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H If.- - r. , ..- ... ... ... - - . . . .... . ...... . - ...... .... . - -- i ' .. 7 . . ' . . . . I THE OATS ON THE LABEL 13 THE DATE YOUR rAPEE WILL EE ETCITED. WATCH LABEL ON TOUR PAPER AND DONT LET SUB SCRIPTION EXPIKE, : n1 i. " " ' ' ' 1 1 " 1 111 111 1 1 - ESTABLISHED 1373. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. . r , COUNTRY, COD AND TBUTXX. , -, . - . $3X0 A TEAK. DUE Dl ADVAJICZ VOLUZHILt . :' "l . - LXJMBHSION, N. 0., FWDAY,. OCTOUEft" 23TH, lS20i ' - - ' " " . . ; NUHS23 C3 V Sfc-i m Hcd . ;- : .,; ViUi Air Rifle Thomas JoRnson, Jr4 - AcciieaUlly ; ghot Himself ;Yesterday When He and Other Small Boya.Wera Play, ing twn Board Propose to Pro : ' hibit Childrten Under 15 Shooting Air Rifles in Town.; r: ; : " . Thowas, Jr., 9-year-old son of Mrl and Mrs. T. Lu- Johnson,, accidentally .i. vs i - An fVio va-j. with n .ir rifl Ut vesterdav. aftpr.: ThJ ' SSliSnS 2n'to ''h Kue' Na-1 ed top of his M and: lodged . noon, rSr.iSY Jon Tov mW nf thr hovs about the same Hth air rlfw W age were playinjg-with air rilies near ougni ueirauw wm V As ' re8UI V town conimiBBioiifirs.areplaningto Hears ftosli ing air rifles in the town-ol umoer. . . - r - " . !r - . . Small CrowUAt " njivisioii Kally , (Editor Correspondence) " " t . Red- Springs, Oct. 28-r-The rally v announced, to b held. here today' by advocates- of division',? of Robeson did not draw a large crowd, thia'be. Insr ! tn striking contrast to th- "di- fttmlMi i held" durfiir the- nactlthevworld- would be united aeainst few : months hero, at St. ..Pauls, at Maxton and at Rowland,!, one having 'j been held attach place." The origi-J nal plan was to' have her. on this'' date the "granddaddy" picnic, all the mhove-mentioned. towns ? uniting in iinnnrf nf final iciiie. but this plan was changed.: It was decided tns of his heart"; and , that V more to cut out the picnie and'have.a rally.';?" once . "his voice choked," , espe in k rani it wab n. cially. when he referred "to the sbl- nouneed that- ex-Senator John L.: Mcl Laren of Bennettsville S, C'and Mr. Jas. H. fpu of Raleigh, would be the speakers, ' the- -speaking . to be held in front' of - the hotel at 2 p-. m. Neither 'of these two speakers could in attend And an address wag mad hfniaA h Hnn R Pttpi - the opera 'son".- Maxtom - - ; ' i A 1 Tis wheel arid merry.go-round,v"u"VT T um onis-jnue- brouEU here for the occasion, furn-. . ished' amusement and apparently . .rnnTfJt A. t ' ' ' worn wpll naironized - . TThey feltr" concluded the state Mr 7 V sJodiv ' ftenublicarf can. ment "Aat e , going to be elected, he or Mr.; tg Varser." Democratic nominee, laugh-i4, lJi'S2 ingly If . ' rrZTZ iSfv tfhS , crat before and,that he. is xunning as, a pKltno ' riL t-0W RepUbUcan. . 1: rl" ?-iK4.?ite.Sa j Co? says work lsoing anead on ' TTr.'Sb iXlwhen 5 - - iWlliteJ en that --our vboys whose Wood hal - back to work at the new rate.of pay low, the f ieid8 of France win pot have yVis,---: w. . --'-ti - i l!-svi,':idied 'In ain.Hn u.'iv.;i.-vs .vv-'f "' Campaign Closes j .Ssl Hcre;Satoraay 3 Showincs For . White and 2 For Col- orea nm wioee eociai ; : nygin - Campaign Here Oct. SO. . '- - 4a stated lit Monday's Robesonian, Saturday of this week will be the clos- ing day of Hhe social. hygiene cam- paign in Robeson after 7, weeks of unusual crowds and extraordinary In- terest everywhere in the county. 4 .1TMI : 4 n TV t -.. unree snowtngs win De given aai- ;urday for the white population as f ol- ;f lows:;- For women only at 2:30 p. m., . for jHen only at .' 4:30 d. m. .vboth in the high school auditorium; 4 m M . v- " . ' . 