VOL. XLVII
NEW YEAR NEW BUILD
ING PROSPECT GOOD.
State Finances in Good Shape—ln
heritance, Income and Privilege
Taxes WiH be Sufficient for State's
• Obligations.
(By ifcaxwell Gorman.) ,
Raleighj Jad. 3.—The new year
1922 certainly is entering upon its
career with a most auspicious
forecast tor business revival and
industriifd recuperation and better
times generally,' both in North
Carolina and the United States
geirtiaily. Men of affairs and
fiiutii'eidl and industrial journals
well informed ' news
papers the country over are all
jdiftfbg in the prediction the
year upon Which we'are just enter
ing wilTprove to be one of the
.most prosperous of the d6cade in
' almost all lines.
•- Out/of all this the most import
ant; prediction to & large pep/sent
• age.of our people comes JJie an
nouncement that papre construc
tion work this year is already as
sured in this section than in the
last five years combined, with the
assurance that a large percentage
of this cpnstruction Work-to be
•put into dwelling houses, from
every city in this country, have
been the shortage of which resi
dents of suffering, for the last two
or tKree years in the actual stage.
Here in Raleigh contracts have
already been let and many others
pending for the erection of homes,
maqy ; of them to be burlt by the
people who will own them. The
shortage of available homes for
rent has taught thousands of
families as never before the "de
sirability Of owning one's home.
A considerable number of the
dwellings to be built will be for
investment purposes, many of
them for rent. Let us all hope
that this that the' infamous
rent profiteering is near i^a.end.
A great of these hogs t have
compelled people who Jive in
tenant houses to more than pay
within the short space
of t|me tbey have occupied them'
—alild surely it is time to stop
this class of robbery by this only
means that ought to prove effec
tive and at the same time - afford
relief to a class of our people who
:h&*e beeo so.sadly:nedtWng relief
for a long time.
The pqople of Nprtli Carolina as
a.whole good reason to be ,
thankful for the kindnesses of the
' old year that ha* just pa»eod
away. Although mit *a "geod
year" in many s'ntes and the
country as a *!Jo|t h Daro
. lina nev,er axperii-oend ihe ttou-:
. bles of business huu iinlustijy.tnd
' individual deprivat iun£
' upon the people of oilier states.
We had an agrionluusal record
that is characterized'by Commis
sioner of Agriculture Grahain'as
/ truly remarkable, a net?, era- in'
state highway good-rpads build
ing was inaugurated, that- will be
still m'efre ifoauiTest through the
jpresent year, and the old. year
' cfosißd with-stable And improvfug
business conditions generally.
Providence bus iudeed been gpod
to Bis North Carolina people, and
•we -should feel "most grateful or
what has been and most hopeful
for the beautiful rainbow of prs
- mise that is today set before our
material aud intellectual and
spiritual vision.
State's Financial Income Encouraging.
Depending for the fir*t time ex
clusively on income, inheritance
aud privilege taxes, North Caro
lina will be able to meet its obli
gations without a deficit, in the
; opinion of the State Budget Com
mission iu session here to con
sider minor recommendations of
Revenue Commissioner A. D.
Watts. ' Tentative estimates of
income were presented to the com
mission' by Mr. Watta.
Three, million from income and
inheritance taxes, wrth' a million
amLa half from Schedule B and
Schedule C taxes la" considered a
conservative estimate* of the
moaqy thtt (he state will receive
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
from its primary sources "of
revenue.
Appointment of 18 deputy col
lectors of revenue'for the state
was approved by the Budget Com
, mission to be attached to the in
come tax section. Seven deputies
i are already at work in the depart
ment, and the other 11 will be
announced during the week by
Commissioner Watts.
