I heNPEKSON, i SATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. .nineteenth year CHANCES SLIM FOR FINAL ADOPTION OF NEW CONSTITUTION Oncral Assembly Expected 10 Cut and Slash Recom mendations Made by Commission DOUBTED IF PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR IT I xperience Has Shown Elec, {crate's Unwillingness To Risk Changes In State's Organic Law; Veto Right To be Opposed, as Well as Changes in Taxation llUiialrk llnrrnn, lit Ifct- *tir Wali-r Hutrl !•» J I II %»KKII\ 11.1. -h Nov 29 i AH'- Tho new ■ii prepared by tiw Bt.ite .•i i Commi-i-iion anl r»- o : >i .i top:ton i.* th<- j i ice ■if now it I’ti'i'.’i ih reing , \ • mill "* *v i h- ?«: ;•> i ,-p)en ■ i* * *«■'! I‘lnl to llic i.i ihli ■ >' . Chief Justice Walter P. h < i*u> chairman of the eom ii 'i hii< collaborators are t have don- a remarkable, J m • ntirr.cntal piece of work • in<>'t th uousrh manner, | •t>e- r«.. the approval of the | •' 1 ■ i*ii ut ion as i« cow stands by j •if i't.ii Assembly are not high, i w •• the outlook for tt.-> eventual ! • C r'lnued on Page Three.! WASHINGTON MAN IS KILLED IN COLLISION Washington. X. (’.. \in. il'i—Thumait -lon'*** of ttUs city. j was ii'stantlv kt led ten inl'es J t'ih hi ro t'iduv when an auto- J ■’••I i!c driven h> his soil c dlided '■ill a machine driven >»> L 11. | I'.idgett. A runner's iur> said the j • i lli-mn oas uiias oltlnhlc. I hire ocrupantH of Jonea’ car I '*• slightly hurt. Southern Railway Official Dies On * W;i> to i. C. Office| - _____ | ’ "•■ ;t .11. Nov. 21*. t AP> W. L.! • ml of Greenville. S. C.. as-j * 'icin' superintendent of •• ’ion of the Southern Rail-' ■ ('ha; lotto. N. C.. died sudden-j ■ • h! tv os he was on his way ■ 1 ' -r.-tatr Commerce Commis tiection with a case theie. i -• ti'irds home wa< Greenville. I wi - fit' veal old. J to the police said t’nc rail-j ■i r. wi- walking along Pennsy-. •A • ue this morning with' •' uk. of Washington. an at-: f hi--- milroad. when he com- [ ■ feeling ill and .-lumped to j ■ ' "rent An ambulance was j 1 ‘ > take him to Emergency | ; In" h** w h i*«niioiniced dead j N a lice Gets j *2,126 Sum | For Relief Dmrth Distribution R. F. C. Money to bMKlounties Is Ord erccl 29 •AI * > Allotment • si Mi the State's 1 tjo counties : v ''i - tuiiiouiii ed today by headquarters. '* '' ibiitii.ii was '.he final one .-f-uxeij by the State I.*- 1.i.-ci>nsti'Uct:oii Finance Cor ■ tin* weeks ago. Thrge pre ■ ii'ii>n'« of $ 1*8.500 e:»ch hod tn i • J " n Ma\ Gardner and P.e --• > P''n(i w Morrison rare v\ a-hiiigton -eeking a new ■ ' "f funds for the State from r • agency. Oni.lv n,i aided the fol - 12*5 ’’ * SI sj|». ' • *2.*»i3. QLIR WEATHF.P MAN : ,JOL V:[*6 days] l h. .S, "O" I • s.j CHKISTMAS T . Lg as.!*- 01 . D* Jr * iitmucrsmt ©atlit ©ianairh ■■nvica OF THI ASSOCIATED PRESS. WhatYouPay Toward Cost of Government 1- °> }W\ / - >V f\ rv\- 00% ' national INCOME / A /\|AVI \ nepEessiON PtßtoD .^=SBS Y \ / IN 1952 PER CAPITA INCOME t^pp 1 0\: \ /federal department i g ■ \ —/ cmrm WTfWit 4NO / \ / WAR ntor \ f PAVMFNTIO*< ' \ / pFAISIOKIS \ y N j PUtk.K 2.7 fa ; X //« P> -s V v ' 1 WAR Otp: /TvyjSSioxawrrtcT’ \ \m%Z B n -7 \ MtLfTARY /■ —i ..I Wl -iv*W X oct ” /«* itwv\ / \ 141 /»«v.i*o \\ X / RE) r -" J N o>%/ DWv \ TU * f X \ / \4* X / MmoilTMA W\ / ±+cm\ 9 Itilt and Uderal Ux«»* At Uft; Ud«rml AxpAnditurAg, low«r right. Petwsps you do not realize it (but perfcaps ypu do M —you and every otker person in the United States most pay 60 per cent more in taxes this year than in 1921. The per capita tax of all government functions in the I'nited States this year is $] 16, according to the National Association of Manufac turers and the National Commit tea for Economy in GovenuMnt Budget Board Will Ask For Sharp Curtailment In State Expenditures Economies To Be Asked of General Assembly That Will Cut Government Coats Below $72,990,000 and Bal ance Budget; School Funds Feel Axe Iliiily IJtnpati'h nxrean, la Ike Sir Waller Hotel. I IIV J « . IIISKKItVIII,. Raleigh. Nov. 29. A budget for all Stair purposes, including schools and debt service, that wilt stay balanced,' of not more than $21,750,000 a year for the next two years, is expected* to be recommended to the 1933 (Jen- i era I Assembly by the Advisory Bud get Commission, which is in session h-*re now. hearing departmental and l.»titutional requests. This figtirc is; fully #">.000.000 less than the expen dit in e.