Established 1899
ijn.ni.iii CUT IN
THE COST OF UVINC
Re'ief Promised to the Laboring Class
From the Terrible Pressure of the
Costs of the Necessities of Life.
By CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
(Special to The Democrat.)
Washington, April 24. —An imraed
iste cut of $5300,000,000 in the cost
of living- eventually a slash of half a
billion! T.iat is what the Democratic
leaders of the House believe the in
come tax will do for the American peo
ple, The relief promised by the Dem
ocratic party for the terrible pressure.of
the costs of the necessities of life seems
to be at hand.
Only experience will reveal the lull
benefit to the public of the income tax.
The annual saving over the counters ot
the natior's grocery stores, butcher
shops and clothing emporium is ex
pected ultimately to reach $500,000,-
000. Some of the more sanguine re
gard even this estimate as too conser
vative. The saving may reach $600,-
000,000, or even more.
The estimate is reached in this way:
From British income tax experience
tables, the experts figure that the atn
Jtkial revenue to be derived from income
under the terms of the pend
ing bill will be from $80,000,000 to
$100,000,000. In writing the new
tariff rates the Ways and Means Com
mittee has taken cognizance of this
probable revenue and has lopped off
duties on necessities which under the
present Payne Aldrich law aggregate
$50,000,000 annually. This $50,-
000,000, now paid by the people in
the cost of living, is to be paid out of
the income tax levenue.
But every dollar saved in tariff
amounts to five or six dollars in the fi
nal retail prices paid by the consumer.
This is because the many middlemen
who handle an article from the stage
of raw mattrial to that of finished pro
duct each assesses as profit a certain
percentage of the value of the commo
dity he handles. But in assessing this
profit he includes the tariff in the value
of the commodity. Thus the people
pay not only the tariff but also pay pro
fits on the tariff. Every dollar of in
creased price for the raw material as
sessed by th» tariff becomes five or six
dollars by the time it reaches th; con
sumer.
Representative Cordetl Hull, of
Tennessee, the member of the Ways
and Means Committee * wfcc drew the
income tax provision, prophetically
sees the day when all government rev
enue will be derived from just two
principal forms of direct taxation —the
income tax and the inheritance tax.
The rates in the pending bill are
but tentative," he said. "They can
and will be changed by succeeding
congresses.
The measure is designed to fit in
with the budget system of estimating
government expenses. The day will
come when government expenses will
be aopropriated for in an annual bud
get bill. Ou the basis of this the
wiount of revenue needed by the gov
ernment for the succeeding vear will
be estimated. In order to raise just
.the revenue needed, Congress will set
toe income tax rates to fit the case.
Jbere will be few customs duties.'
There will be, however, an inheritance
to relieve some of the tax burden
to incomes."
Ihe estimates of the Ways and
Weans Committee show vividly how
Wea lth has concentrated in this coun
ty- Although incomes of as low as
_-000 per year will be subject to tax
ation, yet less than one per cent, of
° ur total population is affected by the
bill.
Marriages.
Miss Bertie Rowe and Mr. R.
• "ewitt, both of this county,
married at the ho.ue of the
ri( fe, six miles east of Newton,
uesday afternoon. Rev. Mr.
uttera, pastor of the German
e ormed church at Salisbury,
ormed the ceremony.
Mr. Jonas Hunsucker, of Con
er, and Miss Vertie Simmons,
is citi were quietly married
Thursday ° n
Mr. Eirl Smith, ticket agent
cL novsr ' and - Miss
rmlT; of thiß city were
®.M«ir week by Rev - j -
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
I FREE WOOL IS M
Democratic Caucus Stands by Presi
dent and Ways and Means Com
mittee.
The Democratic caucus voted
decisively last week to support
the wool schedule of the Under
wood tariff bill, plaeing raw
wool on the free list, after Rep
resentative Underwood had
made a stirring appeal for the
snpport of the caucus.; By a
vote of 190 to 42 an amendment
offered by Representative Dies
of Texas to place raw wool on
the dutiable list was rejected.
Representative Dies' amend
ment proposed to place a duty of
15 per cent ad valorem on raw
wool, he and other ehampions
of dutiable wool , asserting that
this was the judgment of the
ways and means committee be
f*re Piesident Wilson saw the
bill and suggested a change.
Majority Leader Underwood,
in winding up the discussion,
warmly defended both the com
mittee and the President. He
declared the President had a
right to make suggestions to
Congress relating to the tariff
but that the bill as a whole met
with the Chief Executive's ap
proval when he first read it as it
came from the committee.
