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PURCHASED The North State, Dec. ; 26, 1892 The Caucasians, May 22, 1913 ; Combined Circulation 15,000. PER YEAB CASH IN ADVANCE; An the N.irs Hat's Fit te Print' Reliability I tn Mala Festars. NO. 12 WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1922 Foraicn Achrrtiain Rtir THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ) ' '' ' . j VOL. 51. j " :' nomENT HARDING FULriLL- ING HIS PROMISES. r fa of the Big Things He Promised and FDone--He Has Yet Bigger Things To , Do Help Him. CAUGHT Oil THE FLY. S ELECTION . PRESIDENT -'tilS PROMISED THE gSS IS THWOS, viz.r PRESIDENT HARDING'S MINISTRATION HAS COMPLISHED THESE THINGS: fite&m of ablest assistant.. j jaxuviHlon. 1. ' Selected the ablest men to as sist him. Ther hare the confidence of the people and are making goo 2. Tax revision completed. j, Kew budget system. I Scientific revision of the tar- j j0 end the technical state of rat vita Germany. f 6. Aid to farmers. ' 7. jnprovement of roads. AD-: AC- 1R 1. Federal tax for part of . 19214 $70,000,000. Federal tax for calendar year beginning January 1, 1922, v reduced S83S.000.000. -.-M 3. The Budget Act. (Estimates expenditures before money is propriated. 1. The budget system, estabf -. Mali' i'i 2. Eesults in estimated rcducf tioa In expenditures of hundred: of millions of dollars. - , 1 3. Survey to provide for xSf organization of all government ' departments. It nas already reft suited In reduction ' of 25,000. : employees. 4, Emergencyx Tariff Act. (Fix ed rates of duties on basic products of agriculture.) ' 'W - "LATJSH AND THE WORLD ' LAUGHS 'WITH YOU." " What Oct Shears and Facte Tot Captured of a Humorous Vein From Onr Exchange. ' 1 . IS SOMETHING ABOUT TO HAFI 2N? Are Warnings Ignored As In Elijah and Ahab's Day? "Retribution In Justice" Sometimcc. Severe. FIRST CAMPAI6II GUI1 Albert Beveridge Calls for a Cut Down in Cost and Outlines His ". Platform. Local Editor: It seems evident that something is about to happen. - The people of this. State are indicat ing that they arc getting everlastingly tired of being hoo-dooed. . The indignation meetings we are be ginning to hear of are only forerunners, or foregleams, of something doing; un less the right of the people to say 1iow much they are , willing to pay for the support of government, and for the pro gressive (?) ventures - that the, tax spenders are so continuously inventing are civ en consideration. Tis a great pity we cannot pront ty past experiences, and avoid so danger poice I. Economy in tares. naval . expendl- ' 9, Zconosty in army expenditures 10. Lw enforcement. 5. ! Besolution declaring vrtb; Germany adopted. : 6. Farm, Loan Bill adopted mafltes available working capital . of v0,- 000,000. 7.1 Federal Highway Law en acted. " Insures upkeep of Fedral aid roads; $90,000,000 appropriated for this purpose. 8.; Naval Appropriation Act pro yiues for saving o.' $86,000 000. - yj Army Approprtj.tion Act re duces army to 150,000 . men )ia saves $15,000,000 ' z ... , v 10. Anti-Beer Act maintains is The Season. Kloseman I didn 't see ; you in church last Sunday. Keen Don't doubt' it I took UP collection. ThejOood You Know- When correcting your youngster Be it by reed or tongue, It mights-be well-to remember . That you didn't die young. - a : i Possible Season. v "Docters now want to know how the storkj came to be associated with That?9 easy. On aoeount ortneiou.a pmau as ioo mum ignorui8 .ta nf Kill "T.nnif lllc Cnnr- the nchts of the people ier-Jourflal. -i ; . -There has been just a tew warnings issued dv men wno snuaaerea ai me thought of where we are headed. Among these warnings the . Union Republican, and its very'able contributor, Lieut,-Gov C A. Reynolds," hai been the foremost, so far as I have observed. These warnings have been treated very murh in the same manner, as Were the warnings' of sthe true Prophets of old when they came to the rulers with a messaee desumed as a daneer siKnaL They have been either totally ignored. or venomously abused, and the persons who would put on the breaks in an at tempt to check the speed ot recklessness have been said to be calamity howlers, or Dessimists. It is a great sacrifice a good cituen has to sometimes make when he attempts to throw obstacles in the way of a pro gram that he realizes is dashing us to ;.". ,,Lyms-HymB.' To .: A maiden who patronized gyms, " Developed most beautiful lyms, So she -ent on the stage Where she's now ill th rage Being gjreatly admired by'hyms. '$ - Sweet Bevenge. . .Judg ''It seems to me that have en vou before." Prisoner you have, your non or; I tiught your daughter singing New 1L T arrange terms with ign debtors. ; . for- 12. Aid to world-war veterans. 