North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE SIX HOME PAPER A BEACON LIGHT The Journal q( a Town Reflects Glory Os Townsmen. Fourth Estate. A plea for the support of the home town newspaper is the subject of the following i uteri sting anil well-written editorial from the Wykoff. Minn., En terprise : A news bureau recently sent out a list of cities anil towns which were offering special inducements for in dustrial enterprises. Eight states were represented and in every instance those whose aright be interetert were advised to address 'nquiries to the editor of the home town newspaper. This is but one example of how the home town newspaper is always on duty; how it is constantly striving to better the community which it serves, not for any selfish purpose, but because it has the welfare of the community at henrt. The home town newspaper is the beacon light that reflects the g’ory of the people and the natural advantages that the town possess. It. is ever alert to opportunities for .progress. Countless numbers of towns would be a dismal failure without a newspaper. Their light would be hidden under a bushel, never to shine forth and beckon the stranger to come in. Everyone recognizes the value of a newspaper and the unselfish work that it does in building up the community, but all too few show their appreciation in a substantial way. All Should Subscribe. With the revenue from subscriptions alone, no newspaper can live, but every person should be a subscriber to an enterprise that always puts the best in terests of the community before every Other consideration. From those who are first to benefit from the ionstant efforts of the news paper. the merchants, should come the financial support that is the first es sential in publishing a newspaper. This newspaper or any other news paper can not continue to be the standard by which the community is judged without advertising patronage. Advertising must be forthcoming if the newspaper is to continue as me medium by which the community expresses it self; if it is to go on as the advance agent for the people, weekly performing a public service that no other agency is willing to or can pet form. USE PENNY COLUMN—IT PAYS it. 11 I Tftc mo& remarkable tobacco ever offered to pipe smokers -in quality, in value,in taste fife ’ " Back about lß7Qjames N.Wfellman which ju£ seemed to“goVith | | 1 developed a secret tobacco process a pipe. No one else ever knew o which won inibmt and widespread his secret until we acquired ° texax.,lt yielded a fuller-bodied “Wfellmaifs Metho<fand by its richness andfragrance means made u Gmngerl{pugfi Cut”y ‘., ,■ ,' .‘J’.'..' .' 1 f -\e -j, * 1 V j SENATOR DIAL’S VOTE FOR SUSTAINING THE VETO Bolts Democratic Colleagues On Postal Pay Increase—Friendly to President. Washington, Jau. fi. —The vote of 33 to 2!) sustaining the President's veto of tlie postal increase bill was made pos sible today by the vote of Senator Dial, of South Carolina. If Dial had voted with his fellow Democrats the veto would have been over-ridden and the postal pay increase would have become a law. It is understood that Senator Dial, whose term as senator expires on March 4th, is a candidate to fill the vacancy that will occur on January 13th in the In terstate Commerce Commission. The senator made a speech on Satur day praising President Cooliilge as being a better Democrat than the senator’s own Depiocratic colleagues, hut Mr. Dial's Democratic colleagues said it would be unjust to'attribute'to him an ulterior motive in his .speech, and his vote to sustain the President, as his present mo tive was no different from what he had maintained throughout his career as a senator. It was this position, his South Carolina colleagues say, that defeated him for the Senate in last summer’s pri mary. The belief widely prevails tonight that the proposal of the administration, to vanee postal rates, will fail. Senator Overman said he did not apprehend the passage of tins bill. Some of the news paper correspondents, who keep in close touch with, the Republican senators, are of the opinion that a hard fight will be* made for the bill, but that it will not be j successful. Solving of Puzzles Adds to Efficiency of \ Typists. Chicago, .Tan. 6.