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"ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL"
Volume XL No. 57.
Four O'Clock Edition
Scotland Neck, N. C, Friday, October 22, 1920
Service
Price Five Cents.
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$100,000 BRIDGE TO 5P1 THE
ROANOKE AT EDWARD
S FERRY
The Commissioners of Halifax And Northampton
Counties Met In Welddn on Wednesday The
20th and Jointly Decided on the Details
JUDGE JOHN H. IER
TO BE SPEAKER HERE
ON ARMISTICE DAY
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Jlyie Koanoke Post of TheJ;
CRANE WITH
LIFTING
POWER
OF 300 TONS
; American Legion counts itself in-i'
deed fortunate in that it has se-,1
cured as principal r.peaker of the
Armistice Day exercises which
will take place' here on Novem.-
It Was Built at the Philadelphia
Ship Yard and Stands 250
Feet High
COST $871,000
10.000 ENTER GATES OF FAIR
, I C. YESTERDAY
AT RALE GH
The
re
A BIG ASSET TO THIS SECTION lw
wrinprbw Oct. 20th at 2:30 O ! Judge Kerr is well known to the
P. M. there was held in Weldon, nrrn nJMinilT
at the office of Mr, Geo. C. Green l.ll LU
UIL.II UIIUUI1I
Here is an account of a mighty
firanfi sflirl tn Hf tht lTort in
ber 11th, Judge John H. Kerr, of , 1A . , , , .,'
w l , ! , s the world that has ' been built
V f nr t( TT S nnw r cto T-fm out
Were 10,000 Automobiles
Those Who Went On
Trains
Besides
IN WIRE FENCE
at thp Philfldplnhin ehinhnilrl in or
majority of the citizens .of Hali-; T , r.-.. ..
" . . . . ' yard. It has a lifting capacity
tax County as being for several Qrft . . , n .
, . . 'oi 350 tons at a point 50 feet
years the solicitor of this district from tfae tower nnd 50 tons
in the Super.or Court and it Willi reaeh 6 19Q feet u stands 23Q
be a rare treat for these old i- ... i. -, ' . ,
j-et-t ugii ana xesis on a suDstan-
The latter
60,000 VISITORS IN THE CITY
Atty., a very enthusiastic meet
ing of the joiiitboards of County
Commissioners of' Northampton:
and Halifax Counties to further! Now just imagine the surprise ' friends to have an opportunity of tial .pUe foundat.
discuss the proposed bridge over oi Kobert Edmonds, a colored
Roanoke River at Edwards Ferry farmer out near Shields Coin
and to receive report, of commit- missary yesterday when he cap-
tee appointed at last meeting, tured a young deer in front of!
Mr. S. A. Dunn, of Scotland Neck the Commissary.
inn
UWCi uc Ui xx alone cost $120,000. The total
catchy and humorous addresses f-W u x.
, - xl , , weight of the steel tructure above
here on the llth. For those that the oundation is 400o tons and
do not know the speaker they it cogt $87l)0oa
hava even a greater treat in store A n . . ,
cuiiuieita euuiiierweijjiit
THE LATEST
TELEGRAPH
DESPATCHES
FATHERED FROM
reported as chairman and in a It sems from all reports that ! fr them inasmuch as he will in veighmg 314 tons is carriedn?
rief speech told of his interview Robert was driving along the road ms n way glve tnem an address the floor.of the sll0rter arm of
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XtUl' .vit" .xXV, 1 o
OF THr jljD
ithat will be interesting and
UP UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK P.
Raleigh, Oct. 22. In numbers
Uke the locusts came upon an
cient Egypt, Tar Heels" from ev
ery section of the State marched
upon the capital city yesterday
until they aggregated the great
r T0W(I that has ever congre-"
fn Raleigh. The double
attraction of the State fair and
the State College University foot
ball game was the impelling mag
net that brought them here.
Never in the historv of the citv
m' , has there been such a crowd.
