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Page Two Ih CM Ml Weekly ; LOUIS GRAVES Editor < SUBSCRIPTION BATES One Year SLM . Si* Months 1.60 Three Month* “S Entered at aacoad-ritti matter Febnurt 2*. , I«J, at dm pMUdb* at Chape! HSi, North Caralisa, under the ad es Maid 1, 1179. < ' I Lotteries r— The Irish Hospital Sweep-- stakes, which is far more impor- j tact as a lottery than as a horse 1 race, was run off in England last week. The total amount received; from the sale of tickets was j $12,455,000. About $5,000,000 went to Irish hospitals, the re mainder being for prizes and the expense of conducting the lot tery. Each ticket cost $2.50. j There were nineteen “grand j prizes" and 2.400 lesser prizes.. Persons who drew tickets on the. winning horse. Reynoldstown,; got $150,000 apiece; on the sec-, ond. Ego, $75,000; on the third.j l Bachelor Prince, $50,000. The j deduction of income taxes made; the net winnings considerably; less; foV example, a Reynolds-;: town ticket. $150,000, held by a resident of New York state, was* taxed about $60,000; a $75,000 < ticket paid $23,180 in taxes; and < a $50,000 ticket paid more than!; SIO,OOO. Income taxes vary! l among the states, and so a win ner’s net depends upon where i he lives. Taxes on the smaller ■ .winnings do not amount to) j much. < About $6,250,000 received;! from the sale of Irish Sweep-,’ stakes tickets came from the|« United States, and $3,600,000 < was returned to this country in prizes. A great many people on this < side of the water are thinking ; that it would be better for ( American money put into lottery; ■ tickets basbe kept in America in-1 stead of being sent abroad. And ; it would be kept here if lotteries were not forbidden by federal ; and state laws. The federal law forbids the sale of tickets . through mails, but the fed eral Government has no jurisdic tion over kittenes held within a , state provided the postal service , is not used for them. Movements to legalize lotteries have been ( launched, and have gained con- ( siderable support, in New York ( and Maryland. The stupendous demands upon , the public purse for relief to the ( unemployed, in these days, has won for the lottery suggestion the favor of citizens who would have opposed it a few years ago. They see that a vast amount of money is going to be spent upon tickets every year, wherever the lotteries are held, here or abroad; they know that lotteries are one of the easiest and surest ways of raising money; so, nat urally, they would prefer that the revenue be used here rather than in foreign lands. There is much pious denunci ation of lotteries as gambling, but we cannot see that a man who chooses to spend $2.50 on a lottery ticket, instead of on some other form of pleasure, is committing any serious crime. Os course he stands a very small chance of winning, but he gets a pleasant thrill out of his hopes. For weeks he enjoys disposing of the fortune that may soon come ; he pays off the mortgage, he gets a new car, he takes a trip to Europe; he clothes all the family handsomely. When a person puts $2.50 into a lottery ticket, is this any more of a waste than if the money were spent on moving pictures, or soda fountain concoctions, or paint and powder for the face, or tobacco or candy or chewing gum, dr any other luxury or in dulgence? We do not happen ever to have taken a chance on the Irish Hos pitals Sweepstakes, but the only reason is that authenticated tickets have not been on sale in our neighborhood. We will try to remember to get some friend in New York to act as a purchas ing agent for us next year. In a reply to an attack made by Bishop William T. Manning of New York, from the pulpit of St. Bartholomew's church, on the effort to have the New York legislature legalize lotteries, ' Mrs. Oliver Harriman, member of that church and president of the National Conference on Legalizing Lotteries, says: “This Conference has been in! existence for two years and is a non-profit and non-political or-! ganization. All our efforts are; bent to the one end, namely, of | gaining control of a situation which every one must admit ex ists. 1 1 “I agreed to head the move- , mer.t only after a deep study and j after full realization that lot-: teries have been in existence in one form or another since time immemorial, that taxation today; has reached almost the limits to! which it is possible to put it, and;! from first-hand information ini my own charity work, that the poor, the aged and the babies are suffering now more than ever before, while less funds are available from the usual sources to aid these poor unfortunates. “On the other hand, the Post;) Office Department estimates j J that