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Tl N AND RANDL&VIAN NEWS. ASHBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1915. NO. 34 rri in ' ' i , i i n i , T VSI-m IVi ' - - T ; . GRAVEL ROAD TO HJGH POINT ASSURED Work Will Begin Within Thirty Days on the New Highway. The project to build a fine sard clay road from Asheboro to High Point is assuming definite liable to taxation under the Fed shape and it is expected that ac- eral income tax law will be pen tual work will begin inside of 30 alized. All reports should go in days. The route is by the coun- at once, and those who have nnr. ty heme, through the gap of Car awaj mountain oy tne home of "O J. j mi , r eA-xxepieseiiuiiive i nomas Keel- application to Col. A. D. Watts ding, thence by Flint Hill, Fra- collector, of Statesville, accord zier's Siding, 23 mile long. ing to advice of internal reve The greater part of this route nue agents. Many of these lies through a fine fanning se.-- ,-blanks have been mailed out al tion and, as the country is com- ready. para ively level, it wiU make an The law provides that everv lideal road. One short section, ! unmarried person having an in the part running over Caraway 1 come of $3,000 a year is sub Mountain, is equal to anything ject to the tax. Married persons in the Asheville section, but the 'do not have to pay the tax un engireers have found a new j less their income is $4,000 or route which, though a half- more- In the event of a man and mile longer, is only a six per his wife together have an in cent grade, come of over $4,000 they pay on High Point people recently , the amount of that excess. For subscribed something over $1,- instances if a man has an income 200 and will give more; and the of $2,500 and his wife a similiar people along the route will go, income they must pay the m- t'he limit, a they are more in-; terested than anyone else, The people are more than pleased with this new road as Asheboro is literally full of au-:be careful that they do not pay tomobiles and it is rumored that twice. A great part of the in several High Point people are: come tax is collected "at the hoping to get them a Ford or 'source." That is to say, in many two, if nothing happens, "and then everybody can go to John Jarrell's on a big fishing expedi tion. SPEAKER WOOTEN HURT. Engrossing Clerk Will Aycock Is Instantly Killed. Will Avcock. enerossine- clerk of the North Carolina House of ,bfi careful to exemp himself for Reprsentatives and nephew of jthe amount paid "at the source." the late ex-Governor Charles li. There are certain exemptions Aycock, was instantly killed, and or deductions from the tax Speaker Emmett R. Wooten and which may be made, such as in State Senator Rivers Johnson terest paid on money borrowed, were injured. in an automobile a pro rata charge for the office accident about throe miles from1 rent in the case of a physician Raleigh at an early hour Friday morning. Cock Fie-hters Fined Four of the snorts taken in in the big cock fight which was1 In the case of corporations they broken up last week near Sky--need not pay for the calendar land, paid fines of $5.00 and the Tear 1914 unless they so desire, costs, three were discharged, and but they may elect to Pay at close others failed to put in their ap-of fiscal year of the corporation peart nee, their bond's being for- business. In the event that cor f eited. porations desire to pay for their fiscal years, they may do so up- Secretary McAdoo to Chapel Hill on notice to the collector. of in Secretarv McAdoo, of the Uni- ternal revenue, designating the ted States Treasury Department, last day of some month of the will be the commencement orator at the University of North Caro lina, June 2. Ii3af Tobacco Sales. The tobacco warehouses of the State sold 22,997,399 pounds of tobac zo in the month of January tvw ic an.r-Mntr tn Vw ronnvf i filed with Major Graham, Com- missioner of Agriculture. Win- ston-Salem took the lead with 4,848.912 pounds, practically doub3 that of Wilson, Which led iha r, ovw ir, tVwoQWn ,rf of the State. The Hen and the Figures. It has been proven that the average profit on one hen is $2. The hen costs 50 cents. Isn't that 400 per cen on the invest ment? - That beats banking, cotton milling or merchandising. But you say that is a small busi ness. , Yes and this earth is made , up of tiny atoms. To be profiEtble anything