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VOLUME XXIII
DA. WHITER MM
BEFORE THE STATE
MEDICAL SOCIETY
Makes Annual Report to the
, North Carolina Medical So
ciety at Its Annual Conven
tion in Session at Asheville
HIS OFFICE SEEKS \
TO ASSIST COUNTIES
In Recognizing Their Public
Health Interests and in
/Formulating Local Activi
ties in Each Section.
Asheville. N. (April IS (By lho
Associated Press). —Local Interest, re
sponsibility nn<l activity in hint tors of
rinuinon concern, not central control,
will lie the continued policy of the
Stnte Board of Henlth, I»r. W.S.-Ran
kin, secretary, declared today In his
annual report to the hoard and North
Carolina Medical Society in joint con
vention here today.
“The community and county, like
the individual,” said the secretary,”
Kains strength and self-reliance by do
ing for itself—not in having someone
do for it. The Isiard of health seeks
To assist tlie counties in recognizing
their public health interests and in
formulating local activities through
which such interests may lie conserv
ed and advanced.
”ln endeavoring ,to stimulate and de
velop local interests, the board of
beallh recognizes tin l local, or county,
medical profession as occupying a
strategic position and lielieves tjint the
contact with the county should lie
made through the medical profession.
There are a nntnlier of sound reasons
which will sustain this position.
“In the first place, the initial con
tact with (he cotmty should he made
through the medical profession I localise
the medical profession and not the pub
lic is, according to its statement of
accepted responsibility of the profes
sion may he shirked but not avoided,
the public henlth. This weighty and
principles, primnril.v responsible for
"Never wil this professional res|K»n
sibilltjr.be stimulated and quickened if
outside agencies, interested in ijnprov
ing Health of a community <r cqtoity.
ignore or i. . i.i. L
the medical profession io (Ac phTilic or
their representatives.
“In the second place, fhitint eontnei
with the county government should Lie
made through the local medical pro
fession been list- it is mil only respon
sible but- it has proven resismsive to
public need. Dr. Biggs has said 'pub
lic health is purchases hie.’ Wo may
add 'it is subtitle.’ if it is not sold,
the fault nine rimes in ten lies with
the salesman—the health officer pre
senting a proiiosition-cand not with
the prospective purohaser—the local
medical society- to which the proposi
tion is submitted. Public health prob
lems of a local character may he sub
mitted safely to the local profession
for their consideration and action.
“In the third place, initial contact,
with the county should be made
through the local medical profession
liecause a grent part of their work in
volved in the solution of local health
problems can lie, and should lie, per
formed iiy the memliers of the profes
sion. Either the local profession must
itself assume the actual Work involved
in public health protection and re
ceive a reasonable remuneration for
such work, or else the work must lie
performed by a separate group of
workers. We must either combine the
work of private practice witii that of
public health or separate the two.
"Separation means lack of under
standing." he said, “absence of co-or
dination between workers in closely
and vitally related fields, friction and
conflict with resulting harm both to
private practice and public health.
"Combination means understanding,
co-ordination and increased efficiency
for both branches of medicine. The
local profession can serve and must
serve the public needs as well as the
private needs: and, ns they are reas
onably paid for the one they must be
reasonably paid for the other. Public
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Everv man owes it to his wife, his children, and to himself to
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provide a permanent Home for those dependent upon him.
Home ownership reveals in a n*an or woman the qualities of
[ Thrift, Self Respect and good citizenship.
It is easy to come into possession of a home. All that is nec
; essary is to put aside each pay day a small amount of one’s earu
-5 • ings in this Old Reliable Building and Loan Association. Start to
-5 day by taking some shares in Series No. 51 now open. All stock is
8 non-taxable. Loans can be made on short notice—“that means at
8 once.” Begin. Now. *
f Cabarrus County Building Loan and
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; OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK.
The Concord Daily Tribune
CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923. '
. BASEBALL
New Opening Day Attendance Records
Established Yesterday.