"Out of 4,000 and more iiems
in the bill," said Mr. Under
wood, "the president only made
two suggestions, those affecting
the sugar and wool schedules,
It seems to me that we should
accept those suggestions from
the President of the United
States,"
Before reaching wool the
caucus disposed of the cotton
and flax schedules, voting down
all amendments to lower or in
crease the duties piopoaed m the
committee bill.
; (Among the 42 Democrats who
voted for a 15 per cent duty on
wool were Doughton, Gudger,
Page and Small of North Caro
lina.)
DIES FROM HIES
Mr. J. E. Jones, of this City, Fatally
Hurt in Runaway Accident
Mr. J. E. Jones of this city,
who was internally injured in a
runaway accident here on last
Thursday morning, died Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock at a hospi
tal in Statesville where he had
gone for treatment The body
was brought here Sunday after
noon on the 4:90 train.
The deceased was the eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jones,
of this city, and was 41 Vears of
age. He leaves a wife and six
children. The funeral services
were conducted Monday- after
noon from the home and the body
was laid to rest in Oakwood cem
etery, the services being conduc
ted by Rev. J. D. Mauney of the
Lutheran Church.
SHOOTING HI SHODHSS
Phillip Harris Shoots Sim Lipscomb
in the Leg, Causing Death.
A shooting affair took place at
Rhodbiss late Saturday afternoon
in which one man lost his life.
Phillip Harris, colored, shot Sim
Lipscomb in the leg, the ball cut
ting the main artery. Physicians
were summoned to attend the
wounded man but when they ar
rived he had lost so much, blood
that death endued about 10
o'clock. Harris also shot Jack
Osborn in the arm, breaking that
'member. Harris made his es
cape and has not yet been appre
hended. The men were employ
ed in construction work for the
E. A. Smith Manufacturing Com
pany, and it is reported that the
fight was the result of being too
heavily charged with mean li
quor.
Rev. Kazett will preach at
Sweetwater schoolhouse the first
Sunday in May at 3 o'clock.
Messrs. Whitener & Eckard
have started laying the founda
tion for the Hickory Creamery
Company's new building on Ninth
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY,! APRIL 24, 1913
NEWS BREVITIES. THE SITUATION IT;
Short Items of News Condensed for
Busy Readers.
Officers captured thres trunks
of whiskey in Charlotte, on last
Wednesday, under the new
"serch and seizure" law. The
trunks contained 72 pints. 52
pints, and 35 pints respectively,
and at least nine pints were bro
ken. The whiskev was consig
ned to L 0. Wilson, and came
as baggge over the Southern
Railroad from Danville, Va.
The coal operators of Kanawha
county W. Va. have accepted
Governor Hatsfield's proposal for
a settlementof the miner's strike.
The miners' representatives have
not answered. The New River
coal field operator? also have
made peace.
The engagement of Miss Nell
Grant of San Francisco, a grand
daughter of Gen. U. S. Grant, to
Lieut. Commander William Pig
gott Cronan, of the United States
Navy, was announced Thursday
by Miss Grant's mother.
Lieutenant Arghyiropoulous, a
Greek aviator, and a passenger,
Constantinos Manos, a noted Cre
tan chief, were killed Thursday
by a fall of an aeroplane from a
height of 2,000 feet.
Charlotte entertained the Sou
them Gas Convention last week.
One of the most terrible acci
dents to a spherical balloon ir.
many years occured at Noisy Le
grand, France, Thursday. The
military balloon Zodiac collapsed
at a height of about 650 feet and
fell to the ground with its five
occupants, all of whom were kill
ed.
J, A. Smith, a patient at tht
State Hospital, at Raleigh, com
mitted suicide last week in - hit
room by stashing his throat with
a small one bladed kn i fe. Th
jugular vein and wind pipe wen
severed and he lived only a few
minutes after being found. Bt
was admitted to the hospital: ori
December 27th of last year, and
was a native of Chatham county.
He was 44 years cf age and if
survived by his widow and six
children. *
COMMENT
RACE QUESTION ON THE PACI
FIC COAST.
The popular feeling in Tokio
against the alien land act as pro
posed by the California legisla
ture is becoming more intense
from day to day. Unlike a pre
vious administration, President
Wilson insists that the Federal
Government must of necessity
refrain from interference with
California while in the process
of legislation, and cannot ,make
known its attitude to inquiring
nations until the bills are passed.
