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ESTABLISHED 1876
LINCOLNTON, N. C MON DAY A1TKRNOON. MARCH 24. lOlO
FIVE CENTS PLSa. I.50 ptr yeir
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CLEAN UP WEEK DATES
FOR LINCOLNTON
March 25th To April 2, Inclusive Fix
ed As Time For General Clean Up
ofNfTown Citizen Asked to Re
move TraBh, Cans, Etc. Parade of
Children and Fire Department.
This is clean up week in North Car
olina. The time for cleaning up back
yards, lots,i etc., thus conserving the
health of the community and prevent
ing fire waste. Every-citizen of this
' city is asked to cooperate this week
in making Lincolnton the cleanest
town in the world.
Miss M. Adna Edwards, of Hickory,
who is connected with the state insur-
ance department, was here Saturday
and will return today, in the interest
of the state-wide effort to stimulate
interest in clean-up week. She called
on Mavor Perkins and asked that a
. date be formally designated, for clean
ing up, and that he issue a proclama
tion Miss Edwards is also desirous that
tho various clubs and societies of the
. city take an interest and that the chil
dren be interested in the project, in
order that the campaign may be the
most thorough possible. Miss Ed
wards addressed the school children,
and sou eh t the cooperation of
Superintendent Joyner and teachers,
and the children. She also addressed
the county school teachers, in an ef
fort to stir interest in the movement
for fire prevention. ,
Tuesday afternoon of this week im
mediately after school adjourns for
the dav there will be a Darade of chil
dren and others for tne purpose oi
stirring interest in clean up week. The
city fire department will also take
part and will have a firemen's par
ade during Tuesday.
The Mayor's proclamation:
"The custom heretofore inaugurated
in many towns of having an annual
"clean-up week" is one that should be
more generally observed each year.
Aside from the good impression that
is given to visitors by a clean city, it
is necessary that trash, refuse, cans,
etc., should be removed from back
yards, and vacant lota in the interest
of the health of the town, and also for
the prevention of fires. Cleanliness is
- a civic virtue and necessity that re
nuirea no argument in its favor.
Therefcj? I, J. T. Perkins, as mayor
wifsh to cooperate in-very particular
with this movement, and I therefore
call upon every holder of property to
. make a special effort to put all trash
and garbage in a convenient place
in boxes and barrels on the curb in
front of the residences, or on the curb
of a side street if on a comer so the
city haulers can get it. We earnestly
request you to do this, not only for
convenience of haulers, but to save
time, as it will be a big job to remove
all of the trash. The general clean jup
week is to the interest of every citi
zen, and If it is to be a success it will
take the cooperation of all.
the health of the community, and for!
Clean up weeK is in tne interest oi
the Drotection of property.
Safety, Health and Beauty are three ,
prime objectives in the clean up week !
program. Clean up week properly ob-
served will wonderfully improve any
community as to immunity from fire
losses, freedom froth lurking disease
germs that often all unnecessarily de
stroy or seriously impair so many
lives of loved ones, and will give to
premises and communities clean and
most attractive conditions, v
This is clean up week, after which
a committee will inspect the town for
the purpose of ascertaining whether
the movement was success.
Everybody is urged to cooperate. It
of course, means work. ;
WILSON KEEPS IN CLOSE
' TOUCH WITH WASHINGTON.
. Paris, March 21. President Wilson
is keeping in close touch with His pri
vate secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty,
and Secretary of the Treasury Glass,
' regarding the situation in which the
executive departments at Washington
have been left as a result of the fail
ure of Congress to act on several of
the frreat annual tppropriation bills.
President Wilson has satisfied himself
that for the present at least there is
no imminent danger oi the suspon
eion of any vital government activities
end aaeady authorized measures to
meet measures mat arise.
SUPREME COUNCIL WORKS
ON THE POLISH QUESTION
Pans, March 21. The supreme
council at its meeting tody consider
ed the general aspecl of the Polish
question and the transportation of
General Hallor's troops to Poland, ac
cording to an offical statement issued
tonierht.
Paris, March 21. The repren3ative
of tha neutral states concluded their
examination of the final nrticles of
tho league of natio.is covenant this af
ternoon. Lord Robert Cocil. the chair
man, than'.:cd the delegates fcr the
drafts submitted by them which, he
said, had greatly facilitated the work
of the conference.
RETURNED HIS LETTER.
