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DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
BROOKS DM®
WEAKNESSES FOUND
ID MANY CODDTIES
The Head of State College
Points Out Needs in the
County Government in
North Carolina.
WEAK POINTS IN
MOST OF THEM
Dr. Brooks Suggests Some
Changes Which He Be
lieves Would Make For
Efficiency in Future.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 15. —More uniform
ity and better co-ordination are the
crying needa of county government
in North .Carolina, particularly with
regard to the management of the lin
eal affairs of the county, according to
Or. E. C. Brooks, president of State
College here and chairman of the
commission on county government ap
pointed a year ago by Governor A.
W. McLean at the request of the
State association of county commis
sioners. This commission will make
a report of its findings before the
association at its annual meeting In
Morebead City August 10, 11 and
12 and if its findings are approved,
the next legislature 'will be asked to
pass the necessary legislation looking
toward the carrying out of the com
mission’s recommendations.
Although the commission has com
pleted its investigations, its report
lias not yet been completed and Dr.
Brooks would not reveal in detail
what the recommendations containued
in the report would embrace. How
ever, he mentioned that an intensive
study of county government had been
made in approximately forty counties
of the state, through the agency of
the Research Institute of the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
which had been of invaluable assist
ance to the commission, in that it had
assembled the bulk of the data to be
considered.
“From this vast amount of ma
terial furnished us by the Research
Institute, gathered from counties ia
every section of the state, ringing
from those with tha.bgst of county
rv • - g tgy-pi* a imntil ivitiiM -tw
we were able to reaSikSne
nite conclusions as to just what is
the matter with county government
in North Carolina,” Dr. Brooks said.
"The study has been confined very
largely to the administration of lM
county's fiscal affairs, inasmuch as
they are the most variable and most
constantly meet nnd conform to chang
ing conditions. The other depart
ments of county government are more
or less stable and not subject to
change, hence not in such need of
revision.
“Perhaps the most outstanding de
fect and shortcoming of the present
system of county government—which
is In theory the county commission
system in virtually all counties —is
the lack of unity in the management
of the fiscal affairs of the county,
with no one person or agent directly
■ responsible. This makes for much
confusion in bookkeeping and results
in considerable loss to the coqntles
which might be saved through more
saodern and up-to-date methods.
“While this condition is general in
a great many counties, especially in
the smaller counties, please do not
get the idea that this condition ex
ists in every county in the state,” Dr.
Brooks said, calling attention to the
fact that some of the counties had
already virtually corrected these con
ditions as far as they were able, and
that tbe commission was working to
the end that all the counties that so
desired might be given tbe same op
portunity, and with legislative as
sistance if possible.
"The whole matter will be option
al with each individual county aa to
whether or pot it wishes to under
take these reforms,” Pr, Brooks stat
ed, calling attention to the fact the
commission and its recommendations
will be only advistory in nature, fir
ing the results of its investigations
only as a guide aud chart 'to those in
dividual counties which desire to
modernise their governmental machi
ery.
Next to the lack of unity in the
fiscal administration of tbe county,
is the lack of any responsible party
or agency for the safeguarding of
the taxable assets bf the county. He
office of tax assessor is at present so
vaguely defined that as now constitut
ed it does offer the safeguard that is
needed. In some counties the sheriff
acts as 1 tax assessor, in others the
chairman or some member of the
board of county compilssioners.
Neither is there any provision made
for the gradual increase in valua
tion of the taxable property in any
county, so that the income of the
county may keep pace with the in
crease in expenses that is always at
tendant upon the growth and advance
ment of any community. Tbe rem
edy that is proposed to meet this sit
uation is the employment by the board
of county commissioners of a tax as
sessor, responsible only to them, who
shall be put under bond and made
responsible for all the taxable assets
of tbe county and who shall be em
powered, with proper safeguards, to
make yearly revision of tbe tax lists
so that the Income of the county may
be kept in balance with its expendi
tures.
