THE CMOLINA HOME
Mi FMM and EASTERN
REFLECTOR
FOB A BeTTKK (OKMOITV.
The success of a community does noi
depend on any one person in that
community it depends more or less on
every individual in the community. Of
(Omm • VMlU course one man who has the proper
FiiMlikaA hy spirit con work wonders, but if he is
na UFUCTtfB O0KTiJII, iMk
JJ J WHICHAM miiui working by himself he is seriously
fiaMMW/n 140KT11 OABOLWA. I handicapped. That community whicti
wants to succeed must have a lot of
citizens who are all working toward si
common end, and that end must be co
make their community the best one of
its kind. Perhaps many, or you migl'.t
say all places have citizens who at
heart want to st»e their community
! improved, but they do not know how
'to go about it; here is wIiiTe your
j one man gets in his work as leadei.
I Alone he can’t do much but with help
I
I he can do things and this is just wh^t
we want and need, a leader and then
everybody h<‘lpiiiff him with all fhi>ir
might.
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KUIUAY, JA,\UAUY 29, 1915.
it’s better to be up and doing thaa^ ijinj law question iias been rai.s-
i(j be down and done. j again and those who have stan.cl
0 I the talk say that this state needs a
i.^<:y people usually work overtiiu? j law forbidding any quail hunting for
wiien 11 conies to giving advice la period of live years. It is sa.'l
»— j that unless uch a law is soon pass ■ 1
every marrie.l, h will be no use to pass it becausi*
all of the birds will have been killed.
o I Some counties have already adopte'1
If souie men had never Ixen borii.jHuch laws but there is a need for a
.■■iiuie others might have to work for state-wide law. I'nless somethinR is
.t living. ^lone it will not be long until the co:-
ton weevils will beg'in to make them
Llui ihe income of
man is already taxed to the limit.
‘■The more polite some women arj
when the meet, the more they hat'--
■',ich other, when they part "
selves felt for it is claimed that birds
are one of the best thi'.ngs ever known
to k(>ep the weevils down. It seems t<-
he a question as to which we wiiit
Between Billy Sunday and Danker or weevils?
Miinday, Philadelphia is in a fair w.ay| ^
to b<‘<onie famous
However, the next generation w il
nave a citizenry trained not only to
<<rmB but to camp life and disciplin’’,
thanks to the Boy Scouts.
V\7th the supply normal and his ap
petite the same, it is difficult for the
I'onsumer to understand the contlnii-
O fluctuations in the prices of whear.
Oklahoma has just had its fourteet;-
ih bank robbery within twehe
months. That extensive Oklahonw
'onstituHdn evidentiv left somethin?
-lit.
Tho«> new fenders for automobn' S
make the front of the car look like a
'Hfety razor, and. indeed they ar
'Upposed to save the pt'destrnin !iv a
io.s<5 shave
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I'he heavy rains of the pii-ii vvceK or
-o have caused the rivers to rise to
111 unusually high mark. The only
lamage that has been reported was
ione hv the Neuae near Kinston when
I section of the railroad was wa.sht<d
i way Tar H ver is very high but ih
-till within high water bouml» an ’
:!ii itiiinaKe has been reported.
rile recent feat of talk..nt; acron>
n>- rontinent over the telephone
■ hows the great stridi's which ha.f
iMren made since the telephone became
» sui c:es,N At first a conversatior
■nor a few miles of wire was a great
,»i hievement but now a conversation
iiver 1,000 tnileii of wire has been aue-
•■ssfnlly carried out j
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lloiky Mount has secured a ira’i-I
i hise in the Vir^ nia league and ex I
ptrts ti» open the season in April on j
c 'Kular schedule We should like io
a determined move starte<i to r'
vivf the former league which was in
ihi» part of the state or to organi/:.'
another lesigne including tlie principal
I'ities of the ESastern part of the
Baseball has been talked already but
far nothing definite has been de
i-nl'd upon
iJilly Sunday comes in lor a lot oi
criticism because o( bis methods o'.
preaching but it cannot be denied that
he is da.ng a great deal of good, lli
causes thousands of people to attei d
churcli who would never do so exc«i»t
under such circumstances, and for
many of them this Is the first step to
ward a better life. F:ncourage hiu.
rather than criticize.
