The Chatham # Record HAS MORE READERS THAN ANY PAPER EVER PUBLISHED IN CHATHAM COUNTY—OFF i AL COUNTY PUBLICATION—ONLY $1.50 A YEAR. ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. ml THAN A HUNDRED i ' NEW ONES THIS WEEK K ecord List Growing, Paper Praised— More Than Two Hundred. * ‘ paper in North Carolina can , a faster growing subscnp oaSt Hst than can the Chatham Rec tlo,n T ere th efolks subscribe for the or “'/ purely on merit. There may fT e been subscribers to papers j h the means of a contest that Eclipsed our numbers, but we are tvcll of the list we are building. P Invariably every remittance con t ‘ a letter that is higly complimen- T r an( l the Record is praised. It “iw U s feel good and we hope to continue to improve The Record from I; me to time and give the folks of Hrham county the very best weekly \'a' e v in North Carolina. It takes time and effort, energy and untiring act” : ty» as well as a volume °f ex " produce a paper like The neco’d We have some fourteen thous dollars invested in equipment. Sll ive are not saitsfied with it and \ve will improve the paper from time to time. Thi? week we print the largest list 0 f names that we have ever printed in any one week. There is consider able’ more than one hundred among them that are new, some never having subscribed for the paper before, while a number of them are old subscribers coming hack. We higly appreciate ev enone of them and hope to please them with our weekly visits to their homes. All of the following list, more than two hundred in number, entitled to receive the Southern Planter ,wi!l be placed on the list of that paper at once and will get the current issue. Read the list over with us, as follows: T. R. Green, Paul T. Lemons, Essie Headen, M. E. Rives, Thos C. Ruth, Joe Tvsor, A. B. Roberson, J. K. Crissman, J. M. Ellis, W. T. Mann, H. K. Webster, F. K. King, O. F. Mann, Mrs. 0. M. Buckner, W. W. Lutter loh, T. M. Clark, Foy Johnson, T. 0. Justice, F. R. Henderson, Mrs. I. H. Straughan, Gradv P. Whitaker, J. Anon Perry, W. C. Henderson, J. F. Carter, 0. B. Mann, C. N. Justice, F. L. Carroll, John R. Goodwin, Mrs. G. M. Clark, Edwin Perrv*, James Clark, A. L. Johnson. G- W. Jones. J. A. Marshall, J. W. Penning ton. *W. L. Griffin, Joe A. Ellis, Mrs. E. W. Tripp, Mrs. J. A. Thomas. Al fred Johnson, W. F. Beard. C. S. Melvin, J. B. Hatley ,R. B. Burnett, H. M. Poe, Mary Jane Burnett, L. J*. I Riddle, R. C. Cox, Rufus Jones, L. L. Perrv, Vet Clark, Mrs.Frark Hudson, W. W. Dark, Mrs. M. A. Dark, John R. Gilbert, T. R. Lambert, Viola Hart, Ula Beale, Mrs. Oren Marsh, Mrs. A. B. Dark, Fred D. Perry, W. N. C. White, J. W. Jones, T. H. Harris, R. D. Smith, Joe H. Johnson. K. A. Buckner. W. A. Hinshaw, Ernest F. Moore, J. C. Andrews. E. G. Perrv, W. J. Thompson, L. G. Andrews, L. H. Fox, James M. Teague, W. C. Cot ner, Johnson Buckner, H. W. Webster. B. E. Dowd, James W. Elder, Mrs. J. W. Brewer, Z. C. John son, Kenneth Rives, J. E. Beane, C. ■y. Johrson, W. A. Glenn, C. W. Thom ■as, J. A. Dowd, Wm. W. Andrew, J. ■R. Gilbert, Miss Ella Willett, Mrs. J. ■M. White, Mrs. W. J. Calvert, J. W. ■Gunter. Joe E. Gunter, A. W. Gold- : ■ston, Miss Mattie Burke, Donah Old- Kiam, G. R. Fogleman, W. T. Powell, IJ. D. Jones, W. L. Smith, C. V. Gil more, Mrs. A. E. Nall, W. D. Bums, T. Y. Mims, L. A. Copeland, A. H. brooks. Hugh Elkins, Mrs. Ada Brew er, J. L. Scott, Mrs. Martin Brewer, R. P. Hilliard, J. W. Poe, A. L. Blake, H. A Burke, W. A. Phillips. F. S. * tally, The Railroader, Dr. J. H. Ihrie, Mrs. C. W. Neal, Roy Riergsbee, E. C. Churchill, J. E. Bryan, F. M. Far rell, Miss Emma Kate Bums,. J. L. Owen, E. L. Stinson, L. F. Thrailkill, ; Miss Maggie McClennahan, Ernest 'Vllhams E. C. Yow, R. B. Clark, G. G. Cheek, Miss Nannie A. Carter, T. •J. Gilliland, W. M. Holmes, A. M. Lar kins, Isaac Farrar, Mrs. Mary Bar- ! ringer, H. A. Harrington, T. J .Couu- ; cil, S. B. Adcock, G. C. Womble, W. 1 A. Womble, Mrs. P. R. Louthan, R. H. Andrew, J. N. Atwater. J. H. I Brooks, A. B. Yow, R. R. Dunn, T. »■ Elkins, Mrs. L. K. Smith, Jas. H. Alexander, J. T. Paschal, W. W. Burke, J. L. Straughan, Austin