* DISPATCHES S
VOLUME X^III
More Than Half of Fund
For Y Has Been Pledged
Teams at End of First Day
Report $5,197 and Execu
tive Committee Reports a
total of $7,955.
$21,500 IS GRAND
TOTAL TO BE RAISED
Teams Are Working Again
Today and Will Continue
Tomorrow. Most Large
Pledges Are Reported.
No 1 letter news could hare cheered
the workers nnd officials the opening
night of the big Y drive than to have
them told tlint $13,152 had been rais
ed. The announcement of this grand
total for the result- of the first day's
work acted like bomb-shell. It seeni
«*d as if isindemoninm would break
loose for the moment. Xo one, except
the most optimistic,-had dared dream
that more than half the total amount
would be .raised the first day. It act
ed ns a wonderful stimulus to the
workers who left the hall confident of
success and undaunted s</ far as any
obstacles for the remainder of the
week is concerned.
A. K. Howard, general of the Army
division, startl'd, things rolling when
lie called on \V. U. Caswell, captain of
team Xo. 1, for the first report, ('apt.
Caswell broke loose with a report of
l." subscriptions and,s7os. It. K. Kiil
enhour, ,7r.. followed next with the
highest number of subscriptions 24,
nnd $450. (Ins Hartsell got Iti with
$560.
Admiral C. S. Smart, of the N'nv.v
department rejMirted ami called on J.
E. Love for bis report. Mr. Love’s
teim hail seen 7 men with a total of
$75. .1. Y. l’harr followed with the
highest' Individual score of if sule
scritions nnd $1)08. Captain .larrett
sconsl 8 subscriptions and $565. \
The Air font's under the cotbmand
of A. It. Hoover then came to earth
and reported a total of $1045. Captain
Odell hail seen 14 men nnd with bis
team secured $705. Captain L. Maury
Richmond reported 23 men with ssß(k
Captain A. S. Webb secured 11 sub
scriptions amounting to $309.
Each division had assistants in the
High School nnd these reported a
total of 20 subscriptions with $l4O. The
grand total of the teams’ amounted to
$5107. At the close of the report of
the several teams F. C. Xfblock. Vice'
Cha.irman of the Executive Commit
tee and President of the Y reported
for the Executive committee. This
group of business mph lias lieCn bard
at work for several weeks and have
done splendid work. Mr. Xihlock re
ported a grand total finis far of $7.-
055. - It acted as a wonderful stimu
lus to the crowd and they cheered and
cheered this report by Mr. Xihlock.
This leaves a total of $8,848 yet to
lie raised. If is by no means impossi
ble and the workers believe it will lie
(lonq. In fact, they are not going to
stop until it is done. However, it
must be born in mind tlint
all the best prospects have been seen.
The total of sustaining members last
year was about 85 or iM). Already 180
subscriptions have been turned in.
While the overwhelming majority are
yet to be .seen the most favorable are
seen first and now the grind • comes.
It is a matter of disappointment that
some few subscriptions are far below
what was hoped for. I’nles a host of
people rally today and tomorrow to
make tip for what the committee ex
pected froui other sources the outcome
is not at* all certain.
Another fine pep meeting was belli
this morning, attended by some 50
workers. The finest spirit was evi
dent. Short talks were made by Di
rector Ackley and Admiral Smart. Mr.
Smart sounded a note of optimism to
his men and all the workers to the
effect that hut comparatively few of
the total number bad been seen. He
ordered his men to pull up the anchor
and give orders for full speed ahead.
He was soundly cheered by all. Mr.
Xihlock. lipon whom the heavy end of
the.load Ims hung for several weeks,
reminded the men to go ahead in faith,
hut thnt they must not lie unmindful
of the fact that all the subscriptions
are made conditional to getting the
full amount of $21,500 and that unless
the whole amount, is pledged the Y
will positively have to close in Con
cord.
A splendid diner was served again
last night by the ladies of Trinity Re
formed Church. Everything was on
time and done right up to the minute.
They deserve great credit for the way
everything in eoneetlon with the din
ner was handled. Miss Margaret Hart
sell assisted at the piano. Dinner will
again lie served tonight at 0:15. nnd
every memlier of the teams, except
Ihe high school boys, arc asked to lie
present.
