North Carolina Newspapers

. Sittings From the Legislature By M. H. DUNXAOAK Special Writer lor ino TScu.ucn: Raleigh, Feb. 27.?On what is probably the eve of the birth of a new revenue bill the joint committee of House and Senate seem in hopeless deadlock on two important phases of the measure they are to present to the General Assembly: the sales tax and the eight months school term. The.-e two phases have been lookoil upon as inxeperable. They have heen linked to the extent that proponents of the sales tax plan h?uo u=eu the eight months school term proposal as a means of getting the tax over?in fact that the longer t vm would be the only justification i : the tax, and, belief is general that j ih- eight months term cannot be op-1 crated without it in some form. But, j vtether tnc six rnontny term can be 1 operated without the sales tax is the point that is new bothering many of the legislators. Many of the lawmakers are opposed to a sales tax of any kind and many would fight such a tax to the end if it were possible for them to sec that the government could continue to operate schools conducted for six months without it. A small majority of the Senate finance committee went for a sales tax and a slight one in the House committee went against it. Also, a slight majority in one house favors the eight months school term, while a slight majority in the other opposes it. Sales Tax Looms as Certain Little d^ubt is entertained that a general sales tax, rather than a luxury tax, will be adopted, hut it will he necessary to convince several leg-1 i.-h*U?iS that the money necessary' cannot he raised otherwise. They will accept it as a sort of last resort. Belief is tlia* the finance committee wili get out the rev: nue bill this week, and that within two weeks the General Assembly will adopt a revenue measure, based on. if not en lircly the committee bill. Eighth Week Ends With Little Done The eighth week of the session passed with apparently little accomplished. Only six bills r.n.l resolutions of a public nature and 38 local measures were finally ratified. Numbers of bills have been tossed .-.bout, killed ami brought back to >?'?. passed and recalled?to such an cXtor.t ikct ' ??legislator made a| motion to take up on a certain day only bfiia lrom~iou utrfamrable calendar-?so many bad been brought hack for further action, after beingkilled. Belief is. however, that progress if being made, that the main hills, revenue drui appropriations, arc being formed and will soon be out for . action; Throe or four weeks morej) will sec them and other important , legislation enacted and the General ] Assembly ended or near the end, it , is expected. t 'Pht, bills introduced have gome i above the 1000 murk now, and ex- j actly 200 had been ratified at the , end of last week, probably 80 per , cent of them local. Last week was ; probably the ioWest in ratification j of any that will follow. Three of the measures ratified last t week were resolutions, one designnt \ ing by name the "Clarence A. Shore j j State Laboratory of Hygiene Build- f ing," in hor.or of the late director for SB years. The other two were t ready the week before, one endors- j ing Mrs. Liilie M. Mebane as minister , to Sweden, the other asking L'ncle | Sam xo stay off the State's tax fields, j A Few Ratifications i The divorce bill is now the law, allowing divorce actions to be brought , after two years of separation, in- > stead of five, and cutting the resi- ] dence period before bringing an ac- i tien from two to one year. Another new law prohibits employment on any t public works of an archtieet, engi- i f neer, designer or draftsman inter- ' ested in the manufacture or sale of any materials used in the work. Of interest is the law reducing the i license fee for trailers towed by passenger cars, ratified last week. Formerly the cost was 5B cents per 100 pounds, the average having been i $7.15 a year. Now such trailers weighing not more than 500 pounds and carrying not more .than 1,000 pounds, towed by a passenger are taxed only $2 for all or any part of the year. The Senate