flO COLLECTORS TO
BE NAMED
REVENUE COMMISSIONER WILL
DEFER OFFICIAL ACTION
. UNTIL NEXT FALL.
JAMES R. COLLIE CONFIRMED
i
Income Tax Imposed by Legislature
to Conform With National Amend
ment Not Due Until 1922.
Income tax collectors for the new
department of revenue will not be ap
pointed until next fall, according to
the first official announcement of Col.
Alston D. Watts, who has assumed
the office and duties of commissioner
of revenue. As has been previonsly
announced, Colonel Watts immediate
ly confirmed the informal appointment
of James R. Collie as deputy com
missioner of revenue. He began work
with Colonel Watts and will have di
rect supervision of the collection of
- inheritance taxes. Mr. Collie was for
merly superintendent ot the state
prison, being displaced this year when
-" E. F. McCulloch was named superin
tendent of the prison by Governor Mor
rison. Colonel Watts said there would be
ao need for these collectors and other
workers In the income tax division of
his office for several months. The
income tax imposed by the last legis
lature in conformity with the consti
tutional amendment adopted in No
Tember, will not be due until 1922,
there is no work to be done in this
' department until a few months before
the new income tax is due.
New President of S. P. U.
At & meeting of the board of di
rectors of the. Southern Public Utili
ties company E. C. Marshall was elect
ed president to succeed the late Z. V.
Taylor. .
Mr. Marshall has bten treasurer of
the company since organization and
ia. that capacity had been closest to
President Taylor.
The cities in which the company op
erates Includes Charlotte, Winston
Salem, Greenville and Anderson, with
street railway, electric lights and
power and alsoi gas service in Char
lotte and Greenville and the water
works in Anderson. Electric lights
and power are furnished in Hickory,
Reidsville, Thoxnasville, Belmont and
China Grove in this state, and Chester
and Greer, S. C.
Ferelgn-Born Population.
Washington (Special.) During the
decade between 1910 and 1920, the
number of foreign-born whites in 20
states increased, while that in 28
states decreased, said an announce
ment by the census bureau. New
York had the largest population of
this class of any state.
Alabama, 17,662, a decrease of 63
per cent; Florida, 43,008, increase 21.7;
Georgia 16,186, increase 7.4 per cent;
North Carolina 7,099, increase 19.5;
South Carolina 6,401, increase 5.7 1
"Virginia 39,784, increase 15.6.
State 'Pays Low Interest.
Treasurer B. R. Lacy calls attention
to the fact that, despite all the talk
about the high money market, he had
not found it necessary to pay more
than 6 per cent for money he has. bor
rowed, with one exception. That was
during the session of the legislature,
when he had to borrow four and a
quarter million dollars and pay six
and a quarter per cent interest for It.
Prison Superintendent Dead.
E. F. McCulloch, aged 60 years, su
perintendent of the state prison, died
suddenly at Raleigh. Mr. McCulloch,
who was chief clerk at the . prison
during the administration of Governor
BIckett, was appointed superintendent
by Governor Morrison two months ago.
He was a native of Guilford county.
Snow, Frost and Freezes.
Snow, frost and freezing tempera
tures visited the mountain , counties
of - Wautauga, Alleghany, Avery 1 and
Ashe the latter part of the past week.
To Aid Disabled Soldiers. (
For the benefit of the disabled ex;
soldiers the federal bOard of voca
tional education has installed offices
at 203-204 Law building, Raleigh,
to take charge of the work in the
eastern half of the state, with Mr. W.
W. Boulineau, Jr., in charge.
" Approximately , $520,000 . is . being
spent in Wake county alone by the
federal board of vocational education
during, the ye,ar :1921, and a mcri
more will be spent as there, are dis
abled soldiers in this' territory eligible
for vocational , training. j
Why' Should Commission Certify? ;
The sheriff of Wake county sum
moned members 61 the state corpora
tion commission ;, to v appear before
Judge George ' W. Conner, on May 10
and show -cause why the state tax
commission should not certify the
record in the . Cannon mills case for
judicial , determination of the commis-i
sum s - power 10 reauce property val
uations in Cabarrus county after the
jmAclfll RPSRlon ratified the work of the
assessors. '.' .
