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IT A BIBLE thought!
TODAY—I
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Is not this the fast that I have chos
-011 v to loose the bands of wiekmlness. to
undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break ev
try yoke?—lsaiuh 58:6.
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Dear Folks:
Oh it's nice to go out to the movies
and to sit for an hour or two, getting
thrills from the pictures that fliker.
It’s a help when your spirits are blue.
But ’its better to sit by the fire with the
. ones that you love by your side, for its
there all your burdens and worries from
your shoulders will easily slide.
Oh it’s fine to go out to a dinner and
to dine on a rich costly fare, where the
finer to eat with the Missus in a home
music that floats in the air. but its
fine rto eat with the Missus in a home
that is loaded with smiles, for it’s there
you can do .as you want to, you re tin
hampered with customs and styles. Oil
it's great to go out to a party and to
.sing and to dance and to play, and to
bubble all over with laughter, ’cause your
spirits are happy and gay. But it's
greater to play the vietrola for the Mis-'
sus and kiddies to heat, for it's then
ycu have your freedom of action, and
there’s no one to snicker or sneer.
Oh it’s nice to go calling on neighbor--
and to talk over things cn your mind,
and to tell of the show you’ve attended
and to mention the places you've dined.
But it's better to sit with the Missus
and to plan on the things you will do.
then the words that, you say are believed
in, here’s encouragement backing 'em
too.
For a heme is the greatest of plea
sures. and the rept is of little account,
‘less there's love between you and the
Missus, that's increasing each day in
amount.
Cordially yours—T. V. R
IVHAT THE COTTON MILLS MEAN
TO THE STATE.
Marshall Hunter, secretary and treas
urer of the Cdtton Manufacturers As
sociation of Carolina, declared at
a recent meetingoF the association that
Commissioner Shipman Os tilt- State La
bor and Trinting department is prepar
ing a report of the cotton mill industry’
in the State that will be the “completest
summary of the industry in the State that
has ever been prepared."
The Charlotte Observer in commenting l
on the coming report paints out that “in-/
cidentally it is developed that 80,000
people are employed in the mills in the
State. Commissioner Shipman states
that with $108,202,542 invested in the
industry, tfilie Stale takes its place as a
Southern leader, and second in the nat
ional list; 5, spindles arc employ-,
ed iu the industry, but during the biennial
period from time to time a greater num
ber of spindle hours has been recorded
for North Carolina titan for any other
State; the number of looms used in the
industry is 83,402 and the number of
cards 15,494. both figures showing sub
stantial Yhcreuse during . the past two
years. The use of liorspower has also
increased, 241,024 units now being used.
"The North Carolina cotton mills use
up 853,085,085 pounds of raw material
tured output is filed at $252,078,351.
The thing of greatest importance to The
The Cotton mills have played a big part
in the development of North Carolina.
Massachusetts alone ranks ahead of the
State now and in the past five years the
increase in the -textile equipment in
.North Carolina has been greater than the
increase in the New England State. Dur
ing the past year our mills have been in
operation more than the New England
mills and while the industry has enjoyed
a slack year in North Carolina conditions
in Massachusetts have been even worse.
LIGHTS FOR ALL VEHKUCS.
Several recent night accidents on high
ways iu this State in which horse-drawn
.vehicles that carried no lights played
major parts, have led several Tar Heel
\ papers to suggesi the advisability of
-some law requiring all vehicles to dis
play lights when using the highways at
night. ,
We believe it would be a wise thing
for the next Legislature to take up this
matter and give it serious consideration.
-There is no doubt that if all vehicles
-carried lights the chances of collisions
would be lessened. The horse-drawn ve
hicles without lights cannot be seen in
|most (instances untitl the motorist ijs
'right on them whereas if these vehicles
carried lights they Would be detected at a
greater distance.
The motorist need not be speeding to
become confused about _ihc vehicles. The
man who is motoring along at a rate al
lowed by law is liable to run up on a bug
gy or wagon when it carries no lights.
And often the motorist is required to
make a quick stop or a sudden turn.
Both are dangerous on thickly congested
roads.
And there is still another danger. Two
cars meet going in opposite directions.
The lights of each blind the drivers to a
certain extent. And many times the driv
er of an unto passes a car to find just
in front a wagon or buggy that has no
lights.
It will work no hardship on the farm
ers or others who use wagons and bug
gies to require them to display a light. A
lantern hung on the rear of the buggy
and on the Idft aide of the shaft would
do if nothing better could be secured. As
a matter of fact many persons driving in
buggies or wagons At night carry lan
terns now. Tltey do it to protect them
selves as well as to warn other persons
on the roads. There is no reason why
everyone should not do the same thing.
Evidence in Forbes Trial.
