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a iiocsnf oain oouirx papee Uarajry VOLUME XXIX NO. 65 CONGRESS NOW FACE8 MANY BIG FIGHTS L - J Congress must burn, the midnight oil prouigally If It would finish Its labors on noheduled time ut noon, March 4, in the opinion of many members who have urrlved in Washington ready to take up the vast amount of work that confronts them during the short ses sion of the Sixty-fourth congress. The mere routine will consume much time, leaving only a short period for the ru'M'oad labor legislalionfood em bargo piestioiis and other major legis lation destined to make the closing days of th Sixty-fou: th "congress no table. Republicans and Democrats frankly say they do not believe everything can be squeezed into the allotted space, and, R8 far as the Republicans are concern ed, they are willing that much shall hang tire since, they argue, they will have more power in the congress that begins December, 11(17. Leaders est hunted that practically thirteen weeks will be consumed In army, navy and oilier yearly and "reg ular upt'ciai" appropriation bills. This: will leav:j a scant month for other measures. Labor Legislation. If the supreme court erases th? Adamson bill from the statute bocks congress expects presentation of an other eight hour law. Additions to it are cntemplatcd, in any event, and the biil providing for compulsory in vestigation before' striking will be a StOilil coilik?. .ThcvM'iistfVlohal contest of the whole sc s.- i is ex; ectcd to de clop over the food .-i;!biU-o u-casuivs,- if t'.ieso ai'e pressed as- now planned. A fight equal ing or surpassing In its intensity tha; on l!:r 31 . 1.euu re ai med sliip bill is looked for. The conservation group plans to stir up things vhen tin; Shields, Myers Mid ether v-md;!!-bills' appear. Mvii-ii'"'-s do-slgno'd to permit fnriila i.ioi) ci" e:.. ewers' tc.'sts its a post. war pi i. if nve sumi Wh) , be a feature of the ' s if io;i i ' :.! l eni'its. A hundred and one other bills of vnr,', in : i"., g: ees of importance n:e on the .schedule, and they mean many night s'"sioiis or a lot ( unlini.slu'd business 'March. 4. The Serpent and the Woman, The old story of the Serpent in the Eden of domestic love and confidence comes from Gastonia in this special to The Charlotte Observer: At about 11 o'clock this morning n handsome woman about thirty rushed 'nto the office of Chief Carroll, laid en almost smoking pistol on his ta ble, exclaiming "I have done it!" "Yes, I mean I have shot and may have killed him." The chief got busy. In a few mo ments he was at the head of the stairs on the first floor of the Falls building on Main street looking for a man and scouting around for a few moments, found one B. T. S.'croggs of Gastonia hid away and locked in -a toilet room nearby. Scruggs lost little time In disap pearing, there having been no charge against him, put showed a note he had recently received from the wo man. Mrs. Ethel Neill of Gastonia. "Meet me tomorrow morning at 10:30 fit the P. and N. station (in Gastonia), I have something impor tant to tell you and good for you to hf-nr." . ; '. ' Scniggs wa3 on time and the two went up the staircase to the first boor, for the purpose, in the mind of Scruggs of talkisg over the matter in ia law office there. Suddenly the woman whirled and. shot, missing Scruggs' head by about an inch. The woman was hound over in the sum of $10 for her appearance at the re corder's court tomorrow morning. From information obtained at po lice headquarters the shooting seems to have been the sequel of disturbed relations in the family life of Mrs. Neill and her husband, James Neill, a nall-to-do carpenter, who lived in his own home with his wife and two chil dren on West Franklin street. In deed, a little eight-year-old daughter was with her mother both during the meeting and the near-tragedy. Jealousy of Scruggs had canted es trangement between husband and wife since Monday and a separa tion Bine then had followed what was termed a stormy scene between them, though the husband today went c-n the bond. The husband had re sented an alleged friendship between his wife and Scruggs, and the police theory was that the woman. In a storm of desperate distress over It all had resolved to put out ot her war what she was passionately feeling to be th cause of her trouble. Opportunity's Whim. -Opportunity knocks at every man's oor.M Too often, however. It la the oppor tunity to open a peanut stand, whereas we would rather start a bank." St Lords Post-Dispatch. 