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! ! 'A A; j : 'Y THE MORNING STAR; WILMINGTON, N.. C, "SUNDAY, fIeBRUARY 6l921. THREE Senate approves ten BOYS' BRIGADE TO HEAR COL BRUTON Prominent Wilson Banker to Be Principal Speaker At , Banquet Here DANCE IN MARION WAS A PLEASANT SUCCESS It Was the ; First . of a Series to Be Given ABy. the' ; 1 ." Marion Society IMPROPER HOUSING CAUSE OF DISEASE Investigation Discloses Its Rela tion to Welfare of the Public MILLIONS FDR MM fU k 4t Muscle Shoals Will Be fl Continued Under New Amendment , d.,y adopted an amendment to !drv civil appropriation bill ap " '"tintr $1(1-000-000 for continuing Proprl' Vi,.n of the dam and power site rnStr"',V Shoals, Ala. The voto was 'jt0 "''l.v tlic senate on the amend Art'0" . pr(,vjoiislv had been ac- pCtpJ Kv t'1', ,onimit,ee' followed two ll0"rs ?,fseHpioot. Utah, and Lenroot, botM republicans, strongly h ihc proposal, charging: It cpp t in additional drain . on the '-in l;irg-o hunks," when the trfas,,r jn no condition to stand rt'smont contended the whole pro-'(- hoiild he dropped, the property VrThnt it was worth and the in ?0!'' made a "closed book." 'T I enroot contended that changed auditions lit v should be reduced niai"""- . the Ppw ..r.Mit resumption of work on !'on ' .. before work was re- flir,7ind argued that a lapse of two Sn '.ring price, to a point vrars u would be profitable to recon t,o nrrvtrram. minority 'u'ador Underwood and jirflin both of Alabama, urged Mniiation of the project for the eco con' u rt"onP. The former declared it " wVste of time to "rehash all of T .Hussion- about the plant and ,r'site but contended that oppo '"'"k of the amendment were willing Ini- the millions of dollars already !(' V "s.ll the half completed 'Lt for a ponS" and discard an in" aluahle national asset in time of war. Thp olaiu, Mr. Hcflin declared, would nearly 7 tinr. 000 tons of coal each mr by protJii.-ins,' electricity with wa- It power in si. ad of coal. BRANCH BANK HEARING IN RICHMOND THE 11TH Carolinas Want Branch of Fed eral Reserve System (S,.orijil to The Star) ni.VULOTTK. Feb. 5. The officials jf tht r rerve bank of Richmond have notified "Wood, of Charlotte, and j v.". Norwood, of Greenville, S. C, ciiairmar of the committees in the two difftrent states in the matter of the joint petit ion tiled with the federal re serve hank in Richmond November 1, 1J20, for tli e establishment of a branch bank of the federal reserve system, that hey will give a committee of bankers from North and South' Caro i'iqa a hearing on this matter in Rich mond. Friday. February 11. .A small committer of bankers . from the two flutes will go to Richmond for this hearing. Tli" joint petition filed by the bank ;r? of the two states for the establish ment of a branch bank at some con venient point in the two Carolinas,, has ben in the hands of the federal re serve hank officials and under consid eration ly them since November. An :arly and favorable decision by the iVUral reserve bank officials at Richr mond is hoped for. ( ; - " Out of a total of 97 member , banks in South Carolina, "8 have signed the petition. In North Carolina 46 member tanks have signed this petition, which takes in practically all the member banks in the district which the branch bank would ho expected to serve, this district bring- all of North Carolina "eft of the Atlantic Coast Line. None of the member banks in the eastern part of the state has been asked to n&n.the petition, though many of them doubtless would sign it as a matter of ate pride. The petition has also been swd by about 220 non-member banks !n the two states. BlTTi:n AM) KGGS TAKE A SHARP DECLINE OUT WEST KANSAS CITY. Mo, Feb. 5. -Butter and -gSs took a sharp descent here to y toward the level of pre-war prices. 'on of the lare dealers quoted a (l-Clilir. 0f five C(,nts a pound Qn cream. 