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The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
juice from pound of tobacco on
the carpet every day.
Reconsideration of Revaluation
in Counties

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Reconsideration of Revaluation
in Counties
One Of the pieces of legislation Of
most interest to the people Of the ru
raj districts was that amending the |
revaluation act, introduced in the
Senate early in the session and pass
ed by the House last Saturday SEN
ator Varser is it's author, and while /
the bill was criticized by some in the |
early stages OF the session, all came /
to see it's business and wisdom in the |
end. Representative Doughton told |
the House that the bill was a combin-
alton of the ideas Of himself and Sen
,,ator l.. r. Varser, and retains the ser
vices of the men who made the values
in 1920 for the portion of the bill hand
Iues. That portion of the bill hand
ling this revaluation follows:
| "The board Of county commission
ers and the county board Of apprais-
,,ers and review heretofore appointed
under the old law Of 1919 shall meet
jointly in each county on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
April, 1921, as county board OF re
view to determine if the value of real
property as heretofore appraised and
assessed in the county as a whole is
in excess Of the fair value Of such
Iproperty at the time Of meeting or
: uch board. The chairman of the
, iboard Of county commissioners shall
;be the chairman Of the county board
of review as thus constituted and
Fl the clerk Of the board Of county com
Imissioners shall be secretary Of the
E board.
{ tsThe said board shall make proper
inquiry and investigation into exist
ling values of real property as com
f Ipared with the assessed and apprais
ed values thereof in the several cities
;, owns and townships of the county
i and if it shall find that the assessed
l-4value Of such property is in excess O
t 1.-The actual value it shall find the aver
l. age per centage Of such excess i'll th
lcounty as a whole or in the severa
y 1cities, towns and townships and shal
e report it's findings so made to tn
3. Estate Tax Commission not later thai
% lApril 20, 1921 The values so repor
e tied shall be the values at which tn
d property shall be assessed for taxatio
le unless and until the same have bee
le changed and revised by the State Ia
J. Commission and certified to tn
le board of county commissioners Of sue
G. county which shall be done not late
IN than the first day of July, 1921"
Ell Specific complaints will be handle
it by application to the board, and pre-
le vision is made for a general board {
M review. which will have the right
OF adjust values in different countie
1t and townships if there exist such dl
IN sferences that a horizontal cut will nj
k work out an equitable valuation 0
he all property.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
DELAY IN GOING TO PR

~ So
We regret very .xe &C we were
unable to get tA ger out on TING
yesterday. The linotype machine,
owing to misuse and new parts,
operates very slowly, and for "a few
days it will take much longer than
usual to make up the paper And,
too, it was necessary to reset all ad-
vertising mater, which added also to
the delay. If you will bear with us
for a few days until we can obtain
jail new parts for machines we prom
Use that paper will be gotten out
early enough each afternoon to gel
| II that afternoon g mail.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
CHINESE STEINER WRECKED

Washingtoni March Sth.-More
than eight hundred Chinese believed
to have been drowned in wreck Of
steamer Hong Moh on Lamock Island
off Port Swallow Kwang Tung pro
vince. A British Of twentynine
hundred tons carried eleven hundred
Chinese and only two hundred and
forty eight report rescued.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
FRENCH AND BELGIAN 7ROO,.o
OCCUPY GERMAN TOWNS.
No OPPOSITION SAOWu
Germans Protest Against Occu-
patton Of Territory Claiming
Contrary to Terms Yer
sail1es Treaty
(By Associated Press)

Mayence, March 8th.-French and
Belgian Troops occupied Duisburg at
noon today. Allied Rhine flotina
took possession of Ruhrort.
Mayence: March ,8thtNo untow
ard incidents marked advance of
troops into territory to be occupied
Rhine flotilla prepared for eventual
tiles, as we'll as army, but people re
ported calm
London, March Sth.-Protests against
allied decisions to occupy German cit
les contained i'll proclamation. Presi
dent Ebert declared action contrary
to Versailles treaty, says Berlin Dis
patch.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
0UK RALEIGH LETTER
(By Maxwell Gormon)

