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GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON', JANUARY 14, 1913.
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TOO GASTOHIA CHURCHES HAVE NEW PASTORS
PRESB YTERIAM - AND LUTHERAN PASTORATES HAVE ABLE MEN AS LEADERS
Impressive Services at Presbyterian
Church Sunday When Rev. J. H.
Henderlite Wm InstaUed a P
tor by Commiasion Consisting of
Revs. It A. Miller, R. 8. Burwen
and G. A. Sparrow Begins Pas
torate Under Farorable Auspices.
Rev. J. H. Henderlite waa insUll
d aa pastor of the First Presbyte
riau Church last Sunday morning.
The day was a memorable one with
the Presbyterlana of the town. Up
till December 1, of last year, when
' 2ir. Henderlite accepted their call
' and came to them from Fredericks
burg. Va., they had been without a
pastor for more tban a year. Al
though the real work of Mr. Hen
derlite began with that date, the
formal Installation was not held till
Sunday.
On December "17, Kings Mountain
Presbytery at a meeting here, ap
pointed a commission consisting of
Revs. R. & Burwell, chairman, R.
A. Miller and O. A. Sparrow, a trio
of the oldest and most godly veteran
ministers in the county to arrange
for the installation of Mr. Hender-
REV. J. TI. IIINDERMTE, Pastor
First Presbyterian Church.
lite. The service Sunday morning
marked the culmination of the work
of the First church in securing a
pastor, the fruition of their labors
and efforts for the past year. The
congregation has been without a
leader for a long, time and during
that time they have felt the need of
& oastor greatly. Hence It was
with mingled feelings of joy
and thanksgiving that the congrega
tion came to worship last Sunday.
"The spacious auditorium was filled.
Rev. R. S. Burwell as chairman of
the commission presided and preach
ed the sermon. Taking as his text
the 18th and 19th verses of the
third chapter of Ephesians reading
aa follows: "May be able to com
prehend with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and
"height; and to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God." He preached a
strong and able sermon on the
theme of God's love for the Church,
Its length, breadth, height and
depth. He' showed God's love for
humanity by his sending his Son In
to the world to die for sinful human
ity. By a detailed analysis of the
passage of Scripture reading: "God
so loved the world that, he gave.
tc," Mr. Burwell 'showed the love
"of God, Its height and depth and
length and breadth.
At the conclusion of his sermon,
Rev. Mr.,. Burwell propounded the
constitutional questions to the pas
tor and to the congregation after
-which Rev. R. A. Miller delivered
-the charge to the pastor.
Said he In part: "You are called
-to be the pastor of this people. They
"have faith and confidence in you.
Measure up to that confidence. In
the words of Paul to Timothy, I
charge thee before God and Christ,
preach the Word. You are not here
to preach science and philosophy bat
the Gospel. Be instant in season
and out of season. Exhort with all
long suffering and doctrine. You
are the leader of this flock. Be
careful where you lead them. 'You
are also a ruler. Rule wisely and
discreetly.
Following this solemn charge.
Rev. G..A. Sparrow delivered an
equally solemn and impressive
charge to the congregation. He
charged the people that they had en
tered Into a contract with this pas
tor more binding and solemn than
any earthly contract , between busi
ness men. But there was a marked
likeness between the two. Mr. 6par
tow cald that, after many years' ex
perience as a pastor he had found
out that the success of any pastor
ate rested more with the people than
' "with the pastor. 1 He urged them not
to freeze .him. their pastor, out at
the tipa of their fingers, not to dis
courage him with mpty pews, not
to stint him in temporal things by' a
failure to pay the stipulated amount
-for hla worldy up-keep. Pray for
7our pastor,' he said, uphold him and
you will receive a blessing.
One of the enjoyable features of
the service was a solo by Mrs. J.
"Holland Morrow. . . "
Y. A BRIEF SKETCH. 1
Rev. James H. Henderlite, the new-
Rev. M. A. Ashby, of Virginia, Was
Installed Pastor of the Gastonia
Group of Lutheran Churches In
November A Short Sketch.
After having been without a pas
tor for several months, ever since
the resignation of Rev. John Hall,
who relinquished the pastorate to
become financial agent for Lenoir.
College, the Gastonia group of Lutn
eran churches now has a pastor who
has already won his way to the
hearts of his parishioners, though he
has been here only a few weeks.
