iBI.ISHED SEPTEMBER 19. 1878
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SIMMONS FAVORS
m (UT OF
$400*000,000
Liner Democratic Member
RanMnS _ ..
of Senate Finance tommit
° te e Outlines His \ iews
Kington. Nov. 1-A reduction
Jjo 000.000 can be made in ,
without jeopardy to the |
fZj r y. declared Senator F. M.
•nikimr Democratic
At - the Senate Finance
member < ■ ‘
c , T raittee. hero todaj
J v .;r to the White House,
, Simmons made the follow
rr/ratement to newspaper men as
on the tax question:
Simmons' Statement.
..wi ask me it” I am now pre- 1
. o-ive an estimate of the j
! vi ot reduction in taxes that I j
J ' • ... in be made, without jeop- J
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. ■ • the treasury. The book bal- |
at t he end of the last fiscal j
. amounted to §635.000,000. The j
redactions heretofore made have I
ken upon the basis of the treas
ury balance as shown by the books,
gjjjp this estimate of the last
year's balance was made, I under- j
itand there has been some
change made in the Treasury’s
system of bookkeeping, tending to ;
;10 w a smaller balance by eliminat
ing certain items heretofore in
cluded. I am quite confident that
taxes may at this time be reduced,
without financial embarrassment
to the Treasury, to the extent of
fully 5400.000.000.
•You ask how I would apply and
distribute this reduction. I have
no hesitation in giving you my pre
sent views, subject to modification j
as conditions may develop in the I
investigations now in progress in!
the House and the investigations
which will be made by the finance !
committee of the Senate. There
are two items of taxation which
are practically as high today as j
they were at the peak of war-time
taxation. They are: First, the cor
r ration income tax. which is act
ually higher, and. second, the tax
: the finished products of tobacco, j
I'.mnk both f those taxes ought to !
reduced. lam sure we can safe- ■
educe the corporation income
tax to 12 per cent, and I think even
a iowei level. Upon the basis
: a total reduction of §400.000.000,
can be reduced to below 12 per
a< I now see it. The corpora
n ir v ne tax is, in practical ef
‘■t:. a consumption tax. Most cor
: ratiors are able to include it and
include it in the price of their
nucts by treating it as a part of
tne :ost °t operation. The tobacco
'is a.so a consumption tax; but
’'."' n ‘ l I s so high as to limit and
-cumseribe the market for the
•■ ar -afaetured P r °duct, there is a
-niptation to put a part of it upon j
" turner who produces the raw
by reducing the price paid j
-he raw product.
Nuisance Taxes.
'an to see the slate wiped
a !j < ‘“' as neai 'ly as possible, of 1
.j, So_Ca Hed nuisance taxes. They j
/ Jading a large amount!
ar ‘d they are a nuisance j
~a 1 neir cost of collection 1
mconv enience, both to the
an< i the tax collector. I*
U a * so hke to see both the tax |
automobiles and the tax on ad- |
ft ,jl’ !° n ' s re Pea!ed, but whether it i
to? tk Possil>le to repeal these al-1
t k. . er niust depend upon fur
‘r investigation.
tfai UdK me I favor the re-
U Te(^ estate tax.
that T' V ant * f° r the reason
tj, .. U Ls " to leave that field of
C° n f ent . irely to the states,
p rest J ‘h are now so sorely
the de . revenue to meet
in * du,is ot modern conditions
th V rnment ’ s^ 3^B
the !S ‘ VJUrce revenue and
In fact ov ernment does not
the by ' vtotore the policy of
invade ates as been not to
ti°nev. ' miain of estate taxa-
Pectatj^ m Case war or ex ‘
a ve rv ° a 01 war * While I made
the reV T r ° US fight * m of
tIT 1 era * estate tax
‘ a ‘ st revenue bill was un-
Xne Chatham Record
Monoxide Poisoning
Was Cause of Death
Salisbury Health Officer Decides
Gas From Heater Killed School |
Principal in Bath Room
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Salisbury, Oct. 30—Announce-1
ment is made by Dr. C. W. Arm- ;
sirong that the death of Frank H.
