VOL. XXVI, » YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1920
SPEND BILLIONS
I FOR LUXURIES
—
Secretary of the Treasury Shows
i How Americans Can Save
$22,700,000,000.
\
CLEANED FROM TAX RETURNS
!
I -
<5arpets, Furs, Autos and Soap Classed
j With Gum, Candy and Rouge—
} $750,000,000 Spent for Perfum
ery and Cosmetics.
Washington.—Cut out the chewing
^um, lay off the cigarettes, pull the
sweet tooth, drink only water, do wlth
•out cosmetics, perfumes, cigars, tobac
mjo, snuff, furs, carpets and such cloth
ing luxuries as silk shirts; wash your
iface with yellow soap, ride the street
"Cars instead of the autos and depend
•upon your own cultivated or uncul
tivated voice for music—and you will
-save $22,700,000,000!
That, in effect, is the advice recently
landed out by Secretary of the Treas
ury Houston to the 110,000,000 Amer
icans, in the course of an economy ar
ticle. His figures for expenditures up
•<*n so-called luxuries are compiled
1from federal*tax returns and are prob
ably, for that reason, not very far
from the truth. Just how many per
sons might agree with Secretary Hous
ton concerning his definition of what
♦constitutes a luxury—for instance car
pets, tobacco, automobiles and toilet
«oaps—is problematical. It is a defi
nition similar to that famous hy
•pothetical question—never answeerd—
'•‘‘when is a man drunk?” Likewise
the war-time puzzle of ‘‘wbat is an es
sential industry?”
‘Were Are Our Luxury Expenditures.
However, the figures are interesting
"from the standopint of knowing ap
proximately wbat the American peo
ple do spend on things that they could
Jdo without and still go on living. The
'table of “luxury” expenditures ar
ranged by Secretary Houston from the
Reports from the present internal rev
enue system, federal tax returns, and
=so on, follows:
Shewing gum ....? 50.<X>0,000
-Candy . 1,000,000,000
■Cigarettes . 800,000,000
*3oft drinks, Including ice
cream and soda . 350,000,000
^Perfumery and cosmetics. 750,000,000
Cigars . 510,000,000
'Tobacco and snuff . 800,000,000
yurs .. 300,000,000
Carpets and luxurious clothing. 1,500,000,000
Automobiles and parts . 2,000,000,000
Toilet soaps . 400,000,000
3?ianos, organs and phono
graphs . 250,000,000
Making Costs Still Higher.
According to comment in an editori
al in the New York Journal of Com
merce, which prints Secretary Hous
ton’s table of figures, “few persons
would deny that of those items which
have been specifically enumerated
here, nearly all could be greatly re
duced in amount without inflicting suf
fering or even inconvenience upon the
population.
“The fact that the American public
3s spending such sums as these for the
purposes mentioned gives point to the
often repeated and often disregarded
Injunction to be guided by the policy
of thrift at least to a reasonable ex
tent In both personal and business ex
penditure,” says the editorial. “It also
throws a glaring light upon the cur
rent complaints concerning the cost of
living. If the nation can spend $22,
*700,000,000 upon articles which in
large part are purely luxuries, it evi
dently Is not suffering from a de
pressed standard of living. While, on
the other hand, it is obviously making
things much harder for itself by draw
ing off the commodities, services and
capital used in the production of this
great tolume of consumable goods
whicfl otherwise would go to make
the ‘necessaries of life’ more plentiful
and hence cheaper.”
REAL KISS IN CANDY STORE
*€irl Is Given What She Asked For in
New York, but Owner
Is Fined.
New York.—Joseph Weiss, thirty
five and married, who runs a candy
store at 489 East One Hundred and
Sixty-ninth street, was arraigned be
fore Magistrate Nolan in night court
^>n a charge of disorderly conduct in
tmving kissed eighteen-year-old Fran
ces Heckler when she went into his
store to buy some candy kisses.
Magistrate Nolan fined Weiss $2,
which he paid. The magistrate, in fix*
Ing the amount of the fine, said In 8
Judicial aside to the clerk, “Kisses are
cheaper now since the boys came back
’from the war.” *
Miss Heckler was in night court In
a state bordering on hysterics and
testified that she had gone bade <6
the counter at Weiss’ invitation to Se
lect what she wanted when he put biB
arm around her-and kissed her vfji
nrousiy upon the mouth. _j
Harding—Editor, Printer
f
Warren G. Harding will be the
first newspaper man to achieve
the Presidency. What is the use
of assuming any possibility of
defeat to such a man of destiny
as the one who took a nomina
tion from such a set of adverse
circumstances as those prevail
ing at the Chicago convention?
