PAGE TWO TRIBUTES PAID TO MOTHERS OF CITY Flowers, Candy and Other Gifts in Addition to Church Services * Tributes were paid to mothers both in churches and in homes of the city Sunday on the occasion of the annual observance of national Mother’s Day. Sermons and music were appropriate to the occasion in many of the chur ches. and many mothers were present for the occasion. , Besides that, however, many sons and daughters rememoered their mothers in the homes. In many in stances children from other cities and sections were here for visits to their mothers, and those who could not be here sent letters and gifts of one kind or another. Those whose mothers still live wore red flowers and those whose mothers are dead wore white flowers in their honor. TAXDiEBIiS CITY MORE MONEY Citizens Respond In Liqui dating Accounts In Ar rears for Week Some much-needed money has al ready been realized by the City of Henderson from the tax drive started the last of the past week, and con tinued today, it was said by city of ficials. They could not say exactly what amount had teen collected be fore making a tabulation but were hopeful of realizing sufficient funds from the remainder of the collection drive to ease, at least temporarily, an acute need for city funds. An appeal was made to delinquent tax-payers through the paper last week. City officials in person took to the hustings, too, to wait on large and small property owners who have not settled for their 1936 taxes. The money is needed to run the city until the start of the new fiscal year July 1, and some thousands of dol lars will be required for the purpose. POURING CONCRETE IN UNDERPASS ARCH That and Intersection About All Left Except One Block on the West Side Pouring of concrete under the arch way of the Church-Charles street un derpass was started today. That and the interesction area on the William street side of the railroad were all that remained of the concrete work except one block on the side jutting out into Garnett street. It was expected that a large portion of the concrete work remaining would be completed by the end of the pre sent week if the weather is favorable for work during the entire period. It was doubted if there would be so fa vorable a break as that, however, in view of the good weather all last week The work, however, is rapidly mov ing toward final completion, and a few more weeks will probably see the underpass open to traffic. 4■ - Memorial Day Is Observed by C. of C. The Orrin Randolph Smith Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy met today, Memorial Day, to place a wreath on the Confederate monument on the Courthouse grounds and to de corate the graves of Maj. Orrin Ran dolph Smith, designer of the Con federate flag, and that of Miss Jessica Smith his daughter and the Confed erate square. Later in the afternoon members met at the home of Miss Mary Lou Cooper, president of the Orrin Ran dolph Smith Chapter, for refresh ments. The regular Memorial Day meeting of the Vance County Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy had been postponed and will meet at some future date. SOIL CHECKS ART YET TRICKLING IN Checks in payment to farmers in this county for cooperation in the soil conservation program last summer are still trickling in a few each day, County Agent J. W. Sanders, crop control director in the county, said today. He said he expected a few to be received almost every day until the last are sent from the AAA in Washington. The county is entitled to, receive around $123,000 in all, to be shared by some 2,600 landlords and tenants. More than two-thirds of the amount has already been received hqre. TWO REALTY DEEDS FILED SATURDAY Two lealty transactions were plac ed on the record books of the Vance Registry Saturday. Sf. C. Kittrell sold a lot on Rober son street to Mollie Thomas for S3OO. sirs. C. F. Whitted purchased a lot in cemetery from the City of Henderson for $l2O. REGULAR SESSION J*: O. S. A. BE TONIGHT r «« ■ The Patriotic Order Sons of Ame rica will convene in regular weekly session tonight at 8 o’clock in the Anjerican Legion hall with President C. -Si White urging a full attendance to • hear the important business mat ters -to be brought before the group. Arrangements of delegates to the. State, convention in Charlotte will he made., : ■’ i a iQsrtllM A Survivor —His Clothing Burned From His Body ■ 'ill' l||||p ' HU ■fflfflffll SMgm fc—. . .-t ..... • •: ■. & A survivor of the Hindcnburg, suffering terribly from burns, his clothing burned from his body, is led to safety. TRAFFIC LAWS ARE BETTER OBSERVES Captain Farmer Says His Travels Convince Him of Improvement Dally Dispatch Bnreaa, la the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, May -v'—Definite improve ment in the observance of the traffic laws on the part of drivers in the State is being noticed, Captain Chas. Farmer of the State Highway Patron, said today, especially in the rural sec tions. He believed the chances are good for another material drop in accident fatalities this year. “During the last three months I have been doing more driving in all parts of the State than in several years and have had an excellent chance to observe drivers and driving habits,” Captain Farmer said. “As a result, I am convinced that as a whole drivers are observing the traffic laws more carefully than at any time in the past and that we are making some real improvement in highway safety education. “The biggest improvement has been in drivers staying on the right side of the road and in tfife reduction of middle-of-the road driving. Drivers are staying on the right side of the center lines better than ever before, with the exception of the tourists from other states —most of them still insist in straddling the center lines and in driving too fast. The drivers of out-of-state trucks also give us a good deal of trouble, as do some of the truck drivers right here at home. But the truck drivers are showing de finite improvement, both in driving on the right side of the road and in driv ing at slower speeds. The campaign which the paf’-olmen waged against speeding true! is having its effect.” The highway patrolmen are con tinuing their drive against drunken driving and this will be still further intensified when the state highway patrol radio stations get in operation, since it will then be much easier to “spot” drunken drivers and to send patrolmen to bring them in, Captain Farmer said. For as soon as a drunk en driver is reported, a description of the driver, car and approximate loca tion will immediately be broadcast and the patrolman nearest to the lo cation ordered to find him and ar rest him. “We are going to make it increas ingly unhealthy for the drunken driv ers it/ North Carolina,” Captain Far mer said. Tax Problem Nightmare to Congress;New Levy Coming (Continued from Page One.) make a dent in expenditures. The un balanced budget, which is Causing some uneasiness, would most certain ly become an unbalanced nation if five or six million of these folk were handed blue slips on pay day. PULL As an evidence of what happens when a government employe is nudg ed out of his job take the 900 who are out in the AAA, because the job for which they were hired “fulfilling con tracts farmers on crop control and the government), is ended. The in fluence which got them the places in the first instance is now engaged in finding nooks for them in some other Federal setup. A good many will be found and that’s just as certain as taxes. It is a cockeyed game anyway you look at it. Smith leaves one govern ment job, toeplugged out in the inter est of economy and appears on the payroll «f another the next day, for political reasons. It don’t add up to anything but a headache now for sen HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, MAY 10. 