The House devoted a large part o!
one day last week to the discussion of
the tlsh question. A heading in o lo
of our exchanges very aptly put it
this way referring to the debates anil
discussions; ‘‘Someone said fish it
the House and the floodgates opened,’
This question regarding making th<‘
present session of the l^egislature
last only forty days has not yet beo'i
settled. A pood deal of discussion
luis been given to this proposal a’ld
while many want Ihe regular sixty
day session a large miniher favor ih
proposed short term.
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The Atlantic Coatsf l,ine has recent
ly announced that during the pa .1
year not a single passenger lost his
life iin tlie.r system because of c
wreck, run off or collision. This i.-i
a splendid record, one that not many
systems with as much mileage as this
road lias, can show.
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Touutain a town in this couniy, i-
one ot the most progressive places in
the county. llen;des other things the
town has its own electric lightii’t;
plant This place has a lot of booste's
in it who are doing a great deal to
jnialie their town better.
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.Vorlli t'arolina has been cut into or
divided into two sections in regard to
the judicial system. We now have the
(•Astern aiiil Western .iudicial ili-i
tricts.
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Thicago may have a Mayoress, same
rta.Y. Hy the way what is the feminine
fi>rm of "carter?"
A srape-juice dinner maketh glaJ
the heart of the paragrapher, but it
cutteth no figure in the divorce court.s.
It is itaid that the state-wide pri
mary bill will probably be adopted
or defeated this week. We hope it
yrill be passed and made a law. It
seems to be a good plan, one that
will enable the people to get the man
they want as a candidate and then to
elect him to office.
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Alabama ha.s been added to the dry
states by a recent b^ill passed over the
governor's veto which will stop the
sale of liquor in that state after June
1st. The number of dry states con
tinues to grow and to grow rapidly
too. The dry sentiment is growin.?:.
too, very rapidly.
I'he price of cotton is steadily going
up and we firmly believe that it is
JoBt a question of time until a fair
price will be recdived for it. Co
those who can we would say hold your
cotton and when the price does get
up to (ho point where a satisfactory
sale can be made sell slowly an1
don’t glut the market.
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(juite a number of writers suggePt
that farmers name their farms anj
have stationary printed with this name
on it. This Is a good suggestion and
one that our farmers will do well to
follow An attractive letter head gives
a letter added force and makes
favorable impression on the recipient
It advertises a farm and gives it a cor
tain air of distinction that is missing
without the name.
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Harry Thaw has at last been brought
Ixick to New York. He will now
begin his fight against l»oing put ba»-k
;n Mattewan. Harry did not have a
pull like that fellow Cleary who last
year killed his aon-in-law in, what
nearly every body thought except the
jury, cold-blood and was acquitted
It is rather peculiar that New Tork
state would expend so much money u>
secure Thaw when such a mlscarrlAce
of justice was being pulled off at
Haverstraw.
The British navy has, so to speak
evened things up with the Oermans
In winning their victory over the
squadron which waa attempting
raid on t^igllsh coast towns. This
war has been rather peculiar in that
no naval battles have occurred be
tween evenly matched fleets, that is
if we listen to reports. The reports of
this buttle says the speedier liritlsli
ships overtook and sank and damage,
part of the Cerman fleet. Kvideiitly
they were unevenly matched
HEALTH BILL KILLED
I The weather man is to be loii-
. Rratulated on keeping unusually tine
all? I net of resolutions.
•Nttmp Your Form.
Many ailvocateil for a number ol
yfMirs the naming of every farm in
the t'ounty and in lookiing over oui
exchanges this week we were strui K
by the following timely article in the
Standard-Laconic;
"(Jiving a farm a name is a go'<(i
thing and the practice should be e.''.-
tenUed. A name gives a distiuctive-
ness to » farm that is most desirat'le
in that it promotes loyalty to th
place, fosters a pride in it, and helps
to hold the family together. Ho'v
niuch better to g.ve the farm an ap
propriate name than to speak of it
as (he old so-and-so place, as th
third of some other farm on some con
cession road. And appropriate nam-'S
are easily found. Historic associa
tions. especially in the older parts of
the country may often determine
the choice. (ieographical location
landacapes, water, or some distinciivi
feature on the farm all suggest gool
names. Hy all means name the farm
and also keep to the farm.'' .Vorliiia
Headlight.
