SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920
SIX PAGES TODAY.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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MRDING OFFERS C.
TWO PRESIDENTS
TO HOME RULE GRANTS
SOCIETY GIRL IS
NOT BRIDE OF EDDIE
BICKETT CALLS FOR
HELP FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS WHO STARVE
MANUFACTURERS TD
PLAN WAR AGAINST
OPEN SHOP IN M
Governor-Elect Of Illinois
i mm POST OF
HAVE LUNCH WHITE
HOUSE MARCH 4111
IRELAND I ALL BUT
COMPLETE FREEDOM
SEC'TAlll OF STATE
VOL 23 No. 224
Condition That Thrmer Jus-.
. tice Renounce thefcSfague
of Nations
TWO MEN FROM SENA'
President-Elect Desires Not
to Draw Too Heavily
Upon Body Half Dozen
Named in Capital Specu
lation
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 22. Charles Ev
ans Hughes has received a condition
al offer to become secretary of state
and is considering; it, it is learned
on high authority.
A condition is said to be that
Hughes aid in establishing an asso
ciation of nations and discard the
league.
Two Men From Senate.
Marion, Dec. 22. An 'informal un
derstanding under which Harding
will select not more than two , men
from the Senate for his cabinet is
believed to have been reached be-
tween the President-elect and Sen
ate leaders.
The course has apparently ; been
taken to avoid denuding the ' Senate
and to avoid jealousies and still en
able Harding to 'bring party, leaders
into official places.-'
Half a dozen senators figure prom
inently in the cabinet speculation.
About Dawson
Ask Friends of Local Lawyer Men
tioned for Congress. J .
- John Dawson for Congress is an
- interesting .possibility to many per
. sons here. Since the . discussion at
Washington of a Representative Daw
son as successor to a Representative-
of the local lawyer-legislator have
been wishing that such a thing could
come to pass. Dawson is of the cali
bre and would probably have the back
ing to nominate him in 1922 were the
State, given two congressmen-at-large
instead of the two additional
districts which many Democratic; lead
ers declare they do not desire, to
choose the veteran Kitchin to repre
sent, with some other strong man, the
entire commonwealth.
Dawson is young. - He has been a
leader in the House of Representa
tives at Raleigh, and has been con
nected with many important and
progressive new laws. The upper
part of the Second District has filled
its seat many years, and it is time
for the lower counties to have a try
if there is to be any changing, his
'friends assert. The assemblyman is
not expected to do any talking, at
least until the authority to elect two
congressmen-at-large is granted, if it
is to be. Some persons here believe
that in the event North Carolina is
redistricted to make twelve districts
Lenoir county will find itself in an
other district. It has been contended
for years by a not very numerous el
ement that whatever political exped
iency prompted its annexation to the
Second at .the last districting, it was
not geographically entitled to a place
in the district. ,
ITALIAN LABOR
IN NEW YORK
AGAINST IMMIGRATION.
New York, Dec. 22. The Italian
Chamber of Labor in New York, in
an effort to protect the cause of labor
in America, has sent a circular to
, socialistic and labor organizations in
, which the Italian masses are informed
of the "impending war" between the
employer1, and labor classes ' on the
question of the "open" and "closed
shop," and are urged to refrain from
emigrating Until the situation be
comes more settled;
Hordes of newly arrived workmen
would glut the present labor market,
says the circular, which would result
in an advantage to the employers in
their "open shop" campaign, and a"
corresponding menace to labor by jr
creasing competition at a time w jt
work is already scarce. r
-; contrary to the policy of tho jfter
, lean Federation of Labor, tl falian
Chamber does not approve Restrict
ive immigration laws, 1 y it wants
Italian laborers, both their own
sakes and for the sak . the Ameri
can labor union mot ent, to refrain
from coming here industrial con
ditions show sigof improvement.
CABINET O . iCER'S SON
.XEU BY AIRPLANE.
Wash'' ion, Dec. '22. While pre
paring .o make a flight at Boiling
Fielc;,, yesterday Walter R.- Alexan
! der, aviator son of the Secretary of
Commerce, was struck on the head
fcy the propeller of his" airplane aJ
instantly killed, . .
, . Xa
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Len Small, of Kankakee, Illinois
former speaker of theHouaa an
Biaie treasurer. ,
BULLETIN
(By the United Press)
PREACHER KILLED BY TRAIN.
