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PACE FOUR THE CASTONIA, (N. C). DAILY GAZETTE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921 Jim GASTONirGAztrrE!ri'r:i:k:;;i tin," eontinuej Mr. Harding, "tint the first esneutisl in normal state, of mind. ESTABLISHED 1180 Issoed Erry Afternoon IB the Week With nothing to disesuraf, b, we ran Eacept Sunday, t 214 w. Airiuw at. GAZETTE PUBLISHIIIC CO. Office: 214 W. Airline Are. Phone SO and 232 Jaa. W. Atkina. . . E. D. Atkina Hh A. Query.. Mrs. Zoe K. Brockman.. Society Editor .Managing Editor Businesa Manager Editor Atmittei int.i tlie mail st the Post nfW M listoiii!i. X. C. t the pound rule of pontaui'. April LN. 1902. g wheJ with renewed eonfileme and restored hopes. W fear pa.ued the riitic! stags. All danger ef any firmn rial crisis has panned. We are prepared to go ahead at a slower rate, perhapa, but on a sounder and tiafer basis than before A year ago We wrr sailing jn nm harted sea, but now onr course is -lea r. " Mr. Harding's a.ljrcss was punctuated with brif, rningcat phrases which stuck in the minds of his hearers. Among these were "hard work, not soft money ' ' ii the curs for onr erils, "things are ni-re r as gooil er as bad as Uiey seem," "orer iioasimism is worsn than orer op- QUILLEN'S SAYINGS Flashes of Wit and Humor From the Pen of Great Par airapher. Hj BOBEBT QDILLEN. Copyright 1920, Aasoeiat Editors.) R. '. Gouiluiau hi'hl up. Hi-mlliiii-. You iMii't kci'p ;i oiiiliiiaii down. THE INALIENABLE ana man, and .will, throw uromid.bim for SIGHTS OF BOYHOOD. veil days in the ivei k a cordon of sym To The IMitor of'Tlie (Jazette: pa thy and love and action that will I have been asked to say a word about take proper art- nf him in ail tlu-se tl;- the rights of boyhood. It is my belief partnuii's of hi.- ii'irm.il ,crnvtii. Cuvt that the boys of Gastonia have their in- to tlie b.iy tli' M- rih:- ;iul von yivc t SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Py Carrier or Mail in the City Oi-e Year 'J? r. tJ.r.0 Three Month 1-5 ' imi"" " nJ " problems go hand in hand One Mouth with progress." By Mail Outside of Gastonia One Year J4, "" STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN. 8i Months -00 Three Montlis 1.00 Satur. lay's rtinsmieeting of tax .ayeys une Aionin rV.lfml investigators are discovering tl At old king i-o.il is a waiy old soul. Still, the thiugi you woir.ed about last year turned out better than you ex pi eted. J KectMit rii : A untiu iiir.l to describe a plain daru fool who has money or social position. If America has any put riot ism iel't from the big job. lie might iim' it to masli the bread line. Payable Invariably in Advance Member of The Aasociated Press The Associated I'ress is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republication of special dis patches are also reserved. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921 brought out is a very startling manner the dangers that arc likely to arise frijlij meetings of this sort. Most of iyfi" present fe-lt that they had grievance air. 1 her had sore toes, in some stances and perhaps justlv cre fln aggrieved. Particularly were the cut of heart becnus of ths t valuation processes had taken. ' . had been bringing 10 cent a pound, then1 Gastonia, The South'a City of Spindles would never have been pulled such a me't ! - - ' ing as was held at the courthouse 8nt Ml'lfll , lit I TJ nVIJK IIMl Ul I II IH, III? satisfaction with tJie present county of flcials, their salaries and any proposed slight increase, Rut, because of the un precedential uliimp in the price of cotton and all farm products, the farmers ar naturally discouraged and down