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Moorhead IAddmses Joanna Good-Will
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. ^1934
Milliolu Kdd^n
By Ag^ Wonian
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She had left a wilt in a Portland, Ore.,I LOOK! LOOK!
bank; and had drawn $500,000' cash AaiMrican Boy now $1/00 per year,
from a Seattle bank. The governiheht $2.00 for S years.
■ Th. Jo.nm Good-Will .,i.ociii(!al*«niiation as thU through which w« _
of Goldyille,’ jjin eleeniosyriary corpbr-j could deal together. There are many 9;’ a ^ew days last week with
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ation, has recently been issued a char-
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activities we can enter into with each
other that w'illUead to a more attrac
tive and beautiful community.
Mr. and Mrs, C. P. Robinson and Mrs.
W. L, ^ Jones. . < ' ^ \
. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Cook and Miss
Late Widow Bought Land For
$36,000 Blit CbuldnH Afford
Butter. $500,000 Put In Clock.
,, T>i . 1 r n .11 London, Dec. 1. — Ibrahim Smith-
With reference to charity 1 wish to Blakely^of^Greenville, spe t eccentric old lady who^ de-
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■; and:assure you that no community injThank.sgiving with their parents,
( pur-lsbuth Carolina has exhibited a finer i A. Ross Blakel}^ — jt
lighted in “fooling the lawyers’
ter by the secretary of state.
The assbciatipm is bieaded by D. J.
Bochanan, president; C, T. Kay, vice
president; J. D. Butler, treasurer
L. Roy Templeton, secretary. Its . , , .
]>ose as set fprth in its charter is tojspirit or record toward the unfortu-, J. Y. Blakely of Washington spent^ ^ ^
“promote gyxl-will, harmony and fuUfnate than the people of this commu-'a few days last week with his brother; fortune, once estimat-
cooperation between the employees jnity. ^ou have through the trying|and sister, A.i Ross Blakely and Mrs. gj $15,000,000. - ^
and management of the Joanna Cot-jyears of this depression assisted thciC. P. Robinson. j filing of her strange w'ill re
ton Mills. The organization now^has,unfortunate with a liberality thakwill Mrs. F. A. Buchanan of Swannapoa,!. fierce IcmI battle involving
four hundred members. ' 'plac^ stars in your crowns when you ^ ^ l"^^*^** involving
W. A. Moorhead, the highly esteem-i have passed irito that life eternal,
ed manager of the Joanna concern, Your liberality toward the unfortu-
sought her in vain. £[«• attorneys said
they believed she was murdered.
.Mrs. Brown admitted in court re
cently that she and her husband were
in constant communication with Mrs.
Slni^h-Scollard, who was in. Montaeal
until her death in 1932.
Attorney Burdick said that Brown,
'before Jie died,-used Mrs. Smith-Scol-
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ing her sensational life, is bafflingpoww of attorney to settlb the
even in dealing their international iuconne tax case against her—in 1933,
a year after she died.
I Brown was killed without revealing
the mystery of her missing fortune.
'was invited last Saturday evening to rai.e has attracted the attention of
address the membership. At the re-; man;
quest of the organization, his address mation regarding the splendid way m
N. C„ spent the Thanksgiving holi-, her heil-sr the kdminrstraior"of he"r,were closed in
days here with her sons and daugh-; heirs of mysterious,
ters. ^ ^ Reese B. Brown, of .Yakima, financial,
Mis> Ahne Holland of Clifton, spent j adviser who hid her in Canada white
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address the membership. At the re-;many communities asking for *ufor-|^ j^gj. agents sought her
is published below!
' Mr. President and Members of the
Joanna Goodwill association:
It is indeed an honor you* have done
me in asking that 1—make you a talk
this evening. J
At the •v’cry_outsef I want to assure
each of, you that my sincere feeling
which this important matter has been
;Sohed here. I am satisfied that with
a unfted front through your organi
zation on this question you will s61ve
and handle this noble question with
due consideration* for each case
brought to your attention.
