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PAGE FOUR IW Cmfeoni Dtßj Mne. fcV^*«IMSS IU mSBoSS&mI? PRESS Tha taaodatod Preaa la exclusively, entitled to the use for repubiicwtion of l (11 near* credited to It or not otherwise i iredlted In this paper and also the to tal news published herein. All rlshta of republication of special (lspalcbea herein are also reserved. wSS!^fIBP4“2SSK IIS Fifth Arewe, New York Peoples' Oas Building, Chicago I*o4 Candler Building, Atlanta ' Sneered as second'class mall matter at tbs Doitofflcs at Concord* N. C», un lir the Act of March I, 1879. LL I subscription rates In the City of Concord by Carrier; One Tear S 2 Biz Months Thro* Month* Outtld£”of h the'BteieT'thrSubwndptton la the 9a me as In tha City Out of the city and by mall In North Carolina the following prices will pre vail: _ ,(5 00 One Tear ——> *5 50 Biz Months —— —— Lees*Than >n Three Months, BO Gents s Month _ .. » All Subscription* Must Bo Paid Advance No. 40 To g**j/*j* £ $ No “ ‘°To Newark 10 :|5 A. M. No. 34 To New York 4:43 P. M. No. 46 To Danville also p M No 12 To Richmond "-10 r. M. No. 32 To Wash, and beyond 9:03 P.M. No 30 To New York 1:55 A. M. Southbound. No. 45 To Charlotte « No. 35 To New Orleans 9 :o6 P. M. No. 29 To Birmingham - :go A. M. ,N». 31 To Augusta 5:ol A. M. No. 33 To New Orleans 8:25 A. M. No. 11 To Charlotte 8:0o A. M. No. 135 To Atlanta 8.35 P. M. No. ’s7 To New Orleans 10:45 A. M. No. 39 To New Orleans 9:55 A. M. Train No 34 will stop in Concord to take oh passengers going to Washington and beyond. > Train No. 37 will stop here to discharge passengers coming from beyond TV asn ington. All ©£ other trains except No. 39 make regular stops in Concord. • mOUGHTif 1 "PC—FOR today— -111 Bihlu ThodsrWa memorised, will prove •111 JiJ nricelese heritage in after year* ||l SHALL DO THE WORKS He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall lie do. because I go ounto my Father.—John 14:12. BRYAN HAD NO POLITICAL AS PIRATIONS. Among the various stories that have come out since the death of William Jen nings Bryan was onp in which the Com moner was pictured as working again for a Presidential nomination. This story said Mr. Bryan planned to make his fight oil evolution a political issue and would seek the nomination among those persons who, like him, were opposed to the evolu tion theory. So far as any one knows Mr. Bryan was through with politics from a person al standpoint. He announced several years ago that he had no further political ambitions and lie had done nothing in recent years to cause anyone to think he had changed his mind. Mr. Bryan was a fighter for his relig ous beliefs but surely no one really be lieves that he would carry his religion 'nto national politics. Thousands of per sons are interested in evolution. to v be, sure, blit the question is not one of poli tics and Colonel Bryan surely knew that. At Democratic gatherings Mr. Bryan could have been depended upon to exert some influence but there was no reason to believe lie wanted any political office. STATE BONDED DEBTS. The New York Journal of Commerce recently carried some statistics provided by the National City Bank showing the State bonded debt. The statistics show that all of the States put together owe *1.558.742.433.” and to quote from The Charlotte Observer, ‘"strange as it may seem to some folks in the State of North Carolina, they do not have the honor to be placed at the head." This will undoubtedly come as a sur prise to those persons who are always talking about the tremendous debts of North Carolina. They seem to think the Tar Heel State owes more than any other commonwealth, when as a matter of fact the debt of this State is not so great. The Jon mat of Commerce figures show that more than 49 per cent, of the total debt of the States was incurred for good r mds. and about 18 per cent, of the total was used by the States which paid bonus es to the soldiers. The Journal thinks “prosperity and great permanent improve ments are reflected in the debt." New York has the greatest debt, tbe total being *125,04(5.9(11. The huge pop ulntkm of that State, however, gives a low per capita debt. Next to New York comes Massachusetts with a debt of $112,-1 071.060. most of which was spent for improvements in municipal districts and on highways, according to the Journal. North Carolina comes next, with a debt of $105,847,000. A great part of this debt was for roads, school and State institutions which look ufter the sick and afflicted. California comes after North Carolina yvitfr $88,506,606. The tigjtrif* sha*. thdt 'Keattiehy. 