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r ""A j. - ESTABLISHED I87t LINCOL.NTON. N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL. 15. 1920. FIVE CENTS FES C0PT-J2 per ytr . 7? ro. L i 1 i UNION COUNTY VISITED BY SEVERESTORM Tornado Leaves Death and Destruc tion In Its Wake Three Killed and V Much Property Damaged. (By Edwin Brietz in Charlotte Obser ver) ' "'. Monroe, April 13. Death and de struction and Buffering and want -were strown in the wake of a cyclone which tore furiously through the northern part of Union county early Monday night sweeping almost everything in it path before it. Three are known to be dead, with the possibility of other deaths being reported. Eight others are injured, some of them seriously, and a score or more are homeless. Hundreds of thousand of feet of valuable lumber were mangled in the storm')' fury. Schoolhouses and chur ches -vere lifted from their found tions and swept away, entire orchards were demolished and hundreds of giant trees, torn up by their roots, line the countryside. Robert L. Polk, SO, a farmer living near Ebenezer, was killed and several members of -his family were injured when the storm struck their home and tore it into splinters. 1 wo small sons of Luther Williams, a farmer living four miles from Un Monville, Hilton, 6 and Aubrey, 6, were s the other victims. The two boys were killed as they slept, when the storm took the roof from their home and heavy timbers fell across their bed. It required six strong men to remove we timoer. Entire families fled their homes in terror as the roaring instrument of death and destruction swooped down upon them without warning. Farm dwellings, barns, corn cribs and other outhouses were picked up and swept away. Church and Schoolhouse Go. The storm.. -which Beems to have started at a point six miles northwest of here, swept northeasterly through Union county and ' on into Stanly, where damage is believed to have been done. - It first struck the Polk home, a mile and a Quarter north of Ebenezer. Here Polk was killed, several members of his family hurt and every building on the farm demolished. . At Ebenezer the church and school house were swep away, but no farm houses were hit. -Two miles from Ebenezer every thins on the plantation on Sam Pres ton was wiped out. Preston and his wife were seriously injured and have been hurried to a Charlotte hospital. Scvsral farm houses 4n the immediate " -vicinity of the Preston plantation were not touched, a - AH that is left of the large Preston farmhouse is a pile of rocks. The barn is gone, the corn crib site is marked by a few stones; trees from Preston's orchard block the roadwav and house hold furniture and farm implements are scattered over the field for a mile around. . - ,'" When the storm burst upon them in all its' fury, Preston and his wife were sitting on the-edge of a bed play inir with their small baby. Preston put his arms around his wife and sought to comfort her.- Then the house was struck. - Lifted Into the Air The man, woman and baby went in to the air together. As they fell Mrs Preston dropped the baby. Neigh bors who hurried to the spot found the man and woman huddled on the ground. Preston's arm was still ar ound his wife. ....' The Preston's lost heavily in live stock. A valuable mule .was hurled 100 feet against a tree stump. The mule's body was pierced by a two-by- -four scantling. A horse from the Preston barn was carried several hundred feet into a - patch of woods. It was found early this morning apparently unhurt. - Harrows, ploughs and other agri cultural implements were carried hun - dreds of feet by the storm which de parted as suddenly as it come. ' A sewing machine hung from a tree limb Bed clothes, wearing apparel, iron beds were underneath a tree just out of the path of the storm. VOLUNTARY UNIVERSAL TRAINING IS RETAINED Washington, April 12. The senate refused today to strike out of the ar my reorganization bill the provision for voluntary universal training re cently substituted for the millitary committee's plan for obligatory train ing. The motion of Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, to strike out was defeated 37 to 9. The action of the senate was expected to result in carrying the voluntary training pro posal into conference for adjustment by senate and house managers. Only youths between 18 and 21 "f vrs of age would be accepted for tho voluntary training under an amend- , ment suggested today by Chairman Wadsworth and written into the bill The previous age limits were from 18 to 28 years. HUGH A. QUERY HONORED " BY AMERICAN LEGION Monroe,, April 11 Hugh A. Query, : editor of The Gastonia Gazette, has been appointed a member of the 3tate .executive committee of the American legion by John Beasley, state