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ESTABLISHED 1876
THE FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTION TAXATION
Retaliation Act Non-ParUsian and
Non-Political Guarantee . .Against
Excessive Increase in Taxes The
Organization for Revalution.
(By A. J. Maxwell)
None of the features of the revalua
tion act is more remarkable than the
manner of its passage by the General
Assembly. An ordinary revision of
the Machinery Act for the quadren
nial assessment of real property usu
ally occupies several days of discus
sions in each House, and generally
sharp division over some of its
provisions. The revaluation act
well understood to anticipate
a radical departure from past
practice, and an appraisal of proper
ty at its actual value was passed
without an opposition vote in either
House, practically without discussion,
and without an amendment being of
fered except incidental ones offered by
the committee which prepared the bill.
This showed unanimous recognition
for the necessity of the Undertaking,
as well as complete confidence in the
work of the committees which had
carefully formulated the plans f or
carrying it out.
Non-Partisan and Non-Political
The manner of its passage, with
support of members of both parties,
as well as the provisions of the act,
declare its non-partisan and non-nol-itpal
purpose. It is a helnf ul indica
tion that a. fundamental economic re
form of this great importance can be
undertaken without partisan disagree
ment upon the main question or upon
the details of the measure for carry
ing it out. The act gives represen
tation to the minority party in each
county by providing that one member
of the County Board of Appraisers
and Review shall be appointed from
the minority party, and it also provides
that any undue political activity by
any appointee under the act shall be
cause for summary dismissal.
Guarantee Against Excessive In
: crease in Taxes,:
The act carries its own specific
guarantee that its purpose is to pro
vide more equitable means of raising
revenue, and not to unduly increase
the tax burden. When real estate was
revalued in 1915 the total incease in
valuation was 25.72 per cent. In 1911
the increase was 32.54 percent, and in
1907 30.38 per cent. These increased
valuations did not result in any re
duction in tax rates. On the contrary
the tendency of tax rates has unon an
average durine these years been high
er. The - revaluation act provides
specifically that not more than 10 ner
cent increase in revenue shall be rais
ed upon the revaluation at actual
value in 1920 than will be raised under
the old assessment this year, by the
State or by any county, city, town or
special tax district. : So the net
increase tn taxes under this assess
ment will be less than the increase
made in any reassessment year in 12
years.
Special Session tn Fix Tax Rates.
As a further safeguard and assur
ance, it is provided that the reassess- j
ment, wnen maae, snau not oe useo
until approved by the General Assem
bly, nor until the tax rates have been
adjusted to the new basis of valuation
as above indicated, and that the rates
when so adjusted shall in all cases be
come the maximum rates until the
General Assembly authorizes an in
crease. This provision anticipates
that there will be a special session of
the Genernl Assembly, upon the call
of the Governor, about the first of Ju
ly, 1920. .
District Supervisors. V
The State Tax Commission is to di
vide the State into ten districts and
appoint a supervisor for each district.
The district supervisor will be given
employment for at least a year at a
salary of $250 per month and actual
traveling expenses, to be paid by the
State. They will be expected to give
their whole time to the work. They
will divide their time between the sev
eral counties in their district, co
operating with the county assessing
officers. They will be the direct moans
of contact between the State Com
mission and the assessing offiicevs and
it will be their duty to see that the
work is being done according to law,
and according to the same interpre
tation of the law, in each county, and
will be expected to determine this by
specific and detailed investigations as
assessments are being made in the
several counties. :
County Supervisors. "
The State Tax Commissioa is to ap
point a county supervisor in each
county, who is to be the executive of
ficer in charge of the revaluation work
No township lines are recognized. AU
the property within the county is to
be assessed by the same authority, un
der direct supervision of the county
supervisor. He appoints his own
clerks and assistants. The compensa
tion of county supervisor is graduated
with reference to the total value of
real and personal property listed inhis
county, from $100 to $250 per month,
according the the following schedule:
In counties of less than $3,000,000,
$100 per month.
Between $3,000,000 and $6,000,000,
$150 per month.
