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p ??? ? *II1||I>I I ? t ? ?> M liil l i l I liHn IF~| The FarmviOe Enterprise 5|ES=~ VOL. TWENTY-FOOT FARMVII?-E, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAEOUlfA,, FRIDAY? FEBRUARYM 19U . NUMBER PORTY-TWO i. ' .? i ? . . i i j * i ? ? ? . ' ., i ? , ? ? ' ?' - " 1 ' i "' i " ' ' ;v-' ?-' '?-: < '?? ?<.-! ?' * . ' '-i I i* ' __ ' -*\C - - ''?? ? <? ? . ?.?*? 1 - I wOOIM a #*?'- *%-_m . Sales Tax and Liquor To Be Two Main Issues ?? - ' .?IMI-I. Bulk of Opinion is to Ef fect That While There Is Not a Chance For Sales Tax to be Repeal ed Unless People Want to Close Schools (By J. C. Baskervill) Raleigh, Feb. 20.?The sales tax and liquor are going to be the two biggest questions with which the 1935 general assembly is going to have to wrestle, according to more, and more observers here. The bulk of opinion is to the effect that while there is not a chance for the sales tax to:be repealed, unless the people of the state want to that many efforts will be made to change the sales tax law and that it probably will be changed in several respects. With regard to the Turlington Law, the state's prohibition enforce ment act, the bulk of opinion now is among both the public and former members of the general assembly, that while a strong effort will be made to repeal or revise it in the 1935 general assembly, that it is not likely to do anything about it. An effort may be made to submit the question of repeal of this act to a vote of the people before the 1937 general assembly meets, probably at the general election of 1936. But the experience in the recent election with regard to repeal of the Eigh mav even Drevent i lentil ?UilCUUiilW*V MM. ? ? ? I the submission of this question in a j general election. There is a possi- j bility, of course, that eleven months j from now the people of the state may, undergo a change of heart with re gard to state prohibition and decide that some changes need to be made in the Turlington law. But at the present time the prevailing opinion in political circles here is that few, if any, changes will be made. But there is going to be a real | fight over the sales tax, everyone | agrees, although it is becoming in creasingly popular?so much so that! some candidates for the 1935 general assembly who have already an nounced are including in their plat forms advocacy of the sales tax as the only means of keeping the schools running without putting all of the school taxes back on the prop erty owners at the rate of about 75 cents per $100 of valuation There has also been a noticeable increase in the popularity of the sales tax during the last few days as a re sult of the figures made public by Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Max well, showing that the basis of col lections for the first six months of the fiscal year, the' total collections from the sales tax for the first year would be $6,635,-586, while the prop erty taxes removed by the 1933 gen eral assembly and for which the safes tax was substituted, amounted to $14,461,595, showing a net sav-1 1 f t?JVPS I uig or reauctiou m ^u^i, ??, amounting to $4,826,009. The state- J ment further showed that on the! basis of the collections for the six months period, there will be only two counties in the state?Caldwell and Pitt?in which the sales tax col lections will exceed the property tax reduction. Thus it can be expected that a majority of the property own ers in 98 of the 100 counties in the state are going to be in favor of re taining the sales tax. Those oppos ing the sales tax, of course, maintain that the property taxes should be increased on the big corporations and the big property owners. But those who know the facts, know that under the old 1868 state Constitu tion, which Attorney General Brum mitt is opposing so bitterly, although ? ? V - t 4^,, I be Is aiso opposearoTH^iuB^Siy that'the small property owners must I pay the same property tax as well as I the big property owners. So if the sales tax is removed it I will have to go right back on proper ? ty?homes and farms as well as on corporations?or else - the schools I will be compelled to close or be cut I to about a four months term, as they would have had to do this year if I the program favored by Repreeenta I tive Tam Bowie and regarded as also having the sympathy and backing of I Attorney General Brommitt had gonel I through.