must be well managed and several small busi nesses afford a diversion and bring relaxation and pleasure as well as profit. GERMAN SUBMARINES TORPEDOED VESSEL British Coaster Is Sunk With out Any Warning; 4 Lives Were Lost. A German submarine appeared in the Irish sea early Saturday morning and torpedoed' without, notice a British coasting steam er, Cambank, of 440 tons regis ter. Three of the creW were killed and a fourth was drowned while the men were taking to the boats. This was the only incident con nected with the German subma rine blockade of the British isles reported during the day. It came about the time that the Anglo-French fleet, according to a te'egram from Petrograd, were defeating the Germans at Ossovetz, Poland, and driving backto the frontier the troops which had attacked the fortress. TIME ABOUT OUT - a . . - . FOR INCOME TAX Returns Must All Be Made to the Collector by the First of March. Unless returns nre -mi At the collector of internal before March 1. nersnna ro-hrt nr received blanks for making re-! turns should get them at once bv ' - . - - . " come tax on one thousand dol- lars. Persons subject to the tax j l i i i i who own stocks or bonds should instances the corporation in which stocks and bonds are held pays the tax direct to the col lector of internal revenue and deducts it from the interest or dividends paid' the holder of the securities. The tax payer should' be careful that he tvvues credit for this direct . payment and does not include it in his check. In other words, the should who has his office "in Ihis resi- dence and so on. In addition to the tax on indi- viduals there is a tax on corpora- ;tions of 1 per cent of the profits. fiscal year, giving thirty days' notice prior to March 1. Supplanting County Treasury Lincoln county has joined the constantly increasing number of counties which, are doing away with the county treasurer s ofuce and thus saving $1,200 of more annually. Some reliable bank in every county is willing to act as treasurer for the county without remuneration. Gaston wiU no .aouot ian m line Deioru long as it should. Gastonia Gazette. Carranza Threatens to Banish Catholic Priests. Further representations .against the persecution by Car i ranza officials of priests in Mexi co were made Saturday by Sec ; retary Bryan. Consul Canada at Vera Cruz was instructed to ap peal directly to general Carranza in behalf of the 180 priests ar rested by General Obitegon in Mexico City, where they are de tained in the national palace Some of them are reported to be Spaniards and these, it is said, have been threatened with ex pulsion from the country. Page Agaist Ship Bill. Representative R. N. Page, who along with Claude Kitchin, voted against the President's shipping bill, gives some good reasons for his position in a speech which he had inserted in the Congressional Record. Mr. Pae-e's remarks bristle with red fhot shots from beginning to end Judge Carter Fined Solicitor $50 Holding that the fact that So licitor Charles L. Abernethy did mot sit down when told to do so was contempt, of court, Judge Frank Carter, who is presiding over Craven county Superior Court, placed a fine of $50 on the prosecuting attorney. The mat ter' came up in the legislature last week, but the tempest pass ed over with a mere ripple. A sensation, however, may result I . " MBB "MHBMHiM CABARRUS UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE Many Improvements in the County Moonlight Schools Making Headway. Cabarrus county has recently spent nearly $50,000 in the im provement of its court house and in the construction of a medern jail, and work is now progressing on the improvement of the court house grounds, which when com pleted will be a place of great beauty in the center of the town of Concord instead of the old semi-delapidated buildings that formerly, greeted the visitor. All these improvements go to show the progressiveness of our citizens and the desire of our people for the fit and the beauti ful. Cabarrus county has taken an other step forward in establish ing moonlight schools for adult illiterates. The county superin tendent is ably assisted in this work by Morrison H. Caldwell, an attorney of the Concord bar, and Prof. A. S. Webb, the effici ent superintendent of the city schools and the ministers and teacher of the town and county. Three schools are 'now under way, one at No. 