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WADESBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1920.
VOL. XL. NO. SI
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BIGGEST COTTON CROP
, SINCE YEAR 1914.
12,987,000 Is Government's Final Fa-.
, timate -Million and a Half Bales
More Than Forecast ' From Condi
tion Late in June.
Washington, Dec. 13. The cotton
crop, which began the season in the
worst condition in 50 years, has turn
ed out to be the biggest crop since
1914, with a production of 12,987,000
bales, according to final estimates an
. nounced today by the department of
agriculture.
The lateness of winter, the depart
ment said, has helped to increase the
size of the crop by permitting the
plant, which was late in getting start
ed, to mature.
, , The price of cotton paid to produc-
ers December 1 was announced as 14
, cents a pound, the lowest for that date
since 1915. '
The final production estimate is 1,
500,000 bales more than forecast from
the condition of the crop late in June.
Vast improvement was shown as the
season progressed and the August
condition brought a forecast of 12,-
783,000 bales. That was reduce by t"
September condition to 12,i.?M,QC0
tales.
' In Texas and South Carolina the
crop is very large, closely approach
- ing the record. Oklahoma's crop is
a record one, as is that of Arkansas.
, Production in California and Arkan
sas has about doubled the production
of any previous year. 1
Production last year was 11,420,763
bales of 500 pounds gross weight, in
1918 it was 12,040,532 bales and in
,: 1917 it was 11,302,375 bales. In com-
puting gross weight bales allowance
is made for 478.3 pounds of lint and
21.7 pounds of bagging and ties.
Production this year by states in
500-pound bales follows:
North Carolina, 840,000; South Car
olina, 1,630,000; Georgia, 1,400,000;
Florida. 18,000; Alabama, 660.000;
i Mississippi, 885,000; Louisiana, 380,
;' 000; Texas, 4,200,000; Arkansas, 1,
160.000; Tennessee, 310,000; Missouri,
85,000; Oklahoma,' 1,300,000; Califor
nia, 150,000; Arizona, 110,000. All
ther states 15,000.
The average weight per running
bale this year is estimnted at 506.4
" pounds, gross compared with 504.2
pounds last year.
The price of lint cotton paid to pro
ducers on December 1 was 14 cents
r per pound, compared with 35.6 cents a
year ago. .
NSON YOUNG MAN TELLS
(V Arthur Henry, 26. spent Monday
night and Tuesday shut up in an auto
. on the rear seat, while twd men wear
ing uniforms and carrying pistols and
rum, were on the front seat, accord
ing' to Henry's story. ,. ,
The young man says he was picked
up near his home, three miles from
Wadesboro. when he saw a leveled re--T
volver, and a deep voice saying, "Git
in here." , . ,
I could do nothing else," said Hen
dry, being unarmed.
The Anson county farmer stated
that his coat, hat and shoes were tak
en, also all his money, and that the
two men in an Oldsmobile, spent the
night making the trip from Wades
boro to Marshville. Tuesdav they ar
rived at the new steel bridge of the
Southern Railway, eleven miles from
Charlotte, at Belmont. ;
. "I got away from them there,' said
Henry; "if they hadn't been drinking
I cannot say that even then I could,
have escaped. They had all the cur
tains buckled down, and had their re
volvers and their rum handy. There
was no chance for me to make a break
1 for liberty." . ,
After getting out of the car near
Belmont, Henry walked toward Mount
Holly, following the course of the riv
er statin c Tuesday nieht that he did
not know where he was. At 7:30
- "o'clock Tuesday night he saw a Hos
kins car, four miles west of the city,
and the motorman and conductor, af
' ter hearing his story- brought him to
Charlotte. ,. ; , .
Henry went to police headquarters
to report the affair. He was fed, and
given a cap and shoes. The shoes felt
comfortable after Henry's nine-mile
; tramp in his stocking feet.
: Later he said he had a relative, Je
rome Gaddy. night boss m a North
Charlotte cotton mill. Rev. . y.
