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- PRESS ® ® DISPATCHES ® •ttaa VOLUME XXIII IfmKbt The Rotarians and Kiwanians Hold First, Joint Meeting of Year.—lnteresting Pro . grant Greasy Enjoyed. . CITY'OFFICIALS ATTEND MEETING Aldermen and Mayor Intro duced'to Clubs.—Mr. Ack ley Talks on “What Is It That Makes a ffity Great.” The joint meeting of the Rotary and Flubs , held at the'y Friday-, ' rtlftftt. prot-ed one of ste most iiiferesl iug meetings of the year for each dun. Tlie meeting was held for the pur pose of binding the two dubs more closely together in (heir work for the t>d torment of Concord, and n fine syfr il of friendship and fellowship wjtis in' evidence on every hand. While no specific business was men tioned In connection With the meeting, the gathering offered an opportunity for twft important mutters to he pre sented to the dub memiiers and the Mityor and members of the board of aldermen, all' of whom were present. These were the V. M. C. A. drive, which will begin nhxt week, and an nthletie field for the High School. The. for mer stibjeet was discussed for the lion-' etlt of everyone, as the general public will be asked to aid in the campaign. The latter subject was addressed di rectly to the city officials, who will lie asked to provide funds for the field. Sir. Aoltlcy. who is'here in the inter est of the V campaign, was the chief s]ieaker of the meeting, and he was heard with great, interest. The di rector of the V campaign is one of tile most pleasing speakers heard in Con cord recently, and while he talked di rectly of character, he talked indi rectly of the manner in which the Y. M. C. A. hell* to build character. Clarence Burrler, chairman of the Kiwanis committee that hart the prut gram in charge, wcleouied the guests and" introduced Warm- Wmnfife and-tnir aldermen, Chairman Ru frier called upon Frank Niblock to introduce Mr. Ackley. "What Is It That Makes a City Great?” was the subject Mr. Ackley chope, and lie answered!his question with "Character." Population, (treat buildings, great area and transporta tion facilities may he the pride of a city, he said, hut if that city lacks character it .will' not lie great. Char acter-alone makes an individual, ,a city or a nation great, said Mr. Ack ley.. { f South America was discovered lung before North America, life pointed gift, and has as many natural resources Is North America, but it is not as great. "The Spaniards, seeking gold, discov ered South America," he explained, ‘‘while the Pilgrims, seeking God, dis covered North America. Thai's the difference." * Character is the basis of our wf nemic wealth, the speaker said. Char acter creates wealth nnd keeps .it'. “That is so in our business life. If there were not character among men how could we do business? No man would trust his neighbor. The banks inquire almost as mutjh ahpuit a man’s character as they do about his eolaterul when he goes to make a loan. If the bank could hot trust men they would not loan money. There could he no great city if a ma jority, of the men in those cities wore \ not men of character.” Mr. Ackley advised , bis hearers tp pay more attention to building char acter in tijeir community. He quoted Roger. Babson as declaring "one Y. M. C. A. means more to the wealth of a city than its greatest factory.” A lieu efactor, he said, is one who puts more into a thing thou he expects to or gets out of it.. A malefactor is one who gets more out of anything than he puts |n and who expects the return when he makes the investment. Crime is the most expensive thing in the world, said Mr. Ackley, and it ip economical to say nothing of Chris fiou, to spend our money and time try ing to educate the youth in the right wny. The youth of a city is the city’s greatest asset, and be declared he was delighted and surprised to learn that of the 51 members .of the graduating claw of the Concord High School, 50 of them had Church affiliations. “It ia right to conserve our natural resources,” Mr. Apkley said, “but it is more important to conserve our moral resources. The father can have a tre mendous influence on the life of his son, aigl should exert an influence for good. One great peril of today is the attitude of the father toward the son. There would be no hoy problem W.ere it not for the man problem.” Mrr Ackley' said the youth of the city soon becomes the leader and his example will be followed. “Therefore we must do everything to see that the youngster gets the rigid leadership and is given every opportunity to de velop character, which means more than anything else to a eity.” Major Foil Spoke briefly In behalf of a playground and athletic field for the city. He advised the Mayor and aldermen that a request for an athletic field at the high school would be made soon and asked That they give the question erery consideration. f; The Daily Tribune CO.WMENUEMBENT AT MOUNT PLEASANT To Embrace- May 29-23.