John, principal of the Salisbury
high school, was caused by monox
ide gas poison. Mr. John died Oc- |
tober 11 in the bath room of the l
home where he roomed, his dead
body being found the following
morning. Dr. Armstrong, who is
city health officer, was acting cor
oner at the time and his findings
have been substantiated by analysis ■
ar.d tests conducted since the sud
den death of the popular young
educator.
The gas came from a heater in
the insufficiently ventilated bath
room and the death is held by the
a ting coroner as being purely acci
dental. no blame being attached to
anyone. In making his findings
known Dr. Armstrong warns citi
zens against this deadly monoxide
gas and annonuces that he will ask
city authorities to inspect all homes
using gas or oil heaters—Daily
News.
Mr. Rufus Mann
Dies Suddenly
Again death has fallen suddenly i
upon a good citizen. Mr. Rufus
Mann of the Brown Chapel com- |
munity was the latest victim, mak
ing four good citizens of that good
community who have been suddenly j
called to their reward within the |
last few months.
Mr. Mann died last Thursday and
was buried at Brown’s Chapel Fri-;
day. He leaves a widow, who was 1
before marriage, Miss Mary J.
Mann, and two sons, Walter and
Kenan, and one daughter. Mrs.
Frank Durham.
Mr. Mann had reached the goodly
age of 72 years and seven months.
INFANT PASSES.
Their friends sympathize with
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Williams in
the death of their little daughter
Ida Ruth, which occurred last
Thursday. The burial was at New
Salem. The child was two months
and twenty days of age.
Land of the FREE and home
of the BRAVE. Ask Admiral Ma
gruder who was brave and now is
free.
der consideration, and the Senate
voted for its repeal, the House
would not agree to the repeal. I
have seen no reason since that
time to change my opinion upon
this question. Os course, if the
federal estate tax should be re
pealed, the repeal would not—and
should not—be retroactive.
No Retroaction.
“You ask if I would make the
repeal of the taxes on corpora
tions and tobacco retroactive.
“No, I would not and for the
simple reason that these taxes
have ah’eady been collected by the
manufacturing corporations out of
the consumer or are now in proc
ess of collection and to make
them retroactive would be prac
tically making a present to these
corporations of the amount in
volved.
“You ask about the suggestion of
the Treasury Department with ref
erence to the further reduction in
the individual income tax between
the brackets of $16,000 and $90,000.
In the main. I agree with Secre
tary Mellon with reference to this.
The secretary now makes a propo
| sition that is substantially what
j the Democratic members of the
Senate finance committee sought
to accomplish and in part did
accomplish in the last tax re
duction bill, and the method now
proposed by the Secretary is the
same as that advocated by the
Senate minority in our proposals
during the tax reduction fight of
1926.
I congratulate Secretary Mellon
on his adoption of the method we
then proposed.”
PITTSBORO, N. C.. CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1927
MUST PAY NEW !
HANOVER TEACHS
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May Raise Back Salaries By j
Note, Sale of Bonds Or Is
suance of Certificates
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Wilmington Oct. 26.—Holding
that the claims of teachers for the
collection of unpaid salaries total
ing $104,000 is a valid debt of New
Hanover county, Judge W. A. De
vin in Superior court today direct
ed that the county pay the debt
with funds to be obtained from a
note, sale of bonds, or issuance of
certificates.