'Nebrahka 'huyeenqv indebtedness, Kentucky owing *5,(179.009.58 on out standing warrants and Wisconsin being indited only to its trust funds to the ex tem of sl,ott&M* Thai Jiif best per capita debt of any State ’in'the Union is that of South Ba ' t kota, the share of each inhabitant being , $03.95, over six times as great as the | National per capita debt. Oregon is sec , j ond, with $72 per capita ; North Carolina ( third, with $38.87: Delaware fourth, with *30.76; North Dakota fifth, with *30.67, I and Massachusetts sixth, with a per cap fita deb# of $30.66. • The Observer carries the figures pub lished above in an editorial which con cludes with this pertinent question : “And where is the man who, faced with the proposition of no ‘per capita’ no roads and no schools, would vote against the per capita?” W r e have a debt to be sure, but we al so have blessings derived from that debt. We have seen some very fine Cabarrus grown peaches on the market here this season. On a recent trip to Charlotte we saw some unusually fine peaches that were grown 18 miles from Charlotte in Mecklenburg county. At some points in Stanly and Montgomery counties the peaeb crop lias been so good that addi tional trees are being planted. We have always contender! that peaches could be profitably raised in Cabarrus and adjoin ing comities. It is true they cannot be raised profitably under former methods, where they were* left to themselves the year round, but when given tile same at tention they are given in other sections of the State they will prove successful. Our farmers are finding this to- be true and they are devoting more of the : r lauds to peach orchards. SAYS THERE ARE 50,000 FEEBLE MINDED IN STATE Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson Declares It Presents a “Most Serious Problem.” Chapel Hill, July- 28.—" The most se rious social and perhaps economic problem that North Carolina has to face today." said Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, in speaking to the members of the Pub lic Welfare Institute, “is the extent of feeble mindedness in die state and the part (hat feeble minded people are play ing in filling up courts and state insti tutions. Feeble minded people are found everywhere, in eommunties at large, in public schools and private institutions, and often in public positions, and such as .xqme prison guards, for instance. “We are loath to recognize what a big problem this is in North Carolina, one reason being that there has been so much talk about our great superiority in various material ways. This' makes- ns loath to admit this problem of mental inferiority. Consequently when tile state board of public welfare made an esti mate that there were 50.000 or two per cent, of our population that were dis tinctly feeble minded, there was violent and immediate reaction. This estimate is based on a number of studies that have been made in a number of schools in state and private institutions and on clinical experience. "These fifty thousand feeble minded people compose a terrific economic and social burden that every normal and able bodied" person is helping to bear. It is a problem that is increasing steadily and one that we have no right to pass on from generation to generation." Mrs. Johnson stated further in regard to the opinion that the estimate is ex agerated. "1 do not believe that this is an exagerated estimate. A few years ago the legislature of Oregon appointed a committee to study feeble mindedness and it was found in that state which is j comparatively a new state that there are ten per cent, feeble minded people. "As to the cure," said Mrs. Johnson. “I was extremely pessimistic about any really constructive work being done with the feeble minded who are now in our midst. A certain tier cent can bl and expensive supervision.*-. The only trained to be self-supiiorting uuder strict hope that I see is adequate segregation and prevention of reproduction." In speaking of tile work done at Kins ton in the Caswell Traiuing School, Mrs. Johnson said. "I believe that it should be greatly enlarged and given better equipment ill order that it may become a laboratory for studying Causes and ex tent of feeble inindednras and the best methods of effecting a cure. “As for the cost, it is not a question of whether or not we are going to pay for feeble mindedness in North Carolina. Nature does not ask us: we have got to pay whether or no. “We are paying already at a rate that is utterly apppalling. We have not got to decide whether