W inston-Salem, N. C Pec. 22.
Rev. John Herndon was killed
today when he was run down by
an automobile filled with ne
groes. Herndon wag formerly as
sociate editor of the Christian
Observer. He had just been for
his morning's mail. The' car did
not stop "and ' , the police pur
sued it.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT!
Washington, Dec. 22. Thous
ands of Chinese are subsisting
on leaves, alfalfa and other for
age crops in the worst famine in
40 years, according to informa
tion reaching the Department of
State. ' Twenty millions are af
fected and whole families are on
the verge .; of starvation, it is
said.'1 '
FOUR KILLEp. ,
Bcranton, I'enn., uee. ZZ.
Four are known to be dead as the
result of an explowion in No. 2
packing mill o. the DuPont pow
der works at Moosic.
SEES NEED FOR
ENLARGING CROP
AND STOCK REPORTING.
Washington, Dec. 22. The import
ance of enlarging the crop' and- live
stock reporting service of the United
States Department of Agriculture was
emphasized by the Secretary of Agri
culture in his annual report to the
President. Lack of adequate approp
riation, he said, had made it necessary
to eliminate certain features of this
work, which should new be restored
and enlarged.
"The data collected by the 1920 cen
sus will soon be available as , bases
for crop and live stock estimates dur
ing the next 10 years," he said, "and
the expansion should be provided lor
without 1 delay. NThe crop and live
stock reporting J service should be
greatly enlarged; far surpluses should
be ascertained periodically, and the
essential data should be published
more promptly and in such form as to
make them more readily understood
and utilized. Estimates of the funds
required to enable the department to
accomplish these purposes will be sub
mitted to the Congress."
SMALLER EXPORTS AND
IMPORTS IN NOVEMBER
Washington, Dec. 22. DecT&flseri
exports and imports in Novenjlfcr, as
compared with October of ma year
and November of last ycafWe shown
in a statement issued ' byne Bureau
of Foreign and Domesjfe Commerce
of the Department of jBmmerce.
Exports in Novertljjer amounted to
$675,000,000, agaiaS $752,000,000 for
October, this ye4M and $740,000,000
in November, jkJT year.
November ityports were valued at
$321,000,00Ora compared with $334,
000,000 fosr October this year and
$425,000yfii6 for November last year,
,yfant Sycamore
Association - Would
Tree Preserved.
Have
Washington, Dec. 22: The Ameri
can Forestry Association called up
on the people of Gibson County, 111.,
to file with the association protests
against cutting down giant syca
more tree near Mt. Carmel, 111. The
association has been asked both by
Richard Lieber, of the Department of
Conservation of Indiana, and Dr.
Rcbert Ridgway, an orthinologist of
Olney, 111,, to take up the fight of
the citizens of the two states to save
the tree. It Is on the ground survey
ed for a levee along the Waibash
River, but there Is no need of destroy
ing this tree, the association says.
The tree is the last of twelve giants
that were within a half, mile of each
other at one time. This tree is about
150 feet high and has a circumfer
ence of about 25 fet. . '
Wilson and Harding to
Break Bread Together
Democrat ( to Move Out
Immediately Afterward
Will Write
(By ike United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 22. .Wilson and
Harding will eat lunch at the White
House March 4 following the formal
inauguration, according to plans an
nounced- today.
Wilson then will go to the new
home on S Street, recently pur
chased. Harding will review the parade.
Tumulty, who had a long confer
ence with President Wilson today,
said his health has greatly improv
ed since November -and that he was
ready to plunge into writing as soon
as executive duties were Temoved.
Soviet Tottering
?rom Many Accounts Received at
British Capital.
y RUSSELL BROWING
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London! Dee. 22. Everv week or
so LondonAcolonyj of Russian 'Anti-
BoisneviKs, izarist nobility ana re
fugee bouregoig welcomes a new mem
ber, fresh f itipj exciting exped
iences in frohticruniring and bear
er of new tales of-the imminent col
lapes of the KremHnV'spiders' web."
Their stories of internal conditions
in Red Russia replenish optimism
in Wranjrelite, Kerenskyand Rus
sian Liberation Commissions, and
stirs hope anew in the virtually in
tact but stranded diplomatic machin
ery of the former Russian govern
ments. ''' . - "''tlx
About once a month a courier from
Moscow of Petrograd reaches Lori
don bearing briefly written narrations
of events and gossip to the exile.
