n Monday, February 28,1927
Christmas In A Near East Relief Arphanage.
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PW s, m« in the Syra Orphanage. of
ear East Relief was n-very happy
ne this past Christmas for the hun
«<ta of orphan children; Prom vnri
i* sources, our personnel had been
>le to arrange that each one of our
rge family of lAOO children should
>ve a gift. Many things were secur-
I from miscellaneous boxes that had
len sent from America. Others came
om here and there, and old Santa's
»ek was finally rounded out with pur-
Wses made with money given by
■ieuda for this special purpose.
The girls received dolls or a simple
Hie pin and bright colored handker
CNDAY LAWS IN t
OPERATION AGAIN !
> rists In South Carolina Head For
Pbiehurst; Four Golfers Arrested. !
Columbia. 8. C., Peb. 27.—“0n-'
ry old" blue laws invoked in South
iroliua “for a tight Sunday,” today
suited in the arrest of golfers in
rcenvllle as they ent to the links ;
spite Governor Richards' orders yes
nlay for officers lo be on the alert j
r such violations. It was the sec- I
d "blue" Sabbath in the Statl and .
is more general in effects than last j
oday.
stores were either closed or
■>>rV'l 'olclv to those purchasing
-‘‘h vines, wh'le no gasoline ’fining
'lions were reported operating. I
our men were arrested on Green
ilc gold links. They were former
llcitor Bonham, YV. G. Perry, Jr., 1
hn Cushman'and David Ferguson, j
. W. Rogers, state constable, was j
s arresting officer, and the charge
,s for violation of Sunday laws,
le inen were released on their re-
T'-T-ec by the constable, but
len they started to resume play,
. ere warned that it wo Id re
t la their ' lock-up." Bonham and
companions then drove by auto
'bile to Bihinore, N. C, near Ashe*
lc, \ here Ihey finished their gome.
1 said they would fight the case
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chief or a pretty little belt, while the
boys got jack-knives or a nice belt or
note book, or pne pencil, balls, whis
tles and harmonicas were very much
in evidence also. After the distribu
tion of the gifts, they all went to their
dormitories where they were given the
candy bags fillede with nuts, oranges
and candies, and the nice little loaf
of sweet Christmas bread which con
stituted their supper.
The joy of the little children beggar
ed description as they hugged their
dolls, bounced their balls, etc.
Early the next morning, Christmas
|in court. Bonham is a former State
[Senator, while the others in the party
I were Greenville business men.
I At Aiken, a resort town, officers
! refused to allow newsboys to sell
' papers on the streets, but golf and
polo were played with no arrests
, u nde. The usual number of links
followers were oh the Palmetto Club
, liuks for the afternoon round, while
l on the Highland Park Hotel course,
I a foursome between Ben Thompson,
| Jim Senrle, Mack Donald and Wil
liam Whittemore, professionals, was
i played.
Pupils of a preparatory school en
< ganged in a polo game there, but all
the am sements were held outside
tjie-city limits of Aiken.
Camden, another tourist town, no -
i ever, took no chances with the law
and announcement was made from
' all hotels that the law had been en
forced. A number of winter visitors
; there left the State today, most of
them going to Pinehurst, N. C., host
elry owners said.
At Charleston the lid was tight.
<»t an arrest had been reported by
Jeer and all filling stations, gar
des, soda fountains, cigar stores and
...any restaurants shut the doors for
the day.
hsN^Sl C **?<*8 d operated
Greenville bad reports of a “cigar-
morning at about five o’clock, several
different groups of the children came
singing the old familiar carols which
they had bfen practicing in secret for
some weeks previous. The w'sh of the
Near East Relief directors was that all
of the good friends of the children back
home might have been there that peace
ful Christmas morning to hear the
beautiful melodies in thej stillness of
the early dawn, and to receive the
Merry Christmas Calls of the children
as their expression of gratitude for all
that America has done to bring "Peace
on Earth and Good Win” into their
lives.
ette bootlegger” gang, operating there
selling their banned wares at 50 cents
n package instead of the usual 15 or
17 cents. t
Columbia observed the law closely,
officers reported with no arrests made
Governor Richards was out of the
city. His office declined to give his
destination.
Many ministers in their sermons
here and elsewhere in the State to
day commended the Governor for hu
action in invokiug the old statute.
Resolutions of commendation were
passed in some instances.
GARRETT DENIES HE
SWINDLED HOLTONE
Says Suit Filed at Charlotte Grew
Out of Family Row Over Division
Os Property.