13. lo rsgulate immigration. li! ttrvice to all the people. i. U Inttnifttioiul co-oprfttioiiv to prtmt t and promote peace. Tm1aJTK!i'tw vttora York evening World. .'-I -;'' Knew by Experience. Said tie teacher to the little boy "Ikef, is the world flat or roundf " . "it-am -r neeacr vun, w it not for these few who are "Ytr.TZl- Tt, w'SMing to make the -sacrifice, however, tcache in surprise, "if it is neither round nor flatt 4 'Veil." said Ikey with conviction, nun$ fader he snj-s it vos crook ed." 9 They Were Using Them.' " The? congressman had received some Siirht or ten applications for pea seeds from some constituents and when more came he wrote; i.' a? 1L J ... Vnii'tl it, rh ifn.ftmen of ' am fenamg you u r; .; T , heaveSi'. name what are you -doing f inning the whole state with peas thc:Eignteeatn Amenomenc :a 11. Commission "created War- range with foseign debtors tcn of payment to us of the fore.n 51oct amounting to more wi a 000,000. .. - 10 12. Deficiency Appropriation Bill provides: 1vi 1. $40,000,000 ror vocational - training. ! 2. $25,000,000 for hospitajs for World "War Veterans. ; 3. Veterans Bureau AcV to meet obligations to our Nation al defenders. . 13. immigration Bestrictic' Act on undesirable immigration. where on earth would we have . been, ages ago? The Bib e term describing tne conai- tion of the rulers at the latter end of the church dispensation, is "drunken Not drunkenness caused by the em bibing of spjritous or malt liquora for these same rulers nave aireaay put tnese elements out of reach, and m their com iriprrinlijEinp rpeime. theV "crv OUt: .measure of wheat for a penny, andf two measures of barley for a penny; ana tee thou hurt not the oil and tlu vnne, would heap treasure together for the last days; and that they would make oppres sion so severe, that they would weep and howl for miseries coming on them. This storm has been brew in e for years. The people have asked for bread and have been given a stone, and for a fish and have been given a scorpion, un til they are manifesting that they are get ting tired of such work. -Even now, the chief "beneficiaries of the rotten regime, that has given birth to this evident vigorous protest are "cackling Mn their sleeves, so to speak. and really enjoying in their frenzied madness the "squirming and wriggling" of the masses, whom they think have not the intelligence to realize what is hurting them. The time is here. The change from this "non-sensical, miserable, ! drunken debauch will either be a change from a lower to -i higher order of things, or it will be a Change from miserablcness to absolute rum. 'J It depends entirely upon whether we take council together looking to the re let that people have a right to expect, and to demand, or whether 'we take council together looking to the further suppression of the will of the people in forcing them to greater subjection. One of 'the assertions of Daniel L. Russell in his inaugural address when he was inducted into the governorship of North Carolina, was this:, "There is retribution, in justice. That was true then. It is just as true now, and my God I what kmd of a Hell on-earth1 are we about to enter, if this stored up "retribution in justice is to be poured out upon the is wreckless generation ? I am aware that this kind of talk is very unpopular. may be accused of being an agitator for calamity. . This is one way the friends of cor ruption have of answering the argu ments of men who issue these warnings. The corrupt rulers of Israel accused the' Prophets I'm hot a prophet of being responsible for the things that came on them according to the words of these prophet warners. : . ? Ahab thought Elijah was - the cause of no rain falling in his dominion for three and a half years. -Just because IN DEFENSE OF THE CROW, Mr. J. M. 'Jams' Has Six of These Birds As petsFeeds Them and Finds Them An Enemy To Cut Worms, Grubs and ! Insects. i This 5is prohibition in its "moder told him 4t -wouldn't: garb. Not prohibiting drink for moral reasons for God knows Sodom was l&, oama VlHclf thCt SfljUTM. 1 4 we 3ere not planting them ; , we are J never more rotten than are the people ol UOIUU' I. is v in a. v a ovuj'i . m . . ,; I Ingenious- today but for commercial reasons, so laborers will be more emcient, ana com' merce more active ; see t It has been predicted by inspiration, that our age. would end in a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation. ' t- It was foretold by the Apostle James industry Court's Commandments. 