1 . , . - . .. . . . - T for the community at Urge, evewideljand -generally : published rj,uuu uiTitcu, ui uie vpeu u v v.M court house square, at 8 p. m. . " jgiven at SV. Johns church at 3:30 p. vr cviiftcu, vwu iuuwiuK, we ir -l i - a o.oit m. f or. women Only and the other 8 p. m. V .;. - --" J ' ' -,;iuiKuu i. me oiwunR iur wmw and xae community ' field caR at tne meetings for colored, .v'-r ' - ?;;.uesides .tne pewonnei' which : Uea with the campaign alt the .way through. Dr. Millard Knowlton direc- u : tor ot the Bureau of Venereal Dis- eases for the State, is expected to -be herein that daynd possibly Dr. KrT Stote Health, Officer, rA Snow, directoVgeneral , of the ,1 . 1T . ... American social xivsnene association. ' Ol -i era, 'ana HiXeCUtlVe oecre-- tory Storey of the Interdepartmental - - j va uw uv lmi hiiiwu Social Hygiene board, of Washington." U It is hoped that everybody in .the "community will take advantage of, these last opportunities., of seeing $; these -wonderful .pictures. 7 22;iC3 Bales Of r; Cotton Ginned 7 J There, were 22A 09 bales of Cotton, A counting round as' half balesjrinned . prior to October 18, as compared with 3-1.673 to the same date las. year, according to the records of Mr. J. A. McLeod, rpecial agent. - ' v i - X , Vi!:pn Makes Ap ' peal For League - i r 1 " : ' President In Address to Pro-League . - Repablkans Declares That: Great Moral Influence of U. 8. Would Be Thrown Away if the Nation Did Not "Complete the Task -Which,;; Onr : Soldiers and Sailors' so Seriously 'Undertook to ExecateV' "President Wilson, in his first speech since ne was taken til more than a year agof calls on his fellow country Concert efface and the completion great mqrai acnievemeni on eir part, which, he said the worm , ' . . n, ; , . White vHob :Winvr-:th- dent declared that rther great moral . uniioii uiu. . iiul cuuiuieLti' iu uibk Imperialism Not Dead. '! i The American j people Mr. Wilson said, "shQuld pot be -deceived into sup posing that imperialistic schemes end- ed with hte defeat ef . Germany." Ho 3eclared there vwere other ' nations which were" likely to be t powerfully mcyed or. were .already moved by commercial jealousy, by. the desire to dominate and tt have their own way in politics and in enterprise," and that it was "necessary to aDDrise- them them as it was against Germany, if they attempted 'any similar 4hing."; The President read his address from a- manuscript, His visitors, declared a formal statement after leaving the White House that it -was evident 4 he was "voicing the profoundesi emo . dieT .by 1 the mothers of those whd had fallen in battle." v - ' Solemn Occasion. t : -The whole occasion was inexoress-! ibly solemn .and .tender", said he,"a change", Governor Cox, put the statement. ; adding that the deputation auestion to voters: - -' t ' felt that it was 'nothing- Jess than iragic" , that th. President had' been yougni. ;io sucn a stnciten pnysicai itt"?"uie HV 1UIV -wny ana VSStS oXf 'w York, its spokesman, delivered i.. tw h MHw am.. i "o cvouvawu me amen Mrt tnl in tMa--niMo-W-. v8t number' of. other Republicans throughout the-United States who are ? Patriotism above . party hfHWritical to. the "It is to be feared that the supreme Issue presented for vour consideratlnn in- me preseni campaign growing jai ?i a Dusnei j more obscure rather than clearer by J L"Do thefarmers want a. change to reason of the many" arbitrsry: turns the: typei of political. control , that- the discussion of it has taken. -. The t brought about the agragian revolt in editors and publishers of the country North Dakota? 1 would render a great service if they) .-"Do the working- men of -America .would publish the full text of v the jwant a change to -an, administration covenant of the League of .'Nations, ! headed by Senator Harding who vot- 1 At -.1 a.