TWO News Items F And The Sta Raleigh.?Road signs are now to re- \ ceive special and concentrated ulten-! tion of the State Revenue Depart-j ment, O. S. Thompson, assistant com-! missioncr. announces, stating that thej drive will be conducted within the j next few weeks for the dual purpose i of getting the tax due the State ?nd! ridding the highways of signs on! which the tux has not been paid. All commercial and private signs, that is, all except those erected by the State or cities and counties, giving directions or warnings, relative to roads and streets, are taxable, Mr. Thompson points out. The tax is due on all private signs. A lee of $500 permits an organization to maintain as many as desired on a Statewide basis, under reasonable regulations. Most of the smaller ones come in the class for which the tax is $1 each. This includes tobacco warehouse, road house, eating place, camps and other such signs. All must bear the tax-paid imprint of the State; otherwise they will re removed j and destroyed. rsijite f air a Success The State Fair is over and may be recorded, in advance of final actual figures, as the most successful from every angle in modern State Fair history. This may or may not argue for private operation, as against state operation, but the fair this year was leased and the private operation put the figures on the right side of the ledger. The Sta.te has supervision still, and i kept through its Budget Bureau a.\ complete check. The fair was operated j on a budget of $30,000 and all over ) that the S Ate was to get 25 per cent, j Early estimates indicate that the State's part will be between $3,000 and $6,000, and at no expense. Last] year it just about broke even, and I five years before showed varying deficits. George Hammed, experienced j showman, leased the State Fair, ta-i king Senator Will Joyner, of North ! amptoa, as a partner. Norman Cham-) bliss, Kocy Mount, was general man-] ager. Max Lindens an had the midway, j The fact that the fai** wan nil ?r-! ranged in about 40 days after final I agreement t(> lease it , was reached! speaks well for the operators. They j had the breaks in weather, the week! being idejl. The exhibits were probably slightly above the average, as the past year has been a good one f|)r agriculture generally Tobacco Agreement Reached The agreement reached in Washington on prices for bright flue-cured tobacco was finally signed last week approximately on the basis of the proposal cf the domestic tobacco, companies; that of paying 17 cents per pound for the crop to the extent of the tobacco used last year, but without the provision that the government not be permitted to look into the op-'i eration of the companies. Prices, immediately after the an-1 nouncement of signing the agreement nr^ i'pnAfto.l t?\ Koi--. I ftUUC up n UIL, probablj' due in large part to the greater amount of better leaf placed on the market. Much of the eastern sales before were of primings and some damaged tobacco. The middle belt markets opened last week and the Piedmont belt markets open this week. The prices 011 all of the markets from now on should be satisfactory to the growers, who are expected to receive probably twice as much as the actual cost of growing. CoL Olds Celebrates Birthday Colonel Fred A. Olds, well known over the State as the collector of relics for the State Hall of History in Raleigh, reached his 82nd milestone] the past week. Colonel Olds has been! an institution in the State for many years, serving for many years as a newspaper man. He celebrated the week by riding with Captain S. A." Ashe, clerk of the U. S. District Court for Eastern North Carolina, and above 90 years of age, in a coach drawn by two dapple gray horses in the State Fair marshal's parade, headed ! by Congressman Walter Lambeth. This was an interesting feature of j the parade, as were the men riding 1 horses, boys riding ponies and women riding bicycles, ail harking back to 30 years ago. School Budgets Approved The State School Commission meeting last week, approved the budgets of the seven city administrative schmi I units which voted to supplement the| State funds appropriated for schools. I These seven units are the only ones out of probably 50 which voted supplements to the State funds. They are I/enoir, North Wilkesboro, Roanoke Miller's Floral Shoppe 48 EAST MAIN STREET Funeral Designs a Specialty. PLACE ORDERS AS SOON AS POSSIBI*. Phone 15-J is mm rom Raleigh j te At Large A Modern Alice I Charlotte Henry, of Brooklyn, Tv V., lias been chosen