VOL. XX^Il r* , VA0KINVILLK,YADK1N CO N. C., THURSDAY, JLNE 2, 3921 ' j ~ v No, 21.,
SCHOOL SAvIe.- .AB*.
i DOIN& SPLENLiV. WORK
IH "THRlgy CAMPAIGN
, iMANY SOCIETIES FORMER AND
\ t MEMBERS ABE! NOW BUSILY
P\' , WATCHING T^EIR MOs-iEY ^
v GROW } ~J
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Li Teachers and-, children are enthu
siastic over the sew tiij’ift spirit in
[the school room, which 'has already
•resulted not only in giving V novel and'
practical interest to time bctfiored sub
jects, but in the organization of ap
proximately .. 11,000 fchool \ savings
clubs in the schools s»f this district.
Last year the gross 'sales of Thrift and
War Savings Stamps and Treasury
Savings Certificates in the fifth dis
trict amounteeUto more than $2,315,000
during the school session, and ifi ,,afls
hoped that when the figures are'Com
piled for the 1920-1921 session, an
■even better record will he shown,
h Thousands of penny and nickel eav-\
jmgs hook3, text leaflets in thrift and
Iwali charts for Showing the records of
[savings clubs have been mailed out to
schools ^asking for them. Boys and
girls are learning to put their money
into government savings securities in
stead of' wasting it-,, and in order that
they maf n^t loolc upon savings as an
end in itself, and gain a false concep
tion of thrift as a form of stinginess,
they aie encouraged to save for some
definite, worthwhile object sueh, for
instance, as a college education or
business capital.
| Saving is only a third of the game,
however for the youngsters earn much
of the money they save and invest in
Thrift and Savings Stamps. Weeding
tobacco, running errands,' clerking in
stores, washing dishes, raising vege
tables and live stock are some of the
- callings in which school savings club
members engage d”ring summer yaca
jtions and after school hours, and keen
/ Ss the rivalry amoig them.
^ Even the smallest tots are taking an
active part in the "Earft and Save”
movement, and patriotic teachers who
^understand the value of thrift as an
felejnent of good citizenship are devot
ing their time and thought to making
it part of their educational work, and
iare also encouraging the organization
of savings clubs by the children them
aelves. They realize that they are
rendering a real service to the country
fey teaching sound economic thought, j
ip?ac: real patriotism and prosperity.
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v GIVING SPLENDID AID
Postmasters are giving splendid
co-operation in the effort to create
new capital by increasing the num
ber of investors in governmnent
' savings securities. Approximately
300,000 letters have been distributed
by them since the middle of Feb
ruary to patrons of their offices,
through post office boxes or by
means of the regular carriers, call
ing attention to the fact that the V
man who saves even a dollar out
of Ms Income has fo that extent
become a capitalist, and to the ab
solute safety of government securi
ties as investments ,for such say
ings. The postmasters are to be
congratulated not only for helping
to finance the government but for
making Jheir influence felt in be
lalf of tb*» welfare ^ own
;r itii.3. Pistrit * c^ese
letters means that the benefits of
saving and sound investment have
been brought directly to’ the atten
tion or thousands 'of persons in
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
West Virginia, Virginia and thetwo
Carolinas.
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SMALL CAPITALISTS
| RAPIDLY INCREASING
GROWING NUMBER OF MODEST
'^INVESTORS CONSIDERED SIGN '
iL OF NATIONAL PROS
ijf PERITY i
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p One, of the most hopeful signs for
!the future of this nation is the ever
jlncreasing list of small investors. This
puovement, which gained such great
Stimulus through the issue of Liberty
londs, is now continuing with added
faomentum. Having once tested the
eys of coupon clipping, having learned
jibe rewards of economy and thrift, the
iuan of small means has become an
Inveterate investor. 4
| Never before has the absolute safety
tf investment in government securities
been so coupled with opportunity for
lure profit as at the present time. Lib
erty Bonds, Treasury Savings Certifi
cates and Savings Stamps offer the^
Chance for every man, woman and
0bild to join the ranks of the capitalists
. uid to do so without ineonvenienceor
langer of loss.
f’ Equally important Is the effect on
the habits of the people. The
movement strikes directly at the no- j
Uonal vice of extrvagance. Already!
