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r
loathm* of thorn who had |m be
fore. Bht to tMa minority, thia privi
lege «h teW, tor while they kept
tMr ptota b—utlfal, Umm of tkt
majority iiliiN tMn. TMa nt>
mjoying tMn. The ujorltj bad
ao bad tntentiona, bat • bad caao of
neglect. TMa condition continued to
prevail, bat that apark of anthaaiaam
in the bearta of tbo Minority would
not pariah. They began to openly
expreaa their aentimenta. Their aen
timenta met with aympathy, even
amonir the majority, and lihe a laad
atone it attracted and began to gath
er form and from thia came action,
and action gave reaulta. Then it
wee, after two yean of agttation the
City Fatbera got on ike job and pur
cbaaed Oakdale Cnararj. With the
united efforta of the minority and the
eonrerta of the majority, they nnder
took to make it The Cemetery
Beautiful."
Wow if yon win go with as we will
4iacuae son* of the things that will
—in It beaatifal, mm of the thine*
which htw bum 4mm uid will ha
4om in tha future. In thi* day at
Htm to ha far It mi ad with. That ia
our Method of going la and fro aad
• way moat ha prneifcd Thoaa hi
authority at once proceeded to cew
atruct an adequate iji>m at raada.
Thi. ayataai a# raada ia aatple aad
eufficient, hot Mat ha Maintained
Watar ia the wont enemy of a food
road Drainage had to ha -unaidar
ad. Ton drive through tha taiatwy
and auirrel at the good roads aad
can hardly realize tha difficult sitaa
tion in handling the water. 8um«
four hundred feet of tile has haaa
taaed to take eare of tha draiaage.
Knbhiah ia a great ban to keeping
a place tidy. A great Many people
have bean thoughtless in the dispo
aition of their rubbish, when they
cleaned their lot. Ia Many Instances
they have pot the rubbish on the ad
joining lot. Thia ahould never ha
done. People would not do it on tha
second thought. Thia we call to
yarn attention ia order that it may
be avoided la the future.
Many stum pa have been removed
fromathe i — atmj, especially ia tha
roads. Soma of the roada were ha
paaaable on account of the stum pa.|
In the single grave apace the stum pa
wore very numerous. They ar* be
ing removed and the Cemetery Com
M lea ion ia marking all unknown
graves with small granite markers'
and ia the apring will sow this part
of the ceNMtery to grass.
The City Cemetery Commission has'
provided a canvaaa to be uaed ia dig
ging grave*, ao that no clay will ha
left on graaa on a plat. Immediate
ly after a grave ia filled, all rarphu
day ia removed from the cemetery.
Occasionally aowaowt undertakea to
flU la their lot with thia aorphis
•lay. Thia ahould never he dooe for
It abeohrtely deatroys your chance to
gat a aland of graaa until H ia all re
it mrari
1 A
EST MAMTOfAWCB BUDGET.
they
dent to aet the <mtii
keep what they bad
Per year and to bay privet aufftcient
to complete tli* border would
• maintenance budget of one hundred
year. They
nnrwi f men aa to the
beat aolution of the aitaation. Thia
reaultod in the buying of Norway
Sprue*. The firat coot being Mora
than privet, but the maintenance al
moat ail. The original hedge aot
along the New Sulphur Spring* road
waa act ao cloee to the aide ditch that
it waa impoaaihla to grade the bank
ao aa to terrace it. Then too, bo
tefore aetting it
It waa aeeeeeary to take thia
op to do the mnaaary
the holder on the Old Sulphur
to receive it. The
aot on the OM Sul
phur Spriaga road after the landa
waa thoroughly prepared. Then the
land on the "New Sulphur Springa
road waa graded and prepared far the
Norway Spruce. Certainly the Nor
way .Spruce ia bettor aad Bore at
tractive aad it
the read
Ths City Cowtory
In carrytaf on this noble work. They
art ottering to take your lot and
car* f or K for a year (or six
or you can endow your lot
ty (or one hundred dollars. The
Town of Mount Airy
sihle for
to you a certificate ffvar
aateeinc the permanent maintenance
of your lot. The town paying to the
City Cemetery Commission the i*.
come of your one hundred dollars.
Get in touch with the City Cemetery
Commission, if yon have not done so,
and place your lot la their car*.
