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TO MAKE PLANS FOR
DEFENSE DEE HERE
First Definite Action Looking:
to Observance of Day in
Concord Taken at Meeting
Friday Night.
GUARDSMEN WILL
give Demonstration
Merchants Will Be Asked to
Close Stores in Afternoon
When Program Will Be
Given at High School.'
September 12th. which Ims been des
ignated as Itofense Day, will be fittingly
observed in Concord and Cabarrus Coun
ty. if the committees named at a meet
ing in the court house on Friday night
lire active and perform the duties expect
ed of thWn.
At the meeting Friday night t*ere
were representatives from , all- the vari
ous civic and fraternal organizations In
Concord, and there was.much interest
manifested. Major W. A. Foil, who had
been designated by Governor Cameron
Morrison as chairman for this county,
presided at the meeting, and called upon
Attorney John M. Oglesby and Major
Kenneth E. Caldwell to explain to those
present the purpose of Defense Day.
On Defense Day. the following troop*
in the continental United States will be
assembled at their home stations, armor
ies or camps:
(a> AH active units of the Regular
Army.
(b) All Federally recognized units of
VJ the hintionai Guard. .c
(c) All organized units of the Organ
ized Reserve.
The event will be n demonstration to
depict the progress of the defense plans,
the dependency of units on the commun
ity to which allocated, and the eontrlbu
tion in personnel that would be exact
ed from each community in the event of
a national emergency.
The local unit of the National Guard
will parade and also go through some of
their drills nt the new High School ath
letic field in the afternoon, of Defense
Day, amt there will be patriotic dernon
ss Orations, which will be antumaced later.
Various committees were named to
take charge of arrangements for this oc
casion, and a tentative program Was dis
cussed at the meeting on Friday evening.
This program will most likely consist of
the following features:
(a) Assembly and parades of militnry
organizations in snch away as to depict
the true condition of the Army.
(b! Pni.ver for our national welfare.
(c) Patriotic music.
(c) Address on appropriate subject,
such as appreciation for the assembled
defenders, explanation of Defense Day.
or the like.
(e) Organized recreation nnd umuse
. ment.
In furtherance of these plans, Chair
mana Foil named the following commit
tees which will work qut the details of
this program:
Finance Committee—A. F. Hart sell,
C. W, Swink, Miss Janie Kiiittz. Mrs. H.
S. Williams.
Program Committee—Dr. J. A. Hart
sell, G. Pat Ritchie, Mrs. W. P. Pem
berton, Cnpt. Norman Alston.
Recreation Committee—H. W. Blanks,
J. F. Ilnyvautt, T. N. Spencer, Mrs. J.
1.. Crowell, Sr., J. A: Goodman.
Publicity Committee—A. Campbell
Cline. Maury Richmond, Brevard E. Har
ris, Luther T. Hartsell, Jr., Mrs. G. T.
Crowell. j
Recruiting Committee—M. B. Sherrin,
Van Walter. B, W. Blackwelder, F. C.
Niblook.
It is tlie hope of those in charge of ar
rangements that all the stores of the
city can be prevailed'upon to close for
the afternoon of the 12th, which comes on
Friday. Tlje event js intended to be a
big patriotic celebration, and it is felt
that by having a half holiday and clos
ing business on that afternoon it would
make a much bigger and better celebra
tion. Chairman Foil named a commit
tee composed of W. A. Overcash, Lee
Crowell, Jr., and 11. Smith Barrier to
call upon the business houses of the city
and get them to close on Friday after-,
noon, September 12th.
The various committees named are al
ready getting their plans in shape, and
the public may expect-more definite an
nouncement from time to time in the
papers. It is urged that people all over
the county bear in mind that the Defense
Day observance is for the entire county,
’ and that all the people in Cabarrus, and
especially the young men between the
ages of 18 end 35 years, are urged and
expected to be present at the celebration.