To Preach Here Sunday Night,
Rev. George 3. Congaware, D. D.,
will preach at St. James Lutheran
Church Sunday night. Dr. Congaware
will preach the sermon to' the grad
uating class at Mr. Pleasant in the
morning. Tips congregation is fortu
nate in being favored with a visit
from Dr. Congaware. who is consider
ed one of the lending scholars nnd
preachers in the Lutheran Ch,urcli in
♦his country.
Dancer Stays on Floor 81 Hours.
| (By the AuMlatti Pt,nh.i
Wilmlhgton, May It.—Four dancekf
still going in the marathon dance here
had hnng up a new state record this
morning with 81 hours. This surpass
ed by six hours the mark of 75 hours
made by Jj P. Lewis here ‘two weeks
The CJncord Daily Tribune
1 ft :
(the MrRRAYER investigation
I Testified to That Women Are Given
I Delicate Physical Examinations Not
I Given at Other Institutions.
(By the AMOCMted Prma.i
I Raleigh. May 17. —Testimony thnt
j women luitients, some of them under.
| age, are subjected to the delicate phy
sical examinations which one witness
declared are nor given at other instl
j Intions. was one of the high s|X)ts in
the legislative investigation of the
state snnntoriuhl for the treatment of
tuberculosis.
With the possible exception of a
few minor witnesses nnd the recall of
others for brief examination attorneys
for proponents of the investigation in
dicated they were practically through
nnd it was thought that by late Fri
day the defense would begin its testi
mony in liehalf~of Dr. L. B, Meßrayer.'
superintendent of the sanatorium.
Representative Baumgardner, of,
Stanly County, former patient at the in
stitution. testified at the morning hear
ing. RaumgnrdiH't- declared, condi
tions in tlie kitchen, dining room and
the lied rooms of the institution were
insanitary at the time he was there.
He also told the committee that the
patients at the institution were "an
tagonistic" to Dr. Meßrayer.
Mr. Baungardnet- testified that one
cause of hostile feeling toward'l)r. Me-
Brayer was the superintendent's fall- 1
tire to dismiss from service Cary Har- |
rison, negro, who, the witness said,
aroused considerable feeling on tile
part of the patients when lie used
abusivf ts nnd insulting language; to Mrs. j
Flanagan; a matron at the institution.
When a protest was made to Dr. Me-
Brayer and Harrison's removal de
manded, the witness testified thnt Dr.
Meßrayer "fined" the negro SSO.
J. IV. Hicks, former medical student
j at tlie University of Virginia, nnd un
til! Aril 27._last lalmratory technician
at the,sanatorium, was the first wit
ness called today. In his explanation
jof the alleged ill feeling of the patients
j to Dr. Meßrayer. Hicks testified flint
tone "cause of the grumbling was the
; use by the sanitary staff of $4,000 nu
| toiuobiles when food was so bad."
ROTARY MEETING
'Musical Program by Mrs. Black and
Mr. Prindell and Talk by Rev. J. C.
Rowan Features.
! The regular meeting of tlie Rotary
| (’lull was held at the Y. M. C. A. yes-
I terday at noon. The program was fea
tured by a musical program by Mrs.
Black and Mr. Prindell ■ ami nn ad
dress on a father's responsibility to
liis sop by Rev. Jesse C. Rowan, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church.
Guests introduced were Lieut. Coin
Morris, of the United States Army Air
Service, son of Mr. Z. A. Morris, of
'Concord, who with Mrs. Morris is
here on leave: ltev. Jesse (’. Rowan
and Mr. Ackley, of tlie Y. M. C. A,
Tench a child his relation toward
ownership to property and his rights
and responsibilities was the chief
theme from which Mr. Rowan present*
ed an interesting nnd instructive talk.
He closed by paying a high tribute to
the work of the Y. M. C. A. and asked
what would Concord do without the
institution.
President Rankin called upon Mr.
Maury Richmond, chairman of the pro
gram committee, to name the commit
tees for the next few weeks. Among
the announcements were that two
weeks hence the Salisbury chib would
tie the guests of the local and at
the meeting of June (ith Rev. T. N.
