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TILS fWS AT J) 02CITVE?w SUNDAY MORNLnG, JULY 13, 1919. G0M.I WRITES. I A . . . . ., fi. A FEW OF RALEIGH FANS WHO HEARD FIGHT RETURNS Kike IE ED i Makes' an Appeal To The Con- science of North Carolina Taxpayers v ASKS LOYAL SUPPORT . v- REVALUATION LAW Direct Attention to the- "Aver - age Citiien's" first Oppor r"lttnitjrToWrftrTBn Truth and Perfect Equality in Tax Bboki,? "To TeH The Truth and Shame The Deri!" Papers : of .Incorporation'. For RALEIGH'S THRIFT STORE . FIVE BIG DEPARTMENTS . . ' , Raleigh American Co. Filed Yesterday ; HOPES TO APPEAR AROUND OCTOBER 1 New Afternoon Newspaper Tor Capital City, Promoted By --.JE. A. Wombla, Maltei Tint A Sale of Unusual '.. annua ' "i ' ' " " r '' ' - - '' .. ' ' ' '' , i . -. a Importance Step Toward Publication;; White, Boone and Womble, Incorporators ---- 10 RALEIG THIRD CIM DAILY CHARTER ,T U . ... , , Time la an or a letter te ''Mr. Avcragt Citlacn, inida publie from the Execu tive officea yesterday, Governor T. W. Biekett makes b appeal to every tax payer in the State tailed upon to an ..... wf questionnaire under tha Statc'a new revaluation, law to 'sound out Bit conscience in (making return ofhis "When, yon coma to take tkia solemn oath,'' tha Governor writes tha average citixea, "it will be helpful to put to your own conscience thia question: 'If I did not own this property, but wasted to buy it, what would I be justified in paring; for it? , I call on you," concludes this letter, "to lend your vigorous support, flrst, by example, and then by precept, to this attempt by the General Assembly to build up a taxation system in North Carolina grounded on perfect truth and . perfect justice. By so doing you will help to practically . demonstrate that it la profitable in money and morals to a people as well aa to an individual to tell the truth and shame the devil." Average Cltlsea Loves The Trath. The full text of tha Governor's 1st . tor reads: JIy dear Mr. Average Citixen: "Aa intimate acquaintance with you, extending over a number of years, leads AMI tA mTitm VA1I tlita int AnAl t no.inn.l letter. I know that you love tha truth, . that you despise injustice, that you are a, robust champion of the square deal. . The possession by you of the cardinal virtuea makes North Caroliun'k truly great State. "fit "The most vital powerof tjtattf is the power to tax. and you 'Boa! ' that thia vital power, should be 'M: cisea witn a ruu Knowledge tr the truth. You believe that from this full know)- edge of the truth there will flow per fect equality Ja taxation. ''For tba first time in the history of the State you, Mr. Average Citixen, have it in your power to write the full , truth and perfect equality In tha tax books of the State. You have never been called upon to do thia before; in deed, you have never been permitted to -.' thia before. But now the General Assembly has enacted a law that places the matter entirely in your hands. The saw tax law is written oa correet prin ciples. The machinery for ita enforce meat is adequate and appropriate. Tha law ia so writtea that it will be easy - for the citixen to do right and hard for him tn in wrung. Rut am vnn. Mr. Average Citixen, rests the responsibil ity of determining whether or not the wise and just purpose of the law shall be carried out. "Now, Mr. Average Citizen, you will MMiM nnMtinHM M mnA will V.- called upon to awear before God and to all your fellow-eitixena what is the , fair market value of your property. - When you eome to take thia aolema oath It will be helpful to you to put to your .. own conscience this question i 'If I did lot own this property, but wanted to boy it, what would I be justified in paying for Iti and, again; "If 1 wanted to tell this property, not at a j l v... . : . i j .l - m f . T aim ... . .. H ... terms that property of thia class is gen ' orally cold ia thia community, what do 1 really believe I could get for it!" me answer to these questions will poiui vita reasonable accuracy to tha fair : market value of your property. This 1 fair market value you must write dowa ia your questionnaire, else you will cease to be Mr. Average Citixea and become) Mr. Undesirable Citizen, rk. nL. win r.ii When you, Mi. Average Citixen, tell , the truth about your property, it will do bo good for your neighbor, Mr. Un desirable Citixen, to tell a lis a) out his property, because when the books show truly