Republican* to Open Campaign at Ashe-
Asheville, Aug. 29.—Saturday at 1:30
o’clock In the afternoon, Isaac M. Meek
ins, of Elizabeth City, Republican candi
date for governor of the state, will ad
dress the Republican voters of Alamance
county. The speaking will be held in
the court house. A band, it to an
nounced, will furnish music for the oc
casion. Everybody is invited to be pres
ent, and a special invitation is issued
to the ladies. This event marks the
formal opening of the Republican cam
paign. i
Leave Crescent Heme.
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Salisbury, Aug. 30.—Two boys, Gor
don Sigmon and Tom Wyatt, last night
ran away from the Nsrazeth Orphan
Home at Crescent. Each to 15 years
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SIGMON HELD UNDER
■ BOND AT MORGANTON
Waives Examination At Hawing Be
fore Magistrate—Case Creates Sen
sation.
Morganton, Aug. 20.—The prelimi
nary hearing in the case' of T. L. Sjg
, mon. former county superintendent nnd
public welfare officer, who is charged
’ I with immoral conduct with his
. stenographer, Mi-*: Myrtle Godfrey, was
| held before Magistrate W. 'F- Hally
| burton at the courthouse at 3 c.Yloek
r | this afternoon. The defendant waived I
examination nnd was placed under
‘ bond to appenr nt the December term of
f Burke Superior court. THwt state in-!
‘ traduced no evidence. Miss Godfrey und
her father, W. W. Godfrey, were re
tained as witnesses for the stole.
Sigmon resigned ns county super
, intendent about two months ago ns a
result of a rumor that charges would bo
brought against him as soon ns sutti-
I cient evidence could be secured by I
So’ieifor Huffman. The young woman I
l left/ town about that time in an effort
i to keep her identity concealed but ro.-
turned Inst Mondny and made a com
plete confession to Solicitor Huffman,
stating that, she was soon tOi become a
. mother and testifying that Sigmon was
the father of the child.
Mr- Godfrey has engaged counsel to
assist the state in the prosecution nnd
it is believed that the accused man wilt
receive the full penalty of the law wnen
the case, Which hns created quite a
sensation in the community, comes up J
in Superior court.
TAR HEEL FARMERS
ON THEIR WAY HOME !
Rowan. Davie and Cabarrus Men Stop l
at Danville As Gnests of Chamber of'
Commerce. |
Danville, Vn.. Aug 2ft. —Seventy-rwo
farmers from Rowan, Davie nnd Onbar- '
rus counties, N. C., who since August 1
18 have been traveling in motor cars
through North Oaro'ina, Virginia.
Maryland nnd the District of Columbia
passed through Danville this morning
nnd were entertained for more than two
hours. The visitors traveling in a ford
eade of 14 machines, stopped here for 1
breakfast, being guests of the chamber
of commerce. Later they visited nearby
farms, speeding south on the homeward
trek of 110 miles to Mockerville, N. G.,
their starting point at II o'clock. Das
ville officials motored to Chatham where
the visitors spent the night and piloted
them into Danvillp.
The travelers have reeled off 1.200
miles since they started according to
George Evans, demonstration agent of
Davie county, and who with W. G.
Yearger, of Rowan, and B. D. Goodman,
of- Cabarrus, led the expedition. Mr.
Evans added that while the Virginia
roads were dusty they were eurpriftthg
ly good, and fdr better than most of the
party find been led to bblieve. The trip/
was arranged with a view to seeing
what other farmers are doing, to ob
serve progressive farming methods nnd
to get n general idea of the crops. The
climax of the trip came in Washington
Inst. Tuesday when Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace received the delegation
and welcomed them.
TWO RUM RUNNERS
KILLED AFTER CHASE
Were Killed After Being Chased Off
Coast by Rum Chaser.
