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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI NO LESSENING IN TDETEISITEOFTDE KIN SIM! Catholic Authorities De clared Today That They Would Not Support Any Revolution in Mexico. PROSPECT FOR ONLY /“BATTLE OF WORDS” w'Hooe Persists Among the r Catholics That the New Congress in September May Modify Regulation's Mex.eo City, Aug. 11.—CP)—The controversy between the Mexican government and the Catholic church over the government's religious regu lations showed no signs of lessening today. "The battle of words,” as it is be ing characterized here, owing to the statement of the Catholic episcopate regarding its stand, and the govern ment's reiteration of its policy, was still in progress yet today, seemingly with no prospects at present of any more dnngenuis thing than words be ing used. The Catholic authorities who con stantly have ordered moderation and no violencme, declared today that they would not support any revolution. The episcopate even went further when in a statement to the Associated Press, it asserted that in the event Mexico was menaced by armed eon fiict with a foreign power, tile church and its mem be re would support the Mexican government with absolute loyalty. Hope throughout the country per sists that tile new Congress in Sep tember may modify the religions reg ulations. But it is said that unless President Colies softens in his atti tude. Congressional relief is doubtful. The Mexican business world, whose nerves already are on edge as a re sult of the economic boycott called by adherents of the Roman Catholic cause in tlie present religious con troversy, today felt additional alarm at the continued slump of silver. Today’s silver exchange showed the , *‘ M " reaching 4.20 per cent. |. ‘‘discount, ns compared with yester £ dnv's 3.-70 to 4 i*r 5 BEaniers, however, repeated their denials that the depreciation of the silver peso, in terms of the gold peso, has been caused by the boycott which Cat'll olios hope will create a business depression sufficiently acute to cause the government to modify its religious policy. Meanwhile a government commit tee of financial experts is completing its organization to, investigate the economic situation on the disordered exchange. The boycott is continuing to re duce the luxury trade, the women’s apparel trade and the motion picture attendance in Mexico City. It is re ported to be operating more severely in other portions of the republic, al • though Mexico City js without auy ' thing even pretending to represent , accurately general conditions else where. T’.ie Protestant churches apparent ly are unaffected and there seems to be little likelihood of their becoming involved. President Cailes himself to d Dr. Alva Taylor, of the ‘‘Good will Mission Prom th’e United States to Mexico,” that the Protestants had accepted the regulations amj were not giving the government any trouble. The ‘‘Goodwill Mission,” which has been studying the religious situation in Mexfco. is of Hie opinion that the administration of President Cailes is engaged in a great program of social reforms which are essential to the welfare of Mexico. A resolution passed by the mission says: ”We believe that a program of edu cation and social reform is necessary for the rehabilitation of Mexico. We believe the Cailes administration is engaged in a great program of so cial reform and that all truly inter ested in the welfare of Mexico will co-operate in its essential undertak ings.” The missiop numbers 32 Ameri cans, including ten Protestant minis ters from the middle western part of the United States. Another Catholic overture for a truce in the religious conflict lias been made. Archbishop Vera Zuria, of Puebla, lias sent n communication to Presi dent Cailes asking the chief execu tive to suspend the religious regula tions until Congress convenes, in the hope that loss severe regulations will be enacted and the controversy end ed, > President Cailes has not made any official reply, but it is stated in re liable quarters that there is no pros peot quarters that there is no pros pect whatever of the president ac cepting the proposal or ordering a suspension of the regulations. Klilod When Parachute Failed to Open. Dayton, 0., Aug. 11.