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3[ai*rfUj KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE COUNTY TIU ERROR REGENT DISCOVERY QUICK ACTION 18 NECESSARY TO PREVENT CURTAILMENT OF SCHOOL TERMS. INITIAL LEVY OF 32 CENTS A Number of Counties Have Grievous ly Miscalculated Amount of Levy Required to Insure State Aid. Raleigh. Information is coming to the stale department of education that in the levying of the school tax in some of the counties a serious error is being committed that will either curtail the school terms to three or four months or cause immediate and radical read justment of the school tax levy. State Superintendent Brooks i* call ing on the county superintendents of schools to investigate as to their , , counties at once and see that there if* are readjustments on proper basis A' where the error that is causing the ^ trouble has been committed The state law provides a 32-cent tax for schools and then enables the counties to levy an additional county tax up to 35 cents, whatever is neces sary to meet the requirements hnd assure the county’s share so that the state tax can be paid over in pre scribed ratio. The reports to the state department indicate that num bers of the counties have made the mistake of only levying a county school tax that will make the whole school tax, state and county 35 cents, instead of the possible 67 cents. North Carolina Casualty. In the casualty list released, among the casualties reported by the com manding general of the American ex peditionary forces occurs the name of Private Wm. E. Baker, of Hamil to~ N. C., died of disease. Total number of casualties to date: Killed iq action . 34,571 Died from wounds . 13,954 Died of disease .v. 23,660 Died of accident and other causes . 5,292 Wounded in action (over 85 per cent returned) . 214,412 Missing in action (not includ ing prisoners released and returned . 2 Total to date. 291,891 Webb 8ure of Judgahlp. Washington (Special)—While the report of the inspector has not been made public, Senator Overman has been apprised that the Department of ( Justice has completed its Investigation into the competency and fltqess of Judge Jame^pK. Boyd, Federal judge in the western district, and that as a result of this investigation there is no longer an? doubt about the ap pointment and confirmation of Rep resentative E. Yates Webb. Enrollment May Reach 1,200. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the' Board of Trustees of the University o' North Carolina, held in the governor’s office, President Chase stated that 415 new students had already presented certificates for entrance this fall. He anticipates a total enrollment of something more than 1,200 at the opening on Septem ber 30th. Check for Inheritance Tax. A check for $26,334.84 Inheritance tax has been received by the State of North Carolina from a non-resident who held property in the form of cor poration stock in this state. The Corporation Commission got on the trail of the big tax money when a transfer of stock was asked for and Mr. R. O. Self, nowv chief clerk of the commission, dug up the coin for the state. American Legion Sunday. Sunday, November 9, will be Amer ican Legion Sunday, on which mlnis, ters all over the country will be asked to devote a part of their sermons to the work of this legion. Want Phone Rates to Stand. The Corporation Commission set September 30 for a bearing of the rep resentatives of the Southern Bell Tel ephone company on petition for a for mal order to continue in force* rates allowed by government under gov ernment control. The hearing will take place at 8 o’cjock. Another heartdi is to precede the So^befn Bell appointment tor the day; lit U o'clock Black Mountain people will he here before the com mission on the matter of telephone and elefetrlc light rates. Epidemic of Typhoid. Thirty-one cases of typhoid fevei near Denver, Lincoln county,, called ! Dr. F. M. Register, epidemiologist, there to take charge of the first real outbreak of typhoid fever reported thiq summer. .The physician’s facts are meager, but the reports show the stricken men to be all in a close community 18 miles from a drug store and poorly fixed for treatment. The outbreak is traced to a spring in the vicinity. No deaths have been reported, but it is very probable that some have oc curred. Lincoln put on its vaccination cam paign this year and 1,000 were im munized. But this was a very small percentage of the population. Dr Register will put on anew th4 -vaccina tion campaign qnd see if the numbei vaccinated cannot be quadruplicated in a slfort while. Similarly, he hopes that other coun ties, which constitute a small per centage of the whole, will renew their fight. Substantial results have been