Hard TIb»9.
A iiortiiBrn editor turns loose the
following: Yes, these times are hard,
The recent letter a» it was;
prepared by the administration to ei
^aiu their actions in regard to ob-j ai least one phase of foreign trade! we throw away ashes and buy soap,
serving our neutrality is an admirable: n, have resolved inself into “air we raise dogs and buy hogs; we grew
answer to those who have been <-ri.- i.fy and no wool.*'
IciMiug them for their stand on th'-H^ . _ ^
auestion. Moat of this criticiam | gince a contingent of PJi lalanC-
comes from petiple who came from ^ era has join*id, the allies will doubt-
Qcrmuiy or Austria and they thintt iphu proceed to eat ’em alive,
our country is acting In an unneutral | . .
Muner In not stopping the shipmen.. Krom the quantity of water so far it Yes, these arc hard times, but whose
ot certain goods to the khiropean might be said the new year .nwiui- U It? Don't place all the blame>
^ntrlea. ! uiing along oa the president and the trusU. |
weeds and buy vegetables; we catcB
fish with a four dollar rod; we build
school houses and 8«md children away
to be educated; and last but not least,
we send our boys out with a $40 guti
and a )20 dog to huut ten-rent game.
>orth t'arolina to be Recognised
Seeond'CUuiS Registrmtlon State
'H>e second most imi>ortant healtu
hill to come before the present healtU
al Assembly was killed in the Houm'
recently.
The story,ib at folows: The la>-t
General Asembly passed what Is
known as the Model I.*w tor register
ing births and deaths with addition
of what appeared to be an insignifi'j-
ant amendment. To this rmendmeiit
the federal authorities take strong ex-
ception and refuse to recognize Norta
Carolina as a registration state along
with some twenty-five or more other
states in the Union.
At the present session, a bill was
introduced to- repeal this amendment
l/argely because the significance of
this amendment was not understood,
the Houso declined to repeal it, fear
ing that it ni!:ght possibly work som?
hardship in rural districts. Experi
ence in twenty-seven other registra
tion states, however, does not indicate
that such amendment is nccessary ov
that its absence works hardship w tii
any one. This means that while
North Carolina has a registration law
on her books which costs the staic
$10,000 a year, her results will not
be recognized by the government, ti
the eyes of the world ouside of Nor'h
Carolina, she will be recognized as a
second rate state, with and yet with
out a Vital Statistics law.
We in North Carolina feel absoluti -
ly confident that the death rate in a
number of counties, as for instance
Robeson, Nash Buncombe, and many
oth('r mountain counties Is tar below
the average In the United States and;
if our figures were accepted by th-3
federal authorities, it would bo a
splendid advertisement for North Car
olina and be the means of bringing
here many desirable people not only
from northern states bat from Euro
pean countries. ' However, without the
sanction of the federal authorities,
our figures will of necessity be look
ed upon with susplcilon, no matt«r
how accurate they might be or whui
healthful localitloB they might ind‘-
cate.
CHANiBJE OF OATS OF
GOOD ROADK INSTITUTE
Ftva Ccata Prtves IL
A ttraereut Offer. Cut oat tUs a4,
eaclose with 6 eeots to Foley ft m ,
Chicago, in.. aad receive a free trial
package containing Foley*a Hooey and
Tar Compound for oougha, eolds erosp
bronchial and lagrlppe eonghs; Foley
KlAney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets. For sale In your town by all
druggists.
Owing to certain conflicts with other
conventions, it has been deemed wise
to change the date of the Good Roads
Institute, which is to be held at the
I niversity of North Carolina, to Feb
ruary 23-27. Eeverytbing looks veiy
favorable for a splendid attendance »l
the Institute, and it is expected that
he results this year will surpass the
splendid results obtained last year.