Representative McFadden, of Penn-
v eyivama, wrote to secretary or tne
Treasury Glass, asking by what au
thority John Skelton Williams was
retained as comptroller of the cur
rency after the Senate failed to act on
hia renomination. Returning the let
ter. Secretary Glass wrote: v ;
"Furthermore, I take leave to Kit
vou on notice that if you desire in-
formation concerning any official ac
tion of the secretary of the treasury
while I am the incumbent of the office
you may get it promptly and frankly
by addressing to me a half-way decent
inquiry, but vou are given distinctly
to understand that I recognize no ob
ligation to respond to an offensive
v impertinent and deliberately menda
cious communication such as I am
now sending back, to you." r
No man ia a full-fled? ed Pessimist
who tells you things are just at bad
STATE-WIDE DOG
LAW IS
EFFECTIVE
Plenty of Teeth Provided For Ita En
forcement in all Counties of State
Aimed to Promote The Sheep Indus
try. The 1919 session of the General As
sembly in passing a Stats-wide dog
control law did something that none
of its predecessors ever dared to put
through. Representative Ray's "liter
ary gem" was much amended but the
essential features were never chr.nged
and as finally passed by the Legis
lature had more "teeth" in it than
when it was started. Senator Stevens,
Of Buncombe, came down to put a law
through and worked in cooperation
with the Macon legislator. The law as
finally passed is as follows:
An act to tax dogs in North Caro
lina and to encourage sheep industry.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact: '
Section 1. That any person owning
or keeping about him any open female
dog of the age of six months or older
shall pay annually a license or privi
lege tax of two dollars.
Sec. 2. That any person owning or
keeping any male dog, or female dog
other than the kind specified in section
one of this act of the age of six months
or older shall pav annually on each
dotr so owned or kept, a license or
privilege tax of one dollar.
Will Provide Tags.
Sec 2V4. To every person paying
the license or privilege tax prescribed
in sections one and two of this act
there shall be issued bv the sheriff a
metal tag bearing county name, a
serial number and expiration date
which shall be attached bv the owner
to the collar to always be worn by any
dog when not on the premises of the
owner or when engaged in hunting.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
shall at all times keep on hand a sup-
county shall, by order duly made in
regular session, make an order de
determining whether to collar and tag
shall be applied to that county.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of
every owner or keeper of a dog to list
the same for taxes at the same time
and Dlace that other personal proper
ty is listed, and the various tax listers
of the State shall have proper ab
stracts furnished them for listing dogs
for taxiation, a
nd anv person failing :
or refusing to list such a dog or dogs ,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and .
upon conviction shall be fined not ex
ceeding '$50" of. Imprisonment ot ex
ceeding thirty days; provided that
the owner of the home or lessee - of
such owner, shall be responsible for
listing of any dog belonging to a mem
ber of his family. The license of privi
lege tax herein imposed shall be due
and payable on the first day of Octo
ber of each and every year, and all
persons after December first thereaf
ter who own or keep a dog or dogs
upon which the license tax or privi
lege tax is not paid, whether said dog
or dogs have been listed or not, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not more than
fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more
than thirty days. Upon the payment
to the sheriff or tax collecter of the
license or privilege tax aforesaid, such
sheriff or tax collector shall give the
owner or keeper of such dog or dogs a
receipt for the same which shall con
stitute a license under tne provisions
of this act. . j , ,::
Shall Make Diligent Inquiry.
Sec. 4. The tax listers for each town
ship, town or city in this State shall
annually, at the time of listing proper
ty as required by law, make diligent
inquiry as to the number of dogs,own
ed, harbored or kept by any person
subject to taxation.- The list takers
shall on or before the first day of July
in each year make a" complete report
to the sheriff or tax cfllloctor on a
blank form furnished them by i the
proper authority, setting forth ' the
the name of every owner of any dog
or dogs, how many of each, and the
sex, owned and kept by sucn person.
Anv nerson comine in ' possession of
any dog or dogs after listing time shall
immediately ascertain wnetner sucn a
dog or dogs have been listed for tax
es or not, and if so listed, it is hereby
made the duty of such owners or keep
er of such dog or dojys to go to the
sheriff or tax collector of his county
and list such dog or dogs f pr taxes,
and it is made tho 'duty of the owner
or keeper of such dog or dogs to pay
the pruvlege or license tax as is nere
in provided tor in otner casos.
Sec. 5. No person shall allow: his
doe over six months old to run at
larire in the nieht time unaccompan
ied by the owner or by some member
of the owner's family, or some other
person by the owners permission.