what the property of Mr. Average Citixea is worth, this evidence will clear ly and conclusively show what the prop erty of Mr. Undesirable Citiaen is worth. The loeel and district assessors, when they come to fix the value uf property, will be governed by the awora testimony of Mr. Average Citizen. A ad whea you, Mr. Average Citizen, tell the unvarnished truth about your 4 property, that truth will wipe out every discrimination and every inequality in taxation ia North Carolina. True values are always equal values, but tba greatest expert eaaaot equalize a aeries of false hoods. ' , When all the property la the State hall be placed on the books at its fair . market value, ma ay eeaefita will accrue - - to yon, Mr. Average Oluaea. . 1. Ton will have the great latiifactloa ef kaowing that the teeerd writtea by , all the people ef tn ftate it a true record and not a libel en tha common wealth. This knowledge will wonder fully atrengthen tha moral fiber of our people. , , You will know that every discrimina tion in taxation it wiped out, and that every citixea it carrying hit ftir part of the bnrdea. S- At the values go up the rata of tax atioa will go dowa, and hereafter North " Carolina wilt be kaowa far and wide as a wealthy Bute with a low rata ef taxa tion instet.1 of a poor State with a high rata of taxation. Tai Increase Ten Per CsaU 4. The General Assembly hat made a pledge not to collect, under the proposed true valuation of property,, raven uea greater thaa ton per coat ia excess of the revenuea collected under th present false values; This means that the total revenues collected by the State shall -.not Ji grentftlhai tea per cent In ex. ttm. ef the total revenues " collected under the picsent law. This most ara 1 hstiejillv doet aot mean that to par ticular citixen will have to pay taxet ia exeesa ef tea per cent of the amount ho hat heretofore paid.- A particular citizen mar pay lesa taiea than? he hae ever paid teforc. ITe may pay doub'e what he hat heretofore paid. Thia i"e peiuls on whether or But he has hereto t ' pi his fair sfcrire of the tsxes te- Snapshot of part of crowd which heard The News and Observers report on Willard-Dempsey fight July 4th. OSBORNE PLAC :ed IN FATHER'S CARE Youthful Incorrigible Will Be Placed in Some Virginia Institution Wallace E. Osborne, of Danville, Vir ginia, found guilty before Judge W. C Harris of aiding and abetting in the prostitution of Nellie Btuart, aged 17, waa yesterday probated in tha eutody of his father. Judge Harris, in announcing his do eision in City Court yesterday morn ing, said that he waa taking this eouree because of the intergritx of II. A. Os borne, the boy's father, who had been highly recommended to him. Mr. Osborne, who came to Raleigh for the purpose of getting bis son, has agreed to place him in some Institution in Virginia, and report bark to the court in two weeks that such action has been taken. The young man who ia within a few months of his twenty second birthday has a had record, and hit case was a problem for the court. The two girls, Nellie Stuart and his girl wire, Lottie Osborne, go to Samar- cand Manor on three year sentences. Toagh, Ain't ItT When a man gets too old that hit wife don't want him any more; he Is in a. bad way ain't he! That a the way I red Jones, 70-year old colored man, was in night before last. The family tangle was given tha usual airing in court yesterday morning. Judge Harria finally instructed the old man to go and live by himself, and so avoid further trouble. Things started to move when Fred objected to bis wife, Annie Jones, hav ing colored gentlemen callers. Annie and Nola Chavit then jumptd on the old man, tore his clothes off, and sent him running dowa the street with noth ing on but underclothing minus one leg. The onlooking neighbors offered plenty of testimony to that effect. Fred started to ery when they put him on the stand. His feelings were hurt, it appeared. Thia wss his third wife, and she wain t treating bim fair I lie paid half the costs, and the court made Nola pay the other half for not telling the truth on the ttnnd. A Little Speeding. Five tpeed cases were tried, with five dollars and costs as the cure-all. The offenders were: A. . Gorman, SS m p h. on Martin Street going East; John Wilson, same; J. L. Bland, 3 m. p. h. on Hilisboro Street going East; W. J3. Winborry, 30 m. p, b, on Hilisboro Street going Kant; A. M. Mooneyham, 30 m. p. h. on