Monday, Sept. 28, 1925
JAKE NEWELL EXPANDS A BIT
ifonroe Journal.
The Stanly News-Herald says that
in pursuance of a plan to have the
most powerful and eloquent speakers
in the state address- them, the mem
bers of a Bible class in Albemarle
listened to an able address Thursday
night by Honorable Jake Newell, of
the Charlotte bar.
Recognizing some friends of his
early youth in the audience, Jake
started off with a warning joke which!
recounted the artful dodge of a col-!
ored brother who had been in the
penitentiary nnd who afterwards took
to preaching. Arriving to deliver a
sermon one day to a new audience,
the preacher was astonished to see
before him a stalwart fellow citizen
who had been an acquaintance of his
while the two were sojurning in the
State penitentiary.
The preacher knew that the brother!
would certainly herald around the
fact that the preacher was a jail
bird, a fact the exhorter desired to j
keep secret from his audience, as he |
more than suspected such news would
'£ Put a crimp in his preaching plans.
* So his brain worked hard duripg the
preliminary singing to devise a plan
to put the former friend upon notice
that there should be no tale bearing.
Arising, then, to announce hiN text,
he said that he would not give the
chapter and verse, but only the words,
which were as follows: “He that seetli
me. and knoxveth me, and yet keepeth
his mouth -shut, verily he shall be
happy.” The threat worked and he
was not exposed.
Then, records the Stanly paper, for
thirty-five or ffirty minutes, Jake
H spilled the true milk of eloquence to
■ nni enchanted audience. Among the
I fiejskj which his searchlight illumined
were the records and characters of
■ John Calvin, Martin Luther and John
Wesley. All these having received
just etieomium for their gifts to the f
world, Jake strode on to other fields.!
But before passing them up Jake!
magnanimously declared that even J
were it in his power to do so he |
would not strike one word from the j
works of either of these great men. |
And that was Jake at his best.
That position well defines Col. Jake
himself. Little men are wont to
strike and snarl and quarrel at men
greater than themselves. Not so with
those who feel themselves entitled to
circulate in the pastures of all the
other great. Their own position be
ing secure, they envy not others their
merited glory—just like Judge Gaston
said about North Carolina. Let the
whittling* cavort, ’tin not for us to
do likewise.
How the gallant orator's eye must
have rolled iu fine frenzy as he ap
proached his climax and declared that
the United States is the hope of the
World nnd the church folks are the
only hope of the United States. That
brought him to the top of the stairs
of his peroration, and the next leap
capped the stack. It was shouted
in clarion notes which reverberated all
over the dining room iu which the
Bible class was munching sandwiches
and smoktVig cigarettes—-‘‘stand by
I noble causes, we are not fit to liev
till we are ready to die for a cause.”
The silence which followed was
profound as the speaker sat down
and mopped his sweltering brow.
Doubtless the audience was flabber
gasted. “Now."- we can imagine
some of them kinder saying to them
selves, “the. nigger preacher story was
a peach, and we stand by Calvin and
the other old boys, but this here dying
for a cause, what is Jake taling
.about anyhow?"
* For that church crowd was better
than the ordinary one composed of
the run of us members if they ar->
willing to sacrifice an automobile ride
to go to church on Sunday, much less
knowing anything about dying for a
cause. Maybe Jake was only joking
after all.
THE WAY OF YOUTH.
Statesville' Daily.
In Harnett county a youth nnd a
girl of 15—the latter leaving school—
eloped nnd got married. Theu they
returned for the parental blessing.
The mother of the bride took posses
sion of her daughter and sent the
young husband about his business.
The bride was taken tfl Virginia but
the young husband followed and
sought the aid of the courts. He fail
ed. The girl bride, under parental in
fluence, was moved to say that she
didn't to go with him. latter the
bride returned to her North Carolina
home. The young husband resumed
negotiations and was so persistent
that he finally won—his wife running
away with him. Not only that, but
they took along a sister of the bride,
on matrimoney bent, and there was a
second marriage in the State to the
South of us.
All of which is evidence that when
the young folks are bitten by the mat-
Irimonial bug, when tire infection real
d _ly takes hold, parents and guardiuns
about as well throw up their
™ hands. They can advise and counsel,
as is their, duty, and they no doubt
feel many times —as the Harnett moth
er of the 15-yen r-old felt—that dras
j tic measures are warranted. But the
• drastic remedies usually drive the
. young folks to desperate measures. It
1 is the tragedy of youth that it so
often refuses to be guided by the ex
perience of elders. But it is necessary
for youth to make the same experi
ments, and necessarily, the same er
rors, as the youths that have gone
before. The experience is of value if
there isn’t a mistake that cripples or
handicaps through life. That is the
constant worry of the elders—that
youth will do something that will be
a handicap for all time, if it does not
utterly destroy. But the children of
men have tried out those matters for
themselves from the beginning, and
they will continue to do so to the end.
