VOLUME 48, Number 28 FIVE CENTS *£ ;. TARHEEL SCRAP BOOK BY - By Lora Thomas McNair. t MARCH QUIZ 1. March seams ' to have been a -f great month for the advent into thia world if presidents of. the U. S. A. J ' How many'can you name? * ' t 5§ ' 2. Name a great naturalist who was - bom in March and one who died hf March. . : S - 3. Name two great writers ’ who bom in March and one who died* 4, T*wo Statesmen who died and two were bom in the third month T 6. Name*, , jade for the bill was $4.50. We “see by the papers” aa the Ir repressible Will would put It, that . , Columbia University economists have discovered after . much investigation • .V that the sales tax is a fluke. Th.li' > was our own private: opinion and wa arc glad to learn tiuu. uiese brainy statisticians and economists de luxe arrived at the same conclusion after *' ' t prolonged investigation. „ ’ , . We want that tax repealed. Wdfcet ” ' Brjtir^d having to order fdl our pur lllch48efl[;i’rpm sales taxless states. » ^.J^eats .going in debt thoi say we. ,‘ T Tha lia S. Georgraphic ifcoard hai ■ ‘ gotten out a paper covered book of eight or nine hundred pages of deci sions for spelling 25,000 place names. (Continued On Page Five.) P'-: .c , ‘ , , • ■ FACE MANY. PROBLEMS -v;*.. “it"-: CANDIDATES TO FACE SERIOUS PROBLEMS NOW Candidates* .Slow To Announce - For Coming State -Legis ;. lature of N. C. - ■ . - ‘ l&t’AffiJd "V: - • V O. ' ."•-*/ 1 "» * > • - ' ’ ■ ; CHANCE TO WIN OR LOSE Many and variedare the problems ■Whose difficulties Will confront the members of the 1935 legislature in Sts bi-annual sesssion next year. The readjustment of the school problems tKe revision of the sales tax, the; Turlington act, teachers’ salaries," Uiid' thgfSfierging of counties will be among the greater problems facing members and one may rest assured, that the, prospective" candidate tfor the 1935 legislature will have his platform ’ Scrutinized closply by- keen 'political observers before he is de clared the Winner" in the election iiext August^-' t _ , ‘ Th* School1 Sit«»t!o» «,*£ M THe^bqhool situation looms /is Ohs' bf the most' important problems con fronting the legislature in its next ■session. The’curtailment of the ap propriations for the various state supported institutions', during the past several years is expected to bring about'a strong fight among those whoi favor larger /appropria tions fob Hie University, For . the list three years the state University has been getting ajjmg in aj hit and: miss fashipn on several hundred thousand dollars fess, than it should receive as a leading educational in stitution in the nation. As the oldest state university In America it had built Up a splendid reputation among the world’s scholars which has been considerably impaired by the cur rent depression, - £ 1 The eight months 1 school term will face another battle from those who favor shorter term* for th State K1- ■. to. -thools. Judge ,0ft, v- a- o'w-.-,'3,.' -the school system, and if retumei to the House by his constituent again this year, will he a leader it economy measures ini big effort t< secure gubernatorial recognition fo: hie 1938. campaign. '! , < -W;.-: { A third' problem ' - of the school! Which will face revision is the paj of school teachers. While no schoo iri North Carolina has had to clow its doors, this "being th® only state ii the entire unftjh to keep every schoo open, there has' been the aid of i lightened pay roil for' the teachers oi the state. At .present teachers’ sal aries are at their lowest ebb ant every effort will be made to hav< thgir salaries raised it the next fe gislature. :s^pi|i|h:;Bympathies of th< state are with the teachers t» a greai extent and this pfhblem will in' al 'probability be an easy one to settle ’ f C The Skies Ta* . < The1' biggest fight in the 1935 •legislature -will' naturally center around the ‘Sales tax. In theory the sales thx 'ib the’ fdirest method of taxation, but lit its present form it h*S developed into more of a nuis ance thaii anything else. Its meth ods of collection covers the entire fault in the sales tax:; The sales tax hits hardest the man. who buys the most, which jnust be the man who has the most money to'spend. Taxing every eitisen regardless of age or inCPlUfl it is much, fairer than a tax which hits’ a particular class. It has ,beeh estimated that the passage of tile saie^ tixv/ aliovA the state of North Carolina to collect taxes from 88,000 hegroOs in the city of Winston-Saiem alone who have never paid a cent of ^taxes before. The ptate. gives to the negro an edu cation arid it Is' only fair that he should' pay some taxes. This plea has been the basis for the present -state administration’s bid to make the sales tax popular and it has its many ' points. - The collection of the sales tax is the chief point in its unpopularity. If the state had adopted some means of collection through the use of stamps or placing the tax between the manufacturer and the jobber it would be far more popular than it is now. Placing it under the eve of the every day citisen has made it ! a sore spot and caused considerable opposition to it. It is heedless to say that there will be many a bill in troduced in* the 1936 legislature for, its revision and for its complete:ob, olition. In all probability- the. sales tax is here to stay, but its revision is essential and will face final set tlement next year. Prohibition . " " .•fe lt is further needless, to say that an effort .trill bo. made by the wet J&tahfihiied Op Page Bight-) ' - . ■ ’ .Sts >•* I. EVERYBODY SEEMS HAPPY >|# ) *:%A C DOWN^SANFOgD WAY ' The following: paragraph is taken from the'“Political Pin wheel” a' de». partment which is published th Th* Raleigh Evening Times: „ . > “Senator T. S. (Lux) Cross) dnd Representative O. P. Makejffeaee, of, Lee, must have “known the score”; When they, pushed through the last General Assembly their bill for that county to use serip^for certain purp oses. The scrip is now redeemed and everybody- seems happy down Sanford way.” ■ THIEVES FAIL IN EFFORT J3ET CAR E. M. Underwood Frightens 3 V. Would-Be 'AutoTfrieves / 'J 3TT_ Tuesday Morning gV Tuesday morning about, i Bfcjock Ifr. E. Mv Underwood,' Sr., shot at three thieves while they were try ing; to steal his Buiek car. Early in the night Mrs. Underwood came down town And , upon her return parked the car in the driveway near the'garaged leaving the key in the car. Later she went for? Mr. Un derwood, who'was down'town at the time. ' After they returned 'they missed the key and' Mr; Underwood sbspicioned , that, . something was wrong. Later Mr. " and Mrs. E. ®L Underwood, Jr., drove to the home, in their Ford and parked it between the street and Mr. • Underwood’s father’s car. Mr. E. M., Underwood, Sr., loaded a shot gun that he kept in the home with birdshot and pre-" pared to give the thieves a warm re ception should they return/ He' had hot long to wait. Soon after mid night three meni' as stated above, made their appearance and «1 •thouirh the lights were still o; !>ro .yoedrd td. ..push Ut the ■ street to move the Buick. - Mr. Underwood weht to the front dOOr, but Vas delayed in getting it open by the night’ latch beings; oh. They heard him opening the door .and by the time he rushed-to the porch they ,'were ' making! their way across Mr. O. P. Makepeace’s front yard. He fired at them as they disap peared. It is thought that they went to Gulf street and ifeft ih a car, that was in waiting for them. They had their nerve with them. ? LOCAL MAN- WILL TAKE OVER OFFICE TJ. S. District Attorney J.1 Ray 'McCrary, of Lexington, has resigned his office effective with June 30,_ according to a Washington dis patch to Sunday’s dailies. > Previous dispatches had stated that the department of justice had asked for the resignation of Mr. McCrary to pave the way for the appointment of Carlisle l^iggins, of Sparta, a Democrat, to the mid dle district post. - - • Mr. McCrary’s appointment was a political one, he being named as a Republican. He succeeded Mr. E. L. Gavin, of Sanford, in the^ spring of 1982. Customarily district attorneys are appointed for four years, but this district was created late in-the second Coolidge administrartion and the first appointee served for four years, .leaving Mr. McCrary only about a year of the Hoover adminis tration. He will have served almost sixteen months in the Rposevelt ad ministration when ' his ' resignation becomes effective. ' : * Bryce R. Holt, of Greensboro, and R. S. McNeill, of MotksvlRe, will be named assistsant district attorneys, it is announced. Mr, W. T. Dowd, of this place, who wa|i recently appointed mar shal of this district by Pp&ident Roosevelt, will take charge of the office about the first of