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VOLUME 23—NUMBER 33
NEWS FROM IN AND '
AROUND JAMESYILLE
Mr. A. B Babcock spent Saturday
night in Tarboro with his family.
Mr. H. M. Bunas was in town last
Saturday.
Mr. J. W. Griffin and son, Marion,
wer eki town Monday on business.
Misses Carrie Sexton, Sudie and Ze
t.«jva lartin, Annie Bell Green and
E>sa Griffin, Messrs. Alfred "Griffin,
Albert Gurkin and Per lie Liliey were
in town Friday.
Mist Garchia Jackson spent the
wvek-end in the country with friends. |
Mrs. K. G. Sexton was in town I
shopping Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gaylord "and
children motored to Williamston Sun
day.
Mr. Roland Coburn was the guest
of Mia.s Mettda. dykes Sunday.
Siestrs. W. K. Parker and H. B.
Holion.an of VVifliamston were here
, this week.
Mrs. Tommie Martin and Miss Su
die Martin were in town shopping
this week.
M/. und Mrs. Wm. H. aniel spent
the we* k-end in Tarboro.
Mr. H. Grimes of Robersonvilla
spent s iew days with friends near
Jamesv lie.
Mr. und Mrs. McG. Roberson, and
Messrs. Oliie Keel, G. C. James, S.'H.
Clark, iirinkley and Harry ltoberson |
ana George Mooley spent Firday in I
town with friends
Mrs. Harrison Holliday, Mrs. C. C.
Walton and Mr. T. E. Holliday motor
ed to Acre Station Sunday and spent
tue «.ay with Mrs. T. G. Wallace.
Mr. C. Ebehart, of Columbus, Ga.,
was a visitor in town last week.
Messrs. N. B. Evans, Sam Blount,
and V/. J. Sadler of Washington were
here Wednesday attending to, i?if«l
matters.
Mrs. Lewis Walters tyul lite olsn.d
Mrs. 1 ewis W alters and little son,
Lewis, J:-., are the guest.s of.Mrs. J.
E. Smitl wick this week.
Mr. an.l Mrs. William aniel, Coy
Ko Lemon, J. L. Coltrain and B. T.
Liliey were in town Monday.
Mrs. Herbert Liliey and Mrs. C. C.
V. ultoji motored to Wilson Tuesday,
Mr. W. H. Liliey is in Raleigh this
week.
The public is cordially invited to
attend an ice cream supper, Wednes
day night, aMy 24th, in the W. O. W.
Hall. The supper is given under the
mispiues of the Ladies Aid Society.
JUNE IST IS "BUNDLE DAY"
The following is a copy of a letter
receded by Elder Sylvester Hassell.
No chairman has been named for
uay" in Martin County but
Oi«o wnl be selected in the next few
days and will be published immediate
ly aftr:
My Pastor:
" The 3,L34 little Armenian children
now in our North Carolina orphan
ages iir the stricken Bible lands, and
the 16,000 adult refugees dependent
on North Cftrolna for their lives, must
ha we cM.h*«g if they are not to lreeze
to death next winter. Our people
are throwing away their winter gar
ments at this time and these will
save many an unfortunate sufferer
from acute rheumatism and pneu
monia. 5).:. "
Vv'iil you not ask your congregation
to bend their cast-off clothing, either,
to your local Near East Relief chair
man or to the addiess oil the necloseu
tag, which should be used in shipping
this clothing to our Raleigh ware
house. June Ist has been designated
as "Bundle Day" in North Carolina
and we are asking that all clothing
be sent in not later titan this date.
Clothing needed are coats, sweat
ers, dresses, trousers, blankets, wool
shirts, heavy hosiery, wool gloves,
mittens, boots and shoes, (must be
tied in pairs j, shopworn garments,
sheets (for bandages), new cloths or
garments and any heavy, warm cloth
ing in which there is still some wear.
We cannot use lace, silks, veils,
cchiffonß, evenng clothes, satin slip
pers, muslin underwear, higb-heele
.shoes, straw or frame hats or silk
Stockings.