I want to mentipn some things
George R. Holland, and family. jfour years, and then concealed her
Mr. and Mrs. James Benjamin of ashes for a year after she dM in
Greensboro, Na C., spent last week'Montreal. ^ . |
with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Robinson; | “You can’t trust lawyers,’’ she (Ince
Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Scott* of Green-j .skid to a relative, with a wink. “It’s
ville, were guests Sunday of Mr, and | best to tell them nothing.”
Mrs. A* L. Shepard. j At the, time she had just engaged
Mr. and Mi's, J. G. Shuler of Colum-,an attorney who was’ handling .sev-
i/i, iiiat iiij atiivcic icciiiia , , ,,
i* that I am among friends and fellow,which to live,
co-workers. ' Home:—First of all I believe this
When I fh*st learned there was a '^® the bedrock of aliy^cpramunity,
moveriient being started among you ^ ^
to organize a Goodwill Association, I ® home living daily the teachings
vy heart, mind and souL seemed im-!®^ Christ, you need have no fear of
m*diately to beewme attuned in full|^^^ morality of that home.
sy‘.^pathy with such a movement, ij my niind it is just as
was approached by several of you on'^ attend church
which 1 think ;;;ke f^r an ideal “f i" -ah far her. She
spent Thaftksgiving with their brother
and sistcr:in-law, Mr. and* Mrs. Geo.
R. Holland.
Misses Mary Howze Dillard, Bebe
Dillard and Beverly Davis spent
Thursday and Friday in Charleston
and Columbia. . ' ^ \ These lawyers are seeking the
A. L. Shepard wajs a business visitor money now—in two ways. Wilmon
mumbled *because she did not want to
spend $100 for the services of a den
tist—too ej^travagant, she said. She
would buy a Seattle lot for $36,000
without ever seeing it—and declin».,to
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VERY wmter, an
army of people
bresJu arms and legs
slipping on icy; side
walks.'
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use butter becau.se it was “expensive.”
in Greenville yesterday.
I-Tucker,-administrator of -her estate,
.. . Real Throat relief!
M^cated with ingredi
ents of Vicks VapoRub
^TNA-IZE
OVERCOMES.BAD BREATH
An iCtna Acetdwt Policy guarut^
oti a regular income while you’re
d up; Pays doctors,.noraes and
hospital, too!.
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this "srtke-' mi,.,: ic. the Jatc f-(i our souls on the tlocfine of "“''Y flftly in a $.5,000^00 suit against
riiiarn-otuin!- was 0 Uko ^ a» it i* foi' ns to feed our hod-lft' w-k-n"'' CharJo.ston w.th IhCiBrowns estate that Brown took her
imiiai ncLun„ v.as lo laKo jiiace ‘■‘’i ;. f.iUa. «« a„f ' Imoney while .she wa.s of unsound
launch the movement. I told those of L our Likt an active Mrs. Flora-nce Sledge, Miss Estelle-mind.
■ktrtu tk’Vin 11 mo fViut intpre.>t in the leligiou.s side of our,,. , , «• , i... • i ...i ... , ■ » , <
you who approached me that person
ally I would welcome such a move- cpnimimity
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it-makes no
iffepence
I Daniel ami Mrs. John Daniel, who livel Denton G. Burdick, chief counsel for
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Irt her< ,-in the next few days.
