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THE GASTONIA, (N. C). DAILY GAZETTE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1021? PAGE FOUR j "The Gastoma Gazette ' ESTABLISHED 1880 Iisued Erry Afternoon In the Week Eicept Sunday, at 214 W. Airline A?e. GAZETTE PUBLISHING CO. Office: 214 W. Airline Avt. Phonri SO and 232 Jaa. W. Atkins Managini Editor E. D. Atkini Businesa Maoager Hugh A. Query Editor Mre. Zoe K. Brockman, .Society Editor Admitted int.. tin- inu.U at tbe Post oflj.e at ti:itiiina. N. '.at tin) j.ound rit of poMafcr. p:l SUBSCRIPTION PRICE By Carrier or Mail in the City On Year 00 Six Months - Three Months l.-3 One Month By Mail Outside of Gastonia One Year -" Sil Months f-.UO ThrcP M..nti.s fl.'MJ One V -'. 30 Pa: Invarii-'y in Advance Mem':,. : of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ue for rej.ublic-itioii of all news dispute in s -r . i 1 1 t to it or not otherwise eredivd in this paper an.i also the local m " ildishe.l tht'ri'in. All rijfhts of ' , . at inn of special dis patches an- nl.-... .eierved. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921 j Gastonia, The South't City of Spindles HOW TO TREAT YOUR HOME TOWN. 1 Praise it. Improve it. When 1 strangers come to town, use them well. Talk about it in tl,e right . way.' Don't call our best itizens frauds and impostors. j Trade at home. Suppo.i your local institutions that benefit your 1 town. B; public spirited. Look ahead of self when all the town is to be considered. Take a home pride in it and tell of its advantages. Remember, it is your home. Help the public officers to do th? most good for the 'most people. i Throw away your little hammer. 1 Don't knock BOOST! PLLEII'S SAYINGS r-fairh is being eol)eetJ anil all it needs ' -- tsttttsstsisssttttt ' is alut 12,08 mart, "Sums organisation vupi t uuder take to put the library arrows." Speikiuf f libraries remind t that i. a last Saturday tier wera 'IH Tisiters in the Castoora publia library, asJ that luTu wfri 1.129 for tba wek. For tie. rear fu.liug December 1, I J2tt, trier was .1 circulation of 2.,8i.'l volumes, accord ii. K to Miss Blako 's auouul report. When, it is remembered that there are unlv !.4nii volumes iu thf library, it will be .rn T h : 1 1 our folks are using what they lave. It's inspiring to think of what the lil.rarv would menu to tb people of (justoinii if it were equipped in manner uctimii) the cit.v auJ its growth and sTuii'iin hlong other linev. to get a placa in ;tlus Cabinet will at year of uncertainty. i FORDNEY SUPPORTERS ' least get a pUre in the limelight. i Much as they may desire to do no, TIGHTEN THEIR LINES. I county authorities eaiiuot economize by 1 (Br The Associated Presa. u n l i i i n i. tt r . . . l ; j , 4; e iiau n unwiuny uuwu. wuv-; riming on meir I'ounry agent, ior mis in ; WASHINGTON Feb 26 Support Flashes of Wit and Humor From the Pen of Great Par agrapher. By BOBEBT QUILLEN. (Copyright 1920. AmouiU Editors.) We have nitb us now the whine navu. tation from popular novel. card flushes are usually debilitating. ' not economy. They save some few thou sand dollars that go to, pay the salary, but thev rob (he county of from ten ors of the Kordney emergeucy tariff bill were tightening their lines today for the final atriiKgle in the house when k be- The present plan is to divide the siiwp thousand to several hundred thousand Kjas .-onsidcratioB of the ' senate umcu.l- sud the gouts; shear the sheep, and accuse the gouts of doing it. A man In. is on the level seldom finds it necessary to square himself. The thought of talcs ill Kurope does much to remoe the hyphen iu America. dollars of income whieh the county agent will bring into the county ly his work No good county agent should be regard Man keeps right on inventing machines ed as an expense, but as a productive to make existence soft and tonics to give agency that liriiifrs in wealth to the coun ty many times over his salary every year. It is all right to economize, but him a rugged constitution. Man can 't In- happy without work. I'nii it be Hint the scarcity of ein-ulat-money is due t the hoard of aliens? I. it us hope that disarmament will be gin with the spurs worn by iufantiy lieu ! e i ants After a iIii.t hour tndy of an income . x blank one is sorely tempted to leave blank. Along about the first day of each month the average man wishes he could psoamxii strangle the accounts. chap who invented ( liurge Well, if the nations won't sink their own ships, eventually they will sink one another '.s. 1'oubtless thev been Use it is easy :t state. AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELP. This newspaper calls attention to the f:.ct that next week will begin the second ! eriod of tracing by institute spei ial , ists in ;he Communi'v Herviee program if three moiit h outlined for the city. Mr. Murrison, i trained niiHic'ui n and "fmg lender, comes to (iM-timin for a pc juid., Otjktev wtvks W v.