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. ' 1 r II ? 1 .a ... ????"? II ?'*" I I I I I , ,,,.,.= VOL TWBiTT-FlVB FAMTILUi. P^T COTOTT. NOBTH CAROLINA, FRIOAR JUK8 IMWfc NBWBfcHQBT . ,??? ',?- . 1 ' i'__ . ?', _ "_ ? - 11 j President's Tax Plan Wins First Bout at Capital -m. ! M-M-i-i? <? Leaders Take Steps To Rush Consideration oI Program to Qistribute Wealthy * r". ^ ^ Washington, June 26.?Democratic leaders tonight smashed a Congree- i sional revolt again* Itesidwrt Rooao veit's new tax program and took the first step toward plying recommen dations for higher levies on large incomes, corporation - profits and in heritances before ? the Senate within I 24 hours. The uprising, however, compelled |, leaders to abandon earlier plans toil rush the legislation through with-1 out the formality of holding hear-r ings. ' jl Chairman Pat Harrison (D.,Miss,), J< of the Senate Finance Committee, < announced after the meeting of his I group that- "brief hearings" will be n held. He said no requests had been J i received from anyone desiring top be heard but if any came to the I i committee, they would be given con- | side rati on. I < The brief nature of the proposed hearings, however, was emphasised ] when Harrison said the committee 11 was virtually agreed upon two I < phases of the program?higher taxes 11 on large incomes and corporation Ij profits. He said it was probable that t these would be brought before the 1 Senate tomorrow for discussion and t debate. This left only the inheritance tax j proposal to be considered, and 1 while Harrison admitted that there i was sharp conflict within his group over this feature of the program, he i added that he had no in ten tic? of t holding lengthy hearings on it. ( The Mississippi Democrat, who ] earlier opposed consideration of the ; higher levies at this session of Con- ; gress, but who yielded to the insist- < ence of President Rc jsevelt, said a tentative scale of rates had been i agreed upon by the committee to- 1 day. They are: Incomes of $1,000,000 or more a i year: The present rate is a maxi- ( mum of 59 per cent. The new levies i would fix the rate at 58 per cent on 1 incomes of $750,000 and not in ex- i cess of $1*000,000. Thereafter the schedule would be: , Tentative Rates. $1,000,000 and not in excess of ' $1*500,000?60 per cent. $1,500,000 to $2,000,000?63 per cent $2,000,000 to $3,000,000?66 per cent $3,000,000 to $5,000,000?70 per ( cent . $5,000,000 to $10,000,000?75 per < cent i All incomes over $10,000,000?80 per cent j Corporation Taxes. The schedule on corporation taxes ( proposed follows: ( Net income $2,000?10 per cent Net income of $2,000 and not in t excess of $5,000?11 per cent ( $5,000, to $15,000?12 per cent $15,000 to $40,000?13 per cent ( $40,000 to $100,000?14 per cent f $100,000 to $300^000?15 per cent $300,000 to $1,000,000?16 per ] c^ j $1,000,000 to $20,000,000?17 per j cent All incomes in excess of $20,000, 000?17H per cent . Inheritance Levies. Proposed inheritance levies: ] to $600,000?4 per cent. L $5004)00 to $7604)0?7 per cent, $750,000 to 11,000,0004)00?10 per 1 $1,000,000 to $24)004)00?20 per $2,000,000 to $34)004)00?SO per , $3,0004)00 to $4,000,000-40 per \ $44)00 000 to $6,0004)00-60 per , SfBt $64)00,000 to $7,000^00-00 per $7,0604)00 to $10,000,000?70 per All inheritance over $10,000,000? ? per cent like pieaent estate taxes sre not frtarfcecL Hie government will ? maintain the organization through which it eoQeeta npward at Jl per cent on estatee at $104>00, iwreaf to the states. The states, l)wwi, will net share in the fed eral collections at inheritance do ?tents to the rTrli^ j^V''^ SUP*. Wvwull^ WIN .. for the President to keep members of Congress, who have worked "dili gauUy'-' on hi*, program for six months, in session indefinitely. He proposed instead that the joint, -reso lution be enacted and- Congressional committees study the "rich'tnust pay" program and report a measure next