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BAILElfi MAKES OPENING
SPEECH IN RALEIGH
sS sSs~ *
piM bora lultti hi Ma Ant far
Ma! to at* rampaim for tha
iwiiiiilli! nammatlea for gwmtor
ml North Carolina, J. ft. ChaMine, Jr.
■CviiM tt th* BMthiff Daekfiiii
n.12 "L-~ ^ . T*T"' #5TX3
WK IV piVpiMMI W ■now UNI QIPBCI
UlatiiH of Mlltiei to human wilftrv
And what could bo done to mmdvi
the condition of all people, Mr. Bai
ley said that thant war* BOu.OOO homo*
to North Carolina of which 400,000
w« rot tarn arhawiii raaldad fami
Vm on ImuMM Um than 9Z.M0 par
year and that at laaat %>>0fl00 of theaa
familiea were living on laaa than (Mil
fla taat of uiutraM ta what It ba
Ing done for tna raliaf of aoeh lowly
faMiltea and not haw Many milt ion
airoa wa have in onr atata, tha apeak
ar Mid. Tha Maaaara of progruM la
human betterment and there an float
thin** to be dona alone thia Una in
OOF Stilt#.
Mr. Bailey rlaaaifled tha taah be
fore the atata to ba tha wrariai of
jnot freight rate*, equal taxation and
a political awakening and reatoration
of rapraaantativa government. Km
phaaisinr that the tMmadlate taak waa
ta relieve the fanaer, and amall home*
of unjaat aharaa of the burden of
taxation, Mr. Bailey aaid. "We hear
much of pmgreaa in North Carolina.
Thia atata baa a great de*tiny and
none but a fool would arreat tha pro
gi'ia* at thia commonwealth Onr
achool progrr**. our roiH progreM
are aourrea of unending pride and an
coaraat ment The growth of oar tn
etitutiona la magnificent, but let
aa not be content with theae domain a
of advancement. Rather let oa *ee
what wa may aet about for greater
at do we mean by progreM?
Let ua think of It and atrive for It
tthanr* of human welfare.
"North Carolina can never be what
ahe ahonld he m long aa only 40,000
of her 600.000 familiea have Interne*
of aa aaeh aa ttfit* par year. Half
of nor people are farmer* and tha
average income of the North Caro
lina fanner la WOO. Hera tha po int
from which wa will derive tha progreai
of the TOmmonwttltn. Katae mat
average to 91 .MO per year and we
will have all the schools. roller**, uni
versities, asylum*, road*, public ser
vice that the heart could desire.
There ia no one thing that will do it.
And any one man would be foolish
to pronto tt. But it can he done.
America has been thinking industrial
ly for two (fenerations—and to a rreat
purpose. All America Is realizing
that she matt now think agricultural
ly
"North Carolina's greatest handicap
ia advene and unfair freight rates
We have no big cities because we have
no throovh rates. If we had 100,
000 population In Raleigh. 260,000
In Chanotte and Greensboro. 100,000
In Fayetteville, Asheville, Winston
Salem and Durham, oar agricultural
problem would be ha If-solved and our
tax problem would be simplified Our
farmers would have markets.
"There are no large cities in North
Carolina because the cities in the
north, south, and west of us have all
had the advantage tat freight rates.
Give the cities of North Carolina a
chance and they will show the world
an amazing piagiaaa.
"There are more people within M
miles of Charlotte. Raleigh, Greens
bor, Winston-Salem, or almost any
•ther city In North Carolina than
there are within 80 miles of Richmond
or Lynchburg. But Richmond if
•ailing North Carolina-made damasks
towpls. sock a, underwear, and over
alls all over North Carolina. Why?
There is but one answer—freight
ratea.
"North Carolina has the power tc
exact justice for our people from ths
railroads. Let us not be content with
ffltaff petitions and begin making de
mands. The railroads are not mors
powerful than this commonwealth.