—Cross word puzzles j “are a blessing in disguise to those cm-! ployers who feared their distracting in- j flttence when they first appeared,” ac cording to Albert M. Johnson, president of the National Life Insurance Company |; of the United States, who said that so j far as his organization was concerned j the puzzles were repsonsible for inoreas- 1 . ing the efficiency of his stenographers 25 I per cent.' Rather than being a distraction to the' office gir!. the mental labor in solving them has made her faster and more ac curate in her work, Mr. Johnson found, j “Noticing a marked improvement in I the speed with which our several hun dred stenographers were handling the correspondence to 100,000 policyholders. I imp lin'd the reason and found that j we had the crossword puzzles to thank." j THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE Me, Johnson said. "I discovered our’ stenographers were crossword enthusiasts and their idle hours spent over the dictionary lm<l improved their spelling and recognition of words to a startling ex tent. "Ail our executives reported that the stenographers were taking dictation far more rapidly; that they were recogniz ing and handling correctly words that they used to 6tumble over. We have encouraged our employes to play the game as it widens their minds and im proves their speech, as well as increas ing their office efficiency.” .Meanest and Tightest. News and OBeerver. Who is the meanest man in the world? The Burlington Times last week declared he was the min who. volunteering to carry home a turkey a trusting little girl had obtained as a prize, never turned up with the turkey. It was not supposed that Alamance could provide such a man. add tlie probability is he was an impor tation. Who is tlie stingiest man? The Bur lingtd Times, referring to the meanest may, says: "Colonel J. 11. Holt had read with in terest the ‘meanest may’ story carried in the Times a day or so ago. but it is shelved into a 'dusty corner' by a 'stingy' man story the colonel brought in: ."The tightest man in the world is the Scotchman who shot off a pistol outside liis house on Christmas Eve and then came in and told his children that Santa Clans had committed suicide.” j Germany Would Have Demanded More. | Philadelphia Record, j A Paris correspondent says that "your j taxi chauffeur, your barber, grocer, bak jer . . . sincerely believe ihat Prance ! should never, pay ’un sacre sou'," and j that our government is a vampire intent i on sucking tile blood out of their beloved j country. Happily there are ill the French [ government persons of more intelligence I than the chauffeur, barber, grocer and baker. And we doubt not that France contains a great many people of lower rank than the government and the na tional assembly who realize that if we 1 had not sent 2,000.000 soldiers to France i and incurred a debt of $15.000.000.0001 oil our own account France would have j I had to pay Germany a great deal more j than the amount of her war debt to us. Grays Harbor. Wash., loaded a bil- I lion feet of lumber cargo in 1924, esta-1 i blishing a world’s record for water ship- 1 I ments from any port in one year. HAD TWO- CENTS AND A 1 RAZOR FOR TAXI FARE , Greensboro Taxi Driver. Arriving at Salisbury. Offered Unusual Payment By His Fare. I Salisbury, Jan. (I.—A negro who gave his name as Frank Thompson, of Greensboro, evidently has unusual ideas as to what is required ns taxi fare. He engaged a black and white taxi in Greensboro tonight to bring him to Salisbury. The driver of the taxi rolled into Salisbury easily enough but some way or other the actions of his fare had caused him to be suspicions. So he drove in front of the police station and stopped. Thompson didn't know the ear had been stopped in front of the police station. "How aliout my fare?" iiskiml the driver, whose name was pot learned. "I've just got two cents," was the answer. Police were called immediately. Thompson was searched. Sure enough he had a razor. Just what his plans were are not known but police think the taxi driver was iueky to reach Salisbury a live. Thompson was lodged in the city jail. About 10 o'clock the taxi driver started back to Greensboro. He admit ted before he left that he had given up prospects of collecting for the trip. Thaddetis Adams Files Petition in Bankruptcy. Charlotte Observer. Thaddetis A. Adams, Charlotte at torney, has filed a petition or voluntary bankruptcy with John M. Robinson, federal refree n bankruptcy. Mr. Robin son yesterday transferred the papers to the office of E. S. Williams, deputy clerk of the United States federal court. After adjudication by Judge Webb a referee will be named and later a trustee will be chosen to represent the creditors. Mr. Robinson said last night that the creditors will meet January 20 to select a trustee. Marshville Woman Is Killed by Accident. MarshvilW. Jan. (I.—Mrs. L. L. Parker died in the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in : Monroe yesterday, where she had been j rushed after having been accidentally run lover by a Charlotte automobile Sunday I afternoon as she stepped from her ear in front of her residence. I Hie first zinc made in the United | States was from the red oxide of New I Jersey at the arsenal in Washington, ! D. C, in 1838. $ I ‘Thcked in heavy foil instead of costly tins hence 10* 'Poultry Paves Way For Owning Farm.! i Raleigh, Jan. 6.