Raleigh, March s.-some time af- |
ter midnight this (Tuesday) night, or
more properly speaking early tomor
rom "wednesday morning, before
daylight, the General Assembly OF
North Carolina for 1921 will De a,
thing Of the past, unless it shall De
called into extra session by the Gov
ernor before election time in Novem-
ber next year.
It was less than an average Legisla-
lture in point of ability and accom-
lplishments, and it was by far tie
!" greenest body that has assembled
tol in many ammo deminio- Lack Of
experience in Legislative work was
mainly responsible for lis omissions
and occasional errors Off Judgement.
But there were some strong men In
the ''freshmen Iegislature,' strong by
force of native ability and learning
The father of the House. Hon Rufe
Doughton, who has done more legisla-
Tive work, and done it more intelligent
|ly and with more ability than any man
jim North Carolina, talking with this
iwriter recently asked me who was the
real leader in the Senates I unnes1ta
1tingly said, "Varser OF Robeson'
He responded that he, ssas grea,
lawyer. You know Il have been
!. thrown with him in the Joint work o
the Finance Committeessssof the twt
branches. y Indeed it came to be gen
lerally accepted as factssthat Senate
varser was the greatest Iawyer in tn
G Legislature.
Other able working legislators wer
not lacking. Senator Taylor o
Wayne, Senator Gallert Of Ruther
I
q sfard,- Long of Aamanee j sszsxls of !Eaz
g nett, Erwin Of Buncombe, Hartse11 o
n Cabarrus, Burwyn of Northampton
q Cox Of Randolph, McCoin Of Vanc,
= Oates of Henderson, and several oti
y ers, including several Republican be1
D. ators were apt apprentices and &C
# to handling the job we'll before az
d journment.
~ The Lieut.. Governor was uniforml
L. courteous and fair in his work in t.
II chair and in all relation to Senator
N There isn It one that will charge
the contrary. Governor Cooper, lik
s the ablest Senators on the floor, hs
j. to learn the ropes, and he enjoyed Il
,h several ludicrous situations which
TO and number Of Senators got ther
al selves into early in the session. TT
,r- Lieut-Governor is loveab1e chara
10 ter, the type Of men who ''grows
of you,' and when he wie]ds that gray
ed in the early part Of January, 1923,
no will have finished touch which t:
.e- first Legislature under his direct1t
~ did not receive, but which it e
er trough well enough without.
was a fine body in the House, ev
# the Representative from Bac
'le yonder d1d 1hs1st on sp1tt1hS
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
Insurgents Gaining Power Stead
lily. WorAmen S Quarters
In Moscow Bombarded

Copenhagen, March Sth.-Alexan-
der Kerensky, former Premier of Rus
sian Provisional Government at
Kronstadt, where revolutionists are
in charge, directing revolt, adv1ces
say.
London, March S,-Central News
Dis~ sch says several hundred per
,re killed in Moscow. 1t IS re-
~Ced that around hundred thou
sand are. on strike. there.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08

In presenting his proposals at the
conferences s first session the German
foreign minister, although declining
to discuss the question Of response
bility for the war, which he said only
history could decide, expressed agree
ment with Mr.. Lloyd George that
the party which had been condemned
by the peace treaty must pay. The
Germans, he pointed out, had made
proposals to restore the devastated
area Of France, but these had been
received with doubt.
| Dr. Simons deplored the allied dis
position to ignore the payments al
ready made by the Germans, which
they contended should be applied to
the reparations account, and the al
lied persistence in the view that Ger
many was acting in bad faith. He
discussed at length the subject of
taxation in Germany and in the allied
countries, seeking to disprove the
statement made by the British pre-
,mier in his speech of last Thursda. J
hat Germany's taxes were lower
than those of the allies
Germans Heavily Taxed
DR.. Simons maintained that TIE
taxes should be calculated on a pei
'capita basis. taking into account the
income per capita. He quoted statis
ties to prove that on the basis o.
such calculations the Germans were
more heavily taxed that the British
, He declared that even the allies has
!, admitted that further direct taxation
in Germany was possible.
J After asking DR.. Simons a numbe
of questions, Mr.. Lloyd George replied
:, Il am afraid I must tell DR.. Sim
, ons that there is no doubt as to Tn
: ced to give. 7 think it desirable, il
: view Of the great gravity Of the de
cision that we should give a reason
led reply to his carefully prepared an
: clear statement. The interval VIII
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
ALEXANDER KERENSkY tuRM
ERPREM|ER PROVISIONAL Gov
| ERNMENT DIRECTING REVOLT
CHOIR PRACTICE BAPTIST


There was choir peactice held. at
the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon
for the purpose Of rehearsing some new
hymns for the protracted meeting to
be held soon at the church. All
members OF the choir are urged to at
end practice.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08

I Warsaw. March 8th, 10:3O-Strong
detachments rushing Bolshevik cav
airy commanded by General Burenny.
Troops rushed from South Russia to
Moscow to crush insurgents who are
said to be gaining power daily IN
Russian capital.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08