New York. Aug. 30.—Two rum run
ners met death off Atlantic Highlands,
N. J.. before daybreak today.
While revenue agents were handcuff
ing three men captured in one boat, an
other speed boat was heard nearby, and
the rum chaser gave chase. The crew !
of the rum runner put on speed and be
ggn tossing her cargo overboar. The '
federal agents opened fire.
Two men disappeared overboarl. Earl
Bennette, of Atlantic Highlands, was
fonnd In the boat with a bullet in his
chest and another in his hip. He would
not disclose the names of his companions.
“What does it matter; they’re over
board and dead. They won’t tell,” he
said.
Carolina Methodists Pay.
(. T the Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 30.—More than
$43,000 in cash has already been sent
to the board of finance.of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, by members of
the North Otrolina and the Western
North Carolina Conferences as part pay
ment of their pledges to the fund to
be raised throughout the Southern de-;
nomination for the superannuated rain-1
isters. it was announced here today by
Dr. Luther E. Todd, secretary of the |
board.
Os this amount, according to Dr. Todd,
the North Catalina Conference eontriub
uted $28,344.41 and the Western North j,
Carolina Conference contributed $14,-
677.10.
At the same time it was also reported
that more than $600,00 had been received
in cash by the board of finance from the
thirty-eight annual conferences of the
church for the support of the movement
in behalf of the retired ministers of serv
ice in the Methodist Church.
It is the purpose of the Southern
Methodists to raise $10,060,000 in the
next, five years as a permanent superan
nuate endowment fund, it was explain
ed.
The board, it was said, is now fol-.
lowing the plan of investing the contri
butions in first class securities as fast
as they are received in order that the
principal may be maintained and an in
come realised immediately for the super
annuates and their dependents.
To Use Efforts for Peace in Honduras.
Washington, Aug. 80.—Stokeley W.
Morgan, American charge de affairs at
Tegucigalpa, has been instructed by the
Washington government to use his good
offices in a friendly effort to bring about
an agreement between the revolutionary
forces in Honduras.
Gates McGarralt Appointed.
Paris, Aug. 30 -(By the Associated
Press). —The organization committee of
the new German Bank of Issue today ap- 1
pointed Gates W. McGarrab, of Newt
jYork, the American member of itoj
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CONCORD, N..C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1924
PffIHCE OF WILES
GUEST DF PRESIDENT
IT THE WHITE HOUSE
Heir to British Throne Enter
tained Very by
the President on Second
Capital Visit.
NOT REMAIN IN
CAPITAL LONG
j Prince Planned to Stay in
Washington Only Three
Hours—Made Trip to Cap
ital on Special Train.
(Hr the Associated PrM».i
AVnshington, Aug. 30.—President fonl
idge today for a while laid aside cam
paign thoughts and official cares, to open
the White House Po the Prince of Wales
who left Syosset, Long Island, this
morning to be his guest at an informal
I’ luncheon.
The Prince of Wale’s trip today was
his second visit to Washington and the
■ White House. Owing to his own 1 clear
ly expressed wishes and to the deep
mourning of the President’s family for
j Calvin Coolidge, Jr., the greatest infor-
I family iqarked the arrangements for his
j short stay today which was limited to his
engagement to the White House, with
j out even a visit to the British embassy.
He planned to spend only three hours
in the capital.
Tlie Prince of Wales arrived in Wash
ington shortly after 1 p, m. and was
driven immediately to the White House.
A crowd cheered him as he passed out
i through the waiting room of the station
to the White House automobile. Outside
the White House gates another large
crowd gave him a noisy welcome. Small
er groups had gathered along Pennsyl
vania Avenue and the royal visitor doff
ed his soft gray hat again and again in
acknowledgment.
A delegation of officials from the State
Department headed by Secretary Hughes
and officials of the British embassy, met
the special train and accompanied the
Prince to the White House. When he ar
rived there, Mr. Hughes and the Prinee
walked together through the north en
trance, and were met Just inside bv -the
J?rraldkat &(hLMx&' Coctidge. .