' This actiotf became necessary when
Hie commission ' failed! to act.
1
Road. Engineers Appointed.
Selection of a chief and nine dis
trict engineers and the allotment of
district quotas from the $10,000,000
fund for road1 construction this year
featured session of the state highway
commission. . .
Clifford Holder, of Ilfinois, has, been
elected chief engineer for the commis
sion at a salary , of $7,560 and it is
thought by Commissioner Page, he
will accept and report for duty, at an
early date. The nine- district commis
sioners who will receive $3,600 per
annum, follow by districts :
First: J, C Gardner, Raleigh, now
with the commission.
Second: R. E. Snowden, Kinston.
Third: WI11. Morson, Raleigh, now
with the commission. ,
Fourth! F. E. Schnaofe, Durham,
at present Durham, county engineer
Fifth: John D. Waldrop, Greens
boro. .. : k -:
Sixth: J. D. Pridgen, Raleigh, now
with the commission. :
Seventh : C. E. Currie, now' with
the commission. ' . ,
Eighth: H. E. Noell, Marion. ;
Ninth: Wythe M. Peyton, Ashe-,
ville. '
Efforts to Standardize Milk.
Efforts to standardize the quality of
milk produced and sold in North Car
olina will be made during the coming
year by a committee appointed at the,
recent meeting of the state health. of
ficers association, held at Pinehurst.
pr. A. W. PcPhaul, Charlotte health
officer, is a member of the committee.
Dr. L. B. McBrayer, superintendent of
the state tuberculosis sanatorium, at
Sanatorium, and Dr. Epperson, health
officer of Durham, are the other two
members from the health officers' as
sociation." New Postmasters Appointed.
Washington (Special-. The . Postof
fice Department announces that act
ing Postmaster Jonathan E. Parker
has been appointed postmaster at
Parker, a fourth class postoffice, and
that commissions have been issued to
other North Carolinians as postmas
ters of the fourth class: Dunn,, Daniel
E. Cone; Crumpler, Robert L. Plum
mer; Curfew, Winnie M. Reel; Dana,
Joseph H. Stepp; Delwood, Mary' H.
Fowler, (married ; Denton, MarvinaA.
Gallimore; Gulrock, David H. Midg
ett; Horse Shoe, Jessie L. Shipman;
Lake Landing, Norfleet L. Mann; Nor
ton, S. Lawrence McGuire; Okisko,
Perga Miller; Rockwell, Fred W.
Kluttz; Saw Mill, Charles A. Craig;
'Snughaven, Mildred R. Karnegay;
Tuxedo, Katherine Shipman; Windy
Gap, Florence Johnson. ,
Boards cf Education Warned.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
E. C. Brooks warned boards of educa
tion and the county commissioners in
the state that $9,000,000 will' be re
quired to run the schools next year
and that lowering of property valua
tions can mean nothing but raising
of tax rates.
The situation he calls attention to
is one that passes from the state tax
commission to the new revenue com
missioner, Col. A. D. Watts. The un
certainty of official action on the re
ductions granted in some . counties
may mean raising the tax levy in the
counties 50 per cent for schools alone.
Special Session Legislature.
A movement to have the North Car
olina Municipal association request
Governor Morrison to call the legisla
ture into special session was announc
ed here by local officials of the asso
ciation. The municipalities want the special
session called to correct the clerical
error by which the entire structure
of the municipal finance act has been
invalidated. . "
Money Ready for Hospital.
Formal assurance that financial aid
would be available for the opening of
the North Carolina Orthopaedic hos
pital on June 15, was given by Gqver
nor Morrison to R. B. Babbington, of
Gastonia, moving, spirit in the' build
ing of the home for the crippled 'chil
dren of the state.
Linney. Asks Postponement.
Washington (Special-. Frank A.
Linney has asked the atorney general
to hold up his nomination for district"
attorney for. ten days or two weeks
until he can wind up some private af
fairs. He wrote a letter to that end.
It was stated at the department of
justice that would be done.
Offer to Lend State Money.
, The American . Trust company
through its president, Word H. Wood,
has agreed to loan the state from
$500,000 to $750,009 to lay pavement
on the Statesville road through David
son to the, Iredell county line at a
6 per cent rate, was learned from' Mr.
