Waw Yatfc, Mar. 34.—If ad tha \mmd
arda hi tha «mW w«m 1th* Mm Dtth
the »ml>IHty af -mm mM*" mM
M MtMWlJ raaMto whit* th* Mt
-tea aavaml t|Hii Ml til* Mrlal Mate.
Mm; pti i|« DWk. dm m tha
'had? *i4* of atity. aw to thi* roan
Tjr frn« Aaatrt.-. 'to »a« wnnibM
Mi (Ml to ward aa a talWi Mpn
•t 92.7 S a weak. Tmi and rwa af
ind ftrii|fiinf Jotlnwid.
TM; Dick ta • rich mm. Ha own*
a tMMMnt hauae at Ma. 67 Ktrtag
-aa n—it. In «kM tkm an already
3M cMUm an4 every Um* a hahy
■a km M a naWwt Am ha gliaa
ha yMRti |W. That ia. he haa a
•taMh« affer af |M far each mm;
-MM aftoa than *at. ha
hiawi hi three eiealh'a rant
TV laMat benefactor* af Dieh'i
<MHmm, which haa uniii far Ma
Bah4*a- iwul c auntlaaa word, af *eae
at inn ami praiae af Maaaatf, arc Mr.
eai Mrs. Jah* Deriei, who Uva hi
"tfcr third ftoor frnt"
Twin* wrrr hora to Mra. Barger.
ad all har naighhaf gathered far a
*4rhratian. Nana af tha fawlllai la
th* haoaa haa frwar than ft** rhild
raa. and Mm L SeulU la the afarth
ftoar frawt. ha* twal»a. Tha Batch
er* mmg and daaead. Thay Mat far
Mefc. aad In parean ha hiwaght tha
rtergeta th* utial maid.
"Whan f dia I nil tahr a rent with
ata" ba explained. "It tlree aM pleaa
ura to (h* thaai pleaaure. Than, too.
I aaat ferwt my earn early rtninM
1 HV< to l^-ip aiy >i-»Tta."
920.000 w««in« far Rick
Now York, K»» 44 -AH, tf wot'
more of tkr pomp and tplmdor of a
woddin* in Now York'* "40HT was
1i*playrd today at tkr r» rim illy of
mrki^k W W*llr^» — -*-* * '
w«im mj vvftiKcr wnMom
tor of the rfelmt im(nm in the world I
l-ecamc tW Mr of Or Henry Gordon
Jackaon, of CUmco. at St PUUp'i
KpMropal church in Harlem. Nino
thousand invitation* had feeon pent for
tho woddinr. «omi> of tkn roinc to
•»rrtually every country in the world.
The little church wan i rovM with
while on tho lidnnlk rwgio
of tho neighborhood stood in
•iloncr aa limousine after
1 mac nine rolled up to tho door to
• liacharg* fonrcouaiy (ownod nagrr
en and men N«*«r in Now York
net In Ai—lea, haa
audi Mornificonce at a ;
no«ro waddinr. Jewels worn by wo-j
mon irueats daizlod the eyes of be
holden. whil< aealaktn and mink, with
a scattering of ermine, wore thai
modes in fan.
The church ceremony with accessor- j
i«s «u Mid to have co«t 120.000. The
f/Ufir» wa* hanked high with gorgeous I
chrysanthemum*. Noted artists fur-'
nished the muaic. while a boy choir I
chanted the response* in the hiirh!
Episcopal church service. Rev. Hutch-,
en* Rixhop officiated and was aaaiatod I
by hi* Mm, Rev. Shelton Bishop.
The bride is the dsughter of C. J.]
Walker, negres*. who earned her first j
money aa a laundres* and then made |
a million dollar* by inventing a pre
paration intended to take the kinka
out of negroes' hair.
