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>. v March 15, 1923. 1 m FLOUT TO BUS 1 ICE DM eV iUU I Toni Mclntosh j -vos W hen Caught Rise of the Mis ir; River. - ; hYMN AS ‘ THE end comes j py of ’“Nearer My God Thee' Is the Last Word atchers Hear From the ipjet’i' Hunters. i \ March 15 < I»y the As ' Floating on an- ice M! ll i‘i River to certain j.iuks lined* by friends to avert the trag "... j i'.v;; men chose as their the hymn| "Nearer Harvey Mclntosh, .SO. Tt in. 2-5. of Alonilamin. ~ ; i ii marooned on a sand Mir.nri River. .‘>o miles ‘•'i : : liti. . fter ;i sudden rise • c.vcpt away their boat . hunting ducks. •. ' .!: ;iq.. .lit many persons»to ;il! attempts to send aid j., r.!; . i t.'vL.u’ t.» :: heavy flow - perched themselves in d.irkiicss fell and water ( | !: .. r. Huge bonfires were , . . i.i-i - <ia tiie bank 3. As In- flu .ii (.tune <>n the v.v ; i.i .lien's arm pits. r.: ■ • jfl.' an in*, cake." they h! :i ;y—alter midnight. And Hiit " the darkness of the river the hymn that " .i !.(i fa inter. ihe bodies hid been ! ..itlc-iicrh searching. pav > ,v, i •ui!isc tiic. river bottom for Lilli hi! lii i ! K AS . (»l 11. TV AS THE SELLER r Nr - !>»:>ilegge;s Can Be tic . > Farnj.h ihe Names of pir i n-id' »ers. i t> * i:: ‘ ’lariot te < ibserver. I- Mr . 12. —-The moist _citi v ; • u !■ . Uelujahing over I", i ,f no .hew North Carolina : sutiered a serious set- Rntn’gh police force (icnniiistrate that there are * t" liie measure than the 1 -n: tor itufe Iluymore told ! tin upper house "is • ‘ • ••• . keep i lie st iPf stbr • i ;,ir from the eyes of L'-C - L" Sections 2 anti 25. d: leigh coppers have prtjicidarify. certaia , L assistance ; 1 . Te. Ear these two . | purchaser of wfiis •' • s •' ' ilie cller of whiskey: |« iifomea have gone on r ' : - in - arch of she buyers. n.re Lehiud the brfrs [■ ' ' : iiasc of •"pints." be ;i - snenhniif-boot logger. ' lii pun bases Saturday . . upon the testi ' man .'.aan Whom they suet was placed in the st < mphasises the i'u ; e'di'iiis of section 10 F" spt i iticat ions of sec - ■"!"'( :;-os that "no person sell, barter, trails-, •'.non. deliver, furnish. *..<jv .ess" any liquor ex in section lO—-for ea-i thanked goodness— -1 '*<».• itil* of liquor, lega.l --n "ne's own home. See ad les! ifii-aiidum h '<’• piiMiirance of evi : -' ll *"first, the officers ar il Nash, of Durham, for) i wi. picking up seal ion the ad testificandum: 1 W c. ido:a o on whidh 1 ■ • .more to si'ction he (iuintei of negroes. V ■' H N.'vh had peddled 1 . ; ‘ q. i er;iier.activities of : :e- promised by tiu‘ s via have. found in ••ctive way of eom ‘r 1 fur whis/te.v. i nndor see!ion 10. if 1 get ;lie liquor into " • ■ tia* bunion rests upon 1.. ..' " ■•* ili.it he procured it the jieisoti or logger from whom ! •“ turn liini up: or. - -‘s' si \ months houoe ■ oi Ihe police, what i - h isiw llutl un ■' i"iii procee:lilies 1., forcer! j (i give the 'mucrsV Danger is p, . “ s'm-tibijs that out .‘ipparent in sc-tiop ' ■ ean make purchas euc'i the bootlegger, ho:, with equal jus s'es or liquor to 1 aof has grown d ii bids fair to 'uiac towards the T'c liquor eonsnnmer 1 .. j. "'us hardships on of the. Salvation ooiuary for each wo !i" org jiization to ' tat toned oil the ‘h ease she was tak "’V;i.v from home, or iri ; "' - !lr • 1 h«* sign of the ‘•H . \ ‘hdi-ation mark and ;i; * . : ‘ • are or a suitable i >'■ ut the orguuizu- Li , act ! REVALUATION IS THE GOAL FOR THE STATE I * “ , County .Assessments With State Equal ization Rlanned For in New Act. j Halcigli News and Observer. Two years is not enough time for la State to get over a fear that struck j very souls of ji vast number of people in North Carolina late in j Ibid) when the bottom fell out of things generally, or was kicked out ; when some men made up their minds that IHo time for deflation liad come. Two million, people still dive into a storm cellar when anybody says "Re : valuation" above a whisper. Fear drove the General Assembly of lU2I to give 100 counties as instru ment with which to scuttle the Reval uation Act of 15)10. and a piece of work that had cost the State some what over a million-dollars, and f;ite sent them a Revenue Commissioner who held to the belief that tax as sessment was an entirely local matter and of no concern whatever to any body living outside the county, or over in the next county. With no concern the then Commis sioner saw this county cut its values .’