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FOUNDED 1832-lOOTH^EAR ~ SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1933 VOL. 100 NO. 26 PRICE 2
bhurord May Be Appointed Referee
J. MERCHANTS PROTEST SALES TAX
Local Att’y
Is Urged For
Federal Post
Endorsed By
Rowan Bar
Appointment Of__ Law Associate
Of The Late John C. Busby
Is Urged
Davidson And Cabarrus Counties
Are Also Expected To Enter
Bids Eor Federal Job
Mr. Shu ford Is Well Qualified To
Handle Work Of Referee In
Bankruptcy
W. T. Shuford, local attorney
and former law associate of. the
late John C. Busby may probably
be named referee in bankruptcy
for this district by Federal Judge
Johnson J. Hayes.
Air. Shuford has received the
-endorsement of practically all mem
bers of the local bar. His name
was presented to Judge Hayes by
members of the local bar Thursday
afternoon in Greensboro.
Appointment of a successor to
the late John C. Busby is expected
to be made by Judge Hayes in the
near future. Mr. Shuford who has
been associated with Mr. Busby in
the practice of law for the past
several years, is familiar with the
procedure of the bankruptcy courts
and is also in position to expedite
all matters being handled by Mr.
Busby at the time of his death.
The Salisbury division comprises
the counties of Rowan, Stanly,
Davidson, Davie and Cabarrus. It
is pointed out that Salisbury is the
only city in this section in which
federal court holds terms; an ade
quate federal law library is main
tained here; and the federal court
room and federal building amply
provide space for such hearings.
Other counties are expected to
make a bid for this appointment,
including Davidson and Cabarrus.
Mr. Shuford is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina and
also of the Harvard law school and
is exceptionally well qualified to
handle this work.
Rowan Solons
Toss Six Bills
Into Hopper
The following bills were intro
duced in the senate and house this
week by Rowan’s represen
tatives in the General Assembly:
S. B. 117, by Clement; provid
ing repeal of special taxes in spe
cial tax districts in Rowan county.
H. B. 252, by Bean of Rowan,
and Moore of Guilford: To require
State Highway Commission tc
maintain marked highways within
corporate limits.
H. B. 261, by Murphy, of Row
an: To provide for medical spirits.
H. B. 262, by Newman, of
New Hanover, Murphy, of Rowan,
and Young, of Harnett: To regu
late highway carriers.
H. B. 25 5, by Bowie, of Ashe
and Murphy of Rowan: To legalize
sale light wines and beer.
H. B. 256, by Bowie, Murphv
and Flannagan of Pitt: To abolisf
penalties in back taxes for yeai
1928-1931, and facilitate redemp
GOOD
MORNING
ALAS, ’TIS TRUE
"Full many a flower
Is born to blush unseen,
And waste its fragrance
On the desert air.”
Full many a man with erstwhile
Well-thatched bean,
Now has a pate quite bald
And void of hair!
EDUCATION
Many boys go to college,
And you will admit,
Some go there for knowledge,
Some to make a hit.
In the giddy social life
Others would excel;
In the gridiron’s storm and strife
A few live to* tell.
But a large majority by far
Will confess that they go
To ascertain if coeds are
As cute as movies show.
Her father (from upstairs):
'Alice, what time is it?”
Her: "I don’t know, father; the
clock isn’t going.”
Her father: "Well, how about
the young man?” j
Who knows when the sky may
fall j
And with a calm grin squash us
all? |
We ought to think of our poor
souls
And not wear underwear with \
holes.
—ArizonaK.it ty-Kat.
Newedd: "I wonder why it is we
can’t save anything?”
Mrs. Newedd: "It’s the neigh
bors, dear; they are always doing
something wfe can’t afford.”
"Did you ever hear a fisherman
tell the truth?”
"Yes. I heard one call another a
liar.”
Your Otto had a fight with my
Jack.
Oh, well, boys must be boys.
I’m glad you take it like that;
I’ll get the ambulance to bring
your Otto home.
First Collegian: "How do you
like my new shirt now that you’ve
worn it all day?”
Second Collegian: "Oh, it’s all
right, but the cuffs don’t take ink
very well.”
! "Can you operate a typewriter?”
"Yeah. I use the Bibical sys
tem.” 1
"I never heard of it.”
"Seek and ye shall find.”
"I saw someone trying to kiss
your daughter,” said the mischief
maker.
Mother: "And did he succeed?”
Mischief-Maker: "No.”
Mother: "Then it wasn’t my
daughter.”
It wouldn’t be so bad to be poor
if we' could keep the distressing
fact a secret.
"You say you never clash with
your wife?”
"Never. She goes her way and I
go hers.”
"So you broke your engagement
to Evelyn. Why was that?”
"Well, I was only doing to the
engagement what it did for me.”
Lady—"I’m very particular. 1
want a maid who won’t answer me
back.”
Agency Manager—"I have just
what you want—a formjer tele
phone operator.”