New York. April IS. t By tltc Associ
ated Press). —Wliil-> new opening day
attendance records were established
yesterday in two National League Cit
ies, Cincinnati and Chicago, additional
high maths were looked for today
when the American League season g*qs
underway.
Topping tlie junior circuits program
is the dedication of .-Up* New York
Yankee Stadium, seating eO.OOO. where
the Longue champions will inaugurate
ttte season with the Boston Red Sox
as their opponents. The other games
jon the schedule are: Washington nr
Philudel|ihia ; Chicago at. Cleveland;
and Detroit at St. Louis.
The International League also will
get underway for the 1923 campaign
today.
C, G. GA.ST.ffN PAROLED
Was Serving a Sentence of Four Years
on Roat'.s for Embezzlement,
(By (br AMOCHItiI Press.)
ißaleig, April 18.—C. P. G-aston, for
mer tax collector of Bunco-nib County,
-who was convicted in September 1922
for embezzing and sentenced to serve
four years on the county roads, nas
been -paroled by Governor Coirieron
’Morrison, ft was announced at-the
capitol today.
The .solicitor, prosecuting tic ease,
recommended a pardon, evidence be
ing presented t> tlie Governor i.naf
Gaston lias turned over all his per
sonal property to officials to be soul,
and applied to the shortage paid by
insurance company. A petition of
S,(KH) persons residing in Buncomn also
was presented the Governor in behalf
of Gaston.
The mole, when deprived of food. ]
starves to death in less than 48- hours.
health is worth paying for and it is a
short sighted policy to attempt to de
velop so important a work, so large
and ni'cessnry a work, on a charily ha
sis.
"There are many local health prob
lems in every county. The physicians
of the county should assume the initial
responsibility in recognizing these prob
lems. in classifying them according to
their relative iinimrtaiicc. in directing
public attention to them and in point
ing out to the authorities a practica
ble plan for solving them.
“This is not only an obligation of
local medical societies, it is. if they
will but see it, a great opportunity not
only for service, but for reward. Ev
ery county medical society should have
a strong committee on public policy.
Witii such a committee in every coun
ty. the state board of health could
make its official contacts witii the
county government through the ohnn
jicjs of organized medicine.” lie nssert
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Dr. Itankin called attention to hie
filet- that the state lias entrusted tile
medical society with 44 4-t) per cent,
direct control and 77 7-0 per cent. In
direct control over its public health.
Tlie State .Medical Society names four
of the memliers of the State Board of
Health, Hint is, four of tlie nine di
rectors. arc members of tlie society.
The state hoard and the society share
tlie responsibility of expending ap
proximately. $475,000 for tlie protection’
and, advancement of the henlth of cit
izens. The law requires the board to
submit a report to the society.
•‘The State Board of Health did not
sponsor any important health legisla
tion at the hands of the last general
assembly,” said DIE Rankin. “More
over, there was no important health
legislation introduced in that general
assembly with tlie exception of the op
en formula hill which sought to elimi
nate secrecy in the sale of trade-mark
remedies.' This hill was introduced by
Seenntors Arnilield and Varser. It was
the same hill that met defeat in the
general assembly of 1017 and its fate
was like that of its predecessor.
"Tlie ojien formula bill was a meri
torious measure, capable of being suc
cessfully-defended in any county in
North Carolina with regard to tlie
ability of itN opponents, but in the Hill
public interests came into head-on col
lision with large tltmneial interests, I
and according to the rule, money talk
ed. the inarticulate masses were si
lent, and their representatives voted in
the committee live to three against the
bill. |
"The appropriation committee rec
ommended aninthe legislature passed
tlie entire budget of the board, and for
this the' board dtedres to commend the
wisdom of the general assembly in
adequately providing for the henlth of
the people and to express its most ]
grateful appreciation.
DOCTORS REFUSE TO
allow mm
TO RESIGN PLACE
As Treasurer of the State
Medical Society.—Not On
ly That, But They Heartily
Applaud His Re-election.