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New York, Aug. 30.—The Prinee of
Wales left at 6:30 o’clock this, morning
on a special train for Washington to
lunch with Calvin Coolidge, President of
the United States.
STRIVING TA AVOID OPEN
WARFARE FOR CHINA
Shanghai Interests Hope to at Least
Postpone Active Fighting.
Shanghai, Ang. 30 (By the Associated
Press). —Reports of skirmishing in the
Quinsan district where the forces of Chi
Shieh-Yuan and Lu Yung-Hsiang are
gathering, although they have not been
confirmed, have led to renewed efforts by
Shanghai interests to avoid open war
fare.
Although both sides are strengthening
their positions, it seems certain that the
efforts of-the Shanghai interests will at
least result in deferring a general open
outbreak and may avert it entirely.
Government Striving For Peace. ,
Peking, Aug. 30 (By the Associated
Press). —Members of the foreign diplo
matic carps today visited the Chinese
oreign office nnd received assurances
that the Chinese government is endeavor
ing to avert civil war. Mediators inter
viewed the opposing leaders and received
assurances that both leaders were anx
ious if possißle to avert hostilities.
GOV. BRYAN AND GEn’ “
DAWES HAVE MEETING
Vice Presidential Nominees Spend 15
Minues Together in the Governor’s
Office.
tßy the Associated Press.)
Lincoln, Nebr., Aug. 30.—Reminis
cenaes of former days in Lincoln were
exchanged and the rare coincidence
which had brought them together was
discussed at a meeting here today be
tween the vice presidential nominees of
the two old parties,’ Governor Charles W.
Biyan and Charles G, Dawes.
The two candidates, one still a resident
of this city, and the other who has de
clared he still regards Lincoln more of
a home than any other city, although he
left here thirty years ago, spent fifteen
minutes together in the governor’s office
at the state capitol and departed with
a hearty handshake and broad smiles.
ASHEVILLE MAN IS
HELD FOR FRAUDS
Arrested in Cleveland gnd Is Bring De-.
tained for Federal Authorities.
Cleveland. Aug. 29.—Walter C. Smith,
39, alias Albert Wilson, of Asheville,
N. C., said to be under Indictment in
Atlanta, Ga„ on charges of using the >
mails to defraud, was arrested here to- j
day and to beirfg held for the-federal au-j
thorities in Atlanta, The losses, it is
explained are approximately $112,000.
| Smith was recognized by detectives
i from pictures in a police circular as he
was walking through the public square.
Smith was indicted in Atlanta in Jan
uary, 1922. He was, arrested in New
'fork, but escaped after having jumped
his bond.
Embargo Raised.
(By tlie Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 30.—The embargo
imposed several months ago to prevent
shipment of arms to Cuba was raised to
day by President Coolidge.
! Mrs. R. P. Benson, of LaGrnnge, will
j arrive in the city this afternoon to spend
'sometime.
Christ. Stone ur,teles found** the VaTk “to b'‘c
*be picture give- a genera, view of the excafauont^how^Lly\£
rutline of two brick tomb*.
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BROWN HELD FOR
DEATH OF PLEMMONS
Hot Springs Merchant Dies In Asheville
From Wounds Said to Have Been In
flicted by Officer.
(By the Associated Press.)
Asheville, Aug. 30.—S. C. Plemmons,
merchant of Hct Springs, N. C., died at
2 o'clock this morning in .a local hos
pital from bullet wounds alleged to have
been inflicted by George E. Brown, chief
of police of Hot Springs.
The shooting occurred three weeks ago.
Two bullets hit Plemtnons, one shattering
his left arm. and the other lodging against
the spinal column. Paralysis from the
waist down resulted.
Brown is held in Madison eounty jail
without bond on a charge of murder.
The scooting grew out of an effort by
Brown to search a car in which Plem
mons was riding, i>r liquor.
