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FIGHT PAOFS the MoxnoK jornvvf. ti iiy. jamakv 4. 102 EIGHT PAGE I I I TlMMie APPOINTED AN inVaTGATNi3 COHWTTCC ! i G TO tOOIf WTtf TM6 CXPCNOlTVReof THREE - 0 rf v v I r-7 vlA"$ ccntj rwMTHe ctva'j Fund which uJAruw4ccoyN7Gro. .a I YaGtlo Stand Up for VJIffN (A, is33 M y.y ' By TERCY L. CR03PY . MZ&l Wft ssSZsZZZmS& 5S H I VV lUt Will JL UU 1JUL n in 1921? We solicit the privilege of supplying your table the coming year. We are exceptionally well. equipped for this service, as we carry a complete stock of everything desired in the grocery and food line, and know from long experience the high quality of the brands we handle. Cordial relations with the wholesale houses enables us to buy at the closest possible figures, thereby making it possible for us to quote you prices that can not be undersold. Shall we feed you in 1921 Biveris Brothers 282 PHONES Zoo ?? XX H XX XX u XX XX XX li it II 4A .t. p i tx A? Extend Credit to Farmer and Re vive Foreign Trade, Says McAdoo Former Secretary of the Treasury Would Also Increase Transportation Facilities and Lower the Burden some Taxes to Relieve the Country A FEW MORE FREE BOOKS ( COTTON RECORDS AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX RECORDS We are specializing on fire Insurance, and enn give prompt and ef lleient service. We represent Companies with assets aggregating over Ono Hundred Million Dollars, and are tlorolore prepared to give you the vtiv best protection at lowest rates. FARM PROPERTY Our policies covering f.irm property, protects you again.' t, loss from fire, lightning and wind storm, nnd covers live slid; an;, wli re with in l lie county. We write this In three nnd five year ten.. and give you the privilege of paying one-tifth cash and the balance i equal iiniiiial payments. It will pay you to see us before pla. i. - your insurance. s GORDON INSURANCE & INVESTMENT CO. I miners & Merchants I'.anU llultill; g Monroe, N. C. i KKAii wii.n iiAg poind IN lOl.lMlllS (OINTV M Two Iteincilios. "I am Tli bad shape. Horsey." said the Old Codger. In reply to the in fju'iv of a nelghboi. "I am m rim down that I don't feel like- undeilak Inu anyihinn thai even remotely re sembles work. It takes a real iffo.t for t.ie to drag myself round. I don't relt.!t what 1 eat, and my dyspeps'n lia. made me so crabbcl that 1 fel like snappintf and snarling at every body who addresses me. Indeed, some people say I ad like a crossroads railway-htatlon aent. I b.-lieve what would fit me would be half a dozen bottle of the good old-fashioned In dian medicine that used to be sold on our streets twenty years ngo, In the light of a smoky torch and to the accompaniment of comical songs by a nigger with a banjo, by a hard faced. Mouth-hated agent who had been captured by the Kickapoos in his infancy. But as I cannot very well get that valuable remedy now day, probably a public rtince would do me just about us much good. Yes, I r . kon so." Jolting Die ('until. Good days are ahead for baseball. The sua aain shines brightly upon the n;ti')i'.al sport. Juiitte Keitiraw Mountain I.andis, ft at less federal Jurist, is the new czar "f the ioVoall world, with an nua! salary el' J 1 2.f.iM.. w ithout in tcrlerini: wiih his judicial duties. With Jud-'e I.andis in ;!i:o',u!e coni r ttie public will atain repose Mil'K.ne f.iiili and conlideme in the futuie (I lao sport. It will be fair and cb.in, beiause Landis himself is both of these. No man lias ever had Influence or pull enough U, move him from .1 course which he diemed to be jusi an I ii.:'ai. The now rr;r nas a kind and sym pathetic heart for the uufoi innate, and he dearly loves little children. But to professional crooks and evil doers he Is probably the greatest ter ror who ever rat upon4 the federal bench. Long live baseball and Landis. Kxchuiige. s.ki: JtKI.LoWS ' V.M'S t'ATTI. .ikk nn.i.. :; AND U'MiS Nhoisli'i- Ke.ilile I'liirbtens I'eonle !n t ilhae On tin" Tciine-.sev ' niul (iftirgla l-liie. An enormous snake which bellows like a bull, according to those who have seen and heard it, bs terrorized pi ople in the vicinity of Bay's moun tain, in Tenne-isee, says an Atlanta t. 