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NEXT TAX BILL AT
Lay Recommendations for Rais
ing Annual Revenue Before .
Secretary Houston
TO GIVE ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Recommendations Propose the
- Abolishment of Excess Prof
its- Taxes and Substitution
. of Graduated - Income 1 Tax;
Strictest Economy in Sun.
ning Government Necessary
Washington. Not. T. (By the Asto-
tinted Press.) The aatioa will face
, eontinaaUoa of the annual tax bill of
four bilUoa dollars, for a period of at
least three years, if Congress adopt!
recommendations drafted by treasury
' officiala aad which, it was understood
tonight, har boon laid before Secretary
Houston for approval ' '
Mr. Houston, it was said, probably
will include such recommendations in
the form of aa analysis of the govera-
meat 'a financial eoaditioa in his forth- i
coming annual report to Congress. The
anaTvmia will aliAw MilMMmniiivl
tax revision is requested in order to
meet maturing government obligations
and cover current Feleral expenses.
Approximately eight billion dollars la
Victory notes, War Savings securities
and trecKiiry certificates of indebtedness
will be due for payment within the next
three years, treasury figures show." Re
tention cf the present aggregate-level
or tax?, or maintenance or the anaaal
revenue of the govtrnment ut about
four billioa dollars then, is held to be
unavoidable on the face of average
, expenditures estimated for the period,
Some Keeesnmeneatlene.
Recommendations to be made by Mr,
Houston, it is understood, will propose
abolishment of the excess profit taxes in
their entirely and the substitution of
a tradnated income tax of a aubataau
ally deeper eat than under , present
revenue laws. It was believed the sew
income taxes would apply only to in
comes above SSjOOO annually and that
prevision would be mads for a graduated
increase even on the additional tax as
. tha amount ef income grows larger,
' The secretary is. expected to advise
CMmtm that the strictest economy ia
..Federal, appropriations necessary, if
- the nroarraut outlined ea the basis of A
four trillion 'dollar- tax-bill to-to be
N.mniki. lis has said that there
. was ne way to estimate with any degree
of accuracy want oven ins pmw
would yield la rwveiwO because of the
rapidly changing conditions la business
as a result af -after-the-war transition
and readjustment. Mr. Houston s view
f this was said to be that tax receipts
would be materially lower laser in w
present fiscal year which ends June 80,
1021, and that therefore the government
income under tha present revenue laws
coald not be taken as a oniue -culatioa
af future receipts. ; . ,
r.k af Dlffienlt v. - -
Thlt mttiiudej which is held also by
practically aU treasury officials having
to do with tax collections, forecasts
. task af great difficulty for tha farmers
v. nniii act Tha treasury
will insist .ttrengly On ' legislation-!
which -would produce four billions for
the next year, but the wsys ana menu.
cf getting it W 1 be MI W wwiren -r,t
r the aumrestions contained in
the treasury't report. Ia fact, the tax
... lax iaraerm will Ml .BBWI
is so alternative to voting a revenue
act that will produce the required
ftMADSL '
Ths program for handling the na
tional debt and ita-payment is obliga
tory cam be aeeompusnea on 17 urougu
annual revenue of four billioa dollars,
treasury officials hold. With the victory
Botes maturing la 1923, and the War
Barings securities falling due in the
interim will fall due in 1624 It was de
' eUred a possibility that the four bilUoa
dollar tax level might have to ba soa
ti.ned avea until- the latter date-
Treasury views aro expected to clash
with those of tho Bcpublieaa majority
ia Congress oa questions of ways aad
means of obtaining the needed reve
nues. : But with tho changing adminis
tration! it was understood the present
regime at tha treasury would merely
suggest -nd offer little argument la
support of their stand for repeal ef the
excess profits taxes aad replacement of
tha aauouBts so gained ly higher in
come taxes. - It waa said that tariff
questions would be brought into the
diseusaiosi aad that these ia charge of
tax lnrislation might , seek to offset
soma of tho deficit by higher duties sad
customs, acceding to the treasury's
argument for wiping the profits tax pro
visions off tha statute books.
. :. Ceatlnwa Savings.
' Tho treasury is committed to a con
; tin intioa of the sals of savings securi
ties. Although" amounts thus obtained
are small, they kelp materially ia re
lieving current burdens of demand on
ths. tressury by spreading out the ma
turing dates, according to officials.. This
feature of the financial status of ths
Covenme11t.Aiso.lrUl have to be eon
eidered in the aext tax laws, sisee of
ficials believe it offers one read for the
distribution of small amounts of ths tax
burdea over several additional years.
