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North Carolina. Is Remarkable State Thinks Roger Babson, Businesss Expert Ttaleigb.--d‘From almost any n vdc you look at it, North Caro lina is a very remarkable state,” declared Finger Babson, econo mist, who Thursday night address ed an audience of 750 persons from this and other states at the annual dinner of the chamber of com merce. r.Ir. ltabson, asked for his views on North Carolina, pointed r.v that among the Southern states i t making strides -forward in its ei-onomic rind business progress hi eh e nothing short of as tounding.” "In too matter of location, cli ir te and physical features, North olirui is especially fortunate,” r ntiniicd Mr, Babson. “You have i: any' features in vour surround . which'' appeals to the seekers ; reiasadun, rest and recnp i hi n. Your piedmont region is i.f the most noted playground • : jm'of-'the whole country. The ru n who are interested in devei <*■ i g your state as a vacation cen ! ..•<■ arc ."Trying on the work in an approved manner. Although per haps getting less front tjige hot •hrkiy than some other devclc.p a nt > (t they are doing the job • -ternat; d!y and the growth 'is is toady. TT.cre i' also a factor in you;- climate wh| h with other ad ■ ii.nta;,vs' it attracting the cotton t. cilc manufacturers to establish th:\lr milk. in your state. Industry Moving.South "1 havo always been familiar v • u t! -■ fact that the cotton mitls a - moving couth but 1 didn t i' to v. hat extent the North i ■ and especially New 'llhgland were losing this line of ' iud'.t.ifrv. In 1890 11 per cent of ■the ret* e spindles in . the country v. re located in the South, in 1910 this proportion had increased to J7 per cent. In 3925 tin Southern .••••- were operating 49 per cent <.f the' ;;pindle3. Those figures, ! vvv(-ye>*, do not tell the whole ■ i y as regard's the location of ■ 1. c-dton' industry and it.-- growth in. 3 he South, in 1890 the Southern rails consul;-:-d 21 per cent of the . •:vl consiuy olion of cotton in this ■ am try. By 1910 this item had in : 'Cd to 48 per cent and in 1923 ■ . do per cent. This all means that ‘"■a S uthe’-n mills arc bush r than t’r<-' North or - ones even’ allowing y .11 v fact that the class of goons ■ t reduce- require more cotton 3 r yard than is the case in New i.’ -'land. ‘ The four states in the South which are getting the bulk of this dess arc North Carolina, South t olina, Georgia and Alabama. Since 1913 tin number of spindles hi your States Ties increased 68 ti.-f cent; in South Carolina, your nearest competitor. 20 per cent; in Georgia, 48 per cent, and in Alf i - 37 per ,’t. You are not i :-;y -operating more spindles than a; other Southern state hut you consuming more cotton than ‘ther state in the country. To Fore In Manufacturing “In general manufacturing North' Carolina is maintaining an enviable position. Between 1914 and 1923, which is the latest year for wh;-:-h we have figures, the number of wage earners in North Carolina increased 27 per cent or faster than rny other Southern state except Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The total amount of wages in ci. asr.d 177 per cent, or a greater .percentage increase than in any tuber State excepting Alabama and Tennessee. The value added by manufacture in North Carolina in creased 265 per cent or more than any other Southern state. The state which conies nearest to North Carolina’s record is Alabama, with an increase of 206 per cent in value added by manufacture. “Even with all this great in- j crease in manufacturing establish ments, agriculture in North Caro-1 Una is not being neglected. In 1925 the total value of crops in North Carolina were $818,661,000, which entitled the state to rank as the ninth state. The North Carolina fanners arc* learning the import ance of Sversilied crops. Your state is one of the leaders in the production of sweet potatoes, pea nuts, tobacco and cotton. Although your cotton crop is an important item, you have not increased the production of cotton since 1916 as , have some of the other states. This one item means quite a little to your state when cotton is a drug on the market. “The financial standing of your citizens as revealed by the returns made to the Federal tax agents makes a very satisfactory show ing. The total net income of the citizens in North Carolina increas ed 188 per cent, between 1916 and 1924. Tiie only Southern state' which exceeded this figure is Floi ida, while the whole country only gained 83 per cent. Net Income Gains “Turning now to the returns made by the corporations of the different states and deducting the deficits of those corporations re- ! porting one we find this remark able fact: The corporations of North Carolina increased their j net income between 1916 and 1924. 