HEPTP' ' lfl5. HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVNING, DECEMBER 6, 1922. PRICE FIVE CEMTS
I HE- FOB BUSy SESSION A Pmhmmcm GELEBRATIQN FINANCIAL -
- " WHEREAS. A ffi-eat conflagration lias visited.o sister - FUR CITf REPORT
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public wi
iVCrpvin!iv.iMit.v accepts me
1tJ.'uf krt'i'ii'C normal chil
jtilutis 1y becoming
a,r;itMi'y ("'" tlu sfiviitiCic
proper vuiv Protection
ateaient was made ry air.
Johnson, slate commw
el fare, in presenting
lfartf invi'ii'm u repivseu-
'ch'ic ana trauTiiai ion.wini-
- 'l sections ot the state
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,hoio toilay lo select dcfin
Lw0f sucn reclamation worn
ii their o n cities and to
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legislative support of such
. . i . i j
shoultt lv pioviueu lor
jcue of public funds.
)f;ho State r.oard of Chan
ge Welfare given at the
ion- that f 'f the thirteen
sf with the fiscal year
appvoximatcly ten
,.pir.iKT.t, neglected and do
::!dre:i were handled by
;t courts ;;tul superinten-
; wvltare in Aortn i. aro-
Cim-i'ti:!:d facilities and
sympathetic public under
a tiw child problem makes
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re v Kiu' ini'su cnimren
Dtfctioii and training as
iorJif to develop into self
j!t-u'spt'etiijr citizens,
1 swell u:c raiiKs ot aauit
ar.d delir.MUonts, it was
iiihew declared that the
ibiblytho paramount need
iWmi' juvenile courts
A probation service and
liiit-i fr giving children
b pnyiiiil examinations,
scd institutional care also
intent, she continued, "that
children could be
: their own homes if some
..i is availat-le, and this
'wi'lcl through a state
in of Mothers' Aid. Chil
i no: lie separated from
-ally, moi-ully, physically
1 imp t'lcii.
M " ou!d i.'v.kr it p;s
"hv the iony; waiting'list
:in-i
niiis-'i's i;i the rtatu
' in tht-.-c institutions for
'.'hiidrcri who are totally
- of who come from such
wsdiiittv, that it is impos
' lr tho;n : their owi;
i C;i!'o:.i;.a al present is
ii.it ,-tati only that have
Uws'Ai.l'ht. assorted.
'o "f Hi'.; mentally defce
11 11 v:s pres'onU'd to the
'"'lihe legislative program
'''II Trai-iir;!;- School dis
the iiso.ii serious situa
Hwoiir.H ha. to face today,
J this IjI'l- :onl 1,1 ir.n w tin.
""intcupficity of the Cas
','Si.h'io!. which is equipp
n ''"li"l inf.. to .jof) chil
:,i,h"tprv, oi,i, it. vau NtJrt.
;tf,'r "nly :joij hecauHe it.s
i:t-f,Jl"l a exhausted.
iW'T recommended that
''"'the school be increased
"ar:it of 1,0 children and
fr an infirmary and
training,
Tuttlf, of the Hurnnii
tiir- result
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m on
Ciy council at a busy session last
1. . ...
niKnt passed on f n-st reading the anti
wood shingle' ordinance and will meet
again, tonight, to consider the water
situation. Several encrinoors .-;ii l.
present tonight to discuss the feasi
bility of a. gravity .water system, and
to give council estimates on the rela
tive cost of the present and proposed
system. The meeting will be in the
nature of an exploration and nothing
will be binding.
The anti-wood shinde ordinnnrv.
was proposed by the insurance agentr;
and adopted unanimously after Geo
R. Wootten, Earl N. Carr and othe!
local men had stated that the cosi
of fire-proof roofing is about the
same'as wood shingles, that the ir-.
su ranee rate on residences envprml
with wood would be reduced 10 cent:
a hundred on the adoption of the ordl
nance and that all metal or other satf
'material placed on houses would
Di'ing the rate down 20 cent on
such buildings. Covering authorized is
orick or concrete, clay or Portland
cement tile, tin or slate, asbestos-
shingles one-eighth of an inch thick
elt, asbestos-asphalt and similar
materials.