F. Willett. A. D. Coggins, D. M. Fisher, Airs. N. R. Sanders, J. D. Moore, C. C. Poe, Will Snipes, J. M. Maddox, A- J. Cook, T. B. Burke, A. G. Mann, J- H. Gilliland, Mrs. Mila Gilliland, J. Womble, W. H. Gamer, Brother- Company, Rev. J. R. Edwards, W. Mrs. R. H. Hayes, J. C. Blake, W. H. Woodell, Winnie Lee yk e , H. C. Clegg, Rev. E. R. Clegg, ' • L Siler, Mrs. Pearle Hearne, N. E Mann, L. H. Hearne, Mrs. William Bell Mrs. Minnie Belle Johnson, Mrs. p P- Johnson, Mrs. Joe Bryant, A. J. G. Paschal, Mrs. T. J. faroer, Robt. T. Farrell, Mrs. J. W. i t!e y, C. S. Harrington, Mrs. G. G. A. M. Pollard, Mrs. J. R. Mat p^’s. Gaston Siler, D. H. Fogleman, t'ii brewer, N. M. Brweer, C. V. p ai J y >T._F. Goins, F. P. Andrew, Mrs. J Mrs. Janie Andrew, Mrs. ir\JaHy, J. c. Smith, J.T. Sharpe, PMoody, Mrs. A. J. Richardson, !wL Perr y> Rev. E. W. Sloan, i\\- Thomas, Miss Minnie Moffitt, I. bi‘J. B. Hammond, Frank iAnrbQ Beal, John Bums, W. H. Xm Miss Sallie Ann Stanley, H. Rw^ tch ? eld » J - R. Paschal, D. F. f C v IrS - R - L - WilSO »- G - F - I t ■?' Knight, Mrs. J. W. Mc ’J - T - Farrar, H. B. Stedman, BOX PARTY NEXT SATURDAY. | Other Items That Will Interest Rec ord Readers From Corinth. Corinth, Jan. 14.—Mr .and Mrs. S. W. Harrington spent Sunday with their daughter ,Mrs .M. J. Ellis at Siler City. Miss Lelia Johnson spent the week end with relatives at Bonsai . Miss Marie Phillips spent Sunday at her home in Bonlee . Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dickens, of Raleigh spent Sunday with relatives at Corinth. J. E. Dickens dropped in Sunday to spend the day with home folks . Miss Reffie Mims, of Merry Oaks, spent the week end with Miss Carrie Lee Cross at Corinth. The “Reds” will entertain the “Blues” at a Betterment affair at the school house on Wednesday, Jan. 23rd. Come on out and join the colors. Mrs. R. L. Wilson, of Broadway, is visiting her mother, Mrs. D .A. Clark. Mrs. L. G. Wilder snent Sunday at her home in Mt. Gilead. Mrs. W. J. Stephenson returned last Wednesday from a weeks visit with relatives in Rockingham. Miss Mitchell Ferguson, of San ford, spent a few days last week vis iting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stephenson. Material has begun to arrive and excavation for foundation has started on the second 20,000 h. p. steam tur bine unit for the Carolina Power and Light Company at Moncure. The work is being done by the Phoenix Utility Co., with the same organization and equipment that has just built the first unit. This second unit will be ready for operation in less than a year. , Mrs. M. A .Arev, of Albemarle, is spending a week or so with her daughter, Mrs. R. S. Parker at Buck horn. A box nartv is scheduled for Cor inth school next Saturdav night. 'T'he Corinth teachers want to get th°ir Chautauqua money up and ready when the call comes to pav in. Now remember that ALL the pro ceeds of the party will go right back i~to tickets to help guarantee the Chautauqua pledge. Come out. enjoy yourself .and buv a box. We will state the details of the nlan of usinv the funds before the boxes are sold. Our neighbor, Mr. T. H. is granpa again. It is Glenn Shelbert Harrison ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Con Harrison, at Corinth,. He arrived January 5. The mother-anti tittle boy are doing nicely and Con has recov ered sufficientlv to be back at work at Phoenix Hill. j GLAD TO HEAR MR. BOONE. Local News From Neighbors at Mon cure and Vicinity. Moncure, January 14.—Mr. V. H. Hilliard, who has been running a case and meat market near Mrs. Womble’s hotel, has moved up town on Main street, opposite Hackney & Thomas store. He is now running a case, grocery store and meat market. Mr. J. L. Womble, a successful and \ prominent business man and merchant is building an annex to his store, where Mrs. J. L. Womble may run a Cafetria. Mr. J. K. Barnes is preparing to erect several residences on the Nat ional highway and Pittsboro railroad, which is northeast of Moncure and he will rent them. ; Messrs Howard Bingham, Dallas Cottrell and E. G. Gragg ,of Boone, spent Sunday night at Moncure camp ing ground enroute to Florida. We