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GOOD AS BETTER THAN THE REST AND READ BY MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER WEEKLY PAPER IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. EV, ERY CITIZEN NEEDS IT. the Chatham i Record ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. jIB. BAILEY ANSWERS THE STATEMENTS FRIENDS OF MR. MCLEAN ATTEMPT TO DIVERT THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE REAL ISSUES. '.BOLT THAT 1919 SESSION. should Show His Election of Value and Service to the People. In announcing my candidacy, I de clared that I would not indulge in nor defer.-: against personal attacks. When I made that statement, I, ot course, anticipated that my opponent would not, himself, indulge in a per sonal attack upon me. Smcaghe has done 50, 1 feel sure list tSTpeople will understand why it m necessary •for me to reply. v i call attention to the following langugage taken from my opening speech in Raleigh: “No man has a right to offer for the great position of Governor in his own interest. He must show the peo ple what there may be in his election of value and service to them.” That is where I stand today. I of fer myself, not in my own interest, but in the interest of the causes I represent. I invite my opponent to join me upon this high ground. With regard to the circular letters sent out (apparently in the interest of the candidacy of the Hon A. W. Mc- Lean for governor,) signed by certain members of the legislature of 1919, and making representations as to a E speech made by me before the Fi r nance Committee of that Legislature, I have the following to say byway of stating—as simply as possible—the facts of the matter: During the first session of the Gen eral Assembly of 1919, the Income Tax proposition was presented; and I went before the Finance Committee and opposed the proposition. It is foolish to say that the income tax was designed for the purpose of re lieving land of taxes. Certainly it has never relieved land of a dollar; and on the other hand, land taxes have increased by about $7,000,000.00 since the income tax proposition went through. I opposed Hie income tax proposi tion when it was first presented be cause at that time the United States Government was collecting enormous income taxes from ou* people; and J* -did not think it opportune for the fttate to impose additional income Pixes upon our people at that time, r Since then, the Federal Government has greatly reduced income taxes; and I think since the Federal Government has reduced income taxes, it is en tirely proper for the state to im pose income taxes—conditions have changed. Sometimes I hear criticisms of me that I have changed my mind on this subject. I take it that those who ad vocated Mr. McLean byway of crit lcising me for changing my mind— when the facts have changed—intend to raise the implication that their candidate never changes his mind; if so, he is the only human being that 1 have ever heard of mmd w" • n Jt capable of being changed. I have °uen heard it said that wise mt.i So J|}®tiins change their minds. The circular letters referred to al ®2e that I made some statements aooiit mules and dogs and hogs and nams. I think those who know me, wow that I would not make foolish statements; and any statement I . i e , a hout the relative taxes on hogs f ; laiT ts and mules and dogs was ounded on the tax records at the I * me - I recall that, in the course of ar £ument, I undertook to show c °mmittee the inequalities exist- I if- 33 , Ween the tax valuations of I tV-° na pro P ert y i n the several coun lat mi showed that hogs were taxed I . cen *s apiece in one county and I w o , ap i ece ! n another; and that dogs I r n , e taxed a.t about S2O in Durham I ** l think a reference to the I p 7 of the Corporation Commis- I inJ ~ htch I used at the time, read- I tnin, rOJ ? le re P°rt) will confirm the I Dr-ftta +• riy statements. I was not I Fining? a ? a * ns t low appraisals but I Cov« . ow lng that the Corporation. I CnrJ ''- on which was also the Tax I timer i?SlOn this State at that I prrri .r* ex erting its powers or I and t r,performing its functions; I Corw • ar^ue that the Corporation I uaiir 110 n ou £ht to equalize the val- I uiotili 8 as e tween one county and I tbe v ei i' ; . * ar gued further that if I ized a . Llailons were properly equal- ItW ! - have more revenue I Would’ Ve are rece lving, and that we I the r 1 nee <l additional taxes, if I toy. ate pursu ed a policy of econo- I Surnlm me above referred to ar- I Act ha i ” as ma( l e > the Revaluation I Nothin n J 5v^ r b een mentioned. Knew ■ t° T i n °t been intro- I Tf f ° not think it had been I t passe( l through the legis -ITieir°h Vai T tlle encl of its session; |St a t e L ner t nor anyone else in this I jvjpn' ,v muc b about it. Many of I ! e stif v TT .