—Fu1l Pro gramme of the Exerebjes. ' n The commencement exprciSes of the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute will embrace this year May 20-23. The following will lie tije programme: Sunday, May 20,' n a. m.—Baccal aureate .Sermon—-The Rev. George J. Gongnwnre, D. D. Sunday. May 20. 8/p. m.—Address Before Y. M. C. A.—-The Rev. H. Brent Schaeffer. Monday, May 21. 10:30 u.'l ih.—l>e claimer’s Contest : B. W." Cnise, J. B. llabn, .1. 11. Keller, M. 1.. Penninger. W. (» Thomas. (’. W. Weiner. Monday, May 21,' 3:30 p. m.—Ad dress Before the Alumni—The Rev. 1.. a. Thomas..class loot*. ... Monday, May 21. 8:30 p. m.—Annual Drama. “Ksmeralla.” Tuesday, May 22. 10:30 a. m—Lit erary Address—Dr. Ashley Chapiielfc Tuesday. May 22, 1 :00 p. m.—Meet,, itig of the Board of Trustees. Ttiesdny, May 22, 3:30 p. m.—Con test in Debate: Query, Resolved. That the I'nited States Should Enter the Letgne of Nations. Affirmative: .1. (>. Foil, p. L. llegiar, 11. ,G. Watson; neg ative, F. O. Conrad. .1. A. Kern. G. E. Kohn. Wednesday, May 2-1 T 10:30 a. m.—, (leator's -Contest by reragßspntailyes of flic Graduating Class— : R.' LI Fisher. S. E. Griffin, R. C. Harris, .1. D. She|s pnrd, G. C. Smithdenl, .1. E. Walker. ,Graduating Exercises, Awarding of Diplomas, Presentation of Medals, and a nunhneement s. Marshals. Ludwig Society—-11. 11. Alexander, chief; J. M. Harry, R. C. Harris, N. Hr Cnughinan, .1. N. Smith. .1. E. Walker, H. G. Watson. Gerliardt Society—R. S. Riser, G. C. Smithdeal, G. B. Johnston, F. <). Con rad. S. B. Griffin, ,T. M. Duncan. Prepnratorian Society—S. 11. Me- Eaehern, 1,, t’nmeron. J. Goodman, S. L. Petrea, W. G. Ritchie, B. L. Allen. Music by the Roanoke Orchestra. Motto: Alis Dolat Proprils. Flower: Sweet Pen, Colors: Purple and Gold. \ Officers: It. It. Roberts, president; W. F. Smithdeal, vice president: K. W. Secliler, secretary. Glass Roll-—Hugh Harris Alexan der, Peter Boger Bost. Walter Brown Bost, Nesbit Harper Caughman, Rob ert Xingle Gobi), James Meek Duncan, Dalton O'Farrow Eagle, Roy IJnn Fisher. Stephen Ear! Griffin, John Mc- Kannie Harry, Giarence Gilliert Ilei lig, Jr., Marshall Dewey Herrin, Mos es Holmes. George Beneini Johnston. Harold Miller O’Brien, Fred Henry Qunnte. Jr„ Rupert Summer Riser, Robert Ray Roberts, David Winston BuepciL -AimeKt M illlam Sechlfer. Rola-rt Edwin So-, born,' Rudolph Seigling, Jr., John Dil lon Sheppard, Clinton Broadnax Smithdeal,. George Curtis Smithdeal, Alliert Cecil Vestal, James Ernest Wal ker. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES SCOTIA WOMEN’S COLLEGE To Embrace This Year From May 20 to May 23, Inclusive. The commencement exercises of Sco tia Women’s College will embrace this year May 20-23, inclusive. The fol lowing will be the programme: Baccalaureate Sermon, . {Sabbath, May 20, 4:00 p, m. ' Senior Preparatory Entertainment, Monday, May 21. 7:00 p. m. \ Class Day Exercises, Tuesday, May 22, 1:30 p. m. Annual Address. Tuesday evening, May 22, 7:3o—Rev.' Geo. Luecook, D. D., Wooster, Ohio. Commencement' Exercises, Wednes day, May 23. 10:30 a. m. THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Firm at an Advanee of from. 5 to 30 Points, <By tkc Anwclitcd Prau.) Nfew York, May 12.—The cotton market opened firm at an advance of 5 to 30 points on overnight bnying or ders and covering for over the wedk end. It very soon weakened, however, under renewal of liquidation of in creased selling, promoted by more favorable appearance of, yesterday’s late weather map. V Cotton futures opened firm. May 15.18; July 23.08; October 22.50 Deom ber 22,25 January 21.95. Cotton futures closed steadv: May 2&2f1; July 24.10; October 22.45; De cember £M ; January 21.77. Hi-I Club to Have nei'iutation Team From Davidson College. The Hi-Y Club will bring in a de of Davidson the first of the week to apeak in the interests of boys’ work. On this.team ‘Will be found some of the leading athletes of Davidson and mej who are outstanding in the stu dent body. Leonard Dick, former president of the student body, a foot -hall and track man, and a splendid speaker will be in charge 'of the team. Among those assisting him will be Baseomb SorreFs, football and baseball player, and other prominent students. These men will speak in a number of the Sunday Schools Sunday morn ing, to the young people’s sureties ip the afternoon, and at least' one pulpit in the evening service wFI be filled toy these men. On Monday and Tuesday mornings the team will speak to the hoys of the Higja School. (Monday night the Davidson college quartette will tit’ the guests of the HirY at a Mother nnd Son supper. “Rudk" Currie, secretary of the Col lege Y. iM. C- A. wi 1 he the principal speaker. j est"!"