com mander, to succeed Major A. I Bui ' winkle, who resigned when he enter ed the Ninth District Congressional ' race. Mr. Query is an enlisted man and has been actively indemnified with tne organization since its inception. The executive committee is now composed of the following; Wiley C. Rodman, Washington: J. N. Josey, Scotland Neck; Rev. A. R. Parssley, Clinton: u. K. Burgess, Kaieigh; Al len Adams, Greensboro; James E. Honlon Fort Caswell; W. H. Pillips, Lexington; Hugh A.' Query, Gastonia, ana tticiwra Louphran , Asheville. Major Bulwinkle. the retiring mem. ber of the executive committee from the ninth district, was one of tha leaders in establishing the legion in North Carolina. He was battalion major in the 113th F. A- which saw artive service m the Argonne whith iae c.j ,a c.v;,,wn. SHORT ITEMS 0P.NEWS Kenneth Gossett, young white man was convicted of criminal assault on white eirl In South Carolina and sentenced to 40 years in the peniten tiary. . . sJ -; Mrs. Elbert Hnnhabass and her three small daughters were burned to death early Wednesday, when fire of undertermined origin destroyed the Hannabass home at Carter's Island, Bedford county, Virginia. Mrs. Carolina Taylor Lodge, widow of of Dr. W. A. Lodee. formerly a well known drufreist of Raleigh, and her niece, Mrs. Fred C. Doyle, dropp ed dead at their home in Kaieign Sat urday morning within ten minutes of each other, death believed to nave resulted from heart disence. Mr. M. L. Shinman, commissioner of labor and printing and Federal idirector United States employment service in North Carolina, has accept ed appointment as zone clearance offi cer for Zone No. 6, comprising the States of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina and District of Columbia. . A horse was taken bv air Diane last week from Jjos Angeles, Cat, to San ta Barbara, Cal., to be entered in an exposition there. The trip was de laved a dav until officers of the hu mane society had been convinced no cruelty was involved in the trip which was made in an especially equipped airplane, The annual report of the Salvation army shows that $7,038,334 of the S14.167.693 contributed to the 1910 home service fund was devoted to the Durchase or erection ' of hospitals, rescue home and other facilities. The heavy burden of mortirage was re duced bv tl.881.913. Salaries of of hciais also were bettered, tne report states. The Republicans of Catawba county named their county-ticuet oaturaay and went on Tecord as being opposed to the "so-called revaluation act. Internal revenue collections in the North Carolina district in March to talled S19.797.831.36. Nearly ten mill ions came from tobaco. Income taxes amounted to $9,237,631,16. ..A Washington correspondent says it is understood there that Whitehead Klutts of Salisbury, is to be appointed diplomatic agent and- congel general ot Cario to succeed Hampton Gray, who was ' promoted - recently Mr. Klutts is now secretary to the inter national boundary - commission, - of which, former Governor Robert . B Glenn is a, member. , Three "colored children clijiibed into an empty trunk at' Durham, the lid fastened on them and two under five years of age were smothered to deatl and the third, 11 yers old, v.'as un conscious when found but recovered, The parents of the children died re ccntly with influenza.'- " E. S. Grove, owner of Grova Park Inn," Asheville, has bought the Manor another Asheville hotel, the consider ations being $400,000. : Prof. H. W. Hayes, former super intendent of the Methodict Children's Home, Winston-Salem, died Saturday in St Louis, Mo. A wife and three children survive. ' v : Mrs. Jimmie Mellon, of White Lake, Bladen county, was preparing to shoot a hawk, dropped the gun, it was discharged, the load striking her. She died in a short time; -1 . Thomasville's new census is 5,676 an increase of 1,799, or 46.4 per cent; Lexingtons 5,254, increase of 1.U91, or 26.2 per cent; Fayetteville's 8,877, increase 1,832, or Zo.u per ecnt. The congregations of Burkehead and Liberty Methodist Churches, in north Winston - Salem. Will consoli date and have one church building, which is to be built at a cost of about $75,000. . Rev. Dan Wheeler, Baptist minister of Watauga county, attempted sui cide some time ago by slashing his throat and parts of his body, with a knife. It is thought his mind is im paired by innuenza. The inter-State commerce commis sion reports that railroad operating revenues for February, the last month of Federal control, fell $8,654,000 be low operating expenses, and threrby increasing the government's deficit in operation. ' Wilmington is to have one of the largest bag factories in the United States, to be operated by New York people. Mrs. Bertha Strembaugh, of Sault Ste Marie, Mich., a travelnig sales woman for a drug company committ ed suicide in Wilmington, Saturday, Dy snooting nerseii witn s snot gun 5y i She left a note, says a correspondent, in which she said that her health hav ing failed, she would follow the cow ardly example set by her husband, ra ther than become a burden on her rel atives. , -' . The' annual pension bill for 1921 carrying $214,020,000. passed - the HouSe Tuesday, without a record vote and was sent to the Senate. It covers claims of 624,427 veterans of the Civ il, : Spanish-American and Mexican wars.