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FAGR TWO News Items F And The Sla By M. K. DVNXAGA-S I (Special Writer lor The Democrat) j Raleigh. J!. C.?The high casualty j percentage out of the first group to: be examined for license to practice lave by the board of examiners of the, new North Carolina State Bar, 20 of the G3 passing the test, is not expected to be conducive to aiding the sentiment relative to the action of the lawyens In. taking away from the N. C. Supreme Court its former function through legislative action, and relegating the function to itself. The additional fact that all lawyers who wish to continue practice must pay the $3 annua! fee to the State Bar, the S3 fee for the last two or three months of 1033 during which that body was organized and started to function, and the 1934 fee of 53 by July 1. does not help that sentiment. Already. oue lawyer ba.s been; told he could not practice in his court | by Judge Crammer, because he had not paid the fee. Less than 1.000 of j the 2.000 lawyers listed la the State | have paid the 1933 fee, and a few have paid the 1934 fee. This is in addition to the S25 license fee the State charges > 512 50 if the lawyer will cer- \ tify that he has received less than j $1,000 from his law practice during': the past year), and this fee is not s:n-, fici'erit to enable him to practice. New Car for the Governor Governor Ehriaghaus is to have a new Lincoln automobile, to succeed the old Lincoln which lias traveled some 200.000 miles, carrying Gover- i nor O. Max Gardner for nearly four years and Governor Eluinghaus for more than a year. Governor Eiirisigha us drove "Old- 9?3" to Durham on; Thursday and to Gastonia Friday, and , that was to ena the labors, except S over Sunday. The new car is to ar- j l ive early in the week. The Legis- j latlire ?>f 1933 uu'b.nvzed A. S. Bru- j wer. director of purchase and con- \ tract, to get a new car. but it was tie- j laye-d. The cost, exclusive of the trade j in allowance on the old ear. is 51.- j 551. The old car has broken down j liulf a. dozen times in the last few j months and made, an occasional} "hitca-hiker" oi .-.c State's executive. The new car will and that. Cutting the Racket Out of Football Football will not be a racket at the! StStC'" >" i) ..I ir.no fTnll ! versity of Chapel Hill and Stale College at Raleigh, Dr. Frank P. Graham president of the greater University, told the trustees in his report the past week. Commenting on the status of athletes, he said: 'We hold that the athletes must; stand oil the same basis as other stu-1 dents in all matters of honor, scholas- j -iseitolarsluDs. fees, rooms,, loans, jobs and any other financial 1 aid. Tliis simple principle of opennessj and equality of opportunity for all) students in the matter of financial aid j will basically devide the issue of whether intercollegiate football is to be a spectacular racket or a college sport." Revenue Collections Increase North Carolina's internal revenue collections in January amounted to $ 25,881,637, an increase of $9,580,866.95 over the 516.100 781 (in ed ill January of last, year. Collector Charles il. Robertson reports. In the first seven months of the I present fiscal year, July 1 to January! 31. collections reached S145.718,1*1 f> - j 3d, an increase of $>3*1,505/7-15.24 over j the collections of the corresponding seven months of the year before,: which were $111,239,400.11, the report shows The bulk of these collections arc for the tobacco tax, almost, entirely on cigarettes, indicating the increasing consumption and production from North Carolina tobacco plants, j Mrs. Jermun Not to Resign Mis. T. Palmer Jerri an, Raleigh, assistant collector of internal revenue for North Carolina, back from a trip to Washington, states that she will not resign as North Carolina national Democratic committeewornan. Presi-1 dent Roosevelt had voiced disapproval of committeemen and women practicing law before daministrat lve officials and departments in Washington, but the disapproval does not extend to officials in the states, or so Mrs. Jerman was informed. So she plans to continue in both posts. Former Governor O. Max Gardner, national committeeman, resigned some months ago, before the President's views were made public, and thus he a>uiucu cnucism reaching others. Mountain Out of a Mole Hill A mountain has been made of the mole-hill suggestion that the Confederate Monument, located on the western center side of Capitol Square here be moved to Nash or one of the other four-acre squares, equi-distant from the six-acre Capitol Square. The suggestion was made by the architects who drew the plans for