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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII " Futher Limitation Os Naval AfmamentDesire Os President Coolidge Suggests That Powers to Be Represented at Gen eva Conference Agree to Further Limitations. AMERICA READY TO ADOPT PLAN Chief Executive Says the American Delegates at Geneva Will Be Instruct ed to Work for Plan. Washington, Feb. 10. —OP)—Presi- dent Coolidge lias suggested to the leavers that they empower t'.ieir dele- 1 gates to the Geneva preparatory eom mission for disarmament “to negotiate and emir hide at an early date an agreement further limiting naval ar ,lnainent.” The proposal is that an agreement be made supplementing the nuvul lim itation treaty of Washington, “and entering the classes of vessels not cov ered by that treaty.” The text of the note to the powers was included in the message to Con gress. It said in part: ‘'Although hesitating at this time to P<il forward rigid proposals as regards i'.ie ratios of naval strength to be maintained by the different powers, the American government for its part is disposed to accept in regard to those classes of vessels not recovered by the Washington treaty, an extenaion of the 5-5-3 ratio as regards the Unit -eil States, Great Ilritnin and Japan; and to leave to discussion at Geneva the ratios of France and Italy, tak ing into full account their special con ditions ami requirements in regard/to types of vessels in question. "Ratios for capital ships and hir craft carriers were established by that treaty which would not be affected in any way by tiie agreement covering other classes of, ships.” Too suggestion went to Great. Brit ain. France, Italy and Japan and was announced to the world today by Pres ident Coolidge in a special message to Congress. The President said the American delegates at Geneva would have “full powers to negotiate definitely regard ing measures for further naval limi tations, and If they are able to reach* an agreement with the representatives tion embodying such an agreement in tentative or final form aa may be found practicable.” The American government and peo ple. the President said, "are convinced that competitive) armament constitutes one of the most dangerous contribut ing causes of international suapicion, ! rind discord, and are calculated even (pally to, lead to war.” SOCIAL SERVICE CROC PS CONCLUDES ITS MEETING Ur. Ilarry E. Barnes and Edward Eyre Hunt Speakers During Day. . Raleigh, Feb. 10. —(A>)—The North j Vt'nrolina social conference concluded I its two days’ annual meeting today in i disco.•soon of general topics. - - Dr. Harry E. Barnes, professor of historical sociology at Smith College. Northampton, Mass., had an address of endorsement of the League for Abo lition 6f Capital Punishment, organi zation of which was perfected here yesterday. Edward Eyre Hunt, of Washington, D. C.. assistant to Herbert Hoover, aecretary of commerce, was also down for an address on state planning, a discussion of economic and social ob jectives in relation to (health, educa tion. wealth and employment, high ways, waterways, airways, railroads, fuel ilower resources, forests and mines, production and markets. DIAZ FORCES VICTORIOUS T IN RECENT CLASHES Rebels Driven From Cblnandega Are Expected to Make an Attack on Matagalpa. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 10.— UP) —With conservative forces now in control in Chinandega and the liberals repotted, to be [n flight from that town, the conservative government, under President I);az, is making prepara tions to meet an'expected attack by i t|ie liberals on Matagalpa, 75 miles ‘Rortheast of Managua. I Liberal forces are reported to be approaching Mata galpa arid conservative thkips- hoe be ing rushed to the city to prevent its capture by the liberals. President t» Discuss Foreign Rela tions. Washington, Feb. 10.—UP)—Presi dent Coolidge is preparing to make an important announcement regarding) the country’s foreign relations. It was learned that copies of his mes sage already have been delivered to the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Argentina, Bra zil and Chile. HYPNOTISM MYSTERY THRILLS x TONIGHT PROF, le TOLMARGE A CO. ON STAGE ALSO “INEZ FROM HOLLYWOOD" Concord Theatre The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily • > INCREASING NUMBER - OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS' * Senate Passes Bill Increasing Num ber By Seven—Salaries of Judges Increases SISOO. The Tribune Bureau j Sir Waiter Hotel I n „ By .1. (' BASKBRVILL ] Raleigh. Feb. 10.