V If they are determined on a course ofc
action they wouldn’t believe though
one rose from the dead. And fortu
nate the they if they are only bruis
, ed, or at least, not permanently crip
i pled, by their errors. Only their
experience will seriously impress
as a rule. Sometimes the.crippling is
not sufficient warning, but in most
cases it is helpful.
One-fifth of our total population
goes to tha movies daily.
Face Job
Conch Knute Itockne and Captain Clem Crowe have a tremendous task ,
ahead of them If Notre Dame Is going to live up to Its gridiron deeds of
the past few seasons. With the celebrated "four horsemen" gone, as well
as many other stars. It will take some real work to put the Irish on the
football map this campaign. Rockne ton the Iffft) and Crowe are shown In
the accompanying photo looking over prospective candidates.
Origin oh Darter*. 1
With the short skirts of today the *
garter has returned to the prominence
it held in the middle ages. Originally
the garter was made to be seen ‘
(Either than heard. Thus today it
clasps its own in full public view on
nearly all occasions. Those exhibited
now are more gorgeous by far than
were their predece sons first dis
played by men—and copied by worn-1
eu.
The earlier use of the garter in I
the history of dress pointx to its |
being derived from the custom of!
crossing the latches or throngs of j
sandals over the foot and around
above the ankle. This custom pre-1
vailed 1n Bible lands and was
brought to Rome by the conquering,
legions nnd introduced into all the I
countries they subdued. But the true
origin of the garter is not known.
One writer states that perhaps we
Use Matures Own Plan to Fbrestall Forest Famine
By W. F. Bancker
NEW kind of conservation—based on scientific purchasing ;
I and maximum economy in the use of timber—ls likely to be I
I one of ‘he principal means o', saving the United States from !
9 forest bankruptcy. V
I Year by year the forests have been dwindling. Each year we
have been using four and one third times as mudh timber
Us we have grown. Virtually within a period of seventy years, seventy
per cent of our forests have been cut down, and now—when we are
in sight of the very end of our timber resources—we have mills and
men equipped for cutting more, trees Into lumber at a more rapid
pace than has ever been possible before. Trees in the more accessible
regions have been cut and usod; and gradually lumbermen have had
to press farther and farther into remote forests. One striking result
of this tendency Is that greater and greater capacity for cutting down
tiees has been created, and there la competition between numerous
units to market more lumber as widely as possible.
Confronted with this problem, i
the government and the, forestry
associations have engaged in cam
paigns of education and In plana
for reforestation. Fundamental;
and far-reaching as It tp In plans I
for the future, reforestation can j
mean little to the present genera- '
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tlon, for trees cannot be grown In
time to replace those which are
being cut down. Nor can the
country stop using timber proCvcts
for a few years In order to give
the forests a chance to catch up.
As General Purchasing Agent of the
Western Electric Co;, I had reason
to make sure that there ara no
substitutes for trees which are en
tirely satisfactory or economical
for any considerable number of
consumers
The hope of the present Wes In
* drastic and general economy and
*a reformation of cutting and mar
ketlng methods But* a reforma
tion Is outlined with particular re
ference to poles In the organiza
tion of the American Forest Pro-
Kota Co., in New York. This com
■ky, which will supply poles for
■ M System, has taken over
located plants for
Mfin treatment of poles,
there will be effect*
development of east-
facilities than
be obtained by the
J must turn for its origin to the band
lets of gold and other precious metals
worn above the ankle and below the
knee by the women of the far East,
Egypt, Greece and Rome. Another
writer dismisses its origin with
“necessity in this case must have
bit'll 1 the mother of invention and
garters are probably of the same
| date as the hose they kept up."
I Traffic Cop: "Hey, you! Is that
I your car?."
| Me re Man: "Well, officer, since you
ask me. considering the fact I still
! have fifty payments to make, owe
three repair bills, and haven’t settled
i for the new tire, 1 really don’t think
it is.”
I In George Washington's time ice
cream was a novelty bat the average
United Slates citizen now eats two
and one-half gallons a year.
i operation of these plants for tele
phone use only.
The kinds of timber used for
pcies ard divided by natural growth
; into well-defined areas or zones.