Oarson was telephoned and went after
Mr. Gaddy, who said he had such a
V ' COUSin; OUfc ueuevcu
r'T; Wadesboro. , , .,
-Send him to tne ena oi tne n
Charlotte car'line on the 11:15 oclock
car. and I will be there to meet him,
said Mr. Gaddy, "and if I can get the
family up early enough, Henry win
get back home, leaving here on the 5
o'clock train."
Arthur Henry was put aboard tne
car, and is, now presumed to be in
Wadesboro. He named a number oi
people in that town whom he said he
Henry gave a description of the two
; ' men who he claims, abducted him at
! : the point of a pistol.- The investiga
' tion is in the hands of the county au
' thorities. . '-" . '
V - Later. '
: Mr. D. V. Mauney went to Charlotte
yesterday and returned with - Henry
1 .- last night. It appears that the young
man -went to Charlotte with some
strangers, and, that is as far as there
V is any corroboration of his story of
being robbed. The M. & I.' ; v
EKOWN CREEK CHURCH NOTES
There will be an important meeting
of the board of deacons next Saturday
December 18. at 10 A. M. All deacons
are requested to attend, and as many
- r-ombers of the church as can convene
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1 JUDGE ASSAILS GAS-
i , TON B. MEANS.
Declares Purported Second King Will
a Forgery Fight to Probate Alleg
ed Last Will of Mrs. Maude King's
Husband Is Lost.
Chicago. Dec. 10. The fight to
probate an alleged second will of the
late James C. King, millionaire lum
berman, who died November 1, 1905.
failed again today when Judge Jesse
Baldwin in circuit court sustained the
decision of the probate court that the
purported last will is a forgery
A will probated shortly after Mr.
King's death, and now upheld, leaves
the estate of between $3,000,000 ' and
$5,000,000 to found a home for aged
men. The latest attempt to estab
lish the validity of the alleged second
will was made in the name of Mrs.
Mary C. Melvin, sister of Mrs. Maude
King, who was shot . and killed at
Concord. N. C, August 29. 1917.
Gaston B. Mean3, of New York
and Concord, Mrs. King's business
manager, at whose home she "was vis
iting, was tried and acquitted on a
charge of murdering her.
Judge Baldwin, in his decision se
verely criticises Means' association
with the will case. "No fair con
sideration of this case," he said, "can
ignore the fact that Gaston B. Means
is shown to be the controlling- and
dominating spirit in the attempt to
establish this will. Indeed, the con
clusion is irresistible that Mrs. King
and Mrs. Melvin were singularly un
der his influences and were largely
dominated by his personality and in
flexible will.".
Means claimed to have found the
second will- in August, 1915 although
it was not offered for probate until
July 17, 1917, about five weeks before
Mrs. King was killed, and nearly 12
years after Mr. King died.
Testimony in the will case brought
out, among other things, that Means
had worked for Captain Boyed as a
German agent prior to America's en
trance into the war. and that Means
had a contract with Mrs. King where
by he was to obtain at least $1,000,
000 if the alleged will was probated.
Mrs. Maud A. King married the
aged millionaire he was 73 at the
time in 1901,
Five days prior to that event he
had made the will which was pro
bated after his death. Shortly after
his marriage he added a codicil leav
ing $10,000 to his wife, while in an
ante-nuptial, agreement he gave her
$100,000 additional. Prior ; to his
death she also received stocks valued
at $250,000 - . -
6i JbiiLLS CAPTURED ;
IN LAST TWO YEARS
A few days agWin . reviewing his
first two years in" office. Sheriff 'Bras
well stated that frolh the first Mon
day in Dec., 1918, to last first Mon
day he and the other officers of the
county had captured at least 80 stills,
and probably a few more. 5V persons
have been indicted in the federal and
state courts, for distilling, sentence?
inflicted have totalled more than 10
years, and fines to the amount of
$1,150 have been paid. There are now
26 cases pending in the state and fed
eral courts.
This result has been made possible
by the interest and work of all the of
ficers of the county, and also by the
co-operation of law abiding citizens in
many portions of the county. How
ever zealous the officers may be, they
can not do much without the help of
the citizenship of the community. This
is illustrated by the fact that during
the last year many more stills have
been captured than was the case in the
nrevious year, which has been due to
the fact that the people have awak
ened to the menace of the . blind tiger
liquor, and wish to wipe it out.