were glad to see these young men who were students of Prof. W. W. Stedman when he taught matemat ics at the Appalachian Training School. They will f pend three months in Florida and will return to Boone sometime in March. They said that it was fourteen degrees below zero at Boone last Sunday, January 6th ,and they wer ehunting a warmer climate. We are always glad for the second Sunday in every month to come, so that we can hear the excellent and in structive sermon of Rev, J. J. Boone. He requests that every member of the j Methodist church be present next : Sunday ,Januar ,r for a business meeting immediately after Sunday school. 1 Mr. John J. Douglass, of Hamlet spent the week end at Moncure vis iting friends . | The basket ball team of Moncure i High school expects to play Apex i next Friday afternoon, i The girls of Moncure high school j have organized a basket ball team ! and will play competitive games in the , future. A little snow fell at Moncure this morning. Mr. Roy Self, of Siler City, Rt. 4, | was a guest here this week of his j brother, Prof. H. G. Self and he also ! visited Miss Edna Hedrick of the high ! school. •J. C. Lasater, Miss Efiie Seagroves, jR. W r . White, L. F. Gorrell, N. McK. Buie, G. G. Burke, Mrs. H. W. Mur-, ray, W. A. Coggins, and seven that request that their name be not pub lished. This new list has been checked three times, but we may have gotten some liwie mispelled or an initial wrong. We ask you to help us.. If your name is not right or you got on the wrong postoffice, please drop us a postal card and we will get it fixed. So far as we have been able to rec ollect only*seven requested that their name be not published and we hope that we are not putting any name in print that was so requested,. w< * have it is an error of the head and not of the heart. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, J/ JARY 17, 1924. FOR THE -YOUNGER FOLKS. Six Months Subscription for Boy or Girl Under Fourteen. This week we offer a six months sub scription to The Record free to the boy or girl under fourteen years of age, who will send us a correct solu tion of the following: “A man said in three years my son will be three times as old as he was three years ago.” Tell how old the son is now. In answering tell your age, the school you are attending, and certify on your honor that no one helped you to solve the question. You may answer in mathematical methods, or you may merely tell hovf old the boy is at this time and why? The award of the subscription will be made according to the arrangement construction of the letter, the answer itself and the general neatness of the letter. No one heretofore winning a prize will be awarded another prize, but we invite them to compete. All answers must reach us rot lat er than on Monday, January 21st. JVinner of last week’s puzzle will be found in another column. Many answers were received and great in terest is being shown by our young friends. THREE LITTLE LADIES WIN. Much Interest in Our Geographical Contest in Last Week’s Record. More answers perhaps were receiv ed to our contest last week than ever before, more than a hundred girls and boys sent in answers to the geo graphical contest. This provjs several things. It shows that mariv T Chatham county boys and girl sare deeply in terested in their school work; it al so shows that they are close readers of The Record and it is conclusive that they are adept scholars. It is interesting to note that every J letter received was correct in answer i to the state ,teiritory or country. The deficiencies came with the most of them in arrangement and neatness in preparation. The answer was as fol lows: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas and Canada. The judge this week worked hard to select the best answer and finally he came to us and said that tht~e ‘ three so near perfect tnat ne couidj not decide on the very best oVie. These three were from Miss Hilda R. Utley, I Merry Oaks, Miss Beadie Oldham, Cumnock and Miss Louise Petty, j Pittsboro. We have examined these 1 ourselves and find them so near per fect that we have decided to givs each of them the six months sub scriution to The Record and the pa per will be started with this issue. Others deserving favorable men tion are Max Dixon, Lax Ragland, Ruth Hackney, Karen Rives, Ed ward T. Ward, Louise Pugh, Mamie Burke, Louise Waddell, Edna Wrenn, Horace Thompson, Vaie Scott. Linden i Elkin, Eunice Clark, Lowe Mauldne, i Flossie Clark, Ada Webster, Nettie Cook, Lillian Webster, Charlie Coup- ; cilman, Fred T. Tysor, Clyde Avent Roland Goldston and Byron Phillips. DEATH OF MRS. GILLILAND. Coles Store, Jan. 9.