- . i Decause naving ,reaa tnat text, you would be abfe to' judge for yourselves a great many things in which you are now in danger of beine misled. I .hope sincerely ;that -it will be very . -" v uriAjr tne. issue and, to assist your judgment " aiucaijf vx awuoif we ..OKA ....Miittnl i case submitted to. you, ini as simple, terms as possible. -v : "Three years agoMt was my duty (..u ,, w uio wurto. m meenng. anu enamg tne most sm - btef P1?. ld ever been' devel- ??eonm4 .-lf5e,,Pv?,W' l'"? .fg,m eS? p?wt ieondnctea this Afternoon by Rev. I. the Old World. .Your 'response-to tthe country?'! ry-.,: - P Hedgpeth, pastor of Big- Branch that UrftU the forces fPl' "d baptist churchDT- which deceased of war. You wiU ! remember that the est eleons want , a change thai wa . member ; interment was morals of. the German people broke youW mean more ' power tq, Senator mni t B thi familv hnrvins- cround . down long before the strength of the, Watson; of Indiana-who engineered ; af iMfamily "k.J utM Mi" Mndas Jownsend has return- onslyjjnse theyfelt that a-tn by thej senate after;tbef Michigan from, Lumberton where she has k uiw wtw wmtu iney soma . 1 . av t. J a iL au iuc wtc uau cuilie uuu IIW contest, and tnat tnenceiorth all their w.v.k professions of right were discredited and they were unable to pretend-that their continuation of the war was not! the support of a government that had violated everyvprincipal of right and every consideration ofjiumanity. - - v - Summons To Peace. .. ; "It is my privilege to summon you now to the concert of peace and the completion of the great moral achieve - ment on your part which the war rep- resented and in the presence of which the world found a reassurance and a recovery of force which it could have mrAlv to bcii firmanv hnt n .-,! tha possibility of the renewal of anchdefinite conclusion: or do thev want a iniquitious schemes as Germany en - ' Continued on page four) . . - . - . .. Do Thp PecpIeV, iVant a Change? No ' One Really Wants Senator f Harding for Pimldent Got." Cox ; 1 Asks Pertinent o Qaestions About Sentiment for " Change.' ' Arguments Addressed especially to voters favoring Senator Harding, Re publican Presidential candidate- upon the broad rgeneral ground' of desir-i were emphasized here tonight by Gov ing ' a chance" m national axiairs j, To a large: audience in; Tomlinsott ; HU1 ana m zonmu wmwH k Democratic nominee urea a Droaasiae L. .Mnn. , Amwlan neonle- tiaraing- ana oiner for their League of ,DlaMr anil twiltult- VO. .s pubikans,' when - they are hon- one that no one really wants1 Sena- iov Hardingfor PripBi4ent;Ajrf.ye-tjW were very1 gtiAtUft favor the coHection of taxes from thev tell me that as partisans many expected to vote for him because they have been taught to' believe that they wanted a change." t The: expression was preached as, propaganda by re actionary leaders untU it has become nauseating to the public.1 Governor Cox's visit -here was . the occasion for a great rally of Hoosier Democrats, c With his fire : directed against the argument "for a change" in, government; Governor - Cox also preached the League of" Nations and I oredicted victory next . Tuesday. i .st'My opponents make their light J upon the leagueissue and upon me," I he said' TTheyliave failed in their ! attempt, to divert the issues. They pve beeivcompelled to recognize tnat CoJUis the candidate and no longer can they continue their, assault upon President ; Wilson v whom they have pitilessly belabored for months; even though . they knew " he ' was "sick and unable to defend himself asmuch a victim of the eWU " '.'soldier in 'the 'In his assault upon sentiment for 1 r "Do they want, a change that will mean tax .revision front a big busi nesB poini 01 view inausi the change they would get from Senator Harding. ; "Do the cattle - raisers want . the chr.ngc desired by the packers, soJhat the Kenyon-Kendrick bills v. will be killed, leavihgT the