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SCHOOL LA I k SAVU®} AT
NEW HIGH RECORJ
• By S. W. STRAUS,
President American Society so»
Thrift.
rr Is of importance to note tbe
steady and consistent growth ol
our schools savings banks, which at
the close of the last school yea) I
allowed balances of $31,984,062.63, ,
an increase of 23.4% over the pre- j
ceding school year. Deposits in
creased 20.6% and depositors 18.5%. ,
The situation has been very well I
summed up by Mr. Espey Albig;
Deputy Manager of tbe Sayings
I|F 1
•■ w. «trau^^|
Sank Dlrislon of tbe American
Bankers Association, wbo superlm
tended the gathering and oom piling
•f the data. His findings arg
summed tip as follows:
“New high totals in school saw
>ngs for all time mark «the report
as of June, 1926, covering contV
Hental United States. The ntnnbei
•f- systems reporting school saw
logs has Increased during the year
from 760, embracing 1,577 districts,
to 872, which embraces 1,818 din
tricts. The nnmber of schools h&s
Increased from 10,163 to 11,371;
the number of pupils enrolled In
gchools haying systems from 3,848,
632 to 4,319,741; the participants
In school sayings from 2,869,497 ta
6,403,746; the deposits from sl6,
•61,560.72 to $20,469,960.88; net
savings from $7,779,922.55 to SB,
•70,731.05; and bank balances from
•25,913,531.15 to $31,984,052.63.”
Mr. Arthur H. Chamberlain, Edu
cational Director of the American
Society for Thrift, has stated that
during the last school year approxi
mately 8,000,000 achool children
studied sphool thrift In some fortlL
But vftUa. these show
v great progress ia thrift education
work It Is to be borne in mind that
there are millions of students in
American schools who are being 1
given no instructions in thrift work
and many more millions who are
not depositors In school banks.
Much has been accomplished far.
the development of thrift practices
among the coming generation.
There is still a great (ask to be
accomplished with these young
people.
LEST WK FORGET
By THOMAS BARRETT
“Till lie showed us for our good—
IVaf to mirth and blind to scorn —
How we might have best withstood
Burdens that he had not borne!"
—Rudyard Kipling in his new book
"The Vineyard"—an attack on Amer
ica.
* *
Then ail that is remembered -
Os the defds and of the dead
Os the blind, the halt, 'dismembered,
And the precious blood they shed.
Is the scorn of former allies—
Spleen of hatred, vilest gill
That blights the heart of nations
Worse than wanton Wars that kill.
Ten million men went marching
W'hnt have they of loot or gain?
Theirs naught but pang of parting.
Eternal sleep, or living pain!
Oh shame, thou gifted songster.
Thus to tnock the serpent's hisa!
Those who died beside our dead.
Sure had nobier aim than this!
Turn back oh sage of sorrow.
History's pages where they Shine
With the g.ist'ning soul of friendship
In a fellowship divine.
Let us heal our wounds together
With the balm of love once more,
Till heartstrings bind the nations
And thrre is no alien shore.
Safe Driving.
Give the car from the right the
right of way. For courtesy nnd
safety, slow down'for car that wants
to pass you.
Keep your place on a curve and
do your passing on the straigbt-of
wn.v.
Wait for the signal to “go.” Don't
jump the light. “I-ose n minute,
save a life.”
Let approaching car go by before
passing car ahead.
Follow line of traffic. Move straight
ahead, not in and out.
Stop upon reaching intersection at
“change" signal.
When you hare to stop, pull to the
side of the street.
Wait at an obstruction until you
ran turn out without endangering
others.
“Stop, Look and Listen” at rail
road crossings.
When you want to park, signal
cars behind and back into place. s
Dissatisfied with the name of
“Skeftem.” the Klwattis Club of Jer- ,
sejr City has offered a prise for a
new nickname for the local Interna
tional League club, ,
The Concord Daily Tribune
Where Human lives '
Achievements Os U. S. Missionaries
Site of Sacrificial Temple
ACCORDING to evidence recently brought to the attend
tion of those interested in Hawaiian archeology, a3 •
short a time ago as the first quarter of the Nineteenth Sr irVr -
Century, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, was the site // 0 S >* v
of a great Heiau, or native temple. Where Am
erican holiday-makers now disport themselves
! on silver sand beaten by the Pacific's long rol
lers, human sacrifices were offered to the grim
gods Lo-no and Ka-ne. w Tlljlljlfcir
The names of those who served the -sacred j Wm&CMße&m in jp/7/Hsfrv
sane, the identity of the victims offered upon ■BB fl I ‘fAkfflgfoi
its altars—all that lies buried in the unwritten ’ f
records of antiquity. The existence of the 1 y |fl 1 7ji|Bll'WllwMM
temple, however, and memories of the rites | f! VMf r
that once took place there, have been called to AI, 8l if v<s T l y i||l f! Ml
mind by the operations of American builders * || *I! vj| | 5 ' 1
who are building the new Royal Hawaiian Eg § & ,$ I
Hotel beside the remains of the almost for- ni U'hVfff a F * |j **- | 1 I CNaw
gotten Heiau. f'lN •' lf\ , HO3
War With The Gods
Apukehau, as the Heiau is called
in the native tongue, was des
troyed shortly before the landing
of the first missionaries, in the
course of a revolt against the an
cient deities and their priests.
