PAGE TWO
News From if
By EMM El
Raleigh. March 7.?With a commit- 1
tee ok stamped solidly on the back
of each of the money bills, the house
and senate have cleared their legislative
decks in anticipation of stormy
weather when the bills come before I
then: for consideration this week
Appropriations and finance bills j
were both given their final polishing .
off by their respective committees the
latter part of last week, and are first
on the calendar for this week.
The tedious process of balancing
the bills, and the numerous compromises
that were effected in so doing,
have led sonx* to predict that both 1
spending and revenue measures will
receive speedy consideration and!
passage in house and senate, but at!
week's end numerous solons announc-'
ed that they would come back to Ra- j
leigh this week armed with amend-1
xnrnts which they and their constitu- :
ents want to see added. A large;
number of such amendments will be |
offered during the next week or two. j
uau vi uic sivi'iicsi uicing 01 me ;
cession will follow.
The $134,000,000 revenue biil reach -1
?xi the house floor Friday, but got no 1
further than the "explanation" stage. I
An effort to start it through for sec- i
tion-by-secticn approval met with op- ;
position in the very first section, j
that of inheritance taxes. House
members objected to having the bill;
summarily stuffed dov/n their throats.;
decided to let it ride over the week- j
end, giving them time not only to
study ?t but to prepare their amend-;
roents.
Revenue Commissioner A. J. Max- j
well and others who had a say in I
preparing the revenue measure, have
asserted more than once that thc|
$154,000,000 total now estimated is
absolutely the maximum amount of
income til at can be expected from the
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*T ADKINS
[ measure as it is. But among inform!
ed circles in Raleigh, the easiness of
| this assertion is not a secret. Rei
liable sources contend that the reve|
mie measure as it now stands is es!
t hunted to produce from three-quarI
tc-rs of a million to a million dollars a
| year more than is estimated in the
; r evenue bill. The deliberate underestimation
is calculated to feather the
nest of the genera! fund, to provide
a reserve margin of safety between
j appropriations and revenue, and to
: offset any unexpected decline in business
and industry.
Subjected to considerable administ:
ation pressure the early part of the
week, the joint finance committee
speeded up their work considerably
ami finished the revenue measure
with a series of last minute tax
boosts. In a desperate effort to up
revenue, they first increased income
taxes in every bracket, then rescinded
the section the next day and substituted
instead increases in taxes on
liquor stores, on chain stores, and
ca gashne distributors. The revised
bill also allows the state 40 instead 01*
25 per cent of the yield from taxes
on intangible property, extends the
uii ueecrers ui iuSuoinient paper 10 ,
include banks handling: such paper. ;
and includes one or two other items
for which no previus estimate had
been made.
Most important changes made in ;
the bill before it received its committee
OK wore a reduction of $-100,000
in revenue due to exemption of basic
building materials from the sales
tax. and a reduction of $219,000 a
year from a lowered railroad tax.
The present revenue act is different
from all its predecessors in that .
it is written to be permanent law instead
of expiring" at the end of two ,
years.
At the same time the revenue
measure reached the floor of the
house, legislators ironically reached
the end of their allotted GO days,
after which pay at the rate of $10
a day ceases. Action in both houses
will doubtless be speeded from now
on.
Coincident with the revenue measure's
emergence in the house was the
introduction of two important bills,
each cf which calls for substantial
id-ht'ona? a npre-pr rations--qnty for.
S2.uiii>.000. the other for only sm.ooo. i
and pension system for teachers ana
school employes of North Carolina
would require a $2,000,000 appropriation
with its passage. The proposal,
introduced Friday, would retire- 00year-old
teachers with 35 years experience
and allow them a monthly
benefit of approximately 51 per cent
of their average salary. A five per
cent cut from each teacher s salary
would be matched by a contribution
from the state of approximately 5.S7
per cent of the teacher payroll to
meet the outlay. Am estimated 5S0
teachers in the state would be eligible
for retirement immediately, necessitating
a largo initial liability to
the state, which however, would bo :
liquidated over a period of years and
stabilized at an average of four per I
cent of the teacher payroll as the I
state contribution to the fund Under I
the proposed plan retirement would
)je ' biional at 60, mandatory at 70.
