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Brooks Urges Citizens To Know How Their Tax Money Is Being Spent; Would Help Lower Taxes -- l .. - - Raleigh.—More attention to Ini manner In which tax money Is .-peiu atid administered, and not so much attention to Its collection and ti e amount of the tax rate, would help reduce the tax rates in every crun ty in North Carolina, since it would compel more buslness-ltk, anti economical administration of reve nue, Dr, E. C. Brooks, presided1 of State college and chairman of tin county government advisory ein misslon. told the members »- tin American Business club si fhrii weekly luncheon here Business men and other taxp.i.ver, t.iiroughout the state are Utkin;, at present about taxes, Ur. Brooks said. Yet few people can give any' account of how I heir tux mi nev is expended, or the amounts that go for various agencies and whrtlvr <> not. these amount- are necessary. Still fewei know by whom the money is being expended, and thet eppavently do no* rare. Before the United States, t ra ft ate of North Carolina or the ,ev eral counties and etties in the state can expect a material reduction in taxes they must get better trained men to handle the administration ol public business, which means tne administration and expenditure of the revenue received from taxes. Dr. Brooks declared. “The old idea was that the office was created for the benefit of tire office holder, and for years this ’deft prevailed in most of the states and still prevails in some states and many counties, where the fee -sys tem has been permitted to remain, and where the office holder gets all the lees,” Dr Brooks declared. “Un der this system, the office holder gets all the fees,” Dr, Brooks de clared. "Under (his system, the of fice holder was always elected by the people, and no attention was paid to his fitness to hold office or perform a given service. “But the modem tendency is to have fewer and fewer elective pns, tions and to have more and tr.on appointed, because that is the only way that men with certain and inf inite qualifications may be selected to do certain tasks, “This tendency is already evident Fifty years ago every county officet was elected by the people directly. But at present many of the most important county officials, such as the county engineer, who supervises the expenditure of the road fends, the county superintendent, of schools, the county auditor who keeps check on the county s ft jiances. and nrnny others arn ap pointed by the county cominlsr on ers 'instead of being elected by the people. "For the discovery has been nude within the last ten or twenty years that government was created by the people for the benefit of all th° peo ple and paid for by the people, and that it is not for the benefit of the office holders, despite the fact that changes in the system have and still are being fought by tire office holders, “Still, the change from the old o the new ideas in government, and especially in county and city gov ernment, have been slow because of the lack of interest which the tax payers and especially the business men who pay a large portion of the taxes, have taken in the admin istration of the money which they pay into the county or city treas uries. "And this change will continue to be slow and laborious, taxes will continue to be high and government will continue to be extravagant and wasteful until tire business men and taxpayers in every community make it their business to see Ural the administration and expenditure of their tax money is in the 'muds of men who are specifically ‘'iin ed to do this work. So the answe: to high taxes and extravagance in government lives largely in the power, if they want to use it. to see that their government is adminis tered more efficiently.” JUDGE PRESCRIBES HONEYMOON 'CURE' Chicago.—A honeymoon was pre scribed by Judge Joseph Sabath as the salve to mend the happiness of an elderly couple, broken after 40 years of marriage. Mrs. Amalia Ensltn, 65. told Judge Sabatli her husband had be come "tired oi her" and sent her to an Infirmary three years ngo. She escaped, she said, by obtaining a pass to see her dentist. The court tried reconciliation and asked whether Enslin could take his wife to Florida. “He has between $50,000 to $60, 000 saved up that we were going to take out honeymoon on," Mrs. En elin said. Enslin preferred California so they compromised on Hot Springs, Ark. They will leave Monday, stay a month and report in court April 7. “I’m going to be in Hot Springs myself in a few days,” said Judge Sabath. *TU look you lip." Three Times Disappointed. "So you have been three times disappointed in love?” “Yea, the first left me for amth *r, the second died on our wedding day, and the third I married." Declared Not Legally Dead Mr.i. Ruth St Clair, sentenced to life imprisonment following n fourth fe nny under the liaumes i' w, pauses in the courtyard of the women a detention prison to tel] the world via the microphone of the ho* Mov.eto.ne that; she is “not legally dead.’’ Counsel for Kaward I. Carver, the young worn n’s former attorney, oh jeeted to her taking the witness stand a?a:nst the latter on the grounds that as a person sentenc’d to life imprisonment sh» was to he con :d red ns legally dead. The court held otherwise. Cirv 'r was charged with attempting to bribe a witness against Mrs. St Clair. Sure, A Girl Can Hypnot’ze Man When She So Desires Mockvillc" Enterprise. During these times when so many publicutions are talking about i Ire arms limitation conference which is lti s. ion in London, when the senatorial race is cn in North Car olina, rot.Ien business and a tasteless Hoover administration, one gelUotii sees u newspaper sidestep to the discussion of such questions as "woman’s power over men," and the like. Even free love, self expression, personal liberty, and such like topics, have nearly faded f.otn the minted page and slipped from the list of subjects paramount In da'll? conversation among men and v mi ni of refinement and culture. Blit ail at once here pomes some writer of a contributed editorial in the Concord Daily Tribune with pooh talk on woman’s ability to hypnotize man. And it malms no bad reari ng Indeed it is so much like a gjrcei fertile oasis- in the midst of a dry and barton desert, that the enter prise proposes to pass it along for the diversion of its readers Should we call it a masterpiece? Well, maybe not, but after you shall have read it, you will doubtless readily agree with us that it 1s cer tainly a well written article, and we reproduce it as much on , hat score as duo to the fact that, it is o "different’’ from the great ulk of the editorials which fill the pages of most publications during these trying days. Here it is: We have, during the past three weeks, received'four letters trrni local swains propounding the rate ful conundrum: “Can Woman Hyp notize Man?" One of our cor. es pondents’ adds that "by ansae' in. you will not only confer a favor, but decide a bet and settle a vex atious question, ns well.” The affirmative scoops the slakes wins dead easy and world without end The man who puts his dou bloons on the negative either never saw a woman until after she was dead, or didn’t know what ai ed him while under her hypnotic in fluence A young woman can hypnotise anything that wears pariU, fvon tire millionaire on Wall street to the farmer planting in his lowly rot ton patch. She hypnotizes because she can’t help it. She's built .hut way. Five hypnotized Adam and made him cast away the empire of the earth and ever since her fan daughters have been making men Imitate their remote forefathers folly. Woman does not operate as do professional he-hypnotists. Instead of giving you a bright buttoi or brand new dime to gaze upon, she puts her dimples in evidence malestroms of love in a sea of beauty, She dazzles you lor flit moment with the dreamy spier da ot her eyes, then studies the tint of her tiny, well-shaped shoe creation She looks down to blush and she looks up to sigh—watches you join' and cornin'—and you’re gone. You suspo-t that your Judgment has taken wings unto itself, and that you couldn't tell whether you’re a red-lieker Democrat ? a hard-eider prohibitlonisi. but you don’t rare. She makes you orunken with the music of her voice and maddens you with the low sweet melody d her skirts. You drift nearer, rod ever nearer, like a moth reVdlv ng in narrowing circles around in in candescent light., until veu find yourself alone with her in come j not by your creditors forgot. Bring naturally industrious you seek employment—-and slie gives you her hand to hold. Of couise. she could hold it herself, but the occupation pleases you and she doesn’t mind. Besides, you make more rapid progress into tiie •■prim of irresponsibility by taking cure, of it fer her occasionally. She re wards your devotion to duty !>.' a "c-ntle pressure, and a magnetic hill! starts at your finger tips end goes through your system like an applejack toddy, until it makes your t: es tingle, then starts on its turn trip, gathering volume as it travels, until it becomes a tidal wave that envelopes your world. Cm wcman hypnotize man in deed! By this time you arc sighing nke a furnace and writing sonnets to your mistress' eyebrow -you ut fantastic capers before high heaven Tor the diverthement of those who don’t know how it is themselves. She may break the spell by Har rying you, in which case you will return by easy stages to the normal and again become a sane man and useful member of society. But i* she ets you down with the "sister" racket, your nervous system is pret ty apt to sour. When a young woman loses tier hypnotic power she either becomes a religious crank cr seeks surcease for her sorrow among the fe nai politicians.: ’ A Bit Suspicious. Among the residents of a small town lived Robinson, a man with thirteen children, who decided to take his wife and family to Lon don. They arrived ut the terminus and tarted lo make a tour of the West End. Robinson led them hither and thither, pointing out all the land marks he knew. Suddenly, how ever, their progress was arrested, A policeman .laid a detaining hand on Robinson's' arm. M want your name and address." he said. L "What for?'’ asked Robinson, j What have I done?" "I duniin," replied the man In blue, "but this crowd following you about is a bit suspicious.'’—Pear sons Weekly. Winnie Wins. The teacher was angry when Wiit n'e appeared at school a quarter of an hour late "Why are you lute?" she iskcj sharply. "Please, miss, replied tlie sin ner, "it was late when I started from home ’ “Then whv didn’t you tart earlier?” "Please, miss, it was too late to [Start early." Distance lends Defense. A newspaper editor received a poem entitled. Why Am I Ativest’j He replied: "You are alive be cause you sent your poem through the mail instead of bringing it." Sidesteppin' Khelorir. Pete: "Will you lend me five dol lars for a month, old boy?” Bill: "Listen, silly, what dee1 a nt nth-old boy want with five uoi 1 I lars?" I ;<JWV For A Fabor.ilury To Be' rurni licl By K iUro.nl Man. Kinston.- The efforts of Drs. 