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Page Four LENOIR NEWS-TOPICy THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1 1920 leMr,'n.'c. LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC Issued Thursdays: by CALDWELL PUBUSH1NC CO. f RED H. MAY Editor and Manager , Entered at the Postoffice at Lenoir, N. C, as second-class mail matter Subscription Rate One year , f 1.50 Six months .75 Advertising rates on application Telephone No. 54 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920 TOWN AND GQUNTY BOOSTING The town boosting movement of 15 years ago sought mostly to build ap a town with new industries, with out regard tothe outlying territory which was tributary to the twon or could be made so. Thereby it neg lected wonderful resources of devel opment lying partly idle at its back door. The modern town boosting move ment realizes the potential value of the surrounding territory. It is just as interested to see outlying villages grow as to see its own municipality grow. It realizes that modern life unifies a business center and all the surrounding country. What helps the outlying country helps the cen ter, and vice versa. It promotes good roads, motor truck and other transportation, and everything tend ing to farm and village prosperity and welfare. Chambers of commerce in many places have taken up and pushed all kinds of enterprises for utilization of the agricultural resources of the sur rounding country, such as canning and preserving workshops, creamer ies, factories and producing evapo ies, factories for producing evapo rated and condensed milk and other dairy products. They push schemes to introduce higher standards of stock breeding, promote organizations for financing the purchase of more dairy and beef cattle. The proper utilization of farm products is capable of an almost in finite development. Take the matter of milk products. As milk is so bulky and heavy it is much more natural to prepare a lot of these products close to the farms where the milk comes from. Similarly, when every neighborhood has its can ning factory, far more fruits and vegetables will be raised, and all this new production brings new business to the trading centers. Lenoir and Caldwell county need a live chamber of commerce on a county-wide idea. truth known. Reports of a scarcity that does not exist tend to increase prices, and $ead the public to buy in a fewrish'way. i ' ' . ' There Is a scarcity', of steeli and iron, due in part to the strike; also of paper and building materials. Fac tory products may be getting up to a normal supply. If so a lot of the people who have been spending money in foolish extravagances are going to feel a disagreeable .pinch before long. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS COUNTY ROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE H. C. L. IS NOT A FAILURE The campaign against the high cost of living hasWiot been unsuc cessful and, although there has been no general lowering of prices to the consumer there has been marked ten dency toward it. Attorney General Palmer declared in an address before the Kansas Democratic Club at To peka Monday night. That more pro nounced results have not been real ized Mr. Palmer attributed to what he considered lack of co-operation between the legislative and executive branche sol the government. "It can no longer be denied that the executive branch of the govern ment has been handicapped by a hos tile and barren Congress," the attor ney general said. "Not only has Congress refused to support the President in his plans, but it has failed to offer any plans of its own." TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Dear Mich: We have read with much joy Your many assurances That you have caused a Lowering in the cost o' living; 'We have been reading These things some time And every time we have Run across an official Statement that the price Of food has taken a slump We have hastened to the shops Only to find that the butcher, The baker and the Candlestick maker Don't seem to read the papers. Can't you find some law Somewhere on the statutes Which will force all tradesmen To read the newsppapers Especially the pieces By the food authorities Which tell us how much Cheaper things are than They were during the war? Sealed bids for the construction, of 6.58 miles of county road in Caldwell county, known as the xadJun Yailej road, will be received by the Caldwel. County Road Commission at Lenoir, N. C, until 12 o'clock on the 8th day of March, 1920, at which time they will be opened and read puDiicly. Thework will consist approxi mately as follows: Grading and Drainage: 1.93 acres clearing and grubbing. 26,000 cubic yards common or earth excavation. 300 cubic yards solid rock excava tion. Bids will be received on -hauling and laying pipe to be furnished by the county, approximately as follows 180 lin. ft. of 12-inch terra cotta or corrugated iron pipe. 580 lin. ft. of 15-inch terra cotta or corrugated iron pipe. 135 lin. ft. of 18-inch terra cotta or Icorruzated iron pipe. 193 lin, ft. of 24-inch terra cotta or corrugated iron pipe. 5 cubic yards cement rubble ma sonry. 114.6 cubic yards of plain cement concrete masonry. No bid will be considered unless accompanied by a properly certified check for four hundred (400) dol lars made payable to G. F. Harper, Chairman. A corporate surety bond will be required for the complete fulfillment of the contract. The plans and specifications may be examined at the office of the En gineer, Lenoir, N. C. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to accept any bid deemed best for the county. By order of the Caldwell County Road Commission, this 21st day of February, 1920. S. B. HOWARD, 22-2t County Engineer. Universal Theatre FOR PROGRAM WEEK OF MARCH MONDAY "Ace of the Saddle" Harry Carey Five-Reel Western MEETING PROPAGANDA WITH PROPAGANDA Many business men become almost tearful as they deplore the attack of belshevist propaganda. Instead of bewailing helplessly this assault on American institutions they should get busy and repel it by truth and facts an deducation. Thousands of wily paid agitators are working to slip their slimy ideas into the minds of men who are well meaning but have no background of education. Meanwhile the great mass of Americans remain inert, do ing absolutely nothing, while those poisonous ideas are being dealt out t on the sly. The newspapers are doing a great deal to educate the people in right J Dj thinking along American lines. The Dj movie theaters do something, and I "l they would