improving Capitol Square, which are now being carried out as a CWA project, when the plans were started under direction of former Governor Angus W. McLean. He vetoed the suggestion then on the ground that there would j be a wave of objection from the U. D. j C? and the plans were made retaining it at its present site. Both the Capitol building and the monument. rom Raleigh tie At Large ; itself would show up fetter. it is admitted, artistically, if it were moved, but the sentiment is such that the otticial promoting sueb a move woulct cdnipjit political suicide Only a sugj gcstion v.as made to move it recently arid Rleigb especially has been secth | i?g wit h heat against such a desccraj tidit ol' the monument. N i'. Bonds Increase in Value | Quotations at fifteen different ser-ws of Xdrth Carolina State bonds show that 14 of the series are at par. while one is listed above par. at SiOl.21, the highest point they have reached in more tnan two yea..-, it is ; shorn: in a statement issued by State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson. Mr. Johnson points out that these l txmd.s were considerably below par i when he came into office. November woa, ana aavt' ueen so umu recently. This, he states, 'shows that the investing public has confidence in , North Carolina obligations and that our finances are in good condition." : lie also points out that when he came into office, the State's floating debt of >12.230.000 was at o per cent interest, now reduced to 4H- por cent. T am satisfied that in a very short time v.*e will be able 1.o fund this floating- debt at a lower rate of interest than we are. now paying on it, and if we decide not to fund it liritii later, that we can secure a lower rate 1 of interest on the notes. I now have requests from North Carolina ban Us J for $300,000 additional notes which J 1 am unable to secure for them, those ; holding them not wishing to sell," Mr. ' Johnson states. Included in the ust of bonds quoted ^ at par are 11 issues of state highway , bonds falling due in years from l'J37 . to 1058, blinding bonds due in .1962 and 1963. and institutional bonds fall ins, due in 1966. One batch pays four , per cent, interest and all the other 14 ( bonds quoted pay 41 - per cent. , I Vending Machines Subject to Tax Sales of merchandise by vending i machines or other automatic sale de- ' v ices are subject to the three per cent i les t ix and merchants, theatre op- I era tors and other owners of Property on which they are placed and ouerat- I >d :uv n?^uire?1 to uay the sbLies lax!' nr. such sales, whether they axe op-h ei'Ut.e\t op 5 eommissv-'P. basis to the | merchant of property owner, or own- : oil and operated by the merchant or property owner. This is ruling- No. i3. issued by Commissioner A. J. Maxwell and 13:r -. tor llarry iluMu'.len, or the assessments ami collections division. Owners of machines operated in public places and cot on private properly arc required to --payrther. sstx while vendaijr machine companies and wholesalers selling merchandise which is sold in the machines are liable for the wholesale lax tin the merchandise vended 111 such manner, the ruling states. Consideration of Veterans Ceases World War veterans will get no more consideration in the public work* program as to permanent employment than other citizens. Commissioner 01" Labor A. L. Fletcher has been Informed by Washington authorities. the letter reading: "in our process of tapering off. and hi L-L L.iL.c ei temporary rpoueuon of forces, the question arises as to whether or not veterans have preference for permanent employment. The General Counsel of Public Works informs me that "all preference accord- 1 ert veterans pertains 10 initial employment, and ;a exhausted at the 1 time of employment. Selection Tor : continuance on any job ?r project re- 1 quiring reduced working forces ' should be made purely on the basis of merit, and necessity for work to be pel-formed,"" Franchise Taxes Due Franchise taxes are due the State one month after the amount of the tax has been computed and the taxpayer notified. Secretary O. S. Thompson, of the State Board of Assessment, states, in reply to criticism in some papers of the State from corporations that sufficient notice is not giveu before collection is turned over to the sheriff. The tax is due 30 days after computed and the taxpayer notified. A second notice follows the first 10 or 15 days later, and about 30 days later the statement is UM:i n/ nit; ynemj lor collection. Mr. Thompson states. The minimum franchise tax is S10 and the minimum penalty is $2, with interest, he shows. FINDS MONEY BLOWN AWAY IN SEPTEMBER HURRICANE New Bern.?Lost since September 15, when it was washed away in a I clock from his home on Adams Creek during the hurricane that demolished his home, a roll of paper money worth $22 was found this week by a prominent Craven County farmer as he was fixing a fence in his field. The clock has not yet been found. The money was recovered a distance from the house, in the same condition I in which it had been hidden, in a wad J 11.x. _ -? majjjicu ntvu IUIMSCJ." l/OHU. WATA IG A DEMOCRAT?EVER St. Louis Exhibits > % # ^==S? dSSK & \ -m0T ! J? ft m^mT * /*'v-.