Rev. M. A. Ashby, of Virginia, was
installed pastor of this group, which
consists of.. GaBtonla, Chapel ana
Bessemer City, in, November and has
has taken a strong hold on his work
at the very outset. Mr. Ashby re
signed a splendid pastorate at Shen
andoah, Va., to take charge of this
field of work.
Mr. Ashby Is a native of Virginia,
having been born in Culpepper
county October 10, 1869. In 1876,
when he was seven years old, his
parents moved to Staunton, Va. The
next several years of his life were
spent in Staunton and on a farm
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ItEV. M. A. ASHBY,
PASTOR LUTHERAN CHURCH.
nearby. From 1S83 to 1887 he at
tended Augubla .Military Academy at
Fort Defiance, Va., and from 1887 to
1 890 was a student at Richmond
College. Leavlug Richmond he took
up the study of la win the office of
Judge J. L. S. Klrby at Staunton, de
voting two years or morp to the pur
suit of legal knowledge, from 1890
to 1892. Tlio ytars 1892 and 1893
he whs principal of Spring Creek
Academy, Spring Creek, Va. The
next two yerrs he taught In the Poly
technic Institue at New Market, Va.
In 1S'J4 he entered the theological
eemlnary in Philadplphla and In the
following year as ordained to trie
ministry by thejoint Synod of Ohio.
He served a pastorate in Highlands
county, Virginia, from 1 S 9 ." to 1S98
and In November of the latter year
entered a theological seminary at
Chfcago. In February, 1 899, he en
tered Chicago University. Return
ing In 1901 to Virginia he took up
pastoral work at Shenandoah City,
Va., and continued there until he
came to Gastonia. In 1911 he pre
pared his thesis for his doctor's de
gree. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby have two chil
dren, Miss Willie Ashby, who is at
home, and Mr. Paul Ashby, who is a
student at Lenoir College, Hickory.
A man of scholarly attainments, Mr.
Ashby is a gentleman of engaging
personality and ha. and his good wife
have already foud popularity with
a large number of Gastonians, who
have extended to them a cordial wel
come to the town.
- If yon set a sample copy of The
Gaaette it is an Invitation to sub
Bcrfbe, Best value for your money
In the county.
ly Installed pastor of the First Pres
byterian, church. Is a native of Vir
ginia and is forty years of age. He
is a graduate, with the degrees of B.
A. and B. Lltt., of Hanipden-Sidney
College, Virginia, and took his theo
logical course at Columbia and
Louisville seminaries, receiving from
the latter institution the degree of
B. D. .
He has held three . pastorates, of
five years each, prior to coming to
Gastonia, these being in Accomack,
county, Va., Henderson, N. C, and
Fredericksburg, Va. In connection
with his pastorate In the last named
place, Mr. Henderlite tern poraiiTy
filled the chair of philosophy and
Greek la the Fredericksburg College
for two years. He has three times
been elected : a commissioner5" to the
General Assembly of the Presbyter
ian Church in the United States. "
Mrs Henderlite is a native- of Nor
folk, Va.. being the daughter of the
late' Mr., George 1 " Crowe. Her
mother and brother, Mr. George B.
Crowe, now reside in .Norfolk.. An
other brother, Dr.,Chas. I Crowe, Is
prefessor of Romance languages in
the University of Florida. She was
educated In the private schools of
Norfolk and at the Mary. Baldwin
Seminary, Staunton,- Va. Mr and
Mrs. Henderlite have three child-en,
Virginia, Rachel and James H., Jr.
LET THE PEOPLE SAY
TAKE VOTE ON RECORDER'S COURT
Solicitor Wilson Poe not Think Peo
ple Demand a Recorder's Court and
Suggests That the Matter be Left
to, Them to Decide Recorder's
Courts Have Been Established to
Create Jobs With Which to Pay
Political Debts The Courts the
Bulwarks of Liberty and Civiliza
tion. Since the matter has been recently
brought to public attention The Ga
zette has tried to give the people of
Gastonia what light it could on the
subject of the proposed recorder's
court for the town. With this in
view the paper asked Solicitor Geo.
