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HUNT ON FOR
BEN'S RICHES
Law Invoked In Treasure
Hunt With Pize Of Over,
$600,000.
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St. Joseph, Mich., Jan. 20.?The law
was invoked yesterday in a treasure
hunt which has for its proxe between/:
$600,000 and $700,OC|0 hidden rjj&ea
of the late "King" Benjamin^jrnei]
of the House of David c?,\?ny.
_ ,H-. T- who was counsel
lor the colony during the life of j
"King" Ben and now is the let der,
filed suit in Berrien County Circuit,
Court for a writ which would compel j
Mrs. Ada Ross Schneider, for twenty-1
five years auditor and secretary of i
the colony, to disclose the hiding
place of the money.
Mrs. Schneider's attorney, George
H. Brookwalter, said she had told him
the secret wealth was in $1,000 bills,
locked in vaults whose location was
revealed only to her and a few other
women in the colony. Existence of
the money, the attorney said his client
had told him, was not known even to
Dewhirst, although he has been head
of the colony since "King" Benja
min's death, three years ago.
Mrs. Schneider has left the colony
and is preparing to bring suit to re
cover for her services. Atty. Brook
waiter said the colony had offered to
settle with her for $5,000. Now, how
ever, Judge Dewhirst asks a complete
accounting and directions for finding*
the hidden hoard of $1,000 bills.
There were allusions to the secret
wealth a year and a half ago while
Judge Dewhirst and "King" Benja
min's widow, "Queen" Mary Purnell.
were contesting for leadership of the
colony. Their difficulties were not air
ed in court, however, and "Queen"
Mary abdicated without any public
discussion of colony finances. Attor
ney Brookwalter said Mrs. Schneider I
had assured him the money still is j
safe .unless colony members have dis- [
covered it3 hiding place by chance.
ARTISTS OF N. C.
TO BOLD KXH1BIT
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A ?Kw<*i*tion Will Show j
Paintings in Person Hall i
At Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 20?The North
Carolina Association of Professional
Artists will hold their first public ex
hibition on the University campus j
this spring, it was decided at a meet-!
ing held in the studio of Mary Graves,
president of the association. The in
vitation was extended by President
Graham. ,
The paintings will be hung in Per
son Hall, which hrs been used success
fully in the past The exhibition will
open the same day as the American
College Publicity Association, April
23, and will continue for about ten
day*. ?-?
The North Carolina Association of
Professional Artists consists of a
group of about 15 artists who arc
either native-born Tar Heels or are,
working and living in the State. The ?
president is Mary deB. Graves, of j
Chapel Hill; vice-president, Chaj. j
Baskervjlle, Jr., of New York City;!
secretary, Isabelle Bowen of Raleigh;!
and treasurer, William Steene of j
Chapel Hill.
The society was organized last j
? ? year with the object of giving the
people of North Carolina an oppor
tunity to see what their own artists
are doing and giving the artists an
opportunity of showing their work
to the public.
Correct this sentence: "I know you
owe, but keep the money; I don't need
it right ^row."
OPPOSE TAX ON
GROSS INC OMES
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High Point Merchants Also
| Voice hostility To The
i Sales ^vy.
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HigS Point, Jan. 20 ? Vigorously
deposing any form of gross income or
sales tax, local business and profes
sional men assembled today in a
mass meeting at the Sheraton hotel,
received the support of Senator John
T. Burr us and Representative Thom
as Turner, Jr., two of Guilford coun
' ty's legislators, in their opposition to
\ such proposals. The meeting was held
(under the auspices of the High Point
I Merchants Association.
Speakers called attention to the
recently iintroduced bills providing
for a gross income tax and a sales
tax. The two legislators stated that in
their opinion strong attempts will be
made to pass some such bill. They de
clared that the demand for tax reduc
tion on land has necessitated some ad
ditional source of revenue.
Dr. Burros said that there are a
vailable untapped sources for revenue
and that funds can be secured from
corporations able to pay them. He as
serted that he'would favor a higher
tax upon power companies. Declaring
that he, for one, would like to know
just what North Carolina is worth, he
contended that revaluation of proper
ty should not be postponed. He con
cluded by warning those present that
there had not been a time in the his
tory of the state when it was more
necessary to guard against unwise
legislation.