gained in the reduction of the typhoid death rate. This was to have been the banner year and the health de partment hopes to make it so in the face-of epidemic. School of Fertilizers. It is claimed that ‘the Southern Per tilizer Association is the first indus try in this country to send its entire sales force to college for the purpose of special training in service to thei* customers. The North Carolina Agri cultural and Engineering College at Raleigh has been selected as one of four agricultural institutions of the south to which fertilizer salesmen will be sent for a week’s short course. All salesmen from Virginia and North Car olina are to attend this school, and hear lectures from the members of the stafT of the agricultural college, also addresses from visitors from oth er agricultural colleges in the terri tory. Poor Pay and Slow Promotion. Washington (Special)—After fifteen unbroken years—quite a span where fidelity to duty and loyalty to an in dividual are interwoven—John W. Brown has resigned as clerk to Sena tor Lee S. Overman. Effective October 1, Mr. Brown re turns to his home in Salisbury as sec retary to the Brown Realty and Insur ance Company. Inadequate pay for1 government clerks and a future where promotion is uncertain arereasons as signed for his resignation# - I Better Pay for Postoffice Clerks. Washington (Special).—A measure of financial relief for postoffice clerks and postal employes throughout North Carolina is promised following the visit to Washington of a committee’ representing the North Carolina Post masters’ Association. Senator Town send, chairman of the senate postoffice committee, informed the Tar Heel del egation that his committee would move to give salary increases to the lower paid employes. May Retain Employment Service. Commissioner of Labor Shipman, Just back from Baltimore where he at tended the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, in its 100th convention, and Washington, where he conferred with the defpartment af labor and census bureau, says he is assured that his department of labor wfll have the advantages again this year of co operation with the federal census bu reau in the gathering of industrial sta tistics and that, in his capacity as federal director in this state for the employment service, he will be able to maintain the branch offices. Raving War Risk Claima. Washington ^Special)—North Car olina families are- being paid $24,322, 160 in war risk insurance claims by Uncle Sam. He is making restitu tltutlon to those whose sons and hus bands ^ed in the service of theii country during the greatest war of all times. There ard 2,784 insurance claims being paid In North Carolina through the bureau of war risk insurance tc beneficiaries named at the time ap plication for insurance was made by soldiers, sailors and marines, now dead. The average policy carried by these 2,784 men was $8,740. District Offices Organized. With the establishment of the dis trict headquarters offices of the In ternal Revenue Department at Wash ington, Wilmington and New Bern, the organization of the ten districts in the state has been completed and the task of colectlng the government’* revenue systematised. Supervisor A. U Watts was in Raleigh from these three offices where he had been tc assist District Supervisors Rodman, ot Washington; Emerson, ot Wilmlng ton, and Woodley, of New Bern, to complete their organisation. ( 'h- - :./• ■ Two Standards Of Life (By Rer. H. B. Schaeffer, Lutheran Pastor) Outside of God life has no revelation, no standard, no Inspiration, no future. We are confined to the words God delivered to prophets and apostles for the explanation and th% meaning of life. Just try to consider life and the world without the knowledge and truth of the Bible. There tire set forth before men by God two standards for life. The one standard is declared in the truth and character of Jesus, the other spread abroad in the world through the fallen angel rebel, the devil. Of his own free will man in the beginning (and continued to do so) chose the standards of the devil. All men abide in the devil until through the power of God they freely ehoose to abide in Jesus. t These are the only two standards for life. There is no third one. And the two do not mix. Man cannot serve both God and mammon. He cannot •at his apple and haye It too. He cannot straddle the fence. The one oustanding distinction between these standards is selfishness and unselfishness. Selfishness is the basis of the devil’s standard. In Jesus the standard Is unselfishness. In Jesus the world loses many attractions and gains in attractiveness. The sordid pleasures of the world and the flesh, the tempting offers of the devil, lose their charm and are despised. The