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1 h F * * I " jSJL ©©©* © © © © © ASSOCIATED © J © PRESS © © DISPATCHES © ©©©©©©©© i ■ VOLUME XXIII Cabarrus County Leader In Health Work Results During First Three Months of Year This County Got More for Its Money Than Any County in State. DR. RANKIN MAKES HIS REPORT PUBLIC State Health Department Conducting Test to See Just What People Get For ■ Their Health Money. \ In a tost recently made by Dr. W. S. Rankin, bead of the State Board of Health, to determine what* county in the S%ev>- was yetting: the most for its money spent iu health tvork, Cabarrus county led this State. This -fact was made known witfc the publication of a report by Dr. Itaukin ooVering the work during the first three months of this year, the test having been started on January Ist. The following story from Monday's Ra leigh News and Observer covers fully the report of Dr. Rankin and explains where in Cabarrus county functions most efficiently in public health work: Checking the value of work done in the administration of a public office against a standard system of cokts and measuring the gross result, against the gross expenditure. State Health Officer, }\ S. Rankin made public yesterday the] initial results of one of the most radical experiments yet undertaken in the de velopment of public administration in] America. Cabarrus county heads the list of 24 counties included in the experiment with an earning of .$2.52 for every dollar spent in public health work in the county during the first three months in the year. Wilkes county lost twelve cents on every dollar spent, with an earning of 88 cents. Only three counties operated their health departments at a loss. Four thousand -copies of the report of the first three months of the opera tion of the system were mailed out yes terday to citizens living in the 24 coun ties maintaining whole time health offi cers. with a brief note calling Attention to the standing of each county in the list, and the results obtained by the lo cal health officer. Dr. Rankin is will ing that the figures speak for theinselves- The [dan \yas put into operation Jan uary Ist, after Sevojirt,.years.of intensive ,- tudy of tJiwiposMrtw v.f J*»4o» tratiou. Dr. Rnrikin outlined the. du pes of a county health work. For each item he fixed a definite cost, basing his estimate on the results of years of in vestigation of the cost of health work in the State and throughout the country. [ The twenty-four health officers were' given the list and asked to keep an ac- j curate record of each item performed i that could stand the scrutiny of an audi-j •tor. If a health officer vaccinated 100 people in a month, he would be credited! with .$25 in Ills results. If the vaccina tion cost him less than that amount, he • had earned money. If it cost more, he! had lost. And so on. with the entire list of items of work to be done. Dr. Rankin's undertaking lias been watched with profound interest through out the world ainang men who are in-! terested in public health and among men who arc interested in the economics of the administration of a public office. It is the first time that the government has been reduced to the point where the av erage citizen can know to the penny what lie is receiving for the taxes he is pay in'?. The scheme has been in Dr. Rankin's mind for several years, and it is the main reason that he will not he a mem ber of the faculty of one of the greatest universities in the world this fall. He declined to allow any mention to be made of it. _ It carried a compensation of two and a half time the compensa tion of his office here. Final analysis of the results, and of J.he workings of the plan will not be pos sible. Dr. Rankin thinks./until ‘it has been in operation for a year. Tlius far his observation are summed up,in a brief statement that he will send out to groups ' of citizens in the twenty-four counties in volved in the, tabulation. PLANS ANOTHER FLIGHT Lieut. Maughair. Trying to Avoid a Cow, Broke Part of Landing Gear. (By'the Associated Press.) St. Joseph. Mo.. July 10.—Lieut. Rus sell L. Maugham halted yesterday in his attempted dawn-to-dusk flight from New York to San Francisco when in turning to avoid a cow when forced down in St. Joseph to correct engine trouble, he broke part of the lab ding gear of lim plane, plans to return to New York Wed nesday in .preparation for another flight Witliiu a week. Id. Maughan left New York at 3:56 a. m„ Eastern Standard time and was forced down at 12:03 p. m. by an ob struction in the flow pipe, of his air plane. > THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at. Decline of 1 to 14 Points.