It was said to bo only a meaaa of de-
ferring payment, but after the victory
OFFICIA
S FIGURE
4 BILLION DOLLARS
mviwm mmww w
which the payments have thus beea de
ferred can ba better bandied.
, ateaawkile, U.e treasury will carry oa
its aaabuneed program of short term
financing, issuing certificates of in
debtedness ' to meet current require
ments ia anticipatioB of quarterly pay
ment of Income aad profits taxes. It
was said, that the certificate , issues
' probably would continue : on a bi
monthly basis until Congress indicates
what it will do ia tha way of tax legis
lation, 1
NEGBOES HOLD IT PABTT, .
KILL MAN AND ASSAULT
TWO GASTONIA GIBLS.
Charlotte, Nov. T. Twe aaldteti.
led aegroea early tonight held sp
aa automobile party of two Tseng
asea and two girls, white, oa the
. highway throe miles from Gasteala,
hilled oao of tho yoang asea, John
Ford, of Llnceiatoa, dragged the
v. girls from the automobile late the
' weeds aad assaalted them, aad made
their escape, according to telephone
. meessges , to the Charlotte police
department.
Late tonight Charlotte police oflU
. cere with a posse of officers sad
armed, clUaeaa or Gastea eeaaty
were aooarlag the countryside la
. search of the aearooa who were bo. -
lieved, however, U have made their f
escape oa a passing freight treia.
Psetlag waa said to be Intense. . .
The two"onng women were takes
to a Gaetoaia hospital, where H was
said late tonight their . condition
Is serious. Their homos are in
Gaetoaia. Tho two yoang mea,
Jdha . Ford aad Ransom Killiaa,
bath of Uacolatoa, wore said U ae
aaarmed whea attacked by the
aegroea. Killiaa waa pot Injure.
Ford was shot aad lastaatly killed
whea ha offered roalstaaco to the
aegroea ta their attempt to take the
girls from the aatosaobUe according
to tho report received hero.
Deserves Hearty Response to
Fourth Roll Call, Wilson
" Washington, Nov. 7. President Wll
soa today urged kia "fellow country
men to join the Bed Cross "in im
premive Bumben" during tho fourth
annual roll call to be held during the
fortnight beginning Armistice Day.
"The Americas Bed Cross,' said the
President, "deserves a hearty response
to its fourth invitation to annual mem'
berthip, which' will bo issued during
the fortnight beginning November 11
Armistice JHf,
"Under tbe stimulus of war and
through' the co-operation of our peo
ple, this organization grew into , Im
mense site, enlarged its range of ac
tivity, served aot only our. fighting
forces but also civilians involved in tho
hardships of war in our owa nation and
ia ths nations associated with us la a
great common enterprise, and gave to
ths. world aa example of- effective mercy
throngh-eo-ordinated effort.
wSiaeo ' tho cessation of hastUities
tha orgaaixatlea kaa faced a dual dutyt
First jto faJoU obUgatioaa created by 4
tns war, aaa aseonaiy, to adapt its ex
perience and machinery te tho needs
of peace.
"it it, today, still assisting govera-
meatal agencies ia ths care and aheer
Of our diss bled soldiers and sailors, ia
replacing those able to work-iw civilian
eeeupatioas, and ia counselling'' sad
aiding the familiea of former combat
ants; and it is still assisting, with di
minished resources, tha process of re
habilitatioa in some of the more proa.
trated countries of our fomer asioet'
ates. 1
While continuing these manifest ob
ligations, the Bed Cross has been so
comnttSdating methods aad applying les
sons learned ia war to tho normal needs
of our own people ia times of peace.
