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Editor Reviews State With Laws Enacted By General Assembly Speaking Before Rotary flu.. Slur Editor Gives Resume ol' New State-wide Enactments. Speaking before the Rotary '-’uP at its weekly luncheon Fiiciay at noon at the Hotel Charles din ini? rooms, Editor I.ce B Weathers gav" the following resume of the n*v. Iv enacted statewide laws of pres ent general assembly: Most Important l aws. Exclusive of the extent e.f the *tl ie's ■ uppovt of the schools, which nature of the ccvfitter bill ha. kept the general assembly of North Car olina In session almost twice as lor.g as the normal period and more then 158 days already; t he legislat ure he enacted a number of Important,-and far-reaching state-wide measurer Among these, and probably somc ' w hut in the order of their import ' ance arc the followin'’ Local government, net. taking over nil bond and many financial m Un ties of all local units of government. Reorganization of state h.ghway department and taking <>vei county roads for maintenance by state. Creation of department of bank ing under direction of governor • Establishing division of puunas and contract in governor's ohue. i Consolidation of unlvern. of North Carolina. State college and ft ’c.\ college for Women into . i ■ Uni versity of North Carolina , Creation of division and riiuulut of personnel. > Establishing n new department ol 'labor, . Re-organization of state board oi health. Limiting hours of work Idr tvua et» in Industry to !>5 hours a v.eel: Dividing the stale into eleven con gressional districts. Providing fo* limiting tv "her shops of state except in small town These ate among the outstandue; state-wide laws so fur enacted, while '■numbers of others ate of in'crest to 'certain classes or groups of indi viduals >f the State, and stid .other hills are pending, such us the oi.e to leave to n vote of the pcopl* ■ he 'question of electing or haun t the governor appoint all present statu tory elective state officials Probably (.he roost importah' piece of legislation is the local g; >fn meat law.’ one of the most drastic laws ever enacted by the N ('. a n rral ftssembl;. It sets .up « Inn gov ernment com mission and a cU.vrtor, taking ever the functions of tin former eriuuty government ruHWor roimnis >.:i and the local fu.u tiw.s of the stale sinking fund cnnm's sion It 'v s charge of tlie bund and mote and roo-' itnancial m'd'U'. • of co'.’.r.*1' . citH . towns an! ail other !ccr4 :*ovcniment units All fc .rets ; iul notes are to ho .mid throi’e'i the c uml*iion‘.i otiiee in Rale:'!!’i imcV tia bond* or lioi.'i .v crpt f -n m. imd loHuM.n,; hone's, whi r:’. r;i " no nr v debt. "X* nt with the .pi’1 vc:V of object > • r-d methods by the <•< v., ion The commission is tipthrvisred to ui' e:-li gate all phasear el the < ml'> m of s unit teeking to to1] bends . nd -un apiwrc.e or d. - '.yywe c'clion l.ro posuU; f-s well :> erics; Provision 1 made for funding ami refut'din? bonds over longer period , by \vhkii many cith.. counties, lera! . ix dis tricts. or other units will be ..blc, tc. keep up b i d and inti .r t Pay ment r. w hich, iii <n - .>u r ■ . u. v in the kU’t." have V : doiiur.i ill-.'in. recent nrmiUf. ■. Bankrupt 1 alt. More ncr. the cmmii. . ou aa .thovlaffif*, under certain . yond.lions and failure, of units to uu'n bond: note ami liifrct pa'anct;- 'o teke over a county, city. t oyvn or other unit as a i ryciver and o icraie-ns of*, fails, this being cue c- >' <’ »""t drastic feature, ci to.' bill and ii - t-tided to fore, .all such rercori sliins bv federal auvhori'he.. AnoUiv r «c pre .orl'ot - the nuvu Tier in which local unit; may issu' ..Uuiii.) f h! t'.oles and v.ilidu’their indebtedness. all sublet t» the ap proval oi the local guvr.iur.ctu rotn mission. , Sti'V another not requires a unit to i;v: the appravul of tlie dhechn cf local : o\o; r.-.ent before ompley ing an.-Rtvouataut to audit its books and another directs the director to set up Uniterm accounting methods and practice:; in all pt the lc.a. guy eminent units Such a law ha* ap plied to counties lor the past jcf.;T the new act embracin'; al’ to- 1 cr.I units. State Highways. The new state highway law>fcoi lshes the former imir clAn.-i 1.. and nine districts commii&sners rnakinr the fate one highway unit,1 with a commission of seven n..tu bers, including a chairman, tat s, over, to more '.hav 9. coo mil.3s -hi. ftate highways. 40,roo rcilt; of county1 roads tor miinien • rmcljgjaid kicryasss the tax on gaso line o slS^inU a gallon. Only c few of too iwrongry gasoline engines tre irroj c.f to refund oi taxes, those used in agriculture end murin':, and no counties or other units may ’.r.e tax free gasoline. Under the lav not . 