*<) per cent., another 40. per cent., and so on (Town to its low asm r> per cent, -horizontal reduction, and 'some few other counties leave.values where they were. With equal unconcern the next step in the spectacle was evolved, the counties that cut their values r»0 per cent, . raising their tax rates 100 per cent. Two years have not been long enough for a majority of the citizens ot the State to realize that when a county has to_have a dollar it is no easier, to get by levying a dollar rate on an acre of hmd valued at sl<>:) limn ii is to raise it by levying a 50- eent rale on an acre of land valued at •$-00. The result is;the same in reve nues obtained, and it makes little dif ference what the value of the land is. Nor would it matter to a State that lakes no toll against real property, that if one county lias a high valuation and another a low, and both 'required to levy a certain rate of tax befhre they can get any of the Stn4e's ei.2Ao.ouo school money. This recent session, authorized an amendment to the constitution limiting the State debt to seveiAund one-half per cent, of the assessed Value of the property within the State, and that is an added rea son for the State's having an interest in \allies. Faced with a desperate situation, and little to he done about it the spe cial session of 1021 passed a make shirt law to hold things together until 1224. and the session just adjourned headed gently hack toward Rovalmo tion. Not violently, nori with the fan fare of trumpets, hut toward Revalua jtioii* ceding to the counties certain local rights that they have not here tofore exercises by wily of compro mise. but with the very firm intention of placing all the property on the hooks at a uniform value, to directly revalue all the property in tiie 100 counties, it will value cor poration property, railroads and . the like, but when it comes to farming lands, the county commissioners art> directed to- perform that work, by machinery that will be entirely of their Dunking and operation. The State reserved only the right of re view. raising here or lowering there, as the circumstances may demand. Two Per Cent. Supports State. The average citizen appears not yet in have grasped the fact that the State levies no tax' on laud. Many vehe ment speeches were made in the I Wise and in file Senate on the subjeoc of tax burdens. No doubt they are hea\v, hut they are Jevi *1- collected and spent by the counties themselves. Two per cent, of the people of the State pay all the taxes that- support the State gov ernment, and 7 per cent, pay all the taxes that support the highway con struction dml maintenance. Taxation lias become a localized problem, a-nd another two years will probably begin to bring some general realization of that fact .to the minds of the average citizen and legislator. Tax burdens, heavy as they may he. will come to be recognized as things to be remedied by economies at home rather than by speeches in the Gener al Assembly, and perhaps there will he fewer bonds issued to take care of Hunting debts. Success of maintaining uniformity counties themselves went far beyond it in levying for this account and that. And then the collapse came, and with it panic, and unreasoning fear tliai resulted in the scuttling of the work that cost a million dollars. The new venation, which is requir ed by tiie Constitution, will come in a of values among the counties will come to be recognized as an adminis trative problem. Two factors account for the destruction of the 15>20 Reval uation —exceeding the 10 per cent, pledge and an unwillingness to recog nize the problem as one in which the State had further interest. Not only did the State school system require a million dollars in excess of Ihe If) per cent, pledge m 15120, the more favorable time; when men are turning hack on prosperous ways, it not phenomenally prodigal, at least certain. The State has iis feet on the ground again, and will not go at val uation like a laml-sale auctioneer this year. Men who drew the Machinery Act are of the opinion that it will work no hardship. Administration this year will be in the hands of Rufus A. 1 Knighton, who las never become recolieiied t<> the scuttling of the work of the l!)ld-l!>2h sessions, and who. though not likely |to think speculatively about values, ! will think about them progressively. Several »People Hurt in Storm at I Greenville, N. March 15. Sev eral persons- suffered minor injuries and property was damaged to the ex tent of several thousand dollars as the i result of a severe wind storm follow -led by a downpour of rain which struck this city shortly after noon todav. One section of tlu? city tobac co storage house was wrecked, the i roof of the structure being blown a block away, filling on an occupied building, which was also demolished. ! *J'he wind was of such force that several persons wore blown on the. streets, suffering slight injuries. Win dows in homes and business houses i were crashed and other damage to J property was caused by the wind. No one has been reported as seriously hurt. . • 1 “FEVER GIRL” IS i SORRY FOR ACT "I Am Glad It k Over With and I Pray That I May Get Well,” She Says, Escanaba, Mich., March 13.