in full force nt this meeting. Calls Conference to Consider Train Service, Greensboro, Nov. 27. Fred Tate, of High Point, chairman of th: Central Carolina Deve'lopment association, has ' The committee of which Mr Tate 13 cha rman was amwinted to handle the miestion of tlnnnvh trtiin s.:rvice f'-om Win linn nnlnia ttirmiP'li Ashnvilln In ,., -- .j - the west. There has ben dem-nd pn the ma.n line ever since trains Nos. 21 and 22 were taken off the main lln and routed by Winrtcii-Sa'em and Barber. fr their1 trestorat on or a similar service, Strawberries Sell For sS-1.2.) a yuart In Florida. Plant City, Fla.. Nov. 25. Thanks- giving strawberries wilJ come high this year, lor Diiyvrs are pay.ug i.zu a quart for them delivered on the rail road platforms here. Plant City, cen ter of the production area in Florida, and one of the largest strawberry shipping points in the country, oegan its shipping yesterday, the earliest date in seven years. The bidding open ed at $1.15 a quart and th? berries rapidly went up to 14.25 while bids went as high as $4.80 with no berries in sight. One farmer received a check for $72.25 for a lot of 17 quarts, the best actual sale price of the day. It was at the rate of $4.25 a quart and repre sented the highest evor recorded here. One qhrn-t of berries was sold at auction today for $103, (he bidding having started at $3. The scl.'er sent the money to the Children's Home at Tampa as a Thanksgiving gift. Death of Jess Lindsay Patterson. Winston-Salem, Nov. 27. .less Lind say Patterson, u prominent citizen of Winston-Salem, one of the stales leatt- ,.,.,. ( ,M,iii. io '"";"." ;:." : :;., - , . i.,. ...,,- .,.nn,i Stalosv lie last night, after at the age ..1 t.4 c.iis. ' What is the legal difference between manslaughter and jlliuiuci . Cecil B. De Mllie S see t picture, , "Mncj I'lalla at the Star dnesday, for BM meaTfe i the answer