* This was a program pro I riding for *20,000,000 for the puttiel I schools and about a 44 per cent re I duction salaries. At the prciwntM time, however, both Attorney General Brommitt and former Iieutenantl Governor R. T. Fountain are amonj (boss who are crying ths loudest for I more money for schools and higher The Fair Tax Aatodntfaa,J||fe<J rying an a state wide campaign against the sales tax for several I mouths, but mart indications besdtosy The North Cudits Ifer i > * iv%w?n A# n v type, secretary, is. still ft the :Mpe?m< pec ted to carry on a half-hearted campaign against it between now and the general assembly. But it ia significant that association has re fused to join forces with Leonard's Fair Tax Association, although, some merchants are members of both. The fact is that many merchants | are not only collecting all the tax j they are supposed to pay the state, but a little more as well?and many admit it privately. A member of the 1933 senate, who has served three or four sessions of the general assembly and who is a- merchant 'himself, told this correspondent to I day that this is the case, although he ! refused to be quoted directly. "The merchants have found that | the sales tax -is not costing them any {thing, but that they are making some J profit on it instead," this State Sena I tor and Merchant said. The only j thing they want done now is to ' change it so that the sales tax can in the sales Drice and so that the merchant will not have to j say "The price is one dollar and 3 cents sales tax," as he does at pres | ent. But my opinion is that the sales tax will not be and cannot be repealed until some other way of fi nancing the schools is found?and I am convinced that no other way will be found any time soon." Fred Handy of Wake county who has already announced as a candi date for the house, is running on a platform for the retention of the sales tax, and said in his announce ment: "As to the sales tax, I was opposed to it two years ago, but I have since changed my views with regard to it. The state could not have gotten along without it during the past six months. After seeing it in opera tion, I have concluded it is a fair and equitable tax. Under it every one contributes something toward the suDDort of the state government. rc?- - - ? It is the only tax of which this is true." "CAROLINA" AT STATE GREENVILLE THREE DAYS With a star-studded cast, headed by such stellar performers as Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore, Henri etta Crosman and Robert Young, Fox Film will present its latest re lease, "Carolina," at the State Thea tre, Greenville, on Monday. The film will remain for an engagement of three days. The production is report ed as being so magnificent in scope and so dramatic in theme, that it ne cessitated the use of a cast of seven great stars to do it justice. The ar ray of personalities present in the cast, and the advance reports on the film, give "Carolina" the promise of being one of the outstanding produc tions of the new year. The setting of the film is a run down tobacco plantation in North Carolina, with its picturesque back ground of magnolia trees and colonial architecture. Into this setting comes the struggle of youth to find a place ' ?nmyvM/* fll/H flpl/>WAn fUof HAW j iur nstru amuii^ uic 51^1 WMM* MV?* exist only in the minds of the elders. First Papeata Cotton Campaign Startjsin March Contracts Must Be Cor rect Before Secretary Will Accept Them College Station, Haleigh, Feb. 20.? The first payments in the cotton redaction program may start early in March if the growers cooperate suf ficiently with the government, says Charles A. Sheffield, assistant direc tor of the State College extension service. The contracts most be correct be fore the secretary of agriculture will accept them, and the payments can not begin until the contracts are accepted. In cases where growers have over -v-- .. stated their bam acreage in an at tempt to inexease their 1M4 allot ments and their benefit payments some delay will be canaed in tie work of bringing the acreage fig uree down to the proper figum With some 50,000 contracts sign ed and 10,000 more signatures ex | pee ted, Sheffield estimated that tin ' sign-up will include practically eoerj \ grownr <rf any rise. [ hhnphaiks is being laid now on i order that the first rental papner.t: | will reach the growers ifc tine b help finance their spring planting. % i~" ? ? ? ; I ? Claude A Shore of Buwrille, Yad - Un County; baa purchased a pur - bred Jade to further the prodnctioi r of home-grown male coHa in th ? county.