North Carolina Newspapers

I MANY BILLS ARE LNTRODICED B Y I ASSEMBLYMEN Sevtnuc Me-aitireo Occupy Center cf ?.a??v a*. Rcnrc*ep.tatives Clamor for Relief- Governor Gardner ?*nd Lieut?c>a?t Governor Fountai?) ii* ^ ear Break Over Assignment*. Other News from the Capital. By M. R. DUNNAGAJS Sr -'- ai Writer tor,The Ofimocrat Raleigh, X. C-?rState operation 'd maintenance of the constitution';?*? six months term was unqudrapRiy the most important proposal bevre tlr* North Carolina Ge!^:?l As tnbly the hast week anil gives mom of taking leading position thisi et;k, although number^ of impor*?ht nieces of legislation have been ; farced before that body. Two pvoponen*s of a bill embotlythe fixing of a_ State oVrlic-. of Iteration of lEe term. k-gislajfton i which is to bo pr^osed lai?r, ovev. helmingly won in the li *>l ^V.irish before the joint sespi-J:. ?f the ouse an<l Senate Educs.iioi ?cm .ktoes. and. unless signs. U?i.. the e:il will pass hdth houses. n the ighi >.<?me of the committee members votpaSgf i tor it who voiced reservations. The; II was set as :: special order in the! Bffl House Monday night and in the Sen-! ijS *<)r Tuesdav of this we eh- A live-' jnv .. skirmish is expected before the bill I onief ;> lav . Those supporting! the bib, known sBj the LnKlscy-Youinr measure, argue &? his is the niost effective niethod of: reducing taxes, since schools are ore costly than all other county ac-j tivities. If the State takes over the! InR schools. taxes can he lowered and the isffS .irden largely removed, they stale, VY tferring to the Constitution which apppsedly requires State operation -1' six months. :&? T!u- only note of warning was is{*&? - :ed i>y the only school man speakIra ?r before the committee vote. T.\ . Jg Vvintrate Andrews. IlitHt iroer president of the- State teacher. gamv.aiion. who said a policy widen 1 ir-ainlained no relation between thoj ^lount spent for schools and the, "axes. paid was unsound ami feared: " > of local interest. State Sunerin-i ten den I A. T. Allen, who did not i speak, also wains that if the six! !rv.onths law proposed is adopted, j many small districts now operatingj ght months with equalizing and extended term aid, will he forced to! educe the terms or levy more taxes, j The matter of revenue is worrying i -me legislators. The Educational Commission's Sri . .oaths school hill has not appeared,! at the ButHsir bill introduced would! d-fovide an eight months term, forty1, kiys of which the county board oP STATEMENT C Watauga Buil Associ Of Boone, N. C., as of (Copy of Sworn Statement Submit (.Ht ASSOCIATION* OWNS: ; 3? Cash on Hand in Banks. Mortgage Loans Money loaned to shareholders foi qXvji cured by first movifj. on ?oea\ imp Stock Loans Advances made to oi'.r sharehold stock No '.nan exceeds Op per ccr liially paid'in. Accounts Receivable . . . Temporary Advances for Insurants Office Furniture and Fixf Real Estate Owned .... Other Assets TOTAL LIABIL 7 HE ASSOCIATION' OWES: To Shareholders?-Funds entrusted the form of payments on stock as instalment Stock . . $ ! Full Paid Stock ... 2< Faille Pavalslir* - ?* 7 Money ;$' rrowcd for use in inakii rctirim: matured stock. Ea " by at least two-thirds of cut ire B< ?as required by law. Undivided Profits . ... . . Earnings held in trust for distribut crs at maturity of stock. Other Liabilities TOTAL State of North Carolina, County of Watauga: W. H. Grape, Seerctary-Tieasui personally appeared before me this < the foretfoiup report is true to the bes W. H fworn to and subscribed before me. It (Seat) : <}& . ^ G. I>. I (My commission expires ^ ^ ^ j ^ j education cookl if attendi i\'Sv.t Saw. It would require the j SI ate to raise $29.0tkMd"l and that i ;? Stale-wide tax.. rate ?f 23 cents j wr $100 property \ situation be iev| ied and collected by the (Mpite-.,; ihc proceed? tarried rub; the "S;>m I School Fund" in the State Treasury | and'salaries and. 'expenses be r-a id i from this fund by order of the teunI ty boards. The State Foard of, As-1 I sessmpr.ic would he authorised to! i raise or lowur the 23-ee?it rate as! I conditions wars ant. Teacher* would] j receive ihc^r present .salaries under the Stat-:* sa'.aey schedule for two t years, less the ki.