we are going to keep our eyes shut and continue paying as we are paying now. by dealing with human beings in an unintelligent. inhumane way. by allowing the increase of criminals and dependents: or whether we are going to face the situation and work out an intelligent and constructive program, re gardless of cost. “One dollar saved now in earing for the feeble minded probably means twenty five to be spent in a decade more or less. AA’e hardly have begun to realize the be ginning of the problem which faees us. The state board of eharieties and public welfare lias already compiled between four and five thousand actual records of people who are definitely feeble minded.” Norwood Man’s Auto Stolen But Re turned. Norwood. July 27.—The township Sunday school convention held at the I’reAbyterian church here on last Satur day seemed to be going very !y until J. F. Shinn left the church preparatory to going home and found to his horror that there was no car to go in. Mr. Shinn was using a coupe on this particular occasion, and immediate ly began a search for it. Hours of search did not bring tbe mi-wing ear, so the crowd decided that it had been stolen instead of being taken accidently. A man named Price, a mill operative, was arrested Sunday for having stolen Che same and got cold feet, leaving it in Al bemarle and walking back home. AYheu arrested he claimed tha-t he was too ’ drunk to know what he wax' doing but . as soon as he eame to hiw right mind He . left it. Price was kept in the lock-up ‘ here all day Sunday ami was carried to jail on Monday. Another quite young ■ fellow, Thomas Eddins. who lives in the l: pill' aecHha? i« Sntaoi n»,#t!ee ..claims that he I purchased "the wpskey - 1 from young Eddins. ' ft 11 i A bee that’has just returned from an I exceptional aouree of honey perform* a I rapid dance lastiag from 30 to 60 «e --' cob da to inform the rent of the hive, of - its find. THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE I*SAYS GRASSHOPPER TEACHERS” e | GREATEST MENACE TO SCHOOLS j Dr. Bransou Says We Need First and Foremost Teachers With Social Vision. 1 Chapel Hill, July 29.—" Whatever a , town has that would jack np the level -of the trade area on which it lives, it can well afford to offer to the country . people.” declared Dr. Hramson th’is morning in presenting to the members of the welfare institute, the three forces which will overcome the evils and help * to build up our rural communities in * North Carolina. t “If the people in the towns who read. lead and think will start discussing now . they may make their own town the very best to look at and to live in, they could soon remake a town. They can make their town as attractive as possible in . order to attract the country people. , “But the greatest boon which the , town can give to the surrounding area . on which it exists is to furn'sh proper markets, not just for cotton gild tobac -1 00. but for surplus food and feed stuffs. 1 l In several town's, the merchants' have ' banded together, obtained a central - station where the farmers could sell . their surplus, and then if the town could , not absorb all. they have sent it on to the larger towns. They have in many in stances laid their library, their court house. their high school at the disposal ■ of the .country iieople- The small town - can easily' become a nucleating center . for the rural population in order to bet > ter conditions." . “The consolidated country ecnool can I and should be the community capital,” declared Dr. Bransom. “I went 17 years 1 ago to see a consolidated school in Illi nois, when the idea was new, and I found that school out in the middle of a corn field. I have been back lately ami , I found that a community of farm houses had crept under the very eyes of the j school. In another 17 years we will > have a school which will make a town. "But in order to do this.” he con , tinned, “we need first and foremost , teachers who have social visions. The greatest menace to public education to | day is this swarm of grasshopper school f teachers, who are here today and gone | tomorrow. You could not build a monu ment to one of them unless you built it on the tail of a flying machine. Os the I 88 schools in this county. 