especially ia regions where provisions
for public health and welfare were Im
perfectly developed.. It has placed pub
lic hearth nurses ia many localities, and
has endeavored to enlist greater nam
bers of young women ia the nursing
profession ia order, that , tho supply
might more aearly equal the' steadily
Increasing .-demand - for-- eoraaurf5ty
nurses. It has devised a scheme of
public health cents iV for the. relief
ef maladies aad for inat ruction In hy
giene, dictecties, and general principles
of disease-prevention. With its nurses
and nurses' aides it has rendered ineal
cn labia service in ths serious epidemics
of influenza. It has carried instruction
ia hyigens and first aid Into schools, the
women's clubs .and tho homes of our
country. It has taught young and ua
taught mothers how to care intelli'
gently for their babies', and has done
much ia many ways to promote child
welfare, upon which the welfare of tho
aatioa ultimately rests. It hat mads it
a fundamental principle to avoid futile
duplications, to co-operate with public
agencies whea . its co-operation was
sought, ' aad to supply defielonaies
where suck agencies had aot yet beea
established. -" I
"It has continued its - educational
work amoBff the school ehildrea through
its Junior Bed Cross branch, and it has,
as .one result of lti war experience,
put preparation f or , disaster-relief oa
a scientifie foundation, so that it is bow
equipped to meet disaster emergencies
promptly in almost every part 01 our
country. . - ; .', 1 - . 1 .
"By. systematic . plana - aad practical
performances, it haigivea a clear aa-
swer to tho questioa why tha Bed Cross
should be continued aad carried over
from war activity into peace-time activ
ity. The answer is in the record.
Additional to these obvious aspeets
of the matter here ia another ressoa
whv I. as President . ef tha United
States and Fresideat oC the American
Bed. Cross, arge " y- tvliow-teuatry-mea
to jo'ia'the Bed Cross ia Impressive
numbers: Beaetioa "-follows emotion.
tad after great effort comes perilous
lassitude. Sound patriotism and gen
ins human service are continuous, not
intermittent aot contingent - merely
upon the excitement of war. If there is
la soma of us aa Inward cooling 01
tho fin fervor which animated us ia the
crisis of the nation's stress and peril.
contraction of tho spirit which en
nobled as as individuals aad as a nation,
bow, during ths "Bed Cross Boll Call,"
is a fitting sessoa to take counsel with
our inner selves, to rekindle the old
flame, to reaffirm allegiance to practical
patriotism and practical humanitsrisa
ism, and tc symbolise tho regeneration
of our better thoughts and handsomer
selves -by jw-eitliatoreat la a great
army mobilized for the eommoa good.
PRESIDENT MAKES,
RED CROSS APPEAL
E
Enforced Draft , Law Regula
tions "Not Wisely But Too
- Well," They Say
RUNS AS TAIL-ENDER
ON REPUBLICAN TICKET
1 1 .m '-vr,
Duplicate on Small Scale of
Wnat Happened in Hation
Last Tuesday; Senator Joe
Brow- Not Optimistic Over
Business Outlook But Be.
lierer in Fighting: ,
By B. K. POWELL.
(Staff Correspondent.)
Whiteville, Nov. 7There U perhaps
as mora striking unitable counts rpart
of tho eouatry-wide election just pass
ed to be found la tho United Btates
than la ths Columbus county vote cast
Tuesday for Irvin B. Tucker, Bcpubli
eaa candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
And with it is aa anomalous turn from
the balloting that rivals every political
paradox ia North Carolina. , -
It ia oa the presumption that Wood-
row Wilson is the most loved man ia
the Democratic party that attention is
so strongly riveted to the vote down
here ia Columbus. Tor among he Be-
Irvin B. Tucker is as conspicuous
the embodiment of ability, character
and idealism ss W-oodrow wilsoa
among, the' Democrats of tho , United
Btates. Ths burdea of this story, the,
ia to point out how his activities as
ehairmaa of too draft board la IB 17'
-U were rebuked by independent Demo
crats and straight laced Republicans ia
his county Just as the war policies of
Wood row Wilsoa were protested ia the
aatioa. "
National Tragedy Brought Home.
A nation-wide tragedy has beea
brought home to tho people of Coram'
bus aad hardly anay where ia all the
land of Tar Heelia Is there such
glaring miniature of the national ple
biscite. Just as much as the great and
solemn referendum indicated disap
proval of American participation ia the
Ijeaguo of Nations the vote here in
dieated ia a small way what ia gener
ally thought to be long cherished re
teatmeat to the manner ia which Amer
ica mobillted for the war;
Tho Columbus man, who has thrse
times beea elected mayor or Bemo-
erstie Whiteville and who, oa two oeea-
innat haa nivan the Damoerano aaadl
data for the Bute LegUlature a stiff
oK)i u prto ofv
100, tailed the Republics ticket la
the vote last Tuesday and ran last
with a wide martin between himself
and hla nearest competitor on, his own
ticket. . '. ' "' ' V V"--'.