Baptist Face $1,750,000 De
ficit _
Raleigh. Nov. 24.—Over 300,000,
Baptist in North Carolina and every1
member of the denomination whether 1
his home be in the country or in the j
town, i* and should be deeply interest-1
*d in the approaching *ea*ion of thei
Baptist state convention. With onlyj
five days yet to go Before the boOki:
of the treasurer close the fact stares
' Baptist in the face that the conven
tion which convene* at Gastonte on
Decanber 11 will face a deficit of ap
proximately fl.7M.000
North Carolina Baptist! pledged
<7,0(12,499.19 to the "Seventy-Five
Million Campaign." in 1919. The
pledges provided that the amount waa
to be paid in weekly installments for
a parted ef five years. On December
1.IMS, the total amount of the ptOg.
e. due will be 16.041.489.R4. Accord
ing to the report* from Baptist head
quarters in Raleigh, the total receipts
for the "Seventy-Five Million Cam
paign" up to November 10 wa* UNr
' MM1, hni1i>0 a deficit at that date
af fljWM"»7* The probability of
is not Ifedr hat heroic action en the
past ef the ihuuhis can cat the Ml
Bslry Mates Bid fw 6*wwmMr
Oi fair SfStai Of IwliH
The aaMact aaai«m4 me hi; "A fo»e
System of Taxation tor North Caro
lina."
A**uming that we ail Amir* to da
the fair thine, that la the JMt and
equitable thing, we muat proceed ta
find a »tandaro ai fat hum upoa whkb
we alt May agree. Afmni upon
such i (tandard, and tutlM every
poller by it, err will roach a fair eon
cloatan.
1. The firat ■wilwn la, therefore,
what ia the •tandard ef falrneee with
reapect ta taxatioa T fertmMr. the
qoeetion ha* been mm wind by m
thorny, and that authority haa hack
of it the reelect ef ISO year*. I refer
to the firat Mixta at taxation aa Mat
ed by AdaM Mth, the father af Me
worh entitled ^Mn'ef Nsimo«."
■obhahil ia 177V. and yet torrent.
Thin Maiiaa Ia aa follow*: "The »ui>- j
ject* of every atate M(ht to mM*|
bote towoada the aapport ef (tnr
M«nt, aa nearly aa poeaibW. hi pro
portion of their reapective abliitie*; ,
that ia. In proportiee ta Dm ran a— ,
which they mpectirrly enkry under
• Fifteen great faadee have not •err
ed to impair thi* maxim; they hove
rather given ever-increaaing fore* to
ii> ii i* ■ccipiwi uworniciiif iniuu|n<
out the world, but eonly uaiveraai
ia the effort to defeat it by tboe* upon
whom it* force •hould fall. Moet of
our policioa for a hundred yean haa
been nowtanwd with effort* to brook
the force of thie atandaari: All pro
rlalM it, ail WJ* it, b»t beneath the
rarface there ia in tacoasbig effort to
evade it* effect. Here ia where the
battle* are fought while the ma«M«
art divided by *o«e »o-called "para,
2 Ht^nf t»t*bUlh*d the atandard
of faimaaa m taxation 1 pupmi now
to teat tmr North Carolina ayatem a*
it b by that atandard.
Wo have every allowable aort of
♦a 1—1100 in Mwth Carolina—odvalor
em tax** (or tax** upon property ac
cording to ita value) Hceaae tax** and ,
•alee taxes (on fertiliser* oil* and
I a*k you. whenever did yea hear any
legialator, aetttng about to impoae
any of theae taxes, even mi much a*
own that he had ever heard of Adam
Smith's elementary standard of fair
nee* that I have quoted T No the
idea ha* been to spend the money,
then to find auowtniag to tax, d li
e-over *ome nourrr of revenue to raiae
it, and thereupon gt. after it aa far aa
we dared! The powerful are always
on guard. The weak are alwaya the
victim*.
Thi* i* the cause of our trouble*
tbia I* the policy that ha* brought on
onreat. And need I any that our on
ly aafe course ia to fix in mind Adam
Smith'* first maxim and teat all taxes
bv It?