Lawrence would lie chairman. Mr.
Ijiwrenoe announced that he had plan
ned to leave Concord that day, but at
the argent request of the club, he con
sented to stay for tlie meeting.
('lash BETWEEN CHINESE
TROOPS AND BANDIT BAND
Anxiety Over the Foreign Captives Is
Heightened by This Fact.
(By file Associated PrwM
Anxiety over the foreign captives
held in the Shantung hills by the Chi
nese bandits was heightened, today
when word reached Tientsin ofn dash
between troops of the Chinese govern
ment, and members of tlie outlaw band.
A detachment of imndits attempting
to join the main body at the Poatzuku
mountain stronghold was said to have
lieen driven back after a sharp fight.
This incident, it is feared, mn.v add
fuel to the smoldering vindictiveness
of the bandits who are already said
in unconfirmed reimrts to have hurl
ed three Chinese captives over a prec
ipice as a warning. The brigands re
peatedly in) ve threatened to kill all
the prisoners if the troops are not
withdrawn, nnd the bnnditsin accord
ance to terms granted ‘by their chief -
tuin wish immunity and. enrollment in
the national army.
American Cottuni Manufacturers.
Richmond, Va.. May 16. —With the
Governors of Virginia and North and
South Carolina, among the scheduled
participants and an attendance of
members representing 90 per cent of
the cotton mills of this South ami
many of those of the North, the
twenty-seventh annual convention of
the American Cotton Manufacturers'
Association, which began its sessions
here today, promises to be tlie most
notab e as wi“4J as the largest gather
ing in the history of the association.
A wide variety .of problems con
fronting the cottim Industry wm oe
discussed dqring the two-day session.
Particular attention will be directed
to the amazing growth of textlje
manufacturing in the 1 South during
the past few years.
i
Pedro Nel Ospinn, the Pres
i Went of Colombia, wns once a student
i in the engineering school of the Uni
versity of California.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923
WENCH ME
TO DIE OF HER GOLD
' SOS f BENCH
Luis Loucheur Says We
Ought to Tender to France
at Once All the Money
Which She Might Need. '
READY TO REMIT
DEBT TO OTHERS
On Condition That Debt to
France Be Remitted to Her
—England, He Says, Dis
posed to General Remission
Paris. May 17.—" America is about
to die of heC gold." said Luis Louelieur
former minister of liberated regions,
in nn address last night.
He declared the United States had
only one means of saving herself from
ruin: this was to tender to France
immediately all the money of which
the latter nation might have need.
He said he had received an invita
tion to go to America to convince the
friends of France there justice
of her policy. lie added that he did
not yet know whether lie would be
able to accept.
"We are ready to remit the debts
of the powers who fought beside us,”
he asserted, "Tin the .condition that
ours lie remitted to us."
"England,” h«j cm tinned, "is really
disguised to grant remission."
America, he went on to say. has dis
illusioned him greatly on this sub
ject, adding u "The Americans sup
ported all of France's claims during
the discussion of the pence treaty and
once back home they forgot tlint soli
darity. However, it cannot, tie ignor
ed by -America, which is suffering
from a supeF-nliundni ce of riches.
America is about to die of her gold."
DR. SMITH’S DEATH
IS HOURLY EXPECTED
Last Surviving Member of the Staff
of Stonewall Jackson in Extremis.
IBy tile Associated I’rrss. >
Greensiioro, X. ('.. May 17.—Dr. Jus.
Power Smith. Inst surviving member of
the staff of General Stonewall Jack
son. famous as a clerfcyman. author
nnd soldier, is making a gallant fight
for life against overwhelming odds at
the home of Dr, Chas. F. Myers here.
His conilitiofi this morning was re
ported *«s being critical, the moments
when lie is conscious becoming far
ther ami farther apart.
l>r. Smith, who is in his 87th year,
had been critically ill for some time
and in a semi-conscious condition for
the last three days.’ As the light
grows dimmer the old ('onfedernte s*B
dier is very near to his beloved Gen
eral whom he carried wounded from
tlie Held 00 years ago.