°T that Legislature will passe( * without their ■ 'WI of 1919 met in a ■>ci a C£ f si . on in August 1920. In this ■ijt C(m ‘;' slon >, I was employed with- Per t s ation by the officers of " Uni °o, to-wit: Mr. R. W. ■ pre * ident ; Mr. E. C. Faires, ■ and treasurer; Dr. J. M. ’ v ‘ce-presideni and direc tor; to assist the Hon. E. R. Preston (Attorney for the Association), in re sisting passage of the Revaluation Act—as this act came up for final ratification in August, 1920. At this time, I showed to the General Assem bly that the valuations as reported were unjust—in that they took the burden off the railroads and other tax-payers and put it upon the land, owners (especially the farmers) of | this State. I showed that it would re- ! lieve the COAST LINE, the SOUTH- | ERN and other railroads of $300,000 of taxes. —reducing their taxes by this amount; and that it would increase taxes on land by $7,000,000. When I showed these facts not a few of the advocates of the Revaluation Act be come angry and indignant; but events since the passage of the Act have ful ly justified my position. A little while later, published a pamphlet protesting against the Re valuation Act; and it was widely cir culated in this state. From August, 1920, until the present time, I have consistently opposed the new tax poli cy in this State—on the ground that it puts the burden of taxation upon real estate, especially farms and small homes, and removes it from other tax-payers; and I am now before the people on this question. I am showing that the railroads and foreign corpor ations are escaping taxation to the extent of millions—while the farmers and other land owners are paying on ; excessive valuations and at a high rate. The Revaluation Act promised us a j high valuatiion and a low rate. I ; predicted that we would have a high valuation and a high rate—and this is just what we have. The average ! rate in this State in 1912 was 1.34; it is now more than 1.50. Valuations of land have increased from 300 to 1,000 per cent. The Revaluation Act promised to put all property on the books. Mr. W. N. Everett, Secretary of State, in his key note speech to the Democratic Convention, stated flatly that only half the property in North Carolina is now taxed. In 1921,1 proposed the so-called in come tax amendment to the constitu tion. It should be borne in mind that this tmendment carried also the prom ise that the tax -on land -should fee limited tb. 15 tents bn the hunched dollar valuation. I know tfrat many would vote for it, relying upon this promise; and I knew that this prom ise was not justified by the language of the amendment. If there is anybody in North Carolina paying anywhere near as little as 15 cents on the SIOO valuation, then I will make public apology for my opposition to this amendment. The fact however, is that the average rate of taxation on prop erty in North Carolina is more than ten times 15 cents—to-wit, more than $1.50 on the SIOO. Very clearly to me, the so-called income tax amendment 1 destroyed all limitations upon the tax on real estate under the Constitu tion. Before this amendment was adopted, taxes on land were limited j to 66 2-3 cents on the SIOO except for j necessary purposes; and the limit could not be exceeded without a vote * of the people. Since the passage of ( the so-called income tax amendment i the amount of taxes that may be lev- | ied on land or property is absolutely unlimited. I made these facts clear (so far as I was able) at the time, hoping to save our Party and our people from a great blunder. The amendment, however, was carried — thousands thinking that they were voting an income tax on other people; when, as a matter of fact, they were voting millions of taxes upon their property. The facts are simple. We are now collecting about $4,000,000 a year from income taxes; and we are collecting at least $7,000,000 a year more from property than we were when this amendment was passed. So far from relieving land of taxation, the income tax amendment has been followed by an increase of $7,000,000 a year of* taxes on property in this state. I have invited my opponment to come out into the open before the people, and discuss these matters face to-face: but instead of doing this, I have absolute information that he is sending around circulars throughout the State. I have no means of follow ing up these circulars, as I do not know to whom he sent them. I think it would be far better if he has any criticisms upon my record, to make them in open forum—where I could meet them: but since he has chosen otherwise, I am forced to the neces sity of making this statement; and asking mv friends to give it the wid est possible publicity. Meantime, I am before the people on three great causes; one is to re move the unjust burden of taxation from land, and to put the burden upofi the more prosperous sources of rev enue: another is to obtain lower freight rates for the consumers in this State; and another is to obtain modern and approved election and primary modeled upon what is known as the Australian Ballot Svs tem. I would like for us to wage this campaign for these great and valu able issues. I hope the voters will un derstand that the circulars being sent, out concerning my course in j 'are being sent out for the purpose of (Continued on Page 8.) PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JU]®5,1924. CHILDRENS DAY IS POSTPONED. Other Interesting News Items From Browns Chapel Section. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, June 2.—The mem bers of the Sunday school have de cided to postpone the Childrens Day exercises until later in the summer, on account of the prevalence of whooping cough. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Richardson, of Snow Camp, spent Saturday and Sun day with Mr. R. H. Lindsey. Mr. and Mrs. Daner Thomas, of Swepsonville, spent Thursday with Mr. Emmett Mann. While looking over some of the beautiful farms in this section and ob serving the orchards loaded with fruit of every description, the onion, let i tuce and peas ready for the table, the | strawberries red on the vines, the i young chickens and turkeys ready for ! slaughtering, the good women folks gathering eggs each afternoon, nice pitchers of fresh milk and cakes of butter when needed, I have decided farm life is nothing to be ashamed of after all. Mr. and Mrs. French, of Durham, spent last week with Mrs. Maude Williams. Quite a lot of work has been' put on the road from Pittsboro to the Ala mance county line. In fact, more in the last two weeks than has been done since Mr. Hamlet has been the commissioner. But a new cry has been started in this part of Hadley township for “Bland, Bland, Bland, will take the stand, and prove to be a better man.” Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Way and dau ghters, Mildred and Louise,-of Lexing ton, spent Saturday with Mrs. Way’s father, Mr. J. J. Thomas. Mrs. J. A. Marshall and son, Hersey spent Wednesday with Mr. J. A. Mar shall at Sanford hospital. Mr. Mar shall is rapidly improving. .Mr. Willie Thomas and daughter, Dixie, spent Thursday in Siler City with Mrs. John Crutchfield. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Cheek, of Carr boro, spent Sunday with Mrs. Cheek’s mother, Mrs. J. T. Mann. Mr. and Mrs.. Avin Perry and son, Boyd, were business visitors in Bur lington Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jloyd Hargrove, of Burlington, spent last week with Mr. aad Mrs. -J. J. Thomas. i m ************* * *. * FARMERS FOR BAILEY * * * * White Cross Local No. 2756 of * * the Fanners Union, met in regu- * * lar session Wednesday evening, * * May 28th, and all members pres- * * ent signed- up to support Josiah * W. Bailey at; the polls Saturday, * * June 7th. * * - * ***,********** i > DOINGS AROUND MT. GILEEAD. Pittsboro, Rt. 1, June 2.—Rev. K. R. Gordon, pastor at Mt. Gilead, was un able to fill his appointment Sunday on account of illness. We hope he will soon recover. _ • Mr .and Mrs. Richard Clark and children are at home with their pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. W- E. Griffin. Mrs. W. F. Hackney and daughter, of Durham, are visiting her mother, Mrs. W. H. Windham. Mrs. S. J. Johnson, of Apex, spent ■ a few days last week with her moth er, Mrs. J. W. Neal. I Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Heame and | children and Mrs. J. W. Griffin visited relatives in Pittsboro Sunday after i noon. I Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pendergraph [ and children, of Durham, were visitors at Mr. J. W. Neal’s Sunday . Miss Ethel Herndon, who has been attending school at Raleigh, returned home Sunday. Mrs. Alice Tripp visited her daugh ter, Mrs. Dawkins, in Lee county, Sunday. Misses Gertrude and Lillian Hatley had a large number of visitors Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Yancey Neal and chil dren were visitors in the home of Mr. J. J. Hatley Sunday. Misses Leonie and Josie Neal had a large number of young people visit them Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hatley, of Ral eigh. visited relatives in this section Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Neal, of Carrboro, visited their sister, Mrs. Yancey Neal, last week. PLAY AT BELLS SCHOOL SOON. The Hoodoo,” a farce comedy in three acts, is to be given by some of the pupils of Bells School in the audi torium of the school on Saturday, June 14th, at 8 o’clock. The charac ters are as follows: Brighton Early, Hal Baldwin. Billy Jackson, Carey Horton. Professor Spiggot, Calvin Watson. Hemachus Spiggot, Palmer Cope land. Malachi Meek, Trubie Thrailkill Dun, Garland McCoy. Amy Lee, Esper Baldwin. Mrs. Perrington Shine, Annie Bald win. Gwendolyn Shine, Gladys Cope land. * Dodo De Graft. Jessie Seymore. Mrs. Clinger, Jeneverette