—0P1—Lieut. E. H. Barksdale, MeCook field pilot, was killed today when a parachute' failed to open as he jumped from his falling ship near the field. Lieutenant Barksdale’s- jump was made from a height of about 500 feet and it is believed tbe distance did not give his parachute time to open. On two previous occasions he had innae successful parachute jumps from disabiedYships. The ship was wrecked. The Concord Daily Tribune - North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Commission Says Finances of the Counties Are Poorly Handled | Morehend City, X. C., Aug. 11 The unifying of county govern* Iments under competent official farai -1 es with business managers, budgets and purchasing agents was recom mended by the commWaion on county government of the state association of County Commissioners here tonight. ■| The report, written by Dr. E. C. r , Brooks, chairman of the commission | appointed by Governor McLean at the r - request of the last convention, was j presented the county government com i mittee of the association by F. P. Spruill, of Rocky Mount, and will be given the full convent.on tomorrow > morning. The report » the outgrowth of a feeling among the commissioners that I county government methods should be . improved. This feeling took definite form at the lust session of the asso ciation and the governor was request- I eel to a’d by appointing a representa tive commission to study the matter. The report, it is said, will be the bas is of legislation to be presented to the 1027 eneral Assembly designed to im prove county governing methods. Digging thoroughly into the whole problem of county government tile commission points out in Its 0,000 word reiiort that the greatest reform is ueeded ill the fiscal - management of - comities. Progress, it declares, in tills ] resiiect has not kept puce with the im provement i»- the machinery for ren dering service either to the county in dividuals or to society of the county as a whole. Saying that the "amount of service that may be rendered the citi zens of any county is dependent pri marily upon the resources of the coun ty and the business methods and prac tices employed," the report points out that many North Cnrolina counties have fallen short in their services be cause of defective systems of govern ment rather than lack of resources. There are seven functions that ev ery county must safeguard if Its op erations are to be successful, declares the report. They are: (1) maintain ing unity in the official family of a county in fiscal management; (2) pre serving the taxables of a country; (3) collecting tlie revenue fairly aud just ly: (4) safeguarding the revenue through proper accounting: (5) safe guarding the expenditures through budget control and a central purchas ing agent; (0) protecting the physi cal property of the county, and (7) providing properly for the administra tion of justice. In rounding out its report .the commission presents these functions of tbe county, giving tbe defects which ImrsrUibly appear where they are not *nf«*»<utaod, anil aff*r»*m*., gestions for safeguarding them. The suggestions are taken from a number of comities where they have been tried nod found effective, the report [mints out. The fiscal management and unity of I the official family has fallen short in most counties, declares the commis sion, because the officials have little or no conception of tlie total value of service to be rendered and duplica tion of effort and a disproportionate distribution of revenue. Moreover, '“there is a diffusion of authority, laek of concerted programs for county en deavor and a curtailment of authority and dignity which rightfully belongs I to the commissioners." Likew.iv, under these circumstances it is iin imssible for the commissioners to con trol the budget of receipts and expen ditures, and delegations of people are served as they appear monthly and funds are appropriated as delegates come and go. Where there is no unity of manage ment, in many eases, declares the com mission, which hns investigated sys tems in the majority of the counties in the state, counties frequently spend special tax funds for-general purpose funds, and general funds for special tax purposes, while some counties do not even know how much it costs to operate their government. The commission recommends that unity in the official family in fiscal management may be ma'ntained by centering administrative authority in a business manager, appointed by and acting for the board. He may be chairman of the board or he may be the auditor; by requiring ail boards that extend puolic funds to account to the hoard of county commissioners for all funds received and expended; by giving the commiss'oners authority to select all