Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 19

PAGE NINETEEN THE SUNDAY CITIZEN SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1924 WOMEN'S LEAGUE VOTERS OPENS SCHOOL JULY 14 Samuel G. Inman, of Columbia University, to Come for Lectures. POLITICS WILL BE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT Instruction in Citizenship Will Be Given at Asheville Normal. The North Carolina School of Citizenship, to be held July 14- 10, by the League of Women Voters in cooperation. with the Ashe.

ville Normal Summer School, A A will present the most vital questions of the day in discussions led by men and women who are authorities on their subjects. The school will open Monday, July 14, at 10 o'clock. All the lectures except the Tuesday night lecture will given at the Normal. For four days, there will be four lectures: Saturday morning, July 19, will be devoted to a conference on methods of getting out a seventy-five per cent vote in November. Monday.

July 21, will be Juvenile Court Day. One of the most distinguished speakers for the School will 1 be Dr. Samuel G. Inman, of Columbia University. He will lecture Tuesday night, July 15, the place to be announced later.

Dr. Inman is Executive Secretary of the American Division of the Committee on Pan-American Relations, author of "Our Relations an ca." instructor in the history of Latin- America at Columbia Univarsity, and popular lecturer 011 ternational questions. Mrs. AlI. Putney of Washington, D.

will also lecture on international relations during the week of the school. Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, chairman of the National League Committee on Living Costs, will be here the entire duration the school. From her training experience.

she is eminent'y qualified to discuss the program of her committee; distribution of farm products, coal. packer's products, housing. Mrs. Baldwin knows North Carolina well, and her course willibe most Louise helpful. Alexander, of Greensboro, will give four lectures on "Laws Relating to Women." Miss' Alexander is a lawyer, a former teacher, a policewoman, and 0112 of the keenest and wittiest 111 North Carolina.

She will be one of the most popular of the speakers for the Schoci because of her wide acquaintantance with Asheville people. Miss Hattic Berry, known whereever there is a good road in North Carolina, will be here to talk on farm credits. She will give 60me time also to a report of the Democratic National Convention to which she is a delegate-at-large. Asheville is furnishing lecturers for four important subjects. Mayor Cathey will discuss "Municipal Charles A.

Webb will resent "County Government'; J. Ramsey will talk on "EmCiency in Government," discussing forms of balloting, the primary VS the convention, and the merit system in government. Charles K. Robinson will give two lectures on the power of the press in politics. Both of the candidates for Governor of North Carolina 'State have been invited to talk on Government.

Mrs. Thomas S. Rollins is Chairman of Publicity for the School. Mrs. Frank Weaver, 2nd Vice President the League of Women Voters will have charge of registration for the School.

Mrs. Mary O. Executive, Secretary of the League, now teaching Sociology at the Asheville Normal Summer School, is Director of the School of Citizenship. TILSON WILL HOLD SEVERAL MEETINGS Program of Assistant County Agent Carrics Him to Various Places in Buncombe. The program of the work of C.

W. Tilson, assistant County Agent. for the week ending July 12 calla for meetings to be held various parts of the country. is as follows: Monday, at Busbee, a club meeting will be held at the home of W. B.

Lamb. a There will be a program and demonstration in poultry. The meeting will begin at 0:30 o'clock. The same program will be carried out at the other mectings at the following places: Monday, Avery's Creek, at the home of Walter Glenn, at 2 o'clock: Swannanoa. Tuesday, a.t 10 o'clock, at the homo of Helen Heighard: Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.

at the home of J. B. Pox, at Jupiter. Wednesday, morning will be devoted to correspondence and conferences with farmers. The county agent will remain in his office above the county garage.

Wednesday afternoon the meeting will be held at Fairview at 4 o'clock at the home of Mr. Marsh. Thursday, the meeting will be held at Leicester, beginning at 10 o'clock. in the home of Mr. Wels.