—Miss Evelyn Lyons, Escanaba “fever girl." • whose ingenious methods raised the temperature clinical thermometers I to the limit for 21 days, sat up b>- j i.ay and related to Jlie Associated Press why she had "fooled” the hun dreds «dio came. t<> test her remark- . able "temperature." ' \ "I hardly ki.ow what to say," Eve-! iyn began, "only* that 1 have, found ! out that the. world after all is full of thousands of tender-hearted add gen erous people, who love one another and cannot hear suffering. I know ! did wrong in fooliqg the doctors, hut 1 inn sorry. 1 knew from the start that 1 would have to come to a show-down hut I was .jtlst, afraid to face. it. "My hoax first entered my head \vh£n Dr. Henry Fefnet, the attending phy sician. turned his back •to me and I touched the bulb of the instrument ro the hot water bag. When he saw the thermometer reading, lie was natu rally overcome with surprise and lie took the- reading again and 1 again thought I would fool him. I waived my Unas about my head and thus attracted his attention. I thought it a good joke on \liim, hut never thought of keeping it up. ‘Then came the newspaper storie.s, the telegrams, hundreds of letters from so-called ’na ture healers’ from all parts of the nation. "I was hesciged with requests from these "fakers’ who persisted in asking to let them heal me for a monetary consideration, which would make me J independent for life. I once was a nurse and l realized ihe folly of it ! all. hut 1 was determined not to let them reap a harvest over a ’hoax.’ So I decided to wait till specialists ironi rhicago would come or else let it gradually go down. "I knew, too, that ,a sudden reduc tion in temperature would cause many, ‘quacks’ win* were advertising themselves as working on my case, to claim credit for themselves and by this medium swindle some other poor invalid. "Saturday night 1 know the col lapse of the trick was near, i knew the ,doctorji. were only goading me on when they said I was going to die. I knew I)r. Defnet was on to me and so I tried to get out. Only 1 was so clumsy and they caught me. All I can say ;s that no one can hoodwink the public and succeed. lam glad it's over with and I pray that 1 may get well—and I will." • According to a statement issued Fast evening by Dr. Harry ,1. Defnet. the girl has not wholly recovered from an automobile* accident last fall which seven ly bruised her head. "The. girl is quite sick." declared the statement, "although she is suf fering from a mental strain, which, coupled with a desire for publicity, explains her tactics." FIN AME ( ORI FOR ATION TO CONTINUE POLICY Os Helping Farmers, Its Directors Anncuncefl at Hearing. Washington. March IM. The War, Finance Corporation today gave as surance to the. farmer that its policies respecting credit to the. agricultural industry will he continued along-lines which arc limited only- by the provi sions of the law. The purpose of the corporation to proceed with its agriculture relict program is_co-operation with the new agencies of agriculture credits creat ed by the last Congress was outlined* b.v the corporation directors at a con ference at which a r< que\t for’ the greatest possible extension of farm aid was made by members of the farm and progressive blocs of Congress, and by the heads of a half dozen farm or ganizations. The delegation which called on she directors was headed by Senator Cap poiy-repuhiican. Kansas, head of the farm bloc and previously had laid its appeal before the various other agen cies of the government. Senator Cap par declared a continuation of the pol icies pursued by the iinance corpora tion during tile past two years would bo acceptable to the fa rulers. "The feeling seems to prevail." said Senator Capper, "that the corporation may change iis policies because of the enact men t of the new farm credits la w." Several other Senators ami members of the House as well as representa tives of the farm organization made similar requests. DR. FREDERH KKM lIEL SPEAK AT SALISBURY h Was Principal Speaker at a Mass Meeting at St. John*; Church. Salisbury, (March. 