JOSEPH F. TAYiifctS ■ -
viotoFof pneumonia
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Served as Clark of United States Finance
Committee Under Senator Simmons.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, X. 0., Aug. 30.—Jos. F.
Tayloe, 52 years old, formerly chief
clerk of the United States Senate finance
committee, died today of pneumonia, in
a New York hospital, according to a
message received here. He served ns
elerk of the Senate committee while Sen
ator Simmons was its chairman.
Mr. Tayloe was prominent throughout
the State in Democratic politics and for
a number of years .was Treasurer of
Beaufort county. Funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
He is survived by rhree brothers and
three sisters. ,
ROCKY MOUNT MERCHANT
MISSING SINCE MONDAY
People of State Asked to Aid in Search
> Being Made Now For D. J. Vick’.
(By the Associated Press.)
Rocky Mouht, N. C., Aug. 30.—The po
lice and public throughout the state have
been requested by the family of D. J.
Vick, merchant of this city, who disap
peared Monday night, to aid in search
for him.
A short time after the closing hour of
the store on Monday the merchant's wife
found $55 in bills on the bed in Mr.
Vick’s room With a note stating that lie
was going away for a couple of days.
The, note gave no reason nor did it say
where he was going.
Prince Eludes Crowd at Glen Cove Land
ing.
Glen Cove, N. Y., Aug. 20. —The
Prince of Wales arrived here at 5:30
o’clock this afternoon on the yacht I
Blach Watch, enroute to the home ofl
Mr. and Mrs. .Tames A. Burden at Sy-1
osset. The prince’s party dodged a I
crowd of 2,000 men on the pier by dock
ing at a private wharf and hurrying to’
waiting motor cars.
Mr*. Julie Reinhardt Dead.
New York, Ang. 30.-e-Mra. Julie Rein
hardt, actress and suffrage worker, died '
today at the age of 80, after nine months’ I
illness from dropsy.
Thirty Persons Hurt When
Two Fast Trains Collide
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(By the Associate* Press.) |
Rochester. N. Y., Aug. 30.—Mpre than ■
; 30 victims of a collision of the Detroit
| er and die Lake Shorq Limited, fast New
| York Central trains, at Savannah, N. Y..
early today, were brought here on a re
lief train.
Walter Gibbons, engineer of the De
troiter, and Charles Gleason, both of Buf
falo, were brought to a hospital here.
They were reported unable to give more
than gasping accounts of the collision.
Gibbons 'received a fracture of the left
leg, injuries to the right leg nnd burns
about the upper part of his body, while
the fireman had burns about his face and
internal injuries.
A number of passengers sustained
broken legs and fractured bones. Louis
Anderson, a train portrt* of Jersey City,
to suffering fro ma possible fractured
skull.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened at Decline of 8 to 16 Points
Under Liquidation and Southern Sell,
ing.
(By be Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 30. —The cotton mar
ket opened today at a decline of 8 to 16
points under liquidation nnd Southern
selling, accompanied by reports of an
easier spot basis in Alabama. The I«pne ,
was steady, however, and prices soon ,
rallied on renewed covering promoted by
uncertainty as to the course of the trap- ,
ical storm over Labor Day and the dis- |
position in some quarters to scale down ,
estimates of the crop owing to recent re- ,
ports rtf deterioration. Oct. sold up ,
from 25.00 to 25.25 and December from ]
24.58 to 24.95. or about 14 to 20 points
net higher. The opening prices were:
Oct. 25.05; Dec. 24.58; Jan. 24.38;
March 24.88; May 24.98.
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NINE VICTIMS OF -i. - -
GASOLINE EXPLOSION <
1
Explosion Occurred in Garage in Pitta- 1
burgh—Three Victims Small Boys. '
(By the Associate-! Press.) 1
Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 30. —Mounting :
rapidly throughout the night, the death
toll resulting from nn explosion of gaso
line yesterday in the garage of the Peo- 1
pies Natural Gas Company stood at nine 1
today, three small boys nnd six men. '
Three persons were in hospitals, prob- !
ably fatally burned, and eight others
were suffering from lesser burns and in- 1
juries. Harry Jessup, truck driver, who !
died at 4 o’clock this morning was tlie J
ninth victim. !