With sincere appreciation for past
favors to the Near East Relief b>
your congregation and your good self,
I am,
Yours in His name,
GEORGE H. BELLAMY.
State cliairman.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as admin
istrator of George H. Coltrain, late
of Martin county, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against sad estate to present
same for payment to the undersgned
on dr before he 15th day of May,
1923 or this notic will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
■oake immediate settlement.
This 15th day of May, 1922.
J. R. COLTRAIN, Adm.
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THE ENTERPRISE
STORIES OF
QREAT INDIANS
By Btmo Soott IPtrfaon
Copyright, ltlt, Wiitirn Nmpi|r Lalga
ROMAN NOSE'S MEDICINE WAR
BONNET FAILED HIM
A„OHEYKNN!£ war purty was attack
ing a Mormon emigrant train on
the Oregon trail. An one of 1U de
fenders dropped to the ground mortal
ly wounded a magnificent pro
portioned warrior dashed forward to
"count coup" (touch the fallen
enemy). The hat of the dead man
had fallen off, exposing his bald head.
As the red man struck the dead emi
grant he shouted to the other Indians
"Your Roman Nose has counted the
first coup on the longest-faced white
map killed."
/> many respects Roman Nose
(Woqulnl—"Hooked Nose") of the
Northern Cheyennes was the Ideal
type of the Indian warrior. Although
he was not a chief, Incidents of his
great strength, masterful personality
and wonderful bearing are legion.
Once lu a buffalo hunt his brother-in
law drew his bowstring so powerfully
that It broke. The arrow was thrown
high into the air as the sinew snapped.
Roman Nose happened to ride up close
behind his coniptinlon at this Instant.
Reaching up he caught the shaft,
■napped It against his own bowstring
and shot the buffalo dead.
A man of more reckless daring In
battle never lived. He had a wur
bonnet, the wearing of which he
fondly believed protected him from
danger. His faith In It was Justified
until the day of the fumous tight with
Lien. U. A. Forsyth's- 52 scouts at
Beecher's Island, -Colo., on September
18, 1808. Before going into the battle
Roman Nose told his companions thut
he felt sure he would be killed that
day. According to the belief the
power of the war bonnet would fail if
he ever ute anything that was taken
from a dish with an Iron utensil.
That morning at a feast given by lit*
friends the Sioux, one of the women
who served the meal had used a fork
to take the food from the frying pun.
When his friends learned of this they
urged him to go through the ceremony
of purification necessary to restore the
power of the war bonnet, but For
syth's scouts appeured before he could
do so.
Therefore with the certain knowl
edge that lie would he killed, Roman
Nose assembled his warriors and led
theui on a charge ugalnst Forsyth. He
almost (pde over two of the scouts
who were concealed In some high
grass a short dlstunce from the main
command. One of these men fired.
The Cheyenne fell from his horse,
■hot through the back and mortally
wounded. That evening at sundown
Roman Nose died. The strong medi
cine of his war bonnet had fatted him
at lust. ' • • -
Two Interest
ing People
Chautauqua patrons and boosters
will be interested in one or two
interesting sidelights on two of the
people to appear on the coming
program.
The second day program brings
Donato Colafemina, the brilliant
young Italian tend*, who has been
associated with Sousa in a number
of his cross country tours. Signor
Colafemina is a protege of Ma
dame Grosscup-Perkins, of Chicago.
Not only has she educated him
musically, but' she has sponsored
liim and has indeed acte
ly many times as his accompanist.
His rise from obscurity to his pres
ent position can be laid directly to
the interest and training which he
has received at the hands of this
patroness. It is another case of
budding talent, properly protected
and directed, finally arriving at ■
position of merit
The second night lecturer at
Chautauqua, Dr. Gregory Zilboorg,
is a most interesting personage.
He holds three doctor's degrees;
law, medicine and philosophy, from
Russian universities. He is a mas
ter of modern languages and
■peaks excellent English. Like
Roosevelt he paces the platform in
a superabundance of nervous ener
gy. He playß upon the emotions
of his audience as a master musi
cian evokes harmony from an or
gan. And he has a tale to tell,
which is both wonderful and thrill
ing. On his escape from Russia
he carried four different passports
from as many different varieties of
Russian governments. To have
shown the wrong passport when
challenged would have meant
death. But he came through safe
'.y, to tell the story of his impres
sion of the Bolshevist Government.
