PAGE FOUR fi she Concord Daily Tribune K Es- J. B. SHERRILL ' “ Rditur and Publisher f-' t VI SHERRILL. Associate Editor HS‘ MEMBER OF THE K N ASSOCIATED PRESS K'- The Associated Press is .exclusively , entitled to the use for repubiication of hi all news credited to it or not otherwise §“ credited in this paper and also the lo |r cal news published herein. tX All rights of republication of spec if* ut'tile "f th< Stale the Suhscripth t Is the Same as in the City Out of the city and by mail in North E Carolina the following prices will pre l- .ail: > One Year 55.00 ‘ Si* Months 2.50 Three Mouths 1.25 88 s* Than Three Month*. 50 Cents a Month - Siihs.-r pi ions Must Be Paid in Vdvance i* 't ' II.KOAII SCIIKDI'LF fi Elfecl .lime 28 1025 Northbound if 5 . to 1 New York 9:28 P M ' So 136 To Wash ngtou 5:05 A M i*- So 36 To New York 10:25 A. M. J?: No 34 To New York 4:43 P. M 1 Vo 16 To Danville 3:15 P. M . J N* 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M , Vo 32 To New YV>rk 9:03 P. M Vo 30 T.. New York 1 :55 A M Southbound I M h.lle ! 55 P M ;■> To New Orleans 9:56 P M. -• X. 211 To Birmingham 2:35 A M V. 31 T Augusta 5:51 A M S.. S 3 T New Orleans 8:25 A M So II To Charlotte 8:05 A M So 135 To Atlanta 8:35 P M , So 37 To New Orleans 10 :45 A. M Train No. 34 will stop in Concord o take on passengers going to Wash ~ ngtoti and beyond Train No. 37 will stop here to di*- i •luirgc passenger mine from he FX^"bib!?"thought c f I M -FOR TODAY— j IHI Bible Thoaßl.ts memorized, will prove a jl 18. oriceleas heritage in after yeara WARNING TO MEDDLERS:— He that passefi by. and medd'etli with strife be'onging not to him, is like no that raketh a dog by the ea-s—Proverbs 26:17. $20,000,000 FOR HIGHWAYS THIS YEAR. * Two million dollars worth of high way contracts will be let by the State Highway Commission on December 8. this to bring the year's total to S2U, ' 000.000. Figures obtained from the State eomnrssion list the mileage in volved in the investment at 650, of . which -425 is hard surface. The De ■ cember letting will add 80 miles, 60 ‘ of them alipshalt or concrete. On December 22. the commission ; will let contract for the Chowan river . - bridge, a mammoth structure that is ■ to connect Bertie and Chowan eoun- I . ties and reclaim for North Carolina • territory Tr half ih'zen north--iste’*i’ - ’ O" n nties which have been heretofore |. “Virginia cities.” The last legisla • ture authorized a half million dollars | for the construction of the bridge, the amount to be refunded from toll charges. ’IV The commission's figures on the , ‘ cost of the year's new projects pre -1 seats a record that stacks up with the big construction periods inaugur ated with the first $50.000,000 high way bond issues. Actual mileage eoui “ plcted in 1925. officials estimated, may run above 1,000 miles and exceed any twelve mouths period. Actual figures on completed mileage, or the cost, are not yet available, pending the annual checkup at the end of the period. | Adequate finances for the coutin rl uauce of the present rate of construc tion through many more months have jf been assured through highway bond is g*- sues of the legislature, county loans k, find federal aid. Highway Chairman ti Frank Page reported to Governor Mc £l Lean some months ago that road 1 building during the- first two years of 1: the McLean administration would ox fe ceed construction figures for auy other £ like period. The governor is enthu -2 siastically behiud the program, und it », will receive further boosting during gjs bis tenure in office. j-; The next legislature will be asked |.y to authorize more bouds for roads. H The people of North Carolina are not >going to stop with the present road system, or with the system planned for the immediate future. They are 1 :. paying for the roads with the gas tax ! pi and in away they are not missing & the money at all. The modern high p.- ways more than pay for themselves t in increased mileage per gallon of gas, m »“*' less wear and tear on the autos. . Hfcv The McLean administration" is em- Rvßhasiaing economy but economy does W. not that money is not to lie E spent. It means rather, that the mon :i(jr tnnst be spent most judiciously, K-i; and certainly that is the case with the Hjlij&ts tax. It is not unreasonable, we K brieve to predict the construction of E more good roads during the McLean P udmiTiistniti.ui than in any other ad §!> ministration in the history of the „tc. ft.nili “BfiWS CRANFORD CASE. p • North rurolinu is aroused over the IffifflßlK i's N. e. Cranford, the convict ‘‘liosn" of Stanly county. If the ; mkkiuste- agoinst Wrn are true then he . > deserves the severest punishment. In turning over to fbe Stanly county grand jury certain testimony in the case. Judge McElroy, prodding at the trial of Cranford, remarked that” he did not know whether the charges are true, but he “hoped the defendant i may be able to satisfy a trial jury , that he is not guilty,” because ‘if he is guilty of the matters which the evi dence points out, the highest penalty of the law is not sufficient to punish him for what he has done.” The Stanly News-Herald summar izes the testimony editorially, declar ing that if the sworn testimony “is onedialf true, it would show the de fendant to be a wholesale mu Merer, and if one-fifth true, would make the I‘haroah who oppressed the Israelites look like a piker as a cruel taskmaster in comparison with the man in whose cai-e and custody our prisoners are placed.” I *rs, News-Herald also suggests that if the charges are sustained there is i.p-.