Customer—"Are these eggs
fresh?”
Grocer—“Fresh Why, the hens
haven’t missed them yet.”’
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Y. W. C. A. Girls in Homeland* Costumes
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Young Women's Christian Association homes in cities throughout
the country are featuring “Nativelftnd Evenings” wherein girls from
every land don native costumes and tell of home lands. Here are Elaine
Swanson, Finland, and Marioara Pabel of Rumania in native costumes at
a Detroit, (Mich.) Y. W. C. A. evening.
Re-Organization Plan Is
Submitted To Assembly
Re commendations Expected To
Save About $2,000,000; Be
lieves it Will Be Adopted
Many Departments and Agencies
Will Be Abolished; Duties of
Others To Be Transferred
Rowan’s legislators, who spent
the week-end in Salisbury, stated
that they believed that the plan of
reorganization of the state govern
ment which was submitted by the
joint legislative committee would
receive favorable action on the
part of both branches of the as
sembly. It will be considered on
next Monday night, thus giving
time for the people of the state
to get in touch with their rep
resentatives and senators, advising
them what they think about the
proposed reorganization plan.
Reports being received from
over the state indicate that these
plans of reorganization are being
approved by the rank and file of
the taxpayers over the state and
that they are expecting and de
manding that the general assem
bly eliminate every state depart
ment andl agency not absolutely
necessary. A saving of about
$2,000,000 a year will result if
these plans are carried out, the
committee says.
The virtually unanimous vote
with which the report of the com
mittee on governmental reorgan
ization was approved in both the
house and sentate is regarded as
indicating the eventual enactment
of most of the legislation neces
sary to put the recommendations
contained in the report into ef
fect. At almost any other time
the department heads and em
ployees affected would probablj
be able to muster enough politi
cal strength to defeat some of
the proposals. But with economic
conditions and public opinion notv
arrayed almost solidly against
them, indications are that the)
will be able to make very little
resistance.
While it was feared by som
that the reorganization committe
would recommend some radica
and revolutionary changes em
bracing the abolition of some of
the more essential department:
and divisions of the state govern
ment, those who have studied the
report agree that it has not re
commended the abolition or dis
mantling of any state agency that
is performing an essential service
to the state. Many of the older
state department heads had hoped
and even believed that the reor
ganization committee would recom
mend the abolition of many of
the newer departments, bureaus
and commissions or their consoli
dation with some of these older
state departments. There is no
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2,000 GET AMNESTY
Sofia.—In celebration of the
birth of the Princess Maria Louise,
first born of King Boris and Queen
Joanna, 2,000 prisoners in Bulgar
ian jails were granted amnesty.
GET NICKEL IN FINES
Bay City.—In December the U.
S. district court collected five cents
in fines levied, Assistant U. S.
Clerk Clairence Petit announced.
Five first time dry law offenders
pleaded guilty and were fined on<
penny each.
| An Ice Queen
I . - ^^—
, Jlfk- shifts
Miss violet Wellfonder, 17, of
Detroit, has been chosen Michigan’s
winter queen to preside at ice carni
vals and later go to Chicago as guest
at an ice fete there. •
| NEWS
BRIEFS
AIRPLANE CRASH HURTS
THREE
George Pope, 30; William Hill,
26; and Stokes Swain were seri
ously injured in, an airplane crash
near the Winston-Salem airport
Sunday.
SIX ESCAPE FROM STATE
CAMP
Six negroes escaped, from the
state camp located several miles
south of Salisbury on Saturday
night. Officers have Recaptured
two and are searching for the oth
ers.
DEATH IN MOTORCYCLE
CRASH
Emory E. Craver, 21,, met death
near Greensboro Sunday when his
motorcycle collided with an auto
mobile driven by Garey Robertson.
The latter is being held for inves
tigation.
HERTFORD SHERIFF DIES
Sheriff Bismark Scull, 61, died
Sunday at his home at Ahoskie of
angina pectoris after several weeks
of illness. He was serving his six
th term as sheriff of Hertford
county.
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BOY KILLS SELF
Linwood C. Dobson, of Mont
rose, Md., is dead from a pistol
shot inflicted by himself as he
dreamed of cow-boy thrill he had
witnessed at the movies. A pistol
was strapped to his body.
CHINA ASSEMBLES BIG ARMY
Dispatches yesterday’ indicated
that China is assembling a vast
army in the "trouble sector” to
oppose the advancing Japanese
forces. Estimates of this concen
tration varies from ISO to 2S0
thousand loosely-knit war ma
chines in Jehol and north China
provinces.
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TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Sam Whisnant, 36, laundry own
er at Granite Falls committed sui
cide at his home a few days ago. A
shotgun against his left ribs failed
to kill, and: the wounded man se
cured his 32 caliber pistol, from
which he fired two bullets into
his heart, death being instantane
ous.
