' LOOK AT YOUR LABEL THE TRADING PUBLIC - ,. If Year. SntMriptta Haa Espired 3i la IU..W.1 Al Oaee Liberally Fatreala MarakaaU WW Bt4 Far TUTraaV .t. w U ii.iiiU HELT COOST NASII COUNTY WATCH FOR THE BIDDERS t VOL. XXXI. NASHVILLE, North Carolina. February 12tbt l92o. NO. 7 Co V V J V--" J. Bailey Submits : ; Former Candidate Out Statement That Causes Much Comment Throughout State ; State's Investment In : Automobiles Enormous Bailey Urges ''North Carolin- -' Una To Chock up oa Admin istration Of State Govern mental Affairs. ' Raleigh, Fb. 5.Callig on the , people of North Carolina to check up oa administration of the State'i af : ' fain and for the Democratic party in the State to take stock of Itself, . Joseph W. Bailey of Raleigh, for a . wore of year a leader of the Demc ' era tic party and one of ita formoat orator in campaign a, in s itatement issued here tonight declared "that ' we are ipendlng money at a rate that indicates an extravagant disregard of prbieipiee of economy as well as .' the condition of the taxpayer and de . ' wands investigation," Mr. Bailey is- sued hie, statement as a commentary i on the recent report of the State ' Auditor outlining the expenditnre of , r the various department of the State - Government and in it be remarked on what he termed "extravagance" shown in some of these departments. , v "Before the State leyie one dol lar of additional taxes, he declared "or Issue a dollar oa additional ' bonds, it is the duty of the legislature - to .make a through investigation with .' a, view to cutting down the coat of ' government, and if possible, recover ; lng .money wasted. Good faith re .. rnt, traV - ---i - - - The Baleigh 'iuukl up'tue proposed, increase of the tax levies to meet ad ; ditlonal appropriation of - close to ' five million a year during the next , : blennium and asserted that it was . a question, what year the people "will be able to bear the burden" and "it V is certain that the burden will press heavily upon them.": " "y Mr. Bailey went at length into the renorts of expenditures of various departments of the State govern latent to prove hi Contention that . money is being wasted in operations ' of the State' affair. He. counselled caution in the making of appropria : tions and economy in administration ' In order tBat taxes might be held as - low as possible. He gave as his be- lief that , "we are spending on public administration' in North Carolina-r ; and practically wasting aomewhere J between 1700,000 and $1,000,000 a year, more than is -necessary; and I do not think we should put taxes on anybody until we cut out this waste." .. . The statement issue by Mr. Bailey ', follows: t -v "This statement is addressed to the Z people of North Carolina, and parti eularly to the Democratic Party, . since it is control of the State, and la responsible: - , "We-know now that the deficit on onrrent account in the State' finan ces is at least 19,616,786,62; this is the finding of the Budget Commission It is recognised as a fact by all save one citisen. , How the State Auditor of this State will ever reconcile the public statement heretofore made by him to these facts, is nTnatter for . him to explain. It is a reproach to the Democratic party that it ha re- -.; quired two years ( to accertalo the true condition of the SUte's finances. : "It is now known "that the bonded indebtedness of thi State is over ne hundred million dollars; and by the time the present General Assem- : My adjourns, it will bo $130,000,000 or $150,000,000. v " . ' ' "It is now known that the finance ; committee of the General Assembly , are laboring desperately to devise a tax scheme sufficient to meet the " situation; and that under any cir cumstances, taxes will be very great ly increased, since the St?te taxes are to be about $5,000,000 more per year than heretofore. TUs increa-e will le in addition to. the larger increase, r Ja the last six years; and it is a creation wheO.tr t'ne rple 1'4 be t"e to bear Ce bui Jen. It is cr t 'n that te burden v ".1 press heavi- f ,re t!.e r'st Uv',n one d V..r . r ' ' It- cr i -i t-''- Thought For Governor Gives the tSate are being run extravagently is beyond all question in the minds of those who know th facta. -1 am prepared, to say that th latest Audi tor's report shows a state of extrava gances that is a reproach to