! The more important of these are
] the white cedar zone of the North
ern New England states., the chest-
nut zona of the Appalachian
Mountain region, the Sauthern yel
low pine zone of the Gulf states,
the Northern white cedar zone of
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the
Western red cedar zone of Wash
ington, Oregon and Montana.
Each zone has a logical area of
distribution.
Disregard for the time prepent
hlt-or-mlsa way of buying poles.
Consider that the pole supply Is
being produced In the most econ
omical way, and we find the dif
ferent kinds of timber going into
use In territory within easy reach
♦f the region of growth. This
means minimum cost for transpor
tation, and Irrespective of any
other advantage this Important
economy seems almost decisively
in favor of zoning the country for
the purpose of buying poles.
With each zone supplying Its
logical area, we find methods of j
quantity production highly devel
oped within each zone. Obviously,
quantity production on a country
wide basis to Impossible because
THE CONCORD pAILY TRIBUNE
TWO POLICEMEN FIRED
FROM WINSTON FORCE
Board cf Aldermen Discharge Two
More Cops Following Investiga
tion.
WinstonrSnlem. Sept. 2(1. A
special se sion- of the board of aider
men war. he'd and two additional of
ficers. B. T. Phelps and R. Hregory. 1
discharged as members of the police
department. It had ben understood''
up until yesterday that the officers,'
named would not be discharged, but i
certain additional facts came t(/ tho j ‘
attention of the investigating com-i :
mitten and the report and recom- ■
inundations were made to the full
membership of the board this after
noon.
Thi- for' the time being at least
brings to a tdose an investigation
that has been ill progress since last
Friday when Judge T. W. Watson,
of the municipal court, in the course 1
of cross examination of Mrs. Charles
.Johnson in the case wherein her si-’- i
ter was charged with larceny,
brought out the fact that Sergeant
IV. M. Cofer had been riding witii the
Johnson woman on the previous
evening when the trial of her sister
was di-cussed. The name of Gregory
was also mentioned. Few days later
Cofer was discharged and an investi
gation started as to Gregory and the '
evidence brought in the name of J!.!
l T- Phelps, also of the plain clothes,
squad. Much of Ihe evidence against I
the men, >it is said, tended to show 1
that they made trip- to the vicinity
of the house under orders to make
investigations but there were Sqrne
circumstances that were not approv
ed. When the officers learned what
course the committee was going to
take, or suspected the course of the!
eominunittee, they tendered their
resignations but the board of alder-j
men refused so accept the resigna
tions and discharged the officers. !
The police committee called fori
any information against any mem-1
her of the police department and it is !
said that nothing was forthcoming
except nga in St the three officers who
were discharged. The committee felt 1
that members of the police force
should be above suspicion. There has
been a tendency to some extent to ,
criticise the police committee for not |
holding an open investigation, but i
the committee did not feel that this,
was the proper thing to do.
Ford Wonlcl Abolish Cows.
The Pathfinder.
Henry Ford says he doesn’t believe
in dairy cows. In fact he would I
abolish bossy entirely. Dairy cows, )
say Henry, "are the most inefficient
creatures in the world. Why should
a farmer spend a lot of time tending
n bunch of cows? It takes only 20-
days of actual farm work to grow
and harvest the crops on a dairy
farm. The rest of the time is used
in taking care of the animals. It’s
all wrong.”
The father of Lizzie looks at farm-!
ing from the standpoint of an
engineer. Efficiency is the mast im
portbnt thing in any business or in
dustry. “Someone will invent away
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that would involve shipment of
poles to a central point and sub
sequent redistribution. But within
these areas, quantity production Is
logical and represents material
savings In money for these reasons:
—lt makes possible efficient util
ization of the timber within the
zone.
—lt reduces the cost of cutting
and handling.
—lt eliminates grossly excessive
productive capacity.
—lt centralizes what is now a
hlt-or-mlss. competitive business'
among non-cb-.-pcratlng
| units the chief Interest of which is
price competition and net efficiency
or economy.
—lt eliminates costly sales ef
fort to extend distribution outside
to make milk syntheticallylie pre
dicts. "It will be cheaper and better
than the milk we have now- You
know. I don’t believe much in milk
Am food, anyhow."
According to Henry. the trouble
with the farmers is that they have
bad to spend too much of their time
milking cows and taking care of all
the other animals they keep. "That
has all got to be changed. Raising
crops takes lev. than a month’s time
out of the year and the rest of the
time farmers could well spend nt
I'ome other work." He thinks the
fertility of the soil could be kept up
Just as well with commercial fei
t;”zers, especially when .such fer
tilizers are manufactured ar a price
within the reach of the average
farmer.