in tli, mouth, and are ready to attack aur nn HARDING'S SPEECH. everything. Her. pomes tlie danger of '- spi .'ch lo the business" too free rlpressinus of discontent and ,-cction here ye-terdav curried dissatisfaction in times like these. Then . The Kolshic t run a murk run a country. disi-iivering that ability loesu -t provide ability to (.'hains on the tires will prevent acci fnner, . g-l ii con on f dents. A few chains on the legs of driv ers would serve even better perhaps. WANAMAKER'S TWO CLERKS. "The difference between the clerk who spends all of his salary and the one who saves a part of it is the difference in ten years between the owner of a business and the man out of a job." John Wanamaker. A rider on mi nppropiiatioii bill con n-ses i,v ii, presence tneie that it conceived in iniquity. was noi-e he suspect CO" (on. V BM'TI Of til n n ite of optimism that wns encouraging to his hearers. It as conservative op timisiii he picn iic l, not the opt iiiiisin that is t"nri c ! I'liolish bi'-iness hotist trs. He -tressi , ! e fact that there were real problems yd to be faced. Thcie is no progress without accomn -inying picdi Kins. Furthermore, he save he; "is to understand that n ft money was not to be had any longer. "Hai l wnik. not Soft money." was the citchy jdinise which lie ile -lured must be the snlv.it inu of the coun'ry, Mr. Hard'ng is no oin'or, but he can r::ii'lV intricate fads an 1 urcs of f. une in a way that holds 11. itentiun ti his niidieuce. In parallel ', - ussions he went over the events of th v.orld war. as related to the Knifed States and its finaiiiial condition, and coupled with this a story of the economic and industrial depressiiii that followed the armistice. ' ' ' were living in a toil's paradise back in the boom days of 1 ! I and 11MSI," he said. There Was a perfect orgy of .spending. Those '.ite the days of t-o shoes and l'il silk shirts. We knew it conldn 't-kecp up a id the Federal I'eserve banks con! mil, illy sent out w arn ings. The discount rate w-.s iise.1 to meiiiber banks. Tliev were gieu warn iegs of the iniieiiiliug detlation. Iut the When you hear tin funny man makes i.illiug trains, im inai ne misseii his calling. I'litnie historians w.ll doiilitliss men, tion (he flood and the reigufall of 1!1 in the same paragraph. foolish public failed to heed. t'J be a tightening up. aa down. ' ' tl.is v Th, j re had low in! forful the point Mr. Harding u-e.l and apt illus-ration home : 'When climbing a step hill in your automobile with a full lien. I of gas on. as vim near the top cm-red with mist I'll, I fog you cut down your speed. It would be ruinous to you and your ma chine to plunge hut the top and down the steep incline of the otiier side at the rate you weic climbing the 4."i degree ai.gle going up. That condition x.ictly describes the position Of the American public in 1!IS and ll'lll. There was a selling market. I'li.es kept rising. M,.r chants weie not anxious to f,,r i, rieeg were rising mry day. A pair of M'cks. that .s.ml one J.-ic f.ii 7"i cents nouM go up in w.-ik to t-l.n' ,il;;.lrr, ;.n. iii.:nnf.icti,ier- a, -te I .i . if thrv were diing a favor in releasing goods. Con oitions are d'fl'eieut now. It is I, mils' maiKet. Hii-;nes !, stiigiiant. and must be just as keen and eager t i get iiild get business :i , re to hoi Iim k two yeai s ago. ' ' "Ill's is a,, ti,;.e ;'..r pessimism," -' ' ' " I'.vi i vv in r, i here are indiciit hi- ti l,. turuc. "ion ea-. .,i k up a ne"-paMr without I'oling that fact. However, tin-re air individual pribhnis that must ,e t t'ertain l'.!e i'l suffer manv im-nn vcnieiiees, an. must h,. forl.,-araiue J alienee a,i. I ration on tne pait of creditors. The tire m;:v he Iicl, Imt it will nor spread. 