Charlotte, Feb. 27. —Complete den
ial of charges that he swindled nine
relatives out of $185,000 in the estate
of Miss Harriett Holton, wealthy
been held a prisoner' for many years,
Charlotte spinster, alleged to have
is made by Jesse W. Garrett, proml
".ent Charlotte business man.
Mr. Garrett made a sweeping den
ial of the charges today and said
that the suit filed Friday afternoon
grew out of n family row over (divi
sion of the property. ■
The plaintiffs alleged that for many
years Miss Holton was kept a prison
er by Garrett and his mother and
never allowed to be alone with any
other relatives. It also was elleged
that Garrett secured deeds to property
valued at $185,000 by representing to
Miss Holton that she was signing
leases on the property. It also was
alleged that Garrett collected thous
ands of dollars in rent money from
property owned by Miss Holton and
never made an accounting of this
money. , .
Barefaced Mendacity.
“A gentleman called .me ibandsome
yesterday.” said a rather elderly lady
to her minister. ’“Do you think it is
sinful to feel a little proud of the
compliment?”
“Not at all, ma’am,” , replied the
minister. “Its the gentleman who is
the sinner, not you.”
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THE CONCORD DAftY TRIBUNE
WOMEN NOT PLEASED
WITH DIVORCE BILL
They and the Preachers Up In Arms
Over Two Attempts to Change
Present Laws.
Raleigh. Feb. 27.—The women and
preachers arc up in arms over two
attempts in the senate to ehange the
present laws as to divorce. They
like not the change offered by Sena
tor McDonald, reducing the necessity
of abandonment from five years to
two, or Senator Lawrence's bill,
.. hich would allow divorce on grounds
' of abandonment when either party to
a marriage was sent to the state's
: prison and served five years for a
j felon. The women back home may
,not be tnking any particular interest
in the proposition but the women of
the various women's clubs, welfare
| associations and other such allied
, clubs are up in arms. They are
■ against such “letting down of the
j bars.”
I The present law, alowing absolute
divorce after five years abandonment
on the grounds of desertion, would
be cut to a mere two years under
the McDonald measure. The moral
ists claim that the term ought to be
lengthened if any chauge is made,
hile the liberalists are out to give
divorce to those who want it and
can’t get along without it. The same
old war cry, "You can't legislate
morals,” has been heard again as a
reason for the bill’s passage. And
the battle cry of the opposition is the
■inme old war whoop. "Don't letdown
the bars, protect our homes and wo
manhood."
The Lawrence bill is drawing Rim
tar fire. It is aimed to ehange the
•aw so that the Supreme court will
not rule as it has done, and, inci
dentally, as most every Supreme
court iu the nation has ruled, name
ly, that a felon Isn’t a deserter of the
other mate when sentenced to prison.
HL'GE DEPOSITS OF
CYANITE ARE FOUND
In North Carolina—Deposits of This
Material Will Become Increasingly
Valuable.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Feb- 28.—else of -cyanite
uge deposits of which have been
ound in North Caro.iua, is increa
■g among the manufacturing com
panies of the country the -Depar
lent of Conservation and Develop
aent an ounces today, . fo.lowmg th
•-‘turn of State Geo ogist H. J. Bry
on from a meeting of the American
.ieramie Society at Detroit.
Deposits of the material In this
-ate will become increasingly vaiu
ibrn with the continued use of cyan
its, which is not only being utilized
•s a refractory material, but as
■''th diaspore, a hydroxide of alumi
um, in other clay .bodies, a survey
f industry indicates.
Scientists are now working towari
be solution of one qf the prob ei
i a more general utiilixation of the
uineral, its concentration. A plant
ior this purpose is now being erected
it) Virginia, ahid it is thought thal
lpe proximity will be a meteria'
most, for the production of syanite
li North Carolina.
, Until comparatively recently,
cyanite has been found in the eastern
/art of the United Stntes only in
/mall pociets, making its production
lifficulf in a commercial quantity.
Although there has not been an
opportunity for n thorougn inveeti
catiou of the newly discovered de
iiosits of cyanite in this State, the
preliminary surveys have indicated
hat the quality is good and tha
here is an apparently unlimited
quantity. Recent deve opments a.ong
scientific aiid manufacturing lines
i)kc greatly encouraging to the future
ievelopment in this State on a large
qfcale.
Roy's Dream Saves H|s Lite Ip Fir*.
