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v1 ; ' THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, y-r i ' r , . . t - ,- . . ;-. , MUTT AND JEFF Jeff had Ms eye onjthe future when he designed the ?Sap Six." THK MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N.''C; MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921. -!- Trae.mATk: K. V. . Pat. .Oil.) - 'ISy tUD MAX HI'- -" . I HOOVCCtO 1 PUTTING fOO GAhtfT BUL M viTT.MTT -jPTHe ROLL . X'rA CAR ANl sewu ir FOR. vjcH As s Bocks, oe NEW MOTOT BRAHMS' Fully .... . t J I With Flasi 'SAtf e tea evicfc LrMt eves ors). -reparinl ;Q21 opel h. no chi can leal compos''! c Withl month s consecut: oarly 'n 22nd seaa 1 i, ,1 SHoS ( GONNA Be A BIG ftouR FACTORY, Aiob CA ' I ' I 1 CAI UWCUt I 1 V. ITJ I I 1 Ll f X U A- rMiL.ri. 1 . I . J. - ' . w i i it . m m i i i r . i f i mm goA r - V - - eodb MiNetT. 'I ... V ' ii wlw will m i m i i n m i 1 n c. rr r ' i i i ii i " 'V " I 1 'Hi i si $ ;. - I- :r: "!-'' :l i. V i i DRASTIC CUT IN VALUATION NOT VEFtY LIKELY TO STAND State Tax Commission Certain to Reject Reductions in Property Values That Reach High as 60 Per Cent Has Power to . . Revise Valuations Fixed by Counties Maxwell Thinks East Entitled to Greatest Reduction (By JULE B. WARREN) RALEIGH. April' 10. Heavy reduc tions in the value of 'property are not likely to stand the purging- process all the revisions will have to undergo be fore they can be certified by the new tax commission as the proper basis for taxation, in the opinion of some mem .oers of the state administration who ,uave given a great deal of time and etudy to taxation matters. The new state tax commission, sit ting as a board of review is required, not "allowed," but "required" by the law to1 adjust values In the different counties so that the property values in Cherokee will be made on the same basis as are those of the piedmont counties in central Carolina or 'Dare county in the east. s While it is recognized by friends of revaluation that all of the values fixed 'by the assessors in the 100 counties do ,.not actually represent the money or market value of. property today, the enemies of the tax. reform do. not pre tend to believe that values of 1919 and "1920 were so far wrong that a 60 per ."cent cut in. some counties and a 10 per cent cut in others will leave prop erty values equitable in all the coun ties. It will be the duty of the new tax commission composed of the com missioner of revenue, the chairman of '.the corporation commission and the attorney-general, or stated. In the pe tsons of these officials, Commissioner A. AV. Watts, Corporation Commission " Chairman W. T. Lee and Attorney General James S. Manning, to adjust these differences. Some members of the legislature op posed granting this power to the fltate 'tax commission, conteryiins .that.ince the state got none of its money from property tax, but left it entirely to the 'counties, it should have nothing to do with -what basis the counties used in arriving at its tax values. The majbr ity sentiment, however, was that so long as some counties had to get money from the state equalization fund in order to run their schools six months, the state had . right to look Mnto the basis of valuation. In other words the legislature did not believe a county like Dare, for Instance, which gets out of the state about $30,000 more for its schools than it pays in, has a right to call on Durham. New 'Hanover, Mecklenburg, Forsyth and others of the larger and wealthier! 'ii y i . - I uuuimea ior meip, unless mere is some assurance from the state that Dare and the other weaker counties have done all they can to help themselves. . Consequently L. R. Varser and .other legislators who opposed state super vision of tax valuation,- submerged their personal views and wrote into the new bill the clause which gives the tax commission the right to revise valuation cuts in order to equalize values as between the different coun- ties- , . Reports of the action of county aommissioners reaching Raleigh show , that there is a wide difference in the amount of cuts authorized in. the dif ferent; counties. They range from nothing in New Hanover and a few other counties which were satisfied with the present values to the 60 per . cent cut in Wilson county. Corpora tion Commissioner A. J. Maxwell, who was largely Instrumental in the re valuation work, and advised with the sommittee which wrote the bill this .. year, is of the opinion that the larger . cuts would be madein the eastern counities where the bottom "dropped out of farm values. The average value " of the farming land, based on the speculative prices of land resulting . from high priced cotton and tobacco .especially, was from $80 to $100 an acre. No one pretends to believe that . these are the true values of this farm property today. The middle section of the state