It has done much to change the Unit
. *d States from a nation of spenders to
i nation of savers and the end is not
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STRICT CONTROL IN ITflY
--
Thieves at Naples Get High P'rbes
for American Passports-^Keen
- Competition for Foreign Ships
—Maintain Close Inspection. .
Naples.—The number of immigrants
to the* United States ling year will
only be, limited by the capacity of the
steamships, .according to United States
Consul1'Homer W. Boyington, wht^,has
been here for 15 years-and has a good
knowledge of the situation. The Ital
ian companies lost a good*' many
steamships'during ^iie war and. have
not yet been able to replace uvem, ‘
while the foreign v^sspls calling at
Naples and Genoa for immigrants
have dwindled since the war to an al
most negligible number.
The consul said that the Italian gov
ernment had consented to permit sur
geons Tin the United States public
health seryice to be present at the in *
spection of tl>e immigrants before em
barkation, so that they will be able
t'o sigp the bills of healtln-and sfdp
the detention of the steamships on
their arrival at the quarantine station
in New York. There have only been
two cases of typhus in this port and
they were Greeks from Piraeus. In
consequence of this the government,
has put a tight ring around'Italy and
no alien immigrants are permitted to
pass the frontier. The sttamships
leaving Italian ports for the Uifited
States now only, carry Italians, and
Poles, Czechs, Croats, Greeks, Ukran
lans, Roumanians and other nationali
ties will have to sail from some oth
er ports like Danzig, Bremen or Ham
burg^
The staff at the consulate consists
of 25 clerks, stenographers and inter
preters, etc., who are chiefly employed
in handling the hundreds of immi
grants who throng the bureau on the,
Via Santa Lucia alb day long. Wom
en with babies in their arms have
precedence over all other applicants
by orders of the consul. Under nor
mal conditions the immigrants get
away within three months of the date
of their vises on the passports. Jmt
on aceTvunt of . the holding up of the
liners in Npw York through the typhus
scare, they are now fully six months
behind, according-to the officials. N
Passports Closely Scrutinized.
The greatest care is exercised cl
the consulate to see that no more get
by with false passports or counter
feit vises. The immigration authori
ties are also notified at Few York to
!<>::k out for the private marks on the
passports, which will be changed from
time to time in case they get known
to the Italian crooks who are making
a fat .jiving by fabricating passports
and vises for immigrants who may
have some charges against their char
.- cter which wouldsjjrevent their ob
taining a vise on their passports-/fit
the American consulate.
Two Americans who arrived from
New York by the Canopic had their
passports stolen and had to proceed
n. Rome to obtain emergency papers
at rlie United Stn*«fe legation after
getting identification oprtiliea tes at
Mie consulate here.: These stolen pass
ports. the officials fky, are sent to An
cona or to Cosensa,v which is near
Naples, and the seals anti vises are
taken off and used for other passports.
A well-executed false passport is
worth 1,400 lire, about $56 to $60
United States currency, according to
the rate «>f "—which fluefuat'
daily. At the consulate it was said
that these two stolen passports would
net the pickpockets who took them
about 1,000 lire. Passengers are.
warned on landing in the custom
house to be careful of their' pocket
books and passports, ds the Neapolitan
purse snatchers are famous in police
circles all over Europe for the dex
terity of their lingers. Tim police
were notified of the loss of the pass
ports belonging to the two Americans,
but they were not recovered.
