PAGE TWO
THE REVIEW: REIPSYrfJjft. N. C.
FRIDAY, JAN. 5TH. 1917"
PLAN THAT IS PROPOSED
FOR BUNCOMBE COUNTY
The Review has referred before to
the agitation In Buncombe for a
system of county government akin to
that of the commission plan for cit
ies. This is in line with a movement
that has met with considerable suc
cess in some States. It is based on
the theory that there is Just as much
need of wholo-time officers to conduct
county as city affairs and that tho
: best results can only be secured when
the most businesslike system possi
ble is in force.
The following extracts from the
text of the proposed bill, which will
probably be presented at the present
tesslon of the General Assembly, give
its principal features: j
Section 1. That from and after tho
first Monday in December, 1918, tho
board of commiHsioners of Buncombe
county shall consist of three mem
bers; the said three members shall be
elected at the Keneral election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1918.
Section 2. One of the members of
said board shall be designated and
known as "chairman and commission
er of finance"; another shall be des
ignated and known as "commissioner
Of public roads" and the third member
Of said board shall be designated and
known as "commissioner of public
Works".
Section 3. The chairman fni com
missioner of finance sjiall, in addition
to the other duties required of him,
bave under his direct supervision the
finances of the county,, all public
buildings and institutions of the
county. He shall investigate all
claims against the county, and thor
cughly lnvestivate the circumstances
and conditions of the indigent poor
cl the county, and report the same to
the full board. He shall be the pur
chasing agent of the county, and shall
with the approval of the other mem
bers of the board, buy and purchase
all supplies, machinery, implements
end equipment required and used by
the county.
8ection 4. The commissioner of
public roads shall have under his di
rect supervision, control and manage
ment all of the public roads and
bridges of the county. He shall be.
in effect,' the superintendent of the
public road system of the county. It
shall be his duty to see that all public
reads and bridges are kept in good
condition and repair and are properly
maintained. He shall have direct su
pervision of the county road supervis
es, or overseers, and see that they
jrcperly perform their duties.
Section 6. The commiisloner of
public works shall have under his di
rect control, charge and keeping all
convicts of the county who are re
quired to work on the public roads.
He shall be, in effect.tho superintend
ent of the convict camps, or convict
gangs . He shall give said convicts
end convict camps his personal su
pervision and attention. He shall
cause -all convicts to be properly i
housed, cared for clothed and fed.
He shall require said convicts to do
rr.d perform proper and consistent
work on the 'public roads and bridges
of the county. He shall have under
bis direct supervision the guards and
ether employes necessary to safely
restrain and keep said convicts and
recessary to require them to do suit
able and proper work on the said
public roads and bridges. .
Section 7. The said commission
ers shall devote their entire time to
performing the duties o their respec
tive offices. They shall render faith
ful and efficient service. The chair
man shall, as far as practicable, main
tain fixed office hours in the court
t'ouse, so that he may be at all times
accessible and available for the trans
action of public business.
Section 9. The names of candi
dates for chairman and commissioner
of finance, for commissioner of public
roads, and commissioner of public
works shall appear separately on the
tallots to be voted at the general elec
tion, so that each voter may express
bis choice for each of the respective
positions; that is to say, each voter
ahall vote for a chairman and com
missioner of finance, for a commis
sioner of public roads, and a commis
sioner of public works.
Section 10. The chairman and
commissioner of finance shall receive'
a salary of twenty-flve hundred dol
lars per year; the commissioner of
public oads and the commissioner of
public works shall each receive a sal
ary of two thousand per year, payable
monthly.
If the commission form as apykwt
to counties proves as successful as it
has for cities tho time Is probably
not tar distant when various coun
ties all over the country will be op
erating under this plan. The experi
ence of Buncombe will be watched
with particular Interest and, if the
ytem works as well as Its advocates
think it will, various other North
Carolina counties will doubtless adopt
the plan of employia commissioners
to devote their entire time to publlo
f -TL . Children love m
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because theij taste so flood- sliahtly ,
i nveeteried to satisfy youngsters' palates.
