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Owing to the high coot-of incr cost of doing biisiness we, have decided upon -the following all merchandi the and the ever increas merchants of Tryon, method of handling all accounts. unders igned Beginning November 1st, all accounts must be settled by the 10th of the month or further credit will be refused. This applies to all alike and nb favoritism will be shown. After you have become accustomed to this plan we feel sure you will see the justice of it and will be pleased with this method of handling accounts. It is not our purpose to work a hardships on any person, but injustice to you and our creditors we are obliged to adopt this plan. T. W. Ballfiew Joe Gurlcy The Ballenger Co. IVflnssiilldflinie's Pharmacy Jolhirn Oirr & Co The Joo. L. Jackson Co. by N. B. Jackson, Sec. A. ML WiBliams i Carolina Hardware Co. Wilkins & Co. 0- V V CONGRESSMAN WEAVER VOTED TO INCREASE SOLDIERS PAY. False Charges:. In a printed" circular letter signed by B. Jackson, Chairman of . Mr. Britt's campaign committee, an at tempt is being made to create the im pression that Congressman Zebulon Weaver voted against a bill to in crease soldiers pay.. Such charges are false and should be condemned by all honest men. Mr. Johnson is eith er ignorant of Mr. Weaver's record on this subject, or he has intention ally misrepresented it. The True Facts: should be promptly adopted. We had bill has remained unacted upon for a War was declared against Germany by our . Government April 6, 1917. Congress at once began to. take meas ures to raise and - equip our army The Selective Service Act for thig purpose was introduced. Until this time our soldiers were receiving only $15.00 per month. An amendment was offered, increasing their pay to $30.00 Mr. Weaver voted for this increase, see page 1549 of Permanent ' Congressional Record. The whole i bill, that is, the Selective Service Act, containing the amendment to in crease our soldiers pay to $30.00 was then voted upon and upon an Aye and Nay vote, Congressman Weaver again voted for the $30.00 icrrease of soldjers pay. See permanent Con gressional Record May 16th, 1917. page 396. Thus the record shows that Congressman Weaver voted twice and at every opportunity offer ed for increasing our soldiers pay to $30.00. The bill being now complet ed in the House it went over to the Senate for .passage there.. The Sen ate amended the whole bOI in many particulars and sent it bark to the House for agreement to the amend ments. Congressman Weaver voted to disagree to these amendments adopted in the Senate. The House having refused to accept the amend ments added in the Senate, made it necessary to refer the bill to a con ference committee composed of mem bers of both houses on which commit tee were both Democrats and Repub licans. Hon. Julius Kahn being the ranking Republican on the part of the House of Representative. It is the duty of a conference committee to adjust and reconcile differences be tween the House and Senate so that a .bill may finally pass and become law. Unless these- differences are so settled, the whole bill fails to become a law. The conference committee on this Selective Service Act finally af ter much deliberation' agreed . upofr the bill and repotted it to both houses. Under this rebort. and .pymtKtk law. the private sojdier called into foreign.) service would have received $25.00 per month plus twenty per cent addi tional, or $30.00 per month. A mo tion was made by Mr. Good of Iowa, to recommit the bill to the confer ence Committees nd Mr. Weaver is now being criticised for votine NOT tw l-u V aia w..uooa is one of ?c mCongress icpcaieaiy r criticised . the been at war a month anda half and this bill to raise and equip our army had not yet passed. Every hour of delay was fraught with danger to- our country. To re-commit the bill mere ly meant to send it back to conference for further consideration. In regard to this very conference report: for which Mr. Weaver voted the Presi dent himself asked the patriotic mem bers to adopt it, having written , the following letter to Congressman Dnt, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, Congressional Rec ord p. 2215. President Wilson's Letter: "THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, May 11, 1917. Hon. S. Hubert Dent, Jr? of House of Representatives. My Dear Mr. Dent: - Now that the Army Bill has been successfully brought out of Confer ence, I want to express to you my sincere appreciation of the service you and your colleagues have render ed in helping to bring the bill to a long time. The- country is growing impatient. Let us enact this into law. I feel confident that the pay of the soldier as proposed in this bill will be satisfactory to the American peo ple and the American soldier." Do you believe! that President Wil son was opposed to an -increase of the