This ordinance looked trood to eoun-
eilmen and is designed to afford great
er protection in the residential sec
tions. In 12 years all homes in the
city must have non-inflammable roofs
The city may buy from the Shuford
estate the Shuiord residence on Tentl
avenue for a leacherage, the proposi
tion having been put before the boan'
by J. A. Moretz. From the rear 0;
me nome lour lots nave been cu:
off and it was iivoposed to sell thi
city the house and front, with abou;
12 feet in the rear, for $12,000, Mr
Moretz thought the city and the own
ers could agree on terms and sug
gested the building and loan as tht
best wav to finance the proposition
Mayor Yount and Councilman Aber
nethy named a committee to stud
the offer and report.
Edward L. Shuford, Geo. Bailey and
Mrs. W. B. Ramsay appeared before
council in the interest of New Ben
relief and the mayor, who was draw
ing un a proclamation, said he woul'
issue it this morning and Mr. Shuforr'
promised that the Rotary, Kiwapt;
nd Community clubs would get be
hind the movement to raise fund an
clothing here for the distressed ir
New Bern.
Fire Chief II. E. Vvhitener was toic
that if he would put $2,500'before ci
council, a Gamcwcll fire alarm systen.
would be bought, and the chief accept
crt the proposition. The system wil
cost from $12,000 to $14,000 am
will be a great aid in getting th-.
firemen to the exact location of :
blaze without delay. Manufacturer:
are expected to help largely in rai
in" the money.
By a vote of three to two, Mayoi
Yount breaking the tie, council re
fused to reinstate hugene bigmor
ru? police officer at a salary of $115 a
month. The motion to eieci nun w:
made by Councilman Watson aftci
Cbiff Lentz .had presented the ap
plication. Councilman Abernethj
seconded me nomination. vui
bers of the council said they hkc(
Mr. Sigmon, but .they did not iee
that ho should be a member 01 i.t.
police department.
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JlUVor .M. If. Vnnnt
, ,'H'nizatlons of Ififkorv
fumlu 1 -1- . -if.
I IT"' PJ'opIo of New
lj'"tabiy minded are
Clothing mav be
t,u?"lclpal building and
C" 1,u" or any of
-.1,
at
Ita Community
K ' aril K wnnu iiha
fcitk :,. ot Commerce wil
IW Ly m sending
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ar :'.,"ar,y Link reprc
, om Dusiness or
Bern. Mrs'
lu Shuford
WHEREAS, A great conflagration has visited our sister
city of New Bern, rendering thousands destitute, and homeless,
and whereas, the mayor of said city, as well as the Governor of tho
state, has appealed to the various communities of the state fcr as
sistance, r . ... . -
NOW, Therefore, I, M. H, Yount, as mayor of the city of
Hickory, hereby earnestly urge all our citizens, who are charitably
inclined, to respond freely to this worthy cause, either in money or
clothing. All contributions in money can be left at either bank or
it any drug store in the city, and all contributions of clothing can
oe left at the municipal building, and all persons who have cloth
ing to contribute and are unable to delivef the same can call at
the city manager's office fgr information. Thd committee has fixed
Thursday and Friday of this week as the days for contributions,
and a committee of ladies will receive the same at the city hall.
It has always been the pride of Hickory that no worthy
cause has ever gone unheeded, and to this call Hickory people will
respond with their usual cheerfulness. i
Respectfully,
A M. H. YOUNT,
1 i , ; ... Mayor.
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AIRMEN DIE
COLLISION
TJODAY
3y the Associated Press.
Newport News. Va., Dec. G. Maj.