Detroit, Feb. 27.—Dreaming that
lotne one had stolen, bis toy wagon
from the front yard of his home here,
Morris C’ouzens, eight years old,
i Wakened early today and ran down
stairs. The action probably-saved his
life, for rs he reached the lower floor
he discovered the bouse in flames and
;aled to neighbors for help. Before
aid arrived, however, his mother. Rose
Opuzens and three brothers, Meryl,
’ls months; James, eight years, and
John, two years, trapped in the rear
of the house, were burned to death.
Not a Permanent Cure.
Rastus brought a ham back to the
store, saying it was no good.
“That ham’s all right, Rastus,” the
storekeeper insisted. "Why -it only
was cured last week.”
“Well, maybe it’s been cured all
right,” Rastus answered after some re
flection, “but It sho’ has had a re
lapse."
Ob dear, ob dear, said Mrs.
Brown,
My house is simply tumbling
down.
For goodness sakes, said Mrs.
Pate,
Why don’t you call up 258?
They fixed my bouse, it’s sim
ply spiffy,
Any my! they did it in a Jiffy.
So to the phone hied Mrs.
Brown,
And soon the builders etme
around.
Now Joy reigns supreme in the
bouse of Brown,
Tbelr borne no longer tumbles
down.
NATIONAL
LUMBER
COMP’Y
PHONE 258
EQUALIZATION FUND OF FOUR
MILLION CONSIDERED CERTAIN
M So, This Will Result In Cutting
Down Appropriations.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
B.v J. C. BANKERV ILL.
Raleigh. Feb. 28. —An equaliza
tion fund of not less than $4.00:1.000
for the j/üblic schools of the state,
together with more adequate sup
port of the six months school term
by means of a revaluation, and renp
portipnnieut, id now regarded ad in
evitable as a result of the sudden
fiare-up against the permanent ini
i provoitents appropriations bill Sat
! unlay in the house, and which was
threatened with a horizontal cut of
50 per cent. It was saved from this
fate by the narrow margin of only
five voted. And what Its fate wi 1 Is
when it comes up again Tuosda;
morning is still problematical.
But this one thing is now reear 1
ed a*, certain. If the equalization
.unit i« not increased to $4,000,000
instead of $2,500,000 as recommend
ed by the appropriation.-! committee,
and if a more satisfactory method
for giving more adequate support to
he public schools of the state as not
worked out, tho permanent improve
nente bill will be slashed, and s a. li
ed bad. There is now. little doubt but
that the $625,000 recommendation
for a new library at the University
will be eliminated, and that the $30,-
000 borne for the president of State
Colege will be out out —and these
will be but a beginning of the denud
ing of the improvements appropria
tions net. if the larger equalizn
ion fund is not provided.
And that, will not be all. The
State is up in arms, especially the!
poorer eouiities of the so called j
‘Back country.” They realize that |
the elementary schools of the state !
are not what they should be—anil •
they are determined that the first
step shall be taken toward improving
them, rather than institutions of
higher learning—if they both cannot
be. So if the arger equalization
fund is not provided, the general
maintenance appropriation bill can
be expected to be s ashed also when
t comes up for action Monday
light.
Thus the whole situation rests
very largely upon the larger equal
isation fund, set for special order
Monday night.
DUKE • UNIVERSITY MAY
. , GET A DENTAL COLLEGE
Meeting Held at Durham at Which
a Carnegie Foundation Man is
Present
Durham, Feb. 28.—Possibility of
i dents’ colege in connection with
Duke university came to the front
again In a meeting of 550 or '0
North Carolina dentists and Pres
’ent W. P. Few and Vice P-emden
t L. Flowers with Dr. Wi’liam
Lee of the Carnegie foundation, at
linuer at the Washington Dukc
lote tonight. The meeting, sponsor
ed by She Durham Dental society,,
was hCIS Under auspices of the Den
’al college committee of the North
Carolina Dental society.
The North Carolina dentists are
seeking to have a dental college es
tablished at Duke and arc making
an effort to secure an endowment
fund of $5,000,000 from the Carnegie
foundation for establishing the
school. The meeting was arranged so
the dentists of the state might pre
sent to Dr I .'Giles and in the pres
ence of the Duke university officia s
the needs for such n school. The
Carnegie foundation official spoke,
as did Dr. Few, Dr. Flowers and
. others.