Referring to the means of get
ting the money. Judge Devin wrote,
“instead of levying said taxes
forthwith, the said defendant, the
board of commissioners of New
Hanover county, is authorized and
empowered to provide funds for the
payment of the. said debts, inter
ests and costs thereof, by the exe
ciuion and sale of nctes or bonds,
or certificates of indebetedness of
the county of New Hanover in
such sums and in such denomina- |
tions with such due dates and in
terest rate, as in their opinion may
be most advantageous to New Han
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over county, and said notes, bonds
and certificates of indebtedness i
when so issued and sold and paid 1
for, shall be and remain valid ob
ligations of the county until fully 1
paid. The court being of the opin
ion that the proviso in section 43,
public laws of 1927, chapter 81, re
quiring the qualified voters of New
Hanover county to pass upon the
issuing of bonds for future pur- 1
poses and not for the issuing of■
bonds for paying valid obligations j
incurred prior to July 1, 1927. It
is therefore, ordered that the board (
of commissioners is authorized and
empowered to finance the obliga
tions herein before declared valid,
either by short term notes or by i
issuing permanent bonds as in its
judgment is deemed wise.”
The defendants appealed to the .
Supreme court.
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Rives, Father
And Son, Nabbed
Sheriff Makes Successful Raid On
Blockaders Home and Plant
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Sunday Morning
Broken up is what seems to have
been a long-established distillery
in Gulf township, which was sup
posedly operated by Bill Rives.
After an all-night watch, Sheriff
Blair and deputies Desern, Burns,
Lacey Johnson, and Emory Thomas
made a successful raid upon the
distillery and armed with a search
warrant searched the home of Bill
j Rives, finding several gallons of li
, quor in the residence and bottles
: galore and other vessels up to the
size of a five-gallon keg. The dis
tillery which was located a half
mile from the Johnson home still
had fire under it, but the run had
J been completed.
Rives and his son John were ar
rested and brought to jail, where
they stayed till a hearing was had
I Monday, when bond was given for
! their appearance at court,
i It was a 75-gallon copper still.
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WOULD WARN VIOLATORS
OF THE FISHING LAWS
Mr. R. L. Hatcher, game warden
for Chatham county, has had a
sharp letter from state warden, J.
H. Dixon, stating that several re
ports have been made to him of vio
lations of the fish laws in this
county, and asking him to see to it
that people are definitely warned
I that it is against the law to fish
with nets, seins, or traps, or to dy
namite any stream.
That seems plain enough. One
may fish with ordinary hook and
line without license or let. But bet
ter keep those seins, traps, and
nets out of the water or Mr. Hatch
er may get you, forth estate man
is right after him.
It is now up to Morrow in Mex
ico.
Alabama Klansmen
Give Up Membership
150 Members Os Tuscaloosa Post
Not In Sympathy With Rough-
House Methods.
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! Tuscaloosa, Oct. 27.—One hun
dred and fifty klansmen, mem
bers of Tuscaloosa klan No. 14 of |
the Alabama realm of the K.K.K. [
have withdrawn from the order, it j
was made known today by Bruce'
Shelton, former head of the local
klavern.
Action followed disapproval of
“recent disorders in the state laid
at the door of the klan.”
In adjoining sine die the klan
unit lauded Attorney General
Charles McCall, of Alabama, for
withdrawing from the klan.
In a statement regarding the
“adjournment” Mr. Shelton said in
part:
“The immediate cause of the
break was the determination of
state klan officers to send Earl'
Hotalen (a Baptist minister and j
klan lecturer) to Tuscaloosa to put,
on one of his tent meetings. We ;
I objected and were overruled, there
fore we adjourn sine die.
“We have never been in sympathy j
with the ‘rough house’ tactics used !
in some places. We do not intend
to be parties to any such conduct.
! “We feel that a barrel of rotten
apples is still a barrel of rotten ap
ples even though it has one good
apple in the middle. We believe ab
solutely in the announced principle
of the klan, but will not continue
to function under the present con
ditions.”
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BUSY WEEK
| FOR CO. AGENT
j Plans are under way in this '
county for the organization of a
Junior Jersey Calf Club. Mr. A. C.