- . ;,. RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON THROUGH TICKETS Atlanta, April ' 12. Sale of through tickets except on one train to points north of Washington was discontinued today by the Southern railway while the Seaboard Air Line discontinued selling tickets to all points north of Richmond. Because of the unauthorized strike of railroad men in the north it was ex plained the railroads were not in t position to guarantee passenger traf he m thut section. The Southern, however will sell until further notice night through tickets to New York on its train No. 36 leaving at midnight and arriving in Washington at night as the Pennsylvania railroad states it can handle sleepers at night. WILLIAM H. WITHERS. Mr. William H. Withers, of Mai den, aged 69, years, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. i. K. Khyne, on South Columbia 'street, where he had been since Saturday. Mr. Withers was. slightly ill Saturday night, but his condition did not become serious until Sunday night, when he sufferer! severe attack of heart disease which resulted in his death this morn ing. . Deceased is survived by five sons and five daughters, as follows: Mrs. Jennie Abernethy and Mrs Mary Cline of Catawba county, Mrs. G. R. Rhyne, of Gastonia, Mrs. R. A. Rudisill, of Maiden, and Mrs. Etta Ramsey, of Lincoln ton: Messrs, Henry Withers of Greenville, S. C, D. M. Withers, of Bessemer City, Marvin Withers, of Newton and U. C. and Waddell With ers, of Atlanta." Mr. Withers wife died several years ago. His home was at Maiden, where the body will be taken Tuesday morning on the C. & N. W. train, funeral and burial will take place at May's Chapel Methodist church, near Maiden, of which Mr. Withers had for many years been a loyal and faithful member. Gastonia Uazette. PLEASANT HOME NEWS. Mrs. Jacob Saine who have been quiet ill for the past two weeks, is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Leonard spent Sunday- evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Wood. . Mr. and Mrs. B. A, Heavncr, 'spent last Sunday with Mr. A. B. Heavner. Misses Sudie Wmtener, Bessie Leo nard, Mattieleen Heavner, Alma Yo der, Minnie Heavner, Ethel and Ila Brown, were Charlotte visitors Sat- urdav. Misses Ethel and I la Brown, spent Sunday evening with . Misses Alma and Hilda Yoder. Misses Mirnie.OkIa, and Mattieleen Heavner, spent Sunday evening wih Miss Mary Leonard. Messrs. Hinkle Houser, Mike Gil bert and Claude Self, spent last Sun day evemsr in Pleasant Home section. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hoover and family spent laBt Saturday night with Mr. Luther Houser. . Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Leonhardt and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Leon hardt s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F, Leonard. ' '. I Miss A Ida Hovis spent Sunday even ing with Miss Bessie Leanord. Mr. Memory Heavner, and Mr. Aus tin Leonard, who have been working in Gastonia, spent the week end with their home folks. . . Miss Mary Leonard, spent Monday nieht with Miss Mattieleen Heavner. Mr. "atd Mrs. Audie Gilbert and family spent' Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gradv Heavner. '. , Mrs. Eliza ; Heavner spent Sunday evening with Mrs. J. a. Harmon. ; Peach Blooms. PLEASANT HOME HONOR ROLL, - First' graded Fred Brown, Luther Ritchey, Ralph Yoder. Second grade Frank Heavner, Al- vin Taylor. - High Second grade. Emma Har mon. '. : Third grade---Katheleen Armstrong, Muriel Heavner, Gleen Harmon, Kath eleen Leonard, Ruth Mullens, John Ritchey, Annie Yoder. Fourth grades-John Heavner. Fifth grade Annie Heavner. Irene Heavner, Essie Leonard. Sixth grade Johnsie Leonard, Rus sell Leonard, Gleen Leonard,, Paul Heavner .Clyde Brown. Seventh grade Ethel Brown. Ha Brown, Mattieleen Heavner. Okla Heavner, Mary Leonard, Alma Yoder. Teachers. PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS CABINET TO MEET THIS MORN ING, Washington. April 13. Evidence of the activity of Industrial Workers of the world toward inciting and main taining, the. unauthorized -railroad strike continues to accumulate at the department of justice, and officials ad- mittea tonignt triey Gaw signs of an attempt to expand the rail