-l. increment earned through training: and eicpertenee. Ex! ti e pay j"oi teachers may b?- raised by ! ? al taxes. iv>t to exceed > per j-cent- of the total teacher budget. ' A bill introduced that would cut S teachers' salaries i0 per cent, wno j the subject of an exchange of letters i between State Superintendent A. T. I Aden and Governor Gardner, the former avkin-r '?f the latter favored : yi au i or tvagceis. governor ^ard: vx>.r replied that he did not favor a i tut for teachers alone, but knew j i iih would he introduced cuUingj | them ant! concluded that if onci | should he cut. al! public- employees! > should be treated alike. Me estimate-:' i that $4,000,1100 will be saved the. j taxpayers and states that others ha v. I received cuts in salaries to that extent or more. The McDevitt hill would require reading of at least 10 verses from, the- Bible daily, without comment, in I all public schools of the State. A break, or near break, between Governor Gardner and Lieutenant I Governor R. T. Fountain, president of the Senate, has developed over President Fountain's appointments on the committee to consider G tvernor Gardner's administrative vapvgnniv.ation plan, including; the "short ball-.d." Inference is that the com mirage was "stacked * wiili members opposed to the Governor's plan. Governor Gardner hopes, however, that his plan, including the appointment of all officers created by statute by ihe Governor, will have fair Consid oration. The Parker bill, not exactly th>Governor's proposal, would abolish the present Highway < 'ouimission, creating a commission of five. named hy the Governor, with legislative : nnroval. who would create five districts, with chairmen of county road boards, elected by the people, as members of the district commissions. It would have the commission take over county roads and provides a sixcent gasoline tax to take rare or tmrir maintenance. Sales tax bills, based on those of four stales, West Virginia. Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina, hove now been introduced in one of both of Ihb houses. However, the Budget Kovenue Bill, introduced early in the week, has itself been dubbed )F CONDITION [ding & Loan iation December 3 1 st. 1 930 ted to Insurance Oconrnissiouer as ? by Law) ETS $ 1,813.44 336,929.16 the puipos" of s. Kach loan sr 1,658.00 ers. against their it. of amount ac. . 1,354.44 tures 725.36 2,330.381 5,832.671 $350,643.45 18,205.00 37,625.00 $325,830.00 7,550.00 if: loans to mem.ch note approved oard of Directors 17,013 451 ion to share-hold I 250.00 $350,643.45 ? ?= ?'er 6f Uiv ^bove n&i^ii Association lay, and being duly sworn, says that t of his knowledge and belief. i. GRAGG, Secretary. lis 28th clay of January, 1931. IRINKLEY. Notary Public. ; May 8, 1931 I ' THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E\ \ [a <al*s tax Ml!. Iri many of its h-. | ceus& tax provisions a small flat tax ; i-5 continued. out the bulk ??) the tax | would he collected from grass scales. | The finance committees have decici[ fd to consider tins bill first, beginj niii? tlii? - ^Kk?-with a y>rt> ~of :.**!? feieuce thaf if the needed revenues can be raised with th;s bill, then the sales tax bills will not be necessary. lobbyists are expected in avalanches for the Revenue Rill hear| inp:s this week. Taxes on insurance i companies, fire, life, compensation, I'fi'tv.i,- have been increased; a surtax i has been added to taxes of public , service corporations; motor vehicles, | passenger and freight, as well as buses. will he taxed on a basis ?.f .net ; weight of the vehicles; in addition to small annuai taxes gfross sales taxes are imposed on many items, j'a few ^ being: avbtion picture and vaudeville house.-, six pel cent, or I tiiree per cent, if the distributors' tax of five per cent, has been paid in the State; cash registers, adding machines, typewriters, etc., one per cent.; soft drink bottlers. 3 per cent., wholesalers and jobbers, '? per cent.; packing houses. 1 per cent., plus the <*#h;ititi' Si,- r ------ ?? -- Hi . , .