administrative officers, such as auditors, collectors or revenue and the. like; by a careful administra tion of a county budget and a central ized accounting of all funds and pur chases. The commission gave Pitt, New Hanover and Buncombe counties as examples of unified fiscal management. When the taxables of the county are not preserved, declares the commis sion in its report, there are irregu larities and unjust titx assessments; umeh property frequently d'sappears from tbe tax books; there are errors in listing taxes; township scrolls are frequently in disorderly conditions and there is no method of keeping up with hind transfers and no real es tate maps showing property location. By keeping a permanent or continu- COABTAL WATERS MAY BE GHOWING SALTIER fetter* That Gulf Stream is Ap proaching Closer and Closer to Carteret Shore . New Bern. Aug. 11.—Belief that the coastal waters off Morehead and Beaufort are gradually grading warmer and more aalty has been ex pressed here by a prominent citizen that is a student of such natural phenomena. The difference can easi ly be noted In the temperature at tbe water, be aay». as well as In the many opeciea of tropical fish found frequently In tbe vicinity. Two •harkß have been recently caught off •, ous record of all taxables of the coun- j • | ty; by inspect'ng property in every • section of the county period cally for i improvements or depreciation; by keeping a record of all officials who receive fees, fines, forfeitures and pen ’ aities, taxables may be adequately pre served. "The commission believes." contin j ues the report, "That the collection of i I all revenue should be placed in the 1 ] hands of an official carefully selected i • by tbe board of county commiss'oners, . ! and he should be held to a strict at-f i countab.lit.v for the collections of all I j funds, and for depositing tbe name I with the county treasurer as they are ! collected.” i When these functions are not enre j fully safeguarded there is a great de- i | lny in collecting taxes. ■ funds must' j sometimes be borrowed until all col- I lections are completed and the coi | lector avoids settlement with the com missioners and accumulated uncollect ed taxes finally brings about ru'n. Un der the recommended manner of gov ernment “the collector is held to a strict accountability'' by the board of! county eomm'ssionecs. Wherever the function of safeguard ing the expenditures' is not safeguard ed, points out the commission, then l is an absence of budget receipts, loss | through unwise contracting, thy starv ing of one department with corre spond'ng favoritism to another, an ig norance of tile bonded indebtedness and an increase in prices. Tile commission recommends as safeguards a budget of receipts, a budget of expenditures and a central purchasing agent. AA henever there is not a proper ac counting of all funds there is negli gence on the part of officials, failure to have a continuous audit of ail the funds, a failure to hold officials re sponsible for not keep'ng proper ac counts, a failure to guard the credit of the county, and a Jack of balanced books. The commission makes the follow ing recommendations: A continuous audit should be required of the sev eral departments of the county, the credit of the county should be prop erly safeguarded by providing for prompt payment of all interest, princi pal or notes aud by safeguarding the expenditures by entrusting them to one official, an auditor, elected by the county board. The failure to preserve the physical property of the county, declares the commission, is followed by the loss of property and makes for an additional tat burden, a defect which can be' remedied by having one officer of tbc county as duateOinTi of all'physical/ property belonging to the county. The last defect listed, the failure to provide properly for the adminis tration of justice, makes for an in- I crease in crime, added costs of jails, court expenses and the failure to keep adequate court records. The commission was not prepared to make suggestions on this function of the county government and asks that it be referred to the bar association for fur ther study and suggestions. “The machinery necessary to safe guard these seven major functions is rather simple and does not involve apy marked changes in, our system of coun goverument,” concluded the report. “11l 'fact, many counties already have udopted it in part. However, the ma chinery should be elastic, and at first it should be optional with the coun ties ns