—Now thnt the I senate has pne.xed the bill increasing j ! I the number of judicial districts [ seven, creating seven new superior I , court judges ami seven new solicitors, ■ after having previously pnwsed the bill' i increasing the salaries of superior and | supreme ixmrt judges $1,500 ench, will the house concur ill these two bills that will entail an additional yearly expenditure of $*3,500 yearly? This is a question that is being j generally heard today ns a result of I | the senate's action yesterday. For! i white both Hie senate and house are; I economy bent—there is no doubt about that—the senate after nearly two j hours of debate decided that the aildi j tionnl service that would accrue to the ' people of the slate through the eren j tion of seven additional judicial dis tricts would be weil wortli the cost. But whether the house will take a l similar view does l not remain so cer tain although there is much* favorable sentiment in the house for more judges and rnfire judicial districts. But where is the additional $75,000 needed for the creation of the new judges and solicitors to come from,' especially with the appropriations commitee staying up nights to slash appropriations already recommended by the budget bureau? The amount now recommended for the superior courts of Hie state is $287,000 a year for each year of the new biennium. The increase of $1,500 that is granted under the salary increase bill, passage of which by the house is virtually as sured. adds $30,000 to the sum, the , seven additional judges at $0,500 a year would add another $45,000, while i wven more solicitors at $5,000 a year 1 would add nnother $35,000. making a total increase of $75,000, bringing the total upproppriatioh needed to $302,- 000 a year for each year of the bien nium. Inis <lo<s not include the add ed cost of the supreme court, which with the increases allowed, amounts to SIOI,OOO a year. The total,,ln crease in the budget, both an peri or andsugreme courts, wopld aniouht to $82,500, and would bring the total feature of the bill to increase the num ber of judicial districts is., that it is in direct opposition to the recommen dations of Governor A. IV. McLean, who recommended the creation of a number of permanent emergency judg es, until the constitution could be ; amended' to permit the creation of lUore superior court judges without having to create more solicitors. This procedure was also recommended by the judicial conference. A bill along the line suggested by Gbvernor Mc- Lean was introduced by Representa tive McLean, of Beaufort. And it j was this bill, calling for the creation : of four iierinanent emergency judges, ! which was offered as u substitute for j the compromise committee bill by Sen i ator Roynll, of Wayne, and defended ! valiantly by him, that wgp voted down 35 to 11 on roll call vote. Those who do not believe Jhat addi tional solicitors are needed have cited figures to show that the average term for a solicitor is rarely • more than 21 weeks, with many of these weeks in mixed terms, where the solicitor is not required to stay in court for more than a day or two. On the other hand, it was shown that the terms of most of the judges are for more weeks than there are in the year, despite the fact that 36 weeks is considered a heavy term for a judge. In arguing the bill creating the ad ditional districts, Senator B. S. Wom ble, of Forsythe, declared that he wns convinced that four judges could not materially leasen the congestion that now existed, and that seven judges could easily be kept busy all the time as well as the solicitors. He said that should Forsythe county ‘be made a separate district, there would be enough cases to keep the superior court busy all the time, as well as the county and recorder’s 'court. In making the final argument for the bill, , Senator Rivers Jolinson, of Duplin, said that there were cases in : hie county that had been on the.docket for four years and had never been brought to trial, and that there were many other countries in just as bad shape. “The cost of the judiciary system in North Carolina is next to the lowest In the United Btates—only 3 cents per capita per year—and certainly we can afford to expand our judicial system In keeping with oar needs. The cost I at the most will not exceed 5 cents , per capita.” Senator Johnson said. The next move is up to the house. Fort Macon State Park. Raleigh, Feb. 10.—(INS)—First steps have been taken toward the beautification and development of Fort Macon State Park with the planting of 1,800 forest tree seedlings, Wade H. Phillips, director of the Department of Consevration and De velopment, announced here today. Planting will continue periodically until the entire park area is planted in frest, Phillips said. The first of the trees were set out in selected loca tions aroun dthe old fort to lend a more attractive appearance to the, his toric spot, it was declared. Arrangements have been made with guardamen at the Fort coast guard station to protect the trees already ! planted, it waa laid. