FlUDAY, MARCH IM. IMO. FHE BREVARD NEWS, BM^ARO, N. C. RETIRING SECRETARY ^‘'SHIRT'-SLEEVEfBOT CMishkfn. N. T. COMMANDER EVANGELINE BOOTH HAIUUS tf CWINO FRANKLIN K. LANE. FRANKLIN K. LANE TO "FOLLOW ON” Accepts Invitation to Become Na tional Chairman of Salvation Army’s Annual Appeal for Funds. WASHINGTON’S BEST BELOVED RESTARTING LIFE AT 55. Former Cabinet Officer Before Enter* Ing the Oil Business as an Execu tive for the Doheny Interests Will Lend His Great Abilities to the Church Militant Organization. Franklin K. Lane, referred to far ftQd wide as “Washington’s best loved man,” is undertaking two notal)ie inno vations at an age when most men think mainly of retiring to the quiet of pri vate life. One is to ‘‘earn enough tnone^' to support my family and keep my bills paid,” and the other is “to step down from a high place to resume my place among the shirtsleeve boys and Rive them a hand if I can!” Two history making statements from a man of Mr. Lane's attainments and etstion in life! And tlio remarkable part of it all is that lie puts the shirt sleeve matter—the thing about helping his neighl)ors—ahead ef that other thing—making more money in order the better to underwrite the Autumn of his life! . Few men reach a higher niche In the affections and confidence of the public mind t>ian has this remarkable man from the West, who was once an ed itor, then a lawyer and finally a mem ber of the President’s cabinet and who withdraws from public life to “earn a better living” after rendering a service to the government the extent and value of which would be impossible to esti mate. Still fewer men are called to Buoh responsible places as Franklin K. Lane will now occupy. He will enter the oil business as an executive for the Dolu'n.v interests and will be estab lished in New York city for that pur pose by April 1. But the rosy prospect of making “a living wage” after sev eral years spent in struggling along on the salary of a cabinet officer has not blinded Mr. Lane to another opportuni ty—that for striking a few powerful blows on behalf of the “man who is down, but never out!” Franklin K. Lane has accepted an In- Tltation from Commander Evangeline Booth to become the national chairman for the Salvation Army’s annual ap peal for funds in 1920. He is already on this .lob, although Wall Street does not Rieet him as an oil well executive for another month. *‘It is a genuine privilege to find op portunity for encouraging a work so di rect and practical and so valuable to the masses of the people as the work of the Salvation Arm.v,” said Mr. Lane at his office In Wa.sliington the other day. “When Commcnder Miss Booth asked me to take the responsibilities of national chairman for the 1020 ap peal of that organization,” continued the secretary, “the first thought that flashed across my mind was, How can I spare time for such work when I am entering upon a commercial task of great responsibility? “And then there flashed across my mind a vision of the things the Salva tion Army does—the help it gives to men and women and little children just when and where they need It most— and I thought to myself that after all tliere could be no more important thing than this. So I accepted—along with the other job—and I am trusting to the generosity of my new employers to indorse my action in the matter. “I believe every right thinking man and woman in America owes the Salva tion Army some of his or her time every year. And ] am going to pay my share. I am going to get my shoul der T'l .. ely behind the movement for lan that can win the hearts and the confidence of the common people like this Salvation Army has won them in recent years. I am going to puil off my coat and do some real work that will show where I stand when it comes to weighing the homely, unos tentatious and highly practical relief methods of this amazing band of work ers. I heard the call. The iiniblems of the poor are there to be solved, and they can use my poor efforts perhaps, so I have answered the call. “I won’t do much talking in the coh- Ing drive. I will do real work, and when I do talk I don’t want to talk to anyone but actual workers. There will be no speech making by me to those who might be curious to hear a former cabinet oflicer in action, 1»ut wlio are not interested in the work of the Sal vation Army. I shall talk to workers and only to workers. The day for ora tory in such njatfers has gone. We are down to brass tacks. “I think I owe it as a citizen of America to show my understanding and appreciation of the helpful work the Salvation Army is doing in its res cue homes, maternity hospitals, free clinics, industrial homes, fresh air farms and tenement house relief work. “My testimony Is not needed, how ever, in this matter. There are 2,()00,- 000 or 3.000,000 ol young Americans who went into the recent war either unaware that the Salvation Army ex isted or having no use for its methods if they did know of it. So far as I can learn these men came out of that war tmanimous on one subject—and that was that the Salvation Army under stood the average man, knew how to deal with him and simply ‘delivered the goods’ on the 100 per cent basis. “There is no division of opinion on that one subject. There could have been no greater test for the Salvation Army than the test it received in the war. So after all I am merely adding my voice to the mighty chorus I have referred to when I say that tlie Salva tion Army has long since won the right to make an appeal to tiie rest of us for its maintenance, and I am sure It will not make that appeal in vain. “The Salvation Army