to which of these suggestions shall be adopted. Counties in which the annual expenditure amounts , to more than u million dollars might need a separate official to perform each of the first six major functions.” The commission recommends a board of county commissioners, elected by the people, for a term longer than two years, all members not to retire within any given year, a business malinger, selected by the commission ers, a supervisor of taxables, selected by the county commissioners, a tax collector, selected by the county com missioners, with authority to select his assistants, an auditor, selected by the commissioners, a purchasing agent selected by the commissioners, a treasurer, selected by the commission ers, a custodian of physical property, selected by the commissioners, a reg ister of deeds, sheriff and clerk of court, elected by the people. The of fice of surveyor and coroner should be abolished. The several boards, such as boards of education, agriculture, public welfare, highway, and the like, should be required to report annually to the board of county commissioners on how money appropriated to each has been spent, and what service lias been performed. The General Assembly should by a general act make it possible for any county to adopt and maintain an im proved form of local government. The Geueral Assembly should set up a state department of finance and ac counting to aid counties in readjust ing themselves to any improved plan and should provide for the prepara tion of a code ot county government law and a manual on county govern ment. Tlie full convention will hear the re port tomorrow morning. Morehead Bluffs pier. Tlie Gulf stream must be com ing closer to the Carteret shore, in the student’s opinion. It is known to be very near the coast in that par ticular locality, nearer than to any other part of the At'antic coast in that region of America. The stinging jelly fish, known as ‘Portuguse-man-o-AVar,’ wus given that l name by Portuguese mariners seeking a new route to India in the 14th Century.- Hostilities between Europmn nations which had closed the regular trade routes had made it necessary that a new route be found. CONCORD, N. C. t WEDNESDAY, AUbUST 11, 1926 in MOVEMENT OE PENCE FROM «K FIELDS Extremely Heavy Ship ! ments of Fruits and Veg ! etables Also Froin Num j erous Producing Centers ELBERTAS drop to $1 TO $2 PER CRATE And Only 75 to 90 Cents in the Producing Section of Georgia—North Car olina Ships 1,700 Cars. Atlanta. Aug. 11.—(A3)—Extreme ly heavy shipments of fruit and veg -1 etables from the various produeiiK centers were noted by the United States department of agriculture for the week ending August 7th Peaches brought lower prices generally, pota toes '.lad a downward tendency and the market for watermelons was im proved. The heavy movement of peaches was a feature of the week. Nearly 7.50 ft ears were murketed, compared with 5,00 ft ears for the preceding week. Georgia accounted for 2,800 ears of this total, bringing her total shipments to date to 17.000 cars. North Carolina's output jumped to 1.700 cars; Tennessee moved 500 cars and Arkansas marketed, 1.200; while nearly 250 cars a day were moved from California points. .lobbing prices for the best Geor gia Elbertas dropped to a range of $1 to $2 per crate, while the mar ket was extremely weak at 75 to iff) cents in the noriti Georgia produc ing section. “MA” FERGUSON IN RACE SI RE ENOUGH. SHE SAYS Says Mr. Moody Had Never Accepted Ha- Offer to Resign. Austin, Tex.. Aug. 11.—OP)—Gov ernor Miriam A. Ferguson today de clared she was in the race for Gov- ernor of T)>xas with “all her heart.” In a 2,000 word statement she declar ed that Attorney General Dan Moody, her chief opponent, never had accept ed her offer to resign. ; She declared Moody had forfeited j -his right to a place in tlie run off ,a*d general election tickets, because of liis alleged acceptance of contribu tions from Representative Lee Satter white, and B. L. Bobbitt, candidates for the legislature. The primary law prohibits campaign contributions from one candidate to another candidate. Referring to her challenge to Moody to resign, she said “not only did he not accept m.v proposition, but tie left himself in a position whence lie could not be bound in ease I should have led him by 25,000 votes in tile primary. Here are his very words: “I ac cept the (imllonge issued by Jim in his wife’s name. In many other statements in the newspapers lie called by propositions Jim’s bluff, and not