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4 COURIER Bfie COURIER Lads In BothNowa aad Circulation. She COURIER Advertising Column Bring Results ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE COLLAR PEA YEAR THE r V,OL. XXXVII TAX THOSE WHO SHOULD PAY IT Democrats Trying to Place Burden on Those Who are Able to Bear It Washington, March, 13. Inatead of Uiing sugar nearly two cents a pound, place a tax on wealth! The Democratic House of Repre .gintatives has announced this as a part of its program to bring about reduction in the cost of living. - Now get ready for the old cry: "You can't do it; it's unconstitu tionall" Whenever it is f r JfOBed to tax wealth instead of poverty, wealth raises the question of constitutional ity, accompanied with the charge of "radicalism. xn muuuw radical. Every first class nation of the earth except this one raises a part of its revenue to meet the ex penses of government by taxing in come?, among such nations being Great Britain, Japan, France, Den. mark, Germany, Holland, AuBiria, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and many more. Under our present fiscal policy, the expense of maintaining the army and navy, building publio buildings and running the government, is met by taxing tne things the peeple must haveinordtr to live. Practically all revenue is derived through the customs hcuaes and internal revenue offices, with the exception of a com paratively small amount derived from the corporation tax, which waB tlv nnsi-d aa a cheating substi tot., for an income tax. While the hat, coats and shirts of the masses are taxed almost 71 per cent unuer thin fiar.ftl Rvatem. Rockefeller, Mor- run ond the other millionaires are not asked by the federal government to pay any tax whatever on their swollen fortunes. Thus a poor man with a family actually p.ja more to. ward running the government than acei a millionaire nauneior. Fret Sugar The Democratia plan is to place augur on the tree list, xnis win re neal an annua burden of $107,000, O00 in taxation fruin the breakfast table, now borne by the American vionnip. Then the Dresent corp jra- tiou tax will br extended to include individuals and copartnerships hav inir an annual income of $5,000 year or more. The excess of income over $5,000 will be taxed one per cent, into the treasurv between .$50,000,000 and $60,000,000 a year which will more tlian cover me $ oo, flOO.OOft now derive 1 ' annually from the sugar tariff. The price ol sugar to the cocauraer, it is esti mated, will then be reduced about 1 1-2 cents a pound. These who soont the idea that an innnm tax hill nan be SO drawn aa to stand the test of the Supreme court, may be referred to tne opinion or one ot tne country's telling jers, William Howard Taft, as fol lows: "In my judgement, an amend ment to the constitution for an in come tax is not necessary, I believe that the income tax, when the pro tective system of , business customs and the internal revenue tax shall not furnish income enough for gov ernment needs, can and should be devised, whieh, under the decisions of the Supreme court, will conform to the constitution." "Protecting" Tu Children. Nothing in the history of Ameri. can tariff. making has so thoroughly demonstrated the fallacy of the high protection principle aa the testimony of the Lawrence, Maas., strikers. In the same room where Carnegie and Schwab told he w4 they juggled millions, the Rules committee of the House heard fathers, mothers and children tell how whole families were forced, to live on $5 and $6 a week paid by the highly protected woolen trsst. The witnesses told how they were forced to work 10 hours a day; how they had to use "a sort of molasses" as a substitute for batter; how children had to go in the mills at an early age in order to keep the family from actual starva tion, and how the constant demand of the mill owners was for more and more speed from the little chil aren. In the committee room sat some of the hull children. They w re r.b from the mills, and a mere glance at them told more than spoken volumes could tell. All had pinched faces. Alljwere poorly dressed, some ot tnem having only a oheap sweater in lieu of coat and overcoat. Most of them had dull, expressionless faces, in BRUJE CU.