NE WOFFICERS
ELECTED TODAY
Dr. Vance McGougan, of
Fayetteville, Chosen Presi
dent.—Society Will Meet
Next Year in Fayetteville.
<By the Axaoclnted Pre»».«
Asheville, April IS. —-Dr. Vance Mc-
Gnugnu, of Fayetteville was elected
President of tlie Medical Society of
North C.arqlina. and Raleigh Was se
lected as tlie next meeting place of the
Society hi ils session here this morn
ing.
The report of the committee submit
ting nominations for all officers and
committees was made to the House of
| Delegates of the organization ghostly
after that body convened to take up
matters of the second days’
meeting of tlie doctors. This report
| was compiled at a meeting of the com
mittee last night and was placed lie
fore the House by Dr. Albert Ander
son, its chairman. It was unanimous
ly adopted, which was equivalent to an
election of all nominees, and I lie selec
tion of the next convention .city.
The other officers and committees
chosen included :
I)r. .L L. Spruill. Sanatorium, first
vice president : l>r. Eugene B. Glenn.
Asheville, second vice president: Dr.
IX A. Garrison. Gastonia, third vice
president : Dr. 1,. B. Mcßrayer. Sana
torium, secret.:! r.v-t ren surer.
Committee on legislation and public
policy: Dr. K. I*. B. Bonner. Charlotte,
chairman; and Drs. W. A. Mnnroe.
Sanford, and A. A. Kent. Lenoir.
Committee on publication: Dr. Me-
Bmyer. Sanatorium, chairman, and
Drs. M. L. Townsend, Charlotte and
Harry Brockman. High Point.
Efforts of Dr. Mcßrayer to resign
ns Secretary-Treasurer were of no
avail. He turned in. his resignation at
yesterday's session*, but, the .committee
■**r- ... -lHs- mitne-iffM')
the position again. By a unanimous
vote I lie society today refused to ac
cept the resignation and applauded his
re-election.
THE COTTON MARKET
An Advance of From 4 to 6 Points To
■day.—Bullish Interpretation of the
Weather Report.
(By the associated Press.
New York, April 18.—A bullish in
terpretation of -the weekly weather re
port and steady cables led to a steady
opening in the cotton niarket this
morning and an advance of 4 to fi
points on first prices. New crop posi
tions were in demand from Japanese
interests, while Liverpool houses, the
trade and shorts were leading buyers
of other positions advancing May to
28.70, July to 27.95; and October to
25.10 in the early dealings.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
28.70; July 27.95: October 25.10* De
cember 24.52; January 24.22.
TO ABOLISH CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT IN FLORIDA
House of Representatives Votes to Do
So by a Vote of 63 to 15. ~
(By the Associated Press.)
Tallahassee, Fla.. April 18.—The
House of Representatives today voted
(S 3 to 15 to abolish corporal punish
ment iu this state in the handling of
county prisoners. The action came on
the adoption of an amendment offered
by Representative Davis, of Leon, to
the measure which would abolish the
county convict lease system. The
morning was consumed in discussion
of Various amendments to the bills of
lesser importance.
ANOTHER DANCER
BREAKS THE RECORD
Cleveland Girl Dances Sixty-Eight
Hours and Forty-One Minutes.
(By the Associated Preaa.)
Cleveland, Ohio, April 'lß.—Miss
Mugdalene Wolfe, of Cleveland, is the
new world's champion long distance
(lancer. She took the title at 8:41 this
morning when she set a record at o*4
hours und 41 minutes, heating by 1
minute the -record of Miss Vern Shep
herd and Theodore Gill. Miss Wolf,
who continued dancing, said she, was
jin excellent shape and hopes to dance
for several hours before quitting.
Witii Our Advertisers.
' Modernize your home through gas
I service. A gas heater installed wjtl
1 cost you only $24.75, ff bought during
I this month. See new ad today of the
| Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co.,
Open an 'account with the Concord
Furniture Co, and pay the easy way.