"I have for four years contended
that the burden of taxation rested la
unfair and unjust measure upon otn
farmer* and small homes. Lock
Craig said to the circuit court when
representing the state aa a lawyer
employed by the present governor:
"The sverage farmer geta only thres
ef that ft toOa the story. He alac
aaid that fat 1M0 three railroads
shifted WOO.flOO of their t«.es upor
other piwerty in this state Of thh
the Atlantic Const Line got ISOn .too
*T*e official reeorm show that rtti
- "rC
for the seat of us is on> 11 wr cent
Let fhe plow stop the nest M dayi
hi America and s»ai|thlaf to Ameri
top a
North Carolina to dotnf her ihafi of
it. This much at umUi |iwyw»
I* pwwliii off *a tea bloba iwh
year. And Uxm thrayi rtaa h w
mm MMt hn Art*. Tha ewwer of the
farm and the occupant whether owner
buwSn fnlla upon th*m.
"The atata haa taken «m too main
of the aourcea of taxation and kft
' upon tha land tea much at tha butdan
of tha government. Tha atata take*
far atata patpaw all at tha texea an
aotamobUoe. gmaollna. oila, fertilixera,
llcenaea, inheritance, franchiaa and tn
iwaa. It haa pot an tha eoontlae tha
auppnrt of tha arhaola, pi.nlic roada.
county government and thaaa thraa
im-at aourcea at expanaa fall upon
property, that la largely land. Tha
*ut»- might to eontrflmta mora to tha
frm achonla or give to tha coonttea
mora of the aoorrea of taxation.
"Our tax problem la primarily arm
at readjnating tha burden. Of
rourae, we moat reduce tha mluma
.rhertrrer wa aafaly can. A anund eca
iomy will aave many a dollar in
North Carolina. There ia too much
r«t land, eapecially farming land and
<mall homea. Hera ara the linaa of
|il»»i>aa—juatice in taxation.
"After all it ia not tha atructuraa
we build. Tow en and palacaa ara
not tha evidence of progreaa. Wa
• hould maaaun- nor pragma by what
ia being done for tha children in tha
rottagea—in the 4K0.000 homea that
lira upon laaa than 12,000 per yaar.
Ara their father* and motnera fat
tine ahead? Ia ho ma ownarahip in
•n-aaing? Ia there plenty of milk
for tha children? Have they warm
t-ada, good hooka, wholeaome aur
mundinjra ? The atata'a chief product
• ia tha m<<n and the women. So far
aa wa know thia ia tha object of exiet
enca. Tha only proyreaa worth talk
in* about ia tha prograae of bumaa
welfare, moral and apiritual.
"Back of achoola and roada are chil
dren, and back of children are homea,
and nod food and booka and mother*
and father* who ara doing well. To
thaaa conaiderationa muat tha atata
aver look. By thaaa atandarda moat
progreaa be meaaured.
• mnw ui ua wnu hit prus jirniun
mtrnt remember that those who are
not love their children Jurt as much
as we tore ran, that they desire rood
thinr* for their children and that they
del ire to ret ahead for their little
ones' lake just u wi do. It i« our
duty to think of them in terms of our
(own experience. We moat measure
our prorresi not by the number of
millions iras in the state, bat by the
number of happy homes. It is oars
to make of North Carolina the best
place in the world for men. women
nnd children to lira. This la the on
Iv politics. This is the new polities
throughout the world.
"We have had enourh of politics
of selfishness and power and self
and glory. The whole world la sick
and weary of that sore of polities,
and all the people of the earth are
rininr op and taking charre of the
rovernment. It is *o in Europe. It
is so in Japan. It is bearinnmg to
he so in China, even. The tnaaes and
machines will fall in America Just
ns the thrones of the lords have fallen
in the old world. There is a new
are the world over. Its prophet pass
ed a few weeks aro. bat his work
will ro on. Woodraw Wilson was the
new time. He was a democrat and
he gave to the democratic party in
America and democrat* throurhout
the world ita chart and compass for
an to cocnt.