SPENT 76 MILLIONS
IN THE LAST DECADE
Rockefeller Foundation is Ten Years
Old—Figures Show Its Work.
Xew York, May 15.—The Rockefel
ler Foundation, chartered by a special
act of tlie New York Legislature ten
years ago today, lias expended at total
of $70,757,040 during the first decade
of its existence, according tira state
ment issued tonight liy Edwin K. Em
lireui. secretary of tlie foundation.
Tills sum represents all of the in
come of the fund and an additional
$17,500,000 expended from the general
fund or principal. - A further sum of
$15,000,000 payable in future years
lias been pledged to various medical
schools and public health projects.
A statement of contributions rfom
the fund divides them as follows:
Public health, $18,188,835; medical
education. $24,710,459; war relief,
$2,298,541 : other philanthropic work,
$10,445,028; nuil administration. sl,
107,174 i
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened at a Decline of from 12 to 29
Points on Reports of Better Weather.
(By the Associated rrena.l
New York, May 17. —The cotton mar
ket opened eis.v at a decline of 12 to
20 (stints on thebeyer weather map
and prospects for continuance of im
proved conditions in tlie South. The
relatively easy cables were also a fac
tor and the decline soon extended
about 28 to 41 points net lower on the
general list.
Cotton futures opened easy. Mav
26:20: July 25:05; Oct. 23:15; Dec.
22:08; Jan. unquoted. 6
I'Chariest on Must Raise $4,000 by To
night.
(By the Associated Press.!
Charleston, S. C., May 17.—Unless
the* fans of this city raise $4,000 in
cash by tonight when a meeting for
the purpose will lie held' at tlie local
.chamber of commerce, the local lr.ise-
ImlJ franchise' in the South Atlantic
Association will go elsewhere, nnd
Macon, Ga., is considered as the city
most likely to get the club.
Frenchman Released on Parole.
Peking, May 17 ( By * tlie Associated
Press). —V. Bnrulie, a Frenchman,
who was among the captives held by
the Sucliow bandits, has been, released
on parole, and has arrived At Tsao
ehwang with further demands from
the captors for the removal of the
troops. At is expected Tie will return
to the bandit headquarters today in
accordance with the promise he made
lon leaving.
C**x**x»*««ft**»
I L. &N. LEASES C. C. &O. *
*
By Associated Press. -fc
* Louisville, Ky„ Slay 17.—The $
Louisville and Nishville railroad HE
HE has leased the fslrolinn. Clinch- *
HE field & Ohio Railroad for a (ie HE
* riod of 99 years, which is eqniv- *
HE aient to a purchase, according HE
HE to an announcement made iiere HE
HE today. The price was not given H;
* The Carolina ClinchHelii &.H.
a? Ohio rond forms a complete licit *
HE through the coni' fields of West &
* Virginia, Tennessee a nil North HI
Hi Carolina, and links up with di- U
* reet connections With the jseat at H--
HI Charleston, S. C. r " H
* *
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MANY MILES OF WORDS.
The Oxford Dictionary the Greatest in
Any Language.
London, May 17T—Another (gfrtion
of the Oxford Dictionary, which is
being published in Barts, has just
been completed. Although tlie new
portion deals oijy with words begin
ning with W''as far ns the word
Wash, no Carver than 2,559 words,
illustrated by 14,787 quotations, „re
included in this section of what is,
beyond question, the greatest* dictum
ary in any language.
The first dictionary wns i_., e of the
Chinese language, tviatnining about
40.000 characters, -lijqjt ly hierogly
phics, and was convicted about 1100
B. C. Os the dictionaries of the Eng
lish language, issued in England and
America, Johnson's wns published in
1755, the first edition of Webster s in
1828, Worcester's 1800, and tlie Cen
tury in 1891.
[The Oxford Dictionary was planned
in 1859, and yet so enormous has been
the labor required that only nine out
of the complete ten volumes nave
been finished in nearly 64 years. At
the outset the first editor calculated
that when 100,000 quotations had been
collected it would be possible to inane
a beginning. But at tlie end of
twenty years, after lists of words
had been made out and innumerable
quotations classified; a new editor
estimated that a flirt tier ten years
would/lie necessary .before the work
could lie completed.