pay of the American soldier? He asked to have this conference report promptly adopted. Mrf Weaver vot ed for its adoption as requested by President and is condemned for his vote by Mr. Britt. Do'you believe that Mr. Kahn, the Republican leader, wished to discrim inate against the .American soldier? He states the facts. Whom will you believe, President Woodrow Wilson and Hon. Julius Kahn, or will you believe Brpwnlow Jackson,' Mr. Britt's campaign1- man ager, who seeks to deceive the voters of this district into casting their bal lots for Mr. Britt? No honest man who knows Zebulon Weaver, will for ! an instant be deceived by any such c i j . r i loisc cwiva uiuau iiicbiiiriiB. ucu irco" features that would embarrass the IeJha "iLL i.- and' has President. It was a matter nf iitov, tance that the conference k report system of draft upon which it is i based. I trust that the Conference report may, be very promptly adopt ed. Every hour counts in these crit ical times, and. delay might have very serious consequences. Sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON." Hon. Julius Kahn, the ranking Re publican member of the House Com mittee on Military Affairs voted ds Mr. Weaver voted. He made a speech -against Mr. Good's motion to recommitt. See " Permanent Congres sional record May 16, 1917, pages 2395 and 2396; Mr. Kahn in opposing said motion, said : "What are the facts about this- mat ter The pay of the soldier under this bill will be $25.00 a month on his first enlistment. If he has subsequent en listments he gets additional pay. If !he is a pr' ate of the first class ho gets 33 a month extra. For expert marks-: manship he gets $5 additional. So that the private of First Class who has a number of enlistments under this bill will get about $37 a month and over, and 20 per cent rutditional' if they get foreign service. The American who gets l?5 under this bill when he gets into the foreign service' "wil get an increase of 20 per cent, or $30 a month, and that is all the gen tleman from Iowa (Mr. Good) is con tending for. The moment our private soldier, puts his foot on the deck of a ship to go acrcrs the Atlantic, under thejbill proposed by the conferees his pay .'will jump to $30 amonth. . , , Isribmit to theHouse this ftropo-i Bition. When a bill gooi t ccnr2r-s enee it is necessary for ther Conferees ijtD;.g iveandtake. The House" Confer- Bxranted in the bill. We have to yield flome things to the Senate. Thev wanted? some, tiungs mthe Leeisla uuu jus i. ns cttiiicai.iv as we uiu. inis 5s a conference report, agreed to after rmature deliberation;! after lengthy discussion on the part of the Confer ea of the House, and I submit that t shook! stand by the Conferees. This measure providing increased pay for our soldier boys,a nd for those meas ures for the protection and support of their folks at home, and safe guarding their health and protecting them while at the front. He voted for the bill to provide sol diers insurance, under which our Gov ernment is today carrying thirty-orie billions of insurance on the lives of our boys in the army.5 One of his1 first votes cast in Con gress was to raise the soldiers pay from $15, where it Tiad remained un der all Republican administrations. What Did Mr.' Britt Do For The Soldier?. -t Mr. Britt was "In Congress for two years. During part of this time our boys were fighting on the Mexican border, at $15 per month. He made no effort to increase their pay.. The Spanish" American war was - f ought under a Republican administration. They did nothing to increase the sol diers pay. Mr. Weaver has been consistentl'v on all legislation the soldiers friend. In the present election he offered td Mr. B. Jackson to nermit everv sol- piier to vote unchallenged, regardless oi me payment or poll tax. To Mr. weaver the uniform of an American soldier was as good as a $3.00 poll tax receipt. . This proposition was ref us. ed by Mr. Brownlow Jacksoriv raana. b iut mr, uruit wno nas now; pe come so anxious about the vajftfarVof v.. v- "CI- fiu suiaier, 'or ooi dier'sj'fathei' or friend, be deceived by the IcUnning trickery and : deception contaifted-'in Mr. Browniow Jackson's letter, k r: j . v JP: S. COLEMANChaiiman. W. S.- fi' " ' - " VOTE FOR THE; AMENDMENT. ; yej impo rtant amehdmcM to'the State institution: is tobe ted bn 4- 4tA XT . u V a .11.1.' . cvvnc 4 v vem uer election, inis pro vides for an extension of the school term from1' four to sis: months ' i This is not a nolitiaV. isnna o vtK I the republican' and , democratic parties "stand pledged to its adoption. That the amendment -should carry leaves no room for discussion at all But there are a great many people who do not understand the proposi tion. Another thing, the ballot will be deposited in a separate ballot box, so a good many are liable not to vote upon the proposition at all. This question is of too great importance to North Carolina to be lightly passed upon. Every voter should cast his ballot, and by all means vote FOR SIX MONTHS SCHOOL TERM. We are in receipt of the North Car olina Educational News, and in touching upon the same question gives the follwoing reasons why you should vote FOR the amendment. 