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\ vmhou of Amendment To
j Place Bigger Burden On
"The little Fellow."
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(From The Newa k Observer)
The voters will be epllsd upon ntext
Tbesday to pap* upon several amend
ments to the Constitution. There 1*1
teal omit in some of them. But]
there is a* proposed that is subver
sive of ti* sound principle of Bth*^ j
Bights to AU and Special Privilege!
to None It was killed in 1928. It]
comes again. in slightly different
form. It is, hoawar, the same oldj
coon with one more ring around its I
tail, and dsrtrvcs to be buried under I
aa avalanche of votes. This is the I
amendment to Section 3 of Axttefe V, j
which is to strike out "uniform" from j
tie Slate Constitution and insert]
"ciaasidahtion." The voters rejected I
it in 1928. - It should be called "An J
amendment to increase tax favore I
and tax immunities for the ewners
of intangible property, leaving the
main burden on lands and other prop- J
edythat is visible" The purpose of
this amendment is to let the Login-j
la tore impose a tax of 50 cents on the j
$10fr*f intangible property while the
average rate on real estate will cbn
tm*|y mipP .aWyry.00 and up
wards. TMa favoritism will tend te [
farther rtpvees the damans fyr and.
the price of real estate and send all
the money into invest?** in .stacks j
and bonds, enjoying a low rate if in I
State securities and exemption Item
all taxation if in foreign securities.
One of the worst features of thif
amendment is that it csnfers no pow
er on the Legislative to fix the rate
on incomes, and directs that the
highest rate shall not exceed 6 per
cent, and that the exemption of $2,000
shall be copitisued to married men
and to other - persons $1,000, "and
there may be allowed other deductions
(not intfoding living expense) so that
only net iweawma am taxed." K the
Legxriatnre ought to be free to de
stroy aniformity and eqsahty and
sulwlJCh, favoritism ok intangible
property it should be left free to fix
the rate <a the income tax and ex
emptions. :r 1
Another objection to this amend
ment is that it looks to reducing the
tax o? forest land, while leaving
high rates on cultivated land, homes
and all real estate. In his address
at the Farmers' Convention held in
Raleigh last July, President B. B.
Everett, "opposed the movement to
exempt forest from taxation and said
woodlands could be made to pay their
way if properly handled." The main
objection to exempting or reducing
taxation on forest lands is that- it
destroys the principle of uniformity
long embedded in the Constitution,
,, and the only sound basis of taxation.
' Depart from uniformity and legisla
? ?a ? *
ton would be lobbied for special
privilege by every class. A man who
owns a farm and cultivates a crop
giv*es employment to others. In re
cent yean he has not found it profit
able. Ten-cent cotton and ten-cent
tobacco hardly leave money to pay
taxes on the present basis of assess
ment If forest land is exempted
from the uniform rate, taxes must
be increased on farms, homes, stores
and factories. It is important to in
crease and preserve forests. Tax as
sessors takie that into consideration
in fixing valuation. But to give spec
ial favors to that class of property
over cultivated fields is contrary to
the soundest principle of taxation.
Uniformity and equality is the only
rule thsA ia hgfc^Moreover, as one
emgts forest lands sad keeps up the
tainon cultivated ones, efter this year
I will put most of my firm in forest
hufl and escape taxation." There is
anejkfaer reason: Most of the large
V a r usage of forest lands is held by
yhiflrw Much of It was purchased
of land that gives no
Aether ob this amend
ion- nntM. tlworv w "ff
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li^BSSBSS night^a
performance of "Corpord Eagraw?
A large erowdwae jsreaeat and ap
parently enjoyed ft# home talent peiv
formanee, thoroughly. It is to be pre
sented again tonight, and win prob
ably he oven hetter portrayed and
enacted as the cast will be more fa
miliar with the p^- aarf should
I ferry it through with the perfect ease,
characteristic of second shows." r j I
The opening scene is ar patriotic
pageant, "My Dream of the Big Pa
rade," featuring the entire cast of 150
children, soldiers, chorus girls and
sailors. I
The plot of the play is built ground
"Bed Eagen," Lath Morris. Eagen
wishes to win promotion from buck
private to an officer in "This Man's
Army," so that he might boast to his
giri, "Sally (Wea," played by JfiSs
Elizabeth Fields, lxzy uoiasuean, ?r
ian Rumley, is Eagen's screamingly
funny Jewish buddy, the tip* Ofdhem
providing the hub around which ?jbe
riot, of comedy revolves during the
coatee of the pimy.