- law the officers are entitled to
$20 for each still captured, but the
sheriff has not been making claims
I for makshif t affairs but only for good
stills. Hunting stills has been an ex
pense to him personally. However,
the county has received much more
value in fines and sentences than cap
turing the stills has cost it.
CROP VALUES DECREASED.
Washington, Dec. 15. The value of
the .country's important farm crops
this year is $9,148,519,000 compared
with $14,087,995000, their value last
year, the Department of Agriculture
announced Tuesday. Those values,
based on prices paid to farmers on De
cember 1, represent about 90 per cent
of the value of all farm crops.
AUSTRIA ADMITTED.
Austria has been admitted to the
league of nations by a practically
unanimous vote. This is the first ene
my nation to be admitted, though it is
expected that Bulgaria will be admit
ted soon.
, Sugar, which, some time ago. was
selling at 30 cents, is now down to 5
cents temporarily. , Yesterday one of
the dry goods firms in Wadesboro got
out circulars offering sugar at 7 1-2
cents.. Today another dry. goods firm
is offering it at 5 cents and one of the
(rroceries is advertising that they will
deliver it. Read The M, & I. for bar
gains in other lines, r
Clerk of the Court Boggan has re
ceived the state pension warrants for
Confederate veterans and widows.
Those entitled to the warrants are re
quested to call and get thenu
Each page of The M. & I. has an
nouncements of very much reduced
prices by the merchants of Wadesboro
and other towns of the county. Read
them all carefully.
The' minutes of the Anson Baptist
Association are ready. Please call at
MiyFi C. Allen's store and get yours.
Don't forgfet to buy some Red Cross
Christinas ceals. , '
PART OF CORK BURNED '
Heavy Losses in Irish City Confla
gration Follows Ambush of Soldiers
I Dublin. Dec. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Several large sections
of Cork were devastated bv fire Sat
urday night and today. The confla
gration followed the shooting from
ambush of a military party Satur
day. On the south bank of the river Lee
the Carnegie library, the corn ex
change and other buildine-s were razed
I by fire, while in the territory between
the northern and southern branches
of the river much havoc was wrought
by flames in the business section.
Late this evening it was reported
that the fire was under control, but it
was said that the damage done by the
flames was estimated at between $10,
000.000 and 15.000,000 dollars.
The conflagration followed an am
bush of the military at Pillons Cross
Saturday night in which four per
sons were killed and many wounded.
Three civilians were taken from
their houses and shot dead after the
ambush of the military. Then the
fires started. There were bomb ex
plosions and firing also was heard.
The populace is panic stricken. The
municipal buildings, the Carnegie li
brary and the corn exchange, which
cover a large area, have been con
sumed by the flames, which are so
hot at places that passing tram cars
have been set on fire.
It is reported that the . fire hose
was cut, rendering useless the efforts
of the firemen. Two acres soon be
came a furnace. The front walls of
houses were blown out with bombs.
Several blocks of buildings in the
heart of the business district of Cork
were destroyed by fire during the
night, constituting the costliest de
struction of property since the repri
sals began in Ireland.
A group cf nublic buildings on Al
bert Quay, including the city hall,
the Carnegie library and a portion of
the corn exchange, also were burned
as well as private residences in vari
ous parts of the city.
Early estimates place the damage
at between 2,000,000 and 3.000.000
pounds sterling.
The fires extended to St. Patrick's
street from Cork street to Maylor
street and swept entire rows of build
ings on both sides of Winthrop St. '
It was reported from Cork yester
day afternoon that newly arrived par
ties of auxiliary cadets marched
through the streets holding up. and
searching pedestrians and. firing into
the air following flip amhuih of b"x;1
iuries vviUiin hai a mile of - the bar
racks, 12 of them being wounded by a
bomb thrown from a lorry.
TO REVIVE THE WAR
FINANCE CORPORATION.
The Senate.on Monday passed a res
olution directing the revival of the
war finance corporation as a measure
affording relief to the farmers. The
resolution now goes to the House,
where it probably will be passed.
It is expected that if the war fi
nance corporation is revived it will
assist in financing exports of crops to
Europe, and it is hoped that it will be
of great value to the farmers.