The Carnegie foundation has in re
cent years endowed dental co leges
and belief is that with the showing
made touight the foundation will at
least consider seriously devoting a
fund to this purpose in', connection
with I hike university. Dentists point
out that the cost and equipment of
such colleges is such that it requires
70 students matriculating each year
to keep it going. Five have • failed
during the past year and others are
not on the best basis, it is pointed
out.
The dental college project was
mentioned only casually, although it
was the object in the minds of al.
attending. Dental and medics’ health
instruction was the main theme dis
cussed, particularly among negro
servants and others associating with
and caring for children.
Invitations had gone out to a
number of leading dentists in the
state to attend the meeting, many of
the towns and cities having been rep
resented in the approximately 60
dentists present.
Washington Fought Five Times Before
i Revolution.
Luckily for the colonies, , George
Washington bad a wealth of military
experien<j| before he assumed com
mand of the army during the Ameri
can Revolution, points out Clifford
RayiunniFln ,an article in this week’s
Liberty. “As a colonial soldier Wash
ington hid five experiences,” the
writer explains. "One was when he
carried the Virginia ouster orders to
Bt. Pierrq, the French commander at
Fort le Boeuf, in northwestern Penn- 1
aylvania. In his wilderness he vir-1
tually broke new ground for the sea
board and tidewater English—and
nearly loft his life in dangerous wat
ers. His second experience was in
command of the Virginia expedition
to enforce the ouster orders.
“Hia third experience was with
Braddock,” the writer continues. “The
crime of Braddock's defeat followed in
the remorseless retreat of the beaten
British agpuy to Philadeljffiia. Wash
ington. at Winchester in the Shenan
doah Valley, tried to ho’.d this mur
derous invasion back. This was his
fourth experience and probably the
wont of the five. Washington's fifth
experieuco was with General Forbes,
who took possession of Fort Duqueene
and made 1 It Fort Pitt."
No Wonder.
Once an elderly lady was being
shown over Nelson’s ship, the "Vic
tory.” As the party npproached the
spot whet* Ne son met his death, the
attendant pointed to the brass plate
fixed in the deck, and said, "There is
where Nelson fell.” The old lady was
Impressed, but not in the right way
"No wonder," she said, “I nearly
tripped over that thing myself.” *
| Mussolearings |
v. JNg
Lina Cavalieri, famous singer,
ihowed her devotion to nei
country’s boss by wearing
Mussolini’s portraits on her
earrings.
IlnuiaaUnnil Btawtfeelt
Dolores
■—— ... ■■■ i i
Being “Dolores” is a trying
job, and one must find con
solation with an occassional
Sniff, tliinks C. R. Frazier,
Harvard student who was
east for the part in • a frat
play.
llpMmatapjJ Kawtraali
Out on Bail {
Texas Guinan, New York’;
widely known night club host
tss, left jail on bail, after hei
irrest on three prohibition
founts. Her brother, Tommy
Mi waiting for her.
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CHARLOTTE TEACHERS
Glfet LOW KATIN?
Instructors in ftlftihtte fclCTncmary
School Near Bottom in Scltolaßtk
Training. State Survey to Show.
Charlotte Observer,
j Charlotte, priding iierse.f an lead
er in North Carolina in the number
! of school children, ranks near the
! bottom of the list in .scholar.ship of
| the teachers in its elementary
j schools, according to figures to be
! contained in the next issue of School
; Facts, published -emi-nuinthly oy
lie ,-itaatn department of publie in
struction.
Figures for the elementary school
systems in Cbnrlotte. Winston-Sa
lem. Asheville. High Point, Raleigh.
Unstonin. Durham, Greensboro, Sal
isbury and Go dishorn, will be given
n a review of supervision in the city
school s.
Below Average.
These figures will show Charlotte
ns runking lower than any except
High Point and Raleigh, in achol
irship. and considerably below the
iverage for the ten.
According to the survey. Charlotte
lementnry teachers rate an average
leholarship of 702.1 ns compared
with 7tKt-7 for Gastonia, which
ranks at the top. The average uchol
whip is 714.2.
There are 6,859 children enrolled
n Charlotte’H elementary schools, it
wi 1 be shown. They are taught by
285 teachers, a larger number than
are employed in any other city sys
tem in the state.
Charlotte employH eight super
visors whereas Winston-Salem, with
a smaller number of school children
and elementary teachers, employs
nine.
Higher Progress.
“In a scientific investigation made
by the division of supervision in two
yroupfi of consolidated school'' the
urvey will read, “it was found that
upervised schools made 126 per
ent more progress than the children
n schools where there was no super
ision.”