—Success with poultry iis largely responsible for R. E. Parker, of the Amity community in Iredell coun ter, now owning his own farm, zaports It. W. Graeber, county agent, for the State College extension division in that county. re 1 Mr. Graeber states tlmt Mr. Parker lias demonstrated to the people of his sec tion that poultry will bring in a good farm income. The returns from Mr. Parker's birds has about equalled that secured fro® cotton, in addition to giv ing food for the family. “Mr. Parker is a small farmer and has been living on rented land,'’- says Mr. Graeber. “He has not had the oppor tunity for equipping himself for handling hie poultry as he would like to; but, when We visited his farm recently we found 350 high grade White Leghorns turning the grain crops of the farm into eggs. We found crude equipment but fine meth ods of using equipment as he had. , “After talking with Mr. Parker, we realized that he had given much study to his work. His wife had kept a care ful record on the poultry for the past eleven months and her report showed that they began the year on January Ist, 11)24. with 150 hens. The sale of eggs and poultry up until December 7st wan $1,488.45. This amount included the value of 200 birds now in the laying flock as increase in the poultry and val ued at $1.50 each. The feed cast dur ing the eleven months was $405.51). leav ing a nei profit from ,the 150 hens of $1.022.80." Mr. Graeber states that the Parkers did not keep a careful record of the poul try and eggs consumed at home. On December Ist the laying flock included ninety yearling hens and 200 early hatched pullets. Mr. Parker has re cently purchased a farm of his own and moved to it in December. He has built an excellent farm poultry house that will care for 250 layers and he says. “My success with poultry gave me the idea of buying the new place.*' Better Corn Yield by Growing Clover. Raleigh, Jan. o.—The organic matter secured from plowing under clover will not only increase the plant food in the soil but tile clover also permits of better drainage during wet wea#her and of greater moisture —holding capacity dur ing dry weather. E. C. Blair, extension agronomist for State College, finds from one of his demon onstrations this year that thirty bushels of corn per acre was made on wet land where clover was plowed under as against five bushels per acre on similar land that had no clover. Roth fields were ferti lized with 400 pounds of acid phosphate and the one with no clover plowed und der received on additional application of 50 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. The great difference in yield was caused by the land being very wot. The inorganic fertilizer was leached out while that supplied by the clover was retainpd in the soil. The clover also helped in giving air to the soil and in promoting better drainage. Mr. Blair says, “The demonstration was on the farm of E. L. Green in Bladen county. County Agent J. R. Powell had charge of the work. The clover was planted on two acres in 1923. In 1924, it was plowed under and corn planted. The corn on these two acres and over the remainder of the field received 400 pounds of 10 percent acide phosphate per acre Where no clover was plowed under an additional application of 50 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre was used. The results were that 30 bushels of corn per acre was harvested from the clover land and only five bushels per acre from the land with no clover.” Mr. Blair states that much of the land in Bladen county would be im proved by clover. This soil is poorly drained and plowing under the organie matter will loosen up the soil, provide a reservoir to hold moisture in dry weath er and at the same time, permit excess water tto escape faster after heavy rains. She's Mother Now. Irene Cast el McLaughlin. world famous dancer, gave birth to a seven pound girl in a Chicago hospital, and Major Frederick McLaughlin is the usual proud and beaming father. Stork's visit sets a rest, at least for the present, reports that the Mc- Laughlins are contemplating a divorce. The Hoboken Model Yateb Club, the in America, was organized in 1840. 1 ft, " fSK) mL aB - all# JjjHpF Ssrooy From School Teacher To Great Eminence A young man who was brought up on a farm in Western Pennsylvania studied diligently and qualified for district school teacher. Further pursuing his studies and teaching, he qianaged to save up enough money to put him thru medical college. After the Civil War, he began the practice of medicine in the new oil section of Pa., and often rode horse-back thru the woods to reach and relieve those who were seri ously ill. He was a student of nature, knew and could easily recognise moat of the medicinal plants growing in the wood*. Later, he moved to Buffalo,N.Y. where ne launched his favorite remedies, and, in a short time, they were sold by every drug gist tn the land. Today, the name of this man, Dr, R. V. Pierce, is known through out the world. His Golden Medical Dis covery is the best known blood medicine and tonic. Mon than fifty million bottles have been sold in the (J. S. If your drug , gist does not sell the Golden