from 7,000 aujnicants to portray "Alice" in Wonderland, as it goes to the screen. Rapius, Southern Pines, Chapel Hill, Durham and Rocky Mount. Ehrinpliaus Names Cemraittco Governor Ehrir.gliai^ has named members of the Pork to Park Scenic ; Highway Committee as follows: Sen- ; ators J. W. Bailey and R. R. Reynolds; J. Q. Giikey, Marion; R. L. Gwyn, Lenoir; John P. Randolph, of Bryson City; R L. Doughton, Laurel Springs; Reuben B. Robertson Sr., Canton; Francis O. Clarkson, Char- , lotte; Charles Hutchins, Burnsville. Chairman E. B. Jeffrcss of the highway commission was asked to confer with the committee and render all possible aid, in keeping with State politics. Sales Tax "Satisfactory" General sales tax results will, in the end, "be fairly satisfactory to the peopie of the State" and will not be "as disappointing as some might have hoped they would be," Harry McMuJlan, director of the sales tax division states. Mr. McMullan issued a statement in which he said the indications are that some manufacturers are con! tending that all purchases made by 1 h.>m oca ^ KA 1--* ? tniw-fu wtv vv uc wiaoocu U.1 VtliUICSaiC, and that they-are thus not liable lor the three per cent, sales tax. A ruling ls available on this, Mr. MeMulien states. "X feel sincerely graceful to the merchants of North Carolina for the fine manner in which they have co-operated with us in carrying out the act. I have found merchants anxious to find out their duty and anxious to comply with it," he said. Farley to Speak in Halcigh Jame3 A. Farley, postmaster General and chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, Is; scheduled to make a speech in Italeigh at noon November 3, in the interest of repeal fo the 18th amendment, on which the electorate of North Carolina will vote, indirectly. November 7th. Mr. Farley is Mr. Roosevelt's righthand man and his speech for the repeal of the prohibition amendment is Avnaotorl to Vus ??-? - ?1-' ,?bu u< in genual a swtemeni as corning direct from the President. He plans to speak in South Carolina the next day and in Pennsylvania a day later. All of these states vote on repeal of the amendment on November 7, along with six others. Mr. ! Parley's speech here is expected to be a general rallying occasion for the repealtsts in the State. And his presence will mean more than that to many North Carolinians, for in his hands rests the Federal patronage so many Tar Heels are seeking. Keynolds Returns Reports have it that Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Asheville, who has just returned from a visit to Europe, especially Russia and the Scandinavian Peninsula, for the announced purpose of studying Soviet Russia and the plans of liquor control in other countries, will make one speech in North Carolina before the Navember 7th election, urging the call for the convention and election of repeal delegates to it. Reports furtnef say that his speech will be broadcast over a State-wide radio hook-up. Up to this time, no public speeches have been made in the interest of repeal, while several prominent speakers have taken the stump and the platform against repealing the prohibition amendment. Sweet Coming to Carolina William Sweet, former governor of Colorado and now representing General Hugh S. Johnson, has been slated to speak in Raleigh November 8 on the NRA program to a State-wide gathering of recovery officials. The address will be in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Flans are being made to have all city and county officials connected in any way with the recovery program to attend. Another NRA speaker, Aldo L. Raffe, field representative of the organization, is WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?SVEIV5 scheduled to address a joint gathering: of the Raleigh civic clubs this week, October 18 or 20. Both speakers will come under the auspices ot the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Rendezvous Mountain Celebration Extracts from address of Dr. A. R Newsome, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, who was designated by Governor Ehringhau3 to represent him at the Renaezvous Mountain historical eelebratien, Saturday, October 14th, at 11:00 a. m. Its history and the endowment ot Nature were emphasized as two of North Carolina's most valuable rc sources, completely unimpaired by the current economic depression. 