At 3 o'clock, Thursday afternoon meeting will be held at the home of Edith Allison. All the morning of Friday will be devoted to a better cattle camapign at Beech, where the meeting will be held at the school house beginning at 2:30 o'clock. -Saturday morning and afternoon, will be devoted to correspondence and conferences with farm. ars at the office of the county agent. Three Stills Found by Local Deputies Three stills have been captured by the members of the Sheriff's Department in the last two days.

Two illicit outfits were discovered near Sugar Fork in Black Mountain Township. along with 300 gallons of sour mush. Another distillery was found in the Homing section. Real Estate Firm Moves to Offices in New Skyscraper New offices in the Jackson Building on Pack Square have been occupied by the Vernon Realty Company, which formerly had offices in the American National Bank Building. new offlee consists cr four rooms on the North and Bast sides the scraper, and Is on the tenth floor.

which being above all surrounding buildings affords complete views of Asheville and surroundings on three sides. firm had been in its former office for the past five years, and has attained considerable prominence among the realtors of Asheville. It is composed of Judge W. E. Varnon, L.

F. Steele and M. B. Steele. PUBLISHERS VISIT HIGHEST POINT IN EASTERN AMERICA Miss Lida Earhart Wins First Prize for Verse Offered.

Quite a number of the publishers took advantage yesterday of the opportunity of visiting Mount Mitchell, the much heralded road and scenery. Among the number WAS John A. Davis, business manager of the Albany Herald. who with his wife, spent the night 01 the mountain with the hope of getting an opportunity of seeing the famous sunset on the highest peak east of the Rockies. Mr.

Davis visited Mount Mitchell last year and was 60 enthusiastic over the trip that he and Mrs. Davis determined again to take the trip and give themselves time to Sce the that sunset of and sunrise famous which sunset riv- of the Italian skies." number publishers have arranged to take the trip today and have remained over with that ject in view. Two prizes for the best ten lines by the Normal School Students who went up the mountain. 300 strong. caused quite an interesting contest.

The first prize for the following lines was awarded in tie shape of a handsomely framed pic. ture of Mount Mitchell. The lines that won the prize are as follows: Mountain peaks and mountain glory, Upward towering to the sky. Cloud unfolded. beauty covered, Dwell in memory till I die.

Range on range and forest uplande Throng upon the carer eve: While above in stately progress Fleecy hosts of heaven pass br O. Mount Mitchell, calm. majestic. Dwell in memory till I die. Lida D.

Earhart, 304 Lei Lau Farl Lincoln, Nebraska. The second prize was awarded to A young high school lady attending the Normal School. Miss M. Holdermar, of Berea, Kentucky. So enthusiastic over the trip to Mount Mitchell are the young ladies of the Normal School that Saturday.

July 19. has been set aside and it is anticipated that notwithstanding 300 took the trip last Saturday, equally as large a crowd will go up July 19. The bookings of individual parles, touring party from Chicago, and school camps. will make Mount Mitchell very popular during July, the management states. Those who took.

the trip the last few days are very enthusiastic over the wonderful cloud' effects that were presented on the ascent and descent to and from "the top of Eastern America." INMAN WILL SPEAK AT LOCAL SCHOOL North Carolina School of ship Will Start July 14-Closes July 10. Dr. Samuel G. Inman, executive secretary of the American section of the committee on Pan can relations, and a history instructor at Columbia University, will deliver several lectures here in the North Carolina School for Citizenship, which will open July 14 and close July 19. The school will be conducted under the allspices of the Asheville League of Women Voters and the Ashveille Normal Summer school.

Other lecturers who will appear before the local school are: Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, Mrs. Albert H. Putney, of Washington, D.

Miss Louise B. Alexander, of Greensboro: Mayor John H. Cathey, Charles A. Webb. D.

Hiden Ramsey, Miss Hattie Berry and Charles K. Robinson. Frank S. Weaver will have charge of the registration, Miss Thomas S. Rollins, publicity, and Mrs.

