Piedmont And West Fail To Get
New Solons Due By Population
Eastern Carolina I'nw tiling To Give
N*w Representation Entitled By
Constitution.
(Special To The Star.)
Raleigh, March 23,— The consti
tution of North Carolina to the con
trary notwithstanding, predictions
now are that the present general as
sembly will adjourn without redis
tricting the ?late as to senatorial!
districts and without reapportion
ing the members of the house of re
presentatives on the basis of popu
lation as a result of the 1030 census.
In fact, reports are current here
that leaders of the eastern section
Of the state have sent down the
word that there will be no redi.sti;ict
Ing and no reapportionment, even il
the constitution does direct it, be
cause the eastern area will lose
about half a dozen representative.;
and about two and one-half sena
tors by such action. Apparently, the
western legislators are taking the
drubbing without even a semblance
of fight.
Edward M. Gill, Scotland county,
chairman of the house commutes on
senatorial districts, as well as Rep
resentative John B, Cruclup. of
Vance, have Introduced bills pro
viding for senatorial redistricting.
These, bills are both expected to
come to an untimely death. Repres
entative GUI said that he would In
troduce another bill providing for
reaportlonment of the memoers of
the house of representatives but
expressed little hope that If would
be enacted. There is no standing
committee on reapportioning th"
members of the house.
The effect of delay would be to
deprive the populous piedmont sec
tion of Its just portion of fne rep
resentation, based on population, fet
another two years. The eastern sec
tion has the majority, because of
small counties, and will not. readily
surrender that majority, despite the
constitution, and the piedmont and
western legislators seem willing to
let them continue to hold the whip
hand without a murmur.
A bill has been been Introduced to
provide for an election on a consti
tutional amendment to prohibit any
county from having more than ore
spnator. It, tf passed, would deprive
Mecklenburg and Guilford counties
of the two senators to which their
populations entitle them, and tne 2
that would be due Forsyth, if Stokes
county should be annexed to that
county.
The east Is as wining to retain
the majority as the west seems ac
quiescent in allowing that action
to retain it.
5 Million Dollar Trade Here
fCONTINUED FROM PACE ONE)
merit, stores report sales of $928,641,
while 2 dry-goods stores, 5 general
Stores, nnd 2 variety 5-and-10, and
to-a-dollar stores report total sales
of $613,960. Inventory for the group
as of the end of the reporting-year
totals $324,960.
Auto Sales.
Tire automotive group, with 28 es
tablishments, does a business of $1,
438 117 or 26 percent of the total re
tail business. Receipts in six motor
vehicle establishments amount to
$984,624. A total of 14 filling stations
is reported with aggregate sales of
$411,936. In gas, oil, tires, and other
accessories. The six garages and two
accessory, tire, and battery stores
report total receipts of $41,567.
Food stores total 39 and report
sales of $1,170,680. Of this number,
32 are grocery stores with sales of
$938,832 and 4 are meat markets
with sales of $146,000. Fresli-meat
departments are operated in six of
the grocery stores, and several of
the meat markets have developed a
side line of groceries. Many bakeries
which manufacture their own pro
ducts” tire included In the census of
manufacturers and dp not appear in
this report.
The lumber and building group,
with seven stores and yards, reports
28 full time employees and a total
retail business of $276 485. Tills
group includes lumberyards, hard
ware, and heating and plumbing j
stores. Planing mills and similar es
tablishments which manufacture
building materials Rrc included in
the census of manufactures and do
not appear in this report
The five eating places in Shelby
employ 12 full-time people and do
a business of $68,934. Tills volume of
business is exclusive of meals serv
ed in dining rooms operated by ho
tels and boarding houses and of
lunches served in drug stores. The
total pay roll of the five eating
places Is $0,584.
Other large business classifica
tions shown in detail are drug
stores, feed stores, and furniture
stores.
This report ts a comprehensive
picture of the retail industry m
Shelby and is part of the first basic
nation-wide census of distribution
now being compiled by the bureau
of census.
Other Business.
The 11 stores handling wearing
apparel employ 13 people and do an
annual business totalling $192,079.
Five furniture and house furnish
ing stores are listed as doing a busi
ness of $132,425 per year.
Five restaurants, employing 12
people, do un annua) business of
$68,934.
Six drug stores are listed as doing
a business in 1929 totalling $268,443.
Three feed and farm implement
stores did $220,436 worth of busi
ness in 1929.