Sometime hack the City Cemetery
Commission endeavored to reach
everyone who has a lot with a letter
explaining this matter, a»d oat of
three hundred and sixteen prospects
they hare had favorable replies from
sixty-one. Wont you Join in an ef
fort te make this work a success T
State'* Auto Tum Ezceed
Tn Million
Raleigh. Nor. 1 Collection
from the automobile fund for tte fls
cal year ending July 80. IMS, will
ma to •10.006,372.29, it was estimate
ed yesterday by Secretary of 8taU
W. N. Everett in a letter addressed
to tte Governor.
Collections during tte four months
of tte prmnt fiscal year have reach
ed 96,016,868.70. tte latter Mid.
Taxes tm automobiles have ateot
reached tte limit for this year dwe
to tte fact that moot licenses have
bosa Lasued, it waa said, but tte gaa
oline tax to expected to inrtfi about
$.>00,000 per month daita* tte re
mainder of tte yaar.
AmHta| to tte Utter, taxes from
the am—ibih dipartmit op to
Novmater 1 »«re divided as follow*:
Gasoline tax. 91.M7.tt7; title certifi
cation, I7M67; automobile licenses.
M.909,206; interest oa deposit, 94,
042. . I
at M4.1 XMM buabata. ta slightly
Iwpr than the big crop* M ltlT
and 1IB. hr capta production this
•w ia 4Ji buahela compared wttk
m average of >.7* bnticli par capita
during the laat 20 yean.
Tharpa win ba an ample aurply of
food potatoea at moderate prieea,
foTsmawat officiate tactara. Tha
average jrlaM ran to 121 buabela par
acre aa compared with .>1.1 buebela,
tba 10-year average.
Dnaikt In important aoutbam
prodncini atatea greatly r«lor- d tha
sweet potato crop, which ia setimatad
at 77.620,000 huahala, or about 2S„
000,000 buabela balow tha avarage of
tha laat five yeara and tha amalleat
rrop since 1916.
Flax aaad production return tbia
fear to tha high level of tha pariod
from IMS to IMS aad a total crop
>f .*>,(1152,000 buahela ia eatiauted
paaeing tha racord crop of 190t by
mora than 1,000,000 buabela.
Tobacco production ia 261J0M06
pound# taaa than laat year, with a
total crop of 1.21.1.976.000 pounda aa
'i ma tad. Bright tobacco abowm a de
reaaa of 116,800 pounda, cigar typaa
W.000.000 pounda. and Maryland aad
naatern Ohio aapart typaa 1317,000
pounda. Quality of tha crop vartaa
la New England, ia goad in Pennsyl
vania, not aa gaed ia tha Mlaari Val
ley of Ohio, and poor in Wlacoaain.
Quality hi Kentucky ia uaiartala aa
fat aad will depend upan rabta dur
ing tha curing aaaaon. Maryland
npart suffered irimi from froot.
Bright tobacco in tba aula producing
regione ia slightly better in quality
than laat yaar. though still law.
Cora production averaged 23.6
lushela par acre tbia yaar aa coatpar
'd with 29 2 buahela laat yaar and
27.0 buabela, ia slightly above the
average of tha laat five jraara hot!
■mailer than laat year. Ptoepecta1
ire particularly poor In WaaUngton,
Idaho, Michigan and in eesaaaerclal
•ectioaa of ISnnayWsnia and Mary
land. The total commercial crop ia
Kthnated at 17480,000 barrela.
The harvaat of peara thia yaar has
Seen exceeded only once, in 1M0.
Production baa about doubled since
1900. Peanuts suffered from unfav
orable weather and tha amaOaat crop
<inee the government began to heap!
r -cord of them in 1111 ia the reault.,
the rati mate being 622,686,000
pounda.
TO
jtm will bra to be
riae to aa ther\ haaa-.w 11. i< tbaa |
in the awtraiaf tky
n* Ak«fMMd/i wh1 h wi!.
to eoaae from Mm direction of A»
will app«ur is the reining
; lb No*. 29 or C4.
Than tbiri are t'. * Taurida, H>m«!
(tiatiact frmipe appealing at different
time* dnrlni the month 'rnra differ
ent potato in Tanrua. Tbaaa alao
will appear in the
from the direction of Ta
An occaatonal fire-ball, which is
■imply • meteor of sxesptional (in
nr brilliancy that may *ucraod in
rewhinf the earth* turf at*, ha* been
known to appear among the Taurida,
•o Icaep an eye on the eastern hea
ven* November evening!. You may
nee aomething of apecial interea*. in
the way of meteor*.
