North Carolina Newspapers

® ASSOCIATED * * PRESS n © «■ DISPATCHES ® VOLUME XXIII SEVENTY-THREE PEOPLE DIE IN FIRE AT SCiIGOL School Building in Kershaw THURSDAY MEAT IMPORTANT WORK County, South Carolina Burns BAY IN CAIiIGH FOR Os PRESBYTER!; With a Heavy Loss of Life FUNDS TORY,! Cl AT MONTBEAT TODAY FAMILIES WIPED OUT BY TERRIBLE BLfi! f ‘Men, Women and Children Perish Together. Many Others Were Very Serious ly Injured During the Fire. SEVERAL PERSONS , STILL MISSING Fire Caused When Lamp Fell From Ceiling, Exploded and Set Fire to Stage and Children’s Costumes. •* -Jk * SEVENTY-THREE DEAD. * * Ty (By the Associated Press). AK Camden, S. C.. May 18.—The ?}? -h deaths in- tin Cleveland school- -T- Ts house fire at ,1 :15 this morning JK stood at 73 with one person miss- T -h in);, according to ii corrected list S? •H made public at that hour. The -i ---k body of one of'the men listed as rh missing was identified during the & AT- morning. The body of a son of ?i? AF: Huey Hinson previously not list- Air Ait ed among the dead, a Iso was Ah Ah found. , AS? Ah » Camden. S. C„ May IS, (By lie As sociated Press.) —Kershaw County to day counted the cost of the fire which last night destroyed the Cleveland School eight miles from here. Seventy one are known dead. men. women and children, and two missing, together with dozens more or less seriously in jured. were being counted this morn ing. Five injured arc in a hospital here. The exact number of injured could not lie ascertained this morning, at tention being given to the injured, and identification ami care of file bodies of .the (lead. Eye-witnesses to (he hor ror today still were so shaken that but few could talk of it. The blaze tiiat in some instances wiped out entire families, leaving none to care for (he dead. started near the close of the comedy "Sioney Brook." being presented by the Senior Class of the school as a part of its commence ment exercises. The bracket on which hung a lump over the stage, gave way. The lump fell to the stage and exploded. Burr ing oil splashed over the stage, ignit ing the flimsy draperies. Men, women and children made a rush for the single exit from the room. The scene, according to persons pres ent. was indescribable. Mothers with babies in their arms, were trampled underfoot. Cooler heads attempted to quell the panic, hut without avail. Then the stairway collapsed, hurling the mass- into the lower floor, ar.d pin ning many under n squilining scream ing mass. Some were pinned by fall ing timbers. Mothers trapped on the second floor, hurled their children to safety iii eagerly awaiting arms of persons who had escaped, and then fell back into the flames, giving Their lives that.their children might live. Men who made their way out of the building returned when they saw tlie situation and endeavored to rescue tin* injured and imperiled. Some of these died in the flames. The fire spread so rapidly, however, that little could lie done after the first rush. The little wooden building burned rapidly and within a short . time little was left lint a pile of ashes in which lay the bodies of scores. This morning all the persons except two known to have been in the build ing lmd been accounted for. Seventy one bodies lmd lieen extricated from the ruins and search was being contin ued for two young men. A majority of the homes in Kershaw County and many throughout the Stnte were tomjicd by the tire. In Camden l fully linlf of the business houses were closed, and many houses had crepe on them. Thirteen Camden residents are known to he among the dead. The American Red Cross headquart ers this morning telegraphed the Mayor of Camden that nurses and doctors were assembling there prepar ed to extend all aid needed. They were notified that no aid was needed. Governor McLeod at Columbia, noti fied officials that his secretary was lieing sent ns his personal representa tive Did yon ever stop to think that the man who asks you for a contribution What makes a city great and strong? time and money voluntarilyV Is there any reason why you should not do the same thing? The Concord Daily Tribune FAMOUS COMEDIAN CONVERTED Fred Stone Makes Broadway Gasp When He Gives Sermon on Stage. New York. May 17.