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PAGE FOUR Hie Concord Dilly Tribune. *. B. SHJERRILL, Editor a—l Publish** W. M. SHERRILL. Associate Editor MEMBER 07 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for of ell news credited to it or not otherwise »redited in this paper end also the lo *al news published herein. All rights of republicatlon of special (lspatches herein are also reserved. Special Representative FROST, LANDIS A KOHN 225 Fifth Avenue, New fork Peoples’ Gas Butldlng, Chicago 1004 Candler Butldlng, Atlanta Entered as second class mail matter at the postofflce at Concord. N. C., un der the Act of March I, 1070. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In the City of Concord by Carrier: One Tear Six Months ®-®$ Three Months Outside of the fitmte, the Subscription Ip the Same as In the CHy„ Out of the City and by mail to North Carolina the following prices will pre- Oal Tear **■» Six Months Three Months 1.25 Less Than Three Months, BO Cents a Month „ _ All Subscriptions Must Be Paid In Advance ■ RAILROAD SCHEDULE In Effect June 28. 1924. Northbound. No. 136 To Washington B:00 A. M No. 36 To Washington 10.26 A. M. No! 46 To Danville M No. 12 To Richmond 7-5 P. M. No. 82 To Washington 8.28 F. M No. 38 To Washington 9-30 , S' No 30 To Washington 1:40 A. M. Southbound. No. 45 To Charlotte *** p No. 35 To Atlanta 10-06 F. m No. 29 To Alanta £ m No. 31 To Augusta ®;”2 A. m No. 33 To New Orleans 8-27 A. M. No. il To Charlotte 9-05 A. M No. 135 To Atlanta 0 10 p - M ¥ A BIBLETOOUGHTI I^T—FOR TODAY—I If! He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life, but he that openenth wide his lips shall (iave destruction.—Prov. 13:3. InII r I'nlkfi. Our lives are games of Put and Take in which no tope are spun. In which no gambling is involved, in which there s grief and fun. The things we put. are what we take, that's certain as can be. This rule applies to all of us, to you as well as me. You put a grouch upon your mind and toss it into life, then right away you're handed back a growl that s breed ing strife. Y'ou put in mean and hate ful thoughts with gloom that s thick and black, and they will sail like boomerangs to come and strike you back. You put in tears, and tears you'll take. A groan brings back a groan. You think of self aud no one else, and you’ll be left alorte. Rut put in smiles and right away more smiles you're bound to see. The more you scatter them around, the hap pier you will be. You put iii bright and cheery thoughts and they'll come back again, and when they conic you’ll find at least they’re multiplied by ten. You think of others and their wants and what they're needing too. then others will begin to think of things tot do for you. It’s just a game of Put and Take, this life we live today. You can t put in a thing that's dull and take one out that's gay. So make a list of things you want to take from living here, then put them in a melting pot and soon they'll disappear. Cordially yours—T. V. 11. DO WE NEED MOKE COURTS? Some time ago members of the Char lotte Bar Association started a move ment by which they hqped to create an other court district in North Carolina, declaring they were confident that Meck lenburg could support a full time court with a judge and solicitor all to itself. While nothing definite has been done in the matter yet. the Charlotte bar members are still at work and lawyers In other large counties jp the State are af ter the same thing. It is contended by these persons who would create more courts, that the number of cases where the population is more dense, are multi plying rapidly and that it is impossible for them to be cared for under present conditions. And several days ago a story from Greensboro declared a movement had been started to create another federal dis trict in North Carolina, to be known as the Central District. The court would function in a manner similar to that by which the eastern and western district courts now function. R. It. Clark, associate editor of The Greensboro News, declares in that paper that what we need is not more courts but more work in the courts wc have now. Mr. Chirk is one of the best informed men of North Carolina. He is a pro gressive citizen and a man who has stud ied North Carolina's needs' from behind an editor's desk for many years. His suggestions in this connection are cer tainly worthwhile. “A prominent lawyer of the State,” observes Mr. Clark, “mentions that two judges disposed of 1,600 cases on the docket in one county. As a judge is six months on u circuit, this means that iq a yeqr 1,000 tirflj cases went off the dock eUhiioW: hpuiJty.* H*w ; was it dpue?