This matter was gone* over with
director.'' with .Mr. Mitchell pres-
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ent and they instructeil me to extend
t». you their full approval, best wish
es, goodwill, blessings and willing
ness to lock arm.s with their employ-
Cis in endeavors leading toward mak
ing .this a better place in which to
the most powerful' influence .upon
your lioy or girl is thejteacher in the
school. Our school here , has a rword
which, if you will study with Mr.
is almost staitling. When the boys
and girls go to the h'^-'h seliool from
the Goldville school ih -y arc* r.o well
prepared that you need not doubt
their ability to cfin'inue their work in
near Weldon., N. C., have been visiting the known heirs, who include Mrs,
Greely Fitzpatrick, of Oak-
sister of the old eccentric,
court that Brown’s estate, 1*6-
sre, was virtually identical
[Dick Darlington, on ^Thurstlay. No-pvith that of Mrs. Smith-Scollard. |
vem'l)er 22nd. Mrs. Lawler is pleas-j Mrs. Ssdie Brown, the widow, de-j
antl.v remembered here as MisS Mary.nied her husband’.s fortune came from:
Darlington Black, daugh,ter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Black.
Miss Mary Emma Speake, student
at Lander college. Greenwood, spent
Mrs. Smith-Scollard. ^e came to
court in Yakima not, 'oing ago. wiih^
the cremated ashes of Mrs. Smith-!
Scollard, sayFng her husband, killed
live and concerning matters of mutual-:i'-’i4C'0!.v’ manner, lour o gam
advantage.
zatidri- HOW has an opportunity to deal
the holidays with her parents, Mr. and* jn- an autermabije aocidept, had con-
Mrp. George Speake. cealed them on his $1,000,000 estate
.Mrs. Selma Franks, .MLsses 01aJ>a-!at the Yakima Imiian reservation.
vis, Frances Jones and Virginia Dukes Xhe second division of the fortune
I understand that you had your or- moi'e directly with questions -leading
night-to'leaking this part of our community "““T* .
nigiu, , _ _ ■ i J. L. Rentz has returned from
ganization meeting Saturday
Nov. 3rd, and from the very first and of greater .'Service,
there was an enthusiastic response to- is possible. ^ •
ward the complete formation of such! General Morality of Our ('ommu-
nn oiganizaiian, which you have .seen: "'Lv—This has ever been a problem vVaU,.Hhoro • N (’ soent Thanks-
fil to name “The .Ioanna Goodwill As-'with which to deal in a fair and im- Wa<b*«boro, N. ( .. spent I han_ks
attended the Jones-llenerey wedding hunt leads to banks and vaults wheie
attorneys believe the old lady may
^;c.atiun.” I fur.her underslaml that partial manner, but one which I have
J h.ive continued to grow until; fo handle without fear or favor,
you.* membeii hip ai this, time shows 11 <?an assure you that Mr, Mitchell
♦ ‘ .••fr.i! hundred. " - and myself will welcome your cooper-
.Aiiy organization founded upon'ation and a'dvice.
friendship, unselfi.shness and charily| 1" mJ' closing remarks I wi.sh to
is bound to. breed 1^4 and accom-jlalk more or less frankly with.you.
plrsh worthwhile thing.s, j ! want each of you; to feel that
With- your memlH*rship growing at! (^ohlville i.s your home. I want ,you to
sbeh a rapid rate, I imagine it is onlyj!’'^’^! lhat the Joanna Cotton MiTls—i*
a matter of a few week.s until you jour fountain of sustenance. I want
will have enrolled all emploj/ees oflyi'U to love your home and help me to
the Joanna Cotton Mills. it free from those outsiders who
would come into our home / and at
tempt to destroy the relationship of
our goodwill existing toward one an
other. I want you to help me to pro
tect the Joanna Cotton Mills as' re
lated tp its owners and yourselves,
With every crisis .there usually
tmerges a movement which in the end
means a better understanding between
all interested parties. During this de
pression through which we have been; , .... ......
traveling, we have all learned to be
more tolerant and considerate of each '^^ manifest a mutual consider-
othcr. It ^gJ<es a crisis sometimes to
single out tho.-;e who think construc-
ation for each other. Personally, I
feel very keenly the responsibilities
lively and those who hold such bit-;^^«ting upon^ my shoulders; for I
terness that they would-take steps to consider a ^two-fold question
destroy those things leading to high
er and better relations. The Joanna
that of your own and that of the
owners.