So it looks as though, aside from
their art, that some interesting
people were coming in our midst.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain note
executed by R. G. Harrison and dated
March Ist, 1922, the undersigned will
on Saturday the 27th day of May,
1922, at 12 o'clock M., at the court
house door of Martin county at Wit
liamston, N. C., offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described personal property to
wit: Seven shares of the capital stock
of The Farmers k Merchant* Bank
of Williamston, North Carolina.
This the 16th day of May, 1922.
THE PEOPLES BANK.
By Dunning * Moore, Attorneys.
Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday, May 19th, 1922
WHERE WE STAND ON
CO-OP SELLING PLAN
Editor of the Enterprise,
Dear Sir:
In a recent issue of The Enterprise,
I notice that you ran an article a
gainst the Farmers Cooperative Mar
keting System written by Leon Oet-
I tinger of Wilson.
1 have always understood that you
were for the Cooperative farmer and
plan and it would seem from that pub
lication that you are not.
Yours truly,
A SMALL TOBACCO GROWER.
My Friend, Tobacco Grower:
Your supposition that 1 stand With
the farmer first of all peopl eis cor
rect. My only reason for it is, not
that he is better lian other people but
that he is doing more what he gets
than other people and I do know that
the farmers as a class are just as
good as any group of people and 1
believe should have just as much for
what he does as anybody.
As to the article written by Mr.
Oettinger I will say that article was
an advertisement by a bunch of the
richest warehousemen in North Caro
lina. And you should understand that
the last thing he said in that article
was "1 keep out." He is a to
bacco man and he wants all the to
bacco growers to turn their tobacco
over to him for he is profiting on a
huge scale. He hus made more mon
ey out of the warehouse business than
every farmer in your good township
has made out of growing tobacco.
Can't you see why he does not want
you to deal directly with the factory.
He knows that if you do you will get
his profits and he is not willing to
make such a great sacrifice without
a fight.
We must be charitable to Mr. Oot
tinger and let him make his argu
ment for it is not fair to listen only
to one side. Hut tins article was
sponsored bj warehousemen who have
grown quite rich out of the farmers.
One of the strange things is why far
mers will not see the necessity to take
care of their own. Thete is no doubt
but that the system we are follow
ing is as poor as can be. The pro
ducer and consumer are so far apart
that they both get but very little.
IN MEMORIAM
oJhn Plumbe Boyle
In the death of oJhn Plumbe Boyle,
the town of Hamilton, County of Mar
tin and State of North Carolina haw
suffered a distinct loss, and the news
of his sudden death rbought sorrow
and distress to his friends ami the en
tire community, wheer for many year
he was a leading figure in business,
social and religious lfe, occupyng u
position that cannot be easily filled.
John Plumbe Boyle was born in
Plymouth, North Carolina, February
1, 1863, and was the youngest son ol
John McCauslan and Mary Plumbe
Boyle, being, descended from un old
and distinguished family on both side,
—he l>ore the namfe of his two grand
fathers, Dr. John Plumbe of Neith
Wales, and Colonel John Atherton, of
Walton Hall, who was at one time
Lord Mayor of London.
At ehe beginning of the war, his
fanily, then living in Plymouth were
driven from there on account of the
bombardment of the town by Fe«k;rai
forces and for some tme lived in Wini'
sor, Bertie county occupying the home
Where Judge Francis Winston now
lives, from which place they moved
to Hamilton, where Mr. Boyle spent
the remainder of his life, entering in
to every movement and enterprise
which tended to the upbulding of his
community and section. Being of t
retirng dspostion he devoted most ol
his energies to farming in which he
was eminently successful.
