PAGE FOUR HENDERSON DAILY DISPATCH FtUHAU A«cm* IS. I*l4. PiklMM *rm AMmbmi B»M|t hku nr ■ F.MtKMOX niSPATCH CO.. IXC. M l* V iui «tt*» HKNRV A. OENNI?. rre*. and Mite* SI l- FINCH. Sm>-Trea» atd Uu*. Sir. TKI.RPHOU!* Editorial Office "03 Society Editor 610 Bimtnras Offira 810 The Honilt'rnon Daily Dispatch la a ircmher of the A«*n<-iut«Hl I'rca*. News paper Enterprise Association. South ern Newspaper l*uMish»rs Association a art the North Carolina l‘ress Associa tion. The Associate*! Press is exclusively entitled to us* fur republicatlon all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All right* of puhitcaiKia of apts ial dispatches herein are also reserved. si hk itirtiox rmers. Payable strictly la Advance. One Year $4,00 Six Months ?84 Three Months l.io I’er Copy 05 NOTICE TO S| IISi'R I HEMS. I,rive. Chioagio; Walton Itiitldinc, Atlanta. Security Building. St Louis. Entered at the post office in Hender • •>n. N as se. ond cfeiss mail ina»t«-» HA April * FILAR DESTROYED —Feaj thou pet; for I mb wit* the*, be Mt dsn may*4; for I am thy Ood; I will si hwi thee yea, I will help thee, yea, I wiM uphold the* with the right hand of any rigtoeouen#** Rta 41:10 SAUB TAX ANYHOW After a near riot the House finely killed toe so-called Hale* tax that had bee* inMtfperate* la th* revenue Uli for th* purpose of baAanekag the Fed eral hudgst. The* A put Us shoulder to Che wheel again and adopted a sys tem of levies that amounts to virtually the naan* thing, except that U affects different articles K la jupt as much a sales tax oa Ann heaaa aa were the sections of the UU that were killed on the article* in qu«etk>n ther*. If the budget Is to ha balanced, a.' it mart be If th* gcesrnmnsaA’s credit struetur* * te to non in tn bird fto money aaust coaa* from some sour**. It la simply a question of what ele ment of tax-payees is the moat pow erful to shuffle the levy from ifc shoulders to tho.*» of another group. While the bin that was finally adopt ed touched the pooketbooks of those supposedly better able to pay. the House yielded *o the popular clanaoi and taxed those whose votes next No vemtor dl) to lower. Tbla newspaper dcee not now and never has believed in a sales tax. It may be wrong la principle, aa stau claim, or u away not be. but a tax is a tax. and M hits the fellow who has to pay it juafc as hard, whether it Is duf from die right hard pocket or the left hand packs*. The chief vicAouenew of it. however, lies its aulseac* lea ture and the important fact that ir many. If not tn most, instances it l not and cannot conveniently be pass ed along to th* consumer, for whom it fc intended. In such eases it would therefore. Impose aa adddloual burdr the retailer. The principal feature of the ta> that wwt put Into the billion do Mat revenue hill 4s that it constitutes a lux ury sales tax. Those who are not as fected by It will say It was just the thing, and l* probably is—for them. But those w4io will have to pay ar< certainly going to be soaked, includ ing every man who writes a letter. Her* are some of the taxes substituted In the bill after the sales tax wae de leted: ; *' Tbree cents Instead of twro foT first clam postage. , g: Surtax on $6,000 incomes. Corporation exemptions reduced to $1 *OO |f Repeal of aet losses for 1931-1933. Increased tax on dividends. One-fourth of one per cent on al* slock sales. * » ' One-cighih of one per cent on all bond transfers. Ten cents per hundred dollar* on capital stock and bond tenues. Fifty cents on aU above S9OO on re*] estate. Five cents per SIOO o* produce ex changes. *. f Ten per cent on admission charge* above 45 cents. 1 Ten per een* on eamnrtlcs. Fun. Id per cm*. Jewelry, 10 per cert. Sporting goods and cameras. 10 per ce*s. > i 11 1 Beverages, nuisance levy at 1921 rale. x Matches, 4 cents per toounnd. ** Chewing gum, 5 per cent. Meohanlsal reffHgemtors, 5 per cent. '•»» Automobiles. 