THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 1925
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THl ItSliAY, Al (H'ST 13. 1925
I IKE TRAPS.
There is a vast difference between
constructive criticism and "knocking.''
There are quite a fev ilrinpiduted,
eve .ho re , miserable, uiM'irM'y fire
traps in the way of oUl frame buird
intfs in the heart of our business
.section that ought to be done away
with at once. Eire insurance is made
coiimiIci able hiiher -im this acrmnt
and there are sn many reasons why
they should be abolished that spac
forbid mentioning them here. Let's
enforce the ordinances against these
frame structures.
NEWS I HUM KAI.KICII.
I Hy M. I,. Shipman.)
Haleih. N". I'., August 10. (iovern
nr McLean, after seven strenuou;
.nonths as Chief Executive, left last
Vi ek for a three weeks' stay in the
woods of Minnesota. The State Prison
answered some of its critics with a
statement reviewing the past four
years. Corporation Commissioner
Maxwell stated the rate decreases or
dered for freight ninvini; from the
Sotilhii-t was a ifreat victory for
.Ninth Carolina. The State Depart
ment if Labor and I'l intinc; came t
a-iii with charges against
sinner (Irist of favoritism in
printing and former governor
nil from Charlotte issut'd a state
in whleh he declared be would
;o inio di -lii it issue with Governor
Mi l.e.n whi'ii the latter returns frori
at ion iiinl announced he woulld
one fiu t for the people. These
wee the outs' : ndintf events in n
liit hi-1 quiet wee's it the Capital City.
tioi linn JH'Liri: -lali-il when leav
ing In- would be f; :ie not less than
two weeks nor more C:an three weeks
jinil arnounreit fie woiii r he at a camp
for eMMii-e to replenish his physical
vii r. It is known about the capital
he we it to Minnesota, though no an
fourii merit was made from the Ex
cutjv office. Constitutionally, I. El
mer I ontr of Durham, is now Governor!
Though the functions are bointf ex
ercised, as heretofore, when the Gov
ernor leaves trie Mate, hy those in
e ha' tre of the Govenor's office.
In in effort t, discount some of its
was quite freely predicted. Mr. Grist,
however, is standing by the records
of his office he says which will show
the charge untrue. His assistant,
who was l'uii'.e .!y employed by the
Edwards and Iirou... n Company,
"has not a word to say ' i.jut the
charges.
Former Governor Morrison from
Charlotte issued a statement in
which he declared the "accrual" basis
deficit of approximately $3,125,000
which the State Auditor says exists
should be be reduced still further by
credits of uncollected taxes. Mr.
Morrison says he will go into the mat
ter further when Governor McLean
returns to the State and give th
executive an opportunity to use the
data or answer if he sees fit.
The voters of Wake county are to
pass upon the proposition of loaning
the State Highway Commission $1,
SOO.OO0 for the paving of routes 21,
90 and 91 leading out of Raleigh. A
special election is soon to be held
and the prospects seem favorable for
advocates of the measure.
Chairman John G. Dawson, of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee, come' out squarely for a fixed
State policy for Caswell Training
School at Kinston. The Chairman
leels that it is not receiving a square
deal. Others share with him a like
onclusion, and something is likely to
happen.
The number of auto licenses issued
this year in excess of last is 25,200,
or thereabouts, according to reports
from the license bureau of the De
partment of Revenue. Assuming that
u title goes with each license it is
Mrs. T. V. Bickett, wue i.f the form
er governor, was recently un ir :. Piously
elected Commissioner of Public Wel
fare for Wake county to au. ceed her
self. The election was for a period of
two years.
Pardon Commissioner Hoyie Sink
lriounces that he will bear no c!em
aiuy applications except in rmer
K"nc cases during the absence
SHOWER FOU HrtiPiS KI.KCT
Miss Isabella McDowell, who is to
be married next 'Ved-iei.-iy to Mr.
Kelley Elmore, wyi k en n very de
lightful party Tuesd.i;' by Miss Ruth
Wyche. '
The afternoon was spen. in chatting
i;nd in embroider.1. g tea tcVrls for
the bride-to-be. Toward the close
of Governor Mr-Lean. Mr. Sink ex- of the affair little Miss Florence Hnrts-
nerts lo devote iim full time t) the
work of the Sal ii rind Wat.e Coin
mission, in the m.' u.i irr-'. Me sue
ceeded Sam L. Ro ,-rer is executive
secretary on the death u. in.' a .er
and has since bvi serving the Slate
in a dual capacity.
A LETTER FROM .MRS. Ql'EEJM
Charlottsville, Va Aug. 5. 1925.