-VVEtf. who has returned to his hm- county of Randolph for tbe pi-art"' ot law. Mr. l.rve, after icn g f"r a number of years one ( thi8u e'e educational leaders, recrivd t U. cense to practice law in 1909, aud has since b;ing at tlie nir pp-.rid successfully in a number of injpr. tant casa. A grandson of tbp gr?t Dr. Baxter Craven and of 11 Jau. Baffin Bulb, hi id w;l knnvn throughout the o uaty and will be given a heart; welcome ry all nnr people, as he an aotive worker for good roads, good school aud a;l pro gressive movtmeDS, aa will na o-ie of the best writers and .uHe tak ers in the Stats, lie is now c his old homa in Trinity Viere he will remain until summer when he will coma to Asheboro with his family to live, but he will attend lUu.olpli court next week and all other courts in this and adj daing cjuocies. which there was no trace of color or animation. All of tliein, moreover, were slightly deaf, because of their vork amid the fearful clatter of the mill machinery, so that at times the committee members almost had to shoat to make themselves heard. All the children looked worn and old, as though they had be.n speeded up beyond the limit of endurance. These children revealed, as no thing else could reveal, that both they and the American people are being cheated by Schedule K. They stood aB living proof against the theory that if the American consum ers are willing to pay a heavy tariff tax on woolen goodB, the manufan. turers will divide their profits and prosperity with the workers in; the woolen industry. Under Schedule K the people are being tariff-taxed for the benefit of a few millionaire woolen trust magnates, not for t'ae trust magnates,, benefit of the workers in the woolen indus try. Now that you know the truth, Mr. Reader, what are yon going to do about it? If you do not know just what action to take to make your feeling in the matter effective, here is a suggestion: You can vote against the paity that framed Sched ule K, and for the party that stands pledged to reduce the tariff on wool ens almost on half. Rooinrelt Would Dodf Tariff. There is every indication that former President Raosevelt intends to avoid the tariff issue. Ia a re. cent statement from Mr. Roosevelt's headquarters in New York it was de clared he womld 'rest his case with the people on the issues he raised in his Columbus speech," where he ig. nored the tariff completely. Just how Mr. Roo.'evelt proposes to re lievethe people from paying tribute to tne tarin trusts on pracucauy everything they buy, is a mystery for which the former president nas offered no explanation. Heretofore, Col. Roosevelt has been a staunch Aldnch, Penrose, Smoot man on the tariff, and since their viewpoint on the tariff is not particularly popalar at this iuncture. Mr. Roosevelt has eridetly decided it would be politic to keep quist on tht subject. ASHEBORO. . Seme Excellent Reasons for Sup portirg Good Ro .di. Tie Ohio S'nte Federation for; Giid Rods has is ued a bulletin giyii' tie ftiiiowir.g reasons for sup. putting grid roads propoition in tins br-.se of an amendment to the i:.ii;mitiifi periuit'jing the issuing i.i l'iK e fur Sca'e aid for road cor Riruci ci : if j u are a faru'ifi, bec..us? your I'.'-rm wiii hunt-use u aiue, you can Mite nine protisuble crops, your cott of hiiuling will he lower, on caa market produces when l5,cf ait b. a;, jour children, can get tj school, yuurl.iuniv can attend chore ycur physician will be in ci s icucn with yon, yonr bors and eir'n v 1 1 1 t'ty on the f urtn, you will have inciter mail service, inoie social life, and happier conditions all arm id. I ' you are a merchant, beca ise godd rjida ealarge your trading ra. dius, and ma'te ic possible for pur chasers to reach you every day ii tne year, aud tnereby increase your salts. If you represent a chamber of commerce or a hoard of trade, be caute t ie roai's aru commercial feed, era to the cities, and every improve nientof these roads means a greater prosperity to the cities through in creased agricultural production and greater stimulus to all industiies. If you are a highway official, be sause you are striving for better methods of road construction and maintenance, and more efficient road administration If you are a railroad man, because