7 butter. . making the new price 15 w-s In cartons, 16 cents below the i,ri'f a year ajro. Dealers said sup- lar-e and demands low. tep priors fell three cents a dozen ;'t wholfsaie. Firsts were quoted at -nts. or 15 cents lower that at this iast year; Finland ikou offA. . :,, ; oliccl cars inaae in me l'nitci Ststp.w. ponograph needles which produce clay 'lr ,0I1PS are beinS made - of The Tell Tale of Gray Hair jo b, j,ld ten years older than J aetually arp is the tell.tale of from, Vnkfl hair- which detracts ' a.""hful appearance as much '"nnkle-l fac? does .'m' :ier-vwhpre, prefer the easy. tii,ls' Brownatone" method, that -rai. streaked, faded or bleached ''lion . . black. ' 0 any 8hao of brown "CnaL'" t0 hair or ' r scalp, ti jr, 'lnParts natural, lasting -f wa,h detectlon- Does not T'ient; reulres 3st a lnn... " ""- ana 'in.... ,w "J aPDlv. wvvMt-re sen ana recom- . wuo, J.WO Rlzes fldl V " -r2vith easy- complete direo lcen t Ar j,,1"1" snaaing from Wn to Black m Brown" and "Dark aSBftrl,a Trial Offer- JS"1- sen'rtrial ??ttle of "Brown- . ' 5," Conr e Benton Pharmacal ..rfling lin V ",us--' Covington. Ky 1 tav ? ,1ay PBtaKe. packing tav (Adv.) CoL John F. Bruton. well known banker of Wilson., will be the prin cipal speaker at the 35tb anniversary ti,6 ,,ol'ndi1nS of the Boys' Brigade February ?4 aI Mond eve y ' Announcement to this R tIw made last nlht by Wilbur R. Dosher, general chairman of the ebmTionee n arranement or the cel- thSthairnmwDoS,her alBO announced wek at tttn&y v 6Venins of nex tT! - he cnambr of commerce RriMvJme n members, of. the Boy's' Brigade , will meet and complete the Snf." fr bi banquet. Chairman Srr na,dK that arraneements have S tmly 6en comPlted, but there are still a few-details to b worked ?rdlne t0 Chaiman Dosher, the committee on arrangements is enthu Vvth1 acctance by Colonel Bruton of the invitation extended him to speak at the celebration. The Wil son banker is well known to the orig inal members of the. Boys' Brigade ?h8J?een' llfe-lonff friend of Col. Wdlker Taylor, founder of the brigade and for years its commander. TRANSPORTATION SUltE TO JOIN LOWER PRICE SWING , (Continued from Pae Qne) people are traveling, less goods are being shipped, than would be the case were the rates lower. The prevailing business situation, of course, is the chief reason, but it is painted out that by taxing the traffic more than Tt will bear, the road! are themselves con tributing to the slowing down of in dustry. There are two ways to meet the sit uation, railroad executives figure, and both of them, if possible, will be em ployed: First, to reduce operating ex penses to the minimum , compatible with safety, and second, to increase the volume of traffic by making the rates anore attractive to shippers ana less burdensome to the public, At the present time the railroad ex ecutives claim, the. roads have no con trol whatever over their expenditures. The government has prescribed how much shall be paid and how employes shall be classified. So long as that situation continues, it is claimed, the roads will never be back under private control completely. They want to . be back to the point where they can control their expendi tures as a basis for making both ends meet, for neither the government nor the roads can control their revenues. The public is the controlling factor there and the public has indicated plainly, say the railroads, its displeas ure with prevailing rates. Hence a way must be found to lower them. Already .the roads have chopped about 200,000 men off their rolls They still have about 1,800.000 left. They are paying out wages to the approxi mate extent of three and a quarter bil lion dollars a year. , A reduction of ten per cent all around would mean a saving of $325,000,000. avyear. The roads -say they will pass this on -to' the "public just' as soon as they can get their financial house in order. That is their immediate problem. :; ,.- Viewpoint of Rail Iabor Labor leaders predict not. only the immediate resignation; of the labor members of the railroad wage board. Wage reductions have figured promi nently in the news and the fact' is with few exceptions the labor groups would i accept reductions but back of the whole thing is the question of whether the entire national agreement entered into during the war should be abrogated. This agreement, negotiated largely through the influence of "William Gibbs McAdoo when he was director-general of railroads, fixes certain standards of labor such ag the hours of work and machinery for adjusting disputes. The employes contend that these advan tages would all be lost the moment they consented to a