the Stat and to the Democratic Party; and I believo we will be held to answer for if : ' - -' '"--' v - , "I wish to point out some expendi ture of the State. "Th State Auditor's Department, for example, is - costing the State $140,000 a year. Thert is no reason whatever why this .office should cost th State over $40,000 a year. A re ference to the record will show that it ha cost less than $40,000 a year within the last ten year. Tho State Department of Reven ue la costing u Stat 1180,000 year., In it expense account ia th sum of $13,236 for hotel bills and $10,270 for automobil hire, and clerical salaries, $117,780, The Automobile License Burieu of this State .under the Secretary of State, ia coating th Stat eover $200,- 000 a year.4 I am informed by the Secretary .of Stat that he ha pur chased nine Packard cars 4h Pack ard car being on of the most expen sive types. The Secretary of State has one of these for his personal use; his thief clerk haTanother of these for his personal N and on of his clerk, her la Baleigh has another of these for his personal use. j If there is warrant of law for its sort of thing, I hav not been able to find it. - "I find on page 87, -Automobile rerrtineni, under '.Xheft,,Fnd.,i ex penses were $106,000; this is ia addi tion to the. license department ex pensethis expense being over $200, 000, making a, total on account of automobil license and 'theft fund over $300,000. ' "The Auditor's report, page 26, shows that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, th State paid attor ney' fee for professional service under expenses of bond sales, $16, 931,93. . Oa th same page, it shows that in addition to the ordinary ex penses of th office of the Attorney General including salary of him self 'and his clerk th State agont for lawyer services and expenses the last fiscal year $16,264.79. - "Page 82 shows that the cost of maintaining the Governor's Mansion the last fiscal year -was $17,782.61; of this, $6,317.60 wa for servants (Continued on Page 8.) -,..k Department Experts To Visit Nash During HONOR FOR ROCKY MOUNT KIWAN1S Will Be Featured In March Issue of Organ of The . Society. .'., The Rocky Mount Kiwani club. winner of the Harry Adams cup for sponsoring the greatest number of new clubs in the Carolina district during the year 1924, not only cap tured this honor but set a new inter national .record for Kiwams propa gation, according to advice and con gratulations which have ' been for warded the local club from head quarters of Kiwani Internationa. In recognition ox K performance of organizing four new clubs and assis';ng In the organizing of three others the local club ia to be given an entire page in the March issue of the Kiwanis Magazine.' Pictures of officers of the club and considerable data on ita activities have already been forwarded the editor of the azine and most attractive lay out, to any nothing of great publi city foi Eocky Mount, is expected. itreet Car Czrse To : , : . , Kua Ia GolJaboro. Goldsboro, Feb. 3. At the regular iee"--j of the City aldermen hcM ; t eight a ten-year exc:, - ive was granted to H. G. T-'.vs, :f t'.e I-., CUT OFF BOOZE FROM CONGRESSMEN On Week Would Soo 18th Amendment Repealed. . e . . . . aay piayion. , . ( New York, Feb. 2. If member of Congress were compelled to abstain from.intixicant for on week th 18th amendment would be repealed at th week' end, William H. Stay- ton, head of the Association Against .he Prohibition amendment, Inc., said tonight at an enlightenment dinner at the hotel Astor under auspice of the citizen committee of 100. A group of wealthy men recently called upon President Coolidge, an nointed him as a total abstainer and invited all other government officials to , come forward and take the pledge," said Mr. Stayton. Th poll are still open, but not on aingl vote has been east. Rep resentative Up haw ha repeated his earnest call that member of Con. gres com to th mourers bench but no on ha bulged. "These gentlemen who went to see the Prsidnt unit with reformer of th United State In crying for en forcement. So far the authorities have failed to give enforcement. Per haps it is impossible to enforce the law in th whole United State. suggest that they try a mor limited task, v . . ' . ' .V, "I recommend that they try to en force the prohibiiton law as it con earn member of Congrers. That gives, them about 630 individuals tpon whom to try enforcement It ought to be practicable to hav a set of watchers to make sure that these 630 obey -thi slaw for one week. At the end of the week the law would be repealed. .'