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1927 ~ PORTUEHL'S LATEST REVOLUTION OVER. W REPORT TOM! [Minister of Foreign Affairs [ in Lisbon Says Rebels ! There Surrendered Dur ! ing the Night. j SAYS REBELS WERE j SOUNDLY BEATEN 1 Cruiser Which Joined Reb -1 els Was Silenced by the | Shore Batteries—All the Forces Surrendered. ! Paris. Feb. 10. —(A*)-—Portugal’s lat- I cst revolution is over, says a telegram rereiveil by the Portugese diplomatic I representative here from the minister lof foreign affairs. The revolution aries in Lisbon surrendered last night. The rebels surrendered nfter being beaten in every quarter, and those who were barricaded in t’lie arsenal fled. The cruiser Carvalho Araujo which joined tiie rebels yesterday was sil enced by the shore batteries. The crew ran up-the white flag, and took refuge aboard a German boat. Lisbon Now Quiet. London, Feb. 10.— (A*) —Surrender of the revolutionaries in Lisbon at. 10:30 o'clock last night was reported in a Reuter's dispatch from the Por tugest capital today. The corre spondent said the city wbh quiet, and that order had been restored through out the country. A large number of persons including non-combatants, he added, were killed or wounded in Lis bon during the fighting, and the prop erty damage is extensive. The insurgents who had entrench ed themselves in an arsenal, surren dered after 44 hours of intense bom bardment from field guns and machine guns. To add to the discomfort of the revolutionaries an airplane dropped 3 torpedoes into the arsenal, doing much damage. The revolution broke out in the capital at noon Monday, supported by naval men, a portion of the* republi can guard, police and a large, number of civilians. The insurgents erected barricade* in various parts of the city, and the government took ener getic measures to crush the movement. By orders of the government, the cruisers whose crews were suspected ii» mm disarmed. Thus it is believed Lis bon was spared the horror* of a naval bombardment. The revolutionaries had seized the naval arsenal and the general postoffice'preventing news from leaving the capital. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 2 to 4 Points, With May Going to 14.05 and October to 14.45. New York, Feb. 10.— UP) —The cot ton market opened steady today at a decline of 2 to 4 points, and sold about 0 to 12 points net lower in the etarly trading under realizing or liqui dation promoted by rather easier Liv criiool cable*. There also seemed to be more uncertainty as to the ultimate fate of the McNary-Haugen bil. Trading wag fairly active, with further covering and trade buying re jiorted on the decline to 14.05 for May uud 14.45 for October, but prices were within a point or two of the lowest at the end of the first hour. Private cables said trade calling had absorbed hedges in the Liverpool market, but there bad been London and continental liquidation. Cotton futures opened steadv. March 13.80; May 14.15; July 14.34; Oct. 14.53; Dec. 14.70. With Our Advertisers. The smart things in the clothing line at Hoover's, the Young Mnn’H Store. New Colonial Bedroom Suites, at values unusual, at the Bell-Harris Furniture Cq. Robinsop's is now featuring dress, coats and millinery. See new ad, for price particulars. Ivory Soap for 8 cents at the J. A H. Cash Store. Also fruits and vegetable at less than the usual prices. ' The Kidd-Frix Co. has the new Brunswick Seville model phonograph, one of the latest creations. Coal prices have been reduced by A- P. Bonds. New ad. gives prices. Dining:; room suites are being offer ed at, reduced prices during the Feb ruary Clearance Sale at the Concord Furniture Co. Read new ad. for particulars. The Crowell Plant Farm has new evergreens, many of them new crea tions. Call if interested. Spring Fashions at EflnTs. New dress styles that will lead the vogue are being offered now at Efird’s, says new ad. today. New Spring coats in latest fashions, women's spring footwear as well a* men’s Spring shoes are being offered now by the company. The prices of the goods are unusually low when the value of the goods Is considered. Read the half-page ad. carefully. • “Onyx" Hosiery at Parlu-Bdk Co. . /“Onyx” s'lk~ hosiery .at special prices, at the Parks-Belk Co. Friday. Saturday and Monday. The price of the hosiery varies with the style and quality. The prices that will prevail during the three days will be from 1-4 to 1-3 of the regular prices for this well known make of hosiery. Read half page ad. of the company for further particulars. jf[ j|| In the News of the NationJfPl s' ; . mmm -jgflgkyiy 1 BEN 8.1/INDSEY WIMJAM - C. BRUCES JJ *jl ~\? r ~ fl r • M JM I I WIT/WAlf S BAINDRIDGE JOHN I Ben B. Lindsey, noted juvenile judge, fought the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court voiding his election as juvenilq judge of Denver. Senator William C. Bruce, of Maryland, was twitted as being a Pennsylvanian in a Senatorial debate, Commander William S. was decorated by the Polish Government for hygieftic work in Poland after the war. John L. Lewis, president, was the central figure at the | thirtieth convention of mine workers at Indianapolis. GOOD FEELING IN THIS STATE BETWEEN THE RACES 1 The Two Races Have Learned to j i Work Together, Welfare Worker . ..j Says. iMS n» nr- hi 1 mitt flWhaaa i,B—aaeM Sir Walter Tote! Raleigh, Feb. 10.