and ihe mountain counties were not so r adly hit by the business depression . f last year, and consequently there aas been no such drop ih the value of ( farm property. There is. therefore, no zause for expecting such drastic cuts . In valuation In these sections as there 1s in the eastern counties. But even -jnder hese conditions the general im pression is that the cuts in the coun ties which have touched the maximum will pot be allowed to stand because Hhey are out of line--with the other counties in the state and would result Craven coun- in shifting an undue burden of tax ation on counties which did not cut as much. " Representatives of the ty commissioners came to Raleigh last week seeking advice from the tax com mission about the proper reduction for that county. They are face to face with a problem that is going to wor FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD A WIZARD, SAY DOCTORS John Huston of Arizona, Bed ridden, Has Most Remark able Mentality PHOENIX, Aria.. April 10. John Huston. -14-year-old, and bed-ridden, has been pronounced by high medical authorities as possessing the most re markable mentality they have known in any child. At the age of three years and seven ry many finance officials of 'counties : months, John delivered an address at during the next year, and they are the dedication exercises of the looking before they leap. Craven i ll, . t-.h- t.. r,)U -i county last year fixed a tax rate of I Oolls-eum in Dallas Texa. reciting ,1 11 1-2 cents on the 100. This year it verses on the war of 76. His oration needs more revenue than it did last wa he.d,.by A f'ri year, but at the same time the people P.ersons ,in the audience . Aside from Mown there are demanding reduction tms- he nas f prominent .prii ... in valuation. Under the constitution "umeruua yuu" lu"tl'"', "V the county can levy bu 15 cents on I ins- ar thesv national encamp, the 100. If there were no cut in values; ments. of the Grand Army of the Re Craven county could raise to the limit i pu?llc" , . and get the additional revenue. But r the Grnd Armv of the Republic, if any appreciable cut in values Is ' John ranks as brigadier-general, an mad this will absorb th increase in nonor oesioweo. oy mil organization, rate so that the county runnine ex American war veterans. In his mother's home he has in- haVe less revenue for penses than it had last year. Craven county is in somewhat bet ter shape than some of the other coun- increase mi - - will really' e also has a huge American flag unning ex- ' presented to him by the Spanish- stalled a powerful wireless apparatus. ties in North Carolina, for 50 per cent' He supervised all of this work. Some of them, it is estimated. have already r of parts are of hia own manu reached the constitutional limit or.facture.. A United States government have. overstepped it. Consequently any license Posted recognizes "John as an reduction in values will put them in a1 amateur wireless telegrapher. hole unless they can make provision for drastic curtailment iof their ex penses. v w .;- - Durlnsr his "listeninsr in" periods young Huston has picked up messages or parts of them from stations as far Tha ftrt&ncial traits - in which the away as Naun, Germany, and he daily average county finds itself today is not the result of revaluation altogether. When it is pointed out that under the old law rtbe counties had ibut 19 cents left, out the 66 2-3 constitutional limit, ami 4that applicable to values about one-ha.If what they are now, it will pe seen that all of the troubles the counties have fallen heir to cannot be charged up to revaluation. Under the old constitutional limit of 66 2-3 cents the state absorbed for its own purposes and uses all of the limit ex cept 19 cents. And a little calculation will show that a 19 cent; rate on the hundred on the old value will not pro duce as much money as a, 15 cent rate will produce under the J new values. The trouble with the counties and cities is just exactly the problem that all busineps concerns have been forecd to face, and .that is just exactly this the expense of county and city busi ness have Increased out of proportion to the income. This has been duetto the mounting prices of everything a county or a city has to buy. AH of this but re-emphasizes the Po sition of Governor Morrison and oth. ers that it will be impossible for the state to levy a property ta,x in the fu ture unless the constitution .is again amended. Under the law the state can take but 5 cents, or, one-third of the 15 cent limit, and that amount of money would not do the state a great deal of good, but would seriously handicap the counties. Consequently should mat ters, arise in this formative and read justing period which will demand .a special session of the legislature, there is little likelihood that it would de cide to levy an ad valorem tax for state