/ Blanks for making out incomes
have been mailed out to citizens
of the st£te wtfo come witihin the
provisions of ' the income tax
amendmentTTo the state constitu
tion ratified at the election four
teen months ago. Returns are U>
be filed, with remittances, within
the next sixty days. The schedule
of taxes ranges from one per cent
on incomes of $2,500 or less, one
and one-half up' to $5,000, "two
per cent on incomes of $7,500,
two and one-half on incomes up
to SIO,OOO, and three per cent on
all above SIO,OOO. c
Some uneasiness has been felt
throughout the state as to whether
the state's income without any
tax on personal property Would
be sufficient to .meet the obliga
tions of the state. Speaking for
the commission, Representative
R. A. Doughton declared that he
had no doubt that the income
would be sufficient to meet all ap
propriations made by the last
General A BBeu 'bly, including in
terest on bonds.
Would Halt Increased Freight Rates.
. The N. C. Corporation Commis
sion has just filed a petition with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Washington, protesting
against and asking suspension ot
the .proposed tariff published by
the Norfolk and Western Railway,
materially iucreasing rates be
tween Virginia and Noptb Caro
lina, the State Corporation Com
mission, and notf call upon traffic
organizations in the state to sup
plement the petition with addi
tional protests to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. ;
Involved in the new attempt to
upset the North Carolina-Virginia
rates to the embarrassment of
North Caroliua shippers is the
entire structure of intra-state
rates, acoou-ding to members of
the State Commission.
.. •
Southwest Alamance.
Cor. of The Gleaner.-
Dr. 11. R. Foster of Greensboro
spent part of the holidays in pur
neighborhood hunting.
We are now having the coldest
weather ofthe season. New Year
came in with real winter.
Everything was so quiet with
us through the Christinas holi
days that it is hard to realize we
have had any Christmas at all.
Tho Mt. Zion Sunday School
reorganized on last Sunday aud
started in on another year's work-
Oeorge Ephland was buried at
Mt.,Pleasant a few days ago. He
was an old man and had been
ftffficted for sometime. ' His death
wals not unexpected.
If other counties can have roads
to boast of, we still hope bo have
a few holes filled in on some of
the roads in our county before
they get any worse.
A Tip on Beggars.
A.professional panhandler tells
a New York City magistrate that
a good beggar can clean up $25
to SSO a day.
The professional beggar is a
vicious parasite,' preying on hu
man charity.
At present, he is in the mi
nority.- The man who asks you for
a dime, to get something to eat,
probably needs it badly. The acid
test is to offer to taice him to an
eating house and buy him a meal.
As a rule, the professional beg
gar will decline. For beggars
have a caste system and ?he top
notcbers -or habituals take noth
ing except mouey.
Hudson Bay Company has 155
fur posts throughout Canada.
i * *• *
- U I harve taken eight bottles of
Tanlac ahd have actually gained
40 pounds in weight and feel bet
ter and stronger than I have felt
before in tw«uty-five years," says
O. H. Mahaffy, of Nashville,
Tenn. For sale by Farrell Drug
Co., Graham, N. C.
London is to have an interna
tional academy of beauty.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, 1922
INCOME STATEMENTS.
If Gross Income Not as Much as
$5,000, No Return Required.
• ———.
The following statement is
issued by Collector of Internal
Revenue; Oilliam Qrissom, for
the District of North Carolina:
The Revenue act of 1921 con
tains two new and important
provisions, which are the subject
of frequent inquiry. The first
relates to the personal exemption*
allowed married persons, and the
second to the provision requiring
that a return be made of groß*
income of $5,000 or more.
The act provides that a married
person, living with husband or
wife* whose net income for 1921
was $5,000 or less shall be allowed
a personal exemption of $2,500.
If the net income of such person
was over $5,00u the exemption is
$2,000. Under the Revenue act
of 1918 the personal exemption
allowed a married person wah
$2,000, regardless of the amount
of net income." The normal tax
rate remains unchanged, 4 per
cent on the first $4,000 of net in
come above the exemptions and 8
per cent on the remaining net
income:
In order that an income slightly
in excess of $5,000 shall not be
subjected to an inordinately dis
proportionate tax because of the
reduction of the exemption to $2,-
000 thereon, the law provides that
such reduction shall not operate
to the tax, which would
be'payable if the exemption wer ?
$2,500, by more than the amount
of the net income in excess or
85,000.