Medical Dis covery, in liquid or tablets, you can obtain ! the rP‘ bl **S % aendmalOc Must Increase Taxes or Cut the Appropriations Raleigh. X. C., Jan. 7. tßy the As sociated Press) —Pending the ro|>ortß of the Bqdget. Commission nnd its comple mentary body. the State Board of As soßements, the North Carolina General Assembly, which convened today at noon ,in regular biennial session, will be forced to defer notion on its principal task, that of framing the State's finan cial program. It is understood now on outhority of the Budget Commission that that body's report will not be forth coming until the early part of February, probably the second week. The Commission is de laying final draft of its report until some of the departments and, institu tions can submit re-drafts of their indi vidual budgets, on which tliefr requests for appropriations for the next two years are phased. These re-drafts are due the latter part of this month, when the Budget Commission will re-conshler them in final session. The Budget. Commission’s report will be in the nature of n recommendation to the General Assembly for appropria tions, while the Board of Assessments will have to frame a bill providing for revenues. It is admitted on all sides that an in crease in taxes will be necessary unless the requests for appropriations are drastically cut. But to maintain the State departments and institutions on their present, basis, not allowing even for any expansion, cuffing will reach its limit. To meet the situation. Revenue Commissioner 11. A. Doughton hns al ready indicated that lie thinks it will be necessary to increase taxes. He recently declared he thought, the State should raise approximately $11,000,000 of revenue annually instead oftho present amount of approximately $8,000,000. To provide for_this increase and oeset an imminent tax loss this year, esti mated at $500,000 and due to the poor year with cotton manufacturers, the Commissioner suggested that the brunt of it. be placed on income taxes. He favored increasing these by from 33 1-3 to 50 perectn. He also favored an in crease of about fifty percent in in heritance, license and privilege taxes, and an increase of about 100 percent in taxes on tobacco manufacturers and certain professions. The Board of Assessments may pre sent its bill before the Budget Com mission reports, but final action will hardly be taken on establishing taxes until it is definitely known what is being asked. The measure probably will be held up some time in committee. The various departments nnd institu tions asked for very large appropria tions in their first budgets submitted to the Budget Commission, some requests being several times which was granted two years ago. The first requests for maintenance for the two ear period ap proximated $23,000,000- In the way of appropriations for permanent improve ments. the institutions asked for $17,- 000,000, a sum as great as the total of all that has been granted for the past four years. That there will be consider able slushing by the Budget Commission or the Legislature unless the institU-’ lions and departments do some down ward revising of their own accord, is regarded as certain in view of what is regarded as “a conservative General As sembly.” as the present body hns been termed. Beth I.ieut.-Governor-elect Long anti Representative Pharr have committed themselves to early announcements of their committees and chairmen. Although the solons will have to de lay action on tlicir most, important work, they will have enough to keep them busy for some weeks. Numerous reports will be before them demanding COURT CALENDER. The Tanuary Term of Cabarrus Superior Court will be held January sth, 1925, before His Hpnor T. J. Shaw. The Civil Docket will not be called until Monday, January 12, 1925, and will be call ed in the following order: V 'i . i ; MONDAY 79 F. A. —W. M. Thompson vs. Ada Garmon, Protest J. M. O. 106 M. A. B.—Sadie Gasky and Hus. vs. Jas. Barrier H. A H. 108 United Mere. Co. vs. W. G. Walters 110 H. 8. W.—-J. 8. Overcash vs. United Mere. Co. 122 H. A. S.—Minnie May Bost vs. E. H. Denny & R. O. Walter. J. L. C. TUESDAY 129 H. & H.—D. A. Earnhardt vs. Mrs. J. D. Murph H. 8. W. 132 M. A. S. —Pantha A. Love vs. A. L. and J. C. Chaney and Exr. H. & H. and H. 8. W. 138 1-2 J. L. C. —Citizens Bank and Trust Co. vs. Rosa Lee McDonald et als —H. 8. and . F. A. 144 M. 8 and F. A.—Margaret Bost vs. Fetzer Weeks P. A B. 167 P. A B. and H. 8. W.—-Nellie R. Blackwelder vs. H. J. Peeler et als H. A H. 168 M. 8. and F. A.—C. W. Dry vs. Dunk Burris. WEDNESDAY 186 H. A H.—D. R, Harry vs: D. P. Covington P. A 8., H. 8. W. 190 M. 8 and F. A.—P. H. Lea vs. Life Casualty Ins. Co., of Tenn. H. A. H. and H. 8. 191 M. 8. AF. A.—P. H. Lee -• vs. Imperial Life Ins. Co. H. A H., H. 8. W. 191 M. 8. AF. A.—P. H. Lee va, Durham Life Ins. Co., H..A H., H. 8. W. 201 M. 8. and F. A. —Emma Far- *’ a | * rington vs. Doggett Moss Motor Car Co., H. H., and H. 8. W. 202 H. A H.