3 W» have first of all our prop
erty tax—on land and prraonal prop
erty. We do not eve* no much a« pro
fess to lay thin tax "in proportion
to the respective abilities" of the
owners; hut we lay it according to
value—and we go at once into a hope
less* wilderness in oar endeavors to :
ascertain values. We have no |rreat
difficulty in valuing a small dwelling;
it is snail and its value is easily com
prehended. But great commerical
properties baffle the most expert. The
conxequence is that the small home
owner pays taxes on full value and !
the owners of groat commercial prop- i
cities do not. This inequality in
creases the rate, and the small home- |
owner, therefore, pays not only on a
higher relative value than he «hould,
hut also a higher rate.
Again the fartner's acres are no
< i-rtain standard of the farmers' abil
ity to pay taxes. His income is de
termined by Kcaaon* and prices, sup-,
ply and demand. Inflation and defla
tion—all heyond hi* control. But he;
is cslled upon to pay a tax. that varies
only in it» tendency to go hirher by j
leap* and bounds, on a basis of value .
-not ability. Not only so, hir va
cant land* yield him nothing; :>ol he '
pays on them as if they were contri
buting to his ability to pay. He has
large sections in forests and he has to
cut these forests to pay his taxes in
hard years. If we are rapidly losing
our standing timber here is one reason
for it.
Now, I do not advocate income taxes
for farmers. Their incomes are too ^
small and too uncertain. But I do
say that taxes on a fanner's property
should be laid with respect to the
earning power of that property And
when I say this I am hut saying what
Adam Smith affirmed in his first
ma rim. the maxim justice. IDA years
ago.
4 So < much for land taxes. There
is another farm of property known aa
personal property ibA as pigs,
stocks, bonds, securities and the like
Taxes on stocks are paid by the jar
poration* issuing them. Government
bonds are tax-free Mgs. mt.le»
plows, etc.. are tsaed. Diamonds have ■
a way of disappearing «« tax fa*.
Hooey in hank may he offset by debts
—often by debts contracted shrewdly
for the purpoas. TV ciaiiBoiaei is
that indnidaals par rasaparitWeiy lit- j
tie lax an personal pripiitj As the
*** 'rsrjxrz usr*r *?v£
Ml If
1.11 R
ESr2r£r~ jiui
rtcioua 'krrW —* - the h«rf» .«•'
only to ■MMi
land with na regard what eaar t» tha
**£!¥ ZJ2 rrS
llfvoNMvn ^afYtws ^a^^BP *»
out. But the farmer is dnM the pri
vilege at increasing the rant. Ha
nint stand and Mm.
«MMn(*
and tend I
of this ca
af tUa paiiey
ia a yaat^depssd in Marth |
raraa la invest ia <
»T i
ad-nlaioa policy ia aakalatad nal aa
ly to paralyse a>»teaHuna; K li ih
calculated la arrest the progress af
far the aiattar with it
laaet la mat upon mrrty »alua».
Now with regard la another pnt ia
-T%k..kaiak.l>
Iky that ia kaowa aa "segregation of
taaas". What do we aiaaa by that?
All property Uua go to twtattiaa.
citiaa, and tawaa. Afl income, sales, |
laharitssn. peirUsas, lioenae, frm
chiee tasea ga la tha atata. Thai i
they arc sog legated la the atata. Tha
atata hao made a thrifty bargain with
aa—a bargain l|MlMiNtll*r IMKh
of tha m.ney-a^lng be tha atata.
It mpt t win girt to tha
cities and towna all fases derived
I will taha far state purposes all
taxes dsiived from incomes, inherit
anew, liaanaa*, aalaa, franchises, ari-|
jumfjSsI
fraa schools ($«?00o!»w') "IPthr toad
other than thoee taken ower hy tha
highway commies ion ail the county,
city and town general expenae—all of
this on pro party, about fli.MMOO per
yaar, I should say— while the atata
will take all tha mommrn. mhirttaan.
licanaa, aalaa aad franchiar taxaa far
strirtly atata purposes Her* wa have
thr explanation of tha difficulties of
oar eaanty commiasiaaerB who are
ron fronted year by yaar with deficita
and the neeaaaity for increasing taaaa.
put them in a hapi-l<-*<
ich ia the effect of a
ponition.