Should treaty rights be violated
through these bills, it reasoanbly
be expected that ..Japan will
withhold judgment until the
American courts have dealt with
the question. In reading the
news of this international com
plication our readers must make
allowance for jingoism at home
and abroad,
CHARLOTTE FAILED TO GET
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT.
The Commission Government
plan went down to defeat at
Charlotte last Friday, but the
friends of the measure do not
seem to be disheartened, and
are planning to build up an or
ganization for a future endeavor
two years from now. In the
meantime, we would suggest
that Hickorv has room for a few
more progressiva people, and if
any of the Commission people
think they cannot really stand it
for two more years we will ex
tend to them a welcoming hand
to a city already blessed fcy a
Commission Government.
Miss Jennie Herman and Mr.
Herbert Mouser were married
last week at New Jerusalem Lu
theran church, Rev, B« L. Stroup
officiating
; CATAWBA COLTECE
President J. F. Buchheit Corrects Er
j roneous Statements of Newspapers
—An Official Statement.
To the Editor of The Democrat:
It is usual, perhaps inevitable,
that when trouble of any kind
arises where manv persons are
concerned that erroneous state
ments will be made, wrong im
pressions given out aa to the
facte. The recent eruption at
Catawba College during the
absence of the President was
not an exception to thin rule.
At lease three erroneous state
ments need to be corrected. The
first is that the authority of the
faculty has been overridden by
the students in an attitude of
insubordination against the au
thority of the faculty. ; If this
false impression has obtained
lodgment anywhere it ought to
be successfully removed by the
following resolution which the
members of the Executive
Committee of th e Board
of Trustees authorised and
instructed the president of
the college to publish:
"RESOLVED, by the Executive
Committee of the Trustees, that
we express our confidence in the
president and faculty of the
college,- that we sustain them in
all matters of discipline and that
we enjoin the students to render
obedience to them, * thereby
showing themselves worthy men
and women and also exhibiting
a spirit of loyalty to their col
'ege. M
In the second place, it is not
true that the faewfty resigned
>n account of friction with the
student body Befor«e anv
trouble occurred the majority of
che teachers had already decid
ed to accept or to sa#in better
ooeitions elsewhere or 1* engage
n other work, In one esse a
teacher had alreadv signed con
tracts for another position at a
salary almost twice his present
salary. In two other cases the
president knew a year ago that
the teachers could not be retain
ed beyond this year. In several
other cases he was informed be
fore he left on his recent trip
North on March 25, that their
positions would be vacant' and
teps had already been taken to
fill the positions for the succeed
ing year. There was never a
time when the faculty consider
ed resigning on account of the
students. •
It is also an error that the
president resigned by wire from
Pennsylvania when he heard of
the trouble between the faculty
and the students. For several
months previous be had been
considering a much ; better
position elsewhere. Before
leaving for the North in the in
terests of the college on March
25 he definitely decided to re
sign the presidency, the same to
take effect after the nextannual
commencement. His resigna
tion was mailed to the president
of the £oard of Trustees from
Heading four days before he had
any knowledge whatsoever of
friction between the students
and the faculty.
Peace and order were restored
more than a week before the re
turn of the president and all the
work has been going on ever
since just the same as before.
All the facta are being thorough
ly investigated and the situation
will be dealt with as the merits
of the case demand.
J. F. BUCHHEIT,
President.
Mr. P. C. Sharp Injured at Morganton.
Mr, P. G. Sharp, of this-city,
machinist at the Piedmont Four
dry & Machine Company, while
engaged in doing some repair
work for the Morganton Tannery
at Morganton, last week, fell
from a step-ladder and received
very painful' injuries. He was
removed to Grace hospital where
be was given medical attention.
Late reports from the hospital
state that Mr, Sharp is rapidly
improving
I ITEMS FMMJVEY MILL
Mr. G. t. Barger Nominated for
I Mayor of West Hickory.
April 21,—8y order of the
Mayor and Board of A derman,
of West Hickory a Primary was
held at the graded school house
Saturday evening April 19, for
the purpose of nominating can
didate? for the town offices to be
voted for at the election to be
held the 6th day of May. There
was quite a number of the citi
zens of the town present and the
Primary was organized bv elect
ing Q. A. Hedrick, chairman
and H, H. Abee, secretary, and
the result was as follows: G. T.
Barger was nominated for Mayor,
H. H. Abee, G. A. Miller and T.
G. Leonard for Alderman, J, E.
Senter and A. A. Fry for School
Trustees. The Primary adjourn
ed sine die.
Mrs. Pearlie Sparks went to
Caroleen last Saturday to visit
relatives and friends there.