Kimrey of the Department of Dairy
' Husbandry spent Wednesday, Oc
{ tober 23 in this county, visiting our
! farmers who are producing whole
milk ami butter fat, and advising
| them a*S. to feed and care of their
’ herds. During the morning, he
made an address to the boys of the
Pittsboro school, showing them the
benefits to be derived from their
joining this calf club, and he also
j showed these boys something of the
i growth of the dairy industry in
Wisconsin and other northern
' states, and lately in our own state.
Mr. Kimrey stated that the center
j of the Dairy Industry is moving to
| the southeast. He pointed out that
] this movement is but natural, as
j southern states, including North
! Carolina are naturally adapted to
| dairy farming, as a longer grow
ing and grazing season prevails in
these states, and the soil and topo
graphy are ideally suited for dairy
i ing. Mr. Kimrey stated that North
j Carolina needs a half a million
dairy cows to provide enough dairy
products for its own inhabitants,
and that the average number of
cows per person in North Carolina
is only 1.7 per cent. He compared
this number with Wisconsin, which
i has an average of 10 cows per
farm. This accounts for the fact
that the average farm income for
every farmer and boy working on
the farm in Wisconsin is $2,400. In
North Carolina, the average income
is S9OO. He urged these boys to
j make plans to stay on the farms,
| and to plan now for more dairy
cows in the future.
During the last few years, Chat
ham county has been turning to
Dairying. Approximately $50,000
worth of Dairy products are sold
from this county yearly , in the
form of butter fat, butter and
whole milk. It is predicted that
this amount will be doubled within
the next two years. Just now,the re
is a shortage in dairy cows, and the
county agent is hoping to remedy
this through the placing of regis
tered, bred jersey calfs with the
farm boys and girls of the county.
This week, the county agent has
held community meetings in the
communities of Corinth and
Sharpes Store. Thursday after
noon, a seed corn selection demon
stration. was held on the farm of
GINNING SHORT 1
544 BALES
Chatham Falling Behind Last
Year’s Crop—Randolph Al
most Out Os Cotton Busi
ness.
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The ginners’ report for October
18, shows that Chatham is rapidly
falling behind last' year’s compar
atively small crop. On that date
last season this county reported
2,564 bales ginned; this year it is
only 2,020 bales. But proportion
ately the less here does not com
pare with that in the more south
ern and eastern counties, Wayne is
off 8,000 bales out of 20,000 for
last year. Pasquotank reports
only 235 against 1323 last year.
Robeson is shy about 14,000 bales
of last year’s 40,000. Johnston is
off 10,000; Harnett is off about 5,-
000 bales and a big part of that
presumably is lost from Sampson’s
100,000 bale contribution in good
years to Harnett gins, since Samp
son shows a loss in home ginnings
nearly 9,000 bales from last year’s
25,920 on Oct. 18, showing that
Mr. Weevil has been working
Sampson harder than the more
northern Harnett. j
Lee is only 400 bales behind last
year’s report. Greene has lost
half. Cumberland 7,000 out of 18,-
000. But Cleveland is ahead of
last year by nearly 3,000 bales, and
that and Union seem about the only
counties leading last year’s report.
Randolph is about to get out of
the cotton growing business. Last
year it reported 212 bales Oct. 18,
and this year only 62 bales. Ala- j
mance beats it with 109 bales
against 248 for last season same
date.
Why doesn’t the price go up and
stay up? Mr. 801 l Weevil has cer
tainly done his part to send it up.
If he hadn’t been busy, the price
probably would be ten cents or
less.
Try To Halt Moving
Os Mills To South
; New England Is Making Stand
Against General Exodus Os
Textile Factories.
Boston, Oct. 28. —Colonel G. Ed
ward Buxton, newly elected presi
dent of the National Association
; of Cotton Manufacturers, told the
members of the banquet closing the
annual meeting tonight that he did
not believe “that we New England
people will permit the cotton in
dustry to depart.”
Colonel Buxton, who is president
and treasurer of the B. B. and R.
Knight corporation of Rhode Island
added:
“I do not believe we will permit
the villages that cluster along our
waterways to become abandoned
and the whole complicated web of
commerce, trade, banking and
transportation to suffer the very
serious loss which would follow our
defeat and elimination.”