1 Kcderal KeMre rysteni is too strong to admit nf ,i n eral panic. The law of supply , n:and is inexorable. It cannot change dust as soon ns there comes ;) demaiii for our pruiluets. the price will go up. There tore, I say to the tarunr.. tha' i, f jo! iiJi tn plant a big crop of i-nfor and thus help to depress the price otir. rnlutt. i. the danger that cotues from reaction aries. ( 'onst ructire criticism is right aiifl gool, but reactionary criticism such as devi Ivped at falunlar's mei'ting is dan gerous. If wy would believe all that was said on the floor of the court room. Gas ton comity is ready to turn back the hands of time .Ho rears a,,d livs under conditions Ihat antedate ihe present a half century. We arn sure the speakers who were so violent in their eondemna tions of the present methods f county administration would not hue r-'tnrncd to us the days ef the lug cilr.i . I,ool, th0 muddy, red roads, the moil shine still, of Jg no ram and illiteracr, pauperism and poverty. Ih a saner muI more r.i ttonal moment they will stop, pause and give thanks that they aril living in the Gaston county of toilar with its good rouds, prosperous i-ntton mills, fine school system an, I unexcelled prosperity. It is undoubtedly true that most of 'he diss.it isfact hoi that has arisen run ci rniug taxes, salaries, and the like ci. mo from the itnfirtniiato way in which the revaluation act i Uing administered. The prin, ipli of revaluation is sound, but there lime been inequalities in asses inents. The board of apptatsers consists if men who are just as prone to make n -intake as any one, and we are rpiite sure that they realize this fact, and tire icady to help adjust all differences. It i. s the rharliitti- News says: "What is "riiluerahle. however, has to in wi.'h the administration of the law. "It is to this point that attention should be given by the Legislature if it piopones to give very much study to tie defects nf the measure. The ma ihinery of the ad justifies careful con s. deration. "It must b,. understood, in connection v it Ii this point, that any board of : praisers who may be selected are human being and as fallible as their fellow citizens. Ther assess property as they trink it ought to U- assessed, first, of course, consulting what outside agencies as may have pertinent knowledge as to certain properties. ('It imately, however, it is the opinion of the board of np piaisers that decides the value of any given piece of property and so long s such is the case, mistakes must be made and discriminations may ,-reep in inad vi rtentlv. " Hye O. Ha by Hunting. Daddy i hunting, 1,, get a little cup of keep his stock of hard coal in. s gone tin to ears of discretion are those one at tains just after he outgiows th,. not ioil that almost cv, r.v'hing is lotten. flood resolutions will never be an uu iuaHtie,l sue, ess until somebody di-covi rs i w:,v to make them retroactive. The man who is blind, deaf need not despair. He can si as M proli i In I ion eu I'm cement and dumb ill ipialify iigent. She may argue the a girl i e ill 'I matter, but in her p.t,.ji.v.y ,0 WilTClAN vs is vox rfs5iv- sicret heart man snvs Ii nlways agrees when worth v of her. alienable rights, just as do the mature citizens. I shall incut iun tiie of them briefly. 