improved roads mean greater produc liou, consequently more traffic, pre. vent freignt construction, bring more industries, more roads, more tourists. If you are an automobile nser, be. cau3e you can get the benefit of your machinery every day in the year, your repair bills will be lower, long er, and better tours will be possible at all seasons of tne year. If you are a deaUr in farm pro ducts and implements, because you can receive t. e products and deliver the implements at all times If you are a publisher or editor, because improved ro. ds made wider circulation possible, increase adver. tising by stimulating commercial enterprises, ana because rual im proveraent is the most economic question of the age. If you area manufacturer of road machinery or road materials, because roid improvement means more busi ness. If yon are the proprLtor'of a ho tel, because improved roads mean mora tourists and more com mere al travel. New England, with its system of good roada, geta $60,. 000,000 a year from tourists alone. If you are a banker, because good roads will increase agriculture, com. merce, and manufacture, depositors. deposits anc dividends. If you are a progressive citizen, because you cannot be progressive so long as y' nr State and nation remain in the mad. No one can ever calculate the loss to tht farasr bad roads entail. . N. C, MARCH 14 , 1912 Mrs. Eliza Moffitt Passes Away Mrs. Eliza Moffitt widow of the late Solomon Moffitt, passed away on the evening of the sixth of March- She was as well as usu al up until the morning of the day on which she died at which time she had a stroke of apo plexy. She was a daughter of Mark and Sara Jane Kussell, formerly of Robeson county, but at the time of her marriage the family lived at Gulf, Chatham county. To Mr. and Mrs. Moffit were born four children, two of whom were reared Mr. Walter A. Moffitt who left Randolph county thirty-two years ago and has lived in Denver Colo, twenty five years of that time- Mrs Hattie Smith who died a few years ago at her home at Mt Olive. Mrs. Moffitt was a most unusual woman, honest, upright true, alwajs cheerful and for everyone good will. She was much beloved and respected by all who knew her. In all things pertaining to affairs of the com munity. county and state she took the keenest interest. Her husband went to his reward about seven years ago: soon after his death at their home at Moffitt Mills. Mrs. Moffitt moved to Asheboro, where she has lived and made many friends- Deceas ed had reached her 77th year. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. S T. Barbour in the Methodist Episcopal church after which the body was laid to rest in the Asheboro cemetery. Why Not Thank Offering: Service The members of the Foreign Missioner Society of Why Not have arrargid to hold a thank offering service on Sunda? night March 17lh. It is earnestly hop ed that there will be a large at tendance. The Why Not Aux- ;'iinrn of the Womans Foreicn Missionary Society i3 one of the 1 pAiOatadtive Societies 11 the state. The Road Drag;. The road drag can be put to good use in winter as well as in summer. When the roads are once graded or rounded up the road drag if used alter every rain will have wonderful effect The Troy Montgomerian several weeks ago gave an illustration of the successful use of the drag: "All of us thought the roads were nrned when the freezes, snow, sleet and rain put their work recently. Not so- Mr. D W. Saunders, who lives three miles southwest of Troy, put his mules to a split log drag and in half a day converted what was an almost impassable road be tween his plate and town into the same admirable turnpike that it was before the bad weather set in. We had begun to despair of crood roads, thinking them a tail ure, but since Mr. Saunders has demonstration that the most try ing weather cannot deprive us of gtod roads long at a time, we are stronger than ever in favor of good roads- Confsrence of Ministers and Lay- men Sunday Afternoon. Oa last Sabbath afternoon the ministers of Asheboro and five lay. men from each church met for a conference with Mr. A. W. McAlis ter, chairman of the committee of 100 at Greensboro of the Men and Religion Forward Movement. Af ter explanation and discussion of the Men and