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MT l> KKOILAB 8KSBIOK MO]?.
? 1 DAY A!H> TUESDAY.
Boadn of Cotton Weigher* Beeelred ?
No Reconsideration of the Election
ot W. Hal Man* for Loulsbnrg Tows
'Uhlp.
The Board ot County Commlsslon
ere met In regular sespioa on Monday
and Tuesday with allmembers present.
After reading and approving the min
utes of the previous meetings business
was taken up and disposed of as fol
lows: ? _
Mr. T. S. Collie was unanimously rq
electod Chairman of the Board tor the
ensuing year.
The Foster estate was relieved of
taxes on two hundred acres o' land
In Louisburg township ? same being
listed in Hayesville township.
Abe Mxssenburr was allowed to go
to the County Home after January 1st.
The following bonds wer< examined
and approved by the Board. Sheriff,
Clerk of Superior Court, Register of
Deeds.
Bond of W. T. Blanks, cotton weigh
er for Younggvllle, was received and
the oath administered.
A petition signed by McKlnne Brou.,
A. W. Person and C. T. Stokes asking
that the Hoard do not con Irri the
election ot yr W. Hal Mann, aa cot
ton weigher for Louisborg, but elect
son e one ,-ise instead was pres?nt<'-d.
After a full discussion the Boarrt
voted unanimously not to reconsider
the electlan of Mr. W. Hal Mann, cot
ton weigher for Louiaburg.
It was ordered that the road lead
ing from the Louise Williams place in
Dunns township to the Nash county
line be allowed without exDenses to
the county.
, - The bond of W. Hal Mann, was re
ceived and the oath of office admin
"Metered
Ed Thrower was relieved of Graded
School tax in Franklin ton township ?
not being in said district.
"ft was ordrri'd ffi'afSTr." "WTlHon riotf
tj Ned Davis at what point to bring
horse when he will be down in that
section and that Ned Davis shall pre
sent the horse so he can see him and
assess Lie damage.
?Theallowance of Jennie Sfttnms was
imjreun d from $L00 to' $2:00 per
month
f. B. Kulghum was relieved of poll
tax in Louisburg township? same be
ing listed in Cedar Rock.
Lucy Lewis was relieved of Graded
Sohoool tax in Louisburg township ?
being in said district.
J. S. Wynne was relieved of taxes
on 464 acres of land ? same being listed
111 Nash county.
^"Willis Strickland was relieved of
? $3.05 poll tax In Louisburg township
-^helng over age. x
'St a unanimous vote Mr. Wn?. H.
RulEn was re-elected attorney for the
JJoard for tha ensuing year.
V it was ordered that the office of
Clerk of Superior Court be put upon
a fee basis, and in addition thereto j
he be allowed pay for the time con- '
sumed as Clerk to the Superior Court. ;
It was ordered that the report o{
P. B. Griffln, treasurer, be received 1
and recorded.
The Board with the assistance of the i
Sheriff drew the jury for. the January
term of court..
The report of F. R. Pleasants was
received and ordered filed.
Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, Superin
tendent of Health, was received and
ordered liled.
Report of E. N. Williams, Superin
tendent of County Home, was received
and filed. He reports 7 whites and 16
colored Inmates.
After allowing a number of accounts |
the Board adjourned to Its next regu- j
lar meeting.
Fire Waste.
The fire waste In this ' country
amounts to about $250,000,000 annu- j
ally, an average of $2.50 per capita,
and over $12 for each family. This Is
?fganlaimense waste and startling, espe
^Vially when It Is remembered that It Is
froifr one-dfth to one-tenth as much
in Kuropan countries. TOille this Is a
property loss the loss In life Is great,
and, of course, considerably outweighs
any los of property. In this country
we have larger Are 1 departments, bet
ter equipped and more efficient; while
In Europe more attention is paid to
the erection of building* and to. (heir
inspection. ?
In North Carolina there was paid
by the companies in 1912 on losses
$1, $96, 906.31. This, with the utouqt
Of fire loss not lnaufed, wo^ld make a,
jogs in our State of practically $3,
?00,&0&,<jr over $0,900. per day. and"
nearly $3&0 -for each hour of the day
and night.? From Address of Commla
FIRST BOAT THROUGH OPENING IN GATUI DIKE
Secretary Daniels and the Nary.