1. He has the right to a g.iod home a home where parental authority is ex ereised, whir,, the father makes a pal of the boy and is nut afraid to pray with and for him, where the family has regular meal hours for the entire family when tiny sit down together and where the right atmospheie is created for th healthy growth of the boy. Kvery fa ther and mother wants to see their son make good as a citizen, and yet it i nothing short of a miracle for a boy to overcome the handicap of a bad h une v here then- is little of regularity, and oiitnil and none of prayer. And it doe not tak- wealth to make a g.,o, home for some of our greatest citizens ci uu from the humble-1 of homes. Whe'lu-i good oi bad theie is no place to the leu. like home, and no institution offers tin possibility for iharacter building that is ieheient in the hollo. -. lie has the rght to a good ninth, i. There is no name on earth so sweet n that name, and ye the dearness and sweetness of that n.iiie f, r many ;i b v must of necessity be derived from thinks iug of smile other fellow's mother than his own. The buy lias a right to a moth ei who is willing to sacritiie f. r him saerili.e lime and money and ph-a-ir e and prayer, that he may be t ra : ne.l i,;, in the way that he shiuild go. If it be true that the home is the center an I hope of tile I'UI t.r ,-,-iit Ameri.-ans ..f the future, then the cent f the li."i,,' s fiie mother. Many mothers have shed bitter tears of regret over a piodi' ! - i, thai would not have been prodigal had she given Ii.iii (lie mother he had a right To. lis not gold itie:is but only looken hearts that coiue fi the s reel s Ion I'i ue, and sibbnlii breaking gangs that tile unified allows the b , to inn with. . II, h; s the right to a good !.i g i ouud . The play a it i t v of the 1 1 v hiiist i,e taken ,ale oi'. I i tills t,g.i: I. it is hoped thai the pi sen' i 'uiiiin a,t it ' Service movement ot aston.a wi.l be ,, great help. Most Irnv. pla.v at I, -a-' f.glit liouis eieiv di, bit di V'iii ktn iv where ' An. I is he ciuisi.lere I b i, -plav mates as mif who ol.ivs i.iii He '.allts inoliev f-u ba-c balls aiid b.a s . I gloes and other athletic cipiipineiit. lie needs a place in the ba, k yard that ,. i be fixed up lis an outdoor g inna s . u iu. Have vmi eve, made it altiactive ' , J' around our home with t 1 e proper p'; things and pi:. ; g in n ii. I ; ' tire l,o to re neiiii there an. I pl... or .I:. I imi ten ii,m ovi" to tin ga'ig.' Taeie aie u a palenls who had latlur have a niie plat if grass and a clean parlo,-. ai' I l..s,- ir. boy to the gang and tile devil, than to have the la .in ,isroved and thcii n, r,,-s put mi edge bv a group ot' iniuueii' l. ii ing boys. Then too, the hnv Ir's a n-li' to public plnvgrouiiils aiul gvinnas and baseball .liainor.K. 1. lie has the l ight to a sr hool Ilia' i lit , ' , s understand the hnv nature light to a school when- in- ,:!, !,a n . tiade. In this regard in1 s ,. entirely out of date, but we are sure m. tor long will I hey remain that w a . I'l', boy has the right to ;i seli.n l tliat l,,e I he Hibl,. and the Aioei icau tl a t ',:, ', aches lovaltv to Ame'ican i ii-' it ut r clturch and f' four s'ltiure. a'e a i.iaii tn.it w: kosWKI.i. '. l.ox: A M - iiri di-j.iitdi tells rf a f.oeigu- jj er who heuiiel , spe: k th, Knglisli laa- gunge from se,-. , a'.,logue-. He pi'ob ably swings a v.i.k.d vegetable. Kui.x ' villi- .1. urn;.! :i -, Trib':fe. 4' r"""' - ""Z, YAsK ea iv a Jtf, W?f jA. ....... . sae fc '. ib lLLiA-iJt' 1 CSTs'' l!ki Pi - - J l . fcu -r .TriA iLcsiriw Ym, y . .. v. :v;v.okiiiii4 .ii i TO BE CARDINAL The Vatican has officially an nounced that the Most Rev. Dennis J. Doughlery, Archbis o? of Philadelph.'fs, will Le cre ated a Cardinal at the secret Cons'torv er.rly in March. Mcr. Douihterv will he the on- n?w American Cardinal norned a at tnat ttnr?. Archbisop Mun dclein, of Chicago, and A.rch bishop Hayes, of N. Y., al though they probably will re ceive the red hat before long. w'M ;tot be inrluded in the ap pointment in March. A lud'ci' J's inruirv. I'll'- il. 11,1 tea, he lie I t.e r..s . t iTt. Will w net h,-r i ::,d if im 1 ', I! e. ; . la tin v . its i - -hen i -l wished to v:,s tor :, chill, iiineuded Tie- fei- tlore is iilw.i.i s : ' ' ! T iii I Uilme, in vii. nu made t: tnf.is Yu::ng Men'? Shop. IScJ It is worthy of note tha' Austria's hunger aroused little pity until she began to mumble incoherently of lioishevism. Kven adversity may be turned to a, count. 