Any person intentionally, Knowingly
and wilfully violating this section
shall be euiltv of a misdemeanor and
uoon conviction shall be fined not ex
ceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days, ana snail
also be liable in damages to any per
son injured or suffering loss to his
Brooertv or chattels. v
Sec. 6, It is hereby made the duty of
each list taker In the 'State to see that
all dogs are listed for taxation under
the provisions of this act, and the
county commissioners may -pay him
for his services such an amount as
may be just. Such pay shall be out of
the money arising under mis act,
Money Goes to Schools.
Sec. 7. That the money arising un
der the provisions of this act shall be
applied to the school funds of the
county in which said fund is collected
Provided, it shall be the duty of the
bounty commissioners upon complaint
made to them of injury to person or
injury to or- destruction of property
by any dog upon satisfactory proof
of such injury or destruction to ap
point three free-holders to ascertain
the amount of damages done, includ
ing necessary treatment, if any. and
all reasonable expenses incurred, and
upon the coming in of the report of
such jury of the damage as aforesaid,
the said' county commissioners shall
order the same to be paid out of any
moneys arising from the tax on doe
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11 ; -w . " -y "Tut pumisnca tnan Hundreds or peopl
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cases where the owner of such dog or
dogs is known or can be ascertained
he shall reimburse the county to the
amount paid out for such injury or
destruction. To enforce collection of
this amount the county commission
ers are hereby authorized and empow
ered to sue for the same.
Sec. 8. Any person may kill any
mad dog. and also any dog if he is
killing sheep, cattle, hojrs, goats or
poultry.
Sec. 9. That all dogs when listed
for taxes become personal property
and shall be governed by the laws
governing other personal property;
provided, the larcency of any dog up
on which aforesaid tax has been paid
shall be a misdemeanor.
. Penalty For Violation.
Sec. 10. Any nerson failinp to dis
charge any duty imposed upon him
by this act shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction shall
pay a fine not exceeding' fifty dollars
or be imprisoned not more than thir
ty days.
. Sec. 41. All laws and clauses of laws
in conflict with tnis act are hcrebv
repealed; provided, this act shall not
have the effect to prevent thy county
tram increasing the amount of the
license or privilege tax on dogs un
der the provisions of chanter two
hundred and six, Public Laws of
North Carolina, session one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen, but shall
be construed to repeal that part of
same allowing counties to vote off said
tax, ,
Sec. 12. This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.
CATAWBA COUNTY PEOPLE
HAVE DREAMS OF RICHES
Hickory, special to the Observer,
March 21. That John ; and Andrew
' Baker, who left Catawba in 1849 and
made their mle in California, as re
lated in this special correspondence,
are not without heirs in their own
county, is shown by Ve number of
persons figuring en tho estate estim
ated at $135 000,000 dlving into fami-
been
le be-
auite a
few have found that they have Baker
ciood in them. . mere- are several
families by that name, however, and
it may be a different Baker in the
case of many inquiries, but they're
interested.
Colonel George M. Yodcr, historian
and weather proohet, probably knows
as much about the Bi'.ker family as
any citizen in the county, and he is
u ti. -j
drew Tney born h h ;. Cf
tavvba river and were menhe-s of
a family of six: The Calfornia au
thorities, it is scid, are not so much
interested in the heirs as they are in
having a record of the parents of the
two men, who struck gold there and
piled it up in California banks. The
heirs in Catawba county must find
proof. 1
A will that is said to have been
made by a sister of tha two brothers
in 1905 in favor of a man by the
name of Lael, who had cared for
her vas brought ti Hickory yester
day. It became known today. The
document was witnessed by two per
sons and will be filed for probate.
The sister, who made this will, died
a number of years ao and the pa
per, being thought worthless, was
never probated.
Chief cf Police Lentz today said
he had received many inquiries about
the large cst?.te and the whole county
13 interested.
All the help possible will be fur
nished relatives.
"FIRST RESULT TO BE
OBTAINED IS PEACE."
Paris, March 21. "The first result
to be obtained is peace, and the quick
est peace possible," taid David Lloyd
George, the British Premier, in a
statement printed in todavs issue of
The Excelsior.
All internal events in everv coun
try, allied or enemy," continued the
premier, "are dependent upon that
peace, which we expect and desire to
come at the earliest Dossible moment.
rending thir, everyone is living in a
stato of- expectation and uncertainty.
Commerce and industry pre kept in a
kind of stagnation, vhich can only en-
genccr u isomers.
