North Carolina Newspapers

99999999 9 ASSOCIATE 9 9 PRESS - 9 9 DISPATCHES 9 VOLUME XXIII EDITORS HEAR THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THEIR PRESIDENT Report Delivered Today by President John B. Sherrill at Meeting of Editors at Blowing Rock. PAST YEAR WAS SUCCESSFUL ONE For Newspaper Men in North Carolina—Siigg&tions Are Made for the Conduct of Business in the Future. Blowing Rock. N. C.. .Tunc 21.—The following is the annual address of Pres ident J. B. Sherrill delivered here today before the meeting of the North Carolina Preess Association: It is a great pleasure to again greet you on the occasion of our annual com ing together. I trust we have met here in these beautiful mountains not only for our mutual good, but for the good of the whole State, and thnt in our de sire to escape for a few days the har assing cares of the sanctum and the shop, we will not give ourselves over wholly to recreation and enjoyment and neglect the mort important things which should always have our earnest consid eration. I>“t us never forget that we rep ■ resent one of the greatest industries of the times, and address ourselves ns men of business to the consideration of means of devising and enforcing methods, the application of which will make our pro fession and business profitable in a de-, gree commensurate with the capital in vested and the amount of labor which we bestow on it. To be sure we must not look only on the improvement of our material condition.. but it is imperative that we do not forget that we should bend every effort to advance every good cause and to aid the promotion of every commendable public enterprise. The newspaper is necessarily a com munity builder. It is.a trite saying that newspapers are "moulders of public o|dnion." but this fact was never more apparent than it is today. Even the publisher of the snjhllest paper, who oft en does not realize the great importance of his work, wields an intlueuee which’ permeates the whole community, and in infiuences. sometimes unconsciously, the tread of community action. The editor must be )>f rsoifatl.v acquainted With the leaders of his respective communities. He must be a membpr of the Rotary. Ri wauis. Lion or Civitan Club, or whatever society is organized in his town to pro mote the welfare of the community. In fact, the newspaper by its forward pol icy can make a community progressive, or it can by its failure to .function as a lender of thought and action, retard prog ress and keep its town always in the rear ranks. 1 think the publishers and printers of North Carolina should sincerely address themselves to the question: Are we charging enough for our products'/ We cannot control or hold down the rising cost of newspaper publication and of the operation of our job printing offices. l)o you know that practically everything that a printer or a newspaper uses is controlled by virtual trusts? If you will look up your invoices of ten years ago and compare them with some of the present day, I think you yourself will be surprised at the tremendously in creased cost of'everything that goes to make up a newspaper or job office. Not only has the cost of the material more than doubled (in some cases ii is three or four times ns much) but labor, both in the. front, and rear offices, is exacting a toll compared to which the salaries of men ten years ago or even leas appear as child's wages. Mr. Clifford Yewdull, an accounting and auditing expert of New York, recently delivered an address at a convention of the Michigan League of Home Dailies in which'he showed his.au ditors that they were fooling themselves in believing that they are making money now, or have done so at all since the war. Taking actual figures furnished by some of the members present, he showed them that instead of making mon ey, as they had supposed they were do ing. they were actually losing all the time. He stressed the point that al though retail business costs had come down since the war and most merchan dise could be bought for less than dur iug war days, .vet costs of newspaper publishing had been steadily climbing, if 'you will write for prices on any piece of printing machinery you will find when you get your replies that every dealer has quoted you exactly the same price and the same discount, and the same terms. There is absolutely no such thing as buying most of your material needed on a competitive .market. Any newspaper man or printer knows that the increase in the cost of his product has not kept pace with the steadily and often spectacular advance in the price of the things he is compelled to buy in order to print his paper or keep his job office running. It is time for every one of us to wake up to the fact that we must not only not cut prices nor do work cheaper because -the other fellow is on the suicidal road by doing it, but we must realixe that the ever-mounting cost of material and supplies we are compelled to buy warrants and demands an increase in the prices of the things we sell. We cannot remain blind to this situation and long prosper. Let every one of us look this thing squarely in the face. The weekly newspaper, if it be pro gressive, is closer to the people in the ru ral districts than the daily. The weekly press can, if it will, do more to keep the people from leaving the country sections than can the daily newspaper. It can CConcluded on p«ff»»fcpr.) The Concord daily Tribune WADE GIVES ADVICE TO STATE INSURANCE MEN Says Something Must Be Done to Elimi nate Fires In Manufacturing Plants, tit the Aaaoetaied Press, i Winston-Salem. June 21.