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POL. TWHfTY?ONB -v '' FAMIVILIifc . ; dL' NUMBJB& POm-SBV?H [;
Two MiUion Tax Drop
For $tate Is Indicated
According to Estimate
r
The Big Drop Caused By The
Faffing Off of Inheritance Tax
Collections; Income Tax Col
lections Also Far Short.
Raleigh, April 1.?Indications that
the pessimistic estimate of the Bud
get Bureau that State general fund
revenues for the present ascal year
would fall more than a million and a
quarter dollars under last year's col
lections were too optimistic was con
tained in the monthly collections re
port of the Revenue Department made
public yesterday.
The report of March, the heavy in
come tax month, showed total gen
eral fund collections for the first
three quarters of the 1930-31 fiscal
year were nearly two million dollars
under collections for the same period
last year. In exact figures, $11,641,
504.01 this year as compared with;
$18,611,990.20 last year.
Total collections for the last fiscal
year were $15,290,565. Original esti- j
mates for the present fiscal year
which ends June 30, were $16,059,350,
but during the preparation of the
new budget revenue bill this figure
was cut to $13,919,200.: Now it ap
pears that even this was upward of
three-quarters of the million dollars
too high, which does not come as en
couraging news to the General As
sembly struggling to raise the largest
amount of revenue ever carried by a
State revenue bill?$28,000,000, half
of it from new sources of increases
on present sources.
The big decrease this year cannot
be changed entirely to income taxes,
although collections from this source
or nine months was only $5,425,443,
08 against $6,679,426.26 last year.
The big drop was in inheritance
taxes, which fell from $1,107,870.24
for the first nine last year to $635,
297.12 this year.
In March the inheritance tax col
lections fell to $71,705.27 to $131,586,
60 in March, 1930.
Gives $80,175
To BupHals
A Larze Niimfrr of North and
Soon Carolina Institutions
Receive Substantial Amounts
From Duke Foundation.
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Charlotte, March 31.?Distribution J
of |861,175 to 144 hospitals and or
phanages in North Carolina and
South Carolina by Duke Endowment
was announced here today at the con
clusion of the annual meeting of *he
board of trustees.
Checks for the amounts alloted will
be mailed immediately to the insti
tutions.
A total of $714,453 was appropriat
ed to 100 hospitals while 44 orphan
ages were given a total of $146,722. -
Disbursement of the sum brought
to $5,094,218 the grand total of dis
bursements from the endowment since
it began operations six years ago.
Sixty-seven hospitals and 30 or
phanages in North Carolina received!
$443,018 and $98,441 respectively in
today's allotments while 33 hospitals
and 14 orphanages in South Carolina
received $271,435 and $48,281 respec
tively.
North Carolina hospitals receiving
funds included: Anson Sanatorium,
Wadesboro, $4,491: Baker Sanatorium,
Lcmberton, $6,043; Mission Hospital,
Asheville, $7,388; Aston Park Hospi
tal, Aabeville, $6,263; City Memorial
Hospital, Winston-Salem, $16,060;
Gaston County Colored Hospital, Gos
tonia, $573; Grace Hospital, Morgan
ton, $4,348; Highsmith Hospital, Fay
ette ville, $8,013; Lowrance Hospital,
Mooreeville, $496; Moore Comity Hos
pital, Pinehurst, $5,737; North Caro
lina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem,
$11,208; Bex Hospital, Raleigh, $10,
485; Richardson Hospital; Greens
boro, $6,087; Rutherford Hospital,
Rutherfordton, $e,yytjj or. a*ik?
Hospital, Raleigh, $13,661; St Leo's
Hospital, Greensboro, 48,566; Shelby
Hospital, Shelby, $4,393; Thompson
Hospital, Lumberton, $3,226; Watts
Hospital, Durham, $14,166; Yadkin
Hospital, Alberaarle, $1440.