"I shall, then, remain in Paris, un
less somethine unexpected arises, un
til tne text of the Deace preliminaries
is definitely drafted and ready for sub
mission to the German delegation, not
let me say, for discussion, but simpl
for signature."
SHIPS BRINGING 30TH DIVISION
WILL LAND AT CHARLESTON
Washington, March 20. All trans
ports bringing home units of the 30th
(Old Hickory) division will go to
Charleston, S. C, unless they carry
also sick and wounded soldiers, for
whom there are no facilities at the
South Carolina port.
In addition to the transport Mer
cury, the war department announced
officially late today that the trans
ports Pocahontas, Matawaska and
Koningin der Nederlanden. all with
units of the 30th aboard has been di
verted from Newport News and would
land tneir men at Charleston.
GERMANY'S HOLD BROKEN.
A report by the alien property cus
todian indicates that Uermany s con
trol of the zinc and lend markets of
the world has been broken, as well as
her laree .interest in other metals.
This was accomplished by the release
oi American, Mexican and South
American mines and smelters from
the dominance of Gorman-owned cor
porations. When the alien nroperty
custodian began investigating German
business in this country under author
ity cf the trading with" the enemy act,
be found frequent attempts to trans
fer stock to supposed Americans in an
effort to circumvent seizure by the
government.
Tuesday. W. R. Matthews, repre
sentative from Mecklenburg county
announced his candidacy ior mayor of
Charlotte in the coming election. He
is the only opponent to Frank R. Mc-
men, the present mayor.
It's alright to leave footprints In
the sands of time, provided thev don't
I fk S W HllVC vllCIl Ul IY1U,
BRIDGES SENTENCE!! TO 15
YEARS AND STEVENS TO 4
FOR ASSAULT ON J. W. COLE
Gastonia, March 21.1 In Gaston
Superior court this morhin; the jury
in the case against uuilton Bridges
and Randolph Stevens, charged with
a secret assault on Jailer J. W. Cole,
returned a verdict of guilty as to both
defendants. Bridges vas sentenced
to a term cf 15 years at hard labor in
the state prison, whiloj Stevens wat
given a term of four Nears on the
Gaston county roads. ( Notice of ap
peal was given by attorneys of both
defendants. Pending appeal, Bridges
was placed under a bead of $10,001
and IStevens under a bond of $2,50(
to submit to the sentence of the
court. Appeal bond in' each case was
fixed at SoO and the dstense was giv
en 30 days to prepare, statement of
the ct-.sc of appeal with 20 days for
the state to reply. ' ..-
In the other cases against the two
defendants, a bond of $100 each was
required and the cases were contin
ued.: Immediately after the conclus
ion of the Bridges and Stevens case
court adjourned for the term. .
COME!! EVERYBODY!!
The following program will be ren
dered at Laurel Hill School House on
Saturday night, March 29, at 8 p. m.:
Opening Song, by .entire school.
Flair Song, by Primary trrades.
A patriotic olay will be given, "Mrs.
Tubbs Does Her Bit." A comedy in
three acts, 14 characters, time of pre
sentation l hour. 4t minutes. A pa
triotic mother, Ked Lross nurse, ro
mantic "old maid" and a lazy, mis
chievous boy will keep your interest
from lagging.
Characters.
Mrs. Tubbs, patriotic mother Ber
tha Sronce.
Sercpty McDougal,'rich aunt Ber
tha Leatherman.
Clingie Vine, "Otd Maid" Nannie
Leonard. S
Mrs. Ellen Hickey- kind neighbor
Jessie Kistler. ;
Elsie West, Red Oross nurse Prue
Workman. '
James Tubbs, private, Charlie Rob
inson,
Simon Rubbsls, Groceryman Clar
ence Robinson:
Major John Pipper Earle Sigmon
Nelson Redd, private Steele ueata
erman. ..V
Tim Graham, private Jasort Sigmon
Queenie Tubbs JDaire Leonard
Scuffles Virgile White.
Billy Hoyle White.
Punky Taft Jonas.
Don't foreet the date, March 29.
Come to Laurel Hill school house and
eniov the protram. A small admission
lee will be charged.? music by string
band. i v
.Thelma R. Robinkirt, prin., Nannie B.
Leonard, asst.
FIFTY LEGISLATORS
OFFER TO RESIGN
Missouri Democrats Throw Down
Gauntlet To Reed
Jefferson City, Mo., Mnrch 21.