« cf the rftat,- for the fiscal year 1931-32 and the expected expenditures this year, excluding all highway ex- INSTALL OFFICERS I AT PUBLIC MEETING: j 1 •; . i Ehringhaus And Fraaier Ap-| pear With Judge Stacy In Wake Event Raleigh. Nov 29 - is the day county offi cials in North Carolina's 100 counties, from constable to commissioners, will he inducted into office, and Ehring haus and Frazier will address a meet ing here, marking the installation of i Wake county officials. Chief Justice; W P Btacv of the State Supreme Court will administer the oath. The installation here, with many more planned in other counties in the State, will mark the first public in duction of county officers in the State 'a project launched by the Institute of government in an effotl to cteate nioer interest among citizens in iheii local governments. Heavy Earthquake Damage Resulting In Chile Pro\ ince Santiago. Chile. Nov. 29. (API A number of persons were injured and there was considerable damage early today when an earthquake struck the province of Coquimbo. The town of Illapel apparently was In the center of the disturbance. The shock was felt here in the capi tal, and in the mountain villages, but •there were no reports of serious dam (SLgta aX those joints* a y ( NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ONLY DAILY As everybody does not pay taxes, the per capita payment of those who do pay is much more than sll6. This, of course, includes federal, state and local taxes. Taxes in the United States this year amount to 15 billions of dol lar*. Os this total, state and local taxes eat up 11 billions, or SBS per capita. Federal taxes cat up four billions, or s3l per capita. penditti res. f No figures have been announced by j the Advisory Budget Commission, of | course, since it has not vet conclud-1 ed its hearings, and its conclusions and findings will not be made public until the General Assembly Dmeets here in January. But on the basis of facts that are generally known, il is agreed by those familiar wilh con ditions that the State cannot expect a revenue for the next two years of more htan $22.(X)0.<)00 a year, includ ing the intention of the 15 cents State (Cnnt'.nued no Pave Tlirnt l Safe Blower Fire Has $200,000 Loss Norton. Vh.. Nov. 'Jo.— (AP)—An attempt to blow the safe In the Coburn Hardware Company store is believed to ha\e Iteen the cause of n fire at Coburn early this morn ing, the loss from which Is estimat ed at between SJtHMKkI and $250,000, including stocks and buildings. Kills Self In Shortage Os $147,750 Archibald McCaJlam of Lorillard Com pany, Kills W ife and . Son Also Elizabeth, N. J. Nov. 29—(AP) —Short $147,750 in his accounts as cashier for the I-oriilard To bacco Company, Archibald Mac- Cullam, snot his wife and small son to death today, then took his own life. The apparent motive for the tragedy was revealed after Coun ty Physician C. A. Brokaw, who examined the bodies, said there was no doubt that the 40-yearoid cashier had slain his wife, Ethca beth, 42, and their son, William, 8. MacCullam, who had worked In the New York office of the to bacco company for 30 years, left a sealed envelope addressed to Sid ney Ke'ly, auditor of the Lorll lard firm. Communicating with Lori Hard officials* police obtained permis sion to open the suicide note. It revealed, police said, the shortage In MacCullam’* accounts. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 29, 1932 The entire national income is esti mated at 50 biltion dollars. It is interesting to obsmnril that, of tbe federal are for war purptees—29 per cent for war debt interest; 27 per cent for war pensions, and 16 par cent for military defense. Actual constructive measures, such as public construction, take up only 15 per cent of total expenditures. INCREASED FUNDS IN BUDGET SOUGHT BY STATE GROUPS All DcpartmqgiU And Insti tutions Heard During Day Ask Higher Appropriations $175,000 INCREASE BY HEALTH BOARD Revenue Department Asks S4OO More; All Figures l l>ased On Comparison With Present Reduced Set-Up; Health Board! Would Broaden Its Work) Raleigh. Not 29 Each State j department and institution which to day presented its appropriations re quests to the Advisory Budget Com- j mission asked an increase over the present basis of operations, in spite of intimations from the commission that no increases will be recommend ed. The State Board of Health, asking an appropriation of $131,073 for next I fiscal year, as compared with esti-> mated expenditures of only $218,091 ’ this year, led the increases, while the J Department of Revenue asked only, $158,070, an increase of only about; S4OO over its present basis of $157,-! 