2 graded school, with an enrollment of 194. not all illiterates, but many of them taking advantage of the oppor tunity to increase their meagre stock of learning. Morrison H. Caldwell is principal of the school and !he declares that when the term is out there shall not be a man on the roll who cannot read and write any sec tion of the constitution of North Carolina. Another night school has been opened at the Hartsell Mill school, in West Concord, with a large number enrolled. Rev. J. W. Snyder is principal and he is assisted in the work by the faculty of Laura Sunderland Memorial school and by the teachers of the public school. Another night school with a mu sic course as a feature will be opened this week at Pinnacle, one of the rural schools &tr town. Others will be opened at other places in the country dis tricts during the spring and summer months, and it is the hope of those promoting the work that illiteracy may be en tirely banished from the county in a year or so. Spain Asks Nation to Intervene in Mexico. Spain has asked the powers to intervene in the matter of con tinued revolutions in Mexico. The trouble arose over the dis missal of the Spanish minister, who is declared to have been in strumental in furthering the in terest of one of the revolutions. Attention, Farmers! The North Carolina State De parement of Agriculture will distribute, to all farmers of che State, liquid inoculating cultures for all kinds of peas, beans, clo vers, peanuts, alfalfa, vetches, and so on, at fifty cents an acre ;as against two dollars an acre, charged by the leading commer cial companies that handle this material. Full directions for treating the seed go with each bottle, and all postage is prepaid by the Department of Agricul ture. Only acre size bottles are distributed. Address all orders to the Com missioner of Agriculture and' be sure to send payment with your order as we are not allowed to jsend out the material before re ceiving the cost of manufacture which the board of Agriculture has placed at fifty cents an acre Approved: W. A. GRAHAM, Com. of Agriculture. JAS. L. BURGESS, Agronomist & Bot'st. in charge. Would Move Convicts to State Farm. The principal bill introduced in the legislature Saturday was one by Senator Ballou providing for the removal ot the State pris on to the Halifax farm and the conversion of the penitentiary into an asylum for the insane. iThe legislature will adjourn in ten days from today and night sessions are being held. Only a Quart. Only a quart a month is per nlitted to be shipped under the provisions of the amendment which .passed the house at Ral eigh last week, not enough tcr & little sickness. Express charges on a quart at a time will make the cost mighty high, but what is worse it will mean migh ty bad liquor. It is bad enough now. Greensboro Record1. RANDOLPH PIG CLUBS This is one of the Ten Counties For the Work P4g- Clubs, a co-operative work between the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry &nd the Animal Division of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, are being formed among North Carolina boys and girls between 10 and 18. years of age. The Pig Club: .work, like the Corn Club and- Poultry Club rwork, is carried' out through the close co-operation of the farm demonstration agents and the school teachers. Randolph county is one of ten counties which are being organized for the work. Pig clubs are very similar to the Corn Club, with -the exception that they deal with live stock in stead of grain.. These clubs car ry Corn Club members one steD farther in educational lines by teaching how to get the feeder s profit from the farm-grown grains. In the Corn Club tho members will have learned how to make the grower's profit- The Pig Club will show the way to double profit as well as how to maintain or increase soil fertili ty with less expense than is possible with other systems of farming. The club work grouped about the pig appeal to the boys and girls who by nature crave some form of animal fife for a pet. The pig is the form of live stock chosen, as this animal not only fits admirably into any system of farming; but plays such an important part in the meat sup ply of our State. We should con sider large deficiency between meat productions and meat con sumption in North Carolina. Among other reasons for choos ing the pig as jfiie bases for a live stock