—"N0 action we may take, regardless of the benefit that may accrue to your organization or to its individual members/' declared Stacy W. Wade, State Fire Insurance Commissioner, speaking here before the State meeting of Fire Insurance Agents and having reference to fire losses, “can be considered sufficient and no .results justified which do not bring some relief from this wanton wastje and burden which grows heavier from yeaV to year." "During 11)22," said-Mr. Wade, "the total losses of the United States were more than five hundred million or $.".00 per capita, and while we feel encouraged i that the loss in North Carolina is only $3.21 per capita, or $2.43 exclusive of the Now Bern conflagration, a compari son of the per capita rate in the various towns poiiits to the necessity or some detienite action toward reducing the un necessary fires." The speaker discussed generally and at length the various problems faciug the local agents today. He urged that the proper type of ageuts be appointed for the conducing of fire insurance business, declaring that very often injustices arc wrought by careless underwriting. 'Our State is doing more probably than, any other state in the Union in its fire prevention work,” be said, "the effect of which is readily apparent in the reduc ed number of residential losses, -still the commercial aud manufacturing proper ties, continue to burn at an unprecedent ed rate. 1 would charge no agent of our state with deliberately over-insuriug ' property, yet because of unstabilized con-1 ditious the insurable values on buildings and stocks Ims varied widely aud often during the past few years, aud it seems that the only remedy fyr increased loss es is the withdrawal of protection to the sound iusurqble value or the property in order than the polie.tAkdder will be a co insurer for a reasonable amount.” GREENSBORO MAY BE FACING “WATER F'AMINE” ... Public Told to “Go Slow” in Watering Lawns; City Has Outgrown Supply; Building New Plant. Greensboro, June 30.—The first hint of a hater "famine” is heard here in the advice of the city authorities to the people to "f(o slow” in watering lawns. If the advice is not takeu well there will be municipal action to enforce more arid dispositions. The water supply fell so that segrrli was made for a leak in the pipe line bringing the water to the city, but it turned out that there is no leak. The extremely dry weather, long continued, • has made people try to save grass on lawns. On account of the many new dwellings there is a great number of new lawns, with grass- induced to grow only after extreme coaxing and millions of gallons of water have been used on them. The city has outgrown its water sys tem. )It is now building a great dam aud will install machinery that will in sure a supply of water many times as great ns the present inflow, but it will be some time until it is completed. SANDERS, OF SMITHFIELD, TO HEAD COTTON CO-Of?S , U. B. Blalcok, of Wadesboro, Re-elected General Manager; Morrison Appoints Him Director. ltalcigh, June 20. —IV, M. Sanders, of ; Smithtield, has been elected president of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co . operative Association and U. B. Blalock, ! of Wadeßboro, has been re-elected gen | eral manager, according to announcement , from headquarters of the association fol . lowing the meeting of the board of di- I rectors. R. W, Christian, of Fayette ville, was elected vice president, and A. , E. Bing, secretary-treasurer. General Manager Blalock has been ap , pointed director to represent the public, ' by Governor Morrison succeeding Dr.' ! B. W. Kilgore,, of Raleigh, who was re , cently elected dean of agriculture of I Nortli Carolina State College. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at An Advance of From 29 to 45 Points. (Br the Associated Press. > New York, June 21. —The cotton mar ket opened steady at an advance of 20 to 45 points on old crop months, and of six to 20 points on the new crop positions. There was some selling on continued good weather in the cotton belt but it was absorbed on compara tively slight setbacks and the early mar ket was steady on Liverpool buyhig of July and covering in new crop positions. July and October sold up 15 to 37 points during early trading. South Carolina Railroad Passenger Rate Cut. Columbia, S. C., June 20.