—July Rallied 20 Points. (By the Associated Press.) New York, July 10.—The cotton mar ket ojieued barely steady at a decline of ljo 14 points tinder overnight selling or ders from the South .:nd t) ottering presumably encouraged by the report of continued good weather in the South and further consumption of cotton goods. ' Later cables from Liverpool were rela tively firm. July soon rallied 20 points nnd later months received most open losses. July 26.80; October 23.49; December , 23.00; January 22.60; March 22.56. Cotton futures opened barely stably: Mr. L. C. Barringer left Monday; for Atlanta to attend thy Elks Convention, now in sesaion there. . * a The Concord I>aily Tribune ' ■ • . •• . | . ' ♦- . - GREAT FALLS BANK CLOSES President. Denies That It Has Any Con nection With Financing of Dempsey ‘ Gibbons Fight. (By the Associated Press.) Great Falls. Mont., July 10.—George H. StantoD. President of the Stanton Trust and Savings Bank of this city which failed to open its doors for busi ’ ness yesterday, denied today that there is any connection between the closing of • the institution and the financing of the , Dempsey-Gibbons championship fight at Shelby. Mont., on July 4th. L. Q. Skeleton, State bank auditor, here to investigate the bank’s affairs substantiated this statement. Stanton was otic of the great Falls men who helped in raising the second .SIOO,OOO paid to Dempsey on his guar antee of $300,000 to meet Gibbons sot the title match. “Any money raised in'*Great Falls oi Shelby for the Dempsey-Gibbons match was not taken from the resources of tht Stanton Bank or ffom my personal funds," Mr. Stanton said in a statement today. "1 gave such personal assistance as I could to the promoters so ificet flip crisis on June 15th (when the second .SIOO,OOO was due), hut my connection with the bout was not in any way con nected with the close of the Stanton bank." ROTH’S BODY HELD At Cleveland. Pending instruct ions From | Washington as to Its Disposal. <By tlie AMMO«*lat«Ml I Cleveland, July 10.—The b.id.v of j Lieut. J. Both, pilot of the naval balloon A-Olios in the national elimination race which sailed from Indianapolis July 4th. lays at rest in an undertaking es tablishment here today pending receipt of instructions from Washington as to its disposal. The body was brought here last night from Fort Stanley, Ontario, on the fly ing boat ?#na of the Aero-Marine Aair ways Company. It was in charge of Lieutenant .J. H. Strong, chief inspector of naval air craft at Gleen L. Martin field here. i \ Lieutenant Strong planned to leave here this morning aboard the Nina for Port Stanley to arrange to have the wrecked balloon and basket shipped to the naval station at Lake Hurst, where Lieutenant Roth and* his aid. Lieutenant R. B. Null, were stationed. On the way over, a sharp lookout will be kept for trace of the body of Lieutenant Null. Sthjy&i* 4“ heltrsiNi .ind»ubtedl.v HvftVa 1 vk-- tim to the same fate that overtook Lieut.* Both —dead by drowning. MAYBERRY ESCAPES j * FROM CITY JAIL ’Man Charged With Seduction Breaks Out of Reidsville Jail. I Reidsville. July S.—R. .H. Maberry, | local ticket agent of the Southern Rail -1 way Company, created a sensation by j making his escape from the city jail ear | ly this morning. I At 2 o'clock this morning officers 1 served a warrant on him charging him i with seduction, , At o'clock Mayberry was lodged in the calaboose. A little later discovery of his escape was made. |He gained his freedom by removing j bricks from the jh'J( wail. A hole about 9x12 was the prison er climbed through it. The jail is looted near the heart of the city, and that some one did not dis- ' cover the prisoner before he crawled to freedom is a mystery. Mayberry is a well known young man of the place, and his alleged trouble comes as a great surprise to everybody. He it) a cripple, and for this reason it is quite probably that lie will be appre hended sooner or later. Plan “Law—Not War” Campaign. Washington, D. C„ July 10—Thirty five national organizations, through local branches in the States, are organizing na fion-wide _ activities n favor of “law— not war” to be held on July 28-29. With these thirty-five organizations, all of which arc affiliated in the National Council for Prevention of War. will co operate other groups including those in terested in the promotion of special plans for the substitution of law for war. such as the World Court, the League of Nations and the outlawry of war. In door and outdoor meetings in cities and small communities are planned through out the country. Among the larger national organiza tions behind the plan are the la-ague of W*men Voters, the American Farm Bu reau Federation. National Board of Farm Organizations, International As sociation of Machinists, United Society . of Christiam Endeavor; Young Women’s , Christian Association. Farmers’ National , -Council. 