72 are to be L taught by teachers who were not then last year. But if we can have in our [ consolidated schools teachers with a true sense of social values then the i school as a social agency will be felt in all phases of community life, as a een , ter for health, education and recreanou ! al projects. , “But 1 have a prophecy to make and : that is that if the towns as trade een , tyrs cannot serve the surrounding areas. if the consolidated schools and country . churches cannot serve asnucleating centers for the doutnry people, then within two generations the country peo ple. then within two generations the . country eilivization of America will pass j into a myth." STATE CAPITOL FLAGS I TO FLY AT HALF MAST | Governor McLean Issues Proclamation as Tribute to William 4. Bryan. Raleigh. July 28.—Governor McLean . this afternoon issued a proclamation or dering the state flags over the eapitol dropped to half mast and a 30-minute surcease of work while \A". J. Itryau is being buried. So far as is known. Josep’lmx Daniels, cabinet mate of .Bryan, will be the only Raleigh man who will attend the funeral of the illustrious Democrat. Mr. Bryan came oftener to Raleigh than to any other North Carolina city and was known personally to more people here than to ! any other city unless Asheville had a greater personal hold on him. Governor McLean worked with t'iie great commoner and esteemed him greatly, though these two cold not be regarded politically of 'he same faith. Mr. McLean loyally supported Mr. Bryan three times, but it is doubtful whether the governor ever was a free silver man. , Want to Alleviate Human Suffering. . Moosehenrt. 111.. July 27.—Stop the separation of families, make it possible for every boy and girl to get at least a'aigli school education, service for babies ill the slums and tenement districts, serv ice for distressed girls, and provide suf fleient food for all school children, are some of the high lights of a program for broader service by tlie Loyal Order of Moose, according to Rodney H. Bran don. executive secretary of the order. Secretary Brandon said that plans are being made to enable every Moose lodge. ' and there are .706. to procure acres of laud at the edges of their respeettive \ cities, upon which are to be erected bung alows. so that emergency service can be given to all stricken families, whether or not tliey are in any day affiliated with the Moose order. “The most interesting thing in the world." Mr. Brandon said, “is a baby. The Loyal Order of Moose has a cor ner on babies. AVe have more babies uuder our wing at Mooseheart than any other agency. Over 100.000 babies a year in the I’r.ited States are taken out t to institutions, and then adopted out. . under numbers, until they get a new name, and they never again know their parents or brothers or sisters. Not one mother or father, if on a death bed. would ever be willing to agree to such care for their own children, yet they per ’ mit it for others.’’ Hendersonville Property ia Getting ’ Much More Valuable. Hendersonville. July 28.—Property 1 on Church street and Fifth avenue, sold 1 here todaby Penney brothers, of Greens boro, for SIIO,OOO. was purchased by today’s seller. Miss Florence Jordan, for *50.006 only 60 days ago. At this rate of increase in 60 days it 1 is figured that the increase during a year is 700 per cent. Mrs. Mallory Win* at Tennis. Sen bright, X. J.. July 20.—Mrs. Mollii Mallory, of New York, advanced to the semi-final round of the woman's singles in the fteubright Bowl invitation tennis tournament today by defeating Miss Mol ly D. Thayer, of Philadelphia. 6-4. 6-1. Mias Thayer gave her ranking opiionent a close battle in the first set, but Mrs. IJalloty was equal to the tusk and worn tfith apparent7ea*e. > ? , - 5 | <, ■ ' I i Baby Clinics in Rowan. Salisbury. N: C.. July 20.—1 n a drive to reduce infant mortality, twelve baby eknk-s nre now being held in various sec tions of Rbwan county. The first was bold gt Faith school. Utaker township, • w#4y William Basil Courtney Copyright. MW. Warner Bros. **THB LIMITED MAIL” with Monte Blue, b a plstarlxatlon of Mb story by Warner Bros. Pictures, lae. CHAPTER I Out of a blustery night that was steeped m the fabled Stygian black ness, a small boulder—dislodged by the persistent rain—slipped from Old Witch’s Mask, on the heights of Granite Gorge, and hurtled down toward two unsuspecting vagrants at the lee base of a train trestle pier. The thin halo of their fire, flut tering bravely against the impound ing blackness, revealed th younger tramp coaxingly feeding twigs to the blaze over which he held, to keep off the windblown spurts of rain, a rusted wash boiler top that had found its way into this remote hobo nest in the mountains Heaven alone knows how; it showed, too— before its rays were lost impotent ly in the black void of the abyss, upon the edge of which