North Qfcto&na orphanages shar
ing in the fond included: Oxford
Orphanage, Oxford; $10,692; Metho
dic, Raleigh, $9435; Presbyterian,
Barn urn Spring*, $94t?; ChSdmrt
Home, Winftor^Salem, $6,676; Na
tional Heine, Lexington, $5,028;
Methodiat Protestant Bine, High
Point, $t?9fe christian, Eton Col
lege, $24588; X o. 0. P. Home
Goldsboro,JXJOUi Pythian, Home,
Clayton, $1,402; Gaston County
Children's Hem* Dallas, $247.
U In the vidnity of Weetwood, Calif,
^Jaywalking" deer have become audi
itiea plan to place spedal officers or
f lognways, * v , k- . Xi
^^^^hsw adopt
i Beautifying
The Groands
Half Dozen Cedar Trees Placed
At Comnanding Positions on
Courthouse Lawn.
Greenville, March SI.?'Plans of
county officers to make the court*
I house lawn one of the most attrac
tive places in the city received re
newed impetus this morning with die
planting of a half dosen cedar trees.
I The trees were planted on each
side of the two entrances to the
beautiful building, end at other com
manding positions abqpt the property.
The trees were contributed coun
ty officers and the Gardes dub. an
organisation that recently launched
an intensive drive for the beautiflca
tion of the city.
Grass was recently replaced on the
lawn, and it began to nuke its ap
pearance in different spots this morn
ing. In a few days when the grass
has fully appeared tits court house
property is expected to ha one of the
most beautiful places in the city.
It was said that considerable
shrub and flowers would be planted
on the lawn during the spring.
Hulling of Attorney
General Brummitt as
Eligibility Candidate
Mr George W. Davis, Jr.,
Farmville, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of March 26th received.
My answer to your telegram and your
letter is, of course, predicated upon
the idea that the general laws governs
the town and that there is nothing in
your charter on the subject conflict
ing with the general law.
So far as the general laws govern
ing your town elections are concerned,
I refer you to Chapter 56, Consolidat
ed Statutes, and especially to sections
2626 to 2672. <
I understand your inquiry to be
based upon a situation where your
corporate Hpjti have been extended,
bat'going htto effect in*less time than
four months preceding your town elec
tion. Under such circumstances, per
sons within the territory taken into
the town, if otherwise qualified, would
have the right to vote in the munici
pal election?that is, assuming that
such persons had been living in the
State for a year and within the an
nexed territory for four months pre
ceding the date of the election.
I ? am of opinion also that it is
equally true that a person so qualified
to vote oo account of residence in the
annexed territory the required length
of time, and possessing the other
qualifications for an elector, would be
eligible for; t&q position of Mayor, as
suming, of course, that such person
registered for the election.
Yours very truly,
DENNIS G. BRUMMITT,
Attorney General j
1
dinner o? Phi Bets Kappa, the collect frttcrafo wwS*?& fo!^3
highest schoUrshipi
Wealthy Male Wealthier WUIc
The Poor SuBers Mere Btrtshlps
"The passage of the General
Sales Tax Bill by the Boose of rep
resentatives Monday night is the most
indefensible pieces of legislation ever
passed by either branch of the Legis
lature of this State," said Willard E.
Do well, Executive Secretary of The
North Carolina Merchants Associa
tion.
"lit represents the handiwork of
the powerful tobacco companies, pow
er companies, railroads and other
large said wealthy corporations who
are endeavoring to shift the tax bur
den of this State from the pockets of
the strong and wealthy to the should
ers of the poor and weak," he contin
ued.
"This bill absolutely exempts from
taxation the rich and powerful inter
ests of this State and it utterly dis
regards the fundamental principle of
just taxation which is ability to pay.
Under the bill, the pauper pays the
same tax as the millionaire and
every necessity of life, including food
and raiment, will be taxed, while
money, stocks and bonds are tax free.