Every incoming train, and there
with the State Highway Uommis- coming out- irom the river direc- mitl,-auu8 t-ne cantilever section. On the
sum, quoting f igures on bridge tion when lo and behold, he was structlve trom srt to -finish. upper part of this arm is built a
approaches, etc. It was estima-1 confronted by a young deer, and' USI wnere tne sPeakmg will large lwo.story houge for the Cork Gct 22. Two killed and were man sPecial trains in ad
ted that the cost of the bridge . Robert lost n0 time in making takfle .plaCe has not as et been machinery. In this lxouse which five wounded in ambush in mili-dition to the regulars, brought
would be around $100,000, taking the best of his chances, and It aeIinitely decided but it Is is 200 feet above the dock are 85-tary lorries by one hundred at-!its hundreds- Thousands of au-
Into consideration the reduced was the deers misfortune to get 10l,gllt Avi11 be out-of -doors horsepower motors for operating 'tackers. jtomobiles, acres of them as they
cost- of labor, material, etc. Af- tangled up in a barbed wire fence aS n0 bmldinS in town will- be .he machinery. There, are also . , stood parked at the fair grounds
ter considerable discussion as to where he was captured. Of large enouh to hoId' the multi- gears? cirums etc aild a 35.ton j Philadelphia, Oct. 22 A na- and about the campus of the col-
the proportion of the cost to paid course we are indebted to Mr. people that will be pre- crane which is ued for handl
for by each County, by vote it Taylor of Shields 'Commissary sent on hat day' the operating machinery.
was decided toallot the cost pro-' or this unusual piece of news. "' 11L(lL iU1 .uayaie The huo.e machine is so situa
portion as the taxable value of
eachv'conhty "bofe to" the,i""otlier...coX TRATO RWflTireiiiP tttmtpq -xuu.h " two shipoutfittmg basins
tion wide search for William P. leSe and along the streets brought
Brine a University Pennsylvania otner thousands and piled 4'hem
freshman charged with the mur- UP at the gates of Riddick field
going forward rapidly and the ted that it ea be use, to serve!der of Eler C. Drewes a DarK and the fair grounds.
It was found that the taxable AFTER PUTTING ON BRATCF? mericaT1 lje10n are r.oundmg up was designed specially to handle
then work in a wav that shows in i 4. i i 1.. i :.
aiue oi property m iNormamp- AS STEAM COCK BLOWS OUT V, i k ' L -n utu neavy parts uj. uaiLiusuips
Never in his most sanguine
Oarv
' dreams of a successful fair diA
Ga., Oct. 22. Charles N. thp sprptarv nftl pf)11P pvpr
that the celebration here will sur- owering them aboard new ships I Hudson a driver of an automo- dream that "j a single day that
m ct long measure anyniing in the course of construction and . D11e wnicn Killed Miss urusma h(k wolllr1 sp 40 000 nAOnlp nass
ton was twentj million and that
of Halifax was fiftv million mak- Pntriam Cnrm Clot 99 Ant
ing the allotment to be paid by ther. but a minor mishao was'lt13.! haS haPPened in Scotland lifting them 0-ut again when that
A.
Halifax $71,500 and Northamp- met by Gov. Cox's presidential
ton $28,500
Neik in many a day.
This being decided campaign train today. Soon af-'cox aCCepts
was made by Mr. A. ter leaving Providence a steam' A AKr niurl:iw
BIG ROOSTER
T-v 1 ' ? JI 'll It
ieviine was lounu gunty .oi m- thr0llffll the ates that guard the
is necessarj for making repairs, i voluntary manslaughter and was enclosure, but yesterdav it came
It has been found decidedly ad- Siven a year on the state farm. o pass and big day of the 59th
AS AN OMEN OF
a resolution
Paul Kitchin that the two boards cock on the engine blew out, cau-!
uu ntu ciS apivyms rm a uaii uuur s ueiay wn.iie i ' Providence R I Oct
vantageous to assemble the tur-'
w w A "nto anH nthov noenr noito nn the 7 -Jo-. f linl hno mrAn -rvoor. n
i3 uiiu. ufuvi jc4. v jmio xi . . .ciy inui nan cvci in a.
dock and then lower them into ... .. . fair. The limit was about reach
ed yesterday and it is unlikely
that the record established will
be broken right away. . '
fair turned out to be the bigge??
