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
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f TEU8-5SVAY?BOONE, N. C.
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Mrs. Charles Lindbergh |
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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
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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. "
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sport and dress coats
come in the leading
and fabrics for fall ai
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at only
$9.95 $16
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NEW HATS and B1
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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
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MEN'S AND BOYS' HEAVY
SWEATERS
AT VERY LOW PRICES!
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$9.95
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Balcony I
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BROADCLOTH
1 table at abort lengths. A good B
a quality. Assorted colors. Priced 3
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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
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