W. J. Hethcox, on West Depot street,
'phone 069, wants to furnish your elee
i trie fixtures.
The Standard Buick Co. has several
used cars for sale. See list in this is
sue. i , ■ ;
Schloss .and Oortly suits sold here
by Hoover's, never disappoint.
1 The Ritchie Hardware Co. has just
! received a car load of wogans und cul
tivators.
iPcrpeutal hot baths, in which rest
less patients sleep, is one Form of
treatment for ccitain mental diseases*
Trains Hand to Replace the
Ear as a Sound Detector
Chicago, April 18.—The develop
ment of a. hand to replace the ear as
an organ for distinguishing sounds,
has been carried by Professor Robert
11. Omit, of Northwestern University,
to tlie [mint where university authori
ties have announced that, he believes
lie is uncovering a new field, which
may lead to direct help for the deaf.
ITof. Gaull has been able to train
John Ora Da* a .student, who is not deaf,
to recognize certain spoken words,
through the palm of his hand. Th.
vibration of a voice, speaking through
n long tube, are made to impinge on
Mr. Crane's palm.’ while, the sound Is
shut off from' his ears. Professor
Oanlt is arranging to experiment witii
an acousticon iu tlie hand of a stone
deaf person, with the speaker a long
distance away. Hit says of those ex
periments :
“I have concluded) that John Crane-,
when he corredfly: interprets words
and sentences by moans of tlie impres
sions received oil the palm of his hand 1
through n long tube, does not hour
these words or sentences. Th the first
place, his ears h;ive been plugged I
either with cotton or put tv or wit.lt
both, his liond tightly bound with
thick bandage and a motor has been i
operated nearby. tn the second pinch !
ills brother George., who lias done the
speaking, lias been distant thirty feet |
in another room. There are two in- 1
tervening walls, and even if John were
not muffle.d from sound, I doubt his
ability to hear anything. None of us
who stood at John's side could catch
the words George spoke through the I
-tube.
"My theory therefore is ns follows:!
The sound vibrations are. conducted li.v
tlie nerves from the delicate area on !
ROTARY MEETING.
Lawyers Review Work of General As
sembly for Coneoril Rot aria ns.
The work of the recent session of
tlie General Assembly was the sub
ject of Tuesday's regular weekly
meeting of the Rotary Club, Luther
T. Ilflrtsell and John M. Ofdesby. rep
resenting the legal professum in the
club. lieing the speakers.
Announcements included the pro
gram for the next meeting next Tues
day evening, when Dr. Samuel W.
Rankin, the newly ' elected president.
will lie installed, together with the
other officers recently elected.. A. G.
Odell is the vice president elect. Mar
tin Verburg. secretary: Robert Riden
hour, Jr., sergeant at arms, and Parks
M. Lafforty, assistant sergeant at
n rms.
George Edwards, of Rocky Mount,
who, with Mrs. Edwards, is visiting at
the- hmm of Mrr affd Mrs. John K.
Patterson, was tlie guest of Mr. Arthur
Odell.
John M. Oglesby was flic first speak
er. After emphasizing the import
ance of law enforcement and declaring
that lack of respect for constituted au
thority in the .church, the government
and tlie home was, in his opinion,
probably the most serious menace
threatening onr civilization. Ho re
viewed the changes in civil procedure
and the changes in the law regulating
and prohibiting the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors showing in detail in the
more important sections of the. new
hills their Influence on procedure and
law enforcement.
Luther Hartsell [dead guilty in his
opening remarks to the. charge of the
first speaker of being a member of
the most progressive General Assembly
in the history of the State in 15121.
Taxation, education and good roads
and the. legislation concerning these
questions were the subjects ho para
mounted in presenting an effective re
sume of the wdrk of the general as
semblies of 1921 and 1923. He pre
sented interesting figures showing tlie
remarkable record of achievements
tlie State has accompished under the
laws in regard to these subjects.
