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TIE Weekly ---Established 1844 Waily-!--.-E8tabU3hed 1889 Published every aft" The year, except Sundays by THE SOUTHER f . Trboro. North Carolma. Member of The .Associated Press ' J : Vr. ; The Associated Press is ex clusively 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 herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. "R. G. SHACKELL-. Uditor A. E. SHACKELL-Asst.Ed. F. H. CREECH Cor. Editor V. H. CREECH Bus. Mgr. Address 'all communjcauoiis to THE SOUTHERNER, and not to individuals. Telephone p. Q. Box 907 Entered. at the Poet Office at .Tarboro, N. C, s second class matter under the act of Congress of March 8, 1879. "SUBSCRIPTION RATES lyear -5.00 6 months 3.50 8 months 1-25 1 month 60 1-week ... .15 Foreign Advertising Repre sentative, THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, New York. N. Y. LLESK CHAKOE FOR SLUM DWELLES - The people in jthe congested tad unsanitary slums of great cities have a chance now to break" away from I their unwholesome surround ihgs.""Tht country districts are crying forfarnr workers. A etjottagg in ' 'ddtthlry Towner market garden dis trict would .seem a tplemHd gain over a squalid tenement. But ther seems little disposition on the part of the slum dwellers to try country life. They; would miss the lively-scenes of city streets. Pos sibly , though, if organized " efforts were made to get colonies of people of like nationality, to go out togeth, er, some of them could be Induced to try it. It would be a benefit to themselves and to the country. P TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES 'Vl Southerner, TueJav, July 61 92JT TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1920. NEATNESS. A city may have handsome resi dences and business blocks. But H the householders allow disorder about their places, and if litter blows freely THE UNSEEN SYSTEM. The ideal way to,organize a polit- jJpTlffnpaign is to appoint commit tees who-shall- hold rallies, secure newspaper publicity, and educate the public by information and public dis cussion. But a great deal, of work of another kind is going on under the "'surface,''wflich the people' who Ldesire good government can not ig nore. They must meet it with a sim ilar organisation of their own, A great many votes are "hand picked," the result of individual in fluence? Every person who takes an interest in politics is a center of po litical influence among his friends. The successful politician carries in his mind a long list of people who are .such centers of influence. He spends a lot of time cultivat ing their acquaintance and enlisting 80& The British Warship Hannibal .u l waOjmnk In a naval engage mcnt in Gibraltar Bay. 1818 First Miction ' sate -of public ' ' lands in Michigan took place : at Detroit. . - ' r ' ' 1845 The President was requested ,- to occupy the ports' of Texas, and to send an army for its protection. , 1851 Thomas Davenport, the first to discover the principles of the electro rotary motor, died at Salisbury, Vt. Born at Williamstown, Vt.,'July, 1802. 1866 The Earl of Derby became British premier for the third time. 1895 The University of Cambridge accepted Yale's- challenge to an athletic contest. 1916 David Lloyd- George was ap pointed secretary for war in Great Britain. 1918 John Purroy Mitchel, former mayor of New York, was kill ed by a fall in his airplane at Lake Charles, la. KODAKS. FILMS AND i SUPPLIES i Quick and Satisfactory Work Bring Us Your Fil i DEVELOPING Fcr V t4 t-lM about the streets, there will be a j their support. Men of similar pur. slovenly air about the place that casts a pall of neglect over all its fine features. Similarly in many places you will see new buildings put up of the most handsome and substantial materials; and right close by will be" some dingy and rickety old wooden building 'that attracts ten times as much" notice as it would in a town where they are all of the same character. , In some struggling towns that have not been able to build with granite and marble and late tflass, yet you find a spirit of neatness that keeps all the old buildings nicely painted, the lawns trimly cut, and removes everything suggestive of deejay and neglect. They look more like ad vancing towns than some other where there is more money. SAVING THE HIGHWAYS. The people of Tarboro are thor oughly converted to the idea that good roads pay. But construction costs are so very high, and deliveries of material so hard to get, that it will be impossible to do all the work this year that people had hoped for. Meanwhile motorists and truck drivers can do something to save, the roads already in existence. The fol lowing suggestions are respectfully offered : 1. Don't drive too fast? It is the speeders who pull up the road sur face. 2. Turn corners and jurves at a moderate rate. The worst grind on the surface occurs when the wheels are turning. . 