North Carolina Newspapers

YW The Concord Daily Tribune i! VOLUME XXII. CONCORD, N. C. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1023. NO 305. Temper of Germans is Now Undergoing Change The People in Occupied Ter ritory Are Not Refusing Now to Co-operate With the French. RAIL WORKERS RESUME WORK And in Some of the Cities the French Are Now Served in the Cafes Without Any Contempt. Dnesseldnrf. Feb. 3 I By the Asso-t-taJeal press). The tiiupcr of the pop )ilnTiin In the occupied iiren spiwurs ' rb he undergoing u 1-bnnge, nltluiiighJ uiv iniiusiruiusis nun tin- important magnates are a uniillratly iipised UK ever to any i-o operation with the I i fin h iiihI Belgians. Not only have the railway woefcers resumed their jobs Hi Ctilogne. .Treves nml laid wigshn fen. as well as on some of fhe Buhr linen, hut the Sehnt2Silivel at Diiesseldorf have re fused to ohey Berlin's orders that they ignore French officers and continue to salute Ibeui. The Gerninn inemliern of the Inter nal commission at Batlfina In the Oo blens nrei, wh have la-en working with the allied exierts in issuing ex port licenses, (ltiit Work, hut when I'nnl Tlrard, the French Bhlnelnnd commissioner accepted their resigna tions and announced that he wotdd fill their place with Kreneh and Bel gians the Germans remained on duty. In Wltten. where the restaurant and hotel keepers have lieen refusing to starve food or drinks to the French of ficers and soldiers the situation has completely changed. - jJo contempt is j'iow shown toward the foives of oc frtiputioii. The change is contined to iine working classes ami 10 smnii tradesmen and shopkeepers. Iwt the French hope to bring Bei'llu to terms I und force the surrender of the mag- nates. ( Criticises Ruhr Invasion. Plymouth. Kngbind. Fell. 3 ( By the XAssiietated Tress). Au net of gross fMly and the wrong way to approach tne reparations problem was former Jf'rlme Minister IJoyd George's char- 4 aclertiwtion of-the Huhr oceuiatlon in ' iin.interview here totla.y on uis '''fWlrwrriiOiE - .. . . . . . . .. ... , 1,. ........ "It Is n sure way not lo get repa- rations, 1 think," he ssuid. Ht lcnds Rs Art ion. Paris, Fel. 3 l By the Associated Press). The reimmtlonH commission today adopted a resolution sustaining its own action of .In unary 2! In 're fusing fierniny a moratorium. T" resolution was passed as a reply to yesterday"s protest note from Get many. (iermuny's note of yesterday repre sented an effort to renew the dlscus slnn with France and rens? the rep utations controversy. The note was dated Thursday. It was reeelved Friday and answered today. ' "The reiuirations -commission after noting the Qemran reply of Febru ary 2 maintains its decision of Jim v unry 2fith with Its consequences." the resolution read. League Not to lie Mediator. Paris, Feb. 3 tkv the AssiKiabil Presa). The council of the league of nations at a secret informal session jnat before ftbally adjourning here to day declined to put the. reparations or Buhr occupation questitons on its pro gram. 'This means that for the pres ent there is no possibility of the league taking any Initiative toward media tion 'between France and Oermauy. Soldiers Break up Mob. Collxmz. Fell. 8 (By the Associated Press). Freni-h troops threatened with 'bnyoneti? and used the butt end of their guns at -noon today to break un a crowd of 3.0(X( ia?rsons noisily protesting before the Rhinelnnd high commission building against the de portation of nrni'ia Is. OovernmMit's Resistance Is tnrreas tag. Berlin, Feb. 3 (By the Associated j Press). A semi-official communique issued today after referring to ru niors that (iermany Is preiiaiing to yield to the French pressure in the Huhr, declares that the government's resistance on the contrary Is Increas Ing. nnd will continue "until the fu tllity of the Franco-Belglon action 1r as clear to Its authors as its Illegal lly which Is recognized on all sides." New Charters Issued. . (Br the Aaaodated rr . Raleigh, N. 0.' Feb. 8. The follow ing charters and amendments have been issued by the secretary "of state: Dendell Tobacco Company, lMmdell : to buy and sell tobacco; capital stock, 100,()00; paid In 4,G0O; K. T. Sear borough, Eagle Bock, R. B. Whitley, Wendell, and M. A. Griffin, Wendell, incorporators. Carolina Sheet and Iron comimny, Creenshoro, increasing capital stock from $100,000 to $200,001). The Electric