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ELIZABETH CITY m Senator Williams Seeks Fairer Distribution Of The Equalization Fund Threatens to Resort to the Courts in Matter That Is j Arousing State-wide I>is Mtisfartinn , CAMDEN AM) DAWK W. I. Halstead of South Mills unci S. A. (irifTin of Manteo at Raleigh Also to Offer Protest Raleigh, Juno 2G.?(AP)?Re-| tt to courts to secure a uiore jtiltable distribution of the thm" | and one-quarter million dollar . school equalization fund Is threat- , enedby Senator Pat H. Williams. I . of Kllaatmth City, who represented ! (he First District componed of sev- j en aortheastern counth s In the last Legislature. Including I?ar Camden and Pasquotank counties. Senator Williams. was hero to attend a meeting of tho directors of the Atlantic Joint Stock I,atid ' Bank. Others, visitors, expressed themselves here today as opposed to the propoHcd distribution of fapds under the Woltz Act. Includ-i ?r'J. H. Alexander, Jr.. of Scot-, land Neck. Mr. Alexander said lie. ?iras at a loss to ??understand how the schedule* for distribution j were arrived at." Pasquotank and Halifax, two of the larger agricultural counties,, received $4,000 and $4,600 respec tively under the schedule of dh-j trtbutlon announced by the board. Other counties, not nereioforr rr-? celvlng any nione; from the fuiui. received more than $20,000, thou* protesting |>olnted out. Other visitors In Raleigh yester day to enter vigorous protest against the proposed distribution^ Included W. I. Halstead. of Camden county, which had the. 910.000 paid last year cut to $5.-| 000 and Supt. E. W. Pearson and ?re. A. Griffin, the latter chairman Wot the board of education of Dure county. Mr. Halstead Is a member of the Camden county board of education. Supt. M. P. Jennings., of Pasquotank, was also In Raleigh 1 yesterday. The allotment for Dare county, was reduced from $19,000 to $1H. 000 this yeir. and the educational authorities are at a loss to under stand how the allotment was made. The valuation for Halifax county was fixed at $43.000.Out) for this year art increase of thre? million dollars, when It is a safe estimate, that the total taxable property will not total more than $38,000,000. t declared Mr. Alexander, who Is; president of the Chamber of Com merce of Scotland Neck, president of the Bank of Scotland Neck and member of the board of commis sioners. Norfleet Smith, editor of the Scotland Neck Commonwealth, who was with Mr. Alexander In Raleigh, endorsed what Mr. Alexander had to say. and de clared that It was Inexplicable th fchlra that Edgecombe county with ~a total property valuation of $35, 000,000 and a tax rate of 80 1-2 rents received $24,000 from the school equalization fund while Halifax with a tax rate of $1.55 received only $4,<tf>0. ?Mr. Alexander had with him I yesterday the last Issue of the| University News Letter In which' the counties of tho State arel ranked according to tho aggregate! of wealth listed for taxation on a per Inhabitant basis for the year: 1925. and the county-wide lax rate for that year. Beaufort county with a tax rat?-l of fl.CO and aggregate taxed wsalth per capita of $912 re-j celved mors than $50,000 from the school fund. Mr. Alexander explained, while Halifax with a tax rale of $1.65 and aggregate taxed wealth per capita of $84 4 got 94.COO. Vance with a tax rate of 91.45 and a taxed per capita wealth of $854 got $4,000. Camden with a tax rate of $1.69 and taxed wealth of $660 per capita received $6,000. "I do not ?ay that the hoard didn't act In good faith and that It didn't do the heat It could, but I am aaylnK that 1 do not under stand how It arrived at lis con clusion. and Mich figures ua are contained In this University News Xettor do not help me to under upland nor uaa anybody furnished 1 me with Information that' did ex ^ plain," said