passion to thrive and grow and indulge regardless of other men and the world is burnt out. The near-sighted glasses that enable men to see no farther than their own interests, their own family, their own lusts, are exchanged for glasses that enable the needs of men and the community to be seen and appreciated, make God near and dear. Men living by Jesus’ standard of life see the world not as a field foy self gain, but as a field for love and service. Instead of seeking to get as much out of the World while there is life, the desire is to put as much (of Joy, of purity, of beauty) into the world as possible while there is life. Accounts in earthly banks grow as men save; accounts in the Bank of Heaven grow as men give unselfishly. "Lay not for yourselves treasures upon earth.but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.” Next week Rev. Fred J. Hay, Presbyterian. LARGER AND-BETTER. COUNTRY SCHOOLS. The popular cry, "Back to the Farm,” when traced to Its origin sounds much like the cry of "Wolf,” in the fable. It comes usually from those comfortably domiciled in' the city. It is restful to the tired nerves to sit in an armchair and read farm literature and look at farm pictures. There is no guess work or surmise about people leaving the farm. There are fewer people living on the farms in the United States now than there were ten years ago. Are, we dcifting toward the time when all the people will live in towns and villages What put the notion into peoples heads any why to leave the farm? Ask any man who has left the farm and he will stop after naming three rea sons: First, to educate the children; second to escape hard work; third, to be where there is more social lif.e The greatest cause why boys and girls leave the farm Is, because they get their high school training in the town and village high schools. The number of tuition pupils this year in Cleveland county is around 600. These are the sons and daughters of farm ers, not merely country boys and girls, but the cream of the farming com munity. When these have finished their high school course they will go back to the farm. A few of them will perhaps, two or three in ten. Their high school life has given them a taste of town life. They have become like town boys and girls. Is if to our best interest to educate away from the soil? If it is then we are on the right road. If it is not. then our only chance is to build up big, strong coun try schools. Our lowest aim should be the thfee-teacher school. A school where at least two or three grades of the high school can be taught. We have l 8one-teacher schools in which no high school work can be done. All teachers recognise the failures of the one-teacher school, and all try to dodge them. There are three of these schools that have first grade teachers, six of them have second grade teach ers, and nine are unable to get teach ers of any kind. Is that the best that these children deserve? These people pay taxes as we all have to do, and yet they are getting the poorest kind of school advantages. Who Is to blame for this condition. We find it much harder to enforce the compulsory school law In these small schools than In the larger schools. For the simple reason that there are not enough pupils to keep up Interest. The law requires that pu pils between the ages of eight and fourteen attend for the entire terfn of school. In some of these schools pupils are required to go to school to girls who ought to be in school them selves. J. T. IRVIN. Asheville.—Plans are about com plete for the dedication and formal opening of the new $300,000 Asheville High -School. Frankllnton. — Ex-Sheriff Henry Crawford Kearney, one of Franklin county’s oldest and most esteemed cit izens, died at his home here. Gastonia.—October 6 and 7 is the date for the annual meeting of the Seventh District Medical society which will be held in Gastonia. Winston-Salem.—The leaf tobacco ■ales on the local market this week aggregated 1,613,504 pounds. It brought an average of $86.76 per hun dred pounds. Washington.—The war’ department informed Representative Godwin that it would be impossible to furnish air craft for Dunn, Lumberton and other towns that desire them for fairs and other public gatherings. Greenville.—the friends of F. C. Harding, of this city, will be glad to know that he has at last consented to allow his name to be used in connec tion with the office of lieutenant gov ernor. Monroe.—Monroe is endeavoring to organize a housing corporation to supply the demand for houses now ex isting. The plan is to raise 150,000, form business men to finance the op erations. Wilmington.