Shop of Rocky Mount, Inc., Rocky Mount ; to conduct gener al electrical supply" and reimlr busi ness: capital slock $100,000: paid In, KLOOO: W. H. Home, M. P. J. Wil liams nnd W. A. (Ibisgow. all of Uovky Mount, principal Ineorporn tors. Southern Steel and Cement Com pany. Inc, Ashevllle; to deal In all kinds of building materials and to erect all kinds of buildings; capital stock. $100,000; paid In, $86,000; D. S. Kilns, Bernard Ellas and J. E. Tbay- prlneii! Incorporators. AIM I T II I IT! KM IN NTATK Ml T BK IPKH Ol T Ur. K. T. BrMka Makes Win hi ibllora. Slotting How ll (an Be MM. I tk t.wliM Pma t Bulelgb. N. C Fell. . The Hill erate adult imprdatlaui of North Caro lina will never learn to read awl write In my judgment unlew the state gives siieclal aid. Making these at-hool a lrt of the pnlilic school system is not sufftclent. Th'a is a iieciillar i In ss thin needs siieclal intention. Not only the mute and county onVlals lint onr chnrrbes. fritter nihil orgniil uitlons and women's i lulus shonld tii oiertite to eliminate illitemey from this rlass of our imputation." This stiitenient Is coiilnineil "in the biennial report of Ir. K. C. Brooks, superintendent of public Instruct inn. bawd on a study prepared by Miss Eltxnheth Kelly, commissioner of adult illiterates. "The census of V.tlti shows that the unlive white illiteracy has decreased within the past two years from 14 ier cent, to S.2 er cent.." It is statel. "and for both raies from is ", per refit to 13.1 ism- cent. By far the larger jiart of the Illiterates remaining to day are adults who did not have the Hilviiutage of mi education twenty i fill r ' i ur criinop iri nuunni tfie Illiteracy of children, of w huol ...... " ... . ii"n . ..... . age laMweeii ten and twenty-one years of age. inclusie. and we may see from Ihese figures how effective tlu' schools have I .ceil. In lif-U the illiteracy of wnne cniiuren nenrarn (en ami twen ty-one years of age in twenty-live counties was 2 percent, less: in three counties it was less than 1 per cent. : in nineteen counties between 4 and (i is?r i-etit. : and in the other twenty two counties iK-tween ti nnd I) 1-2 mt itii t." " The school system was reorganised in I'.IW-liK.'il tfie term was lengthen Ml, more teachers were employed and the compulsory attendance law was uinde effective and the records show that practically 100 per cent, of the children of compulsory school age were enrolled in school. It Is stilted. The illiteracy of the next generation, it Is asserted, will practically disap !Mar. During the scholastic year 1020-21." the reMrt continues, "!ifly-two coun ties organized schools or classes for adult lieginners and had regularly paid teachers, the state imying one- re-,nj,. Ju ..expeuspa Uhe other half. I t I . . . t . t . "Beginning with the .scholastic year 1021-22. the 'Schools for adults were raade a part of the public school sys tem and were financed as other schools of the counties were financed. Dur ing the biennial period, special texts peculiarly suited to these schools have been prepared and published. Perbaiis the most noticeable piece of work done in the state is to lie found in Buncombe county. 1 have received letters from mothers, who heretofore had been illiterate, in which they ex press appreciation for tills work and a joy In the fact that they teamed to write to their children. "The neiil of a stricter enforcement of the fumpulsory attendance law is verv aiiiMi-eut. rot- example,: wt' found in one county 402 pupils from 14 lo 10 years of age now attending school that had not completed the fourth grade. In other words, boys ami girls of high school "ago have not been in school long enough lo learn to read ami write with ease anil use numbers Intelligently. Therefore, I beUeve that children under 10 years of age who have not completed the elementary school shonld lie required to attend school until they have com pleted at least the seven grades of work as outlined in the elementary school. "Our compulsory school law re quires the attendance in school of children between the nges or 7-nnu 14. But in our towns and cities antl mill villages, continuation or part time schools can be provided with little additional exiiense, which would lrmlt children between 14 and 10 years of age to attend school a part of the time. They might work half it day and attend school half or day, or follow the alternate work plan. This is IsMng tried successfully In North Car olina nnd in most states of the Union," the report rends. Sugar Made by Light. I jinilon. Feb. 3. 