finally passed the measure abolishing the Corporation Commission, as amended, and sent it to -the Mouse, ; WLcro, p'ediction is, it will aiso be passed. Tt provides for electing the Public Utilities Commis sioner in 1934, two other men, named by the Governor, to sit with him when needed for hearings, to be paid not more than $1,800 a year, at the rate of $25 a day for their services. While poshed as an economy measure, it does little more than abolish Chairman W. T. Lee and Commissioner George P. Pell, if finally enacted. Belief is that Commissioner Stanley Winbome will be named as commissioner. It now looks as if the General Assjmbly will call for a referendum on the liquor law changes, or probably ;* /. (Vnaainv Co 8 . A NonVOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 35 Up Pops Budget I i j ^^J^^^sSBH1^SE3SH^% Being lK? "First Lady of the *' L.and" and mistress of the White '' House is not all social grandeur, comfort and case. Mrs. Franklin 8 D. Roosevelt knows that fact al- v ready, being faced with the per- 8 sonal task of cutting White House { expenses 25 per cent., in line with the new President** promt! *> re- 1 duce all govcrmental expenses to 1 that extent. Mrs. Roosevelt says JI she has planned to get along with ' nine or ten fewer servants," which 1 is taken to mean that she herself will be her cwn housekeeper ... J J and battle the budget. WAT AIM! A wniun uninuun r7 WLi; PAY BIG SHARE OF j; PROPOSED LEVY . Is Local r onion ***** Burden j _ Would Rcau\ !?iu>? -Th*n ?40.000 |" !t ;r S^nviin. More Than Thirteen ^ Million Would Result h rofn i"wu Per Cent Ta* mr Sales. Amouafi || Come from Government Fivure*. * \\ (Special Correspondence.) Raleigh, Feb. 27.?The" general ? sales *ax ot two per cent would bring n a total uf ^Ki.UGBj'iXO.OO and the ' )ne per cent tnoduction tax would 'T ning in $13,119,243.52, on the basis 41 jf 1929 sales and manufactures, c .vhich figures, on the basis of present ( lusiness would have to be reduced o 60 per cent, Senator Hayden Clenent of Rowan announces, in sup- ^ lovt of his one pel cent production IS^jas opposed to the proposed two " 3C-r cent general sales tax. These figures were compiled by ;he Division of Commerce and Indusi\ of the Department of Conserva:ion from U. S. Bureau of Commerce, statistics for 1929, the last available. P rhey would have to be reduced to |8 50 per cent of that amount to show if .he approximate status of today, and P -( adjustments would have to be made ^ ;o show the greater drop in other a .ines of manufacture than is shown E n the ease of tobacco products. Under the production tax three t: ;ounties manufacturing tobacco, For- t; >yth, Durham and Rockingham would u pay considerably more than one-third h if this tax, while these and three tl others, Guilford, Mecklenburg unci C Gaston would pay much more than lalf the total for the State. Under tl iibis Forsyth would contribute $3,- 1 581,348.70, Durham, $1,382,244.45, o Rockingham, $1,139,955.38, a total of $5,581,348.53. while Guilford will I< pay $967,282.61, Mecklenburg $698,- C 166.33 and Gaston $690,830.52, the n six counties paying $7,937,627.99 of h the total $13,119,213.52. Camden d would pay nothing and seven other counties, Alleghany', Clay, Currituck, c Dare, Greene, Tyirrell and Yancey o would pay less than $1,000 each. Under the two per cent general 1 sales tax Mecklenburg would he the only county paying above a million dollars a year, $1,038,740, it and the C five other large counties, Guilford, d Forsvth. Wake. Buncombe and Dur- a ham, paying or.c third of t V tire or|\ $4,341,180 on the 1929 business ba- I sis. 1 Watauga county, with a popula- \ tion of 15,165, would pay $40,- ? 