Fifty democratic members of the Mis
souri legislature today oitsrea to re
sign if Senator James A. Keed, demo
crat from Mossouri, would resign from
the United States Senate. The legis
lators then proposed to run for re
election, as they suggest Reed should
do, to force a popular vote in Mos
souri on the leaeue of nations.
Th"! house or rem'ersatr'es recently
passed resolutions demanding that
Senr.tor Reed resign b3cav,se of his op
position to President Wilson's pro
g-am. The challenge 01 the legisla
tors todav came after a series of con
ferences in which they decided to trow
down the gauntlet to the ee.'iator and
at t"-c same time attempt to show that
the people of Missouri indorsed the
Presidents plan for tb.3 leauo of na
tions."
As an alternative, it was suggested
tne democratic state committee call
convention of reprersative dem-
ccials trom every county in the state
to give indorsement to the. President
and his aims; to denounce Senator
Reed, and to bring about a reorgan
ization of the party in the state if con
ditions are lound to justify it.
Tne result of tr.e conterences was
announced by Rcprentative Chan
cellor, of Barton county, who said
the other reprensntives who voted
for t'.;c resolutions had informed him
thev stood ready to resian if Senator
Kecd would do so ant submit tne
issue to the voters of their respective
districts.
BIG LINER BRINGS 3.500
SOLDIERS TO NEWPORT NEWS
Newport News, Va., March 23,
More troobs of the Old Hickory di
vision the Thirtieth, which includes
men from Tennessee, North and South
Carolina returned home today from
the battlefields of France on the
transport Finland which arrived here
this morning after a 13-day voyage
from St. Nazaire. ;
On board the big vessel, formerly in
the Red Star Line trans-Atlantic ser
vice, there were almost 3,500 officers
and men of the fighting forces, includ
ing the 114th Field artillery regiment.
Colonel Luke Lea's command, and
the 115th machine gun battalion com
plete, and detachments of the 115th
Field artillery regiment and the 114th
machine eun battalion.
OHiccrs and men or the Uld Hickory
division aboard numbered more than
2,400 and each one of them is anxious
to get to his home. They will be sent
to various demobiliation camps.
Twenty-eight officers and 739 men
of the 115th machine gun battalion
complete, assigned as follows: 25 of
ficers and 606 men to Camp Lee; one
officer and 49 men to Camp Sherman:
two officers and 84 men to Camp Tay-
lar.
At a conference bet'veen Governor
Bickett and the directors of the State
prisci it wes agreed that inevstiga
tion be made in rer.rd to selling the
Caledonian State farm and buying one
more in the center of tlvs Si-.to. Tha
Caledonian farm conisirs 7,300 acres
and ia valued at around $1,000,000.
The matter of continuing to use it or
selection of a new farm is left with
the directors.
The Bible says tho earth was ere-
ted for man, ao h is not surprising
EDUCATION.
Correspondent Writes on Subject of
Interest to Count;
Lincolnton, N. C, 3il7, 1919
Can there be what William James
once called a moral equivalent of
war?" Can we have in times of peace
the same spirit of co-operation and
sacrifiice, the same deep recognition
of individual obligation to the common
weal, that a great national struggle
so quickly develops?
This question now presses for an
answer, and it is education that must
respond. It is not too early to make
a beginning. Peace does not mean
that the battle for democracy has
beer, permanently won. It does not
mean that the responsibilities that
our country has assumed for the
cause of democracy can be laid down,
or that we can return to the self Suf-
fiency of an earlier day. Problems
that involve the welfare of our coun
ty and state as well as of ourselves
must be faced and solved by the peo
ple. It is not too soon to impress up
on the children now in school the fact
that to meet these responsibilities in
harmony with the ideals for which our
eoldicrs have fourht recmires from
them the keenest and clearest think-
in" o." which they can make themselves
capable,
If education was at anv time merelv
a Drivilege, that, time has past. If to
strive for knowledge and insight can
ever ue a duty, it is a duty todav.
ine worn tnat three of our county
co-laborers namely Professer Beam,
Mrs. Winn and Mr. smarr. is a won
derful work. The work that Mrs.
Winn is doing with the housewives
and girls of our county means a great
deal for the future generation. She
is such an efficient worker that it
would help most any house-wife or
girls to take lessons under her in
structions.
We just want to say that the exhib-
it given by Mrs. Winri. Miss Stroud of
Charlotte, and the' girls of Lincoln
County Saturday would do any school
a crcait. .
Our county agent is a hustler too.