strike into "one phase of a world resolution. Keports from field agents of the de partment were as yet not complete enough to permit determination of the government's course in dealing witn tne situation. Attorney General Palmer said no announcement as to the government's plans was to be ex pected before tomorrow at the earliest President Wilson today .issued a call for his cabinet to meet tomorrow morning. It will be the first time ho has met with his official advisers since his western speaking trip in the course of which he was taken ill. and tne striKe situation was understood to have prompted the call. In some quar ters, it was thought an announce ment as to the government's course would follow the cabinet meeting. THE GREEKS PLEAD GUILTY AT ROCKINGTAM Robert and Kent Greer Dlead eulltv to highway robbery and conspiracy and Judge Finley, in Richmond Supe rior court gave Robert Greer a year on tne roads and fined him $2,000 and uixea mm wun tne costs, the road sentence to be held up during good uenuviour. A.ent ureer was nned S2UU and each gave $500 bond to an pear at November and April terms of Richmond Superior Court to show good behaviour. The Greers are from High Point and held up an automobile near Rockingham recently and rob bed the occupants. Fourteen years ago, Hugh Duggan was Kiiieu near Engiewood, Tenn,. Last week. Richard Derick returned to Athens, Tenn., and surrendered to the sheriff for the crime. Derick made ma escape at the time moved else. where and changed bis name His tamily joined him. ly joined him. His wife dim! An authorized strike is bad enough, but an unauthorized one is worse, ' MTFORM ADOPTED BY THE DEMOCRATS OF NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh, April 10. The platform adopted by the democratic state con vention here Thursday follows: We, the representatives of the democratic party in - North Carolina, in state convention assembled, re affirm our devotion of the principles of democratic government, formu lated by Thomas Jefferson, and since his day constantly kept alive and ap plied in the administration of the af fairs of our nation by the represen tatives of the democratic party. We endorse the administration of the governmental affairs of the Uni ted States by the democratic party under the leadership of Wbodrow Wilson, and in doing eo we direct at tention to the fact that when the party assumed control on March 4, 1913, it found the people of this country hampered by a system of special privilege, a vicious tariff sys tem, created- for the benefit of a fa vored class, an archaic banking and currency system, . which fostered a money trust in the hands of a few great bankers, and a monopolistic control of many of the great key in dustries of the country upon which tne masses of the people depend for their necessary existence.. - We endorse the senators and rep resentatives in Congress from our state, who have so faithfully and ably performed their official duties.1, We view with great pride the able and successful administration Vof the affairs of the navy department ;by our distinguished secretary of thd navv. and we denounce unjust and? unpa- viiubii, cuui ui liio rejjuuiiirun party w uisureuit tne great recora 01 tne navy in the war, for purely' parti san purposes. ? - Constructive Laws Passed For six years the democratic partv was in complete control of the gov- ernmenr.. During this period a greater number of constructive; meas ures were enacted by Congress than were ever enacted in the same leneth of time by any administration in the history of the country. The' com plete program comprises, ,'T,among many others, laws providing lor the following: '! . . (a) A graduated income v t&x. which placed the burden of ' taxa tion upon those most able to bear it, (b) The completion of the meas ures for the election of United States senators by direct votenof tni -people. (c) Providing for publicity of campaign expenditures, for the Pur pose of preventing the ; scandalous use of money in primaries and elec tions, .The imperative need of such laws has recently been demonstrated by a notorious example within the ranks of the republican party. (d) Federal aid to good roads thus affording to those who live in the rural sections, and who are the mainstay of our nation some of the benefits which arise from constant and easy contact with the outside world. .