to this hour has he ever said lie accepted by proposition. “1 submit, to all fair-minded peo ple that the acceptance of a chal lenge by Jim is not the acceptance of a challenge issued by Miriam. Had tlie vote been in my favor Air. Moody tiad carefully worded his reply so that he would not have been bound, and he would have immediately said he was only bluffing with Jim.” The challenge to resign, Mrs, Fer guson referq to, was one made by her in her first campaign speech of the recent primary. She offered to re sign her office if Moody led her by one vote, provided he would resign as attorney general if she led him by 25,000 votes. Mrs. Ferguson also based her re fusal to resign on the charge that the primary was illegal because those who bolted the democratic party in 1024 to vote for the republican candidate for Governor, Dr. George C. Butte, were permitted to return to the party and vote in the recent primary. She alleges there were 200,000 such “bolters” and if they had been exclud ed she would have led Moody by over 100,000 votes. HOT CONTEST EXPECTED FOR LABOR OFFICIALS To Take Place Tills Afternoon.—Se lection of Place of Next Meeting. Salisbury, Aug. 11.— LA 3 ) —Tlie elec tion of officers for the coming year and selection of place of the next annual meeting were the main item of busi ness today before the 20th annual session of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor. The election takes place this after noon and a hot contest is expected for several offices. Concedes Nomination of Gov. Peay. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 11.— (A 3 ) — Hill McAllister, state treasurer, op posing the renomination of Governor Austin l’eay for a third term, today in a formal statement issued condeiicd the nomination of Governor Peay fol lowing the official count of votes in the counties. Governor Peay by al most complete official returns was leading Mr. McAllister by nearly 8,- 000 votes ip the August sth Demo cratic primary. Milk consumption in the United States last year reached tlie highest point in the nation's history, the quantity of milk, including cream, consumed in fluid form being 54.- 326 000.000 pounds, an increase of 1,554,000,000 pounds over 1024. Ijj In the News Spotlight - j w j j |j HUBERT'.WORK PRINCESS MAFALDA Ws v y* < I||P- 9 - a 1 i/ f f:. il ELEANOR WILKINSON BERNARPO DUGGAN Continued prosperity may be expected under President Coolidge, Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interior, told Colo rado Republicans. A son was born to Princess Mafalda, daughter of the King of Italy. Eleanor Wilkinson, M. P. t arrived in America to plead for aid for striking British miners. Bernardo Duggan was nearing his goal in his sea plane flight from New York to Buenos Aires. j GREAT OIL FIRE IN ' BALTIMORE STILL RAGING Seven Huge Tanks of Burning Gaso line, Kerosene and Benzol. Baltimore. Aug. 13.—OP)—Flames still belched fitfully today from seven huge faults of burning gasoline, kero sene and benzol on the grounds of the American Oil Co., refining [riant in South Baltimore, where late yester day four terrific explosions rocked the neighborhood, dealt serious injury to seven firemen, and sent hundreds of families scurrying 'from tlffiir homes in fear of a general conflagra tion. As the flames spread to the ware house of the company loade I with drums of lubricating oil and contain ing the offices of the firm, a huge pall of dense black smoke spread over tlie section, drawing a crowd of 100.0011 persons as the flames spread hundreds of feet into the sky. Company officials estimated that 500,000 gallons of com bustibles were destroyed. ' Loss of More Than $250,000. Baltimore. Aug. 11.—OP)—Damage of upwards of $250,000 was estimated by officials today to have been the toil of last night’s spectacular oil, gaso line and benzol fire at the refin'ng plant of the American Oil Company. Eight firemen were seriously injured, but are expected to recover. Tlie ruins still were glowingtoday and a thorough investigation had not been made. THE COTTON MARKET Market Showed Net Losses of From 10 to 12 Points Before End of the First Hour. New York. Ang. 11.