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General Assembly Quits;
Shortest In Eight Years
Costliest Program Ever
Before Assembly Is
Completed In 77 Days
In Session Marked by
Administration Domi
nation ? Over 1,200
Laws Passed . 9 |
Raleigh, March 24.?The costli
est program of legislation ever pre
sented to a General Assembly in
North Carolina was done, finished
and written on the statute books yes
terday afternoon?76 days, five
hours and 38 minutes after the ses
sion convened January 6, exactly 11
weeks ago.
Enacted during the session were
the biggest budget bills in the State's
history, measures making the State
comply fully with the Federal Social
Security program and a county op
tion liquor plan repealing the 28
year-old dry law.
The term was the shortest since
1929, when the Assembly went home
J ? fkon I
on Marc.n is, live uays c?uh
this year. It was approximately two
months shorter than the three-year
average for the sessions of 1935,
1933 and 1931, which quit on May
11, 15 and 17, respectively.
Responsible mainly for the speed
and dispatch of the session was the
complete dominance of the Adminis
tration and its men in the House and
Senate, the most thorough organiza
tion since the session of 1929?un
doubtedly a reaction from the anti
administration scare of last sum
mer's primaries.
Also helping to expedite the ses
sion's business was the return of bet
ter times, as indicated by the brev
ity of the pre-depression terms.
Watching the end of the first leg
islature to meet during his term,
Governor Hoey, whose program met
only two major reverses, stood with
Lieut.-Gov. W. P. Horton on the Sen
ate dais yesterday as?
Members crowded to the aisle,
when the doors of the two houses
were thrown open. Spectators gaped
down from the galleries. Speakers
Cherry and Horton lifted their grav
els simultaneously, cracked them
down as they ended their rituals with
the words, "adjourned sine die." It
was 5:36 P. M., though House and
Senate clocks had been stopped at
noon, the hour set for adjournment
in a joint resolution.
Members sang, "Gob Be With You
Till We Meet Again," and started
home.
They had introduced 1,804 bills,
1913 in the House, 491 in the Senate,
enacted and ratified 1,200 or so laws.
Estimates of the accomplishments
of the session have ranged from the
complimentary, accounting of the
well-pleased Chief Executive, who
declared, "No session of the Legis
t_. -T?oat 20 vears has so
1AWIUC 1X1 ?
marked the highway progress with
achievement as has this one," to the
gloomy picture presented by anti-ad
ministration Representative W. L.
Lumpkin, of Franklin.
To' meet the expenses of an ap
propriations act to cost taxpayers
$140,000,000 during the next two
years, the assembly found it expedi
ent to levy new taxes on wines, gifts
and intangibles, taking from coun-j
ties of a portion of the latter levy
and thereby returning to a State ad
valorem tax.
Though a JO per cent top income
tax was allowed by a constitutional
amendment, rates were raised only
one per cent on individual incomes
in the highest brackets. Corpora
tion income taxes were not increased
at all.
For the so-called little man, the
House "removed the sales tax from
nine food articles exempted in the
original act, while extending the levy
to building materials through a
"use" tax and retaining it on meals.
Private auto and pick-up truck li
cense rates, also, were cut from 40
to 35 cents per hundred-weight with
a $7 top.
The Assembly voted to extend the
three-per cent sales tax on gasoline
to its limit, thereby diverting pos
sibly as much as $2,100,000 a year
from the highway funds, iwat^nij of
willinT* in nrevi
Uic ? v. f
ous years. ;
A balky bloc of anti-diversioiiists
succeeded only in inserting an am
endment in the revenue bill to re
quire that the gasoline sales tax be
taken only when all other resource;
qf the general fond are exhausted
^"Though riot written into the Stab
revenue hill, still another additions
tax waa authorised, a levy on lane
up to 10 cents per $100 in each conn
ty to financp eoonty participation ii
social security, a new and uncharte<
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passage of bills to give aaaiatane
to the needy aged, dependent chil
dree and needy Wind, will make tin
State conform fully to the Federa
special term in December.
To finance the security program,
the Assembly enacted a State appro
priation which, when supplemented
by Federal and county contributions,
will total $6,000,000?instead of the
originally estimated $8,000,000.
Also for schools, the Assembly
voted a $1,500,000,000 bond issue for
free textbooks for elementary pupils
and required that school bus drivers
submit to examination.
Bonds for $2,350,000 worth of
buildings and land purchases at State
institutions were voted, the largest
issue since the depression, and $675,
000 more for a new State office
building in Raleigh.