modification of the whole agreement. The maintenance of wav emnlovea and shop men insist that they will . strike but the majority ofi the other railway workers realize that certain wage adjustments are inevita ble and feer that inasmuch as they and their families constitute, a large part of the public some benefits may flow to them too, through the reduction In freight rates. The real trouble is over labor standards. The .railroad workers for. instance, deal at present with the executives as a group while the various railroads would like the privilege of dealing with their own men directly. It is an issue upon which depends the future of the brotherhoods themselves and it forms a counterpart of the general movement to reduce the effectiveness of union labor by compelling the em ployes to deal directly with their em ployers instead of haying national la bor representatives In constant nego tiation with national railroad execu tives over local questions. s The present strained situation began largely wth the abolition by John Barton Payne as directorrgeneral of railroads, of the three adjustment boards created during the war to han dle disputes that could not be settled by representatives of employers and employes direct.. The railroad em ployes claim these boards should have been ,continued. tet Labor' Tockt Alone ' In brief, the workers argue that if the railroads face bankruptcy, the place to look for a remedy is not "in the pocketbooks of the laboring man but in congress and in the interstate commerce commission. They charge moredver that railroads management under private control has been waste ful and inefficient and that the indl- rect government guarantee of a stated return on investment" has many disad vantages. The railroad men frankly did not welcome private control , . of . railroads because they feared the very I thing that is in dispute today namely, the preservation of labor standards and they believe that government con trol would have averted the present trouble altogether.'; " m i Labor says, the outcome, of the hear ings at Chicago next week, will mark the beginning of i a series of -outlaw strikes of, an irritating i character or else the start of a new era in ine re lationship of the railroad employers and their men. But what the public as a whole wants to know;- is how soon passenger i fares and freight rates will go' back to normal. The forthcoming decision will te an Important mile stone in the conomic readjustment, of the nation. J ; ; y. ' 'i TRUCKS CARRY RACE HORSES The carriage of race horses from their training quarters to the race courser is - now undertaken . in France almost exclusively toy pneumatic tired, trucks. ( , , ' , MARION, S. C, Feb. 5. The initial ance-of the Marion, society, with more than 120 of both Marlon's younger and older set present,, was proclaimed, a great success. The ball ; room 'J- was elaborately decorated In red streamers :tnd festoons of red hearts. The valen tine' Scheme was carried out with-the dance i programs. Pine boughs and grey moss added a pleasing touch to the decorations. . Col. and Mrs. J. Monroe Johnson lead the opening march assisted by H. L. Tilghman and Mrs. C. S. Howell. A program of 12 .engagements and four extras was danced. During the in termission punch and sandwiches were served. .Among the out-of-town visitors were Misses Rosalie Litch, of Rowland, N. C, and Hannah Townsend, of Red Springs, N. C, Mr, and Mrs. Wt D. Beathea and Earl Atktnson, of Latta, ahd Charles W. Griffin: :' The dance club, which has more than half a hundred , members, is planning to give the second dance of the series March 28. The Landis-Grainger . or chestra of Wilmington furnished the music for the initial dance. Mrs, Avorl H. Burney Nichols an nounces the engagement of her daugh ter. Met a Sophronia, to Edward Blue Wheeler. The wedding, which is to be an elaborate affair, is to takelace in April. , Miss Nichols is one of Marion's most popular girls" and "is a leader in the social, life of the town. She has many friends and acquaintances in Columbia where she attended college and is well-known throughout the eastern part of the state. Her wedding in April will be preceded by numerous parties. Mr. Wheeler is the son of Mrs. Ed ward Wheeler