For example, on a net income
of $5,010, the tax, without this
saving clause, would be $120.40,
which is 4 per cent on s3,olo,'the
amount of net income less an ex
emption of $2,000. The actual
tax is $110.40, computed as fol
low#:. From the net income ot
$5,010 is deducted's2,soo, leaving
#2,510, the 4 per cent tax on which
amounts to $100.40. To this is
added $lO, the amount of net iu
come in excess of $5,000.
The personal exemptions, al
lowed married persons, apply also
to the head of a family, a person
who supports in one household
one or more relatives by blodd,
marriage or adoption.
Heretofore a person whos« net
income was less than his exemp
tion (SI,OOO if single, or S2,(XX) if
married) was not required to tile
a return. Under the Revenue
Act of 1921, if the gross income
of an individual equalled or ex
ceeded $5,000, or if the combined
gross income of a married couple
and that of dependent minor chil
dren equalled or exceeded $5,000,
a return must be filed, regardless
of the amount of net income.
"Net insome" is gross income,
less certain deductions. The fact
that allowable deductions from
gross income, for business ex
penses, losses, bad debts, etc,
may reduce the net income to an
amount below the personal ex
emption of SI,OOO or $2,000, does
not alter the requirement to tile a
return of gross income, if such
gross income equalled or exceeded
$3,000.
Inherited
In 1601, when Shakespeare's
plays first came from the pruning
press, London had a printer
uamed Rivington. Later ne be
came a book publisher, Handed
down through the family, lather
to son, for 320 years there has
always been a Rivington meinber
of a publishing-firm.
Business inclination often is in
herited.
Navigators and fine mechanics
usually are bred, not made.
It crowns a father's, career to
see his son step into the old man's
shoes and carry on the work.
Hot soap suds will clean gen
uine bronze. Rinse the suds off
after washing and wipe dry with
a soft cloth.
Use lukewarm water, softened
by the addition of soap, ammonia
and washing soda, for cleaning
your cut glass.
Heat used for preparing ejsgti
should never be intense. Au out
let should" be cooked s>ow|y.
Australia leads the world in the
prodoolion of wooL
Democratic Sentiment Growing-
Turning to Wilson Policies.
Writing on the 31st ult., the
Charlotte Observer's Washington
correspondent sa\s:
The revival of Woodrow Wilson
sentiment throughout the na;iou
is alarming the republicans.
Washington visitors from every
state report enthusiasm for Mr
Wilson. Si i-ong republican states
of the middle west are said to be
drifting back to him.
New reports of a popular wave
for Mr Wilson and his foreign
policies were brought here today
by former Representatives Ayers,
democrat, Kansas. He said the
people are beginning to realize
they were misled in 1920, aud if
the election were held today it
would be overwhelmingly demo
cratic.
Mr. Ayres predicted the demo
crats will gaiu throughout the
west next fall. At least three
members are expected from Kan
sas, sev-tn or e irht from Missouri,
two or three from Nebraska, and
two from Colorado.
Farmers and stock men have
been forced into the bankruptcy
courts by the conditions, which
have failed to improve. They
are complaining that 'the repub
licans have not kept their prom
ises.
"People out there ar»« sick and
tired of the promises made by the
leaders of the republican party
and of their failure to deliver any
thing,"Mr. Ay res said. "The ad
ministration see ins. to be flounder
ing around with no set policy.
With the leaders it is a case of
'cut and cover.'
"Se itiineut is changing wonder
fully toward Wilson. Many re
publicans are beginning to ask
this question of one another:
*y| wonder how much difference
there is between section 2 and sec
tibu 4?'
"They are comiug around to
Wilson, aud coming fast. .
"You cau t'i!l ihe difference iu
public meelingsaiid on thestreets.
You cau make a speech there aud
lueuliou his name aud policies and
they are greeted with enthusiastic
applause."
l'he feeling of the people seems
to be that »f the old uegro 'pos
sum huiitpr that treed a bear in
stead of the game he sought when
he said "I's done been swindled."