Between $6,000,000 and 10,000,000,
$200 per month.
Between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000
$225 per month.
Over $15,000,000, $250 per month.
County Board of Appraisers.
The county supervisor, or one of his
assistants, is to inspect each piece of
real property in the county, and to re
quire the owner to give a statement
under oath and in detail as to its
auantity, quality and value. Blank
forms for this purpose are to be fur
nished by the State Tax Commission,
and are to cover such inquiries as in
the judgement of a Commission are
necessary to disclose its real value.
These statements when complete for
a township, are to be placed before
the County Board of Appraisers, and
it is this board which fixes the value.
The county supervisor is chairman of
thia board, and its two other members
are to be appointed by Board of Coun-
i" (...uraisttcners, and confirmed by
the State Tax Commission.
Appointments To be Made First Mon
day in April.
Appointment of district and county
Tax Commission during the months of
March and April. The Board of Coun
ty Commissioners in each county is to
appoint, at their regular meeting the
first Monday in April, two members
of the County Board of Appraisers
and Review, one from each political
party. These appointees receive $5.00
per day when the Board is in session
and the same mileage as members of
the board of County Commissioners.
CITIZENS OF TOWN
AND COUNTY
CALLED TO MEET
The citizens of Lincolnton and Lin
coin county are requested to meet in
tne court nouse in Lincolnton next
Saturday, April 12, at 3 p. m. for the
purpose of formulating plans for a
Welcome Celebration for Lincoln
county soldiers, who served in any
way in the world war.
It is understood to be the idea of
many that. the citizens of town and
county desire a big celebration in hon
or of all the soldiers, mid the meeting
Saturday, April 12, is for the purpose
of giving all an opportunity to take
part in, and give their support, to a
future celebration. The men are re
turning each week, and it may be
some days before all are at home,
but, the meeting Saturday is for the
purpose of starting the movement for
the future celebration.
It is hoped that the people of every
community in the county will see to it
that their section is represented as it
is to be a county wide meeting.
NEW ROZZELLE'S FERRY
BRIDGE OPENED.
The new steel bridge over the Ca
tawba river at Rozzelle's ferry was
formall opened to the public last week.
It is one of the several fine bridges
across the Catawba . This is the last
of four bridges erected to replace
bridges washed away during the flood
of 1916. The other three bridges were
completed some months ago are those
at Sloan's ferry, Mt Holly and Beat'
tie's ford.
PRESIDENT WILSON IS
, ABLE TO SEE CALLERS
Paris, April 7 President Wilson
has reached a point so far on the road
to recovery that Rear Admiral Gray
son, his personal physician, permitted
him to receive late today the other
American peace commissioners. It
was the first time the President has
talked to any one other than Colonel
House, Admiral Grayson and the im
mediate members of his household
since he became ill.
The cold from which the President
has been suffering appears to have
been broken. v
GETTING DATA ON GERMANS'
ABILITY TO PAY FOR FOOD
Paris, April 7. German's ability to
continue payingfor thefood shipments
made under the Brussels agreement,
it is learned, cannot be determined be
fore April 15, when the German gov
ernment expects to have a report on
the surrender to the government of
German r owned foreign securities
which is in progress.
The allied financial delegates, mean
while continue the general discussion
with the German delegation at Senlis
of the value and availability of par
ticular securities, so that when the
German report on surrendered securi
ties is received it , ill be easy to cal
culate to what extent they can be used
in financing food imports.
TRANSPORT POWHATAN WILL
DOCK AT CHARLESTON TODAY
Charleston, S. C, April 9. The
transport Powhatan is to dock here
at 2 o'clock tomorrow after with more
than 2,500 officers and men of the 30th
division. The Old Hickory soldiers
will debark Friday morning.
Additional un of the Old Hickory
division are due Su re Sunday on the
transport Martha Washington.
AU soldiers landed here go to Camp
Jackson, S. CM.
The original announcement of the
sailing of the transports Powhatan
and Martha Washington from France
were to the effect that the Powhatan
was due at Charleston April 10 and
the Martha Washington April 12.
