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TWO y:" IF' 1 1 We wish I m At wh m I ' -' : m m ? ? i he object c quaint you v\ it proposes t section of th is their asso< itself to be t and let us be I Wa fg ii! . WATAUGA " A * S: . ML . I -J 1 m ?r ?n?rn m ,r 11 i!Lljtlil!HtiMittlli^tld3ffiaft?3aKyK;:^1:VMK;i fii 1d|L Ms.i j >11 jji&J 'ial''Kt.ll 'I--'i:irH!ll'll!lKll!'%HE:lllB ! T TVT _ 17,_. Live l^ews rn And The St By M. I:. DLN.NAO.W |v (Special Correspondent) fv Raleigh, N. C -Fifty-four subdivis- ( ions of the State, designated as tax je collection districts, and 82 men who}*3 will be engaged in collecting the | ^ State's taxes of all kinds, but pri- d marily sales taxe3. have been an- * nounced by M C. S. Noble Jr., executive assistant Commissioner ol Rev- E enue. v The list of men includes 18 former ? State tax collectors, who will be des- ' ignnted as old seniors and receive $1.500 a year; 36 new seniors who will receive $1,300 and eight juniors who j Will receive $.1,080 a year. The ineri 1 arc all 3ubjecet to shifting from one district to another and will collect all taxes in their respective districts, but h principally the Uuee per cent, general r sales tax. The cost of collection toil *he prorated among the several kinds'11 of taxes collected. Mr. Noble said. js All of these men, along with the;R ByuiuOa vi vtit; orate rtignway t'RU'Ol 1 arid the sis gasoline ar.d oil inspectors, are going to school this week G at Chapel Hill, where instruction will x bo given thorr. by Commissioner ot r' Revenue A. J Maxwell. Division Di- ? rector Harry MCMiillen, Mr. Noble r and others in the department. They E are expected to be in the districts to g I mMml I jg, ; i ?M HAMSOkl SE2 1MB HI4 ' _ Witt CHAHGES 1 rtEP MmB SO JE' one*4 ?TOlF? % ? ? .irromoM 6fT i vC ^ RAftfi6. AN 1 to extend to t Associat of] tich time we will deem it an the records of the instituti ing and 1 >r tins op^n house j^arty is ; nth your associaton, what il :o do in the future for the e State. We want the peoj nation. We are partners ir he safest financial instituti thoroughly' acquainted wit itauga ] !K P.UILDING iwnraMiHiisi i> _ i ? i M? jiii liaiclgh be ate At Lame ? C5 as ad ybieh they will be assigned and at de ,fork by the latter part of this week, se The fifty-four districts were divid- lie d on the basis of population, work to j fo e done, and size. Watauga, Ashe andl foi tlleghany comprise the f if ty-eigrhtn! ca istrict. Fifty-seven of the 62 police-! mj ors are announced as follows: 4 de Seniors, old men: R. F. Tuttle, ofj$2 ]denton; Edwin James, Roberson-! ille: Lu V. Stephenson. Raleigh; R. J.J ^ irnb, White.ville; M. S. Mays, Ox-I cud: C. B. Bogart, Greensboro; J R. 1 to Lousseau, North Wiikesboro: W C; pa lammond, Asheboro; Joan Morrison, i se lockingham; E. J. Rosoman, SalterI lie urv: J. C. Reid CTh&rlnfrto oifl TO 1 1 ?' 1 I XJJI Ha.vweU, Mor ganton. | st New Seniors: Miles Ferebe, ElL2:l-1 no eth City; Quenton Gregory. Halifax;; le( I B. Ritner, Rocky Mount; J. W.[nil angston Jr., Goldaboro; Travis Cal-1 rA lm, Greensboro; W. E. Kounce, Kin-ibf ton; Tom Hollingsworth. Greenville; j ar irooks Parham, Henderson; Hugh; fri (ardisoh, Wadesboro; J. C. Herring,j he now Hili; A. N. Shew. Wilmington; i w! ariand McPherson, High Point; John j a icCsuley Jr., Chapel Hill; L. R. Mor- j is, Atlantic; E. W. Summerall, New :em; C. E Wilkins, Goldsborc; A. E. 'owcll, Fayetteville; Thomas Horner, dL lurlington; S. T. Honeycutt, Smith- st eld; B. R. Clary. Fa if.... ,nt J. w. Lii .pears, Liilir.gton; J. P. Brassl'ield, bt laleigh; M. B. Kibler. Morganton; th !. C. Clement, Mocksville; M. n. th ones, Rutherfordton; C. C. Huett, or CI llarernont: Bob Street, Charlotte; H. th Efird, Albemarle; E. K. Carter, ei isheville; R. A. Hoyle, Shelby; J. B. sc tobinett, Taylorsviile; Carl Buchan- fc ?, 'sylvn; Fniv Pilot Moun- oain; T. J. Mauney, Murphy; Mrs. Sam di luskins, Burnesville; A. Hoyle John- ts :on Jr., Asheville; Dan G. Fisher, of ni 3ryson City; Joe Caviness, Lillington. r( Jvniors: Clarence Sneed, Durham; h; lulian rhipns. Rocky Mount; Lynn tl J elver, Sanford; J. C. Webb, Carr- G x>ro; William A. Baker, Raleigh; Tom P' Alexander Jr., Charlotte; M. L. Ship- tl nan, Raleigh; J. C. Braswell Jr., of tl ftockingham. _ < Hunting Licenses Reduced Combination hunting' and fishing ir licenses will cost North Parsliniflna lit S3 this fall and separately $4.20, or y< f2.10 each, as compared with $4.50 j pi f?li. nirArtfir l. W. Harrelson. I tl if Conservation and Development, an- j g WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER" [NVI he stockhold ion a cordial Eices on MOTS especial privilege to thor on will be available and Loan operation which yo solely to better act is doing and what upbuilding of this >le to feel that this 1 what has proven on in the country, h its functions. Suildin W. H. GRAC unces. |: All hunting licenses were reduced!; the General Assembly, new fees'; mg resident county, 60 cents; resl-|i nt State-wide, $".10; non-resident,|i 0.10. Fishing licenses are the samcU last year, resident county (when i opted by the county). $1.10; resi- 1 nt State-wide, $2.10; non-resident, i ason, S5.10, and non-resident daily ; ense fee is 60 cents. Daily license r county residents, in counties enr-cing the license, is 50 cents, i-i- ] nses for trapping fur-hearing an:- : lis are resident county, $2.25; re3i- < nt Stnte-ivide $3.25; non-resident, i 5.25. Erect Forest Lookout Towers Sight new fire lookout towers are be erected in North Carolina as a rt of the Federal emergency conrvation work, bringing about a miim additional acres of forest land3 ider more intensive fire protection, ate Forester J. S. Holmes anunces The towers have been seated and will be constructed by tie ?.n from the emergency conservation mps. This will bring the number towers in the State to 34, since 28 e in action. The new ones will be jm 48 to 100 feet high, 3even of avy gai.ani7.ed iron and one of joden construction, to demonstrate different type of tower. MUD tttnu 1.".? I % i.l The Governor's Office of Relief is', sturbed lest the Federal government op the aid coming to this State, on e gruuna mat little 01 nothing :s sing done locally, and is suggesting! at the counties levy a tax to meet! se Federal funds. Staie Treasurer j iiarles M. Johnson is objecting to| se proposal of another levy on prop- s ty, saying that if the General Assmbly bad wanted to provide money >r aid it would have done so. He lints to nil the efforts made to ?eice tax on property and said that if ix is now placed on it again, it will ullify the acts of the legislature for slief. Attorney General Brummitt is been asked for a ruling on wheler or not the tax can be leviSd. overnor Ehringhaus has not exressed himself on the proposal, allough he is desirous of getting all ic Federal aid possible. I Car Owners Bore Great Tax Burden j auc avcfuge lNoiui v^aroimian ownig a car paid $51.51 cants In taxes, cense and gasoline, to the State last ear, only six states receiving more cr car than was paid in this State. >ese being Florida, . C~r ta, Tennessee, Mississippi and Ver i THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. TAl ers of the Wa invitation to [DAY, JULY oughiy explain the many we solicit your inquiries u may not thoroughly un Installment and pre * new series, and all tors should avail tl themselves and the: shares. 1 he latch string is you to visit with us ig & L< rG, Secretary oiout. The average North Carolinian paid $11.19 for his license plate, this State ranking 23rd in that respect, and paid $37.02 cents tax on gasoline, only five states collecting more. North Carolinians owned 375,695 cars aim uucks, mis state oemg 19th LD the Union in number of car owners, on which license plates cost $5,444 366 and for which the gasoline tax was $13,907,377. North Carolina had 10,380 miles ol highways in the State system January 1, 1933, or almost exactly 3 per cent, of the 372,661 miles in all systems of all 48 states, but had slightly more than 3.37 per cent of all of the paved miles in the United States, or 3,860 out of the total of 10S.430 miles in the nation. This State also had 1,055 miles surfaced and treated, 419 miles surfaced and untreated, 4,721 miles graded and sari delayed and 295 unimproved miles in the State system. No Absentees in Repeal Election Absentee ballots will not be permitted. nor will markers ox' assist mils ue anowea Ri lac polling places at the election November 7 on repeal of the ISth Amendment, Attorney General D. G. Biummilt holds Only a person physically unable to enter a booth or mark his ballot can receive assistance for that purpose aid then only from seme election official. he states. The registrars who acted in the general election in 1931! will act as registrars in that