Hilisboro Street going East. Mrt. W. W..' Jenkins wit fined five dollars and costs for driving past standing street car. Scott Parkham got off with a suspended judgment by agreeing not to drive a back again. He bad been driving on the wrong side of the street. A. I); Lowery paid five dollars and eosta for being drunk. George Pell, eoiored, was lound not guilty of dis orderly tonduet and Jatnet Christina! not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. CAPT. HARRY TUCKER ADDED TO U&E. FACULTY Profetsor Harry Tucker, of the North Carolina State College, is spending tome time la Washington, D. C, with the United States Bureau of Public Roads. Professor Tucker, who saw, service in France as a eaptaia with the lOSth En gineert, "Old Hickory" Division, wit re cently selected to head the new course of highway engiaeering, which begint at Mints Collrge in the fall. Hit trio to Wathington it for the purpose of tott ing and studying rotd building mate rials and gathering ether data relative to highway construction and mainten ance. - ROCKINGHAM PREACHER AT PULLEN MEMORIAL Rev, 0. G. Milton, of Rockingham, will occupy tha pulpit at both services today at Pullen's Memorial Baptist Church. Be will pretch at 11 a. m. and B p. m. The public It cordially In vited. . . , cording te hhj true worth. If he hat paid mora thaa hit fair thare the In crease at to him will be lett than tea per ceuti if he hat paid lest than his fair share, the Increase at te hint will be more thia ten per cent. You, Mr. Average Citizen, will at once perceive the essential Justice In xnut squsiixmg tae publie tardea. I call en you to lead your r goroui tup port, first, by extraple, tad then br PeepV- thia-ttemptby th. Geo,, oral. Aasembly to build Bp a taxation ayttent in North Carolina grounded on perfect touts aid perfect joitlce. ? By ae doing yon will help to practically demoattrate that it it profitable ia money and In morals to a Peonte as wall aa to aa individual to tell the truth tad ahame the devil. r....; ..ov Sincerely oars, k ;' T. W. BICKETT. i AMtiOwtJWsMna MARCUS M SMITH IS UNDER ARRES I Blockade Preacher and Book Dealer Charged With Abet ting Prostitution INDICTED UNDER NEW LAW ON 3 COUNTS Sayi He Will Not Enter Any Plea Since Effect of Eelig- ioua Activitiei Haa Been De troyed By Arreit; HeUwig and Female Operative 8e cure Evidence Marcus M. Smith, best known perhaps it a blockade preacher and proprietor of "ye olde books afore," waa arretted late yesterday afternoon by the police on triplet charges preferred under the new morals law of North Carolina. He will face Judge Harris Monday morning to answer indictments charging va- granry, aiding and abetting prostitution1 and maintaining a bouse for immoral purposes. Smith lives at 134 New Bern avenue but the house involved ia the charges ia located at 12 South Blount. Thia place Is listed in the city directory as "old book store, established 1865, his' torlcal publication! and school books a specialty and proprietor Home for the Poor, working glrli especially. -Wben arretted by Patrolmaa Wood' all, he appeared dumbfounded . that aueh charget should be lodged against nim. He told the office! that he would enter no plea in court because the pub licity of hia arrest would destroy for ever hit endeavort along religlout lines. At the ttation house, he wit released under bail of 1500 given by Dr. trnest Broughton, Detective Secure Evidence. Evidence upon which the warrant for Smith was issued by Judge Harris wat secured by detectives representing the vice bureau of tha State Board of Heclth and inoperative attached to the Raleigh office of the department of juttire. The combined activities of the three branchet of government. will be employed in prosecuting the charget agninst mm. Detective HeUwig and a female eper ative of the vice bureau aad Special Agent Graham, of the Department ef Justice, have vitited the "working girl'e home' and developed the case. The femoie' operative spent two nights at the house, the first night going there alone to procure a room. After tome talking with Smith, according to the prosecutor, she found that she could entertain company, and oa the second night Detective liollwig went to her room with her. Special Agent Graham. it la tatd, visited the houte previous to thfi time. The first night the female detective spent at the home, according to the officers, Smith attempted to kiss her, toiiowing this up with aa