Following the conclusion of the
meeting directors of the association
adopted the following resolution:
"It is hereby resolved by the board
of directors of the High Point Mer
chants Association: that this organi
zation is profoundly opposed to the
passage by the General Assembly of
North Carolina of a sales tax, amuse
ment tax,-luxury tax or gross income
tax, and; that it earnestly prays the
General Assembly to oppose the pas
sage of any such tax measures as
have been or may be brought before
it."
SEES DEPRESSION
AS THING OF PAST
Alebmarle Man Shows.'
What Was The Matter
WTith The Past Year.
Though it was on the 13th day of
the months when he made his state
ment, J. V. Barringer, Albemarle in
surance counsel, proves in black and
white that the depression was a thing
of the past when Babe 1931 arrived.
Says Mr. Barringer: "The year 1912
was a dull year for business, as it had
the biggest slump in a long time. Af
ter 1912 and until 1921 the country
was prosperous, work plentiful and
times good. However, 1921 was one
of the worst business years on record.
This was followed by good business
until 1930. And there's a funny thing
about these three years. Look at the
following figures:
1 1 1
9 9 9
1 2 3
2 1 0
13 13 13
"Now, how in the world can you
beat that number 13?" inquired Mr.
Barringer. "You can't get around the
fact that hard times are over, be
cause we will all be dead when this
combination works out again. The
next time it happens will be 2029 and
we will not be concerned about busi
ness conditions then. Yes, sir, hard
times are over. Figures don't lie."
EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION RECOMMEN OS
FEWER NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND NEARLY TWO HUNDRED
FEWER RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN STATE.
Raleigh, Jan. 22.?If the recommen
dations of tbe Educational Commis
sion is followed there will be not only
a fewer number of charter school dis
tricts, but there will also be nearly
200 fewer small rural high schools, it
is learned from the report of that
body. ,
Tbe Commission includes as a part
of section 9 of recommended bill num
ber one, which it submitted to the Gen
eral Assembly the provision that it
should be deemed unlawful for any
county board of education in the
State to provide for high school in
struction in a district in which the at
tendant of high school pupils for the
nest preceding year wag less than 50,
unless and until every one* plan for
earing for such schools has been as
certained by careful caletifi&ans to
be mora expensive. ^
11m Commission, it is 1mhm4 in
cluded this recommended change ss a
part of the proposed law after deter
mining that high schools having few
ita* m 1S?S **?
-?\v. '
which had less than this number in
average daily attendance during 1929
30. These schools had from one to four
teachers employed, a total of 370 in
all.
The Commission presents a table
showing the number of high schools
of various sizes throughout the State.
According to thi3 table there are 50
high schools having one teacher,. 74
having two teachers, 166 having three
teachers^; 125 having 4 teachers, 109
having fife teachers, 77 having six
teachers, 58 having seven teachers, 31
having eight teachers, 15 having nine
teachers, 8 having ten teachers, and
52 having more than ten teachers, a
grand total of 774 public high schools.
It is believed that by the elimination
of 192 of this hfimber, the remaining
562 could offer greater high school
advantages at less cost.
The age of the whale's skull which
was unearthed aasgfttly at Governor's
Ron, Md., has been nlaced at more
then S^OOC^OOO years by officials of
the Smithsonian Institute, Washing*
too, Oi C
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SAYS TOBACCO CO
OP LNEASFN CARO
LINA IS ASSURED
Dr. Carl C. Taylor Reports
Six Million Pounds of To
bacco Signed Up In Two
Months.
Raleigh, Jan. 20. ? With approxi
mately six million pounds of weed
pledged by tobacco growers of east
ern Carolina to the Co-operative To
bacco Marketing Association of this
section, actual formation of the asso
ciation is virtually assured according
to Dr. Carl C. Taylor, dean of the
graduate school and marketing ex
pert at State College who is recog
nized as one of the leaders in organ
izing the new association.
Dr. Taylor's assurance of the east
ern association being formed is based
on the success of the small South
Carolina Co-operative which went to
work and operated successfully last
year on a sign-up of only eight mil
lion pounds. Dr. Taylor says this
group marketed its tobacco at good
prices and made valuable contacts
with the large buying companies who
were drilling to handle the well-grad
ed leaf marketed by the South Caro
lina farmers.
"Within two months," says Dr.
Taylor, "North Carolina has signed
twice as much tobacco as South Caro
lina did in 18 months.
"I have been working in eastern
North Carolina primarily. At Snow
Hill, Scotland Neck, Clinton and Rich
lands the sign-up was most encourag
ing. At the Snow Hill meeting approx
imately three million pounds were
pledged; at Scotland Neck, one and a
half million pounds; at Clinton and
Richlands where the work has just
begun, more than a half million
pounds each was pledged.