Mr. Alexander. "80 far as we are concerned, the $4,600 allotted to us will do as no good, and if no more than tfcla la to be provided, we might Jnat aa well have been omitted." ?eld gdltor Norfleet Hmlth. Col. J. K. Young haa advised the Vanes county authorities not to accept the $3,600 allotted to that county. Vance has a taxed per capita wealth of 9664 as com pared with $112 for Beaufort coaatjr, and $914 for Edgecombe coenty. > If reeort Is made to tha courts. r It will hevs to be thrqngh secur ing m Injunction to restrain tfce It funds th, 81.1. HALSTEAD WANTS ADJUSTMENT 0 F FlINI) IN CAMDEN South Mill* Attorney to He <|iie*t Consideration from K<|iiulization Hoard; Cani * ii Hit Hard MAY GO TO COURTS Delegation from Here Giv en Little Salisfaetion on Visit to Governor and Supt. A. T. Allen Stop* to correct what they term gross inequalities In the $3,250.-! 000 State school equal initio 11 fund, as apportioned hy the equalization commission appointed by the re-, cent General Assembly, are to be taken by State Senator 1'. 11. William*, of this city, and by At torney W. I. Ilulstead. of South Mills. Mr. Halxtead will act in be- j half of Camden County. In discussing the proposed ac-| tion, Mr. llalstead declared that, he would first approach the com mission itself with a request fori u revision of the figures, as made! public this week. In the event that failed, lie said he intended to take the matter into tne courts,| probably through iujunction pro ceedings. Senator Williams, Mr. Halstcad and Superintendent M. P. Jenn ings, ot the i'nxqtiotunk County1 schools, returned Friday n!ght< from a trip to Jlalelgh. iu an ef fort to obtain an understanding of the apportionments and in the J hope of beginning steps toward a readjustment on what they be lievo would be a more equitable] basis. C'amdeu County appears hardest hit or the Northeastern Carolina counties, under the plan of dis tribution. In determining pro-j perty valuations, Camden's was in-, creased arbitrarily from $3,462. 422 to $5,28 6,830?a Jump of 62 I?er cent, or more than half. Ac-i cording to Senator Williams, who. Is a native of the county, that In-J crease is absolutely unjustified, for the reason that there are many; thousands acres of cut-ovcr swamp lands in Camden, having almost j no value. On the basis of this new valua tion, Camden will receive $5,660.-! 58 from the equalization fund in1 1027, as against $10,774.02 ln; 1926?practically a 50 per cent cut. Mr. Williams pointed out. j In Pasquotank, property values' are Increased approximately two' million dollars. For several years paBt, this "ounty has not shared' In the equalisation fund. Fori 1027, Pasquotank's allotment is to bo $4,083.51 whereas Superlnten-I dent Jeiiuings states that he was assured, before the apportionment1 were made, that the county would reeelve at least $10,000. While iu Italeigh, the delegation, from here visited A. T. Allen, State superintendent of schools,: and Governor McLean. They wero ablo to obtain little information from either. Mr. Williams said,' Mr. Allen informing them that he : had nothing to do with the valua-1 lions set, or with the apportion ments made, Inasmuch as those tasks had been delegated to tho equalization commission. Mr. Williams advance the ar gument that a definite basis should be set whereby the cost of operation of given types of schools should be taken as a standard In the apportionment of the State funds. At present, the distribution of the funds Is based on a sliding scale whereby allotments are made in a ratio of $4,000 to each million dollars' property valuation. . Mr. llalstead holds that the en tire school system should be operated by the State. He makes the point that the agricultural count!