14. TJnempolyment Conference called by the President greasy re lieyed labor situation. iiy 1 15. Called Limitation of? Arms Conference at Washington. The treaties signed there will doy more to prevent wars than any othr con ference in the world's history. " & two-Tenny loaf," said an Irishiran. The loaf was placed be fore him. As if suddenly changing his xfiindhe declared he should pre fer ft two-penn'-orth of whiskey in-J that our mighty captains of steadt, This he drank otr, ana, pushing the loaf towards the shop- keeirfr. was departing, wnen ae man of payment was mado for the whiskey. Bure, andjhaven't 1 iven you the goaf for the whiskey!" ' 44 .Well, but you did not pay for the 3oaf, you know." "Thrue, and why should If Don't; vousee I didn't take the loaf, man alivy?" And away he quietly walied, leaving the worthy dealer lost?' in a brown study. Alliance News. - .... Elijah said Ahab was the cause of the drought brought on by. his corrupt and oppressive rulings. The same is true today. Our corrupt rulers think nothing would happen as a result of their corruption. If some pes tiferous little "calamity howler" hadn't said anything about it. Let's think on these things, and try to-see if we can't avert the calamity by men din a our ways. Waxhaw, N. C. S. S. DUNLAP. Kim Offers Eeward.. Ksoxulle, Tenn., March 16.-r-OmlMd'i Ku Klux Klan chapter uaouaeed a reward of $500 for tt srreit ' and , conviction of the rrty m parties who killed Sheriff L. Smith. On the official letter WKl ef the Ku Klux Klan the or r Bt the announcement to a lo 1 etpsper. (N't have clubs and organizations without number in every community. AH stand for moral good and are wt intended to administer justice, hat to cultivate a law abidinc spirit the uplift , of. humanity,. We thousands of courts and offi "without number Jo enforce the of the land. ' If they cannot WP with crime, then 'we had better i hal( aid see where we are at J "ot have' self -delegated organi- atioai tiasquerading around under cover pf darkness administering , wnat they deem as justice. The Kull aim, s secrei, organization, has a much right to exist as any other gwiation, secret or otherwise, but a it asurps the. duties of offi wrj, we draw a line. It is a dan loa element when it ' takes the in iu owa hand, not on account we good that it mlirht do. but u the extremes Its members may ltot. no one responsible. Local Preacher 53 YearsT" Kentucky Pool Sells J0 000,000 Lbs. Tobacco. i - - " A 'I - Some idea of what the BurJey To bacco Growers' Cooperative Associa tion has accomplished in itp brief corporate existence was given. to the tobacco growers of the-dark district of Kentucky at Louisville bmjjjfesi dent James C. Stone. AccorUng to Mr. Stone's statement, the Associa tion has received . about 8.1,000,000 pounds of tobacco since ware nouses were opened January $B, and mn, fthout 60.000.000 pounds of that tobacco at rrices about three times what the advances gU?n. the growers at the time of delivery The Association, Mr. Stot said, is using 94 receiving plant at oi different locationst It has not only advanced about a third of fhe value to the -zrowers, . but nas pH t-i .mmmt. of its -jirrowins IIB1X lUt - . . , , .11 from banks in the district ana u. pay back the other half this week. lf mid the officials of the. Associa tion expected later tousejme ot the $10,000,000 loan Oiierevj War Finance Corporation-: YIELDING. .15, - By Frank L. Alderman. - Sweet visions come at twif gbt, In the candle's velvet I'o--And a hand, outstretched beckon- 1 Amos Changed His Mind. Ajt those rather infrequent inter valf when we feel that to shuffle off thif mortal coil would be more or less? of a relief, we are reminded, of the? old negro man who continually exptessed himself as being weary of life! . The burden of his conversation wai that he was tired of this vale or tears, as he was 44 poly" at best, and wuihed dat de good Lord would sen' de Angel Gabriel to carry Amos home to .liis old Marster." , go familiar did this dolorous re frain grow to those who knew the old fellow, that two of h white ac quaintances decided to' try out his Wrapped in a sheet and wtth an old cavalry sabre clanking asthe walked, one of them advanced thjrough the night and knocked at the door of the old man's shack, while th other . watched developments frjm the bushes. , . 1 4 Who dat!" came in startled re spmse to the knock- : Kilpnpp. and then another impres sive knocking with the sabre hilt. 5'4Who dat?" Again in voice betraying increasing perturbation. 4 4 1 am; the Angel Gabriel sent to carry old Amos home to his ; old fotpr." in senulchral tone. . " - l M w ii i n l n voim iv '. - - tfembling voice, 4 4 Old Amos done move 'way from (dis heah house two years ago." .- - - , 1 ng, Monroe, March , I6.Alth6ugh he " Psed the eighty-ninth mile one in yer8 Eldtr J E AdaID8 of .eounty. ed hia text from aiLP?Bt in New Testament at went seP.ice ne conducted at .li Hill Primitive Baotist h a mile anl a half from Mon- . C;. - Elder Adams, who will verai - m.i. i- ..v-. b nJ'i not ariar to vcr mty. i From the land of long ago. Mv door stands open t6 tho night, r.r -n-inriAwa nil are' clear And a voice is calling, casing; Like sweet music to myar. , Sad eyes oe'r my chair are bending Is it sin, or yielding 11 God's bright, Kosary S UVLV" In the shadow of the crosu , Works Both Tays.j 3?lan "Largest HaUl I London, March. 