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PAGE FOUR THE CHATHAM RECORD o. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Dne Year $1.50 Months ♦ THURSDAY. OiTOBKK U\ Some folk may soo the value of $75,000 in a football game, but we doubt if we ever shall. Chatham had 167 marriages last year and nine divorces. Marriage is not yet a failure in old Chatham by a whole lot. We should have coupled “badumern” with “oldumern” in the other paragraph on this page suggested by a comment of R. R. Clark. $ ; The visit of Premier Mc- Donald of England to the United States and his confer ences with the president mark a, new epoch in the century cild friendship between the mother country and America. * His many friends in Chat ham county sympathize with Dr. J. P. Monroe of Sanford in his misfortune and are glad that the indications have point ed to recovery from the seri ous wounds received at the hands of a crazv man. You could have got you a school house Monday at your own price. The school board sold about a score of the houses abandoned through consolidations. They went from ten dollars up, but not very far up. Mr. Bob Goodwin was about the liveliest bidder. He bought several buildings and lots in his home township of New Hope. Treasurer Gaster may have made way with $367,000 of Cumberland county money, but it is hard to believe that the proceeds of-a SIOO,OOO note could disappear without the county commissioners be ing aware of it. A note of that size would not be issued by a sane board unless there was immediate demand for the jmoney, and if there was such (demand and the money was (not forthcoming, the commis jsioners would have heard a Ihowl that would have waked *up the soundest sleeper on the board. If such a note was sold and the proceeds not used for county purposes, or the great er part of the money, it would be self-evident that the note was a forgery, the commission ers knowing nothing of it, or that it was a fraud and the commissioners knew too much about it. The alleged shortage of $367,000 included the pro ceeds of a SIOO,OOO nots and two or three $50,000 notes. Not guilty, the Record votes Treas urer Gaster. If there is guilt, broaden the accusation to forgery or to include the whole bunch of commissioners and the clerk. — — To the Record, the crawling of representatives of the to bacco growers, from some of the fairest lands in the world, upon their bellies before the representatives of the half dozen great tobacco com panies, humbly asking for prices for tobacco that will permit the growers to live, is more significant than the Marion massacre of mill work ers. And this petition of the growers to the mercies of the buyers was made under the auspices of representatives of the United States government! It was Coxev’s army in minia ture, with a United States sen ator playing Coxey, and the tobacco companies the Uncle oam to whom the original Coxey would make his appeal. Verily, the industrial lords have the producers at their mercy. Each dollar of stock 6f the Reynolds tobacco com pany has paid $34 in profits the past seventeen years, but (the manufacturers seem un satisfied with such meagre profits. They must impoverish the growers to further fatten their dividends. When hogs reach a certain stage of fat ness, it is time to make pork of them. The striking mill (workers at least show more spirit than the tobacco grow ers, whatever one may say of their judgment. The mill family that is mak ing fifteen to thirty dollars a week and securing, houses at low rental, are in a blessed state, financially, beside the average farm family in Chat ham county, though the pov erty of the latter is largely due to weather conditions for six years past. <g> The cotton or tobacco plant er who does not try to produce enough hog ,and hominy for home consumption, deserves what he is catching. Let every cotton and tobacco grower in the South grow his own food and feed, and the problem of prices for the staples will be solved. It would mean less to buy and less cotton and to bacco to sell, with consequent higher prices. The reform would cut both ways. e> * While the governor of North Carolina refused even to talk to communists, who, whatever their scheme, certainly stand for a fairer division of the wealth produced in the coun try, representatives of the to bacco growers of the state went abegging of the repre sentatives of a few giant to bacco companies a living price for the product of the grow ers. It is rather difficult to conceive of a more humiliating position, but it is practically that of the serfs of the middle ages, only instead of many lordlings, our masters are re duced to a comparatively few. In the meantime, if printed and undenied reports are true, the governor is a large stock holder in one of the companies that are piling up its millions annually in profits while grow ers and laborers in the fac tories are forced to eke out a mere existence. ■ $ If the hogs eat up all the corn, the only remedy for the consumers of corn is to eat pork and bacon. Similarly, if a few masters