Dear Carolina Mountaineer: .
As I have returned to Charlotts
ville from a delightful visit to the
friends and loved one in the Caro
lines, and have just seen the Tarheel
friends at Kents Store, find all en
joying life, and good heai'h. I take this
opportunity of writing all who said
write to me."
This is to you and to the ones whom
I failed to meet. I answer you that
I enjoyed every day of the eight weelcs.
We talked of the problems of life,
of the wonderful changes that lire
taking place all around us, and of the
general fmtition of life. Occasion
ally the trend led to evolution, and
the evolutionist,. I am not well
enough informed to cope with the
scientist, but as I read the Bible, I
think I understand enough of its
field and Rol't. Wych-?, Jr. entered
with a tiny daisy decked chariot in
which were heaped Many useful and
attarctive gitfs.
The color schem-- yellow sr-d white,
was carried out in minutest del ill in
the house decorations and in the ice
course sorved.
Those enjoying Mis-? Wycht's ho.
pitality besides the honorei A ere:
Misses Alice and Lois Hxnvld. Bess
and Daisy Boyd, Hele.i Wyvhe, Josre-
lyn McDowell, Mildred Crawfn'C
MesJninex Henry Fov. Ir., P.oy Mar
tin, Hi sr. Mass"-, Kotwt wjtro,
Thomas I'ardin o Knot 'die .Harts
field ar.d Pavis of West Pj'm M"icrV
MR, BREEDING ILL.
asy to figure the reason for putting in teat.hinrs to krmu. what we must do to
v-The many ft tends nf Mr. T. C.
Breading learn with -e?'.vt of his con
tinued illness at his me on li un
dary ' atreet- Mr. Broo-lii.g has not
fully leeovered fron' an operation
which he underwent sometime ago
and a relapse with co:ni!.Tl!i n has
occurred. Latest reports, however,
are yery favorable.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
over-time during the final days of
the "rush period." The law now re
quires that trucks be licensed and
the are nearly forty thousand of these.
But the rush is over and the license
bureau is enjoying a brief "respite."
For a little while on last Tuesday
inherit Eternal life. We are taught
"that the way is so plain that a fool
may not err therein."
We read in the Bible, that the
eight souls saved in the ark, were of
the creation that was in the image
and likeness of God. Decendantg of
the fo
Conn:
pla.ir
till '
Ins
I a
morning Raleigh was at the mercy ofjSrth whom God aidi ..was cl(,ated
tile mast terrific storm the city has . ... , a, I- u;Q
j III LUC IIM'lltnn Ul nuaiii, mn mum.
experienced in years, during which the - for his tranilfrc!,8ion was ban
wm reaencu a ve.ocuy oi lorry-nine ish(i(, ,o ,he )anl, flf ,f any of
miles an hour. Trees planted on ,js deMm JanU wpe save( they must
cap,,.,, square uuring vances time , yp ,ermed bea,t3 Possib,Vi
were uprotted. light and telephone j babo()nSi or monkev,.
wires dislocated and basements in. Frioni!,p r foc Rurc that our an
vanous parts of the city were fl.,ded. c(,3tors were the imngc and ,iUe.
i ii i ii 4 li ( tu i mo ( trees were oiowii
(inwn. or lost branches and traffic was
Mocked fur hours. The housing over
. ,. . . . r u c
""' ,u" I rll right, but plean- let bin. k - p 'Jiis
prune court building gave Vay and dfjcU,ne tQ WlmseL 0ur children Wst
iienioi, sheil a large skylight the dam
age being estimated at around $1,000.
It is announced by A. L. Smith, of
ness of God, because He says so.
I If the e .'olntionist war ts to claim as
ihis ancestors, the . abo -n or mokev,
made 1
iri'V charges, chiefly those
by 'he News and Observer in a cru
sade against Superintendent George
Ros ; Toll, a statement was issued
from the pr ison in which the increases
in prison population, decreases in
physically able prisoners decrease in
revenue and increase in maintenance
jind various health and social service
reforms made during the past four
years were cited as reasons why
there was an inability to run the
I Nashville, Term., field agent for the
j.luliti- liosenwald fund for the pro
; notion of Negro education, that
North Carolina lends all other souths
I cm states in this work, there being
I I-M schools and fourteen teachers'
U mes, representing a total expendi
l'i.re of more than $2,000,000. The
North Carolina schools emloy 1,331
jliachers and care for H!l.S!5 pupils.
I Of the amount expended for this pur
pose in the State North Carolina ne
groes are said to have contributed
$131,471; the white folks $65,157; tho
public school authorities $1. 12S,."8'.
and Mr. Rosenwald $3'.M),8:ti;.