*** lacking large towns or cities educate their boys and girls largely for the benefit of the other counties, Inasmuch as many of them, after finishing school, are attracted to the cities, and thus become an economic asset to counties other than those In which they were reared. CJIYKK TKRM HOAIW Braxton Harbor, colored, known M "Rabbit" and a decidedly fre quent (cuM*t in recorder*! court, wan awarded a 60-day roads sen tence Saturday morning by Trial Justice Sawyer ou a charge of having beaten a feminine com panion. one Bessie Armstrong, Friday night while under the in fluence of liquor. lion. In bringing such a proceed ing. it mujSt be alleged that the propoaad distribution la Illegal and contrary to lM Byrd Takes The Postal Pledge So (hat ho might authoritatively carry tin* first trans-Atlantic atrl-il wall on hig flight arrww thr wcaw.- <'?miiiii.iiii1i i I; if?i:ii M l: Hynl will ?worn in att an airmail pilot l?y l,oatuiaKt<-r John J Kn ly. of Now York, ax picture here. Hi- took the oath in tin* hhariuw of the liromi wink'H of IiIn monoplane "Ain?*rlca!' at li(HiH'v< lt Klelil, I.miv Inland. TWILIGHT BALL LEAGUE ENDED Single Elizalx-th llity Train to lw Formed to Piny Va rious Viniling Nine* After an existence of four weeks. the Twilight League wiih | disbanded officially Friday night at i a meeting of the board of direc- ] torn of (hp association. J. II. Wll ' kln?, president, announced Satur day morning. In Its stead. a sin gle Klizaheth City nine will be formed to play gamea with out Kid*' teams. Steps were being tak en Saturday to arrange for the first game to be played next Wednesday. Lack of public Interest, as evl- , denced by exceedingly scanty gat? receipts, Is given as The main reas-1 on for disbanding the Twillglit league. There was little or no expense except for umpires, gate , keepers and baseballs; but re-1 ceipts wore not even enough to cover these Items. It is declared Tho league season ended with ! the Country Club lead Inc. the! Cubs next, and the City Team In (he cellar. All threo trams, hew ever, were close together In league standing. The winners won live i games and lost three. The Cubs' liad a flfty-flfty break, with four) won and four lost. Till Cltf Team won three and lost five games. : Thus. It may be seen readily that a game or two might have changed | the complexion of things. Assurance is forthcoming thnt 1 at least one game will be ar-| ranged for the Kotirth of July, though it is still uncertnin what opposing team will be pitted against Elizabeth City. Excellent entertainment was nf fprded the scattering of fans that attended the Twilight I*eagiie games. Taken on the whole, they. were played exceptionally well, es pecially when It Is remembered i that there were no profeasionai or semi-professional players. The fans who have been following the fortunes of the IcauUe will view Its eclipse with real regret. DAWSON WILL RESIGN as demockatic hkai> Kalelgh. June 2T.. (AP) John C?. Dawson, of Klnston. an nouncen his Intention to resign ss chairman of the Democratic party organisation In North Carolina. He has served for four years. Mr. Dawson said he would re sign In order to devote himself to personal business, at. a meeting of [the Democrat I v<- State executive I committee whflhh he will rail at an I early date. Ten day*" notice |m re f|iilr?-d by the rules of the organ! xatlon. ttAwrm < him) 11n Gradual Improvement Iri the condition of Aubrey Sawyer, aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. McKlnley Sawyer. West Cypress street, was reported at the Elizabeth Clfv i Hospital Saturday morning- The J little boy sustained a fracture of (the skull In a collision with an automobile driven by Dennis Saw yer. of this cllv on Wednesday. June is. IV wif* learned ?t the hospital Saturday thst he still was WORK ON SUGO ROAD ADVANCES IWil.lv Ki'wly i? f"r ?ri.l,r,. Kvfi.t IniT '(V' i' V,TV ''1lrr""l,lnl"'' fnvt.r r;" Journey Ihnm- li im . ' 1 (' Kiii in,,"J j??" *? *"v "? ??laliuriiip , ''"i" "" II.. -'?7,,;: w.,i,,r j*y t. u. ? v. ... *1;,,?,"? iniloM of u,,. i, , 1 '"" -'I'Hirirr "??i i.r?i>?i,iv J; '? ni" Hfmiij Hu r . VI-,. L ?