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Railroads—Tremendous Growth M
Automobile Indostry Daring last
$7 Years.
Raleigh New? and Observer. . - ^
North Carolina has Jon
nested in railroad, and ^45.000.^0
a.'.motive transportation. and
the highway, after three quar^r^t
a century of eclipse by the raiiroads.
has come bach into its own
major means of commurucaton m the
SMte. Automobiles are do.ng nmre
inter-city transportation than tne
^*^17 years since the first automo
biirwlJbrought to North Car.ima
the industry has grown until 't dorm
nates the field of passenger^ trans
por ation, has made serirn^ m
ior 's on the freight tonage of the
ni ,,ads. Its investment represents
a t.gure $114=000,000 in excess of the
value of the railroads.
I or every 128 feet of road in the
Sta:e highway system there is a mo
tor vehicle licensed to operate and
the end of the year is expected to
see th.: interval between automobiles
on the State highways reduced to ap
proximately 100 feet, and the '"vest
ment reaching the 375 million mark,
and the trafhc problem correspond
inglp increased. ,
Included in the valuation of the
railroads is every item of real and
nersonal property .right of way, road
bed, rolling stock, shop equ'pment.
etc. Included in the valuation of the
automotive transportation equipment
are 212.000 vehicles, 6,100 miles of
State highways, and the capital in
vested in the sales and service sta
tions and facilities for the distribu
tion of fuel and equipment.
In addition to the State road sys
tem, not included in the valuation, are
approximately 47,500 miles of private
And county roads, and city streets,
used by automobiles almost exclusive
ly but entering only relatively into
the equipment for State-wide travel.
The estimated value of these roads
and streets is placed at one hundred
million dollars. _ . , ,
Seventeen years ago ne
less than 100 automobiles and less
than $100,000 invested in them. The
value of the railroads has increased
slowly in the interval, and mileage
but little. The State system of high
ways has been developed, the county
system of roads vastly improved, and
more ban 230 cities and towns m
the State bad paving projects inau
gurated.
"It is a problem to know where
we are going to put next year's auto
mobiles", State Highway Commis
sioner Frank Page remarked recent
ly. "They have multiplied so rapidly
that their usefulness has been re
duced greatly. Just today a man told
me he had ceased to use his car be
cause he could not park it anywhere
In town. He comes in on the street
car and uses his automobile only af
ter he goes home from work."
The growing congestion of auto
mobile traffic on the highways, par
ticularly in the neighborhood of
large cities, has brought a problem
thas has not yet been solved. The in
creasing number of fatal accidents
on the higHwaps will shortly bring
death rate to a point where it will
have to be set down among the re
portable diseases registered with
mortality statisticians.
Considered from an economic sta
tus, the growth of automobile trans
portation has struck a heavy blow at
the short line railroad, and seriously
crippled through traffic. One in
stance cjted in the discussion is the
Norfolk and Southern between
Raleigh and Fayetteville, on which
passenger trains have been suspended
for more than a year.
Highway census figures place the
average daily automobiie passenger
traffic between Raleigh and Fayette
ville at 50 passengers, with a run
ning time of two hours. The railroad,
during the last year of its operation
of passenger trains, carried less than
20 passengers per day on the through
trip, and required three hoc* tp
make the 66 mile ton,
] H-.en through traffic haa suffered
serious losses Passengers between
Raleigh and Asheville are able to
make the 2?H-mile trip in eighth y
ten hours white the train schedule
runs ti upwards of 12 hoars. Thou
sands of tourists have quit the trains
for automobiles.
{ nisastroug to Short Lines.
i Mr.Q. Beckwith, assistant to the
i general manager of the Virginia &
Carolina Southern, which runs from
! Lumberton to Hope Miiis and from.
St. Paui to Elizabethtown, says that
jthe growth of automobiie transpor
tation has proved very disastrous to
[the passenger business of the V. &
}C. S. That tine has been operating a
, double daily passenger service at a
ioAs, Mr. Beckwith says, and for some
'time t:.e advisability of putting on
jga; ii: e raiiway motor cars in an
-eff rt to reduce expenses has been
under consideration.
! 1 ,io towns on the iine of the Vir
ginia & Carolina Southern are very
fortunate in that the officers and
directors of the road are local men
jwho a n directly interested in the up
building of these towns.
; Whim other roads like the Norfolk
& Sou them have cut off all standard
passenger trains, the V. &. C. S. has
continued its fine passenger service
although it is entailing a constant
lOSS.