1 Is announced by Professor Hugh B. Bathlsine, of Liver pool University, that considerable quantities of sugar have been made from carbonic acid by the agency of light. This wonderful feat has been made possible by the results of remark able experiments carried out by Pro fessor E. C. C. Baley, a prominent In vestigator;' of the myteries of .light. Professor Baly, with his colleagues Professors Hellbron and Barser, tils- covered that ultra violet light, wpuld convert water containing carbonic acid gas into formaldehyde, a substance now used on a large scale in many branches of surgery ; but they found, too,, that the light rays continued in their wonderful process, eventually turning the formaldehyde Into sugsr. Water Is available In Immeasurable quantities and carbonic acid is merely a waste product equally abundant, antl the magic of light waves of a certain length will cause them to combine and give ugar. Tried to Rob Grave of Junes Jones. I Br tkae AaMmrlatrd IT,... I New Tbrk, Feb. 8. Wm. H. Wil liams, special agent of the Treasury Department, admitted today that an attempt had been made to rob tbe Broklyn grave of James Jones, Amer lean seaman. In whose coffin the crown Jewels of Russia were reported to have been smuggled into this country. , I.I Ki H I Ills MORNING or utoKt.i w Pvtimtasl (itUm nf Ur Leaf HI at t ieairge XT. Brown. prominent rill rrn of thai Hiy. died here this Mrs lag at :M u'cturk. at bla hi i n Staita Infant street He bait been III for several aiontlit- ami death n- ciiiiseil by a comiitlciitlini of dtseasw Hi- -i.dltlou bad la-fa so serious dot lag ibe naat several day .that au bua was entertaine.1 for his wov ery. Ftiaeral serrlcea will lie betd from the Inane tomorrow nfternuoai at font o'clock, lntermeiii will lie mmle In Uiikw.KHl iinetei. lr. Brown was twbv marrleil Illt ilrst wife. Miss Berry Clark, died nlsiul 4t years ago. He was married again in April. Is-ss to Mrs. Nnniil. Bencini. of Kalislmry, who survives ami to this union one child, the late .Mrs. Kva Brown l.rnker. was Iniru. Surviving chlldn'ii of bis llrst mar rlage are Mrs. H. W. Calloway and Miss Mollle Browu. Isith of this city. One brother. A. M. Brbwn. of this city, also survives. The deceased served throughou; the war. He was active in Confeder ate work, and attended niiiny of the State and untloiial reunions. He serv ed under (cn. Itiifns A. Barriuger in First N. C. Cavnlry. Mr, Brown left 'Concord as a boj with the Confederate army. After the war he returned to this city and established a sins' reiairlng and leather gissls business, and he was engaged in this business continuously until several years ago, when he was . . . , . , . . ... V"1 '" gW " 8 H Mr. Brown was Isiru ticlolier 3rd, 1S45, and therefore was 77 years of age. lie was isirn ami reareu in litis iminty, and when he retired irom bus iness he was one of the oldest inert-h unts In the city in the point of ser vice. He was a mnsistsent member of the Lutheran Church fo.- a number of years, later going to the First Presby terian church, of which he was an of ficer at the time of his death. FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET MNOIIAY Special Committee to Investigate the state s nuances laueu to meet mrxi Week. (II y the Associated Preu.) Raleigh. Feb. 3. Announcement of the first meeting at 11 o'clock on Mon day morning of the ninimlttee to in vestigate the states fiuiincuil situation at the request of (iovernor Cameron Morrison, was made today in both houses of the General Assembly.. The Senate and House Isilh passed lion of a few local and private mea sures, adjournment was taken until Monday night at titS o'clock, when the, public calendar will he brought up.. The investigating committee will set tle down, the members asserted, at. the Monday meeting to tle. problem of get ting facts and figures as quickly as possible, that delay in measures carry ing appropriations may not be en countered. Fear was expressed In the House, lmwe.ver, that the session might be prolonged been use of the situation with tne uenertH Assemiuy iaces through conflicting accounts of the staters flhancinl affairs. DEATH OF MRS. RACHAEL LAWRENCE She Was the Last Surviving Member of the Hermitage Household- Hy the Associate PrcM.1 Nashville, Term., Feb. 3. Mrs. Ra chel Jackson Lawrence daughter of Gen. Andrew Jarkson's adopted son, and the. last surviving member of the Hermitage house hold ,of "Old Hick ory!?" time, died here at 7 a. m. to day at "Birdsong."