In the system studied there is
an average of nearly five profession
il supervisors. Ip this respect Char
lotte ranks above the average and is
:eeond to Winston-Sa'eiu, the leader.
In discussing supervision in rural
—hno’s the survey will show that
two counties in the state arc ern
uoying county supervisors. They
lirect the work of ,121 elementary
eachers, or an average Os 188"eaclf.
Tn Charlotte, each supervisor directs
he work of 29 teachers, giving city
schools a much higher rating than
the rural schools.
College Trained.
The average scholarship equip
ment of teachers in city systems is
more than three years college train
'ng, while the average for teachers
n the rural schools is less than one
•ear-
Progress in school in supervised
and unsupervised counties is com
pared with reference to tour factors
—attendance, lougtb of term, schol
arship of rural teachers and the
number of standard elementary
schools in the counties.
JUDGE WEBB TO STUDY
THE WISCASSKTT SUIT
Tells Attorneys to Prepare Briefs So
That He May Go Into Merits of
Case.
Shelby, Feb. 26.—The $1,700,000
mandamus suit heard here today be
for Judge James L. Webb concerning
the Wiscassett Mills of Albemarle,
is still undecided. The Judge took it
under advisement and attorneys con
nected with the case were of the
opinion that the decision wHI not
likely be rendered for several. days
aud possibly a week.
The action, brought by two promi
nent stockholders, J. F. and, M. L.
Cannon, seeks to compel directors
of the big mill company to declare in
dividends the surplus of the corpora
tion over the capital and Working
stock. This surplus, it is said, totals
$1,700,000. The capital stock of the
plant is set at $3,600,000 and the
working capital at $1,700,000. J. F.
Cannon, one plaintiff, is said to own
more than 25 per cent of the capital
stock, but alleges he is now excluded
from active participation in the man
agement.
Over and Above Dividend.
From the arguments aud briefs
presented by attorneys here today it
is understood that the surplus in ques
tion is over and above a 10 per cent
dividend that has regularly been de
clared by the company. Some time
back the plaintiffs are said to have
petitioned the directors for a dividend
covering the full surplus but this was
refused. The present action then waa
taken by A. L. Brooks and other
Greensboro attorneys representing the
plaintiffs.
An odd feature of the big suit
is that Mr. Brooks, attorney for the
plaintiffs U one of the mill stock
holders and also a director, while
E. T. Cansler, Charlotte attorney de
fending the mills, is also a director
and stockholder of the company.
A good portion of the day was
taken up in placing the complaints,
answers and arguments before the
local jurist.
Important Litigation.
Mr. Cansler declared during the
argument that the litigation is the
most important of its type to come
up in the State in 10 years' and that
the decision will have an Important
bearing on corporation law. Mr.
Brooks seemed to agree as to the im
portance of the case but was of the
opinion that his clients were doing
nothing more than asking that the
law compel directors to pay surplus
funds out in dividends to stockholders
after a working capital has been de
clared, which he contends has been
done In this case. With the agree
ment as to the importance of the
case counsel decided to preeent full
written briefs to Juge Webb, Several
days wil likely be required for pre
paration of the briefs and examina
tion of their contents before the deci
sion is rendered.
Compiling a Directory.
“But, lady," a marriage license clerk
explained to a movie actress appli
cant, "the law compels me to record
ail previous marriages before I issue
a licenae.” .. •'
"Good Lord!" exclaimed her pros
pective husband. "And I’ve got a taxi
waiting!"
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Governor Endorses Women’s Move
ment to Use More Cotton.
Raleigh News and Observer.
Governor McLean yesterday is
sued the following statement in re
gard to the movement launched by
North Carolina Federation of Wom
en's Clubs to promote a more ex
tensive use of cotton goods.
“Perhaps one of the most effec
tive thing* that can be done at the
present time to rehabilitate the price
of cotton is to bring about a greater
demand for cotton goods. If the
women all over the South will enter
upon a systematic campaign to pro
mote a more extensive use of such
goods, I believe that moat beueficial
results wl 1 We forthcoming. I regret
very much that I am prevented from
attending the King Cotton Ball .to be
held in Greensboro on Saturday
night, the 26th, by the fact that I
am recovering from a deep cold and
therefore it ia inadvisable for mo to
travel”
• -_
A man Met to lire up to his repu
tation, a woman to her pbotograpo.