| in ?:T?"SS; -5 t "??nil I.r Miiyurli. " " " ll.nl. "?? In llln, fur ii?. ?"? (.rohiililiiii,.. ' '' J"*'1" '? w-Hh r;,. ?ViiNJilfi^lon IIIl-Iiw.v r. '."".Ill llll||??| I 'Tl? '" II. CI.,. Jn ! *""? P'?llil.f| ..in ,| j|f. '?"III. s Mli.ul.l?! "" '"Khway mm. ?l?lloi? Ir,v"";"""".! by I??UII?I (o Noniwii ? *' ih- rn,o,:;rav:;,rf,rn for;,'";;,1,1;:: *"? *??, .*? liiimiriii ,,,,, '.iii'iy Auluiniiliii,. U.IMiKI, u? ,, v ?ir.- ?ih, ? iAk y.y r,K '"i|",n "nrt.r w"" '"?r in..i,n,H ?? ,, ?"?fil""i. ?f ".Mi-ri. . *? '< flhd wn* r< ?*?i? J V ? "'"ruin*, ^..V?",rh7^ '!! II- r.i.irl for luo >?? ,n> -nnlfin wan on k??4 hw.;A?rW4,>4r0,>d,,,'"",! "'I N?l?r.l;., ,;r,rn," "V " III.I, Uil.rri* T,tv V will, iHkn, ij i ? rn'"'iil. II" I Kriiir. K?*"I" "I '.'Illl< ||??, f'?' >'."'"l?k. -Ilf I" ri lMirlH ffn? i ?'' \rr.,nlliiK nV.r," ' "" "? "I"". farm nr r r '"i-i"<? -i n? thr ?noih?r ii. 't,, , ? ,V ' l?rm .triirk Mm , '' . "" ^ will, a Nlnvliir#.P ' <r 1,1 b.'wrt ,*W }"tt l;, hro"th "'????? The Advance Boys With New Books Seek Co-operation rnnloi* r??r Tho l?all> A?l \nneo no nut on their m'wx|M|rr I muirv today c?|u1|I|rhT ?itli new I MMIIc IhmiIvh ulih'h afford (twin ??*????> iwllU-v fitr ktifiiim care-. i till nod mvurHli* fiaek ol iimmic) paid ill 1111 lor ih?'lr pa|?er. 'Ilie mrrlfi-* ba\e all made new und complete. IImIm ul the MllixrrlUTM on their r?*|?tli\o route* iuhI liuproted Mfvkt' iw n it-suit U . niwttil. " In n coittcM in which caidi pri/.c* ww awarded hoy* tuni inu iii tl??? iM-nifsi and tooti ac ? urate IImIm for tlwlr n<ul<?, tlr?t prixo huh awarded John Hitow dm; Mtuml, lloy Ijun*; and third, Wilbur Kvaiw. Itlchard 'ChiniipMHi, l-'nuik Soowilcu ami j I'iimhU Jemilim* were iucihiKiI i honorable iiicnt ion. \?1 \ nnci' rnrrlrrs will be t;lad | In mImiw their iiiNtoiiH-nt liow , tii-vtnl.H of m?me> j mi if I l>> miI?- j NrrflxiN who lake lb? |M|ni- on ? WW'kly ImmK arc ke|K. COMBS GIVESUP SCHOOL POSITION W ill Uridine Awi?lanl In s|n-rtor of Slate lliph I SflHMll*! I .I'ilVt'f Sl'pl. I | Announcement is of the I rcslun.-illon of A. II. Comlm, re- | Icently <-lortrd assistant Miiiicrtn* | teiidcnt of the Klizaheth City Craded School*. effective imme diately. to tfccept a position an as sistant State inspector of high j srhoolf. Mr. Comb* rxprriM tn en [ ?n IMrtRti?Hpptnnbn?I?to take ! :over his iti-w work. All*. Comlm' I'l'itlKiialiun came ax I itiuclt of a *urpri*e to tin- Hoard I of Cradcd School Trustee*. front ! the fart that Iii- had Hwn elected | . lor Ihe term ??t 1927-28. and fiad Ai'(*i-|iti d. H<' has been |irlnri|Mil i j ol tlx- III I za In th City Hiuii School | ? for tho lust nine your*, and In highly iiopular lioro. I ' In tendcrim. IiIn resignation, Mr. Coinhn ?<x|iliiliii>il to tin- hoard r lliut tho position tendered him waul one that In* had been desirous of ] ohtaiulmt' lor several yimro, *lnce * h ? wished lo specialize ill high , school administration, and II j , would pul him in Immediate touch I i with tho iiiomI modern school* in tho Stale, and the method* tlicy employ. | The School Hoard will take up' i tho mailer of electing a miccmwiir to Mr. Combs at Itn rcKiilnr meet-: ; iiik on the Nocond Tuesdax night ' in July, it is announced. For the ! proneiiI. at leant, Mr. Combs' fain > ily will remain In Kiiitaheth City. Striking Convicts In Mine Surrender Lansing. KniiH., June 26 ?