winter. Harrison replied that this sagger tion already had been vetoed, -im plying that it had been refused by (he President. Senator Bennett- C. Clark . (IX, Mo.), than threatened to. filibuster against "snap., judgments by the. finance committee in seek ing to amend the nation's tax struc ture without proper consideration. J The revolt spread: to the Houses where influential Democratic mem bers of the House ways, and means committee 3tubbonly refused to consider a proposal to report out a joint resolution extending the nuis ance taxes 69 or 90 days. This was suggested in order to give the Sen ate more time to amend the pend ng resolution without causing the government to lose the $1,000,000 a iay which these levies yiekL In the face of this situation, Democratic members of the Senate finance committee were called into conference. They heard .Vice President John N. Garner and Ma jority Leader Joe T. Robinson in sist that they uphold the President's land and an hour later pledged ;heir cooperation. The full committee then met and ifter a two-hour session agreed on ;entative rates and on the plan of >rocedure. Meantime, the proposed levies vere being attacked by _conserva aves in and out of Congress as "So rialistic" and by Senator Huey P. Long (D., La.), as too mild. Long ;aid the proposed amendments would field only $2 a year for each per lon in the country. "The tax proposal is a fraud as a ?edistribution of wealth measure," le said. "It is not even a delusion." Fred H. Clausen, Wisconsin maim-, 'acturer and chairman of the U. S. L'hamber of Commerce finance com mittee, issued a statement appealing :o Congress not to rush "pell mell" nto action on revenue legislation. 4 - I Cottoo Payments Over $2,000,000 Moru than $2,000,000 has been iistributod to North * Carolina .cotton growers in the first rental payment >f the 1935 cotton adjustment pro p-am. At the ckee of last week, checks lad been mailed oot to apprpximnte y 45,000 contract signers, with 55,000 signers yet to be paid, report >4 J. F. Criswell, of State College. He also pointed out that later in he year the second payment will be listriboted. In some cases, the sec ond payment will be larger than he first, while in" others it will be smaller. 1 Criswell also announced that all 1934-35 cotton adjustment contracts iave. been, cleared to Washington from the state office, except & few leld up on technicalities. The new contracts signed this year ire now being approved by the state >ffice, he added, and virually all will ae sent to Washington by the end of his week. RentaLpaymest cheeks to new con tract signers will be mailed-from Washington as soon, as the contracts are approved and accepted there. Meanwhile, around 100,000 appli lations for Bankhead tax-exemption allotments have been received at the state office at State College. Be tween 115,000 and 126,000 applica tions are expected. Certificates exempting 6,5624)00 bales Aram the Bankhead tax are available for distribution to North Carolina growers this year. iGreene. q Interest In House Plan ???? Snow Hill, June 26.?Much il^er eet is manifested in the. Farmers', boosing canvass now being conduct ed in Greene county. The persons working on this project report that Is* V ? ? .*? ' * -rj ^ - . ? Parslfsis Ssmm / Arrives In State Greensboro Gets Brodie Vaccine; 60 Gases of Typhoid Reported inn" Raleigh, June 29.?Doiaes of the Kolmer and Brbdie vaccines arrived in Ralfjgft, Greenst?* and.- other Noetk Carol? ?citi?