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FOUNDED 1432—105TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937 VOL. 104NO 40 PRIOR 5 CRNTS
George VI Crowned Great Britians King
HORSE RACING
ACT PUBLISHED
The Herald herewith prints a
copy of the horse racing act
to be voted on in this county
May 27th:
An Act creating an Agricul
tural, Breeders’ and Racing
Commission in the County of
Rowan in the State of North
Carolina and providing for an
election thereon.
The General Assembly of
North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the^re is
hereby created an Agricultural,
Breeders’ and Racing Commis
sion for the County of Rowan,
State^ of North Carolina, con
sisting of three members to ex
ercise and administrator the
power and authority herein
after set forth, which commis
sion established shall for the
first term consist of the follow
ing citizens of Rowan Coun
ty, North Carolina to-wit: W.
C. Coughenour, North Carolina.
The term of office of said
commissioners W. C. Coughen
our, E. G. Thompson and Ed.
gar Montgomery shall be for a
period of four years each from
the date of ratification of this
Act. and their successors in
office shall be appointed by the
Legislature with the approval of
a majority of the members of
the Board' of County Commis
,!%xvsioners for Rowan County,
North Carolina, for terms of:
tour years each: '“Provided,
however that any vacancy oc
curring in said commission by
reason of death of inability to
sepve, or otherwise, in such
event such unexpired term of
office shall be filled by the
remaining members of such
commission: Provided, further,
that at all times at least two
members of such commission
shall be residents of Rowan
County, North Carolina.
The salaries of each member
of the commission shall not be
less than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) per annum, nor
more than five thousand dol
lars fS5,000.00) per annum,
said salaries to be, determined
and fixed by a committee of
three, consisting of the chair
man of the commission herein
created, the Chairman of the
Hoard of County Commission
ers, and a duly authorized re
presentative of the corporations
to whom the franchise or pri
vilege hereinafter referred to
is granted.
After the creation of the
commission by the enactment
of this Bill by the Legislature
of North Carolina, the members
of said commission herein ap
pointed will meet at their con
venience as soon as possible
thereafter and organzie by elect
ing one of their mejnbers as
vice-chairman and the other
treasurer, said treasurer before
entering upon this duties as
such is to give, a bond in the
sum of five thousand dollars
($5,000.00) for the faithful per
tormance of his duty.
The commission shall have
full power and authority to
employ or otherwise secure in
their discretion a secretary for
the commission, the salary of
such secretary to be designat
ed by the commission and also
to employ or otherwise secure
such legal and clerical assistance
as the commission shall deem
necessary and all salaries and
expenses of the commission
shall be borne and paid as here
in after set out.
The commission herein ap
pointed shall be knowaLL^nd
designated as the Rowan Coun
tv Agricultural Breeders’ and
s Racing Commission and _shal
exercise its authority and acl
both generally and specially bj
/
and under such name.
Sec. 2. The commission here
in appointed shall have full
power and authority to grant to
any association duly incorpor
ated under the laws of North
Carolina, a franchise or privi
lege for a term of years not
less than five, nor more than
ten, to construct, own, lease,
operate and maintain a race
course or driving park, for trot
ting, pacing and running races
for horses and dogs in the man
ner hereinafter set out:
i fa) No franchise or privilege
shall be granted by the commis
sion to any corporation, except
one created especially for the
purpose of improving and pro
1 moting the breeding of quality
! horses and dogs and racing them
and others from time to time;
and
I (b) That said corporation
have sufficient capitalization and
financial resources to satisfy
the commission, that it is fin
J ancially able to comply with all
! the rules and regulations of
' the commission and is fully
; able to financially and other
! wise maintain and operate its
(properties in accordance with
such rules and regulations as
the commission shall from time
to time prescribe; and
(c) That as a prerequisite to I
the issuance of a franchise or
privilege, the said corporation
desiring said franchise or pri
vilege shall at the time, of mak
ing application thereof pay to
the said commission for the
use and benefit of Rowan Coun
ty the following charges or
fees:
First. For the franchise or
i privilege sought to be granted
I the minimum sum of one hun
' fired dollars ($100.00), and in
i the event the said corporation
I shall desire a franchise or pri
I vilege for more than the min
imum period allowed by this
Act, such corporation shall pay
in addition to the minimum fee
I of one hundred dollars ($100.
00) and additional fee of one
I hundred dollars ($100.00) for
I each additional year, and in
I the event said franchise or pri
; vilege is refused, the, said fee
! shall be returned to the appli
1 cant, otherwise, said fee shall
1 be forthwith paid into the trea
i sury of Rowan County; and
I Second. In the event such
| franchise or privilege is grant
: ed said corporation, the said
1 corporation shall also pay to the
I commission for the use and
benefit of Rowan County for
each day or part of day during
which said corporation con
ducts races or racing, a sum
I tpn npr (-prif frhf*
! gross receipts of the corporation
derived from all operations
connected with or incident to
the operation of such races or
racing conducted during such
day or part of day. In no
event, however, the amount so
to be paid to exceed the amount
of five thousand dollars ($5,
000 00) per day, and said a
mount to be paid in addition to
such tax as may be now or
hereafter fixed by law.