|)il holding the 'lawyers’ feet toj ‘uinsl; ll“he ZprovJs the^-eT Ist lawyers get ready for trial or take a non- ] suit. Os the 1,600 cases taken from that j docket probably 1,500 were stricken off because there was no purpose to try, or they were settled out of court. YVhen litigants are made to realize that the j court docket is not to be encumbered for purposes other than strictly business, i many cases are compromised, because one side pr the other has no purpose to go to a pury and never intended to try. The cases aye on the docket as a sort of strat egical advantage. ‘We do not need more judges.’ says this lawyer. "What is | needed is judges who will demand that; cases be tried or settled *, * * The] chimneys of our courthouses do not need more hrick ot more flues but a bet ter draft.” READY FOR BIG YEAR. Concord citizens are facing the new year with confidence. While 1024 was not the best year in the history of the city it was an average one and during its close conditions improved so much that 1025 is greeted wish optimism. The slump in the cotton mill busi ness was keenly felt in Concord as the textile industry is the major one in this county. During many mouths in 1024 the mills were operated on skeleton schedule and then only as a means so providing something for the operatives. During the latter part of the year bus iness improved spme in textile circles and mill owners began 1025 with full confi dence that some of the losses of 1024 would be recouped during the year. It is true that even now the textile trade is erratic, with some departments running qt full time and others on a shortened schedule, but general conditions are much more encouraging than they were a year ago. Other business interests in Concord enjoyed a good year, generally speaking. The textile depression naturally was felt hi other lines for the textile operatives are the chief sources of income for local business houses, but despite the depres sion money was made by most business concerns and they are looking forward to a greater year in 1925. All in all Concord greets the year with a feeling of optimism. Having weather ed the storms of 1024. business men be lieve 1025 is certain to bring them some relief from the uncertainty of last year. VVALUE OF EXPORTS From State in the Last Nine Months Amounted to $43,455,820. Raleigh, Jan. 1, —Value of exports of merchandising products from North Car olina during the first nine months of 1924 was $43,455,820, according to sta tistics released here today by the De partment of Commerce through local agencies. The statement added that North Carolina .stood eighteenth in the rank of all states of the union. New Y'ork stood first, Texas stood second and Pennsylvania third. There was a fifty per cent, slump in exports from North Carolina during the third quarter of the year, according to the figures issued, the decreased ship ments of cotton and leaf tobacco being largely responsible for the decrease. Dur ing the third quarterly period, the total export trade was valued at $8,023,308 compared with $16,120,319 for the pre vious quarter. The slump caused North Carolina to stand twenty-fourth among the states of the union for the three months period as compared with tiftteuth for the previous quarter. The value of raw cotton exported dur ing the third quurtely period was great er than that of any other product, ac cording to the figures issued. During the three months cotton exports were valued at $3.708,460 which represented a drop from the value during .the previous quarter of approxiately forty per cent., the figures for that period having been $0,433,983. Deaf tobacco was next in importance, the total exports during the three months period being valued at sl.- 801.038 as compared with $0,773,404 during the previous quarter. The ex port ranking third was classed as “ther textile products" with a total value of $1,757,043. Florida to Place Poultry Embargo. Tallahassee. Fla.. Jan. I.—An order will go out from the office of the state livestock sanitary hoard next Monday placing an embargo on' the shipment of live poultry into Florida, according to J. V. Knapp, state veterinarian. The veterinarian doesn't have the power t.> proiaulagte such an order himself, but it will be mailed out to become effective upon action of the board at a meeting here Jauary 7th. The cause for the eni bargo is the spread of ‘‘European fowl pest" ' which is said to be spreading this country. [a Buy a Fada m Receiver and I enjoy' a real I radio. Adan- 1 dy Christmas I present Price I ! $75.00 up. A || - I ■■ THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE ; GOVERNOR WOULD j . KEEP STATUS QUO Executive Will Make No Recommenda. tarns But Favors Things as They Are. *j Raleigh News and Observer. I Governor Cameron Morrison yesterday declared that while he will make no } recommendations to the General Assem bly and will go out of office with a de- I termination to support as far as possible i whatever policies Governor-Elect McLean j may sponsor he is emphatically opposed 1 to any great increases either in appro i priations or in taxes. i The budget, commission, of which .the ! governor is chairman but whose report i will probably not be completed until as- I ter Governor MeLean assumes office, is not expected to make any recommemla-, tions as to revenue, that tax being left by statute to the State board of assess-! ment. headed by Commissioners of Reve- j nue R. A. Doughton. Naturally the revenue to be raised must fit the appropriations to be granted ami while neither body can do more than recommend to the General Assembly, the supreme power, it is expected that there will be close co-operation between the two bodies and the budget commission will confer with Commissioner Doughton this week, with Attorney General Ylan-j ning and Chairman IV. T. Lee, the other j two members of the board of assessment probably sitting in at the conference, j Governor Morrison some time ago pre pared and presented to prospective buy-! ers of the State's securities a table show-1 ing that an additional 25 millions in rev enue could be raised by the State with out resorting to ad valorem taxes. "I am an income tax advocate and if more taxes are needed 1 would go to ! that source first, but 1 do not believe that it will be necessary to raise the; present maximum of three per cent," de-j flared the governor yesterday. In' the table presented to the New; Y'ork bankers, the governor also pointed out that the present franchise tax on i one-tenth of one per cent, on corpora-1 tions is considerably lower than the rate' in a number ot other states and pointed out the possibility of a sales tax upon to-; baceo, cigarettes, etc., a source that is yielding the State of Georgia $600,000 a 1 year, instead of over two millions as re- > ported in some quarters. The governor has also figured that n j tax of cent cents a thousand on the man ufacture of cigarettes, as compared with | the federal tax of $3.00 would yield a rev- j enue of $12,000,000 a year. “However, while all these taxes arc possible and the possibility shows the security behind our boards, 1 do not be lieve it necessary to raise the present taxes to meet present appropriations and I do. not think those appropriations should be changed." declared the gover nor. Says Deficit of $1,500,000 “YVhen all the taxes levied during this two year period there will bp a small deficit which may amount to $1,500,000 but it will not exceed that figure," de-' clared the governor. "It is impossible to know the exact condition of the treasury for any given date until alt the taxes applicable be fore that date have been collected." stat ed the governor. "I am now informed that practically all of the taxes applic able before December 31. 1924. have been collected and that the figures show a deficit of about $500,000 as of that date. This deficit may be increased a million dollars by December 31, 1025. but if ap propriations are not increased it will not be necessary to increase the revenue." The governor has already committed himself against any increases except for the institutions earing for the defectives and unfortunates of the State and is op posed to giving more than $3,000,00 for permanent improvements, as agaifist re quests fro minstitutions aggregating $17.- 000.000. “The State lias done more for good causes in the last four years than any other-.state has ever done in a similar period in all history, but everybody knows that we cannot go on appropriat , ing huge sums every time the legislature meets and I think the time has come to stop." he declared. * Mount Everest, the highest known point in the world, was christened in lionor of Sir George Everest, who was surveyor-general of India. The hairspring of a watch is made by drawing steel wire through a hole in a [ diamond. EVERETT TRUE BY <JONUo" y~7—/‘ r-j j — t- I r-i 1 i t~-i —i r~' —o r COM-l.' 4V45 Cflfi; ' ' TODAY’S EVENTS j Friday, January 2, 1825 First working day of 1925! | Twenty years ago today the capture of ' Pert Arthur by the Japanese was the big news of the day. Denver is to be the meeting place to day of the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish. The Classical Association of the Pa cific Northwest, representing the educa i tionaf institutions of half a dozen states, , meets in annual session today at Se attle. i The National .Motoor Boat Show, the , firet large exhibition of its kind held in two years, will open today in the Grand i Central Palace. New York City, and con- , I tinue for one week. 1 Y’iscount Cecil of Chelwood. eminent 1 English statesman and cabinet officer, is 'to be entertained by The Pilgrims of i the United Btates at a dinner in New York tonight, at which Cauneey M. i Depew will preside. j Capt. Georges Pelletier Doisy. the French aviator who made the famous Paris to Tokyo flight last summer, to- 1 day will attempt a non-stop flight from 1 Paris to Lake Chad, in Central Africa. I ! The distance is 2,600 mill's. The plans ; provide for covering the distance in 20 I