A third defect Is the unsystematic
and hit-or-miss system of collecting'
North Carolina’s Leading: Small City Daily
STRIKE ON 9IBWAY
SPREADING AS 105
I DOMED STRIKE
s Despite This Fact I. R. T.
s | Officials Say the Subway
i Service Is Practically at
Normalcy at Present.
STRIKERS HAVE
LOST THEIR JOB
i Their Names Have Been
Taken From Payroll of
Company and New Men
Secured in Their Places.
New York. Jiily , 15.—(API—The
subway strike which the Interborougli
Kapid Transit Company announced
Tuesday was ended as far as they
were concerned, when all strikers were
cast from the pay rolls, showed new
signs of life today. At strike 'lead
quarters it was announced that 105
men had walked out from the 74tii
Street power house and had thrown
in their lot with the strikers.
The 74th Street powbr house
through ivfiriouK stations, furn’shea
current to the East Side subway and
elevated lines in Manhattan, the In
terborough Lines in Brooklyn, nnd
•the Corona and Astoria lines in
Queens.
The strike is now nearing the end
of its second week. Service accord
ing to subway officials is practically
on a normal basis. Most 6f the
strikers are subway motormen and
switchmen.
Nor Prison Chaplain Named.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. July 15.—The Btate prison
may -not have transacted much busi
ness at its session in Raleigh at the
State prison Wednesday, but it did
have a good dinners, as The Tribune
correspondent can testify. There was
barbecued shoat, done to a turn,
creamed potatoes a la Caledonia, al
so slaw a la Caledonia, and apple
pie that made you want another
slice. It was real dinner, and the
hungry members of the board from
outside did it full justice. They
ijjjien. exercised in the prison yard, |
iaapectiug the various sections of the
prison. No action was taken with
regard to the appointment at a'pris
on chaplain.
taxes employed in many counties,
With Ho definite plan of procedure,
which results in many needless delays
’and considerable loss. The commis
sion will recommend the creation of
the office of tax collector, who shall
be responsible for the collection of
all taxes, in the same manner that
the tdx' assessor triiall be responsible
for safeguarding the taxable proper
ty. Then, too, each of these offices
would check against the other,, thus
making for greater efficiency. In
the smaller counties, it is suggested,
the two offices might be combined In
a single person, and expenses thus
reduced.
Improper safeguarding of expendi
tures and lack of any central pur
chasing agency is a fourth defect that
was pointed out by Dr. Brooks, w'.io
called attention to the fact that in
many counties each separate depart
ment is run with little or uo atten
tion being given. to the operation of
the other departments, and tßat many
times, if the purchasing for all these
departments were budgeted under one
head, material savings would resu’t,
to the eventual benefits of all the
various offices and to the taxpayers
of the county in particular.
Which leads very naturally into the
fifth defect of the present system,
namely the lack of any definite audit
ing system embracing all the various
offices and departments of the county.
A continuous auditing system for all
departmenta will be recommended to
take care of this defect, so that a con
stant check on income and expendi
tures may be kept.’ - ' ■
The sixth and last major defect
found is the lack of any safeguard
for the physical property of the .coun
ty, such as county buildings, school
houses, furniture, desks, etc, for
which at present no one in particular
is. responsible, other than the jani
tor. This can be corrected, the com
mission believes, by designating some
member of the-board to be officially
responsible for the physical proper
ties of the county.
“Many of these changes can be
worked out by the present board of
county commissioners,” said Dr.
Brooks, "and in several counties moat
of these conditions have been changed
to conform very nearly with our find
ings, notably in Bihicombe, New
Hanover and Pitt counties, all three
of which have greatly modernized
their county government systems.
However, it will be necessary to se
cure some legislative action in order
to make the re-organizatiou possible
in all the counties.
“What we have tried to do is to
find an elastic and adjustable plan
that can be made to fit in a great
many different cases with a large
number Os varying conditions. Os
course, its adoption is not at all man
datory, but is up to each individual
county."