—The magnificent $20, 000 pipe organ of the First Presbyte rian church, presented to the institu tion as a peace, gift by Dr. James Sprunt, was used for the first time. Dr. Sprunt is a leading elder of the church. Asheville.'—The completion of the five mile timber and lumber flume by the R. J". Noyes Lumber company on Curtin's creek makes 40,000 acres of virgin timber land available to the markets. Wilmington.—William P. Emerson was installed as chief collector of the Wilmington division for the collection of internal revenue in this district, which comprises nine counties with this city as headquarters. Taylorsville.—O. F. Pool sustained the loss of his barn at All Healing Springs, two horses, three cows, 50 bushels of wheat, a quantity of fod der, a buggy, a number of farm imple ments by fire. Lumberton.—Whether one or sev eral cotton storage warehouses will be established in Robeson under the law as provided by the last legislature will be determined within the next few days. Rocky Mount.—O. A. Snipes, for seven years postmaster of the local office, has resigned. The act upon Mr. Snipes’ part was occasioned by a decline in health and the increasingly arduous duties. Greensboro.—Vice President Thos. R. Marshall will'speak in ■ Greensboro early Tn November, it is announced by M. R. Vickers, of Durham, pro vided tentative plans which are now being developed may be carried to fruition. Wilmington.—A general strike of skilled workmen went into .effect at the plant of the Carolina Shipbuild ing Corporation when over 1,000 men quit work as a protest against alleged discrimination in favor of negroes. Selma.—Plans and arrangements are being made by several of the manufacturing enterprises in Selma to come to the state fair in October and be represented- in the parade with floats. The chamber of cbmmerce, the merchants’ association, and 'the Bchool will be well represented. Hickory.—Although heavy rains have fallen along the Catawba river from Marion down to the lower, end of Catawba county, this section has been missed, with one slight1 excep tion, tor the past six weeks, and every thing la drying up. i DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GREAT STRIKE DEFINITION OF STRIKE IS8UE AS TO RIGHT OF EMPLOYES TO BE HEARD. 1_ CONDEMN FOREIGN AGITATOR Apparent Deadlock by Lack of Violence Apparently Prevailing in Chief Steel Centers. Washington.—The chief develop ments of events in the great steel strike are as follows: Definition of the strike issue as the right of employes “to be heard, to or ganize and to have some voice in de termining conditions under which they labor”—made by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, before the senate labor committee in Washington. Announcement that John D. Rocke feller, Jr., principal owner of the Colorado Fuel A Iron company, will take no part in the strike of G,000 workers at the Pueblo plant. Claim by union officials that work ers in the Youngstown district, at a meeting held to vote on the question of returning to work, had decided against such a move. Condemnation of "foreign agita tors” and commendation of Sheriff William Haddock, of Allegheny coun ty by a coroner’s jury in Pittsburgh which returned a verdict of "death from gunshot wonnds inflicted by persons unknown • * while an attack was being made on deputy sheriffs during a riot” in the case of a woman organizer and striker Apparent deadlock, marked by lack of violence apparently prevailing in the chief steel centers. DENIES WILSON MEDDLED IN FIUME CONTROVERSY. Rome.—The Stefan agency, the semi-official Italian news agency, de nies that President Wilson has de manded the* expulsion of Gabriele d’ Annunzio from Piume, or threatened an economic blockade of Italy. The news agency add that Presi dent Wilson sent two dispatches, one of them reaching the American dele gation in Paris, and the other arriv ing in Rome. Both of them were with out menace, according to the news agency and expressed the most cor dial sentiments towards Italy. NAVY DEPARTMENT PLANNING TRANS-PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT. Washington.—Tentative plans now under consideration at the navy de partment call for a seaplane flight from San Diego, Cal., to the Philip pine islands sometime tfils winter or in the early spring. Stops will be made at Hawaii, Wake Island and Guam under present plans. The total distance to be covered in the flight will be more than 7,000 miles or twice the distance covered by the NC-4 in flying across the Atlantic. TWENTY MILLION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION HERE. New York.—A gift of $20,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller for the im provement of medical education in the United States was announced by the general education board. The official announcement of the gift says- that the income of the $20. 