12—Dr. Frederick H. Knubel. of New York c'.ty, presi dent ; f the United Lutheran church in America, was the principal speak at a mass meeting of Lutherans held at iSt. John’s church, this city, Sun day afternoon. Those present includ ed not only local Lutherans nut groups of members from churches m Rowan and adjoining bounties. The meeting Mas one of a number being held in the interest of the iam paign to raise sßGo,ltf)t) for Lenoir college, $300,000 of whcli sum nas already been given by Daniei Rhyne. The canvass for contributions for this fund Mill be made the latter part of April, the meetings being held now are-only for the purpose of getting :o the people information about L ne college and the purposes for which the money is to be used. Besides Dr. Knubel a number of others made short talks and a glee club from the college sang several i selections. • j SIOO,OOO Suit Against Editor. Richmond, Va., March 13. —A suit for SIOO,OOO damages for "false, scan-' dalous,- defamatory and malicious li-j bel" Mas tiled in circuit court here to-; day against State Senator Harry F. Byrd by the Virginia Highway (’oft-! tractors Association, as an outgrmvtli of editorials published in the Winches- I ter Star, owned by Mr. Byrd. He steadfastly opposed a bond issue for limuicing Virginia’s read program, which method lias bean advocated by ! the contractors association. | ,Tbe uiau Mho has no tact always brags of bitj frankness. THE CONCORD TIMES @ © Sf KANNAPOLIS -a ® DEPARTMENT © © © @®©©© & © © © © j . J Kannapolis, March 14. —0 n Thurs day afternoon Mrs. Guy Beaver* enter tained the Social Hour (Tub of Kun •napolis at her home in Concord. The !.afternoon M’as delightfully spent hem -1 ming cup towels which, when coin plot ted, were presented to Mrs. R. B. Ran kin as a farewell shower. A favorite recipe M-as given by each member and also presented to the honorce in the form of a hook-artistically carrying out the season of St. Patrick. Airs. Rankin. Mho is president of the'chib, is leaving Kannapolis in the near fu ture. A salad bourse ( gnd salted nuts were served, the hostesses being as sisted by Mesdiimes Alois and Peele. St. Patrick favors were given and the house Mas prettily decorated with ear ly spring floM’crs. The following guests were present: Alesdnmes R. tt. son. John Rutledge. Sum Kelly, J. g. lowe, G. A. Bryant, C. E. Lowe, Frank P. Litne. John Halstead, C. A. Duval, Ed Sharpe, W. L. Yost. J. W. Flowe, C. AL. Powell, AI. L. Troutman, R. IL Rankin, H. A. Scott. Fred Park, E. C. Peele, A. Meis, S. W. Rankin. Rev. C. A. Turner, of Statesville, will take charge of the Baptist pastor ate here the first Sunday in April. He anil bis family will be moved to Kan napolis the 28th of this month. Rev. Mr. Bryson is tilling the pulpit in an able manner until Air. ’Turner arrives to assume the responsibility, j Airs. John Rutledge spent yesterday j vrivli Mrs. II L. Lipe. Mho is in the iChurloite sanatorium. All's. Lipe hopes to be able to return home the latter part of this Meek. Airs. Beard, of Juniper street, Mho. went to the Charlotte Sanatorium on Wednesday, is progressing nicely fol lowing an operation. The Social Hour Club will meet Thursday, Alarcli 22nd. with Airs. John Rutlbdge. Air. J. E. Halstead returned Sunday from /lie Charlotte Sanatorium, where he umlenvent an oi>eratioii on Thurs day for tiie removal of his tonsils. The condition of*Air. Halstead is steadily improving. Ah's. C. M. ffmell is leaving tonight for Eatonton, Ga., on account of the illness of her 'father. The Woman s Club held its regular monthly meeting Alonday night at tiie Y. Al. C. A. The foliowing Mere elect ed j.s officers Sor the ensuing year: Airs. L. A. Peeler Vice-President a Airs. AL L. Troutman. Treasurer: Airs. 11. A. Allred. Recording Secretary :* Airs. 11. P». Robertson, Corresponding retain : Airs. O. E. Scarhoro. Chaplain. The President s place is yet to he fill ed. A feature of the evening was an interesting address by Airs. Henry A. White, of High Point, chairman of the Education Department of the North Carolina Federation of Wom an's clubs. The address covered some of the things the Education Depart ment stands for. special emphasis be ing laid on the provisions of the Sterl ing-Tmvner hill, and plans wore pre vented for wiping out illiteracy in North Carolina in co-operation with the tToman's Clubs*. At the conclus ion of that part of (In* program, so cial hour was enjoyed. Tin* attend ance on rhis occasion was except ion ally good. The club, under ' the lead ership of the retiring President, Airs. Jt. T. Frye, has enjoyed a* successful and profitable year. Airs. S. C. Simmons spoilt today at the Charlotte sanatorium with Airs. 11. L. Lip*. The Home Economics Department of the Woman's Club held its meeting yes terday at the V. Al. A. Aliss Wilson demonstrated millinery. Some