"In western North Carolina, the
tobacco co-operative work has just
begun. With the help of the Federal
Farm Board, vocational agricultural
teachers and the county agents, edu
cational and organizational work is
progressing rapidly.
Dif.;. Taylor says the work of the
county "agents of the State College
extension service in making the east
ern Carolina association possible is
to be highly commended. Within 24
hours thfese agents called together the
growers of the eastern tobacco sec
tions and elected 47 delegates to the
fheStihg- 'at 'Raleigh called-by-Gaverr
nor Gardner last fall, he recalled.
The Federal Farm Board and the
extension division of State College,
together with the Smith-Hughes
teachers have been conducting edu
cational campaigns throughout - the
State, holding at least one meeting
in each county and many committee
meetings in western North Carolina
where programs have been prepared
concerning the needs of the tobacco
farmer and what co-operative mar
keting could and could not do.
To these workers and to Dr. J. G.
Kmapp, secretary of the association,
L. V. Morrill, Jr., appointed by the
governor and C. R. Page, president
of the tobacco association committee,
Dr. Taylor attributes much of the
success so far atteding the movement.
BRITAIN STILL IN
GRIP OF STRIKES
Textile And Railway Indus
tries Are Still Tied Up
By Labor Troubles.
London, Jan, 21. ? While 150,000
coal miners in South Wales returned
to work today, ending a strike which
began on New Year's day, the breach
between workers and emloyers widen
ed in the textile and railway indus
tries.
A lockout declared by mill owners,
in Lancashire has caused 250,000 cot
ton weavers to become idle. The in
dustry awaits returns of a vote of
union members as to whether their
executives would be empowered to
consult further with the owners re
garding the installation of a system
under which each weaver will be re
quired to operate eight looms instead
of the customary four. This is the
basis of the textile dispute.
It was possible that the emergency
committee of the Federation of Mas
ter Cotton Spinners, which meets to
morrow would declare the lockout ac
tive in their branch of the industry
as well. There are as many spinners
as there are workeis.'
Anxious times are ahead also for
the railways in whieh a wage dispute
was taken before the national wages
board today.
Representatives of the railway
owners cited statistics in support of
their contention that a proposed cut
of six shillings a week (about $1.60)
in wages must be made if the roads
are to continue operation. C. T.
Cramp, secretary of the Railway
Union already has declared the men
never will accept such a reduction,
: and a hitter struggle seemed inevit
| Wim to Sell Her Mule for |30 I
m: ;t. ? f :.?J
M rs^o^^larrls^amouj^ovcIisV of CartersvUfe,Ga., -saysshe's
going to keep her dog bat she feants to -cell her mule. She advertised It
in the local paper thus: "Black tfrarc mule,, weight 130ft faind*. . Food of
raaish.es, will bite when urged to do so. .Balks oolytwke* be
ginning of each working season; small dose of peppersance administered
mal.es her go like house afire. Never has tott her age, hot reckoned 13
years old." XV ?
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GOOD HEADWAY I? J
WAR UPON T.
Past Year Notable For Ti? (
Progress Made In State
And Nation.
Sanatorium,; Jan. 21.?The year
1930 was notable for the progress c
made in North Carolina and tb? aa* c
lion generally in the conquest of tub* t
erculosis, according to a comprehei^ I
sive review of the past year's ahti* (
tuberculosis activities appearing ixi
the January issue of The Sanatorium t
Sun, official organ of the North Cm* t
lina Sanatorium. i
"One of the outstanding e\afnts *
from the tuberculosis worker's point i
of view, that occurred during the'fefewr .1
was the proposed gift of |100,00$/fey '
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Pexm'.of *
Reidsville, for the erection of a splshd? *
id tuberculosis sanatorium for jlhe I
residents of Rockingham county," the *
article declares. "This gift, it will *
recalled, was contingent upon thftivot- 1
ing of sufficient funds by county of
ficials for its proper maintenanceltJn- e
fortunately, in the opinion of niany, a
the county commissioners failed to P
take such action at the time the dffer 1
was formally made, and it was with- '
drawn. Several other counties express- ?