Mary Cowper, director of the school of citizenship. GRIFFITH ADMIRES CAROLINA SCENERY Spends Much Time on Mount gah--to Paint Scenes in Window of Palmer Company. Having heard so much of the scenic beauty of Western North Carolina. L. E.

Griffith, an artist of California, has come to Asheville for an extended stay. Mr. Griffith is especially pleased with the views obtained from. Mount Pisgah and has spent much of his time on the high peak. White in Asheville, Mr.

Gritfith will paint a number of scenes from memory in the window of the Tuebner-Palmer and Chemical Company on Broadway. The winhas been transferred to an artist studio and all materials and equipment used by painters have been placed therein 80 that the public can see the artiat at work. Landscape paintings are the "hobby" of Mr. Griffith. He said yesterday that the mountains here are wonderful and that the scencry is rare and beautiful.

ASHEVILLE WILL HAVE ONLY GRAND OPERA IN SOUTH Feature of Year to Be in Late Summer at City Auditorium. F. GALLO TO MAKE. ARRANGEMENTS Special Train Will Bring Company to City for Appearance Here. The only Summer grand opera season scheduled this year in any of the Southern States, will be held in Asheville beginning Au: sic the gust 11.

Festival auspices It of will the be Association, given Asheville an under Mu- incorporated civic body which has made it possible for this city to carn the title of the "Summer Capital of Music in Arrangements have been completed with Fortune Gallo, impresario of the San Carlo Grand Opera company, for this well known musical organization 10 sing it season of opera at the auditorium in Asheville. This big feature scheduled for the late summer, a time when Western North Carolina is entertaining a large number of visitors, that they also may have privilege of hearing Fome of the most distinguished artists. in famous operatic selections. 'The inauguration of a summer grand opera season here apparently has but one drawback and that is a hall of sufficient ca pa city to accommodate the great throng of music lovers who will come from all parts of the State in addition to the large number of visitors from other states who have been here for the Summer. Emphasis is laid upon the fact city auditorium has a reserved, fifteen seating hundred.

capacity of including less seats in four large boxes, to care for the drawing capacity of one of the most important social events Asheville has known. Plans are being made to delay the opening sale of season tickets 9:30 A. M. July 14, so that musicians living at a distance may also have an opportunity to participate in the allotment of seats at the same time as the privilege is open to residents of Asheville. Already a keen interest has been manifested In Charlotte, and Atlanta from which Augusta quiries havo been received by parties desiring to be accommodated.

The San Carlo reportoiro will embrace "Aida', "Madame Butterfly," "Lucia di "Cavallerio ant "Il Trovatore." The cast will consist of the standard personnel of the San Carlo Company, including number of bright 'and shining stars in the musical world. During their stay a number of brilliant social funetions will be arranged to afford an opportunity of personal assoelation with these high class artists, a feature of the late summer festivities of the "Newport of the South." Visitors to the "Land of the Sky" have come to look upon the musical festivities R8 most charming portion of their entertainment, and this year the guarantors of this event who are spending about $30.000 for the seasons feature program, have planned to far exceed anything heretofore attempted in this line. To carry out this event it was necessary for the Association to arrango with the Southern railway for a special train to bring the San Carlo Company from Now York to Asheville at cost of about $4,000. The sponsors are determined to leave nothing done to establish Asheville permanently in the minds of the South, Cuba and Porto Rico as the musical hub of America during the summertime- a prestige which will attract world -wide attention and be of lasting benefit to the community. It is the unique distinction of being summer rendezvous of artists and music lovcre.

Headquarters ot the Asheville Music Festival Association have been established at the Chamber of Commerce where details incident to carrying cut the week of opra will bo taken care of 80 that all may have the opportunity of selecting their choice of seats for the season. by getting their reservations before the rush begine. H. D. M'CAIN WILL BE BURIED SUNDAY Last Rites to Bo Held at Balm Grove Methodist Church-Was Church Member 65 Ycars.