Berlin, March Str. 1880. 1.-THE occu-
patton Of Dusseldorf, Duisburg and
Ruhrort by the allies not to be op-
posed by German governments. was IN
dicated to-day- The German cabinet
was in session until eleven : Q clock
last light and dispersed without de-
fiait, rtiion. President Ebert issued
appeal to the people urging. them .,to
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08

Mr. Doz1a F. Mason left today
for Parmele on business.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08


Paris, March Latte dispatches
rom various sources confirm reports
that the soviet government of Russia
is facing a situation of extreme grav-
ity and is struggling against a vcrit-
able revolutionary movement
London, March 1.-The Central
News correspondent a Helsingford re-
ports receipt of news Of the most SER
ious character from Petrograd since
midnight.
The odvices said many of the resi-
dental and business quarters were in
flames. The soviet government, the
nsessa Sc. continued, was dispatching a
large, nS,hber Of troops from MoseSav D
to Petrograd TO assist in restoringsoE
de:.
The Petrograd rebels, it was added,
we're planning to extend to these
roops a friendly reception in the
ope of winning them over.
Paris, March Russian bolshevik
orces have been driven out Of Dram
! enbaum, a town on the southern
rore of the Gulf of Finland, 10
miles west of Petrograd, by naval
units from Kronstadt, says a dispatch
from Viborg.
Warships have gone up the Neva
river and landed contingents Of safl-
ors in Petrograd, where part of gar
rison has Joined the revolutionar1es.
ito have retreated toward Gatchina,
thirty miles southwest, where Leou
ITrotzky, minister of war, and th,
bols1evik premier, and NJ. TrotZky
iare preparing for flight, says a Re-
vol dispatch to the Matin.
Anti-bolshevik Leader Antonoff, at
, the head of $4,000 armed peasants, Is
l declared to be in control Of the gov.
ernments Of Veronzeh and Tamboy, in
, Soutrern Russia, and it is said that
: this fact makes it impossible to re-
victual the northern sections Of the
), country.
: Paris. March, THE former Rus
l sian premier, Alexander Kerensky
has received dispatch from we'll in
: formed members of his party fully
;, confirming the accounts already pub
{ lshed Of the revolt in Petrograd
where, according 70 brief late dis
patch from Helsingfors, the move
ment tends to spread and grow stron
ger.
AS regards Moscew, M. Kerensky
? saws the counter,sixovemen appear
] somewhat weak, but In the region
{ near the frontiers, the communist:
j are panic-stricken. The commissarie'
} are fleeing and troops of doubtful
g loyalty are being disarmed
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08

at eight O'Clock last night to advance
tlpon German cities decided upon.
Allies are to take over a strip OF
land from eight to ten miles deep ON
eastern side of Rhine, this strip to be
occupied by French, says telegram to
Journal from Mayence.
London, March 7.-Application of
the penalties upon Germany for non
fulfiliment Of her reparations re-
quirements was decided upon by the
allies here this afternoon.
The penalties in question were an
nounced to the Germans last Thurs
day by Mr.. Lloyd George. They are:
Occupation of the cities of Duisburg
Duesseldorf and Ruhrort, in the Ger
man industrial area beyond the Rhine
by troops of the allies.
Imposition by each allied country Of
such a tax upon German imports as it
may deem fitting.
The establishment of a customs
boundary under allied control along
the Rhine.
Mr.. Lloyd George informed the
Germans today that not only were
the proposals made by Foreign Minis
ter Simons this morning unacceptable
to the allies, but that notwithstanding
the interval since last years confer
ence the Germans had not made such
an advance In their propositions as
would justify postponement Of the
imposition Of the penalties.
The British prime minister said hs
must announce on behalf Of the al
lies failure to come even to an ap
proximatc understanding with the
Germans
"UntiI we get proposals from Ger
many which mean q permanent settle
ment there can be no peace he de
clared
Premier BRAND. of France, on yeav
ing the conference, indicated that tn
reply to Mr.. lloyd George would b.
very firm and positive i'll tone.
Allies United
"'rhe allies are perfectly agreed q
to what should be said,'' he added
Mr.. BRAND and Mr.. Lloyd Georg
took luncheon together during the re
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
MEETING IMPROVEMENT So
CIETY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Improvement Society of the
Episcopal Churc4, met Monday after
noon at the residence of Mrs. R. W.
Shields. It is an interesting fact
that this society has been organ
lied for forty years. The first work
it did was to build rectory, and al
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08
What Germans Want

Shortly after I clock the British
were leoving the con
ference. The situation seemed very
serious, as it did not look as if an
agreement was being reached.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-08

ent It IS engaged IN making money
for the Victory Window a
& lful memorial to all the boys OF
community who served in The
Id War.y
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-03