'Its mountains are the diadem which crowns the brow of North Carol nia; and. because of its natural beauty and historic associations. Rendezvous Mountain is one of the brightest gems in that diadem." "History is an asset to education, culture, good citizenship and patriotism. Knowledge of notable men and events has frequently inspired individuals to emulation and given courage to an entire people in critical times such as the present. All present problems grow out of the past. Their wise solution by a democratic society may be greatly facilitated by some general knowledge of their origin and of the ways in which other states and peoples have solved similar problems." "After more than 200 years of ncg-1 !eet and misrepresentation, the his-| tory of North Carolina has become i better known and recognized, due chiefly to the service which the State I itself has rendered to scholars, speakers and writers through the collection and publication of manuscript letters, diaries, account boohs and primary sources. The patriotic societies and thousands of interested citizens have generously co-operated in this work." "The American Revolution constitutes a chapter in our history, unsurpassed hi sheer drama, boldness and heroism. In memorializing the heroes of American independence by est&b-j lishing the Rendezvous Mountain | State Park and monument, the daughters of the American Revolution and Judge and Mrs. T. B. Finley are ben-1 efactors of North Carolina." I Number 13 Lucky Capus Wayuick, state director of re-employment, announced on Friday, "the iolli of October,^ that 13? 3 pftrsons had been placed in jobs by the 62 re-employment offices in the State during the previous week Taia-iS'fey no means the only "13" he has encountered recently. When he went to the Chicago Fair he occupied Berth 13 on the train. At a Chicago hotel be was assigned to the 13th floor, room No. 1338. He is beginning fee think ihat "IS" his lurlfv niimW Fund Allotted by State For Teachers' Salaries Raleigh.?Allotments of funds for teacher salaries, instructional service, have been maile by the State School Commission to the 100 county and several city admiinstrative units on the basis of available funds of $12,175,000 for this purpose, and on the estimate of the needs made by the State Department of Public Instruction. Allotments for all other purposes have been previously made, with the exception of one or two minor items, as the library fund. The amount of the allotment is $12,172,906.84, of which $8,859,497.36 will go to rural schools and $3,313,409.48 to charter schools, or city administrative units. Divided as to races, white schools have been allotted $9,736,247.57 and negro schools $2,436,159.27. In the rural schools the allotment for teacher salaries for the white teachers i? 17 1fiS 7B1 M ?r,a ?> orcd teachers $1,675,716.10 In the city administrative units the white teachers have been allotted $2,552,966.31 and the colored teachers $760,443.17. These allotments are to a very slight degree tentative, subject to changes in minor respects when the teaching forces have all been completed. Watauga County was allotted a total of $53,394.91 of which $57,621.32 gees to white teachers and $773.09 to colored teachers. Storm sufferers in Pamlico County are being rapidly rehabilitated under the direction of a relief committee headed by County Agnet R. W. Galphin. pn m irregularities, getting up at M V night and nagging backache due JB to cfcsordeted kidney or blad- W. ^ do (unction, don't delay. Use A Doan's Pifc. Mo* only explains fh ^ Doan's world-wide use. Get ' Doan's today. At al dealers. Doan's PILLS 1 WBMMm S 81 f TEU8-5SVAY?BOONE, N. C. | ?? : 1 Mrs. Charles Lindbergh | -J& *"-J _ fftS Mrs. Cliarlcs A. Lindbergh, wife of the noted Lone Eagle, who is now enioute ho'tiic- with hei dying husband after hopping the Atlantic, prizes this picture, taken as tlicy landed and she was received by Soviet oflicials at Leningrad Russia. Italy Regulates All ^ - - ri T competition oy caw g I Rome II Duce has tightened con- 8 trol over Italian, industry by setting 0 I up machinery to keep out new com- 8 | petition in fields he considers already 8 : amply served. Where, in a figurative sense, there 8 ' is not enough food for more than the immediate family, Mussolini closes the door3 to outsiders. It is better for all, he holds, to have a well nourished few than a half-famished many in industry. The machine is made up of a com mittee whose permission must be obtained before any new industrial eni terprise may be inaugurated. The committee keeps a close watch on industry as compared with the market. If. for instance, it finds there is not room for another competitor