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VOL. XIV. FII^VL EDITION.
Speakers Present Cause
Of Greater Meredith
Dr. Charles E. Brewer, President of the College, Rev. Lee
McB. White of Kinstoii, and Attorney J. M. Brough
ton, Raleigh, Tell of Plans for Million Dollar Plant
The congregations of the First
Baptist Church and of Blackwell
Memorial Baptist Church had an un
usuaTireat Sunday when Rev. Lee
McB. *whi^e of the First Baptist
Church of Kinston, J. M. Broughton
of the Raleigh bar, and Dr. Charles
E. Brewer, president of Meredith
College, presented the cause of the
"Greater Meredith" which the Bap
tists of the State have planned to
build on the recently acquired site
of 130 acres three-quarters of a
mile from the western limits of the
city of Raleigh.
The speakers were at the morn
ing service at Blackwell Memorial
and at the evening service at the
First Church. Though there were
three speakers, each spoke for only
about ten minutes and the church
services went hardly beyond the us
ual limit at each church. Yet so
packed with meat was each address
that the speakers could hardly have
said a groat deal more if each had
had an hour's time.
Mr. White's talk was inspirational
? a sermonette calling on Christian
people to the dedication of their
lives to things worth while.
Dr. Brewer '8 talk was an outlino
of the history of Meredith College,
a brief presentation of some of its
past achievements, its present needs,
and the plans for meeting those
needs in way of new buildings on
the new site.
Mr. Broughton's address dwelt on
the plan for financing the^WIWertak
ing and closed with an earnest ap
peal for an investment that., would
yield dividends in character as well
as in money.
A million dollar plant is Bap
tist plan. The present plant if} esti
mated to be worth $250,000 and the
remaining $750,000 is to be raised
by an issue of six per cent serial
gold bonds, to the payment of which
is pledged the full faith and credit
of North Carolina Baptists and as
security for which a deed of trust
on all the properties of Meredith
College, exclusive of endowment,
will be given. The Wachovia Bank
& Trust Company is named in the
deed of trust as trustee. Dr. Brew
er in his address in substance said:
"Meredith has been doing a great
work for nearly twenty-five years.
Since its opening 3.445 regular stu
dents have registored, of whom 525
have graduated. All these have gone
out to make their contribution of
time and talent, as well as of means,
to the Kingdom of God. The re
sults can never be estimated this
side of eternity.
"Graduates of Meredith College
are accorded the sam<t recognition,
when they got to Northern univers
ities, as graduates of any other col
lege in the South, whether for men
or for women. Time and again our
A. B. graduates have received their
master's degree at Cornell or Co
lumbia in one year. That is as much
as the A. B. graduates of Cornell
and Columbia themselves can do.
"Not only is this true, but grad
uates of Meredith College are given
the same recognition by the State
Board of Education as the graduates
of the State colleges.
"The blessings of God have
brought a crisis in Meredith's his
tory. This situation should not be
regarded as a misfortune, but as an
endorsement and a challenge. It is
an indication of divine blessing that
our equipment Is Inadequate to meet
the demands* The question Is, shall
we limit our attendance to present
accommodations, or shall we multi
ply accommodations to meet the de
mands of a growing and forward
looking denomination?
"The conviction that we should
seek larger grounds and erect more
commodious buildings has been
growing for some time on our entire
denomination. The first formal dec
laration of such a conviction was
made in a resolution passed by the
board of trustees of Meredith Col
lege at the annual meeting in May.
1D21, that it was the sense of that
body that the time had come for a
now site to be procured; and a com
mittee was appointed to secure op
(Contlnued on Page Fcrur)
Ft* N RIVAL MIW. WHITKlll'ItHT
The funeral of Mrs. 8. F. White
hurst of Shiloh, who died Saturday
afternoon, was conducted Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
home by Rev. S. F. Hudson, pastor
of $htloh Baptist Church, and Inter
ment made In the family burying
ground near the home.
The pallbearers were: J. C.
Wright, L. 8. Walston, Tom Whaley.
