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By M. L. Shipm&n *
Raleigh, April <??Political inter'
est during the week centered around
thedeclilon of leading Republicans
having* senatorial aspirations to sub
mit their candidacies to the voters in
a State-wide primary at the same
time the Democrats are to settle the
contest between Senator Simmons and
Joslah William Bailey on Saturday
June 7. This will be the first time
Republicans have regarded the pro
visions of the State-wide primary law
enacted by the General Assembly ol
1P13. but the Rev. H. Grady Dorsett,
of Wake Forest, tired of the old meth
rf convention agreements, announced
weeks ago that he would enter the
primary and backed up the assertion
by taking the pledge and paying the
fee. Now comes Major George E.
Butler, of Clinton, with a perfectly
pood check for $50.00 and enters
against the aforesaid H. Grady Dor
Bett for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator to be de
cided in the June primary. Not only
that, comes the prediction that David
H. Blair, former Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, and Congressman
George Pritchard, of the Tenth Dis
trict, will later get into the contest,
leaving the Republican State conven
tion to be held in Charlotte on the
17th with nothing to do except the
adoption of a platform and the elec
' tion of a successor to State Chairman
i Brownlow Jackson. This will bl
1 "something new under the sun" tor
the Republicans of the State and they
are not, even now, enamored of the
Idea. But "circumstances alter cases"
and the primary ballot in June will
consist of more than one slip of pa
per. The Republican State conven
tion this year is not expected to ex
press any preferences of candidates.
Secretary Raymond Maxwell, of the
Slate Board of Elections, is daily re
ceiving requests for application
blanks and bofore the last day for fil
ing many announcements for Stato
and district offices are expected. So
far, J. W. Bailey, democrat, and H.
Grady Dorsett and Major Geo. E. But
ler, republicans, have filed for United
States Senator; Cbas L. Abernethy
for congress in the Third District to
succeed himself; Representative Ed
! ward W. Pou to succeed himself in
'the Fourth; Frank W. Hancock, of
Oxford, seeking the nomination in the
Fifth District to succeed Major
Charles M. Stedman who is retiring:
Hamilton C. Jones, of Charlotte, who
wants the Democratic congressional
nomination In the Ninth District;
Kenneth 0. Burgwyn. of Wilmington,
desirous of succeeding Judge E. H.
Cranmer In the Eighth Judicial Dis
tinct, Major A. L. Bulwinkle, defeated
by Congressman Jonas, republican,
two years ago. Is a candidate for
another nomination, and former State
Senator Walter Lambeth, of Thomas
ville, announces his candidacy against
Representative Hammer in the Sev.
enth District.
Barring the refusal of the State
EASTER CANDIES
In Attractively Decorated Easter Packages
'For Those Who Love Fine Things"
HOLIINGSWORTHS
SCOGGIN'S DRUG STORE
The Best in Drug Store Efficiency
LOUISBURG'S
Lowest Price Store
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Special Low Prices
on all '
New Spring Goods
Ladies' Silk and Cotton Dresses
Ladies' and Misses Spring Coats
Ladies' and Misses Millinery,
Silk Piece Goods and Cotton Goods
Men's and Boys' Clothing and
Furnishings
Women's, Men's and Children's
Shoes
F. A. Roth Co,
LOUI8BURO, NORTH CAROLINA
l Board of Elections to comply with the
> request of Manager Hinea, of the Sim
inone cam palm headquarters, to name
one Simmons man and one Bailey
supporter on each county election
board, comparatively little Interest
has recently been manifested In the
Senatorial contest here. It appears
that State Chairman Mull disregarded
the recommendations of the county
chairman of Cratpn, the home county
of Senator Simmons, while in all
the other ninety-nlae counties mem
bers of the boards were selected from
the lists furnished by the chairmen.
Another meeting of the North Caro
lina Tax Relief Association organised
here during the week is called for
April 21 and each county of the State
Is requested to send as many dele
gates as possible. While immediate
action to relieve the tax situation is
desired it is not believed that any
thing definite can be accomplished
prior to the assembling of the Gener
al Assembly next winter. The As
sociation counsels organisation In ev
ery county and careful surveys In
quest of Information for presentation
to the law-making body when it is or
ganised and ready for business. The
executive committee of the Associa
tion is to meet here on April 14 to
formulate plans for the general State
wide meeting a week later. Opposi
tion to tax reform and relief is or
ganized, it is suggested, which makes
necessary the organization of those
upon whom the burden of taxation
falls most heavily.