240.00 under the two per cent gen- I eral tales tax and $2,749.28 un- i der the one per cent production tax, these figures show, but based on the 1929 volume of business and manufacturing, which would i have to ba cut to 60 per cent as 1 the estimate for present conditions. i The largest -acreage ever to be i seeded to pasture grasses in Moore i County will be planted his spring, says the farm agent. i AUG -Partisan Newspaper, De 2Q0N!K; WATAIWA COW lmTdoor opensT two prisoners in dash for liberty len Wanted for Stealing Gasoline, Automobiles, and Carrying Weapons Are Apprehended and Recap' tured After Flight. Vehicle .Belonging to College Student Used by One to Effect Getaway. William Furr and Lee Thompson} hown a? residents of West Virginiav lit lately making their abode in a ouse on the Yenahlossee Road neat flowing Rock, were brought to the ounty jail Friday by -Messrs* W. T., Iragg and Jess Roberts, citizens o? hat sectioft, to be held to answer harges of gasoline theft, car steal-, ng and carrying concealed weapons. All went well unt.il just about the, ime the doors of he bastile were bout to op?n, and the accused made] tVtfirJ Ho-sR Tax lifea-*-- f v* ? ??.? jn/cn,jr uuu iur uie ime being it appeared that the at-! crept had been successful. However,, heriff Howell and deputies gave base and caught Fuvr near the I. G. {reer home in East Boone. Thompon stopped by the college campus >ng enough to appropriate a car beanging to a student and went bac.kl o his temporary home on the Yon-; ihlossee. The car was more or less] wrecked by the hurried trip when it ippcared to have encountered a tel-j phone pest. Now both the accused are await-! ng trial at the Recorder's Court j text week, for the charges ioncd. The '.heft of two automobiles, s involved, according to word from he Sheriff's office. Mexican Operetta Is Presented at College ''Miita,'' a Mexican operetta in wo acts, was presented by the Ap-1 alachian Glee Club in the College, lUditorium here last Friday ariB; latuvday nights. Friday night's pe^*, jrmance was for the college, whilSjj aturday night was reserved for the'^l A large and appreciative audi- ! r.ce both performances^ | The under the dtreetije^j ? Miss Virginia Wj^y who has had* uii'e^u OR ir.uv. ork, was highly lauded by rhVske j ho had th:> pleasure of attending. The main east, supported by an xcellent chorus of 'forty young men ?d women is due much credit for a faithfulness with which they orkcd and ability they showed l the prcseut^on. Miss Ruth Kirn Konsland, accompanist, is also ue muc.h credit fc?r the success of le operetta. Assisting Miss Wary in the prouction were Kelly G. Miles, A. An>nakos, Katheryn Harwell, Dolly eMay, Mercer Jackson and Elfeaeth Rucker. GONE TO JOIN IN WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FRIDAY A call to prayer goes out to all eople. "Come unto me all ye that ibor and are heavy laden." You are ivited *o unite in a fellowship of raver on the World Day of Prayer, [arch 3rd, 1933, 7:30 o'clock p. m., t the Grace Lutheran Church it. last Boone. This gathering is interdenoniinaional and all of our people are asked i take part. Last year the service 'as in the Baptist Church. The year efore, the Methodist Church held lie service. Next year the Advent hurch is to be the place of meeting. In turn it should hove been there bis year, but at their own request, tie World Day of Prayer is being bserved at the Lutheran Church. The topic of the program is "Fol>w Me," and was prepared by Mrs. \ C. Chen wf China, while the anouncement leaflet was written by Irs. Ruth Muskrat Bronson, an Inian-American. All Boone- rtpople are urged to ome and take finrt in this program t prayer. EES-McRAE STUDENTS TO ATTEND VOLitfi I EES CONE. Banner Elk.?Five Lees-McRae iollege students will attend the Stulent Volunteer Conference to be held it the Woman's College of the Unirersity of North Carolina at Greens>oro during uie touting wsek-epd. darch 3-5, inclusive. The conference vill be attended by students from ill North Carolina colleges and will is on the general 'topic of foreign nissions. . DANIEL RHYNE DIES Daniel Efird Rhjrne, multi-million?ire of Lincoln Coun'.y and benefactor of Lenoir-Rhyne College and "35 churches, extensive textile mills operator, banker and philanthropist, died at Laboratory last Saturday morning at the age of 81 years. Mr. Rhyne was a distant cousin of Dr. C. L. Rhyne, local druggist. V . i '.ii a'i ? .1 i T A.a^iri V.lT'f Vr-ii'f i'"i W ?? -tjb A D] ;voted to the Best Inter .