W. Wilson what he thought of the
proposition of establishing such a
court. Replying he said:
"I do not think that the people de
mand a recorder's court for the town
of Gastonia. We may have a muni
cipal court to try cases in the Juris
diction of a Justice of the peace. For
this" there may be some reason and no
very great objection, but there need
be no unseemly haste. The Legisla
ture will be In session for sixty days,
and we do not have an election in
the town until May. The office is of
sufficient Importance for the recorder,
the Judge, or the police Justice of the
municipal court to be elected by the
people. And you should obtain the
bill and publish it.
"The matter Is not entirely aca
demic, as you suggested in your edi
torial. There have been a number of
recorder's courts In North Carolina
and Information as to the (success of
these courts can be had. My obser
vation is that even from a financial
point they are a burden on the tax
payers. I am willing to furnish at
any time any taxpayer or citizen tne
results of my experience or any fig
ures that may be obtained In the ce.
.-'onie of the recorder's courts In
North Carolina have come in re
sponse to a demand for a job as a re
ward for uplitlcal service for the in
stigators or their friends. Hence the
idea may obtain in certain quarters
that the people should not be en
trusted with the election of the offi
cers. Careful Inquiry should be made
into this matter so that no bill could
be passed that would take from the
people the right they have In elect
ing the officers. And then a full dis
cussion of the whole matter is emi
nently proper, as to the Jurisdiction
and other matters related.
"No, the attitude that obtains In
certain quarters toward criminal of
fense where persons charged may be
imprisoned for as long as two yeara
is not right. If a man can be im
prisoned for two months it la not an
unimportant matter but a matter of
graver Importance than the trial of
a law suit where a million dollars ts
at stake. The Judge, the grand Jury
and the petty Jury are the very bul
warks of our liberty and civiliza
tion, and anything which abridges
or in any way delays or Impedes this
right, to any one, however humble, is
to be thoughtfully and carefully
scrutinized by all the people."
North Carolina and Public Educa
tion. Catawba County News.
We call special attention of our
readers to the article on the first
page showing what the different
States are giving the children in
number of school days.
North Carolina is at the foot ex
cept one. New Mexico has a short
er school term than we have, but
New Mexico has only three people
per square mile and has about as
much school as we do for our 49
people per square mile.
Gov. Aycock used to thank God
for South Carolina when he was
making educational speeches be
cause that State was behind us, but
not so now.
The boys and girls of North Car
olina are entitled to a square deal.
They have not had it by the legisla
tures of the past 1 0 years. It is now
time to call first things first, at the
beginning of the present legislature.
Let all State institutions be con
tent for awhile. Let State officers
be satisfied with what salaries they
have or resign. Let no new or ex
perimental public worlr be underta
ken until some substantial Increase
in revenue for our public schools is
provided.
If you use snuff, get the
which is Red Band. Adv.
best,
r Dn NOT REE IT RIGHT. .
Charlotte Chronicle".
"Readers of the Charlotte papera.
imagines The Statesvflle Landmark,
"may have been led to believe that
Mecklenburg; supports the State, but
the average taxable value of land- In
that county Is only $14.15 per aere,
about 50 percent less than that of
ita near neighbor, Gaston." The
fact i,' nobody - has ever asserted
otherwise than that Mecklenburg
county outside of Charlotte is about
the most highly wpported county In
the State, v It is the unuch-oppressed
city of Charlotte which bears the
lefad and makes a large, contribution
tothe revenue of the State. Meck
lenburg outside of Charlotte, while
it would pay its way easily under an
fair system of taxation and diatribe
tlon of burdens, is one of the moat
outright "pauper counties" we have;
THE GEHERALASSEMBLY
LAWMAKERS 6ETT1NS DOWN TO WORK
Bi-ennlal Session of the State Legis
lature Convened in Raleigh at
Noon Last Wednesday Governor
Craig to be Inaugurated To-Mor-row.
Both houses of the General As
sembly of the State of North Caro
lina met for the 1913 session at
noon last Wednesday. The Senate
was called to order by Lieutenant
Governor Newland and Senator H.
N. Pharr, of Mecklenburg, after be
ing nominated by Senator O. F. Ma
son, was unanimously elected presi
dent pro-tem.