However, due to the increasing in
terest in better county government, it
is thought extremely likely that the
plans off the commission will be en
thusiastically indorsed when present
ed before the association of county
FREEMAN TRIAL IS
MECCA FOR SCORES
AGAIN DURING DAY
Many Persons Went to the
Courthouse in Mecklen
burg at Daybreak in Or
der to Get Seat.
I CHARACTERS OF
! FAMILY PRAISED
; During Morning Several
j Witnesses Testified as to
j Character of Principals
in the Case.
f Charlotte, July 15.—C4*>—Charac
i ter witnesses for the Frefinan family
1 were the first presented to the court]
r today in the trial of Mrs'. NeNte Free
■ man. "razor girl,” charged with slay
i ing her husband on the night of May
- 22. while she embraced him. '
> The father and mother of the slain
i youth testified yesterday and both told
i the jury that their son was killed
by his young wife after he had told
‘ them that he would “desert her if
i she cursed him” again. ,
I The Rev. J. A. Smith, pastor of
Big Springs Methodist Church, near
I hete, was the first witness to take
i the stand this morning. He said
.that the character of Mrs. Adolphus
I Freeman was good. He. also testi
■ fled as to observing the good conduct
of the defendant.
‘ Several other witnesses also festi-
I fieri for the good name of the Free
mans.
The court room was jammed to the
door long before tbe trial began. Two
additional deputies were sworn in to
preserve order.
Many were in their seats before
- daybreak this morning, eager to hear
the taking of testimony.
State Rests.
Charlotte, July 15.— OP)— The State
' rested its ease against Mrs. Nellie
Freeman, charged with murder, at
10:55 o'clock this morning.
MISS MYRTLE FISHER
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Hit aa She Steps From Street Car—
Mrs. A. T. Black is Jailed After
Accident.
injured here tonight when struck by
an automobile alleged to have been
driven by Mrs. Allen T. Black, of
Wayni-eville. Mrs. Black was placed
in jail without bond in connection
with the accident-
Mias Fisher died at a local hospital
where she was taken after being hit
by the automobile as she stepped
from a street car.
In the large coupe with Mrs. Black
was her sister. Miss Eva Holsen
back. of Charlotte. Riding on the
left fender was Miss Cleo Adams and
on the right fender was her sister,
Miss Jessie Adams, both of Char
lotte.
"I didn’t know the street car was
going to stop,” Mrs. Black pleaded
tonight at the police station. “It
, stopped so suddenly. As soon as i
knew the girl hnd been hit I brought
the car to a stop.”
Mrs. Black said she was driving at
a very moderate speed.
“It all happened so suddenly,” she
said, ‘I didn’t know I had hit any
one until Cleo screamed.”
Miss Cleo Adams, who was riding
on tbe left fender, said that as the
ear struck the young woman she
threw up her hand in an attempt to
keep from going under the automo
bile.
“I grabbed her hand,” Mias Adams
said, "but she went under anyhow.*’
Attempts to nrrange bond for Mrs.
Black proved futile as Coroner Frank
Hovis, said by police to be the only
person empowered to set bond in
such a case, was out of the city.
Mrs. Black was placed in the same
cell with 'Nellie Freeman, on trial in
Superior court for the death of’ her
husband.
Mrs. Black's husband is said to be
overseer at Brookford orchards,
Waynesville.
88 Cent Sale at EfirtTs.
Mid-summer merchandise wiU be of
fered at exceptional values during
the sale which will last Friday. Sat
urday and Monday. Dresses will be
sold for 88 Cents ■ while 88 cents will
be deducted, from the original price
of many articles in the store.
Some of the many bargains to be of
sered during the sale are enumerated
in a page ad. in this paper.
Duke University May Build 20
Fraternity Homes.
Durham, July 14.—Twenty fine
' fraternity houses may be built by
Duke university in one block of its
new university plant which is to l>e
erected during the next five years
dt a cost of over $20,000,000, it is
- understood.