Bis greatly redaeed vote la Columbus
IS sttribntable neither to the popularity
f his Democratic ODDOaeot. Beaator W.
B. Cooper, nor to a preponderance of
aati-war sentiment in ths county. Co
lumbus had as fins record as most any
nf the one. hundred eountes. of the
State and as few draft dodaWrS, but it
also had a local ehairmaa who enforced
tho Wilson-Crowdsr-Langstoa regula
tions to the letter. Ia the great crisis
he did aot temper his official conduct
witU interpretations but every . man
passed by the physician wont ia the
order he was drawn unless aia appeal
was 'Tortured, wna iacia rawer was
sentiment.' "
If Folks Ware Had Mad.
All over the country folks were made
mad bv ths local "boards, and in the
aouthorn part of this county they were
Just a little madder than- most any-
. I 1. ill. t a
where also. And yet, even wi
Amv . thm Biainrltv of folks Will tell
von that Tucker did his duty. VOL
inhn T: lanntoa.' who. ss special aide
to Governor Bickett, was ia charge of
ths selective service organixatoa ia the
State, has time and agaia proaouaeed
Tucker as -one of the most thorough
aad impartial officials crested by the
evstem. No Iocs! board in tha Btate
did a better Job. . .
"If the vented their spleen oa
tucker,- the main stay of their party
for. years, it is easy enough to under
stood why1-they voted against Wilsoa
ia tho aatioa" ons of the Cape Fear
philosophers remarked to this corre
spondent ia disco ssiag the anti-Tucker
vote. Ia some precincts ia tho county
normally Bepubliesa, Benstor uooper
Mivcd a majority over tuckct
I. thre. where tha vote is fifty fifty,
Tucker trailed his tteket - Hia strength
In bv-a-one contests has bee: the inde
pendent Demoeratio vote. "!-"""
ma im rismi SKHiiuni
Tt waa the "ram of the mine vote
against him, however, and many Be
publican friends throughout the East
are backing :: him for a Federal ap-
nolntment. Preferably district attor
nev for tha Xastern district Ho has
doao much - to keep the Bepubliesa
party H this section of Esstera Caro
lina alive and there Is nothing between
hint and federal recognition bat the
distance between him and Marion But
ler. Ia the Sixth district convention
at Lumbertoa hut summer ho throw
ssad oa the Butler msehlac and the
coming into power of Butler may op
erate against his ambitions whea pie
ia being passed around , i '.V--'i
Republicans hereabouts V are.- like
four-year-olds on Christmas morning.
Tucker is still bell wether of ths party
ia tho county and his approval or dis
approval will be respected oy More
head or Butler regardless of tho past
differences between them. It is highly
amusing, ia the light of this positive
condition, to observe them getting to
gether la frost of Martin's livery sta
ble or in the lobby of the "downtown"
postoffieo to parcel out such patronage
aa the county it likely to receive under
no Harding regime. Bitter fights are
already - brewing over the 1 neetoffiees
at Whiteville and Vlnelund although
the commissions of the two postmasters
do set expire for one and two years.''
Columbus is. after a long period of
political isolation, coming Into some
IE
FOLKS IF
IRVlN TUCKER FOR
EFFICIENT WORK
Gonnris
JACKSON CITIZENS
. AGAINST ACTION
Element Preventing Count of
Election Returns Must Re
spect Board
LEAVES FOR ASHEVILLE
TO BE IN CLOSE TOUCH
Chief ZxecutiT Holds That
Board of Sections iff a Oocrt
and Has Powers to Send
Eioters to Prison; Unwilling
to Send Troops But Order
Must be Maintained
la a statement forwarded to tho poo
pie of Jaeksoa county, in care of their
sheriff, G M. Cole,' Governor Biekett
last Bight warned tha unruly element
which haa prevented the County Board
of Elections from canvassing tho vote
east in last Tuesday's election that they
are doing so at their peril, aad ia
another telegram, addressed to the
Chairman of the harassed board, di
recta him to communicate with ths
Executive ia Aehevflle, ia tho sweat
of further disorder.