Funeral services for Henry David McCain, who died at his home, 20 Vance Crescent, in West Asheville, Thursday night, will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Balm Grove Methodist Church. The deceased was AL Confederate veteran and a member of the Zeb Vance Camp U. C. V. He would have been 19 years of age tomorrow.

He served four years in the Confederate Army A3 a member of Company B. Fourth North Carolina Cavalry. He descended from a Scotch- Irish family of Caewell County and he came to Buncombe County when a young man. married Miss Theresa J. Ramsey, of Marshall, who died several years ago.

The deceased had been a Mason for 50 years. He had been A member of the church for more than 65 years and was always greatly interested in all religious and civic affairs. Mr. McCain leaves a wide circle of friends and relatives. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs.

J. W. Edens, Mra. Chas. B.

Clark, of Elizabethtown. Tenn: A. T. McCaln, Mrs. J.

J. Anders, Mrs. O. W. Parham, Mrs.

H. Hughey, and Mrs. H. J. Cunningham, of this city, Mrs.

A. Rhudy, and J. R. McCain. Pallbearers will be: Judge Thos.

A. Jones, Walter McRary, S. P. Burton. Gallatin Roberts, Judge R.

M. Wells and W. S. Edwards. Honorary pallbearers will be Confederate veterans and Daughters of I the Confederacy, RETURNS FOR SUMMER MUSICIAN Frederick H.

Haywood. of New York, singing master of national reputation, who will return to Asheville this summer for his second season. considers establishment of prmanent summer music school in Asheville, Classes for vocal teachers will be conducted here by EXTENSIONS APPEALS GROVE ATTRACT IN PRESBYTERIAN A VISITORS CHURCH ARE CUT Addition to Grove Park Pleas for Special PurOpen to Discriminat- poses Are Reduced to ing Home Two This Year. One of the newest developments of E. W.

Grove. and the most 1'e- cent one to be completed is the Kimberly avenue extension. which enlarges Grove Park: considerably. A large amount of money has 1'6- cently been expended to place this section upon high residential plane, and each day sees a number of visitors making inspection trips. With completion of extensive improvements connecting Kimberly avenue with Merrimon avenue by Farwood avenue and Gracelyn Road, this new development in Grove Park takes its place 04 one of the choicest building locations in Asheville.

This new section is known as the Kimberly Avenue eXtension and it opens to discriminating home seeker a most delightful location upon which 13 build a residence. In this neighborhood A number of expensive houses are being planned for enrly construction, and like the remainder of Grove Park. Is destined to make rapid progress in development. Kimberly Ayenue is now paved for A distance of about A mile which with the two cross streets completed forms some of the most desirable sites now available in this city. Westwall avenue, Stanley street and Warwick place are also paved.

From a scenic standpoint these lots are very desirable being In close proximity to Kimberly- Knoll Drive to the top of the hill, from which an excellent view is obtainable. SOUSAPHONE ADDED AT THE HIPPODROME Ralph Jarrard from Florida Plays New Instrument Nightly Dances Draw Large Crowds. With the addition of Ralph Jarrard, sousaphone player, the Blue Melody Boys this week will be enabled to furnish new dance selections at the Kenilworth Hippodrome. Mr. Jarrard Arrived in All the engagement for the Fourth of July dance, He spends his winters at Florida resorts and comes to the Hippodrome well recommended.

Eddie Elliott, the leader, states. The sousaphone adds volume to the orchestra and it has attracted no littie attention from the dancers. W. C. Adickes, the manager, announced Saturday that he will add several more pieces to the orchestra in the next few days.

Mr. Adickes declared that the crowds have been encouraging and that dances will be held nightly, Sunday excepted, from now until the close of the tourist season. The cabaret feature proved to be attractive to the dancers and the lighting effects have caused no little comment. ATTORNEYS WILL LEAVE FOR EUROPE Mark W. Brown, S.