Thirty sub-editors gave flier as
sistance without payment, and more
than eight hundred readers in Eng
land. the United States, and else
where helped to collect three and a
ha f million quotations from the
works of more than 509 authors of
all periods.
Yet even with this assistance only
one volume could lie produced with n
the ten years that followed. The labor
which -one word ocension will
give some idea of the magnitude of
the task. That word may have a his
tory of a thousand years, from the
date on which it first appears tn an
English book. It may liav° changed
its meaning two or three times, and
the dictionary maker, in order that
his work aha’; be complete, will need
quotations to show how it has beert
used from the earliest days down to
the present time.
In fact, one of tlie difficulties which
Ihose who began the Oxford Dir
tionary could not foresee is me great
growth of the modern vocabulary.
New invention" such as aviat on and
wireless, not only cause new words to
be coined but very often add a new
meaning to a very old word also, as
in the case of "wings” and “receiv
ing.”
Forty-three years ago it «as
thought that the complete Oxford
Dictionary would compriss between
six and seven thousand pages. Actual
ly the published occupy
more than twice that space. The dic
tionary extends to 14 581 pages and
deals witli 391,720 words, illustrated
by 1,794,318 quotations. Each page
contains three r lurans, with an
average of 112 lines in each. These
43,743 coliftnns. if placed end to end,
would cover seven miles, and the
4.899,216 lines of tpe would reach tor
18.3 miles.
A comparison with 'sonic g oal
foreign dictionaries shows that the
English dictionary-maker; have b?en
to the fore. The Dutch dictionary was
begun in 1851, and so far omy me
equal to 6.000 pages of the Oxford
Dictionary have been finished, one
third of the work still remaining to
lie don't. The -wsparatbry work for
the German dictionary was negun in
1838. and one-sixth of the work is not
yet finished. But that is speedy work
as compared with the progress of till'
Italian dictionary. In ninety years
only the letter P has been reached,
nnd at this rate the last volume would
not be published until 2023.
Captain of Vessel Fined SSOO For
Transporting Liquor.
(By the Associated mu.)
Wilmington, May 17.—Capt. James
IX Martin. Jr., master of the American
yacht Avalon, which was seized by
Sheriff .tacksop in the Banks Channel
at Wrigiitsville lieueb Sunday after
noon when whiskey was found aboard
the yacht, entered a nolo contendere
plea to charges of receiving, (xissessing,
transporting add selling liquor in re
corder’s court this morning. He was
fined SSOO ami tlie costs l|y recorder
George Harris.
To Discontinue Trains Between Win
ston and Wades boro. ,
Raleigh May 16. —The Wadesboro
chamber .of commerce having with
drawn its request for a hearing, the
North Carolina Corporation Commis
si<£ today granted the petition on the
Winston-Salem amt Southbound raii
road to discontinue operation of
trains 69 and 63 between Winston-
Salem and Wadesboro
“The trouble seems to be that too
many people think the law should lie
enforced, and not enough think it
should be 'observed.”—Portland Tele
gram.
THE PfiESBKTEIHS
i MEET IT MONTH
MUM. SESSION
Sixty-Third Annual Meeting
of the Presbyterian Gener
al Assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian Qhurch.
DR. REED PREACHES
OPENING SERMON
He Preached on “Hell,” Ex-
Pressing the Opinion That
There Is Much Evidence in
thg Bible of Its Reality.
(By the AM*ociate<l Pre*s>.)
Mont rent. May 17. —Election of a
moderator and organization were to
day before tlie opening sessions of tlie
63rd General Assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian Church, the balloting
scheduled to begin during the after
noon. Dr. Alexander Sprunf. Charles
ton. S. C.: John S. Foster, Winston-
Salem: Dr. W. E. Mill, Fayetteville.
X. C.; and two laymen, Nat Harrison,
Petersburg, Va., and Frank T. Glas
gow, Langston. Va., were among those
mentioned by Commissioners ir con
nection with tlie moderator's office.