Chicago, Dec. 1 (By the Associated
Pressl.—The history of the alleged con
spiracy between Chas. R. Forbes and
John VV. Thompson, a St, Louis contract
or, to defraud the Puked States govern
ment on veterans hospital construction
while Forbes was head of the Veterans’
Bureau in 1922, was related today by
Elias H. Mortimer, chief .government wit
ness. Mortimer said tliut Black and
Thompson, obtained Forbes' acceptance of
their offer of $100,600 a year to become
chief engineer of their Columbian. South
American Development Syndicate.
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-One of the best known real estate men tn
America recently said:
„ “Any modern, efficient steam or hot
water heating slant Will add three ta
five times its cost to the selling value of
the house.”
THINK OF IT!
or tVater Radiators in
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property as well!
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ABOUT THE MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT
Washington, Deo. 1. (By the Associ
ated Press). —The Mu9de Shoals elec
trical power and nitrate plant, over which
there has been much controversy, will be
ready to operate by July 1 next year,
should Congress so desire. It is up to
Congress to say, before that time, what
the final disposition of the plant will be,
Major General H. Taylor, chief of engi
neers of the Army, in his annual report
made public today, says expenditures for
the w;*rk of completing the plant are
being made at the rate of SBOO,OOO a
month.
Beginning April 1 next, it is antici
pated, General Taylor says, that the
working force, which totaled 4,401 em
ployees oa June 30 last, will be greatly
reduced and expenditures from then on
Will average less than $500,000 a month,
indicating completion df the work by Oc
tober 1, 1925, with the possibility,
should it be so desired by Congress, of
putting the plant in operating condition
by July 1, 1925. leaving the final touch
•es and cleaning up to be done after the
-plant is put on an income-bearing basis.
“In this connection,” General Taylor
said, “it is believed proper to invite the
attehtion of Congress to the fact that
has not been decided, no steps have been
because the final disposition of the plant
-taken to acquire the equipment for high
tension switching yard, which will be
-needed if distant transmission is to be a
part of such operating policy. It will
take a year to build the transformers
needed for such transmission,’ and an
early statement of policy by Congress in
this connection seems particularly desir
able. no matter what the final disposi
tion of the plant may- be.” S
The Muscle Shoals development, i)«-
gun in the summer of 1918, was original
ly intended for the generation of electri
cal power for the production of nitrates
and other products needed for munitions
of war and useful iu the manufacture of
fertilizers and other useful products. The
■estimated cost of the project, including
all funds expended from the inception
of the work, as revised December 4, 1923.
is $51,123,611. There had been appro
priated and allotted to June 30 this year
$39,258,410. In addition Congress has
authorized entry into contracts for fu
ture delivery of machinery and materials
to the extent of $6,541,590, which amount
Congress is being asked to appropriate at
the extra session. T|jut makes a total
so far provided or authorized of $45.-
800,000. That amount, it is estimated,
will be sufficient to complete the project
as far as the locks and dam are concern
ed ahd to complete the power house us
far as may be necessary for the installa
tion ready to operate of 8 main power
units, 4 of 25,000 kilowatt amperes and
4 of 32.500 kilowatt amperes, leaving
the. structure in such a condition that
the remaining 10 main unite may be. con-
FROLIC IN STORE FOR
POLICEMEN AT RALEIGH
Wfll Do Their Dally Dozen at a Bene
fit Fancy Drees Bail December I*.
Raleigh. Dec. I.—The Raleigh police
men will tell the cock-eyed world that
they're going to strut their stuff on the
uight of December 17. f
There's to be a fancy dress ball given
at the city auditorium on the evening of
that particular date for the benefit of t'he
local guardians of, the law. The pro
ceeds from the sale of tickets will go to
the Raleigh policemen's Christmas fund,
the money to be equally divided and dis
tributed among the braves. The dance is
being managed by a committee of lend
ing citizens.
The policemen will do their bit. toward
making the affair a success by giving an
exhibition of fancy police dri’ls and
doing other stunts. Following their per
formance, the hall will be turned over to
the younger set. for a dress ball.
Working in shifts, the officers will lay
aside their duties of protecting the
citizenry from bootleggers, bandits,
bums and other non respeetorx of the
law long enough to report nt the city
auditorium to do their daily dozen for
the amusement of the spectators.
The number of scales on any fish » 1
the same throughout its existence. As
the fish grows, so do the scales grow
in proportion-
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CHE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
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veniently installed as the market for pow
er demand*,
The estimates, $51,123,611 for the 18-
unit installation and $45,800,000 for the
8-unit installation, include no special sum
for contingencies; but neither do they al
low any salvage value for the construc
tion plant, the book value of which at
the close of theffiseal year was $3,412,041,
General Taylor states. Tire unexpended
balance at the beginning of the fiscal
year of 1925 on July 1. last was $8,114,-
021. It is estimated that that amount
will be sufficient to complete the 8-unit
installation. The work this money will
be used for is as follows:
Lock section: Complete the excava
tion for and the masonry of both locks,
placing the valves for controlling the fill
ing and emptying, and the anchorage and
castings for all the lock gates, and enter
into continuing contracts for the manu
facture of the gates, delivery to be sent
at April 1. 1925. A tentative allotment
of $600,000 has been made from availa
ble funds, which sum is but 40 per cent,
of the amount still to be expended to
complete the lock section, including exca
vation of approaches and cleaning up.