From time immemorial, the peo
ple of the Hawaiian archipelago
had suffered under (he scourge of
gods whom only human lives could
appekse. Not only warriors taken
in battle, but the flower of the is
lands’ young manhood and woman
hood died upon their altars. People
of all classes and ages who broke
the sacred tabus were apt to pay
the penalty with their lives. -*
While the • ancient Hawaiians
were a kindly and peace-loving
race, these tabus fettered the peo
ple on every side. By their means,
women were kept In a position of
abject inferiority. They were for
bidden to dine with the men or to
eat the choicest foods. They were
denied admittance to the temples.
During certain periods both men
and women were compelled to re
main within their dwellings with
out light or fire. No word could
|be spoken above a whisper. All
work ceased until the tabu was
lifted. • f
Aa Hawaiian Jean of Are.- -,
It was a woman who, smarting
under the indignities to her sex,
I organiied the revolt that result
ed in the destruction of many of
the Heiaus and shook the power of
the gods. Kamehameha, the Con
queror, had died in tbe faith of
his fathers in 1819. Liholiho. his ,
son, reigned in his stead, with
Kaahrir.r.nu hi« father’s wi’ow.
second in authority and the guar <-
?ar rs the re elm.
" t- J — iNible of will, a-!-'
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In the News of the Nation
ROBERT V ICONS’ ROBERT E MV.JNAY
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WIWMNT B THOMPSON CDAIRE- SUGG HANDLING
Robert W. Lyon, Indianapolis attorney, and Robert E,
McNay, of Indianapolis, gave information about the Ku
Klux Klan in Senator James Reed's investigation. Colonel
William Boyce Thompson, copper magnate, was reported
seriously ill at Superior, Arix. Claire Sugg Wandlinfl, Buf
falo heiress, was reported separated from her husband, S. X,
Wandlinu. New York policeman. _J
Penny Advertisements Get the Results
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of unusual intel- I ",
ligence, Kaahu- SfhL V L'S
menu resolved to
bring her influ
ence to bear __
upon the young i
Liholiho in a ll
supreme effort
to free her sex
from th» intol
erable bondage 8
Os the tabu. Ka The modern A™
lanmoku, the
Prime Minister,
she also enlisted in her cause.
Spurred on by these ardent liber
ators, after months of indecision
the weak-willed young king one
evening rose in the midst of a
royal feast and seated himself at
a table with the women.
Breaking bread and eating with
them, he violated one of the most
firmly established of the tabus.
Through the hall there ran a mur
mur, “The tabu is broken.” Be
yond the walls, through the town,
and throughout the islands, the
murmur ran with the swiftness of
the wind, “The tabu is broken, is
broken, is broken. Woe to the
Gods.” The people rose. Led by
Kaahumanu and the Prime Min
ister they burned the temples,
hacked the images of the gods,
.and drove the priests to., thejßcgn,
tains. ~J|
The Missionaries Sail
Knowing nothing of the out
break, the first missionaries to
visit the Hawaiian Islands set sail
from Boston a few months later.
When the seventeen members
of the party landed in Hawaii
on April 1, 1820, they found a
people that had revolted a— inst
their gods, and the old re”eion
officially dead. The ancient rites, 1
however, were still practice, ini
North Carolina’s Lading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV EMBER 3,1926
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mmwm
merlmn hotel that la now ti,lar braid
nialna of Hie ancient Helna.
secret with all their former
cruelty. The people still crawled
upon their stomachs when ap
proaching a priest or tabu chief.
They were still chattels bound to
the land and with the land they
passed to whoever stood in favor
with Liholiho, the king.
Menaced by the leaders of the
old religion, never sure that they
would see the light of another dgy.
the missionaries founded the fifst
station at Honolulu. In the weeks
that followed, a school was estab
lished. With the approbation ‘pf
the king, whose friendly interest
had gradually been secured the art*
ruly and disobedient were spanked
as often as they deserved it. WHile
the men of the party alternated
between preaching and teaching,
tW women sought to impart t<v fee.
native ‘ housewives the first princi
ples of domestic sanitation.
Conversions were slow, but on
Sunday, January 20, 1822, the mis
sionaries succeeded in getting to
gether a congregation of sixty na
tives, the largest number that had
vet attended their services. They
tried to persuade Liholiho to at
tend, but he excused himself on
the ground that he was a little tin
' sv ard didn’t feel he should go to
•church in that condition.