While no names were advanced in
discussion by Presbyterians, ir was
understood the west would make a
strong contest for the selection of a
man of that section ns head of the As
sembly, a westerner not having held
the office, it was stated, since 1912.
I The last laymen selected moderator
[was selected 8 years ago. the fourth in
the history of the Assembly.
Dr. R. C. Reed, Columbia. 8. (’., re
tiring moderator, in file opening ser
mon this morning, spoke on "Hell," ex
pressing the opinion that there is more
evidence relating to the reality of
Hell than any other one thing in the
Bible, aid urging that more sermons
lie delivered on the subject.
Tlie report of the ad-interim com
mittee on amendments to the Book of
Church Order, was submitted in- a
lengthy report, recommending a num
ber of changes, which, according to
Commissioners, will lie tlie subject of
debate before adoption or rejection.
Relating, to incorporating of the
Churched, .the committee lipproyed the
first six recommendations submitted to
the committee last year by W. H. Baer.
Jacksonville, Fla., and George Bryan.
Richmond.
Increase in Number of Sunday School
Workers.
Montreat, X. ('.. May 17.—An in
crease in the number of Sabbath school
workers in the eighty-eight presbyte
ries of tlie Southern Presbyterian
church was recommended here today
before the general assembly in tlie an
nua! report of the executive commit
tee of publication and Sabbath school
extension, as read by It. E. Magi 11. of
Richmond, Va.. secretary.
The report also urged superintend
ents of -Sabbath schools and young
peoples' work be placed in each of
the 17 synods, and the establishment
of mission schools by every large, well
organized church. It" further recom
mended that a budget for the coming
year of *$150,(8)0 in order to allow the
committee to meet obligations and op
portunity regarding the thirteen mil
lion spiritually illiterate young peo
ple under 25 years of age in the south
today.
A new record, the report stated,
was made during the year in the
award of copies of, the Bible and the
Xew Testament for the memorizing
and recitation of the catechisms, a
total of 1.760 Bibles and 4.930 Testa
ments being awqrifed. During the
last twenty years the 'committee lias
given 20,374 Bibles and 57,578 Testa
ments.
The total sales of the publication de
partment for the year amounted to
$491,385, a slight increase over the
year previous. Since 1903, tlie report
Stated, more than ten million tracts
and three million books and pamphlets
have been issued.
The report, showed the largest gain
ever made in otfe year in organized
Christian Endeavor societies and intmi
liership. there being 1.905 societies
with a membership of 57.009. against
1,379 societies with it membership of
43,278 a year ago. Since 1905 these
societies have increased from 226 to
1,906 and the membership from 12.000
to' 57.000. The societies support two
missionaries in Africa, two In Brazil
and a mountain school in Kentucky.
At the Theatres.
Lnurette Taylor in 'Tog o’ My
Heart" is flic feature at tlie Star to
day.
"Strirmswept,"- with Wallace and
'Noah Beery in the lending roles, is
lieing shown at the Piedmont today.
The Pastime today is shewing Her
bert Ilawlinson in "Nobody's Bride."
Demonstration Against the British in
Moscow.
Moscow, May 12.—A1l Moscow’s
factories and government Institutions
were closed this morhing to permit the
employes to take part in a great dem
onstration against tlie British note.
Surging crowds enrly began to till the
streets of the city. •
New V. S. Senator From Colorado.
(By the Associated Press.l
Denver, Colo., May 17.— rAlva B. Ad
ams. democrat, of Pueblo, was appoint
ed U. S. Senator from Colorado today
by Governor Wm. E. Sweet, to sue
eeed tlie late Samuel I). Nicholson, re
publican, who died in April.
DR. W. S. BANKIN’ ADDRESSES
SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE
His Subject VVas “Cnorrupied Fields
in Health Protection anil Disease
Prevention.”
Washington. D. C., flay u.—ur.
Watson S. Rankin. Secretary oi tlie
North Carolina State 80,.rd of Health,
and former President of the Ai,.crl
cun Public Health Association, wnose
invpj.igatiuns of tb3 hook worm
disease in the South attracted nation
wide injrest, addressed the Nntinal)
Conference of Social Work here this!
afternoon on "Unoccunied Fields In j
Health Promotion and Discus - ,-re- !
vention.”
