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gs EPIDEMIC OF FLU
B|lt t-WSi & Thousand Oases There.
is Klara City Health Department.
H* Greensboro. Feb. 10.—While ae
■brafe figurte cannot be made of
■£ number of influenza cases in this
■tty now. It is probable that there
Kre at least 1,000, according to city
■pith department officials. Such
are not reportetl to the health
like the more virulent
■fid more contagious diseases but
■pork Os the chief physician and
give a fair understanding of
of cases.
HThe disease is affecting all classes
rich and poor: those with
means to prevent it and com-
Knt it and those so poor that there
not in the houses spoons and
Knps from which to give the medi-
H*ne that the health department
Hakes to the destitute sufferers. In
Kune houses that he and his forees
■have gone there was no food, no
■fiei, not even sheets and quits on
■he bed and perhaps a whole family
K>f five down with the malady.
WB- tn other houses physicians are i
■glted to treat delicately reared,
■sheltered people, with plenty of
Boone y and . everything else, but all
the "flu" germ creating havoc
Keith their systems.
IB Dr. C. C Hudson states that the
■m&eznic is of less virulent form
■ban that of the years just following
Be World War but that it is dan-
Hcrous and very contagious.
K Post and Flagg’s Cotton Letter.
York. Feb. 19. —While there
Hkt Incessant talk in some quarters
Knout the amount of unsold stock in
■he south and that this will present
■ press on, the market there is as
Efet no reliable evidence that cotton
Bn any quantity is heading here.
■Without doubt some will be shipped
EihjliiLL-L ULKIU'-LRJkJIUUJ-JM..... -IJL liJKL LJ.
pkjsifl Million
: Dollars!
\ ButWhat—Why—How?
Who would give her, Joanna, a million dollars?)
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She was pretty—men told her thatl She was attractive
—her rouge box, eyebrow pencil, short skirts and pep
pery tongue assisted to that end. But what was the
big idea behind the gift?. She wasn't a gold digger,
hadn't tried to vamp any rich men—and didn't even
know a millionaire by sight! Why had this unknown
man coolly passed her a million dollars without any
I I apparent “ifs” or "ands”fc
There must be an answer to every question. There
are answers to these—as Joanna Will soon learn. What
she learned —her romantic and tragic experiences—
her loves and heartaches, and finally the big test, make
the greatest story of the modern flapper ever penned.
I Don’t fail to read “JOANNA;”
I BEGINNING MONDAY
for Maw* delivery by mills and
others, but the quantiy is doubtful
and if there should be a revival of
, spot demand to fill March commit
ments the total shipped would hard
ly be enough to affect prices serious
ly.
Such a possibility should not be
overlooked, however, but should be
given due weight in working out the
price equation. One thing, however,
is certain that in the past month or
six weeks the local stock has de
creased by leaps and bounds and is
really too small now to be a factor.
More may come in after March trad
ing ends but much of the widely ad
vertised stock in the south is tar be
low contract requirements and ex
perience while December tenders are
still green in the minds of shippers.
It is useless to attempt any fore
cast for the near future but cotton
looks low- enough to buy and might
prove very cheap if any seriious re
verses overtake the next crop.
POST AND FLAGG.
Dun’s Trade Summary-
New York. Feb. 19.—Dun’s to
morrow will say:
“It is still the fact that favorable
business reports predominate, but
there has been a recent halting of
expansion in some directions. The
slowing down is partly seasonal and
a similar condition arose at about
this time last year, yet the subse
quent results in various quarters
more than fulfilled expectations. The
present situation is inherently sound
and settlement of the protracted
coal strike has removed an adverse
phase, though the disturbing effects
of the controversy have not yet
wholly passed. A sudden and severe
break in coke prices has weakened
the pig iron market, causing some
consumers of that material to hold
off, and price easing in certain other |
commodities of late also tended to'
restrain demand. As usual, buyers
are less disposed to operate while
quotations are yielding the possibili
ty for further concessions being con
sidered and Dun's list for the fifth
consecutive week shows an excess of
decline.
“Weekly bank clearings $8,562,-
000. I
INFORMATION REGARDING
NEW INCOME TAX STATUTE
Requirements of Employers In Con
nection With Returns Regarding
Salaries Paid.
Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Gilliam Gris
som, United States collector of inter
nal revenue, has authorized the fol
lowing statement:
-We have just eceived a telegram
from the Hon. David H. Blair,
commissioner of internal revenue,
that a treasury decision provides
that the salary information returns
need only be made for single em
ployes whose salary was for the cal
endar year of 1925, $1,500 or more;
and need only be made for married
employes whose salary for the cal
endar year of 1025, $2,500 or more;
this will relieve you of part of this
usual information.
"The telegram from the commis
sioner reads as follows:
“ 'Treasury decision 3818 provides
information returns on form 1099
will be required only where pay
ments amounting tq $1,500 or more
are made during the calendar year to
single persons, or $3,500 or more to
married persons: give publicity to
this provision and notify the large
taxpayers in your district.’
"The commissioner has already re
leased the regular income tax re
turns, form 1040—A, for taxpayers
jof not more than $5,000 net income;
'the larger individual income tax re
turns and the corporation income
• tax returns will be sent as soon as
i
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
the new bill is passed by Congress
and with these will go rxpranation
of the changes made by the new
law.’’
Dates Fixed For Barara and Phi la
th ea Meeting.