Juy L. Gearhart of Lavenworth, Kans.
:apt. Benton A Doyle ot St. i,ouis
md four enlisted men were killed at
jangley field today when a Martin
)ombing plane carrying five men and
okker scooting machine piloted by
' 1 1 1 -1 ..A Or -fnfii- in
he major couiaea auouu &o ii "
he air.
The enlisted men killed were Staff
"crgeant Morrick, Cleveland, u.,
?rivatc F. J. Blunka, Chicago; Pri-
ate Thomas Jordan, Deppe Stepp,
. i t iiino vv,;io
ja., and 1 rivaie jjcuh ivuikw,
elphia.
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SURE OF RESULT!
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By the Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 6. With a
permanent organization assured snd
a definite program worked out, mem
bers of the cotton states association,
as the new body v will be known, ex
press ed confidence that its existence
ISEARGH IS MffiE
1 for Fsnippn
I un t-uuiia l.u
lit
By the Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Dec' 6. Search for
Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted of beat
ing Mrs. Alberta T. Meadows to death
has brought satisfactory results' and with a hammer, who escaped yester
under the new organization will ren- (iay f rom the Los Angeles penitentiary
was in active progress throughout this
section, including Mexican lower Cal-
NEWS RECEIVED
jy
SHOALS .
the Asociated Press.
Washington, Dec. 6. War depart
ment records - show that Maj. Guy
j. Gearhart Leavenworth, Kans., and
japt. Benton A. Doyle of St. Louis
,vere stationed at Langlcy field. A
nessagc received by the air service
iaid Major Gearhart and Captain
)ovle and four enlisted men had been
dlled, but did not go
f the accident.
der better
A. W. McLean of Lumberton, N.'.C,
former secretary of the treasury, and
if or some time managing directorof
the war finance corporation, stated at
the closing of the meeting last nighty
that the organization had achieved re
sults in calling attention of represen
tatives of the southern states to the
necessity for cooperation with the de
partment of agriculture in extermi
nating insect pests, particularly the
boll weevil.
into details
jV Uie ASSillUltvu
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Washington, Dec. 0. uovni..
controlled corporation to piouu
nitrogen for war purposes and cneaper
tiiizer for farmers was propoeu
today as a solution of the Miwcie
Shoal, project by fZ
Dickenson of Iowa, leader of the farm
bloc in the house.
In a statement accompanmg me u.
Mr. Dickenson sam i
Muscle Shoals had been suojecwu
nxicM criticism as 10
uture of the plant and m i
been led to the conclusion ma,
plan of federal operation
)lan that will insure eaoy
of the work.
Mr. Dickenson's bin pruv.u
the federal chemical assut.
Sowers to and opera.
the Muscle bnoa -i -
manufacture of nr ;
the latter to be sola
nt cost less three aim
at t0T : th plant. No charge
per cent . already
would be added ior equ.
installed. - , . onfvftri-.
The corporation woukt
! tr, sell excess power to mu"
MEXICO LACKS 70,000 BALES
Mexico City, Nov. 21. A defieit of
70,000 bales of cotton in the normal
itock of 100,000 bales, usually kept
in Mexico City, is reported in com
mercial circles. It is .pointed out tnat
at present at least 85,000 bales are
in warehouses in Lower California, but
are not available for Mexico City
consumption because of lack of trans
portation facilities.
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WESTERN STORM IS .
COllIWITIi MM
ifornia. r ,
Despite vai'ious other . "tips and
clues" sheriff's deputies geneially held
to their original belief that the ham
mer murderess had fled across the
border to Mexico and plans were made
to extend the search as far. as the west
coast of lower California in Mexico.
Armour L. Phillips, the convicted
woman's husband, upon whose stgry
of his movements the 24 hours preced
ing his wife's escape, "some doubt had
been cast," according to sheriff's dep
uties, i
I Although not placed in jail he was
in 1 charge of a deputy; sheriff with
wjjoai !heyept;and ith; whom he
wasdoHake His tmeals ' Hintil further
notice," according to deputies.
