VOL. XXVII.
NO. 26
FLOOB Of COLO
*ACA!M SETS )N
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Greater Supply of Precious Meta)
in This Country Now Than
Ever in Its History. ^
T* the Only Substance Which Has
Been Received by AH Races and
Peoples in Exchange for Other
Property and Services.
^ Washington.—The Rood of gold into
the United States, which ebbed some
what after reaching its peak in 1917,
has set in again and there is now prob
ably a greater supply of this precious
metal in the country than at any other
time in its history. This how and
what the present stock of gtld in the
United States means in terms of the
world supply is the subject of a bul
letin issued from the Washington
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society.
"Go!d, the aristocrat of metals, is
truiy cosmopolitan," says the bulletin,
*and is found to a greater or less ex
tent in every part of the world from
hear the equator in Africa, Teru and
Borneo to the frozen ground of Alaska,
Finland and Siberia. Since the begin
ning of history, and doubtless long be
fore any records were made, gold has
largely typified 'the world's desire,'
and it is the only substance which has
been received by all races and peoples
In exchange for other porperty and
services. It was in truth, therefore,
long before legislation by practically
every civilized country made it formal
ly so, the world s standard of value.
Pouring in Prom 30 Countries.
"In the early months of 1921 gold
reached the United States from about
thirty different countries. Much of
this^gold doubtless originated in the
United States, and there was among
It, no doubt, metal from practically
every source of gold known to the
world. For the gold of the world con
stitutes practicg^A ,gihgie stock held
temfR^ariiy in many reservoirs; and
as exchange rates and other economic
end hnancial conditions change, it
Cows freely back and forfh and across
along trade routes, weaving a verita
ble golden web tying the nations to
gether.
"It is not at ail improbable that
aorne of the gold that is pouring in on
the shores of the United States Erst
left this hemisphere in Spanish gat
leons after it was tom from the tem
ples of the Incas by the Spanish Oon
quistadores. Another part may have
rested once in the treasuries of the
Great Moguls; while beside it is gold
fresh from the mines of Australia, the
Klondike or the Rand. For, aside from
that which is absorbed in tbe arts or
la iost or us&i in industry, practically
ali gold these days Ends its way to the
pets of the assayer and goes to make
np pawns in the worid's trade.
"Of what may be called the relative
ly common metals, fairiy close esti
mates of the quantity in existence can
be made probably only for goid. and
silver. Even for these two metals
satisfactory estimates of production
"Can be made only for the period since
'the discovery of America. There is
no^ mg on which '
the gold produced before but it
!s safe to assume that because of tbe
Baw sources and the primitive mining
haethods the quantity in treasuries and
Circulation at that time was but a
Cmall fraction of the quantity since
produced.
Nearly 30,000 Tons of Gold.
[ "Since Columbus lauded in Ameri
j!ca, according to statistics assembled
by the director of the mint, the world
^production of gold through 1919
Amounted to more than three-quarters
Sbf a billion troy ounces. The esti
mated amount is the equivalent of 29,
St48.92 tons of the precious metal, oc
cupying 49,100.85 cubic feet, and
Worth more than seventeen and three,
quarter billions of dollars.
^*Not^all gold produced since the
discovery .of America is available,
^fuch has b?ed^ used, destroyed yp Ipst,
and much in the ?5PE! ^ew^ry or
plate is out of circulation and not in
treasuries. The best available esti
mate of the gold in circulation and
. in treasuries places the amount at $9,
4 POP,000,000, or enough to make 90 of
^ ^he foot-thick 'dollars.' Just about a
third of this world treasure is now in
'bhe United States, and this is not far
below the amount that has been yield
ed by the mines of the United States.
"TQhe United States leads all coun
tries and even some continents in the
Aggregate amount of gold produced
^-$3,913,000,090. Africa and Austral
ia have each produced more than three
and a quarter billion dollars worth,
@6uth America more than two billion
and Russia and Siberia more than one
and a half billion. For a number of
years the Rand section of the Trans
vaal, South Africa, has led all gold
(producing regions in annual output,
producing around 40 per cent of the
world output."