Wood, when he was asked If such an
offer had not been made to the high,
way commission.
'-We have agreed to loan: the state
a half-million dollars ) upon " those
terms," said Mr. Wood in a recent in
terview. "
Agents After Auto Thieves.
The first arrests in an illegal auto
mobile theft conspiracy case that may
extend over several states Was made
at Sanford by federal agents under
the direction of E. C Handy.
As a. result of the raid three auto
mobiles were recovered when J. C.
Kelly, N. C. Kelly, garage' men, and
Dan Mclver, a negro, employed by
J. C, Kelly, were arrested. .; '
J; C. Kelly is in Wake county jail
in default of $10,000 and N. C. Kelly
put up bond of $5,000 and the negro
is also in jail. '
IS
REPRESENTATIUH
HUGHES INSTRUCTS WALLACE
AND BOYDEN TO SIT WITH,
COUNCIL OF ALLIES. , , 1
DISCUSSING UPPER SILESIA
American Ambassador's Appearance,
at the Foreign Office Was Cause
of Warm Appreciation.
Paris. American representation
at Allied conference was, resumed
when Hugh C, Wallace, the American;
ambassador took' his seat at a ses
sion of the council of ambassadors
here. - ,
Mr. Wallace received his instruc
tions from Secretary of State Hughes
to represent the, United States gov
ernment at the ambassadorial confer
ences. . .;. '
The American ambassador's appear
ance at the foreign office, where the
council happened to be meeting, was
the occasion of warm expressions of
appreciation on the part of Jules
Cambon, of France, president of the
council, and other members..
Ambassador Wallace was given a
seat at M. Cambon's right.
The problem of Upper ilesla was
the subject; of the deliberations
Roland W. Boyden, who formerly
sat with the Allied Reparations Com
mission at its sessions, has received
his Instructions from the state de
partment to resume his seat.
Collector Robbed of $20,000.
Detroit. Twelve men, armed with
sawed-off shotguns, held up a Detroit
Utflted railway conductor and es
caped with $20,000 in cash.
Musicians in Session.
St. Paul, Minn. More than 400 del
egates are here for the annual con
vention of 1 jthe American Federation
of Musicians.
Mexican Fatally Injured.
Naco, Ariz. Pedro Loysa, a Mexi
can immigration officer was probably
fatally injured in a clash between
Mexican and United States immigra
tion service line riders.
Forest Fire Still Rages.
Ocala, Fla. Fire still was raging in
the Ocala National Forest Reserve,
east of the Ocklawna river. The fire
has been burning a week. Much game
has been destroyed.
Senator Newberry Resumes Seat.
Washington. Senator Newberry re
turned to his seat in the senate fol
lowing annulment by the Supreme
Court of his conviction in Michigan
of violation of the Federal corrupt
practices act.
Much Suffering in Siberia.
Tokio. Conditions in , the interior
of Siberia are pitiable, with nearlv all
the people there in need of cloth
ing, food and medicine, according to
E. O. Lively, formerly of the American
Red Cross.
To Hold Army Contingents.
Paris. The army contingents of
1919, called to the colors in connection
with the. preparation for fEe possible
occupation of the Ruhr valley, will in
no case be sent home before July.
Bad Report on Winter Wheat,
Washington. A winter wheat crop
of 629,287,00 bushels was forecast by
the Department of Agriculture, bas
in gits estimate on the condition of
the crop May 1, which averaged 88.8
per cent of a normal and the revised
area to be harvested which is about
38,721,000 acres."
May Abandon Obsolete Forts.
Washington. More than sixty ob
solete, forts and military posts of no
further military value, have been rec
ommended to congress by- Secretary
Weeks for, abandonment.
South Carolina: Fort Fremont, Fort
Winya and Castle Pinckney.
North Carolina: Beacon Island and
Fort Macon.
Jail Guard Beaten to Death.
Jeffersonville, Ind. -John H. Grimm,
50 years old, guard at the Indiana
tetate reformatory here, was beaten to
death and two convicts were shot in
a mutiny.
Haitians Charge Atrocities.
Washington. Charging a long se
ries of atrocities by American ma
rines and the native gendarmerie in
Haiti and demanding the withdrawal
of the United States military forces
from that republic, three Haitian del
egates are in Washington..