^ysshrnday ?a the State Board of Health announc ed that 12 new cases of infantile (parakjmiv including si$>,ia Granville County* had,bean < officially .reported, bringing<the*State total for the.year to 217, i Official cognisance of the- rapid' spread of typhoid fever was taheiv By Dr. Cari- V. Rej&kis,c State) Health Officer^ who ?ai<L.6&-v case* have ..already .been reported in the State this month and warned citi-J 2 ens to take every precaution against spread of that malady. Safety mo?ires designed to thwart infantile paralysis were in stituted in a number of communi ties yesterday. Judge N. A. Sin clair adjourned civil court in Wil son, and the American Legion post in Eliaahath City cancelled its scheduled Fourth of July celebra tion. - - ? * ir. Several hundreds of doses 01 me Brodie vaccine arrived in Greens boro for inoculation of children there in tests sponsored by the United States Public Health Service. Vaccines Different Kolmer vaccine was received by a number ? of private citizens throughout the State. Dr. V. M. Hicks of Raleigh secured doses for his three children, and Dr. A. C. Bula, of the Wake County Health Department, has ordered 10 doses for another local doctor. Both vaccines are in the experi mental stage. The Brodie vaccine uses dead virus and is given in a larger amount than the Kolmer viccine, which has live virus, like the smallpox serum, and is given in weakened doses. In addition to Granville* other counties reporting infantile paraly sis yesterday were Wake three, Franklin, two; and Gastonia, one. It was the second case in Gaston County. One -of those stricken in Granville is a 55-year-old man. BRODIE VACCINE ARRIVES FOR USE INGREfiNSBORO Greensboro, June 25.?The first round of doses of Brodie serum against infantile paralysis is here an&fteitiaqftojue ril*rd ly to begin?administering the vac-. Ian? to thoa*K chjhtaw^ selected for that purpofe. Dr. A.~ G. Gilliam, of the United States public health sendee* is hem for supervision of the work. The. names of 2,000 or ^oraachildm?mier eighth yeaas of 'age are sought on the- elifrible-list, and half of those listed will be given the serum at no cost. ?i < - i.. . * Think Drowning: Was With Suicidal Intent Snow Hill, June 26?Nathan Moor ing, 29, was. drowned Sunday after noon. in. Contaotnea Creek, about three miles from Snow tfill. Some 10 or 12 young; men and boys were in swimming with Mooring, who was last seen standing on a sand bar near a fallen tree. He was not missed until the pa^ty ?was ready to ii^tYe. His* clothes were still- on -the bank of the creek. The party began immediately, dragging ;the creek for his body and,*it- wasafound ?early Monday morning. It is believed that young .Mooring. drowned himselfr Domestic ieJa-1 tiocs caused him to threaten drown ing himself at several.. times. ? He waa .unable to swim. If he made any outcry, none of the party heard him. The young man was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Mooring, and leaves a wife and two children, two brothers and three - sisters. Burial was made Monday afternoon in the Lanie Wood cemetery near Snow Hill. ?' . ; ' * v5 i ' 11 - f f .V & Wp -better* giveiup -the things we cant keep for the things we can't lose. FSannagan Measure P| Suffers New Delay ' m~ '"iLML' 'M day oecause KfiurssftntHtivc oiary j * ? V~ ^ ^ V Meore Accepts I ? A School Job AtFarmvillel Made An Outstanding ' Record- for Schools At Ahoskie; Active Work er In One Affairs I (Hertford Copnty Herald) J. H. Moore, who resigned thel position of superintendent of schools! here after several years in this ca-1 parity, has been elected and has ac-1 cepted the post as superintendent of I Schools at FarmviUe, N. C. Under Mr. Moore's administration I the schools here, both white audi Negro, have had their period off geatest growth, as well as attaining! their highest records in scholastic I attainments by pupils. Coming to I the superintendency just at the time I that the Ahoskie school district was I completing its new building, erected! with the view of meeting the needs I | of the district for a dozen years orjt more, attendance has grown to the! point that the capacity of the build-1 ing is overtaxed, pupils have been I sent to the Ahoskie school from a j j large territory outside the Ahoskie]' district by the county when the dis-j, trict lines were abolished for attend- , ance. During the same period, a| new building