The object that will probably first
catch your eye November evenings
will be the straggling W in Caasiop
ria, in the northern heavens, high
kbove the Pole. Too will probably
march in vain for the Big Dipper,
toe it lies on the opposite side of the
Pale from Casslopsis and is so close
la the horixoa in November that it
Is concealed from view, partly if not
mmpletely, by trass or building* to
the northward. Possibly you will be
ible to make oat the outline* of the
Little Dipper though, with the North
Star, Polaris, at the sad of Its handle.
Next to Cassiopeia, the Great
Square in Pegaaas with ths constat!*
ition of Aadrnmsda Joining it an the
mat, is one of the most noticaable
>f the autumn groupa. It now Ilea
lirectly sfl the meridian due sooth of
the aenith overhead. To the south
mat of the Great Square lies Aquar
iua, the Water Bearer, which can
he distinguished by the T-shaped
rroop of stars from which a stream
if faint stars is flowing toward the
■outh and southeast. Mats, still in
Aquarius, where H has barn for many
months, is moving rapidly eastward
luring November and receding from
the earth.
In the East in November you will I
recognise some old acquaintances in |
ths Pleiades and Tyade* in Taurus,
ind Aldebaran, the fiery red eye of
the Bull. November was known in
ineient times as the Pleiad month and
the ancient Kings of Persia never
Failed to grant any request present
ed to them on Nov. IT, the day when
Pleiades came to the meridiaa at mid
light.
SEARCH GIVEN UP FOR
VESSEL OF EXPLORERS
waantnfrtnn, No*. IS.—Convinced
that further March in the north At- i
I an tie for the mixing American mo
tor yacht Laif EHcaaon «mM be
"futile," the 11 nl—■ Trenton ha* de
rided to abandon the March.
Captain Kalbua informed the atate
today that in view of the Witj wea- j
ther which haa iworniitd during rhe
two montha since the Erleuon waa
last heard of on her voyage ham
Norway to this country farther atf
forta to laoato the anl craft wra)d
be hipilin, ^
BartiatT "prMW'ht the craWng
e)nb at Americn an hoard the Tim
ton. had conenrrtd In the dacteion to
abandon the a~ieh. On bowd the
BtWm ware William W. Matting
writer* wMMtrte Todehl.'n painter.
*:u
= -=^- • 77T
wife of the commander of the motor
yacht Lief Ericaaon, refused to be
downcast tonight on being toM that
the United States uuioei Trenton
waa to give up ita eoarch for the Httle
craft whose crew of four aaeayid to
follow the route the Viking* took to
North America.
Mf ahali continue to believe that
ray huaband and hia companions n*
aafe until it ia proven that the?
are not," Mrs. Netting said Tm
know, they Bay hare had to pat into
one of the little inlets along the coast
of Greenland. I*» still hoping.'
Netting and hi* euaspaatmie Kl k
Todahl. marine paintor, Arthur Hilda
aliet who Joined the party at the la*
minute Bergen are new M days
enrite at Battle Harht*. Labrador.
They Bailed tMr 40 footer Ml off
Jalianahaab hart I* Qreailri Bep>
I ' •
With
Hi. Bobbed Haired Choir
cidewtala be illfM whan they may
help mak* thine* mot* eoay tor i
future rainy day.
Chief of the material emoluminta
Cool idea will receive as prealdent for
the next four pan is the 175,000 an
nual (alary—payable semi-monthly
There la an additional travel allow
ance of $26,000 yearly, to ha drawn
on M needed.
Douhtieaa a substantial part of thia
will ha returned to the treasury each
year during Coolldge'a regime. For
the praeident la not • radabout.
A further direct factor of pay la
the executive nana inn. aa reaidence,
fumiahed, lighted, heated and staff
ed at the co«t of the nation.
The presidential perquisites, how- <
ever, make np an hnponin* Hat.
He haa a private office in the capi-i
tol, glittering with (old and crystal,
at which touring visitors rase in awa.
He haa a flock ef the finest au
tomobiles; a private detective and po
lice force; a private art gallery; a,
private library; a private yacht!
when he travela by water and a pri
vate railroad train if ha goaa by land.
Private rreenhouaea mpply fresh
flowers for bis daak and dinner table
and I half dosen hraaa handa are on |
rail when ho waats atirriag muaic.
