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"It -wms about time, too," said Sair
ffeizafe eftaric, oae of Oa first of the
4#,000 city worker* to racaiva pay,
wfafcb tauTbeea hold back by iaaoi
thrown oat <t our flat."
He held up hii blue voucher, made
valid by the purchase of *SM?M?C
?wth d tax aiWwipatisn warrants by
a citizens' relief committee, as if to
see if it sctaaHy were real..
"Yep," he added as he made way
tor the next employe at the i^ay-toaat
srt window, "it's the fleet cash I've
hod my oo since Christmas."
A eommetfcei dowa the haS turned
attention to John Keefe, a secretary,
who obtained a friend to sit at his
iaformatioft desk while he made a
bee line to the cashier's office.
"I couldn't take sny chances," he
said. "I'm flat broke and I just gotta
enough money to bey cigarettes. Tve
beea borrowing them ail week."
Checks for poUremen who have
been chiming criminals while going
on mfoieed diets, and for firemen
who have been fighting fires and
tightening their belts simultaneously
for two months, wiD be delivered to
' their stations tomonow.
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Only the ttoK iBBcnsrm. io,uw
stroag, left out in the cold.
Thxowgh a technicality over signature
on school board tax warrants, their
cheeks were, not written and probably
will wot bo hawed ior a week longer.
The seksei asbi haws received no
pay since Christmas eve.
. Far a tine it looked as if the em
ployes woold be dbappoiated again in
the fcnf safer ?f proarisss they have
? V? - -W n Wf! . f n 1 ,1 1 ? 1
raWfKr Trom atjr niQW JUMN
At naea the eftjsens* committee had
the fMvBOMOQ in cash at * Wak a
eross the street from the (% M *
Envoys of Mayor Wiffiam H. ?Hg
Bill" Thompson, who were nppaed
to deliver at that time the tax war
rants. signed by him, didst appear,
and Mayor Thompson cooldnt be lo
cated at his office.
Later Thompson said be bed been
too busy to sign the warrants- He waa
prevailed open to put hia eignatare
on them forthwith, the' news was
flashed to the Cfty Hall, and issuing
of the checks started iaameduUd>.
Two years* delay in collection of
taxes, ceased by a reassessment, pot
Chicago in a fmsrwfel hofrtfajrt fall
000 to9'bf'rt^d?*
prominent business BMW.
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YOU CANT PLEASS EYERBODY
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? ^ Tike world is full of gooozmur^j
ttiti tr^ato to mum yUin jagfj
I,,,
pon answers nrni two |wuinw wmi
flatters all 9i Ms oopstftacnte and a- j
thiaks Mia eiactad and if he t
wted!*T4* bSb^iw
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b lMHclsd tfiiw iMTCiv
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F ' J9B^ ^^Lnn ?
Willie Hiftuxn, a paews?t?ath<
trodc^Wi^ta^ead^bej
rest his pistol across his arm and fire
rina serenmefL-niaattLher had ifww
her face and cried: "Oh, Lorty, Vn
3hot," Hfioorn said.
"Crip" Fowler, a witness wbc
testified in the early stages of the
trial of the five Gastonia textile
workers, charged with the maxder, i
dentified Wheelus as the mennrbo did
HUburn remained unshaken in hii
story daring a rigid cross-examina
tion by defense attorneys and ftfltly
denied he had told WflHam "Whitlow
Other testimony against
Wheehis was presented by witnesses
this morning. Gilbert Emms, a frinple,
said he aw a men net a pistol across
his arm. He jumped Sowrver, before
any shot was fired and oooid Sit say
if die man he saw with thepistel waa
Wheetas.
John Queen, a oafs operator, and
Henry Myers, a companion of Qwocn,
said they saw Wheelus in an aotbino
bile panning the truck of textile
workers and noticed he polled Ms hat
down oner his face as though to keep
from bete* WafdhftwT Qnesn was
quoted by Ifyen a* saying: "There
goes Horace Wheehu trying to tide
bg at a high rateof speed
Eaves, the cripple, said after the
track crashed into the aotomdbfie at
the t^?rf the Aeotfaf, Fra* Ifor
The other defendants, Troy Jones,
Lowery Davis and Ol E. Lansford,
were not mentioned in the testimony.
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;: fakm b1ll is |
: approved by ;
; pres. hoover:
i ? Washington, March 5 ? Presl- *
- * dot Hoover yesterday uormd *
* a bffl authorizing an approoria* *
w ,L Ty '5- 1 ?. .? ?' TTr;- V ?JP . ?. ." ?,
? tion of $7JO?,0?O for the relief of *
? ftnaen flood, or ?
* drought stricken areas in jSttooi *
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? Ifemuare itototootUtw of *
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? sourj. ? '
? He wmey to be rathorind ?
? would be loosed to formers to ?