Submitting to the voters at the
next general election in 1938 were
constitutional amendments to author
ize a State Department of Justice and
enlargement of the terms of sheriffs
from two to four years.
Activities of the Fitt
County Welfare
Department
(By K. T. FUTRELL)
C.C.C.?A total of 125 applications
have been received for the Civilian
Conservation corp since the last en
rollment^ January 9th. "Pitt County
has a quota for April 7th of 18 white
enrolees and two colored. Applicants
are accepted on the basis of need of
the family. No person is allowed to
re-enter who did not receive an hon
orable discharge or who has been out
for a period of one year.
SOCIAL SECURITY?It is unneces
sary for old people to apply for as
sistance under Social Security.
Blanks for making applications will
probably not be prepared and sent to
county units before June 1. When
applications are made for old-age as
sistance and aid to dependent chil
dren, investigation will follow to es
tablish eligibility. After this has
been established, the County Welfare
Board will make recommendations
to the Board of County Commission
ers. When passed by this group, it
-*-1?' D?owl nf T?ol/iirrh \
^OCS tO Lilt? OL<&LC lA/ai u cvv
for final action.
CHILD PLACEMENTS?The Juve
nile Court has for placement a two
months' old. baby and a two-year-old
boy. Interested parties are request
ed to either phone or write for ap
plication blanks.
T. B. COTTAGES?The National
Youth Administration, through Man
ual art classes,, are buildin cottagse
in Pitt County to be used toward
isolating incurable tuberculosis pa
tients. Three cottages have already
been completed and are now occu
pied, with two more under construc
tion. Plans are going forward to
build as many as are needed.
W.P.A.?Eligibility for W.P.A. is
based on the need of the family ap
plying for work. The family has to
be of relief status and the income
less than the expenses. If there is
| one member of the family making
more money than the security wage
set by W.P.A., then the family is not
considered eligible for for work and
will not be referred.
All persons applying for W.P.A.
work are investigated before a refer
al is sent in to the district office. If
they are considered eligible at that
office, a work card is sent to the su
oervisor of projects of the county
and the person is placed on the work
he is found best adapted for. If the
quota for the county is filled at the
time the person is certified for work,
then he is placed as soon as there Is
some change made.
If a person refuses to work, he
will not be considered eligible for
W.P.A. again, unless the refusal was
for reasons such as sickness or priv
ate employment. Any person who
refuses orivate emDlovment to take
s ? A w
W.P.A. work or refuse to take priv
ate employment when on W.P.A.
work, his case will be cancelled at
once from relief rolls.
There have been 53 applications
for W.P.A. work since the first of
March and there have been 38 inves
tigations and 38 referals.
N.Y.A.?Any person between the
ages of 18 and 25, who are able-bod-,
ied and of relief status, are eligible
for N.Y.A. work. They do not have
! to belong to a family certified for
W.P.A. work any longer and can
be certified as a separate unit from
: the family. Each case is inirestigat
. ed just as it is for a W.P.A. federal
. and if the person is found eligible He
. Is referred to the district office and
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j wnen accepted were, a wore sup 4a
sent to the N.Y.A. supervisor for the
? County, and the person is then given
I "work. These young people work 6ft
I hours each month, and are-encourag
. ed to obtain any additional work
? they can.
i PAROLES?Of the 46 adult- parolees
in Pitt County who make _ and file
e monthly reports, giving an' account
- of their behavior and industry, 88
e have reported during March. Under
1 the new and revised parole system ?
r close check is made of ev^ry parole*
Big Amount
For Schools
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Several Chanires Made
. In School Set-Up In
North Carolina.
North Carolina's public school pro
gram will be financed by approxi
mately $50,000,000 during the 1987
89 biennium as a result of legisla
tion enacted by the General Assem
bly.
Taking cognizance of Governor
Hoey's inaugural recommendations,
the lawmakers provided $1,500,000
for purchase of free basic textbooks
for elementary school children. Pur
chase of the texts, however, is not
mandatory but left to the discretion
of State officiala
Students in high schools will con
tinue renting their textbooks.
Superintendents, principals and
classroom teachers will receive a flat
increase o ten per cent over 1936-87
figures and the State School Com
?'? ]?_ Hnou.nnnmvwi
missiuii, uiiu^i miv Mw/ ~rx?
reorganizatoin program, will be com
posed of representatives from each
congressional district.
The administration set-up will not
be materially changed, the law-mak
ers having refused a move to make
the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction chairman of the School
Commission. The superintendent
will, however, be an active member
of the board as well as ex-officib
chairman, and will be on the next
executive committee.