3 ttH.it fl. 000,000 will be devoted to maup.en ence of the county ldg.iways. which is about three-toartlis of such cost under county maintenance erd which is expected to keep them in as good condition as tho spprosi yjiately $8,000,000 undei: wunl)' mathteiiance. . it*. state will e Ji vlclrd Into t nui.i- nt numLvi cl II-'rifts ':>r i.minlstratlan und •na'ir •!! i i 'os only, but con : flics fee1.' vu district comm'ssionors 'heretofore ti.pcrtenced in Totalling and cor; ectlng roads will cllsap tifir, tVIay Work Convicts. One ot the important features of , tlic act. heretofore largely prevent ed. will be the use of state couv'el on state and eoutity highway, con struction and maintenance, « on highway on which federal aid i : used. This will go far toward sel - ling one ol the most pres.sm: shite 1 problems— work for the Increarliis i number of convicts, both state and i county. District camps will be es tablished and county ran vie., r sen tenced to serve in one of tic* ,i Tbi. ' is expected to help to wipe out the irecent deficits .lit operation of the ! state's prison, due Id hi ’.v.i nu: numbers of com let, and restrictions placed on kinds of work they cm do. due to opposition b;, trad • u *U labor bocin In this connection, it may he add led that the general assembly re ! appropriated the $100,000. appro priated in 1!«7 to buy add.liuuul j prison farm land, so u can Iv used ' for erecting a new central prison on ! the Cary larm land near ft deign, jurnl permit abandoning the present hire-trap used Hanking tir'piirtniriil Creating or u new department of banking, with a ctMunissibni .• in • charge, is expected to do much U ; ward restoring the confideiue of the people in the banks of 'he '.h ie, I lost largely through the fait tire of more than 100 banks in test j months. The new taw is not o; red a - a t urn-all. but it gives *h' vmn i mi.,-,toner more authority than nii (!:. the old law. and permt* .. the : governor to make iuvesi;r..if t“!i ■ and prosecutions when just.tied by unlawful act - oi bank official, em ployes, oi- outride corporaUot.is o: individual. Gurney 1*. flood. UoklrUor» head of .the' flood System indv.tr.ol l b.mks. has been named commission er, with Word 11. Wood. Cha cloth . Col. .1 T Bruton, Wilson, inci A ncw II Buhnsou. Witte! on-Halem, a advisory commissioners Purchase And Contra.h Instead of each division of the i .late and its institutions and de partments making purchases Jude pentfently and individually. the new taw creating the office of iluhion of purchase, and contract, vid re quire all purchases and contia. is lor servla.•. 'equipment. buildin:;- and supplies, to be secured by compel. tlve bidding. 'I'tu divwiun, in the "m entor s ofUce. will rave the s' i e 10 percent, or $400,U0i) a yeat on The approximately $4.0CO;000 apeib to these objects. Governor Gardtvsr e - ttmntcs. . Only small purchases may be, made individually, the bulk of all material,-j and supplies coin.it from the lowest bidder and the ..otit'i tious and agencies supplying their reed. as. they develop. Th; divis ion takes over the printing vut tiacting from the present dip.n! ment of labor and printing, as well as other ot its functions, and will contract for telephone and telegraph services, ,in addition to -the '»thc; usual requirements Department Of Lullin'. A new department of labor hr been created and will take ovor du ties per formed by other divisions, a t present; These will include wom en and children m industry. . 'oUs ! ttcal records on. industry anti labor, I and other functions, as well a- cs ' tabllshuig a bason with the Indus !»nat conimi islon. which operate the j workmen's eoinpensation law. lim--.on ui rersonutu. Extending still further the .. -ti' ie, of the old salary and wage tom ni : ioiv, the new division of person :iei will take on more of the aspect 4 civil service in the employment of workers for the state's departments, institutions and agencies. It requlv rs some tiaoHfications and exper ience for new employes, who are to be added when needed by agreement 4 the director of personnel and the head of the department. The act. as passed, is not a« dras tic as the bill introduced. See wal rf the objectionable features bavins been eliminated. For instance, ih? provision lor state mure!' ov-.r em ployees of counties, cities, towns and other units was eliminated- -Jov there is a provision by which the .director' may adviseWith such units as lo economics in personal ser vice. While a director of pc -‘Oiutei is provided, the law is such that the work may be handled by the di rector of purchase and contract. Consolidation Of Institutions. Tlie university of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, North Carolina state college of agriculture and mgiueer lng at Raleigh and North Carolina college for women at Greensboro a-e to be consolidated, but not until 1933. an economy measure. The chief ai mof the law is to providi for elimination ct duplication in tin instruction at the institutions av.c to work out a far-sighted po'i-,,v 101 the future. Each of the three insti tutions will retain its traditions sne name, as a college, but w ill he a pari of the greater university. Trustee have been named to work out th< (•tela!Is. of consolidation Hoard Of Health. The