In the future farms "will bo larger
nnd they will bo run more systemati
cally. The little farmer- will have to
go. They are back numbers. Why do
we need farmers anyway? It depends
whether you regard farming as away
of living or as a busirjess. Some
people farm because they like to
live in the country. Other people
farm because they think there is
money in it- Let people live in the
country if they like. They can easily
go back and forth to work m their
tars. Let them farm if they want to.
' Rut there i«< no good reason why any-'
I one .'hould upend all hi- time farm
ing. Industry is gradually moving
| out into the country districts and
I more and more farm people are com
ing to work in these plant*?/’
State Oeilit-Union Laws.
After two defeats inprevious legis
lature-, t the eo-callel "credit-union’’
bill was finally adopted by Georgia.
; Illinois has also adopted euch a
law. This makes 23 states that have
| similar acts.
The Georgia law i« an example. It
| gives co-operatives groups the right
ito form unions for the purpose of
-aving and lending money at a fixed*
; rate of interest not to exceed one' per
cent each month. Thin* eredit unions
may be formed in churches, factories.
. communities etc. These unions,
, under provisions of the measure, are
to be chartered by the state and will
be under the supervision of the state
j banking department. Shares at $5
.each will be sold for co>h or by
weekly payments as low ns 10 or 25
cents a week. In Georgia credit
unions would not be subject to any
state tax except the ad valorem tax
o tt property.
When You See Red!
j If it is Red Magic, tin* special sec
tion given free with the New York
Sunday World, you will find puzzles
—cross word and others—tricks, illu
, sions. parlor magic, something to in
terest every member of the family.
Because of the great demand, to be
sure of a copy tell your newsdealer
in advance that next Sunday you
want file New York Sunday World.
I
A memorial to Mustapha Kemnl
Pasha, now being erected in Con
stantinople, will be the first public
statue in Turkey.
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of a logical a roc.
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sor.atlvc treat l "t of ■ >i- ;;
| lower coat
When -aeh of I
I fzbllshed by r ■
«*i a unit In vs 1 1 ‘1
] organization .Is . - ;,!
lng under the te mo nt
business methods, the rip!, mount
of timber for a logical and econ
omic zone of consumption, the
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50-54 SOUTH UNION STREET, CONCORD, N. C.
Style Rules Coats Here!'
Supreme Quality and Value, Too!
The first requisite of a Winter Coat is—“ls this stylish?’* II
t isn’t, our buyers don’t consider it. Next, they ask, “Is the
quality good?” If that passes, they, then demand that the price
>e reasonable.
When you buy a Coat here, you get
those three necessary characteristics,
Style, Quality, and Value! 4f‘ Vafm)
Our styles this Fall emphasize the flare and fur trimming*
[Tie fitch dyed furs have predominated. When you examine the
(ess noticeable features of our coats —the linings, stitchings, but
tons, etc., you will find them all eminently satisfactory.
Look here for your new Winter Coat! Priced,
*14.75 to *39.75
| picture becomes not only under
-’laudable but : -VI and real.
With .1 ll i ,: ■ -i: ■ i we find also
| constant r ■ ■> t■t j t it lon be
! (ween the <!i •i.nes Nature,
through her 1 non of timber,
has played tin of arbiter. She
has established i be beginning a
sort of balance of productive cap
acity between the different areas.
Instead of putting a premium
on forest destruction, we find this
j;one system placing an automatic
regulator to protect forests. Auto
natically, the areas arc balanced
ngalnst each other as to supply,
efficiency, and productive avail
ability, This acts to protect any
area from exhaustion.
Exceedingly Important, also, Is
the preservative treatment of poles,
for such treatment results in sub
stantially Increasing the life and
lowering tiu cost per year of pole*.
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PAGE THREE
One of the first applications of the
new conservation through tha
American Forest Products Cora*
pany has to do with treating the
polos taken from the chestnut
forests of the Appalachians which
are still untouched by blight. There
is no way of stopping the progress
of the chestnut blight which is
sweeping southward at the rate o t
about 25 miles a year and has al
ready eliminated the last remain
ing souces of chestnut poles north
of the Potomac.
Economically produced butt
treated and passed Into consump
tion, the remaining stands of
chestnut—most of which are la
the more densely wooded regions
of the Appalachian mountains—’
will serve the nation's pole re-' -e
quirements of this timber for sev- —'
oral years. The situation
however, that production be on a
rather even basis throughout the
period, so that the right number
each pear may be turned inta
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