There have been generals, law
yers, farmers, college professors
and what not—but never an ed
itor in all the long line. Yet it
must be admitted that journalists
in generaal have had more to do
with the fomulation of that
public semiment which lies at
the basis of our government than
any otheer one group. Is it not
fitting that finally a newspaper
man should be President of the
United States?
Senator Harding is, moreov
er, a real and not a theoretical
newspaper man. As a young
man, with little previous expe
rience except as a county school
teacher, he took over a bioken
down paper in his home town
of Marion, Ohio, and by years
of hard work built it into one of
the strong publications of his
part of the country’ and wielded
through ii a state-wide influence,
resulting finally in his election
to the lieutenant governorship of i
his state and to a United States
senatorship.
As a publisher and editor, Mr.
Harding not only wrote the ed
itorials and news matter for his
paper but solicited the “ads” and
looked after all the details of the
business and mechanical end of
the publication. He learned to
set type and to make np the
forms, and today when he re
turns to Marion, likes to take oil
his coat, go into the composing
room, and turn a hand wtth his
fellow printers. When/ he en
tered public life, Mr. Harding
reorganized his paper on a co
operative basis. Stock was dis
tributed free to employes of the
paper, including the mechanical
force.
Mr. naming pas never forgot
ten the merchant who gave him
his first advertisement, thus giv
ing him a start on liis haziness
career. At the Chicago conven
tion of 1916 he showed great
?mxiety to meet and greet this
mas? who had removed to a dis
tant slate. And this suggests
that the human side of Hardin/*
is destined to cut considerable
figure in the' pP&sent campaign.
People like the picture of this
Ohio man oi the people, this
friendly neighbor and hard work
ing business man, circulating
about among the merchants of j
ins town soliciting business, or
working in shirt sleeves with
the printers in his office as one
of the boys. Warren G. Hard
ing is a regular fellow. The
people are tired of stuffed shirt
statesmen posing on a pedestal
and knowing no more of what
is going on in the everyday
man’s mind than the everyday
man knows of Sanskrit. War
ren G. Harding, because he is
human to the core, is going to
be an enthusiasm-arousing can
didate and a President beloved
by the people as only McKinley
was.—National Republican.
Tar Heefs tailed to Court.
Richmond, (Special).—J. K. Wil
liams, 38, and S. D. Spurriar, 18, both
of Charlotte, were in police court
charged with operating automobiles
without the proper state license, the
cases soing over.
They contend that their licenses
were in accordance with low. Whes
intercepted they were driving two
cars home from a Detroit factory.
Four Durham men, charged simi
l&riy, decided to pay flnee, so as hr)
proceed- on thehir way with their can <
without unnecessary delay.
Hon. A. E. Holton to Speak
Here Monday
The opening: gun In the big
senatorial contest to be waged
in North Carolina this year will
be fired at Yadkinville next
Monday when Hon. A. E. Hol
ton will address the people of
Yadkin county in the court
house at 11 o’clock. Mr. Holton
is the nominee of the Republic
ans of North Carolina and they
are expecting him to defeat Sen
ator Lee S. Overman who has
served several terms.
Mr. Holton has been gathering
facts and information fbr the
coming struggle for several
weeks and besides being a good
speaker he has an abundance of
food for speaking material. He
is a forcefui speaker and a cam
paigner of the old school and the
fact that he has selected Yadkin*
ville as the place ol delivering his
first speech is worthy of note
and goes without saying that he
will have a tremendous crowd
here to hear his speech. Mr.
Holton will devote a great part
of his speech to the qualities and
disabilities of the revalua
tion act and he handles it with
gloves off, showing the unmer
ciful discrimination made
against the farmer andpbor nun
«nd in favor of the classes.
Favorable For Cotton
Washington, July 16.—Cottton
made favorable orogress during
the past week in all sections of
the belt, benefitting generally
from modernie.ttr.iptratures and
some moisture, die department
of agriculture reported today in
its weekly weather and crop bul
letin.
Excellent progress was report
ed from Norm Carolina, and
fairly good qd vance from South
Carolina. In Georgia, fair de
velopments were recorded, the
report states, with plants fruiting
well, although continuing to
show light growth. While heavy
rains have ul avorably affected
the crop in parts of Florida
causing sheading of fruit and in
creased weevil activities, some
improvement was shown, the |
report added.
Roasted In a Prayer
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; Chicago, July 15.—Rev. Geo.
; G. Richmond of St. Louis open*
led the forty-eighters’ conven
| lion with a prayer that was re
ceived wiTt cheers.
I “We a&c not concerned about
b£&V£f? a jd hell,” he said. “It is
this woFVl in which we are in
terestf?d. Ar Jesus tailed, so do
we.”