The fraternity homes wonld be
built to accommodate 25 students,
> each house with 12 double rooms.
, They would be two stories, with a
> large attic equipped for initiation
> purposes. On the first floor would be
[ parlors, reception hall, and a com
. mons room.
' Legend relates that the Maypole,
. originally decked with boughs,
, invocation to the real trees to come
, into leaf.
1 Two Sections ,
d| Twelve Pages Today
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1926
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Families Reunited at Arsenal Refugee Camp
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Heart breaking scenes were enacted in the Morristown, N. J., armory, where refugees from
the Lake Denmark arsenal explosion were cared for. Children and parents were broughj
together, and little tots who will never see their parents again were fed and sheltered. i
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SEEK MORE BODIES
ID HOTEL'S RUIDS
Search Continued for Bod
ies of 8 of 18 Persons
Reported Missing After
Hotel Was Burned.
Tanners* :ilr. N. Y., July 15. —M-’i—
Search w:s made today : u (he rijins
,f the Twi tght Inn for aditional tid
ies of '.".lists and employes believed
t,i h:m> lo<-t their lives when .traces
turned the three-story wooden siruc
tur* into r roaring furnace ye-iirj-.iy.
Eleven todies lay this mor,di-e ;>: a
ham only s’ightly removed front Ilia
u-at&'og. JC-aM* of debris tlia* uiaijpjn
the site of the-hotel in the r-ote'i Is 4-,
cottage community of the C&ts’ffili"
Mountains.
A few i.f the rescuers continue I *.*f
furls I'irovghout the night ti find nod
o:s -f re’.itives and friends. .V •o\ is
ed list of the missing issued by the
Inn eunr.v.icil IS names. 11 i* them
women, aud two children. Tl.e l>oJ
it\- nlrendy rescued accounted ‘dr
eleven of thcee, but they wer-: tUitu-‘
red beyond recognition.
Th hotel safe, bent and battered but
intact, was taken from the ruins, and
it was planned to open it in the belief
that it might contain some informa
tion on which to reconstruct the rec
ord of guests'find employees in (he
building when it was destroyed.
FREIGHTS CRASH
Rear End Collision on Asheville Di
vision of Southern Resulted in
Damaged Cars.
Statesville, July 15.— (A>) —Seven
freight cars were demolished, and an
engine derailed when one freight
Southern Railway train ran into the
rear of another three miles west of
here today. No one was hurt in the
crash.
The train was running in two sec
tions. It is understood that the Col
lision occurred when the rear train
struck the halted one ahead.
The road was blocked for severs
hours, and early this morning trains
were routed to Asheville by the way of
Spartanburg.
Special Prices on Tires at Ritchie
Hardware Company;
The Ritchie Hardware Co. is offer
ing a big reduction in Firestone gum
dipped tires and Firestone-built Old
field tires.
Cord tires as well as fabric tires
are being offered cheaper at this time,
as pointed out in page ad, in this
paper. You can get a 30x3 Oldfield
fabric tire for $6.60 and a Firestone
gum-dipped cord 30x3 for SB.OO.
Read the ad. for further price par
ticulars.
If all the progeny of one oyster
lived and multiplied through six
generations, the heap of shells would
be six times the size of the earth.
Two Americans Completely Encircle
The Earth in 28 Days and 141-2 Hours
I '
New York, July 14.—Airplanes,
, ocean liners, express trains and ruc
iug automobiles have outdone Jules
’ Verne's wildest dream of speedy
| world-circling.. With their* aid two,
! Americans eireled the globe in one
, third of Verne’s time and lopped a
week from the actual record made a
little over a decade ago.
'Linton O. Welts and Edward S.