of this place. He served during the late war as a captain in the British army. He Is the nephew of GenV Rupert Blua(, flor eight years surgeon-general of the army, and of Victor Blue, retired rear admiral. Mr. Wheeler lives here in Marion with his vother and is a dealer in fertilizers. TRIXITY GETS COLLECTION Thousand Early "Text Books Donated to ,1hc College (Specftil to The Star) TRINITY COLLEGE, Durham, Feb. 5. Fifty books used in the schools of North Carolina from 1820 to the time of the War Between the States are found in a collection of text books numbering more than 1,000 recentlyPresented . to the Trinity library by Holland Holton on behalf of the grandchildren of M. R. Chaffin, who taught school in Davie and Yadkin counties, beginning in 1850. Given in honor of William Owen Chaffin, who-taught a North Carolina public school in 184S in Yadkin coun ty, and his son, M. R. Chaffin, who fol lowed him in the work, the collection will bear the memorial plate 'The Mar tin Rowan Chaffin Collection of Public School Text Books." It .. is intended primarily for the use of the department of. education at Trinity and for the teachers of Durham- and -Durham county. . Some rare and valuable books . are found in the collection. Among them is Kirkham's "English Grammar," used by Rev. Brantley Yprk, who was identi fied with the earliest beginnings of Trinity college, in one of his circuit schools at Farmington, Davie county, in 1845. Exceeding the grammar tn age is Adams' "Georgraphy." used in the schools of the state in 1823. Other old books are: Lindley Murray's "Se quel to the English Reader," 1829; Bailey's "Federal Calculator," 1845; Woodruff's "Rudiments of Geography," 1833; Murray's "English Grammar," 1827; Smith's "Arithmetic," 1828; Walsh's "Arithmetic," used In Forsyth county in 1821. Many of the books of the collection were used by Mr. Chaffin and his father in their profession. The collection of modern textbooks embraces volumes representing all der partments in elementary and high schools. There are also many volume suitable for use in farm life schools. ARKANSAS STATE ELECTION SEPARATED FROM NATIONAL LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 5. The house, has passed a senate bill providing-for separation of state and national elections in Arkansas, the former to be held In Octobet instead of in No vember when the national elections are held." . The argument for the changing of election dates, was that in sections of the state where negroes outnumbered whitf persons, the negroes vote for a preliminary candidate and that if ne groes are on the ballot for minor of fices they frequently are elected. . With the state election on a differ ent date, the negroes are not expected to vote, since they show less interest in state, elections, it was declared. The bill goes to the governor for signature. HARDING WILL RESUME THIS WEEK HIS TALK (Continued from Page One) and the time for helpful action soon will -be here. Senator Harding natur ally has a desire to do all that any. man possibly ' can, but a thought1 which is, in his mind will be reflected in an answer he made to a well-wisher at -Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday on his way iback up the coast, after four-delightful days on the golf links at Miami. . . -' ' ''You have a tremendously big Job before youSaid an .elderly man as he pressed fowKrard to shake the senator's hand. ,v 'W -V- "Yes," replied . the President-elect, after a moment of reflectibn, "It is a tremendous Job and no' one man can do it- You, my-- good 'friend, must do your share." ' V . . ' STOCK LAW BILL GOES THROUGH WITHOUT ANY . ? (Continued from Page' One) . that the biily objection to the stock law was the-. objection he offered for! Nasnv of Richmond, that It' made , it mighty inconvenient for a laay man who had to get out and open, the 'gates eveV time he wanted to '. cross a township line. Nash had mentioned that as one of ' his objections to exempting certain section :ot the state from operation of the stock law. 1 . V '-'-' '. V' .A Frlesian cow owned by an English farmer gave more than 2,000 gallons of milk luring 1919. f v Scientists believe the time is coming when 6htp will be guided only by wireless. , NEW YORK. Feb. B. The