Two jewelry stores did a $34,853
business.
The total annual business of all
cigar stores, music stores, florists,
stationers, etc., was given as $187,
205.
General Summary.
A general summary showing the
percentage of business done by each
type of retail trade follows:
TTFE;
Num
ber of
stores
PlOJ'M
(full
time)
Net sale
(1929)
Por ieiit
i of total
sales
Salaries
and wages
(total)
uenerai merchandise .._* 14
Automotive group .....__
Food group . .._.
Lumber and building 7
Apparel group . ..._.... II
Furniture _ ........_ 5
Restaurants . ............. 5
All others . .. 23
Total retail stores_ 192
s a
115
74
58
28
13
13
12
44
355
$1,444,601
1,438,11?
1,170,680
276,495
192,079
132,425
68,934
710.937
5,434,268
-6.58
26.46
21.54
5.09
3.54
2.40
1.27
13.08
100.00
$125,983
84,065
65,315
27,679
16,765
11,338
6,584
69,703
■I
397,422
General Assembly
Is Getting Tired
iCOSTtNUED PROM PAQK tim>
t-ions are, they will buckle down and
dig their way out of the maze which
enshrouds them.
The first week 1ms been spent In
part In marking time, awaiting ihr
finance bill which has been promis
ed almost daily. It is now in final
form and will be taken up early In
the week by the house. The .’treat?!
part of the week will be spent on It
In that body and probably the nest
consumed in the senate. Both of the
houses, meanwhile, will be ett'ng
other legislation behind them An
other big bill Is the appropriations
measure, which also will recuhc
time. It will doubtless move along
behind the revenue bill.
A movement, described as sinl-ter,
Is said to have been forming and
reached a head during the week It
Is called a combination of the power
utility tobacco and railroad inter
ests with the so-called MacLean
forces to put over the general sales
tax proposal to finance the state
operated six months school term.
The general sales tax, estimated to
raise $0,000,000 would cost an aver
age of about $3 per person a year,
which, multiplied by the population
of any county, will give the appro
ximate additional amount that
county will pay for school support.
Indirectly. In many of the counties
It is twice the amount that would
be received through operation of the
MacLean plan, statisticians fteure.
Such an alignment, observers say.
1s passing strange- a sort of lion
and lamll status. It has ceased
many questions to be asked. Appar
ently, also, it is causing a sort of re
alignment of the forces. Seem.prIv
there is a drift toward the school
plan embodied in the bill intro
duced the past week by Cnairman
John H. Folger, of the senate edu
cation committee, and other mem
bers of, his committee, which pro
vides a $10,000,000 school fund, $8 -
200.000 for the six months term ana
$1,800,000 for the extended term
This, experienced school m?n say,
will give more relief than the Mac
Lean plan with the $9,000,000 sales
tax, although this tax is indirect
The Folger plan carries no .-.ales tax,
but would necessitate $3,500,000 more
than is now provided, coming from
power, tobacco, foreign corporations
and probably the income tax.
The “short ballot” will not get
over this time. The bill providing for
the reorganization of the aepart
ment of agriculture was passed by
the house after it had changed the
bill to make the commissioner elec
tive. rather than appointive. The bill
to have the corporation commission
members appoint led rather than el
ected was tabled by Us author The
Purchasing agent bill, which would
take away a part of the duties of
the commissioner of labor and print
ing. is half through. The fate of all
of them is uncertain at. this writing.
Governor Gardner’s bills, one to
reorganize the department of agri
culture, the other to reorganize the
corporation commission, did not
carry in them the short ballot pre
vision—that the governor appoint
the officials. This was added in the
''ommittees. His department of labor
bill does not carry that feature,
since the committee added It to the
other bills. Governor Gardner iavors
the short ballot, but he behoves i:
should be provided In the consttUi
tion, so each succeeding general as
sembly could not change It. lie will
doubtless ask that It be Included ir
the amendments to be offered by a
constitutional amendment commis
sion, if that body is created, instead
of the original plan, now abandon
ed, of calling a constitutional con
vention,
A gesture has been made in the
house at what Is termed an “ffort to
“smoke out" Governor Gardner on
the school legislation pending I!
was in the form of a joint resolution
asking Governor Gardner to appear
before a joint session of the two
houses and give his views «n pend
ing legislation. It failed of imme
diate passage and was referied to
Chairman A. D. MacLean's commit
tee on education, where It will prob
ably die.
