* OUR RALEIGH LITTER *
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* By M. L. Shipman *
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Raloigh, April 21,?The Republican
party haa had the center of the stage
lit Raleigh, Charlotte and elsewhere
In the State during the week and re
ports from the State convention have
occasioned no surnrlse here. The
election of James S. Duncan as the
successor to Chairman Brownlow
Jackson was expected. His friends
started early and lost no opportun
ity to capture delegates named to
Charlotte convention for their favor
ite. That then State Executive Com
mittee will name the candidates for
State officers is nothing new and
there will be no fight over these "dis
tinctions" In the June primary. Only
two members of the Corporation Com
mission, s "State Treasurer and a few
Judges are to be elected this year any
way and the Q. O. P. is not especial
ly interested in these. But a United
States Senator la worth playing for
and aspirants for this office hare
demanded a "counting at noses."
Butler, Dorsett and Pritchard are
asking for a show down In the pri
mary and convention offered no ob
jection. former Commissioner of
Hevenue David H. Blair may also "ask
tor a hearing, "In which event Sen
ator Simmons andJoaiah William Bai
ley will not hare "a corner" on the
excitement engendered In the cam
paign for senatorial nominations. The
fight promisee to be fast and furious
in both political camps right along
now until final decisions are
reached June 7, Dr. Thomas L.
Estep, of Alleghany county, who
claims to be wetter even than" A1
Smith, has tiled formal aotiea with
the State Board of Elections of his
candidacy for the Democratic nomin
ation tor United States Senator, sub
ject to the primary, but his candi
dacy la not taken aerlouply. ?
Two years ago the County Art Meck
lenburg balked on paying the tax on
rasoline collected by-the State and
the State Highway Commission
brought salt In the Wake Superior
Court to compel payment on 184,485
gallons used by the authorities of
that county between April IS, 1117,
and June 27, 1828. The Supreme
Court, In a recent decision, holds in
the Mecklenburg case, that the State
cannot tax gasoline owned by the
counties and used tor governmental
purposes, notwithstanding the act of
the General Assembly of 1827 Impos
ing a tax of four cents on each gal
lon sold, distributed or used In the
Slate. The lower court held the act
unconstitutional, but the Supreme
Court did not consider the validity of
the law in its recent decision. If
the opinion is held to be applicable
to other counties the annual reven
ue derived by the State Highway
Commission from the tax collected
on gasoline will be decreased around
a million dollars, according to Chair
man R. A. Doughton, who appears to
be somewhat disturbed over the pros
pect At the next meeting of the
Commission on April 28 bids will be
received tor the construction of 48.62
milee of new roads in Dare, Lenoir.
Cumberland, Franklin, Granville.
Guilford, Montgomery, and Gaston
counties.
Employees of the various State de
partments are enjoying a brief re
spite from their arduous duties. Giv
en a "leave of absence" by Serretary
0. M. Mull, of the Salary and Wage
Commission, from Saturday noon un
til tomorrow morning at nine o'clock,
they are spending Easter Monday "in
their own good way." Beginning
May 1, according to Mr. Mull, State
employees will be required to start
work aT eight o'clock in the morning,
but the departments are expected to
close half an hour earlier in the af
ternoon. The next holidays to be
observed by the State are Confeder
ate Memorial Day, on May 10th. and
the Fourth oCJuly.
Industrial, financial and agricul
tural leaders are expected to partici
pate in the Southeastern Conference
of Governors of seven Southern
States recently called by Governor
Gardner, who has designated eigh
teen prominent citizens to accompany
h:m to Ashevtlle for the meeting on
Saturday of this week. The gover
nors of Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida, who have indi
cated their purpose to attend, are ex
pected to bring with them delegations
composed of the best business men
in their respective states. Dr. Julius
Klein, Assistant Secretary of the
United States Department of Com
merce has accepted the invitation to
attend along with Dudley Harmon, of
Boston, Mass., executive vice-presi
dent of the New England Council of
Slates and other leading business
men of New England. Object: To
better business conditions in the
[.Southeastern Statf^
The North Carolina Tax Relief a?
scciation, Larry I Moore, of New
Bern, president. Is energetically push
ing the fight for tax reduction. A
State-wide meeting in session here to
day will take steps to brink about the
tellef demanded and select commit
tees to "carry on." Other officers of
the Association are: Judge J. Farsler
Glenn, of Asheville, first vice-presi
dent and executive secretary; T. B.