baby death rate -of tih-e city of New York has in creased. In 1919 83 infants out of every 1,000 died. In 1920, according to a report submitted by the bureau of vital sta tistics to Health . Commissioner Cope land, 88 of every 1,000 succumbed to disease. Dr. Copeland attributes the rse in the baby death rate to improper hous ing conditions. As contrasted with local conditions, it Is" significant that, the infant mor tality rate of Germany is now the low est in the world; and this after Ger many has been through a world wtar and a period of Internal distress. What Is the reason for our increased baby death rate and the fact of Ger many's low percentage in this respect? Dr. S. Josephine Baker, of the bu reau of child hygiene, has given out the result of her observations and rat ings on the subject. Dr. Bajcer Points Out Trouble "I believe, -in spite of the report that the death rate was 82 in a 1,000 In the, year 1919 and 86 in lszo, said Dr. Ba ker. "This makes a 3 per cent increase in either case which was -due to the prevalence of contagious diseases such as measles and whooping cough. , "Last spring there was an epidemic of measles, many babies died thereby. "Contagious diseases and those of the respiratory tract, such as pneumonia, are the main causes of infant mortal'ty. "Dr. Copeland says that the poor housing conditions cause the death of bailies. He . is right. These conditions foster contagious diseases and pneumo nia, the immediate cause of death. "People live in close quarters and succumb to disease. Our experience almost always shows that the over crowding and attendant bad air leave the young members of such a house hold with less resistance to epidemics. "Many parents of babies are afraid of opening windows and letting in fresh air. Others believe 'night air' is bad. . "Fresh air is the best preventive. "If many families whose children succumb had had more room, perhaps the deaths might have been averted., "There can be no doubt that last yea'r In which the improper housing condi tions became notorious was for that very reason a bad year for contagious diseases. "And I'have notioed that epidemics of contagion seem to come in cycles. All the children seem to have 'become susceptible to measles or whooping cough at the same time. Then that pe riod is over, and a new crop of chil dren oome, along and they In turn be come susceptible." General Tendency Encouraging Notwithstanding the slight increase in the death rate during 1920, Dr. Ba ker Is hopeful about the whole situa tion, and offers suggestions for health as well as citing statistics that cheer even those pre-disposed to beneve the. worst. "Although there was the slight In crease, the general tendency in the in fant -mortality rate is downward," she said. "Twelve years ago,-when our work began, the rate was 144' to a thousand. Now it is 85 to a thousand, or, as the report says, 86 to aLthousand. Surely quite a decrease." ,T "Now, there are about 10.000 yearly deaths of babies under one year of age. Twelve years ago T there were yearly 17,000 deaths of babies, under one year. "It is significant hat we have this great decrease in 12 years in spite of the enormous , .increase in ' population during that perlod.- "The important, thing Is to educate mothers. -, , "Mothers must understand that cold air and fresh-air are not Injurious. They must' realise that fresh air is the best friend of their babies. "Too many babies are -overdressed and stifled in bad air. Sufficient cloth ing is necessary, but I greatly deplore the way some mothers smother their children In the winter. "Again we find women who them selves dont like the cold weather. They wont' go out for walks and won't take their babies out. Then the children succumb to disease. "It must be remembered," advised Dr. Baker, "that pneumonia and ' the contagious diseases are not necessarily caused by cold weather. They may oc cur any time of year. But it comes about that there are the greatest num ber of caees in the season of the year when conditions, such as the over crowding, and Insufficient ventilation and outdoor life, make large numbers of children very susceptible. Great Progress In Hygiene "Generally speaking, the whole world is progressing in child hygiene. Ger many's