„ „f the county comnrs sioners abolishing the Stanly chain gang. We agree with The Charlotte Observer in tne opinion that such ac tion will not lx- warranted. “To abol ish the institution merely because of developed cruelties practiced in the 1 past, would establish a react ; on out of proportion to the demands of the sit uation.” says The Observer. What needs to be done is the crea tion of a system that will prohibit grounds ■ for such charges that have been made against Cranford. Chain gangs are maintained in other coun ties in the State and they are main tained on a humane basis. It seems hard to understand how such condi tions could have existed as long as certain witnesses have testified. Some- { one should always be available for , inquiry into the treatment of prison- i ers and if inquiries have been made in Stanyl it seems only reasonable that sodmethiug would (lave come to 1 tight long before now. The case must be thrashed out en- 1 tirely. The State has been shocked by the developments so far and noth ing less than a denial that ean be sus tained or a sentence : n keeping with ‘be seriousness of the crime will sat- | ! sfy an aroused public. Brann on the True Measure of r Man. W. C. Brann, the Texas Iconoclast is Credited with the following: , "The place to take the true rriees ure of a man is not in the darkest place or in the amen corner, nor , ‘he cornfield, but by his own fir fide. "There he ’ay* nfirlc his mask am' vou may ’earn whether be is ar imp or an angel, cur or king, her - or humbug. I care not what th , wor’d says of him: whether it crowns him bests or pelts him wi'h bad eggs. I care not a copper what his reputation or religion may be; If his babies dread his home coming and his better-half swa lows he* , heart every time she has to n*k for ’ five do'ar bi 1, lie is a fraud cf he first water, even though he pray fight and morning until he is b’a"k '■( the face and how’s balle'u’ali u" fi' he shakes the eternal hi'ls. But if trs children rush to the front door ‘Q meet him and love's sunsqjue illuminates the face of his wife every time *she hears his footsteps, you •an take it for granted that he is pure, for hN home is a heaven— and ‘he humbug never gets that near to ‘he great white hrone of God. “He may be a rank atheist and Td flag anarchist, , a Mormon and a mugwump; he may buy votes i■ Vocks of five, arid bet on the cf fiofis; he may (lea' 'em from the bottom of the de k and drink nee inti! he can’t te’f a si’vcr doiltt' from, a circular saw and stil' be a nfi-itelv better man than the cow rrd'v title humbug who is al suavit* society but who makes home a ’e l who vents upon the he'plesx heads of his wife and children a’■ ■ ' nature he wou’d irfliet on his fellow men but dares not “I tan forgive much in that fei 'ow mortal who woo d rather make men swear than women weep; who would rather have the hate of the whole world than the contempt of his wife; who would rather cal’ anger to the eyes of a king than fear to the face of a child. Modern Methods cf Teaching. Monroe Enquirer. I have often wondered what would be the result if a normal child at in fancy should be so placed that it would never hear a voice or come in contact with humankind. I)o not children learn of tfieir eld ers? And does not a child develop more rapidly when associated with older brothers and sisters? , Now, the point I desire to make '» that in our public cho Is where prac tically all children of like age are 1 kept in separate rooms, would not younger children learu much more , "apidly if they could observe the wrk •f higher g- a-'es? 1 was mu h amu ed me d y recent-1 ,ly w en a eol’ege graduate told me I i his first day’s experience as a child The teacher said: “Here's your lee son. This is A, this is B. and this is C. Now go over yonder, sit down and learn your lesson.” Within an Isour or so the teacher called the 6- • year old youngster to his desk and asked, pointing to A, “what is this letted?” “I don’t know, sir” Nor did the small boy know the B. and C. “Go back to your seat,” said the teacher, “and stay there until ynu lea nr your lesson.” The man said he at last learned the letters of the alphabet not from the teacher Imt from other and older (•h’Ulreu. Being an old-timer and buck uuui ber, I’ve often wondered why in many ! . of our modern aud so-called up-to-' date graded school'one instnietress so often tootles a little group of a dozen or so small boys and girls when sbe • could just as easily teach another grade? \ ’ Is it ihwlUc tbut te.'ielirrs will ov : hr earn salaries for what they do rath ‘ er than for so many hours spent in : classrooms? THE OLD BOONE HOME IS NOW BEING RESTORED p ‘ Htetor’c Furniture From Kentucky to Be Used in Missouri C unty rendezvous. Bt. Louis Nov. 28-—The o’d home of Daniel Boohe. located on Femme Osage Creek; St. Charloes county. 