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FOUNDED 1832—lOv^. YEAR • / SALISBURY, FRID UARY 3, 193 3 VOL. 100 NO. 27 PRICE 2 CENTS ||
ortli Carolina Leads In Cigarette Output
moker Launches “Happy Days” Drive 1
Fays Big
Sum In
Tob. Tax
Pennsylvania
Leads In Cigars
Yield For 1932, However, Shows
Marked Decline Over Previous
Year
Pays Tax Of $171,864 395 On
Cigarettes And $21,505,024 On
Manufactured Tobaccos
Despite dwindling taxes from
tobacco products, North Carolina
again led the nation in production
■of cigarettes and manufactured
tobacco in 1932, while Pennsyl
vania retained its lead in the
manufacture of cigars and Ken
tucky forged toward the front in
the cigarette tax, reporting an in
crease of $21,000,000 over 1931.
Reports of the internal revenue
bureau showed that in the last year
North Carolina paid tax of $171,
864,393 on cigarettes and $21,
505,024 on manufactured tobacco.
Pennsylvania paid tax on $3,693,
773 on cigars. The tax paid by
North Carolina on cigarettes com
pared with $215,841,193 in 1931
and with $23,495,435 on manu
i- 1 5 15 _1_*
laCLUrcu LUU/dCCU. I 1 *
paid tax of $4,952,849 on cigars
during the previous year.
Tjie total collected f>om the
cigar tax in 1932 was $12,5 62,
288, on cigarettes $310,573,823
and on manufactured tobacco
$62,-737,419.. The cigar tax was
-off approximately $4,000,000; the
cigarette tax was down about
$3 0,000,000, and the tobacco tax
decreased approximately $3,500,
000.
Virginia ranked second in the
cigarette tax with $83,073,2 11,
and Kentucky third with $32,
998,288 as compared with $11,
466,411 in 1931. California report
ed cigarette tax of $8,243,032, a
drop of nearly $3,000,000; while
New Jersey reported $11,074,447,
a drop of more than $3,000,000.
New Jersey was second in cigar
tax with $1914,133, Florida third
with $1,728,421, and New York
fourth with $1,062,03 5, all of
which were decreases as compared
w'ith 1931. Ohio was second in
tax on manufactured tobacco
with $8 8 56,877, and Missouri third
with $6,927,100'.
Total tobacco taxes for 1932
amounted to 3 87,271,269, a de
crease of approximately $37,000 -
000.00 for the year. Tobacco
taxes dropped $3,000,000 from
1930 to 1931.
PAYROLL INCREASED
Detroit.—Officials of General
Motors corporation said the firm
added 12,642 persons to its pay
roll in December, bringing to 26,
275 the number rehired since Aug
ust. The increase, they said, was
larger than during the same mon
xhs in 1931.
FLU TAKES HEAVY TOLL
Geneva.—Three thousand lives
was the European toll for the week
<ending January 14 of the influenza
■epidemic that started in Kansas,
TJ. S. A., in mid-December, the
health section of the League of
"Nations reported.
LOSES MONEY ON VEALERS
McGregor, Ia;—Five choice
vealers shipped to Chicago brought
August Weger a bill for $1.98—
Ireptht, commission, and feed hav
^j.jeost more than the selling price
jrthe meat.
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GOOD
MORNING
DAMES
Dames are weird
But
They can’t help it
If they drink they’re
Dogging it
If they don’t they’re
Dogging it
If they pet they’re
Cheap
If they don’t they’re
Inhibited
If they show signs of
Intelligence
It’s a laugh
If they don’t
It’s still a laugh
If a fellow loves a dame
He’s left holding the
Bag
But if a dame loves a
Fellow
She’s weirder than weird.
—Western Reserve Red Cat.
A census taker asked the woman
at the door:
"How many in your family?”
"Five,” snapped the answer,
"me. the old man, kid, cow and
cat.”
"And the politics of your faraLt
ly?”
"Mixed. I’m a Republican!; the
old man’s a Democrat, the kid’s
wet, the cow’s dry and the cat’s a
populist.” '
"I see where the police caught a
congressman with three bottles of
Scotch.”
"Aw, they’ll never make a case
out of three bottles.”
—Pelican,
Visitor to to a certain Hotel:
This wall is so thin that you can
almost see through it.
Hotel Manager: That’s the win
dow you’re looking at.
"I went to the dentist yester
day.”
"Does your tooth still ache?”
"I don’t know; he kept it.”
Judge (to amateur yegg) f* So
they caught you with this bundle
of silverwjare. Whom did you
plunder?
Yegg: Two fraternity houses,
your Honor.
Judge (to sergeant): Call up
the downtown hotels and distri
bute this stuff.