next' week, his appointment having' b'een con firmed by the United States Senate last Thursday. While his official headquarters will be in Greensboro, Mr. Dowd will continue to make Sanford his home. - TO SPONSOR ; PICTURE .The Senior Class of _ Shn/ord High, S$ioo| ^1, sponsor a picture entitled^ “^e , grisefieht^or .and ^.t^e Lady,” feat or in ({Max Baer, Myra*. Ijpyr. Pitto* Garnern and Jack Demp sey, to be shown at the Temple Theatre on Thursday anid Friday, March 8th and 9th. Admission 10c If the be!! spell that past three o. freeze proof. four survived the'eold ■ailed .during the weeks they are ,A tire:,atai. partment to tii on Oakwood noon, but whe the scene of I the soot in a < no damage wa rcarjded the fire de odthe of W. J. Byerly ue Thursday after ( company reached ^irfe'it was found that ey was on fire and ?°net, Some of Hu; to be moved farmers are ” making prepar crops. It is ' will not buy did last year > limited the tobacco..,. Seal dealers have had in had stored ready Ke farmers when the to buy and begin Oh for pitching their ht that the farmers bob fertilizer as they he government has age to cotton and Instead* f Baptist cbbrch 5 o'clock-. Rev; the appointmeij kin at Steele ; at 7:30, *pr gations. Mr. cold,r has? abou pie of the toy 'learn. ; Ohing at the First anday afternoon at i onji Hawkins filled I of Rev. Leon Lar- J ct Methodist church to both congre who had a deep { covered, the peo-l 'ill be pleased to Ho» ftj Richard Keyi;K. D. years precediii Steele, Street^ •t Jii» home 5th, at the t Holmes Is su onp child', M. Cade, of Maude Holmes,1 Holnjcl served^? WorM War aril jutant ip the time of his de Hei son of the late 1, who was for two death, pastor of tiodist church, died misville, Ky., Feb. •48 years. Mr. hy his wife and brother of Mrs;. W. face, and' Miss Raleigh. Mr. • captain in the the rank of ad :rve corps at the .. .. ■ ' • . wu,'" eld Ilf’*-1 sv one of the towns in tH,:> ■ 'Was hard hit by the ”‘u : Wte|^rts"of the 'ib.- i ? and Po wer /Company at, Hendersor was put out of commission by the W»rea-»nd poles being down from the weight of the ice.. As the company experienced no trouble here the locai linesmen went to Henderson the first of the week to assist <1n restoring 'the lines,.' * ■ C „ Continued cold -weather which hat spelled death tomU seasonable Pege tebles, kilflng salads and other gTeer foods, has meant thatprices for sweei potatoes have boomed upward, ir home instances prices to 60 cents Not only is there a demand on peat by markets, but trucks from Virginia and other neighboring'States have been -scouring Nora Carolina in search for potatoes. The present price level is much, higher than the prices received for potatoes last year, The Cunningham house on Hawkins Avenue caught fire; about 9 o’clock Tuesday night, but the fire depart ment reached the scene in time to save the building before much dam age was done. The fire was discover ed in the roof and-tt is thought that it caught Prom a <(Himndy. The. flames were extinguished by the use of chimicsls. ‘ The house is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Neill Underwood. This was the second alarm-sent in for the day. . . <£•/'• It is reported that Charles Ross, of Lillingtonl who,.' at present is maikng hjs headquarters in Ra leigh, where he is connected with the State Highway Commission, will enter the race for the judgeship in this district. It now looks like there will be one or more - candidates in the race from each county in the district. The woods are full of can didates for the solicitorship. About all ihd newspapers in the district are carrying the pictures of the can didates for the two offices. If some of them look like their pictures they should not Show their faces -to the voters if they hope to get elected. Mr. A. H. Mclver spent a few days in New. York recently on business. He thought that he picked his time to go wher the weather was mild, but when he arrived in the metropolis he found, a terrible blizzard sweeping over the city and Wl business practi cally paralysed. The weather was so .bitterly cold that peoplepwere afraid to expose themselves.: much - on- the •streets lest they, -free**" to death. ■While he was' the**!thw thermometer registered 15 to JUg degrees below aero. It was the Worst tie-up that New York-has experienced In years and the weather has been intensely icold since) that tinsel-' ' * i. . • ■ ■ ■-.