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union,, Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom, National Coun.- I oil of Jewish Women, World Alliance for . International Friendship Through the . Churches, National Education Associa . tion, Peace Association of Friends in America. National Women’s Trade Un-' ion League, National Federation of Tem ple Sisterhaads, American Association of University Women, Foreign Policy Asso > eiation, Women's Missionary Union of Friends iu America. American School Citizenship League, National Association ■ of Ex-Military Reconstruction Aides, In- E ternatiniiai Lyceum and Chautauqua As - sociation. ; In eighteen other nations tlihre will be f simultaneous declarations' on July 28-29 i for the abolition of wan They include . England, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, - Austria, Russia, France, Holland, Poland, s Spain, Switzerland, Australia, -New Zea i ladll, South Africa, Egypt, China, India, and Japan. Because “it Is known that more chll . dren roam the streets of Howell, Mich., at a late hour than any other town of r its size in the Middle West,” the wom , en of that town have petitioned the coun cil to pass a’9 o’clock curfew ordinance. NORTH CAROLINA HELD UP AS MODEL STATE Before the Georgia Legislators.—Ahead in Taxation. Schools and Roads. (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga„ July 19.—North Carn ’ina is being placed before Georgia leg islators ns a model state, in some in 'tances, to be followed. * , Long before the General Assemb y con vened the Tar Heel state’s system of tak ition was discussed throughout Georgia is one of the plans to be considered by lie legislators when they met. The, plain system of income taxation met defeat in the Assembly two years igo. North Carolina was mentioned n connection with the plan at that time, but little was given out. on tlie relative success of the plan in operation there. This year Governor Walker included North Carolina in tlie several states whose taxation machinery and laws he studied. A personal report on North Carolina was given him. The featnre if the system meeting with approval of tome law makers here is the fact that oo ad valorem tax is collected in North i ’arylina for state purposes. The in *ome tax and special taxes on gasoline. Ultnmnbiles and other subjects provide binds for governmental operations. ‘ The •ouuties. for the greater part, use tlie id* valorem, taxes for school purposes.* North Carolina’s system of public schools, especially the plan of financing it, also is receiving attention. Super intendent of School Mallard has men ioued the state in connection with im orovemeiits lie is planning for Georgia. The Tar Heel highway system also is being studied by good road advocates in the assembly. SINGLE HANDED FARMER DEFEATS FOUR ASSAILANTS Three Men and a Woman Attack Him In a Corn Field With Disastrous Re sults. Hjckory. July 9.—Dock Lynn. Bandy’s ’ownsliip farmer, has increased his repu ation 500 per cent, as a result of his ?ncounter single handed a few days ago with four persons, one of them a woman, n a cornfield near his home, details of which have just readied Hickory in con-. aection with the arrest of Mon Young,' well known citizen, charged with ns <ault on Mr. Lynn. Monroe Young believed that Dock Lynn, wlm weighs 135 pounds and is ithe nnd wiry, had informed Deputy Iheviffs It. A. Whit oner and N. A. Del inker thtft lie had a' blockade still on lis (dace, ami Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. ,’lanzo Young, and a man unified Burns (ought him in his field to pay off the core. They found him hoeing corn. The quartet tackled him and lie pleaded with them to desist. They hurled rocks at him and lie re reated furtlier,. warding'..the assailants s«s4E 41)4}; tfeJ : c —FiltnHy he droptied lis hoc. opened lim knife ami charged with a ferocity that scattered the at ackersf Mrs. Ranzo