She returned Monday and he:
sister-in law. Miss Cailie Sparkr
come with her and is working it;
the Ivey Mill.
T. Berry and family from
Drexel, and Mrs, Katie Abee
and children from Burlington
was here Saturday and Sunday
visiting their father, Mr. P.
Berry,
Miss Barbra Hahn went to
Oyama Saturday, to visit her
mother.
Rev. Mr, Fink has been hold
ing a series of meetings here at
Methodist church during the
past week. There has beer*
preaching every night Mr.
Fink is a fine preacher and at
each service he has had a large
attendance.
Mrs. Brintie Poteet, one of
the hands at the Ivey Mill re
ceived a telegram Friday stat
ing that her brothers child was
dead. - She went to Drexfcl at
once where her brother lives to
attend the funeral.
J, P. Burns, D. S, was in our
town one day last week on busi
ness. N IOTA
Hn Social Circles
The Round Dozen Book Club
met Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. C,- H. Geitner with fifteen
members present Mrs. Super
and Mrs. Russell guests of honor,
The discussion of the books be
comes more interesting as the
club year nears its close and
after the various opinions were
given the hostess told something
of her book. The Sanctuary,
and its author, Maud Howard
Peterson. In the election of
officers for the coming year t&e
old ones were re-elected: Presi
dent, Mrs. C. H. Geitner; Vice
President; Mrs, C. C. Bost; Sec
retary, Mr. L. R. Whitener.
After adjournment all were in
vited into the dining-room which
was beautifully decorated with a
profusion of pink sweet peas,
ferns etc. Dainty cards with
sweet peas marked each place
at the table, and the coior scheme
of pink and white was carried
out in the viands also. This
was a delightful meeting and
thoroughly enjoyed by all. The
next meeting will be with Mrs,
F. B. Ingold.
The Embroidery Club was
entertainectThursday afternoon
by Mrs. Henkle, Thirteen mem
bers responded to roll-call with
quotations from the humorous
columns of newspapers or maga
zines. Mesdames Ramsay, Wil
lard, Elliott, Russell and Gwalt
ney were present as guests.
Mrs. Post read a chapter from
"Aunt Jane of Kentucky" and
a short story, both of which
were much enjoyed while busy
fingers made dainty creations in
crochet, tatting or embroidery.
After partaking of an elaborate
luncheon the club adjourned to
meet May Ist. with Mrs, A. A.
Whitener.
Mr. John Smith, a prominent
farmer and Confederate veteran,
died at his home near Star town
last week*
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1805
ANOTHER IHOII TO
MTU cm
Colonel W. H. Osborn, of Greens
boro, selected as Commissioner of
Internal Revenue.
Col. W. H. Osborn, of Greens
boro, selected by President Wil
son as the United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, is
a man of wide acquaintance and
friendship not alone in North
Carolina but in the nation as
well. The endorsements and
petitions for his appointment are
said to have broken all records.
In 1905 he was mayor of Greens
boro. His administration is the
most successtu! the city has ever
had, and it uas been often refer
red to as the period when Greens
baro received the impetus that
has made it a thriving little city.
$50,000 to be Raised for the Chil
drens Home at Winston.
Eight presiding elders of the
Western North Carolina Con
ference and the members of the
Executive Committee of the
childrens' home at Winston met
lastweek to discuss plans for
raising $50,000 to meet the in
debtedness of the institution
and to increase its usefulness in
careing for the children. Be
fore adjourning they decided to
launch a campaign to raise the
$50,000. The selection of the
time for formulating, .a plan
of campaign was left in the
hands of a committee composed
of. Rev. P. T. Durham, Dr. H.
K. Bayer, J. K. Nofleet, M. D.
Stockton and Rev. W. (X Goode,
Secretary of the committee.
Open Hearings on Tariff Demanded
by Republicans.
Washington, D. C., April 17. -
The pemocratic tariff revision
bill came in for its attack in the
Senate today, and the skirmish
outlined the seeps MMI vigor of
the fight that will be made
against it bv Republican forces
when tariff discussion begins in
the two houses. Backed by re
quests from many interests for
hearings on certain sections of
the Underwood bill. Republi
can senators made a demand .up
on members of the finance com
mittee for hearings, and openly
attacked the "secret legislation"
now going on in the Democratic
caucus of House members.
Democratic senators who repli
ed to the attack made it clear
that the finance committee does
not plan to grant any public hear
ings. ' Senators Williams and
Stone insisted full hearings had
been given by the house commit
tee before the bill was prepared,
while Republican Senators de
clared that the figure* had been
of little value because the rates
of the Underwood bill were not
then known.