The Story of the Potatoes


By HOWARD R. CARS

Hopping one day past a farmers
barn. Uncle Wiggily saw the farmer
toss away some little potatoes.
Get out Of my barn." cried the
farmer. putting his red face up like
a toy balloon. You're small po-
tatoes and few in hill. and l don't
want TO bother with YOU Out you
go-you aren't even good to feed TO
the pigs!"
The potatoes never said a word,
though maybe few tears came in
TO their eyes, for. of course. they did
not like being cast out o. the warm
barn, with winter so near at hand
"Oh. ho!" said Uncle Wiggily to
himself. as he saw the little pota-
toes those may be too small for
the farmer TO care for, but they are
not 700 small for Nurse Jane and
me. I'll take them home to my hol-
low stump bungalow"
So saying the rabbit gentleman
stuffed the potatoes under his tall
silk hat, and off he went Hppity-lap
over the fields and through the
woods.
Uncle Wiggily had not gone very
far before. all OF a sudden, he heard
q rustling under the bushes and out
popped the Woozie Wolf.
Just in time," howled the Wolf.
as he caught Uncle Wiggily and
dragged the bunny off to the deep
dark. dismal den.
Dear mei' exclaimed the bunny
gentleman as soon as he could catch
his breath. which had almost run
away from him. This is getting
tiresome, You're always bobbing
up where you aren't wanted
Il might say the same Of you, 3"
snarled the Wolf Anyhow. take
off your hat and stay a while AID
with that he snatched off the tall
silk hat
out fell the little potatoes bibbity-
bob on the floor of the VOLTS cave.
whats that?" cried the bad
creature. Are you losing your
head %
NO. those are my potatoes an
swered Uncle Wiggily.
Hunt" unused the Wolf. i've
heard OF head of cabbage, but
never before one of potatoes. What
good are they?" and he looked al
the round. brown things.
They're good 20 boil and eat"
said the bunny.
Faith! Then I'll boil them anu
have them with your ears, which !
am going to nibble!" snapped out
the savage chap. Il have fire.
How do YOU boil potatoes
"Tu show YOU" offered Uncle
Wiggily. thinking he saw cnance
70 play a trick on the Wolf as he
had on the Fox. Put on some
water in pan. and get me Big
round stone"
Are you going to boil the stone
with the potatoes?" asked the bad
chap. as he put the water on the fire
to boil
mo. I'm going 20 mash the pota-
toes for YOU so they'll taste better
spoke the bunny. Get me the large.
roung stone.
and don't YOU be running out on
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/ me while I'm gone! said the Wolf
slyly. and to keep Uncle Wiggily in,
the Wolf locked the door.
But the bunny didn't mind that.
He had another plan. Soon the po-
tatOes were boiled nice and soft, and
they smelled very good, cooking
away.
I'm beginning to believe I shall
like smashed potatoes with your
nibbled ears" growled the Wolf,
shifting the air.
They're mashed. or damned po-
tatoes, not smashed, though 7 am
going to do some smashing" spoke
Uncle Wiggily, as he stuck a sharp
peeled it. Dropping the boiled po-
tatOes into a dry kettle. Uncle Wig
gily took the large round stone the
Wolf had brought in, and stood over
the vegetables.
This is how it's done" said the
bunny rabbit. and, taking the stone
in his paw. as he had seen Nurse
Jane take the potato masher. the
rabbit gentleman began to crush the
potatoes up fine.
Faith, and it's good thing TO
know" spoke the Wolf. leaning over
closer and closer to the pot, for he
wanted to see everything that Wolf
did, even what went on inside the
keyhole.
do you like your potatoes hot or
cold?" suddenly asked Uncle Wig
gily. as he raised the round, hard
stone masher high in the air.
Hot. Hot, Of course. barked the
Wolf.
Then hot it is" cried the bunny,
as he smashed the stone down on the
paw OF the Wolf, cracking three Of
he bad chaps toes. I'D have done
the same thing had you said 'cold!' :"
laughed the rabbit as he sprang
away, caught up his hat and bound
ed out of the door, which the Wolf
had forgotten to lock again. Eat
your potatoes. Mr.. Wolf" said the
bunny. but you'll nibbie no ears
today!"
And the Wolf gave a loud howl
and hopped around his den on three
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-03