3 per cent; trucks, 2 per cent; accessories, 1 pet oeaA. Candy, 5 per cent. By Central Free* New York, April This morning’s mall brought a king, juicy letter bom an old friend who has seen Hollywood and movie rnnking from many angles He was a star script writer in the crid sßent days and when the miracle of speech first squeaked into the astonish ed ears of audi ences he was on band with note- book and ear trumpet ready to work. We provincial* in New York seldom get into focus on the "Arabian Nights" fantasy of the Coast celtulaAd city. WHet this veteran of the lots has to say is highly colored by aa active person*! oplston. He may be screwy on moat of the things he says. He may he all wet. But at lea&t his revelations are live ly and set down in neither me Wee nor prese-agentry. I pass them on. dis claiming rewpottsiblrtty with a bow in ill possible directions: "In my opinion land I’ve never met this guyl the be«t director In the game today Vs a fellow you probably never heard of ‘Eld. note: But I have!l —a little follow. Frank Capra, of Columbia Picture*. "If I had $250,000 |o invest in a pic ture. and my pick of director to put t over with all the box office merit eoarible. plus pace, laventiveneee. get ting miraculous results out of mangy •Toopers, swell camera angles and Photoplay. I'd pick Capera ahead of he Lubitache*. Milestones. Borages And know thai my 3250,000 was Safe CALM TO ZASIT “The best aotress in Hollywood is. uraagety enough, stamped as a eus- Vard-pAe comic. I mean Sami Pitts. She has more genuine dnuna in her ’.ittle fingernail than Marie Dressier “ver bad. Pitts’ performance in Creed' was th* greatest noting ever teen oa the screen. But audiences won't take her seriously since she tmrted two-reel* rs and comedy relief. Tjlk about irony. "Th* beat actor—WlllAe Beery. He ioeaa't know a damn thing about act ng. Always plays himself. That’s vhy he's suob a swell mug.” 4CRTRBLERS PICKED “The best writer* 111 nominate two ruys you never heard of—Humphrey a guy with a brand-new slant it ahanaetorixations and dialogue, and ~!ob Risk in (fanner N. Y. producer) vho. in ‘Platinum Blonde.' turned out he most perfect dialogue job ever leaid on a sound track. Pearson* ' r ritiag in "Traveling Husbands’ and Consolation Marriage’ (two flop*, of 'ourse. as was ‘Platinum BJnade’) rough* a new freshness, ailp and au aeity to the screen which it sure does i«ed badly. Ask Radio to run off Traveling Husbands’ for you some dny afternoon. stuff may he of use to you, or f no use. As I say if you should s* it. heap me ou* of it, or Yd be vnefced. And if you should want my Kuninatlon tor the coming big star always provided the stories are right) 11 take Miriam Hopkins, of Para mount” VACK TO BROADWAY My lady frieodt insist thai the way a buy a hat of correct siae is to m«a ure. not th* head, but the profile r x>m the base of the skull to the base f the chin, and get the number of vchee of the hat’s head-atee . Vhich to gibberish to me. but mny jot e to you... Already they are talking about “the «ew season” in the theatre .. .. Hal -eroy, the dancing sensation of the couple of sementers, is approach-: ng his nineteenth birthday... res*-agent used to be Elmer Dtreee ian, editor of the Kentucky World, a ‘right, newsy and sleekly made-up ablold... The dime novel is coating back, this ime lo the form of modern thrillers iy popular author*, to be vended hraugh the chain 10-cent stores...A uy in Cuba writes that he tuned In n me via television the other after noon. but couldn’t hear a word I saidj dding: “Maybe it would have been 'eMer if I could have heard some serf f ads*. ” CANDIDATE TALKS ENLIVEN CAMPAIGN (Continued from Page One.) iaus has a!rea ACROSS I—To 3 Profit 6—An Mtrieh 9—A letter of the Greek alpha bet 11—Starchy substance prepared from a palm 13—Collection of Pacific island* 16— Husks of grain 17— Mineral spring 18— The cry of cattle 19— Duration of being 20— A continent 22—Natives of Latria 24 Wharf 25 A city in New York 27—Implement 29 -Affected 30— Fastening device* 82—Capable 84 — Require 37—Paddies 88—Young shoot 42—Only 44—A jar 46—To suffer illness 46 Born 47 Mexican laborer 49—Decimal parts of a U S. coin 51— Made crooked 52 Plural aufltx 53 Not concealed fc4—An indefinite Quantity 85— A bon* DOWN I—A province in India ; 2—Strike* lightly ’ 3—Leave 4 Exist* 6—That by which a tiling is known [ Kittrell News | Ry MIBB RUBY SMITH Mr. and ftgrs. A. C. Husketh had as their vtoMora on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunt, and daughter, Mt» Beverly Hunt of Rocky Mount. Mfew PhyUß Smith, left Sunday for Pinerldge. Where rtie will spend sev eral days with Miss Ruby Perry, and Ml*s Mary Lee Alford. S. I. Saunders, of Raleiglt, wtos a vtottor here Sunday. Wiliam Sunqner Smjtji, was .the guest on Saturday of his cousin, Chos Brown, at his home in the Bobbitt community. A. C. Huskebh, and children, Jane, Mary Joseph and Lucke