LAND TRANSFERS ,
The following real estate deeds
have been registered since The M. &
I.'s last report:
J. T. O'Neal and wife to E. E.
O'Neal; Polkton lot; $100.
H. J. Wall to G. C. Berry; 66 acres
in Lilesville township; $8,250.
S. M. Gaddy and wife to J. G. Gad
dy; one acre in Morven township; $90.
M. H. McLean and wife to E. C.
Griggs, Admr.; house and lot on Cam
den road; $15,000.
J. R. Williams and wife and M. D.
Williams to James Price; 43 1-2 acres
in Lilesville township; $700 and oth
er considerations.
FIDDLER'S CONVENTION
There will be a fiddlers' convention
at Polkton on Tuesday night Decem
ber the 28th. Music on the violin and
Italian harp and sundry foot-patting
melodies by famous old style fiddlers.
The money raised will be used to help
pay for the seats in the auditorium of
the school building. Admission-.
Adults 25 cents; children 10 years of
age and under i5 cents. Let every
body come and have a jolly old time.
A. prize will be given to the best fid
dler. :,.;-..;
HORACE E. DODGE DIES
AT PALM BEACH, FLA.
Palm Beach, Fla. Dec. 10. Hor
ace E. Dodge, millionaire automobile
manufacturer, died at his winter home
here tonight. ,
Mr. Dodge and his brother began
manufactui-ing the Dodge automobile
about eight years ago. His brother
died last winter in New York.
Colored Teacher Was In Trouble and
Renders Thanks for Support. :
A few weeks ago there was started
in colored public school circles a pro
ceeding which might be ' ; termed a
"secret" investigation of my moral
character. Among those who knew
me, and readily gave their endorse
ment for me, were patrons of schools,
teachers and principals, farmers and
merchants, lawyers and doctors, and
banHers, and in short some of the best
men of both races. This shows the
tendency of the better class of white
people to protect the colored man in
the right. I wish to thank those gen
tlemen for their endorsement, and to
assure them that I shall endeavor to
continue a life that will be worthy of
their signatures.
E. L. SMITH.
Public School Teacher.
The Mi & I. does good Job Printing.
Bring us your next order.
DISARMAMENT TO BE SLOW.
Sentiment Must Be Worked Up for
Nations Laying Aside Their Arms.
Geneva, Dec. 11 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) That disarmament of
the world must be a slow and gradual
process is the decision reached by
the league of nations assembly com
mission which has been deliberating
on the ouestion more than three
weeks. The opinions of leading mem
bers of the commission are that
neither the political situation nor
public opinion is yet ready for full
realization of that object.
In fact, even beginning the reduc
tion of armaments is not considered
possible by the commission at the
present time. Accordingly, the pro
gram which will be presented to the
assembly is to proceed in three stages.
The first involves' an agreement be
tween the powers to make no further
increase in armament. The second will
provide for a gradual reduction on a
basis which will be laid down by the
armament commission of the council
of the league. The third will provide
for general and complete disarma
ment when it may be found that the
situation permits it.
Viscount Ishii has improved the oc
casion to give notice that Japan can
not reduce her armament so long as
the Unite'd States increases hers. One
conspicuous fact to date it the neces
sity of propaganda to prepare the
world for a radical solution of the
question.
The covenant of the league again
gave rise to a long and confused de
bate in the assembly this afternoon.
The question was how to choose the
four elected members of the council.
The committee, which decided the
most important point by onlv one ma
iority after a long and difficult dis
cussion, proposed that the terms of
these members be limited to two years
and that members shall be eligible for
re-election for two years more, then
in-eligible for re-election during the
succeeding four years. This vision
is intended to facilitate access to
the council of all members of the
league. Another provision, which
was more stoutlv contested, appor
tioned the members among the dif
ferent continents, Europe and the
Americas getting three and Asia one.
This provision is held to be contrary
to the covenant, which provides that
the assembly shall "freely" choose the
members of the council, while rnpor
tionment would tie the hands of the
next assembly.