Hickory will have a community
Christmas celebration this year, in
wiuct. everyone will have an oppor
tunity to participate. This was de
elded at a meeting of the Community
service committee held in the Chamber
of Commerce last evening. Caroling
win iorm an important part of the
Christmas celebration. The object, of
this plan is to organize groups of car
olers to sing on Christmas Eve
throughout the entire city. The carol
ing groups will be made up of chil
dren from the. grades and high school
church choirs, and other organizations
Since Christmas Eve this year falls
on Sunday, it has been suggested that
the caroling take place immediately af-
rar the bunday evemna: services
Homes wishing to have the carolers
stop and sing are asked to place the
symbol 01 welcome in their windows
m the form of a lighted candle.
Arrangements will be made to have
all church and school bells ring for a
period 01 live minutes announcing to
the community and the carolers that
the urogram will begin. ,
Mrs. Robert S. Brown, supervisor of
music in the graded schools, has al
ready started to familiarize the chil
dren with the carols and will soon be
gin to organize them into smalPgroups.
xhe city will be distributed according
to wards with a ward chairman an
various subchairmen in each, in order
that there will te no overlapping in
the program. Mrs. S. H. Farabee has
been appointed chairman of the car
oling groups and will begin work on
the selection of the various ward chairmen-and
adult leaders. There will be
an adult in charge of each group, which
.will have a certain territory to cover
on Christmas Eve.
, The four carols that have been se
leeted by the committee are "O Come
4.11 Ye Faithful," "Silent Night," "O
Little Town of Bethlehem," and "It
Came Upon a Midnight Clear." Stories
-f these four carols will be printed in
the local newspapers in addition to the
words of the- hymns. Everyone is re
quester to clip these stories out of the
papers, when they appear so that all
will be familiar with these songs and
able to sing them at all occasions dur
ing the Christmas season. V
The cpmmittee is also arranging to
have atree 01 -light erected at the
park on Union square, where a varied
program will be given on -Christmas
evening. r
NORTH CAROLINA HAS
HIGHEST BIRTH RATE
Washington, D. CJ Dec. 6. The
department of commerce announces
that provisional birth figures com
piled by the bureau of the census for
the first six months of 1922 in
dicate lower birth rates than for the
corresponding six mionths of 1921
For the1 states compared the birth
rafte ior the Ifirst six
months was 22.7 in 1922 against
24.8 in 1921. The highest birth rate
for the half year (30) is shown for
North Carolina and the lowest (18.1)
for Vermont.
Births so far reported for the first
six months gf 1922 indicate a lower
birth rate for the year than the 1921
rate for the birth registration area
By the 'A ssoeiatcd Prcss-
. Washington, Dec. 0. The far west
ern disturbance, will move rapidly
east southeastward and rain is prob
able in the next .36 hours in the lower
Ohio valley, East Tennessee and in the
Atlantic states south of Pennsylvania,
the weather bureau announced today.
GRAVE ROBBERS OF VIENNA
HUNTER WITH DOG 5
CLEMSI-CEMfi
s
HIVIL
By the Associated Press.
Dublic, Dec. 6. Ireland took her
place today among the world's com
monwealths. The provisional govern
ment and parliament ceased to tunc
By the" Associated . Press.
Greenville, S. C, Dec. G. Clemson
College will play Center College at
Danville, Ky., October 13, 1923, it
was announced here today.
We believe Mr. ' Hohenzollerri - got
married ajrain, because he would have
Hon their place being taken by the somebodys-around who would have to
tion, tneir pa s tQ read from his book.