Just give him a chance at your or
chard or land terraces and see that
lie knows his business.
We must say that Professor Beam
is a knowing and competent man in the
right place. We hope the commission
ers will pay him $900 out of the county
fund; then the state will pay $900;
with $1800 he can live and buy him a
car and be in Shape to do the county
so much more good in visiting the
schools and lookin;; after the work in
general.
J. W. P. Hill
30,000 MORE U S, TROOPS
. COMING
Washington, March 18. Departure
irom r ranee oi approximately 3,uuu
uiucerg ana men oi tne American ex
peditionary forces the largest single
homeward movement of troops since
the cessation of hostilities was an
nounced today by the war department
ine returning soldiers, are aboard z
cruisers, the Montana and the Pueblo,
and 14 transports. Among the latter is
the George Washington, on which
President Wilson returned tQ France.
Troops making up the movement in
clude units of the Thirty-seventh
(Ohio national guard) and Thirtieth
(lennessee, North and South Carolina
national guard) divisions, the 72nd
coast artillery regiment and a large
number of casuals.
The transports and cruisers are due
to arrive at American ports between
March 24 and Annl 2. .
The cruiser Pueblo is due to arrive
at New York March 28 with the third
battalion headquarters and companies
T, K, L and M, of the 147th infantry.
The 112th supply train complete:
ambulance service sections 601, 509,
546, 586, 594, 627, 629, 631, 635 and
642 and seven casual companies.
The transport George Washington.
due at New York March 24, has
aboard the 135th machine gun
battlion complete; the 112th field
signal battlion complete; a detach
ment of the 65th service company,
signal corps; 35 casual officers; 631
sick and wounded, and 15 casual c6mr
pame s.
I he transport Pocahontas is ex
pected to arrive at Newport News
March 29 with the first and third bat
talion headquarters medical detach
ment, companies A, B. C, D. L. and
M, of the 118th infantry: headquar
ters and stan. headquarters first bat
talion, ordnance detachment, sanitary
detaenment first and second battal
ions headquarters machine gun and
supply companies and companies A
to F, inclusive, of the 117th infan
try, and a small number of casuals,
'IT AIN'T NO USE TO HAVE THE
BLUES."
(By Mamie Hovis, Greenwood school)
It ain't no use to sit and pine
cause our boys am t here, on time-
Wipe your eyes and lets be gay
ror there s many on their way.
It ain't no use to ut and cry,
xause we all got to die.
There's a time for e very-one
Though it may be with a Hun.
It ain't no use to sit around
With your head and shoulders down
Close your eyes end bow your knees
Fray to Jesus, wont you please:
It ain't no use to sit and stare
'Cause our boys are '"over there"
Wine your eyes and force a smile
You will find it worth your while.
It ain't no use to look so sad
'Cause the bovs are all we had.
Cheer up for there's a time to come
When our boys will all be home.
It ain't no use to droop your head
'Cause some or our boys are dead.
Dry your eyea and don't you sigh
They'll be home bye and bye.
It ain't no use to cry no more
For this war is already o'er
Keep on praying until tha end
God has helped us all to win.
It ain't no use to sit like a clam
Why don't vou work for Uncle Sam T
He'll treat you kind and pay you 'good
TO THE TAX PAYERS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
Raleigh, March 13. The Gen
eral Assembly just adjourned, has im
posed a responsibility upon the Cor
poration Commission as a State Tax
Commission which it feels unable to
properly meet without the support of
the tax payers of the State. As
Chairman of the Commission I desire
to take the people into the confidence
of the Commission and aquaint them
with the purpose of the General As
sembly and request of them their full
co-operation in aiding us in the proper
discharge of our duties.
ror many years, it has been the law
that every person's property should
be assessed for taxation at its full
value in money. Notwithstanding this
law, nearly everybody in the State has
escaped a full valuation of his proper
ty for taxes. The General Assembly,
just adjourned, has said by passing the
Revaluation Act, that an end must be
made of this condition and that here
after property must be valued for tax
es at its value. It places the respon
sibility upon the Commission to see
that this is done and it must and shall
be done. It is the purpose of the Gen
eral Assembly upon a proper valua
tion being made, to lower the tax rate,
and it will meet after the property
has been assessed, for that purpose,
so that the burden upon the tax payer
will not necessarily be increased.
This is assured to us as a Commisr
sion and we in turn desire to assure
the tax payers of the State that a full
valuation of their property will not
mean greatly increased amount of
taxes. The Act under which this as
sessment is made provides that the
State, no County or municipality shall
collect in excess of ten per cent more
taxes after this revaluation is made
than is being collected in 1919 under
the present valuation.