'an who has just returned from that vicinity. Estimates us to the length (if the reptile vary from 30 to 5o fee'. Recently it wriggled across a corn field, and interested persons ineaiuicd the width of its tall which ws reported as 18 Inches. liftir? uhmi uni!ill n1i?t nnil other . , J', animals are said to be missing In (the neighborhood over which tho j hallowing snake holds pwiiy. Investi gation, according to the Atlanta man, revealed evidence wincn inclines io the theory that these animals were the prey of the reptile. It is a known fact that snakes have no bono in their jaws like limn to keep it irom distending Jheni suf nViently to swallow animals larger than one might suppose, so that some persons around Hay's mountain fear I hat a careless child may some day be the snake's victim. It seems, however, that there Is never anything new any more. Af soon as it happens "everybody told you bo." "I'mle ,Jih'" t'niiiioii Is )blet Olliei. ! Holder. I'nrle Joe Cannon Tuesday re ceived congratulations l:om thei t'ni'ed Stales congress for havinu M'lvcl longer in I'ytt body than any oilier man ill the I'nited Stiles, lie ' h is j , i i Mutinied on' f irty-three y. .i,i and nine month's Venice as a ci, acre s'aa-i, ten years less of service in thai body tViti the veorrthle Olad- ' .-ton" se.veil in tin? Kii'r'.: !i parlia- ! .lit. "I'ttete Joe" although a tyrant 'when he was a leader of the house 'some years ago, is liked by all men I in Washington, and Is the particular ( "mascot" of the newspaper men who have attribu:ed to him many smart j saylncs. A few months ago, "I'ncle ;Joe" fell while in' the callar of his I home aud sprained an ankle. Para i t' richer all over the cotinttjr found i n(ich merriment in the veteran's mls ; hnp In view of the fact that the cellar I has rome to mean o much In Amerl 'can I.fe. Hog Has Keen the Terror of Hunter i'or Many a Year Is Not a Cap tive In Stable. Fair Bluff, in Columbus county, has a real' curiosity in the shape of a genuine wild bog. captured .Monday in Columbus Bay a few miles up the ,'iver in liobeson county by Mr. J. ';ibb. Sometime between elevcli and t.itrlee.i years ago the hog was the Pi. ;ierty of Mr. J. P. Wadticll of Pair Ilu. f, it ran wild and re-isied all etiui.s to effect Its capture or to kill it. Year after year the boast roam ed in the forest and marshes along !he tivi r, gradually growing w ilder ad fiercer. It is said to have acquir eu a seen: as keen as that of any dog aua the dutlant approach of a human beii.g was the signal for it to cut for the tail liirficrs. It was known to occasionally associate with free range hogs in the woods, leaving I hem in stantly at the least sign of the ap piaach of man. Equipped with formi dablo tusks and an equally formidable strength it was the tettoi of hunters on account of tin. havoc it played with their dogs when they encounter ed it. Many line canines are said to have met a summary death ami oth ers have been hopelessly cut and torn by thu wild animal during it many years of freodom. It was apparently afraid of nothing but man, and not of him when driven to bay. Hun dreds of shots are said to have been 11 red at it without apparently in the least injuring it. Its hide had ac quired the toughness of that of an elephant and nothing but a rille bul let would penetrate It. High waters in the river and swamps during rec ent weeks drove tho animal from its favorite haunts and .Mr. Crlbb con ceived the Idea of building a box trap and luring the animal into it by means of careful balling day by day. It was useless to attempt to got near enough to shoot it. The hog is now being confined in a strong stable here in town and i.i attracting mtii'li atten tion. It is very poor from the priva tions (hat it has under-one during the winter but will weigh in tne neighborhood of two hundred pounds, lis hair is almost w hite, owim: to its great age and lis bears numberless scat's nd wounds from tho various e:,- luinters it has bad. Tin; felt Hits l'u..led. A Well-known physician of New York tells ulii he ilo, not know t whence his ances'ors caims I Now, be bad ahvavs understo"it 1 that his ancestors weie Scotch-lt isli. aipl on the Mieimih of that beli"! hud prided hlmsol! on their ro;a blood. Once it occurnsl to him to mi and liav a look at the old place whence they were supposed to have come. When he arrived at what be believed was the right dirtricl ho appealed to an old Irishman to tell him the exact spot. The Celt regarded him much as one does a crazy man, and then slid: "Ye say that your ancestors emit grated from here two hundred yea-s ago? Then why tho deuce, sir, are ye lookln' for them now?'' Don't court trouble, wife instead. Court your William G. McAdoo, who sa! the j South from bai kiuptcy in It'll while, he was secretary