•Frosh: Why do you call that
frog whiskey?
Soph: One gulp and you croak.
"Well, what do you think of
my game?” said the enthusiastic
golfer to his girl-friend.
"Oh, it’s all right,” replied the
little darling, "but I still prefer
golf.”
Friend: "Your assistants seem to
be in a good humor.”
Merchant: "Yes. My wife has
just been in and it tickles them to
death to see somebody order me
about.”
Firemen’s Ball
Tonight At The
Empire Hotel
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A benefit dance under the aus
pices of the Salisbury Fire depart
ment will be given tonight at the
Empire hotel to raise funds with
which to entertain the visiting
firemen at the state fire conven
tion which will be held here somej
time in August.
Smiling Billy Steward and his
Floridians will furnish the music
for the occasion.
Where Roosevelts Will Likely Worship
''St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Washington, D. C. which Franklin D.
Roosevelt and family will most likely attend while occupying the White
House. The insert is of, Dr. C. Ernest Smith, pastor of the church.
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Sun-Back Gingham j
> Herts' jlSf
j won
York
Beach. It is.
beach dress
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The Perfect Girl
Miss Mildren Kusa of Cleveland,
scores highest as the perfect girl
during health week, posture, teeth,
and living habits being the points
scored. It was a Y.W.C.A, contest.
"Shades of Sumter”
Wm. Martin, 83, North Dakota
legislator, had hig state senate con
sider a resolution that 40 western
states secede from eight Eastern
states which he charged 1 * manipu
lated Congress at the expense of the
others.” New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont and
Massachusetts are the guilty states,
TRO0PS BREAK UP STRIKE
Vienna.—A taxicab driver strike
that halted transportation in down
town Vienna for hours was brok
en by military action after arm
ored trucks loaded with soldiers
towed away taxicabs that blocked
streets.
A number of bids have been re
ceived by the city for the repair
jof the Kerr Street clear water well,
| according to a statement last night
| by Mayor B. V. Hedrick.
I The city council, at its meeting
! this morning, is expected to either
j accept one of the bids submitted
j or to reject all.
The lowest bid received for the
repair work by .the gunite process
!was made by Fisk-Carter Construc
jtion company, Spartanburg, S. C.,
jin the amount of $2,39J.00. For
j the drainage on the outside of the
j clear water well, the National
j Gunite Construction Company, of
i Richmond, Va., submitted the low
est bid at the figure of $896.00.
Quite a number of other bids
have been received but were larger
than the ones outlined above.
It will be recalled ®hat several
weeks ago, the condition of the
j Kerr Street water plant was reveal
led in a report submitted to the
council by M. E. Miller, city engi
neer and water superintendent.
This report showed the leakage of
millions of gallons of water per
year from the-plant caused on ac
count of faulty construction about
1$ years ago. This leakage, Mr.
Miller declared in his report, had
been going on for this period of
time.
The city council immediately
made arrangements to remedy the
condition of the plant and the a
bove bids are for the necessary re
pair work.
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I AMBASSADOR SEES
| ROOSEVELT
i Sir Roland Lindsay, British am
j bassador to the United' States over
j the week-end ' visited President- ,
j e'ect Roosevelt at his cottage at
;\Varm Springs, Ga., and it is un
| derstood that a tentative under
| standing was reached by the two
! for the March meetings on war
I debts and plans for world-wide
j economic recovery.
j GARDNER FOR CABINET
I POST j
j Ex-governor O. Max Gardner’s
j name is being mentioned very de
I finitely in connection with the post I
of secretary of the navy under }
President Roosevelt. The' choice j
has narrowed to two, it is alleged, c
and Mr. Gardner seems now to be r
the favored choice. i
| Ur^^^BuyAmerican”
Women of Santa Monica, Calif.,
organized the first unit • of “Buy
American ’ ’ and elected Lucy Hillyer
commander-in-chief, in the move to
nationally promote the purchase of
American made goods and thus
speed prosperity’s return.
Hoover Seeks Relief I
Missing only one semi-annual in
terest payment of $400 on a $14,000
mortgage loan against his farm at
Grand Meadow., Minn., but facing
foreclosure, A1 E. Hoover, cousin
of President Hoover, turned to the
Des Moines Joint Stock/Land Bank,
asking only that he be allowed to
leed the farm to the bank and re
nain on it by paying rent. Mr.
Hoover’s father was the brother of
he President’s father.
iETS BEARD ON SPRING
Council Bluffs, la.—Theodore
►achelor, 80, is so confident of his
unch that spring is here that he
romised to cut off his 11-year
id beard if spring does not ar
ive in Iowa in two weeks. "I feel
? in my bones,” he said.