(d) In addition to the fore
going fees all costs and ex
penses of the Agricultural,
Breeders’ and Racing Commis
sion shall be borne by the cor
poration holding a franchise
more than one corporation shall
from said commission and if
hold a franchise, the Costs and
expenses of said commission
hall be4 prorated among the cor
porations holding franchises.
Sec. 3. That when the com
mission shall have granted a
franchise or privilege as afore
said to any corporation as a
foresaid, the said corporation in
hereby fully authorized and
empowered to legally construct,
build, lease, carry on, maintain
and operate a park, driving
ground or race course in Row
an County outside the corporate
limits of Salisbury North Caro
lina and to conduct and to
maintain therein horse and dog
races: Provided, however that no
race or racing shall be conduct
ed on Sunday and no race or
racing shall begin or commence
before the hour of one P. M.,
Eastern Standard Time, and
such corporation is 'hereby ex
pressly granted full power and
authority to operate and main
tain what is generally known as
“Pari Mutuel Machines or Ap
pliances” of the kind employed
and in use at recognized racing
courses in .America: Provided,
however, that said Pari Mutuei
Machines and Appliances shall
only be maintained and operated
within the enclosure of said
said park driving grounds, and
courses, and only on days ot
parts of days when races or
t '1,'mrr I C Kniurr 1... ^.4
ed, and it shall be legal for any
and all persons twenty-one years
of age legally within the en
closure of said park, driving
grounds or race courses while
-aid park wriving grounds, or
race courses are open for rac
ing, to participate in the opera
tion, or he' s of. r.ahf
Pari Mutuel Machines and Ap
pliances.
(a-) Any franchise or privi
lege granted by the commission
to any corporation under the
provisions of this Act shall he
and remain irrevocable so long
as said corporation complies with
the terms and provisions of said
franchise and complies with the
rules and regulations of the said
commission promulgated from
time to time and set forth in
its contracts: Provided, however,
that no franchise granted to any
corporation by said Agricultur
al, breeders' and Racing Com
mission shall be transferred or
assigned to any other corpora
tion except by and with the
written consent of the commis
sion first obtained.
Sec. 4. That the commission
herein appointed shall have full
power and authority to adopt
such rules and regulations as it
may from time to time deem
necessary to properly carry oiC
the intentions of this Act, and
any violations of any of the
rules ana regulations ol tne com
mission by any corporation
holding a franchise or by any
of its officers, agents or em
ployees shall be a misdemeanor.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall
apply only to Rowan County and
shall be, in full force and ef
fect when and after an election
has been duly called and held by
the Rowan County Board of
Elections on a date to be de
signated by said Rowan County
Board of Elections, with full
power to said Board of County
Elections to appoint a regis
trar and two judges in each vot
ing precinct in Rowan County,
and said election shall be held,
as near as practicable, under the
general election laws of the
State of North Carolina, said
election shall be-ealle,d and held
within six months from the ra
tification of this Act, and this
Act shall be in full force and
effect if a majority of the votes
cast in said election have declar
ed in favor of said Act At
said election those who favor
the adoption of this Act will
vote “For creating an Agricul
tural, Breeders’ and Racing
Commission” and those who are
opposed to the adpotion of this
Act will vote, “Against creating
an Agricultural, Breeders’ and
Among the 413 WPA projects operated by the Woman’s and Professional Division in
the .State are the eight shown above: (1) White sewing room, Wake; (2) Section of sew
ing room for Negroes; (3) A bookmending project; (4) Clerical and indexing city and
county records; (5) Home aid; fo) Public health nursing; (7) School lunches; (8) Furniture
repair.
Racing Commission.’' In the
event that a majority of the
ballots cast are not in favor of
this Act. then the Rowan Coun
ty Board of Elections cannot
hold another election under this
Act until six months have ex
pired for the date of said pre
vious election and a petition has
[been submitted to them request
ing another election signed by at
least one thousand five hund
red of the qualified voters in
Rowan County. The entire ex-,
penses of holding the election or
elections under this Act shall be
borne by the proponents of this
Act and no part of the ex-J
penses for holding said election
or elections shall be borne by
the County of Rowan.
Sec. 6. All laws and
clauses of laws in conflict with
the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall;
be in full force and effept from
and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read
three times and ratified, this
the, 16th day of March 1937.
W. P. Horton
President of the Senate
R. G. Cherry
Speaker of the House of Re
oresentatives.
Examined and found correct,
John W. Caffey
For Committee
State of North Carolina
Department of State
I, Thad Eure, Secretary of
Statei of the State of North
Carolina, do hereby certify the
foregoing and attached (Seven
(7) sheets) to be a true copy
from the records of this office.'
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and af
fixed my official seal.
Done in office at Raleigh,
this 24th day of April, in the
vear ofyour Lord 1937.