? purchase seed, fertiliser or other *
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Governor ToCaP fljpljp of ;
' Coort Aprin 21 for Negro j
Asafcnt '
r Ahpdde, Ifarch 4.?Governor Gurd- I
near bat been petitioned by the Hert- '
ford Count? roiMiriwiorwi to call a J
J special secakm -of Superior Court in
I oWtn ?.uml ? Im? fVi? Mai of TTnrvpv I
who made an ^
^ today dor- <
jwmawached Ut? in the afternoon to 1
IJa? f
?m(?U
Solic- j(
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' i" i ' i i ran iii i -
jA-?*<>*:. - -i ?' ^v-.' '. j
I Washington, jjfareh 3.-While at
tempting to look into carbide tank on
nejrro boy, who 'SJ^j^pdied
two konrs later from severe burn*. -r;
Boberron, afjed jtf,* of Bonte 1, Rob
ersonvill^ptfai tba amall- house
which held the lifting plant for his
iome and via at fork-^ the plant.
Tb* room was dark and it i? supposed
not onh^w^c,
the exptoafen and Wa eiothee were e*
so
Iwdy, practically buraed mouth
and throat Burns were on hi* entire
body also. The ynmg negro lived from
10:30 until 1 without regaining con
?efeusdwi ' '
Dr. Vernon Ward, of Bobersonville,
rident, but stated tlit Xr. Roberson's
death was tortimtaneous^^w'
Mr. Robersott was highly thought
of by those who knew him. He had
spent his entire life in the county and
*as eimsidered one of its best citizens.
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As thja Is written, the most stylish .
parents Sit giVfeg their children the
Driest names they can d% ont of the
Bible. &'-r ?'"
irfiiinri m;,iw i ai m? /?
admission ta and 36 e^te.
be aIao n??Ul ?w^?? be.
twem acts by High School Orchestra
JSKJgfSfflKll
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Debate
iSt* *?*?LS*ing
the question for the final debate, to
be held here April 4th. fete four de
bater****; Evelyn Tumage, Rub?
Ifi* Garr, Vernor Fortes and Hemby
Bumette. They spoke on the follow
ing query: "Resolved, that the Oener
al Assembly of Until Carolina skodd
adopt the proposed constitutional a-l
mendment authorising the dassifioa
tion of property fbr taxation.
? Thl^four debaters chodjh to- repre
sent Farmvilte High School with Tar
boro and Roanoke Rapids are: Affir
mative: Evelyn Turnage, Hemby Bur
netts; Negative, Grace Swindell and
Vernon Forbes.
Who's Who. J
The girl described last week was
Rachel Monk. AttthwWho's Who that
hare been described ore characters In
the aenior play Chftnfr School,"
which will he presented Friday night
erf this week at eight o'clock in Rer
Wn's .HalL The gW that la described
below is a very important character
la the play; s -
She has long,3 light brown hair,
whiqh Is slightly early. She Is of a
height and* aire aud'always
biffc Somettow d* wen* atatfc with
and usea tbero tor ? great advantage
in m? Chgftn School" Tha*? lii ?
reason for lift: awx^ ia '^r Charm
School" taridea her personal ability?
that reason is?tfell, that would be
telling. Sed'l "Tl? Charm School."
With all she is a good student and
worker and a great help to the senior
olass.^
Criticism
rcl (By Margaret Davis)
There is nothing which wings it's
flight so swiftly as critic!iuh; nothing
which is listened to with more readi
f??S?mth^d on page
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[igh 'School won the Northewtern
Ipge CwfoMce
.. ? .-*???> oo 10 T+ ??t fVm.ovHn
xsl quint'oU^of eight starts. Kin
t? having h-fam. torn ?Hier in
^Howe^'thaS
wi back in the aecond half to
Spppcfl ORfe with Kins ton. vutsiqb ox
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dents reached 10,000 as those front
West High, South High and Eaal
High joined the original strikers.
Demands ofthe striking students
broadened a# the whs of the strik
ers grew. "Phe original strike at North
High school ia few days ago sought
the removal of Hiss Brumrritfc from
the teacfcfcf ftaft Miss Brummitt
was removed and four students sus
pended as ringleaders of the walkout,
:: Yesterday the North High School
students again, demanding reinstate
ment of their four expelled classmates
As the strike spread to other schools
tbday students demanded dismissal of
the acting, secretary of public instruc
tion, the director of education and the
principal of North High School.
; Two students were mobbed this
morning lor refusing to join the walk
out, and two were attacked yesterday.
Seven strikers were arrested for ereat
ing a disturbance near West High
school and for assaulting a police
man.
With the walkout at its height, Dr.
Alejandro Albert, acting secretary of
public instruction, announced that all
strikers would be expelled. This would
mean the expulsion of 10,000 students
now on strike and any others that
may join it.