Plainly enough—it giv«w the stale
great revenue for state purpaaea, but
it pUaa the burden on the county com
mnmnnmi, iina-^vntrit ana iruanu.
1 think I have MffleiMtlr demon
»i rated that the present Us policy of
llw state is Nttfair: and not1 only so,
hut that it is intolerably unjuat and
unwise in its tendency to pat the har
den upon land.
<1 Now a word as to a fair system
nf taxation
First, let land be valix-d with a view j
to its earning power -lh«- rent paid '
wr the not income derived.
Second. Let the state apply more
of the revenue fro* income and in
heritance taxes to the free schools,
and to that extent relieve land.
Third, if necessary increase the tax
on income insofar as any income ex
ceeds >10,000 per annum to A per rent
and apply the tax not to state pur
poses, bat to the relief of property
taxes for free schools.
Fourth. Double the inheritance tax
where any individual inherits any ev
reas over S2I>,000; and apply this to
the relief of property taxes, for five
school*. Our inheritance tax is now
very low.
Fifth. If ne«-e»iary, we mav in-1
rewr ul*> the frunchuw taxei.
I would not advocate any of these 1
increases for ony purpose *av± that
of relieving property of it-* unfair'
share of the burden. In the degree
that these increases are applied to
the free schools, in that decree will
they rhift the burden from those un
able to bear °.U to thd** wh > are able.
Sixth. 1 suggest. farther, that we
devise a plan whereby standing tim
ber May not be taxed untii sold This
to encourage the propagation and
care of our forests. As matter* now
stand, taxes require tlw destruction
of oar foreate.
Seventh. Put in a straight system
of au<Ntir.& and inspecting tax liabi
lities, to the end that cech tax-payer
shall be required to pay all bis 'axes.
Outlaw the use of money in politic
and "contribution*" to candidate* or
partiea. This tort of .-aaney sooner
or later la repaid in privileges and
exemptions. One of the greatest and
moat dangerous of modem political
evils is the uae of money in politico.
A policy of strict economy should
he Instituted to the end that we ssay
arrest the present tendency to to
creaae taxes. There are any econ
omise that may he sent up without
in aay way affecting the progress of
the state. The tendency to lnrraaos
hamsadsas!**™uuthTut ^ >mnk
It mat he stapaad or w»°wili "du'be
nwaaapil with taxes. H my Mg
meat, the load is already greater than
is nsrsseary or right
USfeUr. ba-j
to J.
for
Cm
tU
m, in Yadkin, tl W milr. ba
'«**« Ta4kia*®» and Pornjrth ttaa.|
to W. D. Cnhw, ■*. Vila.
f«r rnjm.f;
RrWir> company. Chariot to for KM..
22M».
V C. FioMag flat Tikkw Urft
(Ml of MmMm
Southport. Nov. 24.—TV tool men
hadto hum mm t* bo hi lorr* off
the North Carolina coaat. The Fiah
rriao hvdgrti cempony'ii two plbnti
a boat nine miles abort bora, km B
RMuMk rlrer. jmH bo low tWa city.
have their fleeta of Motor hoota. much
leaa in aiae than the boats ti tko o»
rtrrr plant*, bat they poeeese «oaw
advantar* in Wins aM* to follow the
aehoola of flah nearer tha beach, aa
the vaat arhoola of Mriodtn. roror
ln« milea in area, taaho thotr way
from the north to the osoth
• Tie preo- t r.m of tw fa»-hnck»
..re rri*«-d b/ :he factorv nr . .. They
. "fer in ird igoiK • f-nai toe
warmer weather fish of a month or
«o airo. a* they e.re larger. fii m and
ilu »it ma»h iVw» of ' "r*ir e"r ■ eiffht.