Stacey W. Wade, Insurance Com
missioner, has collected this year li
cense taxes from insurance com; .1
nies aggregating $111 l.'JOH. 1 5, a.i in
crease of $20.1103.97 over the fint
half of 192J. Commissioner Wad
hands the daily collections to Com-
mission Doughtoii, of the Depiirtme.it
of Revenue, instead of making daily
di posits to the credit of the .state
Tri-asu'er. This i thought to be I
i ' -icr ai -I better way.
F atiki.n Sherman, of the State ':
Division of Entomology, reports thrt'
"boll weevil operation-' are more no-j
trceahle thi year than lust; that th
infestation of cotton fields is found
principally in the southern and east
irn counties of the State, the western
be taught the jdii;i tru'hs of the
I Pible. To break dow n the testimo
I nies of the Binle i to usher m heath
enism.
The Bible is the pledg '? and charter
of civil liberty. By ob-d eri.-i; to its
tenchings we live the life eternal,-but
by disobedience we reach its punish
ments. We are awed nnd again over
joyed at things v.e si" not able to
explain. There's terror in the roarl
of the thunder and the sli-'.-k of the
torando. There's bcautv in the spark
ling dewdrop, and even the Imicst
flower that hangs from its frail s'em
There's so much beauty und grandeur
in nature that we precei-,v tiie 'i-nd
of God in even the tiniest flower. God
made everything that's necessary
for man's eonfort. and pleasure in this
Master Fred Moody Carey of Hart
ford. Conn., celebrated his fifth birth
day Friday afternoon with a party at
the home of his grandmother. Mrs.
James M. Moody.
After an afternoon if games the
children were invited into the dining
room to cut the birthday cike i beau
tiful yellow cake with five yei'ow can
dles. The favors and the candies also
larried out the color motif.
During the afternoon the mothers
of the young guests played bridge.
Those invited were: Mary Alice
Dungan, Nancy Isenhour. Anr - i Cath
i t ine and Robert Coin Emily Siler,
Bobby Plott, Haseltin.; and Bill
Swift, John and Robert Rome, Mar
garet Eliza Mebine, Joy Ann Coble,
James Clayton Carey, CatK-iinc Mar
tin, Carolyn Ward, Kctt't Withers,
Jr., Homer Plott, Jr., Thad Ch npin, Jr.,
Blanche IIowell,and Annu Lokot.
CLYDE CULLINGS.
prison without drawing on the State I r-rea having practically escaped se-
Treasnry. Against any possible de
ficit, Mr. Pou set the various improve
'ments cited as being worthwhile.
Corporation Commissioner Maxwell,
probably the leading freight rate ex
pert of the State, issued a statement
after the Interstate Commerce Com
mission had ordered rates for this
section reduced, in which he said the
decrease was "a great victory" for
North Carolina. Mr. Maxwell was
asked some time ago to sit with the
Commission in determining these rates
but when he saw the trend of affairs
he got off and appeared for North
Carolina. He declared shippers of
North Carolina, which was specially
favored in the reductions, will find the
new rates of Inestimable value.
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing Grist was charged during the
week by the Capital Printing Com
pany with giving more than a right
ful share of printing under the con
tracts to Edwards and Broughton
Company. Mr. Grist declares the
charges untrue and called on Govern
or McLean to have them thoroughly
investigated by the Printing Commis
sion. The Edwards and Broughton
Company, It Is generally reported In
Raleigh, strongly supported Grist for
LI .4 AI. ! l 4t.fc
tlKUUR m um mbi unniiri aiiu hi, um .
time such a condition as has arisen . meetings.
rious infection. "Dusting" is offensive
to this menacing bug and Mr. Sherman-
says much of this has been done.
The State College Textile school s
to be expanded to the extent of re
quiring two additional expert instruc
tors, it is announced by Dean Thomas
Nelson of that institution. Prof. I.
Moiyneaux.of the Manchester Tech
nical school, England, and Prof. A. H.
Grimshaw, of the New Bedford, (Mas
sachusetts) Textile school are the nw
additions to the staff. The summer
school recently ended consisted of in
structions in yarn manufacturing,
weaving, textile designing and fabric
analysis, and was very well attended.
The North Carolina Society of En
gineers concluded a two-day conven
tion in Morehead City on Saturday.
Quite a number of Raleigh members
of the organization went down on in
invitation of Secretary W. Vance
Baise, Mrpwlf being a resident; of this
city. The- principal addresses were
by Secretary of State Everett, Dr. W.
C. Riddiclf, Dean of Engineering of
Stat College, and H. 0. Shirley.