Evans roared into New York in a
’ racing ear this afternoon and aught*
, ed at the Pulitser building exactly
' 28 days, 14 1-2 hours after they de
parted on a tug boat to catch the
' liner Aquitania down the bay en
route to Europe- In the interim they,
crossed France, Germany, RusbmH
Siberia, . China; Japan and the
United States. Eight thousands of
the 20,100 miles traversed were by
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AWARD CONTRACT FOR
STATE HOSPITAL WING
W. P. Rose, of Goldsboro, to Re
construct Burned Building.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. July 15.—Contract, for the
reconstruction of the wing of the
State Hospital for the Insane winch
was destroyed by fire several months
ago was awarded Wednesday after
noon to W. I’. Rose, of Goldsboro,
on a bid of $345,000. Plumbing and
heating contracts amounting to $40.-
860 additional were also awarded, the
heating contract going to the Raleigh
Iron Works on a bid of $28,288, while
the plumbing contract was awarded
to Dunford and Dern, of Oxford, on
a bid of $20,078. The new wing is
to be of fireproof construction ac
cording to plans approved by the en
gineers of the State insurance com
mission, and constructioii will also
be under the supervision at these en
gineers. The building wifi’ be some
what larger than the old wing which
was burned, providing accommoda-|
tions for about 100 additional pa-'
ttientß. ;
The building committee, composed
of Dr. L. B. Evans, Windsor, chair
man ; Mrs. Marshall Williams, Fai
son, and H. R. Dwire, Winston-
Salem, secretary, was in session for
the greater part of the day going
over the various bids. Governor A.
W. McLean also met with the com
mittee during part of the session anil
assisted it in going over the details
of the situation.
Dodge Owners Must Pay S2O.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July lu.—Hear ye, al!
Dodge owners, and prepare to shell
a tear over that $7.50 that is gone
forever. For a Dodge is a Dodge
and can never be a flivver, for t'.ie
attorney general hath ruled it. Selah.
So it is that the cost of a license
plate for a Dodge, even though the
horsepower is but one-fourth or one
millionth over the 24 horsepower per
mitted for the $12.50 license, to which
the vast hords of Fords in the state
belong, the Dodge is still in a differ
ent class and must pay the price of
its superior “class.”
Thus the effort of the many Dodge
owners who would that their Dodges
were Lizzies when time to get licenses
came, and who last week made a final
and soul stirring appeal to the high
way commission, who in turn passed
the buck to the department of reve
nue, from which place said buck was
sicked on the attorney general, has
come to naught. For it is the busi
ness of the attorney general to re
ceive the buck, and he is hard heart
ed and adament about.
Come on. you Dodge owners, fork
over your 20 bucks for a licenae!
With Oar Advertisers.
Read the new ad. today telling of
the grocery specials offered by the
Parks-Belk Company.
See the new ad. of Frigidaire today.
Sold by Standard Buck Co.
Parks-Belk Co. wants 50 salespeo
ple to work during their B'g Birthday
Sal*!. See ad. today.
airp'ane, with 11 stops and not one
accident.
The world-girdlers spent last night
at Rantoul, 111., losing a number of
hours toward their record because
the planes in which they had become
from Seattle, Wash., were not equip
ped for night flying. They allowed
themselves only three hours’ sleep
between Seattle and New York,
jumping from the pits of their planes
to the seats of waiting racing cam
at Mitchell field for the last dash of
the trip.
The previous world-girdling rec
ord was made in 1013 by John
Henry Mean, who bettered Jules
V*rne’s Action estimate of “Arouad
th* World In Eiftit.v Days” by par
forming the feat in 86 days, 2 V hours
and 36 minutes.
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BANK FAILURES TO
GET MORE HOT
Georgia State Banking De
partment Seeks Data
Concerning 49 Banks
Which Have Closed.
Atlanta, Ga., July 16.—C4>)— I The j
Georgia State Banking Department
today continued its investigation into
the affairs of 49 state banks which
have closed their doors since Monday.
At the same time Federal Judge
Samuel H. Sibley heard a petition for
bankruptcy proceedings against the
Bankers Trust Co. operating eompnny
for 120 state batiks “for which a tem
porary receivership was named in the
i county court here yesterday.