“We know that countless indust
rial uses for our fabrics have aris
en and will yet arise. It is com
mon knowledge that such expansi
on has gone south and that many
a New England mill has closed its
doors forever. We find remaining
in New England 16,696,042 spind
les in place, representing a capital
investment of nearly $900,000,000,
with about 200,000 employes, and
a huge allied army of men and wo
men in enterprises directly depen
dent upon the continuation of the
present industry in New England.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Eubanks of
Bynum, wish to express their ap
preciation to the people for their
kindness during the bereavement
due to the accidental death of their
little son.
Mr. T. Ira White of the Oakley
church community.
N. C. SHIVER, County Agent,
October 29th, 1927.
In office Saturdays and first
Mondays.
Short Term Os
Criminal Court
Court adjourned sine die Thurs- J
clay noon with a docket cleared
except for those called and failing
to appear. Many cases were dis
posed of„ rbut scarcely one con
sumed as much as an hour and on- j
ly five cases went to the jury . The
Solicitor after Monday was ab- J
sent, being concerned in a case in
which his brother, W. R. Williams
was being sued in the Wake Court
for $20,000 damages resulting from
an automobile wreck. Attorney
D. L. Bell acted for SolicitorWil- i
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liams, but had light work, as sub- j
missions were the order of the day.!
The following cases not report
ed in the last issue of the Record i
were disposed of:
State vs. Henry Taylor, C. C. W.,
SSO and costs.
The case against J. G. and John
Desern for disposing of crop was
nol prossed.
A. B. Holt, Garland Mayton and
Furman Mayton, connected with
the robbery of Burns Filling Sta- j
tion here, submit to charge of re
ceiving stolen goods—prayer for
judgment continued for two years j
on condition that they pay costs
and pay to Wilson Burns $175.00.
j Bernice Hatley submits to charge
of C. C. W. and pays SSO and costs.
Ben Thomas pleads guilty tp
aiding and abetting in the manu
facture of liquor. Costs.
Randolph Rollins, auto stealing,
two years in penitentary.
Harrison Johnson pays costs for
1 simple asasult.
George Leech wanted for trial'
for C. C. W. didn’t appear. Capias.!
Elmer Perry submits to liquor,
charge. Judgment suspended for;
two years upon his giving $300.00
bond for good behavior and con
j senting to allow himself, car and
premises to be searched at any
time without search warrant.
I Eli Burnett was ordered to pay -
[ costs f orcruelty to animals before,
May term.
i The case against Ross Fox, Er- j
( nest McMasters, Clyde Stephens,
; Virgil Fox, and Jonh Haithcoek.
growing out of a fight between
these young men and some Greens
[ boro youths, was disposed of by
Ross Fox submitting to a charge
| of driving a car while under the,
! influence of liquor. Penalty, SSO
, and costs and S2OO bond not to
drive car for 90 days.
Hampton Vestal of the Greens
boro group, submitted to assault
charge and the others got a nol
pros. Costs for Hampton Vestal.
Nash Baldwin plead guilty to C.-
iC. W. Let off with costs.
T. W. Scurlock pays $50.00 and
| costs C. C. W., and loses pitsol.
! Jim Mitchell on charge of pos
sessing material for manufacture
of liquor, pays cost and makes bond
S2OO for good behavior.
Leek Taylor was called and fail
ed. Capias.
Roger Cheek escapes 6 months
in jail for abusing his family by
paying costs.
Monkey Moore 4 months in jail
| for liquor.
1 Cooper Harris for driving car
' while drunk, is under bond of S3OO
| to behave two years and not to sit
j on the front seat of any automo
j bile for twelve months.