I Ctownups like them Decause they not r
f only taste good but are nour- f-
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NATIONAL
5c & 10c BISCUIT
Parage COM PAN Y
THE SAND SPOILED NORTH
CAROLINIANS' CHRISTMAS
affairs.
Are Your Sewers Clogged?
The bowels are the sewerage sys
tem of the body. You can well
nmgln the result when they are
r topped up as Is the case in constipa
I .'on. As a purgative you will find
Chamberlain's Tablets excellent.
The? are mild and fentle In their ao
ron. They also Improve the dl-ee-
A. L. Fletcher writes the Raleigh
News and Observer from El 1'aso as
follows:
Christmas is gone, thank goodness!
It Was the most miserable season
fny one ever jpent anywhere. Sev
eral things combined to make it so.
First, there was the consciousness
that we were thousands of miles from
borne. Second, our mail facilities
l.rre are poor at best and under the
heavy traffic of the Christmas season
broke down completely. We have
not had mail from home for three
days not even a newspaper. Third,
the weather was terrible, About
eight o'clock on Christmas morning
the wind started and in two hours was
blowing a gale. Dust, sand, sticks,
pebbles, bits of paper and all debris
of various sorts filled the air all day
long.
Sc res of officers and men have re
quested this correspondent to tell the
folks at home Just what sort of ex
perience we went through on Christ
mas Day. His answer in every case
has been "What's ttie use?" If a
man possessed the vocabulary to set
forth in all its horrors the experience
of Chlstmiis Day, the folks back in
North Carolina would not billeve him.
They: have never experienced any
thing in all their lives even remotely
resembling a Texas sandstorm, and
how are you going to describe to peo
ple an experience they have never
had and for which they have no un
derstandable terms? To use a classic
North Carolina phrase, "it can't be
did". ,-
Tents went down In all parts of the
brigade and many of them were burn
ed. Along the, road between the
camp and town was a line of wrecked
jitney cars. The wind In some cases
had been so violent that It literally
shoved these cars oft the "road. In
other cases, blinded drivers lost con
trol of their cars and butted into
other cars.
The headquaters bunch pulled
through the day In pretty fair shape.
They congregated in the new brigade
headquarters office which lacks a
trreat .deal, of being dust-proof but
which Is far aheal of any other struc
ture In this part of the camp and
they did what they could to make
the best of a bad situation. They
sang all of the Christmas songs they
knew and General Young told stories.
laughed and Joked for hours on a
stretch, Just to keep the boys In
cheerful frame of mind.
The dust was so dense at times
that you could not see ten feet in
front of you, even with the protection
cf goggles. Standing in the rear win
dow of the office there were times
when you could not see the officers
tents less than six feet away from
you. Those conditions did not exist
for Just a few mTnutes. It was an
an day storm. There were times
when the dust was bo heavy that It
darkened the sun,
Big Christmas dinners had been
prepared in every mess hall and the
boys ate them in spite of the dust.
mere were times In some of the
mess halls when the men at one table
could not see those at the other ta
ble across the hall. They stood it
ell with wonderful good nature and
Joked about the quantity of adobs
mud they -were consuming, its fiivor
and general texture, washed their
muddy turkey down with muddy cof
fee, and never grumbled a grumble.
These Tar Heel boys are the right
sort of stuff.
FIFTY-FOUR PERSONS WERE
LYNCHED THE PAST YEAR
A special from Tuskegee, Ala.,
says : Fifty-four persons were lynched
in the United States during 1916, ac
cording to records of Tuscogee Insti
tute here made public today. Fifty
of the victims were negroes and four
white persons and included in the
record are three negro women. Sixty
seven persons were lynched in 1915,
thirteen of whom were white men.'
In a statement presenting the re
port Robert R. Moton, president of
the institute, said:
"Fourteen, or more than one-fourth
of the total lynchings, occurred in
the State of Georgia. Of those put
to death, 42 or 77 per cent of the to
tal, Were charged with offenses' other
than assault. The charges for which
whites were lynched were murder,
three; suspected of cutting a wo
man, one Tthfs a Mexican.)