With many complaints and
objections before them, Repub
lican members of the senate are
preparing for a general attack on
all the schedules of the bill. Sen
ator Smoot has put two experts
at work to analyze the Under
wood bill and previous measures
to give the protectionist forces a
basis for their fight, Other Rep
publicans, who claim that im
portant industries would be wip
ped out by the Underwood bill,
will again insist that business
men and laboring men should
have an opportunity to be heard
before the new bill is passed.
No CHANGE IN BILL.
The Democratic House caucus
worked over the Underwood bill
throughout the day, upholding
the Democratic House leaders
and President Wilson upon all
contested points, The woolen
schedule was under fire through
out today's session. Attempts
to put ready-made clothing on
the free list and to after other
rates in the bill were defeated.
Iron and Steel Man in Asheville.
J, N. Gamewell an iron and
steel man, of Birmingham is
spending a few days in Ashe
ville. - Mr. Gamewell says the
business out look is exceedingly
good. Airthis talk about the
reduction of tariff hurting busi
ness is i fares.
HICKORY GRADED SCDOOL
TO CLOSE FRIDAY HKIT
Fourteen Girls of the High School
Department to Graduate-No Di
plomas to Boys this Year.
The following invitation has
been received by the Democrat:
The Eleventh Grade
of
The Hickory High School
Invites you to be present at the
Graduating Exercises
Friday evening, April twenty fifth
nineteen hundred and thirteen
at eight o'clock
Graded School Auditorium
Hickory, North Caiolina
CLASS OF 1913
Alva Boatright, Katharine Clement,
Hilda Field, Grace Craig Henderson,
Effie Pauline Johnson, Frances Lentz,
Antha Mae Lytle, Frtjnk Martin, Rose
Gertrude Martin, Ramona Rich, Katha
rine Gertrude Stevenson, Caddie Edith
Starnes, Majorie Novella Whitener, and
Loulalee Wolfe.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FMJJP FALLS
Rev. W. E. Abernethy to Preach Odd
Fellow Sermon Next Sunday.
(Special to The Democrat.)
Granite Falls, April 21.—Rev.
W. E. Abernethv is scheduled to
preach an Odd Fellows sermon in
the M. E. church here next Sun
day at 11 o'clock. We are ex
pecting a Rood sermon and a
large crowd.
Mr. P. L. Cline lost a horse last
week at Rhodhiss. While pass
ing another horse that was hitch
ed beside the road, it was kicked
and its leg was broken so bad
that it had to be killed.
Sign boards have been ordered
placed at the corporate limits of
our village for the benefit of reck
less automobile drivers. And the
speed is limited to 15 miles per
hour, which will conform with
the State law. Violators will be
prosecuted under the same.
Mr. W. E. Kuhu wash in Hick
ory Saturday oirbusmesa.
Our town election will be held
the first Monday in May and it
seems that we have no candi
dates. So everything will move
off quietly.
Our base ball team "got it in
the neck" last Saturday when
they played Rutherford College.
The score was 12 to 1.
Mr. Shuford All red, of High
land Cotton Mills, spent Sunday
in town.
Mrs. Lawrence Seagle 111.
Mr. Lawrence Seagle, who has
been working in Chester, S. C.,
was summoned home Saturday
by the sudden serious illness of
his wife. Mr. Seagle was mar
ried recently to Miss Ruth Owens,
of Newton, and since their mar
riage have been making their
home in this city with Mr, Bea
gle's parents, Mr. and Mrs,
George Seagle,
White Mail Clerks Work Under A
Negro.
(By H. E. C. Bryant.)
Washington, D. C., April 19,
Senator Overman and Repre
sentative Faison called on Post
master General Burleson today
to urge the appointment of C, F.
Carroll, of Warsaw, superinten
dent of the third division of rail
way mail clerks.
During the hearing it was
shown that 40 per cent of the
railway mail clerks in that di
vision, which embraces the Dis
trict of Columbia, Virginia and
North Carolipa, are negroes,
In one instance 1 a negro is
over a number of white clerks.
This news caused "Something
of a sensation when it was
brought out It is safe to say
that there will be a change in
the complexion of the railway
mail clerks in the third division
before long.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stephens,
of Thomasville, will move to
Hickory May Ist and will occupy
the Charles Cline house. Mr.
Stephens will take charge of the
Southern Power Company plant
here.
The new Yoder Memorial
Science Hall is rapidly Hearing
completion. This will be a great
addition to the collage,