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THE DANBURY REPOBTER. Volume 60. SPARGER REVIEWS LAWMAKERS' WORK NKXATOII I'ltOM STOKKS .wii SITtltV II HIM HITS I'lUMiltKss op Dii'oKTt.vr i.i:;isi.\ric»\ AT it\i.i:i«iii— SWlM; or TWO ItIIMJON I»OI.I.\HS TO TAX. PAYiiits— Kl:Al. I:STATI: TO Isl HI:VAM I:I» AMI I IITI:I:\ « »:.\T. \IIY\I,OLTLM T\X TO HI HI:MO\ I :I». .T.it "iillller lesentiu- . 1:iI : y in !' • I1|l|l'»!' 11. •11 - • (I 1 l I %•!:• ' A- III"'! tl'i' wt> •!; • titl l hi- tio:11 IK if. \Yhi> .ii Dm:'.try Sen ror f'p-irtf I ave tile I. I• :i u> ill:«•: -tin' luvim «>r tin 1 ■'■Ji' 4,l le-i'. la. lire irii.■ 11in : -i ill it the ir.v.m.ili ci's utv hard at work on their tre. n. ll(|ill- I : «>; Iriinin iiu 'ln- st it lnui, «i. .ilN'uliii", relief n the tn\- I■ i> (.■ :iiii! t irryiii'.: out I lie I'f m. i> -.I I !■• liy til.- I loin icrat ie party !« . l'l'Ol»ll'. ' "Tin.' licit'ral Assembly ills I•••«,• 11 in legislative res-'ion tweniy_t'i>t:i c! ty. ii i the Senator "and it probably a p peat's i«> t'V average pen-on tiiiut, nothing has lii-eii acconi. pli-'hed. 1 am it' tli«» opinion that ne ('.eiicral Assembly In the hi-tory of tio- Stale lias laid as I'ii'in a lound'i. tion upon mh'eh to busf its legi.sii. tiiwi. The pei-'onne| of both IIOUSCH tl.'aiijze tiie di-tressed condition of the State of North Carolina ami are tserh>usly and ear lie.- tly directing their efforts t" ilie balancing of the budget. Never before has I lit're bean u group of men tiiul'T the dome of tlve eapitol more interested in the welfare ami being of the dirt farmer M ltd thi* small earner." Senator Sp truer went on to say: "A more economical operation of every unit of (lovernment in North Carolina is foremost in th • minds of every member of both legislative limlif*-, 'ibis lai't was fleaily cvl tii'ivi on llii' >vcond day of tbe se-. xlon. when Senator I.arry U. Mome sent forward a joint ivsoluion a*'l'. IIIH; 'for tiie appointm.nt of a rum iniltee to study the re-"i'gunizalion of state ioveriini«nt. AN a result of .this resolution, a committee wis appointed composed of the hrainest men in tbe Senate and the llou'ie of Heiue-en'atives, ami after ten d-i.vis of d liberation tbeir recommen. Ua.tion-s wei'e wiwjirted. to tbe two I louses. Accompanying their ileiMirt wti.s tbe introduction of thirteen bills, the substance of which was tbo elimination of all non-e'--ential Bu. , rraus ami Com minions, the eonsoli. d ition of certain Departments where l'. rs posijlbir to do «o and still main, tain an efficient (iove.rnment and the request of all Constitutional Of lioors for a voluntary and substantial reduction in 'their present salaries. 1 feel a»Hir«d that at least eleven of tbe proiKwtt measures will be enact, ed in the Law and thereby result in a savins to the tax payers of North Carolina of a. sum in excess of two million dollars." The Democratic party has pledged Itself to revalue real estate in North Carolina nnd to remove the present fifteen cento on the one hundred dollar valuation •which has been lev ied during the put two years for (Continued oi» Fifth Pave ) Established 1872. RIVER BRIDGE ! NEARING FINISH I int. sTitrcrritK AT ih'CK IS., I,AMI. A I.SO CIIAKKT MIAIt. | itv. is ai..MOST (I.MI'm:TI:II— ' sojii; or mi: STAII/S MA.IOU I I'ISO.H'.t TS. Til" hi X i>l*i(i»4' 'i"V' l >11) I 1 : iv« ;• ;i l. huitl. finir niile" ' ll■ : i»i •: 11 y. >v.ll l •. 11 I MI tw' i o" t'.i e weeks, wit'i f.ivo: - | wither. T I j' a i !«.-•. -on. t , Ua. . i : e was :imi. u*ii n . iia-i been under roils iin sjiiii by tin- 1 Ali-i'l' !.:ilompiiiv if 'tin!' 1 >t l', mi- !it be i :!a«l «me of !i • in iji i I I»fr#Je t of tli" St:i )• ll'-iiiw.iy | _ ■ pil- tiietit is a tl'itr: of brailly a-s well as uxefuine**, IviiiK un No. at tiie ilitc.se.-tion of tiie hluli. ■lay whl'ii le id* to Stunt. Vi. Tie work ha in en uiiifnr the r «»f It. .1. I'.