I call unon the neoDle of the Stati
to assist the Commission in the selec
tion of a splendid business man in
each County as County Tax Assessor,
He should be a man of fine judgment,
good business ability, having a good
knowledge of values both in Town and
Country, and one in whom the public
has confidence as to his honesty and
integrity, It is not a political office
but one of strictly business and we
trust our political friends will under
stand this and only suggest the most
competent men. After the Lounty
Supervisor is selected by us, we trust
every tax payer in each county of the
State will fully co-operate with him
to the end that he will be able to as
sess each person's property at its true
value in money.
W. T. Lee,
Chairman.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
- Whereas God in his infinite wisdom
has seen fit to call from our- midst
Brother David A. Mostelev a charter
member of Bovles School House. Lo
cal Union No. 93 therefore be it resolv
ed: .
First: That while we bow in humble
submission to the will of one who
doeth all things well our local has
lost a faithful member, the family
devoted chri9tain husband and father,
and we the members of the Boyles Lo
cal deeply sympathize with the be
reaved in this their loss and extend
to them our prayers and love in their
loneliness.
Second, That the removal of such
useful life from among us must
leave a vacancy hard to fill yet we be
lieve God will overrule our great loss
to the good of his Kingdom.
Third, mat though taken from
among us he will not be forgotton we
will say as did our master not our will
but thine be done. :
Fourth, That a cony of these Re
solutions be sent to the family and a
copy be spread on the minutes of our
Liocai and also a copy be published m
each county paper for publication.
John U. Hull.
W. T. Brackett
W. T. Davis.
Committee.
Bovles School House Local Union
No. 93, March, 18 1919
AMEND BONUS REGULATION.
Regulations governing the pavment
of $60 bonus to honorably discharged
soldiers have been amended by the
war department to permit the accept,
ance by the disbursing officials of a
"true copy" of discharge certificates.
Heretofore the original certincatcs
were required, but it was found many
soldiers refused to part with the pa
pers, preferring to , lose the bonus
rather than risk the loss of official
evidence of their honorable release
from the army. All tomes submitted
under the amendment authorized must
be certifed by the army lecruiting of
ficer nearest the soldier s residence.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
and President Lowell of Harvard Uni
versity, engaged in a joint debate on
the league ot nations m Boston Wed
nesday night, President Lowell, who
favors the league, had challenged
Senator Lodge to debate. Who got
the best of the discsusion depends, as
is true of most joint debates, on the
viowpoint of the audience, Mr. Lodge
said in answer to a question irom
President Lowell.that he would vote
for a league of nations if it was fixed
up to suit him. Ii conclusion he crit
icised President Wilson for not lay
ing the plans for the league before
the Senate and asking the Senate to
pass on them before they were pre
sented to the peace conference It is
the President's province to make
treaties: it is thenrov?nce of tho Sen
ate to accept or reject them. Mr,
Lodge would nave the Senate share in
the making and his remarks in this
connection disclosed that his desire to
share with the President the making
of the league formula had excited his
prejudice against it. In other words,
personal vanity and partisan feeling
is the foundation for much of the sen
atorial opposition. Statesville Land
mark.' The war finance corporation has
loaned Director General Hmes $50.-
000,000 for, railroad administration
Congress having failed to provide
funds lor this purpose.
All" fair in love and war, but Cu
pid doesn't supply any wound chev-
SHORT Nut,. TMS
Major General Enoch H. Crowder.
judge advocate general of the Ameri
can army, had a little business in
Cuba the other day. From Key West,
ria., he made the trip in a hydroair.
plane. . .
Women street car conductors nf t.hn
Cleveland, O., railway comoanv. who
were discharged March 1, must be re
stored to their work under a derision
of the war labor board made by Joint
mairmen lait ana Manly.
Docks, railroads. Warehouses, hos
pitals and barracks built by the
American expeditionary forceR to the
value of $165,000,000, will be sold to
t ranee tor the best figures the Ameri
can liquidation commission can ob
tain.
The war department cives Author
ity to officers and enlisted men of the
United States army who served in the
armies of any co-belligerent to wear
tne chevrons and badges denoting
such awarded them by that govern
ment. ,
Monday the cotton mills of nropn-
ville, S. C, inaugurated the 55-hour
week schedule, in accnrH nnr-A with
the recommendations made at Spar
tanburg by the cotton mill officials of
tne Mate. Ihe mills have been run
ning 60 a week.