-% *<r &w f-? -- : /: Vi^>' * "^yawn^...... . 1 . - ' - f. ' * -* f? ? ^ <V. ft ... s? s ST SOI IS: . . . Those two pals in of 'o;r_ tho a chest birds in the 'A tnon? ".'? of the owl family, the wA-'nc-ri. a. The ov.Iy others in captivity The Week in Washington. Official Washington believes that economic recovery is so near to being" an accomplished fact that by May there will he plenty of work in agriculture, business and industry for all who arc now dependent upon the OVA. What has been holding private capital and credit back [rem the complete cc-opcration under the XRA which was expected, has apt been any shortage of funds m irivatc hands or of credit in the ttinks, but the unwillingness of investors to put their money into anyhing when thej' had :io assurance -vhat the money tncy would get back vould bo worth. The President's now monetary po!cy, his supporters believe, has put he major doubts at rest. It is quite :le<ir to everybtkly now that Roosofcjeit is firmly opposed to anything ike uncontrolled monetary inflation. , riierc has been inflation, to be sure, pid there will be more, but it is all under very definite control and inside of fixed limits. And the uneerLalhty as to v/bere the do'lar would irop to in terms of gold has been replaced by the certainty that it will not be allowed to remain higher than 50. per cent, of its old gold value nor lower than 50 per cent. This has already resulted in The retuftt-to the, United States of a good many millions of American capital which had taken flight from the depreciating dollar. Equalization of Currencies With all the authority which he needs now in his hands, to back him up much more fully than he was backed up last Summer, the next move vjf Llh: Ikes; dent, cr o!;-- of his first moves, will be to reopen negotiations with foreign countries looking toward equalization of all the world's currencies on a new and atab'e gold basis. The belief that any complete readjustment of world currencies can take ufitVinnf Kpincrin.* r ? ? "&?ft -> *?? '""i "? to its old money position has pretty well vanished here. The Pitman amendment to the gold bill strengthens the President's bauds in dealing with the silver question, and the likelihood that the currencies of t.nc Orient and other silver-money nations will be equalized with gold seems better than it was. How all this discussion about gold and silver affects the ordinary citizen of the United States is one of these things which is not apparent on the surface, since an American dollar, so long as the. credit of the United Slates hold good, whether it has gold or silver or only a promise to pay back of it. And the Government's credit i3 stlil pretty good, thank you; Uncle Sam had no trouble in borrowing a thousand million dollars practically overnight a few days ago, and nobody anticipates any trouble when he asks for a few billions more In loans. The Ileal Aim But wh3t the Administration is aiming at is to raise the price of basic commodities, such as cotton, corn, wheat, copper, steel, and a long list of other things of which we have and produce more than we can consume. The prices of international trade goods are fixed in the world market, not in our own alone. International money is gold, nothing else. Our abandonment of the gold standard has already sent the price, hi dollars, of many commodities upward, because it brought our international dollar more nearly on a level with the British pound and other currencies which had 6ui?e 011. uie goia standard. With all the money of all the nations of the world on an equal and comparable basis of value, measured in gold, nearly all of the President's economic advisers agree that world prices would come back to the 1926 level. And with world prices up, internal prices would go up in dollars, there would be a profit to capital in investing in industry and business, which in turn could afford to employ more people at good wages, who in turn could spend money for more things than they can now, and the wheels of prosperity would again begin to turn. The "Supply" Policy Such. 2. readjustment