New York Tribune. .
nOMQ
ities and states or corRu.--preference
to cities and spates.
with
t i r moT a
wish to con. The difference 'W that
ht r nw Bern are capitol m "ta s c v he-other a
Ml. ai,, ,hf.y ,an uav(, one -is m .Wn .St. Thomas
CM"'r.i' banks or bin i:? .
; '' uie oanks or im m '"J " l.Inlirnai
vl'Ahiui; ut city hall. (Out.) Times-Journal,
nprmanent parliament and cabinet
of the- Irish Free state and the new
commonwealth being put orderly into
being. , . , .
The provisional regime wnicn cea&eu
to exist today had such full powers
that the new one now inaugurated
marks but little change except in
name. The program of the day pro
vided that the parliament meet with
,t premony and after its. members
had taken the path, they should elect
an executive council. The; v arrange
ments amount simply to commm.
in office of the men alrer uy tnere.
iota -..'-j&2
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Vienna, Nov. 13. -Ghouls have "be
come so active in the jrreat cemc
press, that police guards now patori
these resting places of the dead every
night, accompanied by dogs.
The grave robbers are disinterring
new4y" buried bodies and robbing them
of clothing, -the little jewelry sou
venirs that loving families have sent
with dear Ones to the grave, of
gold filled teeth, and even shearing
the tresses of women.
GIVE BOOTLEGGERS
SOME BAD MONEY
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 6. The . bootleg
liquor business has brought about a
big increase in counterfeiting, much
of which is the work of amateurs, W.
If. Moran, cliief of the secret ser
vice, told the house committee at
hearings made public today.
' , 'We, tore just now very greatly
toubled with some counterfeit bills of
bad worknianship in the eastern half
pt". the country," said Mr. Moran,
"which is being given for liquor.
"It is being, done to aconsiderable
extent. On the Canadian border the
counterfeiter is defrauding the people
on the i other- side of the border on
the purchase of whiskey which he
seeks to bring across."
BKOTSEI
illilS.
Georp-c Bailey is the new president
of the Hickory Kiwanis club. He was
elected last night at a largely at
tended meeting and will assume his
new duties at the first meeting in
January. ,.
Elected along with Mr. -Bailey were
Hiram Balch, vice-iprelsident; Rus
sell M. Yount, secretary, and Roy
Abernthy, trustee. The executive com
mittee chosen last night consists of
Dr. Thomas C. Blackburn, Rev. W.
Rufus Bradshaw, Alonzo M. West,
Eubert Lyerly, J. Monroe Allred, Dr.
Walter W. Rowe and Donald T. Apple
gate. The eleetiorf of officers was the
principal matter of business, but the
club took action on New Bern relief
and named President Bailey as head
of its committee to cooperate with
other organizations.
Donald T. Applegate is retiring
president and soo'- he wil' join Roy
Abernethy and Chas. W. Bagby as
ex-presidents of th local club.
Mr. Bailey has displayed quite a
bit of .talent as leader and members
of the club feel sure that his adminis
tration, like those that have past,
will be rich, with deeds done.
BAKERY 14 YEARS OLD
-Mr. G. W. Ellington, proprietor of
the City Steam Bakery, is receiving
the congratulations of friends on the
rounding out of 14 years of business
activity in Hickory. His bakery pro
ducts; are f irs.t class and he has built
up a large volume on the merit of
his, goods. Mr. Ellington has one of
the best equipped bakeries in the state,
and his "Hickory's Pride Bread" is
used in practically every household.
The Record extends to him congratulations.
Washington Dec. 6. Reduction of
the maximum income surtax rate
from the present 50 per cent to not
more than 25 per cent and the closing
uo so far as possible of existing aven
ues of escape from federal taxes are
urged by Secretary Mellon in hfs
annual report, transmitted today to
congress. No general revision of the
revenue laws is proposed not are ad
ditional taxes suggested, Mr. Mellon
expressing the hope of meeting any
indicated government deficit through
collection of back taxes and income
from other sources.