C. G. Gregory ,W. J. Cartwrlght, and
J. C. Bell.
Mrs. Whltehurst wal 41 years old
and Is survived by her husband,
fcrur children. Misses Leila and Ellx
abeth Whltehurst. and Enoch
Whltehurst of Shiloh end Raymond
Whltehurst of New York City; her
mother, Mrs. Bettle Upton of Shiloh
and one sitter, Mrs. Janle Coin of
Norfolk.
Among those attending the fun
eral from this city were: Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Whltehurst, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Bell, Mm. Clara Bateman, M.
?C. Savin, and Miss Mary Mercer.
WOODROW WILSON
WILL IS PROBATED
Leaves Estate to Widow, An
nual Income to Margaret
Wilson, and Personal Be
longings to Daughters.
Washington, Feb. 25. ? The will j
of Woodrow Wilson which was to- 1
i day filed for probate leaves his es
! tate to his widow, Mrs. Edith Boll-!
ling Wilson, with the exception that
his daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson,
shall receive $2,500 annual income
as long as she remains unmarried.
A request in the will calls upon
Mrs. Wilson to distribute among
Wilson's daughters such articles of
clothing. Jewelry .personal memen
toes, and art works that may have
belonged to their mother, the first
wife of the former President.
Under the will Mrs. Wilson is to
retain the estate during her life and
the unexpended portion at her death
Is to be distributed among Wilson's
daughters.
CHORAL club tonight
The Choral Club will meet \Jon
day night at the Elks Home at the
usual hour. There was no meet
ing last week on account of the Car- i
olina Players and it is the more
necessary that a large number at
tend tonignt.
COOLIDGE OPPOSES
PENSION LEGISLATION
? .Washington ,Feb. 25 ? President]
Coolldge today told the ranking Re
publican members of the House pen
sions committee that he was opposed
| to the enactment at this time of
pension legislaion involving any con
j siderable drain on the public treas
i ury.
DIXON MAY SUCCEED
SECRETARY DENBYl
Washington, Feb. 25. ? Governor
Joseph M. Dixon of Montana at one
time leader in the Roosevelt Pro
gressive party movement, Is being
seriously considered for Secretary of
the Navy to succeed Denby.
DOCK WORKERS WILL
RESUME THEIR LABORS
(By Tb? AtfoeUtM PrruL )
London, Feb. 25 ? A conference of
dock workers today called off the
strike which has been in progress
since February 16, seriously inter
fering with commerce and industry.
Work will be resumed tomorrow
morning.
MAN BARELY ALIVE
AFTEK PISTOL BATTLE
High Point, Feb. 25. ? Butlor
Myors was Just alive today as the
result of a wound in a pistol battle
between him and his father who w?h
woundpd late Saturday when Wil
liam Ward was killed. The battle
was the result of a quarrel over a
still between the young men.
C HIMNEY FIRES KEEPING
FIRK DEPARTMENT Hl'SY
Chimney fires are keeping the fire
company busy. Here are the last
four up to Monday noon; Saturday
at 11:05 p. m., still alarm, flue fire
at Eagle Cafe, corner of Poindexter
and Matthews street: Sunday at
12:10 a. m., chimney fire at W. H.
Cropsey's home oji Southern Aven
ue; Sunday at 8:30 p. m., chimney
fire at home of H .C. Cox on Glade
street and Monday morning at 7:46
a. m. an alarm from Box 14 called
them to a chimney fire at the home
i of Alexander Midgett on corner of
Walnut street and Pennsylvania
Avenue. The fire company respond
ed promptly to all of these calls and
extinguished them before any dam
jage was done.
W A PEHROHO BETTER HIV R
POLICE WAOEM CAMPAIGN
Wadesboro. Feb. 25, ? Since this
city started on its clean up campaign
of the police force for a genoral up-^
lift of the morlae much Improve
ment has been noticed. Laws are
being enforced more strictly and
those guilty erf law breaking are be
ing brought to Justice, 8lnre the In
stalatlon of D. W. Sedbury as charge
of the police force there has been a j
total of $317.55 In fines collected In I
the Mayor's Court all of which has1
been turned over to the school fund.|
A total of 87 cases have been
tried, 29 of which were bound over
to the 8uperlor Court. Most of the
cases were either for reckless driv
ing or violation of the prohibition
laws.
Armed to the Teeth, So to Speak!