1 !' the , oiil is gone, flood the eel l:ir and let it freeze for u e next .summer. in, I piide the ough , do If congestion of population throuiens disaster, a count rv raises more children to make more soldiers to giab more ter ritm r. all c ; o en'ci if i right to a s. in, o ' su nils ot' I i.-is'mi ';: 1 1n, ! in i'l i T v iet ;i 1 1. He has the right .., a g c, a i lunch tha' ha- a good r t ha t we me: n one tha , on. I . woik dining the week with the prole-- on t-ulid:l. This , ji,i:i in t he bo pess bi : it ies ,, t w isiiom :: I'i I stat ii re a n l l a v r II Have yon !d m The Post (his Piges 74 and 75. ?en the WlitarcJ v' we el P 9 V ' ' - '.' I' '":; 18cl 9 f.litll I, OA ' I, with 1 1 '1 :; &i - . - v ' . jb jKSi'i-sia .v-its.-. AVats oi 'H I'.onds will i cents on the a dollar wot I ' i : l n eike dolla Ii. to monetize l.ibert.v them woith a hue, lied , but what wlli it make When i ur v'eiernment beeoines lior oiighly etticieit. doubtless we shall have :r v 1 igating com m ii t ees to iuvi'stlgatr iiiM'-l i ga ! ing i on' mil' ee. I' Win lOtten bllsni happened n a em: t n, Im sill pillll III falkb children in-l ttieu r ba.k. i nil how fell wh.it Ma talk- :, u we out 1 it aid Therefore, this newspape, would '.on the citizens of the county who a:, I kelv tu be swept along byThis nave of rein tionarv criticism to go -low. We wouhl. as does the traffic cop. hold a warning, upniiscl hand in the face of the destru-tive iritieisin :baf i' goieg .'.'round through our county. V,',. IIIIM not tear dowu the institutions we have spent main years .ind much money in building up. I.ef Us go slowly an, J think s iberlv. The sun is slil shining and a trighVr day is coining. Cotton will not alw.i be at the pre. nt I, it level, and perhaps in a year from now. we shall nave forgot'vn tiie cankers of t, ,,,y. Wi mast do; le small resentments and dis g'uutled "pin'mus disda.e our lntt,r 'I oughts. W, would not have our chil dreu growing up in ignorance and super -tition We would not have them plod ding to unr room muulry Inxds over muddy roivLs for a few weeks in the year. s"e must look up ai ahead, iiDt danit v.aH; forward, nftt KackJrar'i. I'rej ' not reactien, nio-t be tie rutv.hfrur4. REPORTS MUST BE MADE OF SALARIES PAID ."-pi-, :il t-, Tin- liaiiv I .azette. I! 1 . 1 . 1 it . I', I,. Is. The Colled, ,i of Internal Ueie'iue ha- given out tie I'ollowing ii-ti,i -ii;- i ,n wth tegjird t' 'lie tiling of in,-. .in,- :;.x repoi's; I dcs.r-' to iniiiess ,ipon everv partn t ship. t.C's u.'il sit i o ciTooratioo. o ti-bii iai v. li.e iinp.irtu ice of filing l-'orur lopii ,.,ii, I 1 !:; wi:h the Commissioner o' iuti'iTi.il Itevenii'. Soiling S'ctimi V.'a-liiut 'ii, l. i ,, uired c, i. til,., i.efore Mji.h I.",. ship, persui.,1 ,i fiduciary that pa ',; r' m t -hiii. iei s t ion. i r ti luelii i v .-ne-.. t o: in s are re in Washington on ot ll'jl by any partner i ' ci poi a! ion o I to a n v in-liv id ua : eia i s, r i, e corpora drriiig the ve.-ir lOl'u sih.iv. 'i.-ig.'.. , 'iniiii.s'.mis. nf 1, ll.'O.flll ,,, uil, . lining tile ;, ear l'.'