Get your Taulac where they've
got it. For sale by Farrell Drug
Co., Graham, N. C.
Australia produces about 200,-
00U,UO0 pounds of butter annu
ally, of which 7/5,000,000 pounds
are exported.
Justifiable Wrath.
St Louis*Mo.—Philip Grettzer
is very much peeved. *>
Not entirely, however, because
burglars who raltpacked his home
left him without a change of
clothes
"I didn't much miud their tak
ing my clothe said Greitzer,
"but when they eloped with a gal
lon of ten-year-old bonded whis
key it made me sore."
IF WOMEN ONLY" KNEW
What a Heap of Ha|>|>lne** It Would
Bring to Graham Home*.
Hard to do housework with an ach
ing back.
Brings you horns of misery at
leisure or at work.
If women oulj the cause —
that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
*Twould save much needless woe.
Dau's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys. Ask your neighbor!
Read what a Graham citizen says:
Mrs R. C. Phillipß.Guihris.SU,
says: "I suffered a (treat deal
from kidney trouble for several
year*. I was very nervous at times,
felt weak and my night seemed
blurred. I n lining Dunn's
Kidney Pills and wax feeling
better. I have gained steadily since
tak ing this remedy."
Over ten years I-iter Mrs. Philips
said: *'Doau's Kidney I'ills" have
no equel and I cm #iy tho • have
done me a world of goo 1 in re
lieving the pain» in my b-ic'c ancf
reg ilau.ig my klJne/s. f would no;
oe without a hot of this remedy
on hand."
60c. at all dealers F *ter-Yblb»rn
Co, Mfra., Buffalo, N. Y.
BEING TOOJUNNY
Oversupply of Humor Not a Thing
to Be Desired.
According to Writer, If One Would
Succeed In Life, Cultivate Bear
ing of Solsmnlty.-
"Never make people laugh. If you
would ijpcceed in life you must be
solemn, solemn as an ass." That ad
vice to a young and ambitious member
of parliament is quoted In Ralph Ne
vlU's "Muyfalr and Montmartre,"
Michael pane writes In the continental
adltlon of the London Mall, it is ad
vice "which every young man who
wants to make himself a great figure
In the yvorld must take to heart, and
act upon. •
When I read that Instruction I
thought at once of a man whom I was
privileged to know a few years ago.
He was a member of parliament. Al-.
though few renllzed the fact, there
were In the heurt of him some flam
ing enthusiasms, some determinations
to right wrongs, and to make for the
following generations a better world
thun his own pampered youth had
known. He was a man who might
have made this world a better, sanei)
and cleaner place to live In —but com
paratively enrly in life he had made
the mistake of displaying himself as
a funuj- man.
Tllat man was the late Spencer
Leigh Hughes. There will always live
In my mind the memory of one talk
I had with him when, putting aside the
cap and bells of the j»>ster, he spoke
of the things which lay near his heart,
and I realized the nature of the man
who was usually so thoroughly dis
guised. He had vision and—which Is
still more rare—he had the construc
tive mind. But he had shown him
self to the world as a Jester, and the
world, which will never forgive a
jester who turns from his Jesting to
serious affairs, compelled him to re
main a Jester to the end.
The world has so deep, so Insatiable
a need for laughter that It believes
It cannot spare any of Its clowns. It
Is compassed about with serious people,
and It has a cranky belief that serious
people are alone to be trusted with
Its serious work. But once a man bas
revealed hla possession of a trace of
the spirit of the clown It will not
allow him thenceforward to appear as
anything else.
You have only to look round the
life of today to see how violently
true this Is. There Is W. W. Jacobs.
He began to write, funny stories, and
the world will take none but funny
stories from -him. In the "Monkey's
Paw" he showed that he could'equal
If not surpass Etgar Allan I'oe In
grimly tragic writing, but the world
doea not want htm to write yarns
about fat sallormen and impossible
villagers.