Encouraging The Mob
"Citizens of Perth Amboy ,N. J.,
rose in rcvoit last night against an
other meeting of the masked organi
zation (the Ku Klux Klan), over
whelmed the police and fire depart
ments, defied tear gas bombs and
broke up the advertised assemblage,
beating several of its members se
verely." The quotation is from a New
York newspaper of August 31.
No charge of disorder or violence
is brought against the Ku Klux Klan
in Perth Amboy.
If a mob of masked men in Okla
homa who flog men are criminals,
what are men in a mob of 5,000 who
defy the police and beat masked men
half to death in New Jersey?
If it be said that the masks of the
Ku Klux and their declared "prin
ciples" incite a violence, are those en
gaging in mob violenece on that ac
count exclusive?
Mobs have been assailing the new
Ku Klux, with whom the state assure
ly does not sympathize, in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey the lest
fortnight and one may search in vain
the newspapers of New York for edi
torial condemnation of them—from
which it may be inferred that, after
all, mob law is not so objectionable
to them as they sometimes pretend. )
1 f the ways of the Ku Klux are out
sit! 3 of the law, does it follow that
they should be lawlessly assailed ? )
Shall the mobs assailing the Ku Klux
be encouraged by the silent approba-j
tion of the press?
If an organized gang of floggers
and man-kiilers in Georgia is a dis
grace to the Republic, what about or
ganized gangs of secret assassins,
"gunmen" who shoot for hire, in New
York city, who operate from year to
year, and are seldom punished—ex
cept when they kill one another?
Why does not Representative Dyer,
of Missouri, broaden the provisions of
his bill so that it would provide for)
the trial and punishment of the)
"gangsters" of the great cities—-and.
the imposition of fines on the cities)
in whi h the gangs of professional
murderers operate?
Wicked as the south is, we doubt
if .anywhere in the southern states is
to be found one organized gang of
professional murderers—and they
seem to be not uncommon in Chicago
and New York.
In the great cities it seems that a
murderer, a lawyer, a sculptor, a bro
ker, mny hire a taxi at any time.
We fear, we greatly fear, that in a
southern state, a citizen practicing
murder as a profession would be—
lynched.—Columbia State.
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School b Deh#
at the home of
C. Bridger Friday
enjoyable affair
dbasaaa aampaaad of
the faculty, the girls who will attend
coilaga, and Mr. and Mra. ^ohn Sin
of Winstan-Salem. After av
had bacon* acquanitad, pro
conoaraation waa an^ad by
younger foMta. Muaic waa fur
nidhad throughout the evening by
ChandeaVataon and Miaa Laura Mae
Wataon. Delicious Mock cream and
cake wera served.
Mra. H. C. Bridger Jr. entertained a
few friends at a course dinnar at
Amelia's Tea room in Ciarkton, Sa
turday. The guaata preaent waraMea
damaa J. L., R. C., and D. H. Bridger,
Mias Annabel Bridger, Mra. Alien
Poe of Fayetteville and Mrs. Fred
Dickson of Wake Forest.
The Biadenboro schooi under the
wise leadership of Mr. A. V. Nolan
is doing spiendid work. No time has
been iost on account of the bduks not
being here, each teacher having given
the pupiia pienty of work until the
books come The faculty is composed
of the following teachers: high school
—Supt. A. V. Nolan, Shelby; Mr.
Craven, Tennessee; S. M. Crowder,
Ellenboro; Miss Broadway, Paxville,
S C.; Miss Jo Lillian Statin, John
son City, Tenn. Grammar grades and
primary—Miss Ruby Rogers, Mul
lins, S. C.; Miss Maude Pierce, Halls
boro; Miss Gladys Norris, South
Mills; Miss Lillian Edgerton, Kenley;
Mrs. Cravens, Tennessee; home eco
nomics—Miss Edna Evans, Manteo.
The B. Y. P. U. had a social meet
ing at the dormitory Friday evening.
Among the guests present was Mr.
Gary Pridgen, former State president
of the B Y. P. U.
The foilowing girls and boys have
left recently for the various col
leges: Misses Mozelle Kelly, Vada
Hester, Alberta and Grace Butler, for
Meredith; Thelma Powell and Aline
Parker for N. C. C. W.; Laura Mae
Watson, G. W. C., Greenville, S. C.;
Livingstone Bridger and Durell Jor
dan, A. and E. Several boys and girls
from the county who graduated from
the Bladenboro school last spring
will also attend college this fall.
Miss Mary Appie Edwards and Mr.
Charlie Herring surprised their
friends by getting married Sunday
evening. The ceremony was perform
ed in South Carolina. The bride is a
pretty and attractive young lady and
has many friends in her home t#wn
who regret that her marriage will
take her away from Bladenboro. The
groom has a splendid position in
Boardman, where he and Ms bride
will make their home.