purposes. It might be called to provide an increase in interest rate for bonds authorized for roads and insti tutions, but it would not levy a prop erty tax.' FEDERAL COURT FINES $7,455 (Special to The .Star) WILSON, April 10. Federal court held in this city last week imposed fines and costs which amounted" to $7,455.34 and of this amount $5,258.46 has already been paid in. The followins drew prison sentences: Buck Carpenter, oneyeaij and a day in prison and to pay a .fine of $509 and costs in the case. Buck Boone, two monfns ih-jail and fined $100 and costs. j Hepry Buck Dickerson, four months In jail and $100 fine and cost. Only recently John's mother tele phoned In to the office of the Arizona Gazette inquiring if that paper had any report of a "bad wreck near Pueblo. Col." A -Pullman had burned, she said, on the Denver" and Rio Grande railroad with a heavy loss of life. The Association Press leased wire only a few minutes before had brought in the story almost as John had heard is through hia set from a distance of approximately 1200 miles. GREAT BRITAIN'S PAYMENTS ON SILVER MONEY SENT TO INDIA WASHINGTON, April 10. G r e a t Britain's first payment, amounting to $25,000,000 In principal and interest, under the scheme for liquidating the debt of $122,000,000 Incurred during: the war by the purchase of 100,000,000 standard silver dollars for the relief oi the silver famine in India, falls due Friday. Payment probably will be made through the federal reserve bank in New York, treasury officials said tonight. An additional payment of $17,000,000 also falls due May 15, officials added, under the agreement making provision for payment from April ,15, 1919. The principal is to be paid in equal annual installments from 1921 to 1924,' inclusive, in the proportions of 60 per cent April 15, and 40 per cent May 15, of each year, and the interest after next May 15, under the agreement, win be paid In semi-annual installments at the rate of 5 per cent per annum upon the principal outstanding. The agreement for liquidating the silver debt, officials declared, was reached separately from any negotia tions for funding the British war debt to this country of nearly $5,000,000,000. BLADENBORO CLUB IS GUEST OF MISS BUIE ON THURSDAY ... MOREHEAD 8TANDS BY BLAIR (Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, April 10. John M. Morehead was ' asked to give up the North Carolina candidate, David ' H. Blair," for internal revenue commis sioner, and join Virginia In Its effort to get the nomination for Robert W, Blair, an old Chapel Hill man, but he would not-do it. He said fre was sup porting Blair to the final; showdQwn, and thought hex had a shjow- to win. But It looks now as if the south would lose that good job. It may go to a rittSDurgh banker. LENOIR FARMERS HAVE CUT FERTILIZER 6O-6O PER- CENT MURDER CONFESSION A LIE, HARRIS NOW SAYS .. - 4 Man Who Declared He Helped Kill Elwell in New York Takes It All Back BUFFALO, April 10. Roy- Harris, held here by the police on his con fession that he was concerned in the murder of Joseph B. Elwell in New York last June, today confessed that his story is not true.' The prisoner had been questioned for two hours by District Attorney Moore, at the end of which time he made a statement ad mitting that his original declaration was false. Mr. Moore sent word to Charles S. Whitman and Captain Carey, of the New Tyork police, who were on their way to Buffalo. The development may cause them to change their plana and return to New York from Albany. Harris alleged as his reasons for the hoax that he-had been-separated from his wife and. had met her again only last week and desired to know whether she would be staunch to him were he in serious trouble. He said that if she had not proved "loyal and true blue" he would have gone to the electric chair without regret. Harris confessed the hoax to Detec tive Oswald of the New York force Saturday nighty but the latter did not make public the fact because he wished, he said, to talk first with Mr. Whit man and Captain Carey. He placed a charge of first degree murder against the prlsonerand ordered him held in comTnunicadv4 After a few. hours that charge: waswithdrawn. tOswaldaya-JL wat through the wife that the JirlaBiO was disoroved. He toolc th-1rrfr&yjjft to the outlying pollc St&5jyf the man was locked Mj-f them talk for an hour or eo.aUtjrtf had insisted that his wlfev-Kst. Catharines. On tario, "HBCflhlanning of the El- well murder, while she declared she was with him in New York that week. Sheaid she gave him a birthday gift of Socks at that time. "Did you get a birthday present last year?" asked Oswald. '"Why, yes, two pairs of socks," said Harris. "Who gave them to you?" "My wife," said Harris, with hesita tion. "But you said your wife was in St. (Catharines at that time," said Oswald. "Oh, well, you've caught me". The