- ■' — ' i ■ ■ . - . ’ , HOSPITAL gets GOODLY SUM' FROM PICTURE 7 r /; t~ I Junior Chamber of Commerce ^ Presents Hospital With ’ ^ $175 From Picture. HARTNESS TALKS ONfNEED Local Institution Badly In Need of Funds For Varied Pro gram of Activities. The Sanlee Theatre was fall to overflowing last Sunday afternoon with the people to attend the picture put on for the benefit of the Leej County Hospital. It was given under the auspices of the Sanford Junior Chamber of Commerce. After all ex penses were met the sum of $175 I was turned over to the hospital peo pie to be used in connection with • the work; This money was badly needed and will be a great help to the hospital. It goes without saying that the management of the hospi tal and all others connected with the institution greatly appreciate the work of the members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the, San lee Theatre for making it possible to Taise these funds. ^ ? Mr. W. R. Hartness, a member of the] board of directors of the hos pital, made a talk before the pic ture'was shown, giving a brief his tory and. work of the institution and telling of its needs. CLUB CONTINUES HISTORICAL TALKS Despite the intensely cold weather theKiwanis (Huh was well attended at its meeting at the Carolina Hotel last Friday ^ night. Vice President R. G. Sowers was again called to the chair by President J. E. Brink. He'iwex rmrgated” some more before turning the program over to 0. R, Teague, ::hairmarf of the. program committee. As expurgate means to purge or purify, it is to be presumed that the clhb is In better shape than before year5 that the club would not accept any invitations away from its regulai meetings place till about, the first oi March. W. R. Makepeace, chairpiar of the bouse committee, was instruct ed to arrange the time and place foi accepting invitations now in hand President Brian named six member: of the club to .discuss the sales , taj question at the meeting of the' club niday night. In their argument they Will be permitted to favor or oppose the saler tax. The query is: “Re solved that the sales tax is beneficial to North Carolina.” Paul Lucas took a part in the pro gram, making a short talk. J. C. Pittman gave a sketch of the late Gov. Bickett, North Carolina’s War Governor, Jim Mclver discussed the life and character of George Wash ington. He brought many interesting things about the life of “The Father of His Country” not generally known by the people of the country. Chas. Hamilton gave an interesting sketch of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War President and great emancipator. Dr, Sowers and T. T. Hayes busied them selves fishing apples out of water to keep their faces cool. . Their mouths were of the adjustable kind and could get a grip on apples of all sizes. Each member of the club was given a slip of paper and instructed to write down the name of the county in which he was horn and the business or occupation his father followed. It was interesting to hear these things read and commented on by Mr. Teague. It showed that very few members of the club were born and reared in this section. MAN ASSAULTS AN 8-YEAR OLD GIRL It comes to light that Howard Ed wards, 24-year eld white man, crim inally assaulted his wife’s sister, 'Agnes White, 8 years of age, near Tramway on Saturday, February 17th. It is alleged that Edwards com mitted the assault while the girl was Waiting on his wife while she was sick. It is stated that she was afraid to tell her people of the crime as he had warned her to say nothing about the matter. Members of the fammily discovered that there was something the matter. Members of the family told „them that he had committed the assault $*he girl was brought to the Lee Bounty Hospital for treatment. It Is stated^that she was found to be in a serious condition. Edwards was placed Under arrest and committed to jail.' without bond. He will be giveiy a preliminary hearing before J. R. Rives, Eftqiy Friday. CONTINUE REDUCTIONS ON eCWA PROJECTS IN COUNTY JONESBORO QUINT LOSES FINAL GAME Jonesboro Lads Lost Game Dobson At Hill Tuesday Night; Score 42-21. To I Alter defeating Roanoke Rapid? 