Young, however, licked up the hoe and whacked him tcross the head, inflicting an ugly wound. Still fighting, lie pursued the men and dashed one of them so severely that a ihysician had to be called in to dress lie wounds. Burns is said to have left lie country. The officers arrested Mr. and Mrs. Ranzo Young and they were cited to ap- j near before Judge James L. Webb in Catawba'Superior Court last week. Mon-' •oe Young also-, was cited, but lie paid I uo attention to the citation and Depu tes Wliitencr and Dellinger went ffir lim. iOV. PEAY AND PARTY LEFT TODAY FOR IH RHAM (Tennesseeans Get Acquainted With the Good Roads of North Carolina. (By the Associated Press.) Greensboro, July 10.—Austin Pcay, Governor, of Tennessee, and his party of fourteen, left here at noon for Durham after a visit to the North Carolina Col lege for Women, Guilford Battle Grounds, the White Oak denim mills and other points of interest. The object of tlie trip, which is under the direction of Frank Page, State high way commissioner, is to acquaint the Tennesseans with the good road system if North Carolina to take preliminary steps toward providing North Caro’ina "and Tennessee with good connecting , roads. One of the party characterized the tour ns an “admiration tour and strictly business, with no politics and no speech making." WaSt Sixteen-Foot Road. (By the Associated Press.) Elizabeth City, July 9.—With the failure of the delegation from this sec tion to have the State Highway Com mission bear the expense of a 16-foot roadway from here to the Virginia line instead of the nine-foot road which the commission proposes to build, plans are under way here, it is said, for a now plan to be presented to tlie commission. On Saturday*, .Tune 30, a delegation presented an argument to the commis sion in Raleigh for a 16-foot road but they were advised that the commission could only pay for a nine-foot road and that it would construct a 16-foot width if the three counties through which the road passes would pay the additional | cost*. The new plan, it is said, contemplates presenting to the commission a request that a 16-foot roadway be built as far as .it will go with the money which would be used on the nine-foot road to the Virginia line. It is believed here that if this is done that a 16-foot road would be forthcoming in a year or so for the balance of the way, while a nine foot road would he unsatisfactory and , probably would not be widened to the greater width in many years if at all/ With Our Advertisers. The Sanitary Grocery Co. and the Ca barrus Cash Grocery Store will be clos ed each Thursday afternoon. W. A. Overcash lias* received new ar • rivals in tropical worsted suits. Just wbat you need for the hot days. Also ’ Panama and Leghorn hats. Have your electric lighting fixtures ■ piit In the. modern way by W. J. Heth; cox. CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923. H I *4 I | JNTERESTIIfp ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA. ] * (By the Associated Press.) North Carolina ranks second in the manufacture of cot- | . j ton goods in «e states of the Union and'leads all south- | i|j ern states in Inis industry. The cottoL manufacturing; industry ranks first among *-j ;| state induStrie#,in the amount paid in wages, the number of 1 i | wage earners ajnd in value of products. | In 1912 ttye amount realized from products of North § 1 | Carolina cottoti manufactories was $52,868,689pin 1922, it I jI t had increased $229,619.69]. ill Cafrital inyested and utilized in the cotton manufac- “j * I turing industry? in 1912 was $52,108,250; in 1922, $141,49:1,- 9 ! 3 The numbfc* of employees in this industry had grown | , f'| from 54,7.10 infe9l2 to 78,972 in 1922 1 H I I . ,1 j TO RECEIVE REPOiT OF STATE’S FINANCES TODAY The Whole State Awaits With Interest the Report on t|ie Condition of tile Treasury to Be I felly-nil to the Com mittee. Raleigh. N. C„ July 9.