—Fred Stone, noted comedian, turhed evangelist or. Broadway lasi night ami Hie old street laid a new topic of conversation today. A roar of applause greeted him as! lie finished one of the eccentric dances i tlSJil l%ve made him famous, and (>.-j ,000 persons who packed the Metropoli tan Opera House at the National Vau deville Artists' benefit performance waited for him to swing into another ■ buck and wing, insread Stone Jield up liis hand for quiet. “I've got something to tell yVui. peo ple." lie said. Tile audience hushed, for it was re membered that Stone some .weeks ago. had. professed religion after Ik* laid been snowbound for several days on a train in the West. ‘'Recently I made a statement." con tinued the comedian, "that has Ix-eii (aken up by the public more than I thought it would lie. That was my decision to dense being a passive son of Christian and become an active worker for God. "1 want to make that statement over again. T want to tell you people that ti time conies in every man's life when lie wants to come out and take a step like this. When you have done this you car. feel secure, at peace with the world, and face the future with con fidence. "I have been criticized for not aban doning my profession after I came out for the laird Jesus Christ; I want to say that my profession is as good as any in*the world, and why should I abandon it any more than any other professional man should abandon his when he heroines « Christian? "God need not lie worshipped with in the.-fugr walls of u.-dii»ah. We may carry tile thought of God with Jis in everything we do.” The comedian finished his speech, evidently made on the spur of the mo ment, by asking his listeners to "hit the trail.” A thunder, of applause followed him 1 from the stage, a far greater ovation than tlie one given his eccentric dance. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Easy at a Derline of From 21 to 33 Points, Du% to Disappointing Cables. illy the Amiocliitcrt Press.) New York, May IS. —The cotton mar ket opened easy at a decline of 21 to 33 points, because of disappointing ca bles. life favorable showing of yes terday's late weather map, and reports hf a lillle more mill curtailment in Fall Uivel - - The decline seemed to bring in buying which was believed to be partly for trade account, and prices soon steadied. < Cotton futures opened easy. May 2ti:35; July 25:10: Oct, 23:00; Dec. ■22:50; Jail. 22:25. ORDER CHUCK PALMER BROUGHT INTO COURT In Connection With the Disappearance of Leighton Mount. Illy the Assovioted Press.) Chicago, May 18.—On presentation of a habeas corpus writ, Chief Justice McKinley ot' the criminal court, today ordered Charles "Chuck” Palmer, a Northwestern .University football play-, er. brought into court forthwith. Pal mer has been held as a witness by the Stale's Attorney’s staff since l a. in. yesterday in connection with tin* dis appearance in IP2I of Leighton Mount, a Northwestern freshman. Palmer de nies any knowledge of tin* Mount mys tery. Crooked methods are never a short cut to success.—Selected. Aldermen Decide to Order No More Payed Streets for This City Now The aldermen held a spicy meeting at tlie, city haII Thursday night when | they met for the second time for the ! month. A large number of matters; were not presented to the aldermen, Imt several of those presented caused much talk and brought forth some hit ter arguments. j The most important action taken liy the I ion I'd relates lo street work in the city. Several petitions asking for pav ed streets were referred to the hoard, having lieen carried over from the pre vious meeting. After hearing a re port from City Engineer Lm:fe, the board declined to grant the requests contained in the petitions, and they stated that no more streets would l«* ordered paved. The report of Mr. Long indicated tiiat the city is now about SIOO,OOO in debt for streets already paved or or dered paved, and the boprd refused to carry the debt into larger figures. The SIOO,OOO, it was pointed out, is above the $235,000 secured several months ago when city bonds were send to se cure money for the street work. It is probable that the city will sell more bonds in the near future to take care ■ ■ ' CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923 KRUPP SENTENCE CONFIRMED Head of Krunp Factory Fails to Gel New Trial Which lie Sought. 