!""" »JLH_2 !*Bg> cbtppaniment toy Miss Nell Herring, were heard with jpecullat pleasure by nMr “ **■ CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 12, 192- Report Says Prisoners Are Treated All Right . ,♦ County Commissioners Make j PubUc Their Report of j Findings at the Two Con-} vict Camps in This County.! RETORT MADE AT PRIVATE MEETING! The Board Also Recommends j That Supt. Blackwelder Be Dismissed After the i First of Coming Month. Declaring they could find no evi-j dence from the convicts themselves j that prisoners at the chain gang camps Os this county have been cruelly treat ed, and declaring further that they wild find no evidence of sick men not oeing given treatment, the members of 1 sjtoeboard of county commissioners of : niitftrWis coimty sSurim'itted a ropart 6f) iheir findings in the catups alter hold- j ing a private meeting at the court j house today. Prisoners have been whipped hut be cause they would not work or. disobey ed orders, the iionrd's report shows, I and there is no evidence that the men | were cruelly treated, the report adds, j The reffort recommends, however, that Superintendent P. B. Blackwelder i be dismissed. Jt adds, however, thnt i his term of office probably will expire j with the change in administration on June first, when the road commission will start to work, and suggests thnt i he lie left in. ehnrge of the camp until | June first. The full report follows: i IVe have gone in a body to the chain gang and have taken the evidence of every convict that desired to make a statement: we have considered the re port of the grand jury, nnd also have sought the advice of the Board of Health of Gaimrrns Gounty, and we, therefore, make the following report: 1. We find that the prisoners have not been cruelly treated, but in some instances they have been punished for refusing to work nnd for other viola tions of the rules. We have, there fore, instructed the superintendent of the gang iir no instance to whip any convict with anything except a leather strap and that the whippings be ad ministered at the camp when possible. We are a ware that whejnm prisoner re it nd - cnesfes- she “gutrrds twid superintendent thftt some conmral punishment is absolutely necessary in such cases, but not in a cruel man ner. 2. We find that ti number of pris oners claim that they have not been sufficiently fed. nnd we, therefore, have made the proper arrangements to give every prisoner all the substantial food that a laboring man would need or de sire, ntod that coffee be given them for breakfast. 3. We find no evidence, of a lack of medical attention. We find that when a prisoner becomes very sick he has been removed to the county jail for treatment. We'hare pcfivlded. that hereafter when a prisoner becomes sick Jhat he stay in the camp aud, lie •not taken to the road to sit or lie on the wet ground, nnd when very sick that he lie sent to the county jail for treatment. We find that in all eases: ci£»venereal diseases the county health officer lias been administering treat ment and is taking care of the prison ers. We have instructed the county health officer to use any precautions that may be necessary in reference to the association with the other prison ers. 4. WC find the sanitary conditions in excellent shatie. The camp is locat ed in a beautiful grove and on high ground, and we find nothing whatever wrong with the sanitary conditions of the camp. *. 5. The grand jury having recom mended that Superintendent Biackwel-, der be removed, we concur in that rec ommendation, but as his time will ex pire in less than twenty days and the chain gang will go under the supervis ion of the Highway Commission for Cabarrus County, who will no doubt want to reorganize under their own snpervisiou the entire chain gang, we think it unwise fqr the short length of time to make the change ourselves. (i. Othor minor details which were recommended by the grand jury luiye been attended to by the board. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR CABARRUS COUNTY. > TRIAL OF WM. BETHI NE College Student Charged with Man slaughter as Result of Automobile Accident. (Hr the Assuciated Preen.l Raleigh, May 12.—-Arguments being concluded this afternoon in the trial of William Bethune, State College stu dent. charged with manslaughter in connection with the killing qf Kobert Chappell, of this city as a result of an automobile accident here several Weeks ago, andlthe ease Will probably reach the jury before nightfall. Be thune was iiidicted on two counts, charging manslaughter as the result of the killing of Chappell and William Taylor, but is I icing tried only on the ehnrge involving Chappell. Georgia Can’t Pay Negroes from $4 to $lO a Day. /■ (*y the AiawlmH Preaa. Atlanta, May 12.—Georgia is “too poor” to offer’negroes $4 to $lO a day to remain in the State, Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown said today commenting on reports that Southern* States were making efforts to halt the exodus of negroes to the North. Com ! A LABOR SHORTAGE 18 fELT ON FARMS j Eut the Situatkm in This State Ia Not 1 as Serious as. irt YMher States of tlie I South. IBy the A«*orhi(ed Press.* I Raleigh, May 12.—iA labor shortage of the farms of North Carolina already is being felt, lmt the situation in this state is not as serious as in other sec tions of the South tis a result of an I exodus of negroes tor the North, M. 1,. I bipmnn, commissioner of labor and | printing announced today. Officials of the I'niKnl Stnles nnd I Free State employment service in j Charlotte,. Raleigh, jyilmington. Win- j I ston-Salem and other cities hnvC been [ notified by the Commissioner to report | to the county authotlt ies uhy case of an agent without license soliciting the employment of negveps for jobs in the North. “The obvious reason for this exo ! dus," raid Sir. Shipman, is “promise of nm * l"'** ol ' living condi | tioraWjinoitil atandbfgis itlsp. held (fntj :as airindiieenient id contrast to the | entire separation of the races ill the | South socially. u4«I politically. | "The volume of negro migration j from North Carolina:!* less noticeable j than from other Southern states, nnd. little effort has been made to check it. j The farmers are feeling it more than j any other class, and tin acute labor i shortage on the farina seems to be im i pending. It is felt rather keenly al j ready.” EATOUGH ARRESTED. [ Textile Union Organizer Arrested at ' Instance of Labor Union Man. ! Charlotte Observer Utli. Henry Eatough. organizer of the United Textile Workers of America, reresenting that tpiion throughout. this section, was arrested on charges l of libel about 10 p'Cjock Friday night following the institution against him »f civil action in arrest and bail pro ceedings by Philous.E..Tucker,,a mem ber and former president of the North Charlotte local 12t>, I'nited Textile Workers of America. Eaflougli was released when hoiid in tire sum of sl.(i{H) was furnished by several North Charlotte men. Mr. Tucker filed fl complaint against Eatough. alleging wilful and malic ious libel and claiming just grounds for recovery of damages, with James JL Yandell. clerk <jfDlcckleuiuirg sn plflintiff alleges that the defendant circulated the following letter among divers persons and published it to the officers and memiiers of local 1210. .United Textile Workefs of America: v.lfetr reviewing what has been one around North Charlotte, I want to mnke the following charges: “L ask for tlie expulsion of P. E. Tucker from the local union for con duct unliecoming a member and on the following grounds: ‘‘That all the trouble that has orig inated here has been started by liim. He has tried in every way to start trouble in the local union on every possible occasion and in every possible way. “2. That the said I’j E. Tucker is to blame for the discharge and the mov ing away of our members. He lias bet'ti telling lies to men in authority i at the mill. , “3. That the said P. E. Tucker is a spy. He is telling what is going oil in the mills and wluit people are talk ing about. \ “4. That the said P. E. : Tucker is a private detective in the employ of the Bodeeker Detective agency of Bir mingham, Ala., and that he reports to them and to the mill officials all that transpires at tlie meetings. He does not tell the truth about it. He writes that people say tilings they have never said, so as to get thorn in trouble. He writes to the detective agency and to the mill officials what is going on in the mill.” The plaintiff in tlie complaint de nies all of the charges, saying -that they are "false and defamatory.” Henry Eatough, besides circulating the letter accredited to hi m in the complaint, “published and circulated” other libelous' and slanderous matters and things intended and calculated to expose him to puitlie hatred and con tempt; and to injure and ruin him in his trade and calling.” CHARLOTTE POSTMASTER / TO GET $5,000 SALARY Font Postoffices in State Raised from Second to First Class. (By the AnmlatMl Press. 