ed deep interest in more effective c
handling of their tuberculosis prob
lem by the erection of the county san- 1
atoria. Early in the year plans, were v
annourtcetfiry Mere8kl*ja|A
resident of Danbury, in Stokes county P
for the construction of a permanent s
camp for undernourished children. Al- 11
though the movement has not yet 'v
reached the stage of fulfillment, it is *
hoped that sentiment favoring such a c
camp will materialize in buildings and a
?qvipment -in the not distant future. r
"Three other counties, Gaston,
Rowan and Durham, have opened such a
camps during the past twelve months, t
making a total of five conducted in a
the State. The other two are to Be a
found in Cabarrus and Davidson coun- 0
Hpq
"The State also boasts four mod- 1
ern, well-equipped county sanatoria,
where special provision is made for
boys and girls, these being supported ,
by the taxpayers of Catawba, Forsy
th, Guilford and Mecklenburg. Altho
no definite action to immediate con- fl
struction has been taken, sentiment "
is said to be strong for a sanatorium
for the residents of Rowan county,
both child and adult"
Mention is made of the interest
shown in anti-tuberculosis work by "
various organizations, including the
Woman's Club of Scotland Neck, the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Edgecombe
County Medical Society, and lions In
ternational, which has undertaken a ^
plan providing special assistance to
ex-patients in their efforts to make
an adjustment to normal conditions 0
of life after a long period of inactiv
ity and treatment." a
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HUNGRY MEN i
STORM STORE IN ?
OKLAHOMA CITY I
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Thousand Unemployed Per- \
sons Raid Grocery Store i,
And Get Food At Okla
homa City. 1
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Oklahoma Ci?y, Jhn, 20.?Nearly a a
thousand unemployed men raided a
grocery store within three blocks of ^
the city hall here today and seized
food.
A hundred police and scores of
other city and county officers took 1
charge of the situation and made c
! wholesale arrests.
The riot occurred a few minota* *
after a delegation of men visited City *
Manager E. M. Fry at the city tail J
and demanded that he famish food *
for the unemployed. Fry promised to *
aid the men.
A committee representing the
Army of unemployed recently visited 1
Fry with demands that; the city far- -
nlnh sleeping, quarters for men out of
work by tugbrtaer vacant store i
building, for tMr I
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m AUTO CO. SAYS
ADVERTISING PAYS
Chevrolet Motor Company
Using More Newspaper
Space Than Ever Before.
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Another aggressive advertising
lampaign, with newspaper display
alumna carrying the brunt of the st
ack, is promised for this yean by R.
L Whiteradvertiaing-manager of the
Chevrolet Motor Company.
Long one of the nation's leading
idvertisers, the Chevrolet organise
ion lent its endowment to the pulL
ng power of the newspaper by using
>,700 dailies and weeklies to announce
ts new 1981 car-in November, the
argest newspaper schedule ever used
>y Chevrolet in one campaign since
he inception of die company. This
nove was made despite, snb-normal
kusinesa conditions; and the generally
lackened promotional activities of
nanufacturecs in and out of the auto
nobjle industry.
"We made this-move," Mr, White
sxplajned, "because m are in direst
iccord with tlw freqosartly expressed
iew that the only way to make bad
>usiness good and good* business bet
er is to put abnormal effort into your
ictivities when you face subnormal
onditions.
"Not only did we carry the largest
tewspaper schedule we ever used, but
tre enlisted new forms of advertising
o put our new car message across.
JofiTthe radio' alM- the'TOPttUirpfctmc
creen were added this year. Both are
tew media in oar program, and both
rare added because a manufacturer
tfth a national market intensively
ultjvated cannot afford to overlook
ny pew means of approach to that
earket,
"We are continuing to use the radio
nd the screen to supplement and but'
ress our newspaper campaigns just
a we have alwcyB used national mag
ztnos, outdoor boards, direct mail and
ther media for the same purpose.
"The newspaper, however, con
inues to form the backbone of our
arapaigns, and for the present will
ontinue to do so. It, in the parlance
>f the gridiron, carries the ball and
he rest run interference."
3ates slayer is
held for court
Tells Magistrate That Man
He Killed Was Intimate
With His Wife.
Elizabeth City, Jan 20.?John T.
lames, well-known Gates County
armer, was held for Superior Court
n a charge of killing Mack D. Skip
>er, lumber camp employe, following
i hearing before Justice J. A.Eason
t Gatesville today. The $800 bond
ixed was signed by volunteers from
he audience, which appeared wholly
a sympathy with the defendant
Barnes took the stand and told, how,
.fter verifying reports that S)dnner
iad intimate relations with his wife,
laturday morning he ordered Skipper
.way, but he returned that night and
ie shot at him in the darkness as he
dvanced on him. Skipper ran and
lames found his body beside the
tighway next morning.