I also want to make clear here and
Goodwill association, to my way of. . , ,
thinking is^he^m*ct result of a more
sire on the part of you to hold to and
add to that splendid 8h'irif“'”'C)f CO-"
operation which has existed irr our
than anyone present the bitterness
which sprung up in our community
some weeks ago. Some of it can very
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community for many years. In other^^asily traced to welDpaid agitators,
words-it tnko.-. a real tW to .deter- can he traced to a person
mine ~who'are really your friends andi^^*^^ misguided. Some of those rhis-
who would follow' a leadership ^ f^-^ends
signe<l to destroy that friendship. ready to
Friendship is that one great pps-1“"y misguided step he or she
session which you and I are privileged • "^fy have taken. I want you to^ ex-
to (.wn which silver or gold cannot hihit a spirit of forgiveness and ex:
puicha.'C 01 destroy.“'Friendship is;^J^.* hand of welcome to those ex-
•wroughl. through knowing and asso- hihiting such a desire
have hidden ‘possibly $2,000,009- in
his home in Santa'cash and $250,000 in jewels in Cana-
jda, Washington, Ortgon, Iowa, Kan-|
I.. Marshall, Jr.,|sa.s and California. i
The foundation of her fortune was
giving with the latter’s parents, Mr. hud by “Hecla Jim” Smith, who
month'.s stay at
Rosa, Texas.
Mr, and Mrs. W.
aind Mrs. C. M. Bailey.
struck it rich when he bought
Miss Ella Little McOary of Blythe- j 12.'} a one-sixth interest in a north ' ‘
wood, siient the week-end with her'Idaho mine—a mine which has p^id
parents, Mr. .and Mrs. L, i). McCrary.
Mrs. Arthur Copeland and Miss
Sara Copeland spent the Thanksgiv
ing holidays with.their daughter and
sister, Mrs. T. F. Wallace, in St.
Matthews.
Miss Elsie Little of Estill, sjient the
Thanksgiving holidays with her moth
er, Mrs. Arthur Little.
Miss Elisabeth Nelson of Lander
college. Greenwood, spent ,Thanksg‘iv-
ing with her parents, Mn and Mrs.
T. J. Peake. - '
Dr. and Mrs. T, J. Peake,. Miss
Christine Peake and Raymond Pitts
were in Charleston Thanksgiving for
the P. C.-Citadel football game.
Mr. and Mr.s. W. D.jCcpeland were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.; T.
Martin in Greenwood.
Cs P. Robinson has returned from a
week’s visit to his sister in Spartan
burg.
Judge Sheldon M. Roper, Mrs. Ro
per, and twin daughters, of Lincoln-
ton, N. C., Charles P. Roj^r, student
at the South Carolina Medical college.
Charleston, and Miss Margaret Fran-i
ces Roper, who teaches at Buffalo,
spent the Tjianksgiving holidays with
their parents and grandparents. Dr.
and Mrs. J. C. Roper.*' ■
more than $16,000,000 in dividends..
She made money in Chicago real es-i
tate, being known as “the Hetty Green (
of LaSalle street.” j
She had four husbands, and appar-1
ently trusted none of them with full:
information about her money. She de
serted the first, one Peterson, in IreTj
land, where she was born, after two
weeks. Smith died. She divorced R. T.
Wilbur, of Spokane, and G. F. ScoD
lard, of Bellingham. Scollard said she
used to pay the second highest income
tax in Chicago.
She u.sed to carry $5,000 to $1,000,-
000 in 'cash, all the time. She hi(J
$5’i0,000 in a clock, and placed $500,-
000 in $1,000 hills in an old trunk. SNeJ
deposited thousands in hanks of Cali-{
fomia and Washington—then forgot
them, while the interest piled up.
W’hen Mrs. Smith-Scollard was in
dicted for^ making false income taxH;
returns,"'five years ago, she vanished.^
PLYMOUTH
Wait for the New 1935 I
Plymouth
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CLINTON IN THE NEXT
FEW bAYS.