'ohn Davis Humber, young Tai led surgeon, and Walter Coffey to erfeet a earner cure will be ron nued In a $60).000 research lab ratory, according to information ad here by Charles W. Davis, un tie of Dr Humber Davis is a state highway comm’-- ion engineer. The money for the laboratory has been provided in a wealthy riiree tor of the Southern Pacific rail way. Dr. Coftey is the surgeon in charge of ail of that line’s hospi tals. Dr. Humber is superintendent of the hospital at Sab Francisco, one of the largest and best equip ped in the west. Press associations have carried several stories recently of the pos- i sible cure perfected by the sur- \ jeans. They exp-TimenU-d witli a serum derived from supra-rena!, glands of sheep on patients suffer ing from heart disease They were surprised to disc aver that the serum caused cancer tissues to slough off, layer by layer, in a short time. Drs. Coffey and Humber have not yeti convinced themselves they have j found a cure, but the fact! remains that the serum gives temporary re- j lief and that it attacks the cancer1 cells in vigorous fashion. Coffey is confident the pair have made "an important discovery." Dr. Humber, while withholding the dis covery from (lie general profession until he is completely satisfied of! its efficacy. Is working on scores of ! patients at the West Coast city.! with excellent results to date, ac-! cording to reports. On a recent j night, he worked until daybreak | preparing serum with which toj treat these applying to him. Hun dreds are understood to have be sieged him with requests for treat-! merit. They are being treated as j experimental subjects. Dr. Humber Is only 34. He Is the on of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee lumber, of Greenville, He gradu ated from : Wake Forest college, at- j ended Yale medical school, took pccial courses at Harvard and the Jniverdty of Wisconsin, graduated: rom Tulane. instructed in ana- | omy at Tulane and instructed in ’ urgery at the University of Call ornia before g'ing to the San ! yranc’.sco hospital. He is co-author with Dr. Coffey of a book on "An ina Pectoris." Tilts work attract 'd international attention In medi I cal circles la it year and is now bu ng widely dirt r.bated. ME m HAS i De Rivera, Sp sui h Boss, Is Out. | Many Ch^ti'ts Mode In World Powers Pr.'mo Dc Rivera, ousted Dictator yf Spain plays the 'cello while his j l".urcessor. Cerenguer. operate a] player piano. That show progress, according to | 4 meriran stanlr.vds. writes M. E. j ; Tracy jn New York Telegram. The fiddle and all its amily be j Tong to the mid-Victorian era. while canned music is up to date, if our j habits mean anything. But Berenguer is said to be polish ed in his rm tr'cr. w’v'e De Rive-a is coarse ,lf not uncouth, whicn is contra y to \vh t one would expect. The Spaniards are not worrying themselves over such Questions, What they want to know ts whether or how much the tourist trade has been hurt by all the tur moil. One Of War's Net Results. Six little dictates where they were seven three months ago. and erch of them wondering who will be next Stalin in Russia, Mussolini in Italy, pilsudtk* in Poland > Horthy •n llnra-y. Kemal in Tirkev. Alexander in Jugoslavia—good little dictators all. though on ' rules as a ';ing, one as a president, one as a premier and one as merely the head of a pa-ty, while the other two are hard to identify. And rubbing shoulders with them : are ten or a dozen kings, proving what a war to save the world lor demoefrey really accomplished. Britain's fast A Paradox. Paradoxical as it may seem the safest king of them all and the rolidest throne are in democratic England. Stalin, Mussolini and even Alex ander run much more thu an even eJiace o being .ossed into oblivion ere the House of Windsor falls. And this is oil due to the fact that England has been steady and cautious in her progressiveness. Other nations have jumped from ?ne extreme to mother, but gained little in the long run. Th.ee times Prance a as turned from republic to monarchy and back again In the last isO years More Consistent In The East, No form of government has last ed long in the western world, One must go to the Orient to 'ind enduring systems The Japanese mor- chy has j changed little, save in outward ap-j1 pearance, for twenty-six centuries. Until Ihe revolution of 1911 China could point to a much longer period )f fixation. But when one moves over to the ohere of white civilr/at'o.n. so car ed, it is to find a very different isle. -tome Very Drastic Changes, Rome, to which every one rrlci. is a shin 113 example of stability was first a kingdom, then a repub c and then an empire ’fhr changes in Greece came so fast that, it is herd to keep track :>f them. Three hund ed and fifty years go Spain was by all odds the reatest nat .on on earth. while England was just a Utile island, ttrlj n rolled ion of warring stat es. France a hodge-podge ol feud alism and religious war and Ger many an inchoate mass ol tree ities. guilds and princelings. I he lti .il Knot Of Conservatism, White civilization is dynamic, For th; t reason, it for no other, no me '.iiould take anything it does, >r any move it makes, as perman ;nt. The greater the extreme to which t goes the more probable is violent taction. White civilization is experimental yy nature, venturesome with re Most Sickness Due lo CONSTIPATION VITALITY, SIR KM. I'll. WEIGHT, are impassible unless I'ONSJI’ATIO.N .1 first relieved. SMI-LAX quickly* p ensantly. safely relieves CuNS*IPA • ION,' purifies the system »nd pro vides every tissue with valuable tonic minerals that ifive you strength, vouth ful vitality and firm, solid flesh. DU MAN!) GENUINE SMI LAX. There is no substitute. At AH Good Drug Stores $1.00 with regard to the pi st. It contains few reactions! ele ments in the larger sense. 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