All intending immigrants seeking
American risks have lo produce their
permits to-leave, the country, military
‘ papers (if they are males), vaccina
tion certificate and the dossier front
the chief of police of their district tc,
show whether any criminal# charges
have ever been preferred - against
thqm. The American authorities'lm*.
not interfered will) the inspection r-!
the dock ''before embarkation, as MiCj
leflstkat to the officials of the suutn/
ship companies. The Navigation Gen
erale, the Vhfle Star and other tine>
sailing from Italian ports have organ
ized their own sanitary plants when
the immigrants are pjst through »•
thorough examination before they an
perrlined to go on hoard the ships
The inspection is done by the RfeHar
doctors front) the'steamships and tie
doctor of the port. ‘ -
Firct, a path.
Tim first thing the immigrant ha>
to do' is to take a bath -and if r.eees
sary to have a shave and a haircut
Whiskers and beards are barred un
der this ruling and only a mustache i?
allowed. ' - ; ,
While they ore undergoing tin
-Cleansing process the clothing of th*
Jrmhlgrunts ts tuspectecKand thorough
ly disinfected. I’hey are vaccinate*
birain, to make sure that the opera
tfon has been properly done. and are
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then permitted to embark for the
United States. It is not the fault ot
the Italian official^ pr the steamship
companies if the immigrants are not
clean when they leave Naples.
If the surplus population of Italy
does not go to the United States It
will ge to Brazil or Argentina or
some other country in South America,
because the people must emigrate, as
fhere ^re too mwy to earn a living in
therr own country. There are so many
young men walking about Naples now
that it is difficult +<-> v* •• —
has ji
The r<
goveri
rate i
each j
rapid 1
col der
recent
■the p
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1 Tin
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probh
with,
fright
to six
thah
swan
in tilt
walks
It rat
food
spagl
with
Sul
Resin
Here
lava
who,
pared
er cit
age i
Child)
vthan
with
trioti.
so ba
cient
proof
hopel
excep
a rec
Tin
day 1
suppo*..
that s,jm. Today he earns from 25 to
30 lire a day, but cannot keep his fam
ily as,well as he could before, because
rentv tills increased 600 per cent, and
food and clothing from 500 to 800 per
cent. | JBuilding is going on all over
Naples, especially by the banks, which,
during the war, made huge fortunes
in exchange and are now erecting
handsome offices. The municipality is
also having the entire city repaved.
The work -employs hundr^s of men
who sit down and smoke their pipes
comfortably while they1 chip the cor
ners off the big flat stones, and look
as if they would he on the job for
years. y
The air is full of dust and the small
one-horse cabs bump the riders about
from side to side as they struggle
through the streets. The horses are
still upon war rations.
WEARS MILLIONS IN GEMS
f "Msm
'Tin1 M>Ju^rajalr .. bi' t'otiula^ ptioio
;;rr;:!n .. . 1 r-’hi, India, while attend*
fct;: ii n :.j>er ng of the Chamber of
•Vi-;' : s iii)d wear’"-.: jewels waned at.
Slt.itt;./rr;;> The rTTilest von-; by
its:5 M l a.j-tii is ten >nrat$. He'is
A’iDy&ly ”«ind wife fever, he goes
/ r< i; , g the ruyai jewels.--.
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• r:;i r tossed by Auloists.
Santiago. rhili.—Severe’ vr.wrsi;
■rtirm.io's i'sts fjave arrive*; i ere »»oui
Babin P>lah< a. after lutvihg crossed
the Amies t>y the stmthero' pass, the
dtsianre, eoveved by the pnrt£~ being
about 1 !0d miles. The Uatmey was
taken for the f mrpnsa- «f encotirnjjing
motor rowoHo lea tom he?'- < n *be At
iarttie *<„tr !*:»-• Sl«- eo sis ui South
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Biair’s NomiitafiiM ■'*
at Last Gonfirmed
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^Thfc nomination of David H.
Blair, of Winston-Salem, to- be
internal revenue commissioner,
Las been confirmed By the sen
rer the opposition of Sena*
ram Johnson and other*
vote was 59 to 15. Blair’s
sots included seven Re
ms and eig'g:t Democrats.