one year ago abandoned its old custoni of bearing in the streets the year arotnui so that its workers could devote all of their time and attention to t!;e poor. It makes an annual appeal each May. Personally I know of no greater bul wark that could be raised a;:ainst the rising tide of human unrest tiian to strengthen the hands of this band of self sacrificing Christian tollers who have the confidence of all men and wo men, regardless of race, creed, color or position in life. I think it is impor tant for the interests of our advancing civilization that such a practical and wholesome work be stimulated and maintained to the utmost. “They say tliere are no ‘down and outers’ any more. Personally I do not believe it, or if I did believe it I would know that the abnormal times have swung the pendulum back too far on one side—and that it will swing far to the other side directly. There will always be a bottom to society. The poor will always be with us. We owe it to our fellow men to know our neigh bor and share his troubles and prob lems, and only by that method can we, in all fairness and righteousness, keep the scales even in this life. “I am proud to face the problems of the poor with the Salvation Army in such a trying hour, and I hope tiiat American men and women will stand with me in the work ahead of us. But they must be workers. I shall have no time to entertain mere observers.” Both for the organization that gives aid and pel||f to the poor and for the poor themselves, the high co.st of living has been a trouble^>ome factor in re cent months. Money does not go far these days, but there’s no one in the I world who can get more worth-while work out of a dollar than can the Saf- vatlonists. In this cou?»try th6y gave away 3,699,767 meals in the twelve month ending last September 30, and provided 371,334 meals besides at ap proximate cost. They supplieil free beds for 1,181,547 night lodgings and 1,498,887 at ^ merely nominal charge. And in addition to all this and to alt that w^.3 done for thousands in tl' Army institutions they gave teniporSif relief to 709,361 petsoaa. FREKNT LEAST N. C. L, EXPENSE Director General Hines Says Rail road Transportation Costs Are Lowest in History. ItOT CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. Freight Advances Compared V</lth ^ise In Value of Goods—^Transportation Cheapest Thing Public Buy*. Charges on Some Articles. Data compiled from authoritative sources siiows that railroad freight rates are tlie least factor in the cost of living. Although the proportl»n of the total cost of goods that can be charged to transportation is not known with statistical accuracy, it is estimat ed that the average transportation cost of things produced In this country is a very small percentage of their total cost to the consumer. Freight Cost 2.4 Per Cent of Total. In a letter to Representative John .1. Esch, chairman of the House Commit tee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce, Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Souflieru Pacific Company, points out that In the last five years the value of goods increased on an av erage of $63 a ton, wi'lle freight charges advanced only 60 cents a ton. In five years, he explains, the aver age value of freight carried by the railroads increased from $56 to $119 a ton. The cost of carrying this increas ed from .$2 to $2.80, paid to the rail roads. In 1914, he adds, 3.6 per cent of the total cost of the goods was spent for transportation. In 1919 only 2.4' per cent was spent. “In other wonls,” Mr. Kruttschnitt writes, “only SO cents out of $63, or 1.3 cents out of every dollar of increase in value of comiiioditie.s In 1919 was caus ed by Increased freight charges. The responsibility for the remaining $02.20, or 98.7 cents out of every dollar, must bo sought elsevi here. It was not caus ed by freight rates.” Rates Lowest In HiAtory. Comparison with transportation charges In other countries shows that in no other country of the world is transportation furni.shed at so low a cost as in the United States. Cc inpar- ed, too, with tl)e cost of o?hor goods •nd services today, railroad transj)orta- tlon is the cheapest thing the i)ublic buj'S. It is sold for less than the cost of production, considering all the ele ments of cost. In a statement on this sul)ject to tfie NVw England P.ankers’ Association Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, said: “I thi:ik it is a fair statement tliat at the prest'nt tin-e, despite the increases which have taken place in freight rates, a ton of steel or a ton of coal, a bushel of wheat or the unit of any other commodity has to pay for trans portation a less,percentage of the price of that commodity than ever before in the history of the coun try.” Charges on Some Articles. Before the war a suit of clolhinff from one of the Chicago factories, sell ing for $30 in a retail shop, was car ried from Chicago to Los Angeles for 10% cents. Tlie suit of clothes nf*w retails at $-”tO or $00, hut the freight rate on that 2.2Gr» mile haul has In- cronsed only 5% cents, while the price of the goods hss gone up $20 or $30. The 22 routs tloos not cover all the transportation cost in a suit of clothes, the transportation charge for carrying the wool from the ranges and the cloth to the clotl'.ing manufacturer and other minor carrying costs enter into the consideration, but the final trans portation charge is the principal «ne, and the other charges add only a few cents more. New England shoes are shipperf from Boston to li'lorida at a cost of less than 5 2-3 cents a pair. This is an in crease