The latest "white Russian newspap
er" has just reached London, smug
gled out of Russia by a fleeing pro
fessor from a Petrograd unfversity.
The professor 'does not wish his
name disclosed,' as he was forced to
leave his wife and daughter in Rus
sia and fears reprisals. The reports
are apparently written by persons on
the inside of the Soviet regime, as
forecasts of events are often faith
fully given.
"Lenin will soon move the seat of
iSovict government from Moscow to
Petrograd," says the latest report,
"as the more destitute population
Petrograd is less lia!ble to attc:
an uprising.
Recently birch ibark shoes weje is
sued to four regiments leaving Mos
cow for the Wrangel freflft.. The
troops mutinied and domawied leath
er boots. They surroundetT the Krem
lin, but were overconilf by detach
ments of Lettish ., jtffdiers. Every
twentieth man was-mot.
"Bolsheviks hay arrested two
thousand otfficenjr including several
high staff dffuSrrs,
"The anniv'efsary' of the Bolshevik
governmenttpassed quitely. Demon
strations ysere attended only .by Red
Guardsjafu sailors and those by or
der. Jb private workers or others
were. Present. :l
cause of lack o fuel all bath-
iifaFi establishments are closed. People
t having a bath in their flats are
iven a coupon which entitles them
to take a bath in any flat they de-
re. '
"Professors and artists now re
ceive wages in foodstuffs."
NATIONAL FORESTS
POPULAR PLAYGROUNDS;
ELK HERDS DWINDLE.
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 22. That the use
of the National Forests for recrea
tional purposes is increasing rapidly
and bids fair to rank third among the
major services performed by the Na
tional Forests, with only timber pro
duction and stream-flow regulation
taking precedence over it, is the state
ment made by Col. W. B. Greeley, head
of the Forest Service, in his annual
report. Many summer homes are be
ing erected on the National Forests
by private individuals, and the use of
forests for other forms of out-of-door
recreation was greater during the
past year than ever before. Elk herds
are decreasing in the forests.
Not a Record
But Near It; Kirkpatrick in Air 18
Hours. ' -
(By the United Press)
iNew York, Dec. 22. After re
maining in the'air eighteen hours
Lieutenant Kirkpatrick was forced
to land by a gas leak in his engine
at 1:30 this morning. He was six
hours short of the endurance record
which he was; seeking to break, but
officials aid t ; was the longest
flight by a single-motored 'plane on
record. :- ' . '"
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Ulsterites Will Have Their
Separate Parliament;
Connecting Link
PROSPECTS 1 ARE BRIGHT
Peace Seems Near at Hand
for Em'arajd Isle Two
Governing I Bodies and a
Council of porty to Man
age Affair
BY WEB MILLER
(United Press Si aff Correspondent)
London, Dec. 2 !. All lines in the
Irish conflict wi h Great Britain
today enledl ' t diverge toward
peace.
Despite the continuing attacks and
reprisals in Irelaad, leaders on both
sides appeared to (be adapting a more
lenient attitude-
Passage of the home rule bill, to
which King Geof ge is expected to
give royal assent! today, marked the
culmination of at long fight by Ir
ish leaders. The bill is not exactly
what was wantel, but it is hoped
it will bring p.elce while ' Ireland
takes . advantage of its semi-inde-
oendence.
The bill provides for two parlia
ments, in the no h and south, with
a connecting link m the form of
council of forty.
Ireland must iccept the measure
within three and la half years or it
will be void
Prayerservice at
Christian Churctf!!Pd financl wlief in payment in part,
iPrayermeeting Iwill be held
Gordon Street Christian ChurchJo-
nignt at :w, witn , cnoir pmctice
immediately "following
Produce by Sir Artpr Conan Doyle;
:h . rnnwd
(By thedTJiiRed Press)
London. Drfu. - 22. Fairies - actual
ly exist andjpav been photographed.
This assevMon is rajkde by Sir Arthur
Conan n a remarkalble article
in the4Strand Magazine."
Thfairv iDhotoBrraiohs are reoro.
iwm. They were taken In. Yorkshire
Ithsee years ago by wo girls,
Lrls Carpeder, 16, and helf. cousin
Aiice.iu. in one oi mem Alice asanas
behind a hedgeside bank, and akher
feet, in among the flowers and krtk
en.are four flitting fairy figures !
haired, gossamer-robed, and complete
with transparent wings, -just the
way fairy specialists have always de
picted them..