The show is indeed a merry mix
ture of 'music, minstrels and khaki
komedy, chockfuR of non-sense and
"horse play," of a kind that makes
folks forget their worries and grouch
es, and grin and guffaw. Particularly
bright spots of the entertainment is
the chorus?the girls chorus of pret
ty, peppy maidens, who put a lot of
life in tbair songs, the short flash of
Senear Jones' minstrels and the "bits
of vaudrritie."
The audience had a lot of fan with
the awkward squad and the squad
had a. lot of fun with the audience.
The rookies were all sizes and shapes,
a motley bunch to look at Gena&l
Pershing was hardly recognized by
his personal acquaintances hen, aid
the others, Phew!
Replete withjgskfe.^'*^W! the
show brought war ?after roair of
laughter from the audience, ft is,
without a daubt the .greatest show
ever offered here by an amateur cast
It is put on under the direction of the
Universal Producing Company, with
Miss Louise Wilson as the efficient
director, who has worked with tireless
energy during the past few days to
make every detail as effective as pee- ;
able.
A large number of people who sow
?the show last night, are planning to
I see it again tonight, and a lot of
Bpeople were sore as a result of st
Itending, but it was not because of
I being disappointed ? they amply
I laughed themselves sore. iW second
land final performance will be tonight.
Ingeniously Constructed and
Conceded Plants Discov
ered In Wilson County.
I Wilson, Oct 80?Two ingenious un
derground distilleries were captured
Iby county officials In two raids near;
there yesterday. morning which netted
one man, three stills, four barrels.of
beer, 18 gallons of whiskey and small
[quantities of wine and cider. T. C.
Griffin, arrested in one oi the raids,
Iwaa. given a special hearing before
County Judge S. G, Mewborn and was
sentenced to one year on the roadh
land fined $50 and costs. The road sen
tence was suspended for two years, ;
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secret concrete <ase men t unaer vne 11
building. Two copper stills-, one of 801
. ?. ^ mi? ? 1 I
SIMMONS HAS NO?
MORE TO SAY NOW
Senior* Upon Reflection
Deckles To Add Nothing
To Langston Repndiation
?awnsnmnpnemiP -?*,'?
Senator F. M. Simmons has written
a letter declining to add to his state
ment of last week repudiating the
statement made by Colonel John D.
Langston, one of his plenary cam
paign managers, in introducing Josiah
William Bailey, Democrats nominee
for Senator Simmons' seat in the
United States Senate to an audience
at Wilmington on Monday, October
m ?? -.fkm
Colonel Langston said that he hafl
no authority to speak for Sena|flj
ftimj?uvria| that he was -convinsed
that Senator Stmmoos wished a unit
ed Democratic party to supmport Mr.
Bailey and the entire Democratic tick
et
In his statement last week Senator
Simmons declared that he had. autho
rised no such statement and that if
he deeided to make a statement be
fore; or after the campaign he would
make it himself and not through
another, :
In response to a request from the
Evening Telegram of Rocky Mount,
Senator Simmons on Monday wrote
the following letter to the newtp&per
and sent the-following copy: to Bart
M. Gatling, his 'Wake County mana
ger, with authority to make it pub
lic:
* * 1 J 1?M. /mlfk
? "i nave xor wswrtu uo/o u^u
unwell and for that reason I have not
sooner written the letter with respect
to your recent teiegram which I in
dicated I would write. Upon further
reflection, I am confirmed in the
opinion expressed in my wire to you
that my statement with reference to
the Wilmington incident requires no
"I did not intend to criticise my
good friend, Colonel Langston, for
his appeal for party harmony. He
voted for Smith in 1928, but he did
not join in the vituperations of that
campaign nor in the punitive expedi
tion afeich- fbibwed and therefore had
a right, with good grace, to appeal if
ha so desired to bothw wings of the
party. ??