cattle 'men to ob-' tain whatever prices the big five elect to give? , AU of Senator; Harding's political associates' are opposed td ! "Do they-desire a change 'back to normalcy relative v to legislation ? Will Johnson; Borah, Norris and the other progressives in and out of Con gress deny; they' are -hoping to pre vent Penrose from writhlg the next tariff. bill ?,. . f'Do jthey. want a ehange. that will mean success . to 'th program of re actionary politicians, including Sen ator Harding,- desirous of abolishing It J- M -2.' -1 ! J .At li 1 alLdirecf aimaries. and thuselimi fatter the troublesome fnstrtcted del egation,' .when the ,old guard leaders, assemble At 2U11 a. .ml. for their Quad rennial conference to pick the presi dential candidate f or- the' Republican voters;, of . America ?;v:S.i- '.;:V;!' f "Dov the farmers want' a change tji a Federal; administration beaded' by Senator. Harding who declared ih 1917 that wheat could be raised at a profit t ... m ea lor we anti-stme sections 01 tna rCuntmins bill,' although - in ' keeping with his general conduct he 'would pose as a friend of - labor? v "Do the women of America want a . - r - j , . , . . . . en-ychange that t would jneaa. controlToJ ijr iTO ut Penrose, who opposed women epff rage ,vwih uvim umw, n wumi', Nona -heDhrd of fjiTunsv ined M . ... -11 -::i are jusf.ia wrong-on all civil-pro- grams now as they are on the Lea true of Nations?;'- ':..:rV - ; f"Do the small business men of the """"" u. w a :ca weserve Danxuig ; system tnat ' enable a smaU group of bankers - to wwi .uw cvotkuuu vj - t t ui: o.wcvuyuwu juij m a njiuuiKiui - court in nis own Kepuoncan state for ... - 4 - having purchased his seat in the sen- te? " - H"Po the men .and women of Irish descent want a change that will mean; .the American legion at . Cleveland ? according" to ; Senator Harding, - that ' i"Do the people who regard the . Su the question of Irish independence preme Court as the greatest bulwark shall not be one for. the intercession of justice want a change to majority of official America r or do they want a11 control' by reactionary justices select- rch&nge , that will mean the Dreserita-'' i tion of Ireland's' case at the bar. of world opinion? . rv ' 11 r Do the former Srevice men want a .Kooseveit to revolt, m . .- . change that would be nothing more ..1There are thei questions," Governor than the repetition of the farce stag- Cox declared, "that have been cons;d ed by Congress when it played horse ered, and to them has. come the an for over a year with the" , adjusted swer in the acquisition of all the lead- compensation question and came to no ...... . T. . .. . ' change to a positive pledge of support for the four-fold pjan, approved by ; - ' . . Parlctdh News Letter A Good Man PassesPersonal and Other Items..- x BY C D. -WILLIAMSON . Parkton. Oct. 26- The CbauUuqtia has closed and while this writer, did not attend every entertainment, what he saw and heard was all to the good in: "wery: respect. The attendance was not quite - large enough to pay out. i" We don't think they - received enough, encouragement to pronVse to come again another year, a The lectures were well worth the admis. sion fee. I could say mors, tainga complimentary but time "d space rMSs Benthawof Woodland arrivJ cUirmanX ed Saturday. ; Another one of, the Democratic SUte Committee, and high., school- teaehew we were all ; (Juirman Frank A. Linney, of the gladtto welcome "back for 'another .Republican State Committee; both fa- terrn ;vyv ; v : r vor It. Mr, A. L. French, who is the Mr; andvMrsM SUnton of Republican nominee for Commissioner Florence: 8. -C.5 camj up last Thurs-lof Asriculture - in North (Jaroliim. xortnas. . . day Md returned Friday p. m.T Mr. Stanton visited nts-farm a couple of miles away, looking , after his , bust to see them. , iltj-' Stanton says the (Individuals proportiona'te to the pro farmers of his section are warehous. 