millions of dollars a year * go out of this country to foreign * countries, where they have built fine hospitals and have minis- 1 tered to the poor with the pro ceeds of lotteries furnished prin cipally by Americans. “I feel no moral obligation is involved, but merely a difference 1 of opinion, and as the country '• at large decided prohibition; could not be stamped out and! that, therefore, after a few: yeans «<yf casual experiments, it is better to control these move ments, I feel that we are pass ing through a similar situation with regard to lotteries and va rious forms of contest. "I will be interested to know how Bishop Manning would sug gest that these sums of money > going out of the country and in- j vested in various forms of so- ( called gambling in this country , can be stopped or how to stamp < out this evil. I personally be- J lieve it is better to control this, J as it cannot be handled in any f other way. 1 “The National Conference on i legalizing Lotteries is not spon- J soring legislation to legalize lot- f teries except in the form of a , constitutional amendment to be i submitted to the people. The 1 national conference is sponsor- ' ing only lotteries under govern ment license and supervision for public purposes and for the bene -11 fit of charitable, religious and educational institutions only. I am absolutely opposed to private or business lotteries.” Mrs. Harriman pointed out; that the first Episcopal church in America was built near Cheshire, Conn., with funds raised by a lottery. Snavely Off to Cornell Today Carl Snavely leaves for Cor nell early this morning. After conducting spring practice there for six weeks he will return here in May to attend to moving his “Planting Day” Postponed Again “Planting Day,” which was to be celebrated tomorrow on the lot back of the post office, has been postponed be cause of rain. Republicans applaud the Su preme court decision weakening the power of the federal govern ment. You might almost think they do not expect to run the thing any more.— Howard Bru baker in The New Yorker: THB CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. In Mexnoriam Nathan Wilson Walker Whereas, On February 13, 1936, Nathan Wilson Walker’s earthly career ended, and Whereas, In his death, the Parent-Teacher Association of the Chapel Hill Graded School recognizes with deep regret the passing of a beloved leader and an untiring friend of education; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Parent- Teacher Association on behalf of its entire membership, express to his family and friends its' sin cere and enduring sympathy in his loss, and the conviction that the cause of education in gen eral and the local school in par ticular owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the genial, modest, dear-thinking friend who never lost his vision of its possibilities and never relaxed his efforts to make them a real ity. Be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Parent-Teacher Asssociation, and be sent to the family of Mr. Walker. Hugo Giduz, Chairman H. F. Munch Eleanore E. Carroll Candidates Invited Here Four candidates for Governor of North Carolina —A. H. Gra ham, Clyde Hoey, Ralph McDon ald, and John A. Macßae—have been invited by the Carolina Po litical Union, a student organiza tion, to speak here in Chapel Hill on the evening of April 4. An All-Day Mission Study The women of the Methodist church held an all-day mission study at the home of Mrs. E. E. Peacock Wednesday. James Alien Williams, Jr. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Allen Williams March 7 in Watts hospital. He is named James Allen, Jr. Martha’ts Vinyard Wants Its Due (Martha’s Vineyard (Mas*.) Gazette) LHx-rtyviUe. Hl.—May I inquire why it is that your paper evinces such a rabid hostility toward other publica tions when they inadvertently locate the Vineyard in the wrong place on the map or make some other trifling error? It really does not seem im portant to me, but perhaps there is justification in your attitude. L. L. Answer—W'e think there is. Mar tha’s Vineyard was a well-settled and thriving locality when the greater part of the United States was a howl ing wilderness inhabited only by wild Indians and animals. Industries, im portant items of governmental prin ciples, inventions and many famous men originated on Martha’s Vineyard or sprang from Vineyard stock. For 300 years the island has stood on its own keel, looked the whole cockeyed world in the eye and told it to go to (ti!