The electric chair at State's Prison
claimed Its one hundredth victim on
Friday when John "Buddie" Macon,
of Warren county paid the penalty for
the murder of a special officer last
year. Denied edmlasion to tbe death
house. Miss Margie Green, of Warren
ton, viewed the execution from atop
two boxes placed just outside the
window. Under the law women can
not De admitted to the "inner circle*
on "execution ilny."
Although nine months in the dis
tance the people of the State already
'have designs" on the General As
sembly of 1931 in more ways than
one. Not only is tax relief to be de
manded, but along with it a reduction
of cost in the collection of taxes. The
Carolina Motor Club has started to
movo to consolidate tbe motor vehi
cle activities, which are now handled
by three State departments, under
one commission in the interest of
economy. The State Department of
Kevenud now collects a tax of five
cents on each gallon of gasoline sold
in the State for use in automobiles,
the Department of Agriculture col
lects one-quarter of a cent on eaih
gallon sold for any purpose. The
Stale Highway Commission has
charge cf the State Highway Patrol
and the Motor Club would consolidate
these activities. The five-cent gaso
line tax is collected for the Revenue
department by the dealers on ail
sales mat are rnude and for the first
nine months of. the present fiscal year
exccedjnr-xollgction? last year l? tb-3
sum- iflT52.21^27240, ir Is said, over
the corresponding period. TBS De
partment of Agriculture reports the
rale of 18,629,740 gallons of gasoline
In the State last month. Last year's
sales aggregated the sum of 264,727
484 gallons and receipt for taxes col
lected 8661,818.71 of which $37,302.88
was used to pay costs of inspection,
tbe balance going into -the general
fund of the State. The tax for in
spection is paid by the gasoline com
?with State taxes nearly two mil
lion ahead of last year at this time
the fear of a heavy deficit for this
fiscal year In the general fnnd is be
coming less appardbt Tax collect
ing agencies have so far "gathered in
$13,611,990.20 and there are yet three
months "to go." Collections for the
highway fund for nine months period
totalled 616.481,607.07, exceeding col
lections for the same period last year
around 82,400,000. While the gas con
sumption is about the same as last
year according to reports from the
Department of Revenue, there has
been a reduction of 83,625.60 in col
lection of automobile title fees which
Indicates reduced sales of new ma
chines.
So far this year income taxes col
lected amount to $6,679,426.66 as com
pared with $4,807,892.84 for the cor
responding period in 1928-29. How
ever, there Is an additional $180,000
due in September on split payments
allowed for the,first time this year.
Domestic corporations have this year
remitted $1,964,663.35, about the same
last year, while the foreign corpora
tion income to the State has Increased
from $2,660,000 to $3,123,000. A re
ported drop In individual taxes is
said to be from $2,192,000 to $1,378,
000.
The State sold its $8,920,000 In
bonds during the week to the First
National Bank of New York at an In
terest rate of 4.24 per cent, said to
be, with one exception, the best rate
ical lied In recent years. Of the eight
bids submitted only that of the win
ner was tor the entire amount Of
ficials expressed pleasure at the re
sult of the sale In 1928 an Issue of
$27,000,000 was sold at 4 per cent, the
only time for quite awhile when State
bonds have been bought at a lower
rate.
In a decision renderod during the
week the Supreme Court holds that
the 1929 act requiring barbers to reg
ister and maintain sanitary shops is
constitutional and comparable wltb
laws regulating doctors, lawyers, en
gineers, etc., and comes within the
police powers of the State.
Federal taxes collected in North
Carolina for the current fiscal year
have reached and exceeded the sum
of $lt,992,636.67, according to report
of Oil 11am Grlssom, State collector of
Internal revenue. A gain over the
corresponding period last year Is re
ported.
Results of the Literary Digest straw
vote to the contrary Associate Justice
Harriott Clarkson anticipates little.
If any danger, of the Btgbteenth
Amendment to the fMeral constitu
tion being repealed. In the opinion of
Justice Clarkson, an effort to repeal
the Ten Commandments wotdd come
as near meeting with success. He Is
convinced that condition! ara much
Improved line* the liquor traffic was
outlawed tan yean ago and that Un
people of the naUon are determined
that the saloon and the dlsUUery, with
all their power and corruption, shall
never return to curse the land and
make drunkards of men and women.