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 4-4- NO MEAT FOR PARIS TWO DAYS A WEEK 4- Two meatless days a week have been decided upon by the 4 French labinet lit a meeting at which tl:c food supply question was dis. r.ssod exhaustively. Aft- 4 er consultation with traders it was agreed that the two days 4 should be Thursday and Friday, and a tie ree to that effect short- 4 ly will be issued. 4 It was also decided to prohlb- 4" it altogether the making of fresh pastry, cakes and rolls and fan- 4 cy bread. The smallest loaf will 4 be that of two pounds weight. Crackers and kindred edibles of 4 a dry Character will be the only 4 form of cakes permitted. , 4 4- Teachers Must Teach Health "Public school teachers must teach public health," said Mr. Robert H. Wright of Greenville, president of the North Carolina Teachers' As sembly in session at Raleigh last week, in his address to the teachers Thanksgiving evening. In outlin ing greater things that will make for greater service for the teachers of North Carolina, Mr. Wright said: "Teachers must teach not only In dividual health in the public schools out community, health. We ., now known much about preventing sick ness and disease, and these things should be given the children in the schools. I remember years agJ when a letter receiver from the yel low fever zone was punctured and fumigataed before it was read. We know now that only a certain kind of mosquito transmits yellow fever and by screening our homes and oth erwise protecting ourselves from mos quitoes, We may protect ourselves not only from yellow fever but from ma laria also." Again Mr. Wright said: "We are truly grateful that the time has come ( when every child in the land is not expected to have whooping cough and measles. We are glad also that the ignorance of the means of pre venting diseases which have been filling our blind Institutions, our fee ble minded schools and our child re 'frrm'a.tortes is being dispelled. The light of disease prevention ani health -enriae-va'tfhn that is so rapidly coming to us fhould as rapidly be given to j our children through the public schools." I Apologized For Siz-i of Estate I Judge Charles Alston Cook, former i Associate Justice of the Supreme! Court of North Carolina, who died -a few weeks ago in Oklahoma; left a J will which, in addition ta the estima-1 ted value of $25,000, contained this unique paragraph: "My apology to my wife and chil tiien for the small value of my es tate is that I have liberally enjoyed my means and earnings with them, and never failed or iefused to pay my honest debts, never wronged or cheated any person in my life nor re ceived anything of value knowingly which came wrongfully nor by op pression or tainted with suspicion; but I am consoled by a consciousness of my fair dealing, integrity and puri ty of Iifeu while disposing of so small an estate. But for the Secession and its consequent results. I would doubt less have been able to dispose of an 0! tate many hundred times greater." Whether Judge Clark would have left a larger estate had not "seces sion" the war between the tates rccurred, is a matter of conjecture; but if his record Is truthfully set forth in the quoted paragraph from his will, that Is worth more than gold and his family should be pror. '.r of that than of any estate he ecu' ! have left them. -Stat esville Landmark. Raps State School System. In his annual address to the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly at Ral eigh. President R. H. Wright declar ed that In reality!North Carolina has no public school system, but really ISO different systems with the State Pepartmnet of Education'as the nom inal head, having no authority over the Veater part of the workers. The Legislature, he insisted, must pass an enabling act and standardize the teaching and bringing into a unifica tion and co-operation the rural and be city graded schools. He advocated the appointment by the Legislature of a special commis icn cf enpahle educators to spend yenrs investigating North Caro !:r.a educational conditions and needs, reporting to the subsequent Legisla ture in order that there may be really Intelligent legislation. Mother Ilovr did you get so wet t1 dirty? Johnny I was silln? try '. r In a puddle end had to iro iy ship. ' n'H,TTT, fTTTrgnAv mrfi rttt 1916 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY?- THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE American guns have been turned on Juarez, and they will be used if Villa shoots across the American border. The postofflce at Johnson City, Tenn., was robbed of about J100 in cash and $10,000 ia stamps Saturday night. Billy Sunday had his best day in Boston Saturday. Those who were numbered, jamong th trail hitters were about 1,100, two hundred of them Lelng numbered among the af ternoon converts. Rumania still holds the center of Interest in the world war. The en circling movement of the Teutonic Allies contnuen to draw closer to ward her capital, Bucharest, although the Rumanians are stiffening their defense. Withdrawal from entry of 45,000 cres of public land in Colorado and eii.OOO acres in Utah, which it is esti mated will yield not less than 1,000. 000,000 barrels of fue1. oil, is recom mended to President Wilson by Sec re tary Lane. Ricrard Croker, formerly leader of Tammany Hallaccompanied by Mrs. Croker, arrived in New York Sunday from Liverpool. Mr. Croker said he pobably would remain In America two or three year and plans to spend the winter at Palm Beach, Another effort will be made during the "dry round up" which begins in Washington Thursday to commit President Wilson to National prohibi tion. The anti-liquor workers are planning to go to the White House some 300 strong Saturday. Speaker Clark and Representative Kitchin assured President Wilson at a White House conference yesterday trat they would do all they could to hasten the passage of railroad legis lation at the short session of Con gress which convened this week. Five men are under arrest at Ma con. Columbus, Ga., and Hot Springs, Ark., in connection with the murder of Walter Wadei' a Leslie, Ga., plant er. Wado disappeared from Ameri cus, Ga.. on the night of August It and his body was found in the Flint River 11 days later with a bullet .n the skull. In full view of a crowd of 5.000 persons, assembled at Kanapolis on Saturday afternoon at a big auction sale of lots, Tom Mays, aged 21. a baloonlst of Greensboro, was so se verely injured, when he fell 450 feet from his balloon, he died a short time later in a hospital in Concord, Sunday about noon an automobile driven by a man named Chaney was overturned at a point between High Point and Thomasville, fatally Injur ing one of the occupants and injuring three others. Mrs; Martha Weather, man of High Point was thrown through the wind-shield and died at 2 o'clock. It is alleged that Chaney was under the influence of liquor. He was taken to jail at Lexington. Gen. Carlos Ozuna entered Chihua hua City, Mexlcofrom the North at 7 o'clock Saturday night. It was of ficially announced at military head quarters at Juarez that the Carranza forces have reoccupled the city. La rest reports are that many Villa fol lowers have been captured and killed No definite news has been received about Americans, but it is believed that all foreigners except Chinese are rafe. It was announced that Villa has left ff-r Western Chihuahua fol lowing trains of loot. Holthy Staars Infected by Contact . Kansas City. Symptoms of foot and mouth disease, for which federal and state live stock experts huve quarantined the Kansas t'ity (Mo.) stockyards, have been found hi two tr re head of cattle, I:r. James F!cMh'- of (!: fciVra! bureau animal industiy. announced in that city.'; :i The two steers were healthy . when placed in the suspected herd. 'several day-sag'. I'pni later examination vet eriuarians found the same lesion In the mouth which have signalized the condition of the rest f the shipment. Kansas City and St. Joseph marke! have been operating under a restricted quarantine. liicumirtf shipments hems allowed only hi case of cattle fr lm mediate daughter. Mors Likely. Landlady I'm sorry you think the chicken soup isn't good. I toM tl' cook how to make iL Perhaps she didn't catch the Idea. Pottrdcr-No: i think It was the chicken she didn"t catch. London Tit-Bits. . WHHHHHWMMi Z I " . - -- r I . ... -w... s-ncr TURKEYS SELLING ELSEWHERE AT 45C. LB., THIS PLACE AT 26C. The New York public, like any other public in any part of the Uni ted States, is long suffering, and can be worked up to a certain point, and no