Tht> .,rr rkh in oil poaaeaa a km<I '
deal of roe. Thia roe differ* in taste
and what micht he railed texture
from a had and mullet roe. Many pto- j
frr It tA anv nther kinH »f flak Ma I
On the itmtn these dtjri thr *ellers
of tiii* menhaden roe stand and so to
private home* with backet* filled, and
it Mil* at a lower price than other fiah
roe. It ia very plentiful Ju*i now.
The inrrraninjr catch of menhaden
ia aeen in the preparation* already
made for nhipment* of oil from here,
all the oil or the greater part of It
bemir 'hipped from here in nil tanks
car* to northern Huyen It ie brought
alonrside the railroad dock, and pump
ed from barge* into the can direct.
Fifty to sixty thousand (ration* of
this fi*h oil i* now (tint fntm here.
It i* manufactured into soap, uaed in
perfume* and also in some, food pro
duct*
One Divorce in N. C. Far II Marriagea
Hecorda Show
North Carolina svers(re« one di
vorce for every ILK marriagea,
against one divorce for every SS In
1#1«. according to the department of
rural social economic* of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. Thar* war*
BM divorces granted in North Caro
lina in 1914. and 1.S17. an Increase of
100 per cent in divorces, while totalj
marriages increased only 3.5 par cent. I
the divorce menace ia growing at a
rapid pace in this state. Except for
South Carolina, which (rants no 4-|
voire*. North Carolina made the beat'
showing of all atatea in IttH.
Ilea Lays Ml Eg fa la Eleven Month. (
Two hundred and fifty-eight oggs
in ten months from January 1 to Nov.
1—this ia the record of a Rhode la
land Had hen at the Mountain Branch
neat Usannaaea station of Ike North
Carolina Experiment station, accord
ing to report* toceived at BsMgh
Island Red hen, it was reported laid]
Ot eggs In the some parted and both |
•f the thlihiw are still tajtag. Egg
J
mt4htg to tha prtll >114 utory. that
mm firm nuiwil by Dr. OmtIm
K. TuyW. fni hi pwi'^Mt of lh»
mlhf in (MM, and that h» ''tvuU i
• total of 73* din to dho
of 912JM
H tha award af tha
than tl.M6.MA.
» Pi
of tho
of Lm
Haaa, Ik., on
with mate raM at $M,
Uarnad today, h wan tho
Wy af tha flm within a frw
thio^oo rwontly
worth HO.MA.
TW day* af* tl» firm of
Jackaian and mm wu rgbM af fan
worth MO,Ma and ahoot It day* a#o
hnrfian «nt M^tO worth of for*
frow tha Fifth arroaao daft af HtcH<
WarM'a
Chicago, Nov.
Be**, a HotaUin cow, LwpUtid a;
tut at mvm jrnn of age vMh • pt»-[
of MUM Mi W
pound* butterfat.
equivalent to 1.194.4 pound* of tat
ter. making Iwr the world'* champion
milk row for production under atrict
Ijr offirial rule* armrdiix to anna
moot of the Hoi»teiri f'rieeian
riatiofi of America.
Beaa' production for thr year i*
ufficien' U- *upplv M familie* with
one quart at milk each day for MS
eoaoecutive day*. the announcement
»aid, aa for XSO day* the cow produc
ed an average of 100 pound* of milk
in a one-year teat period. Shr i* own
ed by the Fred P. Field Dritch Hoi
■tote farm- at Brocktoa, Mix . and
her weighing and sampling of eock
milking and all bottorfat testa wore
made under the au^hnriaion of the
Maaaai-huaett* agricultural college
Mysterious Axe Slayer Strikes
Down Another
Birmingham, Ala. Nov. 24.—The
mysterious sxe slayer who ha* tar-!
mriwd this city during the past two
years, struck another blow Saturday,
night, John Juiliano. Italian miner
lies dying in General hospital as the
result of a blow on the head with a j
blunt instrument.