It is my ambition as Secretary of
the &ary tomake the Navy a great
university, with college extension, and
nigh school extension and primary ex
tension, all on board ship. Every ship
should be a school, and every "ofjlcer
should be a schoolmaster. In this |
way we can give the young man his
rightful chance to better His position,
and at the same time Jwtieflt the Navy
by increasing the knowledge and use
fulness of its personnel.
It is not easy to secure the full com- j
Clement of young men of character
ne?ded each yaar to man- our ships.
To stimulate enlistments it has been
necessary to resort tor ecruiting sta
tions, traveling recruiting parties,
and advertisements. ? ? f . 1
We art} all familiar with the gajly
colored advertisements of tne Navy
showing the American bluejackts in a i
natty costume, doing all sorts of in- !
teresting things. One of the chief '
features of thesfe advertisements is
the offer to-jc^ing men, as an induce- (
ment to enlist, of the opportunity to J
learn one more of a score of trades. |
When I became Secretary of the
Navy I determined to find out If the
young men who had been attracted to
the Navy by these advertisements !
were really getting what had been
promised them. I soon reached the
conclusion that only in exceptional
cases has the Navy been making good I
its promises. I found that it was only '
the ' young man of exceptional m?rit 1
and ability, or with unusual determi
nation to learn a useful trade, who
was really getting the kind of /instruc
tion which allw ho enlisted Had been
led to believe would be afforded them.
I decided then that either tie Navy :
mast stop publishtag such advertise
meats or else it must give the young !
man atl that the advertlsemens prom
w
I intended to do the latter. I in
tended to see that the young man who i
in good faith accepts the promise of
the Navy to teaci\ him a useful trade
shall have abundant opportun'ty to
learn. I consider that to give the
enlisted man that chance which as
an ambitious American he demands is.,
my chief usiness in the Navy ^Depart
ment today. ^ .
To establish on each ship a school 1
of instruction fbr these enlisted men 1
is my aim at present. These ship I
schools should be open not exclusively I
to the exceptional man, but to teach (
yougn man on board. I purpose that ,
every man on board. I purpose that ;
given at the outset an opportunity td
choose^ for himself what line of train
ing he wishes to pursue, whether it
be electricity, radiography, carpentry,
machinery, plumbing, painting, ship
fitting, coppersmithlng, blackcmlthlng,
boiler making, gun pointing, hospital |
stewardship, commissary, stewftrtl
?hip. bookkeeping, stenography, or
any of the other occupations for which
the Navy ,1a prepared to fit him. When
he has made his choice he should be
assigned to a regular course and glv
een regular instruction in the kind of
.Work that he has selected. I wish to
faphaslte the fact jj?at 1 intend to
?ee that, first of all, every young man
given his choice, aj^d second, that
ha actually receives hat kind of in
struction which he ele^. The rest
must depend upon the young man
himself. Heretofore, hoirateaf, we
haev been neglecting to train our
young men properly. Outside of their
practical duties on board ship they
have not obtained that Instruction and
education which should * be given '
! them In order to keep the promise
1 made as well as to help the Navy it
self. '
I There is no place where" there Is
more to learn than in the Navy. The
modern battleship requires hundreds
of skilled men in other things than
seamanship, Important as that is.
There is something interesting and
worth while for every young man who
enlists in the Navy, and th morte our
enlists -in the Navy, and the more our
fled they are to serve in the Navy.
The activities onboard a battleship
represents everytTOg in life and any
man who leaves the Navy* for civil oc
cupations will find that he has ac
quired knowledge and training which
will enable him to earn a better live
lihood. provided we make of every
ship, large and small, a school, and
give every man a -chance to learn in
those schools. . . i
I
Many of the young men who enlist ]
in Navy have not had good educational
advantages before they come Into the
servlc*?. Therefore, I propose^to give
to such young men as are found 'to
need it instruction in the old-fashioned
"three r's," reading, writing, and arith
metic. The first step in this direction
has already been taken. I have estab
lished at the "Naval Training School^
at Newport, R. I., under the direction
of Capt. Roger Welles, commandant,
a school for elementary and primary
instruction for the benefit of all young
men, who have not had good public
school education. The need for such a
school in elementary instruction is in
dicated by the results of an investiga
tion which Capt. Welles made at New
port. He found among the new recruits
assembled there 9 collegeo graduates,
98 "who had been tq high school, and
more than 150 who had had less than
the ordinary common-school ducation.