The drug store liquor bill, permit
ting drug stores to handle liquor on
prescriptions of doctors, created a
bit of interest and brought out such
an eminent personage ips Dr; Wil
liam Louis Poteat, president emeri
tus of Wake Forest college, in oppo
sition. Tire committee will prob
ably report it out early this week.
Although new bills are slowing
dowrr, the number Is still too large
and both houses have named calen
dar committees to pass on whether
or not later bills should be consid
ered. So far about 1610 bills have
been introduced, 490 in tire senate
and 1120 in the house. Of tnis num
ber 615 have been enacted into law.
158 senate bills and 457 house bills.
The local bills bear a ration of about
five to one for the public Dills.
Approximately 100 new bills wore
introduced last week, 60 in the
h#use and 40 in the senate. Bills
ratified and how law last week
reached 113, or 36 senate and 77
house bills. Of the total ratified last
week, 94 were local and 19 were
more general.
Most important of those ratified
was the road bill, providing a now
highway commission and taking
i over the county roads. Two related
permit two or more counties to es
tablish prison farms and hospital
homes, instead of separate ourty
homes and Jails. Another provides
for closer check on pension rolls by
clerks of court and registers of
deeds In the counties. Another law
requires irresponsible drivers to pro
vide insurance, by which damages
may be collected. Another requires
(hat paupers have no claim on this
state unless they have lived here
three years or were self-supporting
when they came.
McSwain Fighting
Sales-Luxury Tax
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE *
these vicious measures on the peo
ple. If the sales tax should be put
on and hundreds of little merchants
forced to dose their doors, would
not the opposing campaigners
charge the Democratic party with
it? If we make the cotton boy pay
a tax to get his cigarettes, the
tenant farmer a tax to get Ills plug
tobacco, What would there be to say
when Republican campaigners re
minded them that the burden was
shifted upon them by a Democratic
assembly?”
Warlick Speeds Up
Court Work Here
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE 1
leared. Judge Warlick gave the de
fense until Tuesday to see if ar
rangements might not be made to
get the necessary witnesses so that
the case could be tried at this term,
probably the first of next week.
••Four-Pint" Men.
In one of the submission eases
where the defendant pled guilty to
the possession or four pints ot whis
key and showed good behavior since
that time Judge Warlick gave him
an 18 months suspended sentence
and a $50 fine. In view of i.he man s
behavior since that time the Judge
said that he would not imooje a
direct prison sentence because "too
many four-pint men never get in
court or prison."
Deputy Jerry Runyan Is again
acting as court officer and Deputy
John Wilkins Is in charge of the
grand Jury.
The rapidity with which the new'
judge started the court machinery
to rolling this morning attracted
much favorable comment in the
court room.
20—'TRAFFIC— front
Hit-And-Run Drivers Cause Six Of
43 Fatalities In
Month.
Raleigh, March 23.—Hit-and-run
drivers were responsible for six of
the 43 deaths in automobile acci
dents in North Carolina in Febru
ary. according to figures released
by the motor vehicle bureau of the
state department of revenue.
The 43 deaths represented an in
crease of three over the number of
automobile fatalities in February,
1930, and 10 over the February, 1928,
record.
The number of injured during the
month totaled 382. Two drivers in
fatal accidents were intoxicated,
while 36 persons were injured in ac
cidents in which drivers were intoxi
cated. Five of those killed were chil
dren.
It Pays To Advertise
At Start of Caribbean l our
-#*-y
President Hoover, with Secretary of War Patrick Hurley, as the train
pulled out from Washington, D. C., en route to Old Point Comfort,
Va. The U. S. S. Arizona at anchor in Hampton Roads took the
nation’s chief and his party on their Caribbean trip and the J‘resident’s
first vacation in a year. Ponce, Porto Rico, will be the Arizona’s first
port of call.
Berlin’s Welcome to Charlie
Stormed by thousands of enthusiastic Berlin admirers, Charlie Chaplfn
waves a smiling greeting to his friends. An army of policemen was
required to keep order, although everybody remained good-natured
and am.iling at the sight of their idol.
Collegian W ins Battle
The spectacular showing of Herbert Freeman, of New York, as he
sank Gino Garibaldi in their bout at New York, brings to the fore
another contender for the crown of James Londos, world’s champion.