—Because pf the excellent relations existing between the white and colored races in North Carolina, tiie National organization of Quakers wanted to know something of how these relations have been brought about. A* a result, Lieut enant Lawrence Oxley, director of the colored work of the State Department of Public Welfare, has gone to Wash ington, where he will address the American Friends Service Committee, | in annual session on the race relations in North Carolina, tomorrow night. “The department feels much grati fied that the work being done in this state to establish better relations be tween the white and colored races has attracted su(<i nation-wide atten tion,” said Lieutenant Oxley, “and I am personally glad of the opportunity to be able to tell of what we have j been doing along these lines. “There is no doubt in my mind that a better feeling exists between t|ie two races in North Carolina than in nuy other southern state, and 1 am sure this is due very largely to the sentiment on the part of the white people of the state in favor of giving the negroes in the state the opportuni ties to improve their own conditions themselves. And the colored people for the most part hit ve respoued splendidly and are making use of these opportunities. “And it is the story of how the two races have learner! to work to gether, each co-operating with tiie other, that I intend to tell to the | friends service committee in. Wash- j ington tomorrow night.” Wearing a collar too large because he could not find one small enough, ten-year-old Henry Steen applied for (he position of page in the Texas' legislature. “You are too small, your legs are ript long enough,” said a member of the* examining house com mittee. “Gentlemen, '* replied the lad, “what this legislature needs is brains, 1 not legs.” -i 1 Psychology of Bible Markings Helpful in Solving Mysteries Berkeley, Calif.. Feb. 10.— UP)— Pencil marks in the Bible help E. O. rich, former university professor and consulting criminologist, solve tuyster i ,ies. It is his exjierience that “the aver age man marks hi* Bible with a pur . pose. In doing so he reflects his in i nermost thought. Excepting the ‘lit -1 erteur' who finds only ‘literary value' ; ' there, a man reads his Bible for sol-1 i ace; for release of troubled spirit. His | I underseorings indicate his mental per- j turbation. Growing heavier and more : pronounced they gradually reach a cli max. Before he has finished he has i traced in the Scriptures an image of , {its inner self.” i ! A Maryland resident after the death 1 of his wife, from whom he was es tranged! received from her a pencilled t notation on a leaf of her Bible torn, I from the* fiftieth Psalm. It was too j I dim to be read even under a powerful glass. ' j ' Heiiirich bleached the paper and j photographed the writing. It was ," " I |NO OPPOSITION DEVELOPS 1 TO STATEWIDE GAME BILL [Bill to Go Before House With Favor: able Report From Committee. 11, Tribune Bureau, fgKjwx-—-. Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb- 10.—Opposition to the Sutton «tate-wide game bill be fore the bouse game committee yes terday afternoon was conspicuous by its absence, not a speaker opposing ’the measure at the hearing. The bill will go befoc the House I with the favorable report of tile committee without reference to migratory wild fowl, the protection of which Lx administered by the federal government. Although it will ! not be included in the bill that will go before the house, it is thought very likeiy that the administration of the law will be placed under rhe department of Conservation and De velopment by mi amendment to ie offered -when the bill caches the joor. Air. Sutton and many members of the committee are reported to he I fayofabie to this feature. ( ■ j | With Fred I. Sutton,of Lenoir, j author, of the bill, the principal ex ponents included James ,F. Huge of Greensboro, secretary of the North Carolina Game and Fish League, who cited convincing figures allow ing the benefits of state gaihe laws. "Not only,” said Mr. Hoge, “does game furnish Sporting pastime, wholesome recreation and unlimit ed pleasure, but it is an economic asset and a natural resource mat dpserve* protection." C. S. Edmundson. chief warden of the Pisgah national game preserve, appeared before the committc at the request of game conservationists and game statistics showing the value of I the national game preserve, covering 111. acres of I‘Kigali national forest area. McCormick Denies Divorce Rumor. Chicago, Feb. 10.