"Mountain Bad Man" Lynched.
Knoxyille, Berry ! Boling,i aged $0,
white, alleged "mountain bad - man,"
was lynched at Huntsville, Tenn.,
when1 50 armed men forced their way
Into the Scott county jail, seized Bol
ing and hanged him to a tree a quar
ter of a mile awayl y5 , 1 ; .
,. Plan to Settle Insurrection.
Warsaw. In the face of increasing
clashes between , insurgents , and Ger
mans, the-Polish government has de
cided upon a vigorous plan in an at
tempt to settle the insurrection.
DdCdy'5
Fviirv Tilf
yyW GRAHAM BONDER
1 iZ, n VUTUN HtWWtt UNION-
IRIS' AND; BEE..
VAhlr:, said the Bee to the Iris
flower, "how good you are to me."
v' "Perhaps that Js
true,", said' the
1 Iris. . .
, lt most ..cer
tainly vis true,"
said the Bee. .
- Xes," said the
IriS, "but at the
same time - you
are good to me."
" - "On Vvi f W
said the Bee, Vand
why wouldnt I
be? Td be a most
ungrateful bee if
I didn't do some
thing to show my
. thanks to yo.
'I want to be
..a real friend to
"A Real Friend."
. , you. 1 don't just
want to take everything you have to
give me and then fly away. I want
to show my friendship. I want to let
you know that I care for you and
want to do all. I can, to, help you."
"And . you doi too," said the Iris,
"You do a ' great deal, kind Bee."r !-
"h, 'ttiat rejoices my little bee
heart to bear oir say so," the ; Bee
answered. -I ' Jl ":- ' . -
"Tou see," the Bee continued, "you
guide the way for me to follow. Not
only do you let me have a banquet
within your lovely petals, but you
show lae the way to get there. You
might leave me to find it myself,
which in time I would do, but you
help me by showing me the way."
"Well," said the Iris, "I don't think
it would be very polite if I said:
"Come to dinner, Bee, and then
didn't show you the way to the" dining
room.
"If- people went out to dinner and
the host or hostess ret them find their
own way to the dining room Vithout
leading the way I don't think it woutd
be so very polite.
"And the Iris, you know, wants to
be polite."
"Ahyou are so very polite," said
the Bee. "You tell me first to come
to your lovely blue doorstep and then
you show me by your golden lines
how to get to the dining room where
the lovely sweet drinks you have are
kept. Your drinks are sweeter than
soda water to children, better than
ice cream or lemonade or anything
In the world.
"And then we can make honey from
your sweetness. Honey, as you know,
Is so very sweet." i ,.
"Oh, Bee, how I've aWays admired
you and your family fof the fine honejj
you nake!"
"But you help us 8b much," said
the Bee. "Without you we couldn't
make such fine honey. Indeed, we
couldn't
."Your sweetness Is so lovely and
helpful. And, oh, lovely Iris, you are
so beautiful."
"I'm grateful to you for saying so,"
said the Iris. "We are sometimes
known as the Blue Flag flower and
sometimes known as the Fleur-de-lis,
which is the flower of France.
"We are very blue and we try to be
very handsome, for people have al
ways admired us and we want to live
np to their admiration.
"But, Bee, you rub off some of our
pollen or golden dust and you carry
it to the next flower and yoh help It
so much in that way.
"Yes, you help to strengthen us
with the way you carry our pollen or
golden dust with you.
"You do so much like this that
helps and it is because of you, to a
great extent, that
we can remain so
beautiful and so
blue and so
healthy looking.
"You don't for
get, us. because
we have done
something for
you. When your
chance comes you
remember us and
it isn't necessary
for you to have
a million pairs of
eyes to see your
chance, either.
"Sometimes I
almost wonder if
some creatures
shouldn't have a
"Admired
Us."
million pairs, pf eyes given to them,
so they could see some of the chances
they have to help others who have
been kind to them and who have
shown them their friendship.
"Perhaps it wouldn't do any good,
though. I suppose if creatures are
going to see their chances to show
friendship and to help, others they're
going to see it with few eyes as with
many!
"But, oh, Bee I It is .so wonderful
to feel that there is a dear little
buzzing . creature who is graceful to
the Iris flower and whohelps to make
it beautiful.