. . ' ; Womans' Club Hold Regular Monthly Meeting. Oa Monday, February 9th, the Womans Club held its regular month ly meeting at the home of Mrs. C. & Ward, hostesses for th occasion be ing Met dames 8 J. Downey, A. D. Odom, L. ' S.-.Inseoej, W W Davenport and C. .C. Ward. :' Thirty members including several new ones were pres ent also several visitors. The new president, Mrs. B. J. Downey, pre- sided, and after the opening exer cise Mr. Harry Fagan, president of the Kiwani Club, gave a very inter esting talk on what the ' Womans Club could do in various way to help the town. . A very lively business session fol lowed. One of the most important action taken during th meeting was the Club 'unanimously voted to donate $26.00 to the- Boy Scout or ganization in the town. -The Club was delighted Jo have Mrs. Effie Vine Gordon as a guest and who made a very timely talk on Home Gardens and the Home Gar den contest ' V " ' Aftar the club adjourned the hos tesses served i delicious sandwiches and hot chocolate. . . ' Coming Month Plana Being Perfected For ' Milk Campaign In Nash. . Following close in the wake of the announcement that the Board of County Commissioners cooperating with the Dairy Division of the State Department have : inaugurated the cattle tubercular campaign in Nash, whereby all cattle of the county will be subjected to rigid tests,- comes the announcement that March 18, 19, and 20, has been designated as dates for prosecuting a, well-planned milk campaign in the county and that rep resentatives of the Various state de partments will visit the county tn early data to make preparation for the campaign. .; '' -v .. , -' f s,-v ? On these days trained speakers will deliver messages showing ; the benefits of milk a a diet, and various schools in the county will b visited by these expert in bringing the mes sage to the people. Tit announce ment is made that on March 2nd, a school for speakers who will on March ltfth, sound their message bt "Drink Milk" at' every school house and community center in the county will be held at Nashville, and Miss Maude Wallace, assistant State agent will have charge of the course of instruction, while A. C. Kimrey, head or the dulryir.g division of the j staie department of asriculture, iU ue rri(;nt t0 confer with the dui-y-i men of t!.i county. - . i At a t i-i- ' Cr T 1 1 cf tU i i r p. : i r I V.Tor. LAW-HA1IUS ARE gri;;li;.'g away Solon Will Doubtless Assist Governor In Cutting Off Enormou Expense. . : (By M. L. SHIPMAN.) , Raleigh, N. C, 'Feb: Angus Wilton McLean's first victory , as Governor was scored during th week and hi position as the real leader of the - Stat considerably itrengthened thereby ; Josiah W. Bailey, some time ! candidate for Governor issued a statement decry ing what he termed "extravagances" in the operation ef , the State's af. fairs; Former ' Governor. Cameron Morrison appeared 1 before the fi nance committees to defend his "ac erual" system' Of ilnancinc the State; expense 'of legislative com missions was made public; the "bus' bill got by th Sen tie and went to the House with a prediction that its passage is assured: th Supreme Court told the legislators that they had not the power to create "special" judge to relieve court ' congestion and tha House committee on Court and Judicial Districts announced the purpos of re-districting the State with a bill creating seven additional judicial districts; . these - were the high spot of legislative week which was more prolific of result than any thu far in 1926. , .V'-' - Tarn Bowie, ardent hard surfaced roads proponent showed himself to be a good a .politician as ie Is a friend of., good roads.:' Tarn saw the' current wa eef against him in th matter of a "$35,000,000 bond is sue, for roads. Governor McLean cam out in hi second: message and said twenty millions for the next two year with ineom from gas and.. licenses and eounty and Federal aid bringing it to approximately thirty- two millions would rarry' the pro gram along and at the same time NOT endanger the State s credit He pointed to t' " ' " t of nine and a -bail tniiMons .., ,gne"&Mt next and asked foV common sense, in legislation, in- order that the whole future of road blulding might not .be endangered. The logic of the Gov ernor' stand was too much for. th Bowie-Heath group and when Frank Pag backed up Mr. McLean's argu ment the larger bond issue advocates saw that they would hare to over come not only those who believe McLean has the right idea, but also hose .who have implicit confidence Frank Page as builder of roads. said confidence having been gained by the splendid methods he has used during five years in ' building . the State's roads. Mr. Bowie saw the opposition growing and he capitulat- rather than go down to what would hav been almost Certain de feat - Mr. - McLean won his victory and Bowie Jailed to lose any of the prestige which he has gained as one of the strong figures of, tho General Assemoiy.. .r-.- : Former Governor . Morrison pre sented his side of th deficit issue, made a speech that will long he re membered for Its eloquence and its unusually kindly treatment of his po litical opponents, was given respect ful attention by a large crowd - and left the matter with the finance con mittees, who it is believed, will . go ahead and carry out 'thehr Original intentions of recognizing a deficit to exist and arrange for amortizing it The chief . argument t against Mr. Morrison was that Us', administration over Mr. McLean now. is Gov ernor,, wants to figure 'n the cash basis, has presented ia cogent terms his executive budget system for bal ancing the' State'i financial books and ia entitled to his turn at the bat without any side Una ; coaching fay Mr Morrison.' The former governor ra received by a plainly hostile crowd that gave his him credit for an excxellent speech which though he seems to tninx ao, nas nui mis judged his administration, and which willing to concede lus ngnt to crit icise in a constructive manner, but not to dictate to the McLean admin istration. The 1 net result ; of the Morrison speech will probably, be nil and if he keeps at the issue some of his own following undoubtedly will drift away. Th sentiment here seems to be that he should close his mouth and stop inter--eting dL2er- ences of opinion on t e policies as neraonal attacks upon 1 " nsclf. Josich V.'Uham I y issued a 3 kinds of C'.ate gov- -y cf the s were j i.v-rove- ' a- tatomcrit c. rZwg va f ulnst i 'iubteu"j ex.. -v re p-t '1 1 i 5 i ti : i ae r " in 1 WILSON OFFICIALS TO GIVE HALF THEIR PAY County Commissioners Assist That Way In Road Building. ' Petition Bond Issue. Wilson, Feb. 3 Petitions, signed by hundreds of citizens from every section of Wilson county, were pre sented to the board of county com missioners Monday asking that election be called Thursday, March 6 for the issuance of bonds to the amount of $1,260,000 , for the con. structlon of hard surface roads and concrete bridrs, $1,000,000 for roads for bridges, $260,000. , -, Th proposition is endorsed not only -by the people in the rural dis tricts bot by every civic organization in the county. ' " A patriotic sacrifice will be made by the county commissioner In the event the election ia carried. Each member voluntarily will give half of his salary which will be sufficient to pay the road commissioner that will be appointed to ' superintend th work. - f .. Th question of putting the sheriff, clerk of th Superior court and reg ister of deed on salary was discuss ed by on -committee which cited Guilford county as an example. An other committee favored the fee sys tem now in vogue. However, the commissioner decided to make a change reducing the sheriff's - fees considerably, to take effect in the fall of this year. For the collection of the 1925 tax the fee will be two and one-half per cent and for 1926 and thereafter two and one-fourth per cent ; At the present rate the sheriff get 6 per cent on the first $60,000 and two and one-half per cent on the remainder of tax' collected.. No change in the other officers were made. -.. , '. . Kiwaniaxu Prepare to Stage , An Unusual Attraction. ' On Friday evening, February 20th at the Hiarh School. Anditortam the Klwshis " Club exjecf to" stage the largest snappiest, and most brilliant horn talent production ever wit nessed by a local audience. The cast will number , over one hundred and twenty-five people, Including the entire membership .of the Kiwanis Club in a wonderful harmony chorus, thirty-five little girls in a gorgeously costumed . butterfly pageant ten beautiful dancin? flappers, and oth er notablly gifted professionals in the city of Nashville, accompanied by the peppiest 'jazz orchestra ever assembled under . above-mentioned roOf. - " - . .'