The Lieutenant-Governor will re
main chairman of the body and most
authority will continue to be vested
in the Secretary. Governor Hoey
will make the appointments from the
11 Congressional districts to complete
the set-up.
The executive committee of the
commission will be composed of the
Lieutenant-Governor, the State
treasurer, the Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction and two board mem
bers to be elected.
Action by the House defeated the
movement to make the State Super
intendent chairman of the commis
sion and thus place directly under
his supervision the annual expendi-i
tures of about $25,000,000. Offered;
as an amendment to the original bill ?
by Representative Moore, of Pitt
and given a favorable report by the
House education committee, the pro
? ? ? ?
posal was summarily rejected oy tne
lower branch.
Also written into the school ma
chinery act is a provision that rout
ing of school buses shall be complet
ed by the State Commission not less
than 30 days before the opening of a
school. Dissatisfied boards of edu
cation would have the right of ap
peal.
Elections for supplementary funds
to increase the school term from
eight months to nine would be re
stricted to administrative charter
districts or counties and teachers
would have to apply for a re-el ec^on^
rather than be re-elected automati
cally unless otherwise notified, \md?r
the measure.
The gouse appropriations commit
tee rejected a request from the Class
room Teachers Association to re
store salaries to Die peak 1929 level
in the event ? sufficient sprplus wag
in the genearal fund *1 ft? cl?5? of
the fiscal year.
Both legislative branches voted
early in the. session for m emergency
$609,009 measure to replace worn
school buses and a plan to promote
safety for children transported by
school buses was adpted. Under it
the maximum speed for a bus would
be 35 miles an hour and safety glass
would be require.
SCOUT NEWS
Troop No. 25 held a Board of Re
view last week, with R. A. Joyner,
chairman; J. W, Joyner, C. H. Flan
nagan, D. E. Oglesby and W. Wel
lQns, members of the e*amiping
board.
The Scoutmaster brought before
the board the following l>oys for ad
vancement: Howard Harris, handi
craft, cooking and $r$-?aid merit
badges, ^orton Roup tree, cooking,
first-aid to animal^, )>ixd study, ani
mal industry and scholarship merit
badges. Billifi Qgleshy, cooking,
handicraft, bird study, first-aid to
animals, safety, angling and scholar
ship merit badges. Boots Thomas,
Tommie Lang and Bobby Rouse
passed the second c^ass Require
ments.
A Coqrt of Honor will be held in
the near future to present the badges
that the above Scouts fcaye earned.
Mr. John Ghiff Seoul
Executive of tha Eastern Carolina
r Council, met with the Troop Monday
i night and told the Scouts of the
; Council Jamboree, to be held ft
i Rocky Mount, and the National Jam
? boree, to be held in Washington,B
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LOOKING AT WASHINGTON
A MERCHANT MARJUNB
OPEN SUBSIDIES BEGIN
-EAST MONEY- FAVORED
INCOME TAXES GROW
CONSIDER THE INDIAN
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
FOODS, RUGS, COSMETICS
By Hugo Sims, Washington
Correspondent
For many years the subject of an
adequate merchant marine ha ) been
discussed and debated in the United
States. Early this month, with the
naming of a permanent Maritime
Commission, a significant policy was
placed on a permanent basis and the
limited and concealed subsidies which
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nave oeen neretoiurc ptuu u/ h?
Government are to be replaced by
open subsidies. For many years the
Postoffice Department, through
ocean mail contracts based on prices
much higher than those offered by
foreign _ ships for the same service
has been given a subsidy to Ameri
can shipping companies. This policy
increased the postal deficit and was
.only a subterfuge,
DPS?*: ?- .
A little over two years ago Pres
ident Koosevelt asked Congress tor
a law to provide subsidies, tie
wanted fair play to shipping inter
ests competing with subsidized for
eign merchantmen and desired that
tne nation, in the event of war,
would possess sufficient ships -to
carry on American trade and, in the
event that we were in the war our
selves, a supply of ships to meet the
emergency. The battle over the leg
islation was stormy and the bill did
not paas until June, 1936. It pro
vided a Maritime Commission, to
which the President made tempo
rary appontments, but early this
month a permanent set-up was af
fected. Heading the new Commis
sion is Joseph P. Kennedy, former
chairman of the Securities and Ex
change Commission. Thos. M. Wood
ward, former member of the Ship
ping Board; Edward C. Moran, a
veteran opponent of large mail con
tracts, and two Hear Admirals, Hen
ry A. Wiley and Emory S. Land,
make ud the five-man board.