- her country home near Nashville, at the age of 00. North Getting the Southern Unskilled Labor. .Washington, Fe.b. 1. A noticeable movement of unskilled negro labor from the south to northern industrial cen ters, which, though neither widespread nor general, was regarded as unusual becarse of the negro's normal relrc tance to move northward during the winter,- was announced today by Sec retary jlavjs of the labor department, on the basis of a report by Phil H. Brown, commissioner of conciliation, lls.vrolis at a number of northern nnd central western industrial points, it was said, are being slightly swelled by the employment of these workers, and. while some cities reported no Increases und a fe.w show small declines in the employment of this class of labor, con tinued migration nppeared to be indi cated. Business Conditions in the United ' Stales Are Favorable. Washington. Feb. 2. January busi ness conditions in tbe. United States as shown by statistics oomplled by the commerce department, i continued the favorable trend evident during tbe closing weeks of 1922. -Bituminous coal production averaged 11,000,000 tops a wek during the month, lumlier production increased steadily, the total for the wpt4i ending January 20 being $00,80,fl00. Wool iicelpts for the week ending January 1.1 were he. largest slnhe last shm- Although wholesale prices In general continued to advance, the. retail food index declined considerably during the last two weeks of the month. Busi ness failures, however, Increased to some extent. Largely ns result of persistent ttft - ltation on the part of tbe women of - ; Japan the parliament of that country i has passed a law prohibiting the sale g tne sans under 21 of Intoxicants to persons years of age. NUEWELL REPLIES TO GOVERNOR MORRISON Insists That There is a Big Deficit and Wot a Surplus in the Treasury of North Carolina. SAYS ECONOMY BADLY NEEDED J Says Governor Failed to No tice the Deft its That Ap peared in Years in the State's M Itlllelgh. X. ( sis luted Press Iffb. 3 i By the As AUserting that (Iov ernor Cameron Morri - n and the hud get tmumisslou baa "invented sieeinl methods of their own to convert" the state treasurer's resr(el deficit of fl.MKlMM "into ii 2.-iOII,000 (Sur plus, und then reenpuneml appropria tions for the next two years covering the full amount of thai fallacious sur plus in addition to two more full years estimated IncfNiic.'' A. .1. Mux welL corporation ooumiissioner. today issued a formal rei-u to the Chief ! Executive's attack on him in an ad- . . . . .. . t. i .. ureas ueiore me spuierni Assemiuy yesterday. . 1 Mr. Maxwell declared the "old frog In the well story might lie appliett to the state financing with state credit getting deeper In th well" and that "fhey can't get it on: by denouncing hie or ' . ignoring the facts antl sound mince presented by our own good old Swtt-h Presbyterian state Treasurer." The State Treasurer was correct In calling attention to it net deficit of $1, HiKt.HIM in the opernCng exis'iises "one full rounded year'A of revenue In come." he contintted.T"and the mistakt of the (iovernor unit the budget com mission was in not imcepting at full t 1. 1 . , ..i.,. ,, . , i. .. , ........ tame ins laiuiiiti wminiii; om.v should be practiced. "Since reading th full stenograph ic report of the Governor's address. said the Commissioner, "the mistake which the (iovernor nnd the budget commission have made is deal enough, 'they did Jjiol have liefore tlieiu a reiHirt of the large deficit for the seven months period I mm Decern her 1, 1020. to .lun' 30. 1021, or of the large deficit . in Hie period iroiu .niiAt i, io- ..... ' t..... , ifW.) to iiocemiier ar. 1022. '.