Then there Is the case of .the late
R. O. Knowles. The world which wants
to lough knew him as an admirable
music hall comedian. Only a few were
aware that he was an explorer of note,
and that he only went on the ntnge
to earn money enough to finance the
expeditions which earned him the fel
lowship of the Royal Oeographlcal
society.
If you are born that way the world
will quite possibly pay you a lot of
money for being funny. But It la per
fectly certain that It will forbid you
to follow any other trade than that
of the clown, and wilt forbid you any
enduring fame. Shakespeare Is ven
erated for his tragedies, not for his
comedies. Hogarth Is honored as an
artist and not as a humorist John
Sebastian Bach, funniest of all musi
cians. Is praised mainly because In
odd moments he wrote solemn music.
The funny man may earn money at
the moment. He never earns anything
else.
A Tsrrlsr Decorated.
A ferrlor named I%»ter, !>elonglng to
Rev. W. Adams of Liverpool, has been
awarded the medal of Uie National
Canine Defense leagae. While on
holiday- at Borrowdale In *the lake
district Peter was locked In a garage
adjoining the hotel nod startled the
guexu by barking violently. Mra.
Adams went to soothe him, and in
(Searching for the cause Mrs. Adams
discovered that a young man named
Arnold had fallen SO feet down the
hllUlde and was pinned by the rocks
which had fallen wttli hltn. His leg
was fractured |nd there were many
severe wounds on his body. Mrs.
Adams attended to the Injured man
until the arrival of the nearest doc
tor, who lived four miles away. Had
Peter not given the alarm the young
man would probably have died before
lie was dlacoVered.—Manchester Guar
dian.
The Dlfferenoe.
Young Son —Father, what la the dif
ference between robbery and pillage?
Fathar— Perhapa. 1 can explala it,
ray »:ti, «>y saying tliat a dentist's bill
to robbery, while a doctor's bill Is ah
sot ate pUlaffc—-Waytfde Tale*.
FREIGHT HANDLING IN EUROPE
Countrlaa Bucceed in Avoiding 8om«
of Our Problama With Canala
and Small Cart.
*
This discussion of what Europe caa
teach us would not be complete with
out a "reference to their large canal
boats and small freight cars, observes
W. C. Gregg In an article In the Out
look.
Their canals were developed cen
turies ago, long before railway prob
lems were known. They form a net
work ull over Europe, an# with the
standard canal boat between two and
three hundred feet long, they move
Immense quantities of material at low
costs, especially fuel and building ma
terial. They ar6 generally pulled by
horses, but occasionally men and
women hitch themselves to what
seems un Impossible load and move It
for miles.
There Is no question about the
cheapness ot such transportation, es
pecially when the canals are already
built and no burden of modern bond
ed debt Is the penalty of their use.
small frelg-iit cap may also give
Europe arfPudvuntage over us.
There are generally two sides to
! questions. The large United States
standard freight cars require a mini
mum of say, thirty tons. If an Amer
ican shipper lias thut much material,
the'car is loaded und goes a thousand
miles or more with no rehundling of
the load. But what about the ship
ment of ten tons? In Europe that
represents their carload minimum,
and they send It anywhere without
rehnndilng and at the- carload rate,
but the shipper In the United States
who wants to forward ten tons mjint
do It as local freight, at local rates,
it must be rehnndled at Junction
pointy and at terminals, causing great
delay and great labor cost.
I am not advising any change here.
I am merely showing where Europe
has cheaper costs, and why. We may
learn many lessons, Including a larger
use of handcarts and wheelbarrows.
"TO EVERY MAN HIS GHOST"
* _____
Egyptians Firmly Believe That Each
Individual Is Accompanied by
Shadowy Counterpart.
"The Egyptians believe* even t4
this day, that every mun lias a ghost,"
snys Prof. George A. Itelsner, recent
ly returned from Egypt with'the Har
vard expedition.
of several thousand years
ago picture the Egyptian man, with
his ghost. But the woman wasn't
considered Important enough to have
one. She was the man's wife, and
that was considered sufficient honor
for her.
"The men took good care of
their ghosts. At regular Intervals
they went to the room where the ghost
was supposed to live and placed food
offerings there for Win to eat. These
consisted of bread, onions and beer.