What Some Eminent Men Have Said
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes
brains to make a better article—Phil
ip l>. Armour.
If we had paid no more attention to
our plants than we have to our chil
dren. we would now be l’viug in a
jungle of weeds.—Luther Burbank,
j Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can
| testify; but nine times out of ten the
I best thing that can happen to a young
man is to be tossed overboard and j
compelled to sink or swim for him
self.—James A. Garfield.
We must not Siame God for the fly
for man made him. He is the resur
rection. the reincarnation of our own
dirt and carelessness.—Woods Huclf n
son.
It is dangerous for n mail too sud
denly *or too eahiiy to .believe himself.
Wherefore let ns examine, watch, ob
serve, and inspect our own hearts, for
we ourselves are our greatest flatter
ers. We should every night call our
selves to an account. —Seneca.
Do not keep the athaster Poxes of
your love and tenderness sealed up un
til your friends are dead. Fill their
j with sweetness. Speak approving,
; cheering words while their ears can
hear them and while the’r hearts can
|be cheered by them.—Henry Ward
j Beecher.
Even the cleverest and most perfect
circumstantial evidence is likely to be
at fault after ail. and therefore might
to be received with great caution.
Take the case of any pencil sharpened
by any woman; if you have witness
es, you will And Jhat she did it
with n knife, but if you take simply
j the aspect of the pencM, you will say
that she did it with her teeth.—Mark
Twain.
Why Hotel Picture* ASv Always So
Ugly.
If you’ve ever noticed and wondered
why hotel pictures are invariably so
homely, you may now know “there's a
reason.” Hotels, according to Nor
man 8. Hall in an article in this
j week’s Liberty, lose thousands of dol
lars every year through the tinfor-1
tunate habit of guesta of “removing" ]
things from rooms. Towels, bed linen,!
draperies and the Mhe are taken, es
pecially if :of good quality, and in an
effort to discourage tie removal of at
least one item, hotel managers delib
eraly select pictures that are as ugly
as possible.
They 'achieve their purpose, the
writer points out, for pictures are
about the only thing safe from light- 1
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Reinforcements for the mission
arrived in 1823. Conversions in
creased in number. The Bible was
translated into the native tongue.
A printing press and loom were set
Jup, and a number of tl}4 natives
were initiated into .the mysteries
; of the printing and weaving arts.
Improved methods of agriculture
were introduced. With the arrival
of still further reinforcements the
number of schools was increased.
A High School was established in
1831.
Christianity Triumphant
By the middle of the century
Christianity had become the pre
vailing religion in the islands. The
eld gods were forever dead.
Through, the ceaseless efforts of
the missionaries serfdom had been
Life would be a perpetual ffea hunt
if a man were obliged to run down
all the jiiuendos, inveracities, insinua
tions and misrepresentations which
are uttered against him.—Henry Ward
Beecher.
Looking around on the noisy inan- i
ity of tlie world—words with little
meaning, action with little worth— i
one loves to reflect on the great Em-!
1 pire of Silence, higher than all stars: !
deeper than the Kingdom of Death ! It I
alone is great; all else is small,—l
Carlisle.
There is no short cut, no tram-road ■
to wisdom. After all the centuries of i
inventions. the soul's path lies!
through the thorny wilderness which!
must still be trodden in solitude, with i
bleeding feet, with sobs for help, as it!
was trodden b.v them of old.—-Georg. l j
Eliot. I
Some have narrowed their minds, j
nnd so fettered them with the chains!
of antiquity that not only do they re
fuse to speak save as the ancients'
spake, but they refuse to think save]
as the ancients thought. God speaks
to us, too, and the best thoughts arel
those now being vouchsafed to us. Wei
will excel the ancients.—Savonarola.
Love is the only bow on life’s dark
cloud, it is the morning and evening
star. It shines upon the cradle of
the bnbe. nnd sheds its radiance on
the quiet tomb. It is the mother of
Art. inspirer of poet, patriot, and
phflosopher. It is the air and light
of every heart, builder of every house,
kindler of every fire on every heart.
It was the first to dream of immortal
ity. It fills the world with melody,
for music ik the voice of love.—Rob
ert G. Ingersoll.
i fingered guests. The manager of one
of New York's largest hotels explained
I to Hall that “the hotel business is
» probably the only enterprise in the
i world That deliberately goes in for
the homeliest in art. And this search
1 for unattractive pictures saves thou
■ • sands of dollars yearly.” But, the
; j writer continues, “even these are not
! entirely safe, and investigation would
[reveal many Josephines and Sheep
Grazings bearing the arms of the coun
-1 try's most sumptuous hotels hanging
; in homes thousands of miles from
• where they originally hung."