-'' an recinired to Hie forms lopii ;,, ii;i;i In :i ddit '"ii to rep, rt ng tn,. pn men's set forth above even pa : t iiershio. per sonal service corpor.it Ion and fiducial v uiu t tile a r'orm l'ltl'.' for each in, iiiI-t of th par'nership ot- personal mtih, orpra t iu or each benefi iiin , showing the distributive -hares nf the meinb, it lieneficia i ies. w hclhi r or no: actual!-. 1 '-' ribu ted. These aoiounts ar- required i i Ih- reported on tin ba-i- nf the cnleu dar vi a r. The Korms l'i;i'.i wi! show pnyineiit. individually, and a -uiiuuar.c should In pri'vari'-! e.-i V" tnp T9 fsi-ms iivj- he -vur frTn th 'eriou division eflicces in the f-tiite ni direct frvni my cUvc at Kaleigh. GASTONlAN I t TODAY "HELD BY THE ENEMY" With Jack Holt, Arjncs Ayrest, Wanda Havky ai'.d an All- 2iar Cast. A Paramour. I Fictvtre Face to face at last the two men vr.o lovod her! One, her fianc2, a Confederate spy, seeking to escape with priceless infoirrr-atron in h's hands; t'm other, the foe of hrr beloved ScutHnnd, a Yankee captain the man whom she had learned io love de spite all her denying. Love and duty which d.d this proud daughter of eld Dixie choose? See the answer in this heari-stirring romance of an heroic day that has passed. A wonder-picturo made from the greatest stage thriller ever produced. From th eFamous Plav by WILLIAM GILLETTE Directed by DONALD CRISP Scenario by Bculah Marie Dix MONDAY VIOLA DANA in "THE OFF SHORE PIRATE" I BANISH THE ENEMY OF MANKIND Vrhn your body i racked with IlHEl'MATISM. poison Is fTJullr 1e-troylnf the life-rtvlng forces within. XeutrUe the toxins a aentroy tn pounm ny using 99 It mi rapidly and surely eliminates the poisons, snd redeves all rheu - i .Ua ptoras. Don't orerload your system with harmful drugs Ci taiwonnil taien once or twice daily baniahes rheumtUia , rood haaith your eerapanlrn. mwirw ci mm - THE KELLS COMPANY, NEWBURGH, N. Y. f? EFIRD'S St ORE ULLETIN IHE STORE THAT ALWAYS LEADS IN VALUE-GIVING Our Object: To Build a Greater Business by Serving Onr Community. GASTONIA, N. C , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 2 LAST BIGGEST OF EFIRD'S WONDER SALE AND DAYS UNDERWEARCREPE ! H- Kri'iklc (':;;' for Underwear in white, pink and light blii''. Wry special, per yard 25c BLEACHING, 10c YARD V; i(! will.- r.l, :H'h Domestic. Special for these last three day.; 'Wonder Sale, price yard 10c PAJAMA CHECK, 10c YARD hn'i luv.vy i.tii'.lity Pa.iama Checks, priced as high as J V yard. Special Thursday and while lot lasts at per yai d 10c 85c WHITE GOODS, 35c tilled Klaxons. Dimities, Batiste, etc., in Baby, ft'dy- aim .Mm i waist size ciiecKs. unginanv nriceu Uji to Sf)o yard. Sp"cial for Thursday and while lot lasts, at peryaid 35c and 45c Kull .Men . ! 32-INCH DRESS GINGHAMS, 15c New i-pr'n i "ic Plaid Dress Ginghams, originally priced at d. Special at 15c 26-INCH GINGHAM, 10c .pr: -r :g Plaids. Checks, etc in 2T)-inch Dress Ging-. c ii;ality, for the last 3 days of Efird's Won at per yard 10c FRUIT OF THE LOOM BLEACH oek 10:..() lo 1! o'c t..r yard (Limit 10 yards to 15c 40-INCH CREPE DE CHINE, $1.45 ii wit ni v ViT ''xprrsse shiment of new 40-inch Crepe in ihe p.- w Spring shades, including Toma- :i, Hoik v Dew, Pink, Copen, Castellain, 1 dack, white, and flesh, $2.50 (piality, Ef- Dl'R-i $1.45 H i i i NEW GEORGETTE CREPE !. 1 ( :; .'. ;': in th" new Spring shades of Lavendar, !'-ow i, Old Kose. Canary, Tan, Navy and plenty of ldack, wh.ite and tlesh. Very special, yard $1.45 J?b f V K;o L " 25 LADIES' SILK DRESSES AT $19.50 Ju&t received .by Express this morning .25 .Handsome Dresses. These are a regular $25.00 value, but we will place them on Sale Saturday Morning at the special price of $19.50 s-raai ak sfiU
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