law reorganizing the sink; board of health was occasioned 1 largely by the conflicts that arose I during the past year as to tha oper ation of the State department of health, which is done by a hoard composed of doctors elected by the N. C. medical society and the govev ■ nor. A new board. It was .thought, would be able to maintain the health Standards and operate the depart ment better than the one which contained militant factions. Women In Industry. Several laws have been proposed relative to work, but thfc only one so far enacted limit.) the hpri.'j o! work for women in industrial aot’vl tlcr; to 5.1 hours a week. Others eliminating night work for women..' still further restricting child hoor and dealing with hours of men's work have either been killed 0 »ja t**-*. ■ not be en enacted. ( onsregional District. 'I hr ■ late ha: been redistrictcd under the 1930 census figures so • -> to give North Carolina the eleven congressman to which the .'■tat'* is due The redistricting act vv.; ■ litle more than dividing the fifth dis trict into two districts. numlmlnd them five and si;; and ruiud i; up the number to one above for Hie re maining higher numbered districts. Only one or two counties were: shifted. This leaves the Old ninth the new tenth district a She', one; containing the largest number in' Inhabitants Bills to redistnet the tai- .. to senatorial districts and to i vin1 tlon the members of the bom1 at representatives on the basr cf the 1930 census have been introduced but do not give the populous i’ivl moiu just representation, due to 'he larger power exerted by'the spn; -1 ly settled but politically strong east ern countif: The state barber law. requiring barbers to pass an examination and providing for inspection of barber shops, formerly applying to .nv.ns of 300 tor l.OOOi population. Other New haws. Among the dlher new law en.'t <’d, t he lollowing are worthy r.t men tion . ’ rrrvenung empioyp.v oi ohi.k t.uu tnet companies, except a H en'ecl lawyer receiving the fees himself, from drawing wills or other . legal documents Requiring clerks o( Superior v vu-il to (tie with commissioner of revenue natnes of alt attorneys practicing in their respective' counties. Allowing a judge to orde .ifkll tional jurors from another county, rather than mot e a case to a..Other county for trial Permitting short-term pvtao.ie:"’ | to be worked on city and town ! streets, allowing prisoners ie.t. off tor Sunday work. Permit cittes and towns t > m ike provision for establishing jilrpcHs and landing fields. Allowing state to make reciproc ity agreement with other states as to automobile licenses for machine, crossing state lines. Requiring that eggs be ci '.s.ih-'d and marked, as to whether fresh, cold storage, etc. Preventing the sale of butter-col ored oleomargarine May Buy License For Auto Today At Three Quarter Rate Legislature Has Just Provided That Licenses Can 11c Sold At tfnaeter Hale. The general assembly has just passed a bill providing for keen e plates on automobiles to be sold for three-quarters of the annual fee, effective today, according to a let ter just received by the Chas. I,. Katuidge license bureau from Spra gue Silver, motor supervisor in the state department of revenue at Ra leigh. In other words, the lee from April 1st to June 30th will, be three fourths of tlie annual fee, so keen's® plates at S12.50 for the full year will now be $9.38. This upplles in the same proportion to, all-etfeer plates. Cars purchased niter April 1 up to May 4tli. this year will not b" entitled to the three-quarter rate, but cars which have not carried a license since the first of January or new cars purchased during the next , three months will be entitled to the ! three-quarter rate. It Is also stated by Mr. Sprague 1 that the bill providing lor the , change of licensing cars from hors,' I power to weight will nut go into ef fect until January 1st. 1932, WANTED: AN APARlMENi for light housekeeping Close in. £h» REDUCE ‘YOUR HIPS AND thighs in a Summer Spencer Gar ment, made of sheer, open-weave fabric. Call Mrs. J. Henry Carroll, phone 213, LaPayette Street. FOR RENT; TWO UNFURNISH ed connected rooms. Mrs, Robert Andrews, 408 s 1>-Kalb St, it 4c HAVE A SPENCER UAR;ii:N'I made just for you, of cool, airy ma terial, It will smooth out ail your “bulges** and give you lines you’ve never dreamed you could have. Mrs J. Henry Carroll, phoue 213, It 4c Column quire Star office. It 4p 31 4c Sale Of Land For I Taxes Discretionary (CONTINUED FRCU1 PAGE ONE.i for giving notice of turning to left' or right or stopping. The furmers of North Carolina arc requested, In a Joint resolution' of Mrs II. Frank Ms bane, of Rock lnghaui, ratified, to reduce the acreage tney plan in tobacco Another farm measure, also enact- j rate that agricultural credit corpor ations and associations .organized' under Nor th Carolina laws, may j charge on leans lor agricultural j purposes, at not to exceed eight per, cenf A new act makes it unlawful for, officials of