1937 ators and representatives and a back ache for the citizen who had managed to keep afloat during the depression by his own efforts. The President’s delay in issuing a revised budget message indicates a shift in procedure and Congress will have the job of untangling the back lash caused by the over-run when ex pectation exceeded fact in the first estimates. A “HOT POKER” Already there are sharp divisions in both Senate and House. The Su preme Court enlargement act in the former and the anti-lynching bill in the latter for example. And now comes a poker, hot at both ends. An increase in taxes is go ing to blister many congressional fin gers and increase in unemployment, to evade the necessity of a tax, would blister a good many more. LOTTERY? A national lottery has been whis pered as a solution, but no one enter tains, seriously, that as a possibility yet. Though some recall the impor tant public works accomplished ear lier in our history by this means. The Lancaster turnpike, between Philadel phia and Lancaster, which was the; first improved highway in the col onies, was financed by a lottery There were many others in the Quaker state which tided it over rough financial difficulties. ANOTHER SOURCE? Yet- another suggestion includes radio instruments as a possible source. In England they bear a part of the excise burden and the tax ap pears to be agreeable, or at least tol erated without too much squealing. It was some years after the automobile became common before it was shot at, byway of a fuel tax, and now see what it pays. But all these things are taxes, re gardless of the names they may be called by. None of them is painless. NEW TYPE BUTTON State Licenses This Year To Be Metal in Form of Popular Fish Licensed North Carolina fishermen will at least begin their outings this year under a good omen in the form of a new type of permit button shop ed like a fish, the State Department of Conservation and Development an nounced today. The State fishing license buttons this year will be of metal in the form of a bream, one of the most popular < M" I II of the game fishes in North Carolina, according to an announcement today by J. D. Chalk, State game and inland fisheries commissioner. Last year, an innovation in the form of the first metal license button was issued for the State hunting and fishing license. This special feature, according to Mr. Chalk, stimulated materially the sale of this type of li cense, and similar results are expos ed from the new type of fishing license. new plate is bronze colored a bout two inches in length and one and a quarter inch in depth. At the top it carries the year far which it v/as issued me a faosi nue of the State seal, in the center Kre the words,, “North Carolina S f ate Resileni Fi=n» ing License,” with the number of the tag in the bottom center. Fishing, interrupted for the spawn ing season in Eastern North Carolina, will be resumed cn May 11, and the season for warm water fish will be gin cn June 11 in Western North Car olina counties. Trout fishing in West ern North Carolina which opened on April 15 will continue until Septem ber 1. According to Commissioner Chalk, the most complete cooperation ever extended by the public in the obser- I vance of the closed seasons has been evidenced this year. Already, he con tinued, a substantial increase in the sale of fishing license, the receipts from which support entirely the op eration of the various hatcheries and make possible an extensive program for maintaining the &|pply of game fish, has been experienced. You're Telling Mel ♦ *— ■■■■■■< I By WILLIAM RITT Central Press Writer ! •.» H* Fish can talk, according to Prof. Karl Frisch, a noted German zoolo gist. That’s fine, Herr Professor — what opinions do they express on Adolf Hitler? As soon as Sister Susie, who is beauing, hears about this we fear the living room gold fish bowl is doomed. And the next time you who always let them get away go trout fishing you’d better stuff your ears with cot ton to avoid hearing a frank discus sion of your technique by a couple of speckled beatuies on the floor of the stream. Professor Karl says they can hear, too, hut we refuse to tiptoe around any pond. The good professor also claims he can make fish come to him at a whis tled command. It couldn’t be, could it, they come to the surface to enjoy J the spectacle of Herr Frisch imitat ing a mountain canary? Thanks to Herr Frisch we now have a new simile to add to the col lection: “As deafening as a whale’s whisper.” Until recently Herr Professor Frisch studied the language of bees only. In fact, he did it for 25 years. No one knows why he gave it up un less he became tired because their talk sounded exactly like a lot of monotonous buzzing. Judging by the number of battle victories reported by both sides in the Spanish modern generals can crowd more action into 10 months than took place in the Hundred Years war. Bseball managers should be inter ested in signing- up some of these gen erals. According to their press agents, they never come up to bat without scoring something or other, including “moral” victories. The above is especially true of Gen eral Franco, who recently made a dandy home run—in the general di rection away from Madrid. The Spanish war press agents do a dandy job of it. We almost believe them. The one hitch is that both claim victory in the same edition and on the same front page. A little system might be injected. Let the rebels win their battles ex clusively in the morning newspapers while the loyalists do their stuff sole ly in the evening editions. It’s hard to believe, but those Span ish generals actually seem to think } that telling lies to war correspondents / will bring their defeated armies back. (to life. , Remarkable Photo— Hindenburg Breaking in Two y -> ’■ I . ;, sXkJHHHHBHbIai k$ ' : ws% :: % • x lt-': 1 : > : : ", . ii# ■-••. 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