Religion Forward Movement it was decided to call a mass meeting of the men and wo men of Asheboro to be held on Sun day night at 7:30, March 24th, in the graded school auditorum. The ministers propose to close their churches that night and make it a union meeting. The meeting win be addressed by speakers from Greensboro and by local speakers. The following oommittees of ar rangements was appointed : Rev. S. T. Birbuur. Rev. T. M. Johnson, Rev. J.A. McMillan.A.O. MoAlister, E. L. Moffitt, R. N. Johnson, D. M. Sharp, L. F. Ross, Moses Hammond and W. F. McBride. When are we going to get out of the mud? We ought to do it in 112 . XAKtiS WILLIAM M KEARNS Aged Resident Expires Suddenly, Following Attack of Apople y Was Assessor Eight Years Wil iam M. K-arnfl, atsfsaor cf Wayti" twns iip and long a resident of Ki. gMctowi , died suddenly ear. y Muuday morning, following an attack of apoplexy on Sunday night, de had been in his usual wood lealtb and spirits, and - attended church Sunday morning. He was oaken sick wmle sitting at home with his tamily, about half past five Sunday evening. He soon lapsed nto unconsciousness, and expired bout a quarter to four Monday morning1 His daughter and son.in aw, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus C. Midkiff, with whom he made his home, were with him at the end.. Mr. Jiearns was seventy-seven years old, and wau born in Randolph c;unty, N. C, Ojt. 4. 1833. He was the son of Josiah and Jane Keirns. He came to Indiana at the close of the war, in 1865, and settled rorth of Knights'own. He had lived in this vicinity ever since, ex :ept for four years spent in Illinois soon after settling; here. He Wus married Sept. 27, 1855, to Elizabeth Stuart, who died two years igo tne 12 :n of next month. Mrs. Midkiff is the only surviving child, viothtr daughter having died many mrs aero. One brother. Emory Kearna of Asheboro, N. C, ala t sur vives him. Mr. Kearns was a charter mein tier of tne Friends church here, and as always a faithful attendant. He was a Republican in politics and imd betu township tssessor eight ieare, and deputy ass-Wir two years previously. He attended the meei-J of assessors at New Oas:ie on Fi. day before bis death. Mr. Ke rn8 wus a irmn of the hijj;ho3t charae'er, and his kindly face and uuetry Kftiug nude hiui a f-iuiU'nr and welccuie lliura r'n tbe 3omulumiy. iL ?.3 a wuruhy citi zon an-' . good mm, and will be gristly missed. The f unerui was held !;t ' the Friends church Wednesday ;;ftr noon at 2 o'clock, with the pastor, Mies Either Cook, in charge. Inter ment waa ni'ide at Glencove ceme-t-ry. Knighstown Banner Ind. Deceased waa a brother of Mr. E. B. Kearns cf this city, a most esti mable man in ail reap eta. tvev- o. I . tsarbour Winner m North Carolina Christ an Advo cate Contest la the contest of North Carolina Christian Advocate, Rev. S. T. Bar- bour, pastor of the Methodist Epis copal Church, Asheboro, won the renewal prize wbicn was ten dollars in cash. Prizes were offered for the largeat number of new subscriptions and most reaewals. Mr. Barbour only missed the fifteen dollar prize ' If -red for new subscriptions by a few, and he succeeded in getting more subscribers new and old than anyone in the conference. Mr. J hnson Preaches on Chinese Sufferes Rev. T. M. Johnson, preached on the Chineese sufferers on Sunday morning and appealed to his congre gations for aid for these people who are dying from Hunger and want tie said that many were prolonging life by eating bark from tbe trees, To the home people he advised econ- omv and industry. He ventured the surmise that many Chinese suf ferers could survive on food wasted in Asheto o and urged the people not to waste bread even if we were living in Randolph, one of the best wheat producing counties in the State. An offering basket was placed in front of the altar and the offering at the church and afterwards amount ed to $16.45 which was forwarded to the Red Cross Society, Washing ton, 1). C. Arrangements have been made to send this relief fund by cable free of charge. Mr. John, son announced that it was estimated that fifteen dollars would save a whole family from starving. The consolidation 4 the Ashe boro and Aberdeen, Raleigh and South part, Durham and Char lotte and Sanford