759. Thp Board of Health. Corporation! Commission and State Library all asked larger appropriations next v«-ar ; than were given under the 1931 ap- i propriation act for the present bien nium, but all other requests were be- ‘ low current appropriations, even though above the curtailed allotments I The health board told the budget body it proposed a general expansion ! of all of its activities, and. there-! fore, needed the large increases ask ed. Several requests, including those c*f the State Library and Library Com mission, proposed salary increases next year. X. Y. Republicans Fail In Move To, Oust Hofstadter New York. Nov. 29. -Assem blyman Abbott Low Jjoffatt and Hamilton F. Carter. Republicans to day demanded the removal.of Samuel 11. Hofstadter as ehdirmin of Hofstadter legislative committee went into session for the first time since last June. Senator Hofstadter ruled them out of order. Sinoe the committee last met. Hos- a Republican, was elected to a Supreme Court justice with the support of both the Republican pnd Tammany organisations in New York City. He was widely criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for ac cepting the support of both organiza tions. WEATHER I’OR NORTH CAROLINA Fair and warmer tonight and ' Wednesday. i „ _ British Money Continues Drop As World Statesmen Wrestle With Debt Issue Democratic House May .* « n * v Force Members To Vote For Repeal Resolution Iron Rule of Caucus May B e Invoked by Majority Party Next Monday; With Republican Wet Vote, Necessary,-Two.Third* Could Be Thus Obtained Washington. Nov. 2y. iAPi-- Th* lion rule of caucus may be invoked by the emocratic House leadership to i bind wavering colleagues in line for S out light lepeal of prohibition whsui Congress meets Monday. Sevetal chieftains planned to make i the suggestion to Speaker Garner with Saturday in mind as the caucus' date. i The vice-president-elect, who draft- 1 ed the repeal resolution, said .vaster-.' day hethought it unnecessary to re-! sort to this means, but later several t prohibitionists and some who favor! outlawing the saloon approached j other leaders with the word that if I bound by caucus rule, they would vote OMITS REFERENCE TO TERM No Use of Word “Seces sion' Made In Draft of Constitution (Note. —Tliw is tho fln*t of a aeries of I‘2 articles enumerating the changCk - proposed in North Carolina’s basic law by the con fttttututional commission. This one deals with alterations In Artclie 1. the “Declaration of Rights”) Raleigh. Nov. 29- The draft of a proposed revised constitution for the State of North Carolina, prepar ed by the constitutional commission, omits any direct reference to the terms “slavery'' and "secession" im portant words in the State's present organic law as adopted in 1888 dur ing the reconstruction period. Artciie I. the "Declaration of flights." would eliminate the section specifically prohibiting slavery and the section that says “there is no right to secede" from the I'nited States. In place of the secession section of the present constitution, there iB sub stituted the dimple but emphatic* statement that "this State shall ever remain a member of the American (Continued on Page Two) All Ev idence In In Bank Trial In Asheville Court Asheville, Nov. 29. - Presen tation of evidence in the trial of J. C. Bradford, L. L, Jenkins and R, C. Davis, for alleged violation of na tional banking laws, was completed in United States district court here this morning nnd arguments of attor neys immediately began AW ILL Rogers vy Osy,: '... Beverly Hi Lis. Cal., ( Nov. 29. Hey, Ripv 1 got a "belleße It or no*." for you: A fellow in Beverly Hills says The Literary Digest polls should be abolished on account of their accuracy. He don't mind a straw vote if It's not right, hut he is “agin” the true ones. He saya peo p> read 'em. and vote with the majority. But here is what he don't ex plain: What makes the majority Ln the straw vote? No, you are wrong—ChafeUn didn’t write that, or Laurel and Hardy', or Joe Brown. It was my friend, the Republican editor of "The Beverly Hills Cttina,” In a convincing editorial. It was Us contribution to "What tan the Republican party do to get their hands back In those V. 8. mail sack*:- again?” Yours, />(t? HVL Mlcifll 9ft4iiiif» li% PUBUBHBD EVERY AFTEEDOO* EXCEPT SUNDAY. for repeal. The attitude of majority of llou.-e Republicans is doubtful. although their wet bloc claims about so out right lepeal vote-. Should the Demo crats bind I heir 220 members and wet Republicans cast 80 votes, ihe resolution would be adopted and sent to the Senate by a fair margin. It requires n two-thirds majority to approve a ievolution amending the Constitution, or 290, if all of the 135 members are piesent and voting. There are four vacancies, however, and the speaker usually votes only in case of a tie. The Senate must pass upon the question before it is sub mitted to the states. STATE CHECKS UP DAMAGE IN STORM OF THEWEEK END Sound Country Harde«t Hit, With Highway and Boat Traffic Almost At Standstill ROANOKE HIGHWAY WASHED BY TIDES Undermined and Covered by 18 Inches of Water Near i Kill Devil Hill; Nag's i Head Property Endanger