Mr. Boyle is survived by his wid
ow, Mrs. Margaret Britton Boyle and
by four sisters, Mrs. Irene A. Smith
of Wilmington, Mrs. M. A. Cotton of
Baltimore, Mrs. R. H. Everett and
Miss Virginia A. Boyle of Brunswick,
Ga. ' i
He was a consistent member of St.
Martin's Episcopal church of Hamil
ton, N. C., which was built and main
tained for many years through the
efforts of his distinguished mother,
Mary Plumbe Boyle, of which chu'ch
he was for many years Junior War
den and Treasurer.
METHODIST SERVICES
Sunday school, 9:45 A. M.—J. E.
Pope, Supt.
Morning esrvice, 11:00 o'clock.
Afternoon service at Holly Springs
church 8:80.
The Baccalaureate sermon will be
preach at the Baptist churih Sunday
night by Rev. L. C. Larlcin.
NOTICE
I hereby announce myself n candi
date for the nomination to the office
of county commissioner, subject to
the action of the Democratic p-imary.
R. G. SEXTON.
Local News and
Personal
Messrs. C. A. Harrison, J. D. "Wool
ard, Jack Biggs and Dr. P. B. Cone
attended the Shriner's Convention at
Kinston this week.
• • • •
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Harrison, Mrs.
Myrtle Brown and Mr. Honry Harri
son motored to Wilson Wednesday to
attend the Commencement execises at
Atlantic Christian College. Miss
Louise Harrison returned home with
them.
• • • •
Supt. A. J. Manning and E. S. FVsel
closing exercises of the
Hamilton Graded and High Schools
today.
• • • •
Mr. Buck L. Gardner is in town
today.
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Mr. A. 'J. Manning, Mr. and Mrs.
E. S. Peel and little son, and Mr. Her
man Taylor motored to Wilson Wed
nesday to hear the commencement ad
dress by Dr J. C. Caldwell.
• ♦ • •
Miss Sallie Harris spent two days
in Rocky Mount this week.
• • • •
Mr. Will Salsbury of Ay den was
in town today.
• • • •
Mr. Stat on J. Peel of Bel haven is
visiting friends and relatives in town.
Mr. Peel is one of the leading mer
chants in Belhaven and Martin county
people aie glad to know of his suc
cess.
/ • • • •
Mrs. C. E. Ross, of Seaford, Del
aware, arrived In town yesterday to
be with her nephew, Asa Crawford,
Jr. '
• * • •
l Ms.J. G. SUiton is in Virginia vis
iting relatives.
« • • *
Mr. A. V. Joyner returned frgni
Hattleboro on Thursday where he has
been for some time conducting a meet
ings.
• » • •
Mr. P. H. Johnson of Pantego is
in town today. Mr. ojhnson is one
of the four candidates for the State
Senate from the sefcond district which
will elect two senators. Mr. Johnson
has never been in politics except lo
cally and is not extensively known in
our county but in his own county he
•is widely known as an excellent citizen
ami is one of the Lest farmers of
that county.
• • • •
Misi Elizalaeth Powell and Mr. T.
L. l-enn of Tarboro were Mr. H. M.
Britt's guests at the Britt Hotel Mon
day.
PRIMARY COMMENCEMENT EX
KKCISKS LAST NIGHT
The first exorcises of the Commence
ment were .held last night at the Grail
od School by th first three grades un
der the management of the teachers,
Miss Millie Spruill, first gfirade teach
er; Mrs. J. L. Williams, second grade
teacher and Mrs. A. It. Dunning, third
graike teacher. The operetta, "Little
Red Biding Hood's Rescue" was the
feature of the evening and the chil
dren showed remarkable traininv.
Jim, Jr., Rhodes, as Robin Hood, her
alded the coming of the children with
a song asd there were about one hun
dred and twenty-five in the opening
-chorus. Mary Alice Dwmmg was
Red Killing Hood, Norma Perry, tie
mother; Buck Saunders, the wolf;
Carlton Liverman, the wood man;
Ruth Peel a buttercup and Mary Har
desty a rose, with a bevy of beautiful
little girls as yluebells. They all
played their respective parts very well
and were a credit to their trainers.