-ittyivon, who a vi-'e prc'siiii nt of tbe AleCellaiu! romp uiv. Ainio.-t aii.iii-' iii to th" hridne I one of the larac-it culverts' in the Stale, anil in the buildinu of which Ironi inie-thi'd lo one.half ar mil-b eenieM was rfi|iiirel as the I c«iiisnni"(|. I liii> et'e"t'on if this Htrui'tiirc* has l» en under the man.' acfinent 'if 11. 11. Shet'ill. siib.eon. tractor, and whose nuperiiitendent i. f ( O. It. (laicley. Tb«' contractor for the culvert from the State is O>o. It. Martin, of Salisbury, whose bid was « about slii.ooi). f L W. C. of Palmyra Holds Meeting . j • »• 4 W-* »•>-♦»»*- ■* •• ' j , The Ixiyal \V»wse.v elasin of I'alm.vra M. 10. Hhtireh held its rejctilar month. , !y meciini; recently at the 'home "f .Mrs. .1. .Morri- Smith with eiu'.it I incinliers and one visitor present. ' . i I The president. Mrs. Paul Lewis, pre sided and also conducted the devo. tlonal exercise. Mi.s-- Novella Harp read a beau.'lt'll 1 little poem entitled "A New Year Thouitthl." and the ( class teacher, .Mrs, N. s. .Mulliean In' lier own inimitable and charming • manner Have a discussion from a ' popular magazine. "It'emsinKs «m the | Little TIIIUKS." The Mllile wiw conducted by .Mrs. Lewis and Misa li'ene Karp made the liiKhC'St Ki'ade i and was awarded a nowlty hot pot t holder. I During the buslne-is session jseveral important mutters were ; discti.-wed and settled, j After the class benediction, a so ' d.al hour wtw enjoyed and the hos-! te-'s >'erved delicious cake and cot. ■ fee. ''Hhe nejjt meeting w!U ibe held February 24, at the home of Mrs. | , Oharlle Itlnyloek. i Hay Destroyed Three slacks of hay helonKlng to Jas. H. THley were burned on the MeCanless meadow Thursday. As thi> fetdstuff was located away front a public road, and a* the day before a settled rain had been falWncr. i»anderin.g everything exposed In a ' Wet or damp state. the "passing cigarette" theor>- js remote. It ' looks like the work of irresponsible children. 1 lUWith Flu Mrs, T. O. Poindexter 1i oonfi i«il ■ to her room today with t *;»» *•. tack of flu. Danbury, N. C. t Wednesday, February 1, 1933. S, GILMER SPARGER Senator From Stokes and Surry in 1933 General! Assembly. ! FROM J. I). WADDILL Type of Land Has i Much To I)o With Tobacco Quality 1 I hive often been licked the que''-| lion why ii i* that Home grades lear tobacco will soil mi t'.ie market j loin twenty-live to forty rents per I Pound while other grades "H'-ctimos ' will hrlntf lie's than I cent a pound. ! I will #:ly t'hat the varying in the' prices if largely due to the kind o( .•*4' land upon which the tobacco ijK grown. I know a landholder that hits 1,500 1 I acres in one hotly In Koivyth county and not exiteeillng one-fourth of this lniui will -{row the kind of tobacco I the manufacturer* want, which i. i one cius'e of tobaci u not selling '"o. 1 a price that pavs the farmer. And the low price of farm 1 inds is due to the high taxcy on same. If farm lands were c\ctnpt from taxit ] t.'on. In net.' would advance in price i nt once, in the -Mine way as other : thing* that are not taxed. The |Hiet nay* that: "Poyert.v Is a venry thing. Full of grief and pain: It I'owe'h down the hearts of men Ac with an iron chain." —.J. I>. Wnddlll, in Winston—Salem I 1 Journal, t Salem Chapel. X. C., I Jan. 25. 1933. I Child Seriously Burned. ! The 3_yc.ur old child, a boy, of Mr. and Mrs. Uufus N'el"*otl, w.w seriously bua-n&d ea.rly Tutesdav 1 morning. The clothing from one fide of the chllri»' body wan burned entirely off. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson live In Mea. dow township. row liotw' store. Sells Timber Hi O. Wood, *K.county commis sioner and farmer of &now Creek township, near Sandy Ridge, has; sold his« timber, estimated at 150,009 feet, to Hylton & Trent. J. J. Booth 111 J. J. root hi is confined *® h}s home with severe or aerlou* Ho w&s taken Saturday or. his re turn from Winaton.Salem w th pnci. • ♦ monia or pl*u«-i«v. I DON'T WANT TAXES State Merchants Protest \gainst Mercantile Levy j At Hearing Kaleinli. .I.iii. 24. lU't:iil imeroh. > ants of North ( 'aroljna are hearing J jail t.lif tax they can stand, and the I proposed son per cent. Increase n I mercantile taxtv would force the'ii { to close tlU'ir doors, a delegation of i , merchant* this afternoon told Jhe , Joint tinanco committee of the (!en ■j erai Assembly. | The budget revenue hill recom- I mended ln.*rea.*invr mercantile tax»s from one tenth of one per cent, 'if kto-s receipts to four-tenths of one Per cent. The merchants protest'd they could not hear thi« Increase, pointing to the fact that nhout 00 per cent, of the stores of North Carolina operated "in the red lan' year." I \V. 1.. Dowel I. of Charlotte, ex ecutive secretary of the I'etail Mer chants Association. declared tlvit I while merchants were hitterly op_ 1 posed to hoth the increase in niev. ■ cintile taxes and the proposed sales J tax. they would prefer to take the latter if they had to make a choice. A lilbli enonuli s;ilc™ tax. he said, could he passed on to consumers hut the mercantile taxes which ho called a "dlMKulsed sales tax.'" could not he passed on to the con sumers and had to he absorbed by the retail merchant. Gid Mabe Robbed News reaction here that f!id Mabe. of Kllerbe. formerly of Danhur.v. was robbed in Winston-Salem of $1150.01 Thursday. Ho had sold a load of tobacco' and v. - a« stopping at a hoard ing house twar the warehouse, when the money was lost. Highway Cutting Down Agreeably f > the retrenchment potiey now h'eing adopted by all the 'State depart meats, the highway forces In Stoleea have recently been eonaiderahly reduced. Quite a num. ber of employee** have been laid off indefinitely. Mrs. W. E. Jpyoe vfciited Winston. 4 " (Sxlera Saturday. YEGGS CRACK BANK AT DOBSON I TIIF I:I I utrs or TIII: CIIOOKS I WAS A l 1.l Mi IIM.Y S3IMI UK. ' ■ IM; si «t iti:i>—i.iiss ««»vi:i;_ i i:n BY i\si it\\( i:. I I Tiie .M- :n: .".ii". N* tii , |MO - ,- tbe I'" >son " in. rob!)' ... i I \Yli it appeared to bo prol«mll I I ! ■ men in iK- .t:i . ; t . . t; :u . I va.i t ■ : hi; Stir ;. i |. ~i Ti n t .. 1 1..', n, . t .l u , i j i!n i. it I. i |i, . | 1 I- ''l'd a it- tli" .i:'. out ilnitio ■i ie •' ink' • tin i' d t.. .the | . il'Mii* lid i!j(. n t* t: I ! « M'llio : i tl«• 11 i** 1" 11" > i | Tiie loliiiory ae iliscov.- t .,| (yu-'v • j i!>is in' ruii:Kntr ii" \is h.i | ! thn uaii iii.- f:..iit door by l«;--.iKjr I ill" ''. Tiie ye uinen t.'en ■..> .. | • '«'! 'ln. front •! iii villi: witli jli"4j e:ii:v,isj \> ir!:i 11 I.chin | t'ii shield they burned (be b>"k on ! of iii" vault door wj-b a jras tir- :. ; | .' .'vinu t!i" ivis tank ami canvass on tin- bank flour when they left. P.. ! tiie cnna.-s they coiiecil-'d th v . . liahi that wa. imule wi'h (■;•> LIS j flame ay it burned the door awav. | 'J«lnlnjr entrance to the vault tliiy ' i th. n plac>d a ch 'rfte of explosive a-Kaliirit the small safe wblnh con-' tained the majority of the bank's i cash. Un; the charge failed to break down tho door. In the van't outside th'» sife was a small amount of twoney. email clianse. which was' i I carried away, and thii- amount is not ex pec tied 'to be more than SSOO. It was 'about tlliree o'clock this mornintf that yonie .if thi.se Mih^epinu t at the lirady Norman bot«'l heai'd a. muffled noise and it i.- suppc..-ed tbi , was the explosion >tst off by the ycrKincii. The records of the hank ( were about the but were not molested- It is "iid th" bank carried at-on' t? s ."tui in cash which was frond jo tli© safe that v. iih.su od the shock th c\til i-ion. The fund-' a e cov. ercd with insurance, t'a-h er It. r. Llewellyn was .i|>en tor business as lis'iml while ofi'i 'et's made a s'urv'v ■l' fl>" premises fur any '-lne. bur t, " t ii'ijhiny has been disc«ivi'ivd that t lirow.s any on the identity of Iho men. Contest Over Bailey Election Is Dismissed Washington. Jan. 25.