The1 transport Powhatan brings the
following units of the 120th infantry,
according to anouncement by the
war department:
Field staff, sanitary detachment,
headquarters advance supply depot
and machine gun company; compan
ies A, B, C, and D, and 60th brigade
headquarters.
The Martha Washington brings, r
cording to official announcement, the
following units of the 120th:
Second and third battalion, includ
in gcompanies E to M, inclusive.
WILSON RETURNS
TO THE COUNCIL
Paris, April 8. President Wilson
met with the premiers cf Great Bri
tain, France and Italy today for the
first time since he became ill. The
discussion of responsibility for the
war and the Saar vallev, which was
unfinished today, will e continued
tomorrow. It was not indicated
whether the President made any f
erence - to the summoning of the
George Washington.
On account of the , President's
weakened condition, the afternoon ses
sion was comparatively short. Mr.
Wilson lying down immediately after
its adjournment although it was stat
ed at the "white house" that he was
gradually improving and expected t.i
attend all the meetings of the council
hereafter.
The return of President Wilson to
the council of four and the progress
made on various questions has re
moved much of the tension v hlch ex
isted in conference circlet and has led
to renewed confidence in an early and
satWactory OBjctPsfcu
LINCOLNTON. N. C,
THOSE
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.'.Eighty-live tlioiiKtmd Genniin helmet cnptuivd by nil led troops' In Cdilenz, ro to be awarded an nrlzes by
fedeinl district coiimiluees In the Victory Liberty I.oiin cuiiihiikii, 1 hey will lie given to Victory note miloiin'ii milk
ing the best selling records mid school children writing the best essays on the limn. In the picture shown above, taken
on the Treasury steps in Washington, tire shown Frank K. Wilson, director of publicity (left), 'and Lewis B. Franklin,
director of War Loan Organization (right). Wilson created a panic in the helmet market by buylng'the entire S5.0CH)
allotment from the War .Department for ?1. It cost the ''German government mwe than that amount 'to manufacture
each one of the helmets. . . . ; . . .
These helmets' were n special supply held in reserve for . 'triumphal entry liito Tnrls. Eventuiilly thev arrived
ther by fiviglit. ...': .'.,. .
THE BIG VICTORY
LOAN CAMPAIGN
IN LINCOLN COUNTY
Chairman Lloyd Thompson, of. the
Lincoln County Liberty Loan Commit
tee has appointed the committees for
the big 6 billion dollar nation-wide
Victory Loan campaign, which begins
in the county April 2uth. This is the
last bond issue from the government,
and is the finish up financial job. Fol
lowing is the list of chairmen and
committees of the Victory Loan Cam
paign for Lincoln County, North Car
olina: J. L. Thompson ,Chm. Lincolnton.
L. Berge Beam, vice-chm, Crouse.
Publicity Committee J. T. Perkins,
Chm., Lincolnton. .
F. A. Slate, Lincolnton.
W. L. Smarr, Lincolnton.
J. L, Putnam, Lincolnton.
Mrs. Florence R. Winn, Linqolnten.
Township Chairmen Rev. J. A.
Sharpe, Stanley, R-l.
Sheriff G. B. Goodson, Lincolnton.
D. C. Williams, Lincolnton.
Dt'VT. C. Riser, Jleepsville.
Mrs. T. P. Jenks, Henry, R-3
Chairman Thompson says all town
ship chairmen are expected to organ
ize their townships thoroughly, using
the school district as a unit or any
other method they deem best. They
should appoint tlieir committees of
workers without delay and have every
thing ready to begirt, the canvass April
21st. The task before us is a big one
and it is going to require work and
sacrifice on the part of all of us to
make it a success.
THE NEW LOAN.
In a short time the government will
begin the work of floating the new
bonds, of which about six billion dol
lars will be issued. We have gone
through this thing now four or five
times, and probablv this is about the
last campaign. Whether it is or not
signifies nothing. Tha main thing is
that in the previous sales the bonds
have been disposed cf, tha country
has not been affected by the purchase
of such big amounts of securities, and
will not be affected by the purchase
of the loan just ahead.