and Troy re cently acquired by the Norfolk Southern into the Raleigh, Char lotte and Southern Railway has eliminated the three cent passen ger rate. The rate now charged is two and half cents a mile- OEA f H No. Mrs. W. H Moring HosteiS to tte Book Club Oi Saturday afternoon Mrs, W H. Moring delightful !y entertained the Randolph Book C:ub ut her home on Fayetteviile street. Mr. Moring had male tne r quest of tne program c mmitc-e tbttt the wou'd have an afternoon in Scotland. Her mother, the late Mi s. F. D. Thorns, was born and reared in Scotland and they have relatives there now and a keen interest in the land of the This tle and her people. The program was particularly interesting, Mrs. Annie Robins giving an article on Islands of Scotland while MeBdamea Sted man and J. D. Ross reviewed the lives and characters of Mary Queen of Soots and Robert Bnrns Mrs. E. J3. Kephar.iof High Point now; but formerly a resident of Asheboro and member of the Club was present and sang several Scotch songs. The room presented almost a picture of Scotland in that on the walls were quotations bordered with green, on mantels and tables were pictures and souvenirs from Scot Ian;!. Following the refreshments which consisted of creamed chicken in ramkins, wafers, salted peanuts and coffee was the distribution of a keepsake fresh from the "auld country" for each gueBt present Miss Clara Boren of Greensboro house guest, passed a tray loaded with packages which she said had j ist arrived ou the last mail, among tne number were plaid hand bags, napkin rings, fancy boxta and vari ous quaint little souvenirs. Mrs. White of Cape Henry was also a house guest and has mada many fnenda during her stiy in Asbeboro. Needlessly Blind There are estimated to be oue hundred thousand blind persms, old. and young, in this country. No less thuu live hundred of these live in North Curnlin... Hid it ever oc curred to uu, gentle reader, that at (o'.Hf. f! fAll L V ll'D f 1 ni n U .1 . -1 -! 5,theae nesd not have been., blind. ought not to have btk-n, 'a! wou ld not have been if proper precaution and preventive nteasurea had been employed immediately after their birth? ''W'tat blindness means to an in. telligenf, capable man or woman," to quote the worda of a blind man 1k ha3, m'tbe face of heavy odds, taken hia place in the world with signal succts), "is something which ouiy tne uara and tne devil and those who endure it know anything about; in their blankest nightmares, those with sight can nut even im agine it," That it is poBaible to prevent much of such anguish seems not to have dawned upon the aver age citizen. Ia su'jh ignorance and indifference not criminal, positively wicked? Then who is responsible? From one-fourth to one-third of all blind children lose their sight from what is usually, called "sore eyes," inflmmation," etc. This is really "ophth. 1 nia neonatorum," a germ disease, which c tn be cured if taken in time and the proper reme dies used. These . remedies should be applied as soon as the child is born, whether any signs of inflam mation are discovered or not. The remedy will do not hurt: it mar save your cnild's signt. If tne eyes, nose, mouth and ears of every cew-born babe should be thoroughly washed immediately after its birth in a weak solution of boraic acid (borax water), one drop of a solution nitrate of silver, not stronger than one per ceut, put in tne eyes, and tne cniid thereafter kept clean, blindness among children in our State would be reduced at least tweDty-five per cent. Do you realiz3 what that would mean to the one hundred homes in Nirth Caro-, lina homes in which theie are chil. dren "needlessly blind"? And are you aware wbat it would save the State financi.lly to thus preserve the sight of all such chil. dren? Not less than $20,000.00 a year. Is it not worth the (ffort? Then does it not behoove every one to do ail in his power to spread the information and seek to bless the homes into which the little ones come? Lst every mother beed this warning and preserve the Bight of her child. John E. Ray, Principal State School for the Blind, Kaleigb, JN. U. Honeatv and Truth are not nlr (tetter prinSles, but better business tools than fraud aid deceit.
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