electi?n, but the county boards of election will appoint new poll holders 01 judges, one favorable, the other itnfavorable, to repeal, Mr. Brummitt states. May Simplify Sales Tax Simplifying the application of the three per cent, general sales tax, tc arrange one composite schedule tc apply to all merchants, is being considered by commissioner 01 Kcvenue A. J. Maxwell and Division Directoi Harry McMullan, for promulgation before August 1st. The executive counsel of the North Carolina Mer chants Association met last week witi i nue officials and unanimouslj ??PTPPfl linnn thr? one PAmnnoifA onVioc? ule to apply to all merchants. Othei organized merchant groups will b< called in probably this week and Commissioner Maxwell hopes to have unanimous agreement on the plan in time to prepare the rules ana regulations before August 1. The present rules were adopted for one month only and are subject to change as better plans are worked out. Governor Khringhaus saved two 'ION itauga Building visit our 24 r details of your association, as to any phase of Buildderstand. paid stock is now being offe prospective home builders lemselves of this opportuni ir neighbors by subscribing hanging on the outside anc next Monday. May we exp an Ass BOONE, NOR i men from the electric chair in which n i they were due to sit last Friday, one [probably permanent, the other likely u l only temporarily. Clay Foglcman is 6 expected to die for murder in Rock- 3] ingham County, positively identified ir by the wife of the murdered filling v, station operator, W. J. Carter, whom ti he bad ordered to "stick 'em up," but h his end was postponed. Eugene Hines, 6 Forsyth County negro, was reprieved ti for 30 days in order to give Commls- i sioner of Paroles Edwin Gill oppor- b i timity to go to Winston-Salem to in- t' ! vestigate reports tending to indicate ! that Hines shot another negro In self| defense, after a rumpus over a woman ? J both were going to see. It was on the , | testimony of the woman that Hides v ; shot without provocation that he was b i condemned to die, but reliability of a . the woman is now questioned. v Public Works Commission Reports tJ Food costs less than 10 cents a day, r 9.87 cents, per man in convict camps 3 operated by the State Highway Cora- v mission for nine months ending March n 31, last, while the total cost of oper- a ! 1 ating the camps for that period was f, 1 slinhtlv more than 52 cents ner dsn .. . J I * j per man, a report submitted to Lhelp I new Highway and Public Works Com- > a I To Tax] In order to give the te nity to prevent their re advertised and their pi . ing levied on and sold ' Legislature extended th ! for taxes from the firsl the first Monday of Au I August the first will i hope that the taxpayers of the opportunity exte Legislature and pay thei forced to advertise and A. I). W 1 j | Tax Collector, W it m J ? ; & Loan B I . All B ffl 1 u i ,. B :rcd m our IP and investy to help for a few 8 BHHBBBHBHBwHi s i we want tect you.-* 3 9 > n. | 23 jjg FH CAROLINA lission last week showed. Net profit from orison labor, fibred at 65 cents a day, was 583,38.31 for the last nseat year, it was hown. While 1,251 prisoners escaped i two years since the prison camps rere started, 721 of them were reamed. The camps in that two years andled 30,700 prisoners, having 3,50 on hand, receiving 20,316 during he time. On June SO, the camps had ,660. or 1,010 more than two years eforc, when the camps started. In wo years 37 died. Press Convention Meets Tills week the North Carolina Teas Association is meeting at Maneo on Roanoke Island, near the site 'here the first English child was uiu an uie American continent, ana t Naps Head, near Kill Devil Hill, ( here Orvillo and Wilbur Wright tlew he first heavier-thain-air plane caryiiip tile weight of a man, nearly 0 years ago. The business of the condition, including talks by Congresslan Lindsay Warren and State Sentor Capus Waynick, will not interere with the recreational features, ihieh. include visits to the many hisoric points, ocean rides, fishing winiming and banqueting. layers! lxpaycvs an opportual estate from being srsonal property befor taxes, the 1933 e time of advertising ; Monday of May to gust, i yjj. soon be here and we ; will take advantage nded to them by the ir taxes before we are levy on property. ILSON atauga County
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