of frhp world's V THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. X'otld's Ugliest Birds ? ' : ^ fi i< I u v , -I- ! the St. Louis zoo have tbo distinction | ti orld. Tiiev arc Australian "Frog- ci of their V'r 1 over to bo brought to c* - an in the Loudon zoo. hi J i(i j Washington jp ? it ; C j money systems, however, would not a | mean that farmers could again run ? wild and grow unlimited corn or cot- y . ton or wheat or what not. regard- w ; less of the world demand. It is fixed and settled that there must be rigid cj limitation of production of everything n which has the possibility ol' becoming \? au unconsumafcle surplus. More and more the rest of the c< : world is becoming Self-sustaining, and the long-range outlook is for a state y of things in which every country will Y feed and ciothe itself with its own i products, isr.portiug only what other ol nations can produce better or more lc j cheaply. What is realiy developing here in 111 ; Washington is a new system and the- ti ory of political economy, based upon 'll prevfnt-day realities rather than upon Vl any of the old teaching of the economists of the pa3t. It is no particular | individual's theory, but the result of I sifting down the theories, ideas, pro- !l posals and projects which have been ur upon the Administration front ; w ljujidreds of sources. The President j " was quoted recently as realizing that j emnnmioio ..i....... i : 1?~ ?n ? | i five or ton years, and ho has openly j i expressed himself as willing to c-xper- j [ imcrfct with any problem until he finds 1 *c ; the right answer. !>*' I He, and the whole nation, are in j ^ J the midst right now of the hugest ex.-j pertinent ever attempted involving i j the welfare of 125,000,000 people and r the ultimate fate of their children " and grandchildren. The belief that it ~ will succeed is tempered only by a slight worry as to whether the first 11 stages of it can be carried through j 1 before it becomes necess&ry"to take _ the next step. LENOIR NEWS The District Music Contest will again be held in Lenoir April 13. This district includes the counties of Caldwell, Alexander, Wilkes, Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Burke and McDowell. Caldwell County's raspberry campaign went over the top in a fine way, the total plant investment reaching 2,08S.(50 with 109 farmers pieoged lo participate. The two car- j loads o? plants awaited the buyers : in Hickory last Wednesday where i they were guests of the City of Hie- ' kory at a barbecue dinner ax noon. Among those attending the consecration services l'or Bishop-elect Grtbbin in Winston-Salem last Thursday were Rev. and Mis. Hugh A. Dobbin and Mr. and Mrs. Bynum Dobbin, of the Patterson School. The Renoir News-Topic has recently moved into their new quarters. This | commodious plant is located in tnc I rear of the handsome new Theatre | Building, which adjoins the Chamber of Commerce Building, and is almost _ completed. The building extends thru ? the block and is being built by J. G. Ballew. Plans are being made to open the new theatre by the middle of the month. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Barlowe returned Thursday from Duke University Hospital where Mr. Barlowe went to take treatment. The Granite Falls Hosiery Mills, | which was destroyed by fire on De- I cember 15th, is being rebuilt, and the I owner- Mr w T x>^..? i - , ... i \ajvcj, auptis to i have the mill ready for production in the next sixty days. FARM QUESTION What treatment is recommended for Irish potato seed before planting? Answer: All potatoes showing diseased spots or blemishes should be discarded before any treatment is given. If the potatoes have small, black, nard bodies on the surface or black areas and soft spots all such tubers should be discarded and the' | remaining potatoes treated with mer-11 curie chloride at the rate of one oimcc ; I to eight gallons of water. Put this solution in wooden barrels and soaki potatoes for 1 to 1V4 hours. Dry the i potatoes immediately after soaking. Where potatoes are In a healthy condition they should be soaked in a formaldehyde solution (one pint formaldehyde to 30 gallons of water) for one to one and one-half hours. Always treat potatoes and wash and dry before cutting. HARGE TWO WITH | SLAYING 7 YRS AGO uther Tiller, Accused in Death of Leolu Childress, One of Fair Held For Eldridge Hanging in Wilkes County. Wilkesboro.?Tn a drasr&jtic hear-: g in which a prosecution witness ok the stand heavily armed because ; alleged threats en his life, Luther tUey and Winiield Stanley laie Fnty were charged with the ''gallows aymg" hi 1927 of Andrew Eluridge. The