counties; cities, towns of ■ other subdivision; to award cou alructioh contracts until compcti - five bids have been received on such ; construction. An amendment life! been enacted to the law defining: and regulating group life insurance j Another enactment war a joint res-! oiuticu on the death of Dr. Edwin A, Alderman, president of the Uni-! vereifty ot Virginia, native of this | state uud former president of the state university Among the new and general bills; introduced last week are the foi-! lowing; To raise revenue tor .support of; the six months school term, anothei, ot the sales tux suggestions. To validate official acts per-1 formed' between April X and Aprilj 24, 1931, by justices of the peace ap pointed in the omnibus bit ratified April 24, 1931. An amendment exempting train men from jury duty To allow clerks of superior coui> in the state a vacation of. one. week i To require agencies of farm tna- j chinery and equipment to keep in stock an adequate supply of parts for such machinery as they handle. To make uniform pleadings and process of all courts except courts of justices of lire peace, inferior to uperior Courts, alien summons from such inferior court is issued to run outside the county of such in ferior courts. To provide that no assignment, sale, pledge, mortgage or other transfer of wages earned ot to be earned, where the whole or a part of tiie consideration of the same i; less than $209 shall be Valid against jfclie employer until said employer shall signify in writing liis assent I thereto; upon such instrument. To prescribe certain powers and | duties of the N c. Corporation com mission relative? to public service 'corporations, pennitting tiie com l mission to establish uniform sys tems of bookkeeping and to make appraisals of property, 1 To provide for safe keeping of girls of Samarcand charged with burning buildings and destroying propeity in jails in which tliey arc confined An amendment to "an act to i prohibit the unauthorized practice i of law." so law' schools may conduct [•"ciftiicsr permitting students to rep resent clients unable to pay lawyer iees No New Expense In Change Of Court .CONTINUED Uloii PAGE ONI:.) cution fee back to $3.50 from $3.50 m cases where the defendant and not the county has to pay the costs. This increase in cast against the de fendants is somewhat offset by an other section of the bill which idles that not more than two witnesses j are to be used against a defendant ; in a criminal case unless the record er deems others absolutely n -ces [ sary Sections Of Bill. | The bill, taken up by sections, i provides for the following changes: 1. That the solicitor be placed on ; a salary basis of $1,800 per year In | scad of the prevailing fee system. 2. That the fees heretofore going to the solicitor will now go into the county treasury for the purpose of | paying the solicitor’s salary, the dep uty clerk's salary and other ccun'.y 1 expenses. That the prosecution lee I in case of conviction be $3.50 and shall go to the county. 3. That the clerk of Superior court be also appointed clerk of the recorder's court and keep a per ! raanent record of the county court ! action as is done in Superior court, j 1. That Charlie J. Woodson be ap pointed deputy clerk by the com missioners to assist the clerk in handling the clerical work of the two courts. That he be paid S 1,2X1 oer year and that his appointment be for 12 months; and that here after his successor be appointed for terms of 12 months. The denary clerk is also empowered to Issue warrants and all other court pro cesses in addition to taking care of other clerical duties. 5. That no action be valid unless ! Mgned by the clerk, the deputy clerk or the recorder, and in all suen ac tions there shall be a clerk’s fee of *l which shall go into the bounty treasury. 6. That in no criminal eassi snail I .he defendant be taxed witness fees for more than two witnesses unless the recorder thinks additional wit nesses necessary. 7. That the county eomaiu; loners shall provide necessary equipment and records for the county court. GovernorNames Highway Heads .Greensboro Publisher Will be Chair man. Ninth District Without Itcpiesentation. 'Special to The Star * Raleigli. May 4—Governor O. ! Curdner v.Ill submit to the Cpii.ce> Monday, May 1, for its confirmation his appointee:; to members.iip onj the State Highway commission. The new cdiBihissioh consists of seven members. Under .the provision ot the state road law enacted bv the present general assembly, the com-] mu doners are r.ppoinled to repres ent the state at large and no mem ber u the 'representative of any par ticular district. The hat as announced by the gov enter is composed oj dames II. Clai'lt, Bladen county ; N. L. Sttd man, Halifax, county; T. L. Eland, Wake county James L. McNair. Scotland county; E. B. Jcffres*. Guilford county , C. A Q'annon, Ca barrus county and Will .Neal, Mc-j Dowell county The governor appointed E. B. Jeff-i ress chairman of the conni'i 'mj'i * and T. L. Bland as the