- < ' r Mat Business With A Bank Will Cut Man Banks To Up Service Charges Under New H--1- J* Alfnm.li f scale rJiiective M&rcii First Raleigh, Feb. 22.?Reduction of the number of free checks allowed each month from five to three, and an 'increase from three to four cents on each check issued above the pre scribed limit are the main differences in the new service charge schedule adopted by the North Carolina Clear ing House Association as compared with the schedule it formulated last Aiif VVWWVi ? The new schedule will become ef fective in all North Carolina banks, March 1. Large and active accounts will not be subject to a fixed service charges, but will be analyzed and charged ac cording to the expense the account entails upon the bank. On accounts averaging less than ; $100 and against which more than three checks are drawn, there will ' be a service charge of $1.00 monthly which will entitle the customer to ten free transactions. Accounts averaging $100 or more will be entitled to one free check for 1 each $10 of average balance main- ' tained, and will be charged four emits ' for each check in excess of that. The new schedule does not define a deposit as a transaction as did the code rejected by the NRA. The schedule is not a part of the ' bankers' code and applies only to 1 North Carolina. General Johnson ' has ruled that service charges can be fixed by states instead of for the 1 nation as a whole, but that all sche- ' dules must be submitted to him for ' approval. unaer me new reKuiauuuo, uuw per cent will be the maximum rate J of interest on time deposits. Banks may remain open for business -a maximum of SO hours a week. - 1 ? ij Chevrolet Makes New Record For January Detroit Mich., Feb. 22.?Production of the new 1934 commercial cars and ^ trucks by the Chevrolet Motor Com- 1 pany in January exceeded 23,00 units, 1 with prospects that the same or a * higher rate of output would be main- ' tained in February, March and April, 1 according to William EL Holler, gen- < eral sales manager. Sale of trucks at retail reported by ' dealers in the month just ended set a ' new high January marie in the history of the Company, Mr. Holler added. 1 As an indication of the growing importance of the turck share of ? Chevrolet's total volume, Mr. Holler pointed out that in 1933 the company built 130,200 commercial cars and trucks, more than twice the number ] built in 1932 and the highest annual j truck production since 1930. < Original projections for 1934 werejl considerably above the 1933 output, < but the rate at which retail orders ; are being booked by dealers indicates that even the larger 1934 quota will 1 have to be revised upward, Mr, Holler i stated. He pointed out that of some : thirty companies building .tracks, the i output of Chevrolet from, the first of 2 this jtear to date exceeded the total 3 1983 production of every other manu- 1 facturer, with but one exception. 1 "While a number of fleet deals re corded in the January ode* mask," said Mr.Hoiler, "the month's total in cluded lees than flfty trucks dehvered to the federal government Contracts awarded Chevrolet last month, call ing for the delivery of several hun dred trucks for various federal pro k jeets, will not he included in month ly reports-until actual delivery is 1 made. ?> v . 1? "Our January sales seem particn ' iarly significant to us because they furnish an index of the trend of gen | eral business. A truck *epreaentn*a ! capital investment on which the in vestor expects a definite monetary return. The fact that he is wifiing to par out money for new-eouineaeBt ' now indic^es his belief in sufficiently ; improved business to warrant the in-j -? O*'' .'.I "The cuireaif-ji^" also means the retirement of much ' obsolete equipment retained in uacr during the nest few years ^through economic necessity. Much of this 5 equipment had -reached an-age where l it^was no longer mafe on the high* ' fnterwit chances >??> m?hrf<n?te? | and operating costs of new equipment. "This replacement of obsolete ? Growers Demand Tobacco Action Would Force Compli ance With Federal To bacco Crop Control Plana Raleigh, Feb. 22.?Agitation for laws to compel non-signing flue-cured tobacco growers to comply with pro visions of the reduction contract has ? ? ? ? # A received additional impetus ItVIU Edgecombe county growers, it was revealed yesterday. In a resolution said to represent practically every grower in the county, the Edgecombe County To bacco Control Association asked North Carolina's senators and con gressmen to! do all within their power to enact control legislation. The legislation desired, however, would not apply to growers who wished to sign contracts hut were ineligible to do so. Specifically, the resolution calls for I measures forcing non-signers to reduce by levying tax of 15 cents a pound on all tobacco they sell above the amount they would have been permitted to market under a contract In addition, the non-signers would be required to reduce without re ceiving any of the rental, benefit, and- equalization payments given growers who signed. They would also be barred from obtaining loans from the Farm Credit Administra tion. The need for a permanent system of crop control was foreseen in the request for the secretary of