—C/P)—The cot ton market was easier during today's early trading under selling by spot houses. Wall Street and local traders who appeared to be influenced by a I favorable view of early weather news, i and rather more favorable average of 1 the private reviews of crop progress during the past week. Complaints of l shedding in the southwest and reports of increas'ng insect damage were re ceived, but evidently failed to inspire much fresh buying, and after opening at a decline of 2 to 5 points the mar ket showed net losses of 10 to 12 points before the end of the first half hour. \ October sold off from 16.76 to 16.08 and January from 16.74 to 16.65. Cotton futures opened steady: Oc tober 16.70: December 16.73: Janu ary 16.73; March 16.95; May 17.0,5. PROPOSED INCREASE IN TELEGRAPH RATES Further Hearing Before the Corpor ation Commission Postponed Till September 7tli. Rnleigh, Aug. IX.—C4“)—Further hearing by the Corporation Commis sion on the proposed toll rate increase asked by the Western Union and tbe Postal Telegraph Companies this moaning was deferred until September Tth at which time opportunity will be given commercial agencies opposed to the increase an opportunity to offer rebuttal testimony provided their in vestigations of assertions made by the companies indicate to them that the incre&sed rates are not needed. Three Robbers Escape with $20,000. Woodtnere, N. Y„ Aug. 11.—(A>) —, Three robbers entered the Hewlett- Woodmere National Bank early to day and escaped ' with $20,000, ac ceding to police reports. The men 3ed in an automobile. COMMANDER COAKLEY IS BACK ON HIS BOAT Had Been With George Gay and a Crippled Seaplane 24 Hours. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 11.—Boat swain Thos. J. Coakley. commander of the U. S. patrol boat,CO No. 202, was back on board his ship, today fol lowing a 24 hours absence during which he spent 16 licurs marooned with Geo. Gay and a crippled govern ment seaplane on Tolbert Island sever al miles from the St. John's River I bar. Commander Coakley returned to iiis ! ship late yesterday after searches j had been instituted for him tiff the coast. He left the patrol boat at Fer- | mindiua Monday afternoon for a short trip in a government plane piloted bv * George Gay. Their object was to make a scouting trip in search for rum running craft. ENGLISH CHANNEL TURNS BACK TWO MORE Heavy Seas and Rain Squalls Com pel Them to Abandon Efforts. Cape Gris Nez. France, Aug. 11.— (A 3 )—The turbulent English Cannel again had turned back persons who aspired to swim it. They are Mine. Jane Sion, a French woman, and Omer Perrault, a Canadian. Starting from Cape Gris Xez at 10:06 o’clock last night they swam until 4 a . in. when heavy seas and rain squalls compelled them to aban don their attempts to get across to Dover. BLACK STILL AHEAD FOR ALABAMA SENATOR Graves Leads For Governor—Only- One-Third of Boxes Heard From. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 11.—(/P) Five hundred and twenty-seven boxes of 1,800 iu Alabama in yesterday’s Democratic primary gave: For Senate—Bankhead 6.848; Black 0.008; Kilby 4,078; Mayfield 4.558; Musgrove 3.009. For Governor—Carmichael 10.543 ; Graves 12.444 ; McDowell 11,639 ; Patterson 8,457. With Our Advertisers. The Parker-Gardner Co., of Char lotte, is having a special sale of slight ly used pianos. These are pianos they have taken in exchange as part pay ment for Steimvay and Duo-Art pi anos. Sec ad. in The Trbmie today for some bargains. Specials in ice cream freezers and lawn hose at Yorke & Wadsworth Co., this week. The smartest p rfumes of Paris at Gibson Drug Store. The Sanitary Grocery Co. carries a line of fresh vegetables, and also fres and cured meats. See new ad. today of Wrenn, the cleaner and dyer of Kannapolis. Miss l.egg and Mrs. Phillips are in New York buying fnshionable milli nery for their department at Robin son's. Feed the chicken chowder to your hens and make them lay—at Fash Feed Store. Phone 177. White Duck Pants, only $lO5 at Kflrd's. Overalls cheap there t<y. Hoover’s has all the vacation fix ings tile men want. See ad. Appointments to suit your conven ience at Boyd W. Cox’s Studio. (Fine values iu school frocks for your girls at .T. C. Penney Co’s. Roland Beasley, of Monroe, is H tending several dayj in Concord j FRANTIC EFFORTS FAILTO REACH W ENTOMBED IK j I Toilers Express Confidence i That Some of Men Will, Be Found Alive.—Havel Been Trapped 124 Hours \ AN INTENSE AIR j PERVADES THE CAMP It Is Only a Question of Hours Before Fate of Men is Known.—Water Cleared From Shaft. Salem, Ky., Aug. 11.