000,000 is to be currently used and the entire principal is to be distribut ed within 60 years. BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE TAKES ON SERIOUS ASPECT. London.— The Associated Press learns authoritatively that the gov ernment takes the view that the rail road strike must be fought with every facility at its command, even to the employment of armed forces il necessary. The war office announced that it would be necessary to suspend demobilization of the army and can cel all leaves of absence forthwith. PRESIDENT WILSON CANCELS BALANCE OF SPKAKING TOUR* Wichita, Kan. — President Wilsot cancelled the remainder of his tou: under orders from Admiral Cary T Grayson, the president's physician and will return to Washington direc from Wichita. Although It was said, there wai nothing critical about the president’i condition. Dr. Grayson, his, physician declared a nervous reaction affectini the digestive organs made suspensiM of his trip Imperative. t STRIKE AND TltEATY PARAMOUNT ISSUES EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT IN. TERVENTION BY PRESIDENT WILSON MAY BE MADE. BRINGING MATTERS TO HEAD The Side of Capital in the Contra versy Will be Heard by Commit tee Through Chairman Gary. Washington.—The German peaca treaty and the steel strike remain the engrossing affairs of Congress. Prospects of a vote on the amend ments to the treaty, proposed by Sen ator Fall, republican, of New Mexico, and providing for elimination of vir tually ail American representation on international commissions together with President Wilson’s return to the capital, is expected to brigs to a head the vital issues in the treaty contest. iiiuuowitti umrai ciuiJiiAsucu vy iu« steel strike will share attention in the senate with the peace treaty. Hear ings in the labor committee’s inves tigation of the steel strike will be re sumed. when Chairman Gary, of the United States Steel corporation, is to give capital’s side of the controversy. Later the committee pains to hear Secretary William Z. Foster, of the strike committee and other witnesses and it would not surprise many ob servers If efforts to bring about in tervention by President Wilson wonld be made. Whether President Wilson will con tinue the fight against all reserva tions, "mild” or “strong” interpreta tive or definite, or will make known a disposition to accept ratification of the treaty with some sort of reserva tions, may be decided this week, it is believed in both democratic and re publican quarters. PESSIMISM IN WASHINGTON OVER UNREST CONTINUES. Washington.—There is pessimism here over tlfe industrial unrest# It Is feared that a world-wide panic may come if the treaty is not ratified. Senator Oscar W. Underwood, who is a very level-headed man, and a statesman, thinks that the business people of the country favor the league of nations. He believes that it is ab solutely necessary at this time to sta bilize the world. In a conversation he said that if we expect to sell our products to foreign countries, and maintain our export trade credits must be extended. He explained that the government had extended about all the credit it can afford to at this time, and that American business men and concerns must take it up now. But before this can be done ot will be done the war must be declar ed off. FAMOUS HOWITZER MILL HAS BEEN NATIONALIZED. Vienna.—The famous Skoda arms and ammunition works, near Pilsen. have been nationalized, according to messages reaching here. A national council has been named to conduct the works composed of six Czechs and three Frenchmen. The last previous advices regard ing the Skoda works were that theii purchase was being negotiated for by an American syndicate. A Geneva dispatch on August 31, however, said there was a hitch in the negotiations because of a difference on the ques tion of the price to be paid. The Skoda works produced the famous Austrian howitzers, one of the most effective heavy artillery weapons used by the central powers BRIEF REST WILL PUT THE PRESIDENT IN FINE SHAPE. Washington.—President Wilson wtll be all right in a.few days. He was threatened with serious illness, but Dr. Cary T. Grayson has brought him around a'l right. A brief rest will put him in fine shape. POINDEXTER SAYS WILSON 13 GREATEST MENACE TO WORLD New York.—President W'lson whs characterized as “the world's great est menace” in an address by United States Senator Miles Poindexter at a mass meeting of Queens county Re publicans in Long Island City. The meeting was held to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding oi the Republican party. The senator from Washington saM the president was ‘the greatest pie German In the country.1*
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