"The charges for which negroes
were put to death were: Attempted
pssault, nine; killing officers of the
law, ten; murder, seven; hog steal
ing and assisting another person to
escape, six; wounding officers of the
law, four; assault, three; insult, two.
For each of the following offenses
one person was put- to death: Slap
ping boy; robbing store; brushing
ugainst girl on street; assisting his
con, accused of assault, to escape; en
tering a house or robbery or some
other puprose; defending her son,
who in defense of his mother killed
a man; fatally wounding a man with
whom he had quarreled;" speaking
against mob In act of putting a man
to death, attacking a man and wire
with club.
'Lynchirtgs occurred 1n the follow
ing states : Alabama, one ; Arkansas,
four; Florida, eight; Georgia, four
teen; Kansas, one; Kentucky, two;
Louisana, two; Mississippi, one; Mis
our!, one; North Carolina, two; Ok
lahoma, four; Sbuth Carolina, two;
Tennessee, three; Texas, nine.
YOU CAN'T FIND ANY
DANDRUFF, AND HAIR
STOPS COMING OUT
Save Your Hair! Make it Thick,
Wavy, Glossy and Beautiful
at Once.
Try as you will, after an app.tca
tin of Danderine, you can not find a
single trace of dandruff or falling
hair and your scalp will not itch, but
what will please you most, will be
after a few weeks' use, when you see
new hair, fine and downy at first
yes but really new hair growing all
over the scalp.
A little Danderine immediately
doubles the beauty of your hair. No
difference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, Just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking one small
strand to a time. The effect 13 im
mediate and amazing your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy, and have
an appearance of abundance; an In
comparable lustre, softness and lux
uriance, the beauty and shimmer of
true hair health.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton'S
Danderine from any drug store or toil
et counter, and prove that your hair
Is as pretty and soft as any that It
has been neglected or injured by
careless treatment. A 25-cent bottle
will double the beauty of your hair.
Liaksville On a Boom.
The Thread Mills Company of
Leaksville; operated by the Marshall
Held Company of Chicago, are Just
beginning to spend three-quarters of
School Children Thrift Workers
Every school child in the United
States will be asked to Join an
"army of thrift workers" under the
guidance of the National Educational
Association and the American Socie
ty for Thrift, according to announce
ment made in New York this week.
"Each county superintendent in the
United States," the announcement
said, "Is today receiving an urgent
request from the National Educational
Association asking him to assume the
leadership and perfect the organiza
tion in his county.
'.Every child in the United States
Will be permitted not only to compete
for the cash prizes, aggregating more
than $1,000, which are being offered
for thrift essays, but the winner in
a million dollars in Leaksville. A J each county will be given a special
Eighty-Seven Yearg old
Hackache, sore muscle, stiff Joints,
dark puffs under eye and bladder
disorders are symptoms of diseased
kidneys. H. H. Adams. Springfield.
Mo., writes: "I had a very severe at
tach of kidney trouble. I am getting
old. eighty-seven. I tried different
treatments, but none did me so much
rood as Foley Kidney Pills. I con
sider it the best." Foley Kidney Pills
art tonic la action, and quick to give
rood results. Gardner Drug Co.
large bedspread mill, a knitting mill
and four warehouses are to bo built
and In addition to this about 150
houses for overseers and employees.
This Information was conveyed yes
terday by A. G. Pritchett, a local
architect, who has been commissioned
to lay out streets and boulevards on
stretch of 150 acres of land pur
chased Just beyond the Leaksville
corporation on the Southwest side.
The bedspread mill will be a vast
undertaking and will be a great
building, measuring 275 foet by 331'
feet. This will be built actually in
Leaksville on property acquired by
the company some timo ago. The
tour storage warehouses will be near
by and the knitting mill not far dis
tant. ,..-
The property bought Just outside of
the town for the purpose of building
residences for the overseers runs
along the Dan river and Is to be built
as a modem village. Instead of stak
ing out lots into squares, the con
tours of the land will be taken Into
consideration and the section built
up on a carefully prepared plan.. It
Is understood that the work has al
ready been started on the mill and
the laying out of streets in the resi
dential part has already been men
tioned in this paper. The mill will
cost nearly $200,000. it is asserted, to
erect, and added to this will be the
expensive machinery needed as equip
ment. Danville Register.
medal and will be invited to appear
on the program of the county insti
tute and read his prize winning essay."':;-.