(AIM J \ split in the rankn of hundreds 1 of convict* in tin* State I'eniten-j liarv here following a light among | 1 mutineers which refilled in the ' niirreiider of 2K prisoners barri caded lor 77 hours in a coal mine, > today pronilHcd lo Npeed Investi gation of the outbreak. Precipitated by the convict ul timatum of "no rlKuretten, no ! coal," the mutiny reached It m HI-: i max Tuesday wh' ti the prisoners . ; look possession of llie mine and ? Imud! it Ruafdtt captives. Their] ' coinpatiloiiH ahovt ground then i I started a riot. The riot was ; M'Hekly tpiellcd and the mine i islrlke ended late yesterday when I t lie leader* were overpowered and i forced to abandon their effort* lo j 'train moro privilege* before nur-J , rendering. Town of Newton Wins Road Case kul' U-ti, Juno 2G. ? f A1 ?? On ? a [?!?? it I, I In* town of Newton today wi>n It* miip In fori* tli?* Sii|ir?iiii | Court to lmvi? tin* Stair Hluliway , Commiaalon tonal rucl a hardnur fati* road an noon un poaalble over tin- nlRlMK Kooth?-rii rout# In twii ii Sliiiihvllli- and Newton on Hlkhwny No. 10. OiIht Hu prime Court opinion*: Stato vi?. Kvkkk. Pill, no error. Wnti*rn Vf. W I Til. Co.. Cnrtr |n*t, new trial. 1'i-ntufT vn. f%rk. . Caliarru*. r?'*on"d ii INJH MRKKhN TO s \n. Hill Kl Itol'l*: Jl l.V f?Tll ftali IkIi, Juni' 2."? lAPi M -' oral Jitdic JohnRon J llayi* of thi* Mldilli- North Carolina f)l? rrlrt. at fJr?*i*naboro. will pn*ald?* over th*- Kaafrn Dlatrlet during thi* alMM-no- Ilila aiiiiinii-r of .ludic luaar M Mm-IcIm of Kllttbrlh City, nolle# of hla appointment wan f'Ti-lvi-d today from W111tnm Howard Tafl. Chief Juatlre of the IJnlti'd Stali*a Supreme Court. Judsp Mi i-klna. aetompanlrd by 'hla daughter, exfweta to *all for, rcurop*- Jply 9. He plana to re tort* In tlii\* f#r the opening of ih* fall term of court at Fayette-, rlllt in September. I Fame Finds Him in Black Hills Rolf Lium had no thought of fame when ho accepted a $60-a-month summer pastorate at llcrmosa. S. D. Dut the flrst sermon the 20-year old theological 8(udcnt preached In his new charge was heard by none other than President ami Mrs. Coolidgc. If* la pictured here In hi* local pulplU Dr. Gaines Named Wake Forest Head Kali'U'li. June 2G. ? I.M'i -The board of t runt res of Wake Foreat College (nitav named aH |ir?*t*itl?'ii(' llr. Frank r Calnea. head of the| Knullxh department ai Fiirmnii i I'nlvendty, South Carolina, to succeed nr. Wil I In iii I .on is I'oteat, pit sld? 11 r ? in* r it us. I'EKEBKK ANI) COllOON sLOWi/t iikcovkkim; City Manager Mile* W. Ferebee, wIiomo rluht leu wiim broken in an automobile Hrclilt'iit near Flank lid. Virginia, Thursday. Is sl-owim; Mt'-aily Improvement. anil City i Coiiurlliuan B. J. Coltoon. whom Ik* whh accompanying on the trl|?. i wan a vlinilc bettor Saturday, it whs l<arii?'d through a long ill* tance |?hoii?> rail to Ijakevlew Mom pital. Suffolk. where till- two an under treatment. Mr. Column Miilfi-nd a fracture of the skull. It wii:. staled ill tlu Siiffolk hospital thar Id- whh allow ing hIkiim of recovery from the rondltlon of partial unconscious imhh that rraulted from his In jury. 9 New Statistician Is to Make Survey Itiih-lgh. Juno 2J? - (Al'l I'ark MatlmwHon. of New York, econu mint imd statistician. lias liecii k? - lertcd to h?'nd tin- recently ?Hiah IIkIu (I Ktatinflml division of the State Department of Conservation and Development, It wai- an nounrcfl today l?y Dlnctnr Wade II. I'hllllpH and II. L. McClaren. ehiilrman of the Indiiidriar bureau of the department hoard. An Induitf rial and economic iiurvey of the idate will he one of the flr?t duties of tin- le w official When lie HMffUincH bl* u? W dUtll'N July 1. Mr. Mathewsmi ln> a former di rector of tlw hud V*'t hui'ail of New York City. Southern Railway Says Would Lose Millions Charlotte, Jiiii? 2K fAI't Op ??ration of t!?*? proposed extension* of the Piedmont A Northern Kail way In tlx Carolina* to fix yiars after completion would cause an 1 entahlUhed |o*s of S*? ?<.11 .JI2I& In revenue to th?- Southern Hallway A. I', riant. atodMliint to the pfeftl dent of the Southern estimated In testimony today hefor< II. C. I?a vM. Ini^nititc Commissioner ??