Wesley Carroll, who several
months ago through Habeas Corpus
i proceedings before the Supreme
j Court gained the point that he
; could not be seized and incarcerated
i by Chatham County officers for vi
olation of parole without a formal
j Court order, is given the dose by 1
Judge Cranmer, who ordered him to
be carried back to Durham Coun
ty where he has a year to serve
and that the first year of the Chat
ham County sentence run concur
rently with the Durham sentence,
and that he then be brought back
to Chatham to serve one year more.
Turner Sumners, making and sel
ling wine, 6 months on roads.
Major Partridge gets off with
costs, bond for" good behavior, and
forfeiture of privelige of sitting
on front seat of an automobile for
12 months. Nol pros in case of
Lacy Partridge.
Leek Taylojr gets similiar dose
for driving auto while drunk. Al
; vin Taylor the same.
Claud Maness submits to charge
VOLUME m. 49
FATAL AUTO
CRASH NEAR
GIBSONVILLE
One Killed And Eight Injured
Sunday Evening In Head-
On Collision
Greensboro, Oct., 30. —One wo
man is dead and eight other per
sons are in Burlington and Greens
boro hospitals with severe injuries
as a result of a terrific head on
collision of two automobiles on
highway number 10 three miles
west of Gibsonville tonight.
Mrs. C. L. Simpson of Altamaha
w T as so badly hurt that she died
w r hile being taken to a hospital in
Burlington.
The injured are:
C. L. Simpson, broken leg.
Mrs. J. D. Simpson, head cut.
J. D. Simpson, broken leg.
Wilie Simpson, 12, leg fractured.
J. W. Van Hook, minor hurts.
Jennie Lee Van Hook, leg broken,
S. W. Pleasants, Leg fractured.
Miss Clara Pleasants, cut and
bruised.
The Simpsons all reside in the
Altamaha community of Almanoo
county. Van Hook and Miss Vatt
Hook, his sister reside at Roxboro,
the former being a student at Elon
college and the latter a student at
Salem college, Winston-Salem,
Pleasants and Miss Pleasants, hia
sister, are from Winston-Salem.
The latter are in a hospital here
while the six others were carried
to a Burlington hospital. It wasf
said tonight that they would all
recover.
New Division
Selling Fast
It would to the ordinary observer
, have seemed almost out of reason
ito lay out lots a mile from the
J court house and expect to self tfiettt.
But that very thing has Mr. C. C.
Edwards done and the lots are go
ing fast. The area being sold is a
mile north of the court house on the
paved highway. The lots are 100
by 400 feet. Among those who
, have bought to date are Mr. J. T.
Gunter of Sanford; who bought 18
acres on the west side of the road;
W. H. Glenn of Durham, Mr. Gu
ter’s sister, who resides in Wilson,
W. G. Fields and C. B. Johnson.
Mr. Gunter is likely to move to his
place; also Mr. Johnson expects to
build as soon as he can. Mr. Bruce
Poe is now associated with Mr.
Edwards in the real estate business
at Durham, and w'as here Monday
and Tuesday in connection with the
sale of the lots.
Hopes For Mrs. Will
F. Bland’s Recovery
The whole town of Pittsboro has
been distressed the past week over
the condition of Mrs. Will F. Bland,
who had to undergo an operation
for mastoiditis. After suffering
terribly for a day or two, she un
derwent the operation at McPher
son’s hospital, Durham, last Satur
day afternoon, when an abscess
was removed from her brain.
, The splendid rally made by Mrs.
Bland and the fact that she has
got along remarkably well since the
operation have made her friends
glad and hopeful that she will be
saved for husband, children, and
the community in which she is held
in the highest esteem.
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These Mexicans are literal folks.
Running for office means that.
Running anfld nothing els ebut—ex
cept death.
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| of larceny— goes to Jackson Train
i School. Clyde Glosson was ac
quitted of the same charge.
David Jones was ordered back
into open court; the former judg
ment was ordered stricken out and
a sentence of 3 years in the peni
tentiary was imposed. The cfcang*
of sentence was due to culprit's
abuse and resistance of officers. •
The grand jury reported offices,,
jail and County Home in good con-** *
dition.