—The Senate privilege and election committee today formally dismissed the con test tiled by George M. Pritehard against the election of Senator 15a I ley. | The committee appointed a sub committee to pass on the claim of Prltohard for reimbursement of ex •pendlturiri in connection with the icon test. rtKibert 11. McNeil. tr'ep, re-ienting Pritehard. stated that the Ashevjlle Republican felt that the Senate should inxvstigate Btn_ ator Hailey's (election because he felt there was widespread fraud and corruption. McNeil pointed out that Pritehard thought the Senate should by all means reimburse his friends for expenditures and pay at torney's fee. The amount requested wart $12,000, none of which Pritch-J ard said would go to him. Number 3,761 DEMOCRATS MET HERE SATURDAY i:xi:ri Ti\i: COMMITTEE IN ISES. MOX 111 f'ON'FElt WITH MEM. ITl:iis or ;I .v I:I: \I. \SSEMKI.Y —MI Itl'll V-IIOWII: 1511.1. Is EX. DOIlsUl »ol IJv| o|' ItEH. IlK'l M \I IV I M'l'ltOVEl>. T- 1» ICum. " ;, "u e ; ■ > n i il • en » til- I ■-■ '• 111 1.. p: e-VHt, heal *e- : -j. 1..' lu>Urtt! I j 'I'll" i-i. ' « . ..• • all -J: ' ' I" • • • I• . .in. f 1 up ot with -h v •- - t ivcntive-t • 11 t'li* A. i- ...... t■' ' JU2iill el' U-i . j »i. » •(» the tiinn. i'■ i'• i ■ • i t ... h uihi-r rn.it. tor.-* ii. -:i !'. * • |»c y :11b Tor»> • lit- m ctii - .i tli-- i-.ii*t:• 'i'.u- tiin.j >'••11 it".' i.i-■ r .:.,i l:. ;.io-vnta t.v I*!i.:::jc-iv i.«it i>ri.-iu and • iir.o i in ,ii ■ i.mi-. of their l't'spci",vc -n«\v i!(|-- 1 ;ii»« .• Ilaleltfli, The ion .if tin' two repn-ssnta. lives in tlio liiw.tn ■■ i kin if body of th» State were un inimously endorsed by the com in it :cc- There wns considerable di.-r.'us&ioa of impending legislation, notably the ( new marriage act to i»e pt*s>ed. al lowing tbe medical examination to be dispensed with: she consolidation of some de|Kirtmcnts and elimination, of oilier-' at ltaleiKh. whiuh will re_ stilt in '>iw red II 't ion in fixation: the Murphy.liowie h;il with refer ence to prohibition repeal, etc. The-s«» I measures were emloived by the t*oniTii}ttO(* afit>r 1 jsriisyion. In view of the national Memoir?, tie platform's declaration favorable t> the silo of li| lit win»>♦ and Incr. and the almost certainty of conurevsfc ivil action i- a result of ;hi» n itionM uj-hoiv.i! the law ie.-sne.-t ain! crime ittendan: upon :lie whole-..r violation of pro hibition i iw'ii, a hill Mpon.«»ivd by Murphy an t ' IV>wie hi-' bocn jnt**o. dii""d in t.he leaisbiture favori.i,; the repeal of the Tnrlinit'.on a -t in th.» State it' the Kcderal n : i.s p Th" Murphy.lSowio bill doe" not Per mit of ihe return of the siloon-, but recognizes the inexpedieiic y of North Carolina undertaking to enforce laws out of liarmonj wj:h Federal statutes. The M urpliy.lSowie bi:i would Permit the Vof wine;* and beer in the State titiiler s-trict State and Federal supervision. «ni receive tile tax from the sale of th« bevferases. recognizing the indispu table fact th.it whiskey is now «oti everywhere without government sup. ervision. and t ix.t'ree to the boot let;sei"s. With thi* view, while many mem bers of the committee were strict prohibitioni.- - at'tier considerable disc cussion. the committee voted to en dorse the provisions of the Murphy- Bowie bill. No action was taken by the com. tnif.ee an to the endorsement of pevrtmasters, or of any other jobs, and after some business matters had been transacted, the committee ad journed. Miss) Nefl Joyce, who is teaching at the Calvin Wiley school. Winston. Salem, *pent the week -end at h»r home here.
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