"In his faith let us labor. In his
spirit let us do battle."
Failure of the "V.-C."
The failure of the old eatabliahad
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
last week (after a long period of
near-bankropty, it waa finally thrown
into the hands of a receiver) will n
ctte reneral internet all over oar tor
Up to 1M0 this company waa
regarded aa about the strongest and
rosperoos of fertiliser
bat "deflation"
for It Dm value of I
steadily declined
91M to 97 per shars and the value of
from M1H to H
of
t£ zxttxx
m
tmkb. The n|irtii fight fw the
'' |)||j rfflAftllt) |p n f |j f ) yy,
rMMritte* km Dtlnd kj placing •
dark home hi the field, 0. B. Wtbk
like pouring «fl (not Tnpi> Ohm) mi
the tml>M witm, and Ms slsctlen
Wii »MJ
Outwardly at laaat the local Repub
lican torn* hart bwM the hatchet
and the delegation that bft Mount
1 Airy Monday tor the state eonvntlon
which convened la Raleigh Wednes
day want away In • thesrful mood.
The convention paaaad raaolutlona
lamenting the death of tlw lata Pinal
dent Harding and of John Motley
Morehead and indorsing tha adaalnia
t ration of President fool id** and In
structing Surry'" delegation In tha
■tatc convention to rota far delegate*
to tha national ennrentid* favorable
to Coolidge's renom(nation. The ra
diation instructed tha delegates from
this eonnty to cast their rotaa far
Hon. D. H. Blair and Johnson J.
Hayes from tba western part at the
atata aa delegates as lanra to tha
national Republican convention, which
assembles In Clear*land, 0., June 10th
The following delegates at-large to
tha Republican (tat* convention were
elected: Edward M. T.mville, G. W.
Crissman, 0, L. Kohlosa, T. M. George
Township delegates to the convention
war* aa follows: Bryan, A. H. Wolf
and W. G. Simmons; Dohaon. W. W.
Hamilton and W. M. Jackson; Kldora,
W. L. Chilton; ETVtn, J. R Ray and
S. 0. McGnlre; Franklin and Lone
Hill (Donated right to representation
to delegates at lanra); Marsh, J. F.
Carter; Mount Airy, 8. K. Marshall.
J. B. Sparger. J. A. Jackson, O. B.
Wehh, W. E. I.indaay and A. I. Til
ley; Pilot Mountain, C. M. Barnard
and T. M Gordon; Roekford. J. M.
Marlon; Shoals, W. L. Ashhum; 81
loam, W. H. Aahbom: Stewart's
Creek, W. A. Tork; Westfield, S. P.
Shelton and T. L. Brhn.
i w i<*rai mnvfrnion miimriva rat
rtelcfrstion to the Raleigh f-onvnttfon
to place In nomination and support
A. K. Tilley i Mtpt* from the
Fifth congressional district to the
national convention.
Members of the county EnntN
Committee to hm rhsrjre of the af
fairs of the county Republican organ
1 cation for the next two years are as
follows:
0. B. Webb, rhairman; Robert In
man. Secretory; F. 8. EMridge, W. W.
Hampton. W. 8. Wall, J. F. Carter, E.
L. Schuyler, W. P. Armstrong, A. C.
Wall. C. R. Boyle*, J. A. Jackson, J.
H. Owyn, D. 0. Smith, C. M. Barnard
W. Y. Davenport, A. L. Ashburn, J.
M. Whittaker. W. A. York and W.
I,. Inman.
By resolution the convention abolish
ed the practice of holding township
primaries for the purpose of elect
ing delegate* to the county conven
tion. since this was an expansive pis
pdtire that kept the organisation hi
financial embarrassnfent all the
while.
Port J, T.>. A. Hold
An enthusiastic m«ethf and ban
quet of the local port J, T. P. A.
waa riven at the Blue Ridge Hotel
Friday evening at T:M o'clock.