G. Bernard and Thomas WIlL Attend Bar As50clation Meet. Mark W. Brown and S. G.

Bernard. Asheville attorneys, will leave this afternoon for New York and F. W. Thomas will leave within a few days, and they will attend a meeting of the British -American Bar Association. which be held in England.

Mr. Bernard will be accompanted by his wife and Mr. Brown by son. Mr. Brown sails from New York on July 9, Mr.

Bernard on July 10, and Mr. Thomas on July 12. The members of the American Association will be guests of the English and Canadian Associations. Smith and Bender to Sell New Homes Smith and Bender Realty Company has cured exclusive agency for a large number of modern homes to be erected by H. It.

Nabor. local bullder. The houses are all to be located in desirable rest. dential sections of the elty and wilt be moderately priced. The first of these la now under construction 011 Flint Street and will be completed early in Aurust.

GROVE'S TOWN PROJECT LAUDED BY N. Y. EDITOR Termed A Bold Experiment in Scientific Town- Planning. RELATES IN DETAIL PLAN FOR TOWN Writer Tells of Battery Park Hill and Grovemont. (Reprinted from the New York Commercial June 30.

19241 By Harvey Holleman. Industrial Editor. New York Commercial bold experiment In scientific town- planning and buliding in antelpation of sears' growth has been Inaugurated by 1. W. Grove of St.

and Asheville, "Grovemont-on-Swannanon" 14 be an example of what munielpality can be when planned from beginning by experta who take the same pains with town -building that architects exert In constructing houses. That he will anccred in far-reaching WAY Is confidently believed by all who know his amazing genius for Several years ago he tore away portion of Sunset mountain. in the suburbs of Asheville and there built Grove Park Inn. admitted one of the finest resort hotels in America. in the front vard of which is the Asheville Country Club and Roll links.

Nearby he built Grove Park in which are today dozens of residences of mil- lionaires. Last year he conceived the idea of demolishing, mountain in the bueinesa district of Asheville. erecting of this site the new Battery Park hotel. and incidentally having created valuable business lots sufficient to compensate him for the entire financing which ran into millions. This hotel will he openwi within resulting in a complete change in the businese expansion of the city, previously considered as bottledup beyond redemption.

Sometime RICO Mr. Grove stated that he observed that the average American elty 19 A creature of chance and of uncontrolled growth. AR rule "it just happened." Very rarely can it be said of any municipality that some farsighted, courageous person planned it and brought it into being with regard to any future vision or requirements. The consequence 18 that the American city la a queer mixture of beauty and ugliness. of efficiency and of Inefficiency.

Rallroads usually enter at the back door giving the new arrival a first hand poor impression of a city's greatness or beauty. Squalid alume may be found nudging elbows with beautiful residential districta. Norrow streeta lay upon the city the curse of dangerous traffic congertion. The present generation is forced to pay heavily for the folly of the preceding. Mr.

Grove proposes to reverse the usual tendencies in American eitv-building. He is planning and building a town from the ground up. He is taking the long look and anticipating probleme that may arise fifty years hence. He 19 leav: ing nothing to chance. Not even a lot can be bought at the present time.

A well ordered plan is being followed. the Grovemont-on-Swannanoa, will be an object lesson of larger significance, and not permitted. like Topsy, Just grow up. The location seems to be ideal. The site in on a plateau overlooking the Swannanoa Valley, about half a mile from the railroad station called Swannanon.

Between the railway and entrance to Grovemont 110. the Swannanoa river and the State Highway, the central artery of North Carolina's hundred million dollar good roads system. and just twelve miles East of Asheville. Back of it is a virgin mountain forest from the resorvoirs of which will come the water for Grovemont on Swannanoa. Around the town will be lakes.

parks, and gardens in a wealth of natural Nora. City planners are laving out broad streets. marking spaces for hames, business. town hall, postoffice. library, and school expansion dozens of yeara hence.