1 Uis'seldorf. May Is. (By tlie Asso ciated Press.)- —The sentence-imposed by tlie recent court martial upon Dr. Krupp von Bolden and tlie other di rectors of the Krupp works, tried for instigating opposilio# to rhe French at the Krupp plan!' at the time of tin shootiu\ (in March 31. were continued today liy the court of revision. The convicted men will lie transfer red to prisons in France while their -counsel prepares for ail appeal. The death sentence upon Albert Sclilageger. the former P-russan officer convicted of espionage and sabotage iml accused of being a mem iter of what flu* French call tire 'murder tang." was confirmed liy the revision ■oiirt. This was the first death sen tence pronounced since the occupation >f tin* Ruhr. Schliigeger's counsel will ry to living his ease before the court if cassation. The court granted a retrial to lleiT Mueller, member of the fur-lory coun cil of the Krupp works who was con victed at the same time as the Krupp directors and was sentenced to six months in jail. The demand for the retrial of Dr. Krupp and tlie Krupp directors was based: on 11 counts, the principal one being that the court al Worden which tried them, was incompetent as tlie occupation of tlie Ruhr was illegal un der the treaty of Versailles. AMERICAN AND BRITISH CAPTIVES TO BE SHOT Next Monday. Say Bandits, Unless Chinese Troops are Withdrawn. Shanghai, May IS. (liy rite Associat 'd I Toss. > American aii(| -Krliidi cm fives of Hie Shantung bandits will lie shot next Tuesday if the Chinese troops are not withdrawn, according to the "final ultimatum” of tlie ban dits brought from their mountain stronghold by Marcel Oliver Berulie, a Frenchman, one of the prisoners who was released for the purpose. Chinese Bandits Seize More Captives. Shanghai. May 18 (By the Associ ated Press). —Chinese bandits* last night attacked Tawerkow. a town IK) miles from Lincheng. and seized a number of captives, ncoerding to a re port received here. COLD CHECKS GROWTH OP COTTON IN SOUTH EAST Excessive Rains and High Winds Have Retarded. Growth of Farm Crops. Atlanta, Ga.. May 17. Excessive rains, unseasonably cool .weather and high winds of the last two weeks have retarded the-growth of farm crops in southeastern states, says a summary of conditions compiled by the local bureau of economics -rs the f“dcra! department of agriculture. The co d has checked the growth of cotton, the report says, and there is much complaint of delay in planting on account of rain, and young cot ton is reported to be dying on account coming grassy. One of the most curious causes for a strike of workmen was that report ed from the Ohio cool fields. The men employed in a certain mine were much attached to a mule called "Jim." The mine' boss decided to transfer Jim to another mine. Next morning four hundred men were on strike, and in the end Jim stayed where lie was. Service is the test of greatness. Your value to your home, church or cjt.v is measured by what you do for them, not wliat you get out of them. of this SIOO,OOO deficit. The matter of allowing the Melville show to erect its tent on part of tlie! old Dnsenbory property oil West De pot afreet, brought up many argu ments. Residents of that section fought the show, and argued that the tent should not be erected so near the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. This argument finally had its effect on the Ird members, who passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for any show to erect its tents here within 200 feet of a Church building. The sidewalk on the west side of Crowell street was ordered raised. The work Will he done liy tin* city street force under tlie direction of Rond'Sup ervisor Itenlield. The city will widen that part of East Depot street which adjoins the property recently purchased from tlie Oapt. ITopst estate by W. M. Linker. Mr. Linker agreed to give the city six feet of his land If it would pave the stretch of land and convert it into a street. The city agreed to do this, and as the property cun be widened now, it is probable that work will he started on it ip the near future. The Second Day of the Can vass Sent Tot#! Flying Up to $16,144.