13 per cent. The only other South ern state to report a gain was Florida. All the others _ reported losses ranging between 21 percent in the case of Kentucky to as high as 89 per cent in the case of South Carolina and Mississippi. “The buying power of your state also takes a high rank among your neighbors. The circulation of the Curtis publications is used by i a great many sales managers as an index of the salability 'markets. | Using this item as an index, the purchasing power of North Caro lina is 1.16 per cent of the country. This index for the ether Southern states ranges downward from 1.09 per cent for Kentucky to 51 per cent for Mis'sTssippi.” Mr. and Mrs. Babson, who were), cuests of Mr. and Mrs. Josephus j Taniels while here, left yesterday afternoon for their winter home at West Lake Wales, Fla. 14 MASONRY inside delw -- j Masonry in North Carolina will, show a net gain of 462 members for the year ending June 30, 1926. although seven charters have been ; dropped within the past 12 months, the report of Grand Sec retary W. W. Wilson reveals. The four points of successful j farming are soil building, balanced"! cropping quality production and i ; orderly marketing. A short course on soil fertility ! and conversation will be held at State college, January 25, 26, and 27. Tarheel farmers are becoming convinced that cotton alone will i not pay. THE M. P. COLEY AGENCY SHENANDOAH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY — W. R. Casstevens, Vicc-Pres. PHONE 200 M. P. Coley, Pres. l/o.fflr A-sHtwuAA i hw* uauiu MADE BY l&en torn. factory / jH.THt WORLD ^gg^S^YELLOW PENCIL \\“~ Jp&veiAthe RED BAND \ w ■AGLEPENCIL CO. NEWYORKU.SA -SCHEDULES laicr-Carolma Motor Bv.z :-“pany -Charlotte t. Shelbv to Charlotte—7, 9, , 1, 5, l, V Shelby—8, 10, 12, 2, 4, ( Knit's Mountain to Charlotte—7:30,9:30 11.30, 1:«0, 3:.>0, 8:80. Direct connection made in K> gs Mountain for ■ —One hour lay* 1:15, 3:45, 5:45, i . n ,i i >. 1/siuVL v- uim ' iton ...v.v.w ... -- irtimburjj and Greenville in the mornii; over in the afternoons. Bessemer City to Charlotte—7:45, 11:4 8:45. Gastonia to Charlotte, leaves every hour on the hour, from 7 a. :n. to 8 p. in. Connection made there for Rock HU,, S. G.; Spartanburg, CJ2v,it*nvillc, Cramci'ton, Lineolnton auo Cherryville, York and Clover S C. Gastonia to Shelby—On the odd hours, making connectmna for Rutherford*.on, Hendersonville, AshevU’e and Statesville. Gastonia to Cherryville—,8:30, 12:10, 4:10, 3:10, Cherryville to Gastonia—7:15, 10, 2, (5 p. m. Charlotte to Rock Hill—8, 10:30, 4:15. Bus leaves Spartanburg 6:15 p* m. Connection at Kings Mountain, Charlotte. Telephones: Charlotte, 2071: Gastonia 1051; Shelby 450; Shelby to Rutherford ton—8 a. in. and 1 p. m. Rutherfordton to .'e.oiby-—9:43 a. m. and 2:15 p. m. Shelby to Asheville—10:00 a. Du 12. 2, 4, 6. p. m. Ashe ville, to Shelby—8, 9 and 11 a. m. and 2, 4 p m. Shelby—7:20 a. m.; 10:00 a. m.; 1 p. m.; 4:30 p. m. Lincolntdn—8:80 a. m.; It a. m.; 3:00 p. m.; 6:30 p. m. Schedules Subject to Change. Chicago.—Fields of drama and iourcali m in Chicngo arc up in arms. They have keenly resented pro- | duction in New York of a play ! entitled “Chicago,” a satire of this | city’s criminal world and its news- , papers. The author of the new play, which reveals Chicago’s murder tvs as idols and its jurists and f newspapt rs as more or less idiots, j spent only a few weeks here as aj reporter, it has been charged and leaders, in the attacks; on the* play j point out that her knowledge of ; actual conditions in ihe “city by the lake” are limited. Word has been received in Chic ago that the name of the play, at 1 least when it ip taken into the ‘•sticks,” will be changed to ‘New York.” Chicago police have just com pleted a survey which shows Chic ago has, 20,000 criminals and crooks. There were more than '10 mur ders in Chicago in Urdu and during that year there were more than i.OCO robberies. It is estimated that there are more than 25,000 bootleggers in Chicago. It costs Chicago more than S3, 300,000 each year to fight crimin als. Chicago newest and most sen-! sational criminal is a bandit who has attacked and fobbed more than 200 women, according to po HOC. Because he wears soft-soled ^hocs and creeps up behind bis ! victims he is known as “The Cat." He operates in the early even ing on dark side streets' and all of his attacks and thefts have been against women. Sneaking up from behind “The Cat’’ throws his arms around his victims, attacking th'-m ar.d robbing them of jewels and money. Several of his victims have been badly beaten. Several suspects have been ar rested and held in jail but because the attacks and thefts continue it is believed by the authorities the real “Cat” is still at large. Activities of Chicago’s machine gun criminals have become so fre quent and so daring that police have