The parking probiem has been riven such attention that It. 1a claimed that in Grovemont there wIll be ample space for motor vehicles. without congestion, for the next fifty years. Cognizance has been taken of the fact that good roads and automobiles are changing conditions which in the past have forced people to cramp themcome 80 crowded that for many selves into city areas that have bethere was literally no room to breathe, much lose space for safe and convenient movement of pedestrians and vehicles. Just a mile cast of the site has been installed a mammoth plant capable of crushing 2 thousand tons of stone and gravel per day by automatic machinery, fed by An inclined endless rallway trans which gathers the raw material from the quarry economically.

The output manufactured, washed and graded as to quality and size, will be available for conetruction of pavements, and buildings. Arcady one structure is being erected as an example of A unique scenic of native boulders. while the roof bungalow, the outside constructed is arched to conform to the surrounding mountains, Engineers have concluded that flat roof bungalows HO pretty on the seashore do not harmonize with a plateau site in a mountain valley, while nrtists have also tabooed white painted buildings of certain types. claiming they are not in keeping with nature's color scheme sur- rounding. Garden of Eden Tegend Before the Revolutionary War, the beautifui Swanna noa river valley, also called the Garden of Eden, was declared a neutral hunting ground between the Cherokee -Continued on Page Twenty-4 Publishers of South Close Their Meeting in 'Land of the Sky' Famous Orchestra Arrives for Season Garber and the GarberDavia Orchestra have arrived in Western North Carolina for the Summer and will play at Laurel Park.

Hendersonville. 4.3 in the past. The artists returned from a trip in the East where they have been playing In some of the larger cities, as making phonograph records. Four members of the orchestra have married within the past two weeks. They are: Chelsea and Goldspeed Quealey, who married young ladies from Hartford, Joe Rhodes, who married a Miasour! girl: and Buck Yoder, who his bride in Walls Walla.

secured Washington. BANKERS REPORT GREAT GAINS IN BUSINESS HERE Six Local Banks Total Resources to Be Over Thirteen Million. With the close of business on June 30, the banke of Asheville contained more cash and had transacted more business singe than ever before. The preparation of statementa was begun and the figures giving the total resources for six local banks were placed at $13.775.134.41. Ax the totals for the Wachovia Bank are kept by the parent bank in Winston- Salem.

the ngures could not be obtained Saturday, However, the local officials declare that the past six monthe have made history for the Institution. The Central Bank and Trust Company reported that its total resources were: $8,906,197.31, and that fte gain in deposits since June 30, 1923, to be $2,150.031.78. Other local banks reported the following total resources: American National. $2.543.207.39: National Bank of Commerce, 581.44; Bilt more-Oteen, Bank of West Asheville, Local bankers that these Southern State Bank, $231,329.63. a a a of any elty North Carolina and the figures cot are favorably, with those South.

and they predict that another six months will bring another great Increase. The bank clearings this year have broken all previous records and there is not a banking Institution here that has not reported increased business, according to persona well Informed in business circles. BERGER TO DELIVER LECTURES IN CITY Los Angeles Pastor Is Speaker of Wide Experience on Subject of Psychology. Several down-town churches of this city are offering to the people of Asheville a special feature in their educational program, having accured Reverend Edward Berger of Los Angeles Presbytery. California, to give his series of lectures on applied paychology from 'the Christian point of view Faith, And Psychology'-from July 13-21, inclusive.

Reverend Edward Berger is a speaker of wide experience from both pulpit and platform. He deale with A sublect of popular Interest because of its appeal to the every day life the individual. 1g said to present his messages with a sincerity, clarity, and dramatic force, that arouse great enthusiasm in the cities he visits throughout the country. Ho Specializes in giving this course for groups of churches and is also a popular Chautauqua speaker. Ile received most enthusiastic support both on the platform and in class work at Winona Assembly, Winona Lake, also at Colorado Chautauqua, and at Mont Eagle Assembly, Tennessee.