The County Board, according to the
Governor's interpretation of the
statutes, concurred ia by Attorney Gen
eral Manning, constitutes a court
sad in itself has the' power to earn-
Govsraor so warns that people of the
county who have by threats of violence
prevented a count of tho eonhty'e vote,
aad indicates - very clearly that the
court must bo respected.
May Go To Jackaeau
Nothing farther was heard front the
Jackson county officials yesterday. Tha
Board will meet for a foarth time to
morrow morning, aad if it la again
disturbed by threats or violence, ths
Governor will be ready to take a hand
in the matter. He leaves today for
Asheville where he will attend the
meeting of the United Daughters ef
tho Confederacy. He will remain ia
Asheville until matters ia Jaehsom
to a e rials. If tha situation demands
hla presence, he will go la person
to see that violence is brought to aa
end, aad tho orderly proeeeeea of "law
aro allowed to function undisturbed.
' The ' Governor's telegram . to the
Bneritr as as follows:
Snerlir O. M. Cole,
Bvlva. N. C.
When the board of county eawirmae-
ere meet Tueeeay please read to t
people tho following statement frwa
me: . . - . -
"To tho People of Jeenaoa ecntnty:
f cell atpon ail good citlawBS to T
fratt tnai vlotence-stttf atwrr ' and
ta allow tho sleet loa officers to pro
eeed with tho disoharsre of tho duties
imposed on tnem oy law.
"I do aot desire to send troova to
yaeksoa county. It would hurt the
good ' name of the eottaty aad ontall
heavy expense. ' Besides when soldiers
are ordered on duty there ta always
a . possibility that they may have to
resort to ths use of firearms and! this
la something that ought to bo avoided
wnenever poesini.
PawtiM Maw Be MM.
' "The beard of county eaavasweva Is
a court. It has the right to preserve
order and to at once nd any person
to lall for tt dava who create any
oistarbanea or usee any tareata a arms
the deliberations. Tbia court is oa
titled to exactly the sum respect and
protection aa the eupreior or Supreme
court, and anyone who attempts te
disturb or Intimidate the court to
ulltv or contemnt and can
marlly eeht to jail.
"I do not know what the teaaoa be
fore the court are. This la not ana
terial.. I have no Idea what tha opts
Ion of the court may be with respect to
tbe Issues. This le .not material. It
tbe court should render an. erroneoue
decision, it oaa be reversed , by the
the superior or tho Supreme Coart.
The one vital thins le that tho board
of eountrOanvaaeere la a court created
by the law of the land and people have
no more right to diturb or intimidate
It than they have to disturb or Intim
idate the auserar or Banremo Coart la
regular eeeeion. The ma a who does) so
violates the law at nis peni.
-i trmt that tno sooer
senae of the people will assert itaeir.
and I eall upoa all good citiaeaa to
observe ana upnoia tne si.-
PRODUCTION OF SOFT
COAL AT NEW MAXIMUM
Waahinwton. S. C Nov. Tj-So?t coal
produetioa for tho week of? October
80 was JS3JS38fiao tons, a aew
for the year, figures made publie today
by the United titates osoiogieal Barvey
show." For four consecutive weeks
tho daily output has averaged better
thaa 21)00X00 tons, tho longest period
oa record of sustained output at that
rate except during tho summer of IIU
Anthracite production daring , the
same week was l.fio,00e tons, a de
crease of 219,000 tons from tho preced
ing week. This was doe. It wna said,
to observance or tne jaiteaeu uay
Holiday, October 89. commemorating
the settlement of the great anthracite
Strike of 1902. I
REGULATIONS TO GOVERN
AUTOMATIC TRAIN DEVICES
Washington, Vor, 14 Work on regu
lations to govera tho installation of aa
tomatis control devices oa tho railroads
as required by law has beea Began, by
tho Interstate Commerce Commission In
ec-operatlon with the American Bail-
way Associaton. A plan is being work
ed out by i wuea tno devices wiu m
tried out exhaustively oa one railroad
before tho orders for their iaatallatiea
on the other linen arc drafted, railroad
officials said today. .. J
Commiasioa officiala say the no to
matis derleos will eliminate she cle
ment of human error ia transportation
ss they will cause a train to atop
whether or aot tho engineer sees ths
signal. "
HANGS HIMSELF TO
ESCAPE CHAIN GANG
' Chester. B. C. Now. T. A. C Heit-
maa, sonvieted last week ef -obtaining
money under false pretenses, hanged
himself in his cell "here today rather
thaa go to the chela gaag. He was
well related ia riorida aad. la JLcx-
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of a few miautes this lady can be prepared to cross a rivsr with the folding boat;
wkiek the la carrying. Ths boat, ready for use, is shown at tho left, whils at the
right it may be seen compactly folded. It it very popular especially, for sport
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MRS. VARNER SUES
IN FEDERAL COURT
In Suit-Against H. B. Varner
Wife Makes Denial of Sen
sational Charges
Greensboro, Nov. 7. Mrs. Florence
C. Varaer alleges ia a suit filed in
Federal coart here that her husband,
H. B. Tamer, of Lexington, "wilfully
abaadoaed and deserted her? aad' not
only 'did maliciously torn her out of
doors", but also "offered such studied
aad premeditated , indignities to ner
aa to reader her condition intolerable
and life burdensome.