—J. L. Query vs. Postal Telegraph A Cable Co. H. 8. W. THURSDAY 203 H. A H.—J. M. Eddington vs. Oliver A Costello Bros. Ed. P. 210 F. A.—Tennessee Produce Co. vs. C. B. Cook. P. A B. 211 F. A.—Tennessee' Produce Co. vs. H. E. Cook P- AB. 212 M. A B.—J. W. Mauldeu vs. Tom Rusty H. C. 214 P. A 8., H. 8. W.—J. F. Bmith vs. Hartsell Mills M. A 8., J. M. O. 215 P. A 8.-H. 8. W.—J. F. Smith vs. Hartsell Mills . M. A 8., J. M. O. 217 P. A 8.-H. 8. W.—J. F. Smith vs. Concord Bonded Warehouse. MASJ.O, 221 P. A 8.-H. 8. W.—J. F. Smith vs: John Sloan M. A 8., J. M. O. FRIDAY 223 M. A B.—H. J. Jarvis vs. W. D. Holland and Leola Holland. 224 M. A B.—Mrs. Maude Jarvis vs. W. D. Holland and Leola Holland. 226 P. A B„ H. 8. W.—J. F. Bmith vs. John Sloan. 231 P. A 8.-H. 8. W. J. F. Smith vs. Brown Mfg. Co., and W. 8. Bingham. 233 J. M. O.—W. B. Ward A Co. vs. H. E. Cook. P. AB. 246 F. A —M. A. Crowell vs. H. E. Shoe H. AH. 253 H. A H.—Kiser Auto Exchange, Inc. vs. Edgar Mnllis H. 8. W. 305 11. H. C. —Lena Morgan, minor vs. American National Ins Co. MOTION DOCKET. - 288 J. C. McEachern vs. D. C. Courtney es si. 365 C. G. Harris vs. M. H. McKnigbt. 362 V. C. Barbee va. J. A. Patterson. Witnesses need not attend nntil day is set for trial. All cases not reached on day set will take precedence over cases of next day. This December. 30th, 1924. J. B. McALLISTER, Clerk Superior Court The Penny Ads. Get Resuha-Try Them. Wednesday, January 7, 1925 action and indications /are that there will be considered the -usual host of minor bills, nnd a number of old ques tions will be re-considered. Among the rei>orts to be received and acted upon are those of the Prison Com mission. Bus Regulation Commission, State Constabulary Commission, North Carolina National Park Commission. Educational Finance Commission. Land Commission and the numerous reports of the State departments with their many recommendations. Two of these commissions, those deal ing with a state constabulary and farm tenancy, will recommend establishment of new departments or sub-departments. In view of the agitation for economy in government, it is expected that, these measures will meet with opposition. An effort i« expected, to be made to bring about enactment of a State-wide Australian ballot bill. This system of voting already exists in 19 of the 100 counties by virtue of their own selec tion with legislative approval. Little or no legislation is expected to result from the report of t,he Prison In vestigation Commission. It. is under stood that the Commission has found that there is no need for any drastic change in the State’s penal system. However, the Commission will recom mend that city and county jails and camps be placed under State supervis ion. The Citizens Committee of 100, which meets here January 12 to 10 is expected to launch a program of prison reform mfasurofi calling for a State farm colony for women offenders, state control of . all prisoners abolition of county con victs camps, abolition of leasing prison ers by either emuity' or State, establish ment of an advisory board of parole, and compulsory education for the in mate;) of the State Prison. The North Carolina Anti-Saloon League has indicated that it will seek an amendment, to the Turlington Act, ; placing the burden of proof upon the possessor to prove that liquor in hjp possession was lawfully acquired, pos sessed- Among the measures expected to be re-introduced is the one for nbolition of the foreign stock exemption law. This was brought forth at the special session last summer, but without suceess. Pro poments of abolition of foreign stock exemption are expected, to argue that ‘ this will help a long way towards meet- J ing the State’s increasing demands for revenue. In connection with raising more reve nue there also is a possibility of a bill , providing a sales tax on certain lurur . ies. The North Carolina Merchants’ As | sociation, it is reported, witl fight this , measure, with a fund of $5,000. The Merchants’ Association also has , announced that it will attempt again to ' secure passage of a bill designed to thwart the bad check passer. However, j the association will not foster the garni shee measure as it did at the last regular ' session. i As to a new -highway appropriation, ■ it- is Tet JUflifej-tnirt* just what, stun will . be asked. In some quarters there is i favor for $35,000,000, a sum which i would complete the $1,00,000,000 pro gram. In other it is thought that $20,- i 000,000 is sufficient or all that the State can boar. In any case, the burden I will be placed on the gasoline tax. I Governor Morrison is expected to de : liver his address to the solons the latter part, of this week. He has said that he will leave all suggestions to the incom ing executive, Angus Wilton McLhan, i whose inauguration will take place Jnn i uary 14, just a week after convening of ; the General Assembly.