What is this thing we are asked to
do? Simply save some money. It
is not a gift. It is a loan, earning in
terest, a money-saying scheme, for
the money can be had at almost any
time, and the bonds are always the
best security in the world in case it
should be desired at any time to bor
row on them.
GRAIN CROPS IN GOOD CONDI
TION FARM LABOR SHORT. .
Rnleigh, N. C, April 9. This year
Nortji Carolina has as good a wheat
crop as Inst year, and seven per cent
better than the average crop at this
Eeason. For the United States as a
whoie, winter wheat has a bumper
prospect, the condition being 99.8 per
cent of a full croo as compared with
78 6 last year, and S3.6 for tl e past
ten years' average. This is accord
ing to 352 accepted reports i'ltm
North Carolina ajthoiities and releas
ed in the official report from the ofTU'C
cf the State Field auent of the Gov
ernment Bui-u Crop Estimates.
These percentages are based on Ar.ril
1 it forecasts of the SE2 reporters lo
cated over the entire frrain area of the
State. This shows that the grain
crops are in unusually good condition,
aue largely to the Ideal winter weath
cr.
George Eastman, president of the
Eastman Kodak Company, Roches
ter, N. Y has made a gift of 10,000
of the comcanv's common hi tn
older employes, amounting to $6,000,
000 at the present market value. The
stock is to be sold to employes at the
par value of $100 per share, the pro
ceeds amounting to $1,000,000, to go
to an employes' welfare fund.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL lO.
TRIUMPHAL GERMAN HELMETS
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
RIDGE ACADEMY..
Saturday, April 19, 1919,
10:30 a.m. Welcome Song. J
Recitation :Mary Ellen Bass. '
"My Country": By Three Boys.
Come Thou Almighty King": Song.
Sermon: By Rev. W. J. Roof.
Holy, Holy, IIolv: Soncr.
. 12:00 Noon.
1:30: Welcome Song. .
Add rests i Sunt. L. Urrpq P,er.ua.
"My Own America, I Love ButThee".'
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Recitation Contest:
'The Octaroon": Nevert Norman.
"Tim Went Straight Home": Nannie
Bass.
"Aunt Mine": Mae Hollifield.
"What the Clock Saw": Barbara Lutz.
"Bugiar Bill": Eunice Goodnitrht.
"It's So nice to be Acquainted: Song,!
oy Houston iiavnaer -.and Annie
Belle ain.
Hayseed Drill.
Recitation :Hubert Wyant.
Father Goose Convention: By Eight
Girls and eight Boys.
"Ten Little Injuns": Drill. V -Dialogue
Lizzie Belle Carpenter and
Loy Wise. . .
Recitation; Ralnh Bass. '
Sunbonnet Drill.
Valedictory: Song. , ''.
8:30 p. m.
'While the Dew is on the Lillies" Song
Pantomime: Bv Twelve Girls.
Kentuckey Belle.
A Drama in 3 acts: Tima 2 hours.
Characters.
Miss Maria Douglas: Mildred Norman
Isabel Douglas: Nevert Norman.
Marie Van Harlenger: Barbara Lutz.
Col. Wm. McMillen: Cy Lutzv "
Dr.- Blake : Eugene Johnson. C
Miss Madden: Eunice Goodnight. '
John Carson Gordon: Thad Lutz.
Mrs. Gordon Nannie Bass.
Miss Gordon: Maggie. Wood. .
Four Telephone Linemen: Everet
Wise, Carr Yount, Eugene Johnson,
Virgil Leonard.
Ciiidy: Mary V(a Wood. .
Henry: Virgil Leonard, t. 7
Goodnight Drill. -
"At The End of a Perfect Day": Quar
tet . -Admission
10 and 15 cents.
Florence E. Beam, Edna Grace Beam
and Lois E. Havnaer, Teachers.
GASTON B. MEANS SUES
.' FOR A COOL MILLION
Chicago, April 6. Alleging . con
spiracy to send him to the gallows,
Gaston B. Means has filed suit against
the Northern Trust company for
S 1.000,000. ':.' ;'. ..-,;.'