" Thetobacco and power companies
will each be relieved of approximate
ly a half million dollars of taxes
every year and the railroads and
other large owners of-real estate, in
-1?J1? rtronertv
cimiing U,D ?w iv??... (?r , ,
owner, wiH be nlievpd their taxes;
wWle the fkrtmr, thefcecbffirfle, the
laboring man, the small property
owner, the merchant and all men who
work for a living, will have to pay
the taxes for these large and wealthy
corporations.
"The bill is now in the Senate and
every man and woman in this State
who believes in fair play and who
does not believe that big interests
should be exempt from taxation nor
that the tax burden should fall upon
the poor and weak, the orphans and
widows, and the man who is already
struggling to make both ends meet,
should immediately write, telegraph
or phone the Senator from his dis
trict, imploring him to vote against
this most iniquitous, unjust and bur
densome tax measure.
"Don't think that the cigarette and.
and power companies are not well
represented at this Legisature, for
they have tfad tartest and most qui#
ter lobby ever assenJhfed at the Capi
tol in lgaleigiL and-they ? are juiging
under the pretext of land tax reduc
tion, that the Geoeqri Assembly. en
act a general aales tax, thus reliev
intr them of all taxes 'and niaw'tur the
entire cost of Government upon the
little man. Zhase very companies
should themtfelye* pay the bulk of
taxes in North^Caro$nar for they axe
making millions of dollars annually,
while practically all ether classes of
?our citizens arp finding it extremely
difficult to pay for the necessities of
life without the addition of a tax on
everything they have to buy.
"The only way to-defeat tuis hell
ish scheme of the big interests is to
immediately, communicate with your
legislative Representatives ard tell
them that you wityjiot standi Tor a
tax being placed upon your food nod
raiment and other necessities of life."
CirolinasJoin
In Rilt NMm
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Representatives djp'^S' 'States
Meet To Plan HefttfeW Before
Interstate Conis^eeCommis
sion on ApH| lBtlr^ ;
Raleigh, March 81.?The petition
filed by the North Carolina Corpora
tion Commission with the Interstate
Commerce Commission for lower rates
has been followed by the filing of a
similar petition by the South Caro
lina Corporation Commission, and re
presentatives of the two states met
here yesterday to confer prior to the
hearing before the Interstate Com
merce Commission here on April 16.
Shippers, manufacture re, and rep
restatives of the two corporation
commissions were included in the
gathering here yesterday. A united
front will be presented by the two
sister states, according to plans work
ed out at the meeting. An effort
will be made to show that rates from
the coal fields into North and South
Carolina are higher than rates to
other southeastern states, W. G. Wom
bb, of the North Carolina Commis
sion, stated. (Winston-Salem has the
lowest rate in the State of $2.89 per
ton while raes to other towns range
upward to $3.50
August usuuiani uuwnic; ux ? hu
ington, D. C., representing the i^orth
Carolina Commission, Mac Asbill,
Atlanta attorney, representing South
Carolina , were among those attending
the meeting, others included: Z. F.
Sloan, rate expert of the South Caro
lina Commission; J. H. Hendlet, of
Spartanburg; Thomas J. Burke, ? of
Charleston; Carl R. Cunningham and
G. R. Kimberiy, of Atlanta; J. W.
Cone, C. W. Strickland, and Morris
Prince, /of Winston-Salem; ' Albert
Lathorp, of Asheville, and W. S.j
Creighton and Clarence O. Keuster,
of Chariotte.
Make flans For
Big Exposition
b<i: V i i... 3-:
AfttwTimes An Not So ?oodv
5 Promoters State Good Show!
[ WiH Bo ftwWodi
!' Greenville, March SI.?Plans for
^the Eastern Carolina Exposition to
ike-held hs Green viHe-the week ? of
April 27 are moving along steadily,
according to announcement made by
the ^inanagement. - While ths eele
brite^have hot definitely been decid
ed upon, the -committee is at work on
this pint of the program and as
pect to -have interesting announce
roehtato -malm within a few days.