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! *Iam sufficiently familiar with the
propaganda method* of partisan
newspapers and politicians in the seal
and heat of a.campaign to know that
?statements attempting to visualize
?tne inward wortongs oi the nana ana
heart of another, even though de
clared to be purely interpretative,
would soon be bjaaened forth and no
bm labors of tiie last Congress, made
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Utterly Obaelete, Declares j
Prominent Farmer And ,
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Chapel Hill, Oct 20,~"Tbe ia*im,l
ing methods of the South hove be- i
come obsolete, and the farmers .who 1
steadfastly refuse to change their I
methods to meet new conations that t
have arisen in recent years are doom* t
ed," Hugh MacRae, of Wilmington,
prominent'planter and civic leader, <
who is president of the North Caro- {
Una Social ServiOe Conference and! \
acting of the Southeastern j
.Council, declared hm^l^t^night in j
"Practices in other parts of the s
nation have left the average South- i
era farmer with little more chance c
of success than has a hand-loom a- i
gainst a modern poWoMoom," Mr. c
MacRae asserted. "Most of the land- %
owning farmers have moved to town;]?
ft majority of the farmers are tenants; J
only the home-owning farmers have
gardens and arte prepared to live at
home."
"Since the period of deflation fol- ^
lowing the World War, farm condi- t
lions in North Carolina have beeoffie ,
critical," Mr. MacRae stated.' "The J
coming of the boll weevil has been ?
an important factor. Surveys give ?
proof of the widespread distress a
mong the small farmers of the South.
This year's cotton erop averaged less !
than a half-bale per acre. This means
to the farm family a starvation wage.
"There are large areas in the South a
which have at the present time reach- t
ed the condition of agricultural slums; g
yet there are known systems of ag- l<
(riculture?suitable to Southern condi- a
tions, which, if adopied, would change a
the downward trend Two things are J
broadly essential: (1) A "Iive-at- 'j
Home"' program worked out to ex- <
treroe limits, not applying to the fc
?farmer only, but equally to the entire l
population of the south. (2) A system <j
of diversified agriculture which, in- *
clodo? the raising of small grain and a
the Introducing of animal husbandry." t
HELD GUILTY ON i
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Eighth District, at its annual meeting
held In Greenville Saturday, endorsed"
Mrs. TTto-nage, of Frrmvillei* for
the office of State Itepntt.
In September the following, an
nouncement was sent <ret to the var
ious chapters bytfcefilajor Benjamin
.vTwvf**?^-T'. .J#-. J; *W~~ ,m:9. !}
May chapter, whose members include
toprawnto^ ^me^ofj^a^' Wil
"The Major Benjamin May chapter
preaento tl*
office ot%fa Regent, Daugh^l^
the American Revo&tion of North
Carolina.. Aft organizing regent oI
the Major May chapter, State chair
man of the Battle of Moor# Cw?fc
Sesqui-Gentennial celebration, and aa
treasurer, are, ruruage ca* ?
PfCerd of service which provide* her
ffitli <i intinmtr and intelligent
knowledge of the work. She haa per
sonally assisted in the organization
of other chapters. Since becoming
identified -with th* jD. Ay II, she has
attended all State and National meet
ings. In - asking yonr support, we,
the undersigned, brieve a woman is
>eing offered who jf? eminently qua}
iied for an economic systematic and
jonatructive leadershin* ? Mft, Robert 1
El Smith, chairman ?3ghth PistHctf
drs. W. ft Murphy, Regent Col m* \
UHgter chapter, 16?. J. f. Parrott,
itegent MoeelejvBright chapter, Miss ;
iarah Stewart, chairman Seventh Dia- ,
rict, Mini fleVtoconti, corresponding
eraecretary Major May chapter." " 1 1
In offering Mrs. Ttaaage aa a can
Eidate, her and7 the 7th and I
>th disttictsttse into consideration 3
he important fact that Mia is ft i
forth Carolina woman by birth. Her
indly dates back to pioneers, who I
lave, since first landing on Tar Bed :
pers, doctors, statesmen and planters i
n the construction and development <
if interest pertaining to this State.