: V" V , , y Providence, R. I., Oct. 22.- " , , T" orished' and Pope Benedict has
bmkiino- of the bridge provided following train nusbed the snp-!A i t,- x place on the dreadnaught. When
, . . .otr p . u tidin pusnea xne spe- A large white rooster was presfcn- ,ppealed to Spain Latin-America
an assurance in writing could be cial into Blackston, Mass.
was presen
ted to Gov. Cox by admirers af-
repairs are necessary it saves a
great deal of time and trouble
simply to lift these parts out in-
,ppealed to Spain Latin-America
and the United States, mhe
Knights of Columbus are repor-
obtained from the State Highway' When the accident occurred the ter his speech here and he fond
1 11 1 e "ictcb ssua ied the bird m.his arms while , . , , . , , ted to have promised a million
-onstruction as soon as funds denl? and jumped to safety, the crowd cheered. He said he them.aPart ,and dollars.
were available. This-was approv- The fireman was sealrlpH sliVhtlv 1. carrying mem out piecemeal.
actTuieu me roosier
od and W. H. T.
as an omen
The ponderous turrets of our
bigges"t ships, witk handling
London, Oct. 22. MacSwiney
T P 1 .
ourgwyu ui uy escaping STeam. nf Vlctorir "
.NciThampvon and Mr. A. f. is.it-, U liere was little jar to the tram i The governor had the bird ua "s is still delirious and the prison
' f Sl'Ml Neck were a as ffeame to a stop and for some taken aboard his train and pen- ""ached can be handled t,horTties contimle to hdmInIs.
ii ii . i yi . y-si.. . . . 1 with n n tyi nararnro Sln-r
f,mminee to cau on tne uom- time liov. Uox did not knaw of ned jn a compartment. ' . . ter liquid food
mission at onee to .obtain this as- the mishap. I . ijaras m Jingiana ana m rer-
I . i 1 rt -l fr
suraii-e. The State Hhrhwav ' imany nave pewerrui cranes ior . Enroute with Cox. Oct. 22.
Commission has already given AV1H be one of the greatest things
eral parts of the building. Dam
age estimated at six hundred
thousand dollars.
New York, Oct. 22. Fjoreri3
Weiler has been arrested charg
ed with implication in the theft
of platinum from the war de-
Rome. Oct.22. Phvsicians &t- doiner similar work but none of n
tins assurance verbally, so it may ever proposed tor the beneiit oi,,cll"11Jg tu UUT!i JViUlv Adu- mem nrts a wpdcuy cqiwi iu-uns ev .jersey. !
tinv, Mu r, :i der stated that the monkev wliich one of "TTncle Sam's. , I I
that the bridge will be builf. a large territory and make neigh- bit the Killi AVas suffering from . Clarion, Oct. 22. Sen. Harding- New York, Oct. 22. Elbert II.
At least twenty five enthu- bors of thousamls of people wW l'he rabies. They artificially In- Chicago, Oct, 22. Federal is to rest four days before a swing Gary the head of the United
siastie citizens from Nnrriianin. for all times i.ast have hrt oculated the King in an attempt wstrrstnt wpw issul for si no- through Ohio, closing cis cam- States Steel Corporation said in
to assist monarch.
ton were present, those from total strangers. It will put
Scotland Neck,- being Messrs S. Scotland Neck within- twelve
A. Dunn, J. II. Alexander, Jr., A. mes of Rich Square, it now quer- j Erie, Pa-. Oct. 21. Nine per
1 Kitchen, Stuart Smith, Ed big a sixty mile drive to. reach sons were killed and fifteen in-
1 icemen charged with complicity Pai?n-
in a "whiskey ring."
hn address the business prospects
were, unusually bright bothMn the
Early, Ark., Oct. 22. The Earl United States and abroad. He
Mexico Citv Oct. 22. A na- Compress Companv and five thou sid prices bad been outrageously
;mith, J. A. Kitchen and Nor- there. We predict that by this 5"ure by sidespread on the Chi- Hon wide strike is threatened as sand and six hundred bales of high but the present tendencyMS
t'W .S Smitl! iti'ifia TiPvt TPflr tbio bridn-o will efl??o and Boston limited between a result oi a .controversy over cotton were destroyed
The building of this bridge be in actual use. i Buffalo and Cleveland yesterd ty. the strike dock workers.
by fire toward a lower and a fair rela
starting simultaneously in sev- tive basis.