further. This point appears to have been reached in our recent soar ii g market for food products and the inevitable has happened a boy cott has been declared by house wives on eggs, turkeys, and other foodstuffs, and the reaction has al ready sot it. It i1- right and proper that it should, for while we are will ing that the farmer should have a good price for his product, there is no justification for the exploitation of food values perpetrated by the mid dlemen in New York recently, and which in the last analpsls works a hardship on the producer, and the limitation of the use of products that may be classed as luxuries. Th oMinn of the lobber In New York In inflating the cost of living by the addition of 27c. per pound to the first cost of turkeys to cover the cost ( f transportation and profit, is with out precedent in view of the abund ance of turkeys in the country. It is not justified by any reason or argu ment, and must be regarded purely and simply as graft. Under the cir cumstances the best thing the farmer can do Is to cut out the middleman and get in touch with the consumer by the use of the parcel post. The cost of shipping turkeys, or any other product, by parcel post to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, or any of the larger Eastern or West ern cities, is 7c per pound for the first pounfl, and 4c per pound for each additional plund. Taking 20c. per pound aa a fair price for turkeys, a ten pound bird can be laid down at any of these points at a cost of 51 cents for postage, and $2 for the tur key, or an average price per pound delivered in any of these places, of 25c per pound . This is a saving of 4most 20c pound to the consumer, and allows to the producer a fair price for his produce. Wo have not the least doubt that a small adver tisement in some of the large New York dailies would bring business, and enablo our friends in Rocking ham county to market their products by this route to good advantage, and lift the embargo placed upon luxuries by tho housewives of the cities in re taliation for the usscrupulous high way robbery of the jobbers. While On this subject it would ap pear to us to be within the province cf the Perioral govenment to order an immediate investigation of the methods of the "Egg King" of Chi cago, and his barefaced boast to make the public pay his price for the food product he has withdrawn from the open market, and placed in cold storage. McCollum-Dixon A wedding of unusual interest oc curred on Wednesday evening, Nov. 20. 191 , at Midway Methodist chsrch, when Miss Jewel McCollum, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. John P.: McCollum, became the bride of Mr. William Fletcher Dixon, of Norfolk, Va, The opening -strains of Mendels sohn's Wedding March, played by Miss Vera House of Balsam Grove. N. C, was the signal for the entrance of the bridal party. First came Miss Louila McCoTluni ; down the left aisle of the church and Mr. E. Paul Cum mings down the right aisle and stop ped in front of the altar; Miss Mamie BP.rtee and Mr. Will Mosley followwl; next Miss Sallie Dixon and Mr. Hun ter Johnson, thus forming an isle. Then came Mr. Dixon with his boat man. Mr. Ernest Godwin, of Polk ton, N. C, and the bride with her mild of honor. Miss Clara .-Leather-. vc-Ml. of Iake J-jr.aluska. N, ('. The Reverend A. D, ShHton of High Point officiated. The nig ceremony was used. ' . . ' The bride wore a becoming blue chiffon broadcloth luit with deep col lar and cuffs of Hudson seal fur and accessories to , match, carrying a shower of bride's roses and valley 111 ics. Miss Leatherwood's dress was of pink silk chiffon and taffeta with silver trimmings. She carried an armful of yellow chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids were,, becomingly dressed in light blue silk crepe de chine and carried white chrysanthe mums. After the ceremony a reception was hold at tho bride's home. The house ws beautifully decorated in potted plants and chrysanthemums . Misses pep.ie p.artee and Sadie M-C!lura presided in the dining room where a delicious salad course was served., Punch was served by Mrs. Pies Bur trn in the front hall from a rock well overhung with Ivey and moss. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon motored to Reidsville where they took the train for points North. They will be at hrme in Norfolk, Va., after Jan. 1. . ' WAR FAILING. TO END, $120,000 BET IS PAID v A bet of $rj(),xn has Just 4 changed bands in commercial circles ut Amsterdam, Holland, because the war did not end In Octolwr. 