He will speak at. Blue Ridge next month. Last a series in the First Presbyterian Church of Now York City. Twice he accepted Invitations to give his course in Denver. Colorado, lecturing for two weeks in the largest odist Church of that elty.

The lecturer le A graduate of Dickinson College and of Princeton Theological Seminary and did graduate work in Princeton Untversity and in the University of California. The degree A. B. and M. A.

were conferred upon him and also membership in the honorary fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. For many years he has been student of applied psychology, tee. turing on the psychology of Christian living. first in his own church. then in the Y.

M. C. A. of different cities, and he is now devoting his entire time to the lecture piatform a8 specialist. After completing a nine months' tour of the South, which hrought him the highest testimonials from churches, M.

C. A'R. promInent educators: and Chautauqua leaders, he found in the West equally cordial response. Dr. Lowther, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Wichita.

Kansas, says: "Before he finished he was commanding large hearing among thoughtful people from evcry section of the city and of all the Protestant churches. 1 consider him a man with a message and in the sphere of his specialty the prophet of a new and better day." These lectures will be free and for all the people. DAUGHTER BORN Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.

J. Bar. nard. of Biltmore, July I at Meriwether Hospital, 14 daughter, Ellen Lorenda. investments in Canada Forcien, $4.500.000,000.

of which the United States bolds more than hall APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEES IS CHIEF ACTION Discussion of Printers' School Feature of the Session. MEMBERS DISCUSS THE POSTAL RATES Selection of Next Meeting Place Is Left With the Board. The tact that 11.0 General Agsembly the Southern Presbyterian Church has reduced the number of extra appeala for financial aid in the churches during each year seems to have met with general approval throughout the territory of the church. By order of the Assembly extra will be made on tWO Sundays ony throughout the year, and these will be made for three apecial calls only: Protestant relief in Europe and the Lord's Day ALlance on the first Sunday in July, and the equipment fund for the CAUSeS of the Assembly on the first Sunday in December. All of the funds contributed at other times during the year in the churches will be for the regular causes of the General Assembly: foreign missions, home missions.

Christian education and minister. lal relief, publication and Sabbath extension. American Bible Society, and the Assembly's training school for Lay workers. The goal of the equipment fund 18 80,000,000 and special effort is being made to secure pledges amounting to $500.000 of that amount on the first Sunday in December of this year. The money collected for this fund 18 handled by ft.

special treasurer, T. R. Preston, of Chattanooga, Tenn. The church in requested to contribute $80.000 this year for Protestant rellet in Europe and $20.000 for the Lord's Day Alliance. During the month of July the attention of the Southern Presbyterian Church is being directed in a special way to the subject of personal evangelism 08 the true mission of the church which surpasses all others.

Stewardship Committee 19 making special appeal to the church to recognize the fact that "bringing men into personal relation the Lord Christ is the most vital and most highly multiplying work which a man can do." and that Kingdom can grow only by personal Evangelism as the followers of Christ win one after another to The Stewardship Committee 1s emphasizing the fact that it stands for evangelism and the other spiritual objectives of the Preabyterian progressive program first of all and that the financial phases of program are ROCondary to these. The committee urges the church to a full realiza tion that "personal evangelism is the crux of the present situation. The church was originally Inaugurated as the result of personal evangelism and will be perpetuated by the same Stock Certificates Lost, States Smith; Duplicates Wanted Alleging that his father owned stork in the North Carolina Railroad Company and that the certiffeates have been misplaced, T. 0. Smith, Jr.

administrator of the estate of 1. C. Smith. deceased, filed complaint in Superior court yesterday. The plaintiff asks that the corporation be quired to issue duplicate certifIcates.

Claiming that L. Bisch was due him $969.96 balance due a contract, H. W. Kinder filed complaint asking judgment for this amount. W.

and M. A. Griffin. who operate Appalachian Hall entered two complaints. The first was againat I.

B. Rogers, and asked the court to give Judgment for $240 for professional services. In the second complaint, the plain: tiffs claim that B. W. and 0.