—A1l the Work ers Are Enthusiastic. ALL EYES ARS UPON CONCORD ZHIS WEEK The Success Qf the Campaign ere Means Much to the Campaigns in Wilmington and Other Cities. ; The second day of llu* v campaign i set liu* total flying up in spi.Ul4 al (the meeting Thursday night at ‘be V. M. A. The workers wen* cut hush,s --| tic and determined to pm *!.-,- whole affair over without a shadow of a i doubt. Thursday was a great day i,u* .the campaigners. While (In* totals for* ’ tile day was nothing like the day iie j«fore file forecast made liy Campaign Director Ackley of $3,00(1 for the day j was exceeded by $43. (’a plain t 'ns-: well started the ball lolling again with fourteen*, subscriptions and $502. I Captain Kidenhour followed with sev enteen counters and a total of $-105. ■ j Gits I lari sell finished the count for! ; tin* Army's forces by adding eighteen (subscriptions for a total of s:i2o. This | made the total for tlie division $1247.: ('apt. J. E. Love reported eight sub scriptions and $l3O for the navy. J. V. j Pharr followed with eleven folks and $320. and Captain A. 11. Jarratt re | ported six subscriptions and $l2O. Till* (total for the Navy was $570. The Air Forces 111 bn rallied their j llyers under Comma mils; A. R. Hoover. , (Captain Odell reportop fourteen sub-j script ions and $471. Maury Richmond [secured ten for $lO5. and A. S. Webb' [got six for $340. The total was SO7O. [The grand total for the three divis j ions amounted to $3,043. ! Mr. J. Wilson Smith, State Seen*-; tarv of the Y. M, (\ A. was present and made a very enthusiastic talk. He i reminded the workers that (he eyes of I tlie cities of North Carolina are upon j ! Concord Ihis week. He said In* was ! convinced that Concord would not fail ! in this critical hour and that the sue-' <*ess of the campaign lien* would mean much to Wilmington and Greensboro where similar campaigns were being considered. These are the three eit j ies left which have debts on their | buildings and if Concord succeeds it will reduce it to two. A very line din tier was again served by ihe ladies of Trinity church, wlm arc serving all j the meals during tin* campaign. | This morning another short pep j meeting was held at 5:45 and was nt- I tended by a large number of workers. ; ! About 50 men were present. Director Ackley suggested that the sentiment fwas growing in favor of closing tin* | campaign Saturday noon at 12:15] with a luncheon provided the men felt * they were able to see tlie folks and j get their- subscriptions in. ' After 1 [ some discussion tin* men voted umini-! | liiously in favor of redoubling their [efforts today and getting tlie subscrip tions ii. by Saturday noon at the lat-’ | est. It was pointed out that Satur-■ I day is a bad day for the merchants to I work and that by working nearly all j day the folks can lx* pretty nearly all !seen. Already a total of 28(1 people have been seen and tiris shows very j conclusively flint Concord wants its V jto remain. Some very encouraging i reports were made Thursday night. The general favor it which the Y I seems to be held slums flint Concord appreciates its Y. M. C. A. One proni | inent business lima stated that in all ] the campaigns he had worked thus ! far—and lie had been in all of them— lie had heard absolutely no criticism jat all against the Y this time. He ! considered that a most favorable I showing. No doubt there will he ! folks who Will not Ik* seen as it is a | physical impossibility to see all those [who might contribute even with the j best system. If anyone lias been omit ted who desires to contribute he limy Call at the Y and make his or her snli | scription. Another lunch will Ik* serv i ed tonight at the Y ar 0:15 and every [man who lias worked in the campaign | is earnestly requested to lie present. Will Adhere Strictly to the I-aw. New York. May is. IBy the Asso ciated Press.) —If tlie Supreme -Court edict preventing traits-Atlantic crafts from carrying liquor within the three mile limit stands, the Uunurd Anchor - Lines will adhere strictly to the law, i 8-ir Ashley Sparks, general agent for tlie United States, announced today ! upon ids return from a conference 1 with officials of tlie line. Acquitted on Übarge of Larceny. (By the Atiwimml l»r*w» Wentworth, N. C\. May 18. —Carl C, 1 Coulitryiuan was acquitted here today on a charge of larceny of S4OO from . the Boulevafd Bank of Leaksvitle two 1 [ years ago. Similar charges brought by ‘jthe Bank