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FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR
DAVIS TRIP ARE MADE ,
Democratic Notninee Will Leave Tomor- J
row on First Extended Tour of Cam- j
Palgn. (
(By the Associated Press.) (
Locust Valley, N. Y., Aug. 30.—Final f
preparations for the first extended tour <
of his campaign were made here today t
by John W. Davis.
Turning his face westward tomorrow, t
the Democratic nominee will set out on a 1
trip'which will carry him as far west as i
Denver and will keep him in the west for f
about three weeks. (
With Our Advertisers. 1
It is easy to rise in your own estima- <
tion. It is easy to bank by mail. Sec i
ad. of Cabarrus Savings Bank. <
Do you "take care” carelessly? You t
are safe if you have your valuables in a 1
safe deposit box at the Citizens Bank and >
Trust Company. c
Choice baked goods made and sold by t
’ the Coneord Steam Bakery. Try Milk 1
I Made bread. 1
j Heating time has come again. See ad. <
I of C. F. Shuman Rooting Co., of Char
lotte. t
J Central Filling Station call take good 1
care of your car. Washing, polishing and I
greasing, and crank ease service. 1
Read what a well known Concord user <
has to say of the Chambers tireless gas 1
range. These ranges are sold by the Con- >
' cord & Kannapolis Gas Co. <
Genuine Roman Art Iron Bridge lamps '
|at $2.88 at H. B. Wilkinson s. 1
| to the rear car of the Lake Shore train' 1
■ when the train line on the Lake Shore
Limited broke, and set the brakes. The I
rear ear, a sleeper, was wrecked, the oc- I
cupants being hurled to the floor from i
their berths. The engine on the Detroit- t
er, according to passengers, plower for 1
fifteen feet into the rear coach of the i
Lake Shore train. The Detroiter engine i
was derailed and baggage ear smash- i
ed. 1
■j When news of the crash reached Roch- 1
ester and Syracuse, special trains car- i
rying physicians and nurees were sent I
to the ascene. The accident was in an ''
isolated spot. The most seriously hurt 1
were taken to Syracue and the remainder <
brought here. i’
Both trains were loaded, to capacity, j
according to railway men. They were t
carrying many passengers on their way t
home for Labor Day. About 300 per- i
sons comprising about three-fourths of
the passengers on both trains, were,,
LAOBOU DAT
Federal Council of ChurA state
in America Sends Out\
Washington. Aug. 20.—A plea that
“the spirit of Christ*' be invoked in
greater measure to bring employer and
employe together is the keynote of a
Labor Day message by tlio Federal Conn
ell of Churches of Christ in America, to
be read tomorrow to thousands of con
gregations throughout' the country.
More specifically, the message pleads
for ratification of the child labor amend
ment: economic equality between men
l and women in industry and greater pro
j tection for women workers; a “living
■ Wage" that wil enable workers to “live
j well”; the clear establishment of human
, rights above property rights: and an ef
fective industrial democracy.
I Declaring that “issues are upon tis
clamoring for decision, - ’ the message
seeks to interpret at length the “Social
'ldeals of the Churches," adopted by the
Federal Cpuneil in 1012 and twice re
affirmed since that time.
“The labor movement," it says “is
something much greater , than any par
ticular labor problem. It is not to be
confused by or with current strikes and
lockouts, nor wilh any particular issue
at combat, in which there may be right
or wrong on one or both sides. The la
bor movement is age long. It began
With the first efforts of men to free them
selves front slavery and serfdom and it
will not end until there is a relationship
between the man who toils and the man
who mauages that brings satisfaction
and a sense of freedom to Itoth.