She is a descendant of the following (
?Id North Carolina families: Mur- ;
ihy's, Moore's Lee's, DeVane's, Stev
ens', Kelso's George Durant and
oseph Sutton. ,
Many who know ho?, and her cou
in, Br, Edward Alderman, president
? the Bhirerslty of Virginia, per
onally recognise the remark -pon
he similarity in their classic Intel-.
ects. Gifted in a remarkable degree
n the art of expression by writing,!
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UIU OUCIJ qUtt-UUCU ejUTCJJUIUIUU RU- .
'antages, Mrs. Turnage is already
>rominent, and a brilliant future la '
)rophesied for her in the field of '
etters.
' '* ? *
Her executive ability is marked, l
ind being entirely rfiree from affecta- i
ion, she presides with dignity and 1
(race, speaking with poise and fcpi
sadership since its organisation, has i
ecomplished much; two monuments '
ttest the valor and courage of Major j
tenjamin May, and the Indian filter, ??
Laron Tyson, a sextette well and fav- 1
?rab!y known in radio circles, has <
>een formed and the chapter is now i
aunching a program for building a 3
hapter house, which when completed,
idll serve the community as a library j
ind museum, as well a? a social cfen- '
er, and will be the second building }
if its kind to be erected in the c rtire J
Jbuth. In church, town, or State, ?:
thy task undertake^ by this worthy: -I
Ponmn w^:dwte ^ 1
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greater part of & la quite safe for
Democratic candidates for the United
^vmvw^wv "mur- ,x!
Stafe* Senate, party leaden, anxious
ditions fa t&| East '# Mr. fciiiiey is
to get a* normal off year majorityof
Ibout 75,000,"Eastern worker* rau*t
do a lot of work, between now ?nj
next Tuesday.
State Chairman 0. M. Mull's de
sired 100,000 majority seems a long
way off at present He express* sat
isfaction with the campaign results
in the West but working up enthus
iasm in fce East is proving * hard
job. Apathy Is widespread and reports
from Wayne, Craven, New Hanover,
Wilson and other counties are not en
couraging. There is, however, a aflver
tik i r\ .l?.J J_ M..1
1WU1# w boe x/eiiun;xa.ut giuuu 10 HI?I>
tbep&rty worker# ere well, aware Of
the condition and are moat atfivo in
trying- to change to ;
^ThopM^it la refraining from pre
dicting tiie size of the" Bailey major
ity, the State chairman la predicting
that the Democrats will win all 12 of
tiie stated teats to Congress, two of
which are now heid by Republicans.
The. Tenth seems safely re-won bat
in tbp Ninth, where-former Congrwa
man A. L. Bqlwinkle to trying to re
gain the aeat taken from hini two
man ago by Congressman Charles
Jonas, the fight is hard and close.
There was much worry about the
Fifth, which the late Congressman
Charles Stedman won by less than 100
votes two years ago, but Frank Han
cock, the new Democratic candidate)
seems to be gaining gftgnd. Guilford
to the dangerous county to this dis
trict.
Political interest to comparative y
keen throughout the West and a large
off-year vote is expected but, so far
g large part of the interest- to the
East is in counties where there is a
real fight on^ rai^ than to these
ity for Mr. Bailey and the State tick
et
. ?
tomtooKL
R. M, Cooper Executive Sec
retary of Flue-Cured To
taceo Committee.
R. M. tapper, Jr., of Wisacky, S.
C., farmerjnd breeder of cattle, has
been selected as executive secretary
of the Interstate Flue-cured Tobacco
Committee and.will begin his work
dnder the committee's direction on
November 1st, announced Dean L 0.
Schaufa: chairman of the committee
utd director of extension at State
College Tuesday.
The movement to form the- Inter
state Flue-Cured Tobacco Committee
sras begun at State College last
March at a meeting of extension rep
resentatives from the agricultural col
leges of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia, and of
iie United States Department of Ag
riculture and the Federal Farm Board
\t that time, Dean Sdtsbb was elect- .
id chairman and it was decided that
Hhe full committee would consist of
Sve ammlam ftem each State to con
sist of the director of extension, jf
marketing representative, a tobacco
grower, a banker or credit man and a
bobaeeo warehouseman. :
Tn oach ?1* -*?*?- * ?nrpi-n
? ' , ? ?? IWWI '/Iff I MM|| 1 WW ^ VV<-? ?
id there also wuTbe set op a State
:omxnittee which will consist of the
State representative on the interstate
together with the chair
men of four sob-committees. Onesub
sommittee w?U be on outlook infor
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tnation and acreage stabilization^
lother on credit stabilisation, a third
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uYBr tobacco niErKCuJM associations
in Mch ^ dire* im
[loMibU the last su^mittee,
{^)opcf is a graduate of tlic
Dniversity of 3outh Cartiltiis^.6 tros
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^Ijtefil ''''' %5*'^ ?