"For the Iris flower always wants
to be beautiful.. It 'always has Its
heme in marshy ground which helps
it along so much. And you, Bee, do
the rest."
"I could never do too much, lovely
Iris," said the Bee.
Overlooked by Man.
What is it $ that every man over
looks? -His nose. -
..Hi .
mem
MILK ESSENTIAL FOR STOCK
While Good Pasture Is Important for
Calves No Substitute Will Take
Place of Milk.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
, m33t of Agriculture.)
"You cannot starve a young animal
so as to check its growth, and still get
good results." This' comment by a
Missouri farmer on 'the problem of
preventing runtlness In live stock is
In accord with the 'experiences of sev
eral hundred other live stock owners
who have contributed their experience
to the United States Department of
Agriculture's study of this subject.
"Starvation," he adds, "caused by the
robbery of, the weak by stronger an
imals, Improper and unscientific feed
ing, Indigestion ''caused by careless
A Good Bull to Head the Herd.
feeding,, unclean1 troughs, palls, and
iwlll barrels all of these things cause
much of the trouble In farmer's experi
ences, especially in their. hog lots."
In-discussing the importance of milk
as an essential food both for live stock
and people, he remarks that while
good pasture is' very essential in the
growth of calves, for veal ''calves no
substitute will take the place of fresh
cows' milk. "From my own experi
ence," he states, 1 know that nor
young animal will recover from re
tarded or stunted growth. ."As a child
I was normal in size and my parents
were of strong, sturdy, Scotch stock.
When, some years ago, my parents set
tled as pioneers in Iowa, meat was a
luxury, and milk and butter were un
obtainable, at least for the first year.
At the end of the year we got a cow
and chickens, so our living conditions
improved." He adds that malaria fol
lowed, and, although he outgrew the
effects of the disease, "he "never gained
the physical strength,, weight, or . de
velopment of bone and muscle" that
he should have had. "My normal
weight," he says,. "has been about 125
pounds, and still my health has been
the best since I got the 'shakes.' Keep
your young 'animals growing."
PRODUCTION OF GOOD HORSES
Increase in Number of Draft Animals
Held to Be Great Need, Says
Wayne Dinsmore.
Horse dealers feel that the horse is
"coming back." According to infor
mation gathered by the Horse Associ
ation of America and transmitted to
J. F. Kuehn of university farm, sec
retary of the Minnesota Horse Breed
ers' association, more draft horses are
now being sold for city use than for
many years past. Increased produc
tion of good horses is held to be a
great need at present. Wayne Dins
more, an authority well known in
horse circles, says: "You can safely
assure the farmers of a better market
for their surplus animals."
HGH SILLS CAUSE OF LOSS
Nebraska Breeder Finds That Little
Pias Are Unable to Follow
Sow Into Pens.
Many ' pigs are lost and others are
stunted In growth as the result of ex
posure because of high sills in front
of hogpens. This Is the observation of
a Nebraska swine grower in a . letter
tp the United States Department of
Agriculture on the cause of runty, live
stock. He urges that stockmen ex
amine their equipment, and be certain
that small pigs are able to follow the
sows into the pens. Attention to bal
anced rations, sanitation, and pure wa
ter are likewise mentioned as meth
ods of preventing runts.
BENEFIT OF STABLE MANURE
It Should Be Balanced Wfth Acid
Phosphate, Which Is Com
parati vely I nexpensive. : j
Manure contains humus in plenty
and all the necessary plant materials,
as well as bacteria which put these
materials Into the most usable shape
for crops. VTo get the full benefit of
stable manure, however, it should be
balanced with acid phosphate, which
Is comparatively Inexpensive.'
KEEPING HARNESS IN REPAIR
Neglect Results In Injury .That
Lessens Durability Sew, With
Strong Linen Thread. -
Neglect of harness results In Injury
that greatly lessens j its ; durablUty.
The sewing, which should have been
done ' with strong waxed linen thread,
must be kept in good condition, All
buckles should remain solidly v in
place J It Is advisable to wash and
oil harness frequently, . , ,
CONDENSED NEWS
it ULD NORTHS
FOOTNOTES or tJ
returned to office in fhffici
election hv
to 625. ta"Bg S
Charlotte, ch 01. .
took a high iump for ,he H J
deaths were w,,!., . 'rwJl
ing the month of April citJ
High Point. John v p A
publican candidate, defeatl!