low death rate of babies may be due to the fact that during the war such large numbers of men were killed that It became very important to guard each child's life. The nation then began to give more attention to ca bles. . . "In Belgium the rate Is lower than ever before. England, too, has given great attention to this subject and has very advanced methods In caring for babies. "The nations that suffered from the war find they must readjust themselves to life, and there is no better way to do it than to care for the new generation." PITT COUNTY CITIZENS URGE TAXATION REFORM Pass Number of Resolutions De- manding Economy . j (Special to The Star) . , GREENVILLE, N. C, Feb. 5.-The-adjourned mass meeting to consider the question of tax reforms reconvened here today and adopted resolutions favoring the reduction of realty Values for taxation, placing real estate ;on an equitable and proportionate 'basis abolishing ' the county welfare office and the offices of the county home and; county .farm demonstrators; declaring against unnecessary appropriations .and.' bond issues, placing the making up of the tax books In the hands Of .the county auditor, who is placed on 'salary advocating -the repeal of the ' 1 300 . per- sonal exemption, ; exemption, :and , in structing " the . commissioners. to'; use every effort to reduce county! expenses; The resolutions were taken - np separately ; and adopted after full .and; free 'discussion, and a committee was appointed to go before the proper legis lative committees and urge thepassage Of such remedial legislation. Pitt coun ty legislators were instructed to ' mm their best efforts to secure- such legis-' lation. The 'two main crops of Hawaii are jBugar and, pineapples. " . -i When the Other Kinds Aire Freezing Up Think of Satisfaction the and in Owning Operating a Waterless Auto mobile And No Less Is the Satisfaction in Summer " ' Where There Is No Water to Leak or Overheat FRANKLIN OWNERS can make authoritative comparisons be cause 95 per cent of them have previously owned other make' cars. We recently asked a large number of them to name the FRANK LIN advantages. Here are the results, in order: V 1. Riding Comfort 2. Tire Mileage 3. Gasoline Economy 4. Direct Air-Cooling (Nothing to Freeze) 5. Easy Handling 6. ' Low Upkeep Cost The FRANKLIN does what it was designed to do when its prin ciples of light weight, flexible construction, and direct air-cooled motor were adopted nineteen years ago. Any motorist can easily make further comparisons with these FRANKLIN owners' figures: : Twenty Miles to the Gallon of Gasoline, 12,500 Miles to the Set of Tires. Fifty per Cent Slower Yearly Depreciation. (Na tional Averages.) ''''''. r . ' v WE DEMONSTRATE the advantages that OTHERS ADVERTISE, and what we can show you in motor car performance will be a rev elation, with, economyyou never thought possible. The truth of the alDOve is why FRANKLIN ears are selling and will continue to sell, and why they stay sold. ' Franklin jMtb Sales Co. HENRY M. WARE, Manager North Third Street EXCLUSIVE FRANKLlN SALES AND SERVICE Near City Hall IDEAL SHOE REPAIR SHOP SHOE REPAIRING The Ideal Way Gives Satisfaction' ', SEE US - Half Sole for Men St. 50 Half Soles 'for Ladles 1.26 ft l Whole Sole" A Specialty Work done while - you wait. Mall Orders given special and prompt at tention. Material and workmanship guaranteed. GIVE US A TRIAL ' No. 25 North Second Street Announcing the Improved 'p: ., Remington Typewriter , CV Try . tke .Tone" - The'' moat Important ' Advancement l In Typewriter ' Construction ; ' ; sinoe .Typewriters 'were ;" "- me ' VMID40 -.. Eleven Distinct Improvements We - would -' be pleased to tenon , strate "at you vtnem - Hemington Typewriter" Company IS Garrell Bid, . Telephone STt USE THE STAR -tiAHTS Only One More Day "'..'-'..-..' '. MONDAY will about close out all the smoked . goods we have been selling at such low prices. If you have not bought your share, we suggest -that you come early as such nice goods t-these prices will not lasc very longj;: : ' .. We have had a wonderful sale and wish to thank -you for your responses. M "I Roast My Own Cofftee" in Mm V' . t. m '5 Ik iff! i I ;f:: 1 f :i i ;-s-:'
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