Thaaa ?entlemen. mapped by Bob Dorm an. NBA photographer, art
typical of the Mexican fedsra) troona fluhtln* In President Obrecon'i
armies. The photo waa takan at Orataba. . Note the bandolier* of ami
munition strung about thalr afaooMara.
COMMITTEE OPENS
BAG OF SURPRISES
Resumes Hearings After Ten
Day Kecess Taking Up Trail
of 8100,000 Loaned Fall
)>y Publisher McLean.
Washington, Feb. 25. ? The Sen
ate oil committee today opened an
other bag of surprises when it re
sumed hearings after a ten day re
cess, taking up the trail of the
$100,000 loan made to Fall by Ed
ward McLean, publisher of the
Washington Post.
Thp committee was told by twoi
Washington bankers that McLean's
checking balance in neither of them I
was more than $10,000 in Decem
ber. 1921.
The publisher had informed the
committee that he gave Fall checks
aggregating? $400, OOfr on the two^
banks during that period but that
they were returned uncashed. .
Bascomb Slemp, secretary to ^he
President, was questioned about a
visit he made to Palm Beach while
McLean and Fall were there last
December and January.
Slemp said he talked with Fall,
asked him for the truth about the
oil charges and advised him to tell
everything.
Fall replied, he said, that he had
nothing more to tell.
Director Bain of the Bureau of
Mines, testified that Fall informed
him of a plan to build storage tanks i
at Pearl Harbor in return for the
royalty on oil. He said It was dis
cussed at cabinet, meeting and At- J
rorney General Daugherty "raised I
no objection to It." \
REYNOLI*4 CANIUDATE
LI E I'TKN ANT-GOVERNOR j
Asheville, Feb. 25. ? Robert R. j
Reynolds of this city has announced j
his candidacy for the office of Lieut- |
enant Governor subject to the action i
of the Democratic primary in June
and expects to make a personal can- !
vass of the State.
KIWANIS QUARTET
BACK HOME AGAIN
? - " ?
The Elizabeth City Klwanis Quar
tet Is back from Wllliaroston thefe
Its singing greatly aided In the en
tertainment feature at the Bankers
Conventl</n. The quartet which I
Is composed of Harry O. Kramer. |
Whit Woodley, Harold Foreman and
Evans Blades, was accompanied by j
Mrs. Harry Kramer. i
WILMINGTON FIXES HTHKKTH
HO THE HKATERM CAN HKATR
Wilmington, Feb, 25 ? This city
has resorted to the plan of zoning
the streets for tho populace. Each (
Friday night certain streets for a I
distance of several blocks will be
roped off and reserved exclusively j
for skaters until 10 p. m. The city!
authorities have stated that they
would not tolerate any encroachment
on this ruling by autolsts or pedes-,
trlans and neither would It allow
the skaters to go beyond their al
loted territory. It Is thought by
the traffic authorities of the city*
that this plan will greatly reduce |
accidents and violation of the law
and at the same time give the
ymifl* people an opportunity to en
Joy the privilege of skating.
Model Killed
Thla magaxlne-covcr (frl U dead.
Mlaa Mats Stoddard, 22, artM
model, wu killed In a Lou Antral**
automobile accident. Her race
?raced ecorea or maa-ailne CO vera.
OVERALL FACTORY AND
GARAGE ARE BURNED
Portland. Ind., Feb. 25. ? Damage
to the extent of $200,000 wan dono
by fire yesterday In the business lec
tion of the city, when an overall fac
tory and garage were destroyed'.
FI XKKAI, OK I.ITTI.K Ollili
WHOSK MOTH Kit WAS KII,I,KI>
<Ily ,?nmeft MrMurren)
The funeral of little Carlton
Welrh, colored, was conducted Mon
day afternoon from Mt. I/ehanon
Church. She wan 13 yors old and
the (laughter of I.aura Welch, who
met her death a few week* agcr by
a fall from the Hlnton Building ele
vator.