-Their report, showed n deficit for that period of 1,853.86.41. They set up against that deficit the resour ces in estimated uncollected taxes which they estiinnti-d to lie due and unpaid on January 1. following. Incluil ing another full year of estimated in come tax, and in this way arrived at an assumed surplus of $2.4(tN.OOO. Surelv they did uot have before Uhem in reaching this comdusion the Ugi) detailed report of the Treasurer for that fiscal year period. If they had. they would have seen that the fiscal year already had in its receipts one full year of imome tax revenue, collected between .lainmry nnd July of UtHi. The. fiscal year from which Ihe Treasurer faithfully reporats that deficit of Jl,883,8!M was a complete ami rounded year, both by Income and outgo. "it not only had a full year of in come tax under the new law, but it also had $414,1111.0.'. ot income col lected by the counties under the old law. nnd not settled for to the state until within that fiscal year. There was also collected within that year the largest amount of Inheritance tax ever collected, $!Vo.-.(X)8.98, and with this f till year of imome from nil nor mal sources It had a deficit from that one year that was reported and prop erly iiiinmented upon hy the Trensurer I in his l-eiiort, and is an nbsolute tlem- oiistration. tnni rue siuie uueim.v is living beyond Its means in a sum that vitally affects the soundness of the State's fiscal policy at this time." Wade Asked to Make Address. Illy the Asaaarlataa fraiaa.1 GreenslKiro, N. ('., Feb. 3. Stncey W. Wade, state Insurance commission er, has been Invited to make one ot the principal addresses at the annual meeting of the Association of North Carolina Secretaries in Charlotte op February 111-17. C. W. Rolierts. of the Greenslioro Chamber of Commerce, an nounced lasts night. Sir. Wade bus been asked to sieak on, the methods employed by fake stock salesmen, the operation of the state blue law and the activities of his department . Several other prominent officials have been invited to attend the con ference and the complete program will lie made public within the next week. Subjects relating to the work of com mercial secretaries will be discussed by members of the association during the ' two day session. Troops Ordered Sent to ('trhiii. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 2.--Twenty-five national guardsmen from troop B. 53rd machine gun squadron. don, Ky., were ordered to Corbln, Ky., tonight by Gov. K. P. Morrow after Mayor J. S. Oilllam, of Corliin, and i Sheriff Young, of Whitley county, had reported ins situation mere wu kci tlng beyond their control. The present strained condition fo lowed u gun mu ll betwen railroad workers und special officers early Tuesday when two men were killed and two woubu ' ed. i Levis ose, a sugar made from ine tuber of the dahlia, Is exceptionally inner oi tne guium, cao ii ujunn. sweat and Is said to be harmless to diabetics. tdTMKM HAW Ml n TO Ml Wllrf I Half (Her With Maa ROU la Be Acted I pan. Kaklgt.. Fob 3 iHy th. AMrlaid fmi.-With the .North Cindlaa aro- era I ii-iai.li at the half way of It DCS sraoion lUmm it more of the iuiuortaut wnnin-a lodar either were la the riuhyro or iwuuilltec Mitgv while . i.lv on. -the nfteru million ! ar highway I... ml bill was ou its way In Hn.il notion by the hmw The Bow'e bill lo provide a railroad for Wataugi. A-be and Alleghany counties th general tax measure, the gene. nl expanse bill, the admiiii'trn tlon oyatrj bill antl one air two others hare not been introifis-ed. The llle' farm bain, measure lai create a state farm laaird ami to up proprlnie rj..'ilsi,iMi for tncoiir.igin- farm ownership, the Varter siuk'ng fund bill, the aalmlnlsiratiiHi ship Un. proposal, the. general ealm-atlon bill, tin Irng and medicine act. Ilia- ant! mask ing mid other bills to regulate secret orders, the. Wade slate-wide game law. anal the fight ta repeal the Cartiliiii. Tcjincssi-e Power Coniainy in Cheraiki-e county, were chb f ninong those-still reposing in eoinniitlees in one form an- another. Both houses have pnsstKl on scores of bills of private siul public local na ture, but continued retiue.ts for fur ther luarings on the part of imllvidu ills have resiilteal in the general ii.in mittees Is-ing b.nded with held -over Icjrlslation. Next week, according to observers. will be mplete with action on a iniin- lr of ineasiires and the following week expected to bring more, final ilecj- sbins on important bills. As n re mit, it was stated, the tliMial gates of ora lory mid contests on the Honrs of Isith houses will lie opened hi full force. PRKVKNTIVK CLAIMKI) FOR INFLUENZA GERM Physicians Claim to Have IHscovered the Cause and Cure of the Influ enza Germ. (Br the Aaaoclated Preaa.1 Bchnectady, N. Y.. Feb. :i. Hopes of thousands of sufferers from the epi demic of influenza for a cure or pre ventive of tlie disease were raised lie day by the announcement of the cause und the Isolation of the germ. The announcement was made by Dr. Simon W. Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re search who attributes the discovery to Dr. Peter K. Olitsky and Dr. Freib eiick Gates, also of the Institute. The isolation will permit experi mrntntkuT with antidotes and antl toxinus. So small is the germ that it must be magnified 1,000 times liefure it is seen, distinctly under the micro- J scope., 'imtgerm lmltcs in Hit: noses and throat during the first StJS hours of intliienji infetiion. then attacks the lungs in such a way as to make them susceptible to other germs in the nose ami throat, notably those of pneumonia and bronchitis. 'WOLF OF WALL . STREET" LEAVES When Federal Agents Visited His Hotel They Found La mar Gone. Illy th Associated it. New York. Feb. .". Federal agents going In the Hotel tie France to take David Lamar "Wolf of Wall Street" to the Essex county penitentiary to serve sentence for Wartime offense, today discovered that Lamar had checked out of the hotel yesterday and disappeared Without leaving an ad dress. "Cyclone Mack" Ends His Revival at Ratlin. liadin, Feb. 1. The splendid meet ing at Hailin theater held by "Cyclone Mack," one of the greatest evangelists in tlie south, came to a close Wednes day evening after a 10 days' meeting. The big theater, which will sent H00 people, tins been packed-each night and on Sunday afternoon there were be- tween two and three hundred cars parked in Madln from different towns with people coming over for the nf - ternoon service; The singing was es pecially fine and on Tuesday evening an excellent program was giveji by the children. During the meeting there were u number of professions of faith. "Cyclone Mack" will liogin a revival in Wilmington Sunday, and from there, will go to Eort Worth, Texas. Shipmaii Flrsst to Pay to Doughton. i Br the Aaattelntetl Pveaa.1 Raleigh, N. C, Fell. 3 M. U Ship- ninn, commissioner ol mlmr anil print ing, was the first person to pay in- i-ome tax to B. A. Doughton, new ominissioner of revenue. Mr. Ship- man hnppened to walk into the reve nue department's offices n short thne after the new commissioner had ac tually started to work, so instead of taking up the matter with a clerk or secretary, he took first honors In In come tax paying Insofar a)s Mr. Doughton's record Is concerned. Wants Ford's Proposal Accepted. Washington, Feb. 3. I'nqaulifieil ac ceptance of Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals offer was proposed today In the House by Chairman Madden, of the Appro priation Commit lee. Representative Madden declared he viewed the matter purely from a bust- ness siiintipoini antl mat nis uesiru wits to put . the great Alabama project In the hands of the man of demon strated capacity Irrespective of his politics. mrrity Wake Foest afjoaeh. Raleigh, Foo. 3.- (By the Associat ed Press) Honry Oarrity, star naif back on the Princeton football team of 1920-21, and coach of the University of Missouri today was elected head coach and director of athletics at Wake JAmeat College, at a meeting of the f uki w,nbc, a. ww.iug, v. ..v.tw r executive committee -of the . boar J of In tbe history of the society's work in trustees here today. KIW.4W MKTT3H2 of llal Itiurr-i in- Weahb Hmbm f (hah. Heveral guud latka by vhdiaea, the oingina ..f Mu RHaalaHh Uaary aad reirt of arreral canniultter. ft-.t-u ed Ibe asevtlng . Friday eieniag uf he Klwaula (Tub nf Cvm-onl al Ike '. M. C. A. Brevard Harris. member uf Ibr -ommlttee nauia-il by Pmldent Tracy bhkit lai meet with a similar atata mlttee fraioj the Katary Club ahd with ibeui present lai tbe Buanl of County I'omuiisslamen. tbe matter uf erecting 4 tiMtage al Ibe Jackson Training V-haml. either as s Cnlmrms Coltsge or a . oiiajie to la laiilt jolutly by twti iituiilies. tvairted that be had giaw over tbe waiter with Mr. James F. Dayvault. chairman of the hoard of MM) ciuumUsbiners. thrlng to the fact imif the new Isatrd tif iihuiiiIs doiMTK titles not feel at Ihis time that the tlimmfs aif the county are suill-a-ient fair this uudeiiiikiiig. Mr. Dny MHdl bail nskisl that this matter la satMHitHl for the present, expressing his hearty approval aif the movement Albert Palmer, chairman of tbe new