of the treasury, lias; a solution for the present d"pression ! i xpu ieti.:ed by the prolurers of this , country. His plan, as outlined in a special news d.spatch, is as follows: , "As I see tin situation, llt. cuur.l: cam.i'l link vith inoillei ctice upon 1 the distressing situation in wbicii: the ('..liners ti'ld themselves because of the tremeialous sluinkag in ih' value of ugrii uliurul product. vV 1 cannot excuse inaction nor u.sin.si ill' littler w,:h a mere oiist rv a. n ... , thai l llaiiun is nect. arv, am' ihai , l;t i nit is limit take 'heir unvlicnie 1 along witu lae rest of the rnunli'.v. Tile farm Industry is basic to t!u lile t.f the ration, and po.-.-csscs a upeiinr claiu to I'mi.- iib ral ion, i.ttl alone becaiis its prosperity is our. :ies protfclinti, out al.u o cause tne iartu.'i', by lh(. very lia'lil'e of his business, js i. ore exposed to ativti.-e tiiliuetici"'. ami has !".-. pro, on ion jaitisl t heiii than any oilier class, lite bulk oi 'lis crop imttltiva al i same lime arid if forced npoii the maiket all at onco or in a short period he ma) not rtifle even :ht-co.-t ft pi'Oilrctioll. "To have a (bailee to main' a f i.r profit be must heve credit to cany his ctop for a reasonable time. Hi must have ample, tvouomical and proinp railroad tianspi.rtation to gel his crop to inar,ket at the times when he ran sell advantageously, and be must have- sufficient eouvt i.ietit and reasonably cheap storage facilities for the conservation of his crop while, wu i t in.it for a faveratde maiket. Nj 'lt is In the highest degree to thv iiilcrosl of the people as a whole that the farmers shall havo these facili ties and opportunities so that specu lation and greed may not thrive on his misfortune on ihe one hand, and that the consumer may not suffer from the extortion of profiteers on the other. "When colossal losses like those the farmers are now sustaining over lake them, every line of industry suffers, factories close, business shrinks, labor is thrown out of em ployment and confidence is seriously shaken. We ate alrtvuly experi encing Ihes? unhappy consequt 1410s. "Of course, pi ices in the I'nited States could not be kept permanently 011 an inflated and attitiria'l basis. Do nation was necossarv and Inevitable. but the processes of deflation ate fre quently more dangerous than the processes of Inilalion. It is easier in climb a tree than to come down. For this very reason the ro-adjust-metils ihro'tgh which al! industry and business are now going must be'deait with Inn lligently, und eased in every reasonable way. It is the impera tive duty or those in civil authotiiy a id of those who control cnslit to exercise their powers so as to pre sent needless distress and preserve confidence. Policies Tiki Hi asti, . "I am frank to say (hat I think j that the policies thus far purstu-d with respect to credits have been too drastic, but whether or not I am right, I am sure that the situation should now be reviewed in the light of c-xlstins conditions. A nunc liberal policy about credits should be pui into effect Immediately, I think that the reserve bank rales could he pru dently reduced, and that member binks could bo safely encouraged to make loans on agricultural products and to business generally on reason able time to those who can give ade quate security nnd that the whole situation would be beneficially affeci ed by this procedure. "Every intelligent person sympa thizes with the effort to prevent' spec ulation and the use ol credit for purposes no! bein;licii,l to (he gen,. 'i interest, ln.t a wise discrimination should be ixercised. and certainly the primary producer lik the tarnni .'lo'il.l not he forced to In ir th; brunt t.f the tact ilice. "In many pans of t'r courrry. 'specially in the agricultural it'icls, credit is almost, entirely vaM i'r: and in manv lines of l-xllitaatc Iso inoss and industry gnMt lu.