1. North Carolina children deserve and are entitled to as long a school term and as good schools as the child ren of other states. 2. It will lengthen the school term one month in every public , school in North Carolina. 3. It will provide the money for a very substantial increase in the monthly and annual salaries of teach ers 4. Simpler and more equitable ap portionment of school funds. 5. With ?i reasonable . and just in crease in the State appropriation to provide its equitable part of the six months term in each county, there would be no necessity for requiring any county to levy any larger special tax for six months than it now levies for four months. I 6. More efficient teaching, .super vision and administration. 7. Equal educational opportunity for every child in every county in ru ral as well as well "as urban districts for at least six months. 8. Less than a minimum school term of six months is not even re spectable for a self-respecting state and a proud and prosperous people like ours in these times. 9. North Carolina children deserve as good teachers and North Carolina teachers deserve as good salaries as those of other states. ; . 10. Economic use of present funds and urgent need for increased funds for increased educational opportun ities. 11. " Educational interest and desirp of the pople as shown in remarkable percentage of attendance warrant and demand adoption of the constitu tional amendment ' for increasing school facilities. . 12. To make North Carolina as safe for democracy as any other part of the democratized wbrld after the war. . .v F,f the good of the children and the honor of the State make the vote for it unanimous on the RtVinf nv- vember. If you can not vote for it' xi vnc sane vi me cniiaren and their mothers, .who can not vote, do not vwlb against, it. v W. S. S. - . SOLDIER'S CHRISTMAS BOXES. Each . anidiAifin Pi9Mfr;ti u i j . . win oe al lowed to receive only one (Christmas box. As there will be millions of boxes, the Red Cross has taken charere of th naMriner ah j k , - t ;-"& nu uvAa are t to be the same ser and ho- postofnee Will 9anr n-n.. 1 . . i ..... -.ww iijr yo.y.ajxgv UUieSS l ' naS 'I The Government Wants us to save on meat, flour and sugar, using more of the vegetables. Are we doing it? The Govern ment now says buy more War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Have we all done our part? We have the best of vegetables and canned goods, also the W. S. S. and Thrift Stamps. Buy of us. . Let us help you to BE PAIR SOTIC John Orr St Co. Phone No. 1 4 Tryora, N. C. been inspected by the Red Cross com mittee. Already the boxes are in Atlanta. and as soon as the Polk County Chap ter knows how manv boxes will hp needer for our county boys the secre tary will order them from Atlanta. Jach soldier will send his family a slip signed with his name, showing his right to a Christmas box. These slips may not come until November, and we must soon be orderine the boxes from Atlanta. Each person in Polk county who thinks that brother, son, husband or sweetheart will send a slip for a Christmas box is urged to write or send word at once to Mr. G. H. Holmes, . secretary, Peoples Bank & Trust Co., Tryon, and-let him know immediately how many boxes are to be sent to Polk county, so the order must gjo at once. For any other information on this subjectlfcplease apply to Mr. Holmes or the heads of the' Red Cross branch in your neighborhood. . Remember the postal authorities will accept Christmas packages - only when sent by the Red Cross. . Further particulars as to contents of boxes will be published later. Those who intend sending Christ mas; boxes should lose no time in making the necessary arrangements as , they must be sent not later than November 15th. f . .... STATEMENT $ SHIP, WKLU- Required by the Act of August 24, Ml-. t Of Polk County NowsaRfl on Bee published North Carolina, foe 0cto State of North Carohr.a. County of Po k. , p blit Before me, a Notra Faw for the county and f-t npvsnnallv aUDCami - having been duly sU'ornhat be law, deposes and.saJh, roftc business manage tr JNews ana iru" "u .t0 following is, to the bei ds-e and behei, a "unipnt ownerip. , daily paper, w the aforesaid Y'l bv r. ,io Pntal Laws an" tion 443, lostai u e j.: nil tnt c this form, to - pdjtor is 01 . ; . The namei ; ?frr Copeland, business ma both of Tryon, Cf n nvh both of I'JV-JhoW 3. That mortgagees the and 11 s.t 11 H. . -J: ers are C w. qtee, an andJ.B. Hester Sworn iv a"" ' this 4th dayof October w V- Little, -u,to l?, My commission
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