of Stonoville liuve not yet | been disposed of. One of Questions Is Wheth eror Not Women of the Church Shall Be Allowed on Executive Committees. INCREASED FUND FOR - MINISTERIAL RELIEF Problem Also to Be Discuss ed as to Church Remain ing in Federal Council of Churches of America. Montreat. May is. (By tin* Asso- ] cinted Ureas.) —Due hundred and three I overtures from Presbyteries and synods ranging from flic question of! whether women will be allowed places I on executive committees, to tlie prob lem of whether llu* body will remain! in tile Federal Council of Churches of; Christ in America, and matters involv ing foreign mission's work today were! before tlie (>3ril General Assembly of j tlie Southern Presbyterian Church. Taking the position that tlie execti-! five committee on foreign missions lias ! no rigid to use funds-contributed to it for contributions to the support of the j National Christian Council, the Bethel! Presbytery of South Carolina requests ; tlie Assembly to instruct the council- nien. Tlu* Presbytery also requests! that tlie committee he instructed not [ to encourage the work of tin* council "in any way whatever." The Presbytery of Abingdon. Va„ ( respectfully overtures the General As sembly that it instruct its executive committee on foreign missions to take the Cliurcti'into its complete confidence as to its |f*mnci:ri and to publish it: "our Church papers the ac tual amount owed by the said commit tee. rather than file budget items", j reads •'Hie overture. Another overture from tlie Fayette ville. N. (’.. Presbytery, asks tlu* As sembly to appoint a special commit to*-* I to "promptly and thoroughly investi gate tin* charges, of imsotindnoss in [ doctrine in circulation against certain missionaries now in the foreign fields.-; and it: connection with the 'courses taught iu certain educational institu tions in foreign fields, to report to the 1!i24 meeting." The executive committee on foreign missions yesterday reported an inves-; ligation had been made of charges re lating to the foreign missionaries and nil allegations had been found to Ik* i without foundation. Tlie chairmen of tlu* standing coin-| mi I tees of the Assembly appointed in-1 eluded; Foreign correspondent. John S. Fos-j ter, Winston-Salem? Publication and Sabbath School i Work. W. E. Hill, Fayetteville. N. C. Mileage. .1. J. Willard. Hickory. Devotional Exercises. W. S. Ilut-i chinson. Horse Shoe, N. C. Report on Home Missions. Montreat. N. <’.. May .18.—The Gen eral Assembly of the Southern l’res-. byterian Church, holding its annual, session here, today heard the annual report of the executive committee on home missions, submitted by Rev. S. L. Morris, D. 1>„ Atlanta. Ga.. secre tary. This committee serves twelve nationalities in its work. Tin* report showed funds raised for this cause during tlie your amounted to $523,401. it decrease of $20,030. re sulting in the committee for the first time in ten years to report a debt amounting to $35,000. As the reason for this indebtedness, according to the report, the committee cited the neces sity of larger expenditures to save it vestments in unfinished buildings atul of meeting providential crises ill cer tain growing institutions under its jur isdiction. The nationalities served by Hie com mittee are named as Mexlears. Syri ans, Chinese. Jews, Indians. Caucas ians and Negroes. Thirty-eight ordained negro -minis ters, it was brought out in the report, aided liy tlie committee'served fifty eight churches and missions with 2,- I 350 members and a constituency ot •».- ; 000. ■ The committee during the year, the report showed, lmd 208 mountain work ers. including evangelists, pastors, pastors, teachers and Bible women and these conducted 104 Sabbath schools, attgeuded by 7.231 scholars. A total of 5,500 services was held at 240 preach ing points. The report showed that $28,150 was collected for school pur poses and $5,308 for benevolences. ! one nf tin* chief accomplishments ' of the committee, according to its re port. was the placing of llu* gospel ii | reach of 75,000 persons residing in the mountain districts of the church. Forty-seven mission schools were conducted with 3,780 children in at tendance. The current expenses of these schools amounted to $250,000 ami 'the property value ,was estimated, in the report at $500,000. When character fails nothing else i is secure. MRS. (. T. TROY DIED HERE THURSDAY NIGHT Had Been 111 For Two Years.