3. Don't let ruts develop. If you see a regular track forming, keep out of.it. 4. Don't feel you must drive in the center of . the road. Keep to one side, and you will be safer and help distribute the traffic. General at tention to a few common sense rules like these would lessen highway taxes for everybody. " por;es are drawn together,' and form what is called "rings" or "machines." When they can't agree o'n dividing the spoils, Ihey split and form hostile factions. The ramifications of these structures of Influence are very ex tensive, and control a great number of votes. The trouble with many "campaigns for good .government has "been, that they failed to reckon on the power of this unseen system. They thought if they had good rallies and newspaper support, they had the thing' dead. Yet all the while the sub-surface system was beating them with its silent ef ficiency. People who desire good govern ment must do much of this personal work in order to rally their sympa thizers, and1 get indolent and indiff erent people to vote at primaries and elections. Unless they . do organize in thisthorough way, and get their vote out, the unseen power of the system will beat them. RESTRICTING CREDITS. In the old easy going days, when business men used to have to make all kinds of inducements to get the trade, the habit grew up among many manufacturers and wholesale dealers of allowing long credits to retail ' trade. The tendency in modern busi . ness isto restrict these credits, and come closer to a cash basis. Monthly credits are now consider ed too long" by many dealers. Re tailers could formerly pay the whole tajf" about when they pleased. Now if theydon't pay promptly," they need not expect deliveries. Weekly pay ments are common in many lines. With the shortage of 'capital now existing, it Is impossible to allow any great sums to be tied up in slow ac counts. To do the work, every dollar must keep busy. The credit system will eventually have to go. The world's work could be done for much Jess If everyone would pay cash. The people of Tarboro will put money in their own pockets if they will cut out the credit and pay cash down. IN THE DAY'S NEWS. Roger W. Babson, who was brought I into the limelight recently , through a controversy with certain members of Congress, is a statistician of interna tional repute. Born at Gloucester, Mass., 45 years ago today,, -he be came a statistician soon after- leav. ing college and has attained remark able success in his chosen profession. Mr. Babson's specialty is the fore casting of supply and demand figures on a basis of statistics of business of past years. He is a lecturer on the staff of. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a member of- the executive committee of American Economic Association. The Royal Statistician Society, of Lpndon, also includes him in its membership. Mr. Babson's prediction of future tend encies have included surveys of the probable progress of railroads, in ternational trade and diplomacy, and South American possibilities. After writing up all the June brides, and representing that they all married captains of industry, when most of 'em are going to live in ttiree-room flats, the overworked newspaper press is entitled to a long and restful vacation. It is not sufficient ground to jail a newspaper man for criminal libel, merely because he failed to mention some detail in the bride's gown. Formerly people used to boast of how much work they did, and now they brag of how little they do. There is still a possibility that a college boy may succeed in life, even if he didn't get on the varsity ball team. ., ' . ' The sense" of duty which people feel to take public office, seems to decline when there isn't much chance of theic getting elected. STATON & ZOELLER Tarboro, N. C. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of V, B. Knight, deceas ed, late of the County of Edgecombe, State of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Tarboro, N. C, on or before the 2 2d day of June, 1921, or this notice will be pleaded in par of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. K. T. KNIGHT, and MRS. T. A. MATHEWS, j22-ltw-6wk3 Administrator. LADIES When irregular er suppressed use pendable. Not sold at drag stores. Do not experiment with others; save dis appointment. Write for "Relief and particulars, it's free. Address: Na tional Medical Institute, Milwaukee Wis.. JlO-Satonly-tf CALL 103 For ; All Kindt of Plumbing. Your To SerTO R. E. L. PITT CALL PHONE 272 For All Kinds of Tailoring ;.yV.., Cleaning and Dyeing STRICKLAND'S STEAM PR.$MNG CLUB -Expert Cleaning - Pressing. Dyeing AT Nobles' Barbei Shop TARBORO STEAM pressing club LOST Fisk non-skid tire, size 34x4, between Rocky Mount and Sparta. Return to The- Southerner and re ceive reward. FOR SALE: Sweet potato plants $1.50 per 1000, express collect; $1.75 per 1000, postpaid.' All va rieties, prompt shipment. 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