It is for these 150, and others suffering
from the same deficiencies, that the
elementary school has been establish
ed, and for whom other elementary
schools will he provided, both on shore
and on shipboard. Such instruction
will fiot only help the young men to
learn t?h& technical subjects inthe more
advanced schools, but will also make
better citizens of them. ^
I propose to have the youngest of
ficers serve as instructors of the clas
ses in elementary subjects. Such ser
vice -will be asgood for the young men 1
just out of the Naval Academy at An
napolis as for the enlisted .men they
will teach. The best thine Aat could
happen to a midshipman wr ensign In
his first cruises would be to teich
classes of the enlisted it>?n under
him not only y>e simpler techinal sifh
jects. but also arithmetic, geography,
spelling, history, and other elemeafe
ary learning.
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I am glad to gay that most of our
officers are genuinely -Interested In
the enlisted man and wish to help him
all they can. Officers with whom t
h are consulted with regard .to lm pric
ing the educational opportunities/for
the enlisted men of the Navx/ lave
shown a most helpful spirit of co-po
e ration. And it should bo stated that
on our battleships today hundreds at
young meh ?re; daily receiving all
sorts of uMMl Instruction,' and with
the - liritti' 'of their bffioers are fitting
Photo tar UfrderwcKxl & Underwood. N.
themselves jtor higher positions, both
In the Navy'and in civil llle.
But I *Wt to see every officer In
the Navy thoroughly interested in the
enlisted mas and doing something to
ward giving our young men better
chances to Jearn. I want to see the
opportunities now enjoyed by the
minority opined up and spread out so
that every young man will have an
equal opportunity. 1 wane to see class
rooms, on our battleships, as well as
the Individual instruction to those -of
exceptional ability and ambition. I
intend to gee that just as far as Is
|iti_,tiMr the opportunity (or
instruction shall exist for "all as well
as for the few.
I have in mind the interests of the
Navy as well as those of the enlisted
man in my plans for giving increased
opportunities for instruction in the
service. The Navy wants young men
of good character and intelligence
who can be trained to fill the more re
sponsible positions on board ship.
What is more, the Navy wants to keep
the 'young men it trains for efficient
service. But I know that we cannot
keep in service the kind of Americans
we want unless we give them such op
portunities for instuctlon and ad
vancement that they will find it worth
their while to re-enllst. By giving the
enlisted man such opportunities, we
shall enable him to find In the Navy a
life career Just as honorable and
meritorious as that awaiting the cap
able graduate of Annapolis who starts
off with an officer's commission. We
shall then not only keep the men we
have trained, but we shall also at
tract into the Navy more of Just the
kind of mn we want. In no other
Navy in the world^today Is the gen
eral average of mtelllgenc^ and
character of the enlisted personnel
as high as It- Is in the Unuited States
Navy. The service i? made up of fine
wholesome young men, clean of body
and mind. But by giving these young
men opportunities to improve their
condition we shall get, I know, even
better men in the future and more of
them.
There are all grades of positions in
the Navy, and I intend to open the
higher ones to the enlisted men Just
as much as the law permits and as
fast as the enlisted men prove them
selves capable of filling them. TaA
this end T recently ordered that no/e I
but enlisted men now in the service
be allowed to take the examinations
by which men are to be selo/ted for
vacancies In the Pay Cory/. There
are 10 vacancies, and I am confident
that among the enlisted men of the
service we' shall tojr more than 10
competent . tb fill gftm ahd hold the
officer's coJJtanUsWgB,' which they car
ry. The examinations for these posi
tions in thVSay Corps will be so ar
ranged as t6 eliminate all subjects
which do/not directly pertain to the
duties /if a paymaster In the Navy.
Consequently, no enlisted man will be
hacked from these- positions because,
Sough proficient ttf the duties of
ibe Pay Department, he may not have
had before enlistment exceptional edu
cational advantages In the higher
branches of learning.