The other photograph shows a
liitle imp or gnome dancing round
t;he feet of Iris. He also is true to
type. His little face is whimsically
puckered and he, too, boasts a pair
of wings of the moth type.
Sir Arthur declares that several
expert photographers. . have been
shown the orginal negatives of the
fairy photographs, and have satis-
fled themselves that they are in no
wise "faked."
"The pictures either stand or fall
together," , says Sir Arthur, in the
course of his article. "Both are false
or. both are true. All the circum
stances 'point to the latter alterna
tive. .
The little girls say they have seen
and known the fairies al their lives
and they regard the whole thing as a
matter of course.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, together
with E. L. Gardner, of the Theosoph-
ical Scciety, intends bringing out a
book shortly on the subject of fairy
photograiphs, when they will submit
full evidence to the public.
HUNDREDS OF SAILORS
STRANDED IN ; VIRGINIA.
(By the United Press)
iNorfolk, Dec. 22. More than 500
Scandinavian sailors are estimated
to be stranded in the ports of Nor
folk and Newport News, owing to
the laying up of ships here.
SH A RPSHOOT ERS SCOUR
CITY ON BANDIT HUNT,
iNew York, Dec. 22. Sharpshoot
ers of the police department scour
ed this city for bandits last night.
Each sharpshooter was accompanied
by detectives and a uniformed pa.
trolman.
Cotton
Futures quotations Wednesday
were: Open. Close.
December 14.55 ' 13.85
January ......... 14.65 14.10
March ........... : 14.60 1103
May ............ 14.70 14.20
July 14.70 , 14.30
October ......... 14.86 -13.68
Thinks She Is, But Real Air
man and Celebrity is in
California Florida Men
Lose Money to Clever
Swindler
(By the United Press)
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22. After
posing as Eddie Rickenbacker and
marrying Frances Hannan, Jackson
ville society girl, and , victimizing a
nun.iber of prominent men to the ex
tent of thousands of dollars, an un
identified man has. departed taking
his bride and cash estimated at not
less than $200,000.
The lmposter was elaborately en
tertained, -i -
The real Rickenbacker la in Oak
land, Cal., according to dispatches.
War Workers
"A
Get Aid
From Eleven
States
Ml
Possibly Others.
(By the United Pr
New York, Dec. 22. Sj
iers, sail-
ors and marines,
nurses and first
-and.J
some cases
orkers who
took part in the
War will be
states of the
rewarded in at I
Union.
That numbeHas already authorized
the expenditure of approximately
$150,000,(mfor relief of veterans and
for buyjr farms, obtaining medical
relief jfita securing educations. Bo
na have been proposed in a
scqisor more other state legislatures,
ave not r'"t- been enacted.
!he states t.i A have so far extend-
at least, of their gratitude to sons
and daughters for their valiant service
during the great conflict, are New
York, New Jersey, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Wisconsin, Washington. Mass
achusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont, s : , .
New- York's appropriation natural
ly leads the list, in noint of size, on
account of the fact that that State,
with approximately 10 per cent, of
the nation's population, had . the
largest enrollment. . The amount the
Albany legislature voted , for soldier
bonuses was $45,000,000. This sum
was approved by the voters in a refer
endum at the November election.
In Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Isl
and the bonus decided on was $100
for each recipient, the amount to be
raised by taxation. 1
In Alabama the legislature cancell
ed the veteran's poll taxes for five
years. .; "
In Washington State, every service
man or woman will be entitled to $15
Rpr each month served between the be
ginning of the . war for America
Apkl 6, 1917 to its end November
11,118.
Borfha . bills will be proposed at
many legislatures this winter, includ
ing Tennessee, Kentucky, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Iowa, Indiana, Michi
gan, and IlQis, according to reports
to the Uniteaxress. . ..
Leads 1h Roads
Lenoir Building Mora Than
Any
Other County irti
Bad weather is retarding, work on
the Lenoir County roads, a'Mraction
under 23 miles of . which
paved, or approximately one-thwd of
the current program. The co:
projects now under way will ag,
gate $765,000, it is officially estimai
ed, and past and future work will
tal a considerably larger sum. Le
noir at present is lect'-ng the State in
highway-building, . h Du.-.'rmbe
next and nearly eight miles behind
this county. Guilford, Nash, Ala
mance, Durham, Mecklenburg, Ruther
ford, Rowan, Cleveland and Cabarrus,
most of them western counties, are
building from one and a fraction to
approximately nine miles each. A
number of counties .will give their
road-construction plans impetus soon
after the first of the new year, mem
bers of the Lenoir commission believe.