—Funer al Services to Be Held Tomorrow Afiemoon. Mrs. Rosa K. Troy, widow of the late Cyrus T. Troy, died this morning at 1 :2(> o'clock at her home on Loan street. Mrs. 'lToy had been ill for the I past two years and her condition dur-1 mg fin* p:st several weeks had been I so serious that her death was not un- expected. The deceased was about 47 years of age and is survived by two children, three sisters and two brothers. The children are Mrs. Aubrey \Y. Koikes, of this city, and Mr. Sidney Troy, of Charlotte. Mrs. (diver Uusseli. of this city. Mrs. Mollie Kizziah, of this city and Mrs. .1. E. Carter, of Hills boro. are tlu* surviving sisters, and Mr. Charles Kizziah. of Philadelphia, and £ls%. Eyed- raf < igsipee. N. C.. uri- tin- surviving brothers; t ; ; Funeral services will lie held at tin* home Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. \V. A. Jenkins, as sisted liy Rev. T. \V. Smith. Inter ment will Ik* made in (lakwood ceme tery. 1 Mrs. Troy was horn and reared in .Concord and was known and beloved by a wide host of friends. Slie was a BRYAN DEFEATED BY DK. . WISH ART FOR MODERATOR Latter to Preside Over Northern Presbyterians.—Elected oil Third Ballot. Indianapolis. Ind., May 17.—Dr. Charles F. Wisliart, president of Wooster College, Wooster, < lllio. to-, dgy -was elected moderator of the general assemb y of th» Presbyterian church, defeating Wiliam Jennings Bryan i.n the third ballot. The Commoner had led a neid of four on tlie first ballot, and of three on the second, when he came within IS votes of election,, but after all other candidates had w.thdrawn. Dr. WSshart forged ahead, winning by 451 to 427, with 439 votes needed t) elect. “CHUUK” PALMER FREED AA’as Held in Connection With the Death of Leighton Mount. (tty Ihe \MMoelated l*re»>».i ( - Citieugu., May .. AS. —Chas. ."CiiuCjk" Palmer, star foot hall player and Senior at Northwestern University, after be ing held part of the time in a cell which he referred. to as a dungeon since 1 a. m. yesterday in connection with the State Attorney's investigation of tlie disappearance of Leighton Mount, a freshman, after a class rush in 1!I21, was freed oil his own recogniz ance today by Chief Justice McKinley with orders to return to flu* Court at 2 p. m. today. Higginbotham Trial Again Halted. I By the A**RO«*late<f I*rex«.) Cross city. Fla.. May is.—The trial of Walter Migginbntlmm charged with first degree murder growing out of the death oC Martin Taliert. in a con vict camp, was halted again today wneh the defense filed affidavits from three cities accusing Judge Mallory Horne, presiding jurist, of being prej udiced against the defendant. Judge Horne disqualified: himself, aiid recessed the hearing until Gov ernor Hardee can name a new judge. Unmarried Women to Be Given Pref erence. (By tM Pre*».‘ Statesville. N. C.. May IS.—Unmar ried women will lie given preference in the selection of teachers for the schools of Statesville, it was decided at a re cent meeting of the school lsiard. and any single woman hereafter elected shall lie elected with till* implied con dition that her marriage is equiva lent to tier resignation. The new pol icy of the school .board will not apply lo substitute teachers. Bonar Law May Retire. Paris. .May IS (By the Associated Press).—The health of Andrew Bonar Law, according to information derived from persons in closest relations with Hit* British Prime Minister, is so seri ously affected that his‘ retirement ap pears to lie only a mailer of weeks, or even days. China still leads in silk production, although the actual amount is un known, with Japan second. Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN JABS The Seven Wonders. t In the world of tin* parent and boy today are seven important matters about which mother or father is won dering—the seven wonders, we may i ; call them. They are: 1.1 wonder if my hoy will keep I physically tit. j 2. i wonder if my hoy will have a ! clear brain. ; 3. 1 wot (let* if my hoy will come i through clean. ! 4. 1 wonder if my hoy will enjoy manly sports. i 5. I wonder if my boy will always ! do liis hit. <>. I wonder if my boy will be a j brother to 1 lie other fellow. 