extended story about the various girls who had been in hia house and the absolute safety therein so far aa tha law waa concerned. Some ef Hia Advertiaementa. The blockade preacher, who told Prosecutor Briggs last night that he preached twice every 8unday at charget n vme cou a ty, .advertises his home "tor poor working girlt," lodging at reasonable prices, "library, mutle aad danre hall." Hit' advertisements por tray hint in tha role of philanthropist and friend of the "poor girj. He also deals extensively tn books of various kindt, mostly second-hand volumes. The vice bureau of the Board of Health and the police both have beea watching the Blount street house for several weeks and believe that they have secured sufficient evidence to con vict Smith on ill three counts., If ha ia fonnd guilty ef maintaining a houte for immoral purposes,' the 'property it subject to condemnation, irrespective of ownership, under the new law. Smith is a maa about fifty years of age and it prominently connected in Raleigh. . ." ; C. W. PIERCE FUNERAL , HELD NEAR LOVUBl'RC. The funeral tarvleet of Mr. C. W. Pierce, of near Loultbura who died en last Thursday last, wat held Friday from the home of hit titter. Mrt. Gen eva Raggood. The service wat conducted oy Bev, Job a Mitchener, of Franklin ton, aad ; interment followed in the family burying plot. Mr. Pierce, who wit 63 years old, wit a victim of in fluenxn. He was a member of the Wake Croat Roadt Baptist church. . . DR. BROOKS TO LECTl'RE IN SUMMER SCHOOL! OF. GEORGIA. Dei E, C. Brooks. 8tnte lurjerlnten- dent' of publie instruction, leaves today for Athena, Georgia, where he vJUl lcc- tnre la the University of Georgia sum mer school Tuesday. Wednetdsv and Thursday On Friday and Saturday he will lecture at Emory College. Raleigh's third daily paper made itt first atride toward publieatioa yester day afternoon when the Secretary ef Bute granted a charter to the Raleigh American Company The new daily, Of which Edgar A. Womble ia to be managing editor, will be known at tha "Raleigh American," and it to be an afternoon, independent Democratic pa per." ' i-'T::v- - The new company la capitalised at 50.000, $10,000 of which it to be eight per cent non-cumulative preferred, nnd nt the time of filing papert of incor poration 1,500 had beea paid in with E. A. Womble, George L. H. White and C. R. Boone, nil of Raleigh, incorpora tors. Prospects are bright, according to the promoters, for the new papet to make ita initial bow to the reading publie by October 1. New machinery throughout haa been ordered aad just ae soon at it U received aad installed the first issue will be printed. The paper will be served by the United Press. Prwmeter Former N. nad 0. Man. Edgar A. Womble, tne moving tpirit in the organisation ef the company thai ia backing the papet, formerly wat on the etaff of The Newt and Observer in the capacity of city editor, telegraph editor and managing editor. Before his last connection with The News and Ob aervcr, ha was with tne Baltimore (Evening) Sun. Stockholders in tba eompany, other thaa the incorporator, include A. U Baker, M. r. Montague, Daniel Allon, Q. H. Andrews. W. R. Drake, F. K. Ellington, James R. Young, Don Richardson, R. H. Knott, E. T. Knott, J. H. Sears, James R. Rogers, W. R. Newsom, Charlet J. Parker, Joseph E. Pogue, Charlet W. Home, A. G. Splngler, B. 8. Jcrrmu. J. O. Jones, C. T. McDonald, Edward Otborn, L. Francis, J. M. Broughton, J. P. Reaves, J. I O'Quinn, Mrt. J. L, O'Quinn, W. A. Cooper, J. & Fulghum and Charles Seligson Another Raleigh concern incorporated waa the North Carolina Paper Com pany, which expects to do a wholesale and distributing business here. There ie only on other paper houae in the 8tate, that being located it Charlotte. AU of the men incorporating are extvet- lanced in paper lines. North Carolina Paper Comma. Ral eigh who locals j tuthorixed capital 100,00, tubeeribed $20,000; duratioa unlimited; Murray Allen, J. W. Weaver, George B. Justice, Robert J. Wilton, ill of Raleigh, Incorporators. Baraea Manufacturing Comnanv. H'urh Point; furniture; authorised capital 1125X00. subscribed B25.000: duration unlimited; H. G. Barnes, Z. I. and E. 8. Wall, both of High Point; Z. L Walter, Lexington, incorporators. Amerieaa Lumber Company, Lexing ton. Authorixed capital. $30,000: tub eeribed, $10,000; duratioa, unlimited. W. O. Burgin, Lexington: & L. Buririn. Charlotte; J. C. Smith, Shelby, incor