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VOL. XXVIII ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, March 15 1911. i li
C0P0RATI0N TAX UPHELD.
justice Day Delivers Opinhn in the
Corporation Tax Cake Swtepiaj
Decision, Every Objection Beiig
Overruled by a Unanimus Court.
Washington-, March 13 The
United States supreme court to
day held that the corporation
tax is constitutional. The opinion
was delivered by Associate Jus
tice Day.
The decision establishing the'
constitutionality of the corpora-
tion tax measures will add
Sn.OOO.OOO annually to the re-
venues of the United btates,
The corporation tax has - been
in force ever since it :as enacted
as an adjunct of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law and the Unit
ed States treasury department
has been allowed to retain its
collections made under the mea
sure subject to the decision of
the supreme court on the bill's
validity.
Today's decision is the first
handed down since the recor
oanization of the supreme court
which resulted from the death
of several members and caused
a re-hearing of this case, as well
as those brought against the
Standard Oil and Tobacco trusts.
The decision was unanimous.
The decision was sweeping in
detail, every objection being
overruled.
Justice Day's opinion held that
the corpooation tax is not a direct
tax on peisonal or real property
of corporations, but that it. is
purely an excise tax, levied by
authority of congress on the cor
porations for the right of doing
business, the same as a revenue
tax is levied on liquor dealers.
The tax, declared Justice Day,
is not an income tax, but an ex
cise tax, and the opinion stated ,
falls clearly within the province
and authority of congress. The
opinion stated that the tax is not
a direct tax on shareholders. It
was declared by Justice Day, as
regards corporations doing an
interstate business, that thejDuring the session 2,195 bills
United States has a right to levy j were introdaced in the house
the one percent tax on these, as: and 1?qq5 in tne senate, 1460 of
Avoll as on interstate corpora-1 these being ratified. Durham
tions, and can tax all business jinl gun March 13.
a state excepting internal func-!
lions of a state government it-:
SOlf.
Give it to us, for this spring we are
in a nosition to srive our customers a
good value with every purchase. We
Handle
The Deering Binder and Mower,
Tongueless Harrows and the
Buek Eye Riding Cultivator.
These lines are known and-speak for
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call on us for Farm Machinery and
HARDWARE.
Long, B r a A e r p& G o .
"Red Bck" Bryai Here
Mr. H. E. C. Bryan otherwise
known as "Red Buck," the pop
ular and versatile newspaper cor
respondent and writer spent yes
terday in Durham with his bro
ther Mr. Victor S. Bryan. Red
Buck har been editing a paper in
Missoula Montana, for several
years. The paper went to the
wall for financial reasons and he
f has returned to North Carolina
to take up his work with the
Charlotte Observer as Washing
ton correspondent.
"I am certainly glad to get
back' Red Buck said this morn
ing. "I just went west to see the
country. I saw it and I was glad
to get away from out there. "
IS mnrninrr -frr
; . . k , . ., . , Hambrick & Austin sells it for
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session of congress. j(hey guarantees it to reljev2
The many readers of .he Ob-1 stomach distress, 'in Ave minutes:
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will be delighed to know that if MI.0-NA doesn't cure indiges
Red Buck is again to be a con- i acme or chronic of any
tributor to its columns. He is byldiseases caused fey stomach djs.
far the most popular writer in!(Urbaneei they wiu give vou your
the state at the present time and mQney acki wi,h-ou: any haggling
numbers his friends by the hun-' H f.
dreds, Durham Sun.
Wreck of Main to be Lifted
in
Six
Weeks.
Havana March 13, Work on
the cofferdams by which the Un
ited States government will raise
the battleship Maine in this har
bor, has progresses so favorably
that the engineers now say that
the hull of the ship will be expos
ed to view in five or six weeks.
It is expected that it then will
be comparatively easy- to ascer
tain the teal cause of the explo
sion which precipitated the war
with Spain,
Clerks Finish Their Work'
Principal Clerk W. Otis Self of
the senate and Principal Clerk
T. G. Cobb ot the house, have
completed their work of the re
cent legislature and left today
for their homes, the former go
ing to Webster, Jackson county,
and the latter to Morganton.
The
and
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1 right prices.
9
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up in the mouth, then you want to
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Hambrick & Austin and druggists
everywhere.
Dr. Len G. B rough ton former
ly of Reidsville preached his 13th
anniversary sermon at the Bap
tist Tabenacle in Atlanta Sunday
He referred to Edgar Stripling,
ex-chief of police of Danville, as
follows: I believe our
whole
State should rise up in masse,
besiege our Gov. by letter, peti-
tion teiepnone ana teiegrapn 10 ; ef forts to minimize the import
pardon this man for his crime, ! npp ftf thp wirs lent, a. r.nri
! He has atoned for that long ago.
! The purpose and intent of the
i law is to correct a lawbreaker.
land not merely to punish himelude interviewers slipped out
; and this man has proved during j of one of the rear windows
j 14 years of life in a Virginia cityjof the President
among as good people as tiie sun
! eve shone on for I know them
1 that he is not a menace to society
! but an asset and has long since
i by sear of conscience and fear i
atoned for his crime and I say he
ought to be pardoned without
further delay and say to him to
go back to your wife and children
and to the city of your adoption
and live on as a good citizen. 'J
Review. n
Thousands Are Facing Famine.
El Paso, Tex., March 13.