Mhdteffi Carolina looks forward to
the exposition each year, ' anxiously
dfta&nfthe* annbunosment of*?&?
litadliners and other important fea
tures for the wOOk. Although finan
cial conditions are not as good a*
they beeh in the pas* it is
^^^^uryot^ the program com
Large Tobacco Surplus
Demands Big Reduction
I
Figures just now made public dis
close that the 1930 crop of bright
flue cured tobacco produced in the
State of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia mounted
to the staggering total of 858 mil
lion pounds. The figure is 108 mil
lion pounds in excjess of the previous
high record of 750 million pounds
produced in the year 1929.
lb 1929 total production of bright
flue cored tobacco amounted to 552
million pounds, and during the years
1927, 1928 and 1929 total production
exceeded 700 million pounds annually,
showing an increase in each succeed
ing year. .. The steady Increase from
year to year was not'encouraged by
prices received To .itbe contrary,
with increased enormous production
prices have moved downward, .tobac
co farmery receiving in. 1926 an aver
age price ?t 124.90, fc 1927 an aver
; age price of $21.31, ip *1928 an aver
age price of 117.28, ip 1929 an aver
age price of 17.97 and in 1980 an aver
, age price of $11.86. During the
rliMlf month of February in 1981
P ?atd~t*.No*tf> Caro
lina farmers was , $6.62 per 100
; poundp, and the avenge price paid
, to Virginia farmers was $5.17 per 1O0
, pomKh.
Study of government statis
?WW#, Tr ,J?? L',M ?T " r1 "11
; tic. shews that the fan** ^ th,?
tire bright flue cured tobacco produc
i lower ?prices with rnrirsifsl production
' w* luwirtUr.Wtt. aof 4Miwp. pounds
- average price $11,86. In the yeas
? >-"* Sofh. ; Vfr' ^ f
? -.:v,5 *v''3^;S3, * 'A? v":: ?
for the total crop, and in the yea?]
1980, 8X01,758 800 for the total crop
?more than 116,000,000 less money
for more than twiqe as much tobacco
in 1930 as compared .with 1922. And
all of the years between 1922 and 1930
have conformed to that long preach
ed doctrine?lower prices with in
creased production and increased
prices with lower production. Ex
perience has repeatedly-brought this
lesson home to producers, and again
and again has the warning been
sounded.
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Farmers are now making prepa
ration and within the neat two
months the 1931 crop will be in |he
fields. Will it be increased produc
tion for lower prices, or lower produc
tion for increased prices? Experi
ence has proven the incrij*-bl* rtesntt.;
Production over the past several
years in excess of the requirements
of dotoMtfc manufacturers and .tie
foreign demand has resuKpd in the
accumulation of a huge sopplus stock
of .bright fine .caned tobacco by deal
ers and manufacturers at home |$a
abroad. A drastic reduction in aero*
Ufa planted is MeCtesarjr to'correct
the situatien. Every fanner, large
and small throughout the entire
bright tobacco producing area in
ginia, North Carolina; South Caro
lina and Georgia must contribute to
this vital undertaking jf the mjfip*
! meat * t. v
Approximately 40 per cent of the
production of bright flue cured to
tien rapidly increased during -the
period 1920 through 1929, but in UK*
and thi
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?3 Chicago, March 31*-William WVig- .
ley, liy plans to ,wrcl^^ ^ '
l<h>,Q0^.poppd* of cotton on the
American mari^et in.ihe next months
at prices not to exceed 12 cents a
pound. , .
_"AU remittances from Mr.
Wrigley, the chewing gum manufac
turer, announced today, will be cred
ited to the Wrigley CottonInvestmeu$
Fund and cotton will be pinchat^d
for delivery in December, 1931.