1 Washington, May 12.—The salary of the postmaster at Charlotte, N. C„ will be advanced from $4,500 to $5,000 a year, effective July 1, the postofflee department announced today. The following other North Carolina postofflees will lie advanced from the second to the first class, effective the same date: Elizabeth City, Hickory, Reidsville nnd Statesville. These North Carolina postofflees will lie raised'from third to second class postofflees: Enfield, Kings Mountain, LitletUn, Oteen, Rutherford ton. Tryon and War renton. The postofflee department is engag ed In revising the status of postofflees throughout the country, effective July 1. based on receipts for the calendar year. Cabarrus Boy Paroled. (By the (twrliiM Prem.* Raleigh, May 13.—toy Mhuney, convicted of violating the State prohi bition law in Cabarrus County Super ior Court, today was paroled by Gov ernor on recommendation of the trial judge. Mauney had served over three I months of a six months sentence. * ‘ GOVERNOR'S ICTtON , SUBJECT OF MUCH • TALK IN RALEIGH Among State Officials, None of Whom, However, Will Talk For Publication.—No Details Given Out. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TODAY Department of Public Wel fare Seems to Have Right to Investigate Whole Sys tem of Road Institutions. New York. May 12. (By the Asso iihtcil PjSßasY- all available lienvywcigidthe world who are Ac tive contenders for Jack Dempsey’s title, will meet in the Yankee’s new stadium today in a series of elimina tion contests that promise to provide some pugilistic sensations. At least one world’s record is expect ed to lie hung up today. While tlie fighters may not furnish any records I the affair itself is expected to provide | u top mark in sportsmen’s donations to charity. For the proceeds of the tournament of the big men are to go j to tlie purchase of milk to- lie distrib-1 uted free to poor children of New 1 York. Seats in the Yankee’s brand new field now .transformed into a pugilistic arena, ujjll accommodate 70.000. if they are filled the receipts will total .$450,000, admittance fees running •from $1 up to S2O. Early indications pointed to a "full house.” The -card follows: Jess Willard, of Kansas, former heavyweight cham pion of theworld, vs. Floyd Johnson, of lowa, 15 rounds. Louis Angel Firpo. of the Argentine Republic vs. Jack McAuliffe, 2nd, of Detroit, 15 rounds. Fred Fulton, of Minnesota, vs. Jack Renault, heavqweight, of Canada. .10 rounds. A1 Reich, New York City, vs. Jim Herman, Omaha, fi rounds. Show Will Be Staged, Rain or Siting. Yankees Stadium, New York, May Tex "(Hieke+sl. - pr« heavyweight boxing carnival tin's as- ternoon for the benefit of flip milk fund, announced nt 1 o’clock that the show would lie staged, rain or shine At that time the rain hud stopped. TEN CARS OFUALCIUM ARSENATE ARE BURNED Valued at About $6#,000 and Would Have Covered About 15,000 Acres of Cotton. New York, May 12.—' Ten ear loads of 'calcium arsenate, made from the government's formula, for combatting boll weevil in cotton Helds of the South and sufficient to cover 15,000 acres, were destroyed early today by fire which burned down a large store house of the Ohipman Chemical En gineering Co., at Hound Brook. N. .1. It. N. Ohipman, president of the com pany, said the calcium arsenate lmd inventory value of übont SOO,OOO but that it might lie possible to salvage some of it. There is great nebtl just now for the product and its destruction will cause temporary shortage, Mr. Chip man said. Calcium arsenate is said to be the only effective agency for fighting the boll weevil. Davidson Sophomores Win Weird Slugfest From Highs. In a .weird slugfest Friday after noon, the Davidson sophomores nit the ball just a little harder and often er and won from the high school boys by the score of 1» to 4. The gnme | was a farce from beginning to end. and the score keeper disclaims alb blame for inaccuracy or possib'e mis takes in the score. He didn’t have an adding machine and had never taken a course in advanced accounting. The collegians jumped on iMcfnnis in the first inning and before (lie storm of hits, errors and walks lmd subsided seven runs had crossed the plate. The locals