. The first part of the program will be an olio of novelty acts closely re sembling the famous Keiths circuit Kiwanians. . If , you- haven't ever heard the famous Kiwani quartette A. W. Futrell, S. F. Austin, C. L. Benson and G. L. Jones; or if you haven't seen Parson Unchurch and Judge Sinclaire Hands Hot Rebuke To Old Offender Joe Bissette Convicted In Wilson County Court. Joe Bissette, well known'. Nash County man and who has figured conspicuously in the courts of Mid dlesex Recorder Court District as well as In the higher courts of Nash County during the past and who has a very checkered record intermingled with road and jail sentences, was convicted ., in the. Wilson County Court last week on a charge of hav ing been ' the Instigator and partici pant in the flogging Of Percy Ltsles at tAa tobacco barn in Wilson coun ty tome months ago, and wis given a sentence of two year on the Wil son County roads, from which sen tence Bissette has taken an appeal, his bond being fixed at $5,000. The ease was thrashed out before Judge N; A. Sinclair; who presided at the recent term of Nash Superior Court It is said Judge Sinclair ex pressed himself very freely" concern ing Bissette' conduct and in pass ing sentence, said: , "Old man, it Is lucky for yon that you were found guilty of simple assault I believe you to be guilty of secret assault and had you been found guilty on that count only for your age I would not hesitate to send you up r 20 years. Tour conduct was most coward: y. Two years on the roads of Wilson county." ' Ia ad-Jition to the" f 5,0 GO eppear nee bond, Elisetto was required to 'e a fifty d '-' ? r?iee bond. Public Interest Centers In Fate Of Cave Man Man Entombed In Cave For Over Ten Days Has Little Chance of , ' Being" Rescued Alive Louis Davenport tripping th ligh fantastic in petite ballet skirts, the the burlesque rehearsal will be wort! your while. Little Mis Frisco in Tuxedo, high silk hat and walking stick kicking out th fly lights, mu sical comedy, grand tragedy and slap-stick comedy, closing with the famous dance of the Argentine Tan go taken from th "Whirl of life." in second part of th program will be th grand ensemble combin ing AL G. Fields cleverest comedi ans, Flo Zelgfield'a prettiest chorus girls, and Metropolitan sweetest singer. Each of th Kiwanians armed with a jingling red tambour ine will assist considerably in adding to th racket even if they can't sing Rehearsals got under way In earnest early thi week, and Kiwanian hold forth nightly at the school, auditori um at 7:00 o'clock. . Proceed will go to the Kiwanis Charity Fund. Admission is only thirty-five and fifty cents, and from present indications, everybody from mile around will be there. Fun will run riot for two hours, and Ki wanian wish to take this opportuni ty of expressing , the slncerest ap preciation' of the splendid spirit of cooperation' shown thus far by the citizens in helping them out with this, their maiden attempt before the footlight. - '-; " Charter Night Wfll Be V Observed By Kiwanian. February 'the '19th has been defi nite?' decided" msHhe -date on wiiich the local Kiwanis Club will celebrate Charter Night Thi occasion will be the biggest event of the season for local Kiwanians. . .' Kiwanian Grovcr Collins, chairman of Charter Night programme is arranging for th presence of at least 160 people for this event " Ladies will be the guest , of - the , club also. Quite number of interesting speakers are the programme including Mr. C. Briggs, of Durham, . Lieutenant Governor of the . Carolina Kiwanis District and Mr. Felix Harvey, Jr., of Kinston. The event will be held the Methodist Church basement, the regular meeting place of the Ki wanis club. . ' ' Have a long-row garden this year ro that it might be cultivated more ffltiently, suggest " horticultural workers of the. State College Tar Heel Missionary - Must Leave Roumania. Rev. Ben T. Hurley, Native of Randolph County, Ordered ' Out of That County. Wake Forest Feb. 2. Een T. Hurley, mentioned in