13. -What is plan ned as the world's largest anditori- m, seating 50,000 to 100,000 peo lt. will be constructed here. The ite already has been bought for iearly $5,000,000. The building, it is believed, will cost another $5,000, WO. : - - "i y (It does not look as if our English Cousins were financially depressed by the above and so much so that they cannot even pay interest to Uncle Sam on what they owe him. Like many, individuals in this "country, Socialism certainly is jifdapted to taey seem to be going at a rapid pace conditions. In the Unied - States non-essentials, regardless of in- ger the better. Cincinnati Enquirer. j Local Editor. At Arbuna, 111., March 16, as an alternative to'." going to prison for ten years for robbing a store of $600, Guy Bobbins, farmhand, today agreed to obey ten ' commandments laid down by Circuit uourt .mage Sentel. The rules follow; Go to church or Sunday school at least once each week. Give up cigarette smoking for one year. - Stay away from pool halls for -one year. Read books selected by the public librarian and report to the proba tion officer what he had read. Keep employed constantly and keep account of expenditures. - Stay off streets at night, except on business. - . Keep all laws of state, city - or village. - '-'. .'' Drink no intoxicating liquor. Pay all court 's costs in $3 monthly installments. . Report to Circuit Judge the first day or each court term.- (This may be the means of reform ing Robbins and make a man out of him and reformation ' should mean restitution. Send him to jail, the roads or the penitentiary, his family is left without his aid, and he will come away, not only branded, as a convict, but a worse instead of a better man. Every man except ; a hardened criminal or one guilty of a capital offense, should be given a chance to make good. There is a better- nature in every man if it can be reached, and one method is by sympathy .and kindness. Prose cution and persecution inspires re sentment., - The Almighty is kind and forgiving td all of tw, were '.he not,-our hope to reach Heaven when we die would be vague and uncer tain. Local Editor. ' Home the Foundation: ' , -... When Spartan mothers 'could say. "Son, come home with your shield or come home on it," the breasts of bpartan men were the Well of de fense for'that country. ;. When t Ho man matrons . were like Caesar 's wife, above suspicion. Rome ruled tne world. But "when virtue and chastity became exiles from Roman household, the Barbarian not only thundered at the gates but marchd in triumph through the streets of the imperial city.-, The character of woman has at all times and will ever continue to determine the character of civilization. N."3. Christian Ad vocate. , . . - Wanted A Government That is Less Oppressive. It's coming, folks! The people of North . Carolina are becoming earnestly concerned, if not alarmed over the increase of taxes and tne lessened incomes of those who must pay them. Up at Charlotte an active organ ization is getting under way. It is called the Tax Inquiry Special Com mittee, with E. M. Cole chairman. Between 400 and 500 taxpayers mostly farmers, met at the city hall in Charlotte last Monday morning to discuss a matter of vital interest to themselves. Two former Union county men," we are glad to note were among the speakers and taking active part. They were Plummer Stewart and Hugh G. Ashcraft. Mt. Cole evidently believes ingo ing to the root of the matter, for in his opening remarks he declared: "The purpose of this undertaking is to see if some action cannot be taken that will enable us to get a govern ment that is less oppressive." Not only are the people of Meak- lenburg protesting, but uaston coun tr citizens have held meetings as have others of the State. Union wil fall in line. All she needs is a lead er and hundreds of taxpayrs would attend.- The multiplicity of offices, high salaries and DrodiealitV of expendl . . -. ... , ture of monev for non-essentiais in North Carolina wifl soon be a thing of the past, if the people have their way. - The Enauirer predicts inai ancr the' next election very few, if any State officials will; be. re-elected, and the Counter officials as well may expect a -snaamg up. ! . The people mean Dusiness: Monroe Enquirer. Trash Can Hooked to a stm. Unilization of a garbage can stol en from the streets ; or Wil mington, N. C, developed i a flourishing bootleg ousiness m East Creek Swamp, ! just out side of the corporate limit but m,; f Pnliec Cashwell missed tne today. He t.,n,i it -amWaA . to a .