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GRADUATING EXERCISES MON
DAY NIGHT
Th fourth, fifth and sixth grades
will entertain tonight with songs,,
plays, readings, etc., and the seventh
grade will hold their graduating exer
cises also.
On Monday night the graduating
exercises of the High School will be
Iweld, also the awarding of prizes and
certificates of atendance and diplomas.
Mr. Snell of the University will make
an address to the graduating class,
whic his composed of Misses Mary
Clyde Leggett, Ethel Harris and Ruby
Barnhill. |
SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH
A. V. Joyner, Pastor
Sunday school, 9:46 A. M.—J. C.
Anderson, Supt.
Sermon by the pastor, 11:00 A. M.
- -Subject: "The Man Who Believed
God."
B. Y. P. U., 7:16 P. M.
At 8:00 P. M., In thi» church, Rev.
L. C. Larkin will preach the bacca
laureate sermon to the graduating
class of the Williamston High School.
You are cordially invited to attend
all these services.
MUST MAKE WATER
CONNECTION SOON
Below is a copy of an ordinance of
the town of Williamston relating to
the providing of flush toilets for bus
iness houses and dwellings. The state
authorities have very kindly extended
the time limit time and again. Only
a few of the busness houses on Moii.
street have complied with this law.
Letters are being sent by the clerk of
the town of Williamston to each of
the owners of business property en
Main street to instal flush toilets on
their property. The extnesion allow
ed by the state auhorities is about up
and it is absolutely necessary tli ,
the owners of dwellings and business
houses in this town comply with the
statute below:
The Board of Aldermen of William
ston do enact:
1. That each ond every residence,
institution, depot or place of business
where one or more persons reside,
lodge, or are employed, which is lo
cated on a lot or property abutting
upon or adjoining a street or alley
along which a public sewer is loid,
shall he provided wth a flush toilet
and the necessary plumbing fixtures
to join and connect the same with the
public water and sewerage system,
Provided: that a length of private
sewer line not greater thon two hun
dred feet and a length of private \v
ter line not greater than three hun
dred fet, shall b required to make
such connections. Provided, further:
thut it is not necessary to lay water
and sewer lines across the privotc
property of some other person or
persons in order to make-such con
nections.
2. At the discretion and by the di
rection of the Board of Aldermen, the
city clerk shall serve notice on the
owner or owner or the duly authorized
ugent of sufh owner or owners of
property coining under the provisions
of this notice to be
either written or printed. In case of
any non-resident owner or owners of
such property, not represented locol
ly by a duly authoized agent or a
gents, notice may be published in five
successive issues of a local newspaper.
3. The city clerk shall mail to
every resident under section 1 and 2
of these ordinances a blank form of
applicotion, for the installation of
flush toilets"und necessary plumbing
fixtures as set forth in section 1 of
these ordinances, upon receipt of said
application the owner or agents for
the owners of any property as set
forth in section 1 shall fill in said
application ond file it with the Super
intendent of the Water Works, M. S.
Moore within 60 days from the 16th
day of April 1921.
4. Non compliance with section 1
or three of these ordinances within
60 days from April 16th 1921. After
receipt or publication of notice set
forth in section 2 of this ordinance
and etc., shall constitute a misdemean
or and subject the owner or owners
or the duly authorized agent for the
owners of such property to o fine of
not less than five dollars nor more
than fifty dollars in the discretion of
the court.
6. All ordinances and clauses of
ordinances in conflict with this ordi
nance are hereby repealed.
Adopted April Bth, 1921.
W. T. MEADOWS,
Secretary, Pro tem.
IN MEMORIAM
God bless our darling grandmothe,
Who lies In that silent grave;
For so greatly did she suffer,
And yet, she died so brave.
Our home is sad without her,
Her voice forever stilled;
Her lonely choir is vacant
Thpt never oari be filled.
Her life was lo ngand faithful,
Her heart so true and kind;
But she's left this sinful world
A happier home to find.
Oh, so dear, that I did love h^r
But God, he loved her best.
Ami to a land that's free from sorrow
He's taken her home to rest.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep;
From which none eper wake to weep;
A colm and undistrubd repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes. ,
Her grandchild,
ESSIE BROWN.