"Our object is to purchase up to
100,000,000 pounds of cotton, thus
leaving our ?cadi in the south.7 ;
The project is similar to Mr. Wrig
ley's offer last year to aid grain pro
ducers by accepting wheat in payment
of obligations to his Canadian cor
poration.' From April 1 to December
1, provided cotton does not rise above
12 cents a pound, his epmpeny will
accept cotton in payment for its pro
ducts shipped to the south.
The purpose , of the plan, Wrigley
sai<t, was three fold:
; "1?-We do not tube cash, out of
the south, but <m, the contrary we
leave our money in tbe. south, in the
south's own coin. V
"2?We believe cotton at 12 cents
per pound is a good investment and
that we will make money by locking
up some of the company's resources
in cotton and holding it indefinably
if necessary. ? ?, ?:~
"? ?._?* mill m.
O TTC oeuevc VHl )K?u nw .?
lieve, to the extent of our ability, a
carrying strain on planters, southern
business and banks, at this critical
time in the sooth's affairs. .
"If cotton goes up, as we fed is
probable, we will profit. But if it
goes down, We become partners witH
the south, and as such, take our loss
with them. Our rea)i object is to let
the south, nay us in khu?-pay in cot
ton for whafc-ifce south owes us, and,
tudese cotton- goes up, yn propose to
invest-Jiirthejr a* the company's re
sources fr^tton, qgtty wis pctuaUjr
.own one hundred million pounds,"
; Should cotton go "dp above 12 cents
per hundred, Mr. Wrigiey explained
stay in the market should that occur,"
he said, "for the south will then be in
a good condition. Our offer only con
cerns southern planter while the
price is at such a point that he is
producing below production costs."
Mr. Wrigiey explained that the
formation of the Wrigiey cotton
investment fund includes five banks
which will handle all the money in-,
volved. Those banks are the.Hibernia j
Bank and Trust Company of Ntew Or
leans, La.; the Citizens & Southern
National Bank of Savannah, Ga.; the
Bank of Commerce and Trust Com
pany of Memphis, Tenn.; the First
National Bank of Mobile, Ala., and
the Peoples State Bank of South
Carolina, Charleston, S. C. ,
The whole plan, Mr. Wrigiey said
was "in no sense a gamble, nor is it
an advertising stunt. It is our sin
cere desire tfi shoulder some of yourj
harden in thfa offer to take cotton in
PWfpeot forb ear go^dvratberfhanj
^^"cotfcm invw^fet^ ftm3, Kej
continued, wan planned after the ;
Canadian wheat project, which has
proven 100 per cent successful." j
The fund of $12,000,000, Wrigiey
said, was the amount which the Wil
liam Wrigiey, Jr., Company would
normally take in from its sales be
tween April 1 and December 1, 1931.
The southern gum chewers, he said,
must keep that figure up to the nor-1
mai figure before the plan can be
successful.
"And if cotton goes down below
that figure for which we pay for it"
Wrigiey concluded', "We may use it
for packing instead of excelsion. Our
company has become cotton minded."
Come to Perkins Hall Thursday
night, April 9th, and see "The Patsey"
get a square deal.
K?n
Cherry Bill
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?v&sgz^m
The: knjjJill j? TT
Raleigh, March State Ren
ate tod^y passed its amended substi
stuto for the Newman bus bljl.ahd
tips* killed the Cherry proposal to r?
mfe/Jfa state banking Jay* T&]
My Wtof?d tj?e SeawpR bfli
creating a new banking department
separate from toe. Corporation Com-]
mission, 29 to 20 on second reading.
.the- Newman bill passed iU second]
reading last night in a nil can vote
but yas approved today without op
position. The mea3un must go back"
to toe House as it differs materially
from the ' j
Adoption of -the CLarkson amend-1
ment^last night removed some 2,0001
contract carriers from the regulation]
of the Corporation Commission un
der toe act, leaving it to apply only
to common carrier* or vehicles oper
ating under franchise.