of industry and finance monopolize the wealth of the country, the only rem edy is to get back the people’s portion by as drastic measures as necessary. This thing of the tobacco growers having to de pend upon the “benevolence of the buyers,” as one paper states the condition, hardly conforms to the ideas of a country professing to afford equal opportunities to all citi zens. The thing to do is to make it impossible for the hogs to consume all they gather, or, changing the figure, for the dog in the manger to deprive the ox who has pulled the plow of his hay. Old age pensions, widows’ pensions, disability pensions, state insurance, free medical treatment, state em ployment of the jobless, etc., will do the work. When the consumers profit by the taxes collected from the lords of in dustry and finance there will be no opportunity for them to pass the tax on as is now done in most cases. Again, when it becomes clear that the few shall not be permitted to keep what they have hogged, taking all in sight will not be so at tractive. R. R. Clark, in the Greens boro News, finds some one bringing from the mountains the word “dummern” for “woman,” and admits his un acquaintance with the variant. Well, it is only allowable in Sampson as “oldummern.” Mr. Clark’s writer failed, evident ly, to recognize the source of the d and pulled “dummern” away from its “oT ”. The de rivation is easy: old woman, old ’oman, oldumman, oldum mern, the being a result of the mern, the r being a resultant of the tendency of North Caro linians to insert r’s, contrary to the opinion so often express ed by a few philologists that they are inclined to omit the r sound. It may be recalled that the Record, in a recent discus sion of this point, cited a para graph from the Pathfinder, telling of a man who heard on the streets of Miami 17 vari ants of the name of that Flori da city, nine of which contain ed r, either final or before the second m. The three chief variants were Miarmi, Miamer, Miarmer. The ris easily thus accounted for in Mr. Clark’s word, but the d is not there except in oldummern. <s— One of my most cherished posses sions is a tree. You?—Forbes. Chicago’s, motto is: “I will!” See how it has grown. —Forbes Magazine. THE HAMLET NEWS-MESSENGER, HAMLET, N. C. The tobacco cpmpanies have lowered the prices of leaf to bacco, have raised the price. of cigarettes from $6.00 a thousand to $6.40, and need’ now only to cut the wages of the laborers in the manufae- < tories to have put practically j the entire population under further tribute. <§> The report of the rapid growth of tobacco production in Ontario, Canada, by Mr. A. M. Riddle, who has just re turned from a six-weeks’ stay up there, is not encouraging for the Southern grower of bright tobacco. When one farmer is reported as having a 1300-acre field of tobacco that beats the North Carolina product, and when this to bacco is shipped direct to the great British companies with out danger of tariff levies, it is apparent that Ontario can soon put a crimp in the pro duction of tobacco in the South. The industry up there is only five years old. North Carolinians are going to the new land of promise, either as experts or as growers on their own hook. To make a job property seems to be the tendency of strike progaganda and union activities. But there would seem to be no surer way to foster a real feudalism than to succeed in attaching the qual ity of property to a job. The corollary to a job that one can hold despite the will of the em ployer is a job that one cannot give up at the employe’s will. The serf had his feudal rights to his land, but the mischief was he couldn’t leave it to bet ter his condition. The will own ers are clearly within their rights in ejecting unsatisfac tory employes from their houses, and for them not to be allowed to do would be the i first step in tying mill employes to those houses and their jobs for life and their children after them. Privilege and obligations must balance. The passing of mill villages will simplify the problems of mill labor. APPRECIATES KINDNESS —<§> — To all my Friends: On the 14th day of July, while attending the Williams reunion, a table upon which I was sitting broke and my hip was broken. Dr. Mcßane rend red first aid. I was taken to Watts Hospital, where I lay three weeks in a plaster cast. I then came home, but the cast was not removed | till September 11. I am now in a I rolling chair and hope to walk by Christmas. I want to thank all who have shown me any kindness. Some have given mone'’, some nice things to eat, and other things. The Lord will ] bless each of you. Also, I have seen ( the faces of many dear ones who , have helped me pass the hours of suffering; still there are other faces that I expected which I have not seen. Dr. Mcßane has been fine to me; also Dr. McCutchins and others at the hospital. I can not say anything too good about the nurses at Watts. • I never was denied any kindness I asked of them. Now, the Lord does not put more upon us than we can stand. Solomon’s temple was de stroyed and the