- copper worm and busv turning out liquid joy at a eav clip. The still and 75 gallons of potential booze were confiscated The operators escaped, j Fort Wayne, Indi March 9. Al bert J. Beveridge, "candidate for the Republican nomination for United States i senator, addressing a large and : enthusiastic Twelfth district rally here tonight, declared against extravagant primary campaign ex penditures and invited senator liar ry 8. New, . his opponent, to enter a eompaet to abandon political mon ey armament as al matter of com mpn sense and common honesty. Ex-Senator Beveridge, in con demning money battles for nomina tions, referred to a j resolution passed by the United States Senate and vot ed for by Senator New, declaring that excessive financial expendl tures by a candidate is contrary to sound public policy, harmful to the honor and dignity of the Senate and dangerous to the perpetuity of a free government, i As a matter of Interest, here are some headlights from his speech: It is common Report that al ready large sums of money have been and are being disbursed . by the opposition and that this is but the beginning of still greater expenditures. The salary of a Senator is $7,500 per year-i-445,000 for the full term. If, tten, more should be spent merely; for the nomina tion for Senator than the total ' of his six years salary, how can any candidate justify himself to the electors in November The nations ;have abandoned competition in naval arma ment. Why not abandon, throughout the republic, compe tition in political money arma ments f And why should not Indiana lead the way ? If I am nominated and elect ed, I shall stand by Warren G. Harding, and not only vote, but fight, for all party measures so long as that patriotic, wise and , kindly man is; President, which I hope and expect will be for seven years. - Any person nominated by party voters as.the party camlk date, and ejected on the party tickeU 7n Jxund to act harmoniously,! if possible, "with others so nominated and elected. . It would not ; only be wrong,, but unintelligent to do other wise. ! If our official party organi zation, as such, in any district or county is working for one candidate and against the oth er, then such organization is false to its trust. Party or ganizations are created for sole and exclusive purpose of man aging jiampaigns to elect party candidates who have been nom inated by party voters at tho ballot box. i Does the party belong to the organization,; or does the organ ization belong-to the party t The President's declaration of neutrality in this contest should be published; broadcast. Never for a moment have I believed that misrepresentation of Pres ident Harding's conception of party good faith and duty. Railroad Urates must come down ; nobody can prosper when transportation charges eat up the profits of shippers and sometimes more. Tax laws that still paralyze all trade and madden the whole people must be thoroughly overhauled and basically chang ed. Business can not revive so long ns leech legislation sucks the life blood out of the veins of business. Forward to prosperity. Local Editor :--I have just now given Farmer's Bulletin 1102, "The, crow in its relation to' agriculture," a; second close study.. C ! If one knew absolutely nothing about the crow other than what may be learn ed from the bulletin he would be unable to decide , whether the crow should be killed or protected. And that's the way with a lot of stuff that is printed and sent out to help the farmer (?) You know about as much after reading it as you did before. The bulletin charges the crow with eating toads, frogs, wild birds and their eees. ooultrv and their eggs, young rab bits, and even' at times, molesting lambs and pigs in addition to their depreda tions upon grain crops. On the other hand, the bulletin claims. a considerable portion qf the crow's food consists of rats and mice, grasshoppers, bugs and beetles, worms and ! other in sects that are detrimental to the farm ers interest; arid then in a closing para graph says : "The crow is a bird whose size, . ability to survive under diverse environments, and almost omniverous food habits, make it capablej of doing both serious harm and extensive good The influence of the race as -a 'whole for good "and harm appear to be about eaual. ... . .. . As the crow ranges Irom well up. in Canadato the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, it may, some where, do all these bad things charged against it, but--1-have been pretty well! acquainted with the bird lor Upwards ot fifty years and I haVe never known it to do any damage except in the corn field pulling up corn, eating cdrn when in the roasting ear stage and sometimes