nlso began to hit tae hall in the first inning and scored! five runs. From then on it was just anybody’s gamp •■with tlie collegians keeping just a little in the lead. Sullivan led in the sugging, gening three over the fence -in succession. Summers for Davidson aso lifted two ejear of the pallings. Seven Houses Are Burned at Rocky Mount. (By the 4mwui«< Freem.l Rocky Mount May 12. —Seven frame houses in South Rocky Mount, along the Atlantic Const Dine railway tracks i were destroyed by lire which swept that section shortly after noon today. The homes were occupied by negroes. No estimate of the loss was obtain able this afternoon. Charlotte Woman Wins Golf Cham pionship. (By the Aaaocsated I’rrnn.) Pinehurst, N. (\, May 12.— Miss Ddrothy Dotger. of Charlotte, won the women’s golf championship of the Caroiinas here today defeating Miss Edna Hiraehinger, Charlotte, 3 and 2, • in Hie tinal 18 hole round of the wo- i men’s Camkmi Golf Association tour- j nament. Weather Forecast for Next Week. A (By the AMMHitateO Ptm-i Washington, May 12.—South Atlnn- ' tic; States: ' Unsettled, showery first MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION ENDORSES Y. M. C. A. WORK Call Upon All Ctourch Members to Lend Their Hearty Support to It. At a special inreting held May Bth, the Concord Ministerial Association adopted the following resolutions re-- Ii gnrding tlie work of the Y. M. G. A. | in tlie city of Concord: r* 5 ” I Whereas, we believe the Y. M. 0. A. offers tiie Churches of the city a splen did opportunity for united effort in providing for certain phases of the , I development of our young people that - j onr Churches cannot at present for I the lack of equipment undertake, and which, if undertaken \by individual • j Churches, would prove too expensive; (and that the work actually done by onr Y. M. G. A. has proven itself of the very highest quality not only from tlie viewpoint of tlie physical develop . meat, but. more particularly so of the moral and spiritual development of tlie yonng people, which development I has shown itself especially in the ele -1 ration of the standards of work and conduct in the schools of our city, and in a stronger devotion to the ideals which our Churches have ever held before them. An#that Whereas, wo lielieve also that the Y. M. G. A. has proven itself of unques tioned value in that it has become the center of the larger, more wholesome social life of our young people, and promises an ever increasing service to our city in this particular. And that. Whereas, we again believe that since •he Y. M. G. A. furnishes a central meeting place for the Civic Organiza tions of our city, that if is conducive to tlie development of the spirit of de mocracy. fellowship, and good will. • without which no eity is complete; Therefore, Re It Resolved, That jye las an association do most heartily ap prove of the work the Y. M. <j\ A. j lias done nnd is doing in our city, and jwe further pledge it our most loyal support in its endeavor to raise suffi cient funds in the coming campaign to wipe out ail indebtedness and have a balance with which to continue its work and do even greater service in the future than it lias done in the past; and that we do most earnestly call upon tlie members of our respec tive Churches nnd all others in the city to lend their hearty support to this most deserving cause. IV. A. JENKINS, Pres. L. A. THOMAS. Sect.v. Campaign Facts. X. M. G. A. organization 100 jier cent, complete. Ministerial Association lias special meeting and endorses X. M. G. A. Joint meeting of Rotary and Ki wanis Clubs hears Campaign Director Ackley on “What Makes a City Great” at the Y Friday night. ' 'iririure aTf- ' well and many more have signified their willingness to cooperate. All others are invited to participate. Tlie big thermometer goes' up todn.v on the front of the Concord Furniture Company’s store. It will register daily tjic progress of the campaign. The meeting of the executive com mittee Friday night showed thnt things were working smoothly and rapidly toward a successful campaign. Efforts to Check Exodus of the Negro Workers. (By tile Associated Press.) Birmingham May 3 2.