he was kneeling—the fat and frowsy figure of the older tramp, paying out a line of cord. A trickle of pebbles, and a sud den ominous overtone to the weird medley of wind and rain that thrash ed down upon the snarling whirl pools in the bottom of the canyon, warned the man at the fire. But his instinctive yell to his friend was too late. The unwarned hobo, just ris ing to his feet and carefully com mencing to draw in bis string, was still in a half-bent forward position when the rock bounced like a pet rified rubber ball on the ledge be hind him, then jumped over him as though in playful leapfrog, barely grazing the broadest and fullest part of his frayed pants. Such, how ever, was the force of tbis glancing blow that the tramp was knocked flat on his face toward the brink of the chasm, over which he now slid, helplessly, his hands clutching futile- His instinctive yall to his friend was too lata. ly at the empty air, his feet in their coeless shoes pressing vainly on the Smooth ledfce for a braking hold that would stay his bulky' body. His frightened sJiriek rose like a wail above the tempestuous symphony of primitive elements in the Gorge. The lithe young hobo, dropping the boiler cover, made a leap and a grab, but for the second time in as many instants he was too late. His pal disappeared over the cliff. Outwardly numb, inwardly quak ing, the young fellow crawled to the edge and peered over. He saw what he had been afraid to hope for—his comrade entangled in a stout bush a bare three feet below. There was a precision and trained skill in the physical strength of the husky young tramp that spoke of better fed and rested days not far behind as dragged his fat friend tq safety, guiding him to help him self by taking toeholds in the glaci ally vermicuttted -face of the preci pice. Gasping, when safe at last, the older man seized his friend’s hands in sentimental gusto, and with a great wagging of his greasy head and wrinkling Os his rotund face— which, in tltf dying light of the neg lected fire, was unmistakcably col ored a boudoir green—he cried, "My dear boy, I am eternally in debted to von. The cold fingers of the Grim Reaper were in my hair. But—drowning is not for Potts! It was not Potts’ time—” The young man jerked his head toward the invisible heights. “Are there apt to be any more of—those?” Potts reflected, until the harsh ef fort left his breathing, then with the emotional vagabond’s philosophic acceptance of things as they come, he decided: "No, I don’t think so. I’ll tell you about the Old Witch later. Mean while—on with the stew, let our hunger be unrefined 1” .With a gesture of dismay he caJU- A Wrk of Nature Stork’*. The beat wav# melted many bee hives , in Fresno enmity; fattfhrnia. and drown ed the ineecta in their own honey. At Yuniß. Arizona, eggs left on a shelf* in a tqmjieruture of 100 degrees hatched of OTlielf far# Mki-'- - ~*V Loitj* Bell, at Bioomburg. £NT Y., en joyed the novel experience' of wading into his garde if ,»jfd clubbing to death a 15-pcnml fish that was eating hi* carrot tops. Tlie Rhaltangunk river had over flown). I Berapse so many autuirta bumped hfe boree with-, an ‘ excuse nw-pfenao-it- was ed his companion’s attention to the fate that had befallen their fire during the excitement. The wash boiler top had settled squarely down upon and smothered the heart of the blaze, though around its border tiny flames still burned—a faint corona to a tin eclipse. The young hobo rescued the top, then hastily raked the live twigs into a new core. His pal gathered fuel, meanwhile; wet j and green, it was not the best food for an anaemic fire, yet the heroic efforts of both men, guided by the canny experience of the older—gain ed on many such a night—won out. “We’re first class boy scouts,” boasted the good-natured Potts trn umphantly. His comrade did not retort in kind —nor even smile. There was in his eyes a set glint of aloof bitterness that bespoke the impossibility of frivolity from him; a brooding mys tery, as deep as the darkness of that stormy night and as evasive as its substance, lent a somberly wistful note to his expression. Potts spec ulated romantically upon the iden tity of his haphazard pal; but being a true gentleman of the itching feet he asked no questions. Potts liked the tall, silent boy. When the fire was burning briskly again Potts said, “Now, if you’ll prop this tin so it will keep off the rain, you can look for a large con tainer for our stew while I’m mak ing another effort to scoop up with a small can enough water to form the liquid