The act permits the Corporation
Commission to enforce stricter roles
governing operation, fates, schedules
and otW. features'of motor trans
portation. J
i The Cheny bill, primarily intended j
to strengthen and bring uptodate the
state's antiquated lays relating to
trust banking, met opposition from
Senator Folger of Surry and a num
ber of others who showed by questions
that they opposed the act before if
yas killed ^ ?8.
This afternoon the joint appropria
tions committee of the assembly will
meet to attempt to complete the draft
of the 1931-38 appropriations bill
? The House today passed the White
bill to juune justices of the peace in
practically every county in the state,
adding more than 100 names to the
original measure introduced 10 days
age. vk
1
Recover Bodies Of Two
Men Entombed In Mine
ulty of East Carolina Teachers' Col*
lege, has been chpsen platform mes
senger. Samuel T. Carson will be
chief marshal for the parade, and
wiir.be supported by several lieu
tenants selected from other towns;
and cities. .Major J. p. Lazier will
welcome the visitors and the exposi
tion in general on the opening after
noon, while President Guy V.
Smith will make the response in be
half of the . Eastern Carolina. Cham
ber of Commerce and formally turn
the exposition .over to the platform;
manager. Then the.progarm will bej
on for five days and nights.
It has been agreed to arrange with
the merchants to give queen's trade
votes with purchases and paid on
'account from now until the close of
the queen's contest on April 20th.
This will apply to^the merchants of
Greenville, but those throughout the
section will be given a like oppor
tunity to boost their respective
queens.
It has been decided to have "local
talent nights on Ttasday at the ex-,
position. All east Carolina "celebri
ties" of one kind and another an
invited to communicate with Secre
tray N. G. Bartlett at Xinston, stat
ing what their program will be and
on What terms they trill *? willing
to take part ati Tuesday night. This
will include all-Wads of en
tertainment, singing, comedy acts,
specialty dandng, etc.
(?' ;f?l:
When Black ZXavis, of Atlantic
Highlands, N. his arms and
opened his mouth Wide fee one of
li ?
Coal GJen.N. C., March 31-?The|
mine of the Carolina Coal Company
here today had,claimed the lives of
L. A. Huneycutt and his son, Elber,
17, whose deaths nwde a total of 57
men to perish in the mine within six
years.
The bodies of the Huneycutts, who
entered the mine Saturday night to
operate the pumps, were found last
night imprisoned under a cave-in of
rock 2,600 feet down the Bhaft. They
Were brought to the surface by a res
cue crew under the direction of C. AJ
Wakefield which had worked continuy
ously 36 hours to reach them.
Fifty-three miners lost their lives
in an explosion here in May, 1925,
and fopr years later two convicts, be
ing worked in the mine, were killed
when a cable lowering them into the
workings broke.
The mine had been idle for three
weeks, and Huneycutt, foreman of a
small crew employed to keep it clear
of water, went with his son and a
third man into the shaft to tend the
pumps.
B. H. Gamer, who became separat
ed from the Honeycutts, returned
safely to the surface Sunday morning
unaware then of the iate of the
other two. ..?.
Officials of the mine were uncer
tain what caused the eave-i^ that en
tomeit Huneycutt ana kit son. Evi
dence of a local explosion was found
but It ami not established whether
thijS was responsible for the Mock.
? 0; r,i>f ry.',f.1. -?
after the men went intp
the, shaft Saturday night, pn electri
epl,:stprm ami .hpwy.yain caused a
cave-in in the main air shaft nndtem
ppnrily put th# ventilator fan oui
ofwdlf* &yrd. i, ???'?>?
City of 60,9(H) Entirely Dertrpy
i tdrAfr AvpQsfcte Mftn Power *
Managua, Nicaragua, April 1?