BABY BEAR HER PLAYMATE
A baby bear, just one week-old,
oame floating down Yoscmite creek re
cently, swimming bravely for its life
and sending out S. O. S. signals every
minute. A passerby rescued him, and
he was taken to the ofiice of Superin
tendent Lewis, where a warm coat
i was put at his disposal and lots of
[ uood food; in fact, too much food, for
. the tourists were so interested in him
that their attentions seemed Hkely to
make him iil. The bear has been
named Moses, for obvious reasons, al
though there are no bulrushes In Yo
scmite creek. Little Jane Solinsky,
^hree-year-old daughter of a govern
ment empioyee, is finding the bear a
delightful playmate.
Large Pe!ican Caught.
Waco, Tex.—Ed Bahilman, living
near Riesel, 14 miles southeast of
Waco, captured a pelican recently on
his place, said to he one of the finest
specimens of its kind ever seen in
centra] Texas. The-bird's bHi .is 10
inches long. It measures S feet 2
inches from tip to tit) and it stands
3% feet high, weighing 10 pounds.
; Boys Must Stay Home ^
; Nights for Thirty Days ;
* — '
^ Seven boys, ail under twelve %
* years old, found guilty by Mayor *
% Myers of Greenfield, Ind., of tak- %
' ing pennies from the miik hot- *
% ties set out on porches, have ^
^ been sentenced to stay at home *
t after six o'clock in the evening %
^ for 30 days. Their parents are *
# intrusted to enforce the sen- $
f tence, and not to permit any of f
# the hoys to leave their homes ;
% between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m., un- ^
* less accompanied! by the par- ;
% ents. ! ,
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Aged Man Likes Swimming.
Cleveland, O.—Thomas H. Farreli
is pationHv waiting for the lake to
v.... .. ^ L,..c swimming
tenqierature. 51r. I' ^-rell says he pre
fers swimming to eating. He's only
eighty years of age. "1 still go swim
ming every chance I get," Mr. Farrell
said. "It's the greatest sport in the
world and helps-to keep you in fine
e-m. I guess I learned to love the
'.ater when I was a ship joiner in
in'.* youth. i'm fond of boating and
' o<oer fipauiic sr'.'rts '
HOUSEKEEPER GETS $125,000
Cleveland Man Leaves\Bu!k of Estate
to Servant—Was Pugilists'
friend.
Cleveland.—Practically all of his
$125,000 estate was bequeathed by A1
Rumsey to Miss Eleanor Gregory, his
housekeeper, according to the terms of
Ids will admitted to probate at San
dusky, Ohio.
Rumsey was chief commissioner for
the Cleveland Lake Carriers' associa
tion. He was a friend of prize fight
ers, horspmen and actors.
The will bequeaths $5,000 to Miss
Ixora Brooks of Vermillion and grants
her the privilege of passing the re
mainder of her life anywhere on the
estate.
To Luther Day he left his diamond
stickpin, and to Harold Burton his
watch and chain.
,
Half Dollar in Boys Throat
Louisville.—Dr. S. Shelton Watkins
; recently removed a half-dollar which,
! since January, had been lodged in the
throat of Ray Johnson, 12-year-old son
of a Brownsville, Ky., stock broker. Dr.
Watkins administered an anesthetic,
after which he abstracted the coin
with forceps. The boy was able to
leave the hospital several hours later.
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MANY VESSELS
SULLARE IDLE
Recent Visitor to important
Ports Found That Oniy
Tankers Are in Demand.
!S ESEM
Prospects of Revival in Trade Arej
Reasonably Favorable—Crews cn
American Freighters and Ci!
Tanks Are Weit Fed.
New York.—Y/oridwido fetrench
moth has alfectcd no class cftiteiu
dustriai community more than the
men (and women) who "go down to
the sea in ships." Ships have been
iaid up in every important port 1 have
visited, from United States of Amer
ica to Britain, Hoiiand, Be'gium,
Egypt. New Zealand, Au^traha and
even Sotdh Africa, where the Durban
wkaiers seemed to he competed to
take a rest. "Business as usual" has
onty appeared to be avaiiabie to the
oi) tanks, and at Tampico Quite re
cently I have known a vosse! to wait
much over a week before being able
to take oii aboard.