agri culture to devise a method for con trolling acreage after the present contracts expire. Request was also made for the government to place tobacco grad ers on all markets to grade free of ;harge all tobacco sold. The resolution followed similar action taken recently by the North Carolina Tobacco Growers' Advisory aoard and is, in turn, expected to be followed by petitions from the )ther tobacco growing counties. Farmville Furniture Company To Hold Majectic Range Show The Farmville Furniture Company, :he home of good furniture, and a firm ever awake to the | household needs of this community, will hold a demonstration of the nationally snow Majestic range, throughout the week of February 26, with a factory expert in charge. T. E. Joyner, the manager, is very enthusiastic over this particular dem onstration of the Majestic range, which is, as he says, the very best range on the American market today. Albert Roebuck In jured In Accident Albert Roebuck, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck, sustained severe injuries and a broken leg when he was run over by an automobile driven by Willie Mozingo, on Thursday aft ernoon as he was returning home from schooL The accident which is said to have been unavoidable, occurred on Main street, the boy being carried by his father, who was called to tne scene, to Dr. Willis' office for first aid be fore being rushed to a Greenville hospital, where an X-ray showed a bad break of the left thigh near the body. Publisher Attacked t Attempt At Kidnaping E. P. Adler, of Iowa, Made In Chicago Chicago, Pbb. 21.?E. P. Adler, publisher of the Davenport (Iowa), Times, and head of the Dee syndicate of newspapers, was attacked by two men in a hotel corridor today in an apparent attempt* at kidnaping, .^vf < Slogged twice, Adler dodged the full effect of the blows and ran down the corridor from his room, eluding Ids assilants. One of them was arrested. In the room next to Adlaris the detectives found a large trunk in addch air holes had been poked. The? said it was apparent the two men in tended to lock Adter in the too* aad lmve htm carried out IX ^ The suspect, whom Adler recog nized as one of the attackers, turned and need away but was caught by House Detective Michael Coffigan. He was tkkan to the first district police tfttknt The-sospect told the police he * and his companion-had driven hers from New York in a coupe. The trunk bore the initials ?B. M. &. Pitta ^A; * =$$ (inn Hignway Projects Halted le Pitt Gwirty Three Hundred and For ty Two Meitto be Drop ped from Payroll Greenville, Feb. 22.?Three hun dred and fifty-two men employed in various CWA projects throughout the county will be dropped from the pay roll here tonight in keeping with the reduction order received from Nation al Administrator Hopkins the firsfc of tWAnlc WJV WCCA. Th CWA state highway program will be the hardest hit by the re duction program aa orders have been received to suspend work on' all' such projects. This means that 182 men] employed in this phase of activity were dropped from the payroll and the remaining of the 342 will'stop to-] night. K. T. Futrell, Pitt county admin istrator, said today that all necessary projects would be continued and full forces of workmen would be on duty all the time. These projects include public school work, health;program, swimming pool and community build ings. Whatever materials have been pur chased on such projects, Mr. Futrell stated, work will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. The cutting off of so many men means that work men will find themselves switched from one job to another to keep forces' at normal, strength. For instance, those not dropped in tha suspended highway program will be sent to other jobs immediately. ~ Baais of actual need is the only thing that will be considered in keeping men on the payroll in the future, the administra tor said, and then only one person from each needy family will receive consideration. ? *? * ? The curtailment leaves augnuy over seven hundred men at work on various projects of the county at this time. They will be paid accord ing to the I prevailing scale of pay in the various communities, but not un der thirty cents an hour. The Farmville Rotary Gub Meets The Farmville Rotary Club was called to order last Tuesday evening at 6:16 in the Farmville High School Building. A fish supper was served. The minutes of the-previous meet ing were read, after which Matt Hob good, who has been in a Washing ton Hospital for treatment, was wel comed back to the club. Matt told of his experiences and the courtesies extended to him by the Washington Rotary Club. The membership com mittee's report was then presented by the chairman of this committee. The balance of the program