plans Mere laid before the club for conduct ing 'the campaign for "Better Kitchens" to be conducted in tiiis wunty in the near future through the Thane demon stration agent-r Air. 11. A. Allred arrived home to day from a ten days' trip to Non' York. Air. Riilenhonr is ill of smallpox at the home of Air. and Mrs. W. A. Ritchie. Afrs. 11. A. Allred and children spent Sunday in Concord with rela tives. Airs. Henry A. WJhite, while in the city. Mas the guest of Alesdiimes It. T. Frye and L. A. Peeler. Aiiss Alittiy Emma Cline is on the sick list today. Airs. Thornburg, of (>ak street, hits returned from Cleveland. Where she visited her daughter. Mrs. Sides. Louis Jr., little son of Air. ami Airs. Louis Cole. Mho has been very ill of bronchial pneumonia, is improving. The Wesleyan Alethodists are con templating placing new seats in their church. ' The condition of Airs. F. A. Rodgers. Mho has been ill for some time, is slimly improving. Mri and Airs. AL T. Teeter have mov ed to their new home a mile from Con cord on the old Pharr 'place. Air. Tee-, Her Mill farm there this summer. The ladies of the Wesley Bible < hiss of the First .Methodist Church, wiil give a box supper on Tuesday night. Alarcli 20th. Besides the supper, an entertaining program will hi* given b.v« Rev. R. A. Swaringen. Not only the Alelhqdists are invited, to attend tins sapper, hut all their triemls and the put lie generally. Miss Helen Aliscnheinier's music class and the High School chorus gave a mtitnl last evening at the P-.ptist Church. On the program was u mule quartette* composed of .Messrs. Chus. Swaringen. Edgie AIo se, Ray Simpson, and Pender Davis: a mixed quartette | composed of Alessrs. Ray Simpson, Ed ! rie Aloose, Stella Johnson, and vVil | huee Tate, a special violin solo by Miss I Marie Oraeber. A piano recital was given by the children. A number I Milich mus considered especially fine in i M’hicli all took part was. "Come. AVheu the Lillies Bloom." The evening mus one of genuine pleasure, i Air. and Airs. L. E. Bis-t made a recent trip to Hickory. I The friends of Miss Thelma Farrell Mill Ik* pleased to know that slid is now able to he out again after 1 an illness of several weeks. } Born to ALr. and Mrs. Alfred Alc i.Corkle Friday, March Htb. a diugli j ter. * Mis* Alice WilUoit. of August, Gu.. is ths charming guest of her mother, Mrs. Graven, of'the Pnrks-Bell: cleri cal force. On Wednesday. March 7tli, Kannup olis people were delighted to hear Mel Trotter, superintendent of the Rescue Missions of the United States. Mr. Trotter spoke at the V. M. C. A. to a crowded auditorium fin dhe subject of the impotent man at the pool of Beth-, esdn, holding audience spellbound. The numbers given by Mr. Hammond. Mr. Trotter's singer, were also enjoy ed very much. -Mis. Xease, of the Mary Ella Hall, who inis been quite ill the past week, left yesterday for her home in Greens boro. V Mrs. <T P. Torrihor lias gone to the (•ountry to spend a few weeks with Mr. Combers home folks. The condition of Mr. G. A. Williams is. improving, following a few weeks’ illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, of St. Louis, Mo., who have been for some time mak ing their home at the Mary Ella Hall, left yesterday for Greensboro. ilrs. Boh Elliott, of Third street, who has been taking treatment for several weeks at a Charlotte hospital, died Sunday in Charlotte at the home of her Stony Point. • ‘‘Mother Norfleet,'’ and her canar h's. are lined up trying to outwit one another in scattering cheer about the Mary Ella Hall. According to hist accounts the race was very close, and those in close contact with them were not able to forecast the 'final score. PREDICTS THE ENI) OF CIVILIZATION Present Order Will He Wiped Out by 1926, Says Religious Sect. Gilbert, Ark., March 13.—Civiliza tion will he wiped out of this world by 1!)26 through strife that will start in April of this year. Capital and Labor will begin the gre.aticatastrophe to the world in the Spring of 1!)23: the religious war be tween Protestants and Catholicts will also pick up the war cudgels, and civ ilization will lie effaced from the world in about two years time. Speaking' from this point, tin* upper most heights of the Arkansas Ozark's, the most unusual religious sect in America, make the foregoing predic tions. . The members of this sect, known as tlu* Incoming Kingdom Missionary Ciflt. will be hidden away fr<lhi the rest of the world so far that they will not be drawn into the great conflict and will he. sa\Al to start things anew, just as Noah was saved when the I-ord siuv lit to destroy tin* land by \>ater. Four Types of Machines Recommended For Cotton Dusting. Raleigh, N. C.,♦March 17.