2m, ft
me
In the November election you
" ill be called upon to radically
hange the Tax Laws of the State
i' North (1arolina. Article V,
s''c1icn 111, of the Constitution
"f the State tof North Carolina
provides ''That no income shall
taxed when the property from
iiicli Hie income is derived is
t'axed.',-"
fiie roposed . Amendment,
v-"hich repeals the above provls
!' i, permits income from property
already taxed to be taxed up to
six per cent (6,) allowing an
xompption of wo Thousand
,000.00) Dollars for a married
man and One Thousand ($1,000.
00) Dollars- to a single person.
It has been part of the organ-
lie law of this state, founded in
; reason and justicp, that the same
property should not be taxed for
the same purpose twice. If the
Amendment carries, both the
property and the income there
from will be taxed. For instan
ce: A farm worth Ten Thousand
($10,000.00) Dollars, and so list
ed., under" the present - County
levy, w.ould be subject to a tax
.for County roads and schools of
Seventy-Six (76e) on the One
"Thousand (1000.00) D.ollars, or a
otal of Seventy-Six ($76.0)qDo1-
.lars on the Ten Thousand ($10.
000.00) Dollars taxable property,
fn addition to that, a persou .liv
ing in a Special School Tax Dis
trier would be subject to a fur
ther tax of Ten Cents (10c), mak
ing Eighty-Six ($86.00) Dollars
1,1ns One "Hundred Sixteen ($216
00) Dollars. Assuming that tne
:iartv
who owns this farm
is
thrifty-and derives a , net income
of Three Thousand ($.3000.00)
Dollars therefrom, if married Tie
would be entitled to deduct Two
rj'iousand ($2,000.00) Dollars,
?nd, if single, One"- Thousand
($1,000.00) Dollars from his net
income, and, for a married . per-
son, Sixty Dollars ($60.00) In
come Tax 'would be addedto the
Two Hundred Sixteen ($216.00)
Dollars, making, for a married
person, Two Hundred Seventy
Six ($276.00 'Dollars, and for a
single ' person One Hundred
twenty (120.00) Dollars would
be added to the Two Hundred
Sixteen (216.00) Dollars, .making
a total of Three Hundred Thirty
Six ($336.00) D,olars taxes on an
investment of Ten Thousand
($10,000.00) Dollars in a farm.
Is this farmer on May first of
tlie year in which he made the
Tliree Thousand ($3,000.00) Dolj
lars had it on band the Three
thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars
would have to be listed as taxable
property, adding to the forego
ing Twenty-Nine and 74-100 Dol
lars ($29.74), making, for the mar
ried man, Three Hundred Eighti
anj3U-70-100 Dollars ($308.70) and
for the single man,-Three Hund
red Sixty-Five and 70-100 Dol
lars (365.70). The same princi
ple would apply to salaries,
wages, rents, interest on money
loaned, and incomes from all
chaaracter ,of business and invest
ment. ,
In addition to the tax propos
ed in this Amendment, the same
-taxpayer will be .called upon to
pay a Federal Income Tax, mak
ing the third tax upon the san-3
property.
It lias been urged, as a reason
for the proposed change, rTiat
there is no State Tax on lands.
This is not a fact, as the State
has levied a tax of Thirteen Cents
(13c) on all property for tlia
benefit of the schools.
'It does not seem to me, aTter
reflection, that this Amendment
should carry, and I advise the
voters of Halifax County f scan
the proposed Amendment care
fully before casting their ballots
in its favor.
; TSigned) Geo. C. Green.