In the house Representative Con
nor, of Wilson, the nominee of the
Democratic caucus was elected
Speaker. The other officers of the
house elected were as follows: prin
cipal clerk, T. G. Cobb, of Morgan
ton; reading clerk, Alfred McLean;
cergeant-at-arms, J. H. Morlng; as
sistant, E. J. Jenkins; engrossing
clerk , M.D. Klnsland. The remain
Ins; officers of the Senate are R. O.
Pelf, of Jackson, chief clerk; R. M.
Phillips, of Guilford, reading clerk;
Wilbur G. Hall, of Cumberland, aer-react-at-arms;
G. W. Huntley, or
Anson, assistant; William E. Hook,
of Wayne, engrossing clerk.
At the second day's session Thurs
day much tfpe was spent in the dis
cussion of the report of the rules
r committee. The message of Gover
nor Kltchln was read In both hous
es and referred to the proper com
mittees. Among the bills which have been
Introduced so far that are of general
Interest to our readers is one by
Representative Delllneer to except
the clerk of the Superior Court of
Gaston county from the the opera
tion of the salary system until De
cember, 1914. The bill was consid
ered under a suspension of the rules
and passed.
On Saturday a b' I was Introduced
by Mr. Dellinger for compulsory at
tendance upon the public schools
throughout the State. The age lim
its are 7 to 1 2 years. Parents wil
fully falling or refusing to comply
with the law will be subject to a
fine of $30 or Imprisonment of SO
days. County superintendents aru
constituted educational Inspectors
for the enrcement of the act.
At yesrerday'8 session Josenhus
Daniels, Democratic National Com
mitteeman from North Carolina was
endorsed by the General Assembly
for the portfolio of Postmaster Gen
eral In the Cabinet of President Wil
son. Mr. Daniel's name has been
prominently mentioned in connec
tion with that position.
A Joint resolution was introduced
In both Houses of the Assembly
railing for a constitutional conven
tion. A resolution also was intro
duced in the Lower House calling
for an investigation of the sale of the
Atlantic & Western Railway, operat
ing Jointly by the Atlantic Coast
Line and Southern Railroads, charg
ing that a conspiracy in violation of
the anti-trust law existed.
In the House a bill was introduced
making hazing In colleges of the
State a misdemeanor punishable with
one year imprisonment and requir
ing faculties to make investigations
of all reported cases.
Representative Dellinger, of this
county, was on yesterday appointed
on two Important committees, those
on Corporations and Health. Only a
part of the standing committees has
been appointed.
Reports of salaries and wages paid
by State departments and Institu
tions showed the following amounts:
State Hospital at Goldsboro, $2,
083.17 monthly: Board Public Char
ities, $83.33 monthly; Secretary of
State. $22,792 for the years 1911
and 1912 combined; Historical Com
mission, $8,920 for the year ending
November 30, 1912.
The Senate passed without discus
sion Senator Peterson's bill to ex
empt active members of the National
Guard from road and Jury duty, and
It remains only for the House to
pass it to make it law.
IN RECEIVER'S HANDS.
Stanley Creamery Goes to the Wall
Permanent Receiver Appointed
by Judge Webb.
Mr. John W. Stroup and Mr. J. M.
Rtliihardt were yesterday appointed
permanent teceivers for the Stanley
Creamery Company, whose plant Is
located t Stanley, this county. The
appointment was made by Judge J.
L. Webb, who is holding Mecklen
burg Superior Court at Charlotte.
The assets of the company are es
timated at about $2,000 with liabili
ties of approximately the same
amount.
The officers of the company are J.
F. Clemmer, president and treasurer;
H. C. Hoover, vice president; J. A.
Morris, secretary.
- This plant was established about
three years ago at a cost of some
thing like $6,000. It has been oper
ating regularly since established,
but It is understood that inability to
secure the raw material has always
prevented its running at capacity.
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APPENDICITIS BOOK FREE.
The Adler-I-ka book, telling how
ydu can .easily guard against appendicitis,-
and how yon can relieve
constipation or gas on v the stomach
1WSTANTL.T, is offered free this
week by The Adams Drug Company.
Adr. 17
THE GOUHTTWAHTS IT
WILL PAT $300 TO RECORDERS COURT
CommiMionera Endorse Movement
for Establishment of Township Re
corder's Court and Agree to pay
$300 Per Year Toward It Will
Ask for Changes in Salary Bill
Election of an Auditor Again De
ferred. Several matters of Importance
were transacted yesterday at an ad
journed meeting of the board of
county commissioners, all of the
members being present.