1 tection and other aid given then) by ing their cotton mostly; the in- Mr. and Mrs. Angus Jernigan via-; Ked at the home i of ' Mr. Barney Stnoos or rurvis on sundsy. - Mr. Jernigan visited the knot where that terrible explosion occurred little more thanra week ago,:and be says it U an awful sight to witness. ' .The nn Pr fair r took , mmit everybody from thi "ection for the . iv. j t-i. t. 1 past i three xiays. ust cam keep from attending; you meet so many of your old friends and relative, and the ahorse-racing" was' exciting.'; t Mr. Collier Cobb and wife attend ed the Raleigh fair last week and re nort a ereat fair and a eTand time. .' ' - Mr. and Mrs. Jas, McNeill and MinM j n. nrMJiin uru. i reprt fof Mr. AVW. Carroll of lower Cum- berland county who died Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, aged 56 years. The writer had known deceased since early boyhood and can .ay of a truth he was one of the s . v . . W wVearSS new- .wf. cioseiy associaxeu : . auring our eariy ooynooa, ano on lor tion November 2A. L. French," Re i&JlmA Publican Nominee for. , CommisTiioner uu iwc av luus wiuie, nuu t mi u&o I have lost one of my best friends. I I never knew him : : discontented crosa '. or worried - in my life: always cheerful an4 kind and posessed a pure and n. penonility,N vtrWw;. ..Conimissio of Agri: proved Incorns T tax adient! you cWd count Onany timeland 1 his culture(. together with the Legislative Whert he fSffheA soniboSrbnosS 4 ZwttlS'S Committee of the State Board S Agri- .thJt thVcSmbsSdp man never lived ?He waa a true and mHnMk iw i.-,. . . u ywa ''"r uevoieci nuBDano ana ajuna ana wiec.men -ayingr .X' t ft - rV : M A 3 1 ' ' 1 : 1 t J J nonate xatiier, ana wu b uraiuyi ti.iH.hnn.k nnnA,A i, M naa - t vf 'J:11 CoUnf" and c114 tion places on the commonwealth This, true Incident w characteristic 1??J!T$J beer -rds, ter'of the whole sdSte? uajr uivimiiK aw w wv.a. mu vmuvu noairn luttn KIM af ht. nnfmhiMta f.h A iv. nT .itMetc'T',?e' iegMxarure Buomats jml. ineiax amendment on next Tuesday.. .ln tor, RetrR. L. Byrd, in the presence-people anotner important plan. , s At vain is the net spread in the skht of Ifoncomse ci Borrow. the elections November the people any bird." VSA ft is that : the Tiost tag friends and loved ones Deceas, wilUvote on a Constitutional amend- wealthy; and powerful opponent of ed;was andtod-been consistent ttent authorizing the State to Ux the the income Uiamendmentare stay member of the Baptist church since Wom nf th W0aithv ithn raMt hi i j .. A 'T' I early manhood, and. his caurch has tort of its most substantial and family i have -)ur Sincere sympathy, Kev. W. I Maness filled his nlar appointment at the M. E. church1 Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, follow. big . the communion of the. Lords Sup. i per. His sermon was most interest ;rest-J large, ing and the congregation was and attentive. ., tv ' THE RECORD OF DEATHS. . Mrs. Nancy Woodell of Bnie. ? Mrs. Nancy Woodell. seed 53 years'a dffid suddenly last: Wednesday morn- - . - . . . . . . - jhg at. her ..home,- near Buier. death iiik - uc uvuici iu vwcf ; um.ia resuming from, heart : trouble. De- ceasecL-is survived hy 14 cnudren. :?,;..JL.S ; - - - . - . -.. . rYesterday.' . - . , - Mr. Nona Shepherd, aged about 30 ears died yesterday afternoon at 5 m'aIiIt .l-1ii. .liAHi. 4- Anmm . TlflL1 ceased, hadieen ln.HLJiealtliJorseyroxessiou. uur Nortn, Carolina pianmenamenr is a voter to keen this nor. erar montiu; His widow . and two children .survive The funeral "was u mrcji tuiuuk jcmhhw a- Miuwuk - .j - ' , . 