DR. P. B. CONE
DENTIST
Office over Farmers A Merchants
Bank
** Office Phone Ne. •
REGISTER BEFORE MAY 20th
All those who would vote in fha
June Primarp on June Brd must reg
ister not later than Saturday, May
20th. This applies to all people whose
names are not already on the regis
tration books.
Harding's Claim of Savings
Reads Like a Joke Book
By Wallace Bassford
Washington, D. C., May 16.—The
President who proudly rode into of
fice in arch laMst year with seven
millions majority behind him is sow
so uneasy as to the result of the comr
ing November elections that he and
his Director of the Budget, General
Dawes, juggle appropriation figures
ana boldly distort the facts in their
efforts to fool the people into again
voting for the party of special privi
lege. The president's claim to saving
$1,600,000,000 n the past year was
taken up in the thm other day
by Congressman Byrnes of South Car
olina tiad shot full of holes. Mr Byrnes
said: \
"The President announced to the
country that we will this year reduce
our expenditures $1,600,000,000 below
the expenditure for the last fiscal year
Well, the expenditures for the last
fiscal year which were authorized by
a Republican Congress were the larg
est ever authorized in time of peace
in the history of the country. If now,
four years after the war, there was
not a tremendous reduction in expen
ditures there would be little hope for
the preservation of the government.
"My regret is that the I*resident
in issuing this statemnet did not call
attention to the fact that for the
year 1916, the last year prior to our
entering the war when we were en
gaged in measures of preparedness,
our expenditures "Sid not amount to
moie than $1,115,000,000, and that the
estimate he now makes as to expen
ditures this year is $3,922,372,090, or
$2,807,,881,326 more than was spent
under the Democratic administration
for the last fiscal year prior to the
war. '
"I regret that he did not call at
tention to the fact that while the Bud
get Hureau claims these bogus savings
of $136,000,000, the fact in that the
same departments have to date secur
ed from the Congress deficiencies or
supplemental appropriations amount
ing to $374,691,040.65.
' "The Secretary of the Treasury
does not keep up with this political
game. He issued a statement that
we are facing a deficit, and then along
comes General Dawes, who says that
we have saved a billion and a half
dollars. The President, if he has any
confidence in him at all, ought to
urge Congress to declare a dividend
to the taxpayers of America, and we
would all be entitled to a share. 1
favor the Bureau of liudget. There
was real work for the Director of tfi>
liudget to do, but the Bureau of the
Budget has never functioned ah Con
gress intended it should. The Hureau
submitted estimates for an amount
larger than the appropriations for the
current year and befoie the subcom
mittees of the Committee on Appro
priations no one appeared to defend
his estimates. The director content
ed himself with these baseless claims
of Havings. It is nothing but bunk—
political bunk." (Applause).
Mr. Byrnes then went oa to show
some of the specific instances where
the President and General Dawes hail
made claims of savings—-claimu BO
easily disproved that the President ap
pear in a childlike and ridiculous at
titude before the country. If we as
mitne that he was so easily mutlod by
Dawes' political smoke screen. Mr.
Dawes says in part:
"He says that $7,500 was saved out
of an appropriation for the widow of
Senator Proctor, of Vermont. Away
back in 1908 when Senator Proctor
died this money was appropriated for
his widow. She declined to accept it,
and the good lady has long since gone
to her reward. It remained upon the
books to her credit, but nobody else
could get it, and General Daweg says
he saved it this year. Who was try
ing to get it? (Laughter).
"There is SIOO,OOO saved in enlarg
ing the Capitol Grounds. Do you re
membec in the distant past that ap
propriation was made for enlarging
the Capitol grounds? It has been on
the boons, and it stays there. There
fore, it is saved out of the current
appropriations this year. I wish my
friend from Kentucky, Ben Johnson,
were here, because it would bring
back memories of the past to him.
The trouble with this statement is
that it goes throughout the country
and some people are misled by it.