*!, and it hurts to have any one put across a claim to something that properly belongs to this place, or to locate the Vineyard in the heart of a county that wasn’t heard of un til Vineyarders, perhaps, moved in and settled it. And it hurts even worse when the world at large accepts such a claim without ever a question. Still harder to bear is the fact that our public minded citizens cannot lay hold of such defamers and wring them out and hang them up to dry as they deserve. Townsend plan advocates say the billion 500 million-monthly cost of the plan would go to labor and indus try, but the dickens of it is, it would have to come from there first.— Macon Telegraph. % A Columbia professor finds “re grettable” is our most misspelled word. It is especially humiliating at a time when so much must be de plored.—Dee Moines Register. The government can get things done. Thst Florida canal was planned by President Jackson and they are moving dirt already.— Dayton (Ohio) Journal. ANNOUNCEMENT Real estate for sale or rent. Automobile Insurance as good as the best for less. Paul H. Rob ertson, phone 6576. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS Two years ago my health was not good, and I did not feel that I would run for office again; but today my health is better than for many years, and I am ask ing my Democratic friends to nominate me on June 6 for an other term. Pledging my con tinued efforts for good service, Sincerely your old Servant, S. W. ANDREWS FOR THE LEGISLATURE •W*«» I will be a candidate for nomi nation as a member from Orange County in the House of Repre sentatives, subject to the Demo cratic Primary in June, 1936. If nominated and elected I promise to devote all of my time and energy to representing the inter est of the entire County in the next Legislature. LAWRENCE FLINN Chapel Hill, N. C. CANDIDACY To the Voters of Orange County I am a candidate for the of fice of Register of Deeds of Or ange County subject to the ac tion of the Democratic primary. I shall appreciate the support of any and all voters that may feel inclined to support me. A. K. McADAMS FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce my candi dacy for the office of sheriff, sub ject to the action of the Demo cratic Primary in June, 1936. I will appreciate your support. John w. McCauley. The Chapel Hill Weekly for one year, $1.50. LIVING- nt\J AD I BREATHING tULUR ! YOU’VE never seen anything like it before! Don’t get this NATURAL COLOR picture confused with any other color picture of the past! Not only is “THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE” photographed in THE NEW NATURAL COLOR PROCESS, but it is also one of the most absorbing stories you have ever seen. We urge you to see it—we really believe it is one of the best pictures of this or any other year. E. C. 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CANDIDACY FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce my candi dacy for Sheriff of Orange county, subject to the decision of the voters in the primary of the Democratic party. SAMUEL T. LATTA, JR. APARTMENT FOR RENT Apartment 4-C Graham court will be for rent by April 15. Telephone 5721. PUPS, PARAKEETS Pups! Bargains in left-over Christmas stock. Parakeets (five colors). Canaries. K. Tack, Box 121, R.F.D. 2, Chapel Hill. MALE HELP WANTED - Reliable Man Wanted to call on farmers. No experience or capital needed. Write today. McNess Co., Dept. B. Freeport, Illinois. LOT FOR SALE Lot for sale; 2* minutes from campus; 80 by 150 feet; $1,500. Write Box 272, Chapel Hill, N. C. LET US CARE FOR YOUR SPRING MOTORING NEEDS Certified Lubrication—with Marfak, the wonder lubricant t ' Washing—Polishing—Waxing—Simonizing Firestone Tires—Willard Batteries—Seat Covers TEXACO PRODUCTS ** Universily Service Station H. S. Pendergraft, Prop. Free Road Service—Telephone 4041 Friday, April 3, 1936 SALESMEN WANTED a If you are ambitious you cart, make good money with a Raw leigh route. We help you get started. No capital or experi ence needed. Steady work for right man. Write Rawleigh’s, Box NCD-37-2, Richmond, Va. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT North Carolina, Orange County^ BLANCHE N. SEIWELL , VB. DONALD T. SEIWELL NOTICE The defendant, Donald T. Seiwell. will t&Tfe notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Orange County, North Carolina, to secure an absolute divorce based on more than two years separation; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is re quired to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county in the courthouse in Hillsboro, North Caroling, on or before the 28th. day of May, 1936, and answer or de mur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said com plaint. This 28th day of March, 1936. A. W. KENION, Clerk of the Superior Court: of Orange County.
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