8M Sipple VOL. XXVI. YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, }920 1 ' LI-LJ \TA •>*) ill/, o/w CROW FARMER’S ! . FRIEND AND FOE I — “Twice as Good as He Is Bad ”; Writer Says of Persecuted Bird. __ IS BACKED BY UNCLE SAM Kills Young Chickens and Destroys Eggs of Other Birds, But on Other Hand He Kills Field Mice and Insects. Washington.—The United Slates bi ological survey sends out a bulletin about the crow. It says that the big, black fellow is the farmer’s friend and should not be exterminated, and it goes on to assert that many crows re cently examined were found to eat 38 per cent grain and G2 per cent May beetles, tussock moths, grasshoppers, gypsy moths, array worms, chinchbugs and brown moths. So he is about twice as good as he is bad. But the crow also kills young chick- | ens and destroys the eggs of other i birds, Georgf F. Burba writes In the •Columbus Dispatch. Charge that up against him along with the 38 per cent j grain which he eats. Then on the •other hand, set down a large number , •of field mice and cutworms which he also gets away with and there is still ! a balance in his favor. Besides, much of the grain the crow eats would be 'wasted anyway, since he picks up the scattered kernels in the field and eats j a lot of very poor corn and wheat that "wouldn’t be any account to anybody •else. Hunted Become Intelligent. The government bulletin isn’t going j to have much effect, one way or an other, however. Everybody takes a ■shot at a crow whenever he gets a chance, but the crows persist. They Shave been warred upon so much that they have become very intelligent. Take note of that—anything that is warred upon or hunted becomes intel ligent. The hunted birds and animals acquire knowledge and cunning, or whatever you want to call it. Other wise they would disappear. If crows were stupid and sat around on fences when they see a man in the field with a gun; if they built their nests where the nests could he easily broken up; if they did not help each other by giving warning of approach ing danger, there would be no crows. But everyone seems to he an enemy of the glossy fellow, and be knows that he must keep at a safe distance. He learns that he must build his | nest high up in a tree, away from hu- j man habitation, and watch out every | moment for somebody or something that would kill him. All of this has ! made him what we call one of the most intelligent of birds. The Crow as a Pet. Ana still the crow is a sociable bird. He likes human beings, when they; treat him right. He makes a splendid pet, although a naughty one, in that he is always getting into trouble. If you will take a crow when it is young and raise it it becomes as gentle as a chicken. He likes to be around the house, where there are a lot of boys, but at every opportunity he will fly upon the table and snatch the food, or carry scissors or thimbles or spools of thread or Jewelry away and hide them. He is a mischief maker with the hens and chickens and fusses and quarrels and wrangles with the dog that sleeps upon the porch. But he will not desert the family; he will remain with the boy that feeds him and attends to him, although he may take a trip occasionally to the fields and talk to the other crows, com ing hack at night to his regular roost. *.-*~*-^ Find 5>' be. ward®??,. I Chester G&, Pi&l Interesting Tobacco News Very few people realize just how many pounds of tobacco wasjproduced in Yadkin county lastiyear and the amount it brought to the farmers of Yadkin county. This county produced 3.775,000 pounds which sold for more thafi two million dollars. This information is gathered by Frank Parser, Agricultural sta tistician at Raleigh. These fig ures show that several counties in the Piedmont section produc ed more than Yadkin, some of them being larger counties. Pitt county stands at the head of the I list with over 20 million pounds j and Robeson second with more than 12 million. The complete list of the counties is as follows: Surry 8,811,000 Rockingham 6,446,000 Caswell 8,578,000 Person 7,618,000 Granville 10,290,000 Yadkin 3,665,000 Forsyth 4,4476,000 Guilford 6,850,000 Johnson 10,281,000 Robeson 12,207,000 j Moore 2,368,000 i Pitt 20,900,000j Mr. Parker says cotton used to be the leading money crop in North Carolina, but it has been succeeded by King tobacco. On ly a few years ago, he con tin ues, tobacco was a very risky crop. Iis growing barely made ends meet. Tobacco lands were cheap. But now the tobacco farmers are the wealthiest, their lands are the highest priced. The North Carolina total acreage and value n u w equals Ken tucky’s. In Mr. Parker’s "Farm Fore caster,” a very interesting little bulletin which we have before us, is pictured a long train called “The U. S. A. train of States” crops, arranged in the order of value. Texas comes firt, Iowa second, Illinois third and North Carolina fonrth with crop val ued at $683,168,00b. The whole U. S. A. Train is carrying crops valued at $12,686,57311009, which is equal to more than all other industries of the nation combin ed. Mr. Parker further says of to bacco, which will be very inter esting to the farmers of Stokes. “The crop that put North Car olina to the front in crop values was tobacco. It is the best mon ey crop at present. Our toial acreage an value is about equal to Kentucky’s, which is the only rival. The national crop is re duced over two per cent, in acreage. The North Carolina crop five per c increase 1 means that other States had a ; greater decrease than appears, j L The July condition of 84 per! \ cent, indicates a good pioduc-; 1 tion but not nearly as great as the 1,801,200,000 pounds p^ade last year. Ihcre i§ yiq great cOttipfeiitidfi With the i^orth Car olina bright leaf, as this greatly' ’ demanded type is not grown ex ■ tensiveJy elsewhere.” Nurses Wanted Pupil nurses wanted for State Tosrltn! nt Morgan ton. $30 per i mouth for beginners, with in i crease for second and third years s up to $40. Board, room, (sepa . rate from Hospital wards) , laun 3 fry and uniform furnished. Op S portuuitv for course in Nurses’ e Training School for young wom | Address