The Commission will terminate
forty-two ocean mail contracts now
involving more than thirty milliion
dollars a year, by June 30th and, in
their place, grant direct subsidies
under the new law. It may make
gifts of money, both to ship-builders
and ship-operators to equalize their
position with foreign competitors.
The gifts may amount to as much as
fifty per cent, but dividends are re
stricted tq ten per cent of the com
pany's investment, and executive sal
aries are limited to $25,00Q. More
over, profits aboye the limit set are
to be returned to the Maritime Com
mission. Shipbuilding loans, up to
one-fourth the cost of construction,
are aphorized at three and a half
per cent interest,
Speculation that financial afficials
of th? government would soon aban
don tfce ?tasy money" policy and ini
tiate titepg to tighten the currency,
has heen summarily executed by
Marriner E, Socles, chairman of the
Federal Reierve Board, who advo
cate* higher Federal income and
profit* taxes, If necessary to sustain
the relief load, balance the budget
and reduce the public debt as private
debt expands. He thinks this pro
cess is necessary to prevent mone
tary inflation and that other than
monetary controls are needed to reg
ulate sharp rises in the prices of cer
tain "basic commodiities."
Mr. Eccles warns that "the up
ward spiral of wages and prices ipto
inflationary price levels cap be as
disastrous as the gowpwptg sgpirial
of ipfUtion^ and coutepd? thpt ip
creaaed production mpst control un
justifiable price advances. This, he
says, can be donp as long as there is
idle labor, unpsed natural resources
and an abundance of money pt Rea
sonable rates. All of these condi
tions represent at this time.
Mr. Eccles declares that the Gov
ernment will continue to pursue an
easy money policy, He points out
that the national income for 1929
was estimated at 181,084,000,000 and
that in 1986 it was $80,000,000,000
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Apparently the Intention or respon
sible officials is to continue present
i policies until some of the (Hscrepan
i cies sre removed. While Presiidenl
, Booee^e)t has held out the hope thai
; the budget might he balanced with
f out increased taxation, it should b<
r noted that the President has als<
> wawmd against the danger of infla
i tion which, he suggests, anight be 81
? evil within two
wwdTeMmwl ?*te!?io1ii?
.lamas A Parlav
umii05 Hi raiiuj
Heardjn Texas
Postmaster General
Thinks Those Who Op
pose Method and Not
the Spirit of the Presi
dent's Court Reform
Are Making a Grave
Error.
Austin, Texas, March 24.?James
A. Farley told a joint session of the
Texas legislature today he thought
Democrats opposing the method, but
not the spirit, of President Roose
velt's court modification plan, were
"lending aid to comfort the enemy."
"I think they are making a grave
error," the postmaster-general and
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee said.
"I am not aspersing the motives
or the sincerity of any member of
our party in Congress in opposing
the president's court plan, but when
it is merely a matter of method I
think they are making a grave er
ror and are lending aid and comfort
to the enemy."
The November election, he said,
ratified the acts of the administra
tion. The return of an unmatched
majority in the house and senate
could not, he declared, "be construed
honestly as anything but a mandate
/or instantaneous action" towards the
president's "great objective ? the
permanent contentment of the Unit
ed States."
Easter Cantata
Most Successful
A large audience greeted the third
public concert of the Farmville Sym
phonic Chorus, reported aa a most
successful performance, on Sunday
afternoon, when a presentation of
"The Redeemer," an Easter choral
meditation, by Dickinson, was given
in the Methodist church, under the
direction of Lewis Bullock.
The music lovers of the audience
were particularly impressed with the
beauty and dignity of the profession
al, and with the great improvement
shown in the ensemble work, the
soloists also coming in for their
share of praise. The prelude and
postlude, played by the organist, Mrs.
Haywood Smith, were performances
of real merit also.
Many of the sponsors in attend
ance expressed themselves as grati
fied with the splendid work being
done by the chorus, and prospects
for its becoming a permanent organ
ization were boosted by the program,
which was one of the most difficult
and ambitious ever given hero.
Plans No
New Taxes
R o o s evelt Evpresses
Hope Budget Can Be
Balanced Without In
crease.
Warm Springs, Ga., March 24.?
President Roosevelt said today he
hoped there would be no new taxes
taxes at this session of Congress.
The chief executive made the
statement at the second press con
ference of his vacation here as he
sat in his motor car in front of a
press cottage. .