It is quite ciear that those who di
rect the destinies of the worid's ex
change of commodities have realized
the pressing need for "peace, retrench
ment and reform," and the curtaitment
of the wages of seamen, masters-at
arms, quartermasters, engineers, oii
ers. water tenders, wipers, trimmers,
stewards, cooks, and assistant stew
ards is oniy a symptom of weridwide
necessity.
When war broke out $20 a month
for an aide seaman and $17 a month
for an assistant steward would be
considered acceptabie. ^Before the
war terminated, with the signing oi
the armistice, stewards had in Britain
a most active leader in Joe Cotter,
and his efforts on their behatf ied to
the assistant stewards receiving fll
per month from the shipping compa
nies and f3 as a bonus from, the Brit
ish government,*- roughty $56 pet
month, whiie - - United Sta '
messmen obtained $ft) per month, add
ed to which they were paid $1.50 a
day while in port, in the shape of
overtime—that is, on days other than
those associated with arrivai and de
parture.
Hetd Up for Days.
At that time every avaiiabie vessel
was in requisition, and barges were
more valuable than battleships. I
have known ships he!d up for days
because they couid not obtain barges
for their cargoes. In 1915 Great Brit
ain owned 8,675 vessels of 19,235,705
tons, and bad im 1920 so far recovered
from her stupendous war losses to
possess vessels of 18,111,000 tons. In
1914 she employed 295,653 seamen of
various grades, thousands of them be
ing Lascars and various Asiatics, Ger
mans, Swedes, Norwegians and Rus
sians. What they total today none
can compute.
In addition to the actual monetary
reward general conditions have im
proved to a surprising degree, in con
formity with recognition of the brav
ery displayed by all seamen working on
allied vessels during the war. Some
years ago I traveled to South Africa
on a boat belonging to the Unioh
Company of Britain, and during the
greater part of the trip we were
compelled to drink condensed pea
water, while fresh bread twice per
week was regarded as a luxury. Sail
ors fared as best they could on salt
beef or pork ancC hard biscuit. The
introduction of refrigerating plants
; has altered that, and, sympathizing
-^with the seamen, the British board
of trade evolved a compulsory sched
ule of foods. Tins was in operation
for some time after war had been de
clared.
Americans Libera!.
" The shipping board and American
smpowiiers "generany nave been ex
tremely liberal in their treatment of
their sailors, and I have seen, on an
oil taa&. of the United States, petty
otHcer^'seamen, Bremen and wipers
sit d<^n to dishes of as good quaiity
and weii cooked (if not so wet!
served) as couid be obtained in a tirst
ciass noiei in New York.
Subordinate hands on American
freighters and oii tanks are better
fed, !n the maim than those on iiners
crossing the. Atiantic. and going iron:
Ihitain to d<s .nt ports, while in nnx-l
-ases. gcwunmodraion is much supe
lio^Oh the former classes of vesseis.
it iis* satisfactory to kno w that, pros
pects .of a revival are reasonably l'a
Hut whatever the outlook,
it is' cieuriy recognized that to !<e
i robt.ddy ongineereri the shipping of
the worid must be run On a basis of
rigid economy and superlative eiS
ciency.—Geoi'ge Lavai Chesterton in
New. York Heraid.
*-'w 4
47 Years O'd Before He Saw Circus.
' Sistersviiie. W. Ya.—So busy work
ing for 11 ci'.iidren was WesievSyco.
forty-seven years oid. that he had
never i'ben more than 20 miie.s fron)
txjme unti! the other day when he
took ids first ride on a train, ids first
ride on a street ear and his first trip
t^a circus.
Catches B.g Catfish.
BardstowR. Ky.—O. Onnntnef
itiooni'-.cid, v.'H'fie!i'*!..n}: near W!:eat
ioy. Ky.. {u-kr:' f:'o;p the Kcidtady
river a ye'low <-atfish that weigfted di.
pom.'s i!o i.OMked his catch on :
throw i.ue and it tack ar imur ie ge:
himinf'iehoat.