37-7 for .the Eastern class B champion Ship) the Jonesboro basket ball team lo)jt to Dobson at Chapel Hill Tues day night by a 42-21. score. This win gave Dohson the championship of Class B schools of North Carolina. I Dobson clearly outplayed Jonesboro in this game and held a 25-7 lead ati the half. However, -Jonesboro came| back fighting in the second half and played on even terms with the tall and ragged mountaineers during this period. > Folger led Dobson with. 18 poihtsr Won^ble was high scorer for Jones boro with 12 points. ' ’’ Until, this loss Jonesboro had not been defeated in 38 contests among high school teams during this and last year. The team-will enter the State College Tournament next week. The success of the basket ball team during the present season, in a large sura, may be attributed to its championAip squad of the 1933 sea son, Coach Crutchfield took >rnctical ly an entire new squad and developed an eastern championship team .There is prohably no coach in No : fch Caro lina who has- made a recoid compar able, to Mr. Crutchfield’s record since he has been in Jonesboro. THte students and patrons of Jones - boro High School are indebted to him for the record that hag been made in the name of the school, so hats off to C. J. Crutchfield. FORMER RESIDENT GETS PROMOTION T B&PJP $1 the people of Sanford will rememb*1’- l>r. D. (Jack) Ray. who made his home in this place &heil & hoy. After finishing school he-f* he to ok a course as a veterin arian and went} West, locating in Kansas City. Like many other young men, who, upon reaching their ma jority, went to other sections of the country and gained promotion in j some profession or calling, Dr. Ray has by steady habits and efficient work been promoted from time to time in his work and now holds an important) position in a great com pany in the West. We quote the fol lowing announcement from a leaf let which also carries his picture: | "On January 1st., 1934, Dr. J. D. (Jack) Ray, of Kansas City, Mis-1 souri, becomes associated with the Com State* Serum Company, of j Omaha, Nebraska. He will have charge of investigation and diagno-, sis, a new department created by The Corn States Serum Company for the purpose of rendering a diag nostic service for" practicing veter-1 nariai^s. ! Dr. Ray is eminently qualified for this service as he has been associat ed with Dr. A. T. Kinsley for six teen years in field investigation and laboratory diagnosis. Dr. Ray re tains his financial interest in the Kinsley Laboratories of Kansas City, and will continue to supervise the production of Kinsley Biologies. “Dr. and Mrs. Ray will reside in , Omaha after January the First.” , MRS. MATTIE STONE Funeral services were held at Pop- 1 lar Springs Methodist church Wed- j nlesday at 2 o’clock for -Mrs. Mattie, Stone who died at her home near the church Monday. Rev. J. E. Blalock conducted the funeral. J Mrs. Stone was the widow of the late John Stone and died at the age I of 71 years. Mrs. Stone was a splen did Christian woman who will be g*.-eatly missed by her 12 children, grand children and many friends. CWA PROJECTS COME IN FOR A DRASTIC SLASH Several Lee Projects Are Cur* tailed By Reduction of CWA Employees. EXPRESS MANY OPINIONS One hundred and forty-four CWA workers were taken off the govern ment payroll in Lee County last week, reducing the number to 355 from a total of 499. It is stated that re ductions j^rill continue each week until May 1st, by which time the entire CWA force is expected to be demobilized. As the CWA work is discontinued, the relief rolls increase, but when the Weather opens up and farm work begins, some of those be ing taken off the CWA expect to find employment. By ^cutting off workers a number of projects have been affected in Lee county, in fact some of them have been abandoned for the time being, if not permanently. Among the projects abandoned or forces reduced for^ the time being in this county are „the construction of the aproach - to the Avent's Ferry bridge and the golf course near Sanford. The bridge - ^ prodjGet was abandoned, putting "off 40 men, and the golf course of work- i.i,; ers was cut from 20 to 10 men. It is hoped that a full force of laborers will be kept at work on the swimming ^ ‘ pool till it 19 finished*- It -is thought that it will be finished by the^tniddle f pr latter part of the summer. Work , ^ bn the approach to the Avent*s Ferry bridge was discontinued at a ^ime when the job could have been finished at a comparatively . small cost. The £ ground is