—UP)—Harold F. McCormick, of the harvester family of millionaires, denied today that his wife (lanna Walska, beautiful Polish sing ; er, i« to divorce him. He is her fouhth husband. A New York newspaper today pub lished a story saying a divorce was planned. , . merely a tender expression of her love for her husband. If life dhe had been too proud to deny the charges he had laid against her but the writing was positioned to emphasize these words, in the twenty-first verse, fol lowing David's plaint ngainHt slander; These things hast thou done and I kept silence, though thou thoughtest i 1 was altogether such an one.” The I husband’s doubts were answered. Bible mnrkings also led to the iden ! lifiention of (he victim in the noted Schwarts murder case at Walnut * 'reek, Cal. Heinrich established that the body was not that of Schwarts, who carried heavy life insurance. A coffee bindle and fragments of a roll of bedding disclosed the man waa prob ably a wanderer. Underseorings in a partly charred Bible climaxed in Mat thew 28:10: "‘Go ye therefore and j teach x x”. Heinrich announced the j dead man was an itinerant missionary S and his judgment waa confirmed by 1 fritmla of the deceased. GEORGE WATSON IS DEAD IN FLORIDA; WOUNDS ARE FATAL Man Well Known in Ashe ville and Richmond Dies in Hospital at Miami of Bullet Wounds. NOTE FOUND IN SISTER’S HOME Pistol Lying Near Body In dicates That He Might Have Shot Himself.— Motive Was Not Given. Miami, Fla.. Feb. TO.—(/P) —George Watson, 48, of Petersburg, Va., prom inent !n Asheville, N. ('., and Rich mond, Va., real estate circles, died in a Homestead hospital today from bul-I let wounds according to advices reach ing here. Watson was found dying in the j room of Brooks Rogers, well known South Florida grower, a brother-in-! law, with a pistol at hi* side and a | brief note on a nearby table with bis! signature stating: “wire Aca Temple,! Richmond. I have insurance with! them to take care of all expenses.” i Watson died a few minutes after j reaching the hospital. Investigating officers found a note! under the front door signed by H. j Thomas, with the message: "Mr. Wat- j son. Come over and see me at once, as I have something of interest to you.” Thomas was said to he unknown in Homestead. At a coroner's inquest which was recessed until tonight. Dr. .T. A. Smith stated that when he responded to a call that Watson was dying. he found the man in an intoxicated con dition. | THE EDUCATIONAL BILLS. j The Two Bills Differ Widely in Some j Respects.—Sub-Committees at Work j Studying Them. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Totel Raleigh, Feb. 10.—Preliminary con sideration of the various educational bills submitted so far in the general assembly, has been undertaken by a joint subcommittee of the house and senate edurutional committee, for the purpose of familiarising the ntem - ber* -with' -HtF biH*. with mi vlesr to working out a composite compromise ( bill embracing the most desireable fea tures of all these bills. . The two bills which took up most of the first session of the committee, on introduced by Representative Win ston of Bertie and the other by Rep resentative Folger of Surry, agreed generally in principle, but differed widely in some other respects. Both bills are designed to provide for the 8 j months school term and for the re valuation of property for purposes of school taxation. The Winstbn bill provides for a uniform county tax on property of 35 cents to be levied by the county commissioners and collected as at pres ent, and to be expended by the county board of education. It also would I create a state board of equalization, ! to be appointed by the Governor and the state board of education. An equalization fund from the state of S4,(MX),(XM) is also provided. The Folger bill, on the other hand, would levy a general state wide school tax of 47 cents, to be collected by the counties, but which would be turned over to the state treasurer into a state school fund, and then expended under the direction of the state board of education. The basis for the levy ing of the tax—that is the valuation of property in the several counties— would be determined by a board of assessment appointed by the Governor, consisting of one member from each of the ten Congressional districts, the commissioner of Revenue and the At torney General! ) Aside from a reading and general discussion of these bills, no definite action was taken. The Spaiuhour bill, that would abol ish most of the present state educa tional system, was read, but not dis cussed, it evidently being the desire of the committee to let it die undis turbed even by discussion. GREAT BRITAIN EXPLAINS HER CHINESE POLICIES Sends 20-Page Communication Cover ing Policies to the League of Na tions. Geneva, Feb. 10.