do more if the govern ment would distribute some erood basic truths of American life. Employers ought to get busy and get closer to their help and counter act false ideas. If they have been grabbing profits too selfishly they ahould either reduce their prices or hare up with their help. They should talk things over frankly with their i rjj help, and make it clear that they are K disposed to be fair and just. K The masses of the people need to (n which American lifs is founded. If the lazy man can earn just as much pay as the hard worker there is no incentive to production. Everything wiU be scarce and cost high. If the man who goes into business and risks capital is not permitted to make a reasonable profit the country will not be developed, times will be hard, and work scarce. The pebple are perfect ly capable of appreciating these truths but they won't understand them unless the effort is made to im part them through popular campaigns of education. APPEAL OF AARON WISEMAN IS DENIED BY COURT With the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court last week a state ment was made that the petition of Aaron Wiseman, convicted of the murder of Dr. E. A. Hennessee at Glen Alpine, asking for a re-hearing, was denied. Two members of the tribunal registered their votes against affirming the decision made by the lower court, stating that in their opinion the motive for the mur der had not been established. Unless the governor intervenes Wiseman will be electrocuted at a date to be set by the State's chief executive. Wiseman has been in the penitentiary for some time and has been expecting word from the gov ernor that his sentence Had been at least commuted to life imprison ment, his appeal having been placed in Gov. Bickett's hands several months ago. TUESDAY "The Moonshine Trail" Sylva Breamer Five-Reel Western WEDNESDAY "The Source" Wallace Reid Th THURSDAY Black Secret" No. : Pearl White "Watch Your Neighbor" Mack Sennett Comedy Matinee 3:30 p.m. The News-Topic $1.50 the year FRIDAY "Venus of the East" Bryant' Washburn S A -SATISFIED CUSTOMER IS Valuable Asset a Business Can Have "He is the best advertise ing medium available," hence it behooves us to satisfy the PUBLIC. To this end we believe that we must have. Quality of .Goods and Fairness of Price, therefore when buy ing and fixing prices we were governed by this conviction. We now offer you the very best in GROCERIES FEEDS SHOES and suggest that you give us the opportunity to show you how reasonable our prices are. We also have in stock A Complete Line of Fisk Automobile Tires and Tubes. See us before re-tiring your machine Peoples' Supply Co, Pay Cash Cash Pays Phone 19 Bernhardt Building W. Harper Ave. 1 TO 6 SH5HS2S2sssssS5cZScJSES2SZ52SHSES - UNIVERSAL TRAINING IS AP PROVED BY COMMITTEE j Universal military traminc as a part of the future military policy of the United States was approved in principle last Friday by the House miiltary committee, which decided by a margin or two votes tnat the army reorganization bill should make pro vision for such a plan, effective July lyj.:. lhe close committee vote of 11 to 9 is regarded as indicative of the bitter fight to be made in the House later when the reorganization measure gets right of way. Oppo nents of universal training, despite the defeat in committee, confidently predicted that they would win out when the proposal reaches the House. The Senate also must vote on the universal training question, as its re organization bill ,now pending, in cludes such a provision. , . . .. i . . . ( I If your need is legitimate, within the help of sound banking practice, it will be gladly met at this Bank. And in any event we shall be pleased to have you call on us with any business problem that confronts you. Our only excuse for existence as a Bank is the Ser vice we can render so consider us Always, Vour FRIEND. Ik First National Bank W. J. Lenoir, President L. F. Stine, Asst. Cashier C. H. Hopkins, Vice-Pres. L, A. Dysart, Asst. Cashier E. F. Allen, Cashier SATURDAY 'Elmo the Mighty" No. Elmo Lincoln (Last Episode) Century Comedy Matinee 2 p.m. 18 COMING "The 13th Chair," one of the biggest pictures of the season, Tuesday, March 9th CI CHICKENS EGGS BUTTER We want your Chickens, Eggs and Butter and will pay the following prices: Spring Chickens, per pound 27c Hens, per pound 22c Old Roosters, per pound 15c Eggs, per dozen 45c Butter, per pound 40c We give the highest prices and pay cash Tuttle & Mikeal Lutztown tt 9 INNER TUBE FREfe We will give free with every purchase of a PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP CASING a Pennsylvania Inner Tube 6,000 Miles Guaranteed This offer is good only until March 1st BUY YOUR CASING NOW AND GET THE FREE INNER TUBE TO nT T TT T" A ni a rmr a It has generally been considered and reported for a year that there j Is a great scarcity of all kinds of Roods. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston recently made an inquiry ' ilirough New England ' and - found ' that the merchants generally are car-1 rying too large stocks; As the sup plies in that section would not prob-1 ably exceed those in ny other their! investigation raises the nuestinn w! Get your new Top now before the early Summer rush is on PRICE-CLINE HARNESS & TANNING CO. Lenoir, N. C. , Mulberry St a i a A Quick Breakfast Everybody likes to stay in bed as long as possible on these cold mornings. Then they clamor for a quick breakfast. Just must get to work on time. Here is where Brannon's Sliced Cured Meats save the day. Prepared quickly they make a most appetizing meal. Sliced Breakfast Bacon Sliced Cured Beef Sliced Tongue Try Some for Tomorrow Morning BRANNON'S Phone 164 THE SILENT ALMQ This is to announce to the people of Caldwell Countythat we have secured the agency for the SILENT ALAMO ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANT and have arranged with the" factory to send a Special representative to give a Public Demonstration on A, 11H 6, showing the many ways this wonderful plant will heJp the average farmer in his work orr the farm, and Jhe housewife in the work in the home. This plant will help solve the problem of how to keep the young folks on the farm. Inyitation to attend this demonstration is extended to every person who wishes to see. this wonderful plant at work. Don't forget the day.' Come.j m t . ffiMGE GRANITE FALLS, NV C. '31 far this reported scarcity is an ac -i . . tual one. It is best to have the exact SiSmSZS35Z5&mS&2S2S2SHZK53S.
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