-ses are being sustained because of tin 1 'striction of credits. "The point 1 wish (!) Impress is thu; deflation has In ..a carried so fir and wl h such rapidity I hat we must now reconsider the situation, make an effort to prevent further distress an I suffering, ami brine .mem p revival of imi'isttv and con- fidence. "With this lu view, we should make every effoil to stimulate and nlarbc our export trade. This is es pecially Important (o (he farmers be cause approximately fifty per co ii of our export trad" rejire.'t ;:ts agiii iil tural products. Eitropt-ui natfons de . ii v our cotton, grain and other pro ducts, but have no credit. It Is to our Interest to supply' that credit. I therefore think that the revival of the War Finance Corporation is high ly t!e:,rable. I believe that it can exorcise an immensely beneficial in fluen.r upon lb" export fade if it is operated on a sound and scale. "The recent action of the League of Nations at Geneva for the es tablishment of an international com mission to consolidate the credits "' Mi's.e of the Central European pow ers i.ad utilize them in Ihe purchase ol American commodities, is an im portant step and olfers h new op tioriiinily for helpful service by t lit -War Finance Corporation. "Every influence of this govt ra- tiienl should be promptly exerted to secure a prompt determination of lie ! : i.ttttnil of (he German indt-muit). So long as this question remains jiusct , lied, it is undoubtedly true Unit theie . an be no economic rehabilitation 0' 'Gcrmaliv and the Central Power-- and so long as this continues, tier r'eilit and tuiyiug power is reduced in a minimum. (.ei man Indemnity, "If the Get man indemnity was i',x d today it would enormously help ihe economic situation throughout he world, u,nd an immediate maiket would be opt nerl for America, food, cotton and manufactured products which would not tjnly relieve great Mtllering in Europe, but rebound to our tivn prosperity. It Is a great pity that the Peace Treaty was not ratified promptly, as this would have put an American representative on ihe Reparations Comailssion ami would have i-nabled our government long since io have brought about a settlement of the German indemnity with benefit to Ihe entire world. I have long been convinced that we ougln to te-establiih (cade rela tions with Russia. It is not uu-e-sary to recognize (ho Soviet gov ernment to do this. Why should we refuse to let people In distress in Kussia or elsewhere buy our products, if they can pay for them, no matter what form of government they may choose for themselves? We have always stood for the right ( 1 peoples to determine their own form of government and I must say that I have nevi-r been able to see any reason for our siand that we tuu-t not trade with Russia because we do not ilke or do not recognize her ( x- isting govern tit. The opening up of Russian trade and I am sure that it can be. accomplished under condi tions that will reasonably protect , cur citizens would be very helpful to our business situation. I "Ol course, taxes ought to be re-! adjusted and reduced. Last .Match i 1 publicly advocated funding a large 1 pari of our Homing debt. This could , be done, and should bo done, so that ! Its pressure may be taken off of the American people, and especially oil j of business nt this lime of unavoid- able re-adjustment. The tax burden! should be. lightened, and can be by ; lumling two billion dollars of the m'ating debt durjtig the next tv. j eais. Why should we continue high ' laxes merely becau e a relatively few people think it sounder policy (o compel the present generation to' pay Mill more of the war cost than to pass a reasonable amount of it on to the futuie generations? KtHluce Taxes. "I'nfottunately the present Con gress has refused for two years to do anything to relieve the tax bur den or to prepare for this inevitable period of re-ndjiistment. Taxes should be reduced nt this session (,f the Congress. There Is no excuse for delay. It is essential that the busi ness interesis of the country know at Ihe beginning instead of at the end ol the year the basis upon which business must be conducted so far a taxation is cotvet ned, ami be able to go rorwurd with certainlv and cult- ,11 .... . . - oioiice. tine or (lie griovtirs I -, (ol the tax legislation of the last !er.'l yea is was its enactment by 1 Cue-: 1 s.s jit the t nd ol the ear ! !.'"i!ive fleet (or the eliiire I "1 !i" Coni.iess should !.!! 