7. I wonder if my hoy will catch tlie spirit of Christ and, hold fast, to I Him forever.—James M. Ogden. I When you can say to your boy, “Do as I do." instead of "Do as I Say,” !you will make some impresion on him. j If yoh expect your boy to he the kind of a man you want him to lie, | you will have to be tlie kind of man 99999999 9 TODAY’S 9 9 NEWS 9 9 TODAY 9 9999999 NO. 118, GOVERNOR S«S TILL LTIHG K BEEN Dd IN STATEMENT TOOHY He Has Already Investigat ed to Two Rumors and He |* Can Convince Anyone of Their Absolute Falsity. IS GOING TO EXPOSE Says He Is Satisfied Every thing Is All Right in Man agement of Penitentiary.— Is Going to the Bottom. i Raleigh, May IS. i By Ihe Associated I Press).—"l believe J am going to ex pose some of the blackest lying against faithful public servants ever put into circulation in this State," declared Governor Morrison this morning when asked for a statement regarding action of the State prison hoard yesterday, in adopting a revised method of handling prisoners, which included abandon ment of the practice of Hogging and the use of dark cells. ”1 have already investigated one or two of the rumors and could now con vince anybody of their infamous falsi ty," the Governor continued. The Governor stated he was "not through" with the purposes he had in mind with reference to. the State's penal institutions and that he expected to go "as near the bottom of the whole matter as he had the ability to do." lie declared that he was satisfied that everything was all right in the man agement of the penitentiary: that he had "implicit confidence" in the beard of directors and George I'ou, superin | tendent of the prison, but that he "ex i peered ttffftvestigate evetf-ruery rfi*e sponsihle rumor" he had heard about the penitentiary and that "if any-citi zen of the State or aggrieved party had anything to add to the rumors al ready afloat" he would be glad to hear from them. "I am going to the bottom of the whole thing and give the people the facts." declared Governor Morrison. "Instead of finding anything wrong 1 believe 1 am goir.g to expose some of the blackest lying against faithful ser vants ever put into circulation in this State." .Airs. Johnson Says I'on’s Recommen dations are Excellent. Raleigh. May 1N. —Mid. Kate Burr Johnson, commissioner of public wel fare, characterized the recommenda tions of Supt. George I’ou. of the State prison, adopted yesterday by the State prison lioard as "excellent" and stat ed that they were "along the lines of modern and progressive prison tneth |ods." She Stated, however, that "the success of this new program will de pend largely upon the type df men j whom Supt. Pou will lie aide to place "in immediate charge of the various groups of prisoners.” Orphans’ Home Per Capita Tax In creased. (By the Associated Press.) v | Goldsboro, X. May 17.—The an | nunl per capita tax for support of II lie Odd Fellows Orphan Home here whs increased to $3.00 by the North : Carolina Grand I .edge of Independent I Order of odd Fellows this morning. | Officers will lie installed this nfter ! noon and the Grand Bodge brought to In close. A large number of members jot tlie Grand Lodge will remain over. | for the exercises of the graduating | class of tlie Home tonight. ! Leave Camp Bragg For Flight to San Diego. ! Fayetteville. X. May I,X,—Lieut. 18. I’. Gaines and Staff Eergennt A. J. ! llilton left Polk Field, Fort Bragg, at 7:14 this morning for a flight to Sar. Diego, Cal. The first stop was sched uled to be today at Columbia, S. C, you expect him to be. God helps him who ear lielf himself and does. He helps him who would help himself, hut cannot I But he never helps him who enn help himself and will not. David's cry "Is the young man safe'/" should he the cry of every citi zen for every lioy in the community. Service is the test of greatness, your value to your home, your church or city is measured h.v what you do for them, not what you get out of them. "Is the Vfivuig Man Safe?” Not un- I til that question is answered ir, the af firmative for every boy in the com munity. lias any citizen a, right to bo satisfied with what is being done. How much are you worth? To many men means how much has the world t>een worth to them, not how much they huve been worth to the world.