It will be only a matter of a few
years before the Central highway will
be hard-surfaced from Morehead City
to the mountains, it is believed, mak-
(ing that 520-odd road one of the fin-
est in the United States for motor
traffic.
SEVENTY CONSTABULARY
ADMIT SEDITION CHARGE.
Manila, Dec- 22. Seventy mem
bers of the Philippine constabulary,
natives, have entered pleas of guilty
to sedition in connection ,wlth the re
cent riot here.
CLARA HAMON EXPECTED
TO SURRENDER SHORTLY.
Ardmore, Okla., i Doc. l.Chr.
Smith Hamon, charged with the
murder of Jake llamon here, is ex
pected to surrender, at some point
on the Mexican border today.
State
ara being
. of
ton.
Let Tar Heels Give First
Thought at Christmas to
the Hungry Governor
Prepares His Final List
nf PonlnnG
jn
By MAX ABERVlETHYl
(Special Capital Correspondent)
Raleigh, Dec. 22. Govpor Bick
ett calls upon all North Carolinians to
contribute to the fundjSbr the starv
ing children of Euroi? in a new pro
clamation: 1pp.
- - "If there is $e sound that goes
straight to aan's heart and rouses
all his eneyjjies," says the governor,
"it is thefV of a child for help. Such
a cry cojiies to us from over the seas.
Therete millions of little children
litertJly freezing for lack of clothing
aw-starving for lack of bread. We
fyfte no right to be happy over here
while God's little ones are dying by
the thousands over there. 'There can
be no Christmas in our hearts unless
we show forth the spirit of Christ.
"I urge our people to cut their own
Christmas expenses to the bono and
seek their happiness in relieving the
misery of millions in other lands.
"A great drive for the relief of
these people under the leadership of
Henry A. Page of Aberdeen Is now on.
Let every man, woman and child in
the State make their first gift to
wards the relief of these little ones
and then shout 'Hurrah for Christ
mas.' "
J. Y. Joyner as chairman is now
making preparations" for perfecting
the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative As
sociation, which is a by-product of
the Interstate Tobacco. Growers' Ar
sociation, recently organized in Ral
eigh for the protection of the tobacco
farmers.: v .''..
Definite plans have been formulat
t and adopted for the completion pi
the State, county and township associ
ations in North and South Caroline
'and Virginia, following a meeting of
representatives of the three states ir.
Richmond last week. - The State meet
ings will be held January 12 in Ral
eigh, January 14 in Florence, S. C,
and January 11 in Lynchburg, Va
at which time the approval of the
proposed organization will be given.
- The purpose of the new associa
tion is to provide ways and means of
successfully marketing the tobacco
arop.
Pardon Record. ,
; Governor Bickett's statement madt
public this morning with respect tc
his pardon record is taken to mean
that the governor will commute f
number of sentences either today or
tomorrow. .-:
, The governor has made it plain
that he will not consider any more
petitions for pardons and prisoners
who are not benefitted by this week's
order of the governor will be forced
to wait until vGovernor-Elcct Morri
son is inducted into office. During
the last three weeks Governor Bick
ett's office has been bombarded with
petitions asking that he interfere with
sentences. ' He already has as many
applications as he can give attention
to and announces that he will not
consider other pardons.
There are a number of capital sen
tences which will not be considered
by Governor Bickett, since some of
them, sentenced to be electrocuted
after his term of office expires, will
come under the jurisdiction of the new
governor.
Seek Secrets
Of Amazon Country With Big Scien
tific Expedition.
hiladelphia, Dec. 22. A party of
cncniists and scientists, headed by Dr.
H. 3$w Rusby, dean of the school of
pharmacy at Columbia University, will
sail shflktly for a scientific explora
tion of VH! Amazon Valley in a quest
for new plants and drugs of medical
value. A 'igWernment expert in et
nomology,. aid authority on ichthol
ogy from thetoniversity of Indiana,
and experts frjyn other institutions
will accompany tne expedition, .which
is expected to lasva year. New cpe
cies of reptiles, fiVies and insects
will be sought by thejiarty, which is
being financed by that,H. "K. Mulford
Co., manufacturing aWl biological
chemists here. ; ': ' '
The general route will b the coun
try along the base of the Arises from
Villavisensio, southeast of Bogota, to
Calabar, several hundred mileisouth.