I am thinking less of the guns In our
Navy than I am ol the men behlnd
those guns. 1 do *ot have to concern,
myself so mttch, about the advance
ment of the officer*. Tfeose men who
have enjoyed tke privileges of an
education at the Naval Academy are
aa exceptional body of men, of great
ability and merit. They are assured
of an honorable career, and are well
provided for and protected by law. It
is, then, the enlisted man whom I want
to help. ? It Is chiefly the enllstettman
In whom I am Interested, and whom
I wish to Interest In the Kpvy. I shall
take advantage of every opportunity to
help him.
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Wipe State Clean I'rgti Untermyer.
SmlthfH'd. Maas.. Nov. 28^? The time
has come in the opinion of Samuel
Utermyer, who was chief counsel, for
the Pujo Committee Investigating the
money trust, to restore confidence In
the Industries of the United States
Including the railroads. How this
could ee -accomplished he outlined to
night in a speech before the Economic
Club here. %
A halt should be called, he B^ld,
upon further Governmental Investiga
tions Into the past crimes in the loot
ing of corporations; the slate should
he wipped clean and the work of re
lng and strengthening the laws to j
make Impossible repetitions of pre- '
vious offenses then begun.
V OUTLINE OF STEPS.
He outlined steps as follows:
The pending currency bill should be
passed.
Give the railroads living rates "or
they will perish ' whilst we are re-,
framing the laws under which they
are hereafter to live."
Abolish fiscal agencies, so-called,
voting trusts and Interlocking direc
t roatc3. ? V _
Make a criminal offense for any of
ficer of a corporation to borrow from
br make a nroflt out of his cornoration.
Destroy holding companies.
Give minority . stockholders rtyre- 1
sentatlon in the directorates of their I
corporatfons.
Place railroad reorganizations un- !
der the control of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the courts.
Compel thelncorporatlon of stock
Exchanges so that the books of their
members may be subject to Govern
mental Inspection.
ENFORCE PUBLICITY.
Enforce complete publicityof all cor
poration transactions and specially re
quire the fullest disclosure of all pro
fits of bankers, brokers and middle
men.
Limit tbedirectors of National banks
and interstate public service corpora
tions to nine.
Constitute a Federal industrial com
mission to which the courts would
turn over the dissolution of corpora
tions declared unlawful.
Give to this'commission the power
to approve agreements between com
petitors regulating prices and output
for a limited term and to the extent
necessary to protect them agaist ruin
ous competition, but under conditions,
that will fully safegaurd the public.
CESSATION IN BUSINESS,
i Mr. Untermyer spoke on "How to
j Restore Confidence." There has been
a sudden and alarming cessation in
business activity all over the country/
he said. Primarily, he thought, it was
due to uneasiness emanating fronr the
disclosures "of rottenness in corporate
management" to pending and/impend
ing legislation affecting tne flscial
system and the trusts an^to the abil
ity of railroads to sec wft rates which
| would permit them to^givt fair returns
on invested capital/ He addeed :
"I think we shrfuld call a halt upon
further Governmental investigation
into the pay/crimes in the looting of
corporatiopfc. By pursuing thesubject
further /e| would doubtless learn of
innumerable more instances, but the
evidence woujd be cumulative only."
/ Marriage Licenses.
Register of Deeds Yarborough is
sued marriage licenses to the follpwing
couples during the month of Novem
ber :
WHITE? Sidney Falkner and Leila!
Hale, W. A, -Shear in and Unia Har- t
ris, Otho Wadford and Nonie Tant, J. I
A. Hodges flotd Maude F. Hicks, G. C.
Holden and JUnanda Warren Winston. ?
Everett Na^ftan and Josie Moss, F.
C. Pool and *4U>xie Mullen, Morris M.
Person an&'^Mary Burt Harrison, Ned
Wheeler and Mary Asescue, J. W.
Poythress and Nydal Young, M. H.
Moye and Helen Jeffreys.
COLORED? H. O. Pope and Eleanor
Hawkins, Percy Cooke and Lucy Per
ry, Hanry Perry and Foy Massenburg.