A resolution was adopted endors
ing the movement on foot for the es
tablishment of a recorder's court in
Gastonia and pledging the county to
contribute the sum of $300 annually
toward defraying the expenses of
same under certain conditions. The
resolutions read as follows:
"That the county of Gaston agrees
to allow the sum of $300 per an
num towards the expense of a re
corder's court for Gaatonla township,
provided the Jurisdiction of such re
corder's court Includes misdemean
ants and petty larceny declared to be
a misdemeanor, so that such record
er may enforce punishment for as
much as two years where the law
permits punishment for that length
of time, and It Is further ordered
that the board of commissioners of
Gaston county recommend the estab
lishment of said recorder's court as
above sa,t forth."
Mallnda Bowman was declared an
outside pauper and allowed $4 per
quarter with N. P. Bumgardner as
agent. -
A committee composed of Commis
sioners O. G. Falls, R. S. Lewis, J.
F. McArver and R. K. Davenport, to
gether with County Attorney A. G.
Mangum, was appointed to confer
with the county's representatives In
the legislature with reference to
proposed changes In the county of
ficers' salary bill. Just what these
proposed changes are the minutes do
not state though It Is understood
that there are some passages In the
bill which are not clear and some de
tails not provided for. This com
mittee will probably go to Raleigh
today for this purpose.
1 The appointment of a counfv au
ditor, as provided for In the officers'
salary bill, was again postponed un
til the first Monday in February or
until a special meeting shall be call
ed for the purpose of disposing of
this matter. Just where the hitch Is
in the election of an auditor, fs not
definitely known. On the outside it
1b said that action has been postpon
ed by the board because the salary
ts so small, $1,200, that a competent
man cannot be secured, inasmuch as
the auditor will have to visit all the
towns and townships in the county
It Is further stated his traveling ex
penses will be considerable and there
is no provision to cover these out
side of the salary. It was stated at
the time the regular meeting of the
commissioners for the month was
held that there were several candi
dates for the position. Whether
these candidates have withdrawn or
not is not stated. It is rumored,
though this Is unofficial, that the
other members of the board favor the
election of Chairman John F. Leep
ep as auditor, this to be provided for
In a special bill which may be put
through the present session of the
Legislature. Should that be done,
as is rumored, the chairman of the
board of county commissioners would
also be the county auditor.
HEARD 0
JSTREETS
Impressions, Incidents and Little
Things of Interest of a Varied Na
ture, Happening Over Town, as
Heard and Seen by a Newspaper
Man.
Uncle Sam As A Dairyman.
Many and various will be the uses
of the new parcels post system
which was put Into effect througn
out the United States on the first
day of January. All sorts of pack
ages imaginable will find their way
to different parts of the nation
through the parcels post and it is
the opinion of the writer that it win
be only a question of time until a
greater part of the necessaries ot
the home will be obtained througn
the medium of this new system.
But Uncle Sam in the future win,
to a certain degree, play the role of
a dairyman. Why. how can that be?
The writer learned a day or so ago
that one of Gastonla's dairymen had
promised to furnish a minister or
Charlotte all the butter he needed
for his table. Tuesday the dairy
man received a letter from the
Charlotte minister et'!ng that he
was out of butter and that he would
Ilka to have three pounds as soon as
possible. The dairyman mailed the
butter ("mailed the butter" sounds
almost preposterous, doesn't lt?
early Wednesday mornings and the
Charlotte minister was eaftng Gas-ton-made
butter for dinner. . . J
, What's wrong with the parcels
post? Why, If those Mecklenburg
dairymen do not - keep their eyes
III SOGIETTS REALLiS
HAPPENINGS IN THE WOWS WCIQ 1
IN HONOR . I
OF MISS BOYCE. " "
At her home on South Oakland .
street tomorrow afternoon Mlac '
Catherine Mason will give- a linen,
shower in honor of Miss Ruth oyca
whose marriage to Mr. R. Grady Ran- '
kin is to take place on Wednesday
ntght ot next week at Main Street
Methodist church. . t ' '
IN HONOR. OF
FEBRUARY BRIDE.
