The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina The Carolina . Wah man | ^ "The Watchman Carrier a Surtfmarp of 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 Herts' jlSf j won York Beach. It is. beach dress - _ 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. I -- 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.