“Pregnancy re--' - only twenty I
per-cent'or twenty-five per cent of]
the medical attention which tn« con
dition calls for," said Dr. Rank.n.
“From 30 to 35 per cent of births are
not attended by physicians and th?
lying-in state in al nrobabilify re
ceives less than one-third tlie medical
care which 'lt should have.
"Infancy, while a normal star' of
being, is an enfeebled state, always
in danger of disease from undevelop
ed adjustment to the ordinary condi
tions of life and high susceptibility to
infections, and a condition of being j
that requires scientific supervision |
and guidance not on.y for the sick,
but for the well. The needs oi in- !
fancy „ for mediqhi services are not ■
one-fifth supplied under present con- i
ditinns.
"The age of childhood, with from
10 to 20 per cent of its population
malnourished, 20 per cent with de
fects of vision, five per cent with
diseased tonsils and adenoids,
seventy-five per cent in used oi dental
treatment, and the entire group made
more susceptible and less resistant to
tlie common infections on account of
these conditions that impair vitality,
need not less than five liqies me
medical service which this age groqp
now receives.
“The period of adolescence, with
the tempations of sex abnormalities
and venereal diseases, presents an
enormous problem physically and
psychically, with medical »ei vices
inadequate ad certain y nut., more
than one-fifth supplied.
“Adult life uncording to extensive,
highly scientific, unreproaehable
authority, is not receiving one-fifth
tlie medical attention which its needs
demand.
“If it were possible within the
course of the next decade or two for
medicine to catch tip with existing
surplus of defect and disease, the
opportunity for health promotion, for
improving the health, the vital ty and
efficiency of the ‘apparently healthy,
would still be With us and ivouid con
stitute a problem embracing the en
tire population, and one vastly larger
than that which concerns itself with,
the work of treatment and repair.
“Public health and the profess on
of medicine have a single objective,
to-wit, to supply medical science
where it is needed. The itmc-dy,
medical science, is conceded by both
those employed in private practice
and those employed in a puDlic
capacity t > tie the one means of re
pairing defects, curing disease and
promoting health. Those engaged in
the work of public healtli and in the
private practice of medicine are not
only hound by a single objective and
by a single means fob its attainment,
but tliev are also united by the in
separableness of their problems.
There is no hard and fast line that
may be drawn between physiology
and pathology, between health nnd
disease, between prevention and cure.
The utilization of the medical pro
fession, through more enlclent or
ganization, to include a larger por
tion of the unoccupied fields of medi
cine, of health and disease, is the
on y way out of the present situation.
The next step forward for both public
health workers and the medical pro
fession is a more careful alignment,
of forces to lie brought about by
health officials .endeavoring to in
terest local medical organization,
particularly county medical societies,
in seeing and assuming the medical
problems of th public as well as the
medical problems of the private citi
zen. In appealing to local meiticn!
societies to assume a larger interest
in public health problems the healtli
oflhial is fortunately in a. position of
being able to show that such work
wil' not only carry with it tlie satis
faction of a larger field of sei vice,
.but also of adequate material re
ward.”
Prison Board to Meet This Afternoon.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Raleigh, May 17.—A meeting of the
state prison hoard of directors which
was called by Governor Morrison on
Tuesday, will be held at the Govern
or’s office this afternoon.
Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN JABS
“CAN YOl’R “CAN’T”
Oh, Man! If you really wish to win
Have done with your thoughts of
dOUbt.
So long as you're letting “a failure” in
You’re keeping "a victory" out.
If but half of your purpose says, “I
will.”
While half lias a different slant.
You will find thnt your effort is all
uphill
Until you have "canned" your "can’t”
Feathers.
When a church seeks a pastor they
want the strength of an eagle, the
grace of a swan, the gentleness of a
dove, the 'friendliness of a sparrow,
and the night hours of an owl. And
when they catch tlint bird they ex
pect him to live on tlie food of a ca
nary.
Crooked methods are never a -short
eiR. to success.—Selected.
A Good Citizen is a man whp enrich-
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NO. 117.