* ainlner. Me wan t?>NllfyliiK hi a henrina helnfc held on the petition of th?-. I\ k N. for permlaalon to extend It* line* from Charlotte to Winn ton-Halem and Spartanburg to Can tonia. Approximately 25 per cent of the Ions. Mr, liant estimated, j would he In Act profit. The' Southern, hr naid. paid In] 1?>2#? about seven per cent on It* j common stock. Me said on que*- 1 Honing that should the Southern j earn 914 net per common share.j U would b* carried to surplus and i 17 s.iAt. for divided*. * Dakota Lawmakers Visiting Coolidge ; ( Rapid City, June 2f?.? IAl'1 ? I'p'Kidcnl and Mrn. Coolldge Iir<I | ' before them today an experience shared with few, If any, White | House occupants, an official wel-i come from an entire atalo legis , lature. The party came from I'lt-rrc,1 I Ik.' capital of the state. where! they nrcHwd a special geaalon to pay r expert* to the state's dlntlii gulshed visitors. Scheduled to arrive .shortly be fore noon from their 200 mile trip in a special train, tin* legislators many with their families, planned |to motor dlreclly |o Camp Galena, one mile from the Summer White House. and after outdoor luncheon 'wen- to he received hy the Fresl ilent and Mrs. Coolldge. The occasion marked the !oiiiI largo deleKatlon Mr. and Mra. Coolldge have received. 1-Jtst Sat urday several hundred Hinall clly ,editor*. comprising the delegates to the National Kditorlal Assoc la - : tlon'H convention, paid a mass call on South Dakota'* guests. Wage Increase Is Denied Conductors Chicago, June 25.-- (AT) ? A : wage increnne was denied nearly ! ttlj.OOM conductor* and trainmen |on r,r? western railroads hy a hoard I of ill lilt lilt loll today. They asked Inn average advance of $1 a day. Yard in?n were granted a 7 1-2 per cent Increase. Sunday Baseball Is Illegal, Says Court J Philadelphia. June 25 (AIM The ntate Supreme Court today Id'fdded that Sunday baseball la 1 lileaal In PennsylvMiiia. The decision wan In the cane of the Philadelphia American League ! baseball ('lull against which the (State 0 led quo warranto proceed im s to prevent the Athletic* from continuing to play Sunday base, hall The Athletic* and the Chi | CM SO White Sox played a Kame I here \uiciiMt 22 laid. Hiid the |ck*I proceedings wer?? Immediately I started hy the Htate. IHITATO M.tHNKT NTKADV Th< potato market wan steady In New York and Philadelphia Saturday morning, with sale* ranging from $'t.7fi to I4.2& the same level* as Friday'*. Move ment* from Klizuheth City were expeeted to he lighter. Thlrty eiylii earn moved from here Fri day, bringing the total whipped from Klizaheth Clly to 1.339 cam. WK1TIIKK KOII TIIK W KKK The weather outlook for the Week In 'ginning Monday |* as fol low*: | South Atlantic State*: Frequent local thiinderfthnwer* with near normal temperature* In the South Atlantic Slate* and near or above normal In the Kant tlulf State*. Ohio Valley and Tenne**ec: the cal thunder*hower* about Monday ' or Tuenday and again about Thursday or Friday with lemftffi- , tttr?a mo*tly ab<>v* normal. WELFARE HEAD INSISTS SURVEY NOT BEEN MADE I Say* E. F. (larlrrN Report U All Right Ah Far Ah It (?oen But Not W hat the W (iitM'ii \\ anted DEALS WITH LAWS 1 Report Show* Uhh Rp gardiiifs Women in Indus try Enforced- Rut W'omen j Wanted Co IMurli Further H? i. <'. IIANKKUVIIJi I Sir WmIUt Holrl, IfalelKh. June ; 2f>. -Has a survey of women In I industry really been made by B. I F. Carter; secretary of the Child I Welfare CominlMlon? Or has he 1 merely tabulated some statistic* | dealing with certain phases of women employed In Industry. In ao far aa they are governed liy ex isting state laws? According to Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commlsitioner of public welfare and chairman of (he Child ! Welfare Commlaalon. Mr. Carter : Iiuh not mad*' any Independent 'survey of