The firat white settlement in Ne
‘ braska was the trading post estab
■ Halted by the American Fur Com
pany at Bellevue in 1610.
Tlie first 'mission station. Bollt at Honolatn soon often the
landing; of the missionaries in 1830.
abolished. Trade and intercourse
with the mainland had already
shown signs of that remarkable
expansion that has led to the re
cent launching of the largest and
swiftest high-powered passenger
steamship ever built in the United
States; the S. S. Malolo now under
construction in a Philadelphia
shipyard for the San Francisco.
Honolulu run.
But while the missionaries were
introducing new customs and abol
ishing th» crying evils of the old
regime, they were equally active in
" ■■ - - - ■ - ■■■■■■■ - V 'iwilt 3
Tunney Pallbearer at Funeral of Harry Greb | j
1 ; Gene Tunney (arrow) was a pall bearer at the funeral in Pittsburgh, Pa., of Harry Greta* J
' | former light heavyweight and middleweight champion.
’I i <TnUwia,Hon«l KavarwJl
j Contract Marriage Takes Place
! In New York For the First Time j
: I
I New York. Oct. 31. —Theda Cocroft
i and Eugene Whitmore, writers, be
, came man and wife Inst night.
They were not married. They sim
ply agreed that they were man and
wife, signed a legal and binding con
-1 tract to that effect and that was all.
It was believed to be the first exer
cise of the State law permitting mar
i riage by contract, w'.iich was passed
in 1909.
There was no ring and no cere
i mony. Nothing was said about “love,
honor and obey.” There was no
agreement to remain together until
death does them part. It was not
necessary for either party to furnish
any data about age, color or even
sex.
• fostering the perpetuation of those
ancient customs that had added
color and romance to Hawaiian
life. With this object the Ameri
can traders, merchants and visi
tors have fallen in line. The Lei,
the garland of flowers emblematic
of Hawaiian hospitality, is still
flung about the shoulders of the
guest. Aloha—“farewell to thee
until we meet again”—is still pung
when the guest departs.
As a further result of the influ
ence of the early missionaries, his
torical site 3 have been preserved
The instrument, signed and wit- j
liessed, was presented to Supreme:
Court Justiee Gibbs today and ap j
proved. The eontrnet was simplicity
itself. Leaving out the dates and'
“whereas," its essential part was sim- 1
ply this:
“ do nereby solemnize their mar-!
riage and enter into a contract of,
marriage each with the other and sol
emnly agree to live together hence- j
forth as husband and wife."
The newlyweds had open house in !
Greenwich Village tonight and were
felicitated by hundreds of friends.
The bride, who formerly lived in Oak
land, Calif., is a writer foj national
magazines and personal representative
of several actresses. Whitmore, whose '
THE TRIBUNE'
PRINTS I
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j
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as far as possible. In addition to
the fact that the Royal Hawaiian
Hotel, now under construction at 1
Waikiki Beach, is being built
alongside the remains of a natita
temple, it is rising in the midst of
a grove of palms once sacred la
Hawaiian royalty. To prcsoTfl
this grove of magnificent palms tlio
builders of the hotel have drawn ,
their plans so that the fewest
number of trees will have to bo j
cut down.
A Symbol of Progreso /"fj
The interior decorations of ttio
new structure will also serve to
keep green the memory of old Ha
waii. Taken from the native tem
ples, the palaces, and the tattooed |
designs with which the great
chiefs decorated their bodies, the
murals and other wall and ceilitw 1
designs will depict Hawaiian life
and customs in the days before
the foot of the white man touched ‘ J
the shores of the Paradise of the '
, Pacific.
Against a background ~ of'Tuih 1
; tropical foliage, facing a long 1
sweep of silver sand and the sap
phire blue of the southern sea, a ;
building erected by far-sighted-
American business men will stand
as a symbol of Hawaii old and
new, and as a symbol of a century
of marvelous development which
is in turn a monument to the cour- 1
age, devotion, and »visdom of 4 ;
group of American missionaries
who set sail from Boston a littte if
more than a hundred years age
home was In C’licago, ip an editor of t
the magazine. “Sales
After a honeymoon in Canada, 1h« J
i couple will live in Chicago. ."#3
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Had His Nerve With Him. i|
William Higgs, of South ,!eml, ImWt
j was t'ie father of six children aml 'w
he was out of work. Starvation I
' stared them all in the face when heffi
| thought of an insurance policy ho. jj
held providing $5(10 for the loss of «3|
! hand. Biggs got out his old rftfjPKzfl
and deliberately out off his left hand. 3
He was nearly unconscious from loHsfja
!of blood when policemen uuestioftod a
| him in tile basement of his home.
| said lie believed the insurance corneal
pany would have to pay him '■*mM
money. - ,
In the past fifteen years the nmgfl
lation of the Irish Free State. ha*
dined from 3,139,636 to 1
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