The treasury secretary informs con
gress that to attempt alone to stop
the gaps through which there is an
avoidance of tax payments to . the
government will not be enough be- '
cause the existing rates of surtax
"put such heavy pressure on the larg
er taxpayers to reduce their taxable
incomes" that new ones would urery
be found. He adds that the high rate's
"sound productive,' but that the fact
remains that they are becoming in
creasingly ineffective and are yielding
less and less revenue each year.
Then bluntly he tells congress the
time has come to "face the facts
squarely" and to correct the artificial
conditions which now prevail and
which, he asserts, are not wholesome
from the point of view of business or
industrial development, and at the
same .time, are impairing the reve
nues of the government.
The more important of the methods
used by the taxpayers to reduce the
amount of "income subject to taxa
tion ;are listed by Mr. Mellon as fol
lows,:
Deduction of 3ckses on sales of
capital asserts, with the failure to
realize on capital gains.
Exchanges of property and securi
ties so as to avoid taxable fcins. .
Investments in tax-exempt securi
ties:: and
Division of property, creation ot
trusty,, and the like.
'Not ail of these things can be
controlled bv law or by regulation,"
he coatimred, "and most of them lead
to unnatural .-and frequently harmful
economic results. To reach the evil the
thing most necessary is the reduction
01 - the surtax rates themselves, in
order to reduce the pressure for 'avoid
ance and maintain the revenues deriv
ed from the surtax.
Until some such readjustment is
made the yield of the higher surtaxes
will ter.d in the ordinary course oi;
events, to drop toward the vanishing
point. The wise course is to reform
the surtaxes now while th" system
still functions and at the same time
to close, so far as possible, the gans
which now exist. On this basis thrr
revision can be made without loss of
revenue, and. in the long run, with
material benefit to the revenues."
To surort his argument that the
high surtaxes gradually are "defeat
ing their own purpose," he calls at
tention that while net incomes of aTl
classes during the period from 1916
to 1920 increased from $6,298,577,620
n 1916 to $23,735,629,183 in 1920, ana
the number of returns from 437,036
m 1916 to 7, '59, 944 in 1920, the
-number of returns of incomes over
$300,000 decreased during the same
period from 1,296 m 1916 to 396 m
1920, and the amount of incomes over
$300,000 from $922,972,986 in 1916 to
$246,354,585 in 1920. : : t
In "earnestly urging" prompt adop
tion of the proposed constitutional
amendment against the further issu
ance of tax exempt securities, he
Treasury Secretary says these securi
ties, now reaching, the market at the
rate of about $1,000,000,000 annually. "
from the" 1 (Outstanding avenue"1 of
escane from the surtaxes.
"With these securities available for
investment, fully exempt as they are .
from federal income surtaxes," Mr.
Mellon continues, "investors . who
would normally put their surplus,
funds into productive enterprise, are,
automatically driven under the pres- ;
sure of high surtax rates into In
vestment in tax-exempt securities,
with the result that the federal gov
ernment loses the revenue, business
and industry loses the capital, and
funds badly needed for productive pur
poses are diverted into unproductive,
and frequently wasteful expenditure.
"This is a situation which can not
be permitted to continue without
grave danger to our economic struc
ture, as well as our system of taxa
tion' ; . ,. . ' ' , . J. , "'- ,
TO IK
RGO
The Carolina Motor Company of
Newton and Statesville has obtained
the agenc for the Ford 31 oto Com-,
pan- products in Hickory, it is an
nounced "today, and the company has
secured show and storage rooms at
Tohr"on's Garage Former Sheriff R.,
Lee Hewitt and F. G. Deaton, the lat- .
ter of Statesville, amde arrange- '
incnts here yesterda" and their an
lo'ineement appears in the Record,
today. : ' y
Mr. Deaton. who wiM be in charge , .
of the sales department heie, is said : -to
be one of the livest salesmen in
this section. Mr. Deaton already has
moved his residence to Hickory.