(e) Vocational education, by which every bov and girl in both city and country ; may enjoy the op- uii,ujiii,jr uj acquiring lecnnicai training m nis or ner chosen voca tion. (f ) The agricultural extension act, by means of which the benefits of Science and experimental research re carried to the door of the hum blest farmer of the land. (g) The establishment of a de partment of labor in the cabinet with a genuine representative of la bor at its head. -(h) A non-partisan tariff com. mission, for the purpose of taking tne tarin out or pontics, and reuev ing American business of the injury ana uncertainty growing out of the constant tinkering with our' tariff laws. -. - (i) The establishment of a fed eral trade commission for the pro tection of honest business from mo nopoly and unfair completion j) - The Webb-Pomerene law, and the amendment to the war finance corporation act, under the provisions of which our foreign commerce being extended and foste.-ed, so that the united States may assume its rightful place of leadership in world trade. v (k) The creation of a ereat mer chant marine, which gives us a ship tonnage equal to the combined ton nage of all the nations of ihe world except that of Great Britain, which now exceeds our by a small marcin (1) Establishment of the federal reserve bank system, which sup- piantea a system created and pro moted by the republican party, un der which a small coterie of selfish men had for nearly 50 years con trolled the financial resources not oniy of the people of this country but of the government itself. This group, commonly known to the peo pie as the "money trust", under the monopolistic control enjoyeB ' by tnem, coum, ana frequently did, cre ate currency panics, to suit their convenience, and thereby visited upon the helpless masses untold mis ery and financial loss, for which they were in no wise responsible. The republican party, always the champion of special privilege for the favored classes, could not and did not correct these abuses, because that party was largely controlled by the recipients of these special privi leges. It is generally conceded by states men and financiers, both here and abroad, that but for the magnificent functioning of the federal reserve banking system the war could not have been financed, and (therefore victory could not have been won (nt) The federal farm loan bank ing system, whereby the farmers of the country-were relieved from . the extortions which previously existed, interest as are available to any other class. :'; Achievements in War When this country was forced into the war against Germany in April, 1917, we were without an army of any consequence. There were only 82,000 regular soldiers. We had few ships. The democratic administra tion raised an army and raised it quickly., It required a fleet of ships to carry food, supplies, and the army itself, across the seas to save the liberties of mankind. This country under a democratic administration created, : trained, transported and put into action 2, 000,000 men to fight 3,000 miles away from home. It had 2,000,000 more in training in the military camps of the country ready to when needed. It won the war. The army was brought home safely and in good condition. When the armistice was signed, the United States, under President Wilson, occupied the chief position of moral leadership of the world. Every newly liberated people looked to the United States as the light of the world. Every nation wearied by the long years of war, hopinjj for a revela tion of triumphant democracy, look ed to the United States for an en during peace. - Every honest man in every country " in the world looked to the United States as the one na tion of modern times whose motives were above suspicion, whose achieve ments in the war were great and un tained by greed or the desire for conquest, and saw here the one and only chance for the disinterested championship of peace and fair deal ing among nations and the govern ment 01 tne world bv lust interna tional laws, instead of by brute force. Republican War on Wilson. : The republican leaders, as soon as the armistice was signed, entered into a conspiracy to discredit the Presi dent in his peace negotiations. Per sonal spite and envy were every where discernible. Political animos ity followed the President to the peace table. Slander, unjust critr cism and threats of senate opposi tion were constantly circulated, and finally tho so-called republican "round robin" was siened and com municated to the delegates assembled at the peace conference. Every : un fair device which bitter partisanship could suggest ' was resorted to for the sole purposes of weakening the innuences oi tne American peace del egates and if possible to make their task of negotiating a permanent and acceptable peace impossible. At the very time when every con sideration of fairness, every patriotic impulse, called for a whole-hearted and non-partisan support of the American ., delegation, personal spite and envy and political bias charac terized the republican leadership in the seSate,'in their attitude toward the President and his Work at the peace table. When the President came back with the