"Means was tried last year at Con
cord, N. C. for the murder of Mrs.
Maude A. King, who died from a bul
let wound while on an automobile trip
with a party of friends with whom
Means was one. After his acquittal
came a legal contest over the will of j
the millonaire, James A. King. :
Named as co-defendants ai-e Solo-1
vice-president, respectively, of the
trust company; Alfred F. Reichmano
and William 8. Miller, counsel for the
corporation; John T. Dooling, assist
ant district attorney of New York, and
C. B. Ambrose, at one time a secret
nerv-iee operative.
The declaration filed by Means al
leges that the Northern Trust com
pany, through the co-defendants,
sought to secure the conviction of
Means-for tha murder of Mrs. King.
It is further allege J the defendant
corporation sought thus to control the
$3,000,000 King estate and reap vast
profits therefrom.
A committee for the development
and financing of foreign trade has
opened its headquarters at New York.
This committee, composed of bankers
from various parts of the cmiiii"'
will study and bring to the attention
of tha American Bankerc' Associa
tion Problems of exnort cnmmer,o:
Gold reserves of the Federal reserve
system, members' desDosits and Fed
eral reserve bank notes in circulation
increased during the past week and
the reserve per centage rose 3-10 of
one per cent. Re-discount operations
showod a slight fal'irjf off.
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BAKER RESENTS SPEECH
MADE BY CHAMBERLAIN
Washington, April 4. Commenting
on vhat he termed "the very intem
perate speech" of Senator Chamber
lain, retiring chairman of the senate
military committee, delivered last
night at Nanchez, Miss., in connec
tion with the Ansell-Crowder court-
martial controversy, Secretary Baker
nam touav mat in tnree years as sec
"wtavy of war he could not recall a
3ingle instance in which he had receiv
ed a helpful suggestion from Senator
Chamberlain or one which seemed in
tended to be helpful.
-"T flm nprffUHv Willing oanva
tary added, "to let the people of the
country decirte between what the war
department has done in three years
and what Senator Chamberlain has
said in three years,"
OBITUARY
Mrs. Perolee fashion.
Mrs. Pcrolce Cashion, dr.ughter of
Jacob C, and Armentry Cloninger,
was born June 11, 1874; and passed to
her reward April 5, 1919, being 44
years, 9 months and 24 days old.
September 1893, she married W. O.
Cashion with whom she lived happily,
until August 8, 1918 when he met his
untimely death.
Sister Cashion is survived by her
only child, Mrs. Robert Terrell of
Gastonia, her mother and four broth
ers with each of whom many friends
sympathize.
She was an affectionate and cheer
ful wife, making the life of her hus
band fuller of joy and happiness.
As a mother she was of the true
type teaching her daughter by both
word and deed in every-day-Hfe to
live the live exemplified by our Savior.
As a friend she v.-ns true and faith
ful. As a neighbor she was all that
word means, untiring and unselfish in
her efforts to comfort and help those
needing her services.
She joined the M. E. Church, South
in Lincolnton about twenty years ago.
As a church member she was loyal,
liberal and faithful. As a Christian
she was full of faith and love, readv
to perform any service for the uplift j
or humanity 'and tne glory of our
Lord. '
She was unassuming and humble.
She doubtless had hur faults and if
she could speak today would be first
to confess the same. Knowing her,
as I did, I can say with full assur
ance "Truly, she was the servant ,of
God." , -.-'.,
The, funeral was conducted at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Terrell of Gastonia, by the writer, as
sisted by Rev. A. L. Stanford. The
immense crowd present at the funeral
is proof of the love and esteem of ,
those who knew her, as was also the'
unusually large display of beautiful
flowers which covered the grave in j
Hollywood cemetery, Gastonia, in
which her body was laid to rest. I
She is gone from us. Of course we
shall miss her. The loss to us seems.
great, out greater still to ner aged j
mother and her own daughter. But
while this is true our loss is her in
finite gain. Therefore we will te pa
tient and submissive, j
"For oftentimes celestial benedictions
Assume this dark disguise
"She is not dead the friend of our
affection, '',';
But gone unto that school,
Where she no longer needs our poor
attection -. --.