—Leading negro editors and ministers of the Birmingham industrial district have ‘ joined forces with lar 0 e employers of ! labor here in concerted effort to check I exodus of negro workers which is said - to have threatened serious shortage of man "O' -er in mines and mils ac cording to industrial item today in the Birmingham News. Yon will lie glad you helped when you see the result. MOTHER. The loss of a motley- is always felt: even though her henlth may incapacitate her from taking any active part in the case of I her family, still she is a sweet rallying point around which affec tion and obedience, and a thousand tender endeavonrs*to please con centrate; and dreary is the blank when such a point is withdrawn! It is like that lonely star before us; neither its heat nor light are anything to ns in themselves, yet the shejiherd would feel his heart sad if he missed if, when he lifts his eye to the brow of the mountain over which it rises when the sun descends.—Lamartine. She was m,v friend—l had but her —no more, no other upon earth—and as for heaven, 1 am as they that seek a sign, to whom no sign is given. My mother!, Oh, my mother! ? —Taylor. ~ O wondrous power! how little understood, — i - Entrusted to the mother’s mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train n Washington! —Mrs. Hale. A mother is a mother still The holiest thing alive'. —Coleridge. Y.~M. C. A CAMPAIGN JABS Slake Concord better as fast ns you make it bigger. A man is no larger, than his sym pathies. 1 Pity the man whose life is predicat ed on the plan of "Get all you can and :keep all you get.” I If gvery man were just ltke me what I kind of ft town would this town be? , I Slake Concord safe for the character of its young men and boys. 1 One boy gone wrong may cost Con cofa. this amount In one year. ® TODAY’S I NEWS 4 * TODAY 4 il A*Aft A ] NO. 113. Mists iet , juf’T® ' SIMM® Virtually All the Available Heivyweights of World . Who Are Active Contend ! ers for Dempsey’s Title. THE PROCEEDS ARE TO GO TO CHARITY Stadium Will Seat 70,000. — Price of Admission Will Range From One to Twen ty Dollars Each. (By t»» Press.* Raleigh, Stay 12.,--Investigation ofL* North Caro]fan’s prison systems by the Slate Department of Public Welfare today was nt a standstill following the announcement of Governor Cameron Morrison yesterday that lie had with drawn his request for such action by Commissioner Kate Burr Johnson, and had decided to personally direct an inquiry. With the Governor’s declaration that "your investigation and report would emhnrass me rather than aid me" and the action of the board of di rectors of the State prison at Raleigh, setting up a blockade agaiust depart ment agents. Sirs. Johnson said she could do nothing further until she sad conferred with W. A. Blair, chairman of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare who resides nt Win ston-SdTom but who now is out of the State. , Attention has been called, however, to the full authority of thedepartment of public welfare which is as follows: "To investigate and supervise through and b.v its own members or itsNigents or employes, the whole sys tem of the.charitable and penal insti tutions of the State and to recommend sneli changes and additional provis ions as it may deem needful for their economical and efficient administra tion.” Governor Morrison's action was the subject of much discussion among 3tate officials, but none would "talk mm. council of State was called by tlie Chief Executive, themombers entering liis private office at 11 o’clock. No de tails of the conference have been given out early this afternoon. TO STOP WHIPPING OF CONVICTS FOR TWO YEARS Florida, House Passes Bill to Abolish Whipping of all Convicts. (By the Associated Press.* Tallahassee, Fla., May 12.—The ban ning of all forms of corpora! punish ment of prisoners in th's state for at least two yeans as a trial measure seemed a errtaiuty today when the I Senate receding another step, paged jl6 to 11 a bill toy Senator Turnbull j that -would ban whipping of county ' convicts ■'erever, and ban k in tho handling of state convicts for two years. The house passed a bil to abolish all whipping of convicts. Helen Katherine Host. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Buford Rost, May 7th. a daughter, Helen Katherine. The ground of a certain rich matt' brought forth plentifully, and he rea soned within himself, saying. What, shall I do, heendse 1 have not where to Iwstow my fndtsY And he said. This will I do: I trill pull down m,v barns, nnd build greater; and there will I bestow, all my grain rand my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou . hast much goods laid up for manv , years; take thine east, eat, drink and lie merry. But God said unto him,; Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things 1 which thou hast prepared, whose shall they he? So Is he that lajleth up treis ure for himself, and is not rich to ward God. Luke 12:15-21.