treaty, embodying the best thought of the world, including the covenant of the league of nations, for tne purpose of making future wars impossible, every natural impulse of the human heart everywhere was in accord with that purpose, But the republican leaders were determined to discredit and embarrass the Pres ident, at whatever cost to America and the world. At the outset they pacKea ana nana-picKed," the sen ate committee on foreign relations for the express purpose ,of defeating ine treaty. " Effort to Destroy Treaty. Their whole course for the eierht months they have been considering tne treaty , has been definitely con ceived and relentlessly pursued for the sole purpose of destroying that great instrument These rennbli- can leaders, for the time being, have succeeded in their unholy purpose. They have repudiated the treaty; they have wrecked the league of na tions; they have prevented world peace;they have repudiated a world leadership which nil the civilized na tions, including not only our allies, but also those who were not engaged in tne war, aceoruea to America. A small number of narrow and prejudiced partisan men. icon sti tutt ing the republican leadership in - the senate, have nullified what it took 2,000,000 American soldiers on tho neid of Erance to accomplish. America demanded that the prom lses made to our soldiers In 1917 and 1918 be kept that there should be an end of war; that the fruits of victory should be garnered and kept lorever. America demanded an en durin" peace. The republican lead- ership in the senate has repudiated these promises. It has caused the United States to repudiate its asso ciates in the war. It is now en- deavorin? to place this prest natinn that sacrificed so much for victory, in the shameful position of a moral coward, seeking to shirk its duty to itself and the oppressed peoples of the world; it is at this very moment enaeavonng to humiliate the coun try by having it go on its knees to Germany begging for a separate peace, upon such terms as the de feated war lords of Germany may see fit to impose. We believe that the enlightened sentiment of the men and women of this country is in favor of the rati fication of the treaty with the cove nant of the league of nations as virile part of it. - We believe that the democratic party is the only instrumentality available through which the Ameri can people can repudiate the dis graceful action of the republican leaders; and at the same time for ever put an end to such a military autocracy as was bred in Prussia and hurled upon the democracies of the world at the outbreak of the world war. ' We therefore approve the action of our President and our North Car olina senators demanding the rati catin of the treaty with Germany, including the covenant of the league oi nations, without destructive or nullifying reservations, or amend ments. we denounce the republican ma jority in Congress for its efforts at the present time to criticise the part which the American army and navy played in winning the war. The baf- ance of the world, including: not only our allies, but the enemies, hay ac - corded to America the honor of fi nally turning the scales against the enemy and making victory possible. The Only denial of our conspicuous part in this great achievement has come from the republican' party in Congress, y Merchant Marine. We heartily endorse the measure adopted by a democratic Congress which has given us a great merchant marine a great shipbuilding indus-l try, and we favor all such addi tional measures of constructive or remedial legislation as may be nec essary to maintain and operate un der the American flae. the lare-e tonnage we now have, and also to constantly increase that tonnage, un til the American flag is supreme on tne nign seas. Building up South's Ports We stronely commend the action of the director general of the railroad aumiuiBiraiion in granting to our south Atlantic ports, including those in North Carolina, the same favor able rates upon freight for export as have always been enjoyed by the great senports of the north Altantic states, and thus removing unjust discriminations which have so long hampered and Prevented us from exporting our own products and those of the western states through our home ports. We also endorse the action of the United States shippingr board under allocating to our southern ports, in cluding those of North Carolina,, an ampie number of ships for export tramc, tnereby making it possible to establish regular shipping lines to and from these ports. we glory m the courace and forti tude of our soldiers who fought and helped to win the treat war. and w favor a generous policy toward them oy our national government. Recommend Retification This convention recommends to the democratic