in the automobile manufacturing business, it refuses to permit installation of ar.y new automobile plant. This assures the manufacturers against a further division of their field. Some time has elapsed since the piar. was-annntmced. Jbut. it has oniy row been put into preatical application. Alberto Asqulni, under-secrctary of corporation, heads the committee. Representatives of several other government departments and of the I principal Fascist employers' and la-1 g bor associations are members. Final1. J word in matters of supreme import- I ance always rest with Mussolini. || ! DEPRESSION IS WORSE HERE THAN IN EUROPE Durham.?The depression is much less severe in continental Europe than j in the United States, Dr. Charles A. Ell wood, head of the department of sociology, found during the past few months while visiting twelve countries abroad. Dr. Ellwood found the favorable European situation particularly true* of Italy and France, where there is comparatively little unemployment. The most prosperous countries in outward appearance, said the Duke sociologist, are Holland and the Scandinavian countries. The lessened severity of the economic depression in these countries Dr. Ellwood attributes to the much smaller number of bank failures. Norway, he points out, with about j the same population as North Caroi lina, has had only three bank fail-J | ures In the last three years, while - Pruncp and fJrpnt Hrifoin i none. Safer and more stable banking . systems have saved the masses In i those countries from much of the financial suffering experienced by the people of the United States. While in Norway, Dr. EUwood made a study i ' the Norwegian system of ; liquor coi.trol. Countries visited by Dr. and Mrs. EUwood included Spam, I Italy. France, Holland, Sweden, Engj land, Belgium and Denmark. i V. S. PRESIDENTS BURIED IN WIDELY SCATTERED SECTIONS Both John Adams and John Quincy j Adams lie buried in the granite temple of lite First Unitarian Church in Quincy, Mass., and Monroe and Tyler in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Jefferson was buried in the family burial lot at Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia; Madison, in the family burial lot at Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia; Jackson, on the Hermitage estate, near Nashville, Tenn.; Van Buren in the Kinderhood Cemetery, Columbia County, New York; Polk, in the State Capitol grounds, Nashville, Tenn. Taylor was buried near the old Taylor home (Springfield), about seven miles east of Louisville, Ky.; Filmore in Forest Lawn cemetery, Buffalo, N. Y.; Pierce in Old North cemetery, Concord, N. H.; Buchanan in Woodward Hill cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; Johnson in Greeneville, Tenn.; Benjamin Harrison in uvwii cCujctcry, Indianapolis, Ind.; Cleveland in the Princeton, N. J., cemetery; Arthur in the Rural cemetery, Albany, N. Y. " BAR o Aer Continuin S AT U It DA BE SURE TO TAK THESE LAST BUYING C Charming I COAl A good selection of sport and dress coats come in the leading and fabrics for fall ai ter. Priced very rea: at only $9.95 $16 to $24.95 frock: H Qnrp f befori WJ|HM ?'< 3\T NEW HATS and B1 FOR EVERYO A big assortment in a leading shapes and Berets priced. . ,59c Hats Priced. . $1.251 Bargain SPEC INDIAN HEAD Short lengths in assorted col ore. A 38c yard seller If It wer in bolts. Price, per yard, onl; 19c OUTING A good heavy grade, white pink, blue and gray. Priced, pe yard, only? 10e Ladies' FELT HATS Priced very specially at only 39c mi 89c CURTAIN SCRIM White and ecru. A real value Prirwl ner vnrrf onlv 7ic MEN'S AND BOYS' HEAVY SWEATERS AT VERY LOW PRICES! n i &painn( "BOONE'S SHO OCTOBER 19, 1933 BrasuHSMMMMaanmomnMi GAIN IIV A L g Through Y, OCT. 21 I E ADVANTAGE OF l FEW DAYS OF 'AMPAIGN Ve fh*7\ I 5 UMI New yresses RRIVING DAILY! I ow have a most com- I stock of charming 8 3 for every type. Be ? o visit this department 2 you buy. Priced? 5.95 $5.95 | $9.95 ERETS jglg^ u of the vF fty to $1.00 to $2.98 Balcony I )l ALS I BROADCLOTH 1 table at abort lengths. A good B a quality. Assorted colors. Priced 3 y per yard, only? 10c I BLANKETS I Cotton blankets. A real value r at only | 69c I " - ~ BLANKETS 1 ) Part wool double blankets in assorted colors. Priced $2.49 CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS In assorted colors. Priced only 7c 10c 15c LADIES' HOSE Cotton and part wool. Special 10c 15c 25c >urs, Inc. PPING CENTER" iflHHMHHHBHHBflHHHflflNBHHBSMII

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