Hair’s confirmation fills
•icy in the office of. inter
on ue commissioner- that
stod for a fortnight, with
try Mellon acting in the
. Many important af
. eluding prohii)ition rul
ait action by the new
sioner.
nost of the liquor profc
ihe issuance of regula
overing the ufce of-beer
dical purporscs under the
a rendered by former At
General Palmer.
merous Stills Taken
aville, May 21.--M6re than
dockade stills have been
ed by officers working out
ieville headquarters since
ry I, 1920, according to an
ncement by Chief Prohi
Agem J. H. Reed, who
d work with his assistants
?ht following orders from
ngton.
„.eneral News
The rifle squad of the Chicago
police force have substituted
shotguns for rifles. It is claim
ed the shot gun is more effic
ient.
Mrs. Carlyn Votawa, sister of
President Harding, is defendant
in a$25,000 libel suit brought by
Dr. J. R. Cole, of Washington.
Northern Presbyterians, in
their recent general assembly at
Winona Lake, Inch, condemned
the Dempsey-Carpentier fighl
which comes off soon.
Flavia Oulette, of Tewsbury
Mass., said to be the world’s fat
test woman, died recently. She
was 50 years old and weighed
650 pounds. • .
Fredericksburg, Va., celebrat
ed its 250th anniv*" n May 24
The town was chartered in 1671
and claims to be the seconc
oldest city in the United States
Many people prominent in tht
life of the nation have lived ir
the city.
Lynchburg ' -as hit by cloud
burst Thursday night and thous
ands of dollars damage was done
| to business houses by wind and
! water. One man was killed by
! a live electric wire falling on
him.
A novel warning sign has been
placed at a railroad crossing in
j Texas, A wrecked automobile
| has been placed on a platform
i and a sign on tt e auto bears
!the;e words: “Did the Driver of
! This Stop, Look and Listen/’
I
! Tyrone, New Mexico, a few
months ago a flourishing mining
town of 4,500 inhabitants, is now
practically deserted on account
of the slump in the copper mar
ket, says a news dispatch from
there.
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Practice thrift and saving for thirty
days and you #111 never abandon the
| habit. In that time yovVwtU havt
learned what it means to you.
Thrift Stamp* pave the road It.
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Seven Killed
Great Airplane Wreck
Seven men, five of the army
and two civilians, were killed in?
the wreck of an ajmy ambu
lance airplane near Indianhead,!
Md^Sunday evening during a!
terrific wind and electrical!
storm. 'v
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Army air service officers said j
the accident was the worst in
the history of the servied, and
was one of the few in which ail
or the passengers in a falling
plane had been.killed almost in
stanti>.
The big plane struck the earth
nose first and the force of the
impact was so great the big 400
horse power Liberty motor in
the Iron! of the plane was torn
from its chassis and thrown back
on the passengers. All of the
bodies were badly mutilated.
The exact cause of the accident
probably never will be known.
Escaped to Mexico
Mi. I. M. Deaton has arrived
from Tex'as, where he went to
apprehend Gage M. Wilkinson,
charged with misappropriation
of funds belonging to Connelly
& Teague, of Taylorsville, ana
and also with eloping with Mri.
Orin Hartline and children. Mr.
Deaton tailed in his mission,
finding that W i kinson had
crossed into Mexico, tiom which
place there is little chance ol
getting him.—Statesville Daii>.
State .News Items
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William Hall has been ap
pointed postmaster at Thurmond
| iurry county.
Carl Hodgim aged 16, of High
Point, was stabbed to death the
oiherday by Paul Pulton,'"aged
15.
Mrs, Nannie Rawley, said to
be 105 years old, died at her
home in Rockingham count}
last week.
Mr. James Nifong, of Midway
t has a colony oi Italian bees that
have been doing business at the
same old stand tor more man 22
years.
Calvin Holmes, colored, dieo
in Lexington recently. The ie
m -■ M thing about Calvin
Wao iiaai Aie was that ne was o-t
years old, married four times, the
father^ oT thirty-eight children,
the youngest being three years
old.