'self unsparingly to ec.i',o;,i) in j wiidi'iir -s. Genuine economies 1 bo 1 ffe, et bv "j tn Higt t;i invi si tmn ami legisl-uion. The re bility however, nsls uwm th grt ss itself, lecause it com nils ihe puise-striDs and therefore has the power to limit expenditures. Coligresi .should no longer make gifts or au thorize loans directly lrom Public Treasury to any class of business lu ibis country. I refer particularly to the gilt of Het.il'Ml.UUO made by the present Congress to Ihe railroad cor porations a'ld to the thict hundred million dollars which (he preseut colitress directed ihe Treasury to bud to railroad corporations at s.x per rent interest. Why should fhe people of tho I'nited States be taxed in make g'f - and loans to ruilioad liberal (compani-v, r gating .ooo.OtlO 1 win n wo are aitcedy ovt i -bu. deiied with taxes for purposes which e can not escape. There is no justification tor policies like this. Cut I lotto Army niul ay Appropri ations. "The only way 10 effectively re duce tier tax bill is to eel down our army ami navv appropriations. If we bad j.iin.i !', League of Nations, that prom.: -t th" tuu-t immediate and surces. l ei v. ay of reiiiu ii::: arma ments with 1. :y to nil n.u ii.ti- run cet in (i. liel . .: f" we ha', e not joined '.ho league, 1 1 ink Senator Borah's suggestions 1 .' .in iinmcdiatt- ;.gree e:i 111 wita C. ,'. v.d and Japan for a limitation 01 r. . . I cx d it tiros is val uable anil thai sinb an a'-treeim-n; ouelit In he reaehetl, il po-.-iiile. This V'oulil be a practical step in the right t'triytion, t vi n thought nit a ti or .evhiy sat isle.i lory one. Tin' fact that the suggestion emanates from a Republican who has been a consis tent opponent of the league and that it is utterly inconsistent with his previous assertion that agreements of this kind are a surrender of sovereignty, makes no diifereliee. "I am opposed to increased iax3S on moderate Incomes. Already these Incomes are bearing a larger propor tion of taxation than is jns'iiied. A radical revision of the war income taxes is essential to th prosperity of the country, and in that revision the moderate incoiuo tax payer must have his burdens reduced instead of increased. "To sum up. I should say that a more liberal policy about domestic credits ought now to be pursued: that our foreign trade should be stimu lated nnd enlarged; that the War Fi nance Corporation should be revived to assist it; that the German ln "diuulty should be defined at quickly as possible so that the Cent 'al Eu ropean markets may ho opened to our fariueis, manufacturer-) an I business men; that trade relations wiih Rus sia should be resumed as promptly as possible; that a nlrge part of ihe floating debt of the Treasury should be funded; mil that taxation ought to bo reduced and re-adjusted at this cession of the congress. "If these steps arc taken prompt ly, I believo that they will gready relieve the present dist t es.-ing situation." Too Much of a !Po Thing;. When a fellow buys an automobile, he expiets to secure some pit. 'sure from its use. But the fear of then is a continual burden on his mind, lie aev."- kno.vs what morning hi will find his ga rage empty, or when his (i f will be "lifted" on the street. That is because our laws ate not adequate and our courts are in many cases too lenient. Auinniohtlo thievery has multiplied at an astounding rate, a-id few if the crooks are ever brought to jus tice. Even when caught thev are too frequently let off with a' nominal fine. What we neo is a law lurking It a penitentiary offense to steal a car. !'"! vltli a generous reward (o any person furnishing informal io,i that leads to the apprehension anil ropv'r tlon of an offender. Between the tewa'd and h' "pen" the lucrative occupation of stealing cars would not appeal so strongiy to Ihe gemrv who ate low we.rkiP.u it to perfection. Exchange. RHEUMATISM u:t : ev- the r - x- an 1 !:.!-1 sponst e Con- CORDON INSURANCE anil INVESTMENT CO. INSURANCE EXPERTS Phone 209. Fanner A Merchant Hulldlng. Bank Physician Peliove n Ileal Iteinedy lor tie1 iliM-iLse ila Hern Pound. Kherjica. the oudetiul rheuma tism ten, 1 ii st h! ! ..' druggists every v.lieii.givi quicK.. t' and more lasting relit f i!au (tlier remedies costing man,. 1:1 '(-.. ; :. much. Ii hen i i: s n.us the ('radlv noi- scn.eus si ere i n'r quo the bowels and ikld'.evs. fr m which they are quickly 1 throw 11 olT in a natural, healthy way. Rad what a reputable physician ' t-ays about Rheuma: "I have made a most careful investigation of the i formula employed in the tnanufac 1 1 lire i f Uheunia, nnd I heartily rec- oinmeud it us a remedy for all forms of rheumatism. I find Uheunia far I In advance of Ihe methods generally employed in the treatment of rheu matism, and altogether different in composition from Ihe remedies usu ally prescribed." Dr. M. C. Lyona. This should give any aufferet from rheumatism confidence to try Rheu-' ma. English DniR Company will sup ply you and guarantee money re funded if Rheuma does not give com plete and lasting relief.
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