It would also provide disability benefits
equivalent to the retirement pay-1
ment for teachers of 10 years service
who became permanently incapacitated.
Sponsors of the bill pointed out
that a ''simple amendment" would
make the bill applicable to all state
employees.
Introduced by Representative Mr.Bryde
Friday was a bill proposing: to
establish a "little TV A" on the Ca]>-2
Fear River, providing for establishment
of an authority similar to the
Santee-Cooper authority in South
Carolina to erect hydro-electric power
plants, promote water commerce,
construct dams, canals, locks, and;
supervise reforestation and reclamation
of swamp lands.
The authority would include a
chairman and eleven members, ap- ;
pointed by the governor. The bill !
seeks a $10,000 appropriation for organization
Having already reported favorably
and steered through the house a bill
abolishing absentee ballots in pri- i
maries and greatly restricting their ;
use in general elections, the house |
election laws committee during the
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Don't fail to see "Jesse
James" at the Appalachian
Theatre Saturday.
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVI
^ Danc<^Fo^ Hill^
PAi
MUNICH. Germany . . . Marion
Daniels, American dancer from San
Francisco, who appeared recently
before Adolf Hitler and ranking
Nazi officials at a ^"request" performance
here. The nineteen-year
oiu giri piayeu trie line roic m tno I
operetta "Merry Widow" at Munich j
o fortnight ago and the Reichs* i
fuehrer was one of the most appreciative
spectators. "It was a great j
surprise to receive Mr. Hitler's request,"
she said.
week took another step toward completion
of its "reform" program by!
reporting favorably a bill abolishing
"markers" in North Carolina primaries.
The bill had been previously
reported favorably by a close vote of
the committee, then re-referred to the
committee. Committee members this
Lime j,a\e uie .measure Uleir iui&ui-i
mous approval, and then resumed |
consideration of two other election
bills originaily recommended by the
state board of elections. At week'3
end it appeared that North Carolinians
would have a vastly reformed
election system in the future, despite
the skepticism and objections of
western Democrats.
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CRY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C.
Nash Announces
Contest in Music
High School Students in the Boone
District Will Compete; Winners
Will Enter State Contest
Professor Gordon Nash, chairman
for the Boone district of the National
Music Contest, hits announced plans
for a district contest which will be
held here on Saturday. April 1.
The Boone district includes the
counties of Watauga, Ashe. Avery
and Alleghany. The contest, which is
for high school students, includes
events for vocal solos, duets, trios,
uuartets. etc.; glee clubs or boys,
girls, and mixed groups; instrumental
solos, duets, etc.
wuutcra ui uiu> unwiuu \sui wmpcte
in the state contest which will
be held at the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro about the second week in
April. The Boone High School Band,
directed by Mr. Nash, will be the
only hind from this district and will
be entered at GTeensboro as a Class
D or first year band. Several members
of the band will enter the individual
contests.
The first place winners in the state
contest will compete with winners
from other states at the Southeastern
Division Contest which will be held
at Charlotte in May.
TRIPI..ES YiEIJDS
The application of 180 pounds of
triple superphosphate on an old pasture
owned by J. B. Buchanan in
Mitchell county produces three times
as much forage as a nearby plot of
the same size which did not receive
treatment.
One family in every eight in England
is buying a home through a
building society.
DEPRESSION
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Jan. 15, 1939).
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$L98& 1.69 PAJAMAS 95c j
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$3.95 MEN'STROUSERS $1.88
$2.98 DRESS OXFORDS $2.17
$3.95 FELT HATS $2.44
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48c BOYS' UNIONS 35c
$3.50 MEN S RAINCOATS $1.98
ALL SWEATERS 25% OFF
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50c MEN S NECKTIES 35c
$1.00 BELTS, SUSPENDERS 69c
48c BELTS, SUSPENDERS 39c
BILL FOLDS, JEWELRY, 1-3 OFF
$1.48 BOTANY SCARFS $1.09
25c PARIS GARTERS 19c
48c PARIS GARTERS 35c
$1.98 BOYS' JACKETS S1.25
$3.95 MEN S JACKETS $2.58
$2.29 MEN S JACKETS S1.48
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