ingredient—the, ahem I aqua pura—for the succulent piece de resistance of our evening repast. i In my decent unfortunate mishap I \ regret that it was impossible for mei to avoid losing both string and can. But my ball of twine is not yet done for—and here is another can.” “When you dip for the water this time I am going to sit on your legs,” said the younger man laconically; then, reaching into the darkness just beyond the firelight he lifted into view a five gallon ex-home of motor oil and added, “I rustled this up a* while ago!" ' Potts inspected the large can crit ically. “Oxygen and hydrogen, au naturel, have banished the odor and the taint,” he approved. “One usu ally finds a generous selection of cans—err-r- utensils!—in this local ity. which is a favored one with our brotherhood. You may have ob-l served the calling cards,’* he men tioned politely, with a graceful sweep of his fat hand toward a large boulder just within the aura of fire light. It was covered with a strange and bewildering confusion of signs, numbers, letters and symbols—the “cards” of all the more famous knights of the road, and sorafe not so famous. "Are you going to add yours when we leave here?” Potts fished. The boy—he was twenty-five, per haps—looked soberly at Potts with eyes that had their roots in pain; then he twisted one corner of his mouth down in a wry, indefinite smile that got no further than his ' lips. Potts, in the week he had , tramped with the lad, had come to i know this shy, haunting little hint of a mystery and a fight against secret trouble which- did not want i to be prodded. He felt quickly ' ashamed of his inquisitiveness. As ■ ter all, was it not enough that he : liked the boy and that the boy : seemed to like him; that they had , gravitated toward each other in one of those strange and outwardly ill i mated friendships of the dusty roads, ■ where no references are required? : He changed the subject. • (To be continued) so-dork-I-couldn't-wee-l!,'' it Camden, X. j J.. traffic policeman equipped the animal ( with a real tail light that »avetf it front I further embarrassment. The minister, determined to remain J «tta flgpud term" with < the. villager K|pire,; never began the 'morning wrvitV dill the latter had Mettled hiniKclf in hi" pew. j One Sunday, however, he inadvertently [ began before the nquire had arrived. | ' “When the wicked man—” started the miniate;-; then a loud whisper from the verger echoed down the church: “He hasn’t come yet, sir!” I BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. F ! Good Refrigerators Mean Health || : ■ ; j I A Good Refrigerator in Itself Means a Big Saving in Ice— S A Saving in Food, a Saving in Health Leonard Refrigerators are especially well known be- 8 ' cause they are so sturdily built and no outside air can pos- a sibly enter except when the doors are opened, a patented \ idea on the draining pipe allows no air to ent,e* *the ice chamber. It cuts ice bills. < Piices range from $35.00 and up. See us before you ! anything in the furniture line, our buying power is un- 1 limited. We practically pay cash and buy in car loads. ! ! W e can sell cheaper. We own our own building, no rents ! ! to pay. BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. Money i" too scarce to j g spend for an.v kind of 3| equipment that is not en- U ! ■ 5 tirely dependable. We would not offer any elec | trieal equipment that ■H lacked the guarantee of * ,s maker to us. Our ffiSlj guarantee to you is that N fam any motive equipment |Hh bought here must give *0 |m “Fixtures of Character” Aj| MM w. J. IfETHCOX W. Depot St. Phone 669 |jjj I The | Personal | Touch i i ' Every detail of the funeral hi- i 1 rangements is given our personal ! , \ l l attention. We endeavor to impress J [ iji upon our patrons desire to i i • eerve them in the capacity of 11 ] | friends. , j j i i In doing this, we hope to miti- '< ' ] > gate to some small degree their 5 j ] burden of sorrow. '£ Wilkinson’s | j • Funeral Home ; I ' AMBULANCE SERVICE 1 j | PHONE DAY OB NIGHT NO. 0 X CONCORD, N. C. >1.,:, '.. TKurs3ay, July 30, ISJS We have the follow ing used cars for sale or exchange: One Buick Six Tour ing 1122 model One Buick Six Road ster, 1920 model. One Liberty Six Touring 1920 model. One Dodge 1920 model. STANDARD BUICK CO. Opposite City Fire Dept : /■ . > Spring Lamb ' j Juicy Steaks * Excellent Roasts •Etc. J v v..y JM At All Times at Our Market - i , .t, ji -j.; i y'■ x f . & J. F. DAYVAULT & BROTHER m u R|i r . * uOuCS 09 Mu Ml
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