Because af these and ether alles-
tJoaa, set forth at length in the com
plaint, she asks the court to award
her a "reasonable subsistence1 of not
less thaa' 5,000 annually and lays
claim to a building in Lexington,
kaowa as tho Varner building, which
is claimed ta be worth $30,000.
The plaintiff in the action seta forth
at soma length events alleged to have
led ap to her desertion when H. B.
Varner started divorce proceedings
bud August aad at the same time insti-
tatod suit against Baxter MeBary,
aegre, charging alienation of affeo
tiona. , She alleges that shs was sent
to the State of Utah by ber husband
or his friends and she brings suit ia
tho Federal court as a citizen of that
State, this being where her mother re
sides.
Charge ia the divorce suit were do-
alcd, Mrs. Varner ia her complaint
stating that oa tha Bight of August
7th she had returned from the moving
picture shew, 'owned by her husband,
with too receipts from the box office,
this being her usual custom whea he
was away, aad that she was admitted
to her home by, her., negro, servant,
Aaaa ' Miller. Bhortly afterwards
someone knocked at her door, the com
plaint alleges, and when shs answered
she found Fred O. Sink at tho door,
who explained that she was "in ail
kinds of trouble." She thought her
husband had auet with . some serious
accident, it is averred, and waa great
ly distressed to learn that MeBary was
suspected of being ia the house. The
complaint denies . that MeBary' had
been or could get in the house because
of it being locked. -
Tho complaint seta forth that Me
Bary had beea ia the habit of visiting
ths hosse to see the servant. Anna
Miller, that ho had been on friendly
terms with tha defendant and that this
friendship for her husband had ' been
obnoxious to tho plaintiff. .. '
It is flatly denied that the plaintiff
rer held private conversation with
MeBary or that she had "for bar mo
ment ia her life treated hint as a
friend- or her social equal. .
The complaint sets forth ' further
that the defendant- before his return
homo had beea ia communication v.?h
"certain slanderers aad : conspirators"
and 'that these gathered ' about i him
whea he went to the hotel ia Lexing
ton aad "refused to see' the plaintiff.
after 'she had mads urgent request to
o him. , v . . . .
Tho complaint Is "signed ' by B. B.
Vinson,1 Tillett aV Guthrie, aad King,
Bapp a King as attorneys. , : , (
MB.' TAtXEB DENIES THAT HE
. FAILED TO FBOYIDE FOB WIFE.
LexiiirtoB. ! Nov. 7. Concerning the
allegations made- by hla wife, Florence
G. Varaer, in suit for alimony filed ia
Greensboro Federal coart yesterday, H.