—Official as well as civilian North Carolina awaits tonight with interest for tin* report of the condition of the state finances which will be delivered here tomorrow to the special legislative committee by the auditors who have been engaged for about five months in an extensive survey of the subject. The investigation of the state's finances followed charges made during the last session of the legislature by Corporation Commissioner A. J. Maxwell that a large deficit existed in the treasury instead of the surplus which Governor Morrison had asserted there was. The Governor, insisting that his analysis of the state treasurer's report was correct and that Mr. Maxwell had erred in his interpre tation of the figures, called on the legis lature to go thoroughly into the matter and the hoard of auditors to make the J investigation was the result, after a spe cial committee of legislators had been appointed to handle the matter. A special meeting of the legislative committee has been called for tomorrow morning at Raleigh, the auditors having indicated that they at that time be pre pared to make a report of their investi gation. Mr. Maxwell, in his Aatement issued, during the winter asserted that an analy j sis of the figures of the tieasurer’s re port led him to believe that a deficit of approximately $5,000,000 existed in the state finances, tlovrruou Morrison's ve hement speech to the general assembly in .which J«* declared Imy of tjjg cor*. m*(npss of Mr. Maxwell’s fleduetimis fol lowed immediately, the Governor con cluding with a request for an immediate and thorough investigation. Senator W. L. Long, of Koanoke Rapids, heads the joint senate awl house committee which will receive the auditors report tomois row. PRESIDENT HARDING ENTERTAINED IN ALASKA Will Depart Tomorrow for a Tl»ree-<hty j Trip Across Gulf of Alaska. On board the \\ S. steamshi’p Hen derson with President Harding, July 10 o—(By the Associated Press).—A spec tacle of crashing ice was planned te thrill President Harding and his party as, the United Statens steamship Hender son came off Juneau, the capital of Alas ka, this morning. Five empty shells from the naval gun on the Henderson were to shatter ice walls pushed out into Tuka Bay, 35 ingles south of Juneau by Tuka glacier, sending masses of shiny ice into the water. The program of President Harding’s tour of the nation’s northermost terri , tory permitted a 24-hour stay in Juneau, arriving at 10 this morning and depart ing tomorrow for Sway aid Ton a three-day trip across the Gulf of Alaska at the northern end of the Pacific Ocean. The President was to be welcomed by Governor Scott Bona,' of the territory, received by'a committee headed by the Mayor of Juneau and be escorted by members of the American Legion and a detachment of regulars to tlie gover nor's mansion. , % Yankee Team in Wreck. (By the AMMOdated I*reMM.» New York, July Ilk- Members of the New York Yankee baseball team escaped injury today when tlie train they were riding between St. Louis and Chicago was wrecked 20 miles south of its des tination, according to a message received this afternoon by a daily newspaper here. 1 Mrs. Hilton Philipson, the former show girl who has been elected to tlie British parlitmeut, has been iriarried t wice. Her I first husband, a nephew of Cecil Rhodes,' was killed in an automobile accident. I i The library of Princeton University is said to possess the largest collection of books on baptism in the world. ' — ■■ ~ ! [CITIZENS 1 ! BANK & TRUST I ! COMPANY I I [ ,„N ,J °V* •UILD.NC’V * nnmnn _ - irnnc *af* 'g: 1,...).. ", , I . . ;i... .. . / 's> SUMMER SCHOOL WILL OPEN HERE TOMORROW ! School Will Be Conducted by Miss E. * Camtn Campbell and Miss Lois Work man. The Summer School for Cabarrus comity will begin tomorrow morning, ; July lith, and continue for six weeks. • Fina( plans for the school have been made and everything is in readiness for the opening. The sessions of the school 1 '"'ill be held in the high school building on Corbin Street. The school is expected to be a very successful one, .both from point of at ; tendance and instructions. Miss E. Camm'Campbell, of Greenville, and Miss Lois Workman, of Burlington, will be instructors in the school, and both are experienced tvorkers in the summer schools. A number of teachers have already signed up for the work to he given dur ing the school, and the number is ex pected to be increased by those teachers who determine at the last minute to en roll. . Miss Campbell and Miss Workman ar rived in Concord Monday night and dur ing tlie day have completed all plans for the conduct of the school. ELKS IN ATLANTA Grand Lodge Begins Its Fifty-Ninth An nual Meeting There. (By tlie Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga.. July 10.