—The South Carolina railroad commission this after noon announced a decision to the effect that it is ordering the three and six tenths cents a mile railroad passenger fare in South Carolina-abolished and the three cent fare, authorized by state statute, to become effective. This fol lows a recent hearing, in which lengthly feotimony was taken, with officials of railroads in the state attending, and tes timony being taken from various angles of railroad operation and costs. The railroads wilT petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission, it is understood, and it is expected that the case will go through the courts before it is finally decided. Highway Commission to Let Contracts. Raleigh, June 21 (By the Associated Press). —Bids have been called for on 171.68 miles of roadway, one bridge, and one overhead crossing, according to an announcement made at the offices of the State Highway Commission here. The bids will be opened on June 27th, the state reserving tho right to reject any or all .bids deemed unsatisfactory. The construction work which will be [undertaken when the bids have been [awarded it in every section of the state [and includes many types of improved ■ roadway. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923. 30 PUSH ROOF OF GRINDSTAKD FILLS DURIG GAME One Boy So Badly Hurt That Little Hope is Entertained For Him.—Another Also Seriously Hurt. TWO PLAYERS ARE AMONG THOSE HURT ' \ During Game Rain Began to Fall and Everyone Was in Grandstand When Wind Struck and Damaged It. »By the Associated Frees.) Forest City. N. C„ June 2L—Thirty persons were hurt, four seriously, when the roof of the baseball grandstand was blown off by a violent wind during the baseball game here yesterday afternoon between the Forest City and Caroleen teams of the Blue Ridge T.engue. Wm. Harriil, a ten year old boy, will probably die from a fractured skull. Har old Long received fractures of the shoul der blade, and of the right leg, and is considered in a eritical condition. Roy Jones, of Spindale, of the ball players, received a broken hip and Morris John son, 'of Taylorsville, also a ball player, was painfully injured. During the sixth inning of the game, which was attended b.v about 200 per sons, rain suddenly began falling. The teams left the field and took shelter un der the grandstand. Suddenly a great gust of wind struck the stand, tearing off the roof which fell partially over the stand, with two score persons beneath the wreckage. All the iujured persons were taken to a local hospital. An evangelistic tent was blown over by the wind but utf one was injured. Practically no other damage Was doue in the towD. HARDING CHIDES HIS TRAIN CREW Pleasantly Jokes Thsm About Being Too' Busy to See Him. On Board President Harding's Special Train, Near Cumberland. Md.. June 20. -•-President Harding made his first speech after leaving Washington for a 15,000-mile trip to the Pacific coast and Alaska today at Martinsburg. Vn. It was ad<U'essed to a small. hoy tfg in the streets who hailed the President and re ceived in turu a cheerful "Hello, there !" TJlie train stopped for water when the President appeared on the rear platform. The small boy was the first to recognize the chief executive and called. 'Hello, Mr. President.” Others, including a Dumber of railroad workers who had been waiting at the station, followed the boy's example, shook bauds, and wished the President a pleasant journey. A few miles out of Martinsburg the President, still on the rear paltform, saw a scene which carlied him back to the swimming hole days of his yputh. In the foreground were a half dozen boys, scantily clad, enjoying refuge from the midsummer heat in a pool formed by a little creek flowing down through the hills. Mr. Harding greeted the youngs ters with a smile and a wave of his cap. • / The President spent the first hours aboard the train enjoying the scenery along the upper Potomac and in com plete relaxation after the long hours spent at his desk in preparation of his more important addresses and in clear ing up, official business. During this time he made the acquaintance of the train crew aud pleasantly reprimanded some of the trainmen who had been too busy to visit the President’s car. EVERYBODY ON THE LEVIATHAN HAPPY Vessel Is Making Trip With Good Speed and With Everything About Her Work ing Perfectly. On Board S. S. Leviathan, June 21 (By the Associated Press). —Uncle Sam's guests on board the Leviathan breakfast ed today some distance due east of Wil mington, N. ,C„ after ni night's run \vhieh was satisfactory in eVe.v way to tlie passengers and officers of the giant liner. The vessel probably will turn around on the homeward voyage at 4 p. in. to morrow when it is expected the island of Abaca “the hole in the wall” of the i Bahamas, will be reached. Reformed Church Plans Catawba College Fund. Salisbury, June 20.