Managua,raxed: by earthquakes, was
*w?f?e4 five* today by a fire
?I# ?* ? J checked in tae
auarter veered with a fickle wind
w.ft.tta&.ft'dty
will hays. *9 be entirely rebuilt
- With dettchmenfr of the United
States rim"* and the Nicaraguan
P-1 T T'? *7^ \TTnT? t, f . '
National Guud maintaining" martial
I''W'm ri<j IT i> v!5" "Tj rpTT J" -
l^w, pji ayailahl* man power was
mobilise^ to fight the flames, and
take the jjead apd injured from the
(fined residence sedtions.
Nearly 1,000 Dead
! It was impossible to place an accu
rate estimate on the number of dead,
bpt between 600 and 1^000 are believ
ed to have been killed and 2,000
wound)ed in the shocks, eleven of
which oeenrsd in the short space of
tyro minutes before noon yesterday.
'She dead included faun Americans.
Twelve Americans ware injured.
I The shock recurred throughout the
Iday and at 0:30 p. m., another severe
tpemor shook -the city, bringing down
buildings about the heads of rescuers
and further frightening the panic
stricken population, most of whom
were camped in paries and on the
shores of Leke Managua.
No Buildings Left
So far as is kniwn there is not a
habitable buildfng left in the once
beautiful Central American city, the
second in sire In the republic. Pres
ident Moncado himself abandoned
the National Palace for a tent Both
British and American legations are
in ruins. . ?
"?*- ? ? ?- ? n ?rr. iln kl n fnr
i iBCnj 28 iiy WdWCi o v ftuo*/Av *w*
drinking purposes or fightin the
flames, the tremors having broken
the water mains and flooded the
streets, while a landslide covered the
pumping station on the edge of Lake
Aososca. The Central American Pow
er Company station was not damag
ed and will furnish limited street
lighting tonight
Prisoners LoeeLives
1 The greatest loss <rf life occurred
the walls and ceiling of the building
tumbled about them. As many more
were injured.
Many Nicaraguans were killed in
the public market place and two
Nicaragua National Guards were
burned to death while attempting a
rescue.
Distribution of food was taken
over by the United States Marines,
whose officers requested Washington
to cancel orders withdrawing them
from Nicaragua in order that they
may cope with the situation created
by the quake. President Moncado, in
a public statement, congratulated
and thanked them for the splendid
work they were doing.
$10,000 Available To Red Cross
Not Enough To Begin Relief.
Washington, April 1?A message
received at the State Department ear
ly today' said the American legation
in Managua was in flames and that
all archives were lost
The message was from Willard
Beaulac, charge d'affairs, who added
that earth tremors were continuing.
In another message, Beaulac said
practically all inhabitants of Mana
gua Were homeless and that the $10,
000 to be made available by the Red
Cross for relief purposes would "not
begin to give adequate reilef."
EASTER PAGEANT.
An .impressive Easter pageant, in
which' tibe glorious promise of a fu
ture life is strikingly emphasised, is
being shaped for presentation, "very
early in the morning" on Easter Sun
day, the hour 6:30, in the Christian
church.
The peageant, which will be given
by the Christian Endeavor Society of
the Christian church, was written by
one of its outstanding members.
Cecil Winstead, and is being directed
by Mrs. Loyd Smith and Mrs. Fred
Smith.
The characters and their roles are
as follows:
Martha Li la Wallace
Ruth _ F ranees Gay
Anna Mary Elisabeth Potter
Mark Morris Green
Philip Dink Carraway
Mary Magadalene Helen Eason
I Mar?.. Mother of Jesus Vernice
Lang Jones
Angels Hazel Monk, Reide Hardy
Guards Leslie Smith, David Harris
r' '' ?? ??*
The "Patsy" lays: "One third of
our li^e ie spent In bed, tjae other
third in bad." Wby cry over spfft
milk UP there's enough water in it
fjdnqady., Can you tell sunshine from
Moonshine by looking at one's nose.
iffefPatay? did. See Patsy at Per
?ti* Hall April 9th,