-.,.i.i:iv ; i lasses in cviiiiiiunit.v a'lbl group sinking. The work rtill be conducted along the lines of the raining in games and plays finished this cek by Miss Zachman. For the next 'luce weeks (i.istoni.in.s will be given an opportunity to exhibit their talent in group singing. Jt in to be hoped that iP music lovers of the city will "respond o the opportunity thus presented, and take steps to form the nucleus of a i bora I society. 1 1. this coiulettjoh, it is but proper to fiate that the three mon'hs trial period (f v'ommiiiiity ,r?vrvice. Inc., will end iil 1. r'or three mouths it will cost ''aston.i in. thing. If we like it well nn.,li after that time, r can maintain tl'e org.i. i.,ition that is being perfected did lug these three months. A REMINDER. Since the publication in Friday's ia c'te of the offer of one father in this city 1n be one of IT' men to raise tiro (' IT'i needed to complete the ci.i dr. iygii ii'i.1 fund, .-inotm r gel," erou- . .- h;is added another dollar to the fun. I. with the added remaik that 'there will be -mother dollar foithcm ing if tin y .em et enough. ' ' One of he chii.ln r '.ie iu today 's paper u.aKi't 1. 1 i r! no ut point 'that the. children iiv,., iu iu;! enmmunit ies : nd villages u t punul i n : (ia-tonia are i n.joy ing many ttnue ad...tages of this M.rt than thuve living iu the city proper. .v n. I it is true, every wuid ot it. '..tt in ludl exe.u'ivev liave ecn the llee.l of thi-e tiling- foi f!icir ernployey. but . i'y talh.iv and in-! iu-i s , ;, a 'i where the r ow:i children nerd playg poinds and ( .uipmeir. u I. the idea might !.. . i the .uininuuity lions. . t ) love- have what server the as ,, V. . C. A. m- a V. W .ng doi-s in a city or town. They have their reading and recreation rooms, shower baths awd gyiuna-ia. Vet the glowing boys and gir s of uptoMii ("s. tenia cannot enjoy thes.. advantages. It appears to the average thinker that there u mrre coiisideratinn given thoe who help put money in our poiketl ks than to tboj'l. of our own ti. s, and blood. WHY TAXES ARE HIGH. Complaints continue to come in from all over North Carolina lis to the injus t .e of the Hcvaluation Act. Farmers everywhere are complaining that tales are too high. It is commonly admitted hi.wei.r, that ha t cotton been selling at i cents a pound, there would not be tin luuiplaint that now exists. The priori pie of revaluation is sound, but it must be adn.i'ted that there are some mistakes in I In- i n f orccinenl of the law. Tho News and Observer submits this eiplaiiat ion : ' ' In ISMH and the spring of lUL'd everybody did business, on a basis of , high prices. The farmer paid high foi mules, for fertilizer and for lubor. The1 merchant paid high lor his goods. The b;:nks advanced money on a basis of high, values. F.rerybody expected to get high! ri turns iu the full. "The tax assessors did precisely what everybody else was doing. Thev figured , on a basis of high prices. They display c,l exactly tin sumo judgment theii neighbors displayed in the management of their own affairs. "In 1 !1 1 everybody guessed right.; 1'riees remained high and went higher. Ii 1 everybody guessed wrong. Trices went to smash. "Aro public oflicnils to ! excoriated beeaus,. in administering the affairs of j the public they did not have any butter business .judgment thau private citizens; and in the management of their own af j fairsT Tax values are in maiiv instances ' too high and ought to be revised down.; Tf ,,,,, , .mm, ,-, , u,e .rou.iu. wmiiki ,,, ,,. j.lV ,. larmers an. I nusiness men in .North I aro Ima is not due to the taxes they are call ed upon to pay, but to the losses they; have sustained in their own business. "If the farmers and merchants and nl priTate citizens had made money last i year in the management of their own af fairs, vastly less would hnve been heard: about high taxes this year. An Irish ' ninn oneo said 'Potatoes are high at ten cents h bushel when you haven't ogt ten I cents.' Taxes based on any viotlntion ' or any rate, howercr low, are fii(h when! you have not the money to pay them." AO AM WA cvwa. a