Sevmore. Angelina Chnger, Pauline Horton. Dons Ruffles, Ila Copeland • Mrs. Spiggot, Jennie Overton. Miss Longnecker, Ava Harward. Lula, Lila Horton. Aunt Paradise, Jessie Horton. Eveiybody invited to be present You will enjoy this play. I Faint heart ne’er won fair lady. It I is the one hat is predestined to get the mitten. ° FARMERS PAI REIGHT. Some Facts in Mr. Bail ey's Behali—-Read. Editor Chatham Record:—One of the very few objections to Bailey for governor is this “Eight or ten years ago, more or less, Mr. Bailey favored a taxless scheme for certain corpor ations.” Well, times change and men change with them. That is the needs of times change. The old saying, “Wise men often change their minds, but fools never change;” is sometimes fitting. I am not so concerned about Mr. Bailey’s WASNESS as I am with his ISNESS, and his HENCE FORTHNESS. I once believed slav ery was right, but I don’t believe that now. Tax on the farmer and all others of small wealth is entirely too high, while on the over wealthy it is en tirely too low. You, Mr. poor man, are taxed at one hundred cents on every dollar you are worth. The rich corporations are taxed at about 25 cents on the dollar of their cash val ue. - The Reynolds Tobacco Company is taxed on $53,000,000, while the com pany is worth $204,000,000. Mr. Mc- Lean says there is very little wrong with our tax system and that little will right itself in four or five years. Mr. Bailey says our tax system is an unjust one and he proposes to lower it on the common citizen, and put it at the same rate on the rich — dollar for dollar. Which of these men do you want for governor? It’s up to you. Mr. McLean has been identified with the railroad business most of his life, and he is not going to desert that business now. The railroads are now trying to get a higher freight rate. It will likely be delayed until after the election, to aid McLean. I look for that delay. Corporations usually stand by those who help them on in their way of doing things. The farmer pays the freight on everything he buys or sells. On every yard of calico, on every pound of coffee and sugar, the freight is added to the cost. Iron id heavy and he who buys the plow point pays the. freight. Not only that but on every thing the farmer sells he has to pay the freight. And when all transportation rates are hon estly adjusted for all concerned, it is right and proper. Just the other day the Greensboro News had an edi torial Oh a car load shipment through North Carolina to Virginia, for sixty nine dollars less than the railroad would have unloaded that car any* where in North Carolina. We have no large cities, no sufficient home market and freight rates out of North Caro lina are so high that you cannot grow com and wheat and oats and other farm products and get a liv ing price for them. You cannot properly clothe and feed and school your children under this railroad dominated system. It prevents full physical and mental de velopment. It is a crime against civ ilization. And now a railroad raiser of freight rates, Mr. McLean, is up for the nomination for governor. It is up to the voters at the primary to say which it shall be, Bailey or McLean. Bailey is for the people, Mc- Lean is for the ring. In my mind there is no question about that. If you want to go on unable to re plenish your old, worn out farming implements, vote for McLean. If you and your wife are perfectly satisfied to eat off cracked plates, broken china with old, rusty knives, forks and spoons, vote for McLean. If you don’t care whether you ev er have money enough to decently clothe yourself and your children so the little ones can go to Sunday school and not be ashamed, vote for McLean. If you would just as soon be a pau per as a prince, vote for McLean. If you and your wife would be just as happy and contented for the next four years with that old, worn, faded scandalous looking hat of hers, both of you go down and vote for McLean. My old friend, ex-sheriff Lane, was in Bennett Thursday working for McLean. I asked him what he was doing but got no answer. He may have felt sure I knew he held a good paying state job and was working to hold it. Mr. Lane says the state is in debt and must tax the people to pay it. Which is true, and to which none of us object. What we object to is the collecting *of 80 per cent of it off our farms and small home owners, while the big wealthy ones only pay 20 per cent. I have failed to find a McLean supporter who favors anything like a just adjustment, dollar for dollar, on all assessments. Not only sheriff Lane, but practically every officer in the state from governor Morrison down to the smallest clerk, is work ing for the nomination of Mr. Mc- Lean. If that does not consitute a ring, what does it take to make a ring? It takes a lot of cheek on their part to deny this “ring” business —a cheek that reaches clean down to the shoul ders: there isn’t room for a neck tie. Without a single exception every one favoring Mr. Bailey's nomina tion, should go and vote for him on June 7th. If you stay at home on that day you will surely pay for it, for if McLean is nominated you will pay more for all you buy and get less for all you sell. ' H. A. DENSON. 