Skipper's wife, who lives in Mt.
?abor, wired today that she would
lot claim the body, and that- the
uthorities might bury him here."
Skipper is said to have deserted her
ind their four children. He came here
rom Gable, S. C., 18 months ago.
When her signature was required
o be placed on a legal document, rc
ently, a London (Eng.) woman
rrote her name as follows: Ann Ber
ha CeceliaDiana Emily Fanny Ger
rude Hypatia Inex Jane Kate Louisa
faude Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca
Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Wiar
fed Xenophone Yetta Zenus Pepper.
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Urne is still money, provided it is
tot idle time.
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Wey also demanded that jqbe . be
truished and declared they were not
I BISHOP CANNON
MAY FACE BWY
AT HANDS OF NYE
Bishop Cannon Now In The
Suite of Texas Recuper
ating From Severe At*
tack of Arthritis.
Wellington, Jan. 21. ? Chairman
Gerald P. Nye, of the Senate cam
paign investigation committee, said
tonight he was informed a request
would, be made for investigation .of
the anti-Smith activities of Bishop
James Cannon, Jr., in tine 1928 Presi
dential campaign.
Nye's statement followed adoption
by the Senate of a resolution by Sen
ator Carter Glass, Democrat, Virginia,
empowering the committee to inves
tigate 1928 campaigns.
Glass, leading opponent and critic
of the Methidost bishop, sqid in in
troducing his resolution: "I have no
particular case in mind and am not
making any charges."
Nye said if complaint was made, as
he had been informed it would, "in
connection with the handling of cam
paign funds by Bishop Cannon," his
activities would certainly be investi
gated. Nye declined to say who was
expected to make the complaint or
what charges were involved.
Bishop Cannon last year engaged
in conflict with the Senate lobby in
vestigating committee, denying its
power to go into his activities. The
bishop has been ill in recent months,
and has recently been recuperating
from a severe attack of arthritis at
Marlin, Texas.
The resolution adopted today di
rected investigation by the Nye com
mittee of "any complaint" by any re
sponsible persons charging violation
of the federal corrupt practices act
through filing of a false statement
of campaign expenditures within the
last two years, or "graudulent con
version to private uses, at any time
within sqch period of two years, of
any campaign funds contributed for
use in any election as defined in the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act of
1925."
Indication was given also that the
Nye committee would investigate al
leged ballot frauds in the 1930 Ala
bama general election as charged by
Senator Thomas Heflin, Democrat de
feated in his race for reflection in
that state. ? 'I %
Nye and Heflin sent telegrams into
ma laws '?required destruction of bal
lots within six months after a general
election,"
Nye asked Probate Judge David
Crossland, Birmingham, Ala., to ex
plain such a statement ascribed to him
and warned "such statements might
impede any investigation that the
Senate committee might make."
Heflin telegraphed Attorney Gen
eral Knight, of Alabama, asking him
to make a public declaration repudiat
I ing these interpretations of the Ala
bama code. Helfin and Nye said they
understood the Alabama law "per
mits, but does not require" destruc
tion of the ballots at the end of six
months."
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FARMVILLE HIGH DEFEATS
GREEVILLE CAGERS
Farmville High's "Red Devils" took
the Greenville "Greenies" into camp
Friday night to the tune of 23 to 8.
From the beginning the Devils show
ed superiority in pass-work and a de
fense that was almost impregnable,
with Captain Jack Barrett, "Aprt
Mewborn, and Charles Rumley featur
ing. "Skinny" Gibbs, with 16 points,
was the high scorer of the game.
This was their second win in three
starts in Northeastern Conference
piay. The whole squad saw action for
the "Bed Devils."?-Gibbs.
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"I'm Not Sorry For It Art<l
Fd Do It Arria," 8ay?
Slayer; "I Was Afraid
Jury Would Free Him."
DeWitt, Ark., Jan 21.?A judgment
of death, rendered in a crowded court
room by the pistol of- 17-year-okf Mrs.
Helen Spence Eaton, has ended the
trial of the accused slayer of her fath
er before a jury could return a ver
dict
With dramatic suddenness, ti?
daughter from the White river coun
try, rose from her seat yesterday and
fired four bullets into the body of
Jack Worls, 30, just as the juryT pre
pared to file from the room to deli
berate charges of murder against
him.