The prayed ^charged that can
didates “take ord8fS not,frCm
Jesus but from Wv s*reet’ *ka1
the Democratic pa*. t:y has sole
out to the forces whicx 1 *ace mor,‘
al ruin and spiritual diss ">^uUon’
In Illinois, he said, “the p T°vern
or and his parasites are c ursec
by plutocratic selfishness.”
He added; “We are corrup 1
mean, low-visioned and seifish.
Forgive us, O God, and, in the
great revolution now coming,
save us from dissolution.”
\ Dog Showering Her j
| Mother Love on Lambs j
? Louisville.—L. S. Downs, re- \
\ riding nenr Mid way, a do«r £
z that has taken the custody of J;
r two baby lambs and is shower- £
Z Inp all her mother love on the >
Z wards. The canine’s pv.pr>ies 5 '
% were taken avav from iier, $ ;
> wherevricn she inmed'-a'ely took '
s cjvv *• _• o’ the »n tabs .•«•»«} is * ith i
* them almost <•onynnril.v. % '
$ >
Bitten By a Snake
Mount Airy, July 15.—While
the children of Roy Venable, a
farmer living in the Little moun
tain section were playing on the
kitchen floor yesterday, a large1
and venomous snake entered ihe
house, frightened the children
ane twice bit the 14-months-old
baby on the Hand. The parents
at the time were at work in the
adjacent garden, and the screams
of their children brought them
immediately to the rescue, bui |
not before the snake had buried
iffe porsonous fangs deep into the
child’s hand. The injured boy
whs hurried to the hospital here,
where small hopes areheld out
to the distracted parents of sav
ingthe child’s life.
Revenue oficer Ti .D. Hatch
er of this city today brought in
a complete 40-gallon copper still,
captured at the head of Mitchell
river, near the Tom Thompson
farm.
Bickett Issues Proclama
mation
Governor Bickett’s call for the
special session of the North
Carolina General Assembly for
August 10 was made yesterday.
The session is called for the pur
pose of considering work done
by the State Tax Commission
under the Revaluation act.
If ihe Governor expected the
General Assembly to take up the
suffrage ratification issue he
made no reference in his proc
lamation. He will, of course,
asklue legislators to ratify the
Susan B. Anthony Federal suf
frage amendment in the event
that a resolution to ratify is in
troduced. The call presribes
t h e following matters
which are to be considered:
“1 To presribe such tax rates
as may be wise and just in view?
of the actual value of the prop
erty in the State as ascertained
by the Revaluation act.
“2 To consider constitutional
amendments reducing the tax
rates that may be hereafter de
vised.
To consider such other mat
ters of importance to the pubUc
as the General Assembly may
deem wise.”
Industrial Leaders
Winston-Saiem is the largest
city in State and is the largest to
bacco and men’s cndervveai
manufacturing city in the world
Greensboro lias the largest De
nim mills in the world
Durham has the largest hosi
ery mills, and is the second lar
gest tobacco maufactoting citj
in the world.
Wilson is the largest bright to
bacco market in th‘i world.
Bad in has one of America’
largest aluminum* plants.
High Point is title? world's re<
, ond greatest f^rnitujce r»aGufa<
taring city.
^ KanapoUa has th& largest tow
el factory >n the wprld,
Gastohia has more dotio
milis than any count}’ in the Ui
ilea States.
Asheville has the finest holt
ink le world and tSv0h5 Qt th
mod'. an]0U9 summer and win
ter resoi *s United States.
u--; & i-ne oi the lead
in£ sea ports ^ ihe? U. S. Th<
above is fakei/ from a bulletii
pub] shed by the Favettevilh
Ghambef c/? Commerce »rd wc
buievc in w-jjft fee oi invest tc
ou'ii..' i-f <nrr ufc&dei anuespe.
ci-iby u> tsc-uchi«s- aud puphs oi
«ur sjr c4? s-. tOra^iu ha v * gone
♦. itiu *• iiftdi Elkin has
hi .tinted nuiiiifactur
Big School Problem
Was Discussed Here
^K proj)osition of building a
large school building and con
centrating several districts here
is just now engaging the atten
tion of voters and business men
of Yadkinville and vicinity.
An educational rally was held
in the court house Saturday
night at which plans were dis
cussed by local people and also
by Mon. A. E. Holton and Judge
Stephenson of Winston. A pack
ed court house of good listeners
was present to hear the matter
discussed and interest in the
matter is running high.
It is by far the largest edu
cational move made in this sec
tion in many years. An out
line of the move is about as
follows: It is proposed to lay
i off a district five miles wide in
; every direction from the court
house and enter ev^ry school in
this boudary in one big school
at Yadkinville, then vote $100,
000 in bonds to build a magnif
icent building which wiil hold
I all the chil ren iu this radius
and more, which the promotors
I say will be the largest of its
1 kind in this country; at the be
igtnning of the school term ein
! picv closed heater motor buss
es to bring the children in each
: morning and carry them home
|in t e afternoon.