. - 2,Ui.iE MARRIAGES. "
From December 1, 1919, to Decem
ber 1, 1920, there were 340 marriage
licenses issued by Register of Deeds
Crowder. Of this number 120 were to
white couples and 220 to colored cou
ples. This was a considerable increase
over the previous year, when 283 licenses-
were issued. The licenses is
sued to colored people always consid
erably exceed those issued to whites.
WALLTOWN NEWS.
Dr. Boyer P. E.. will occupy the
pulpit in the Methodist church next
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at
close of service will hold the first
quarterly conference. It is desired
that every church be represented.
Messrs. Hill Clark and James
Mays have been awarded the contract
to build a huge flat for the Blewett
Falls Ferry Co. The , company will
run two flats one by electricity, the
other by gasoline engine.
Mrs. Kemp P. Battle of Red Swings
who has been visiting her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lucy Wall spent Sunday
with Mrs. B. L. Wall.
Mrs. John Spencer who 6pent sev
eral days with her mother Mrs. John
Missemore of Wadesboro has return
ed home. .
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watkins of Al
bemarle are visiting Mrs. Watkins'
sisters. Misses Belle and Flora Spen
cer and other relatives,
Mr. John A. McAlister eDent Sun
day with his daughter Mrs. R. B.
Redwine.
ANSONVILLE CIRCUIT.
Services next Sunday at Confwd at
11 A. M. and at Cedar Hill at 3 P. M.
We are getting started off very well
for the new conference year aii'l it is
hoped that this will keep up. We are
working for, praying for and expect
ing a better year in our churches, in
every way and if each and every mem
ber will do his or her part we -will not
be disappointed. I hope to see everv
member, not providentiallv hindere:l.
at our regular services. Winter is bad
weather on Sunday schools so 'evorv
bedy will need to make extra effoit to
attend or the attendance will run
down. Come. A.R. BELL.
The Monroe Enquirer's story about
a Charlotte citizen who got stuck in
the mud near Wingate a shore time
ago and spent the night with a good
man in that neighborhood and then
drove on the next morning without ev
en thanking the man witl whom he
spent the night for his kindness brings
to light another story very much like
unto the one told by " The Enquirer,
The story is told by Mr. James Cau
dle, who lives near Peachland, and the
ingrate in this instance is a Monroe
citizen. Mr. Caudle says the gentle
man ( ? ) under discussion stalled near
his residence about 1:30 one Sunday
rrght. He went to Mr. Caudle's place
of abode and awoke him and his fam
ily. The lady members of the automo
bile party were taken into the home
and cared for ... until Mr. Caudle and
the man who ' owned the automobile
succeeded in prizing the car out of the
mud. It was then about 3:30 A. M.
Mr. Caudle then sold him what gaso
line he had and the man gave him a
check for the gas and his trouble, but,
lo and behold, the check proved to be
worthless. Harshville Home.
TIMELY FARM NOTES.
(By J. W. Cameron, County Agent.)
Farmers Keep Farm Accounts.
Farmers interested in keeping farm
accounts next year can secure a very
valuable book which was gotten up
for the purpose bv the bureau of farm
management, U. S. department of ag
riculture, at the county agent's office.
As a general thing, farmers are en
tirely too careless about keenine-
-farm accounts, and if farming was
r.oi one oi tno best lines of work, we
would have a! been "broke" before
the fall of liii'O, when almost every
body is "broke".
Live Stock Meeting at Salisbury.
The live stock meeting held at Sal
isbury last week, although the crowds
were not so large, on account of the
wet weather and slick roads, , wero
very interesting. There were ; some
splendid talks made by noted livestock
men from different sections of the
country.
There was a large display of good
poultry, a total of 1,500 birds.
Dr. Tait Butler stated in his talk
that the reason so many farmers be
came discouraged and failed to make
a success of growing livestock in the
south was because we so often would
secure the livestock before we prepar
ed good permanent pastures and grew
plenty of feed for them. He stated
that we could grow and were growing
some livestock in the south as good as
there was in the country, and they
could be grown cheaper in the south,
as we had such a long growing season.
Dr. Butler stated that he had never
seen a man make a profit in growing
or wintering cattle in reed patches
and swamps.