He did not expand the tax obser
vation. It was made in response to a
request for comment on the recent
statement of Marriner S. Eccles, the
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board, that the budget should be bal
anced even if it were necessary to
increase income and profits taxes.
Asked to comment on credit con
trol measures, if any were In the
making, ho said that was evolution
ary at present, .
Asked if he would comment on tne
letter of Chief .Justice Hughes say
ing- the administration's proposed
Supreme Court revision would im
pair- the efficiency of the highest tri
bunal, he refused to make any state
ment,
The president said he had been
keeping in touch with the sit-down
strike- situation indirectly, that he
i had talked with Washington on de
; velopments. Tt was presumed Gov.
? Frank Murphy, of Michigan, had
I been in touch with the capital city.
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! ROBBERS VISIT B, (ft w.
.-CHEVROLET PLAGE HERE
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t 1
i Robbers paid Farmvflle's business
t district a visit last Sunday night,
- entering B. & W. Chevrolet Com
i pany's garage, where they obtained
> about $260 in cash left in the safe
i from Saturday's business, Upon
i leaving the building they also (Car
ried off a typewriter from s desk In
the office..
t Up to the timet* going to press
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'Peaches' Gits
ShareOf Riches
Wins Decision From
Mrs. Hood, of Dunn,
Over Browning Estate
Albany, N. Y., March 24.?Mrs.
Frances Heenan (Peaches) Brown
ing Hynes, who doesn't know "how
much 111 get," prepared today to
collect on dower rights in the estate
of her first husband, the late Edward
W. (Daddy) Browning, under a
Court of Appeals decision.
New York's highest court yester
day upheld her rights in rejecting
the claim of the wealthy real estate
I operator's adopted daughter, Mrs.
Dosothy (Sunshine) Browning Hood,
I of Dunn, N. C., to be sole heir to her
foster-father's estate.
i In Denver, Mrs. Dynes, now tne
wife of a theatre manager, said she
was "very happy," when she was in- i
formed of the court's decision.'
"I don't believe there ever was any
real doubt our marriage was legal in
spite of this cout' business," she
commented. "I don't know how much
111 get, I don't believe it's ever been
counted."
Shortly after the death of Brown- j
ing in October, 1934, Mrs. Hynes
brought the action against the Title:
Guarantee and Trust Company, of
New York, the Edbro Realty Com
pany and Mrs. Hood. The defendants
contended that her marriage to
Browning iii April, 1926, was illegal
because the real estate man had ob
tained a Paris divorce in 1923 from
his first wife on grounds not recog
ized in New York state.
PUBLIC FORUM
On Tuesday evening, March 23, the
third Public Forum of the Farmville
unit, of the "Seven County Public
Forums," was held in the auditorium
of the High School building. Mrs.
Daisy Holmes Sr.iith? accompanied
by Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, at the piano,
and Mrs. Laura McMullen with the
violin, directed the audience in the
singing of "America" and "Love's
Old Sweet Song."
The speaker for the evening, Mrs.
Waple3 McMullen, of New York
City, was introduced by Mrs. J. M.
Hobgood,
Mrs. McMullen, who served for
three years, is chairman of the In
ternational Relations of the General
Fededation of Women's Clubs, has
travelled extensively in Europe and
in the Orient.
At the opening of her discussions,
Mrs. McMullen presented to her au
dience various interesting and perti
nent charts on economic conditions
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in the United states. ine cnans
and the accompanying discussions
I touched upon the distribution of in
comes, the productive capacity and
the actual production, the average
wages and their purchasing power,
and the distribution of speculative
profits in the United States.
The topic for the evening was
"The Supreme Court and Its Fu
ture." In her discussion the speaker
sketched the history of the Supreme
Court from the time cf its origin to
the present day. Particular empha
sis was placed upon the development
of the right of "judicial review," or
the power of the Court to pass upon
the validity and constitutonality of
an act of Congress.
The chief part of the discussion
was built up about the question,
"Should the Supreme Court Be
^??i it u?
iUl Of fUViUUUVU
President Roosevelt's proposal and
the Norris plan for changes and apt
ly answered questions concerning
each. In connection with the presen
tation of different attitudes adopt
ed tiward the Court and a compari
son of the United States Judicial
Body with that of other world pow
ers, Mrs, McMullen summarized for
her audience some of the rather rev
olutionary proposals for change sug
gested by some of the more radical
of the American innovations.