was turned over to the chairman of the program committee, who after call ing attention to the fact that John I Holmes was to be program leader fbr next Tuesday evening, named Alfcx Rouse as program leader for the eve ning. Alex put on one of the most inter esting programs which the club has had. The program began with :a contest. Alex made the statement that it required a man with steady nerves to be an advertising manager, and since his program was based on "Modern Advertising" ha desired to select the best advertising manager from the group. The object of the contest was to see who could balance on ft milk bottle and with one foot on top of the other, light -a candle. Bill Smith proved himself to be the most proficient, and the hon ors went to him. Alex read a paper on Modern Ad vertising, giving a brief historical outline of Modern Advertising and telling of some of the recent develop ments in this field. These develop ments include such things as neon signs, electric signs, sky writing, au togyro banners, and recent develop ments in magtxine and newspaper ! advertising. The program was concluded by a contest based on the various slogans used by Modern Advertisers. The object of this contest was to see who was the closest observer in this line. The meeting- then adjourned to meet again February 26, 1934.?Irvan Mor gan, Sec. Pro Tern. ? - ? ? CLAIMS THAT HE WAS TRICKED INTO MABRIAGE High Point, Feb. 21.?Zemmie H. Cox, who" says he was fooled when he wits told he Was goingr to become the father of a child, has brought i suit in High Point municipal court 1 to have his marriage of a month ago to Eula~J3mith declared null and i void. He says that he was tricked i into the marriftge by the defend f ant, who represented to Mm that hie i was to have * son, when he declares Damage Si Slats Dawn Curl Mait Farmville Ma n Asks -MOW1Damage For Gin Erected Close To His Home .Greenville, Feb. 22.?The civil term of Superior court was slowed down yesterday and-again today by hear ing of a damage suit over a cotton ?gin in the town of Farmville. The suit was started yesterday morning and was expeeted to con sume greater part of today's ses tion. It was brought by T. B. King against W. G. Ward, trading as the Pitt Gin Company, and the Town of P*rm villeand seeks to recover $8)000 r.3 damage-for a gin erected near the home of the piadntiff in Farmville, Court sustained a-demurrer for non suit on the part of theNTown of Farrn v31e shortly after hearing started and that leaves only W. G. Ward, operator of the-gin, as the defendant The plaintiff contends that the gin la so close to his house as to endanger the health of his ftanily as well as reducing'the value of his property. The defendant, on the other hand contends 'that the gin is conducted in ' a highly sanitary manner and is not a menace to the health of the public or a detriment to property values. Numbers of citizens of Parmville, including members of the medical profession testified for the plaintiff yesterday that the gin did constitute a menace to public health as ~well as an embarrassment to the'residential 1 area in* which fit is located. Testimony to the contrary was put on the stand today by the defend ant Argument was due to be com pleted during the mid-afternoon with indication that the case would Tftftdrth* inrv Bhortlv afterward. NO MOTIVE FOUND FOR GURGANUS MURDER Greenville, Feb. 20.?No develop ments had taken place today in the search for Matthew Hariington, ' wanted by Pitt .county office .or questioning in connection with the slaying of his stepfather, John W. ' Gurganus, whose ballet-ridden body was found in the fill of the Tar river bridge dam Sunday afternoon. No motive for the slaying has as yet been advanced. Officers were reticent concerning any alleged con nection which Harrington may have had with the crime but admitted they wanted him for questioning. United States Navy Recruiting Service V lUt f lAViuvv ? ???-y ? - ? ? w Ralph Fenton Kimball, Winston-Sal em; Willard Moran Stevenson, Bel* haven; WilUamWfleyTwyford, Mays ville; John Bunard Underwood, Jr., St Paul's; Frank Theodore Trogden, Erlanger; Richard Willis Tripp, Blounts Creek; Wade Kite* McDonald, Payettevillej William Jasper Hamlet, Pittsboro; Woodrow Henry CraVe, Charleston, S. C.; William James Bunch, Charleston, S. C.; John Alex ander Nleol, Jr., Charleston, S. C.; Clarence GrdjivBemettsvilla S. ft ~ ^Accogdhy Lieutenant Commander Elmer F. Lowry, (MC) U. S. Navy, medical ex aminer at the Navy recruiting sta tion, Raleigh, N. C., announces that he has just completed the enlistment of twenty-six young men the quota of first enlistments in the rating of apprentice seamen allowed this dis trict by the Navy department for the month of February. The following