Twenty five thousand inhabitants
in the beleagured city of Chihua
hua Mexico facing famine accord
ing to a courier who reached
here today. Hundreds of women,
driven from the city by fears of
starvation have taken their child
ren iWith them and they are
roaming the county,' Chihuahua
is bottled up by insurrectos.
Bryan in Washington.
Washington, March 13. -William
Jennings Bryan arrive here
today to consult with leading de
mocrats as to the party's pro
gram during the next session.
He will remain heref several
days.
Bring us 'your JOB WORK.'
Tweaty Thousand Soldier Near the
Mexican Border.
Washington March 7. The
most extensive movement of:
troops and war vessels ever exe- j
cuted in this country in time of ;
peace is now under way by ord-
ui isje jrresiaent as comman-
to'iru hief r?f the army and navy
the objective the country north
0f the Mexican boundary and the
writers of the two oceans at eith
er end of it.
Twenty thousand, more than
one-fourth of the army of the
United States of all arms of the
is
Services, are moved toward the
Mexican border; four armored
pruisers, comprising the fifth
division of the Atlantic fleet,
have been oed from northen wat
ers to the naval station at Guan
tanamo, Cuba and most of the
Pacific fleet is or shortly will be
on iis way to assemble at San
Diego Cal.,and 2,000 marines are
preparing to make the Guantah
anarao station their headquart
ers. It was officially announced at
the White House and War and
Navy department today that the
purpose of this great mobiliza
tion unprecedented save in war
time is the training of officers
and men under service condition
and practice in co-operation be
tween the land and naal forces.
nusual pains were taken by all
officially concerned in the mat
ters to give this color to the sud
den activities but these state
tnents were accepted with incre.
lasing reserve.
There have been important
joint maneuvers during the last
few years but they have been
planned far in advance and car
ried out without a ripple of ex
citement 01 even of evidence of
interest at the White House. To
day the executive officers were
steeped with mystery the entire
morning was given over to con-
f erences with officers of the war
department. This thick atms-
lhere of mystery and the zealous
ous significance to the fact that
General Leonord Wood chief of
staff of the armv in an effort to
t office and beat a masterly
j retreat through the White House
j grounds to a rear entrance to
. v,p War Dpnartmpnt
The real significance of these
j activities which have been confi.
, , nQrW,v fift fhfi i,ctwlV
eight hours or less is though to
relate very directly to the grow
ing belief that the situation there
is by no means so satisfactory
j as the Mexican government
would have it believe .to be.
There are persistent reports that
the physical condition of Presi
dent Diaz has lately become such
as to alarm his adherents and
that momentous developments
are to be prepared for.
N. G. Vestal who is now carry
ing the mail between Yadkinville
and Rockford, has been in the
employ of Uncle Sam for 35 years
and during that time has traveled
214,880 miles and which mean?
that he traveled far enough to go
around the world a little more
than eight times. During this
time he has received from Uncle
Sam's treasury $10,744. He has
missed 22 days on account of
sickness, and has missed two
j days in the past, six years, and
(has arisen at 4 o'clock 1 every
morning during the 35 j ears.
DEATH OF MRS. GENTRY. ,
Mrs. W. H, Gentry was born
March 27, 1 886 and died February
27 iqji
She died in the very noon tide
of Hfe and womannood $ne was
the dur of Mr. and Mrs.
Jonn M Slauifhter and was ,mar
ried to Mr. W. H. Gentry on Oct.
the 27th 1907..
The illness of Mrs." Gentry was
short and dreadfully stubborn in
its nature. Medical skill and train
ed attention could not stem the
tide that carried her away. She
bore her sickness with the forti
tude and bravery of a true chris
tian. Besides husband and one
child she leaves mother, two
brothers and three sisters. She
was a faithful friend, true wife and
loving mother. 1
The funeral was conducted at! Any one who should"read,
Mill Creek Baptist Church of mark learnand inwardly digest'
which she was a member, by Re, all good thing in the March issue
C. P. Ryland of Roxboro and the of The Youth's Companion would
interment made in the Church be at no loss for topics of inter
cemetery, esting conversation for a long
"Dearest sister, thou hast left us, stretch of years.
Just
Prom the Northern Markets
where I purchased a select and up-to-date
stock of Merchandise.
Everything new and up-to-date, in
any goods, ladies suits, skirts and
waists, men's, boys' and youths' cloth
ing, a snappy line of men's, ladies
and misses Oxford ties. In fact every
thing kept at a first class place.
Plant bed cloth from 2 c a yard up.
A call will be very much appreciated.
V'
New Store in Jones' Hotel Building.
Opposite New
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of our purchases have arrived and are ready
for your inspection. You are cordially in
vited and urged to come and let us show you
our offerings which we are sure consists of
the most desirable merchandise to be bad
and is most reasonably priced.
We can dress any member of your family,
man, woman pr child, fromJieadte foot in
the most approved style or furnish a well
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We are al ways pleased to serve you
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We our loss do deeply feel
But 'tis God that 'rath -bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal."
R.
To Drive Missionaries Oa.
London, March 13. A biU to
drive Mormon missionaries out
of England is being prepared by
the government and will be pas
sed without any opposition. In
vestigation by Home Secretary
Winston Churchill has shown
that 500 young girls have recent
ly left England for the Mormon
colony in Utah without the con
sent of their parents.
If the short stories in the March
numbers ' of The Youth's Com
panion are not ' 'corking, " they
are something else which means
j the same thine-.
turned
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