And Christ himself doth rule.
"In that great, cloister's stillness and
seclusion,
By guardian ar.jrels led,
Safe from temptation, safe from gin's
polution,
She lives, whom we call dead.
God bless the bereaved ones.
O. C. Fortenberry,
Lincolnton, N. C. Her former Pastor;
At Souther field, near Americus,
Ga , Lieut. Col. Frederick W. Dick
man commanding officer and Maior
! John W. Butts, executive officer, were I
killed when their airplane plunged 200
feet to the ground. Colonel Dickman
was the son of Major General Dick
man, commanding the third American
army on the Rhine. Both men were
fraduates of Weat Point.
1919
FIVE
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPENDS
ON YOU AND ME
Personal Hygiene the Keynote of
Community Health.
Disease prevention in any town or
any rural community of North Caro
lina ultimately depends upon the
average man and woman. The State
and County may establish hospitals
and infirmaries and clinics for the
treatment of typhoid and tuberculosis
and dysentery and the venereal dis
eases but these diseases will continue
and increase until the average cit!7cn
practices -personal hygiene and takes
cai-e not to spread his infection 'to his
family and neighbors.
The classes of diseases which cause
more sickness and deaths in the State
are the diseases spread through the
discharges from the bowels and from
the mouth and throat. To prevent
these diseases, in the simplest expres
sion of fact, it is merely necessary to
keep the bowel discharges of A o il
of the mouth of B, and to keep the
oral discharges of A out of the throat
of B. This would prevent tuberculosis,
influenza, typhoid, diarrhea, dysentery,
and other diseases of this nature.
Personal hygiene is the keynote of
prevention of the respiratory diseases.
We have not yet learned how to pre
vent outbreaks of colds, bronchitis,
pneumonia, and influenza, but we do
know that their spread could be check
ed if the principles of personal hy
giene were universally practiced. Dur
ing the last three months of 1918 peo
ple took precautions to prevent the
spread of influenza and as a result
measles and whooping cough pratic
ally disappeared from' the State.
Why can't we keep that up? We can
if we will follow the instructions of
the Health Departments. Keep your
child at home when you know it has
been exposed to any contageour. dis
ease. y.;---" .
The responsibility for the spread of
an infectious disease lies with the
individual.- It is the infested person's
duty toward the neighbor, to prevent
the spreading of his ."terms to his fel
low men; it is his duty to himself on
the part of everybody, to guard
against contracting these diseases
The State Board of Health believes
that when the people accept the slo
gan "Public health depends on you
and me" and act on it, that infections
will disappear.
The names and addresses of cases
of Measles reported durine' the montl-
of March in the County of Lincoln.
Mrs. J. Beam, white female. Oak View
Cherryville R- l; Ja"k Connor. Col.
male, Iron Station, R-l: Henry Lee
Uiatman, white, male, High Shoals
R-l; May Robinson white female, Iron
Station R-l ; Olive Hunter Col. female
Iron Station R-l; Maggie' Hunter
Col. female Iron Station R-l;. -Buck
Hunter Col. male Iron Station R-l
Roney Smith Col. male Iron Statior,
R-l; Jessie, BilHe and Rosie Smith col
Iron Station R-l Mr.rvis Craig ami
Eve Beam, white, Oak Veiw Cherry
ville R-l ; Alene and .Nellie Beam
white Oak View Cherryville R-l,
Dewey and Kersey; Beam. 'whits Oa!
View Cherryville, R-l; John Wilson
Col. Iron Station N. C. ; Geo. Fostei
Col. Iron Station ,N. C. ; Ed Rondle
man Col. Iron Station, N. C; Everett
and J. B. Wingate, Col. Iron Statior
R-l; Crawford Deck Col. Iron Statior
R-l; Carrie and Lola Deck, Col. Iron
Station R-l; Jerome and Elvice
Smith Col. Iron Station R-l;
Annie Link Col. Iron Sta
Jim Connor 3 children Col. Iron Sta
tion R-l; Roxy and Addie Cooper Col
Iron Station R-l: Beda Roberts Iror
Station R-l. Total Cases 32.