1 Bennett, May 31, 1924. » The tribute paid to the farm by our 1 Browns Chapel correspondent this < tweek is worth reading. BAILEY,PEOPLES’S CANDIDATE,MAKES STRONG APPEAL • * PLEADS FOR REDUCTION IN LAND TAXES; * LOWER FREIGHT RATES; FAIR ELECTION SYSTEM. JUNE 7 IS TIME TO DECIDE. * Mr. Bailey Asks Voters to Make Ap proval of His Causes. To the Democratic Voters of North Carolina: This is a campaign of issues. The Primary June 7th will settle certain questions of policy—questions of real importance. The first of these is the question of taxes. Land taxes have been steadily ris ing in this State for ten years. The increase amounts to thirty per cent a year every year for eleven years. And under the present system there is certainty that they will continue to rise. I hold that land is bearing more than its just share of the burden. My opponent frankly defends the present system. I am opposed to any taxes on land, or property, for State purposes. I hold that when the State exempt ed from taxation more than $116,000,- 000 worth of stocks in foreign corpor ations it did a great wrong. On this subject my opponent says nothing. This one act added more than a mill lion and a half of dollars to taxes on lands. It took that much from the taxes of the wealthy and put it on property—mainly land. I hold that we should collect in franchise taxes more than the miser able one tenth of one per cent we now collect from the railroads, and that we should use this additional rev enue to relieve On this my op ponent has said nothing. I hold that the State has taken over to itself for State purposes all the sources of taxes except property (mainly land) and placed upon land the support of more than sixty per cent of the burden of government; and that this is wrong. I hold that the State must give back to the counties more of revenue or take from the counties more of the burdens of gov ernment. And I hold further that un til this has been done, land taxes will continue to On this sub ject my opponent Jtts said nothing. The election June 7th will deter- The second big question before us is the question of political con trol. So long as we have machine control we will have control by mid for spec ially favored interests. The people can manage the Dem ocratic party, and they can take care of it. - ■ ’ All the progress that ever was made was made in spite of the rul ing powers. Machines operate in politics by means of money; and they pay the money back at the public expense. Machines are maintained for the benefit of a few. They give the peo ple only what they dare not refuse. The Machine in North Carolina has already” declared the result of the primary June 7th, To hear the big leaders and their understrappers talk one would think that there is no sense in the holding of primaries. They are practically telling the people it is none of their business. We must put an end to this sort of thing or the people will lose confi dence in the Democratic pirty. Office holders have no right to dictate to voters of the state by secretly nomi nating candidates foir office for two, three or four terms in advance. I am in favor of the Australian Bal lot and of court review of election re turns. The Australian Ballot will give the voters secrecy in voting and will make the purchase of votes difficult and Will tend to put an end to the power of money in politics. My opponent is silent on this sub ject, and is defending our present election primary laws. This question also will be settled June 7th. The line has been clearly drawn. The third big question before us is the question of freight rates. My opponent did not, in a public speech utter a word on this subject until he spoke at Nashville, April 21st' I have been speaking on the subject ever since I opened my campaign. At Nashville he declared against freight rate discrimination in favor of Virginia cities. But said nothing against the pending proposition by the Interstate Commerce Commission greatly to increase freight rates throughout the State. I propose not only to resist to the fullest extent the discriminations against North Carolina in favor of Virginia, but also to resist the pro posed increase of freight rates. I hold that since the ATLANTIC COAST LINE is now taking more than twen ty per cent on its capital, and the SOUTHERN RAILWAY is paying dividends at the rate of five per cent a year on $120,000,000.00 of watered common stock, there is no necessity for increasing freight rates; and I remind all our people that increased freight charges will increase the