-. -- ? ' NTY, WORTH CAROLINA, THIT tf' thirty - f ii J of ... .1 ? [' i~-"-S: ' - ? ? hs^#riiftWij? i)^HTio-Rof'?vei6s??tt first President oi the onii^u 3l. Augural ceremony. There are e: iters to Washington for the even Carolina. So far as is known, t though several are cuntcmplatiiv FEDERAL NUMBEI MAY BE REMOVE FROM PARK ROM Movement Is Reported to Have P to Park Highway -Deaignal Changed from Road Thro Boone, and Route Tourist Tra Through Tennessee. Delegation Visit Commissioners. Information coming from W ington is \o the effect that steps hnir.cr talrpn .towmvl nffirinllu vnii the national Park to Park High through. Eastern Tennessee, ins' of through Boone, as is now the c This action would be taken, it is veal.nl, because on the route designated by the Government f< Federal number, 'here remains unfiuished link near Spruce Pin< about four miles, which was to t been completed by the State by time. As news of the agitation spi through the mountain region del tions were being formed the firs the week to go to Raleigh to vail with the highway officials complete this road. Those intere in the tourist trade end the gen welfare of the mountain region f Watauga, Avery, Ashe and Oald are sai<# to be on the war path, it is understood that provided inr d'.'te Sate action can be obtai that the Park to Park Highwgy tween the Shenandoah Park in ginia and the Smoky Mountains 1 in North Carolina and Tenessee, continue to come through this tion with the Federal number tached. This will eventually resui unchanged, in thousands of -tou puninsr tnroagn watauga kjo each year. Recorders Court Bill Is Passed by Sen Raleigh, N. C.?The Wat County bill, to confer civil juri tion upon the recorder's court of county, has been passed by the ate and sent to the House of Ri sentative3, where it was referre the committee on Cojrts and . cial Districts. Without a hitch b it should be passed and ratified week. EMOC1 ests of Northwest North Care RSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933 ^X^BBgLdS^^SuSFinftm^^i ( 1ST PRESIDENT ITED STATES r f-?ft J?iUTM7 ggj fthetbirty ^=ir'~~? - ****** ^ jyHl'te the JmI oprn-?ir in- | npected to be no less than 200,000 visfc, some 2,000 of them going from North here will be no WaUugans present, alg the trip. i THREE BLOCKADE D STILLS CAPTURED IE DURING WEEK j 'ark Five Thousand Gallons cf Beer Detion stroyed in Successful Raids by ugh Sheriff Howell and Deputies. Two} f fic; Men Placed Under Arrest. Large t to j Steam Outfit Among Those Taken. Warrants Issued. ash-j On last Friday night Sheriff A. are i V- Unwell, accompanied by Deputing j ties Albeit Farthing, Hill Hagaman way' and Wiley Day, destroyed a large lead j steam distillery in Stony Fork Town:ase. (ship, near the Wilkes line, and cut re- down aver 5,000 gallons of beer. The now plant apparently had been in oper>1 a ation for several months, and the an furnace was still hot when the ofi of ficers arrived. The still was of 125iave gallon capacity. this On Monday of last week Sheriff Howell and his deputies raided an ilread licit distillery in the Tottcrtewn senega tion, destroyed a quantity of beer t of and "backings," and arrested the two Dah.. Ca..*h 3 7 a I I pit- upcioiivca, i\vuy ouuui hiiu jimiii , to Snyutv. The men were brought to sted the county jail and Thursday were era! released under bonds of $500 each rom for appearance in Recorders Court well next week. and A small steam outfit, a quantity ime- of beer and liquor wore destroyed on ned, Wednesday night in another suceessbe fnl raid by sheriff's deputies in StoVir ny Fork, but the fleet-footed raoCtiPark shiners made good their escape, will It is understood limb a number of sec- warrants have been issued and that at- arrest of 'he guilty parlies is belt, if licved to be inevitable. rists unty pijBL|SHER IS NAMED AS AMBASSADOR TO HNf.l AND Washington.?Judge Robert Bingham, publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, will be the auga new ambassador to Great Britain unsdic der the Roosevelt administration, it that was understood here Saturday. Sen- Appointment