Next Campaign May Rehash
Half-Dozen Or So
Have Their Eyes
On Governorship
1. M. Broughton Certain To
Run, And W. P. Horton
Longs For The Post
Raleigh Even the political
talent scouts are not agreed on
the cast of characters in North
Carolina’s 1940 gubernatorial
campaign, but it’s fairly certain
the plot will rehash headline is
sues of the legislative show which
recently ended a 90-day run in
Raleigh.
The questions of highway fund
diversion and changes in the tax
—controversies which sparked
the 1939 session of the general as
sembly—probably will figure
prominently in the platforms of
the conditions.
The anti-diversionists believe
that all receipts from the state
tax on gasoline should be spent
to administer and maintain roads
and prisons.
Another group, headed by Gov
ernor Hoey, has taken the stand
that an amount equivalent to the
three percent sales tax on gaso
line should be transferred, in case
of necessity, from the highway
fund to the general fund. Such a
policy was followed by the legi
slature, which authorized the pos
sible transfer of $5,000,000 during
the 1939-41 biennium.
Third School
A third bloc believes that all
tax receipts should go to a com
mon fund, from which appropri
ations would be made on the basis
of need—regardless of the sources
of the taxes.
Opposition to the general three
percent sales tax has resolved it
self principally into a movement
to obtain additional exemptions
to the levy, and a lower rate. At
tempts to change the tax ma
terially were defeated in the
legislature.
Dolly Madison
TBIATSI
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Thursday, May 4 thru
Saturday, May 6
Motion Pictures Are Tour
Best Entertainment
Thursday-Friday, May 4-5
Errol Flynn - Olivia deHavil
land with Ann Sheridan -
Bruce Cabot - Frank McHugh -
Alan Hale . John Litel - Vic
tor Jory . William Lundigan in
“Dodge City”
(First Run)
See, in glorious technicolor,
the true, epic story of Amer
ica’s most glamorous,, most
dangerous city and the man
who tamed it!
Crime-Doesn’t-Pay Series:
Alan Dinehart - Paul Guil
foyle in “Money to Loan”
Special Morning Show
Friday 10:30;
Afternoons daily 3:15-3:45;
Admission 10-25 c;
Evenings Daily 7:30-9:15;
A dm. 10 • 30c (Tax Included)
Saturday, May 6
Bob Baker with Dorothy Fay -
Hal Taliaferro - Jack Rock
well In
“Prairie Justice”
(First Run)
Episode No. 3 of the serial “The
Lone Ranger Rides Again”
(“The Black Raiders Strikes”)
with Bob Livingston - Chief
Thunder-Cloud - Silver Chief
Paragraphic: “Schubert’s Un
finished Symphony”
Afternoon 2:30-4:00; Admission
10.25 c. Evening 7-8:30-9:45
(Box office opens 6:45). Ad
mission 10-SOe (Tax included)
Special 11:30 Show
Road Show Attractions present
“The Face On The Bar Room
Floor”
Mack Sennett Comedy: “Uncle
Sol Solves It”
Box office opens Saturday
night 11:15. All seats 30c. (Tax
Included.)
Legislative Issues
Prohibition, once a major issue
in North Carolina politics, has
been pushed into the background ;
by budget problems. A return to i
complete prohibition would force ]
a revamping of the state’s tax
spending program. i
Consequently, if prohibition
figures in the campaign, it may
be but a side issue involving the
right of local governments to ban i
sales of wine and beer.
Three other issues on which the
legislature took no conclusive ac
tion—a retirement fund for state
employes, state wage-hour meas
ures, and establishment of a 12th ;
grade—may become campaign
planks.
To date, no one has announced
for office.
In compiling any list of pos
sible candidates, these two facts
should be remembered. First if
custom is followed, the new
governor will be a resident of
the political east and the new
lieutenant governor will be a resi
dent of the political west. Second,
neither Governor Hoey nor Lt-
Gov. W. P. Horton will attempt
to succeed himself.
Horton Talk
But there has been much talk
that Horten will toss his hat in
the gubernatorial ring.
Close observers say there will
be at least three men in the
Democratic primary for gover
nor, and possibly as many as five
or six. Nomination is equivalent
to election.
There is no doubt that J. M.
Broughton, Raleigh lawyer, will
seek the nomination. He is widely
known as an attorney and a lead
er in the Baptist denomination.
He was keynoter at the Demo
cratic state convention in 1936 and
served in the senate from Wake
county 10 years ago.
Horton is expected to try to ac
complish what never has been
done in the state in a single jump
—advance from lieutenant gover
nor to chief executive. He served
in the house and senate in his
political apprenticeship and was
generally recognized as the admi
nistration candidate for lieuten
ant governor in the primaries of
1936. State workers say he would
be in the role of administration
candidate, barring unexpected
developements, next year, but
Governor Hoey has made no
such statement.
The third man believed defi
nitely in the running is Thomas
E. Cooper, mayor of Wilmington
and former legislator.
for office.