hours. The Park Fight. ! Lexington Dispatch. I North Carolina undoubtedly has a more suitable site for a national park j that that which was recommended in . northern Y’irginia by the National Park j Commission, and there may y.ct be a [ chance for her to bring the advantag s of the several sections offered in our . I mountains so forcefully before Congress that, the recommendation oftlie eorn ] mission will be .eversed- HoWever. it • might as well be recognized 'that the fight-is an uphill one. I In only one thing does the section • recommend in Y r irgiiiia except the North Carolina mountain areas, and that is its nearness to spots of great historical ; interest. But national recreational ! parks and historical spots arc not : necessarily closely allied- The national j government has not yet made it a policy I ot select its parks on the basis of 'his torical interest. Natural assets have nl , \ypys bran the deciding factor, and so it i should be in this case. | If a site in Y’irginia were to be [.selected the commission has overlooked a section far more picturesque than that recommended. This is the YYhite Moun tain area. Here is a great mountain al most as high ns Mitchell, c.nned in timber and surrounded by other tine^ But to our minds the Linvillc-Grand father-Smoky Mountain area provides more in the way of majectie monntaini, beautiful streams and cascades and vistas of surpassing beauty than any ;< other section in the Southern Appa lachians. The northern Y'irginia area is near to large imputation, n view of its proxi . mity to YY'oshington, Baltimore, Phila delphia. New York and the New Jersey cities, but. it is $' long way from all the southern and Southwestern territory south of Y'irgitik, which also has a right to consideration. This belt is gaining rapidly In population and in a few years the uuMintain area of YY'estern North Carolina 4>r pastern Tennessee, or even of Southwestern Y’irginia, will be accessible to iierhnps as largo a pspu -1 latien as would benefit most now by the • northern Y’irginia country. In fact, the i park commission might, clip areas out of southwest Y’irgipia, eastern Ten ■ nessra and western North Carolina and . tie them up iuto a park of wondrous - beauty and great national resources. I It isn’t very pleasant to read of in . dictments in connection with promotion . of fraudulent bankruptcies and find that . nearly every one of the twenty-five or . thirty who were indicted were Jews. It > seems that wc have some house elean , ing to do among outselves and it is high time that we started it.”—Charles H. Joseph. Jewish syndicate writer, in De i troit Jewish Chronielc. i , The famous Stanley Cup, emblematic of the Canadian amateur hockey cham pionship, was offered in 1893 by Lord ; Stanley, then Governor- (Seneral of the t Dominion, and was won in that year by the Montreal A. A- A. > —■ " ■■*■■■ » —' ■ " —1 [ DINNER STORIES - . Tut, Tilt! Preacher: “And he emote them hip and thigh!” Deacon (absently) : “Smash any thing?” Shook “How dare you come in at this time of night?” began Mrs. Peckmore, as she met her husband at the head of the stairs. “I suppose you have a good excuse, as usual?” "No,, my dear,” replied Mr. Peckmore. i Then, as he had hoped, she fainted, j and he went to bed. Mayor, 25c; Dog Catcher, or First Loafer (who has received a ! cigar) : “What’s he runnin’ fer?” Second Loafer (sniffling it) : "1 got a cold/ I can't decide.” A Mad World. “How was it you got all mixed up?” asked Mrs. Santa Claus, as hgr husband returned with the confession his trip had been a finale. “I had a fine collection of gin flasks, I hair clippers and cigarettes to deliver,” mourned Santa, "and I didn't know ] wether to put them in the socks or the ( stockings. 1 1 Keep Moving. Dance Hall Manager: “Hey. you two! , You gotta stop dancing on that spot. You're beginning to wear through." Zhigo! Yamba! Wux! Crawford: “So you can't understand why your boy in college flunked in all the foreign languages?" Crabshaw: "No, it’s a mystery to me. He picked up all the college yells in no time.” ! Seme Restraint Needed. “Now," began the scenario writer, timidly. “I'd like actors in my picture who can behave like ladies and gentle men.” “Nossirsnorted the director. “It iid never git by the censors!” Naughty. Naughty! High-brow Hubby: “Have you seen your quondam friend, Gertrude, of late?' Low-brow Wifey: “None of your quon dam business, and. I’d thank you not to speak of my friends that way.” Had Case. A man went to see his physician for advice as to liow to bo cured of the habit of snoring. “I>cur your snoring disturb your wife?" asked the doctor. “Does it disturb my wire?” echoed the patient. “Why, doc, it disturbs the whoie congregation.” THE BEST GOODS ARE THE ADVERTISED GOODS j Buffalo Bureau’s Survey Probes 3,000 Cases. Fourth Estate. In the investigation of more than 3.000 cases of merchandise advertised by Buf