DON’T
.;. trade for any 1934-made car until
you have seen the 1935 Plymouth.
ciating with one another, through the
avenues of service and charity to
ward each—thus leading to- that goal
To tho.se in our community who
harbor ill-will toward our company—
and that meaniii your company and my
Tax Collections
Rise 20 Per Cent
WEEK-E N D S P E CIA L S
of love. Friendship, when founded'The Joanna Cotton Mills—
upon the sold rock of true under-p wish to remind them that we re-
ftanding of each other, is like unto;*^^^^ only three aimple standards to
that house built upon a solid rock
foundation—storms may come and go
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iently his
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an employee ofr Joanna Cotton
as. follows:
but it remains steadfast and well,»B-'perform
choved. Whereas, a friendship with-,®*^ worx.
out that understanding and confi-j 2. Proper moral conduct in the com-
dence is like unto a house built upon
the sands—with the first stormy test
it fell. ,
November Alone Shows Gain of
$216,054. and Wine Levy
Yields $150,000.
3. Proper attitude toward the com-
pany.
Now, I. bespeak for this organiza- With those simple^ and reasonable
tion a long life of service, one toward standards met, there is np reason un-
another—you have endeavored to get why all other problems
your foundation perfected upon the ^ with your support
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proper understanding and relationship
toward^W:h other.
You have-a great opportunity to
and your counsel.
As my final remarks I'want -agTKh
to say: What I did the first week in
realize the value of working together,!Septem^r was done in the interest of
and you have seft forth three great] Protecting your right to woric from
goals *of-attainme^ht — namely: har-i^^^y 9'*tside interference and I stand
mony, social relationship, and charity. ]'®*“y the limit in protecting you
In your efforts toward holding a| rom outside-Jnterference again —if
elose harmonious relationship in our y®** want me to
community you will find the manage
ment and owners of the Joanna Cot-
toi^ Mills ready' to cooperate with
you. You can rest assured that there
will be times when differences of
opinion idll arise; but, I have always
felt that every question^ could be
NEW PLYMOUTH
EXPECTED SOON
The Clinton Motor compeny, local
Plymouth distributors, are expecting
to place the new49d5 Pljrmouth model
properly solved with a complete tin-^ on display in their show rooms in the
derstaading—after due consideration
and deUberatioB has been allowed to
teke jdaea,
WIA referenM ta the toeial side
af ear eommnaity drde, I ha^ al-
next few days. Mr. Craig statfd year
terday that he and his salesmen, L. W.
Cooper and fl. Irvin will go to
(keenabdro, N. C., Saturday to tee the
new cars and h6]w toon thereafter to
ow them here. . \
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Columbia, Dec,_J..^A report issued
today by the state tax commission
showed revenue collectidns for the
first-eleven months of 1934 exceeded]
those of the same period last yeac-by
approximately 20 per cent.
The statement," issued by W. G.
Query, chairman of the tax conunis-
Ision, -gave total collections for the
eleven-month period as $14,826,413 as
compared with $12,267,130 for the
eleven months of 1933,~'an increase of
$2,669,283.
Nearly every item of Collection
showed an increase in 1934, the report
said, explaining that a drop in total
collections from the electric power tax
from the 1933 figure was due to a
large collection of delinquent taxes
through November of last year.
Tax collections for November were
$1,333,683, representing an increase of
$216,054 over the November, 1933,
total, »
November income tax collections,
the report said, increased nearly
$100,000 over those of the same month
last year; the business license tax
nearly |M,000; the gasoline tax
around $100,000; and the beer an*
wipe tax approxiniately $150,000. Ibe
report explained the big increase in
the beer and wine receipts waa dqe
tjs the fact that ^tiuLJ»ftv$ng»f were
legalised in May, 19SS, a^ there were
b6 eoUections from that source for the
first four months of last year.
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