THAI) EURE
Secretary of State
(SEAL)
BERATES TRADE
COMMISSION
Atlanta.—Robert E. Swain of
Baltimore, deputy food and
drug commissioner of Maryland,
criticized the Federal trade com
mission for its opposition to a
proposed national fair trade
law. Swain addressed an after
noon session of the Georgia
Pharmaceutical association con-,
vention meeting here.
DICTATOR MAY GET
TOGETHER
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Vienna.—Persistent although
officially unconfirmed reports
said Premier Benito Mussolini
of Italy and Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler would meet Mon
day at Hitler’s Berchtesgaden
homei in Bavarie.
‘CORONATION TWINS’
BORN
Calgary, Alta —“Coronation
twins”—a boy and a girl—
were born Wednesday to Mr.
and Mrs. Chris Jensen of Glen-|
dale, a Calgary suburb. Na
turally, they were named George
and Elizabeth. George was born
three minutes after midnight
and Elizabeth 22 minutes later J
Co-Ed Hunt Turns
East; 3 Report
Seeing Girl
Deleware, Ohio.—The, search
for blonde Ruth Baumgardner
turned East on two clues which
a private detective hired by the
missing coed’s parents said
might (be put together for a
definite indication of hey where
abouts.
Hardly had a Watertown (N.
Y ) man said he recognized a
picture of the Ohio Wesleyan
senior, who disappeared a week
ago tonight, as that of a girl
who asked him the, way to
Ogdensburg, than two Zanes
ville, Ohio, women reported they
saw Miss Baumgardner the day
after she left her dormitory
here.
U. htickeler of Cleveland, a
detective hired by Mr and Mrs.
Carl Baumgardner of Lakewood,
disclosed that Mrs. Edward
Hiejhle and a Mrs. Earick of
Zanesville, saw a picture of the
girl and were certain she walk
ed past them last Wednesday
forenoon. She was accompanid
by a young man, the women
said.
L. B. Stevenson of Water
town, N. Y., which Stickeler
said would be a logical point
for anyone to reach hitch-hik
ing from Columbus through
Zanesville reprted the young
woman he saw oairrie,d a black
overnight bag and looked like
the picture of Miss Baumgard
ner.
Takes Throne
Edward Left
In Devotion
To Commoner
7,000 Faint, Two Die In
London’s Greatest Crowd
Rain Falls After Service
Monarch With Queen Gets
Empires Homage in Show
Of Glittering Splendor
London. —Forty-one-year-old
George the, Sixth received in
historic Westminster abbey
W ednesday the crown of King
Kmperor that his brother Ed
ward forsook, and with his
newly-enthroned Scottish Queen
accepted plaudits of more than
a million persons who crowd
ed London’s rain-splashed
streets for a cavalcade of empire
splendor.
More than 7,000 fainted a
mong those gathered through
the night to cheer the majestic
procession of royalty and its
servants to and from the abbey.
It was the greatest crush Lon
don ever had known.
Two died—a girl fell down
an elevator shaft and a youth
was killed* in fie-htine in the
crowd'. * '
The century’s greatest show
of pomp and splendor—
A magnificent array of royal
horse-drawn coaches. Of mo
dern automobiles. Of plumed
and glittering soldiers in res
plendent uniform and on great
black chargers. Of gay ban
ners and bunting.
A cavalcade through streets
filled with cheering hundreds
of thousands who stood 'n dren
ching rain, who crowded about
Buckingham palace to cheer the
royal family waving from a
balcony after the journey back
from the abbey.
The rain began just as the
King and Queen left the vault
ed abbey, where 7,700 be jewel
ed and rich-robed peers and
peeresses, lords and members of
Parliament visiting royalty, en
voys of Britian’s dominions and
of foreign governments watch
ed the, centuries-old ceremony
of coronation, the placing of
the crown which Edward re
nounced for love.
The climax came at 12 :30 p.
m.
The venerable Archbishop of
Canterbury stepped before the
altar and took into his hands the
Crown of St. Edward. He in
toned in prayer:
j “O God, the crown of the
faithful; bless we beseech thee
and sanctify this thy servant,
George our King; and as thou
dost this day set a crown of
pure gold upon his head, so en
! rich his royal heart with thine
abundant grace, and crown him
with all princely virtues through
| the King Eternal, Jesus Christ
our Lord.”
Then reverently he placed the
crown upon the King’s bowed
head.
The/e was a great shout:
*‘God save the King.”
Trumpets sounded. Guns in
the tower of London boomed.
The crowds outside took up the
cry. Radio ond cable carried
the word, and round the world
in Britian’s far-flung domain
other cannons roared and other
crowds echoed the shout.
| A new King was crowned. He
I Vl n rl rooourorl tVin
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sign of kingly power and jus
tice.” In clear and steady voice
he had taken the oath to rule
justly.
By his side was 37-year-old
Elizabeth, born a commoner
but with her own crown of
gold and pledged to rule with
him over Britian's half-billion
subjects.