Dr. E. V. McCullum. of John Hop
kins University, stressed the impor
tance of using more milk in the hum
an diet. He is one of our best author
ities on this subject. Comparatively
few people realize the importance of
using a sufficient amount of milk. We
give entirely too little thought to the
family cow, and if she does her best,
she should be fed a balanced ration,
Our dairy specialist recommends the
following as a grain ration: 1-3 cotton
seed, 1-3 corn and cob meal,, 1-3 bran
or mill feed. 1 lb. to every 3 lbs. of
milk received with a sufficient amount
of roughage.
Farmers have your cotton graded,
if it has not already been graded. Mr.
J. I, Johnson, the state and federal
cotton' r-T. ?pr hi"? already graded ov-
, farmers of An
SOI1COU...J, It is graded free and it
should be. some satisfaction to a man
to know what he has for sale, and the
buyers also like to know what they
are buying.
The M. & I. is printing, in this is
sue ,a splendid article written by T- J.
W. Broom, of Union county, and I
hope every farmer will read the same,
as he gives some splendid suggestions.
Every farmer may not be able to fol
low the suggestions made in full, but
when every farmer grows nis iooa ana
feed supplies and a legume crop and
livestock of some kind to consume the
surplus and what cotton he can, we
will see our farmers in a better posi
tion to withstand adversities.
, MR. A. L. GARRISON
Abbiville, S. C, Press and Banner.
Dec. 6. 1920. -Death called Absalom
Leonidas Garrison this morning while
he slept. He passed away quietly and
evidently without pain and suffering.
Mr. Garrison has not been in the best
of health since about a year ago, but
the past few weeks he has seemed to
be in better health, and he was feling
better until about a week ago when he
suffered an attack of acute ii. digestion.
He seemed to rally from this attack
and while he had not been out his phy
sician and friends were not anxious
about him, as there was nothing in
his condition to cause alarm. His
death which came early this morning
was therefore not expected and it caus
ed profound sorrow in the city where
Mr. Garrison had so many friends.
Mr. Garrison was born at Burling
ton, N. C, sixty years ago. He was a
son of Joseph and Rachel Garrisortv Aa
a young man he turned to the calling
of a locomotive engineer. , Serving
first as fireman and then as engineer
on the Carolina Central, Mr. Garrison
about 1882 was assigned to duties on
the Georgia Carolina and Northern
Railway, now the Seaboard Air Line.
He ran the engine which placed the
rails from Monroe, N. C. to Chester,
and was the first engineer to bring a
train into Abbeville. All hfsTTffe since
that time he has given to this railroad.
And a conscientious and faithful
worker for those whom he served he
always proved himself to be.
In 1885 Mr. Garrison was married
to Miss Henrietta Gray, of North
Carolina. For the last twenty-five
years Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have
made their home in Abbeville, and
here they have made many friends.
Mrs. Garrison survives her husband.
They have no children. , The deceased
is also survived by his brother, Mr.
John P. Garrison, of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence of Mrs. Minshall this
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. A. J.
Derbyshire of the Episcopal Church,
of which Mr. Garrison had been a
member for a great number of years.
Tonight the body will be taken over
the Seaboard to Peachland, N. C,
where it will be laid to rest in the
cemetery with Mrs. Garrison's people.
A number of friends will accompany
the body to is last resting place.
And thus passes , a quiet unassum
ing gentleman.
STRAYED OR STOLEN Last
week, black and white spotted bird
dog, answers to name, : "Spot, No
tify J. A. Maner and receive reward, c
BROADAWAY AND
HENDLEY REPRIEVED
Mood and Joh Turner Now Serr
jng Sentences Imposed for Distill
ing Appeals if All These Dismiss
ed by Supreme Court
At the last term of criminal eoart
Clayton Broadaway. Steve Hendley.
John and Mood Turner were sentenced
to the chaingang for varying periods,
all of them havins: been convicted of
distilling. They all appealed, but the
supreme court recently dismissed
their appeals.
The two Turners began serving
their sentences several days ago, bet
Robinson, Caudle &. Pruttte, attor
neys for Broadaway and Hendley.
have asked Governor Bickett to
change their road, sentences to fines.