has been erected for j j Negroes at Ahoskie, the administra-1. lion of this work and the negro h school being the responsibility of the] local school superintendent. At theh same time, the school here has main-1 ( tained a high scholastic standard,]; gaining state-wide recognition in < this field and in athletics. Mr. Moore has also taken an active part in community and civic life during' his residence here. He is a member of the Kiwanis club, one of the organizers of the Ahoskie Public Library, and a teacher in the Baptist Sunday school Mr. Moore and his family will move to Farmville as soon as a residence there can be secured he states. In recognition of his ability as a school administrator Mr. Moore was elected county superintendent of schools by the board of education to succeed J. R. Brews, but .the elec tion was re-considered by the board and Mr. Brown retained in^the posi tion following a mass meeting on the question called. at the request of Mr. Brown. Tift election of Mr. Moore teethe county superintendency stirred up a political hornet's nest through out uthe county, with criticism direct ed especially at the town of Ahoskie for what was called "attempts to hog everything." NOTE:?Mr. Moore has arrived in Furnqville and, is busy making ar rangements aid getting everything < in fine shape for the opening some < weeks hence. 1 . . ' Johnson to Rw Relief Machine , 1 $?;-* VJ] mmmmm?mmmmm Former B j ire Eagle Chief Accepts Work Assignment At New York New York/ June 25>?General Hugh S. Johnson tonight stepped into one of the biggest jobs, of hie public career?the administration of federal work relief in New- York City. j " The formeradministrator of NRA was appointed* in- Washington as the city's work - progress admin istrator, the announcement coming from Harry ? L. Hopkins, adminis trator, of the ?4,000,000,00ft federal works fund, v Appointment of the dynamic NRA chief was the result of unremitting effort on the part of Mayer florello Laguardia to obtain him for the,Job, For several! weeks. Legpffdiar had been hammering .at-Johnson to ac cept the position, Hia.capitulation today, was. quickly. climaxed with formal a government.:/ appointment at the.genetafc lBnche<m;j?fc! the. White House. - Johnsonls return, to government service was. quickly , regarded 3 as in line, with President Rooseyettfs wishes expressed a yew ago when the "Daddy of the. Blue Eaglet-re-, signed his. NBA; poet*, >' Outstanding in Johnson's . stipula-, lions in accepting the. job is that he work without, pay, receiving only per deim expenses of $25 a day. He works only four days a week, with the understanding that the job terminates ? October 1 unless the President and himself consider his continuance necessary. ? ?? - - ?tit ?r "I am to consult ireeiy wiui may >r Laguardia and go as far as pos sible with him," Johnson said in Washington, "but I am to report to Harry Hopkins only and I am re sponsible to Hopkins only." Laguardia at once announced the jssignment of Commissioner of [Xocks John McKenzie to act as iasion between Johnson and the ?ity administration, Oswald W. Knauth, director of he emergency relief bureau here, .vill continue in his present work. With more than a million and a ialf. persons on relief in New York. 3ity at a monthly expenditure ? of nore than $20,000,000, Johnson will iirect. a. work and, relief operation >f a magnitude hardly excelled by my single work relief unit other han the federal government itself.; Appointment of Johnson to the top idmjpistration climaxes a period off ipheavals and dissatisfaction in the civil relief administration here. The high point was reached re cently when a city aldermanic in resti gating committee, probing the entire relief administrative- struc ture, brought out its famous "boon ioggling" findings, and . evidence . hat professional social workers had iescended upon New York City to largely take over relief. ? "> ' , ? 