Tlie Slate's progress in good roads was
presented in u particularly impressive
way. lie also reviewed with pride
the State's interest in education and
the records made by tlie past two
general assemblies in providing for
tlie educational institutions and closed
with words of commendation for the
hill enabling the mountain counties of
the State, as a result-of legislation
started in 1021 and concluded in 1923,
to enjoy the advantages of railroad
facilities. j
Tlip next meeting of the club will
he held Tuesday evening instead of
Wednesday at noon.
GramY'Opening at Parks-Beik Co’s.
This Evening.
The Grand Opening of the splendid
new store of the I’arks-Belk Co. will
take [dace this evening from 7:30 to
10 .o’clock. No goods will lie sold this
evening, and the time will lie spent by
everybody in having a good time. A
music programme will be rendered by
the Mark H. Goofs Royal Garden Or
chestra of Eric, Pa. Flowers and cig
ars will he distributed. Go to the liig
store tonight and meet your friends.
To Enquire Into Efficiency
of Railroad Management
Washington, April, 18.—As a part of
its inquiry into efficiency and economy I
railroad management, the Interstate!
Commerce Commission today ordered \
the 51 largest railroads to furnish j
under oath, responses to a question- j
naire covring labor conditions in their
maintenance departments, and the j
general situation in regard to fitness ;
of their equlpm-nt. The companies j
were given until May 25 to reply. !
Each railroad was asked for data, as 1
to horw the striwe of shopmen had af
fected it, and wheter any settlement,
had been mnde with employees as a i
liody. Where no settlement had been
formal.y reached the roads were re- T
the hand to the genera) association
areas of Ihe brain and there are di
rectly. transmitted to the mind. -John
docs not hear the words or the phrases
in tlie accepted sense of the term.
It is true that when ite is learning a
new word lie says lie thinks he hears
it when it is repeated, but when this
word impression has been indelibly
made. John admits that all thoughts
of hearing leave him. and as quickly
as the vibrations strike his hand, tie
repeats the word automaticallv."
Professors Oanlt is working out a
definite process and theory which Tie
hopes to prove of practice! use. He
thinks it will not be .difficult to perfect
an instrument that will bo easily port
able and of use for flio deaf.
Commenting on the experience of
Wiilotta Huggins, a deaf girl of Janes
ville. Wisconsin, who says she hears
by means of ail acousticon held in her
band. Professor Guilt says he. is con-
1 1 incod that she does not hear with
| the car. but receives tlie vibrations in
j the general association areas of the
lira in. Ho adds.
1 “A tuning fork may tie, placed upon
the head or the brow of a stone deaf
person, and ils vibrations will lie clear--
|Jy detected. A person extremely deaf
j may go to a telephone and hear a
conversation. Those are deraonstrsit
led facts. It is so remotely possible
! That the sound actually reaches the
auditory nerves in some of theso in
i stances that I am convinced that
j John Crane gets no help from His att
: ditory nerves, when he pronounces I
I words just spoken by- his brother, and
; that Wiilotta Huggins docs not hear at
all, but receives the sound impressions
! by another route.”
! WOMAN’S AUXILIARY
OF EPISCOPAL DIOCESE
! Meeting Just Held in Raleigh Shows
Great Progress Made.
Mrs. G. B. Lewis-, who has just re
turned from attending the annual con
vention of tlie Woman's Auxiliary of
the Episcopal diocese of North Caro
lina in Raleigh, reports unusual prog
ress made by the convention. A reso
lution was adopted to apply for mem
bership in tlie Women’s Legislative
Council. In the discussion in regard
to this motion, Mrs. Biekctt. president
of tin-. Auxiliary, stated that both Bi
j shop Cheshire and Bishop Penick ex
pressed the opinion that the churches
of tlie world had left alone too long
political matters. That they believed
great good could lie accomplished by
a wise leadership of Christian people
•in the (natters' sp vitally concerning
tin- welfare of oar people, -
The
Dr. Taylor, of the, faculty of the A. &
E. College on tlie farm tenancy prob
lem. Dr. Taylor stated that 70 per
cent, of the farmers in North Caro
lina do not own a foot of the land
they cultivated—that they were handi
capped in the. outset, and often bur
dened witii debt, and niitny of them
would always lie unless colonized and
directed in their work along practical
lines. This he says is a great work
which should be undertaken by creat
ing public opinion that the proper leg
islation may be enacted. The Biles
bill, looking to this end, was defeated
in the last Legislature,.