slight damage to corn in the shock r before being gathered in the fall. In my bringing up I was taught to believe that the crow was ; the worst thing that ever new over or made a track on a farm, but I came to believe a good while ago that my teaching had been wrong and that the farmer has lots of worse things to contend with than crows. : " Several years ago when I used to. shoot crows and frighten them away every time one came in gun-shot range, I suffered considerable damage by jcut: worms, white grubs and grass hoppers. SinceT quirmolestmg crows, and let them have the ranee of j fields, these things have given very little trouble, ble. . One of our fields used to be badly in fested with erub-worms. ahd one year I noticed that crows seemed to be busy in that field nearly every day and I de cided to try to find out what they were doing, I found the field full of holes made by crows, boring down after the grubs. Some five or six years ago there were three crows that began ranging in the fields round about the house, Sometimes coming within a few rods of the house. I called them my pet crows. The num ber has increased one by one until T now have six pets instead of three. Ex- cept a few of the coldest days these six . orews have hunted our fields over back and forth every day "in search of food. One of these crows is crippled and it's a reproof to me every time I sec that old crow hopping around. Don't under stand it, do you? Well, 111 explain. A few years ago, when Ruth Jartifr was still Ruth Jarvis, and while she was yet at home, I found that the crows were pulling up corn on the back side of the field, down next to the woods, une lime again I kt the savage get the best of me and I set a steel trap down there and caught one. Ruth . heard a commotion down there among the crows and Jl saw her "highballing" down across the field and pretty spon she came back by , where I was hoeing potatoes, with the crow in her arms. She stopped to show me how its footwas bleeding j and bruis ed and while she was petting and pity- . ing and caressing "the poori bird," the crow reached up and gave, her a peck in the face. I said, "Ruth, that s just the way with some folks. One may find them in distress, down and out, and lift them up and help them until they arc able to stand again, and they will soon forget all about it, and later if you do something they do not like, or fail to do something they want you to do, they'll drive the dagger into you at the first opportunity." But Ruth insisted that the crow only meant that as a caress in token of ap preciation of the kindness she was show ing it. Anyhow she took the crow to the house, washed and dressed its wound ed foot and turned it loose. Whiie, as I have already said, it is a reproof to me to sec that crippled crow hopping around over the helds, still i would not take anything for it because it reminds rne of other days mat are gone, never to return. One or two days before corn is ready to come up, put a quart of shelled corn to soak. Nwct day seek some place around the border of the field, in plain view to crows as they fly over and spread the soaked com over a space about a foot square and put another quart, to soak, and so on from day to day as the. crows take the corn, until your young com -is too big for them to pull up. Feed them plenty , of soaked corn and they, will not pull up your corn. In the meantime, if you see them walk ing around over the cornfield, let them alone, they are hunting grasshoppers and worms. I have a peck of shelled corn tied up and hung up in a sack, now, ready to feed crows next spring at corn planting time. 1 feel sure they nave a good deal more than paid for a peck of com in the cutworms and grubs they have hunt ed out of our field this wintci. J. M. JARVIS. Winston-Salem, N. C, Route 1. Thirty Days for Stealing a Drink. He Reaped What He Sowed. Include Motor Transit. It is claimed that the railroads lost 23 per cent of the passenger traffic they bad. in 1920, and the good will of the public besides, as a consequence j of raising passenger fares- 4 'It; is the relationship of the railroad ! users from the ticket windows and on passenger trains that forms! public opinion, not through the I freight departments, ' ' this authority- goes on to say. And he is exactly , right. (And there is another thing that is hitting railroads hard, financial- lv, and that' is automobiles and mot-J or trucks. ! Many drummers are using automobiles while winter t6ur ists go to Florida by the hundreds in their own cars- Motor trucks are carrying much short haul freight, nd like with the street cars and jitneys, proves a serious financial loss. Andl as time goes on the loss will be greater with the increase of the motor service.) Local Editor. Wants Relief. . Just Listen. 