J. H. Williams and Annie Davis, John
Dickens, Sr., and Henrietta Merritt,
Henry Kruse and Julia Spivey, Jake
9UU and Mary Sally Gupton, David
K. Mann and Ella Claa Davis, A, R.
Barnes and Polly Wright, Hasser
Dunn and Mary High, Percy Lillte
john and Aora Alston, C. H. Smith
and Annie. Belle Perry, Eugene
and Williams, Hall Smith and
Bulah* W^illami. / /.
In Lorlmg Hembrance.
On the morning ot November 47,
19134, the spirit of Mrs. W. Q. Pridgen
took its fight to be with God and the
holy angels. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Howell, of Louis -
burg. She was about 37 years of age
and has been a, faithful member of
Rock Springs Baptist Church for about
25 years. She had been sick for a
long time, but bore, ail her suffering
very patiently, i All that- could be dqne
for her was done by her loving hus
band) but the Lord knoweth best, and
His will be dqne, not ours.
Her funeral services were conducted
at the "home, by her pastor, Rev. M.
Stamps, and her remains . were laid
to rest in the family burying ground.
She leaves to mourn their loss, a hus
band and of Te son. Mother and father
Ave 8isters *and two brothers.
Dear love one from us has gone
How-sad it is to.UB,
To think her' Smiling face no more
Upon earth we'll- see.
Oh! d.ear one thou hast left us
How ft grieves our heart,
To think that 'she and her loved ones
. On earth did part. ? ; -
The angels gathered around her
Who wanted her tp go, i
And join them in that nappy land
Where there's joy forever more.
Sh left tills world of sin and sorrow
She has laid life's burdens down.
She took her Saviour hand in hand
And went to wear his crown.
Dear husband do not grieve for her
And do not weep,
For she is waiting at the gate
* Her loved ones there to greet.
Thou are gone, we miss thee hadly
Rut we know you are free from, care,
And when here our work is ended
We will meet you over there.
No parting words are said up.there
No good-bye kiss is given.
No farewell tears are ever shed
With Jesus up in Heaven.
X. E. H.
Dickens Items.
I T. H. Dickens took his little cliil
j dren down to the Gold Mine to see their
1 uncle George, on tli last fourth Sunday.
They enjoyed their trip nicely. /
Mrs. ? . ? . Cooper, one of our school
teachers returned from Franklintoa
on last Monday. She had been/home
spending Thanksgiving. /
The president of the "bo Nothing
Club" accompaniedb y the secretary
treasurer took a pleasure trip to Cas
talia on last fourth Sunday. They re
port a fine time. /
? There has bn / several "old time
corn shuckingsMn our community this
season. Amo^g some were Mr. J. G.
Murphy whjy made about or near 81
barrels o y good corn.
Our people observed "Thanksgiving"
more/ftiis year than here-to-fore. We
had/a good meeting at the church in
the afternoon and there were a lot of
'people present and seemed to enjoy
the services. ^
The farmers have been quite busy
for some time trying toget in their
crops, and are progressing along that
way very nicely. Tet there seems to
bes right much cotton in the patch,
and some few have not finished gath
ering corn.
Mr. James House, another one of
our progressive farmers who had a
bigshucking a few weeks ago, made
! about 60 barrels of good corn. Mr.
John Wester calld in his neighbors and
friends the other day and had a nice
old time shucking. He made near 70
barrels.
Thre was quite a number of our
people who went to Norfolk to spend
their Thanksgiving. Among the many
who went were T. H. Dickens, a well
known merchant of our town, E. C.
Collins, the secretary-treasurer and
W. H. Joyner. the lecturer and ad
viser of the "Do Nothing Club," J. G.
Collins, the Superintendent of tiro
Plain View Saw Mill Co., and J. G.
Murphy and James House, well known
farmers and many others who say they
all had a grand time and want to go
again. ?
Notwithstanding we all are made
glad indeed, many, were very much,
surprised one evening: last week when
Mr. Sid Brewer and family, of Arkan
sas, came in to. our midst to visit bin
wife's "father, Mr. J. D. G upton and
other relatives and friends. . Mr.
Brewer came to North Carolina three
years ago to visit his relatives and
friends as he livfd here unttl he fpi
about eighteen year* of age . at which
time J>e went wttli his father and fa?-,
ily to Arkansas tp live and 49 his tfclt
here three yea?s ago he look as Ws
bride, Miss Annie Gupton. We were
glad to have thetn come to see us.
v DANDY.