Thii
GroonviUe 4 &triots ^Ept^zy^/iX A* Hlii
on the site of tl-w'first Pitt Coimty; >
m^tYitvtAfin iw* Wflflf. ? ?r*
?jHHBBHHf^H^DvUCaQ* iwi , Ww*?J |?j? i,- ?* ',?
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"apliUllolu **?' *2f7W" uuapioUB gilU UXi ?W*
ions stftte committee 'tmy giv^n ho?
r i^jili'?ili flifr J j- "
l^1* . w' . O^U^J|r
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for future generations, is novr a e of
the activities being stressed bj Hfee
Daughters, and money-is being e&
lected for the purchase of far* and
the lestabHrhment of this park. " J'
The Major May chapter, under her
Journncent of the ninth district meet
ing of the Daughters, held in Green
ville last Saturday afternoon, was ah
event not only of arantry-widr in
terest,- but it attracted numbers of
people from various parts of the ?
State.
The exercises had a picturesque
setting, being held on a beatttifid ter
raced hillside, two and a half miles
east of Greenville, on the Greenville
Washington highway. The marker
Occupied the middle terrace, vfhere
also stood a group of decend&nte, the
speakers and Daughters; on the up
per terrace were a group of Indians,
and several figures in Colonial cos
tuwes; down below were the Boy
Scouts and the Greenville high sc$p' '
band.
A parade, which formed at the
Woman's Chib building, -pseclded the
Of the program. Mrs. T. C. Turnage,
01 r armvuie, introduced juxs. Unanes
R. Whitakcr, of Southern Pines, State
Regent In doing this, she paid a
timely tribute to the superior citizen
ship to Pitt County, saying: "They
can reduce the price of our cotton and
tobacco, but they cannot reduce the
price of our citizenship, for in the
words of Paul Jones, 'Pitt County has
the will to win.' " Mrs. Whitaker
spoke on the importance of marking
historical spots and this phase of the
D. A. R. work.
Mom Fordye C. Harding, general
ly known as Pitt County'B silver
tongued orator, made the principal
address of the afternoon, giving the
historical facts relating to tue old
court house. It was the home of CoL
John Hardee, and was used for 14
years as the court house of Pitt, coun
ty. The two chimneys reaching
across the west end of th* house bore
the insignia of the Episcopal church,
I. H. S., and so does the marker. The
community was then called St. Mich
aels' Parish. The vaults in the chim
neys held the church and court re
cord*, until a court house was built.
Pitt county was founded in 1760 and
the bronze tablet, also bears this date. .<
After a formal opening the dis
trict was extended a cordial welcome
by Mrs. George Forbes Hadley, Miss
Annie Perkins of the Farmville chap
ter, responding. A gavel made from
the wood of the old court house was
presented to the district by IDtt Lu
cy James, a Colonel Hardee descend
antT r .y .
The district endorsed Mrs. T. C.
Turnage, of Fannville.as a candidate
for state regent at this time, her out
standing record of service and
achievements being outlined by Mrs. .
Thomas McGee. W.
j \ v"*'c:?*?"?? Jr-v,,/s
.; Recently, for the lX8th time, Ed
ward Howard, 52 years old, of Phila
delphia, Pa., gave a pint of Ids blood, >
through transfusion, to help save ?
human life' r * v ??
In th?r quest for > thrill, * boys : . ,
exploded dynamite in a Columbia, S.
P,__J lV. ???'
fount ana shattering the cnurcn win
f the Tri State T bwy AflUKHi ti
this is Anothftr sttcDip^ OG the pftsft ^
V<*tf <r f ftp f hsuvvi *i*m Th?
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