wonu-n employed Indus trially In the atate, that in Ikht he | called a survey that might be 'compared in any way to the sur ivey which tin* women of the state J have desired. And hence she stands by her original statement lot several daya ago that "it than has been a survey of women In In dustry made, I know nothing I about It."' What haw stirred up all the ex rlt.Miwni. Is nothing moil- than the i regular biennial report of the Child Welfare Com mission, piloted land distributed while the Ceneral AHsembl) with in Hesalou. liut this report, covering I he activity of the commlaalon from Jul> 1, 1924 to 'Juno HO, 192fi, ih more voluminous J (Fiuii unual. and besides detailing the activities of the commission I pertaining to children employed In jlnduHtry, hIho gives some rather detailed In formal Ion pertaining to jwomen in Industry, in so far as they art' affected by existing Htate 1 laws. The gathering ??f these HtatUtica and daia wax authorized by the Child Welfare Commission hack in I9S2, when Dr W. s. Rankin waa state health officer and a member Of the commission. And the data were collected by Mr. Carter an beat he could In the course of hia regular duties, being ptihlltdied for the first time In the biennial re port some montlia ago. Theae facta pertaining to women Indua jtrially employed are not net forth | In any particular section of the report, but are interwoven through hi. as they become pertinent. "The report Ih an excellent piece of work, and of course, ax chairman jof the Child Welfare Commission, I approved it." said Mrs. Johnson. "But I do not conalder It In any sense an presenting anything that might be considered to even ap proximate r ntirvey such as the commission had In mind last sutn mei ? All that thla report contains that might be considered an resem bling a survey of women who are employed, pertains entirely to tha mannei in which the laws regulat ing working conditions of women are being observed by tlin various Industries concerned, ..and _tha manner In which they are being enforced. And about the only lawn along thla line are the new re quiring seals for women employed in factories, those governing the number of hours they may work In specific occupations, arid those governing sanitary provisions, such as separate filets for the differ ent races, and the specifications for them. Condltlona regarding ventilation. temperature and drinking water are also under the control of the commission. So It la thai the report of Mi ( inter deals with these quest Ions, hut no others. | Thus while It Is admitted by I Mm. Johnson that ?? far as this report goes. It la a good report, she further contends that It Is so .limited In Its scope that It can not I In any sense be considered any thing like a thorough aurvey of the working conditions of women In Industry "Of course, it |h not what the women wanted." said a hitch State Official who has closely followed the controversy over the survey of women. "For they wanted a sur vey that would go Into the homea, the offices, the department stores and every place that women worked, and note their physical and mental, and even financial conditions and degree of satisfac tion. almost even tabulating any pimples or moles that might be found on their bodies, and hare the Whole presented III one trraod. final report. Some even advocat ed a physical examinstlon of all women employed, to determine the percentage of venereal dtaeas* .among women. j "But such a survey, with the funds In hand or contemplate was patently Impossible, and from many other considerations utterly 1 impracticable, since any survey !that would contemplate the enter ing of private heme* ~
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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June 25, 1927, edition 1
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