young North and South Carolinians were enlisted and transferred to-the Naval training station, Norfolk, Va., to begin their training as mariners in the U. S. Navy: Bruce White Syfces, Spring Hope; Jacquee Futrell Edwards, Win terville; Charles Prett Greene, Mari on; John Mitchell Clark, Jackson Springs; Edward Caryle Daly, Golds boro; Harry Crawford Lasenby, Greensboro; John Curtis BticCollum, Roxboro; James Woodrow little, Rockingham; Roy Emest Herman Set tle, Wulkesboro; James Norman Eld ridge, Benson; Leslie Moore Garner, Zebu Ion; John Milton Crumples, Pike Umhm IMMrUHfe. Prinmton: mew Keveamie mu \*eis Overwhelming Approval ?? * Upper Huuse Votes To Restore All of 15 Per Cent Pay Gut July 1st Washington, Feb. 21.?Designed to boost collections by stopping np legal loopholes in the income tax law, the new |268^O0O,OOO gat^ral revenue bill was approved by the fiouse today by the overwhelming vote of 888 to 7 and dispatched to the Senate. Immediately after it had been reported on the other side, Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, an nounced hearings would besrin be fore the finance committee' next week. Secretary Morgenthau is to be called as a witness. ' In their only opportunity to change the bill under the drastic procedure adopted for its consider ation, House Republicans were un successful in a move to reduce the three-cent first class postage rate to two cents. A motion to send the bill back to the Ways and Means committee for insertion of an amendment for such a reduction was defeated 272 to 182. Sixteen Democrats and four Far mer-Laborites joined the 112 Re publicans in favor of the motion, while Speaker Rainey was one of the 272 Democrats voting no. Previously notice had been serv ed by Representative Treadway, of Massachusetts, franking Republican, on the wayB and means committee that a test would be 'made on the postage rate. To whip wavering Democratic f forces into line, Chairman Dough ton, Democrat, North Carolina and Representative Byrns, of Tennessee, majority floor leader, warned their colleagues if the rate were cut, the treasury would be deprived of $75, 000,000 in revenue which would have 1 I ? ? t . ? i M it ?? to D6 replaced Dy otner taxes at tms session. "I warn you that if the motion to recommit carries," Byras said, shak ing his finger at the Democrats, "you can look for additional taxes at this session." Doughton said the "Administration is surely behind this bill, and if you repeal the three-cent rate you will upset the President's financial program." Before passage, the House adopt ed ten perfecting amendments of fered by Representative Samuel B. Hill, Democrat, Washington, design ed to strengthen further the admin istrative provisions of the income tax law pertaining to personal hold ing companies, | through which the most flagrant cases of tax avoid ance were revealed in studies by the committee. In effect, these amendments would enforce collection of a 26 .per cent tax on undistributed adjusted net income of personal holding com panies by making the requirement ?* ? ?? 1 M ll. . t_ 2 _ mat xi ou per cent 01 tne stocit m held by less than five persons, it must be held for six months beyond the Last day of the taxable year. These provisions strike at holes in the measure which had not been closed in the original draft The measure revises the income tax rate structure to benefit the small income earners and increases levies on incomes in the higher braskets tightens administrative provisions of corporation depletion and depreciation allowances; reduce credits in capital reorganizations, a credits in capital gains and losses, exchange and reorganizations, and for foreign tax payments, Ir addition, it increases from one to two per cent the penalty tax on consolidated corporate returns, limits credit allowed partnerships for losses, makes dividends declared out of earnings prior to March, 1933 subject to surtaxes of individuals, and revises administrative provis ions on the collection of existing lubricating oil and gasoline levies. The two-cent bank check tax would be terminated January 1, 1935; the second class postage rates lower ed to those in existence prior to the 1AOO MnAMitA nti on/1 n MilaaiMA lnt/W JC704 rcvcuuo OCV) OUU ? ywiawiw on grape and other fresh frait juices repealed. Thirteen Democrats joined an al most solid linenp of Republicans in a Senate revolt against the Economy act today, and by a~ single vote, put through a proposal to restore the whole; 15 per cent federal pay dash on July 1. ROCKY MOUNT GETS PUBLIC WORKS LOAN Washington, Feb, 21.?Public works allotments made tedi^ Included included: Raleigh, North Carolina, loan to Randan Honainsr. Consolation : '
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