hotel a aimmittee. resirteil that a meet ing of his committee and one fraun the Merchants Association hail l-en call eal fair the past U'cdnesahiy. but owing to the fa. I that a uiajority of the two committees were umibie tot Is- prfaeht, no business was traiisnetetl at the time. Another meeting will lie grranged fan- in the near future, saltl the chairman. Albert, while he hail the floor, also made a reliant for the committee ap- IHiinted recently to gu liefore the City Aldermen mid present to them the matter of having the present session ur the- i.eneial Assembly pass an act which will enable tlu- ally to widen siteh streets in the city as shull need widening. He stateal that he appear til liefore the Aldermen at their meet ing un Thursday evening, and that the matter was received very favora bly by them. The Board did not take action at Its last meeting, but asked the City Attorney to take the propo sition under advisement, antl action will lie taken on the measure at the social meeting to be held on next Thursday night. The program for the meeting had lieeu arranged by team No. 1, Alliert Palmer, Chairman. He presented .Miss Elisabeth Macey. who delighted her audience with two vocal solos, with itccoinpnniments by Miss Nell Her ring Robert Lee Morrison, of Briston. I Va.-Tenn.. a visiting Kiwiiuian .,-Tenn., a visiting Kiwanian, was induced lo the Club, and respond With a real, live talk, lie told the inn oil members here of the Club in Bristol of the cily that the civic organiza tions in Bristol had built, and he alst gitw htiriieaW'rs some' Ki!I Ktwaiii doctrine. At the close of his remarks lie railed on the Club lo join him in. singing the Kiwanis "Smile Song,'' which he led with lots of "pep." Iliifoi-il Blackwelder, of the law firm of l'nluier & Blackwelder. was intro duced by Albert Palmer ns his guest. Mr. Blackwelder made n short tulk upon his being Introduced, and his re marks were thoroughly enjoyed by the Klwanlans. City Attorney Morrison H. Cald well was then introduced by Chair man Palmer as the speaker of the evening. Mr. Caldwell in his intro ductory remarks, paid high tribute to the work accomplished by the Kiwanis Club in its infancy, in having tlie al dermen pass ihe milk and meat in sepctlon ordinance, declaring that the lunger it 'bus been in operation the more he has been Impressed with its necessity. He also congratulated the Kiwsntans for coming to the aid uf the new High School bond issue, de claring that it was a dead issue until the Kiwanis Club and the Rotary Club of Concord put their shoulders to the wheel and prtt the drive acruss. Continuing, the City Attorney said there were several things in Concord that certainly nenl attention. He called attention to the disreputable quarters being ussed at present by the city us a city Jail, in the basement of the city hall. This dark, dismal place, without sufficient air to breathe, Is worse than the Black Hole - of Calcutta, declared the speaker, who added that it has been urged by him for the past several years that a de cent place be provided for prisoners. Another matter to which the Kiwan inns and other citizens of Concord should give their attention is that of the street railway system of Concord. The present owners of the street rail way are now in debt to the city ap- pruxiinately $31,000 for street paving and interest, and are going in debt every week they operate, said Mr. Caldwell, and it will lie only a mat ter nf time unlil the city must face the uucstinti uf what shall be iloni with the street railway system. If the rails were torn up antl sold for junk, the cost of replacing the pal ing In the streets would ent up all that could be realized from the sale of the material, and the city would still be In debt. He suggested n plan of extending the present lines out by the Buffalo Mill, across the Southern Railway to the Brown, Norcott, smd Hurt sell Mills where there is need for transportation, and the reduction of the fare to n Q cent basis, 'This matter was being presented now. said Mr. Caldwell, so the citizens of Con cord may lie planning now what slinll he done when the time comes to net ann from present Indications tbe time H Hurely coming The attendance prize, given by Char- He Smart, was drawn by Boyd Grady. The silent boost was given by G. P. Helllg, of the Motor A Tire Service Company. Besoming Christianised. The American Bible society has re cent! y shipped from its headquarters In Shanghai 187,000 Bibles to the sub agency In Pekln, China. This was the largest, single shipment ever sent out China. Funuinb LUMMHTEE READY WITH REPORT Will Lay Plans for Funding Great Britain's Wartime Debt Before President Harding Tonight. PLAN FINALLY MADE FRIDAY President Will Ask Congress for Permission to Cany Out the Plans as They Are Now Outlined. Wiisl.liigtoii, D. ('.. Keb. :i (By the Associated I'ressi. The debt funding commission American has been culled to meet late toalay for tllscns- sion of the form of retiimmenalutioii it will make to I'l.