Dam section: A tentative allotment
of $2,500,000 from available \ funds was
made for work on this section which is
70 per cent, of the total required to
complete the section in all its details,
including cleaning up. ,
Power-house section; Os the entire
estimated amount—s7,ooo;ooo—required
to complete the power-house section, omit
ting hydraulic and electrical machinery
and switch gear for the ten main units
and one. auxiliary unit, bnt $2,200,000
cash was actually available for the work
on July 1, 1924. after allotments of $2,-
500.000 for spillway section, $209,000 for
clearing reservoir. $600,000 for lock sec
tion and $1,300,00<) for undistributed ov
erhead and contingencies, had been set
aside.
Because of the nature ’of the work it
is believed that $2,200,000 will be suf
ficient to carry on the work at an eco
nomical rate.-of speed until additional
funds are provided. Installation of the
turbines and generators for the first four
units was exypeeted to begin December 1.
Construction of the switch tower, switch
house, and of sections “A” and "B” of
the oil circuit breaker house is expected
to be completed by February 28. so as
to permit installation of switchboard,
switchgear, and circuit breakers which
will be delivered beginning March 4th.
Removal of the downstream cofferdam is
expected by July Ist.
On the construction work $11,191,379
was expended in the fiscal year of 1924,
which closed June 30. Iu 1020 expendi
tures amounted to $6,404,527,- iu 1921 to
$7,840,676; in 1922 to $1,371,854. and in
1923 to $3,724,821.
The Prayer Meeting.
Twin City Sentinel.
Ilev. John W. Moore, pastor of IVest
End Methodist Church, stated recently
that the prayer meeting service at a
church on Wednesday evening comes
midway between two Sundays and a time
when there iff, likely to be a “sag." so
to speak, in religious interest; that the
prayer service coming at such a time,
acts ns a bind of stimulus to those indi
viduals attending it, preparing them bet
ter for the period intervening before the
next Sunday, j -He presented the prayer
meeting as a kind of spiritual tonic when
such a tonic seems to be most needed.
Thus is a thought that ought to be kept
constantly in mind by those who take
interest in religious matters. If it is
thus kept in mind, the attendance on
mid-week services Wednesday of this
week is likely to be considerably larger
than usual. Certainty it should be, for
the average prayer meeting attendance
at the average eboreh is not particularly
eredibtable, to sag the least of the mat
ter.
Hear Russian Singers.
Charlotte News.
Mrs. J. A. Cannon, Mm. I. I. Davis,
Mrs. Victor Means, Mr. and Mrs. Price
Doyle, all of Concord, heard the Rus
sian Symphonic choir at the auditorium
here Saturday night. Mr. Doylo is head
of the music department in the Concord
schools.
DINNER STORIES
The new chauffeur was extremely reti
cent. In fact, his mistress thought him
bashful. 4
“Won’t you tell me your last name,
John?”
“No’m; just call me John.” \
“Well, may I know what your last
name is?”
“No’m; you'd better not.”
“I insist upon calling you by your
ilast name!”
“All right, then. Gall me Darling.”
Once, a city man out of > work had
“hired out” to a farmer. At four o’clock
in the morning the newly employed hired
man was called to breakfast. .. A few
minutes later the old farmer was aston
ished to see the niqn walking off down
the road.
“Say! Come back and eat breakfast
’fore you go to work!” he yelled after
him.
“I ain’t goin’ to work,” the man called
back. “I'm going to find a place where
I can stay all night.”
School Superintendent (cross-question
ing the terrified class) "And now I want
tto you boys to tell me who wrote ‘Hum
let’.”
Frightened Boy: “P-p-plcasc, sir, it—
it wasn’t |nc.”
That same evening the superintendent
was talking to his host, the squire of
the village. The superintendent said:
"Most amusing thing happened today.
I was questioning 'the class over at the
school, and 1 asked a boy who wrote
‘Hamlet.’ He answered tearfully, ‘P-j>-
p’.ease, sir, it wasn’t me'.”
Aftfr loud and prolonged laughter;
the squire said : , - j
“That's pretty good, aud I suppose
the little rascal had done it ail the
time.” r . ,
Harton: “‘Hoiv many fish did Durm
catch?"
Collie: “‘I haven’t the least idea.
Nine, he says."
“You will liavf trouble with a dark
lady.” predicted the fortune teller.
“Think hard, sister, and be sure you
arc right,” replied the wisdom seeker.
“I'm married to a blond.”
Mr. Farmer:
Just received car
No. 1 Timothy Hay
at Good Price.
H. B. TROUTMAN
Bar brick Street
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These vary in prices from $18.50
and up. They are the nobbiest
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Just the thing for ’Hubby’s”
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