members of the gen eral assembly of North Carolina that at the approaching session thereof they vote in favor of the ratification of the proposed 19th amendment to the federal constitution . State Government. In state affairs the democratic party owes to the people responsi bility for 21 years of continuous con trol of our government, and presents its recora oi stewardship, as the sur est guarantee of its capacity and ambition to measure up to the high est standards oi public service in solving the problems of the future and the greater state. lhe records of state administration headed successfully by Aycock, Glenn Kitchin, Graig and Bickett equalling the best traditions of the past in noblo purpose, and success fully meeting the problems of a rap- f : i. .1 i . . xuiiiiBiies auuiiuum inspiration ZOi those who come after them. We endorse the administration nf Governor Thomas W. Bickett. and oi ait departments of the state gov ernment. Economy in Government Rigid economy in expenditure of puonc iunds has been a fundamen tal tenet in democratic faith and practice. The democratic artv came back into legislative cantrol in this state in 1898 upon a platform pieaging adherence to a (policy of rigid economy. How well it ha How wpir l ' w JL-tl kept the faith during these years of continuous control is shown by the fact that, while keeping up with the march of progress, government still costs the people of this state less per : . ii . , . . . tnpiui Mian m any otner Btate m the union, save one, and exactly even with that one. as shown hv nm. fully collected reports of the United states census department. Times have changed and North Carolina is no longer a poor state Wealth has multiplied on every hand. Increased wealth brings in creased opportunities and bilities to the state, but makes none tne less imperative the fundamental principle, to which we declare re newed allegiance, that every dollar of public funds is a trust fund, to be administered with the utmost fidel ity to the public interest. - Budget System Futher safeguarding economical expenditure of public funds the last general assembly- 'established ' the budget system, for future appropria tions by the general assembly, re quiring that all demands for appro priations, from the state treasury except for emergencies be submitted to the scrutiny and inveoti i budget commission, in advance of tne convening of the general as sembly, i Reduced Taxes, We approve the record nf pfflr-iont, and economy which enabled the last general assembly to reduce the tax on property for the use of the state. state expenditures have necessarily increased, as the state has every year enlarged the sphere nf the people, and with the declining val ue oi money tne cost of maintaining inowtuuuns- nas .necessarily in creased but increased re wmw fcna been secured by more efficient admin istration of other forms of tax, and the tax on property for the use of the state was reduced last year from 23 2-3 cents to 11 2-8 rent nri in.i.,j ing both state and pension tax was re- aucea from m z-3 cents to 15 2-3 cents. Under the hicder valuation. this year this rate wifl be reduced to bdoui cents on each $ioo of prop erty. Income Tax Amendment ' We endorse the action nf th il assembly in submitting to the vot ers the iliCOme tax amenrhnonf in order to correct the inequalities of the present income tax law. No less fundamental as a nuhli virture than economy in nnmuiifiin of public funds is the necessity for equality oi me tax burden upon ev ery citizen. Careless administration of inadequate laws that result in gross inequality is no less mtolerabla, than practiced favoritism. We solemnly declare that the one purpose of the revaluation act, enact ed at a time when the state is de creasing its revenue from the proper- i ty tax, and by unanimous vote of the ' democratic and republican members BURLESON TAKES A HAND IN RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION Department Calls on Its Agents to Report Obstruction of Mails. Washington April 12. Independent of either the investigation by the de partment of justice or the creation of the labor board, the government en tered the railroad Btrike situation di rectly today through orders sent by the postofflce department to its in spectors and railway mail officials thruout the country for prompt re ports on any obstruction or delay of the mails. Many officials reports from strike centers have indicated activity of the industrial workers of the World in connection with the railway situation and officials said it was proposed to determine definitely whether this or any other organization was carrying cut a program that would brine it within reach of federal statutes. Not only, it was said, would such activity be dealt with summarily