Carlton died Friday at Newport
New*. She had been sick nearly al'
of her life, but In spite of Illness had
been a faithful member of her Sun
day achool. Dr. D. S. Itlackwell con
ducted the funeral and the choir
aang, "Shall We Meet Beyond The
River," "Abide With Me." and
"Sweet Hour of Prayer." Resolu
tion* and floral offering* expressed
the affection and sympathy of
frlemta. She leave* her father, three
?later*, one brother, and ? large
number of relatives and friends, ln
termeot was made In Oak Orove
cemetery. '
j Panic Rules Roost In
Grand Old Party Now
But for the Moment Chairman Adams and Daugherty Have
Made Common Cause and Their Counsel W ill Pre
vail Over Tliat of I/xlp' and Pepper
lly DAVID I.AWHKXCF.
CMvriihl, IK4, by Th? Advance i
Washington, Feb. 23. ? Panic has seized the Republican lead
ers in Washington.
CAROLINIAN MAKES
A RECORD IN TEXAS I
I
Wake Forest, Feb. 25. ? The un
ique record of Robert Lee Paschal,
a native of North Carolina and a
graduate of Wake Forest College, is
set forth in a quarter-column news
story, topped by the picture of the
man. appearing in the Dallas, Texas.
News of January 23. For thirty
years Mr. Paschal has been con
nected with the Fort Worth Texas
Schools. Mr. Paschal has graduated
2,500 children from his school dur
ing his long service, says the story
in the Texas paper. He is a twin
brother of Dr. G. W. Paschall, ex
aminer and professor of Greek at
Wake Forest.
The story in the Dallas paper says
in part: "Mr. Paschal was president
of the Texas State Teachers' Associ
ation in 1914, when the convention
was held at Houston, and since that
time has ? been prominent ? in its
activities.
"He was born In Chatham county
near Siler City. N. C., July 7, 18
69. He attended country school and
Mount Vernon Academy. Mount Ver
non, N. C., and thence went to Wake
Forest College, Wafte Forest. N. C.,
where he completed the four year
course for his bachelor of arts de
gree in three years. Mr. Paschal's
twin brother is now professor of
Greek in this school.
"In September 1892. Mr. Paschal
came to Texas and assisted in the
organization of Simmons College at
Abilene and taught in the school a
year and a half. Mr. Paschal came
to Fort Worth in January 189 4
y as made principal of Fifth Ward
school antT remained in that capaci
ty for twelve years. In 1906 h<
was named princLpal of old Fori
Worth High School at Jennings
Avenue and Daggert street which
since has burned. He has served
as principal since that time.
"By way of celebrating his anni
versary Tuesday, Mr."" Paschal put In
a day of hard work."
JAM ICS KDWAItl) DAXIKLS
HOU<JKI> A 1.1, T1IK STAftK
James BJd ward Daniels, colored.
hogged the stage in recorder's court
Monday morning. James got a sen
tence of six months on the roAds for
assault on Mary Cherry, colored;
$50 and costs for assault on James
Drown, colored; three months for
carrying concealed weapons, and $5
and costs for being drunk. On the
court's judgment in the first three
cases the defendant, through bis at
torney, J. H. LeRoy, Jr.. noted an
appeal, and was required to give ap
peal bond In the sum of $250. The
$5 fine was paid.
Henderson Griffin, for passing a
traffic dummy on the wrong side of
the street, was taxed with the costs.
Jordan Has#, for illegal
possession and receiving In a liquor
case, was fined $20 and costs.
LUIS FIRPO KNOCKS
OUT FARMER LODGE
Iluenos Aires, Feb. 25. ? Luis An
gol Flrpo knocked out Farmer
Lodge in tho fifth round of a 15
round bout here yeHterday.
Thirty thousand people were proR
ent. The finishing blow was a tor
rifle right to body preceded by a left
to Jaw.
WOMAN KILLS MEN
IN SELF DEFENSE
Cleveland, O.. Feb. 2^.? -Mrs. Net
tle Annell, aged 21, killed two men
who came to her door threatening
to get h'-r husband and father and
who fired on her.
Kafalllc Transo anu Mike Marino
are dead meji. Tony Savjd Is under
arrest and bo Is Mrs. Amlll. Th?'
battle was the culmination of a
blackmail iUy_t. A score of shots
were exchanged.
FOUR MEN BURNED
TO DEATH SUNDAY
I'lttaburiih, Fob. 28. ? Kour men
were burned to death In a Are here
yeati'rday which destroyed a three
family house.