at last been forced to adopt machine guns as a weapon. Several scores of the deadly weapons have been received by the Chicago police department and of ficers will be especially drilled in use of the guns. Part of the training given the machine gun squads will be in us ing the weapons while traveling in automobiles at a high rate of speed. A specialty of the gangsters is to use these guns from swiftly moving cars and Chief of Police Morgan Collins is anxious to have several squads of officers so trained that they may pursue the machine gun .criminals and give them a lively fight in a machine gun and automobile battle. A number of Chicago policemen who saw service in the World War and became proficient 'in the use of machine guns will be in charge of the special squads equipped with the weapons. Kids Are Just Like That For Bad Yarns Salisbury Post. Did Miss Florence Cochran, 19 year-okl school teacher of the corn belt tell her pupils naughty stories, or did she not? And just what was the story which, retold by Willy or Susie at the paternal supper table, irked the arascibles of the vale of Indian ola. Ia.? Was it the one about the two Irishmen who, or the one about the drummer who, or the one about why does a chicken cross the road ? Af.ywa.v. Indianola is “all het up”. But the kids are tickled, for an injunction obtained by the di rectors against Miss Florence as teacher, has closed the school. Miss Cochran is fighting to get back in, declaring' that if the children heard naughty stories, it was not from her. She in part tells her own story to the effect that one of the big boys peddled about a risque story told him by his papa. Now, not all the evidence is in, but we are rather betting on Miss Florence, for we know kids. We would not insult Miss Flor ences intelligence by assuming that she has lived 19 years and knows no risque stories. But a girl who chooses teaching as her job is not apt to be so dumb as to tell her stories to her pupils. We know kids. We all know how kids love to be bearers of news, drop stones kerplunk as it were in calm and stagnant mill pond of home. And kids soon learn that nothing makes such a good splash in this home mill-pond as some gossip about those in places of authority. Trains SALE NOW ON SALE NOW ON Rich Silk Dresses For Spring! PURCHASED AS AN ADDED AT TRACTION FOR OUR SHELF EMPTYING SALE. If you really appreciate quality and style then this sale will please you. The materials alone in these <1 • ■ ses is worth more than the price asked. Crones and Flat Crepes in the newest colors and trimmings. It wH pay you t>.» Buy seveSal at oiir Iotv price. —-SIZE RANGE UP TO 50 AND THEY ARE ARRANGED IN 4 ATTRACTIVE PRICE GROUPINGS, SUCH AS: $7-50 - $11 - $12 - $15 WHY FAY MORE? _ EXTRAORDINARY VALUES IN WOMEN’S & MISSES’ COATS! This sale is a rare chance for the shrewd shopper. A chance to get quality, style' and value at a saving of almost half. Materials of Velour, Camel Hair, Bolivia and other fine fabrics. Priced low. $19.95 - $22.50 Regular $27.50 COATS Regular $29.50 GOATS Childrens Coats 1-4 OFF. Last Call On Boy’s Overcoats Any Boy’* Overcoat In Stock Will Go At 1-2 Price ELECTRIC HEATERS! ‘ Victor” Electric heaters with 5 ft. cord. Fine for the! bath or bed room. °nly $1.75 WHITE ENAMEL COMBINETS! Excellent ouality white binets. A good value at only _-—. enamel Com $1.00 CAROLINA SPECIAL OVERALLS! Men’s 220 denim, triple stitched, full cut and roomy overalls. All sizes 98c WOMEN’S RIBBED UNION SUITS! Women’s sleeveless and knee length Unions. All sizes__ 83c HERE’S REAL SAVINGS ON But mistake if pass * up this chance to buy a high grade suit during our SHELF EMPTYING SALE. All wanted Some suits with 2 pairs of pants. TO $32.50 AND BE FITTED.— SPECIAL PURCHASE MEN’S PANTS! A special purchase Men's Pants in ?rey, brown and stripes. Latest patterns_ $3.85 All Children’s 98c UNDERWEAR! Boy’s a^d ©iri’a Unions. Hanes. Brenan, Pall Mitll pmt other famous brands. Snug fitting.«rib^ed quality. 7Q^ CHOICE _1 -T-t'__ 4 VC EVERY DAY DURING OUR SHELF EMPTYING SALE WILL BE A CURTAIN GOODS! Curtain goods and white Real values at, Yard_ goods. 5c 27-INCH OUTING Good -quality outing in light and dark patterns, £* Only, yard __ O v ALL REMNANTS IN SILK AND WOOL GOODS, SELLING AT — HALF-PRICE — Printed Broadcloth A limited amount of Printed Broadcloth, 36 inches wide. Suffic ient lengths for dresses. Special, yard 19c DRESS GINGHAMS! 27-inch dress ginghams in pretty patterns. A bargain C Yard __ DC KIMONO CREPE Kimono crepe and drapery. Regu lar 48c and 98c value, 1 (? Yard_ IDC TABLE DAMASK IN MANY ATTRACTIVE PATTERNS, -HALF-PRICE — — 1 BIG TABLE - Of Children’s Rompers, Aprons, Sweaters, Etc. Some slightly soil ed. Odds and ends. OC Priced, each C MANY OTHER REMNANTS AT BARGAINS.
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