Mr. Sanders, who is one of the com
mittee investigating prison conditions
in the state, also addressed the con
vention. This committee hopes to se.e
the appointment of the Prison Board
taken out of politics, a new rule gov
erning the appointment of this hoard,
two of the six men being appointed
every two years. One point he es
pecially stressed was that women
should bo appointed or hired as ma
trons to care for the women prisoners,
and that they* should not lie left to
tlie. care of the regular guards, as is
Die case at the present.
Tlie matter of the care of our re
turned soldiers was another import
ant matter brought before tlie conven
tion, and a letter signed by the presi
dent and several other members was
sent to General Lyons, asking for
many needed changes in dealing espe
cially with those sick and disabled.
The delegates were also asked to fur
ther aid our soldiers by returning to
their homes and wherever jiossible
join the Legion Auxiliary.
Mr. Care, field officer of the Ameri
can Red Cross, also came before the
convention to tell the women present
of the dreadful havoc wrought by tlie
cyclone at Wendell. Wake county, only
twelve miles from- Raleigh. He stat
ed tlie immediate needs of tlie people
had been met by tlie Red Cross, but
urged those present to help in every
way possible the raising of .funds in
their own towns, as a campaign to
iraise SIO,OOO would be put on immodi-
[ ateiy by the Red Cross. In an area
! of ten tniles crops are devastated, and
: homes completely wrecked, many of
I the injured being taken from the
| wreckage oft Heir homes. A collec
tion was taken amounting to $130.00
by the. convention.
quired to state what striking era-
I ployees demanded before returning to
■ work. They were uiso askfd for in
| formation as to tlie expenditures made
i in fighting the strike, such as provid
| ing lodging and guards for strike
breakers, ad to give by months from
(July 1 1921, to March 31 1923, the
j totat~CUllbH' of train and tmgte; em
ployees in the'r service,
j Other sections of questionnaires
' were designed to elicit data as to the
amount of traffic handled, the number
, of locomotives and rai'.road ears, and
I the records of their service ability,
iuclud ng locomotive and car break
LUNCHEON TODAY GIVEN
EY’ PARKS-BEIK COMPANY
Finn Host to Their Employees, Man
agers of Other Stores and Some In
vited Guests.
Wednesday was "Bolk Day" in Co
cord, with the Parks-Beik Company, i £
tliis city, as hosts to nil their employes..
the managers of the other thirty-one*
Bell; Stores in the Curolinas and Vir
ginia. and to a number of Invited
guests.
The big event of the day was tlie
luncheon at the Concord Y. Sr. C. A. at
one o'clock, when more than 250 sat
down to an elegant repast. The big
gymnasium at tlie y was filled to ca
pacity, and the menu was as follows:
Sliced Hampshire Ham de Persil
Snap Beans English Peas
New Potntoes de Creme
Sliced Tomatoes l.ettuce Mayonnaise
Chicken Salad
Dinner Rolls Country Butter
Saltines
Neapolitan Ice Cream Pound Cake
i Ice Tea . Case Noir
Do L’eau
After Dinner Mints
A delightful feature of the meeting
was the music, which was furnished
by flic Mark 11. Goff Orchestra, of
Erie, Pa., and the address by Dr. J,
M. Belk. one of the founders? of the
, Folk Stores. Mr. B. F. Matthews, man
ager of ttie Charlotte store, and Rev.