SuperiwteDdanfc, K r)Yt" John Mc<'nmpbell, Morgau N.C . * 1 Says Taxing System is a Disgrace John .] Parker, of Monroe, Re publican candidate for Govern or, denounced the revaluation act and plead for tax reforms in a speech to his supporters and others at Carthage, N. C., a few days ago. He said in part: “The present taxing system is a disgrace to the state. It was framed for the conditions of 501 years ago. It puts an undue! burden on agriculture. It is un-! just to the farmer whom we need to encourage. We need a new system of taxation. The general piope-ty tax as the basis of taxa tion is antiquated. What we need is a new system based up on the income tax. The income tax is ihe faiest sort of tax be-1 cause it taxes in accordance with ability to Day. Its burden falls lightly upon agriculture. It is collected largely from manulac luring and commerce. “The revaluation act is rot a step forward but a step back ward. It does not create a new system, but provides a new method of valuing property un i der the old system. It is wrong in i principle, because it gives arbi i trary power to the state tax com I mission, fn practice its effect I will be to increase the burden j on the farmer. i | We are told that rate*- wilibej j lowered as vales will be raised ; I for the farmer. We are told ! j that taxes cannot be increased; | over 10 per cent. The law lim- j i its tor this year the total iaxes to I 110 per cent, increase, but the in- j ; dividual taxes are not limited in j I that way, neither is the limitation ! ! binding upon future legislation, j The result is that real estate is going to oa taxed to pav the money which the state will lose by ioweriytg the tax on other’ classes of property. The value! | of railroad property has not been j i , i raised, consequently when the I rate is lowered the rairoads will pay less tax. The holder of stocks and bonus will pa}’ less 'tax. Where is the money to'j | come from? It must come out 1 of land. | “It is preposterous to hear the i claim made that the revaluation act was passed in the interest of i fairness and honesty when we remember that the legislature which passed it also passed the stodk of certain foreign corpo rations to the extent of $2,000, 1 000, The revaluation act was pass ed in order to throw the buiden oi stale government upon the shoulders of the farther and the land owner. It was passed be cause the state had to ha,ye more revenue, and the tax rate could not be raised unde;* the constitu | lion, and we wc^ld have had to ; hsve more re.v&nue, and the tax I couldn’t ^aised under the con jsUtUi^on, and we would have ‘ had to hit the corporation with | an increase fn franenise tax if more money could not have been raised by raising the value pf the farmer’s land. I say rais ing the value of the farmer’s land, because while real estate in towns and cities have been assessed at about twice its form er valuation, farm lands have been put on the tax book at five and six times the iormer value. The revaluation act was the sceme of certain corporations to evade tax themselves and place the burden npon the landowner. If you doubt it, ask J. W. Bail ey, now Democratic collector of revenue, formerly editor of the Biblical Recorder. He says that . a man who believes that the re valuation act was passed foi i ' • Junior Order Picnic at Boonville Saturday Tin' annual Junior Order pic nic and Educational rally to be held at Boonville Saturday, August 7, 1920 is expected to be the best ever held. The princi pal speaker will be Hon. L. C. Brogden of Raleigh, state in spector of public schools The members of the different Jr. Councils will meet at the Boon ville lodge rooms at 10 o’clock and march in a body to the au ditorium of the High srhool building where the address will be delivered- Aster the speak ing dinner will be served in the hirge grove on the school grounds. Everybody is Invited and ask dd to brin^ a well filled basket. No admission fee charged. To Stop CoaJ Speculation I Washington, July Aug. 1-Op erators engaged in the export of bituminous coal at a meeting here tonight took steps to elimi nate speculation in shipments of coal from mines in tidewater ports, either for export or tor trans-shipment to American ports. Plans to defeat attempts to speculation involving a severe limitation on the consignment jof cars was discussed, the oper | ators said, and a committee he*.d* led by \Y. L. Andrews of Ba'ui j more w as chosen to work out j the measures to be taken. ! The plans are to be submitted 'to the Interstate Commerce | Commission and railway ixu ! utives tor co-operation. ■ Speculation, the operators stated. “ ot only had disorgan ized market prices on coa! but led to congestion of the toads sand in the terminals by tying up jcars arid duplicating move ments. The plans proposed, D. B Went of the National Coal Association, declared in a state ment after the meeting will not | interfere with the legitimate eon dvct of business hut will mini mize the opportunities i'or harm ful s eculation in coal either for export or domestic deliven.” Hording Sees Party Lead ers Marion, O., Aag. 9.—Political issues and questions of campaign management were discussed by Senator Harding tnday at a string ol conferences which oc cupied his attention irome early forenoon until, evening. Among his callers were Repub lican leaders from seve v a l States an *• in addition to politic al conditions severrl questions ol campaign proceedure are un deistood tc havs been considcr ' ed. .' The proposal ior a joiiii t]hate between the Republican f j and Democratic presidential , | nominees is said to have been ’ suggestea out Senator Harding is no! expected Oy his advisers ; to to take prri ia , event, Several inviuilions for a t debate neve been received from various seefions of the coun.ry „ but the Harding managers here k are not inclined to favor accept ance. ) honesty or equalization ought to 5 be sent to tbe school for the fee . bleminded. “I pledge iny administration f to a' sincere attempt to give ; North Carolina a just taxing t system. Lrt us tear up root and brunch th’s iniquitous revalue r|tn>aschune. 7