Engineers and commissioners have
been requested to bring samples of
sand-clay and topsoll roads,-—-the^e
samples to be taken from those po>
tions of the roads wMch have stood
up during ^the bad weather of the pre
sent winter, and also those portions
of the roads which have gone to
pieces during this time. These sam
ples will be tested during the Institute
and it is believed that definite rea
sons can be worked out why one
road went to picese and another stood
up as a hard surface.
Already considerable progress ha^
been made in regard to working out
a practical scheme for the mainten
ance of our highways, and this will
be thoroughly discussed at the Insti
tute, and it js expected that as a re
sult a satisl'actory method will be
worked out which can be recommend
ed to the county road officials.
lOSEPH HYDE PRATT,
.lanuary 25, 19IG. State Geologlsi.
LJfe Insanuce Befased.
l^er notice how cleeely life insur
ance examiners look for symptons of
kidney diseases? They 4o so because
weakened kidneys lead to many forms
of dreadful life-shorteBinc afflictienA
If yon have any symptons like pain in
the back, frequent, ecanty or painful
action, tired feeliag, aekee and paine,
get Forey Kidney Pills today. For
sale by all drvcgists.
The Letter “E.’’
Some one has advanced the opini'.B
that the letter "e” fe the most m^ij-
fortunate letter in the English alphn-
bot, because it is always out of cash,
forever in debt, never out of danger
and in hell all the time. For some
reason, bo overlooked the fortunate
of the letter, a« we call his attention
to the fact that “e" is never in war
and always in peace. It Is the begin
ning of existonce, the commencement
of ease and the end of trouble. Witli-
out It there would be no meat, no lifo
and no heaven. It is the center of
honesty, makes love perfect and with
out It there would be no editors, devils
or news.—Fourth estate.
DBrNKEN WIFE BEATEK
HELD AT BOCK¥ MOUNr
Rocky Mount, Jan. 26—While
under the influence of whiskey, tho
police declare J. K. Kelley, a whi*e
employee of the Atlantic Coast line,
is alleged to have beaten his wife in.o
insensibility, and according to tU^
poCice, the woman was severely
choked and beaten until two spasion
resulted. Her condition today, while
dot considered serious, haa been such
as to demand the attention of a phy
sician during much of the day. Kelley
was arrested this morning following
the complaint of the neighbors and
an investigation by the police and in
being held in the local police stattioi
awaiting trial tomorrow morning.
There are two small children besides
the mother and father, who make up
the family circle. According to the
neighbors, the man is alleged to have
beaten His wife, severely last nlghl
judging from the general distrubanrc
caused at the home, while today it is
stated he renewed his activities along
this line. The police declare that thev
will produce as witneses tomorrow
morning re^dents of that section wl o
saw the man slap the woman down in
the street today. The man Is an old
offender on this charge and has ap
peared in the city court several time*
before on this count, though previous
ly his wife has not been treated so
severely.
Want Better (iovernmeBt.
Why do we have to put up with
muddy streets and almost impassable
roads? Here's the answer in a nut
shell: We spend too much money
for government. The salary list of
the county officials of Cherokee has
been about doubled since the county
was formed, and we can’t see that
wo are getting any better service to
day than we did sixteen years ago.
It costs a great deal more to mu
Gaffney today than it did twenty
years ago and yet we cannot see that
we are getting any better sorvlee.
The whole trouble lies in the fact
that too many x>eopIe are milking th*!
cow. The only remedy is fewer ofi-
cers. It would be much better to em
ploy one or two eompetent men to ran
the municipality and pay them a ree-
pectable wage than to employ a score
or more and pay each of them a small
wage. A movement should be put on
foot to have the commiseion form of
government applied to Goftney.—Cteff-
ney Ijedger.
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The Best Is None Too
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GoocI For You
la this day and time majority of men
look for the best the market
affords in all lines.
Realizing this fact we keep our store
well stocked with
HARDWARE
to meet the wants ot all men.
Phone 32,
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Greenrille, N C.