Plummer, and Mr. Huskdthhs motber, Mrs. Jennie Hu'sketh. were visitors of friends near Wilton, Sunday. Walter Haun. who has been making kia boon* here for sometime, left Mon day for Waynesboro, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hawkins, and children, of Henderson, were vis itors on Sunday, with Mrs. Hawkins' parents. Mr. and Mrs. S, V. Floyd at their home on the Lyobank Road. The Needlecraft club will meet with Mrs. H. A. Wood lief, on Saturday evening, April 9. You are cordially invited to come and bring your needle work. The regular monthly meeting of the Kittrell Ladles’ Aid Soc4e*y, will be held on Wednesday afternoon. April 6, at 2:30 o’clock, with Mrs. H. A. Woodlief. Bible Study for the after noon will be. Ruth, First and Second Samuel. AIJ members are urged to be present, and visitors will be wel come. toldaTy TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES. 1588 —Thomas Hobbes, celebrated Eng lish philosopher, beat remember ed from his doctrine that the power of the state is absolute as against the individual, born. I»ied Dec. 4. 1679. 1798 Jonas Chickering, noted Boston piano manufacturer, born at New Ipswich. N. H. Died in 1 Boston, Dec. 8, 1853. 1827 —Joseph Lister the English sur geon who achieved renown for his discovery of the antiseptic treatment, born. Died Feb. 10, 1912. 1834—Francis R. Frank R.) Stockton, noted novelist, born in Philadel phia. Died in Washington, D. C. ( April 20, 1902. 1836—John T. Saymond, noted actor of his day, born at Buffalso, N. Y. Died at Evansville, Ind., April 10, 1887. 1863—Henry J.. Cox, pioneer meteoro logist, long connected with the U. S. Weather Bureau, born at Newton, Mass. Died in Chicago, Jan. 8, 1930. TODAY IN HISTORY. 327 B. C.—Traditional date of the death of Plato, Greek philoso 6 The derivation of anything 7An exclamation 8— A month of the Jewish year 9 A messenger 19—Inactive 12—Method of locomotion 14—Small particle of footing dust 16—A bird 21— Certain Asiatics 22 Stringed instruments 23 A sudden sharp pain 24 Assume* a studied attitude 26—Lubricate 28—A cardinal numbe» 31— A vehicle 32 — River in Italy 33 The covering of a seed 35 Accomplished 36 Joins 33—Measure of area 40— Physical distress 41— Ailments 43—Light, open cottoa fabric 4»— Not 69—A pronoun 60— Very 61— Partake as reality 46 Behold! r Answer t* Previous Pu**U >fr RpirT L e»A w* > vfA[w. ! p p t ki?SOB CEPT PUkNTjnßpssiaia, /S z"> ■ ! / / ’ i 1 DO? J Wp®. e-r\r~i(^7~' ' ✓<«£* < gP^\Js||^' ' k Wi«sJr I^—■ \vw\i\Kr JI ■ ‘ /1 ZX tf *7»aMwsirfr , *jSJ g- L ‘~*L,. pher. 1869 Daniel F. Eeakman, the last surviving Revolutionary soldier on the pension list, died in New York, aged 109. 1917—House of Representatives pass ed a resolution declaring a state of war with Germany. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. Dr. Willard L. Sperry, dean of the Harvard Theologoical School born in Peabody, Mass., 50 years ago. Frank H. Simmonds, noted jour nalist and author, born at Concord, Mass., 54 years ago. Winchell Smith, noted Connecticut playwright, born at Hartford, Conn., 61 years ago. David Pinski, noted New York City Yiddish writer born in Russia, 60 years ago. A. Lincoln Filene, noted Boston mer chant, bom there, 67 years ago. Jesse H. Jones, noted Houston, Texas builder and financier, born in Robertson Co., Tenn., 58 years ago. Farley Osgood, noted New Jersey electrical engineer, born in Boston, 58 years ago. TODAY'S HOROSCOPE. The nature of this day Is irresolute. You are prone to mistakes of judg ment, being too trustful of others and easily -deceived by specious promises, partly from distrust of your own es timates. Cultivate powers of self-re liance, which will lead to success. Wife Preservers c 1/ 0 0 iiiiV’ ” - 0 1 P. M. with parlor-dliiing car ser vice' 4 P. M. for Richmond Washington, New York 19*—9:43 P. M. for Richmond Washington and New York. 3—3:2# A. M , for Portsniouth- Norfolk Wasliington. New York. No. SOUTHBOUND 191—*5:43 A. >1 for Savannah, Jacksonville. Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg. 3—3:12 p. M for Raleigh. San ford, Hamlet, ('oiiiuilua. Savan nah, Miami a Tampa. Sl t Peters burg. 197—7:55 V. M for Raleigh. Ham let, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa. St. Petersburg, Atlanta. Birmingham. 5 A M. for Atlanta, Birm ingham, Memphis. For information call on 11. R Pleasant S' DPA., Raleigh, N. C\, or M (’ Capps, T.\ , Henderson, N. C.