-?nm l '"Hi tillIIJA' |M?1" cent, of invoice cost of syrups; ice cream manufacturers, I per cent.: building- and loan associations, 1 -? cents oh $100. etc. Stocks in foreign I corporation?: are not taxed, but a tax of 5 per cent, is placed or: rr.e . IruomcS from such stocks. rt- * A bill to extend the proVisL of the Harbers Act, now limited t< towns of 2,000 population or more, requiring examinations of barbers and inspection of shops, all over the State has been introduced. The bill , requiring an examination el* embauwers and funeral directors was tabled; therefore, killed* . Several bills have been introduced j deaiing with tax sales and foreclosures and a general policy will pro!) - , ably be adopted. Numbers of local !'ili< would postpone foreclosures for , specific counties; others would re- , duce the penalties from one to one- j half of one per cent, a month, while others would eliminate the penalties , altogether. Still another would per- , mit paynu-nt of income and proper- , ty taxes in two or four instalments, depending on the amount. j Two resolutions may he consuicied . through the assembly, one memorial- , izing Congress to pay World War < veteraiis the face value of their ad- { justed compensation certificates; the , other asking that Congress provide legislation by which Federal Land . Hanks are not required to foreclose j mortgages or. farm property. * * Oilier hills introduced and of gen- , eral interest follow: , AU.JO-W it... ??: -u- -- ? ? - ? 1 ..wQit mht mj^nway rairoi. I j Require a driver's license of all \ automobile operators. costing $1 for , two yeaers for regular drivel's and t each two years for chauffeurs. j Making the colors of automobile j tags those of the State University, j white and light blue, alternating those colors between- background and j letters each year; ? Allow deputies sheriff, as well as j sheriffs, to ley off Homesteads. Provide fov women to serve as ju Changing the Slate-wide primary j from the first Saturday iii June to . Tuesday after the first Monday in * June. g5 sgc * t Decrease of at least 10 per cent. , in the cost of licenses for farm y truths. . lffi ) Eliminate requirement of a private examination and voluntary as sent in acknowledgement of convey- , ances hy mrar yd women. s Extend time of open seasons for \ squiviels, mnkinfe it September 15 to j January IF#, and for raccoons, taken with dogs, making it October 15 to , Kchiuavy 1>?. y y,;r; Sunday School Lesson [ REV SAMUEL D. PRICE, D. D. } "" International Sunday School Letson ; For February 1st isf'.-.' s JESUS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN = Luke iv, 38-44; v, 12-16 JVf! j1 . EraKS . .) esus is now won started in the j = second yeaiV of II is public mjiiist^ ,s and the work centers in (iaiilee. Du- j-E ring the year, following the Ter.ipta-jj tion, He wrought in Jude?.. One \n-|; cident remembered by all; the con-;: versation with Nieodemus which gives? j; us the great truth in John iii, 16. \Z The rejection of His fellow towns- E men in Nazareth caused Jesus to z make Capernaum the center of ac z tivity. z The months thai follow cover the z period of popular favor. In the4 lar- z gua&e of today, the Nazarene was : first page news. This was due in part z to the frequency of His miracles. z People were alert to sec what He Z would do noxi. E Simon Peter had been called as a ? disciple, and later as one of the : apostles. As Jesus entered that home E in Capernaum He learned that the ? mother-in-law was bedridden with n Z prostrating fever. With a Word of E divine power the Almighty spoke her 5 into health which was so complete z that this woman could at once assist E in the hospitality made necessary by z the guests. Likewise salvation and = the. jforgivpnfRR of sins is an acl ra- E ther than a process. When conditions ? have been met, Jesus speaks and it " is done. ft <3 Modem medical missions are pro- E phesied in the marveious work of z th?' Hpalpr oftnrr./ir.v ... = people learned that the Great i hy- 5 oiciuPi <vji3 i? their. 9553 v.