—The entire community was greatly shocked at the sudden death of Mrs. Huddah J. Gilliland, which occured at her home near Brush Creek church. Mrs. Gilliland was in her usual health at the time and in fact semeed unusually cheerful up to a few mo ments before her death. She was born March 16, 1858, and was therefore, in her sixty-eighth year. She was born in the neighborhood in which she died. When a young girl she united with Brush Creek Baptist church, of which she was a faithful member as long as she lived. She was married to Wesley D. Gil liland, who survives her, with seven children as follows: C. R. Gilliland, of Greensboro; J. E. Gilliland, of Coles-i Store; C. D. Gilliland, of Jacksonville, ! Fla.; J. C. Gilliland, of Greensboro; Mrs. Addie Dixon, Mrs. Maud Fox and Mrs. Fannie Brady, all of near Brush Creek. There is also one broth er, Capt. James Gilliland, of the Southern railway. The deceased was a highly esteem ed woman in her neighborhood and will be sadly missed by all. She was a good, motherly woman whom every one loved. LOSES ITS COURSE. Sanford Carolina Banner. It is not often that one hears of an airplane getting suck in the mud but this was the case last Wednesday as a government airplane was making a trip from Washington to Camp Bragg at Fayeteville ,and was follow ing the main line of the Seaboard for a guide. Upon reaching Colon where the Norfolk Southern and Seaboard crosses, the pilot of the plane became confused and took the Norfolk and Southern, going up toward Greens boro. Feeling that something was wrong, he brought the plane to the ground to seek information ,making a landing in an old cotton field, near Cumnock. After getting his course straight ened out it was sometime before the plane could be made to rise as the wheels were buried in a sea of mud. Several men were required to push the plane out arid finally, after reaching hard ground ,the pilot was able to get away and continue his trip to Fayetteville. BUILD A HOME IN PITTSBORO., > PAY BILLS. _ 4* In Session on Monday, January 7th— J Regular Meeting. The county commissioners were in regular monthly session on Monday, January 7th, and ordered the follow ing accounts: | C. C. Poe, fees for December, $215.15. Riggsbee Electric Co., labor on sew er, $12.00. C. Ck Poe, extra clerk hire and computing special tax for 25 districts in Chatham, $150.00. C. C. Poe, postage and express and parcel post, SIO.OO. C. C. Poe, salary for December. SIO.OO. Seaman printery, bal acct. $7.00. National Office Sup. Co., bill render ed. $32.85. J. Dewey Dorsett ,salary, clerk hire, stanips, etc., $195.00. Henry Harington, witness $4.80. Carl Elder, witness, $3.00. J. Dewey Dorsett state vs. Lassiter, half costs, $85.00. J. M. Smith, witness, $3.50. Cole Printing Co., acct rendered, 81c. J. W. Goldston, witness, $6.50. Ipdwards C Broughton Co., acct. rendered $4.15. C. C. Hamlet, services as commis sioner, $15.00. R. L. Bryan Co., acct. rendered, $27.73. J. W. Johnson, superintendent of county home. $58.48. G. W. Blair, salary December, $358.33. Chatham Record advertising, $8.40. Paragon Press, printing, $10.25. Chatham Hardware, sup. county home $1.85. Chatham Hardware groceries coun ty home, $14.54. G. R. Pilkington, drugs, $12.45 . Turner fcetty, sawing wood. $lO. W. L. London & Son, merchandise, $3 50. i W. L. London & Son, merchandise, 1 $40.02. Bonlee Telephone Co. rental, $20.70. L. J. Riddle, work county home, $5.55. Laura Johnson, cook at county home, $16.00. J. W. Johnson, supplies at county home, $39.38. Willie Johnson, work at county home, $25.00. Mrs. J. W. Johnson, sewing for