Diphtheria Thos. D. Leatherman
Recpsville ,N. C. R-l : Li'la Cooper
Long Shoals, N. C. . Total Cases 2.
Scarlet Fever Virginia Goodman
Davidson N. C. Total Cases 1.
Chicken Pox Torson Logan Lin
colnton, N. C; Frank Hull Crowell
Lincolnton, N. C: Silas Bolick, Lin
colnton, N. C; Nancy P.-.rkcr Lee.
Total cases 4.
Broncha Pneumonia Lander Rud
isill, Lincolnton, N. C; Carrol All
brooks, Iron Station, R. F. D.,; Estroy
Cline, Southside, N. C. Total cases 3
Labor Pneumonia Ruth Linger
felt. Lincolnton, N. C. ;Wa!ter . Lin
gerfelt, Lincolnton, N. C; Lawrence
Withers, Lincolnton N. C; Hermine
Pegrain, Lincolnton, N. C; Ronie
Smit'i Lincolnton, N. C. Total cases
5- ' '
Small Pox Wm. C. Lomax, Iron
Station, N. C. Total cases I.
Jno. W. Sainc, M. D.
WILL MAINTAIN THANKS
FOR SERVICE.
The United States will maintain in
commission and ready for service a
minimum of 1.050 tanks, 330 being of
the heavy and 720 of the light type.
A third type known as the "signal
tank" is provided for each company
and battalion commander, 45 in all
being comprised in the complete tank
organization.
A tank brigade, composed of one
battalion of heavy tanks and two of
light tanks, will be attached to each
army corps. The typical heavy bat
talion includes 45 fighting tanks, with
24 in reserve, and the light battalion
45 fighting machines with 27 in re
serve, l nus tne army corps compie
ment will total 135 battle craft, fully
equipped, with 78 waiting orders from
the corps-commander.
The tank corps in the proposed peace
establishment will have at its head aH
brigadier general. The corps is to be
made up of 377 commissioned om
cers and 5,862 enlisted men.
Newton. April 7. On March 27. at
the Reformed parsonage in this city,
miss Mary snuiord, daughter ot Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Shuford. was married
to Sergeant Paul Shaeffer. of Phila
delphia, Rev L; A. Peeler performing
the ceremony. The bride is one of
Catawba's county's most popular and
accomplishing voung ladies and has a
wide circle of friends. The marriage
was not known to the public until this
morning.
According to official dispatches re.
ceived in Washington, Japan is facing
a serious economic situation due to
the closing of a large number of mu
nition lactones.
fENTS iJPY $1.50 per yenrl
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
Cotton advanced three-fourths of a
cent a pound at the New York and
New Orleans markets Saturday on
the receipt of encourging news from
Paris about an early peace.
Judge J. Fraizer Glenn, of Ashe
ville, who has a little more than a
month to serve, announced Saturday
in police court that no more fines
would be imposed on liquor sellers,
but if convicted only road sentences
would be imposed.
Sunday, Gilbert Budwig, aerial mail
rervice pilot between New York and
Chicago, fell 2,000 feet when the en
gine went dead. He landed upside
down but was unhurt and when res
cuers arrived he was found beneath
his machine, smoking a cigarette.
Dan Floyd Pendleton, six-months-old
son of Mr. Ed Pendleton and Mrs.
Jessie McSwam Pendleton, of Shelby
died at the home of his foster parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barnett, Jr., of
pneumonia. Mrs. Pendleton died in
October of influenza. The death of
the child makes the eighth m the Pen
dleton family in the past five months.
The explosion of a gasoline tank
aboard the United States submarine
chaser No. 200, at Key West, Fla.,
caused the death of two of the crew
and the injury of three others, includ
ing John T. Register, of Wilmington.