of only one cent over the pre war rate. The railroads also carry beef from Chicago to New York for a charge of about two-thirds of a cent a pound. Typewriters are carried from New York to St. Louis for 66 cents. A $150 phonograph Is carried by freight from New York to Atlanta for $2.85. A grand piano Is carried clear across the continent for $39 and in carload lots for $28. Those are typical freight rates, and they make it plain that American rail roads give the lowest cost service in the world. Even with a very considerable In crease mtes to make the roads self- supporting, transportation will still be the cheapest thing the public buys. INCREASED WAGES TOOK 97% OF INCREASED RATES. Increases in freight and passenger rates made during federal control amounted to $1,835,000,000 when ap plied to the traffic moved up to July 31, 1919, while the increases in wages applied to the number of employees and the hours or days worked in July, 1919, amounted to $1,774,800,000, or 97 per cent of the revenue from the in creased rates, according to a state ment compiled by the Interstate Com merce Commission at the request of Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro lina and presented by him in tbe Ben- ate on December 29. As sure as you are a foot high you will like this Camel Turkish and Domestic blend! Camels arm mold eewiywAerw in scicntiHcally mmmkd packag of 30 citartitian; or-tea /vicfc- a/fets {200 cigarettea) in a ine-pap^r-covered carton, W strongly recommend thim carton for the home or oBicm- supply or when you traret. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. Winston-Salem, N. CL mm You never got such cigarette- contentment as Camels hand you. Camels quality and expert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic Tobaccos make this goodness possible—and make you prefer this Camel blend to either kind oftohacco smoked s traigh t! Camels mellow-mildnecs is a revelation! Smoke them with freedom without tiring your taste! They leave no unpleasant ciga- retty aftertaste nor unpleasant cigaretty odor! Give Camels every test—tih^n compare them puff-for-puff with any cigarette in the world! ■^:^TURKISH & DOMESTlcli I BLESro -r' "; _ < I c H E T T e s 35,000 Owners Praise The New Triplex Springs More than 35,000 owners of the nev/ Overland 4 are enthusiastically telling their friends of the wonderful riding qualities of this car. Triplex Springs smooth out the rough road bumps! “Rides as no li^t car ever rode before.” “It would be an insult to put shock absorbers on this car.” “The most advanced jwece of work yet produced in the motor car line.”—^These are some of the sincere compli ments paid Overland 4 by proud owners. The Sedan weighs only 200 p>ounds more than the Touring Car KING LIVERY CO. NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLI CATION North Carolina—Transylvania Coun ty—In the Superior Court, April Term 1920. James M. Conner vs. Bessie Mae Conner. The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against her by the plaintiff in the Superior Court of Transylvania county, N. C., for the purpose of se curing from the said denfendant an absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony now existing between them; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is requir ed to appear at the next term of the Superior Court of said county, to be held at the court house in the town of Brevard, N. C. on the 12th day of March 1920, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said ac tion. This March 1st, 1920. N. A. MILLER, C. S- C.» Transyl vania County, N. C, 6tp. •NOTICE OF LAND SALE BY COM- MISSIONER. North Carolina, Transylvania Coun ty. By virtue of and order made by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Transylvania county, N. C. in a spe cial proceeding therein pending en titled Talley B. Clarke vs. Ellis Moore et al. in which order the un dersigned was duly appointed a commissioner of said Court to make sale of the land described in the ,said petition after advertising the same according to law. Therefore the undersigned Com missioner will sell, for cash, at the court house door in the town of Bre vard, county of Transylvania, N. C. on Monday March 28th, 1920, the following idesc^ibed lands lying and being in Transylvania county, N. C. and bounded as follows, to wit: In Gloucester township, adjoining the lands of John McCall and others, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a maple and white oak, John Mc- Call’s comer, and runs south with McCall’s line 84 poles to a post thence south 43 1-2 east 96 poles to a chestnut the top of the thence north 85 dei; east 35 pedes- to a chestnut; thence soutji 61 I-£ deg east 106 poles to a box ekier- thence south 2 deg. west 6 poles to or. black gum; Moore's comer; thcni^r north 30 deg. east 26 poles to » stake; thence north 39 deg. west 29S poles to a sourwood, Moore's corner; thence weast 28 polc» to a hickeiyv Moore’s comer; thence south 62 dcgi west 19 poles to a chestnut; thence^ south 11 deg. east 26 poles to a staler in McCall’s line thence south 75 df^- east with aid line 21 poles to the beginning containing 100 acres or less, being the same land conve;^ ed to C. M. Moore now deeease«i» Cwr G. H. Moore, and which deed is corded in book 24 at page 481 of tfee^ deed records of Transylvuiia eoift ty. This said sale to.be made for purpose of dividing the prvce»te! among the parties named in tte saidi petition after the expenses have paid, as the interest may appear. This Feb. 20, 1920. E. LOFTIS, ComttissiMicr. 4%dUL

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