of the publisher of Dpre- the first ranking post in the Amerid to can diplomatic service is expected Judi- to be announced soon, to enable him here, to assist in prel-minaries of the imthis pending Anglo-American debt negotiations. RAT tlina ?1.50 PER TEAR IEC0RDER WILL TRY MANY CASES ON NEXT TUESDAY iixleea Criminal Actions Will Come Up for Heaiins When Judffe Sud drcth Presides at First Session of Court. Half of Them Deal With Dry Law Violation*. Several Cases Came from Superior Court. The first session cf Watauga Reorder's Court will convene next ruesday morning with Judge G. M. Sudderth presiding, and Solicitor Charles T. Zimmerman prosecuting i criminal docket of sixteen cases, nost of which had been transferred >y judicial order from the Superior 2ourt docket. ? The first case to be heard by the tew tribunal is that of the State igainst Roby South,?a liquor manifacturing charge. Other cases to be :a.l!ed include: John Snyder, manifacturing liquor and carrying con:ealed weapons; A. L. Dotson, dry aw violation; Percy Shook, carrying concealed weapon; Burton Church, 'iolating liquor law; Everett Story, delating liquor law; Everett Story, violating liquor law"; Walter Bumearner, violating liquor law; Fred 5reer, operating motor vehicle while ntoxicated; Conley Cox, larceny; Moah Miller, larceny; Rodger Ashley, violating liquor iaw; William Furr, :arrying concealed weapon; Ira Cornell and Arnold Ford, larceny; William Furr and Lee Thompson, larceny. The court, it is announced, will 10M over from day io day, if nccr scsary. until the docket shall have men disposed of and will convene men Tuesday. When all the transfers have been nade, 35 criminal and about 45 civil ases will have been taken from the Superior Court dockets. Perils of Southland Are to Be Discussed "The Perils of Our Southland" will he discussed at both morning and evening services at the Boone Baptist Church on Sunday. The following program has been work?d~?u.t, to which the jjiyyp: i3 eOTd-lsjljt-is ?ej*5SaS Miming Service "Illiterary," by Prof. Guy Hill; "Worklliness," Proi. Claude Pyatte; "Liquor Traffic," Prof. J. T. C. Wright; "Communism," Prof. J. H. Wolfe. Evening Service?"Race Prejudice," Malcolm Laxton; "Sabbath Deae.eration," G. P. Hagaman; "Lawlessness," Wade Brown; "Atheism," Roy notion. This service v.-ill begin the Week of Prayer for Home Missions. All over the Southland the women of the W. M. U, have sec aside this second week of March to especially pray for the work of missions in the home land. The perils facing the nation should make the need for prayer imperative to every heart of a Christian. M?. a ... r n: \yiius> UICCI i>ica At Inglewood, Calif. The death of Mra. Cirrus Greer occurred on February IRth at Inglewood, Calif., where she had gone to visit her oldest son. She had undergone a very serious operation about a year ago from which she had never recovered. Her husband, a son of E. M. Greer of Watauga, went to Oklahomc when a young man. Mrs. Greer was a native of that State. Thev visited NortH Carolina oil their honeymoon some twenty-odd years ago. Later they went to Rupert, Idaho, where they resided for, many years. The body was shipped to Rupert, where .interment took place. Mrs. Greer is survived by six grown children. Her many friends in Watauga will be grieved to learn of her demise. WILKES FARMER CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS SON "K North Wilkesboro.?Riley Moore, 30, Wilkes County farmer, was held in jail here Monday on a charge of murder growing oat of the fatal shooting of his seven-yera-old son, I Raymond. The boy was shot Sunday at Moore s home i.~. the Brsjhy Moun- UB| tain community. A coroner's jury held the father responsible for hi3 death. Testimony at the inquest, jiven mainly by the child's mother and an older brother, eye-witnesses to- the shooting, was that Moore had beep drinking heavily for several day$. Without any particular reason, they said, Moore fired a rifle shot through his son's mouth. The boy died in thirty minutes. The accused man is a distant reU aiive of Mr. J. F. Moore, Boone, vC?