cot TVuma HI. MAO 4MTMOUTMOM AMD POMKVTSS liad Adam iiccii happy m pnrailisv, apple wouldn't have interested him. the invented ail it a Cabinet slate to erase anything on When a man -s sins r. ost . he always I a ics unearned increment. come home to a howl about the Normalcy will also mean the closing of a lot of lactones that make play pret ties for adults. Of course you understand that the pur poe of a separate peace is to make America a separate piece. I b Theodore Sea r- says going I hp ti.i motion will make one feel Inc. . the divorce records indicate tlui g through the motion doesn't make feel married. lint goose just as the profitisrs did. rl V t h.llg. get ii. they wi'l gol leu eggs to normal. fui ther. .t lie elll i' pill pose A. build OUR LIBRARY. The Hickory Record makes note of the fact that iojx-cts toi a library in it?) city nre nbsiut to go glimmering. The Kceord mentions that the "eity has an impropriation of ll.imn fr...,, tl.e i'jt iigie foundation, the iTue..c .-.uthnriicd tin levying of a s, . '.:brjry tax, COTTON AS A SURPLUS. The editor of Tho Yorkville Enquirer sums up the cotton situation thus: Probably the most profitable cotton crop the south ever raised was the crop pf 191 'v. And until the south learns the lesson of 1 01 S it can never hope to make ecu noinic headway raising cotton. When America entered the world win in the spring of 1017, the farmers of the south were persuaded and scared into raising food supplies suffii ient for tht needs of this whole country. The cotton crop of 10 IS was raised on the surplus food supplies of 1017 and 10IH, and the net profits on that crop in eluded tht. money that had previously been going out of the country for various kinds of supplies. Also there was a tremendous saving by reason of enforced economy in the coiisjumpt ion of western wheat, western meat and foreign sugar and other pro dints. This saving mounted up int. main millions. I'e.eived and demoralized by the prof it- f 1 i I S and thinking those profits wen leiived from cotton alone, iu 1010 the 1 .liners neglected food stuffs and de voted their r.h.ilc attention to cotton. They put into cotton all that they had made the year before, and all they bad s;:ve., and on top of that all they could borrow. The 1010 crop brought a good price apparently, hut the profit was not really si gn at as it sf. 'ne.l for the reasui that ii was not a ' - impanied be the food pin. lints and the economy of 1017 and 101 s. Then in 1 1''o ..iine the collapse. The farmers had put all their resources into the throw of that year, and when the bu.lii.le was bursted by means of socalled deflation, the south as a wnole was thrown back to about vfhere it was in 10H). The lesson of it is merely a cnntiniia tion of the experience of hundred years that there is no possible hooe of the south ever getting anywhere raising cotton except as a surplus. Where a farmer raises all needed sup plies, and makes cotton alisulutcly clear above all other requirements, he can hope to have the proceeds of that cotton for the payment of pat indebtedness and the purchase of such articles as he can niijt produce himself. Hut the man who undertakes to raise cotton on credit, either directly or indirectly1, in commit tcl to hopeless speculation that has niver -e tpeiied anything but disaster. It ij not a pleasant situation to cou template; but it is tile truth. s l.-.-k : i a-W - ff i nwtL . nmi ' sjw n nm I two rw.uT xafflt-aPs. II I OsTmran Jt nr AT THE SAeir. y5 o.-ster stew won t mean ovsters two. I ' ' Nimplitie.l spelling has bivn greatly encouraged by the advocate who referred to the enrage of Russia. When Kurope speaks of exchange, it doubtless has an uneasy feeling that the "ex" stands for extinguished. If the days set aside for prayer brought the Aliies victory, why not try it on this disarmament proposition? "After you" may be good manners, but as a method of disa rmament it doesn't show particularly good sense. The modern trend of the drama has iifbtened the wnik of the property man I All he needs is one good bedroom set. These visiting literary men from Kng bind will be able to teach us soniethinx it their minds are as broad as their The possibility that the world will be Hat on its back doe.n 't worry Kurope Mie knows who will Yank it to its feet. You can't eat your raisin and have i', bn vv. I'licle Nun has no objection to empire it won t t ry to umpire. This manifest eagerness would in. I i. te the island of Vap is s-pelled back ward. Congress a si clings to