1 - Judge Frizzette Holds New LiquorMaws Invalid I Wets Win Right to Hold I 'Ejections, jn New Han over and-Greene Coun I tiea- . 1 ;? -v ? mmmmm?mm Raleigh, June 25.?North Caro lina's hodge-podge liquor legislation* affecting, a score of counties in thai State, was. held ^unconstitutional by Judge J. Paqbr Srizxelle, but thq Jurists refused to restrain elections set in New.Hanorer County on Julyl 2 and Greene County on July 9. J Judge Frizzelle's decisions, th$j first concerning the local liquor leg J islation passed in the closing minJ utes of the General Assembly, camqj as two counting speeded prepare J tions to go into the liquor businesfi as the result of smashing Wet may joritiea piled up in Wilson and Edged combe Saturday, in the first of tfe?J 39 referenda authorized by the twM bills, g--. . SapreiM (JedR Mnaie. ??. Judge Frixtelle held each of the ! acts one?affecting New Hanover! Countyonly and the other covering 19 others unconstitutional in total and declared that all their provjJ the. county commissioners of each-J of the two counties in which the J ? . , 1 V 11 1 I f ttA.1 t-. -L --Jj ? ? m _ .1 rt.llTLM I ing the l^erend* .already. has beenj incurred and the? opinion that the people affected shpokl at this time have, the right to express their opin ions ; at the poll^t, Both Sides Appeal. Bqth aides appealed from Judgf Frizzle's ruling, By telephone, the Jurist said the caaes wouid-4*bea*d Htii their merits .in Superior Court j andjwoulduullrflately ?ill the Su preme Court on appeal. If the high count upholds Judge Frisselle the iawl*ttL.he fnnam Jnnnaatiss. if he is'jpversed, the commissioners of the counties will be in a position to immediately begin lnjuaij. store oper ations. |?f vr; Among Judge Frizzelle's grounds for declaring the * actp uncopstitOs tional wese - that the#>. are violatii^ j of Article^ 2, Section 14^wf the State Pitt Voters Soli# For Crap ftmtrol 5,812 Persons , Vote lot AAABnUoting SatHTf. day- With- Only One Against I it j , Greenville, June 24, ? Although complete reports had not been receiv ed, it was indicated on.thp basis of unofficial returns received today, from eight of the thirteen precincts that Pitt county f tobacco . growers went to the polls in large numbers Saturday and voted overwhelming ly in .favor of .the federal crop con tw>l program. R F. Arnold,, director of the local farm department, who was busy to-, day attempting to compile returns from, the missing;, townships, said 5,812 contract signers voted in the eight townships, reported with, in dications the total vote wi)l go be yond the 8,000 marie. In all of the ..townships. reporting only one person voted agaipst; the program, that being recorded in Beaver. Dam township, t The townships not reporting were Psctolus,, Carolina, Bejvoir, Swift Creek and .Fptfitain. Had. not. ballot* been given, out, Mr. . Arnold expressed belief the vote would hyve gpne well above the fig ure in the eight townships report ing. However, farmers were being given until _ next Saturday night at 7io'clock in. which .to. complete fil ing, their ballot*.,. They have been asked to file, either at the farm .of fice here, or with any of the com mitteemen who acted as poll, hold ers Saturday. Additional ballots will be placed in the hands of the com mitteemen at once,-it was ^ said, in | an effort toepeed-upthe compila tion of the ballot. Greenville , township lead: in. the balloting^ unofficial retesnai show-, ing 1,871) voted -"yes/' indicating con clusively- they- appi^ciate. what the . AAA - crop control moyameat has dodo-for-them-inthe^wajrof mi's proved prices..1 Chicod township, which always casta- the second largest . vote in, the county^ eamoi nextt-.to . Greenville With-*-total of1,205: and- no votes, against the..proposal to continue.the; crop - control s, movement it another yeaivou '?; Returns - from- the remainder, of. the townships follow: Farmville 7iStt Falkland, 300; Beaver Dam, 345, one against;. Ayden, 