The following social item - from
the Kings Mountain correspondence
of The Charlotte Observer will be ot
interest to many of our readers: ; -
Friday afternoon from . 4:30 v t ,
6:30 Miss Vers Mauney gave a
"Wlshlng-Well" shower in honor ot
Miss Frances Jeanette Rudislll,
whose marriage to Mr. R. L. God
win, of Dunn, has been announced
for February 27. -The guests wer
received at the door by the hostess,
assisted by Misses Laura Plonk and
Pearl Little, and soon all . was gay
within the home, and musio lent aid
to the happy occasion. As Miss Ro
dislll entered becomingly dressed In.
lavender, wearing pink carnations,
part ot.the wedding march was play- '
cd. ' ; - . ;
The guests found partners to tha
dining room by matching cut letters
making the names Rudlslll-Oodwm.
In the dining room the color scheme ;
was carried out in a novel and
unique manner. The table had been i
converted into a magic well, the en- ,
tire table being covered with laven
der crepe paper, dotted here and
there with violets. A terra cotta
pipe served as a well, with suspend
ed rope and pulley and ferns, . moss.
ad rocks gave it a natural rustle
appearance. Refreshments, consist- -lng
of salad course, coffee and mints
were served by Mesdames D. C. and
H. L. Mauney. The poem, "The (
Are Thy Best Days" was beautifully '
read by Miss Plonk after which hand
painted souvenir x cards, containing;
either a wish of love, happiness or
humor, were read and showered vp
on the bride-tq-be, ; " ;;
Hovr to Stave Off a Good Job.-. if
By "Rlzo" in The Raleigh Times.
Long about this tlmo year lotso
Tellers taka noshun in their heads
that theyl either get a Job or changev
their occupashun. A great many '
rules have been laid down an lotso
lnformashun given on how to get s
Job, but I alnt ever heard anybody
tell howto keep from getn one, so
im gonto tell how to do so myself.
First place, the feller wantn to i
keep from getn a good job oughtflf
give up the one hes got an loaf.;
There are mighty few loafers that
get desirable places. Everbody hates
a quitter. Yt
Secondly, tell youf prospective)
employer that youcn do anything
dont care what an that youll be
ready to start in a coupla weeks. '
The boss knows that the man who
can do "anything" can do "nothing
very well; hes look In for somebody,
with at least a smattrln of experi
ence whocn pitch right in with hl
coat off an his sleeves rolled up.
Next place; hang out lots at the
pool rooms. Come to think about
it, how many substantial, respect
able, successful men have you ever
heard of bein In a pool room, let
alone goln there to hire somebody?
Again; be "one of the boys" b
Jolnin a Booze Club. There alnt a
successful firm in the country thatl
employ a feller who carries boose on
his breath. Their alnt many thatl
takem with cigarette stains on their
fingers. The flne-lookln, "manly
fellers whocn swear by note alnt la -danger
very much either, of getn a '
good Job hooked toem. . v
Another useful lnnoculashun
against good jobs is that chronic In
fllckshun of mlndln other ' fokses
business. People who do much ot '
that pretty soon dont have any of
their own to mind. v
A Burmese official has been ar
rested for stealing 250 elephants. :
This la the largest theft on record. .
Executors and administrators ot
estates who want the largest number
of people to see their advertisements
should place them in The Gazette.
open Gaston will furnish the whola
of Charlotte with fresh, wholesome '
country butter ere long. And Uncle
Sam will be the dairyman; that ts
he win do the delivering.
The cost of sending the three
pounds of butter to Charlotte was
eleven cents; or nearly four cents
per pound. The cost of the butter.
here was 25 cents. This added to
the cost of sending, makes the but- .
ter cost the Charlotte buyer 2 -
cents per pound, which Is as cheap' .
or cheaper than he could buy butter
of this quality from his home mer
chants. -.
By selling produce In such a way
ss has been described; there Is no
commission for a middleman. - The
article goes direct from the produc
er to the consumer. , The only cost '
Incurred in such a transaction is the
expense of transportation, which ts
indeed small.' ' V ? -
Some writers hare laid the high,
cost of living to be fact that there
exist so many middlemen. . ThrougTi
the agency of the parcels post, then,
the government may,, unconsciously,
play an important part in reducing:
the high, cost of living and thereby
solve a problem which has long pus- -sled
men who, have made the sub- '
Ject a special study. , . :
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