Jesse C. Rowan, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of this city.
Mr. John G. Parks, manager of the
Parks-Beik stores in this city, Albe
marle, Kannapolis, Hickory and New
ton, was master of ceremonies at; the
dinner today.
j Managers from the thirty-two stores
of the Bolk Chair were present, many
of them with their wives. The latest
additions to their family of stores were
at Cramerton, N. C.. Reidsville, N. C.,
and Thornasville, N. C.
The dinner today is part of tne big
Opening Day which will lie staged by
the Parks-Beik Company this evening,
when they will formally open their new
store building here. The establish
ment lias been closed ail day today, in
preparation for the event. On that oc
casion the same orchestra will fur
nish music, which will lie .of the finest
kind, and each person visiting the
store wil be presented with a souvenir
of tho occasion.
The bi~ dinner today is the hi;: ;est
thing of its kind that has ever been
staged in this city, and those in charge
of the arrangements are due much
credit for the splendid manner in
which it was handled.
BUILDING PROGRAM AT
THE STATE UNIVERSITY
Committee Expected to Recommend
Spending SIOO,OOO For a Woman’s
Dormitory.
(lly the Associated Prem.)
Chapel' Hil'l,' 'April '"TK—Wtffi" tTm
building program for tlie next two
years to be decided upon, tlie. build
ing committee of the University of
North Carolina board of trustees will
meet here tomorrow and on t,lie fol
lowing day will submit its full re
port to tlie board, which will be. in
session. The committee, according to
statements of members, is expected to
recommend tlie construction of a wo
man’s dormitory at tlie insfiution not
to cost in excess of SIOO,OOO.
Approximately $1,000,000 is avail
able for permanent improvements at
the University during the next two
years. One of the questions to be de
cided is the matter of repair of old
buildings, bringing them up to modern
standards. The water supply facil
ities are certain to be improved, ac
cording to officials. The institution
had to postpone its opening week
two years ago and it was only after
emergency pipes had been laid that a
longer delay was avoided. Emergency
action was required again last year.
Several new dormitories for men will
lie urged. r .
Witii $10,644,000 at their disposal
for permanent improvements during
tlie two years, all state institutions
are making plans for tlie work. A
study of appropriations of the past
fifteen years, Shows the General As
sembly lias- made rapid progress dur
ing recent sessions in .providing for
its institutions.
The University, according to Henry
London’s figures, has received approx
imately $4,352,000 for permanent im
provements, most of this being appro-,
priated in 1921 and 1923.
The North Carolina College for
Women, at Greensboro, has received
during this same period $3,125,000,
while tlie Eastern Carolina College
lias been appropriated $1,064,697.12,
making a total of $4,785>,697 for the,
two institutions for women.
HEDGECOCK LOSES APPEAL
Former Bank Cashier at High Point
YVas Convicted of Making False En
tries.
<By the Aaooclated Pre«M i
Raleigh April 18.—B. H. Hedgeoock,
formet* cashier of the Home Banking
Co., of High Point, who was convicted
sit the December term of Guilford Su
perior Court of making false entries
with intent to defraud, today lost his
appeal for sinew trial, the State Su
preme Court handing, down a decision
of “no error.’
11. I). Edmonds, who was convicted
of setting fire to a store building in
Forsyth county in Decenilier, 1922, also
lost his appeal for a new trial.
The court handed three per curiam
decisions upholdinng suits of the io
bacco growers cooperative association.
The list of decisions includes:
State vs Reag: n, Davidson, no error.
Summit Avenue Building Co. vs San
ders, Guilford, new trial.
Moore vs. Moore, Guilford, no errof.
Shore vs Hoit, Guilford, remanded
(•for further action alone l.nes sug
gested in opinion.)
The bride’s cake of todtay is a relic
of a Roman custom. At a Roman mar
riage the bride was expected to pre
pare a part, at least of the wedding
1 feast with her own hands.