. -;. '
EVER HAVE IT?
William II . Crocker, multi-millionaire
bamker of San Francisco, has
sued Internal Revenue Collector J. J.
Scott for a refund of $11,340 of in
come tax. This sum Crocker alleges
represents losses on bond and stocks
sustained by him which should bare
been considered is the fixing of the
mount of taxable Income.
If You Have, the Statement of This
Reidsville Citizen Will
Interest You.
Ever have a "low-down" pain in the
back?
In the "small," right over the hips
That's the home of backache.
If it's caused by weak kidneys,
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Reidsville people testify to their
worth. Read a case of itt
Mrs. J, P. Somers, 237 Llndsey
Street, Reidsville, says: "We are
never without Doan's Kidney Pills in
the house for there isn't anything
better for kidney disorders. I have
taken Doan's Kidney Pills on several
occasions for lame back. At times, I
have pains between my shoulder
blades and 1 feel all tired out. My
kidneys also become" sluggish in ac
tion. A few doses of Doan's Kidney
Pilils soon makes me feel like a differ
ent person. I have given this medi
cine to my children for kidney and
bladder trouble and it has always
brought relief."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
dimply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Somers had, Foster-Milbuhn
Co. Props s., Buffalo. N. Y.
Germany Making Many Guns.
Many thousand guns per week Is
reported to be the measure of the
mighty maulfacturing effort which
Germany is now making for the cam
paign of 1917 an, effort upon which
the entire manhood force of the na
tion which can be spared from the
front and their regular occupations is
oclng concentrated under First Quar
termaster Von Ludendof's universal
laoor service law.
Counting four months before the
probable renewal of the world war in
full vigor on all fronts, these figures
mean a new Immense supply of cafi
::on of all calibers from field guns up
to the gigantic howitzers to meet the
admittedly gigantic effort which the
entente allies are expected to make
In this the third year of Kitchener's
prophecy to turn the scale of the war.
Along with these guns the German
iactories are turning out correspond
ingly stupendous quantifies of am
munition, and the production of ma
chine guns, each of which virtually
replaces a platoon of men, has been '
placed on a scale far beyond that of
the past year.
Sensitive Throats
need careful treatment
from within more than
they need bundling wraps
(during changing seasons;
The pure cod liver oil in
snr$
is helping thousands to strengthen
the tender linings of their throats,
while at the same time it aids the
lungs and improves the
quality o! the blood.
Throat Specialists endorse
SC0TTS EMULSION-Trj It
6cott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J.
Ur-U
President Wilson Is urging on Con
rress the enactment of railroad legls
tfon designed to prevent strikes,
the programme having been hereto
fore outlined. If the measure Is not
put through, by March 4th an extra
session is probable.
Fred DeOrotte
Wholesale Bottler of
Coca-Cola
And Dealer in Fruits
We return thanks to our many friends
and patroi s f r past liberal patronage
and assure them we will strive harJcr
than ever before to merit a contineance
of their custom and to ret i in their con
fluence. Prompt service; and guaranteed satisfaction
on all goods handled by us will still be our
motto for 1917, which we hope to make the
banner year hfour business.
Wishing one and all a Prosperous New
Year, we are
Yours to Serve,
.
Fred DeGrotte
Bottler of Coca-Cola
SHOPPING!
is EASY at our store. So
many goods and useful
things to select from
We are showing the largest stock
of Druggets and Rugs ever shown
here. Prices are lower than the
mills are asking for the same
goods now.
We also have Furniture, China and Glassware
at prices much lower than you expect with the
advance on all other goods you buy. All we ask
is to come in and see for yourself.
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