State contended the two men' anged Eldridge from a tree -and later irew his body into a lake. Tilley and his wife already facelarges of murder ir? the shooting of j eota Childless, 18-vear-oid farm girl ?und mysteriously slain :n her home j iar here on December 30. The witness who said his life was ireatcned was Brev-ird Brooks, gov nment handwriting expert, who re- j mtly examined specimens of Tilley's j rlllUW FXiUlg ?.UU piTJMMUUCCU UlCUl [critical with that, in a note supposed > have been left by Eldridge before' ? disappeared. He repeated his as- j jrtion on the stand Friday. The handwriting expert, in testi-j lony at previous inquests into the i hildress girl's death, also swore that j note supposed to have been written ! v her, and found by the Tiltey fara-' y three days after she was killed, j as false. Before taking the stand he ' >ld Magistrate A. E. Rainhour, in j liarge of the hearing, that he had j iceived letters threatening his Hlej he gave evidence. One of the letters, produced in ourt, said: "If you know what is best for you j ou won't tell who wrote this note, j "ou think you are sha**p." Brooks was disarmed 0:1 demand | f J. Hayden Burke, counsel for Tily and Stanley. The prosecution then called witasses who swore that Stanley had >ld of a moonshiner's feud in which e and Tilley had engaged with ESddge Tilley and Stanley, at the close ot te hearing, were bound over to the! tarch term of Wilkes County crinu- | al court on the slaying charge. In the Childress case, Tillev and his j 'ife are jointly charged with the kill- i tg and both are held without bail. i " ~ct2 I ftITKS FOK RIcCOV CHILD UEL!) North Wilkesboro.?Funeral servos for James Albert McCoy, threctcCoy, were conducted at the Presyteriah Church here at 11:30 o'clock liursday morning. The body was caried to St. Mark's Episcopal Church ; i Mecklenburg County, north ot 1 harlottc, where burial was made. j The child died on Wednesday morn- j ig following an illness of only five 1 ours. ' Ch*hgco v_ THEY ?AVf , ^ AV? * ?o? UKAI ^or-ANO DO YOU KNOW, , ?AV6 HAO A SIGN OF UPSET NERVES S? We Are Making Pro. Things are happening fast one must read. Nothing cai able daily newspaper. You cannot, in this State n newspaper that will give ; than the GREENSBORO D> In every department it in coi quotations and reviews, new est, all the features and the within its pages, easily loca CARRIER DELIVERY SER' IN THE STATE AT 20c PI Mail subscription rates, payj or twelve months: Daily and Sunday .. Dally Only CIRCTLATIO GREENSBORi Greensboro, FEBRUARY 8. 193t oSM I,inroln County farmers are paving their 1933 taxes with wheat rental <2s|( checks and payments on their option Sin cotton During the past week ab ut "SS 51S.OOO in cash has been receive.) sy farmers of the county. Mystery of the disappearance oj tourists. An exciting story In The 'Si American Weekly. the big magazine which comes with the Baltimore Sunday American February" It Bay your copy front your favorite newsdealer or newsboy. STROOM HOUSE FOR SALE: Located on Main Street in Boone. All modern conveniences with large lot. Near schools and college. An unusual opportunity to secure a fine piece of city property at a very low price. Good terms. W. H. Gragg, Watauga County Bank Building, Boone. N. C. ' *v21 CahYOUSmasini! ili! r* CAN YOU IMAGINEthe cheerful grin of the Worcester,Moss.,tailor who,otter suffering from severe stomach trouble for "7 yeors, wos instantly relieved by o dose of B1SMA-REX in a Rexall Store,felt much betteraflcr taking one bottle,got positive relief after three more, and now enjoys his meals,can do mere,, work than ever before, and has a. new lease cn life/" EXPLANATION Bisma-Rex is a now antacid treat- % meat that is bringing welcome rc- ; lief t > thousands everywhere who suffer the agonies of indigestion and ;? 4ith?r poid -slnmtirh aliment;?. ?SSifiSBSHU^H BUma-Rex acts four ways to give hurting relief in three minutes, it neu tralizes excess acid; relieves the stomach of gas; soothes the irritated membranes; and aids digestion of food3 most likely to ferment. BisiriaRex is sold only at Uie Rexall Drug Stores. Get a jar today at Boone ? Drug Company. ?Adv. -3 ' I inL?ngiy:i*ffliKl g ress '| these days and to keep posted 1 take the place of a good, relior in the South, subscribe to a fou more complete satisfaction SJLY NEWS. nplete?editorial, sports, market s of local and world-wide interbest comics?everything packed ted and easily read. vB VICE ALMOST EVERYWHERE SR WEEK. rble in advncc in tnrec, six, nine $9.00 per year ? $7.00 per year S DEPARTMENT O DAILY NEWS J North Carolina
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