I The embarrassment of the Bank
, ers Trust Company was blamed by th?
1 banking department for the majority
of the .closings this week. The de
partment emphasized that the clos
ings were not due to local conditions,
and did not indicate any unsoundne-s
or lack of stability of banks in the
state.
Will Appoint Receivers.
Atlanta, Ga., July 15.— UP) —Judge
Samuel H. Sibley in Federal court
here today ruled that bankruptcy pro
ceedings of the Bankers Trust Com
pany was under the jurisdiction of
the Federal court, and announced he
would appoint receivers for the com-’
pany.
Judge Sibley’s ruling came when the
suit for bankruptcy and petition for
receivership was brought into federal
court by four local plaintiffs.
Florida creditors resisted federal
intervention by endeavoring to show
that the company did an insurance
business of insuring the dejmsit of
member banks, and that the case was I
not under the jurisdiction of the fed
eral courts. Attorneys for these cred
itors yesterday in Superior Court ob
tained a temporary receivership for
the company on behalf of the Bank
of T’natilla, Floridn.
July Clean-Up Sale at Ivey’s.
Ivey’s July Clean-Up Sale will
start tomorrow. Friday morning, and
continue for ten days only.
During the sale the s'iioe store will
offer special prices in shoes for the
entire family, the prices ranging from
95 cents up.
The store has an unusually large
assortment of shoes now and for this
reason is offering the special prices
so the stock can be reduced before
the new season starts.
Bead the six-columned ad. in this
paper for particulars.
Governor to Bid For Re-Election in
Fall.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 14.—Gov
ernor JJeliie Tayloe Boss, first wom
an governor, will seek re-election.
She filed as a candidate for the
democratic nomination late today.
Thus far no opponent has entered
against her in the primary, to be
held August 17.
Mrs. Boss was elected in Novem
ber, 1924, to complete two years of
the unexpired term of her husband.
Governor William B. Ross, who died
in office.
Kresge Sues for Divorce.
Detroit, July 15.— UP)> —Sebastian
S. Kresge, millionaire operator of a
chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, has
filed suit in circuit court here to di
vorce his second wife, Doris Mercer
Kresge, of New York City.
The bill of complaint has been
locked in the court vaults, and the
charges have not been made public.
Full Power to King Albert.
Brussels, July 15.—(A")—Parlia
ment today gave King Albert full
power to institute by decrees meas
ures to save the franc. The full pow
ers bill was adopted by the chamber
of deputies 189 to 9, with four absten
tious; and by senate -unanimously,
with two abstentions.
PHYSICIAN AND mo
WIFE CHARGED WITH
I MURDEH OF WOMAN
i
Dr. Thomas E. Walsh and
Wife Are Charged With
Performing Illegal Oper
| ation on Edith Green.
! ANOTHER ARREST
IN THE MYSTERY
James B. Ford Says He
Was Responsible For
Miss Green’s Condition.'
Sought Physician’s Aid.
Boston, July 15.—OP)—Warrants
(barging murder were issued this morn
ing for Dr. Thomas E. Walsh and his
wife, who were alleged to have i>ein
formed an illegal operation on Miss
Edith L. Greene, state ward, whose
dismembered body was found on Tues
day.
James B. Ford, a 21 year old ship
ping clerk, was arrested today after
lie assumed blame for the condition of
Miss Greene. He named a South End
physician repsons ; ble for the opera
tion which led to her death.
Ford said lie had taken the girl to
the doctor.
I He received nil urgent call from the
physician on Sunday, he said, and up
on reaching his office found Hie girl
had died.
He said he refused to assist in the
disposal of the body, which was sub
sequently discovered near a cemetery
wall by a laborer on his way to work
The office of the doctor was ra’dyd
by the police late last night.
SEVEN PERSONS HURT
IN GOTHAM GUN FIGHT
Man Attempts to HoM Up Restau
rant and His Intended Victims
Turn on Him.