Mr. M. C. Bridger and son, Cla
rence, have returned home from a vi
sit to relatives in Kenley.
Mrs Fred Dickson has returned to
her home at Wake Forest after a
pleasant visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Dewey H. Bridger.
Little Josephine Bridger, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bridger, had
her tonsils removed by a specialist
in Wilmington. She is improving nice
ly.
Miss Ruby Jordan left Thursday for
Pembroke, where she will teach dur
ing the ensuing year.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Shaw spent
the week-end with the former's mo
ther, Mr. Florence Shaw.
Charles N. Watson, who spent a
month with his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. S. N. Watson, returned to Au
burn, Ala., Saturday.
Miss BideH of Pembroke has ac
cepted a position with the Bridger
corporation.
Mr. Gary Pridgen who has been
engaged in B. Y. P. U. work in Wes
tern N. C^ is visiting his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Pridgen.
NOTICE OF COMMMMMONEE8
SALE OF ' Ann
Under epd by virtu# of the Authority vested
in the undersigned commissioners, by virtue of
s decree of the Superior Court of Rtdicenn
County, rendered in the proceedings enMMed
"ScofieM MsNeiii. et oi. vs. Andrw jT)R:
Neiii. et oi '. we wiii, on Monday. the 8th
dy of October, MM. ot tweive o'cioek Moon.
soio ond oeM to the highest Mddfr for
eosh^thy foMowing described isnds, to-uft:
Lying end being in Burnt Swsmp Towe
ship Robeson County. Worth Coroiino. od
ioining the tends of Coivin Loekienr, isnds of
W. E. McNeiii end others, bounded es foiiows.
to-wit:
Beginning et u stake in Coivin LocMoerfO
iine. the tower south corner of the
Smith Iff seres, end runs es thet _
north 78 west 18.68 e hoi ns to e stake:
north 88soeet 18.M ehnins to e stoke; thsosf
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south 70 eest I860 eheins to e steke,___
Lockiesr's comer: thenee es his iine south M
west to the beginning, eontoining 18
Se. deed doted Docesober ,4th. MM.
John M. Bnie to AMennder McNeiii. r<_
in Book 4-D. pege 881. et seq. in offioo of
Register of Deeds of Robeson Connty.
Excepting. hocsooor. 8 seres more or iess
conveyed by Aiexander MeNeii! end wife to
Scofieid McNeilL seeerdod-.in Rook f-F.
SM. in offioo of Register of Deeds of
son County. A ho 1 1-18 ecres heretoforween
] tABnl
veyed by Aioxendor McNeiii end wife
Me WHihuns by deed recorded in Book 4-L.
poge 487, in. office of Register of Deeds ef
Robeson Cccusty.
The sbove described tends being soid
on order of Me eourt for the purpose of,
tition.
Doted this 8rd dey of September, IMS.
E. M BRITT
DIOR SON MeLEAN.
8-18*4 Mono. Commissioners.
MALE OF^AMEOMMILE USED IN
EEANSFSMTATION OF LiQUOR
Under end by virtue of the power end on*
thority conferred by Section 8408. of the
Consolidated Stetutee of North Coroiino. end
the ether nets suppisosssstsi thereto. end
emendstory thereof, the undersigned Sheriff
of Robeeon County wiik on Monday, tho Href
dey of Ootober. 18S8, ot It o!efook Noon, Of
the Courthouse door in the Town of ten)*
berton, N. C„ offer for .pnhs. ot nubiio <sup
tion. to tho highest bidder for ensh. the f<B
iowing described persons! property, te-ssft:
1-Seven Pots eager MIS Mode! Pnehood
Touring Cor. No. 1M141. Being the ssupo
cer found in tho poeeossion of Hymen Megs
dondoff end being need in the tronsp ufuMcu
of iatoxieeting Honors. the seid Hyman Met
den doff having boon nrreotod sued consisted
in the Court of W. B. Ivey. Recorder.
I berton, N. C. on the charge of tra
[intoxicoting iiqoors in the sbove
eutomobiie.
This, the fist dey of August, MM.
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^ When anhooi opens ht the hdl, re
mfl chiidre! ^ that have boon playing
or working* oat of door# ahoaM bo
watched rather carefhH*. The change
from a day* of physical activity to
one of aevea or more hours of con
finement is igreat and may Mag
onaniBnesw aniess a few pre
cautions Are laken. For a abort time
at least, t*he school day might well b*
brahenop i<*o more than the oaual
number of periods and the children
given frequ ent recesses. They shouid
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For Unpaid Taxes 1922
The foiiendog rea! estate in the Town of Lomberton wiii b
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