Here land travels will be. abaadoned
for the descent of the Unanes river.
On reaching the Rio Negro, the party
will descend t o its mouth at the Aid;
azon, and descend the Maderia, the
southern tributary of the Amazon
river. Frequent stops will be made
and collect ions of plants and drugs
taken in the mountains.
As six months are expected to be
spent in sections entirely isolated
from civilization, an ample supply of
food and i medicine will be i taken
along. Quinine in bimuriate form
will be an important item, as this al
kaloid is said to offset malarial fever.
V.
Gauntlet PickTUp by Or
ganized Labor; Sec Mor-
,rson Confident
C.UTTERWORTH AT HEAD
Of Movement .to BreaK
Down Unionism "Most
Vital Question in Coun
try'; "Should Have Im-
' mediate Attention"
(By tae United Press)
Washington, Dec. . 22 Secretary,
Morrison of the American Federa
tion of Labor today accepted the
challenge of William ; ,Butterorth,
who called a congress of manufac
turers to plan to establish open shop
conditions.
"The trade? union, movement is not
only strong enough to sustain con
ditions In industry which- it has es
tablished, but k will also win new
victories each year and improve the
present conditions- he said.
Chicago, Dec. 22. The manufac
turers of the. United States served
notice on 'union ' labor that an inten
sive drive against the closed shop
had been started when William But
terworth i today (felled a convention
of the country's employers. .?
Butterworth is the head of sever
il important manufacturers' organ
izations. ile declared the closed shop the
'most vital question facing the man
ufacturing and producing interests
of the country today," and said it
ihould, "have immediate attention."
Community Effort
This Would Be a Dead Old Town if
Nobody Cared.' . :
By CAR EL VAN HERVIE
Suppose nobody cared. What would
become of Kinston as a Community i
.lobody cared T It surely Would soon
be dead. What would become of youf
business if you did not give it you?
:onstant thought and application? IV
coo would soon be dead. All praise.
;o the enthusiast in his work. He
loves it and believes it to be the fin-.
est, the noblest and the most Import:
ant thing he can do. The greatest inq
dividual successes have been achieved,
by this type of man. He is ever busy,
And yet he is" the man who finds time
for the other fellow's Interests and
will work for the interests of his corns,
munity. He is the man who believe
in organization, and organized eft
forts, and knows that a Chamber oft
Commerce cannot function success
fully, except as in the same measure,
that it takes to make his own busit,
ness a success. Every component;
member of a Chamber of Commerce
works for the combined interests o
nil. Thus team work is created and
becomes the vital force of the com
munity for its welfare. The average;
man will see the truth of this, and
endorse it from an academic stand-,
point, for experience right here in
Kinston has shown that any city will
prosper, progress, and flourish when
every business man interests himselj
also in the solution of all common
needs, of all civic , and commercial
problems of the , community, and i
ready to help bring about improver
ments for the good of the community.
In no organization is team work at
once so essential, and more difficult
of achievement than in a Chamber o
Commerce. It is essential because
the community depends upon it for
harmony, cooperation and unit of
thought. It is difficult of achieve
ment because most of the work is, pep
formed by volunteers; the busy, uc-r
cessful man. And it is his unconquer
able enthusiasm to work for the bete
terment of his hometown that keepa
him busy in public affairs with rela.i
tively the same intense application
that he gives to his own chosen work.
His motto is not to condemn a Cham-,
ber of Commerce for failure to secure
results unless he personally has, given
thought, time, money, and his own
diligent efforts to the cause. Sup
pose nobody cared in these days of
re-construction when coming prosper
ity is just around the corner, beckon
ing us to take the lead, Compelling us.
to greater efforts and offering great
er opportunities than ever to the man
who dares, what is to become of his
home town?;- '-'. --X v.-V- :,
Assuredly just now a Chamber of
Commerce can give no greater con
tribution to the community than to
inspire the community morale with
steadfast faith in our future and to
fosttr a sane optimism everywhere,
that will make for condign and com
plete confidence of our people in our
great, American ideals, and the pros
perity that is coming back again,
prosperity V:rn of cooperation, - J a
better undr: tsridiner nf th frnifj t
team work, .. f