New York, July 14.—For the
'second time in 36 . hours a gun-
I battle was fought along crowded
thoroughfares tonight- Seven per
sons, three of them women, were
wounded by bullets when police bat
tled a holdup man on Broadway to
night as thousands of persons were
going to theaters.
Four men were shot down at the
peak of the rush hour bear the Old
Madison Square Garden yesterday
afternoon when gangsters attempted
to free prisoners being taken to jail
by detectives.
Glen Miller, 35. of Buffalo, was
captured after a gun fight in the
"roaring forties,” tonight during
which he fired a dozen shots at
policemen and was wounded four
times.
Miller had attempted to hold up
the patrons of a restaurant on eight
avenue near fifty-first street. In
stead of obeying his command of
hands-up, men in the restaurant
rushed him. He fled, pursued by his
intended victims, who enlisted traf
fic policemen in the chase.
A taxi-cab driver attempted to
, run him down as he crossed Broad
wa. The cab smashed across the curb
onto the sidewalk, scattering scores
of men and women.
Central Methodist Church Supports
Dr. CluppeH.
Asheville, July 14.—The following
resolution has been unanimously
■ adopted by the board of stewards,
j Central Methodist church, in con
nection with the charges preferred
against the approaching trial of Dr.
Ashley Chappell, the pastor:
“Whereas, an article referring to
the coming trial of our pastor. Dr.
Ashley Chappell, has originated with
The Shelby Star and is being copied
by other papers throughout the
state, we the board of stewards, ot
Central Methodist ehuurch, in reg
ular monthly session, deside to make
the following statement in refutation
of this article.
“I.—That the statement that
‘friends are giving the pastor and
his wife the cold shoulder’ is untrue.
“2—That the statement that ‘for
-1 mer close friends of Dr. Chappell are
1 adopting a program of ostracism
'■ toward him’ is without foundation.
”3.—That the statement that Dr.
i Chappell is being made to realize
that public opinion is already against
him no matter what the final verdict
i may be is utterly without foundation.
“4.—That we as official board and
congregation depreciate the impli
cation of disloyalty to our pastor
and his noble wife and trust that
■ those who have had a part in cir
culating these false and damaging re
ports will give equal publicity to
i these resolutions.
“5. —That the attitude of this con
gregation has been one of loyalty
and confidence and we feel that no
other attitude could be consistent or
warranted.”
Start on I»ng Sculling Trip.
Norfolk, Va., July 15.— UP) —In
i their wasp-like double wherry, a craft
i as frail as a canoe, and in a drizzle
< against which their light rowing
- clothes offered no protect : on, two men
• prominent in Harvard athletics. Dr.
Thomas K. Richards and Ed. A. Waeh
t ter, started out early today from here
: in a sculling trip of more than 600
i miles.
Trades Union Will Aid Miners.
London, July 15.— (A>) —The trades
1 union conference with the executives
-of the miners federation today agreed)
- to give aH possible assistance to the
r striking miners. The Congress will
- raise funds to supoprt the miners in
, their - struggle against longer hour
and reduced wages.
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THE TRIBUNEI
PRINTS 1
TODAY’S NEWS TOD^ra
no. lain
HJHR PBISMi
SHIES HOAD I
MS HI TO HH
Clayton Smith Said OtiSSI
When He Was Tod Sic®
to Work Cranford hH
Threatened to Whip {fjjjHgj
SERVED ONTHE 11
STANLY KOAjjM
Witness Admits He IsJMH|
lated to Many of
nesses Called by Staif ■■
Testify in the Case. I
Albemarle, July 15. — !A>)— H”W
one occasion when he was
from blood poisoning and reqne*t)gE^^H|
physician, he was threatened wfggflH
whipping instead, and placed,.iq
ble shackles was related to tbp
trying Nevin (' Cranford, fm mer
!y convict superiitemlent Today, Jd 13
Clayton Smith, former
der Cranford, was the witness wjtttfli
told of the alleged cruelties ''‘HiCMBKal
by the “foreman.'’ S 3
Smith was later pardoned
Governor, upon his promise tq
the army. .jH
He was cross examined by
McLendon, of Wadesboro. wli«
tempted in prove kinship exist tjp:
tween 'he v : t nesses ':r the s.at
Smith admitted that lie was
five oy bhod or marriage with AjH
number of the v it nesses call'-
prose,nil i, li. and said that all bqf M|A S
of them c; me to the Stnniy
chain gang from Montgomery 4? {BBS
same term f court. iH
SAYS CITIZENS SELL ■
LIBERTY FOB ItONUUMH
Increasing Paternalism of
Government Scored by Bar
oiatkm.