-—Meeting in the “old South" for the first time in 25 years, tlie grand lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks opened tlie first business session of its 59th annual meet ing here this morning. .7. Edgar Masters. Grand Exalted ruler, and Virtually all other grand lodge officers 'wei*4 present at the first seosidir. Tile annual report of officers, nomination of new officers and selection of the next meeting place were on the program. Interest centers in the election of the new Exalted Ruler. James .1. McFar land. id' South Dakota, is a candidate. .Mr. McFarland came to Atlanta accom panied by Governor (-Masters, of South Dakota, who will place his name before the Grand Lodge. It is generally ex pected by the delegates that the next convention will he held in Boston, which was defeated last year by Atlanta. , I-ater—McFarland Elected Grand Exalt ed Ruler. Atlanta. Ga.. July It).—James McFar land. of South Dakota, was elected Grand Exalted Ruler of B. I*. (). E. at the first session of the grand lodge of that order here today) In his speech of acceptance Mr. Mc- Farland denounced Bolshevism. I. W. IV.-ism. and other ill-rounded isms of the present day, declaring the Elk order as a law abiding, iaw supporting and law enforcing fraternity. Boston was chosen as the 1924 conven tion city following tlie election of offi cers. Portland. Ore., and Milwaukee. Wis.. had been discussed as bidders for the honor but tlie eastern city wa*chos en by a unanimous vote. Three Months on Roads For Deserting Bride. Goldsboro. July. 1)—-After only three weeks of married life. Edwin Godwin, a young man of this city, desftrted his bride. Tried ill recorder's court this af ternoon. Godwin was given three mouths on the roads. i Strangled' by Tin Pail. Greenwich, Conn., July 9.—Andrew Kcvolla. 42. was found dead in the eel ar of liitS home at East Porehester to night. Apparently the man had fallen against a tin pail a nil was strangled to . death, in the opinion of Medical Examin ee Clarke. Oil Promoters Arrested. (By tlie Associated Press.) j Cleveland, July 10.—Twenty-htree , Mexican oil promoters including Dr. j Frederick Cook, former arctic explorer, were Indicted here today by the Federal i'grand jury on charge of using the mails' to defraud and making fraudulent uses' of the mails. nminminuunumimuiiHm»munniminmnaiuminiiiiuiLmmmhimiimn •' « SAFETY is the foundation of our success. Our a'mple Capital and Surplus, conservative management and strict State supervision assure complete protection for funds de posited with us. !, DEATH OF MRS, T. \V. SMIT | One of Concord's Best Beloved Women J Passed Away.—Funeral Tomorrow. { 51 is. Mary Hubbard Smith, wife of | Rev. Thomas IV. Smith, died here at 11 I o’clock this morning at her home on j Marsh street. Mrs. Smith had been suf * faring with heart trouble for' several * months and death was caused by this j malady. She was ns well as usual dur- I ing the morning, but was stricken short j ly before 11 o'clock and the end came j peacefully at that Hour. f I* uueral services will he held tomor ) row (Wednesday), afternoon at 5:00 | o’clock at Central Methodist Church, con- I ducted by Rev. .A. Jenkins, pastor of I the Church. Interment will he made in I Oakyrood cemetery. j The deceased is survived by her lnis- I hand, two 'daughters, two sons, one sis | ter nn(J several brothers. Tlie (laughters I are Mrs. 1 . G. DesPortes. of Winnsboro, S. C... and Mrs. J. D. Hatchett, of At ; lanta. Mr. Henry Smith, of this city, and Mr. Thomas Smith, of Rio Janeiro are tile surviving sons. The surviving sister is Mrs. .1. I). Kerr, of Clinton, and the surviving brothers are: Thomas L. Hubbard, of Clinton. Willie G. Hubbard, of Charleston, W. ,Vn.. A. N. Hubbard, of Roncevert, W. Va„ and Allison Hub bard, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Smith was a member of Central Methodi.«t Church and ns long as her health permitted, took an active interest in the work of the Church. She was es pecially interested in the Woman's Mis sionary Society* of her Church and devot ed much of her time to its work. llie death of Mrs. Smith removes one of Concord s finest women. Coming here many years ago with her husband, who then was serving as pastor of Central Methodist Church, Mrs. Smith soon be came a friend to everyone, and no woman in Concords history, perhaps, was better known or more generally beloved. She ipet everyone with a smile and carried her sunny disposition into many homes where sorrow prevailed and where help wits needed. Reared in a Christian at mosphere. she retained her high quali ties of heart and mind until the end, and tlie city has been blessed by her life. Mrs. Sinita was born in Clinton, N. C., June 2, 1857, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Langdon C. Hubbard. She was married on November 23rd, 1876 in Clinton, and during her husband's active ministry lived in a imAiber of ritiek in the State. Her family has been promi nent iq Clinton and eastern North Caro lina for many years. AUDITORS .MAKE THEIR REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE • . Palter Will Now Consider the Report and Make ReeominendatioiJs. 