LAMl1 DUCK AM.tNUM.tN 1
Thirty-five states have ratified
the "lame duck" amendment to
the constitution, and the neces
sary one more is expected to join
the ranks this week. This means
that newly-elected president and
members of congress will take
charge of January 3 following e
lection, thus avoiding unnecessary
delay.
CLINTON FARMER KILLED
, Walter Lee, 25, well known
Sampson county farmer, was shot
Saturday night and instantly kill
ed by Richard Allen, negro. The
negro gave himself up to the au
thorities, \stating that when he was
awakened by dogs barking he
stuck his gun out the back door
and shot without .looking. The
body of the victim was found a
bout five feet from the door steps
with back of the head blown away.
TOO ABSENT MINDED
Chicago.—When her husband
talked in his sleep of other women,
Mrs. Marie Johnson said in court
here she didn’t mind, except that
it kept her awake. "But one day
he absent mindedly called me by
the other woman’s name. She isn’t
good looking, Judge, so I wasn’t
complimented.” Johnson promised
to curb his speech and his wife’s
complaint was dismissed.
Mannish For Sport
Mannish wear is getting the call' |
for sport and in-about wear ■ this
spring. Lillian Harvey of Germany,
here for screen work, wore this suit
with sweater upon her arrival in the
United States.
Democrats To Draw
Nearly 1,000 Jobs
In North Carolina
Nearly a thousand federal pa
tronage jobs in North Carolina,
will be available to deserving sup
porters of the Roosevelt-Garner
ticket after the new Democratic
administration assumes control
March 4, it was revealed here to
day.
The North Carolina figures are
taken from a report just made to
congress by the Civil Service com
mission listing all government po
sitions not under civil service re
gulations.
North Carolina offices listed
are exclusive of the post service,
which will give Democrats of the
state several hundred additional
jobs to dispense in the form of
postmasterships.
Salaries attached to the positions
range from the small wage paid
office boys to the $7,000 a year
received by the collector of in
ternal revenue for the state.
Aside from the postmasterships]
the most important jobs in the
state are the United States district
attorneys, of which there are'
three; the U. S. marshals, one to
each judicial district; the collector
of internal revenue, the collector
of customs and their various de
puties.
In the internal revenue collec
tor’s office at Raleigh there are
41 deputy collectors with salaries
ranging from $1,3 80 to $4,000.
Likewise there are 28 deputy mar
shals over the state at salaries of
$1,560 to $2,800. The several as
sistant district attorneys are paid
$2,800 and upwards.
City Audit
The city audit for the past six
months will be presented to the
pity council this, ntojrning by
Frank P. Buck certified1 public ac
countant, who was recently a
warded the contract for auditing
the city books.
Games Last
Night
Salisbury Varsity 23; Davidson
Fresh 22.
Salisbury Reserves 22; Salisbury
Wildcats 18.
Say Levies
Would Ruin
Many Stores
Local Group
Joins Fight
Merchants Of The State Appear
Before Finance Committee
At Raleigh
Secretary Dowell Gives Figures In
Opposing New Or Increased
Taxes
Over 9,000 Vacant Stores Now In
North Carolina During 1932
Business Slump
Merchants of Salisbury and
Rowan county are opposed to a
sales tax and are launching an or
[ ganized fight against the passage
of any such legislation by the pre
sent General Assembly.
The merchants are also bitterly
opposed to any increase in their
present taxes; in fact, they are
seeking a substantial tax reduc- ,
tion.
in n nearing mis weeit Deiore
the joint finance committee of the
General Assembly at Raleigh mer
chants of the state declared a sales
tax or any increase in taxes for
merchants would close "thousands”
of stores in this state within the
next calendar year.
Committee Hearing
Wiljiard Dowell, secretary of the
State Merchants’ association, held
the committee’s silent attention
while he used figures to paint the
picture of business depression. He
made the following statements:
The state’s gross retail business
has dropped from $900,000,000
to $500,000,000 in four years.
North Carolina has over 9,000
vacant stores.
The association’s investigation
indicates that "not over 200 mer
chants in the state made a penny
in 1932.”
That for the fiscal year ending
last June the present one-tenth of
one per cent gross retail sales tax
brought $496,000 as compared to
the $900,000 the 1931 finance
committee estimated.
That during the last six months
the same collection fell off another
25 per cent.
It would be a "physical impossi
bility” for the merchants to pass
on to customers the four-tenths of
one per cent tax on gross .sales ’as
proposed in the budget committee’s
"merchants’ license tax” section,
said Dowell, adding it would be a
"financial impossibilty” for many
of them to absorb it.
Nothing less than a four or five
per cent general sales tax can be
passed on, he declared, and that
only on purchases of a dollar or
more.
C of C Plans
Wide Program
"Happy Days and Community
Leadership Movement.”
This is the slogan of the new
drive adopted at a meeting of its
directors Wednesday night by the
local chamber of commerce for the
purpose of encouraging local pride,
optimism and confidence.
Objects of the movement were
outlined in detail at this meeting
and will put into effect during
period or Feb. 6-9.