porators. Southland Motor Car Comnanv. Ayaen. manufacturers. Authorixed eaoi' tal, 250,000; subscribed, $10,200; dura. tiou, unlimited. & A. Eure, K. A. Pitt- man, J. D. Johnson, nil of Ayden, incorporators. Raleigh Amerieaa Compaav. Raleigh: eveaing newspaper. Authorixed capital. ouuu; io,uoo to be eight per cent, non-cumulative preferred; tubeeribed, $1,500; duration, unlimited. Edgar Womble, C. R. Boone. Georce L. H. wnite, incorporator!. Chadbourn Drug Company, Chad bourn. Piled n charter amendment in creasing the authorised capital from 3,000 to 25,000. A second timilar ameadment raised tha authorixed capital of the Farmers tottoa Oil Company, Wilson, from $100,000 to 400,000. EXPECTS SPEEDING UP OF NAVY ENLISTMENTS Lieut. Hoffman, ia charge of the local navy recruiting offke. is treat! pleated at the provision of the new naval appropnatioa bill uader which enlistments may be for two yean. It will, mean, he tayt, aa increase la the number of applications. He received yesterday the following telegram from Washington giving full details of the new provision t: Naval appropriation bill annraveA July 11, 1819, provides ia part: Until June 40, 1920, enlistment may be for terms of two or four yean, and all lawt now applicable to the four year enlist ment thall apply nader auch regulatioa at miy be prescribed by the Secretary ef the Navy for enliatmenta for a shorter period with proportionate bene fit upon discharge re-enlistment. En lutmeat authorixed for two, three or xour years at optioa of recruit ia all ntingt aow open for enlistment except that applicaatt for machinists' mateV eeaooi and for aviation mechanics school will not be enlisted for shorter periods thaa three years. Minort under eighteen may be enlisted for two or three years or period of minoritv at their option, with content of parent or gunraian as oecore. Men re-enlisting for n period of two, three or four yeart are entitled to extra gay for re-enlistment uader continuous service, extra pay (or citixenthip, and two, three or four montht honorable discharge gra tuity or retpeetivelv. if FM.li.tU. after honorable discharge. Pretext wat pay aow permanent for men during current enlistment nnd for all men en listing or re-eelittiug prior to July 1, lM0t for term f wh-toHteat'M ro-eaiiiiaent,- ...-.,,,....., ..,... . , RALEIGH COTTON mnwrv V Receipt! yesterday f haleaV ' . i Good mlddKag .84 4 Sjriet middling I!,. Xi 1: at Extraordinary Low Prices . " ! . . . - ! - " " " - j 1 . Here you will find quite the daintiest versions of the summer Blouse yet displayed, effectively trimmed with tucked and' embroidered Organdie, Valenciennes lace and net footing. Artistic touches of eyelet embroidery and fine tucking are also employed.' : - 4- One lot of and Organdi WAISTS Solid white and colors, $1.25 values for 85c ; Georgette and Crepe de Chine WAISTS Unusually becoming to all types are these Georgette and Crepe de Chine Waists, the prettiest models we have -in sizes from 40 to 46. Every design that could be wished for is represented in this collection. $4.00 and $5.00 values o vr for tP&ef J Beautiful Jap Silk WAISTS Interesting variations in ''.cleverly designed Jap. suir waist, new creations in all the wanted shades at a purse pleasing price. tf $2.50 values f or . , . , , . , . tj) 1 . J Our Semi-Annual Sail (Including all Spring & Summer Suits) Commences Tomorrow (Monday) Morning Middliag Misfortuae U the tpinttar alster of Dame Rumor, but she ia a poor relation. You have unrestricted choice of every "Suit in the 'house' at' ' ; a reduction ot rU :. . 1 ; Men's and Young ' Men's SUITS 2B -' v Boys' Knickerbocker SUITS Men who have attended these clearance sales in the past will not wait for k second announcement Those who have not, but respond to this one, will experience a great satisfaction and learn a lesson in genuine economy that can be taught only by patronizing this event . , It is a sale to fill men's summer clothing wants and empty our cases. The re duction on each suit can be easily verified, as the original price tickets still remain., . yf advbe early chooting for btt selectiona. Alterations Free). V All STRAW and I A N A M AH A TS Reduced 25 ' S. EerLvarigec ' Semi-Annual Clearance) , Suit Sale il-'VA'X?JJ-Q.ii C.l,;:?::"'.!-.- 'yj'..'. I Vmi mr kurJeu mm.- Thst'a what m . ... . - . . l rnnUttanceh. rent eome. y ichly and Hylflad prooicma Send m i
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