It will be seen that this is one
i of the largest undertakings this
| commtmiiy ever nad and the
; expense of such a plan will be
(enormous. The reason for the
| movement is given as the
; shortage of teachers; in this con
solidation of many districts
a saving of many teachers will
be made.
A forecast of what the com
jmunity will do cannot be giv
en and we think it will take a
lot thinking before one would
commit himself to such a large
undertaking.
There is no doubt this com
munity needs a good school.
Letter To Carranza
j Mexico City, July 15-—'The I
newspapers print today what ]
purports to be a copy of a letter
from Yon Eekhadt, former Ger
man minister to Mexico to the
'late President Carranza The
letter dated November 10, 1919,
reads in part as follows;
j “Respectful thanks lor your
| greetings, whieh have been my
! only joy sines I left your coun
‘try. Bk Kfrum Heller, former
i advisor to President Caranza,
! has hr.d much success regarding
iions with Mexico, and I
V’nink he can do much for emi
! gration to Mexico.
> i “The situation here is diificult,
- | but but I think we shall soon
i overcome our obstacles and that
-'the nation will be as strong as
• ever. What is happening in Eu
a lOp*. today is net final. Great
‘• j modeledtio^s are expected and
| we hope that Mexico, your
*j strong hand, will continue our
e | friends/'
Notice To All Dog Owners
» In checking up the list 1 find
t oC ut one third who haven’1
> paid their dog tax. The law
. savs t ^ must be paid during
, mLtL 'her and all persons fail
• , o this have violated th(
! J;0, are subject to indicl
.^t3Ddv u who haven't pal
I"**1' Yt nge to do so A"
;pic.tse am
iOXCC. E * OXLEY. Sheriff.
Miss Mary Hutchens Be
comes a Bride
Gastonia, July 17.—The home
of Mr. ana Mrs. R. G. Chapman
of this city was the scene of a
beautiful wedding on Saturday
when Miss Mary Huchens be
came the bride of T. Clinton
Lingerfeldt. both of Bessemer
City, N. C.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. M. A. Matherson, pas
tor of west airline M. E. Church
in the presence of of a number
of intimate friends and relatives.
The beautiful and impressive
ring ceremony was used. The
bride was dressed in a beautiful
traveling suit of navy blue trico
tine with aceeesories to match.
The bride is the eldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hutch
ens, tormerly of Yadkin county*
and is a charming young lady
of the western part of the state,
and deservedly popular with a
large circle of friends. She is a
young woman ot culture and
beauty of unusual type; being
one of North Carolina’s worthy
sehool teachers.
Mr. Lingerfeldt is a graduate
jofthe University of Chattanoo
! ga; he also holds a degree from
Teacher’s College, Washington,
D. C. On completion of study
with these institutions he imme*
! diately entered the teaching pro
j iession. Soon after the out
j Dreak of the war with Germany
j he enlisted the U- Sr /\rmy
i and s a w more than t w o
j \ears service during the world
war, serving fourteen months
i
j'Qverseas.
Following the ceremony, the
bride and groom left for an ex*
Mended trip in western North
iCuroima. Alter a honeomooa
1 in that part of the state the coup
lie will make their home with.
: the bride’s parents who have
'been friendly related with the
1
i groome lor life. The attractive
■ young couple have contracted
| to teach in Hendeison county
! for the coming year.
World to End August 4
Marion, Ohio, July 16.—Sen.
-V arien G. H aiding has bee a
■Varced in a letter from an as
rologistof Orona, Me., that both
le and Gov. Cox may as well
suspend their campaign eftorts
tow because alter Angus! 4
here isn’t going to be any more
world. 1 he leiter says; “Aug
ust 4.1920, the sun and moon*
Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter*
Saturn and Neptune will he on
one side of the world, with Ura
ranus in a continuation of the
line on the other side
“Isaiah xiii, 13, will be fulfilled
and the nations who particpated
in the world war will be sub
merged by the Altantic Ocean.”
Regardless of what Governor
Cox may do, the Harding head
quarters will keep open.
Full Development Urged
New York, July 15.— ‘Full de
velopment of the nation’s re
sources, intelligent use of the
ballot and unswerving belief
that this country is going up
and not down were named by
Franklin D. Roosevelt as the
factors that will bring the great
est benelt to this country, in an
address at the Bowery mission
here today. Mr. Roosevelt de
clared a conservaiice national
policy was not wanted by those
who had a knowledge oi Amer
ica’s untouched natural wealth
and advocated harnessing all
available resources to secure a
i “bigger and better country.”
- : “We have only scratched at
1 the surface of our resources,” he
r said, “ and there hever was a
better time to develop, expand
and advance than now”.