Her action ended a River episode
that cost the life of her father, 4
Cicero Spence, and eventually brought
death to her mother.
As Worls slumped to the floor,
panic developed with women and
children screaming and fighting to
get out Mrs. Eaton surrendered
quietly to sheriffs deputies in the
courtroom and was taken to the state
penitentiary at Little Rock.
Worls was accused of wounding
Spence and throwing him from & boat
into the White river while still Alive.
Two other men and Mrs. Spence were
in the boat.'
The slaying occurred in a remote
section of the White river country,
and it took officers several days- to
journey to the scene and return .with
Worls and Mrs. Spence, who officers
said had been beaten. She diedtwfc
weeks ago in a Memphis hosjritaL
"I'm not sorry for it and f'd ds it
again," was Mrs. Eaton's comment
at Little Rock. "I was afraid that
jury was going to free him. Worls
claimed he killed my father in self
defense, but I shot him down like he
did my father?in the back, or at
least ?rom behind."
FARMERS OF THIS COMMUNITY
ATTEND MEETING
There was a good attendance of
fanners who want to "Live-at-Home"
and are making an effort to do ao at
the scheduled meetings arranged,by
the North Carolina AgricutaBaLJBx
tension Service, acting in accordance
'with Governor Gardner's program,
which was held in the municipal build-.
ing here Thursday afternoon.
Pitt County's farm demonstration
agent, A. D. Arnold, reviewed the
present conditions in this section,
spoke on hcg raising, and introduced
the speakers, Dr. Lehman, tobacco
disease specialist, and E. Y. Floyd, ex
tension tobacco specialist.
J. T. Thorne, president of the State
Cotton Co-operative Marketing Asso
ciation, reported the "recent New Or
leans meeting of the National Co-op
Cotton Association held in conjunc
tion with the Federal Board.
Decorations and gifts presented to
Col. C. A. Lindbergh, after his air
plane flight from New York to Paris
in 1927, which are displayed in the
Jefferson Memorial at St. Louis, Mo.,
total 2,123.
Because she believed that it would
be easier to care for her hair short
than long, Mrs. Clara L. Stevens, 89
years old, of Pittsfield, Mass., had her
hair bobbed recently for the first time
in her life.
Konrad Krouse, 70, of Defcmold,
Germany, who 47 years ago was given
life imprisonment for having "pois
oned" his mother, has just been par
doned because the real murderer con
fessed to the crime as he lay on his
bed dying.
SUPT. ALLEN SUGGESTS STATE PARTICIPA
TION IN ALL NECESSARY CURRENT OPER
ATING EXPENSES OF SIX MONTH'S SCHOOL
TERM BASIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUSINESS.
Raleigh, Jan. 22.?"State participa
tion in all the necessary current oper
ating expenses of the six months
school terra on the basis of the cur
rent year's business" is one of the
suggestions made by Supt. A. T. Allen
in his biennial report to the General
Assembly, as a way of improving the
administration of the equalizing fund.
"This fund," says Supt. Allen, "has
a twofold purpose:
(1) The equalization, as nearly as
may be, of the. county tax rates levied
for the operation of the six months
school term. (2) The equalization, as
nearly as may be, of the educational
opportunity among the children in the
several counties of the State. ,
The administration of this fund at
the present time is more nearly meet
ing its twofold purpose than at any
time in the past
"I should like'to suggest, two ways,
however," Supt. Allen continues, "in
which the administration of this fund
can bring us a little closer to even
ti* rirtas and also 4 lfttif cloaer to
'?\f> ? ? ? . . - .
"1. State participation in all tteces
sary current operating expenses of
the six months school term. At pres
ent the State participates in only a
part of the necessary operating ex
penses of the six months term. It does
not take into consideration the iiv
crement on teachers salaries nor the
full number of additional teachers
made necessary by increased attend
ance. In many counties a.much larg
er percentage is necessary than the
ten per cent allowed in the State ap
proved budget for current expense*
other than salaries and transporta
tion. .
"2. Make the State participation, on
the basis of the current year's busi
ness instead of the previous year a*
heretofore. At present the State,, in.
making up the amount in each county
in which it will participste looha hash
weird to last year's business.
"In my opinion, both thr3tats and
county should-sit down together, and .
face, the business of the current, year,
and
participation fjht would be fsir^sl
squitshls among all the eovttss."