county hpms, $10.25. j, it- W. Johnson, salary superintend ent’ county home, $75.00. ! A. W. Farell, work at county home, $7.40. ! Kimrey & Miller, work at county home, $i00.55. j Pittsboro Case and market, meats etc., at county home, $39.95. J. D. Womble, 5 cords of wood, $15.00. R. B. Farrar, still and worm, sls. j G. G. Pickett, three stills, 2 worms, j 1 cap, $45.00. • I G. H. Hancock, 1 still, SIO.OO. C. T. Desem, still, SIO.OO. ! A. M. Webster, still, worm and' cap, $20.00. S. T. Johnson, jitill, worm and cap, i $20.00. m C. T. Desern, still, worm and cap,! $20.00. Wess Lynn, cord wood, $3.00. Dr. J. E. Cathell, patient to Ral eigh, SIO.OO. John Bums, jailer, fees, $191.10. Virgil Davis, janitor, $25.00. J. Dewey Dorsett, fees for Decem ber, $107.04. A special district school tax elec tion on the SIOO valuation of all propertv, real and personal, to supple ment the funds for the six months public school fund for the Siler City school district was ordered. Announce ment of date of election will be offic ially made in a few days. J. T. Ferguson was appointed reg istrar, H. C. Reece and Van B. Elkins judges of election. IN MEMORIAM. Our Heavenly father who doeth all things well, took to Himself the soul of Willie Gertrude Williams, the baby j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wil liams. She was born January 18th, 1921 and died January 10, 1924. Her body was laid to her rest in Mt. Gil ead cemetery. Willie was a beautiful bud just be ginning to unfold, filling the home with sweet fragrance. We must re- j member that the ones we love most, j God loves even more. This is a loan j fond parents have made to the Lord, ; and as she cannot return, rich be the , blessings ,for where the treasure is there the heart be also . Sad the hour and weary the day That plead for a member away, Now her soul is safe at rest; She sleeps securely on the Master’s breast; But sorrowing tears for her shall wane For earthly loss is Heavenly gain, , To In’ ’crease Capital Stock The directors of the Farmers Bank of Pittsboro held their semi-annual meeting at the banß on Tuesday, Ja- ; nuary 1, and declared a three percent j semi-annual dividend in addition to ! setting aside a g:od sum to the sur« plus. Mr. R. C. Griffin and Mr. W. F. ; Bland were added to the directorate , of the bank. . j It was decided to increase the capi tal stock of The Farmers from $lO.- j 000 to $15,000 and this stock will be sold at Once, a great portion of it al ready having been t^ken. The aFrmers Bank made a splen- , diet showing during - 1923 and its-) strength is being recognized more ful .ly. ... - 1 V NEGRO KILLED POLICE OFFICER AT ABERDEEN Robbed Stores at Siler City and at Goldston—Reward Offered. Chief of Police W. P. Page, of Ab rdeen was instantly killed by a one ; armed negro last Thursday morning after he had been arrested and was being taken to the city jail. The negro was named Kelsey Ken nedy and hailed from Danville, Va. The week previous he had robbed two stores at Siler City, going from there to Goldston where he made two more robberies. He gave the officers in both towns the slip and had gone to Rae ford, where it is said he robbed still another store. The towns of Siler City and Gold ston had offered a reward for the ne gro of fifty dollars, and chief Page had located him, walkirg along the railroad track, coming from Raeford to Aberdeen. The negro made no resistance and willingly snubmitted to arrest. Mr. Page commandered the Ford sedan of Mr. M. B. Genes, who was pass ing at the time, and put the negro on the back seat, Mr. Genes and the of ficer occupving the front seats of the car. They did not take the precaution to search the negro, and when near the city limits, the neirro fired four shots into the bodv of Mr. Page and before he could do further damage Mr. Genes drew the dead man’s pis tol and shot the negro de*d. It is a distressing tragedy and one in which great sympathy has been ex presed for the family of Mr. Page. He was a fearless officer and had made an enviable reputation in Aberdeen. WILL PITCH A TENT TO LIVE IN. Personal and Local Items of People In and Around