The collegiate wrestler of the City College. N. Y., is shown whirling
his opponent around the ring with a double leg hold, which brought
him victory after 85 minutes and 12 seconds.
Fights Gift to Linde Sam
rs» ,v- wet*. NW
Mrs. Mary E. Henderson, -
wealthy widow of Senator John
D. H -derson, of Missouri,
whose granddaughter, Mrs. Bea
trice Henderson Wholean tin
set), is seeking to restrain tier
by law from presenting a man
sion on Meridian Hill, Washing
ton, D. C., to the Government
for the use of Vice Presidents
#<■ an official residence
Shelby Firemen Go
To Kings Bountain
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
church, at the local church square,
corner of Mountain street anti
Piedmont avenue, was first noticed
Just at noon when the congregations j
of the nearby churches started!
home. There was no preaching serv-1
ice at the First Baptist and the j
building had been locked up after
Sunday school adjourned at eleven
o’clock. It was said here today that,
the blaze may have started from the!
wiring.
So rapidly ^lid the flames spread j
that it was realized that the Kings I
Mountain firemen aiVi equipment
could hardly cope with the threat
ening situation. Calls for aid were
then sent to Bessemer City and'
Shelby. Trucks and firemen from'
both neighboring towns responded!
and 10 or 15 minutes after their ar
rival the fire was under control. j
New Equipment.
Citizens here yesterday evening
and today were commenting on the j
fire with the belief that it em-;
phasized the fact that Kings Moun-,
tain should have better fire equip-'
ment and more efficient fire fight-j
ing apparatus. Had it not been for!
visiting firemen, good hose ant!
pump trucks the damage wouldI
likely have been considerably more.
It seems now as if a movement may
start with the aim of having the
town secure additional equipment
for fire protection. Members of the
First Baptist church congregation
.uid citizens of the entire town high
ly appreciate the response given by
Bessemer City and Shelby.
The main auditorium of the
church edifice was not damaged ex
cept, perhaps, for a slight place on
the roof near the annex. The dam
age, a church official says, is cover
ed by insurance and the annex will
likely be rebuilt soon.
BENEFIT MINSTREL AT
POLKVILLE SCHOOL
There will be a negro minstrel
given at Polkville high school Thurs
day night, March 28th, the pro
ceeds to go for the benefit of the
Palm Tree Epworth league. A small
admission charge will be made.
At Patterson Springs.
A box supper will be held at the
Patterson Springs school on Friday
evening, March 28. The public is in
vited. Proceeds will go to the school.
Around The
Carolina
Theatre
(With Apologies To
RENN DRUM.)
Theatres of yester days:
Do you remember when tire
theatre owners would rent an
old store and convert It to a
movie, they would build a
platform In the rear and call
!it the operating room. This
was where the film was run,
they had one machine, and
the screen was usually an old
sheet draped against the rear
wall, or else it was a white
washed spot on the wall, but
in most cases it was a sheet as
it was too much work to paint
the wall, and the seats, they
were benches in most instanc
es, and the floor being level
these benches would have legs
a little longer than the row in
front, this was necessary for
your sight lines, and when
you reached the last row it
was necessary to use a ladder
to reach your seat, and you
had ho lights when the pic
ture was on, so you had to be
careful or fall from your seat,
climbing in.
They would run one reel
and then a sidle would an
nounce the next reel will fol
low in a minute. You could sit
tight or else go out to the
front and drink a dope which
was to be found in a tub of
ice water, as the manager us
ually had these for sale, or
else you could take on an
other bag of peanuts or pop
! oom. When the operator was
ready to start the next reel lie
would douse the lights and
there was a mad scramble for
seats. Them was the good old
days.
To be continued.
Compare “EAST LYNNE”
of today with the “EAST
LYNNE" of yesterdays — Now
showing. ,
Itching.
Two Rolls - Royces rested
side by side. Suddenly one of
them twitched violently and
shook a fender.
“Whats the trouble?” said
the other.
“I think I must hiWe got
one of those Fords on roe
somewhere.”
Submitted by A C. L.
WE THANK TOP!
Spanish Premier Interviewed
Still attired in his Admiral’s ■
uniform, Juan Bautista Aznar,
newly _ appointed Premier of
4pain, is shown.in the first pic
ture since his appointment, as
tie was interviewed ny the press
leaving the royal palace after he
and his Cabinet had to take the
oath of office before King Al
fonso.
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