—Plans for the raising of $400,000 endowment fund for Catawba College which is to be raised to an A grade institution and moved from Newton to Salisbury, were dis cussed at a meeting of Reformed minis ’ ters and laymen from over the state at , First Reformed Church, Salisbury. # The meeting was addressed by J. T. Hedrick, | of Lexington, who hns charge of raising the endowment. Sections of the state | have been laid off in districts and al lotments made for these districts to raise ' in order to make up the endoment want , ed. The campaign will be on all sum mer, the final drive to be conducted the last week in September. The school is to be ready for work in Salisbury at the j beginning of the 1D24 term. i New Drug House for Carthage. 1 ' (By the Associated I‘rrM. ■ t Raleigh, June 21. —Charles Cole and s Company has been granted a charter of ■ Incorporation by Secretary of State i Everett for the conducting of a general r wholesale and retail business in drugs, medicines, syrups, etc. Capital stock ; of the coneern is given as $60,000, half l of which is preferred, an<) the main office 3 of business Is at Carthage. J. F. Cole, 1 S. F. Cole and P. H. Kennedy, all of Carthage, are the incorporators. DAN NOBLES MUST DIE I IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Gov. Morrison Dt#» to Change Sen tence of Man Convicted of Mnrder. <ttv the AssOCHUed Frees i Raleigh. June 21.—Governor Morrison today denied the application for commu tation of the death .sentence of Dan Nobles, who was convicted -of the killing of his cousin Henry B. Nobles, Colum bus county farmer. . Nobles is to be executed at the state prison next Tues day. A petition for commutation was pre- j sented by D. C. France, local attorney, whd produced a number of affidavits from Noble's re'atives tending to prove an alibi for the condemned man. "I have studied the case and every theory presented b.v tile defendant." the governor stated in declining the applica- l tion. “The attempted alibi coming 1 from testimony of relatives of the prison er is incomplete. Every word set forth in the affidavit may be true, nnd still ] tile defendant could have committed the J crime." The principal witness against Nobles was the eight-year-old daughter of Henry Nobles. “Tile evidence of-dhe child or her im mature years if it stood alone.” the gov ernor stated, “might be insufficient by which to take the life-rtf a hitman being. ] but when corroborated as she was cor- j roborated in this easy, her evidence, it ] seems to me. must, be convincing to any t judicial mind.” ( “1 cannot interfere with the execu- , tion of the law in this case," continued ( the governor, “and the prisoner's friends and kepers had best advise him to pre- ( pare to meet the judgment of the court.’’ , SOUTHERN TEXTILE MEET AT ASHEVILLE THIS WEEK 1 Already Delegates From All Parts of the 1 South Are Arriving in Asheville for I the Meeting. '*7 the Auoetated Free*.) Asheville, June 21.—Delegates began to reach Asheville today for the annual 1 convention of the Southern Textile As sociation which opens tomorrow morn- , ing. A special car bringing delegates from Georgia arrived this morning and 1 delegates from other Southern states, in cluding the two Oarolimis, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia! are expected to I reach the city this afternoon aud to night. Interesting addresses concerning the 1 textile business and discussion of prob- 1 lems relating to the Industry will sea- ' ture the meeting which will come to a J close Saturday morning,, John \V. Clark, of Fraukliuville, president of the Ran dolph Mills. Inc., is President of the As sociation and will preside over the delib erations. Election of ffiScers for the en suing year will be held Saturday. 'James A. Chapman, leman, S. C\, vice president, is expelled J’ be promoted to tlte presidency. Jk &■ .Carter, of Gnstrtnia. N.' J C., fs'SWWrary. the prinpical addresses tomor row wlil be upon "Human' Relationships in Textile Industry" by Joe N. Game well, of Lexington. Friday afternoon an industrial motion picture entitled 'Thirsty Cotton” will be shown and the annual banquet of the association will be held Fridas night. WASHINGTON’S UNIVERSITY OBSERVES BIRTHDAY Old I’ohick Edifice One Hundred and Fifty Years Old. Washington, .Tune 21 (Capital News Service). —Pohick Church is one hun dred and fifty years old. This is the famous old edifice near both Jit. Ver non, Washington's home, and Alexan dria, Va„ of which George Washington supervised the erection and of which he was warden of the Vestry. Other names famous in the early his tory of the church were George Mason, qf Gunstoii Hall; George William Fair fax, and Daniel McCarty. The church haR maintained its active interest in the country's welfare, as evi denced by the unveiling last year of u tablet, to young members of the congre gation whose lives were sacrificed in the World War. Mrs. Harding, wife of the President, participated in the birth day celebration ceremonies, which in clude addresses by noted divines and au elaborate musical program. RESERVE BANKS WANT ANOTHER HEARING Not Satisfied With Decision of Supreme Court in Par Clearance Case. <Br the Associates Press.* Washington, June 21.—Counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va., presented to the Supreme Court today a motion for leave to tile a petition for a rehearing in the ease brought by the Farmers & Merchants Bnnk of Monroe, N. C., and others, in which the court ou June lltli sustained the validity of the State law under which state banks were authorized to charge u commiHion for their services in the collection of checks drawn upon them. The effect of the motion will be to pre , vent the issuance of a mandate by the court, putting into operation its decis ion until after it reconvenes next Octo ber, and determines whether it will re hear the case. . With Our Advertisers. The Cabarrus Cash Grocery has some special for Dollar Sale Week. New ad. ! gives particulars. Bargains will be offered in every de , pertinent of Usher’s during Dollar Sale . Week. The Crystal Pressing Club can keep . your Peaim Beach suit looking like new , all of the time. , The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. is offer ing some attractive bargains for Dollar Sale Week. Don’t fail to read new ad. carefully. 1 New Warehouse Company. , [ (By the Aosoclnted Press.) ; Raleigh', June 21. —For the purpose of i conducting a general ware housing busi , ness the Secretary of State has granted c a charter of incorporation to the Ham s let Warehouse Company, Hamlet. The s. capital stock of the corcern is $50,000, ,'and incorporators are ,T. P. Gibbons, W. f R. Land, Nathan LeGrand and L. E. Blanchard,, all of Hamlet. BRIM SHIPS ARE ; CARRYING LIQUORS i • TO AMERICAN PORTS: i Ships Will Sell Liquors to * Their Guests as Usual, and i Wet Supply Wfll Be Sealed ' With Government Seals, i t SEC. MELLON IS ; AFTER SOLUTION < 1 l If Seals Are Broken a Serious \ Situation May Arise.— ‘ Thinks the Situation Will fc Be Met When It Arises. ( (By the AuMOctnied Press.i | Washington, June 21. —Secretary Jlel- , lon began a series of conferences today ‘ in an effort to clear up the new ship , liquor situation developing from the de termination of several foreign shipping , companies to bring liquor into American > waters linden the new customs seals of their government. Prior to these deliberations the secre- , tary declared there was no doubt of the ( general 'right to seize contrabrand with in American waters, but added that the j question whether an agent of the Ameri can government dared to destroy a for eign government seal presented a grave ’ problem. He expyessed a hope that we “find out ( just what we can do immediately.” Informed that the liner Berengaria, due in New York tomorrow or Saturday, , was bringing a sealed store of liquor the Secretary merely replied that the ( Treasury would be able to drtil with the situation thus presented when it arose. Ships Carrying Liquor as Usual. |. Southampton. England, June 21 (By j the Associated Press). —The Cunard liner Berengaria. which sailed for New j York last Saturday, carries sufficient al coholic liquids for her return voyage un der the same kind of lock and seal as 1 that employed by the White Star liner Olympic which sailed yesterday, it was learned today. A showdown over the question whether British ships can satisfy the thirst of their passengers on their trips from dry America to wet England, therefore be comes likely to come sooner than expect- : ed. The first challenge will /probably be thrown dopvn tomorrow when the Bereu garin is d*e to pass the Statue, of Liber ty. CALL PRIMARY TO NAME ’ SUCCESSOR TO KITCHIN Several Names Have Been Suggested as Candidates for the Unexpired Term. Rocky Mount, June 20.—At a called meeting here this afternoon the Demo cratic executive committee of the second congressional district issued a call for a primary on the first Saturday in Oc tober to elect a congressman to serve the unexpired term of the late Claude Kitchin. The eommitve also provided that a second primary be held one week after the first, if necessary to. fill the vacancy. At the same time the committee ad dressed a communication to Governor Jlorrison advising him of its action aud rebuesting that he call for a regular elec tion on the first Tuesday in November. Judge John H. Kerr, of Warranto*, Solicitor R. G. Alisbrook, of Tarboro, aud X. J. Rouse, an attorney of Kin ston, are said to be candidates for the un expired term. SIOO,OOO FIRE AT OIL CITY,-PENNSYLVANIA Entire Suburb Threatened But Fire Was Finally Gotten Under Control. IBy the Associated Press.) Oil City, Pa., June 21. —Fire caused by an explosion in a vapor line spread so quickly in a part of the Pennsylvania- American Refining Company today that ten oil stills were Won in flames, and 7.000 barrels of oil endangered. Fire men were summoned from nearby points. One man was injured. Soon after the explosion the fire spread toward a number of tanks fill'd with gasoline and benzine and fears were eg pressed for the safety of Rouseville. the suburb in which the refinery, a $2,000.