Manley McDowell, fourteen
years sheriff! of Burke county,
and for .the past eight years in
the federal revenue service, died
at hisdiome in Morganton Fri
day at the age of 60 fyear?.
The Supreme court has refus
ed to grant a new trial for Will
Westmoreland who killed Jas,
H. Nantz in Iredell last October
and was sentenced to be electr o
cuted. It is now up tovthe gov
ernor to set a new date for the
electrocution.
^ A citizen of Mount Olive lias
on exhibit a two-legged' hog.
It has no hind legs but manages
to walk on its front legs fairly
well. It is a red Duroc jersey,
13 monthsold and weighs 100
pounds. -It was raised near
Clintor, Sampson county.
Floyd T. Neah, of Greensboro
is suing Dr. W. J. Meadows of
that city for $25,700 damages.
Nekh claims negligence in the
administering of hypodermkUn
jections which resulted in blood
poisoD in his /arm.
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Ten p|i|fessiv8 C if teens
Is liavi fiectrir Lights
/ Ten of the progressive citi-V
zens of Yadkinville,7 tired of '
waiting for the town as a whole
to put in an eiectric light svs- »
tend, have banded together, or
ganized a company of their own
to be known as the Ya^^pdife
Electrkj &rght Co., and.’have
purchased a large electric light
ing plant, capable 'of ' dCfflirig
these bcTffl£s, furnishintf^iettric ~
ironing power, etc. Electricians
are on the job this week, wiring
houses and installing the. plant.
The siockhoi. ers of thd new
company are as follows: C. E.
W aliace, L. D. Kelly, W>E. Ruf
, ledge, W. G. Wooten, Mrs?- W.
! D. Martin, H. H. Mackie, Johns
D. flolcomb, Dr. Haraing, Dr.
Couch and Dr. Mailer. H. H.
Mack ie’is president of the com
pany, L. D Kelly vice {-resident
and Dr. J. G. Marler secretary
and treasurer, with C- E. Wal
lace manager. T his forward
movement is the work of our
popular young mayor, Mr. Wal
lace.
-This is a progressive step in
the right direction and we hope
it wil| not be long until the '
whole town will be lighted, and
also the streets, especially court
house square. Our town is
growing and we must get out ci
the darkness Othe: towns of
our size have lighted streets and
why should not wt?
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| Death of G.P.Ef1 dinger,"Jr.
G. P. Jr., ten ui'mtlis old sou
of Mr. and Mrs PTofclieV Eddie^
I map, id -Roole dit-d Thu, siiuv
j morning at 2;H0 at the home of
his grandparents, M v. and Mrs..
Prank Ecldiemau He had only
been sick two days with mem
braneous emu ft and his death
was a shock to the whole" com
munity.
The funeral was held in- the
grove at For bush church and was
conduced by li«v. S F. Morton,
after which the body was laid to
rest iu Forbush cemetery under
a profusion of beautiful fowers.
G. P„ as he was called, was
loved by every one who knew him
and was an exceptionally bright
child. His death has saddened
many hearts, and the. many
friends of the and rela
tives extghd to tillin' heart-felt
sympathy iu their bereavement. ■ '
Kain of Stars Forcasted
This old earth is going to be
slapped in the face by the tail ot
a comet on or about June 28th,
according to astronomer?,
R. M. Dole, o> Wilmington,
who is said to be a “bug” on as
trology, has it ail figured out.
He says that it there is a shower
ot failing stars on the night of
J une 26 you need Dot be fright
ened, while on the other hand
if the stars fail to fall you need
not be disappointed.
Three comets are said to be
cavorting .around in the ele
nerits, the idost inteiesting of
vdiichis Focs-Winneckle, first
u scovered in 1815.
Mr. Dole promises to give fur
ther warnings as the night of
June 28th draws nearer.
A light fall of snow was re
ported at Helena, Montana, Fri
day. The temperature was re
ported at 34. - - /
^ Generll Horace Porter, last
survivor of General Grant's mil
itary staff, died Sunday in New
York. He was 85 years old
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