club'may be mention ed the fact thatjapig may be had for a small investment of capi tal. A pig handled according to Pig Club directtons gives quick returns and . these4 -with goxl profit :JOTLomfsJg&. production is the keynote of the Tig Club work and economy of production goes only with the use of pas ture and grazing crops, for which this State and county have special adaption. If space permitted the unparalleled ad vantages of North Carolina for swine production could! be set forth in no uncertain terms, but suffice to say that hog growing states of North and West do not approach us in natural advant ages for swine production, and yet we send thirty million of dol lars to these self-same States an nually for meat and provisions. The purpose in forming this club is, net only to supplemnt the Corn Club work, but also to give the boys and girls an hon est method of helping them selves. The Pig Club is not a "get-rich-quick-schema" It is a sane, serious, intensely prac tical step along educational lines Which is bound to assist our srihools in fitting the boys and girls for the rural districts for their environment life on the farm. This purpose will be realized for by means of the club, the members will ba enabled (1), to make money ; (2) , to grow home meant supply; (3), to learn the principles of live stock farming ; (4), to learn the advantages of live stock farming; (5), to sup plant the Corn Club work; (6), to develop the swine industry in North Carolina; (7), to learn economy throught the utilization of by-products and wastes from farm, kitchin and dairy; - (S), yJ 1 to learn the application room work in terms of dollars and cents to life on the farm; (9), to get social advantages re sulting vfrom association with members and leaders in club and extension work. Exposition Opened Saturday. The Panama-Pacific Interna tional Exposition opened Satur day. The skies were overcast, but this did not diminish San Fran cisco's enthuisasm. For an hour, beginning at 6:30, noise making instruments of all kinds joined in awaken ing the city and sent thousands to the exposition. Bread to 6c at Charlotte. - Charlotte bakeries have in creased the retail price of bread to sx cents. High Point's White Way. The great white way for High Point, which has been d'elayi for some weeks is now nearing completion. SCHOOL BURNED AT JAMESTOWN Damage of Approximately $v 000.00, Partially Insured School Was in Session. The Jamestown High School was destroyed by fire at noon Thursday. The .flames started shortly before the noon hour. 'from a he?ter recently installed it was stated, and before any ef- fective fighting could be done, ithe building was a complete loss, the home of Mr. Will Ragsdale. adjoining the school building, was in dangerous ground but cast a ballot for the bright yr-inir direction of the wind is said to lawyer of Ashe for speaker pro have saved it from destruction. ; tern. The solid 97 in the house The school was in progress, j when temporary Speaker Brum When the fire was discovered to mitt put the motion were for be unmanageable, the fire de- Bowie. . ' partment of High Point Was no-! The Republicans likewise tified and. the city sent its chenr-, lcai engine at once, ine nremen tension of lite to the liquor traf reached the building before its fie as it is now carried on in the destruition was complete, but state. ' Meekins, the house an they could do nothing to prevent cient of days, was against til the total loss. The building is liquor legislation. So was Wii said to have been insured for hams, of Cabarrus. The elder about its value. The building did not explain, the voumrer did. was one of the best of the county outside of the cities. Get Chatham Still. Sheriff Lane and Deputy T. H. Edwards raided a blockade outfit a half mile west of Bear Creek Thursday. The still had been moved and was found near- oy ma m, ience corner ; it was a homemade affair, and doubtless had made many a gallon of mean corn hkker. About 75-gallons of beer were destroyed. A col ored .man was flushed, but he lost no time in making tracks his shadow even Was distanced. Siler City Grit. Won't Add to Cumberland County. The proposition before the legislature to take a slice from the "State of Robeson" and an- nex it to Cumberland met with, made a raid about a half mile defeat. A bill was introduced in north of Alston's bridge on the House to