—C4 s ) —An in tense air iiervades the camp of rescue workers here today where crowds fev erishly to reach five entombed com rades in the I Indson mine. . The shaft in which miners have been imprison ed csince.last Thursday When a cave in closed in on- them under the ground, is almost clear and it is only a ques tion of hours before the fate of the men is known. With all the water cleared from the j shaft by 11 o’clock last night, only the | remaining muck stands between the j volunteers and prisoners. Since midnight four men crews have been working’- on 15 minute shifts. | The men are loading buckets which are attached -th cable and hauled to ! the top of the .150-foot shaft to be j dumped. Intense heat at the bottom ! of the shaft prevents the men from working more than one-fourth hour. Mud is almost touching the top of the lateral drift at the bottom of the shaft, but since he lateral is an up grade, tlie rescue workers believe that once this accumulation is cleared they will have a fairly open passageway back through the tunnel. The toilers are confident that some of the men will be found alive, despite the fact that the prisoners have been trapped for 124 hours at 2 a. m. to day. Feelings of optimism swept over the workers yesterday as soon as it was ! discovered that air was passing down an abandoned shaft and reaching the top. JOHN Q. FINCH IS SUING . BROTHERS 'FOR $300,000 Says Brothers. Sheriff Stafford and Others Conspired to Send Him to Asylum. Charlotte, Aug. 10.—A summons I in a suit in which judgment for more than $300,000 is asked and in which I sensational charges are set out in the i complaint, was filed in federal' dis j trict court here this afternoon. The summons was issued against P. 1). | Finch and Walter G. Finch, of Lex | ington; J. Frank Hunsucker. promi l nent cotton mill owner of High Point; Thomas J. Finch and wife, of High Point, and D. B. Stafford, sheriff of Guilford county. It was signed by John Q. Finch, of Spartan burg, S. C. brother of P. D. Finch and Walter G. Finch. In the complaint damages .of ( $360,000 were asked, it being alleged , that Mr. Stafford, J. Frank Hun- , sucker and P. I). Finch conspired to j cause John Q. Finch to be placed in , the state hospital of the insane at . Morganton. It is set out in com- j plaint that John Q. Finch was placed in the state hospital in 1023. In his complaint John Q. Finch ■ asks that his brothers, P. D. Finch , and Walter l). Finch, be required to , account to him for the property be- , quenthed to him by his mother, Mrs. , Eliza Jane Finch, late of Guilford . county. The complaint also asks that , P. D. Finch be required to account to him for property taken in charge , when John Q. Finch was committed j to the state hospital. A judgment against Thomas J. Finch is asked re- ! quiring him to convey to John Q. Finch certain lands in ami neur ! High Point. Tom P. Jimison, of Charlotte, as ! attorney, filed the summons. The 1 property involved is worth approxi- 1 mately $20,000. Mr. Jimison said. ' Part of it is in Davidson county. The 1 remainder is in Guilford, he said. 1 The balance of the $300,000 asked in ' the complaint is for alleged dam- 1 ages. Mr. Jimison said the complaint ’ will be filed Wednesday morning l here in federal district court. A copy of the complaint was made 1 public by Mr. Jimison and, in it, the plaintiff, John Q. Finch alleged that 11 he was n resident of Guilford county prior to January 20. 1923, and that lie owned certain lands. It is alleged that, on that date, the defendants un- ; lawfully imprisoned him in the jnil at Greensboro and thereafter “pur- i suant to aforesaid evil design and wicked will” caused him to be com mitted to the state asylum for the in sane ; that on that occasion, he was , assaulted by four men and tied with a rope and was brutally assaulted by j D. B. Bradford and other persons, at the nlleged request of the defend- ■ ants. Great mental and’ physical , anguish, os a result of these alleged acts on the part of the defendants is . alleged by the plaintiff who asks the ] conrt to award him judgment in-re lief. - i American headlights Have just been installed on .a number of Aus tralian locomotives. They formerly 1 operated with no head ights at all. It is expected thtft crossing accidents will be lessened as a result. ■ The Kansas state government coat $6.91 per capita in 1925, as com pared With $22.17 in 1824, and $8.65 in 1018. THE TRIBUNE - \ PRINTS ,4*S TODAY’S NEWS TODAO - NO. 1881 ' OR, R pfK IKS MAKES ? ORDERLY ’ BUSINESS METHOD In the Conduct of Coußsjf i Affairs—Says the AsMf Should Not Be j ed, Nor Taxes Unequal, MANAGEMENT IS “WOFULLY BEHIN^t Defects Practically in All Counties—Speaka of the Functions ThjU) Should Be SafeguardMNpj Morehead City. X. C., Aug. 11.