falo. N. Y.. retailers it was found that 05 per cent, of the merchandise was of better quality thau 11011-advOrtised goods of similar type. The investigations were made by the Buffalo Better Business Bu reau. As a result of the analysis the bureau came to the conclusion that the weakest part of merchandise advertised by the re tail merchants was often the character of the advertising itself, and in copy so unskillfully prepared as to be misleading iu many cases, largely in the matter of comparative prices. “It is a regrettable fact that often times merchandise of splendid value is advertised by representations which eith er breed distrust or which create an un favorable reaction on the part of some of the public who do respond.” says the re port. “Not only does an occurrence cre ate a resistance to future appeals of the individual advertiser, but adversely af fects public confidence in all advertis ing." Hie Major Problem. The report says it is this condition which is the major problem of the com mission. As retail advertising Is direct ed to tlie public, and its value, therefore, depends upon the degree of public confi dence in it. the commission feels it can best accomplish its work by determining what confuses or misleads the public and also by securing the co-operation of ad vertisers to eliminate such conditions in future advertising. During the last year the Buffalo com mission has made .recommendations on these subjects; Standard for-comparative price advertising, use of tlie word fiber, misleading trade names, mattress adver tising k jewelry advertising. August fur sale advertising. The two leading eVils in retail store advertising, the report says, are the abuse of comparative prices wnd the use of misleading trade names, and it was said these two evils have received the major part of the attention of the bu- , reau in the last year. Out of a total of i more than 3,(K>O individual retail adver- ] tisements stopped during the year, l thhe ( report says, 45 per cent, were stopped to 1 check up on the proper use of comparg- j live prices, and 15 per cent, on the use of i misleading trade names. “Due to the co-operation of loeal adver- j tisers, we feel justified iu making the i claim that the advertising of Buffalo is 1 such as to be entitled to a leading posi- j tion with other cities that have seriously i taken up the trutli-iu-advertisiug move- ] ment,” says the report. “Illegitimate or fraudulent advertising 1 is not only unfair to the publie, But to j legitimate advertising In adversely affect- i ing public opinion regarding 'all .adver- 1 tising. Newspapers have co-operated in ] barring such advertisements from their i columns when tlie true facts have been 1 presented to them. The police have or- | dered questionable advert isers to leave the i city. In some cases “it has been necessary ] to invoke the aid of the state advertising i law.” ■» j Hairpins were used seven thousand yedrs <go. They have been cseavatdl •t Kish by the Field Museum-Oxford University Mesopotamian expedition! graved cylinder aeals of Inestimable his. fork: value, giaxed pottery and iulay work of„ lapis laauli aml stlter. j Warn in which the United States hail token part sjncO 1790, exclusive of thi ”’i f !«#i k-A u >;' POQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQO-IQOOQOeOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOPOOOOOPOOg HAVEN’T YOU SAID “We’ll Make It Do” LONGENOUGH? j How. many times have you felt | I that you must replace some of the furniture that has seen its best days? ' With winter social activities at their height, isn’t this the time to j turn thought into action? A new piece or two wilf do much 1 toward making winter home affairs 1 successful, and we believe you’ll find | your ideal of quality decisively met § by the attractive prices prevailing J ' throughout our store. BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. The Store That Satisfies BUTTER Fresh Creamery Butter at all Times. ] I Made from Cream i produced in Cabar rus county: 1 Pound Prints 1-4 Pound Prints Wholesale and Retail CABARRUS CREAMERY CO. Phone 292 95 S. Union St j r To Our Many Friends and Patrons 1 | We wish to use this means of thanking you fbr your X i business during the Year 1924, which was one of the most jj | successful years this store has ever known. a During the year 192a we wish to assure you of the same | courtesy and service that hhs made this store grow from I: • % 1 1 year to year. _ I ■ THE SEASON'S GREETINGS Tp YOU ALL I OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT 8 r. •. * Frfaay, January 2, 1025 Ordinary Cakes Might do Some times, But Not for New Year’s See that your Grocer gives you Royalty Cake: Chocolate Cocoanut 1 Strawberry * Orange " Cherry Lemon Pineapple Plain Raisin Caramel Devil Food j CONCORD STEAM ’ BAKERY A Phone 299 or 277
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