Juiliaeo was attacked on Eighth ave
nue between 26th and 26. h streets as
he walked toward the hone of a friend. j
Suddenly out of the darkness an un-1
identified person dealt him a crush
1* blow over the head with a blunt in
strument, believed to have been an
axe or hammer. Th« victim's pockets I
were ransacked of 1100 in cash and a,
•.'t>ld watch. He was found a few min
utes later in a pool of blood on the
sidewalk. >
The assailant again made a clean j
getaway—just as he baa done on 21 j
previous occasions
Drunken Negroes Threw Con
ductor Off Tnun
New Bern, Nov. 34.—Capt. Sam
Moore, conductor on the Norfolk
Southern passenger train from Boas
fort to Goldsboro. had a narrow sa
rape from death or serious injury
when ha was thrown from his train
near the end of the Trent river tres
tle by drunken negroes, wham ha was
attempting to hold for local officer*
late thia afternoon
TVtm drunken nmuw hoarded
Captain Moore's train at Havelock
and on the way to New Bern hsrams
disorderly. Ha wired for an officer
to meet the train at the New Bent and
of the treat la. hat ths blacks learned
of It, and attempt »d to leave the train.
Captain Moore seised one oa tha plat,
form hat a second ana aught Ma am
and poshed Mm off the moving train.
The porter fsend Ms asp ee tha plat
form and stewed tha train aftor It
had ne a Weak • Mt
careful xtuity, tka
fwmitiv* ■■ brlwvrd to br Uto pm
irvnttor of tlw Ami'Icm Mhi aai
tlx rooain of ttmac nen *Mdl nw
<4 th» (facial lUppn of I
And m that Mr.
<•»* of A«ertean fraMf»tS*r*. Mr
not hav# to hoar
»f irMiiiioU ami tl
laM of the ««rW'« jr«
wife ha* «h«» up out of tho crrv*
Her ahull by beaid. We. OHm*
iuat fMwh to he praoouncerf 1Mb
<fM. widely m IT with
pradifioQii ifffgik Ntfht to
fend her Mate fmi that terror wfcfefc
may have laid than down to heeaaaa
the ritidir of another age.
Both «kull» are HtnonNirly
h«n»y nearly tvto aa thick of rraa
inn ax any prewnt-day man la pro
file they 'hoe no forrhaod nhalreer
The slop* from frontal hone to the
hark of the head la More pmnowaeed
than that ia the famous relic af the
s.arderthal aw- who ia aeeerta*. to
rare tieed In K" more thaa tti.
nc upprr •»
■ he mm* at an |d
in the i|m. But the tMlfc, flat and
■wjuarr like thou* of a cow, prove tMr
owners human, though far iluai th*
transitional xalt. according to Har
rinirton.
Thr Santa Barbara pair wore ikort
>i«l »quat. presumably ff«din| larre
ty on nwdl and herbs that nnj»d
vigorous irnnd'n*.
Implement" and crude weapons
'ound near thr bones were similar
t. Ihow identified with the old Stan*
or i'Mithic Ave in Europe.
"T> aixe and contour of the skulla."
lays H. rrinjrton, "indicate that they
antedate the Neanderthal man. It is
certain they are not thoae of Amori
ran Indians Nor are they apoa. '
"They come wwwhm IwtVMi
the two. The Santa Barbara skull
I* that of a tub-man—a link apparent
ly between the father of the Amcri
can Indian and the early human* of
the European continent for which
sciential have lone been searching.
The life of Mr. and Mrs. Baiter
pnaii wu the precarious existence of
Stone Ago folk hi the rod daw* of tfca
race. Prowl :g the coastal benches
with them are fierce ramivora, aot
sbly the saber-tooth tfear, who alao
left hta raaaain in the La Brae tat
pita near In Aaplta.
Om lla eastern horiaon hung the
fiery |kw of volcanoes Bean in
thoae days southern falifai11^ aa
its luoatan might baaat. waa ataa
snd warm, while much of th* »wM
•aa shlrering in glacial
•ery of the