excitement or extravagence. Under
certain operations. howevr, the
judgment should be steady and re-
liable
Those whose birthday Il IS may
have a year OF checkered interests,
with fluctuating gains and losses,
successes and failures. a prospect
Of change. removal or Journey may
be embraced as a benefit Be quiet
attentive and thrifty. A child born
on this day is likely 10 have an
eventful career. with ups and downs
and may find itself often put u ex-
tremes In money matters.
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treatment which will promote your
comfort IL you are thus afflicted.
Hot applications are very useful
These may take the form OF moist
applications For instance, you may
dip a towel or a big piece OF flannel
in water, hot as can be borne. Place
this over your eyes and forehead
covering this wet cloth with a dry
cloth. AS soon as this application
cools a bit. dip it again into the hot
water.
A bag Of hot salt, a hot-water bag
or an electric pad may be employed.
Never use a poultice on your eyes
under any circumstances. Many an
eye has been ruined by the use of a
pouluce.
Capsicum-vaseline or mentol may
be applied to the temples. and hot
congresses put on afterward. This
form of counter-irritation may dim
! irish your suffering.
When your doctor arrives he will
prescribe certain eye drops and 9TH
er medication. Recurring eye pain
demands examination Of the eyes
and search for the underlying cause
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-03

That settled II. I was too ex-
hausted 10 care about dresses. to
care about anything but getting
home 10 my bed.
4etherdear returned 10 the sub
Jet before I went to sleep:
Little girl, Mcdasters is a mar
r!ed man. I suppose I'm oldfash-
Toned and not used 10 the manners
OF some movie people, or the free
dom Of women and men in the same
business. Nor the familiarity. I
can't forget that McNasters has
half a dozen little children in his
home. One daughter is about your
age. Now my conscience compels
me 70 believe that McMasters ought
to spend his spare time WITH his
family"
And he ought not TO 30 out to
little dinners without his wife I
don't need to be told that, Mother
dear. I guess any girl knows that.
But I'm sure you understand how
I happened 10 be there?"
IT can trust you, darling!" Moth
erdear kissed me tenderly. thought
a minute, and continued:
II can't take you out Of the NOV
les, darling. It's your future, your
fortune. not mine, that's 70 be made
I can't interfere. But I guess weIl
both take good care not to help Nc
Masters to neglect his family"
What did Cyrus mean by a
'frame-up'?"
'Well-possibly -that was his
slang way Of saying the new chauf-
feur was trucking US. Cyrus seems
TO have a remarkable knowledge OF
cars. He was curious--and spoiled
the fellows trick"
Ito BE COntinued.)
Copyright. 1921. NEA Sorvice)
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CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE

Volubie explanations by Rose were
followed by orders to the waiter to
rearrange the table for fOur
We dined under a nervous tension.
McMasters was simply charming
10 Motherdear. Eulogies OF my work
embarrassed me. but I could tell
that he wasn't making much OF a
hit with her
On the way home from Roses
dinner. Mctherdear was almost dis
agreeable. Only once or twice IN
my life had I seen her IN such an
unexpiainable mood.
First she cried over me. then she
kissed me. and then she fell into a
long silencs.
What worries you. Motherd ear %
I ciasped her soft fingers in mine.
cyrus" she announced abruptly.
"Cyrus?" 7 repeated in astonish-
ment.
He phoned me that he had fixed
up the engine OF your car In a
jlny. But that was after you had
left with Rose He said nothing was
the matter with the engine. He ad-
vised me 70 fire our new chauffeur
Immediately. Re didn't want to say
more. Just suggested that a word
20 the wise was sufficient"
You made him explain?'
Finally he limited at some kind
OF a frame-up. He said I'd better
come for the car and stop here and
get you. Or II I said 80. he'd come
for you and take you home"
I'm sure I don't see what you
were worried about Motherdear!"
I'm glad to say you don't. Per
haps I'm confused myself. Perhaps
Cissy was excited. I can't come to
any conclusion. And so let's talk
about the f-ocks which were deliv-
cred today"
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Wavs to Relief.

/ have told you of several causes
Of eye pain. Needless to say. the
cause must be removed If you would
get rid Of the pain.
There are certain methods Of
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After-Dinner Tricks

80. "a broken Match Restored.
a match is wrapped in a hand
kerchief and then broken; opening
the handkerchief the match drops
out unbroken.
Another match Is previously con-
cealed in the hem of the handker-
chief. 1t is this match that is broken
through the folds Of the cloth, hence
the marvellous restoration.
To repeat the trick, using any
handkerchief. the performer holds
the cloth to a spectators ear, so that
he can actually hear the match be-
ing broken, yet the restoration is
again accomF lished.
The match is not really broken.
The performer merely snaps his fin
ger nail with his thumb nail. The
sound exactly resembles the break
ing of a match and Will deceive the
keenest observer.