annex Parkton Rocky river last Wednesday aft townshiD Robeson county, to 'ernoon and destroyed 400 gal- pCumberiahd, arid it was claimed that 90 per cent of the territory rythmg else but the actual still, involved wanted to sever con- jit was a new location and' every nection with the parent county, 'thing was in readiness to run, but 60,000 citizens of Cumber land opposed. Spanish Minister Expelled. The Spanish minister was ex pelled from Mexico last week by the order of General Carranza, and this has precipitated a new sensation. It seems that the Spanish Minister had rendered himself odious to Carranza and took his departure for Vera Cruz where the American battleship Delaware Was ordered to take two feet in diameter are not un him on board for protection. 'common. The value of the mica Spain is now said to be appealing produced in the United States to the powers to co-operate in an in 1913 was $439,060, North effort to put an end to anarchy in Mexico. Killed by Saw Mill Engine. Oscar Spauerh. aged 17 years. who lives near Winston-Salem, was suddenly killed Tuesday by United States geological survey, being caught in a belt 'which he mounted to 1,070,677 pounds, was trying to put on the fly- valued at $353,517, compared wheel of a saw mill engine. The' with 845,483 pounds, valued at young man was carried around $282,823 in 1912. The produc the fly-wheel for about fifteen tion of scrap mica in 1913 minutes, it is said, before it was mounted to 5322 tons, valued at stopped. When the engine was $82,543, compared with 3226 stopped, Spaugh was dead. He tons, valued at $49,073, in 1912. was the son of Eugene Spaugh, I the owner of the saw null. President Hobbs Resigns. President L. L. Hobbs of Guil ford College for thirty years has resigned and will be succeed. ed at the end of the school year by Dr. Thomas Newlin, now! president of Whittier College, Guilford. Dr. Hobbs is one of the state's most prominent edu cators and his successor is a splendidly equipped man. Canning Clubs. Reports show that the Girls' Canning Clubs in North- Caroli na are growing in popularity. Prof. J. E. Turlington, principal school, has been about the coun ty to work up interest in the clubs and finds a number of club3 have been already organ ized. Laymen's Convention in Char lotte. Nearly throe thousand visit ers were in Charlotte last week for the Layman's Conven ton for the Layman's Conven tion of the Presbyterian church of the United States. Legalized Divorce in Mexico. Carranza has issued a decree legalizing divorce in Mexico and allowing remarriage. - HOUSE ADOPTED THE GRIER ANTI-JUG LAW It Went Through by Overwhel ming Vote of 100 to 6 -Bowie Presiding. Thomas C. Bowie, of Ashe, as cended' to the nro termvr snpak- ership of the house Friday as the 'final vote on the law passed that body bv the ( overwhelming vote of 'lOO to 6. Both Bowie and fibstminns- ness were held in almost eaual affection. The few -who vrrtWi against the anti-iucr lav readilv voted squarely against any ex- , He is an abstainer in every form but he thought the cause will be hurt by legislation like that Fri day. The Republicans from the mountain counties were the strongest sunnorters of t.h bill that it had. They didn't care anything about popular vote, ITthey had voted and were pleas- ed. Woman Notary Appointed Governor Craig issued a cc mission as notary public to Mi Nolan Knight of Asheville. This is the first appointment und r ! the law passed at this, session cl the legislature allowing women to serve as notaries. Another Chatham Moonshine Outfit Destroyed. Revenue Officers Pendergrass and ' Hedrick, of Greensboro, kms of beer, cap, worm-find ev - with the exception of the still. A white man was present, but he "burnt the wind." Siler City Grit. MICA PRODUCTION. Crystals Two Feet in Diameter Are Not Uncommonn. Mica is found in crystals ranging from small one to those several feet across. Crystals Carolina contributing $267,913 The toal value of the output, in 1913 was $104,064 greater than in 1912 and was tho largest ever reported. The production of 1 sheet mica, as reported to the Recovers Part ot stolen Monty. The Bank of Stokes at Val nut Cove has recovered $1,435 of the $3,000 alleged to have been stolen by "General A. Hill, a rural route mail carrier, re- cently. Sunday , Holiday in China Schools. Under China's new educat ional system the government schools give a holiday on Sun day. Education. Benjamin Franklin once said: If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. Always Brings Results. An ad in the Bulletin brings the best results because It is read by every citizen. Loading Cotton at Wilmin ion. The Greek steamer, Elkin, has been loaded with cotton at Wil mington. 