*?.? ; ready to help any, kindly friends has- 5 tened to bring the sick of all that I community into His presence. : Even the dread disease of leprcfy ! was subject to His word, of power. : From that miracle Jesus withdrew : that He might maintain His spiritual ; strength through persona! prayer 'unto the Father. : Young Hubby: "Henrcst. what did : you do with that rubber plant Aunt ; Agatha gave us'?" : Young Wife: "I put it upstairs, : honey. Why do you ask?" ; Young Hubby. "Oh, for no pavtir- j ular reason. I was just wondering : what, kind of salad this is." ; . EP. V THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. Red Cross Relief Fund Now Totals $1,127,000 Wu>hingtcn. D. 0. ?Qortjlbutiolis to the American "Red Cross drought rvrlseIo datrr ?vetrc. 000. it was announced Monday. Thirty carloads of flour, ccm, potatoes. hearts and other vegetables, j donated to the Red Cross for distriJr. the drought areas. fr< m granaries and storage houses in Ne-! braska. Iowa, Colorado. Idaho and] the Rio Grande Valley. Texas, have ben'i moved to the acutely affected joints. Railroads carrying the shipments canceled the Freight charges as their donation. The Red Cvcss offer to finance hot free school lunches for needv school - JLi - " ' nu.-.u-en *n me drought jjgp stricken! counties of Oklahoma has keen ac- j cepced by the State Superintendent, of Pul&y instruct ion. The Red (' rbfcs'J idready has under way school lunches in 111 rural schools in the seventy ! lie, counties in Arkansas. Reporting >n the situation in f'k-i lahonia schools., a Red tlross field representative writes: "Lunch time j for < ountry school children in the brought area this winter is a matter j of cold biscuits and. luck?luck if! have, the cold biscuits. Not an! appu- or bite <?f fruit. no vegetables.; no sweets. 110 milk unless the teach-; eir provides it. "ill one school room only five lunch {mils for eighteen chUgjrnn were; found. In these pails were found only dry cold biscuits and a slice or; two of fried salt pork.'* Ozark fanners are conserving food supplies by butchering their cattle and canning it under directions of home demonstration agents, with cans furnished by the Reel Cross according to reports to the national headquarters. The animals are too poor to sell, there is no feed for them and the j farmers need food themselves, so tlie> are sacrificing the stock. Many. )f these hill framers have been !ivng almost exclusively 011 turnip diet. In one family of ten wheie the home j demonstration agent; went to can two .aiMs. the breakfast Consisted of tur-! hip top Milmis and wild grapes. Pressure cooking canning; is being j aught those farmers with the '|iur-| pose of teaching them not only to, levelop their food resources, hut also to impress upon them the possibilities of a more healthful meat diet ban their customary salt pork. The home demonstration agent Uum's how to can meat as roasts, [ steaks, hainhui-ger, liver paste, soup] hones anal tongue. Another Oklahoma field repiesen-W ative gives this picture of the neo>le in one community, visited by j lev, where Red Cross Relief was bo-j ng given: "Threatened by extinc-j ion because of the drought and at-i ondant evils, these sturdy tillers of r -he soil carry on with a grim (le-1 erinination that is unbelievable in I "ace of starvation. "A typical instance of this heroic fortitude ?s that <ti" a farmer with !(>() acres Of '.and which hi- has tilled "or eighteen years. He is ku'.nvn as 1 good and frugal fanner. His tarn.ly consists of himself, wife and two Joys, Tine r.r. ir.valtdr Afhr -pastures Of lis farm are barren, his eight cows ire on the verge of starvation. Their Conditions such that they are unfit o he killed for meat, lie has no nonoy, food for himself, or feed for lis stock. His supplies consist of a: ittle meal, a piece of meat.,. From Oklahoma also it is report-1 <i that the cattle are dying, the hens 1 tot laying and unfit to eat.Food j applies are exhausted, but despite:. Hcsd conditions the favmers arc fae-j he disaster with high courage?hop j ng that -'"be a bet-! cr year. I Bi?''"'' } f-! CARD OF THANKS Je wish to express our sincere, hanks for the kindness and sympahy shown us durmtr the lor,.. S ickt and. the death o<" <mr, iloar hus-i and ami fifhui-. BS?3Sfi3?5?&9SEl I Mis. A. F. ParsonH aii.l Child/on' lllllilllillllllllllillllllllillHillHIIIIIHHll, | ATTEl^ | Mr. Fa p Will you need any fa H fencing, seeds or othei = spring? 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