A personal physician looks after:
the phyaical welfare at himaelf and
hii family and be gets the right of
way over all telephone and telegraph
wires when he wants to sand a mes
He aata on fine linen which haa the
mat of arm of the United Statee
WOvPn IrlCO I »a v* X v wiv v TTDra CRuNI
and giaaaware hearing the seal of the'
V. S.
And at Thanksgiving and ("Inlet-'
max ardent admirers send in the big
rest tuiheys and the fattest possums
to harden the presidential table |
and digeetion.
Republican* Cam 11
Raleigh, No*. 15.—The republicans
rained eleven BMnbcrt at the legiala
ture. all ban member* in the |W
rral election, according to return* if
refvad on the state vote. Is the
election two yearn afo republican*
membership fall off to nine repraa
entetive* and three aenatara. In the
next r*neral assembly there will be
it republican houae member! and
three aenatora. Thirty-one ia«mh<in
rf the houae and fifteen senators tent
ing \n the last lecislatnre will he
members of the next area ion.
Winston Revokes Parking
Laws ✓ -s,
W—'~i 8iIm. Mm ft * an
mU weeks of preparation for eafore
inc the perkinf ordinances of Win
■ton-Salnn, with moch time spent in
i-rectinr signs and educating the pub
lic, the board of aldanaea, at the see
lion tonight, revoked practically all
parking laws, and henceforth the ve
hicles may staad upon the
tust aa kmc as the owner
leave them
In 11
provided they
of the furh.
inecneni of n
enforcement
tereat and the actiaa of the
eame aa a distinct avpriaa to the ta
tlr* city. No explaaatioa of the ac
Aa a final
CM. sre MM
"Nettled at • murk mad* a ftw
Hajm ago by Burke Culpepper, aa
mnrillit, whan tba evangeliat re
ferred to the bobbed haired girls at
the preeent day aa "Too bobbed hair*
••d qiaaiea," many of tk« female n—
ban of tba mix ad choir have nfuaad
to participate in tba singing of tba
choir at the revival sanicea. Aa many
aa half the famala members at tha
choir have refused ta sine, accord
in* to one source. while Dr. William
A. Lambeth, paator at the chorrh, de
clared that bat two or three ha ma
foregone their customary attend
ance."
The "Tempeet in the Teapot," mm
Dr. Lambeth cans It, eame after the
••vangellat aerrice last Sunday, when
Dr. Culpepper, after teUing the BMa
story turned to the choir and called
some of its members "you bobbed
haired sissies." Immediately after
the clam of the aerrtcea the wnmaai
members at the chair held an indig
nation meet inc. the result at which
was that many members agreed mat
to sing in the choir, while Dr. Cal
pepper waa conducting ssi i iuss a*
the church
Tries to gaatha Them
The anger of the giria waa
brought to the attention at the pas
tor, Rev. Dr. Lambeth, who sought
to soothe them at the evening ser
vice. He told the congregation at
the remark in the morning aboot
"bobbed-haired sissies," and then de
clared: "We hare a lot af bobbad
haired girla and a lot of long-haired
giria in thia choir, and we sure ad
mire them all. They are the moot
fsithful choir in the city."
However, the girls refosed to be
mollified. Monday night, the first
test, found a few at them on hand.
Tuesday night, likewiae, and Wednes
day night showed no improvement.
Last night. It waa called to the at
tention of Rev. Mr. Culpepper.
Sticking to his guns in the face at
the angered girls, he opened a new
broadside upon bobbed hair tent
night, and quoted acriptural paaaagea
to baar oat hie contention that bob
bed hair waa not in accordance with
the teachings of the Bible.
JOE SWINDELL IS GIVEN
THIRTY-YEAR SENTENCE
r»
Gate Om to Ikw Yun
Elisabeth City. Nov. 11-Joe Swta
isH, iswrirtod at hiThi iaptf* w
lations with a younf (fart Kara, today
ma wrtamd in superior eoort to
wtrt M years In the state priiw.
J. D. Farrier, of Wilson, grwmd
father of the *irl h> the eaae, who
made his w«y toto the Jail hers *a
rentiy and shot and wounded 8wto
Ml so badly he penbably will ha a
-ripple foe the rsosalader ti his Ms,
was iwiinl to ssr»a m to tfcn*
rears hi the state prtoon.
Farrier plsadsd fiOty, BwMMI
ns c—sletod by • Jury.
released «der bawd to the mm «f
II MM. IsMal la s«peetod to flla
ui appeal befers the adjewrwwswt ot