Denver, Colo.. July 15.—OW—
creasing paternalism of the
government was scored today by
American Bar Association. The
gairzation's 49th annual couventionjß
placed itself on record through adop-TB
tion of the report made by itß
mittre on American citizenship,
declared “the American citizen of
day is bartering his individual liber- J
ties and rghts for government bougjjS
ties and bonuses.’* and VdstTietTTflHH
increasing tendency toward cell trail- B
zation in government. 'll
“The Roman citizen bartered
ancient liberties for bread and eircna-JB
es.” said the rejKK-t. “The
citizen today is bartering his indlvid-fll
tial liberties ami rights for govern-B
meat bounties and bonuses. He Amß
mauds government interference
everything, and surrenders his indi- fl
viduality in return for it. 9
“The American citizen ‘ ’ftf
pauperized by government alma. Iff B
he supports the government.
the government, in return to'
im.” ■
THE COTTON MARKET §| I
Opened Eeasy Today at Declines efß
From 11 to 16 Points.—
ble Covering. . I
New York. July 15. The I
cotton market opened easy today A&fl
a decline of 11 to 16 Point*. actljigjS
months showing net losses of 15 to 888
points in the first few minutes of ttajjHH
mg. under liquidation or resell!ng bjifiß
recent buyers who appeared to be in- I
fluenced by talk of better wea
prospects ami relatively easy ' Jjvnf-SB
pool cables. 9
The decline of 17.14 for October amlß
17.1 S for January brought in cpVShlwS
erable covering, however, and,** snolt 1
as iniCal offerings had been abaorP§»
ed, prices rallied on reiterated rejwtffiS
of insect damage and complaint* thatrß
cotton was growing a good staß'bHt-B
putting on little fruit. I
October sold up to 17.30. op 4 P*lß#Jfl
net higher. January also rallied t* B
17.30. or within 5 points of yesterdayylM
closing quotation, the general ,Uit
ing steady to firm at the end of tlkjjß
first hour. I
Cotton futures opened easy: Oefeo- I
her 17.16; December 17.17; January I
17.22; March 17.43; May 17.«II| 1
Some Ice Cream Being Constuwia^B
Raleigh, July 14.—040—Having its -1
origin in the United States’ andA.l
favorite dish among Americana, M-B
cream is being consumed in greater M
quantities at the present time thattß
ever before. Last year, statistieare-B
veal that 322,729,000 gallons of fatal
hot weather dessert were eateni.lM'jl
this country. This is a great iHrj|
crease from 1910 when 95,450,001|jJ
gallons were consumed. 1
‘Great oaks from little ocomiß
grow” is an old saying which la bm|
about ice cream. For it is tfmJß
humble five-cent ice cream cottaWjMjeiltß
is given major credit for the
increase by the statisticians.
convenient size for children and
glders gets the credit for thavgnliflH
increase. ■
President of Rainbow DMiMa}
New Y’ork, July 15.—(4>)—Captafal
Howard G. Smith, of lowa,
was elected president of the
division of the American expediticMtfß
ary forces. B
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THE WEATHER S 1
i -—. i
Fair tonight and Friday, apt
I so cool tonight in west and liortb
> tral portions; somewhat warmer MIB|
' day. Moderate to fresh nortlUMK
winds diminishing. '*(?%& .1