Bstwem thirty and forty sswahms
were present. Messrs. M. H. bete.
State Director and D. C.
State Secretary wsrs ilsHaes.
teresting talks were made by
the*
th* m _ . .
and Mayor A. Y.
A
tr tea Chairman, te
Mn. ». » A V- »-*. If. W
SUICIDAL FOR (TIT TO
TAKE BACKWARD STEP
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•4 tf i
nf tk* talk and I
fleered ay if ■ Mtor
of th* nufc of Ik paktte
hmugkt mhnmt With this ill
: q* go • llttla fa
i Not aa bar ago and tha <
I no lnn*tM*iit Mad* by tka whole peo
i home. Far Ion# age* tka State of
| tka County
Tkaa
the public Mind for i
op to tka naada of all tkaaa inetltu
tinna, eapecially tka aajliMM and tka
bridge* and yaada. fat kow to (•)
tham waa tka pnihlaw. No Man kad
tka money to advance and no people
wmilrl ha witling to hare a aparlal
tax levy sufficiently large to Mmt tka
eapena* at on* time. It aoMehow
dawned an tha Mtnda of man that by
Korrowing tha Maney and paying it
hack an tka installment plan—leaning
hnnda. la what it Maana, tka fnnda
could he secured with arkick to maka
tkaaa naadad improvement*. And
wken tkia idea got into tka mind* of
tka pa*pla, and that waa not a* long
ago. wa kagan to build a«y1um*. hoa
nitah, roada. bridge* and ao forth.
Since that tima tka country kaa tn
' vaatod much money in thia way and
mada ft en aiiUialy different ply
| in which to Hva.
Tka edttor nf tkis nanapapai re
members wall whan then* waa not
[ a bridge in tka county and not a mile
nf road over whick an antoMohlla
could he driven with comfort. Than
i it took all day to croa* tha county.
Rack then tka county home constated
; of a few log rahina stork hack on tka
! county farm near Pohaon. And not
| until tha public mind worked out a
plan to aerure tha money did we get
nway from tha primitive condition*
of tka paat ami ha gin to Maka pro
| rreaa In hatter living conditiona.
Kow, erery one known that H ia
; eaay to go too deeply into debt, be
i it private or public debt. Con*crva
j thre huaineaa Man hare thought orer
a
em ha l
atraata to the limit that the law per
mita. Tha little team af ETkto, and
there la an bettor amall town than El
kin, Jaet laat year apent RM.040 aa
her atiaet* And it ia
there ia oppoaitia*.
thoogM It! TVia
una fjno.nnn.on
Ha
•nanta all about aa who
•tap with tha apiiit of tha tlOMa.
Mount Airy haa dona • fine work
<!urtnr tha pa*? two yeara to laytoa
permanent atraata that have lont
N»ar needcd, and thara ia yet ntirli
of thia work that ahoald ha don* at
tha eariimrt mnmml conatetont with
•ond hnatoaaa. There ia aa other way
♦o befld a town.
It ia a*toniehlnv to think how orach
money it ceato to haap tha antoiprav
ed utraata af thia lawn to condition.
TV ratoa era frequent and heavy and
the atraata ara aa much travelled that
they are often a I moat impaaaahla.
But onee they ara haHearfaced tha
work of npkaap fa mr with far many
year* to come and tha town relieved
, of a heavy expanae, to my nothtof
of tha valoe at tha ha proved atraata
to tha pahfte.
Vow, it ia a fact that Mat af a*
ure too hoay with oar piliato affair*
to hothar with public qrnattain, bat
we believe that if any man will five
thia a careful and in tell I rent ccnaid
• ration ha arid aae that a town tha
»i*e and importance af thia can afford
to iaeae bond* within the lefal limit
i and improve ita «t»eet* to a point
where the need* of the time* are
met. To w It aeema to he the only
conaiatent coarae to paraae. It la
the only way wa can meat the de
mand* of the pahlic mind af oar day.
jit ia the only way wa ran eonaiat
I ently face tha world and aay ara ara
. a ppr>irre**ivf» |w-oplc.