's . , ,M, o P ravi 'orR i ' Iimbor. ' t .... -ru jp MylS Ol Xhwt to . ' t ."'" " - ' -- . ed by. a reactionary President? ' "Do the people want a change back jto the old conditions .tnat caused ing progressives and maepenaent ite- ... 1 ii. A. M J publicans, who in the past few days, Tiave pledged their support through .statements in the newspapers. , . -. " - , . Vote For Income : Tax Amendment Repubfkan and Democratic Candi dates ' For Comnissioner of Agri ealtore and The Pregressivs' Farm sajl Give Reasons for Sapportia .. the- Amendment. '' " Vote far Income Tax Amendment The proposed income Ux amend-1 'ment to "be voted on next Tuesday is m no sense a party measure. The Repobiican candidate for Governer in every speech declares for the income ux, and the Democratic candidate is .heartily boosting: the amendment. sends: a special message ureihe UTm era to vote for the amendment, tie says : comes of citizens of North Carolina (in amount above that necessary to proviae an oroinary iivrasr lor tne ' average family) are made, possible, oy proxecuon axioroea oy state or ' n111 " government J (2) through 'Profit on labor of hand or brain of other citizens of the state: (3) through Patronage given by fellow citizens of ths- irorai n1 fil thmnra VAmnnAW- . - LT. ffi .V:?,."BW n TOw;Bw.;p(it.: f80: nm::SZ7Zm afforded the different bKin of the . state by the state or national ITLTcI a nk' hme government. , : Vtf can be found anywhere. Mr. Cham- "I believe that right and iust U the'.1. ftm? ? being constructed. of ' nM.. nnciple of collectina: the bulk of the r" t better natural equipment or Teat - te tSLFfe-LJSS! er advantages as mentioned above. 'wm JuXTS'JT Ai5!,Ytfi'me tLlr oonosition 1 ""hStawT. th Q would see at onc whthy hould. vote for the ux immnBnr ir rn tniTM ior- mendent at the comine elec Agriculture t,,, ' What the State Board of Arrienltnre flare : - - --- : . - . t. rr AV ,Tr -"'""-r toorhether any particular income is rfved from invested wealth or bth-; tuWe hope every farmer will 'now 1 j v . .... n. - - - - - 1 iiu m rm . n n n a n n a, . a l . -vw-. aaao jwov ioaucu vuuiit: auilc lULiun rnnnftrriniTiev rna manfMMt reg-Jmake up his mind to vote for- this amendment and urge others to do Heretofore we have had a sham SO. ahamefnl system in North Carolina.1 Incomes derived from labor have been taxable; while incomes derived from' invested capital have been exempt from taxa- tion, under Constitutional provisions, Thus it is said4hat a famous tobacco manufacturer, of this state had an in- . .a ... a . a a a . . m come .01 sdouc a nau-muuon oouars year , from his property, and was I . . a ' ' . i. . noi required to pay one cent ol in-l eome tax on it, while his stenographer wwauw ma vu nuw iais twuvuayua or clerk getting 11,260 a year or more was required to psy an income. Ux. ln England for years it has been the wan to DUl a neavier tax on "nnearn- .ed incomes" that is to say, on' those - . . " 77. derived "from invested capital than onearned "mcomelTV-that IS to sayi Ofl ' thoaAklan vAi fmm 'mia'i Istww has been the reverse of this, and the voters of the SUte ought to pile up 100,000 majority for changing it, Just as they did for changing the .Const!- totion so as to provide a six-months school term.' . . "A ereat nart of th Stafa'a wealth conSrated fa 'tS? hands 0 parativeiy few wealthy persons; and it is only fair that they bear a larger , k.. 1 . - " o va aaic vuiunw ux uuiauuu. lun is all the proposed income tax amend- ment means." " w. v ' , w&uuvra ue aeceivea-n tne wealthy Will Eq-aLze the Farmers ' " and powerful interests now fighting' Share of Taxation J"8. 1x1001116 tax amendment succeed - "Under our present and past. .toAJtu tou t the systems ef taxation in North : IT f a14?1 Carolina as the big. Carolina.-v says Editor Clarence , fj". f01 chumps and fools on earth, vPoe, of The Progressive' Fsrmer, ! 