A change in the citv chapter of Gns-
tpnia will place tiiat City undev a com
mission form of government. The
necessary petitions were gotten up by
Saturday and the commission form of
government will be voted on at an
early date.
The army hosnital at Cnmn Wnrl.
worth, S. C, has been selected by
burgeon General Ireland as a special
hospital for ' tuberculosis patients. :
Hereafter no other class of patients
will be sent there. The hospital has
been designated as General Hospital
iNo. 4i.
The future navigation of the Rhine
will be controlled by an allied com
mission , the peace conference com
mission on the international regime of
ports, railways and waterways has
decided, The commission will reDlaco
the German-Holland commission of
before the war.
The population of Rheims, which
was 115,178 before the war, is now
8,453, according to a census just com
pleted by the government. Of this
number, 3,987 are men, 3,253 are wo
men and 1,213 are children. Five
hundred of the children attend schools
in the ruined city.
National Red Cross headquarters in
Washington announce that more
than 900,000 pounds of yarn and knit
ting needles, the whole valued at $2,
316,445, will be shipped immediately
to the American Red Cross commis
sion in France, for distribution in the
war-swept communities.
According to the recent report of
the Bethlehem Steel corporation for
the year 1918, the net income aggre
gated $57,188,769, against $53,000,000
for 1917; The net earnings amounted
to $17,930,000 against $27,320,736 the
previous year, the disparity being duo
to increased cost of operation.
Tuesday, General Methvin, a line
man for the Lexington Telephone
Company, fell from a teleahone pole,
a distance of 35 feet, and' he is in a
serious cenditioh, Methvin is about
20 years old and cc.me from Dawson,
Ga., to Lexington, where he was re
spected as a trustworthy young man.
It vas reported from Lumberton,
Wednesday, that around 3,000 Robe
son county farmers had pledted them
selves to reduce their 1919 cotton
acreage onc-thrid. Eighteen of the
25 townships made a repct on the
matter Saturday tnd the other seven
are expected to report at an early
date.
In Henderson county Superior court,
which has just adjourned rt Hender
sonville, Jeff Hill, of that count", was
tried on a charge cf burning the barn
of J. B. Laughter and -.sentenced to
five years on the county roads. It
was stated that the caso was the long
est tried in that county since the :
famous Myrtle Hawkins car-e was up.
Secretary Glass has aproved reg
ulations governing conversion of sol
diers' and sailors' war-time insurance
to standard forms of government life
insurance. The policies will be ready
for insurance soon and the vork of is
suing and maintaining the policies is
expected to make the war risk bureau
the largest life insurance agency in
the world.
Wednesday, the body of Sergeant
Walter Fleming, nevo squadron 267,
who with Lieut. H.H. Pope was drown
ed rn the night of Jan' ary 7, after
their plane fell into the Cape Fear
river was found in the river near
Fayotteville. The body . of Lieut.
Pope l as not yet beon found. Ser
geant Fleming Wrs from Providence.
R. I., and Lieut Popo was from Bed
ford, Indiana. ,
Tuesday evening, Mack M. Earn
hardt, for the past 16 years a mem
ber of the Charlotte police force, died
following a stroke of paralysis that
afternoon. Mr. Earnhardt suffered a
stroke of paralysis in 1917 and has
since that time been in declining
health. His father, J. M. Earnhardt,,
served on the police force form 25
years. Mack Earnhardt was born
111 mecKienourg county Marcn 14,
1873. ' V; ' " ""'
British aviators e.rc to try for a
flight across the Atlantic. A secret
ly built airplane, accompanied by
Harry Hawker, as pilot, and Comman
der MacKenzie Grieve, royal navy, as
navigator, nas been shipped from
England for St. Johns. New Foun-
land, from which it w!ll sitrt the ear
liest possible moment in an attempt
to win the London Daily Mail prize of
10,000 for the first m.-xhine to fly
across the Atlantic.
Thursday morning, Jobn L. Taylor,
an r.ged farmer of Arden section near
Asheville died at an Asheville hos
pital, as the result of falling from a
wagon Wednesday when en route to
Asheville. He met friend and was
in the act of changing wagons when
he fell and one of the wheels passing
over his body broke every rib on the
I left side and punctured hia left lung.
s they possibly can b. as provided for in this act. And in
bow you hav been goius backward.
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ma coiwr oon was aiso broken.