North High school students in their
tint strike /claimed Miss Brummitt,
who came from Valparaiso, Jnd., had
in^t^tia^^ino
of them that he had jicted like an
-Imbecile."
STATECKTS SOU
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Improved Methods Station
Will Be Located in Gnil
I ford Coimay ?
Raleigh, March 4.?'Through the ef
forts of Dr. R Y. Winters, director of
the agricultural experiment station at
State College, the new southeastern
sol) erosion station of the United
States Department of Agriculture wilj
be located in Guilford county, on the
farm of I* Richardson, eight miles
north of Greensboro, President E. C.
Brooks, announced yesterday.
Several of the southeastern States,
notably Virginia and Georgia, in ad
?...O^vp.
CUUOn W IN Ur<4i uaiuuw,
?j$ interested in securing the new stav
I tion, which wfflspend approximately
$20,000 of Federal funds annually in
soil research planned to discover im
proved methods of etmfcrolling soU ero
sion and consequent loss of I toil fertil
ity on the rolling fields of the Pied
montKeetion. ; <0 . V"
Recent experiments conducted by
die United States Department of Ag
riculture, in co-operation with vari
that the loss of soilsfa^dfioil fertility
|by Vt|ihing,amaes^ heavy drain upon
the present rate of washing is allowed
to continue, the surface Boil of large!
I areas will be entirOy lost and the
sub-soil made unprofitable for agricul
tore until rebuilt-by expensive P&mm*
for the soil erosion station will be ad
I&^2lz?ZZ?
vestigations of the the Federal De
Department of Agriculture has been
co-operating with the former for sev
I r
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?j W IHl JHMBr
today under tee^careof $hys iciaiJand
The ? hp riff. 0f Mpprxnh oOWlty hpf
wamato to hall them into court on
" charges of disorderly conduct, but has
I afcaouneed that they must spend forty:-i *
' eight hours in bed b?f<** they win he
allowed to appear.
The ten were the survivors of the
Eastwood Park marathon dance wfcKh
i began last Novembe|pr|6 andi; ended ,
' shortly after midnight today, with the
appearance of Sheriff Percy L. Moore
and his deputies, armed with the dis
orderly conduct warrants. C. A. Pres
sey, promoter of tee marathon, shout
ed that the dance was over as soon .
as tee officers walked out on the
dance floor.
The warrants were biased on the
charge that the ten contestants- were
guilty of violating the Michigan
statute which designates collecting
pnblic alms as disorderly conduct
Many of the spectator! at the hall
had thrown coins out on the dance
floor and the ooateetants picked them
up.
. The marathon dance had aroused
considerable public indignation. Min
isters of East Detroit and neighbor
ing communities and investigators for
the State Labor Commission had been
?v li. Jl A. - - - ? -
QUispoKen in condemning we muu
thon as detrimental to the health of
the participants. Investigators said
the contestants were so exhausted V
that they slept while they danced.
Detroit, March 4. ? A marathon
dance which has been going along for
more than 106 days at Eastwood park,
East Detroit, appeared about to end
t&fiiy with the state commissioner of
labor and industry moving to stop Jit
after local city .and oounty authorities
fojjjgd
witnesses, rivals the most savage
dances of primitive peoples, has gone
on uninterrupted since last Novem
ber 13.
Several pastors of the district at
tacked the marathon dance in their
Sunday sermons. The Sev. Roland
Travers, of the Mount Clemma Bapt
ist church, who has been waging a
campaign against the dance referred ,
to it Sunday as "in many ways, the
saddest, most heart-breaking affair I
have ever attended. "
"It was not a funeral service over ?
a dead body, but far worse," he de
clared. "It was the slow death of the
physical, mental and-spiritual natures
of nearly a dozen young people."
i I; Spectators have been attracted to
Eastwood park by morbid curiosity.
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Wild scenes nave neea enactea as \jw
contestants dropped exhausted to the f
/loor. Tie spectacle of a yo.yag j?er~
son foaming at the mouth or becom
ing suddenly rigid and apparently life
less has not been uncommon.
Stella F. McLeod, investigator for
the State Labor.Commission, desc i -
ed the' marathon aa "an undviliw)
exhibition a million years removed
from the modern concept of the dance
as a form of personal amusement or
aesthetic expression."
IShe spoke of contestants as being
in "the last stages of mental and
physical exhaustion/'
When the marathon started las^, .
fall the dancers were all allowed 20
minutes of each hour for ^ei&iTWg-.
rest period has been shortened to 10
minutes and now is being shortened
one minute each day. <lnly fire coup'
es have been able to continue through
the winter. The partners take turiK
steeping. A young woman carrying a
msfh about the zoom white he Steeps
is part of the show.
Nothing's bo discouraging to reform
Jrork as trying-to rates the money to
of cropping and crop rotations to soil
tartoyriment action -of the coHe.-^?
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