“The social ideals of the churches de
mand not only the fullest possible de
velopment of every child, especially by
the provision of education and recrea
tion,” but “the abolition of child labor. |
After 20 years of industrious and con
scientious efTort, we are now on the way
to adequate legislation for the control
of Child labor. There remains the se- <
rioits task of securing the adoption by
30,State Legislatures of the joint reso- <
lution recently passed by the Congress ;
to make the twentieth amendment a char- ■
ter of freedom for childhood. Churches i
throughout the country will need to ex- ,
ert their full influence upon public npin- ,
ion in the states to secure ratification. ,
“The social ideals ask for 'the protec- .
tion of, the homo by the sipglc slnndard i
of purify.’ Equally necessary is a ,
single standard of rights for all mothers ,
and those who may sometime become
mothers. The mothers' aid provided by (
Shepherd-Towner act will meet the needs
of widowed and dependent monthrs, in ,
the states which avail themselves Os its
privileges. It remains only to secure ,
legislation in the several states for the j
protection of the woman worker.
“The first of all human rights is the
right to live. The right to live well is
a Corollary of the right to live at all, )i
living '
as successfully as can a ‘fair profit/" It
means enough to purchase a minimum cf
those things that the better-to-do consld- 1
er essentials. It means comforts and
savings as well as physical' existence. '
It means enough to give the ad- 1
vantages of a public school system that 1
our common citizenship has set up for 1
all the people. It means enough to en- •
able the natural breadwinner to support '
his family with the mother in the home. ,
It means a chance to save enough to pay
for a cottage, to lay up something for
sickness, misfortune and old age. It ,
means enough to provide the simple es
sentials of culture, recreation and phil
anthropy for the family.
“The increasing introduction of effi
cient management and of the simple- .
equities of social justice into the indus
trial system, on the part of organized !
labor as well as capital, the elimination
of waste and of strife, and the fairer 1
distribution of the national income, will ‘
go far toward providing a national in- !
come sufficient to provide every indus- 1
trious family with a decent living. j
“Fundamental to all the ideals men
tioned above are those calling for ‘the
most equitable division of the product of ,
industry that can untimately be devised,’ f
and for a ‘new emphasis upon the ac- j
quisition and use of property.’ Proper
ty rights are sacred only when they are !
human right. Logically, then, a prop- ,
ert.v right that interferes with human- *
ity is no longer sacred. The Christian ,
conception of property, its earning and
spending, and its equitable division j
among the people, rests Upon the funda
mental teaching regarding the sacredness
of personality and upon its goal is jus
tice-and brotherhood. Property is pri
marily for use, a means of service anfl .
not a means of conscripting others for
one’s service.
“Somehow the democratic principles .
that prevail in our ‘political, social and ’
religious organizations must be made to
prevail in industrial organization. The *
worker ought to have a voice in all that
concerns his place and part in the com- 1
mon task. The growth of the labor (
union, of shop committee plans and of '
the current emphasis on democracy in f
industry are *ll evidences of this de
mand.
“When labor is represented there is
a chance at understanding because there
is conference. Suspicion grows where J
there is no conference and no common '
knowledge. Efforts for mutual under
standing call out the best in men where 1
arbitrary control calls out the worst ip 1
them.
“The Christian type of organized life
is fraternal and the spirit of Christ must I
bring employer and worker, struggling *
social groups, the churches, and the na- <
tions into co-operation. When •brother- >
hood is confined to class-conscious organ- ,
izations, it results in war between broth
erhoods. When it is confined to the
sanctuary it becomes other worldly and
leaves this world to perish. Brother
hood means the cd-operatioh of all for
social progress, and the strength of all
1 to meet the need of tbe humblest citizen.
' ‘lnterdependence’ is a mote Christian
word than ‘independence.’ Brotherhood
and co-operation mean interdependence.