whole thing isxa fake," said Harris with a hopeless gesture. At noon today Harris was taken to the district attorney's office and can fronted with his wife. Ater he ad mitted the hoax he was returned to his cell and was ordered held without ball in solitary confinement. This was done, police said, at the request of Detective Oswald. The wife was re turned to her cell also. y DRY LAW VIOLATION ONLY fl (Special to The Star) GREENVILLE. S. C, April 10. The- smallest fln ever imposed in the fed eral court here yesterday of $1 against F. P. Hardin, who pleaded , guilty to violation of the prohibition laws, by a technical infraction of the regula tions in securing whiskey for me dicinal purposes. deal Shoe Repair Prompt and Efficient Service at Lowest : Cost Work Done While You Wait. Try Us! All Work Guaranteed SB Wort Seeon St. Pfcom 13Q&-J Specials for Tuesday and Wednesday $ DOLLAR DAYS $ Six 20(Tcans pink salmon $1 00 Six 20c cans Southport shrimp & -a for H.UU Three 45p cans table peaches Three 45c cans Sun-Kissed pineapple a a for MM Five 25c cans Heintz' baked beans fi a a for M.UU Seven 25c cans Jersey Duke pork and beans Q Three-pound Helen Lawsin pure coffee $1 00 MEATS Three pounds round steak J j qjj Three pounds sirloin steak j jjq Three pounds porterhouse steak tf l A A for $1.UU Three dozen fresh country eggs $1 00 Four pounds Swift's oleomargerine $1 00 A Complete Line of Fruits and Vegetables IDEAL MARKET E. J. WADDELL, Proprietor 418 North Front Street Telephone 2229 Iff '1 (Special to The Star) BLADENBORO, April 10 The Thurs day club met this week with Miss Clara Buie, ' whose-e home was unusually at tractive with spring flowers. In a draw ing contest Miss Fannie TurlingtonJ won the prize, a lovely dresser - set embroidered in colors. Punch was served in the dining room from a table banked with ferna and flowers, Miss Ida Suggs presiding at the bowl. After a delightfully Interesting program, an Ice course and cake were served. Be sides club memDers the high school faculty was present. . , The ladies of the Thursday Book club will give a play, "Old Maids' Conven tion," Friday night the 15th in tlie school auditorium. , " v CUTS PRICE OF ICE: 10 PER CENT (Special to The Star) ' : GREENSBORO, April 10. One of the, two Ice companies .here "iJias.vc.vt the price of ice 10 per. cent, on purchases of. 500-pound coupon books. - The.pricet for ice bought in small Quantities stilt remains 80 cents per .100 , pounds. '. . PRESIDENT HARDING ;. AND HIS CABINET ' MAKING GOOD START (Special to The Star) KINSTON, April 10. Farmers in this j part of the state will use only half as much fertilizer this year as last, according to dealers here. In -aome localities the- reduction will be 60 per eent. All commercial fertilizers are mucli less in demand now than last spring, intensive cultivation will mp.ke up in the (smaller use of fertill-,. ; - .' (Continued from Page One.) ing's message ot next Tuesday." Y Bat Mr Harding; and his, associates inter pret the ilast election as having meant an" overwhelming repudiation of the league and treaty. And many millions of people not a few murmuring in dividuals will have to express them selves to the1 same effect before the Harding administration 'will be con vinced that its interpretation- of the election mandate is not correct , R D"A EXTRA SPECIALS TUESDAY FROM 10:00 TO 11:00 A. M. 50 pairsof ladies' and misses' pumps and oxfords, black or dark tan, high and low heels, y $J QO TUESDAY FROM 3 TO 4 P. M. 1,000 -yards of 32-inch dress ginghams, fine quality, pretty plaids in light and dark colors, di A A 10 yards for PlUU EXTRA WEDNESDAY'S SPECIALS Children's cap4oe shoes, sizes 2 to 8, black kid button, limit 3 pairs to a customer, a pair , $1.00 BIGSPECIALS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY The millinery department has made tremendous re- ductions. Our expert .milliners will be at your service and see that you are properly fitted. We have 1Q0 children's misses' and ladies hats that i will be on sale at, a each ; ... $1.00 You know the vajuss we have when it is millinery r , Cash LACE AND INSERTIONS, 24 YARDS FOR $1.00 Two bolts, 12 yards each, of lace or insertion, fine qual ity for dresses or underwear, d1 A A 24 yards for pl.VV WIDE LACE AND INSERTION, 12 YARDS FOR $100 Exceptional bargain in wide lace and insertion, white or ecru, filet and net, for camisoles and A A organdy dresses. 12 yards for Plvv EMBROIDERY, 12 YARDS FOR $1.00 Embroidery edge insertion, Beading and veiling in all widths up to four inches, (1 A A 12 yards for tJl.VV SWIFTS WOOL SOAP, 13 BARS FOR $1.00 Wool soap is pure white and floats, is absolutely ham less to the most delicate skin; used for bathing babies, and is the best soap obtainable for laundering delicate fabrics, such as silks, fine lawns and woolens. 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