Pencrinjr hearing of this application,
the Gov. has reprieved Broadaway
and Hendley until January 3rd. and
they are etill out on bond. It i3 under
stood that in case Broadaway's sen
tence is changed to a fine he will agree
to leave this part of the country. A
petition asking that the sentences of
these two men be changed to fines was.
largely signed.
POSTAL DEFICIT IS JI7.27M82
Second Largest in the History of ther
Service Postmaster G e n e ra t
Charges Congress With Direct Re
sponsibility for Defict.
Washington, Dec. 12. Operation of
the United States postal service for
the fiscal year 1920 resulted in a de
fict of $17,270,482 the second largest
in the history of the service Post
master General Burleson shows in his
annual report today to the iTesidrt.
in which expenditures of the postoffke
department are 'placed at $454,222.
609 and revenues at $437,150,212. The
postmaster general charges Congress
with direct responsibility for the de
ficit, explaining that the expendkuie
including approximately $33,206,60' I
paid as a war bonus to postal rm -ployes
and stating that but for this
there would have been a surplus or
$18,427,817, Mr. Burleson says he
declined to approve the bonus actions
of the legislative department, addinyr
that he had offered suggestions of an.-
other plan for compensating the em
ployes which would have served the
purpose without at the same time giv
ing a blanket .increase in pay to
"thousands who were already amply
compensated. .
"For reasons that can be readily
understo-s," he continues," th .kf
islativ.' department rejected these
suggestions made by the postmaster -general
and hence is directly respon
sible for, the deficit which inevitably
followed the indefensible action.
"The postmaster general feels con
strained to point out that if a prompt
halt is not called and such a policy is
persisted Jn, there will be a deficiency
for the next fiscal year of approxi
mately $36,000,000 and the postal es
tablishment will cease to be self-supporting,
as it should be, and will be
come a constant increasing burden
upon the general treasury."
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COMMUNITY PICTURES.
Mrs. Chas. E. Ader, director of
community service for the county an
nounces that she will stage a regular" -community
meeting in the court:
house,; Saturday night for the special ,
benefit of the people of the city. Mrs..
Adcr is anxious to show the people of
the town just what 13 beinsr-- done in;
the country districts along the line of
community service, and feels this is
the best way to demonstrate her work.
The program Saturday ' night will
consist of six reel3 of moving pic
tures, three reels of which, are en
titled "Come Clean" and are consid
ered one of the strongest health pic
tures ever sent out by the state. Mrs.
Ader states there is nothing dry or
monotonous about "Come Clean", but
that it is an absorbing story of a
young man, a soldier who had been re
jected for service on account of bad
tseth. He has hi3 trouble removed,
ioins the service, and demonstrates to
the satisfaction of every one that it
pays to "Come ' Clean" especially
when faced with a 'difficult task.
The other three reels are a western
romance, featuring Wallace Reid;
"The Magic Wand" with an interest
ing child actress, and ai Mutt and
Jeff animated cartoon. All of these are
up to the standard.
In addition to the picture. Miss EI- .
eanor Horton and Dr. William Gray,
two of the city's best known artists,,
will take a prominent part in the pro
gram. Miss Horton will give several
l-eadings, and Dr. Gray, in addition to
his readings will give impersonations
of Billy Sunday, Baxter McLendon
and perhaps other well known charac
ters. The program will close with a
little playlet by some of the city's lit
tle men and women. The meeting
will start at 7:30 P. M.; and the regu
lar admission of ten cents will be
charged all above six years of age.
KITCHIN IN POOR HEALTH
Claude Kitchin. dean of the North
Carolina members in the House of
Representatives, and probably the
most influential Democrat w the
House, has announced that he will re
sum his place on the ways and means
committee, the big committee of the
House. He suffered a stroke of paral
ysis some time ago. and his health is
not equal to the work he would have to
do -on that committee.. He will re
main in Congress.
MILLSUSE LESS COTTON,
Mills of the country consumed 213,
990 bales of cotton in November, com
pared with 280,439 bales in October.
In November. 1919 373,000 bales were
consumed. There is also much more
eotton on hand in consuming estab
lishments and warehouses than tnere
was last year.