its t ime honored i.stoin of distributing the seed of .lis i i uten '. Ymi have to hand it t. l.eimnny. She hi Ids on to Keigdoll. which was moic than A inn i. a could do. A married man always r Ii i n ks that hi; wife thinks that he in 't so great a? he thinks he is. If on,, could see fates in their raw o. Mole s'ate, he might not blame the own "jl- ITU ABOUT I Js8 I WONVYWW j f- J ) OMItTH' "''inMJ VACTTMAT S, Tm ox" n rrs for covering them before going nut i i public. I'iie neglected doughboys in hospitals roliablv wonder just what gnat muse they aie suffeiiug for now. Ion't despair of a settlement of the It.sh question. The orations of grid oatps are only three niTths ami. Wei 1, those who are groomed and fail care should be taken not to economize by cutting off the source of supplies.. The Progressive Farmer. merits to the measure as agreed on in conference. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee, said he planned to call the measure up immedi ately after the house convenes today un less .some unfinished business had pre cedeiicc. He expressed confidence that in any event the bill would be brought up before adjournment touight. '- NOTICE! Any time you need Ice) Cream set the Goody' GoodKind. It is second: to , none. We manufac ture it and guarantee its purity, quality and flavor. No order is too large or too small for us. " - SWEETLAND FRUIT : AND CONFECTIONERY CO. Phone 197 Cott.wi seed was cou.siderc ) ij.siiless. ; twenty yea is ago. Now it is the baiis of a trade of three quarters uf u i Mint b'l la. ' The l'ennsylvaiiia State college in .u.gtirated a course iu cooking for men beginning with t,t. necond .semester, I i bt ua rv 1 . Call 50 and The Gaette'a ad nun will come to aee you promptly about that ad Hang it. can't Kurope understand that' we do not relinquish any right granted under the treaty we haven't made.' And even if the reformers make the world perfect, another bunch will conic along with new standards and do the job ove... One who has had experience with I'ull nans may doubt whether iesrvatioiis will give us a comfortable berth in the l.eagu . A diplomat says the aspirations of the weak art. now articulate. In other w.o.ls they now have the inalienable right to howl. Doubtless you have noticed that women jurors always smile iu a grun and reminiscent sort of way when the man says not guilty. When we observe a yoirig thing wear ng pumps Iu this weather, we wonder if she doesn 't have to prime 'cm to get 'em , started in the morning. BLUE LAWS AND SUNDAY NEWS PAPERS. Publishers Auxiliary. The Itcv. John Kerguson, secielary of the Kurd's lay Allium o in New York State, told a bunch of newspaper men at Albany the other day that his uruiza tion only wished to close the baseball parks and movie houses oil Sundays but just now that was as far as the program extended. Mr. Ferguson -aid the Jmiii lay newspapers v. ere not iu for any at tention from the Alliance at this time, but be thought they might just as well be printed and did (United on Saturday. And The New York Tribune observes . and likewise asks: nut tlie Itev. .Mr. I-crgusou reveals the ideal toward which he is working even while denying any present inten tion of asking laws to brini; it to pass. One of his ambitious, he admits, is to have Sunday papers printed on Saturoay afternoon, though just how the world is to be speeded up as to gt Saturday's news in this sheet he fails to explain. Also, how abont Monday's paper, which is the one written and edited chiefly on Sunday ' ' ' Hut Mr. Keignson seems to overlook the fact that pretty g I Sunday news papers ate now for sale in every uictropo utau if v hi the I'nit. d Stales by v or 0 o'clock on Saturday night; and The Tribune seems to overlook the other fact that there are ailernoon papers iu every metropolitan ity in the Knited States which do huiiv up and get Sat u i . lay ' news iu Saturday's pupil's. And as foi the Mini., ay edition-, there aie very r. spectable and well pat roll zed pupeis li the Knited States w hich for em-rat ion have issued no Monday editions and theii patrons seems to lie pretty v. el I s.itisti(,l at that. The outstanding feature in the .statu-' of the big Sunday newspaper is after all more of an economic than a moral one. I he competition iu the use ol advertising space, resulting in ti e use uf a. r. s ., s'ush to "cany" it, and the i n rd ; na 1 . us,, of white paper to "cany" both, i the real reason, if there be one, wjiy tin Snndav ucwi;i;.er should b.