cost of living. The fourth great question is the question of economy in the expendi ture of the public money. By an oversight, I feel sure, the Democratic 'platform did not mention ; the subject of economy. But public j economy is a Democratic principle. We must always follow it. Most of the i ► State office-holders are supporting my opponeftt. The present administration is notoriously and boastfully support ing him. It looks to me at any rate that they think I meant business when I said I would get a dollar’s worth of service for a dollar’s taxes. These are the issues. The settlement of these questions is a matter of vital interest to every voter—and of importance to the whole people. Let the people dismiss small politics, small politicians, and small personal ities from mind, and settle these mat ters on the merits. Let me add that I am deeply grate ful to learn that everywhere there is a growing interest in the cause I represent. Make your approval, as I believe you will, overwhelmingly em | phatic by getting all your friends to vote in the primary, June 7th. It is the primary, June 7th, vote that will decide all of these issues. Vote early and then stand by and see the votes counted and certified. Raleigh, Mav 24th, 1924. JOSIAH W. BAILEY. ************* * * * THE ELECTION RETURNS. * * ' * * On Saturday night, June * * the Chatham Record office will be * * open until all the county returns * * are in, and through the courtesy * * of The “Durham Herald, returns * * from the state will be furnished * * until eleven o’clock. We invite our * * friends to call around. * * * ************* — 9 TO THE VOTERS OF CHATHAM Your undersigned is a candidate for the nomination for congress. He has been fighting for a just and hon est system of taxation shice 1920. Un less there is a change made and all the property of the State placed on the tax books for an ad valorem rate of taxation and relieve the burden that is now op the owners of real property in North Carolina, the result wilf be ruin and bankruptcy. One half of the wealth is tax exempt, the farm ing class is paying £& per cent of the cost of whol#**fcate. This is dis honest and can y t endure. His worthy opponent has been for 24 years draw ing a salary in congress and in Feb ruary, 1924, voted against the repeal of tax exempt scurities, showing that his sympathies were against the mass es and tax payers of his district and in favor of the classes and tax dodg ers of the state. No man can support him and ever after complain of unjust and high taxes. Unless the tax payers vote a change they are doomed to become agricul tural slaves like the surfs of Russia, while the tax free classes reap all the benefits of our great state without cost. , A vote for Pou is a vote to continue the iniquitous system, while a vote for Person is a vote for equal privil eges, equal rights, equal taxation, po litical liberty and all the blessings that come from a Democratic form of gov ernment. A defeat means two years more of industrial degredation. What I claim and demand is coming after the farm ers are all bankrupt and destroyed. It is as inexorable as fate and as certain as death. Political liberty and equal rights before the law can hurt no honest man. Respectfully, WILLIE M. PERSON. m 9 mm AN EXPLANATION. According to the best judgment of the Chatham Record, the total cost of operating the county home will not exceed $450 per month and perhaps a little less than that. The report of the grand jury showed that last year the total cost was near $12,000,00. This cost embraced many items for supplies that were paid for out of the fifty thousand dollar bond issue. . The land scape gardening and shrubbery was also an indebtedness chargeable to the construction of the home and did not come out of the general fund. This was paid from a surplus that was left over from the construction and furnishing. This explanation is made so that the tax-payers may have accurate information. We get the knowledge from a reliable source and know that it is correct. The cost of maintenance of the county home will probably be less in the future as much of the expense has been in getting the place fixed up properly.. HE HAS LOST HIS EYESIGHT. About a year ago Mr. Forest Mil ler, who has been driving a lumber truck for the Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co., at Pittsboro, had the misfortune to get one of his eys hurt in an acci dent near Pokebury, in this county. He fell or jumped from his truck when an automobile ran into him, and in falling a com stalk was stuck in his eye. He pulled the stalk out and went to Sanferd to a hospital for treat ment. One day last week his other eye be gan to pain him and it gradually weakened so that he became almost totally blind. He is now at the hospit al in Sanford taking treatment. It is hoped that Mr* Millr will not lose hi? eyesight. .... » NUMBER 52.