Tate, democratic m ht.
of High Point by a
4
Dunn. Moses Barefoot
farmer of thf rinnr, . l
1., s 1 ulslnct,7n
14
u.u, vuu uue 01 me most bewT
of eastern Harnett ,J. h
his home about five miles lH
Wadesboro.-The bond el
suited in a victory for the w
a majority. of 162. The i.
si2s onn fnr th aUes
a new school huiiHino. mH
site.' neprei
ShelhV. At an onfl,,,,;....
held at the courthonsp i ou ,.
f - w V.UIU J.
Jersey breeders met and ornvl
wvy . vwuuiy Jersey
ers' association.
Winston-Salem. James g
vao ciccieu uiayor OI the citv wl
total majority of 1,028, defeating y
Amu jiiiusou, yreacner candidate, t
nnnnao1 Im . sn i 1
iwrnsion. ut. uaniei W. Parrotu
Xl A. : v -r-k . .
ytuuiiucuL ueuiibi ana Dusiness
.1 j r -i
, .. 11C1C, m t..
a member of a leading family of
part of North Carolina and stood 1
in his profession.
Lumberton The LaFayette M
Life Insurance company of Lumben:
Under the new organization (v
Emanuel Barrick, of Philadelphia, h
becomes , the head of the company.
Washington (Special.) Repress!
tive Weaver introduced bills provJ
ing for additional issues o fthe
partment ot, agriculture books
horse and cattle disease. He nasi
ceived many demands for copies I
his district.
Concord.-A democratic mayor, lid
democratic aldermen and one repi-I
lican alderman; two democratic ail
one republican members of the sch.1
commissioners is the result t M
municipal election held in Concord.
Greensboro. The second State cotl
test in piano playing by high schotl
students will be held in the auditol
rium of the North Carolina Colld
for Women on Friday, May 6th.
Gastonia. Edward WhitesideJ
prominent citizen cf this city, died HI
his home of uremic poisoning. M
was 76 years ; old .
Charlotte. Jas. Columbus Spnnp,
for half a century 'a resident of Ca
lotte, and ai man of considerable
wealth, died at his home, 308 Wee
Trade street,1 where he had resided
for more than 30 years.
Winston-Salem . A children's must
festival at Pemier warehouse prow
a big attraction. ' One thousand chil
dren's voices were heard with Maj
toi Wllliom cilaan hnv SOTiranO of 1
Souls church; New York, soloist.
Durham. Floyd Brown, yo
white man of this city, is under
rest here charged by Federal inspec
tors with robbing the mails.
'Rutherfordton. Mrs. Ruth PorW
Watson died at the age of 105 yeaj
six months and nine days, at the hoiw
of her fourth son, Tom L. Watsol
inree mnes east, oi nuiucuv.
lowing a brief illness.
Tfnnlrv ATrvnnt Mod Thomas
janitor at the: Nash county J11
NashvillA near here. wa3 "niiX
killed" at a aUl delivery, during
W. L. Jones, alias Little, char0
with the theft of an automobile,
caped, but was. recaptured a few n
later.
Monroe. Abraham Lincoln
and
oli
and 21 years
respectively, are m jan ,eP
with the killing of Ganson
burk and .R. Elias FunderburK,
colored, in Chester county, Soutn
olina.
'' Greensboro. The program oi
... j l,ore CUd
ree
mencement exercises ai .jcJ
Carolina College tor vvul"cr' be
are now only one month off. n
announced. The exercises. ,
on June ana cuuuuuc
7.;
...nratit"1
SUntonsburg. In comin;' ' ir o
of the 102nd anniversary oi : -v
der, members of Armstrong
398. I. O. U. F.,.mareucu..-
the"M. E. unurcn io u. -Odd
Fellow sermon by ReV
Lone, the pastor.
of
Coleraln. The men ana
.the Mars Hill school aisux- -
county, by a vote of 87 to
Tain demonstrated their w t
.j....a children. lu
CUUWUUU Ul bus pyv
they voted bonds far building
for teachers and boarding bw