They are misled into believing that
there is a saving of $112,000,000, now
increased to $138,000,000, when there
to not any saving, and, as a matter
of fact, It Is only a saving on paper.
It is nohting but a political saving;
it will n«ver relieve the taxpayer.
"Then, there is the Panama Canal.
Why, mjl friends, he has a saving
in here of $19,#74 In the original ap
propriation for digging a canal from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, ap
propriated when the proposition was
41r*t urged tor digging a canal from
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[ the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. He
says it is saved because it was not
spent this year. How could it be
spent? In -what way could he dig a
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacif
ic Ocean for |10,000? The money
could be spent for no other purpoee.
For years it has been on the books,
and if it is on the books, then he has
saved it this year.
"Then we have censorship for for
eign mails in the Panama Canal Zona,
where we have saved $53,205 this
year. Evidently he has not heard
that the espionage act is no more,
and we could not spend it. Because
it was not spent and could not be
spent the Diiector of the Budget says
he saved $51,000. And the worst of
it all is he stems to have induced the
President to lielieve it, and he has giv
en circulation to these absurd claim*
of savings.
"Why, w®, ane going to sava $19,-
000,000 in the Treasury Department
in the Suprevising Architect's office. .
On what? On public buildings. Back
in 1913 we passed a public building
bill, and because they cannot get any
body to take the contracts for some
buildings for the amount of money
then appropriated, on account of the
increased cost, it remains on the
bookß. Therefore we have saved $19,-
000,000 because we cannot get any
body to take the contract until we
enact legislation increasing the limit
of cost.
"Now, as to the Department of
State. There is an allleged saving of
a little over a million dollars. The
largest single item is $750,000 pay
ment to Columbia under the treaty of
1!)09. In other words, back in 1909
$750,000 was appropriated. Colombia
refused to accept. Director Dawee
says it is saved this year. If it was
a saving this year, it has been a sav
ing every year for the past 12 years,
and we have saved $9,000,000 out of
this $750,000 fund. .
"District of Columbia. Now this
statement of General Dawes would be
a joke book if it were not serious in
its efforts to mislead the public. There
is a saving of SIOO,OOO for what?
War emergency improvements. One
hundred thousand dollars was appro
priated for the District of Columbia
to repair streets around the Army
and Navy Buildings constructed dur
ing the war. The Treasury cotild not
pay out a dollar of it after the end
of the war. If it was not spent dur
ing the war under the Democratic
administration: they didn't spend a
dollar of it, and it remains on the
General Dawes says he has saved it
this year when there could not have
been a dollar of it paid out of the
Treasury on any voucher. Who did
he save it from?
"Legislative. You do not know it,
but he says that he saved $26,000 out
of the salaries of members of Con
gress. Who dil not get theirs?
(Laughter.) Tie only was it could
be saved was w ten some member of
Congress died. Did he kill them?
And yet he claims that he saved that
amount. I soid it was a joke book."
(Laughter.) •
HEALTH HINTS
The physician) in Union County
have recently rvported to the Stats
Hoard of Health tllS IsraMs «f * ty
phoid and dipthoria prevention cam
paign. They guve three tneatmsnts
of typhoi dvaccii e to 8,847 and a like
number of treatments of. toxin-anti
toxin to 884 children between six
months and six yean of age. There
is but one campaign on record which
excejs this one as to the total number
vaccinated.
Last year was the first time that
hese campaigns were conducted ex
clusively by local physicians and the
results wins exceedingly gratifying
to the Board. The work of the Un
ion county phyikalns adds more evi
dence to that has been accu
mulating in procf of the claim that
the family physcian should identfy
hmself with preventive medcine by
taking an active part in the public
health program in his county and
that they can accomplsh more than
others. In practically all counties lo
cal physicians vaccinate more people
than the physician wtw is sent into
the county.
Sixteen campaigns similar to' the
ones in Union have already been ar
ranged for the summer sod oom
counties are expected to make mw
cation. The Interest shown by moon* j
tain counties is pleasing. Avery. Al- .
leghany and Haywood are to have
campaigns and others are likely to da
so.
WM. E. WARREN, M. D.
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