7 the polls and see that all your "the farmer, and especially the C,?) te a ballot reading "FOR struggling small farmer, hasc YTo?Z. .rS a 1 , iVS?0 torne too' Urge a-share of the "es, and Amount of Poll Tax. i i. r . ... i,. 'ni to Authorize Income Tax." -Th burdens of taxation. So has. the small home-ewner in town, - "That is great reason why I favor the income tax amend ' ment. It will Uke the tax for state governmeit off of land a ad personal property aad put it on the income of the wealthy. "If yon have been feeling that the farmer and small home-owner COTTON MARKET. Strict middling cotton is selling on Bsbnr TTZL13 local nzm -Considerable frost " was in evf- I cations point to, even more tomorrow morntogy ,7 t - . The Bullock Brotherg Auto Co. u moving waay into in new garage ' building. Just Completed, Third and Chestnut streets. . The: condition 'of Mrs, W. " C.'f Barirctt of HA Rnrlnni ltn . ti.B - KifS'Sffl? LJ iJL : ;',01 fmr,nw1' 1 "? ' . - - rFntoon Review: .Mr. H. V. fBrown has returned from Snow IIU1, , inhere he resigned as assistant cash- l. '. Pcoplet 'BankinrMl Trust Co. Mr; and Mrs. Brown are at ores-: ent occupying the Stephens house. ; f Messrs. Mas(on . BrHt and Sam. ' and Steve Willis of Saddletree, Lee Willis of St Paul and Kfnney Har. ; rell of St, Pauls township returned, yesterday front Wrigitiville Beach, t where they SDeht fonr dava fthhia ana Hunting, mey bad a big time but decided it was tirart to leave when a storm came Qj and there were na. mistakable indications of frost They were accompanied by Wiill Glover, colored, of St. Pauls township. , Fairmont Review: The new homes lot Messrs, Doimi. faaR7x.' riTZl . .m-?- olng- up. When these are finished KPa on bongalow plan a wooden iiruciare ..'besr. more than his share ef taxation, here is your chance to 'remedy that condition. Vote for the income tax which will Justly shift much of this excess burden to large incomes." The Income T.x Amendment: t . r. . t . . . ivcsa ims oeiore ion vote Some months ago there was a meet ing of the chamber of commerce in ono of our - largest North- Carolina cities. The wealthiest men in the place were present, and a shrewd and wMttdv u.ir.. ... . a a 11KU1..UIB iinporuuice . 01 oeaimr mo it '1.1.; 1. a .i h.t : . jroposea income nUh support for lawyers, politicians. and pamphlets to fight for tternV ; - Remember we already have an m Mr French Urges . Come tax on everv man mhn mm m 1 .rce inrnmp? th nmmut An.nA would simply allow the state t tir the large incomes from property which has beezUnherited or piled no. And just to the extent? that we "tax these unearned incomes; just to that extent 'can we reduce, the taxes on the property and incomes of our less , Sit. . m - ' weaiinyxiasses. iv - .... ' . " ' r -s. . . .n tne income -tax ammfnum adopted next Tuesday. -'theYrf wUf be" i "o. no. noi" wii ths v TioiniM uma a ucquaj. "Li.CTt9 Will Mt no more taxes, levied on land and prepeijy lor purposes of running the - atste government in North Carolina ail inia money can lie niswl Ivml ter from, the incomes of the wealthy . . . - r - ana irom slmilarources. ' .' . 7 .':' , -1 ; . - ' . A VOTJk airainvf --'4hAs - a . 4 property tax at 66 cents each 100 instead of reducing it to 15 eenta- -V : -. , ' A . vote against the Income tax 'ndment is a vote to keep the bm' . den of taxation on the farmers. la- borers, and less wealthy class nf the state toteri?lgortgL " othat burden on those most able to . v ' - V- ' ; "t deceived and let not your Progressive Farmers. - Mr Pink Byrd of R.2, Fairmont, is a Lumberton visitor today. . . DB WIlJULAJa.-W. PAR22-. - - BTB SPECIALIST Omce: NaUnoal Baah ef LsusUrt-2 . V - BtlUiag. , 1 f
The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Oct. 29, 1920, edition 1
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