—(d*)—The league of nations has received a 20-page com munication from the British govern ment, outlining the British policy in China and affirming that it is in con sonance with the league covenant. Great Britain regrets that the mo ment is not favorable for the league to iutervent in the Chinese question, but says thnt if the appropriate mo ment arrives she will be happy to ac cept the good offices of the league. Silk Values at J. O. Penney Co. The J. C. Penney Co. is offering unusual values in silks, the fabric for spring. Chinese silk pongee. Suburban Ra dium, Rayon, Satin Charmeuse, Mix ed Canton and Crepe de Chine at prices that will surprise you, they are . so reasonable. The company points out a few of . the many bargains offered in a new I ad. in this paper today. Nobody would mind so muclt why girls leave home If only they would make an effort to get back u. little earlier. NO. 2ST* ISTITEIi BILLS GET ATTEITIBN OF j LEGISUMETS!; j Winston’s Bill to Make the 1) “Old North State” Song the Official State Song, Adopted. ( BOTH BRANCHES WERE KEPT BUSY Winston Warns Against j Too Many Bureaus, and I His Bill Gets Considera tion in the House. Stale Capitol, Raleigh, Feb. 10.— WO—The General Assembly working session from before until after noon, passed state-wide measures today iu | mutual exchange. The House passed to the upper I house coneurrent resolutions, Repre -1 sentntive Winston of Bertie, calling for a commission appointed by the I beads of both houses to report back ! with a view to eliminating “duplicat ! ing departments” of the state govern ! ment. He spoke against “bureaue ! racy in government,” and said the 1 state government was getting to be j like the national one in “its many j bureaus.” ! Passage also was g'von Winston's | bill to make the “old North State" I song, written by Judge Williams of Gaston, the official state song, after discussion in which Harrison Telver ton of Wayne assailed the piece as a “ditty unworthy of being so exalted.” Both branches adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. Tlie new statewide House bills in cluded a bill relating to drainage dis tricts by Tatum, of Tyrcll; amending law on insane convicts, Sutton of Le noir; amending state highway stat utes, Connor of Wilson; prevent lar ceny of cotton bales Graham of Samp son ; to grant right of eminent do main to churches to acquire cemeter ies, by Rhodes of Alamance; and to prohibit impersonation of peace offi cers offered by Brawley, of Durham. On special order, the Winston bill to make the “old orth State” the of ficial state song, was passed over whelmingly to the senute. Lawyers in the house disagreed over another legal bill that would amend Motions and Counter motions as to procedure were quieted by Represen- j tative Turlington, who proposed unan- 1 imous consent to take up all such j bills on special order next Thursday night. The Sedberry bill, affecting seizure of automobiles found containing liquor was referred to the propositions and grievances committee nt the request of Representative Turlington. He said he had been requested by ministers to get them a hearing. The bill was passed by the senate. Another legal bill relating to juries was postponed. Judge Winston’s • resolution called for creation of a commission to in vestigate the possibility of reducing governmental branrties and state ex penses. It would be required to re port to the 1929 assembly. A bill extending time for making crop liens was passed. Seven public bills were passed in the House. Without debate the Senate passed the Whitmire bill permitting transfer of names on registration books when voters move from one precinct to an other in the some county; and with out discussion passed the Hines bill requiring fire escapes for office build ings. Senator Askew, of Bertie, would prevent forest fires in a bill introduc ed, while another senate passage had provisions preventing officers from collecting rewards for capturing stills unless the man is apprehended, apply ing only to certain counties: and an other bill passed prevents officers us ing seized property. , CAPTAIN J. D. McNEILL jbEAD He Had Been 111 Since December 5 With Pneumonia. Long Years Os Service. Fayetteville, Feb. 9. —Captain James D. McNeill, thrice president of the National Firemen’s association, head of .the North Carolina State, Fireman's association for 26 years, ami a prom inent figure in state and local affairs for nearly half a century, died at his home her this afternoon. Captain McNeill was taken ill with pneumonia 011 December 5, after at tending the annual memorial services of the Fayetteville lodge of Elks, of which he was one of . the organizers and the first eralted ruler. He short ly aftreward suffered a stroke of paralysis and never felt his room again. He would have been 77,years old on March 4. “Peaches” Hails to Avoid Crowd Which 1* Absent. New York, Feb. 9.