GREATEST AIRPLANE
THE WORLD HAS EVER
SEEN TAKING SHAPE
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Shed of Zeppe
lin Plant at Friedericksha
fen, Germany, and It Is
Known as the ZR3.
CONSTRUCTED FOR
AMERICAN NAVY
Will Attempt a Flight tp Am
erica When Completed.—
Giant Machine Will Be Al
most 985 Feet in Length.
Fiederickshafen. May 17. (By the
Associated Press.) —The greatest air
craft the world has ever seen is slow
ly taking form under the giant shed
of the Zeppelin plant in which were
built the mammoth ships that wrought
such ha vim- in t lie world war.
This aircraft, known as the ZB-:?,
is being constructed for the American
Navy and will attempt a flight to the
United States wbeij completed, which,
however, will not be earlier than Octo
ber or November of this year, and pos
sibly not until next spring. /
Larger than the R-38 which crash
ed in England en route to America,
and than all the similar machines
turned over to France, Italy ar.il Eng
land, the ZR-3 will lie more than 300
metres (nearly !>Bo feet) in length, atul
over -hi metres (approximately 13t
feet) in heighth. It tvill lie the master
effort of tile works created by Count
Zeppelin.
EPISCOPALIANS WON’T
ASK GOV. SMITH TO SIGN
By Vole of 83 to 57 Refuse to Pass Res
olution Asking Him Not to Sign Re
peal of State Enforcement Law.
(By the Ammorlnteil preen.
Garden City. N. V.. May 17.—The
Long Island Diocesan convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church by a
vote of S 3 to *>7 yesterday refused to
pass a resolution requesting Governor
Smith not to sign the repeal of the
State prohibition enforcement l law.
Itev. Dr. Henry C. Swentzol, of
•Brooklyn, opposing the
said. "None of us favor saloous, .hut
we are all in favor of liberty. I
stand for reasonableness, broadminded
ness. and love of liiierty. We have no
Interest in the saloons or the bootleg
gers. hut what we are for is that noth
ing shall lie done to lower the stand
ards of freedom on which this country
was founded."
TRIAL HALTED
Panel of Veniremen Was Improperly
Drawn, It Is Stated.
Cross City, Fla., May 17 (By the
Associated Press). —The trial of Wal
ter Higginbotham, charged with flrst
degree murder growing out of the
death of Martin Taliert, of North Da
kota. in a convict labor camp, was
halted temporarily this morning until
a new panel of veniremen could lie
drawn, when the court sustained a
motion by the state to quhsh the
panel 'already in court on the grounds
that it was improperly drawn.
Judge Mallory Horne, presiding, in
structed Sheriff Ohavotis to have a
new panel on hand at 2 o’clock this af
ternoon and tile court recessed until
that hour.
Obregon Endorsed.
Mexico City, May .17. (By .the Asso
ciated Press.) —Overwhelming endor
sement of President Ohregon's method
of handling the recognition question
! was given by tin* ('handier of Deputies
today when a resolution expressing
sympathy and confidence in the Execu
tive was carried by a vote of 131 to
!>. Senor < Ihregon sent a message to
the Chamber expressing his gratifica
tion.
Leon Noah May Be Released Monday.
(By the Associated Press.*
New York. May 17.—Leon Noah, the
latest suspect arrested in collection
with Wall Street explosion of. 1920,
will li<- released next Monday unless
the State can present more specific ev
idence liefore that time. Meanwhile
lie is being held without laid.
es the civic, moral and- intellectual
life of the community In which lie
lives.
Vision Is seeing what others do not
see, seeing further than others see,
serving liefore they see.—John R.
Mott.
David's cry “Is the young man safe?’’
should tie the cry of every citizen for
every boy in the community.
Service is (he test of greatness.
Your value to your home, church 'or
city is measured by what you do for
them, not what you get out of them.
"Is the Young Man Safe?” Not on
til thut question Is answered in the
affirmative for every lioy in the com
munity, hns any citizen a right to lie
satisfied with what is being done?
How much are yon worth? To many
men thnt means bow much has the
world been worth to the,, not how
much they have ( been worth to the
world. uI V