- 000 plant, is located. Merchants began moving their stocks and all automobile were ordered off the streets by the state pol ice. The fire was finally extinguished with a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. Mecklenburg Mills Creditors to Meet. Salisbury, June 20.—A creditors meet ing of the Jieckleuburg Mills Company has been called for Saturday morning at 10 o’clock in the office of Linn and Linn, Salisbury, for the purpose of consider ing a practical solution of the difficul ties now confronting the creditors. One possible outcome of this meeting would be- the financing of the receivership of the four mills involved so that operations in them might be resumed. Martin Cannon, of Concord, and J. K. Doughton, named as receivers, refused to qualify because of a lack of funds with which to keep the mills going. The deposi tors of the People's National Bank, which closed on account of the Mecklen burg Mills trouble, are having a meeting at the court house Thursday evening to take steps to protect themselves in the premises. Gravey Sentenced to Prison. (Hr the AlMintltl Preen.) New Y’ork, June 21.—Marcus Gravcy, self-elected provisional president of Af rica. was sentenced today to the Atlanta penitentiary for five years fleecing the 1 public through the sale of Black Star Line stock. It is estimated that there are 400,- 000,000 mummies in Egypt. I NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SEEN FOR WASHINGTON Capital to be Center of American Edn , cation. Washington, June 21 (Capital News Service).—The National I'niversitr -j jest, originally fostered by George Sl*'® ington, and agaiu put before the ( by the program of the Supreme Council of the Acient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Juris diction of the United States, is receiv ing much attention from Capital City educators. Dr. Abram Jiiinon, president of the board of education, of the District of Columbia, believes that a national uni versity is assured for the city and na tion in the near future. He believes that the present George Washington University will be the nucleus around which the national institution is built, and that with the establishment of junior universities, paralleling junior high schools, working in connection with the national university, the nation will have an educational center in Washington which will profoundly affect and greatly stimulate the cause of education through out the country. “The junior universities must come," Dr. Simon said, “because our large uni versities are overcrowded; because they are too extensive. They will have to comp to all the large cities of the coun try for this'reason, and although Wash ington is not an industrial city, it, too, will have them incorporated into its school system. “I believe every large city will have to develop an educational program thnt will carry the pupil from the first grades to ,the university. These junior univer sities also will give the pupils enthusi asm for the college degree. “The pupil enters the junior high school in many instances firmly con vinced he neither needs nor is able to finish tlie full high school course. How ever, after he has completed the junior course nnd receives his diploma he is eager to continue to the senior ■ high school and receive the senior diploma. ‘ln the same way the junior uriiversi* ties will add stimulus to education. The i pupil will say that he can not take the I full college course, but will take the 1 junior university course and see what it is, like. After he has received the junior diploma he will want the senior college diploma and the degree.” | i ROTARY CONVENTION 1 OPENS IN ST. LOUIS ! i Employment of the Highest Standard of i Ethics in Business Urged at Meeting. I St. Louis. June 20.—Employment rtf ' tlie highest standard of ethics in busi ness, co-operation of capital and labor 1 and cultivation of friendship between employer and employee were urged at today's session here. Speakers inclnd- * inuoijnti.irftiii ‘suoauh K pnouu'Bjj pa irresident C Sydney W. Paschal, of Don-' don: Merle Sidener. n member of the vigilance committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the Wordl: Slier- 1 man Rogers, New York: and Bert Serib- i ner. chairman of the Rotary's business : methods committee. I “Tlie danger to civilzation is not the i mob or the raging multitude but the i weakling citizens, the spineless business i mail, the person who stands for nothing i and will do nothing,” Mr. Havens as- ( serted. "Every community is what its business men make it.. In promoting i codes of business ethics n round tlie world Rotary is striving to do away with that ’ other false notion that honor can be pas- i sive: that right can exist without ac tion." i MANY PLEDGE LIVES TO MISSIONARY' WORK 107 Delegates to B. Y. P. U. Volunteer For Work in Home and Foreign Mis sion Fields. (By the Associated Press.) High Point, June 21. —One hundred and sixty-seven delegates to the 14th an nual convention of the North Carolina Baptist Young Peoples Union in session here this morning at a sunrise consecra tion service, volunteered for work in home and foreign mission fields of the church. Twelve of these said they had definitely decided to enter training for foreign nfissiou fields. Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, ad dressed the delegates this morning on “Christian Citizenship.” Methodist Orphanage Plans Improve- Raieigh, June 20.—The decision to ex pend between SIOO,OOO and $200,000 for tlie erecting and equipping of five build ings was decided upon at a meeting of the trustees of the Methodist Orphanage here yesterday. A cottage for babies, two for older boys, a modern kitchen and dining room building, and au indus trial training building were authorized. It is stated that funds for the buildings, which are badly needed, are available, the conference and gifts having taken care of this essential. The condition of little Miss Nancy Mc- Clelland, who has been ill at her home for some time, is reported as improved to day. _ m :r m ! CITIZENS ! BANKS TRUST | COMPANY I 0> jjj _ou ’ will like our service I'ggr 1 ou* new ButtiNNc ‘""" ■■ ■ a ■'■■» ■ |^ - w V¥V V » ¥ i * TODAY’S ■ & NEWS'- < * TODAY ■ »@@® @ @ i VALLE! BELOW ETNA BECOMES LAKE OE RED ASHES Lava From Mount Etna Has Been Deviated Into Valley and Town of Linguaglossa Seems to Be Out of Danger ATMOSPHERE STILL FILLED WITH SMOKE And Thunderous Explosions Continue, Filling Popula tion With Fear and Driving Them From Their Homes. Catania, June 21 (By the Associated Press). —I'nless' there is a new and strong emission of lava from Mount Etna, the town of Linguaglossa, which has been threatened for the past three days is almost certainly safe from de struction. the official reports from devas tated regions say. The, huge stream of lava which has been coining toward the town has been deviated into a side road, and is flowing with accelerated velocity into the neigh boring valley which is gradually becom ing a veritable lake of fire. The few inhabitants remaining in I.in gnaglossa ascribe the diversion of the lava to the town’s patron saints to whom prayers and gifts were recently offered throughout the recent days of terror. The atmosphere for miles around the volcano is still dense with the ashes hurled skyward from the crater, which is completely hidden by dense pall of smoke and cinders. Thunderous explo sions continue, and from all quarters are heard distressing tales of wild stam pedes by the panic stricken population, and the destruction of homes. The town now most endangered is Castigilions of 15.000 inhabitants, which is menaced by one of the lava streams. Further from the crater than I.inglia glossa, Castigilions is also lower on the mountain slope down which the molteu rock is advancing. It is a picturesque town, surrounded by nut. trees, many of which are one fire. THREE CITIES WANT NEXT MEETING OF EDITORS Pinehursct. Charlotte and Raleigh Want ♦Vinter Meeting.—Storm Interrupts w (Hr the Associated Press.! Blowing Rock. June 21.—The North Caroline Press Association, which opened its convention here last night, was inter rupted near the close of the night session by ajeetric storm which cut off the elec tric lights. Miss M. H. Berry, of Chap el Hill, was addressing the members on rural credits when the interruption came and she completed her address at the op ening today. J. B. Sherrill, President of the Associ ation, delivered his animal address at noon today, stressing the value of the Weekly aud the smaller community papers in the lives of the people. Pinehurst, Charlotte and Raleigh pre sented invitations for the mid-winter session of the Association. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, President of ■Washington and Lee University, is sched uled to address the editors on the Lee Memorial School of Journalism. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK TONIGHT IN ST. LOUIS Train Passed Through His Native State Early This Morning. (Br the Associated PresaA On Board President Harding’s Special Train, Parkersburg, W. Va„ June 21. President Harding spent a ■ few hours with home folfcs today as the special train carrying him to the west coast crossed the state of Ohio and then through Indi ana and Illinois, to St. Louis where the the chief executice tonight will deliver his first formal address. > Tlie President’s train entered Ohio in the early morning hours after traversing a portion of Marylund and West Virgin ia, completing about 850 of the 15.000 miles to the Pacific Coast, Alaska, Pana ma and Porto Rico. Mr. Harding clearly indicated that he was glad to be back in his native state, even though for only a few hours. Raleigh Gets Uew Drug Company... Raleigh, June 21.—The C. H. Fleming Drug Company, of Raleigh, has been granted a charter of incorporation by the Secretary of State. The concern will conduct a general wholesale aud re tail drug business with a eiptal stock of !j!50.000. The incorporators are C. H. Flemiug. R. G. Carter, and I>. H. Powell, all of Raleigh. !l n Ever Since Establish • ment this hank has been in alliance with the farmers and business NO. 147.