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STATE WELFARE
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FURTHER COMMENT
Mrs. Kate'Burr Johnson Was
in .Session Two Hours Yes
terday With Board of Di
rectors of State Prison.
NO DETAILS OF HER
POSITION ARE GIVEN
Board Admits That 15-Year-
Old Negro Girl Was Whip
ped But It Was Done
“Strictly Under the Law.”
Raleigh, April Ift ( By (lie Associat
ed Press).—Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson,
stale commissioner of public welfare,
who suggested to the board of direct
ors of tile state prison at Raleigh,
that an investigation lie made of the
charges of 10. 10. 1 bidding, president of
tile Prisoners' Relief Society,- Wash
ington. that imp rotter conditions exist
ed at the institution, today declined to
say whether she will take further
steps following action of the Poarit
last night in refusing to take any ac
tion.
Mrs. Johnson remained in confer
ence with the directors and Governor
Cameron Morrison two hours yester
day. but no details of the position she
took for her argument were made pub
lic. When asked if she approved of
(lie decision reached by the lmard, not
to make an investigation, Mrs. John
son sit id site had "no comments to
make at present."'
While admitting that 7 prisoners,
one, a 1."-year-old negro girl, had been
whipped at the prison during the past
two years, the board in its official
statement asserted t lie "whipping was
done strictly under the law."
Ada Adams, the negro girl, after lie
ing advised of the prison rules, be
came disobedient and insulting, accord
ing to an affidavit- given hv Mrs. I. 11.
Rogers, matron, and attached to the
board's abatement.
'Superintendent Pou has invited a
committee of local newspaper men to
visit the penitentiary this afternoon
and make an inspection. The report
ers will talk with the prisoners, and
also inspect the.prison farm.
Revival at Ken- Street Baptist.
There wns a large congregation con
sidering the weather, to greet Mr.
Short again Tuesday night. The sing
ing brings one back many years ago
when we had service in a brush urlsir
and in log church buildings, but those
old songs are still sweet and full of
the spirit. The preacher spoke Tues
day night from (he Songs of Solomon
.">:!(>. His mouth is most kweet! Yea,
he is altogether lovely. This is my l>e
loved and this is my friend. He said
in part:
My subject ts “The Fellowship of
God.” The fellowship of the world is
uplifting when we meet in our frater
nal organizations, and fellowship with
our fellowman, but there is no fellow- j
ship like the fellowship of Qod. \Ycl
want to put some witnesses on the
stnnd and prove our subject by God's
Word.
The first witness will lie Abralmm
and he gives in his evidence. We hear -
him tell how God told him to offer his ■
only son Isaac, as a sacrifice to Him.
And bow in the trying hour Hod was
his frienil land stayed his hand and
saved the life of Isaac. The second
witness will he the three Hebrew cliil-.,
dren. We hear them tell tiOw God was"
a l'ri.end to them and delivered them
from the fiery furnace. The third wit
ness to lie called in is old Daniel,
Daniel says that when lie was east in
the lions’ den for praying that God
was his friend and baked the lions'
j'tws and delivered him therefrom.
We will put Paul and Silas up and ask
them a limit Philipi. And they tell us
that God was their friend when in
jail at Philifi. So God is your best
friend touight sinners. At the con
clusion of the service souls were sav
ed. Service this afternoon at 7:30.
Day by day in every way the ser
vices are getting better and better.
Home- PASTOR.
The Wilmington Employment Bureau
Leads.
(By the Associated Press.!
Raleigh. X. C., April IH.—The Wil
mington employment bureau, with 130
persons placed in positions, continued
to lead all other offices in the state
during the week ending April 14, ac
cording to the regular report of M. 1,.
Shipman, commissioner of labor and
printing, made public tonight. Five
hundred and fifty-seven persons were
given jobs during the week.
Charlotte, with TOO persons placed,
find Winston-Salem, with fit!, were sec
ond and third Vospootively.
“GRAUSTARK”
JOHN GILBERT
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