900; Winterville^ 661; Bethel,; 378: The -balloting wiateinari the pre diction mad?; by^ M&>: Arnold., the first of the week that Pitt county would go overwhelmingly for- the. crop control program by reason of the .splendid, way the county has rallied in recent years. ? f ?Says Homestead I Projsct Assured With I Washington, Jpne 25.?Represent fctive Graham At Bard en was today I informed that i the future of the jPenderlea homestead project is as BBred- \ -i Mr. Barden todajj conferred at former dean of Ithg graduate school of North Carolina Sjpte ^College and mow an assistant in Ife*3# of rural | rehabilitation to Mr. Etycfo^l G. Tug- I Iwell, director of rural hfeot^ement, I BeM- othea Federal Official^ I |d% said: "I am satisfied that the full mil-1; for the project will be reallocated, l fi f Jlilc prOjvvv HO if ' COMVclllUuivvU I", . y. ??. civpH* i **o - I Saturday, July 6th L y B; & W. Chevrolet Stor age Garage on Main Street- to; be. Polling: Place Every registered voter in Pitt cowrty /will > given *9, pptwtanity voting .Oft Saturday* July 6, on the question of whether .or not the. county will establish a liquor sys tem a* provided under ?, Art of the laft General Assembly. : The outcome,of4the battle ,of ,baltj k>te will.,be. watched.. with,ggaat >7 terest by the entire State, which,, stood on November, 8, 1938; as ..0$. ftipt State of the Union to have defi nitely recorded ita opposition .to re peal the Eighteenth Amendment By ; a.vote, of two, o^e, ,throughout the. State, tha voters... refused to sanction thteLcaU9g of g.a. convention, to act upon tl^pxqpoagjU ,or repeal amendment, ami .thus brought to an end the, prjeviously un interrupted Juorch of State? to the,, aqti-prohibitjpn bandwagon. Pitt county voted 66 majority against, with . Farmville. casting 20 of this " Locals voters will be.given the op portunity to cast their, ballots lit the pending election, which ia to berhold under the sai^e laws, rules and latipns. as., govern, the election... of mappers ol the .general Assembly, in tl)e B. and, W. Chevrolet Company's store#?, building on Main, street, from sunrise to eW*ty .JbJy 5th. The checker board liquor legisla tion under which the present elec tions are Jbeiag- held,; affects .a score of counties in the State. Two coun ty*- Wilson, and ; Edgecombe hew held - their el etions, both going- wet by 10 to 1. ' Up ,to this ^time meithen .the .Djrjrs,.. npr.' Wets have , made apy. active , campaign here- . ' WAR MOfHBRS TO UNVEJL MEMORIAL ; fourth oy' juux Wil^vJ^ 26.?A bejflg.erectsd opNetfonaU Highway by. :th?uWiI*pn? ch^tey. of American , War, .mothers,, iphonor of - the sol diers, sailors, marines . and rajfM?x wbcu^jcysd ?..tb?-.wOTid jypr, from twtti 'jfr; WJSflt* Vi# iqsft^^siyf . e*eieipea, _ Thursday, July, fouitlk.. at..eleven f . m, Hie , mo<9Wflf^..i8. a.,shaft ox pyr^fi# ,of 8toflA, 2Q .by 12 , fe^,, 16fee* high,, containing Sb, towupf, Wilaoo, county granite, sur*oupded by, thirty-fopr tqtd Aim twelve- foot g*TO^r., iJMfc. T|?ia, XimfiM lwif.hf??nW?H COQltoK- - .t|on S8VMsil..w?nki(.a)wl jfll be com pleted in a few days. 1 Hp^wiU^b* iipppwiyji upyftil ing ceremonies, tq which the pobHc is cordially invited.11 jjt Sbumway, of Lexipg cv State; President of the AfflfiftMu fcjftySL AnajHary, and othpj nptsbjff 4of the Legion and its AfWJ&wy v will. be present, The; prwdpal speaker , will , be in ***** me#*#- c. Commander of the NWth, Caroitag^ department of thf Aipprican J^on. I . - ? .4 Gfc { *r*ww*pw '-i ri'"- ->-?', of j the-Sjww-flJH >tnd~M?ury Methodic- Byfe*^ 10cM^?telo*^?ta<;?HtayMte hour J. aid -with- Arnold- Byrd- of- Ho#* ntake-thWr' reporU "?#<- ??? o'ekdb4 Rev; T. M. Grant of -New Booths presiding oMort^wtU^p?!?k Obmm* ; will-bo held, foltowod ^y cfeurge- wfcieh- is compo?da-of G?l ^bry, ?-' Bethel, JeruwUwn, Mount . vUUIVUUUi * 'BIwIWb i . . - | . g|B|i1f^||kU ' TMnniWi jl VATV/^I IMi^llvTAA r iiOTxtx/! ? ? - ?* - ? ??' ??. 1 ??? '-? dwtet^jdy.