Police Arrested as Murderer
taken to Lexingtoi
the Davidson count]
Woman's Body Found m Poo
of Blood; Policeman Swpoe
Diaappaara; Wkaa Ho Ro
turns U Jailad
Hifrh Point, March 15.—L. C. Jen
kins, chief of police of Thomarrille
charged with the murder of a womai
believed to be Mrs. Elisabeth Jones
of Applachia, Va., whose body wai
found in Jenkins' home jreeterdajr, wai
arrested when he returned to Thomas
today, according to advio
who My* htr father was In the room
when her mother was shot.
According to the verdict of the cor
oner's Jury, the woman came to ha*
death from a gunshot wound inflicted
from a son in the hands of L C Jen
kins.
Certificate
Wilson, March 16.—Palling to se
cure a health certificate hi Nash
county to marry Miss Lilly Moss, 81
alleged to he mentally unbalanced, L.
Graham, 70, with hia intended bride,
came to this city and secured a health
certificate from Dr. O. W. Lewis, a
local physician.
Being vouched for by a npiililli
Wilson c It lien, Mies Tempie Jane
Batten, register at deeds of Wilson
"ounty, issued the license to Graham
-"d the nuptial knot was tied by
"tgistrato W. ft. Wood and not un
til Friday last did there seem to be
Knowing the bride to be mentally
unbalanced H la alleged by Welfare
Offload W. D. Glenn, Jr.. of Haah
county, he caused a warrant to be
ms4 against Dr. Lewis charging
a violation of the health lav of
North Carolina, the |
la not
aad Mill*.
attacked the gMmg of • km aa ■
"unaoand principal" aad daelaaad Hi
.— * —...,1 I tl_l& — - J, , ■> I , — ' —
Mm wow itmrt ui rwoetiofi m re»
ton fun. Tha Mil pnrMn flv
p*M-ap, 20 j«r endowaMWt Hfa lb
•onM polietea
|M hi adjvated Mrrin
pred>t Ha paaaaga. although a tww
1 thtrda majority will ha nacaaaary, tfc»
hill coming op under aoapanataa a#
j the rolaa which limit* debate and
cauee they had bean denied >
Ky under the ratfa af offering as
providing far fall eaah
indicated moet of than) wonW rota
far the bill and depend on aanata ac
tion for tbe full eaah payment optica.
Twenty-one of tha 22 Dfwtcnih
' member* from No* York xtate *iga
ed a atatament today declaring thajr
favored immediate pnaaait of inldtor
honu* legislation but piafairad "Tm
asediate all-eaab payaaeat*."
Chairman Green in hia report aaid
two honna hilla had paaaad tha haaaa
and oaa of them both the aenata and
tha hooaa. The latter, ha aaid. waa
vetoed by Preaideat Harding. bat tha
It wfU Wnme tow." It woald
•uhatantia! benefit* upon the aoUflara
ha aaid, it* coat woald be capable af
accurate and definite determinatias
and the neeeaaarv appmpriatfaaa
•ould be amda arithout embttrraaaiaf
tbe treaeary.
The iv<n«f af tha inaaraiH - id.
liclaa, it waa eetimated wood ba
I on the haiis of the —
; nmpmHtha pmM»d in tha vrtari
Mil. >91 for eaich day of home mi »le»
and II.CT for each day owmi. The
firat 60 day* wnold not bo counted.
Veteran« who aerrad mora than 110
daya and who would not be entitled
to eaah woo Id rata Ira a paid op 10
yaar endowment policy ~
of the
at their are. Soeh
ha computed in aeeoidnn wtth »
reptad acturial principle* and haaed
upon American experience tables of
mortality, with interest at 4 par cant
par annum compounded annually
Tf the veteran died before the 19
up the foil amount of tho