On April 6th the next Public For
um will be held here. At this time
Mr. Charles C; Jasey, head of the
department of philosophy and psy
chology at the University of South
Dakota, will address the group on
"Vocational Guidance." Mr. Jasey,
who was born in Scotland Neck and
who graduated from Wake Forest
college, in 1918, is considered a very
capable speaker, and all dtisena in
this Forum unit are urged to be pres
ent.
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RJfiLIL" KILLS L111UI
-
Los Aa^es^An old CMJ Wax
i pistol which is believed to have fai
-V:,-.- .?> y/.-J '*n- 'iig.
Stole Appropriations
1937-39 Are $79,005,61B
Highway Department
Alone Will Expend
About $60,000,000 of
State Funds.
Raleipt, N. C., March 24.?Tax
payers will poor an estimated fi76,
863,400 into the State's general fund
led $79,006,512.
Appropriations for 1937-39 total
during the next biennium. :>
The anticipated revenue will be
swelled by the $3,063,682 surplus ex
pected in the treasury as of June 80,
1937. The next deficit for the bien
nium, as estimated by A. J. Maxwell,
commissioner of revenue, and mem
bers of his department, would. Be
$98,530, described as a "safe" con
dition.
The Highway Department will ex
pend about - $60,000,000 in State's
funds during the biennium, said
Charles Ross, counsel for the State
highway and public works commis
sion, and a Federal allocation of at
least $7,000,000 will be added to that
amount The agriculture depart
ment will spend approximately $616,
000. '
Including permanent ? improve
ments, erection of a State office
building, special funds, support of
the social security program and oth
er items, the State will spend about
$147,000,000 during the biennium,
according to Frank Dunlap, assist
ant director of the budget.
Maxwell said he was unable to pre
sent any estimate of the State's ex
penditures during 1937-89.
The State levied three new taxes
to meet increased needs of the gen
eral fund. Levies were imposed on
wines, gifts and intangibles, but un
der a stricter collection, counties are
expected to receive $1,000,000 annu
ally?equivalent to that of the State
?and approximately the same am
ount they collected for themselves
in the past. The counties incidentally
will divide the returns with cities
therein on a basis of the ad valorem
tax levies.
Imposition of social security meas
ures, necessarily increasing- the tax
burdens of counties, resulted in re
fusal by the General Assembly to al
low a homestead exemption.'
Intangibles or personal property,
had not yielded proper amounts to
county treasuries, according to state
ments at committee hearings, and
the State decided by imposing a
stricter and broader system of col
lection, both the State and the coun
ties would profit.
The Legislature, in allowing coun
ties to vote on whether they wished
liquor stores, imposed a seven per
cent tax on beverages of more than
21 per cent alcoholic content and es
timated an income from that source
of $1,300,000 for (he biennium (the
original estimate was $200,000).
From the three per cent tax on pre
pared meals the revenue commission- i
er estimated would come $724,000
during the biennium. Tax on build
ing materials, with exemptions,
should yield $400,000 and the general
tax on retail sales with nine exemp
tions, should yield $17,900,000. (Ex
emptions are flour, meal, meat, lard,
milk, molasses, salt, sugar and cof
fee.)
Other of the latest estimates by
the revenue department are: Inher
itance, $2,500,000; -schedule "B" li
censes, $4,950,000; franchise, $16,
559,400; income, $19,750,
000; beer, $2,000,000; wine, $300,
000; gift, $400,000; miscellaneous,
$20,000; gas tax (highway diversion)
$4,200,000, and non-tax revenue, $2,
800,000. '
Budget appropriations totalled
$36,952,690 fod 1937-38 and $37,802,
922 for 1938-39, or a total of $74,
755,612 and additional appropria
tions raised the figure to $79,606,612.
Pre-School Clinic,
Farmville School,
Thurs., April 1,9 A JVL
Those in charge of the pre-school
clinics ar?, especially anxious for all
parents, 'will have children to
enter school next fall for the first
titm, to bring or send their children
to this clinic. If you will attend to
this important matter now, perhaps
it will save your child from losing
lots of unnecessary time in school
next year. 'i
Parents are urged to gring young
er children, from six mcmtfes up, for
diptheria prevention. Diptaffria vac
cinatoin is ten cents to those able to
pay and free to all others.
?
LAW UPHELD
Jerssalem?The Moslem Jaw which
prohibits eating, drinking or smofc?
. ing, between sunrise and sunset dar
ing; Ramadan, the 80-day pe^
' riod, was recently upheld by the~9?|
? preme Court of Palestine, in a case
, in whieh < i Moslem, fined for smok
?w?w) challenged the law*
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