- lis, ontinu ed. If the people are inclined to s'.ead their Sundays in pa. ling, depriving them f the Sunday newspaper would not neiki them go to chiir. h instead, but 1 hey would go to the old book, ase and, per hap-, nibble along all .lav on Hal.a.-'- ' I'uilosophy of Mailiage." DISCOVERING A MISTAKE. Some counties where officials felt that it was necessarv, iu the face of the grave business runlitiui- to ecouomi.e bv di pt using with the county agents, ale n.i.v discovering that this was a serous mis take. Pace to fa.-e .ith the n sin of diversifying without the exact know ledge of what crops to plant or lue.v Ii go about planting them; with the abso. lute necessity of cutting the cost of pro .iuction from on. -half to two thirds be low that of last year not knowing nist how- to i educe this cost cutting without reducing the yield; with the importance of selling every farm product at the high es( possible price without a definitely organized eo operative selling ns.icia tion; with the desire to increase the lice tok on the farm without a thorough knowledge of brooding, care, and fee ling and of disease control; with the will ti plant home orchards without the know bslge of spraying and pruning: witb mortgages or notes falling due on land and equipment without knowing bow t get extensions of credit, there has nevei iwvn a time wht-n a coutitr agent lm? been so vitally nccssary to farmers of my county in the South as during this THE UNIVERSAL CAR "The Ford Touring Car" ERE is the greatest motor car in all the world. Great because there is more of it in use than of any' other car in the world. ' Great because that in our demand for a million and a quarter Ford cars this year fully 50 of that demand is for the Touring Car. Surely every Ford touring car is a car of great service. You see it wher ever you go, day or night, shine or rain, summer or winter the ever faithful Ford Touring Car is delivering service and satisfaction, pleas ure and economy, in a larger measure than falls to the lot of any other one piece of mechanism in the world. We can now deliver Ford cars to you with reasonable promptness. Leave your orders without delay, if you would be wise. The prudent man carries his umbrella when it is dry, because any fool can carry one when it rains! Never forget that right hand to every Ford Touring Car is that ever-dependable and universal "Ford After-Service." Here we are, with the genuine made Ford parts, Ford mechanics, and Ford equip ment, to give service to Ford cars instantly, so that your car is never out of commission. BURWELL-PARKER MOTOR CO. Phone 840 Gastonia Stop! Look! Listen! A STORE AT YOUR DOOR Starting- within a few days wc will bring our Grocery Store to you each week. Our object in doing this is to make it more convenient for you to trade with us, thereby increasing- our sales and consequently our profits. HOWEVER And this is very important - the Groceries will not cost YOU one cent more than they would if you came to the Store - and in most cases will cost you LESS. By bringing the Store to you, we will make the sale, collect and deliver all at one time (and with only one clerk). In this way we can, in most cases, sell you groceries for less than if you came to the Store, and we had to have one man to wait on you and another to deliver. In short, we save money by bringing the Store to you. (We are very frank about this as we have never claimed to be in business solely for our health ) . BUT - and this is where you come in - we are willing to share PART of this saving or profit with YOU. You will not be buying a pig in a poke, as is often the case when you phone an order in - but can come out to the wagon, look our stock over, and make your purchses intelligently. Eventually we will have our "route" worked out so that our Store-on-Wheels will pass your home at approximately the same time each day. Why wade through mud and rain, when you can buy for less right at your door? Why drop your washing, or ironing, or house work to go to tljb store, when you can save time as well as money by having the tjore come to you? All we ask yyu to do is to TRY it! When the Store comes along, go out and loofclour stock over (all standard, recognized brands) and if the priced brand for brand, are not equal to, or cheaper, than you can bvy the same stuff for elsewhere pass them up. The "proof d ' the pudding is in the eating." Investigate it. Try it out and be convinced. VARNER-GRAY CO? "The Loray Quality Store" Phone 489-J
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