B. Varaer taday.sald: POn August 7th
I left horns for New Fork on a business
trip, having complete confidence in my
wife " aad"aevr 'suspecting ber of in tide l
Ry Whils In that city oa August 10th
I waa notified to come home attonec I
was met by friends at High Point and
informed that Baxter MeRary had beea
a to sneak In my house by the back
entrance at 10 o'clock at night aad had
beea found nndcr the house three hours
later. 1 ,v.v: ...-' T t': '
'"I earns directly to the hotel here
aad conducted a searching investigation,
aad aot ealy was I convinced of the
purpose : of MeBaty's visit to my home
oa the sight of August 0, but then first
' t ffWlpacd On rage TweJ
PORTABLE BOAT
Pi
Builds
ilUUU fff JLVUt
Notable Achievement in Con
struction Under Difficult
Conditions fc
ANOTHER YEAR" WILL SEE
CONSTRUCTION DOUBLED
Would Divert All of Automobile
Tund to Soad - Maintenance
and Levy Small Ad Valorem
Tax for Matching Federal
Aid; State Will Produce Its
Own Boad Materials
Eight hundred and three miles of
roads, 183 of which nrc permanent hard
surfaced construction had been built,
ware under construction, or under con
tract at a total of 1143288 oa No
vember 1, according to figures givea to
ths News snd Observer yesterday -by
Frank rage, ebftirmaB of the Worth
Carolina Highway Commission,
A year frora bow Commissioner
Fags hopes to have twice that much
road Work nnder way, and two years
from now he hopes . that it will be
trebled. Eventually, which means as
soon ss it can be done economically,
he hopes to see even the most vivid
dreamsof road enthusiasts come true
snd ths whole State netted , with roads
of the most modern type. "' ,v
The means of achieving that desir
able end vex the commissioner but lit
tle. He hope's that the General Assem
bly will not go backward in their pro
vision for roadbuildlng, and assumes
thst ths provisions la any further leg
lalation will not differ materially from
ths present tew. except ia that it will
divert all of the present automobile
fund te highway upkeep, and levy a
sufficient ad valorem tax to match tho
Federal appropriations. -
Psge No Advertiser,
Always.' diffident when it 1 comes to
talking about his own workr Commit.
sioner Psge baa rarely been found when
he was willing to discuss ths prevalent
notation and campaigning for rosd-
buildia in 'ths mate. He has beea
profoundly busy daring the year aad
a hail since he assumed the chairman
ship of the commission organizing
working fores of roadbuildert aad find
ing material " in a demoralized market
with which to build roads. Ho is aot
much of sn advertiser anyhow,
Taking over tho old . nnd loosely or
ganized highway commission, with but
lew men employed and with bo equip
ment to speak of, he has . built up. a
force of nearly 400 people,' engineers,
drartamcn, mechanical and clerical help,
lie has' assembled road building ma
chinery and , equipment, partly from
surplus army supplies,-valued at nearly
3 .uoo.wo. And with this orgsnizatioa
just, swinging into -working form, he
has Completed, or is building, more than
800 miles of roads, '
- Bead Balldlng Dlflcnlt.
Boad building duKng ths past 18
n ontht has been girt sbout with in
numerable difficulties. Until within the
pnst month cement for the building
of hard surfaced roads and bridges was
almost not tc bo bad. Whan it could be
bought, it was st prohibitory. prices, aad
after it was bought now difficulties
arose in the way of transportation. Af
ter it was transported, itw ss exceed
ingly difficult to find labor with' which
to build roads. ' -'v.
Often projects were advertised asd
with bo bidders from nny source. ; Con
tractors were afraid to take the work
with conditions, so demoralised. The
cost of building mounted from lil.000
per mils for a eonerete road to withia
the neighborhood of 0,000. .Even then
it was somewhat of a problem to find
a contractor to take tha work. -
Gravel roads were earner to build and
many were built The cost of hard
surface was too treat for' most com
munities, snd rather thaa have ao roads
they, took' tho gravel, which is standing
up admirably under traffic. All roads
were built under the eonstsBt super
vision of. engineers and all of them aot
already hard surfaced, have' beta grad
ed .out: with a viewxto eventually mak
ing them so. , , i .'
CoaWa't Bpead UrgS Sam. '
If yon had sSOjDOO.000 tomorrow.
what could you do with it I Mr. Fags
was asked.
'"Nothing, he replied. . Tader pres
ent conditions ' wo eould not spend
;w. iContinued On, Fan Two.)
SAYS DEMOCRATIC
DEFEAT FAR FROM
William G. McAdoo Declares
Nation Needs Subsidence of
Passions of War
REPUBLICANS CANNOT
EVADE PROMISES NOW
O. 0. P., Wffl be Held Strictly
Responsible for Its Adminis
tration of Affairs ; Democrats
Must Unite Strongly for
v Cans of Democracy and
National Service
BEING A DISASTER
New York, Nov. 7. William O. Mo
Adoe, former Secretary of the Treas
ury, ia a statement tonight comment.
ing on tho result cf tbe national elec
tion, declared that "what tho country
needs is subsidence ef the passions and :
hatred engendered by ths war and tho
partisaa political appeals that fol
lowed." . ', ,.. - i '
"It is of bo value to try. to explaia
the eausee of the Democratic defeat
November t," the statement said. "Tha
overwhelming Republican victory haa
given that party the Presidency and .
both Houses of -the Congress,,, After
March 4th next, it win have entire
cannot evade or excuse Itr failure to
perform the. promises it has made to
ths country. Under our political sys
tem It is always better -to have oao
party control at Washington thaa- ta
have divided authority.