Announcing-
The Acquisition of
H. C. STEEL
As Our
New Service Manager
O
Mr. Steel brings to Roxboro 20
years experience in the automobile
field. Factory trained by Chevrolet,
he has been with Blalock’s Chevro
let Co. in Oxford for the past 14
years. Call on him for any service
needs at
Tar Heel Chevrolet Co.
Telephone 3631 Sales—Service Roxboro, N. C.
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
Other Aspirants
Observers see, then, as the most 1
likely additional candidates Lee 1
Gravely, of Rocky Mount, a for- (
mer state senator; A. J. Maxwell, 1
revenue commissioner; and
Charles M. Johnson, state treasur- 1
er.
Two other state officials— '
Thad Eure, secretary of state, and ;
George Ross Pou, auditor—have '
been mentioned as possible gub- 1
ernatorial aspirants. But mo6t 1
observers believe they will seek 1
to succeed themselves. 1
Also mentioned are Repre- 1
sentative W. E. Fenner, of Rocky :
Mount; Willis Smith, Raleigh at- *
torney who is a former house
speaker; D. L. Ward, of New 1
Bern, speaker of the 1939 house; 1
and Representative Victor Bry
ant, of Durham.
R. T. Fountain, of Rocky Mount,
has been quoted by friends as '
saying he would run if Gravely
did.
Congressman Lindsay Warren,
of Washington, N. C. was con
sidered a potential candidate un
til he told newsmen he did not
plan to run.
Mentioned as possible entries
in the race for lieutenant gover
nor are Senator Gordon Gray, of
Winston-Salem; C. Con Johnson,
of Mooresville, former represen
tative; Senator W. Erkine Smith,
of Albemarle; and R. L. Harris,
of Roxboro, former house speak
er.
Senator C. W. Sprull, of Wind
sor, indicated during the legisla
tive session that he might oppose
W. Kerr Scott, the incumbent for
commissioner of agriculture. Few
names have been mentioned as
opponents for other elective of
ficials.
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THE EUROPEAN CRISIS
London, England—'Anglo-Ger
man tension is somewhat reliev
ed by the return to Berlin of Sir
Nevile Henderson, British Am
bassador to the Reich, recalled
i last month when Hitler took pos
session of Czecho-Slovkia. Ger
■ man Ambassador von Dirksen,
; accredited by Berlin to Britain,
is also returning to his London
post. Rumors persist that the
. British Cabinet will complete
; plans flor compulsory military
» service, a course being pressed by
French diplomats, who point out
that in the event of sudden at
i tack France’s 42,000,000 people
cannot long resist the 86,000,000
of Germany and the 40,000,000 of
Italy. . i
Berlin, Germany—Official cir. .
clos welcome the return of Brit
ish and German ambassadors to :
their respective posts as a pre- :
lude to an amicable settlement i
of international difficulties. It is 1
reported that of the 31 smaller t
nations indicated by President i
Roosevelt in his identical notes ;
to Hitler and Mussolini as in (
danger of aggression, only one re- <
turned a doubtful reply to
Hitler's catagorical counter- i
query, “Do you feel threatened
by invasion from the Reich?’’
Rumania stated that “no Europe
an nation can feel absolutely .
certain at the moment.” Other
countries indicated either indif
ference or lack of fear from Ger
man invasion. All of them dis- ■
avowed any previous knowledge <
of Mr. Roosevelt’s plea for a 10 ■:
year cessation of aggression by i
the Berlin-Riome axis. <
Washington, D. C.—No an- f
nouncement has been made by <
the State Department relative to 1
the return of the United States '
Ambassador to Berlin, despite the i
decision of the British Foreign
office to order Sir Nevile Hender
son back to his post as British
Ambassador to the Reich.
ALFONZO REGAINS WEALTH
Burgos, Spain—Ex-King Alfon
zo VHI of Spain is first recipient
of tangible benefit from General
Franao’s victorious Nationalist
Government. He is to regain his
private fortune of $86,600,000
seized by the Spanish Republic
exactly eight years ago. While he
gave up his throne, Alfonzo re
nounced “none of his rights”, and
it has been predicted that a re
turn of order in Spain may even
tually see his son Prince Juan re
stored under a limited monarchy.
THE BUSINESS WEEK
Failure to settle the coal strike
has already affected the ingot
output in the steel industry and
is causing railroads to consider
emergency measures in handling
heavy through traffic As a
move to conserve capital funds,
the British Treasury has inform
ally asked investors bo cease buy
| ing foreign securities In
dustrial indexes continue steadi
ly downward since the temporary
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upswing during the last week in
January. The level at mid-week
was about equal to the drop dur
ing the Summer of 1935 In
a study of business conditions
necessary to financial recovery,
the Brookings Institution lays en
tire responsibility for the current
depression on an illogical tax
structure. Its recommendations
call for the complete elimination
of many New Deal taxes, as “ar
resting the flow of funds intoo
capital enterprises.”
Legal Notice
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
* .
Having qualified as administra
trix of the estate of G. C. Vick
ers, deceased, late of Person
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas
ed to exhibit them to the under
signed on or before the 26th day
of April, 1940, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery, and all persons indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
Betty E. Vickers,
Administratrix of G. C.
Vickers’ estate.
This the 26th day of April,
1939.
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