101 tj. The nominal bet- tors were two pools of Stock Ex- ! "'-.Mige n ud business men, form- ed ii yeur a ;o, but as both sides J- had he.'.iv'd their bets by the Eu- J- n p -::u ii;-:loin of talcing out in- surauce po!l..les against losing 'b the ! . ::! p.iri ici; an;s wore the spet ui...; . c in -l.lMni e companies. r 5- Just .:.o;v ti e loss was tinslly 4. dlstri:. is n"t known, as the v b 'original l eli-vs hail I:. ken out ! policies, , g 10 per cent pi'f- miUM, ui.;i tho coii.i'iiuie.' v. Ith whom tb.ey ii sured had relnsur- 4-4- ed, further distributing. the risk. 4 4 The wiinio.8 of the bet divided 4-4- the net Mim of $10S,(K)O, while 4- tho losmtr nool had to pay out 4 1 4 S12.0!:( in Insurance. 4- 4.4. 4. 4.4.4.44 4-4'4' 4' 4- THE NEW COUNTY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SWORN IN The newly elected county officials were sworn in at Wentworth yester day for the ensuing two years. Mr. T. L. Gardner succeeded Sheriff Francis B, Kemp; Mr. J. P. Mc Michael was recommlssloned to keep the deeds and mortgages recorded and to issue the marriage licenses lor two more years, and Dr, S. G, Jett and Mr. Sam Dameron's com missions as coroner and surveyor, re spectively, were marked up to Decem ber, 1918. To Geo. W. Estes was handed over all the public roads of the county for a period of 104 weeks with the explicit command to see to it that no teams would be allowed to sink out of sight into quagmire and that the limits to the depths of all mud holes be 6:3 feet. The new board of county commis bione,rs composed, of Messrs. R.'"E. Wall, L. W, Matthews, W. A. Web ster, Dr. W. A. Johnson and Dr. J. b. Wells, were duly sworn in and charged with the solemn duty of man aging the county's household affairs lor the ensuing two years. The inauguration of the Various offi cials took place in the court house and was carried out without fuss or feathers. Quite a number of specta tors were present to witness the cere monies. The old board of commissioners, af ter passing on the usual bills ' and transacting other routine business, formally handed over the authority vested in them to tha new board. The T. A. R. Club A most delightful meeting of the T. A. R. Club was held November 28th with Mrs. Eugene Watt at her attrac tive home on South Main Street. The interior of Mrs. Watt's home has re cently been made even more artistic than formerly and the library in which the guests assembled was es pecially beautiful, it being decorated with numerous potted plants. Anoth er pleasant feature of the meeting was the presence of Mrs. J. B. Rich ardson of High Point who was the guest of Miss Henrietta Reid. The main topic of thought for the r.fternoon was the story in art of the infancy of Christ and the adoration of the shepherds and wise men. This was prefaced by the members giving ns quotations the beautiful verse from the second chapter of Luke. Mrs. J. W. McGehfte read a splen did article on "The Adoration of the Shepherds and Wise Men" which was "ery much enjoyed. The second subject, "The Infaricy of Christ." was given in a very enter taining paper prepared by Mrs. M. P. Cummings and read by Miss Emma McKinney. Miss Jessie Lawrence concluded the program with two readings from Mrs. Hurll. Those were on the great masterpieces. Adoration of the Shep herds by Murillo, in the Prado Gal lery, Madrid, and "The Presentation in the Temple," by Rembrandt in fhe Hague Gallery. After the literary exorcise, Mrs. Watt invited her guests into the din ning room where delicious refresh ments were served in two courses. Plxteen thoii.