LO RULE F0UK3 FOR OLD
Ccrtenarians' Habits Differ Like These
of Other Pecp-'e, Say the
Records.
London—Ti):tt a Kurdish porter in
Constant i!!op!o is reputed to he
o!!e i!U)uire(i fifty years old itas been
toidintidscorrespondeiice. Itisno^y
dded ti.nt theagod manitasare
tnarkably sweet tooth—if he has teeth.
At aay_t';!te. !te i.- mordinateiy fond
of candy, preserves anti at! that sort
'"ttidng. Soitis'adyfnirtopreHurne
t!.:vt i!e does n^.f attribute his lon
gevity to sdnpiicity and moderation
i' diet.
stories of aiieged -turfans
wou!d. indeed, ie'ad to nothing but
confusion if any one attempted to
i<ase up'U! titem a system of iiygiene.
Accertiing to Haiiey's "Records of
Longevity," John Hrn*s,cy. who iived
to oito hundred sixteen, took noting
4ier breakfast during the last half
century of his life except isaim tea
sweetened with honey; Judith Ban
ister, another centenarian, iived dur
ing her !ast sixty years on biscuits,
bread and appies; John de la Somet
reached the age of one hundred thirty
through being an inveterate smoker.
John Wilson at one hundred sixteen
attached great importance to his
having for forty years supped off roast
ed turnips, and Mrs. Lewson, who ex
ceeded one hundred seventeen before
she joined the majority, never washed
for fear of catching cold or some
dreadful disorder, but besmeared her
face and neck all over with hog's lard
because that was soft and lubricating.
In his "Safe Studies" the late Lionel
A. Tollemache ^ells of a man who,
alone among his colleagues, was ro^
bust in an unhealthful manufacture and
who ascribed his good fortune to his
daily practice of bathing In water as
hot as he could bear it. He refers
also to an old smuggler, a -reputed cen
tenarian, who was asked by a certain
peer to what he attributed his great
age.
"Realiy, my Lord," he replied, "I
can't tell. I used to get my feet wet
every day and was drunk nearly every
night." ^
Mr. Tollemache recalls also that
Lord Tenterden, a judge, whenever
very old persons appeared before him
as witnesses used to ask them to what
cause they ascribed their longevity.
Some alleged one reason and some
another, but nearly all had been early
risers.
J.G. Hntt, of East Bene,
Oied Sunday Night
Funeral Tuesday Morning
At 11 O'clock At Mace
donia; Leanes Large
Family
/ Mr. J. G. Huff,; well knowi^
citizen and prominent ^'business
man and manufacturer of East
Bend, died Sunday night at 10
o'clock at the home of his daugh
ter, Mr5. M. L. Matthews, at
Sanford, to which place he re
cently went to recuperate. The
body was returned to the home
at East Bend and the funeral
was conducted from Macedonia
church, near the home, at 11
o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mr. Huff had been in ill health
for several w..eks, he having
recently returned from Baltimore
where he was under treatment
of specialists. He was nearly
seventy years-old, and was one
of the pioneer citizens of the
county, contributing much to its
development. For many years
he was head of the well known
Huff buggy manufacturing plant
which ha$ built up a large busi
ness and with which he is still
connected. About five years
ago he retired from active man
agement of that concern and has
since been devoting himself to
bridge contracting.
He is survived by Mrs. Huff
and the following children: Mrs.
J.L=Kapp,oi Winston; Mrs. M.
L. Matthews, of Sanford; Mrs.
John Apperson, of Washington,
D. Mjrs. Crews Styers, of
Roanoke; Messrs. Charles Huff,
ard Cates Huff, and Misses Lau
ra and Ethel Huff, of East Bend.
Jurors for August Term
The following is a list of the
jurors drawn last Monday for the
August term of Superior court:
Mr S. Aageli, Millard Cook, J.
F. Hoots, A. Z. Johnson, W. L.
Norman, E. D. Macemore, R. A.
Cough, Dan Vestal, Henry
Brown, J. J. Patterson, J. B.