—There are four general types of machines recom mended for (lusting cotton, says Mr. Franklin Sherman. Chief of the Di vision of Entomology for the North Carolina Experiment station. It is rec ognized that the cost of these machines their liability to breakage and rapid we:u-. are some of the' chief obstacles to dusting cotton with calcium arsen ate as recommended by the State and Government agricultural officials; how ever. the fanner who does not leave his machines in tin* hands of cureless or indifferent tenant s’ or laborers us ually gets good results from their use. , Mr. Sherman says that there are many ways* to do a thing wrongly; therefore thoro are ways to dust cot ton so that nf> will lie obtained, but good farmers are dusting with good results till over the South and the extension workers got good results in their demopslrations in Scotland County and elsewhere last ye;rr. Mr. Sherman nas already told about the calcium arsenate to use.. He now gives the four types of machines to use iii applying this dust: Hand (inn. Carried by the man op en ting it; crank turned by hand: treats one row at time. Cost sl2 to $1 x. One machine can attend to 7 or S acres; for larger acreages get more than one. Not advisable to attempt these for more than 20 to 2.7 acres (too many machines, too many de lays). One of these machines will last from 1 to 3 years. Saddle Gun. Sits on back of mule in front of operator Who turns two cranks; treats a row on each side. Cost around S7O. One machine can attend to 30 to 40 acres.' Machine should last 2 to 1 years. One Mule Machine. Runs between rows like walking cultivator, on one wheel which is geared to fan: opera tor holds handles like plow ; mule be tween shafts: poison blown out of two nozzles behind operator, treating a row on each side. Cost around SIOO. One machine can attend to 70 to 00 acres. Should last 3 to 0 years. \ Cart Machine. Two wheels, strad dles row: two mules,: wheels geared U> fan: operator rides: three nozzles iK'hind: ■ treats three rows at time. Cost "h round $270 to S3OO. One ma chine can attend to about 100 acres, should last 3 to 15 years. Your Home Town First. \ Franklin Times. / "Work for your own town. Beautify it. Improve it. * Make it at I raetive. The Wopld War and the treaty ot peace, the protective tariff and all such things art*, important subjects*, bnt what's the good of cleaning up the world unless you sweep your own door steps? \ • . The best advertisement of our busi ness is the town you live in. Towns get reputations as well as men. Make your town talk all ove.r the state. Tt wilt thus draw people. And where the people come there is prosperity. - Itid your town of one eyesore after another. Clean up the vacant lots and jilant them in gardens. Make a elutered yard a disgrace. Make pub lic opinion 100 hot for thuse who will not help. ' Kenilivorth Inn Open. Asheville (March 13. —Ken.l worth Inn is now permanently opened as an Asheville institution and will take its part in bringing visitors to'this Sec tion. giving theni the service or a metropolitan Hotel. * In the city of Washington the club women are organized as traffic officers to assist children and the aged at dan gerous street crossings. AGRICULTURAL PAPER TO RUN NINE MONTHS AT THE BANKS County Agents of State Instructed to Call Attention to Bankink Law. • Raleigh, N. C., March 17.—8. W. Kilgore, director of Agricultural ex tension work in North Carolina, has addressed a letter to county agents asking them to call the attention of farmers to the state banking law which entitles agricultural paper to run nine months. This period would allow in which! to produce and market their crops. * i The section of the law mentioned by Mr. Kilgore is ns follows: "Section 3f». Commercial and bus iness paper defined. The term •com mercial or business paper,’ as used in this act, is hereby defined to mean a' prnmisory note, and the term ‘trade acceptance,” to mean a draft or bill of exchange issued or drawn for agri cultural, industrial, tn* commercial purposes, or the proceeds of which have been used or are to be used for such purpososfi but such defining shall not include, notes, drafts, or bills of exchange covering merely investments, or issued or drawn for the purpose of carrying on or trading-in'stocks and bonds or other investment securities, except bonds and notes of the govern ment of the United States and State of North Carolina. Such notes, drafts and bills of exchange shall have a maturity at the time of discount of not more than ninety days, except when drawn or issued for agricultur al purposes, or based on livestock, when such maturities shall not ex ceed nine months from the date there of.” This section, said Mr. Kilgore, en titles agricultural paper to run nine months. "I think this is not general ly understood by llie farmers of the state, and farmers who are in position to secure loans from banks are en titled to this length of credit for the production or marketing of crops,” he said. SOUTH CAROLINA PUTS TAX UPON EVERY JOB Field Laborers and Firm Executives Must Pay License to Work. Columbia. S. March 13.