people carried away into Babylon that they might be puri fied and fitted to rebuild the temple. So we have to be afflicted to be purified and brought closer to God. I want all who will to remember me in their prayers. Respectfully, JOE HATLEY. Some Ways for Saving Gasoline Millions of dollars could be saved annually by the automobile-owning public through a more strict obser vance of the factors that control the gasoline mileage offered by the aver age automobile, it was revealed in a survey on fuel economy completed today by the Chevrolet Motor Com pany. A gain of from two to five miles on the gallon of gas could be affect ed, on the average, it was shown, if the motorist strict attention to the elements that govern fuel consump tion. The matter of economy has always been a factor of the uppermost im portance with Chevrolet in the de signing of its cars. Having the mile age to the highest point ever offered in a six cylinder car,* Chevrolet sought to corral in this survey, the many seemingly unimportant details, which through carelessness or differ ence on the part of the driver, cut down the mileage that might be ob- j tained through more intelligent of the car. Manufacturers have been doing their utmost to make gains in the direction of greater mileage and now it is felt that with greater coopera tion from, the driver, motorists may ride millions of miles yearly alf no extra fuel cost if the matter" of watchfulness can make a sufficiently strong appeal. Just how this attention to fuel economy brings its reward is illustra- : ted in records of performances com- ing in tq the company’s offices, which show that although the Chev rolet six is expected to run approxi mately 20 miles to the gallon, motor ists in various sections of the ! country are getting 23, 24 and 25 miles through just a little added ! attention to the matter. I The majority of items to be j watched are rather obvious to the average automobile owner, but through an inadequate appreciation of their importance, are commonly overlooked. The survey sets down specifically a number of factors, which, ii observed, should increase your mile age two to five miles to the gallon. They are: 1. When standing or waiting for the light to change, don’t race your motor. 2. When you are to make a stop of more than a minute, turn off your motor. 3. Don’t drive at excessive speeds unless the occasion demands. High speed travelling burns more gas. 4. Remember that the faster you drive the more gas you consume. So ]VL« like these *“ tes n”g I T I JLt used to be the custom for 1 a man who wanted to buy a car to take a I mechanic with him. Today, General Motors itself employs i skilled automotive engineers to make it easy for you to select your new car. These men arc working for you at its Proving Ground —the 1168-acre outdoor laboratory in Michigan where every kind of car is ; tested. Before any General Motors car goes in to production, a fleet of advance models is constructed and sent to the Proving Ground. There these advance cars must I , meet every test —tests far harder than you would make. Sometimes they are rebuilt, redesigned, retested many times until they arc pronounced right, and ready to be put j into production. ! The tests involve speed, power, endur ance, braking, riding comfort, handling case; fuel and oil economy; body strength and safety every phase of car construc tion and performance. Buying a car is easy today —because these men at the Proving Ground are work ing for you to assure you of value when you select a General Motors car. GENERAL MOTORS “ Q OAKLAND CLIV THE CPU J I CCHEVRO □ VIKING MicK § 1 o pontiac ■ ° sri?-,«£«§ 1 ! ooLDSMOwu o 1 » . ssgsss » i. | goto about. | ” -1 Address ■■■■■■■■■■■■ when you find that you are about out of gas and are heading for a gas station, take it slowly and your chances for negotiating the distance will be greater. 5. When starting watch the choke. Don’t drive with the choke out a moment more than necessary. 6. Be sure that your brakes are not dragging. This cuts down your milaage. Get your Brakes inspected frequently. 7. Have your valves ground when they need it. 8. See that the idling adjustment on your carburetor is set at the pro per point so that the mixture is not too rich. If it is not at the proper point it gives you inefficient idling performance and wastes gas. U. Don’t fill your gas tank full to the cap, some will escape through the vent in the cap. 10. Don’t ride the clutch. 11. Watch gas line for leaks at joints. Check it periodically to see that fittings are tight. 12. Be sure that is in fully advanced position. 13. Avoid excessive use of brakes THURSDAY, OCTOBER Ift in traffic. Observance of these suggest the survey points out, W }]] , money for the motorist and, add Tit 0 siderable mileage to your driving ~, reduce the number of nee « stops at the gasoline station. ary Neutral _(From the Graham Messenger' A woman, Mrs. Demurest gaged in holding a revival m 4 in Raleigh and is living good inv est and large crowds. 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