4By the AsMoclateri I'ress.) Raleigh. X. C.. July 10.—The auditors who have been employed to ascertain the financial condition of the State, made their report this morning to the special legislative committee. No detailed an nouncement was made. The committee will make its report to the council of j State in the near future, members of | the committee stated. « The auditors made their report to the legislative committee at an executive ses sion held in the offices of the attorney general. Senator W. L. Long, chairman of the joint committee, said that no more wit nesses would be heard and that the com mittee would confine itself to the busi ness of considering the report, and rec ommendations of the auditors. Upon this report and these recommendations, lie said, a legislative committee will make its report and recommendations! first to Governor Morrison ami the council of State, and then to the legislature. It is understood that the rejwrt and recommendations of the auditors is en tirely too long for publication and that the committee will extract the salient features of both and incorjiorate them in a statement to the press. SOCIAL SERVICE CONFERENCE Widow of the Booker T. Washing ton One of flic Speakers at take Jun uluska. Lake Jiinahiska. July S.—Among speakers at the Social Service Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in session here, was the widow of the late Booker T. Washington, former head of the Tuskegee Institute. She spoke, sin* said, from the standpoint of a Sou: I,ci ncr who loves the South and at the invitation of Bishop James Can non. of the M. E. Church, South. The gave illustrations from her experiences gained during a recent l study of conditions in the families of ne-, grocs in rural districts, gained while she represented the Alabama State Federa- Ition for Colored Women. She express ed the opinion that such surveys or in- 1 speotion tours were good thiugs for when 1 people became interested in helping the black race they would become more alert to heR) the needy and under-privileged | among the white. No one with a human understanding, she said, can view these conditions without wanting to help. | Significant among the conditions which .the speaker portrayed there was for the ! most no man among the poor houses, lurge families, and unsanitary, unlovely conditions, properly married men and women, properly born children and prop 'er homes are the things the negro race | Wants above everything else, she declar ed. I “There are two things,” asserted the speaker, “the negro will never have until his family life is inipfovod; they are health aud character. He must have I houses large enough to separate his boys and girls, better food, aud better sur roundings. If not there can be no health aud vrithout health there is no character and when the negro has no character he will be a burden. The negro has been called the South’s burdou, blit if he is a burden, he is becoming everybody’s bur den, for 35 per cent, of the negro popu lation of the far south has moved away.” The choir from Hopewell Church, Un ion County, will sing at Midland Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Sunday, July 15th. Ev erybody is invited to go and hear them sing. They have a band of good singers. Miss Phyllis Austin, the popular Eng lish novelist, says that Her best ideas for stories come to her in the bath. i % ©©&©©©©* © TODAY’S © © NEWS © © TODAY « ©©©©©©©© NO. 162. .e 5* - UIAHI 111 ARRIVES CHERBOURG ♦ ON ITS MAIDEN TRIP Landed Today at Cherbourg, France, on First Trans-At lantic Voyage as Passenger Ship Under Our Flag. MANY OF CREW TO BE ARRESTED Accused of Deserting British Ships When They Were Attracted by Higher Wages Offered by Leviathan. Cherbourg, France, July 10 (By the Associated Press). —The giant liner Le viathan arrived here today on her first trans-Atlantic voyage as a passenger ship under the American flag. She land ed 800 of her passengers here and con tinued on to Southampton. Attracts Attention in Shipping Circles. London. July 10.