if the facts warranted 'ep-al proceedings but steps would be taken to prevent extension of the unre?t- among railway men to any otner industry. John Y. Jordan, chief deputy in the United States marshal's office at Asheville, has been anointed deputy cleark of the Federal court of the Western district with offices in Ashe ville, to succeed W. S. Hvams' resign ed. . .;: .. . of the general assembly, is to equalize the tax burden between all the people of the state as nearly as careful ad ministration of just laws can accom plish this great purpose, and we sol emnly pledge, that under democratic control it will be used for this single purpose. We call upon all the people of the state to co-operate in this great purpose, to remove as far as possible all discriminations and inequalities in the listing and valuing of every class oi property for taxation,: to the end that every citizen may be required to contribute no more than his just share of the public burden, and we pledge the party to the enactment of approp riate amendatory legislation to cor rect any injustice to any citizen or class of citizens that may develop in the administration of our tax laws. . Limitations of Tax Rates The revaluation act has justified its enactment by placing much property on the tax listing that has heretofore escaped taxation, and by cor recting inequalities - in revaluation, thereby relieving the honest tax payer from unjust burden. , It has for the' firstTtlmai?ipw thee"ple- of this and other states the: wealth . and resources of North Carolina, and has enabled , the state to take her proper place among her sister states, 'all of which will be of incalculable benefit to the state if, the rate of taxation for state, county and mu nicipality is properly safeguarded. The pledge of the general assembly to reduce every tax rate levied in the state for any purpose in propor tion to the revised valuations ef property will be and must be kept inviolate and we pledsre the E-enernl awbly to submit an amendment to the institution, as its special ses sion, when it will have full reports on revaluation sufficient to enable it to name a just and equitable rate, limiting the rate of tax that may be levied by state, county and mu nicipality that may not be exceeded except by vote of the people, and based on the principle of reducing the rate as the increase in valuation may justify and require. lhe special objects of democratic management of state affairs have been and will continue to be: lhe care of the unfortunate and dependent classes. A progressive policy of public edu cation. - Protection of public health . The development of a modern - system of public highways. : Care for the Unfortunate. During this period of democrati.v - control every hospital in the state for the care of the insane has been greatly enlarged, the classes of pa tients received extended, and facili ties for proper care and treatment improved and modernized. Entirely new institutions hnvn been established and maintained by tne state ior tne treatment and in struction of those afflicted with tu berculosis, the feeble minded, ' and for delinquent boys and wayward girls. A hospital for surgical treat ment of deformed children is under construction,, and a new home for white blind children is under con tract. In the care of dependent and defective classes of her population. and of neglected or erring children, North Carolina is now one of the most advanced states in the union. .' Publie Schools The education of the youth is the state's greatest enterprise, and it is imperative that our educational sys tem shall not only be maintained. but every means available should be used to strengthen every part of the pupnr: school system in order that it may serve the people most ef fectively. The last general assembly gave a fine exhibit of the policy of the dem ocratic party to carry education to every class of people in every sec tion of the state. If provided for a compulsory school term of at least six months, where heretofore it had been only four months; it increased the (Salaries of rural teachers in many, counties 100 per cent, and in practically all at least 50 per cent; it. provided ways and means for : : . , , i. i i i musing niuiiey witn wnicn to erect school buildings; it greatly improved the methods of teaching agriculture, home making, and trades and indus tries, and many sections of the state are now for the first time giving vocational education to many people that can profit most by it; and finally recognizing the need of better trained teachers it provided the means for training schools for all teachers, thus making it possible to (Continued to page four)
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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