—Th* South Carolina State Senate today passed a bill levying an occupational tax on almost every firm and in dividual in the State. The measure, a substitute for a commodity tax bill passed by the House, also levies a tax on gross receopts of all, corpora tions and persons receiving more than |SOO a year from gny source. The measure pa>Sed by the Senate* is regarded here as one of the most inclusive tax bills ever brought be fore a State Legislature. From the negro laborer in the field, to the owner .of thousands of acres of land and from the office boy to the presi dent of the firm, none i» missed. The tax provided in the bill is in addi tion to the State income tax already levied, and. it is estimated, will yield $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 a year. SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE V PASSES TAX MEASURE Bill Levies Occupational Every Finn and individual in State With Minor Exceptions. Columbia, S. i(\. (March, t 3 South Carolina State Senate, today passed as a substitute t'or the house commodity tax bill, a bill levyingfcn Occupational tax on every firm and in dividual in the state with minor ex ceptions. The measurer also levies a tax on gross receipts of all corpora tions and persons receiving more jthan SSOO a year from any source. The measure was sent back to the House for action. Railroads Break Record.; in Handling of Freight. Washington, (March 14. —Traffic on railroads, extraordinarily heavy for several weeks hos mnv attained levels entirely unprecedented in the season al records, according to reports given out today by the car service division of the American Railway assoeiatiop. During the week ending March 3, carriers loaded 917.896 cars with revenue freight, a , total exceeding that; of the corresponding week in 1922 by 124,781 cars, and 206.529 cars greater than the loadings of the same week in 1921. Compared with the pre ceding week this year, ,the loadings represented an increase of 87,673 cars, and the business represented, railroad commentators said, as much traffic as is ordinarily hand ed during the heaviest fall months of crop and fuel movement. .y All types of commodities shared in the transportation increases, the re ports indicated. Loadings of mer chandise and miscellaneous freight amounted to 543.752 cars, or 83,671 cars more than during the same week of 1922. and 11,42 cars mere than during the corresponding week of 1921. . Coal loadings totaled 193.551 cars, 15,094 above the previous week, while shipments of forest products, which includes lumber, were 76,131 cars, the greatest number of that commodity any one week. Grain and Jive stock shipments were also heavy. Lculs Firpo kayoes Ik en in a in Twelfth Round. New York, March 12.—Louis Angel Firpo, South American heavy-weight, knocked out Bil' Brennan of ( hicago in the twelfth round of a sensational 15 round match tonight in Madison Square garden. The end came with l&iamatic svvifiness when Firpo sent the Chicagoan down for the count of 10 with a^Jer rifle right to the head. F rpo earned his spurs as a con tender for lack Dempsey’s title by unloosing a terrific attack in the final round, after trailing hi> op ponent on points for a number of rounds. Smashing rights and efti to Brennan's head terrific force he drove Brennan about th** ring unti! * r'gbt that landed behind the car sent him to the canvas. B enm-ii lay for several 'second after the count un i had to be assisted to hl» center. The victor was accorded a tremendous ovation. Firpo weighed 220 pounds and Brennan 203. . • Two women are included iij the hoard of nine, regent* of the newly created Texas Technological College. set an ideal i* life and your up- j scions mind will work toward it. I PAGE SEVEN ABOUT 40 PERSONS WERE KILLED AND m NODE INJURED y Worst Effects of Storm Were Felt at Pinson and Dean burg, Tenn., Where 17 Persons Were Killed. NINE KILLED AT CENTRAL KENTUCKYB Telephone and Telegraph! Companies Are Gradually! Restoring Their Communi-9 cation Lines. Chicago. March 13. —Gradual res-E£ torntiom-of telephone and telegraph fa-|g cilities in the storm-swept region