NEWS
BRIEFS
U. S. NAVY IN ACTION
The United States Navy is ar
raying its mightiest warships for
practice maneuvers on the Pacific
coast in a 10-day war play which
will show both attack and defense.
Hawaii will be the central point,
and it is expected the demonstra
tion will show the effectiveness of
our equipment against an attack
on the Pacific. Japan would pro
bably be entertained if looking in.
FORD PLANT TO REOPEN
The Ford plants closed down
last week because of a strike of
workmen in the Briggs Mfg. com
pany, which makes bodies for the
Ford cars. Announcement is made
that the Ford plants would open
in a very short time, probably
Tuesday or Wednesday of this
week. -Dies in hands of the Briggs
co^*»ny for the automobile bodies
jSe -owned by the Ford organiza
S'pn, and definite assertion is made
[at production will begin in an
niijterrupted program.
dent, which was adjudged as not
calling for an inquest.
MIND RETURNS AFTER 22
YEARS
With a blank mind for 22 years
as to his own identity, a mental
relapse is alleged to haye made
Edgar G. Allen, of Ridgewood, N.
J., forget his identity, of many
years as Ted Morris, of Knoxville
Tenn., even to the point of not
recognizing his own wife and their
13-year-old daughter. A brother
of Allen recognized him, following
a telegram from the long-missing
man sent to his sister living i:i
New Jersey. Allen has a wife and
two grown sons in New Jersey.
He is under treatment in a sana
torium for rest and mental obser
vation.
SALISBURY "JOINT” RAIDED
I Dixonville, negro suburb of Sal
isbury, has been deprived of its
"Bar deLuxe,” and its alleged
operator, Robert Mayron, is in
jail to face charges of violation of
the prohibition laws. Fancy and
attractive labels for the liquid dis
pensed ran the whole gamut of
fine brands, and was reputed to be
the best bar in that section.
AL SMITH WOULD NOT
ACCEPT
Al Smith has given it out that
he would not accept a cabinet posi
tion if tendered him, and that he is
already head of as many things af
he desires to be. The opinion is
also growing that Mr. Roosevelt
has decided that he will be presi
dent himself, and that he seeks no
division of honors or responsibili
ties.
FIVE NEGROES HELD
Asa D. Herring, farm demonstra
tion agent of Harnett county, and
prominent negro leader of that sec
tion, together with four other ne
groes, is being held under charges
of first degree murder of Jacob
Hill, prominent Clinton’ negro.
Herring is charged with plotting
the murder, and of paying his co
horts' to do the job.
ALCOHOL CAUSED DEATH
Raymond Ange, 38, was found
dead near his home at Elizabeth
City, Sunday. A half pint of
whiskey was found in his pocket.
Make Plans
For Better
Times Here
Fine Program
Is Outlined
Linden Brooks, In Fine Talk, Out
lines Requirements For Happy
Days Campaign
Approximately 100 Members And
Friends Attended Inspirational
Smoker Last Night
prising the reorganization of plan
and scope to meet the present day
needs.
2. The necessity of Creating a
better spirit of cooperation and
capitalized leadership.
3. The sponsorship of the future
program of the chamber of com
merce on behalf of the community
the Happy Day celebration, fol- f
lowing the financing campaign. (
4. Development of the program
of activities of the members, as
sembling ideas of the members as ’
to a future program, immediately
following the campaign, and af
ter a tabulation of the same, to sel- ,
ect those ideas having the largest
support—and these will comprise
the program of that body.
“It i? vitally important,” Mr.
Brooks declared, "to develop lead
ership to prepare today for the op
portunity of tomorrow and pre
pare to capitalize on these oppor
tunities when business recovery is
at a peak again.”
Other snappy talks were made
by S. H. Plexico, president; R. E.
L. Niei, secretary and Ross M.
Sigmon, general ch airman.
Music by the high school orches
tra, several dance numbers' by
members of Mrs. J. R. Norwood’s
school of dancing, a laughable skit
uy laugn artists rrom ureensDoro,
and selections by a male quartet
added pep, inspiration and fun to
the occasion.
The male quartet was composed
}f Alton Merritt, Harold Sides,
Emmerson Sides and Alvin Sides.
The Chamber of Commerce /
Leadership Movement for new
members will be conducted Feb
ruary 7 to 10, inclusive.
IET OUT 4,000 PEACH TREES
During the winter months, 4,
100 peach trees have been.set out
n Lincoln county, and owners arc
jiving much attention to the work
ander the county agent.
\ATS MOVE ,TOO
San Francisco.—When the city
health department moved into a
aew guaranteed vermin-proof
milding, rats who had entertained
:he employes in the former loca
:ion moved in with them. So now
:he department chemists are pre
paring poisoned food for their
'steadfast” pets.