-sident Harding in conntvtiaiii with a plan for funding (irent Britain's wartime debt finally approved hy the aiiiuinlssion hist uigbt. It is the hoe of the committee to place a draft of its rea-omiiieiialutioiis in tin' bunds of the President tonight. While there was no aifllciul statement, indications were that the alisciisshins today will em bra ii mainly methods of proceedurc. authorization for which the President will lie urged to ask of Congress. it apiieared likely that the Presi dent would ask for only such changes in the foreign debt funding act as will encompass the British terms, leaving the question of a general revision of the law to a later date. He was mild, to lie planning to send a brief mes sage to Congress on the subject early next week. The present law calls for 1 4 1-2 per cent, interest, und final pay ment ol the debt In 2. years. NATIONAL Gl'ARD UNITS SHOW MCCH IMPROVEMENT Officers Say These Companies Have Made Much Progress Recently, i Mr th AaaocTatetl PraaaJ Raleigh. N- C., Feb. 3 The caval ry, engineers and signal corps of the North Carolina National Guard all are in -gooii condition ami ready to go forward to lietter work this year." nccording to n report-of Xlujor S. M. Williams to Adjutant General J. van B. Metis hist night. 'In the cavalry Units a marked im- hveiyrcw hn-tieen note in thf 'limn"" ner Hi which the statues are run. t lie care nnd condition tit the nurses ami equipment," the report rends. "This has been iiarticularly noticeable since the return from camp last summer. "Only those who were at the last encampment and saw the work that was done can really appreciate what a good impression these troops made on all who came In contact with them. Tlie work of the troops, cavalry, en gineers and signal corps, was the sub ject of much favorable comment, not only from the instructors on duty with them, but from the camp au thorities, the regular army otticerss, the reserve officers, the R. O. T. (., itnd the C. M. T. C. who were in the ill tup lit the same tiuie- "There- bus been a very marked im provement in Ihe paper-work of all or gan iwi I ions, the rendering nf reports oh time and especially in the prepnru tiun of payrolls. This is particularly true for the quarter just elided. All payrolls for these organizations have lieon forwarded anil this time not one of t lifiu had to be returned from the Instructor's office for correction. This means that the men will receive their pay in a reasonable length of time nnd it also shows tliat nil organisation commnndei-s thoroughly understand, the preparation of the new rolqX Pnvndls ih the future should lie ensy nnd should come in on time, correctly prepared. If this is done it will help the drill attendance as wen as me spirit of t'he organization. "If the men don't get their pay in a reasonable length of time, they kntiw whose fault it Is. although they may not express themselves openly." THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness and There Were Many Buying Orders. 'Ht Hit Aasaelia Ira.( New York. Feb. 3. The cotton mar ket showisj renewed firmness this morning. "There were good many buying orders around the ring at the opening, which was firm at an ad vance of Jl to ". points. Scattered, realizing appeared to be readily ah- v sorlted on slight setbacks from the in itial figures, ' however, and active ! months soon sold 23 to 30 points net higher, with May selling at 2.zi and October at 23.30. Cotton futures opened firm. March 27:50;. May 28:15; July 27:05; Oct. 25:20; Dec 24:85. Cheap hard candies, chocolate barn, and butter scotch are very much sought after by the Chinese, who are. large consumers of candies and sweet meat. . . BASKETBALL! The Undefeated ELLERBEE A. C. Will Play the Strong "Y" Team T(