Brickhaven. Brickhaven, Jan. 14. —Mr. Witt Maiivb ,u student «,t Trinity college, and Mr. Herman ivrims, or Durnam, were guests or Mr. and Mrs. lr. Mims bunua^. Mrs. Nannie Long hus go„e to iiai i eign to visit mrs. xuiia inu.tiiews ! Lmery. , , mis. Hettie Richardson is at home again alter a visit to friends ana relatives in Raleigh and Zeouion . Mr. Harvey- bKipper lias turned from a visit to nis nome in bouth Carolina . Messrs Cliff and Albert Mims aijd Miss Lida Mims of Raleigh, spent | Sunday with their parents, Mr .and Mrs. Eddie Mims. Miss Mary Bland spent the week end in Pittsboro . Miss Mae Dilckens has arranged to | board in Haywood in order to be i nearer the Moncure school which she | [ is attending. I Mr. George Cross ,of Raleigh, was j | down one day this week to hunJL the 1 famous “Chatham rabbit.” We are i sure the trip netted him big results. Mr. T. J. Hurrington has a new | Ford .We hear there are to be some ! more in the community cuiite soon. Mr .and Mrs. Avery Marks were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wicker on Sunday. Rumor has it that Mr. Avery Marks has purchased a tent and that he and Mrs. Marks will pitch it in Moncure and keep house until more suitable quarters can be secured. Should they really try it, we hope the weather man will not order any more January sths, this winter. Miss Eunice Thompson spent a few hours in Sanford yesterday. Mrs. Rosa Lawrence went to Ral eigh Tuesday for the day. Mr. Clinton Seawell ,of Brickhaven, and Miss Bertie Seawell ,of Raleigh, spent the week end with thier sister, Mrs. R. R. Gordon, of Pittsboro. The Brickhaven Betterment Asso ciation meets Wednesday afternoon. This meeting is always a forerunner of something interesting in the social | life of the community, so don’t make I too many engagements ahead. They J might conflict with a party. O, yes, we. are going to have some new bridges—at least indications point that way, ?s lumber is scattered ! around at different places. Shaddock’s I Creek Bridge has long been an eye | sore and we hope to see it replaced ! quite soon. | Master Billy Harrington had a big ! surprise Saturday when he went to ! visit his trap and found an eight pound ’possum. A pound for each year of Biilly’s age. A BAD Wfc£ECK. Sunday night there’ occurred near ! Riggsbee, between Mr. Cole s store and Chapel Kill, near the store, an almost fatal wreck between two au tomobiles, one drjven by Mr. Roy*' | Eubanks and th£ other by a; negro, j there being two or three colored pas ! sengers in the negro’s car. Besides the car being badly dam aged, Mr. Eubanks had his collar bone broken and other injuries;. Young j Harlowe Thomas, who was in the car with Mr. Eubanks had one of his legs badly bruised, besides other in ! juries. Mr. Eubanks was taken to his j home at Bynum and is under the ; care of a physician. The car driven !by the negro was headed towards Pittsboro. It was not learned whether | any of the colored folks were injured or not, and the cause of the wreck has not been learned here. | There are two sides to eveiy ques i tipn until it comes to the two sides of the American dollar. You can get 1 either accepted without question. PERSON’S GREAT FIGHT FOR STATE TAXPAYERS Man From Franklin County Battle fer Tax-Payers—Lose. Col. W. M. Person, of Franklin County, brought suit against R. A. Doughton, commissioner of revenue, on behalf of themselves and other taxpayers of North Carolina, but it was thrown out by the Supreme Court just before Christmas. It was a losing fight but it was an honest effort and Mr. Person de serves all the commendat'on that he has received, as well as the satisfac tion that Chief Justice Walter Clark was on his side. While the case has been settled and there is no hope of the relief that was sought, it is not out of consistency to let the peopie of the State know something of the fight that Mr. Person made. We have before us his argument to the court, and for the satisfaction of the people of Chatham County we are printing it verbatim and practically complete, as follows: “In my humble, crude, feeble and futile way, I stood before this