Forest tires in the State during'
February burned over an area of 43.
687 acres resulting In damages esti
mated at 188,631, according to the di
vision of forestry of the Department
of ConservaUon and Development All
the fires are believed to have been
"man-caitsed", mosUy incendiary, but
brush burning, campers, smokers,
fishermen and hunters were Involved
in many instances.
The appeal of strikers convicted of
killing Chief of Police *aiderholt of
Gastonia last year la to be heard by
the Supreme Court later In the month
and former Governor Hardwlck, of
Georgia, Is expected to make the prin
cipal argument for the defendants, he
having agreed to go into the case for,
a nominal fee as a matter of public
service on the Idea that the prejudice
injected Into the trial by challenging
the religious and political benefits of
the supposed offenders Justifies a
reversal of the conviction.
Lake Beilly Says, "The Bat Bled Be
fore Beaching the Hirer
"Since moving near the river 2
rears ago, we've always used RAT
SNAP. Watched a vicious water rat.
nibbling at RAT-SNAP outside the
house. About 15 minutes later he
darted off for the water to cool his
burning stomach, but he died before
reaching it" Three sises, 35c, 65c.
51.25. Sold and guaranteed by S. P.
Boddie, druggist, and F. R. Pleasants,
druggist, Loulsburg; Winston-Blanks
nrug Store, Youngsville; and J. H.
Weathers, Bunn.
New Methods Adopted
lo Chilean Industry
Production of Nitrate Fertilizer
Sun-Parched Desert Is
Speeded Up.
AMERICAN engineers are helping
to revolutionise an Industry up
In the sun-parched mountains of
northern Chile.
The application of modern methods
ot mass production Is making the
Chilean nitrate Industry a model of
}0th century efficlenoy, according to
Conrado Rlos Oallardo, tenner Chilean
Secretary of State, who was a recent
visitor to the United States before be
coming his country's Embassador to
Peru.
With the elimination ot waste and
the use of labor-saving machinery, a
marked decrease, he said, has been
made in the cost ot producing the
fertilizer under the diffleult conditions
found In the arid desert
"Never before has the nitrate Indus
try occupied as strong a position as It
does today," declared Ambassador
Oallardo. "Not only have the mechani
oal processes been vastly improved,
but the production has been stabilized
to the benefit of both the producers
and the consumers of this fertilizer."
The Chilean Government has taken
an energetic part in the Improvement
of the Industry. It has aided the pro
duoers through legislative enactment
and kM enoouraaed H* American!
processes tor mialac and refining the
fertlHier.
At pro*ant nearly one-halt of tho to
tal capital lnroatod tn tho industry la
owned In the United States, pointed
CONRADO RI03 GALLARDO ,
out the Ambassador. American farm
ers are also the largest users of
Chilean nitrate, their consnmptlon dur
ing the past ire years averaging about
1,000,000 tons annually.
The nitrate fertiliser was first
shipped to this country in 1830. It has
been used eTer since, and today It
occupies the honor of being the oldest
of the commercial fertilizers. J
FX)R FIRST CLASS JOB PRINTING PHONE 283
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W. E. WHITE, President F. J. BEASLEY, Vice-President end Cashier
S. L. RQBERSON, Asst. Cashier.
^PEcIXlS^
FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH
2-10c Pkgs. Starch for ..
,.. 15c
Thick Fatback Meat, per pound 12 l-2c
7-Star Naptha Powder
25c
Squeez-Ezy Floor Mops, complete $1.00
2-Old Dutch Cleanser ?
15c
Lux Toilet Soap, 3 cakes for 20c
6 Octagon Soap for
Best Orade Compound Lard .. 12 l-2c
3-Palm Olive Soap for
20c
Those Nice Bananas, per dox. . . 25c
1 lb. Can Floor .Wax
50c
That Same Good Coffee, 5 lbs for 90c
On he above date will be sold, till stock is exhausted, 30c cans of the famous SPE D
I NAMED for 10c. All who have used it know it will make your furniture like new,
j your kitchen harmonise in a single color scheme. Tour woodwork can be made to
I sparkle. Everything in your house can be made beautiful with it. REMEMBER,
ALL DOLORS AT ONE THIRD PRICE SATURDAY.
L. P. HICKS
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