ed and Fishermen Suffer Big Loss on Coast Charkitte. Nov. 29. (APi North Carolina, with rising temperatuies predicted for all sections todav, be gan to take stock of damage from the week-end cold wave ai d stornia along the coast. The sound country was the hardest hit. being under the constant lash of gales and high seas from Saturday night through last night. Highway and boat traffic was practically at a 1 standstill. j The asphalt highway between Roa noke island bridge and Kill Devil Hill was undermined by what was I described as the highest tides in years and water over it was about 18 inches deep. The beach between Duck Island and Hatteras was reported submer ged as the water rode inland, driven by a steady 35-mile wind. Property was endangered near Nag’s Head as the sea forged its way ; through a new inlet. Boats were blown ashore, telephone lines were down. and lishermen entertained small hope of recovering any consid erable portion of their nets and gear. Heavy damage was done at Ocra coke, where the tide swept through the village, aerrying awav gear and killing domestic and game animal*. , Little damage was reported inland, but cities in all sections were sub jected to freezing or near freezing weather. Reynolds Looks ’Em Over Before He Takes His Seat Washington, Nov. 29.--LAP)- One of the Senates new baby member* Robert R. Reynolds of North Caro lina -arrived in Washington today, looked over the Senate chamber ano paid some calls on friends. Between visits and looks, Reynold* expressed himself for repeal of the prohibition amendment, in favor of requiring war /debt payments, and payment of the bonus when condi tions permit. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary to the Democratic minority in this Senate, and probably secretary of the Senate in the next Congress, showed Rey ( nolds around the Senate wing of tip- 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS can POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENT IS URGED AGAIN BY EUROPE Premier MacDonald Holds Economic Well Being of World Hangs on Further Delay NEW NOTES COMING TO UNITED STATES French Premier Given Free Hand After Criminous De bate in Chamber of Depu ties; England's $95,550,000 and French $20,000,000 Due Here Dec. 15 (By the Associated Press,• Europe's debt to America still tuples the statesmen of cveiy coun try concerned to the exclusion of other Issues. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain is giving his entire attention to the preparation of a sei - ond note by which he hopes to con vince the I'nited Slates that post ponement of the s9f>.s.\o 000 payment due Deccinbei lfi is essential to the economic well being of the world. The French Chamber of Deputies engaged m some criminous debate, but agreed to give Premier Herriot more time, to determine the policy of Fiance. This government also is pre paring another note for Washington asking |M).-ipoiiemetu of the $20,000/W0 due next month Austria, although it. is not direcUy concerned in the negotiations with America, is deeply interested, for. If France and England have to pay, it may be impossible to obtain ratiftc** tlnn by those two countries of a $4iV 0o(i IK)0 conditional loan which th« league of Nations was to extend POUND STERLING HITS ALL-TIME LOW liCLOUD London, Nftv. 29. (AP) -The pound sterling reached a new all-time l->w record of 3.15 3-4 shortly after noon today under the continued unsettling influence of uncertainty a/fecing .ha war debts question. Roosevelt Considers Farm Plan Members of House Agriculture G mittee Ca 11 On President-Elect Warm Springs, Ga-. Nov. 29. fAP) -A renewed study of farm relief and the legislative program paved the way today for the confrence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and members of the House Agriculture Commltr tee. After breakfast, tho president-elect held a long talk with I*rof. Raymond Mniry, his Columbia University eco* nontic advisor, and then went for a swim and exercising in the Warm Springs patients' pool. These preceded his talk with Re» piesentat.ve Jones, of Texas, chair* men of tne House Agriculture Com mituc, and on afternoon appearance before the Georgia. Forestry Associa tion for a brief talk. Capitol. His **at. for a while after the ope: ing Monday will be the same de* 4 held by the man he defeated in tl >■ Democraiic primaries, Cameron Mo • rison. who was appointed in 1930 *0 succeed the late Senator Lee S. Over man. After inspecting that, he went to the Senate office building to pay a personal call on Senator Harriso t. Democrat, Mississippi, and then pta .- ned to visit friends about Capitol H tl ami in downtown Washington. He win b swovu In as a member c*» Monday Office apace has been fixi 1 un fo* noth , , ,