48 miles west of here, 1 * is being trans formed from a farm into a country home.-It is to be furnishea with his toric furniture from an old Kentuck settlement, where Boone once lived. The p ace will be used as a country rendeexous. It is situated on a three acre tract in a setting of fcreat •tural beauty. The homestead of the famous Mis souri pioneer remains in the Boone family, for it was purchased by two of his daucendn.ns, t'ol. Francis M- Curie ami George M. Hagee. attor neys. Daniel Boone died September 26, 1 82'1, in this house standing on a 1 wooded hi’l, which hs said to be the c *.st store structure erected to Mis ur' eu ide of St. Louis. The pro wry is part of 4,5 acres of and riven B"one by the Spanish govern ment wlii’e he was a surveyor. The old “Judgment Em," under whiqh Boone held court in summer stil is standing near the residence. Boone was appointed syndic for the Osage distri t. and exercised file ’•o'es f bilge, iury. cifustable and ' efiff. rr he d '*e Mq-Pding ; s we l " pmserv v.. * ~ n . a hi 1 ’ ” 1 l, o'" a s 'onia s'air wo -or o* the second flxfr. ■’" and a ce”nr. No O’d Maid F j’ans he Pat’ finder. The Fiji Is’ands are now civilized, ■uid civilization has brought many •hanges. Especially is this so in the wav the native women'are now! treated Some fifty years ago the! women there were /mere slaves of the men. Ni \v they are their equals ami, • mpanions. Modern Fijian women ; ' ess well, beautify their homes, and j b’fing up their children in a healthy way. Yet. they are not losing their I Fijian individuality. They still rc *nin many of their charming manners nd customs. , One of :he most amusing customs ( *:•” retained is that bachelors are not crated. None of t 1 p excuses f sered for being baehe! rs in other untries such as small incomes, dis :ke for women etc. are a eepted here Every man must get mar ied. n every native town there is a woman's vigi anee committee. Ac cording to one authority, this com mittee might he a-ppropiiatc y called i “Make-'Enr-Uet-Married” society. For when a young lady reaches the marriageable age and lias no lover. J ■veil or m ire long i-urls are arranged ' the back of her bead. Sbe is feu ; essed in her very bos; to saunter j b ut town making eyes at all the 1 ] figib'e bachelors If no offer of j j marriage conics within a few days !j he m, ther of the young “debutante” I ■uts some -white pigment over the ■•ur's to make them look gray. • This j s siipp st-d to indicate that the "sweet r ung thing" is growing gray with worry and regret. it is a so a sort ' iudienti n that the bachelor* are 1 t so ga’lant as they might be. How- , ver this cam uflage ustpßy pro- | ires the desired effect, and the young i ly is beseiged with mafrimonia' of ers. * The successful suitor then calls at her bouse and leaves fiis “card." a small whale's tooth Football Worth* Whi’e Hartford (’oilrant. The tremendous interest aroused in eo’lege f otba’l that brings out nearly; •i mil'ion spectotors each week has iven rise to many and varied com ’ a'nts. the most usual being “com erdalism.” to which is added u ormu'a designed to “purify” the ■innr. Another favorite wail is that lie adu’ation of the crowd for a f otball hero is unwh lexeme for brth lie crowd and the hero concerned. I If eol eges teimh not'liing b(ut soorts-1 an*liip fair p'ay. recognition if * rth *in opponents, theii* place in m-i'-ty wi l be an inumrfant one ' nything t' at dties teach these vir tue; cannot be “over-emphasized" too much. Near Enough. The strangeness of a 1 man's way with a maid has been attested, but the way of a maid being courted has a’ways been a mystery to a man. A girl dismissed her sweetheart with the statement that she could not think of marrying him until he had a few thousand dollars. A few months later she met him and asked him how much he had aved. “Thirty-five dollars.” lie said. “Well.” she remarked with ablush, “I guess that’s near enough.” The December issue of Own Y'our Own Home, a Macfadden publiea ti-'ll, gives some fine pointers to th se u’ending to bui'd in “Ho*v Wife and I 8 ved the Building "What To Look Out For In Select ing a Home Site” is the second in- 1 siallrrent on this subject and con ‘a'ns preefca! suggestions that wiH la-e von in mey and regret ‘Tlome Lights" is the story of Rod and Mil icent. I wonder if any other young chtp'e ever ‘rave'ed the road did t reach home. “House Flowers From Christmas to Easter” shows that it’s rea’ly not as hard to get good results with potted flowers as you supposed. ) Too Many Rabbits. An Atlantic liner, de'aycd 24 hours by severe storms, reached New York with 313 Silesian.hares which have furs like that of Ma It esc cats. The straßge part «f it was that an av erage of six tiaras died every day, j and the beat had started with oliiy 145. Officia's were in a quandary j how to charge, since they had «Wi* ; traeted to trausjiort only 145 hares. 'i ' j The salesman w«s doing tjis U-st \ to dispose of a second-hand auto, bat the prospective customer htoitated. 8o the salesmani enlarged njion the “pay-ns-you-ridc” plan for inslal - i i j “IT. take fit, said the oilier: 'dnrt l remember, I’m a very slow rider.’’ i \ . _ - . THE CONCORD bAtLV TRIBUNE ; — — f Cnpyripht 1924-25. P. F. Collar Co. an