Ensign E. A. Daniel, of Bcauford, who
was in command, stated that he could
not assign a definate cause for the ex
plision. Loan certificates of indebtedness of
$500,000,000 minimum, dated April 10,
and maturing September 9, bearing
4 1-2 per cent interest have been is
sued, and subscription books will close
April 17. This issue is concluded in
the amount of certificates to be re
deemed form proceesds of the Victory
Liberty loan which is approximately
$5,355,000,000.
It has been announced that John D.
Rockefellow has contributed $250,000
to a fund being raised by the national
committee of Northern Baptist lay
men to care for aged ministers and
missionaries and has offered to con
tribute $;00,000 more if the commit
tee raises the rest of the sought for
fund.
The Masons of North Carolina .jill
hold their annual session at Greens-
ooro May 13, 14 and 15. The meet
ing to be held there are the 71st an
nual convocation of the Grand Chap-
iwytu nun mtouuH; use 4.jru an
nual assembly of the Grand Council
&iyal and SeWt Masters: the ailtli
njiua concalve of the Grand Com
rfKtndery, Knichts Templar. nd t.h
annual grand convention Order of
High Priests,
Recently, dogs entered the nasturh
?f Mr. Authur H. Cowels, of Yadkin
Valley, Luldwell county, while he was
away from home and killed practical
ly his flock of 35 sheep. On return
ing Mr. Cowels caught the dops at
vheir work and managed to kill one of
oncm but the others succeeded in get
ting away. It was said the Mr.
Cowels recognized the dogs as be
longing to one of his neighbors. The
heep were valued at $bU0.
W'illiam Deese, ten vear-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Deese, of Union
iounty, was burned to death, while at
tempting to build a fire with kerosene.
His father was plownitr and Mrs Deese
had gone to carry some wather to Mr,
Oeese, instructing the boy to build a
fire. The kerosene can exploded
hiowin'.' oil over the bov and the
house. The boy fell dead as he rush
ed from the house and the house came
near being destroyed by fire.
According to the report of the
South Carolina Cotton Association.
submitted to a cotton reduction con-
ention at Columbia, S. C. at which
it was said 800, members were pres
ent, tne boutn s cotton acreage in
1919 will be 31.08 per cent less than
in the previous vear. The acerace re
duction in North Carolina is reported
to be 24 per cent. Several of the big
cotton producing States have pledged
to raise 1-3 les3 cotton this veav than
last.
Friday night, William Mullens. cg
22, was shot and killed at tho home
of the father in Nash county. After
the shooting the father .went to Snring
Hope and toid the officers what ho hud
done and was placed in jail. It was
said that both men were intoxicated
and the shooting resulted from a dis
nute over a domestic matter. Young
Mullens is survived by a widow and
two children.' He had a bad record,
it was said, and had just iiniscd serv
ing a road sentence.1
It has been announced that the first
flying combats to be fought the behalf
of the Victory loan will be held over
New York, New Orleans and Los
Angeles on lhursday. It is said that
the battles will consist of two stages.
hirst the slow living American planes
will be driven off bv the captured Ger
man Fokkers, then in turn the German
planes will be attacked and driven off
by speedy American planes. Raleigh
is scheduled among the cities to see
the "flying circus" as it is called.
The first concrete ship built in San
Francisco, the Faith, has turned up in
New York after a voyage of three
months and a half to the tropics, and
her skipper is inthusiastic in hispraisa
of her seaworthiness. So confident are
her charterers of her ability to weather
all storms that thev are going to send
her to Copenhagen with a $2,000,000
cargo. It is gratifying that the inter
esting experience is turning out so
well. Concrete is not likely to dis
place steel on the sea, but it is well to
know that this so abundant material
can be profitably used for shipbuild
ing The first train load of the Rainbow
division men left the Rhine last Sat
urda for Breast. The whole division
is exnected to be on the waters by
April 14 . H was expected to parade
them in Washington, but a Tecent
announcement is to the effect that
there will be no parade for the di
vision. There is a strong demand for
the parade of the 77th division in
New York city. But since it cost the
government a millon dollars to pa
rade the 27th division, them is a dis
position to deny all further demand
for parade.