Mast Forget Hatreds.
"What ths couBtry imperatively
aeeds now is subsidence ef the pan
aiont aad hatreds engendered by the
war snd the partisaa political appeals
that have followed. The country i
sick of political standards and coatrsx
versles. It wants domestic ss well as
international peace and it wants res- -torstion
of thst fine spirit af co-operation
which made America invincible
in War. We face domestic and inter
national problems of great gravity.
The only way to solve them is through
co-operation. The highest duty of the
leaders cf both parties is, therefore,
to promote better feeling among all
classes of our people, to refrain front
unworthy appeals to dass and racial
orelndieea and In krlnv K...
ear serioca problems that dlspassioa.
ate f and intelligent 1 consideration
throughout with which alone there ia
a promise ef genuine public service.
'V? WroM Isfcot,T , , .,.'
l"Thr Demeerstic party baa suf
fered a severe, bat not a disastrous
defeat. It it far from dead; it is not
even seriously wounded. Thmnhne
our history overwhelming political r.
verses have beea followed . by extra
ordinnrr nalitieal Mnmilu fU i.-
as the Democratic party is true te ito
missioa of service to the eommoa pea.
Sle it will live. Whst we must do now
i to build up aad strengthen the party
organixationjBot in, the interest of any
individnal or man ai tmxHam Knfc
the eanso of : Democracy itself, and
above all for service of country. -Is
win not dc difficult, through proper .
leaderahin aad omnlzatiaa. Ii : m!s. -
spire party enthusiasm, to restore '
party unity, to maintain party Ideals
and principles and to regain popular
confidence. To. this taik nnumii.
leaders must aew devote themselves
with anaelfiah patriotism and aourage."
DEBS WANTS HIS CASE
TO BE TAKEN UP LAST
v.ti.. sr.4 V. VJ- ... '-
Under Preient Administra. .
tion. He Says - , .
wm, vm ov. . i .jbugeae v,
Debs, whom it became known in Weak,
lagtoa yesterday the President has na "
intention of pardoning, wants his, case '
to come last of all prisoners convicted
of violating war time laws, or bettor
not at all under the present adminis ' -tratioa,
according to a statement from
the Socialist leader given put .today t
through the office of his local attorney, "
me statement follower -1 vrv " (
"l understand that each political pris
oner will be considered separately aad
I hops my ssss will come last of all.
Beally I would rather that it come act '
at ail under the present administra-
w inns' K ansa at ttcsan T Wexnld thaa m mVt at nan A thaa.,
be at Urge under the chaotic ' eondi- -
tions of society." 'A ;, is;x .
Debs, who is serving a ten-year sen. .
ltl.. rmAmwm
day Friday, chatting over old-time pe -
litieal fights with his attorney aad other
friends who called. He received flowers ,
aad numerous ether presents. , . -
' ' 1
THREE REPUBLICANS ,
s TO CONTEST ELECTIONS
Atlanta. 3a Nov. 7 Three Bepubli-
enns who lost to Democrats in Georgia
Congressional races will take their
fights before Congress on charges of
irregularities, aecording to notices al
ready made publie here today. .
There were only arc Conarressioaal
districts ia Georgia ia which Democrats
had opposition aad the three la which
fights are promised ths flrst, fifth aad
ninth districts. Georgia hss not ssnt
n Bepubiieaa te Coagreai since recon
struction days. ? . -.. . ,
TWO BOYS PLAYING WITH '
GUN; BOTH OF THEM SHOT
Vjiril..- ' W ' V Vl.!. itknaiiAl ta
n.l,HM. Mattar- fKlA ltv tA Whit
boys, Cleveland Ellis and " Abraham
Skinner, aged 13 and 13, were acci
deatally shot while trying to conceal a
gun in aa outbuilding. The Ellis boy
wsa literally scalped, but skull wss not
injured. Young Skinner received a flrY
wound in his left shoulder. Both w i
brought te '.Wilson .for, treatment.