Court, twelve months ago this day and argu ed the question that I am going to argue today. It might be called the first act in the Passion Play—not the Passion Play of Oberammergau in Germany (portraying the crucifi xion in Gethsemane—but a passion play that is taking place right now, instead of two thousand years ago; and today I propose to have the sec ond. act in that play—the Crucifixion of the taxpayers of North Carolina. Although the matters that were dis cussed and those issues that were raised upon that occasion have been settled, so far as the present ques- 1 tion is concerned, it is yet to be set tled. “The relators in this action, may it please the cout, say: “That respondent is the duly ap pointed Revenue Commissioner for the Stats of North Carolina and, under the provisions of the law of North Carolina, has power, authority and general supervision of the system of taxation throughout the State, and to have and to dxercise general super vision over the administration of all assessments and tax laws —-over all county,* township and city tax assess ments and boards of equalization—to the end that all assessments of pro perty (real, personal and mixed) be made relatively just and uniform and at its true value in money; to require all county, township and city asses sors, boards of equalization, and levy and assessment officers, (under penal ty of forfeiture and removal from of- I fice) —such assessors and boards of j equalization—to list and assess all i property, of every kind and character at its true value in money. “Article 5, Section 5, provides: That laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, in vestments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and all real and personal property —according to its true value in money. “Under the law and according to the power and direction of the Con stitution (as I have just set out), it is defendant’s duty to have listed in the various counties of Nor th Carolina (for purposes of taxation) all moneys, investments in bonds, stocks, joint Stock companies, or otherwise, and all real and personal property according to its true value in money. “It has long been the settled law of North Carolina that the individual stockholders of foreign corporations should list and pay ad valorem tax upon such stock and bonds, as upon other personal property—which ques tion was settled in the case of Brown Ys. Jackson, 179 NC 363; and that stockholders in foreign corporations (unless it appear that two-thirds in value of its entire property is situated and taxed in this State, and that the corporation pays a franchise tax on its entire issued and outstanding ca pital stock, at the same rate paid by domestic corporations) should pay tax upon their stock. “ This case is brought upon the in terpretation of Article 5 of the State constitution and we (the relators) de sire such interpretation. “This court held, in Person vs. Watts (in decision handed down in December, 1922,) that stocks in do mestic corporations were not subject to taxation; and the exempting sta tutes of North Carolina since 1887, were constitutional and did not con flict with Article 5, Section 3, of the State constitution. “Artile 5, Section 5, provides that property belonging to the State or to municipal corporations shall be ex empt from taxation; and the Gen eral Assembly may also exempt ceme teries and property held for educa tional, scientific, literary, charitable or religious purposes; also wearing apparel, arms for muster, household and kitchen furniture, mechanical ancT agricultural implements of mechan ics and farmers; libraries and scien tific instruments, or any other person al property to a value not exceeding three'hundred dollars. The General Assembly of North Carolina ratified an act (No. HB 456, SB 1,003) on March 3, N 1923, (at the end of Section 4 of that act—after the clause exempting from taxation the stocks in domestic corporations, which had recently been declared con stitutional by this Court by a divid ed court in Person vs. Watts, reve-- (Continued‘on Page Six.) NUMBER 32.'

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