—The expected ar rival of the Leviathan at Southampton late today is attracting the interest of all shipping circles. The great liner's pre war record, lier disputed claim to the world's -record tonnage and her cargo of reputed millionaires on the present <s>y uge have been discussed in the newspa pers. while the reported impending ar rest of a large proportion of her crew for desertion lias also augmented public curiosity. Four detectives from Scotland Yards left Isiudon for Southampton yesterday with about 200 warrants which presiyn ubly will be served on men accused of deserting British ships when attracted by higher wages offered in the United States. LARGE DETOUR MAPS ARE PLACED IN HOTELS State Highway Commission Furnishes Traveling Public With Information. 4By the AnKodated PreMN.) Raleigh, N. C., July 10. —The State Highway Commission, for the eonveu-* ience of motorists has placed in the hotel lobbies of the state, large maps of the detours in effect during each month. This is a new service of the Commission which became effect five with the July detours. The purpv ps, it 4»v<aid, *f to indicate to a traveler going from town to town where he will have to detour. A man at Greensboro traveling to Raleigh, for example, would only have to glance jat the map in Greensboro and wee if any detours are marked up on the Greeus- Road. He would then be in a iM>sition to choose his road so as to avoid detouring or, if two roads were not available, he would at least be ad vised of road conditions before he com menced the trip. This service, it is believed, will be of great assistance to motorists passing through the state as, because of the great amount of road construction now in progress, many roads are being re placed temporarily by detours. The detour reports of the Commission which are issued monthly may be found in all public libraries of the state and will supplement the map so far as giv ing the exact mileage aud location of all detours is concerned. Large maps of the entire highway sys tem of the state, it is stated, have been furnished to such hotels as would agree to display them prominently in thir lob bies. These maps give the route number and are plainly marked so that a trip through tiie state may be made by route numbers taken from the map, aided by the route number signs which are along the roads at frequent intervals. Confush>n as to the Stop, Look and Lis ten Law. Raleigh. N. C.. July o.—Expressing themselves as somewhat disappointed at the manner in whrieh the **Stop, Look, Listen” signs about the state have been placed, the State Highway Commission last night called attention to a condition I which officials of the Commission stated was prevalent over the entire state and 1 mitigated to a certain extent the useful ness of the signs and was a cause of confusion to the motorist. I Under the terms of the measure passed by the last session of the legislature and which became a law on July first, railroads are required to place signboards at a distance of one hundred feet from all crossings in the country unless guard ed by a watchman or by crossing gates. According to highway officials, in many instances where a crossroad branches off from the main road a railroad crossing comes before the 10(> foot distance along the crossroad has been passed, thus bringing the crossing within 14)0 feet of , the main road. In such cases, it has been reported to the Commission, the sign has been placed, not at the intersection of the two roads so as to be read by the motor , ist. turning into the side road, but sever al feet* along the main road, giving the impression that the crossing is on the , main road, whereas lit really is not. This, , it is stated fly officials of the commis sion. is exceedingly confusing to motor ists aud should be remedied. It is believed at the Highway Commis , sion office that the intent of the law in specifying 100 feet from the crossing was not to create the conditions which have come about, where a sign warning about a railroad track on one road is placed alongside another and it is thought that a sign at the intersection of the . two roads, but properly faced so as to be read by motorists entering upon the road passing over the railroad crossings, i would fulfill the purposes of the law and . avert confusion to motorists, even, though by reason of the closness of the - track to the main road,, the sign might *; not be exactly bne hundred feet from the »crossing.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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