iic-lfijj tween the Rocky Mountains and tliel® Appalachian range, today- brought u<l-fl ditioual details of death and destruc-H fion'tliat followed in its wake. thedeadß nearing a total of 40. the injurcdH counted at approximately 200, amlß Sin mage to transportation, linos ot'H coiAunicatioiy homes, and husinessi buildings reported at millions of dol-H Tljo worst effects of the storm, a! heavy- downfall of snow or i*ain. «c|| com pa nied by a high wind that reach-■ ed the proportions of tornado in someW localities, were felt at Pinson nndra Deanburg. Tenn.. where the death tollH was 17, and the injured between 501 and 77 persons. i These little towns were approximate ly demolished and today Red Cross workers were on the way to the scene. Citizens of neighboring towns ' are raising a fund for financial relief. Sixteen of the Seventeen detrVf were at Pinson. The other,.was killed at Deanburg. Seven were white persons and . the others were negroes. jfgrjtral Kentucky- felt the irresis tible force of the storm. When its ef fects were checked up today it was found that nine had lost their lives, and nearly- SO persons were injprdth with property damage close dp ( a' mil lion dollars. . .'. The wind carried, # C4Ftii’ house in Madison County,: Ky 1 .,' fifty yards, final ly- demolishing it and causing the 1 death of three of its thirteen occu pants. - . v In Ohio two persons were killed, one at Massilon and one at Stenhen-m ville. Persons were swept from their feet by tin* wind's force, and property was damaged to the extent of thou sands of dollars. Scores were injured. Public utilities companies of Mich igan are reported to have suffered damage of one and a half million dol lars. <T ■' j Practically- the whme state of Wis consin was recovering today from the effects oft a heavy snow that accom panied the storm. Twenty cities were teinuorarily without light or power, due to the breaking of transmission lines. Substitute for Cotton. London, March 14— A new sule stance which it is claimed will take the. place of cotton is umlej-goinj* ex periment'-. Arglmn, as <t is called, is said to he immune from the diseases which destroy- cotton, capable of resist ing tin* action of acids, less affected by changes of climate, and ready for manufacture almost as soon as it is picked. It can be used in the mak ing of sheets, shirts, and so on, and articles made from arghan cloth will cost very much less than those manu factured from cotton. Scientsits lmye reported favorably on tlu* new material, and enormous fields of it arc being laid out in the. Malay States and India, where it flourishes. Arglmn was introduced from the jungle by Sir Ilenrjv Wick ham the pioneer of rubber. It is a hardy tropical growth, and already large quantities have been ordered by the mill owners of Lanctyliire. Aon Hindenburg Says “We bon’l Whnt War; But.” Hanover, March 13.—Field Marshal Yon Hindenburg, addressing the Vet eran's League here today, said: "We. do not wish to instigate war, but in view of the present realities wejannot deny the truth of Schillers wnfds: ‘the most peaceful person can not live in peace if a wicked weightier does not wish it, and the nation is unworthy that does not stake every thing upon its honor.” Von Hindenburg extolled the staunchness of the Germans in the Ruhr and exhorted his hearers to loyalty to the fatherland, “especially in those difficult times.” Five Plaines at Guantanamo Havana. Cuba, ‘March 14.—A tele gram filed last night at Guant namo to La Prenaa, received here this morn ing reports the landing of five Ameri can army airplanes at the naval sta- Y) tiou there. No add tiona'. details were IS given. Would Padlock Three Best Known M New York Cases. New York, March 13, —Fuited Sl;Hc; || Attorney Hayward today begun hetioujS under the Volstead act.to padlock lorH a year three of the Iwst known call-<T| a rets in the White Light district-"-the Knickerlsicker Grill, the Little Club H and Stanley's. -s Death of John D. Comer. , Macon. Ga.,* March I I.—John I>. (Saner, vice president of the Bildi ia Manufacturing Comuiuy, a widely j known cotton mill uian throughout the 4 South, died here todaf. Airplane Arrives in Port an, Prince. 4f Port au Prince. Haiti, March 17 (J*y-4 the Associated Press). —The first of J£ the six'United States army airplanes;* rjigaged in a test flight from San An- M tonio. Texas, to Porto Rico, arrived 9 here shortly ufter 11:30 this morning, m" There is ffi> victory witimut a rignt.w and those who are afraid of that® fight are worthy of the victory. J*
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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