It was necessary to repeat iome mag
ic phrases which had the effect of
changing the physical nature of the
food so thut It would be fit for con
sumption by a spiritual being.
"When a man died he became Iden
tified with his ghost. On the inside
of the Egyptian's coffin a bluck, zlg
zag line was traced to represent the
course which the deceased must take
through the underworld. At each turn
of the path was a warning of the dan
ger to be looked for at that particular
point and directions for avoldli£ It."
Surveyors Aided by Wirsless.
Wireless telegraph is to be used
for the first time for geographical sur
vey work by'the Anglo-French mili
tary commission, which has been ap
pointed to carry out the work of de
limitating the frontier of the Soudan
and French Equatorial Africa.
The commission will probably be
absent for some two years, anil for the
greater part of Its mission, will work
In hitherto unexplored districts of
Africa. They have to establish a fron
tier line 2,170 miles long, of which
nearly 1,000 miles runs across the most
arid part of the Sahara desert.
During the work of frontier delimi
tate 'hie mission will receive at reg
ular intervals every day wire time
mess ages from Paris, which will en
able them to fix their position with
great accuracy. The mission has been
Jointly orgunized by the two govern
ments.
Florida's Remarkable Spring.
Silver spring, Florida, one of tha
largest springs In the world, fills a
hssln 200 feet wide and $0 feet deep,
l'he water, whlcji Is extreihely trans
parent, Issues from several orifices at
the bottom of the basin at the rate
of several hundred million gallons a
day.
Photographer Catches Thieves.
Two men photographed In a Loudon
studio were seen to steal some money
from the till as they passed through
the shop. The woman photographer
developed the negative quickly, took
the photograph to the police, and tha
Ml wars arrested."
NO. 48
WHY THE TERM "DOUGHBOY"7
Origin of That and Other NlekaamM
Applied to American Army Force*
Somewhat Obacurei »
The reason and origin of the nick-,
name "doughboy" as applied to infan
try soldiers In the American army
baffle lexicographers and soldiers. Col.
.{ames A. Moss, a military author,
famous for his writings on the cus
toms and courtesies of the service,
once "undertook to explain the reason
for calling foot troops "doughboys."
' Colonel Moss writes:
The following versions
are given of the derivation of the ex
pression 'doughboy' as meaning in
fantryman : —■*— -
"First. In olden times when infan
trymen used to clenn tjielr white trim
mings with pipe clay, if caught (n the
rain the whiting would run, forming
a kind of dough; hence the sobriquet,
'doughboy.'
"Second. The tramp of infantry
men marching In the mud sounds «s
if their shoes were being worked and
pressed in 'dough.'
"Third. From 'adobe' (mud), con
tracted 'Uobie'; the idea being infan
trymen are soldiers whrt have to inarch
In the mu* hence the expressions
used In the early sixties and seven
ties in referring to infantrymen as
'doble crushers,' 'doble makers' and
'mud crushers.'
"Fourth. However, some infantry*
men think they are called
because they are always 'kneadedT
(needed), while other oldtlme Infan '
trymen think they are so called be
cause they are the 'flower' (flour) of
the army.
Probably loyal Infantrymen think
tills for the saint reason that good
artillerymen say they are called
'wagon soldiers' because they are the
ones who 'always deliver the goods.'"
In Conversation.
To guard aga'nst repeating a story
to the same person If? a point worth,
noting. The Inclination to interrupt
or correct others for Inaccuracies must
be controlled. Not only most we try to
say the right thing In the right- place,
but leave unsaid the wrong thing at
the tempting moment .
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Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
Noe. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON* Jr., M. D.'
Graham, N. C. i
Office over Ferrell Drug Co.
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Burlington, N. C.
Office Hours: 9 to 11a.m.
and by appointment
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Telephone*: otlice 440—Residence ttl
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Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
Oltlee over Natloeel Bask el Mhmsm
T. s. c OOK:,
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tRAHAM. . . s . N. C
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