-aiid j-iuN of i.vssed turkeys, .,2.k pounds of crr.n berries, 10O boxes of joipb-s i: 1 1 ' ranges, 4.000 pounds f p!iii' 1 ud'ihig mid 7.000 pounds of i -ai-dii it I o'ber dainties were s':li.pe! sm- jIi f cm V'lu.Uus. N. M.. !' .r T!:.Til. -v! vi:, ; diuii -i -i for the tio i,is of the 1 aitive exjtlitiou under (Jciieiai Pershing. Thirty three motor trucks. In com niund of Captain W. F. Ilerrinirshaw. conveyed the canr-. The lending trucks carr'ed muslin streamers tear ing in red letters the words. "The Tur key Trsiu." Read the paper regularly. THE NEW PASTOR OF MAIN STREET M. E. CHURCH If there is one thing above all oth ers that Statesville prides itself up on, it is its high virtue in paying its debts. The people hold this to be al most the chief end of man. And because this is so we must re member, estimate, and pay our debt to John F. Kirk. All the more because this debt is a debt of love are we bound to pay it. For four years he has given his best in our service. He has labored to advance our interests at considera ble expense to his own.'and has prob ably given more time and thought to the town's good than any other man not paid for such work. Of course we know that his own congregation owes him most of this debt. He put his church first in all things and was faithful to every de mand of his people. As a pastor and preacher he was faithful to the min ister's highest obllgatlos all the more true to his people because he was first true to God. The success of his work here may be seen in his church's development in all its de partments more money, more peo ple and more power. He led his con gregation through all the phases of progress from assessmnts to Con ference, up to a great religious re vival. The full measure "of his worth as a minister, however, must be seen in the new place his church has assumed, both in prestige and r.nlritual leadership. 1 But while his own congregatloa owes him most, our own debt Is heavy. It is splendidly true of him that while he was faithful to his or ganization he was also loyal to his town. The best evidence that the Kingdom of Heaven was dawning la his own church was the Scriptural one that the Publican and Sinner were not forgotten--"Go tell Joha the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind see, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the poor have the gospel preached unto them." It is even a fair proposition that helping the Outside Sinners brought blessedness to the Inside Saints, for his work in the town certainly increased the importance of their or ganization. But what I am mainly Interested in is the fact that he sometimes did "consort" with us to (hi r very great advantage, And so Brother Kirk has high au- ! thority for the work he has done i among us and he has done his work I well. There are not many move I nients for the Good of the Order that ' have not had his help. There are few I good acts for the liberal advance 1 nent that he has not worked for as ! well as approved. We are a better people because he has helped us -and 1 happier people because he has lead us. Somehow he has made us think more of Preachers and Churches n:d more of ourselves. It Is better I world because of his faith, and our I town Is a better town. I may as well 1 aadd that this sort of thing Increases our property values. People like to live in the kind of town Kirk has helped to build. This sort of religion is really a very powerful thing. So In saying Hail to the new man, we say Farewell to the old . God be with you. Kirk, and bless you. Amen Statesville Landmark. Here's a Chance. Young men wanting to go to com panies of the North CarolIna National : Guard may do so by apply at the rr. s. Army Recruiting Station, Reidsville, N. C. ' The total number of men needed In the different organizations are as p-llows: 1st Regiment Infantry.. ....766 . 2nd Regiment Infantry ......968 : :?rd Regiment Infantry . .. . . .816 Troop A, Cavalry ... , .... 13 Troop B. Cavalry . , . . ...... 3 1st Ambulance Co. .. .. .... 8 Co. A. Engineers .. .. ...... 86 Co. B Engineers 94 J Tctal needed to bring the North State troops to stand ard .... .... ............ 2759 Total No. now on the border from North Carolina, 2,165 This rather look like our boys will not be home for Christmas dinner, The Carolina boys "are tacking up all right with the regulars and the rest of the National Guard." Life at FI Paso is not without its diversions and the soldier boys" manage to get some enjoyment along with the stren uous exactions of camp life. They have settled down to the prospect of a "box Christmas," and do not expect t fare so badly as perhaps might be imagined. The two cavalry troops from this State have been assigned to cctive border duty. Troop B has been sent to Ysletta. Texas, and Troop A to Anapra, New Mexico. The stay at the border is giving them the military training they had been hoping for and they will return home thoroughbreds from the standpoint of the soldier.
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