1 finm. rimrham women, are learn nn n amnVe. some already know how but they will never learn how to scratch, a matcb on their . pants like a man, even if they can .vote and hold office. Chatham jxecora. Our covernmcnt off ices-are most all filled with lawyers and our laws have been j dictated and conglomer ated by lawyers until they them selves hardly understand in, anu when the plebs need to, use it for any purpose, 1 hey have to gq to lawvers and buy information at enormous prices. Such a state . of affairs . is simply oppressive ' and needs to be remedied as much as anv reform .that I know of. G. E, Woody, Person ' County, N. C in Progressive iarmer.. Approximately 115 days on the roads of Mecklenburg county will be the lot of C. jQHowell, young white man of Columbia, S. C, as tlje result of his stealing a bottle of iriilk, with, which to i appease hun ger, from the doorway of Fox's dancing academy, and for carrying a concealed -weapon, unless he i able to dig up $50 with which tc pay a fine given him by Recordei Jones for the latter misdemeanor. Howell stated on the stand tha' he had beat his way on a train from Columbia to Charlotte en rout to Gastonia, where ho hoped to ob tain work. The South Carolinian was seen copping the milk by Officer Huney cutt. Howell turned the corner at West Foutrh street and noticing the bluecoat following him tossed both milk and pistol into a yard- Hun evcutt '.witnessed the act and trailed his man until he caught him. Howell admitted throwing the bottle and pistol away and returned with the officer to retrieve them Judge Jones meted out a 30 day road sentence oh the larceny charge and a fine of $50 for carrying a concealed weapon. Howell admitted being married stating that his wife lived and worked in Columbia, S. C -Charlotte Observer- ' (This seems a pretty heavy pen alty for stealing a bottle of milk be cause hunger -pinched and Howell needed it. We do not say it was right, yet he docs not seem to be a professional hobo, just a man out of work and going from place to place, hunting a job. As we see it, annh ensea Vail f Or Probation, and more still, an opportunity and effort to enable him to make good, instead of railroading him to the roads and branding him as a convict. Every man beatinc the train is not a hobo onrl tioepssitv is said to know n6 law.) Local Editor. Mr. John C. Sikes tells an interest ing story of the relations between B. Gordon, the fellow who is in th toils of the iaw in Monroe chajgeO with fraud, and his bondsman, Esq Ellis Purser of New Salem town ship, that illustrates fully the lesson of sowing and reaping. Abou? seventeen years ago Gordon landed in this country from .Germany. He found himself in Monroe anuj in the course of time formed a friendship with Mr. Purser. As a result ot this friendship Gordon presented Esq- Turscr with a good pair of spectacles, which were worn for years by the recipient with grati tude in his heart for this act of kindness. " All went well and perhaps Esq. Purser hadn't seen B. Gordon for years. But the acorn of kindness had been planted and it lad grown nto a mighty oak, for when Ciordon was placed in jail and had not a friend to get him out, over in New Salem township was a man in whose heart burned the "lamp of real grat itude and Esq. Ellis Purser didn't forget the man who had done him a favor, even though he had been wayward and was in the Btrongarni3 of the law. But Ellis Purser camo to Monroe and signed the necessary papers ,to get B. Gordon out of jail. The old saving that a friend iu need is a friend indeed was fully demonstrated in that act. The Joujnal .doesn't know whether B. Gordon is guilty of what ho as charged with or not, and it makes no difference, but in the breast or Ellis Purser is a spirit oi gratitude that more men should possess. Monroe, Journal. A Suggestion. Some people- are so anxious for the ex-service men to get a bonus why not start a drive for a billion or two and raise the money that wayf V That's the way the denom inations. Y. M. C. A. and other or ffanizations (and i many men and women) cot their start. Chatham .Record. ' I Taxpayers Mean Business. Citizens of Mecklenbure, Gaston, Guilford and Wavno have assembled to protest against the enormous' taxes rney arc caiiea upon to pay. as tho Landmark of fStatesville very wisely observes, the authorities will do well to give heed to these protests and not treat them lightly. The people were told again and again when the new adjustments in, taxation were slightly increased, if they were in creased at all. But they have been rudely awakened to the fact that taxes are higher than they were ev er known to be. There is a deep dissatisfaction everywhere, and thr taxpayers are in no mood to be -trifled with, Charity and Children.