Saturday's as sociated Press dispatches as having been ordered by government author ities to leave Rumania within 15 days is a graduate of Wake Forest college in the class of 1921. He ; attended the. Southwestern Theological semin ary after leaving Wake Forest,' and for the past year has headed a theo logical seminary la Bucharest, as a missionary for the Southern Baptist convention. Hurley is a native oi MUlboro, Randolph county, and mar ried an Anson county , girt. The press dispatches out of Bucharest state that no charge have beeh pre ferred against Mr. Hurley, but add that under the ' law of Rumania, aliens may. be deported for teaching doctrines contrary to those accepted in the country, the American consul of Bucharest is interceding for Rev. Mr. Hurley, the report con!irnied. . Captiat Church "ay ierv.ee i. Sunday School 9:43 A. 1.1." Preaching at 11 :C0 A. 7:30 P. M. Eul-joct "C -r Covenant." Huge Boulder Grips Leg Of Cave Explorer Worker Still Try To Extricate Floyd Collin From Inprio .st a d t in sand lav. For nor than a week practically th nation ha been oa tip-to con cerning th rescue of Floyd Collins, who wa Imprisoned in a narrow paa mg 300 feet from the' mouth of Sand Cave, Kentucky, by aa 8-ton boulder oa hi foot Collin had been exploring the cave and was crawling out when the cave-la of the hum nibterraneaa rock pinioned hi foot n th passageway. Unable to extri cate himself, he began calling for help, but was not discovered uptil twenty-one hour later. Rescuer immediately set to work but owing to the lack of tool and the narrow pas ag little headway wa gained. Number volunteered their services in this dangerous work, but only per son of small stature have been able to reach him. The cave is little more than a hole- point where Collins la pinned, half . erect and half in a reclintag posi tion, face upward. , For twenty-four hour h was alone, ' the constant . drip, drip, drip of th water from melting snow and ice on the surface creating a torture chamber such a was known in age past Collins' brothers,' Marshall . and Homer, car-- ried oilcloth to the, cave and put over , their brother to protect him f ,m th dupping aicr,sayucy1'tr tiiixs-i pondents and everything possible was one to remove his body. A dispatch to the Louisville "Post stated that Ho-, mer Collins offered $600 to any rep- : utable surgeon who would crawl into the cave, chloroform the imprisoned man and amputate his leg. Last Thursday all communication. was cut off from Collins when an up lift in the floor about forty-five feet from him sealed the entrance to the cave. Experienced drillers from the Kentucky , Asphalt Company plant have been trying to sink a bole di rectly through the hillside at a point stimated to be above, where Collin; is pinned ia. Radio -has been resort ed to as a means of finding out if . Collins is still alive and almost every jay some little noise has been heard in the cave which is thought to have come ' from ' movement of Collins. Nothing definite is known, however, and meanwhile the work of sinking the shaft is slowly going on ; ,. Several years ago Collins discover-. -- ed a cave on his father's farm which . has since been visited by many tour ists. Collin and his father were equal owner of this cave, which ia -known as Crystal Cave, and he was . exploring Sand Cave with a view to. using it as a show place for tourists, whea he was entrapped. He was to, have been married last week, accord-. ing to reports. vV;;. There is a general belief that if; red tape business and unnecessary ; . delays had not occurred, Collins brother, with the assistance of a feejx less newspaper man from Louisville ; would have freed the man long ago from hks perilous position, ..- Prominent South Side Citizen Passes to Hi Eternal Reward The death of Mr. George Vf. Finch well known and aged citizen of ' ,iear Bailey, at his home on the 30 th alt, , brought deepest regret to scores of friends throughout r.H that cction, and to his fellow-comra,! ;, members of the Nash County Cnrrp Confederate Veterans, - there is t o iore loss of one of their beloved Timbers. The deceased had attained, t; a ex- 4emc age of eisVy-four v , r he past sevprr.l ji'" " 3 ! ' " n very Ic. :e i 1 : not unr- ' yj five r:r 1 ! .here W. 1 Z x v. r r.- .Evening sul ; "t: i r s t " : y t . concern ojer. C " ' o-o r I