Salisbury. Feb 19 —The state con
vention of Harness and Philatheaa
which will be held in Salisbury this
year will be in session Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. April 23, 24, 25,
the date having just been set by the
executive committee which met in
Salisbury several days ago. The con
vention is expected to bring a large
number of men and women here,
members of Rdult Bible classes
throughout the state andthey will be
entertained in the homes of the city
on the Harvard plan.
The Dampest Spot.
Rainfall at a certain place in the
Hawaiian Islands is said to be heavier
than at any other spot in the world.
For half a eenttury the world’s record
for rainfall has been attributed to the
town of Oherapunji, in India. This
is in the foothills of the Himalaya,
about 4,100 feet above sea level. The
moise monsoons have condensed rap
idly on being forced up the mountain
sides and the rainfall at Cherannji
has averaged 426 inches a year. Now
come those who dig into such things
to find that on the summit of Mouut
Waialeale. 5,080 feet above the sea,
the rainfall averages 476 inches, and
that during 1914 and 1918 it jumped
to 600 inches, which is, of course,
nearly two inches a day. Two inches
of rain is equavalent to 129,820 tons
the square mile!
A sprag is a piece of wood which
is thrown between the spokes of a
wheel on a coal-mining car to bring
it to a stop on a grade, acting as a
hrake. Over three million feet of
timber is required annually for mak
ing sprags in Pennsylvania.
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NOTED CHICKEN CASE
AT SHELBY IS CLOSED
Jury Rules Defendant Was Not Re
sponsible for Death of Poultry.
Shelby, Feb. 18,-—A jury sat on the
case of W. H. Warwick against O. V.
Wa click whereby W. H. Warliek was
asking damages in the sum of S2OO
for the loss of chickens alleged to
have been killed by foxes turned
loose by O. V. Warliek, decided that
there was not sufficient evidence to
show ttiat O. V. Warliek was to be
held accountable for the loss of the
chickens and when the jury answered
j "Nothing” to the question, “What
damage, if any ia the plaintiff. (C.
H. Warliek) entitled to,” Judge John
I*. Mull taxed the plaintiff .with the.
cost in the case.
It was an interesting scene in the
court room which was filled to ca
pacity. No case has attracted as much
attention since the famous Frances-
Philbeek affair. Interest has aroused
because the case was unique and the
outcome of the rase settled a ques
tion which has often arisen in the
minds of the public. Fox hunting
and chicken fanciers were there in
great numbers because it was a case
of “fox vs. chickens.” The Warliek
families are both prominent in the
upper part of the county, where the
case has been discussed freely ss well
as in the State press, since the story
went out from Shelby, the Shelby
Star says.
It will be remembered that O. V.
Warliek turned loose a number of
foxes in bis section because he and
hi* friends are lovers of the chase.
The foxes were kept in a “den” about
sixty days and fed frert meat. After
the foxes were freed some months
W. H. 'Warliek lost 200 mice chick
ens and blamed the foxes. W. v.
Warliek disowned sny responsibility
for the loss of chickens, alleging that
the foxes were not his after they
were ..freed, but belonged to any one
who caught them. Mrs. W. H. War
lick alleged that dhe ran one fox out
of her ebicUn yard and that it went
info the direction of O. V. Warliek’*
fox den; that feathers from hot chick
ens were also found strewn in the di
rection of the fox dsn. To counter
act evidence that it was his foxes
that ate the chickens, O. V. Warliek
declared that minks and weasSlswere
destroying chickens in the neighbor-
Hi
* Mrs. AndJ Proctor, living between
the two Warliek families, alleges that
she lost a quantity of chicken* nnd
that a member of her family killed
. two foxes with a gun.
Giving Options.
Albemarle Press.
i A man who owns land or other
I valuable property should be slow to
i give options thereon unless a satisfae
| tory percentage of the actual worth
is put up as a forfeit in case of
i failure to take up the option. This
. practice has led to many abuses of
, tlie real estate business, and has gone
l far towards wrecking business in
t Florida. If a speculator wants, an
option, ho should be willing to pay
, for it. The land owner should de
, mand at least five per cent, of what
he considers the reasonable worth be
, fore signing over an option. When
. this plan is followed there will be
, fewer bogus offers and an option will
. become tantamount to a sale. A real
| estate boom built upon options is a
, farce, and means no good thing at all
I to other business interests. Demand
9 the five per cent., or keep the abso
c lute title intact until sale ia made.
Stanly Ranks Second.
Albemarle Press.
School attendance during 1924-23 J.
was of a higher average than the pre
vious year, as observed by State
School Facts. Stanly county held
sixth place in 1923-24, but last year
it jumped up to second in rank.
Thirty-five counties had higher per
centage! of attendance than the atate
average of 76.4 per cent.
Carteret, Stably, Dare, Northamp
ton, Brunswick and Bladen each had
higher percentages of average daily at
tendance than any of the averages in
the three city groups.
School Facta adds:
“If. proof of a growing public confi
dence and faith in public education
were needed, it cam be bad in the fact
that the percentage of the total school
population that waa enrolled was 3.48
per cent, larger each year upon an
average during the 34-year period,
and that the average daily attendance
percentage was 5.86 per cent, larger
each year- Regularity of attendance
improved twice as rapidly as enroll-
B»ent, 'and enrollment increased more
than twice as rapidly as population.”
By taxing at its source, only four
men are needed to administer the
collection of Wisconsin's gasoline
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