I There can be no peace until .there is
1 justice and there can be no guarantee of
justice except in the equitable relation
ship «f democratic organisation with a
sense of interdependence.
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NO. 205.
hi. cVACUATION OF
DOftTMUND WILL BE
ORDERED TOMORROW
Order Will Be Issued by the
French as Result of Ac
ceptance by Germany of
Dawes Plan. t v ”||
WITHDRAWALS TO
START AT ONCE
Will Take Some Time, How
ever/ to Get Evacuation
Started Throughout Ruhr
District.
Paris, Aug. 30 (By the Associated
Press*. —The French government will or
der the evacuation of Dortmund in the
Ruhr tomorrow. This is in execution of
Premier Her riot’s agreement that the
evacuation of the Ruhr would begin the
day after the signing of the London
agreement. The agreement was signed in
Londay early this afternoon.
The economic withdrawal from the
Ruhr Is begin ni?(g immediately. Itl
fact, preliminary steps are being made
I today throughout* the Ruhr, but, al
though the order for the military evacua
tion will be issued tomorrow, the troops
will not be withdrawn until the economic
evacuation is nearly completed. •
Several weeks will be required for the
orderly retirement of the French eco
nomic organization, including the rail
way employees, and a great variety of
civilian officials. It took the French gov
ernment several months to form this ad
ministrative force, and it is considered
probable that complete transfer of thin
work cannot be made until well along in
October. Various steps of the economic
withdrawal are fixed in the London agree
ment which will be followed by the
French and Belgian authorities in co
operation with the Germans.|
The first orders may even be given by
the French government tonight so that
there shall be no avoidable delay in car
rying out the personal agreement between
the French and Belgian premiers, and the
Chancellor of Germany.
Young Gets Appointment.
Parity Aug. 30 (By the Associated
Press ),•»—The appointment qf Owen
ft»r she reparation payments ad interim
was announced by the reparations eoin
misison today.
The appointments also were announced
of M. Delacroix, of Belgium, as traatee
to receive and administer the German
railway bonds; Signor Negara, of Italy,
trustee for the industrial debentures; and
Andrew MacFadyan. of England, as
commissioner of controlled revenues.
PEKING GOVERNMENT
IS SOLEMNLY WARNED
British. Japanese, Frendi and American
Officials Send Notes.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 30.—Two communi
cations have been addressed to the Pe
king Government by the British, Japan
ese. French and American diplomatic of
ficials in Peking, warning that govern
ment “in the most solemn manner’’ of its
obligation to prevent loss of foreign life
and property, ns a result of the fighting
in and about Shanghai.
Russian House Servants Fare Beet
Among Workers.
Moscow, Aug. 30. —American house
wives who think their servant problem
a difficult one should turn to Bolshevist
Russia where housemaids, cooks and
pantry workers demand many more priv
ileges than do servants in the United
States. In addition to an eight-hour
day and one day off each week, servants
here have a month’s vacation during the
year, full insurance, the right to attend
trade union meetings whenever fhey de
sire, and other liberties.
In Moscow employers must supply
their domestics with two dresses a year,
two pairs of shoes, four pairs of stock
ings. half a dozen aprons and numerous
other articles.
As a class, Russian servants are now'
better off than any other category of
workers. They dray more salary than
skilled workmen, enjoy greater freedom,
better food, and superior living accom
modations. Their position in present
day Russian life is so strong that spe
cial courts have been established by the
government to hear their grievance*^
N. C. Society of Engineers Meeting.
(Bv the Associate* Frees.)
Greensboro, Aug. 30.—The annual
summer convention of the North Carolina
Society of Engineers is in session here
today, having convened at 10:30 o’clock
when 200 delegates were welcomed to the
city by Mayor Kiser.
Turkey’s only woman doctor has been
paying a visit to London; it is only .
twelve months since the Turkish Gov
ernment allowed women ’to practice
medicine in the Ottoman Empire.
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