—Boßoked as Miss Frances, Mrs. Edward West Browning, wife of the New York real estate man,and principal in the recent White Plains separation suit hearing, today sailed with her moth ■ er, Mrs. Carolyn M. Heenan, for : Bermuda. > The trip, they explained, was for a rest and to get away from the ’ crowds. There waa no crowd today, however. ' “The collection this morning," ob served the vicar, “will be taken on behalf of the arch fund, and not, aa t erroneously printed in the service papers, on behalf of the arth fiend.” THE TRIBUNE ’ PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY r ' ■ ■ I II SWT': 'MW SUM ’ SCHOOL INSTITUTE ** ullu last night i ' ” ! i Attendance at Trinity Re formed Church Large.- , | Opening Address is Giv | en by D. W. Sims. f iLAST SESSION FRIDAY NIGHT Dr. Honline Delivers Great j ity of Church in Relig- Address on ‘Responsibil ous Education of Youth.’ Those in charge of the Concord Township Sunday School Institute ex pressed themeelves as being highly pleased with the attendance and tlie interest shown in the work. The in stitute will continue through Friday night, sessions being held at SkKItlU afternoon and at 7:30 tonight, and at the same hours on Friday. The opening nddress of the institute was given by D. W. Sims, Raleigh, „ general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association, his subject being “Methods for Sun day School Teachers.” Mr. Hints emphasized the points that any metft- . od of teaching would be very ineffec* • tive unless backed up by the life of the teacher, and that cheerfulness and enthusiasm were essential factors in presenting a lesson. The teaching methods enumerated and discussed by Mr. Sims were as follows: First, the “Story Method", which was classifies as being one of Pile oldest as weS as one of the most effective methods of imparting religious truth. The second method discussed was the "Lecture Method.” The speakef gave a group of advantages and a group of disadvantages in the use of, this method of teaching. According to Mr. Sims, the best teachers have almost to a unit agreed that the lec ture method is very good for occa sional use ill Pile adult Bible clast# but thnt it should not be used con stantly in any diiss. The '■Assign ment Method” by which different pif pils are asked to bring in informa thm.*:.. pertaining to certain phases of the lesson was mentioned as an excellent method for use in classes of adults amt young people iti the teen ages. This "Question and Answer” method was ,botu«. adapted, iox iu all classes from the junior depart- ' ment and beyond. ! Two other teaching methods men ! tioned by Mr. Sims were the “Dmmat | ic Met'.iod" and the “Optic Method.” By the dramatic methods the speaker explained that lie meant leaching through the dramatized Bible story, missionary stories, and so on. The optic met bod includes the use of ob jects. pictures, the blackboard and maps in teaching und can be used ef fectively in all grades of the Sunday School. "The Responsibility of the Church for the Religious Educatiou of Child heed and Youth” was the theme ot an address delivered last night by I>r. M. A. Honline, Pasadena. Calif., dean of the Southern California Summer School of Religious Education, and who is considered one of tlie leading religious educators of the day. Dr. Houiine said in part: "Science has converted the world iti .fo one vast neighborhood. It is now the business of the church to trans-, form thnt neighborhood into a univer sal brotherhood.” “If America is to- evolve a brand of democracy that will be safe for the world and safe for America, that de mocracy must be erected on the’dual foundation of intelligence on the one hand and righteousness on the other.* "In a democracy we look'to* the pub lic schools for mnking our boys and girls intelligent. \Ve must look to the church for instruction in righteous ness. The church' must Christianize what or public schools are trying to intellectitalize; but the forces which make for righteousness has not kept pace with the forces which make for intelligence” "In many of our states it is costing SBS a year for the intellectual tranc ing of every child in the public schools of those commonwealths, but in the same state* the. churches, tlirodgli their Sunday Schools, are spending less than $1 a year on the religious training of the same .child. The churches of America must federate their resources and their talents and provide a more adequate program of religious training for all,; the children of all tlie people.” In today's sessions of the institute the following program will be carried out: Afternoon! 3:3o—Song. Scripture Reading and Prayer—Rev. M. E. Hansel, pastor Second Presbyterian Church. ! 3 :40—The Meaning and Aim of Re ligious Education—Dr. M. A, Hou iine. 4:ls—Questions and Discussion. 4:3o—Adjourn. , Night. 7:3o—Song. Scripture Reading and ! Prayer—Rev. C. Herman Trueblood, ! pastor First Baptist Church. *3 7:4o—The Alert Adult Bible Olasg ! —D. W. Sims. . 8 :10—Song. Record of Attendance, B:2s—Jesus, the Master Teacher— . Dr. M. A. Honline. , 9:05—-Announcements. 9 M —Adjourn. WEATHER FORECAST. 1 Rain tonight, bolder In west 1 tion; Friday partly cloudy. Frefth northeast shifting to northwegt wiidi§