—Ofj —A plea for orderly business ods in the conduct of county affoifcjb was made here today before the SltaA* Association of County Comm>SHitmsMi by Dr. E. C. Brooks, president"!®! State -College. The speaker ileriapyA that public office was a sacred trt&HL: and the "Commissioners should tgi' that the affairs of the counties \vftg%' in such shape that the assets would i not be dissipated, the fax burden un ■ equal and that waste could not ocjpvw | by poor business methods, j The speaker made his address infc, mediately following the reading of ilie j report on county government made by; j ilie County Government Commiitpip* ;of which lie was chairman. 1 n h|^ | address he touched at length on sash ! various phases of the report and tail ed on the commissioners to give Wp matter serious thought for the benefit of tlie people. Fiscai management of the eonntittL declared I)r. Brooks, was woefully, behind" present day methods and’ hat) not kept pace with the machinery rendering service. He added that tw machinery of government could pot progress the fiscal end if it were holding its own. “It is very apparent that the a mount of service that may be rendered thf citizens of any county is dependent primarily upon tin* resources of the l county and the business methods and | practices employed, and the more ficient are tbe blis : ness practices, the greater the service that the resources will support.” Dr. Brooks asserted that from his, experience in surveying the machifiet ery of government in counties lie was able to say tlie defects Were praefi-’ c-ally the same in all counties and when corrected usually resulted in a much higher grade of service to tlia people. He remarked that "the couur ty is one of the last great business or* ganizations to learn” that the taxa ble* must be preserved, the revenue, collected fairly and justly, the reve nue safeguarded through proper ac counting. the expenditures safeguard-' e<l through budget control and puif chasing agents and the physical prop erty protected and justice administra* tion properly provided for. He as serted these were functions which, should be safeguarded if success were to attend county management., - - Xjfi Doctor Brooks suggested that if county management were to be sue* cessful nil these functions should be safeguarded. He urged the conven tion to read closely and carefully the report of the Commission which had , just been read and to give the meas ures contained therein for improve*; ment their support. Continuing with his discussion of what lie regarded as the evils of tint* system prevalent in most counties of the State, Dr. Brooks declared many of the officials had little or po con ception of the serv'ee which they j were supposed to render and, tbefo was duplication of effort and d.is|wS*i portionate distribution of revenue. He stated that a concerted program for handling the county’s affairs was in dispensable and also very little found. He remarki-d on the custom in some counties of dealing out tlie revenues for purposes supported by delegations as they appeared which resulted absolute confusion of effort . and ill many cases most unwise expenditure i of revenue and ’at the least, dispro portionate. expenditures. Many a case had been found, lie said, where bonded indebtednesses were neglected'’■ to the extent that interest payments were not kept up, special tax funds were spent for general purposes and general funds for special purpoaijjl ignorance on the part of these in charge as to whether the tax levf'sj | would raise suffic cnt taxes to pay ex i penses. The speaker expressed the opinion that centering the administrative an* j thority of tlie county in a business manager would serve to correct many troubles. He added to this suggestion;* others to the effect that all public funds be strictly accounted for: t) ' budget be made and the power be left t with the commissioners to choose competent under officials. ,-Jf9 Tak : ng up the subject of presaajgi ing the taxables of the county Dr. Brooks declared that many propert&jl| were lest from a tax standpoint by carelessness in handling and keeping up yith land transfers and correctlys assessing property. Permanent ords with full lists of taxpayers unijN maps of properties were suggested B an aid. He then declared that laxity iu collecting tnxes and allowing iH|| dodgers to get away without subjected the counties to great lot)*! of potential revenue. He also cri#*| Continued from Page Two.) THE WEATHER | Fair tonight and Thursday. Gefatg lo moderate southwest winds.