K. Kelth are indebted to them $533.56 for professional services rendered. Appointment of committees wan the outstanding feature of the closing session of the twenty-second annual convention of the Southern Newapaper Publishers Association, at Grove Park Inn yesterday. At the conclusion a number of publishere left on afternoon trains while others rom mained in this section for a brief vacation. The committees were named at the first meeting of the new Board of Directors, elected at the seasion Friday, and include many of the South's leading publishers.

Edgar M. Foster. Nashville, was elected chairman of the advertising committee and members were named as follows: Victor Hanson, Birmingham. vice-chairman and Clark Howell, Georgla: Alabama. .1.

E. Chappell: Arkansas, Elmer Georgla, John Brice: Kentucky, a Florida. W. Elliott: H. Giovannoll: Louisiana.

L. K. Nicholson: Mississippi, T. M. Hederman: North Carolinn.

Rufus Shore: Oklahoma. E. K. Gaylord: South Carolina. W.

W. Holland; Tennessee. Alfred Sanford; Texas, G. J. Palmer: Virginia.

M. Duerson and West Virginia, TV. G. Tetrichness office affairs. Roas A.

Reeder, chairman and Elmer E. Clark. vice-chairman. Prank Printers G. Bell.

school chairman: committee, G. J. Palmer and Major Allen Potts. Postage and legislation, Colonel Robert Ewing, chairman: Major E. B.

Stahlman. Urey Woodson, M. E. Foster and H. Galt Braxton.

Washington and Lee School, Major John S. Cohen. chairman: L. K. Nicholson and Major Powell Glaze.

Traffic committee. Walter C. Johnson and E. B. Jeffross.

Editorial affairs, Wiley Morgan, Chairman and Goorgo E. Koester, I vice-chairman. Hosmer. of Fort Myere, Florida. was given the floor to speak regard to the establishment of 0.

home for aged and flnancially embarrassed newspapermen. He atates that Mr. Haynes, former Congressman from Now York, and a railroad builder and operator has stated that he will give 65 acres of land and $150.000 of dividend producing stock ward the establishment of such a home. The Florida Preen Association. he continued.

has already launched A campaign to raise a fund of one million dollars for this purpose, Dave Rose, president of the Southeastern School of Printing. at Nashville, spoke to the membera on "The Closer Relation Between Job and Printing Establishments for the Improvement of Labor Conditions." 'The speaker declared that the typographical uniona demand that apprentice serve four and onehalt years before he is allowed to become an operator. The remedy for this, he continued, is printing school where the linotype operator can "make good" in etx months. Mr. Rose mentioned the advent of women into the printIns buelnesa and declared there are three ways in which the 8850 elation can help the school.

The which speaker the publishers' can lend fithen mentioned a plan nancial assistance. Frederick I. Hume, executive secretary of the National Publishere Association, discussed second. class postal rates and mentioned several ways to improve the ation. He discussed, the matter of reduced rates for long-distance calla in the Interest of newspapers and explained that a great saving could be made by the members of the association by adopting the station to station call plan.

Wiley Morgan, chairman: L. K. Nicholson and John Brice were named on a committee to confer with officials of the American Telephone Company in regard to the lower rate. W. M.

C. Clements was named as chairman of a committee to draft a code of ethics for the S. N. P. A.

which will be presented to the members by a referendum vote. C. Wilson. representing the Pavetteville Observer, and R. S.

Pickens, Hickory Record. were introduced to the association by Gait Briston. president of North Carolina Press Associat George R. Foster chairma George R. Koester.

chat. Ar the committee on men ported memorials and will it be was pub decing bulletin of the associ Announcement we session that F. L. sent the wife or publisher present will present the la pany and Mr. and more homespun.

sented by the Nor IT of Chattanooga mE The matter of se meeting place was Board of Directors Press Association vitation to the with them in jo Baden. Clark an invitation Discussie Marcellus and mat sociatio;.