15,000 Railway Cars for Russia- The Russian government re cently awarded a contract - for 15,000 railway cars to a Seattle, Wash., firm. Chatham Court. Chatham civil court March 35th. beginf 1 h DAVD3SON ELE i N CASES AV.ri COURT Case of T. E. Jrnnin-rw C. E. Godwin h V. : !ng. TnVJ This The case of T. C. E. Godwin, hi of the Clerk of J-.r-'' vs. V,'J.ic 3v r i.j i ofree ri'j' "iurt of Davidson coi-r ' v In at .suu.e. is L- .i'-'THn this Court. o r .miliary a.o-r.i on v "stiff's attor Iho nature cf . nr hv vlve de- being tried ai this week in tho ' The evidence in i hearing va- the part of tr v ney to a see .; lbliSO. The case i nard feus '.t nd the outcome awaited w;:'h in terest by ths people of Randolph and otbe counties. Jennini :he ReouU'can can ¬ didate, Wi-: lefeatd fci the office by but tl : votes a A this by out of South Thom inct, carrying a '..an majority. Hun the throw asv1': dreds of wtvi'.3sses have b ?n summoned 1 y both sides and the court is takJog the evidence r-s 'the Bulletir o- - s tc nrr. 4. Appearing the : - ; former Distskt Attorney A. '. Holton, of Wvic.U .'-Saleir!, W Bynum, of ' v'en::boro, M C and MKV-'iy, of: Lexington. a P. S- .ani', of Thcmav. !o. Jr ige Godwin, clerk 0? - rt t e defendant in ih'-.. Lion. rc-r esented ! y E. E. l.aper wacr .is and L .' ixirgton t :ir. 1 tTT I and Wal: er, Ph1 Martin, ? 11 of . . E.. TABLLiH A.'ODFT. DA,2 scc?r Cone Will ' did Farm for Mill Mr. Caesar Cone is p:rfecting plans for establishing and con ducting a nodel dairy fai n that will Ci almost exclusively to tra' . of the people inhabiting tr 5 mill villages of White 0r, Revo lution and' Proximity. Th YY - a -ton farm, which is owned r--Cone interests, ar. ' whicA con sists of j.'out 200 .jres of 1ond fsuitable for the buTi ies; wi.il be utilized for the dairy. Mr. W. B. Thacker, a practi cal and experiencied dairyman, has been engaged as manager of the business. He is now engaged in buying cows with which to stock the dairy. It is understood that about 100 cows of the pur est and best breods, will be plac ed on the farm begin with, and others will be r.dd'ed as the demands justify. Dairy barns; and otb '. neces cted as under bill be sary buildings will be r.r- early as possible, and it i: stood that no expenses spared in their construction. It is said that Mr. Cone will spend as much as $20,000 on his princi pal dairy barn. Since Mr. Cone and his as sociates never do anything by halves, it may be expected' that the new dairy will be the best that money will equip. Not even the famous Vanderbilt dairy at Biltmore, said to be the finest in the State, Wil eclipse it. It is the purpose of the man agement that the dairy provide for tho needs of the people of the mill villages. At present some of the pe r pie keep their cows, and their ma mer of keeping them leads to the question of sanita tion of the milk they produce. Others buy from just as questi onable sources, in many instr .1- ces, wnne many are doing V itn out milk altogether, a covhtion which is considered evil ' y those interested in their wcii Ve. Despite the employment of trained nurses and other precai -tions for the sanitation of villages, and for the health of the people, it is said that che loss of young babies is still - eat er than it should be, and i Is be lieved that the supply c good milk at reasonable rates would lessen children's diseases. It will be seen to that the milk of the new dairy is of the richest and that it goe into the homes clean and pure. Greensboro Pa triot. First Belgians to the State The first party of Belgians to come to settle in North Carolina, landed at Wilmington last week, and1 went at once to Bolton, where they will be provided with homes by Frank P. Graves, president of the North Carr "na Land Com pany. There wre zL ? in number, and although they were tired, they were in fine spirits over the 'treatment they had m-eiyed since landincr in America. This party are members of four Bel gian families who have come to this country under the direction of banker Hugh McRae of Wil- roingfon.