TWO TANKERS DAMAGED
AND ONE MAN IS DEAD
San Pedro, Cal., Feb. 25. ? One
man died and two Were nerloimly In
jured here yeaterday when oil from
a tanker overflowed Into a tug boat,
got Into If engine room, and Unit
ed bofh veueTa. Tloth reaaal were
badly damaged.
Swept off their feet by the
tales of .in outraged public
opinion, the Grand Old Party is
torn between fear of what may
happen in the next elections and
the knowledge that to yield to
popular clamor is a confession
of guilt which upon investiga
tion would not be proved.
Attorney General Daugherty Is a
dominant force in Republican poli
tics. Not only is he a practiced pol
i itlcian himself, but he has the cour
age his convictions. Chairman
{John T. Adams of the Republican
I National Committee who had bold'/
criticized Senators Lodge and Pep
per for daring to suggest to Presi
dent Coolidge that he call for At
torney General Daugherty's resigna
tion, is as clean as a hound's tooth
himself. He does not live In the twi
light zone of politics and his readi
ness to champion the cause of Mr.
Daugherty can bo takon-to mean-4w? ?
has made his own investigation of
the facts and has come to the con
clusion there is no case against the
Attorney General; nothing except
the impression resulting from the
clever attacks made by the Demo
cratic speakers in- the Senate.
Chairman Adams' strategy will
i prevail. Attorney General Daugher
| ty will have his hearing. Mr. Art
jams represents the strength of the
| party organization. On one occasion
.during the Harding administration
? when Mr. Adams ventured to express
the opinion tlyit It would be unwise
? to agitate the world court proposal
- J this campaign year, there was re
. isentment in administration quarters
I jbut Mr. Harding yielded to the coun
? , ?el of Chairman Adams rather than
> j split the party wide open, and Pres
t ident Coolidge who has even more
(?reason to remain regular and keep
i in the good graces of the national
i, | party organization, is likely to do
jthe same thing.
Mr. Coolldge's real desire
anyhow. He docs not think any
member of his cabinet should retire
under fire and without a hearing.
Naturally the whole case is one of
political tactics. From a strategic
viewpoint the resignation of Secre
tary Denby. was regarded by old line ?
partisans as a serious blunder for it
carried with it not only the impres
sion that , he feared a public hearing
and investigation but It Immedlate
! ly stimulated the Democrats to ask
j for more resignations and they cen
tered their attack on Mr. Daugher
ty. It is excellent strategy from a
] party viewpoint for tho Democrats
to get the Republicans ^n the run
land keep them there so that the
country will lose confidence In the
Republican party. Men like Chair
man Adams thinks the game has
gone too far and that it Is time the
Republicans backed up against It
and showed fight. ?
Unfortunately for the Republi
cans. they are not themselves sure
wlmt evidence will be uncovered as
the investigation proceeds, for no
body knows who speculated In
stocks at the time tho oil leases
| were made ard the national capital
j is full of all sorts of rumors. Rut
j the Republican theory Is that spec
ulation or Investment by Itself Is not
; reprehensible and that It will be up
j to the Democrat# to prove that the
men who speculated were In some
j way connected with the making of
the leases themselves or profited by
their connection with the Govern
ment.
I The Domocrats on the other hand,
tare of the opinion that Irrespective
of whether definite proof Is estab
1 llshed, the oil controversy will give
their stump speakers enough to
(talk about from now till next Ne
j v.?mber.
GOVERNOR McCRKAY
CHARGED WITH FRAUD
I Indianapolis, Feb. 25. ? The flnan
jclal difficulties of Governor McCreay
I have been further augmented by hi?*
indictment by the Federal grand
i Jury on charges of using the malls
| to defraud and violation of the Na
tional hanking laws, it became
{known today when the governor sur
, rendered to the tT. 8. marshal here.
TOTTON MARKKT
New York, Feb. 25 ? Cotton fu
tures opened this morning at the
following levels: March 29.72;
May 30.20; July 29.50; October
26.57; December 26.20,
New York, Feb. 25. ? 8pot cotton,
closed quiet. Middling 29.45 a de
cline of ?5 points.
Futures, doting bid, March 29.1ft,
May 29.60, July 19.02. Oet. 26 30,
Dec. 95.80. r