Chairman of the Virgiim Highway
Commission. Hon Chas. S. Wallace,
of Morehead, made the a Uress of
welcome and local cammitteea "did
the rest" during the Interims botweon
life. Then how ungrateful aie we
if we fail to fully acknowledi;? Him.
The tree of life was unguarded be
fore Adam's transgression. Through
transgression came the law and by the
law we are judged. Thi; bfe
gi anted us ns a preparatory state for
that richer and fuller life that is to be.
"Who ever beheld the stardevked
dome of night, I
With its mvriads of twir.khn,? stars.
And looked upon them shining. fi
Nor turned to earth withtut repining;
Or wished for wings to fiy away
To live in their eternal day?"
We are unconsciously looking on
ward and upward foe a beckoning
hand. May we all so liv this life that
when our associations ur-. . nded here
we may meet in that land where ro.v
I'regations never break up and n--so
ciations have no end.
Yours ever,
MOLLIE h. ijUEEN.
FROM FINES CREEK.
Mr. Bradway of western New Jer
sey and W. B. Noland have been very
tftuy for the last few-days buying
milk cows. They bought fifty fresh
cows and 75 calves. We are glad to
hear Mr. Bradway come to our county
us he has left five thousand dollars
with the good farmers of our county,
AT KIRK PATRICK LODGE.
Quite a number of the Kirkpatricks
with relatives and friends spent last
week at C. F. Kirkpatcrick's lodge on
Crabtree. Those in the party were:
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Kirkpatrick. Mr,
and Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Hoke of Wilmington, Mr,
and Mrs. C. B. PheiTar- and Miss
Pheiffer of Sylvania, G, "Mi. F. W.
Rogers and Miss Moselle Huff' of
Pacolet, S. C, Mrs. W. W. Lancaster
and Miss Emma Lancaster of Spar
tanburg and Toy Lancaster of Canton.
Wanted to buy V) fresh; milk cows.
AamCW 1L Knln4. I.Vahta. R. 1
jt-pd.
The water system of Clyde is com
pleted and quite a number have in
stalled water in their residences and
pJaceVof business.
Mr. Rush, who bought part of the
J. A; Collins farm, is erecting a mod
ern residence just opposite J. L. Mor
gan's home.
West Brothers have bought the J.
W. Morgan lot and house on Main
street where they are installing water
and making other improvements
The writer, a prognosticator. ob
served moon signs last night telling
him that there would be a wedding
in Clyde township within the next few
days. Let all who are interested take
due notice thereof and gxrvern them
selves accordingly.
The Medford Reunion tho last Sat
urday in August will as usual be a
large occasion. The addresses, jokes,
music and other features will make
it a day of considerable interest. The
"tribe" will be present.
More than $4,000.00 has already
been expended in the erection if u new
Uaptist church here. The brick work
v ill be finished within the re.ct six or
eight days, after which work will lie
gin at once on the roof. The structure
will cost not less than $12,000.00.
M. li. S.
OPENING
OF CLYDE HIGH
SCHOOL.
Clyde High School, which is now on
the accredited list, will begin its next
session Aug. 17th.
w e are late this Is-
sue Decause we hav.e!
not had Suffient El
ectrical Power to
run our Machinery.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of J. L. Grjthl, deceased, all persons
having olaims against -the estate of
the saiov j. U urani, . qoceased, are
hereby fcotifled to file said 'claims
with the- Clerk of th Superior Court
of Haywood County, on or before
August 4, 1926, or tils notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery of such
claims.
All persons Indebted to the said
estate are hereby notified to pay said
indebtedness to tho undersigned.
This 4th day of August, 192S.
W. A. GRAHL,
Administrator of the Estate of J. L.
Sept 10 Grant, deceased.;
' '
Little Miss Mary Francis Phillips of Miami, Fla., who will be featured in
a beautiful Rose Toe Dance in "A "LHtWBlt.ot Broadway"
by O. Lawrence Hawtfibrne
I wish more men somehow would learfl
The value of a great ideal.
I wish that all of us could feel
The earnestness and faith that burn
Within the heart of him who holds'
A worthy purpose for his guide.
For him the gates of joy stand wide
And genuine success unfolds.
j To him there is but one demand
f Uoon hs lahor And his thnuo-htr
He counts that progress dearly bought
t Which values most the gain at hand.
V And so obscures all higher goals. gf
He knows that only as men climb 3k
1 Toward things exalted and sublime fcP
win fortune richly bless their souls. NJ5i
" . . OAUtt
'f inn ivtvuiic tiuujr uicaa uicu auuta vlvc
MERRITT
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