Parker, of Raleigh, second vice-presi
dent; T. 8. Neal. of Caswell county,
third vice-president, and Miss Sybil
Hyatt, of Kinston, treasurer. The As
sociation is urging a reduction of
taxes on property especially upon
land. It is expected that the fight will
be carried to the General Assembly
next winter and a determined effort
will be made to return representa
tives In thorough sympathy with the
movement.
Statistics reveal that small schools
in the State are on the decrease,
there being at present only 1,887 one
room schools in operation, 835 for
white children and 1,052 for colored
children. The tendency toward con
solidation prevails generally over the
entire country, it Is said, due in large
measure to improved highways and
avaiia.ble transportation facilities.
During the past dozen years there
has been a decrease of 42,084 one
room schools throughout the nation.
22.303 of which have been in the six
teen Southern States. The couhtles
of Brunswick, Camden, Cumberland,
Durham, Edgecombe, Gates. Greene.
Hoke, Lenoir, Mecklenburg, Pasquo
tank. Richmond and Wilson, ln North
Carolina, have no one-teacher schools
for white children. Avery, Dare,
Haywood, Jackson, and Macon have
no one-teacher schools for colored
children. The cost of transportation
is a big item in the consolidation
movement and has created a state of
discontent ln a number of counties,
according to reports.
Desirous of being " perfectly fair
to all concerned" the State Highway
Commission has taken notice of re
ports by togrlsts that the Durham
Chamber of Commerce has been em
ploying a man stationed at Pittsboro
to route traffic via Durham instead of
Raleigh since Route 50 between Apex
and Sanford has been under con
struction. At a recent meeting the
Commission adopted a resolution con
demning the practice ? as unethical
and declaring that it would not be
permitted on the right of way of But*
Highways.
Prospects for the Band Hills peach
crop are said to be about equal to, 11
not better, to the average reported
this time last year. With tavorsbH
weather conditions, the 1820 crop will
net the growers a neat sum later In
wer. The quality of this fruit
year was far from satlstactorj
and shippers experienced dlfflctfty li
marketing at e fair profit
TheBtate Board of Health reporti
181 violent deaths in North Carolina
01 M*rch- ? of th<
b*rn#d 4eath ant
61 killed in aetomobUe accidents
(
There were eighteen homicides end
seventeen suicides. Two died In alr
plane accidents, (our in railroad acci
dents, ten from accidental gunshot
wounds, three from doubtful gunshot
wounds and four were drowned. 601
baliiea under tVo peers of age died
during the month and the death toll
from lnfulensa was 140. There were
228 deaths from tuberculosis and S86
from pneumonia. In addition to those
killed in automobile accidents 284
were Injured. Twenty-four fatalities
occured on straight highways, eight en
highway curves and three %t street In
tersections. Five children were killed
and thirteen were Injured while at
play in the streets. Of the 298 drivers
involved only twenty-four; speeders
killed seven and injured twenty-two;
Intoxicated drivers killed fou'r and in
jured fifteen, and hit and run drivers
killed six and hurt nine. Fifty threo
casualties, including fifteen killed oc
curred on Sunday which continues to
lead all the other days In accidents,
with Saturday a fairly close second
State income taxes run ahead of last
year with m total of 86.960,176, accord
ing to repkrt of the State Commission
er of Revenue, who sometime ago ex
pressed fear of material falling off
this year, due to the general btSslness
-depression. Collections so far, lnclud
lug $200,000 deferred payments allow
ed this year for the first time, runs
the aggregate slightly ahead of last
year. The big slump in individual In
come taxes Is offset by receipts from
domestic and foreign corporations
which show a material Increase.
Unable to explain the big shrinkage
in tangible and untangible property
listed for taxation year by year the
Slate Board of Assessment is now urg
ing the tax listers to make every ef
fort to list property at its true value
and not simply take appraisements of
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HOME INTERESTS
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Come First ,? "First National'
The one big idea in this bank always has been to give first place to home inter
eats. In our service, in oar loons, in every possible way, we are working for the pros
perity of this section and the welfare of oar own depositors.
Ton live here and earn your living here. How can yon help as in carrying oat
this program and at the same time help yorself ? By banking here and by influenc
ing your friends to do likewise, yon will help to swell the total resources which we
will have available to us for the common good.
The future growth and prosperity of this community and the individual oppor
tunities will oome to you and to us, will not be matters of chance; they will come
M the result of the efforts we put forth together today to benefit each other.
The first National Bank
LOUISBURG, N. C.
9 W. B. WHITE, President F. J. BBASLBY, Vice-President and Cashier
^ S. L. HOBBRSON, Asst. Cashier.