Stimpscn, J. M. Speer, M A
Hinson, S. A. Poindexter, U. A.
Ma**tin, W. H. Kelly, H. J. Ray,
J. N. Davis, Arthur Kirk, D. E.
Shermer, N. P. Brown, j. O.
Todd, L. V \ j. ,
Enos Stinson, D. B. Holcomb, B.
H. Dinkins, Jones F. Long, W.
L. Finney, J. J. Kiger, J. D. Car
ter, W. L. Keliy, A. B. Hobson
M. L. Templeton, I. F. Eddle
man, and W. W. Miller.
Entry Notice
North Carolina
Yadkin County
Entiv No.——
Before T. R. Ea
ton, Entry Taker
ihe undersigned hies, and
gives this notice of entry of the
following free and unappropriat
ed lands in the said county and
state, bounded as follows: Begin
ning at the east side of the sand
clay road or Bridge street in the
townofJonesvilie, North Caro
lina, and runs eastward 55 feet to
the old sidewalk on the east side
of the old street, then northward
with the west side of the old side
walk on the east side of the said
old street 200 feet to a stake, theu
westward 70 feet to the edge of
the sand-clay road, then south
Ward along said load to the be
ginning, containing square
feet.
This April 21st, 1921.
J. S. Mayberry, Claimant.
Filed 23rd day of April, 1921, at
10:10 a. m.
HamwtonvHle News Items
Misses Leara Bury ess Fsther
and Beulah Fleming spent an en
joyable week end with Misses
Daisy and 0!a Nicholson of
Route 1.
Word has been received here
that Mrs. John A. Hampton who
has been spending a few weeks
with her brother, Dr. S. M.
Brown in Kansas City, Mo., will
return home Friday, July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Brown
of Winston-Salem are spending
their vacation with friends and
relatives here. Mr. Brown holds
a responsible position with R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., having
been with them for the past four
years.
Mr. Parks Hampton spent a
very pleasant week end with
friends at Elkin.
Center News
Mr. Gray Sheeks from Omaha,
Nebraska, is visiting his Grand
papa in Center.
Mr. George Holcomb and
famiiy visited Air. and Airs. D,
E. Whitaker Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gentry from
Yadkinvitle visited in Ccntef
Sunday.
Mr. - Bloom Holcomb from
Roanoke, Virginia, is visiting in
town this week.
On next Saturday evening we
meet at Weatherman's store for
the purpose of organizing a club
for pitching horse-shoes- Every
body invited.
Mr. Wit! Gentry from Pina
Branch visited in Center Sunday
afternoon.
Dixie Bond & Mortgage Co.
Hoids Simi-Annual
Meeting July )
The directors of The Dixie
Bond Mortgage Company he!d
their SemiAnnual meeting in
the office of the Company Juiy
1st. The report of the manage
ment showed that it had main
tained its wonderful growth
throughout every month, even
in this perior of severe financial
distress, and the usual half yearly
dividend of 4 per cent was paid
to the stockholders and consid
erable amount carried over to
the undivided profit account.
The report further showed
that the company now has 89
.. A composed of the
very best people scattered
throughout the county, and a
few beyond the county. The
record of this company is some
thing of which the officers and
stochhcldets have every reason
to be proud and its growth has
been one of the most phenome
na! in the history of this section.
The company was organized
and incorporated in Marcn 1917,
with a capita! of on!y $2,600.00.
On January 1st, 1918, itsresouces
were $12,452.60; January 1,1919,
$33,98!.46; January 1, 1920, $55,
013.58; January 1,1921, $70,005.
77 and on July 1, 1921, had
reached a total of $88,281.38.
The company has not on!y
made money for itself and its
stockholders but has been of
great service to the people of this
section. It maintains a New
York connection and executes
orders on al! exchanges in that
citv tor the purchase or sale
stocks, bonds. 3nd all kinds of
secu titles. The management
has bden conservative and it has
never lost a penny in all its
transactions. It even carries in
surance to the amount of one
hundred thousand dollars cover
ing loss of its papers while being
carries in the mails.