Republican I member. in announcing me peisuai yi | h> commission the governor staid that lie had maturely considered V.! the recommendations made from- i every section of the state and in! addition had conscientiously con- j sidercd nominations made l,y hlm-j self with a view of selecting seven! of the most able men in North Carolina to compose the comtuia^r.; which he considers perliaps the mast important and useful bed/ he will appoint during his entire term of .office. No. member appointed wa a candidate for the position, “There is not a man on the com mission;” stated the governor, “'.ho is not endowed by ability and Inter est with high capacity to successful ly develop our highway and road, policy to insure the efficient -end' economical administration of the road law. I consider the composite j membership of the commission ore [ oi the best balanced, most cohesive I and constructive bodies to *>s iound 1 in North Carolina." Governor Gardner stressed ♦he I fact that it is the Intent of the law ' end of the administration that the State Highway commission hall re present the state of North Carolina a.s a whole and that no member of the commission is the admlnlermttye hend of the district or section of The state from which he It appoint ed "The function of the highway com mission,” said the governor, "is to \ outline a state policy .of highway | construction and maintenance an a ■of; country road maintenance. Its function is to outline policy, to hold the administration of the Hi*.may department to a faithful adherence to the policy and program o.iMinrd by the commission. There are to bt no district commissioners. The work of the highway commission is to be [done in Raleigh. The adminlT.ra to, of the highway and road law w id be state administration with a •an" 11 number of administrptive l.triets, each under the direction >f s dis trict engineer. “It is the purpose of this acr.’ said the governor, “to see that e. cry section and every county gets a square deal and gets the best road construction and road mainter inm> possible under a sincere determina tion and state wide policy of econ omical and efficient highwa, or.o road administration. The coir, rets sioners are in fact policy men Ninth Without a Man. “While I have not paid any at tention,” stated the governor *v j congressional districts In my selec tion of the personnel of the state highway commission. It will oe ob served, of course, that the first, third and my own ninth congres sional district are without -epreser tatlon on the commission. I do not feel, however, that my own cr any other congressional district, or rr.y cctmty without representation on the commission will suffer In any respect in receiving the treatment they ought to receive at the hards of the commission; and .1 besptab for the commission the whole-heat" ed cooperation of all the people of the state in their undertakings thei administration of a new highway, and road policy that, in mv jvdg-' ment, is as important and of'Nrs as! large opportunities for public v*rv-j ice as did the program embarked! unon in 1921.” ' May Fish Saturdays, Game Warden States This should be good news to those fellows who can fish only on Satur days. The opeu season on catfish, carp anil suckers closed for 40 days on the first of May, but was arjnounc-1 ed today by H. C. Long, county game warden, that the 8tatc De partment has given special permls-! slon that there fish m:y be caught j on Saturday of each week. The lull i season will open again o-> June 10. For the information of some, it is reminded that no fishing license isj required for Cleveland county eiti-: seas to fish in this county provided they use hook and line. Royal Visit lo W hite House At the historic portals of the While House, which never before have been entered by an absolute monarch, Kihr Prajatfhipok and Queen Kacnbai Baniai. of Siam, are pictured on the occasion of their visit to Hie executive mansion. With the toys! visitors are Colonel Camp bell Hodye?. Cleft) aide to the President, and K,'chard Southiitc Cr,ehti of the Dccarunent of State. Few People To Hear The Rafe King Trial , iCo:;t^«ued prosi pout mnui evidence, and the interesting part A the drama, will not occur on the first day, Monday, hut will come :ater in the week. The state has subpoenaed about j 40 persons, and the defense has put out about 00 subpoenas for the same' day. The witnesses will have farther j to travel more costly than the one! in Chester, and some of them have engaged board rfnd room in Lan caster for the week and longer. Hard To Handle the Crowd. While the Chester conditions in the - court house and town nr" ideal for holding a big trial, those in Lancaster art very poor. Th< court room will hold only a fey,' more people than the lawyers, fam ilies and witnesses involved, and the dozen newspaper men who will re port: the trial. But Sheriff J. JFV Dabney has dbne the best lie could, and more over as much as anybody could do to conserve the comfort and rights of all concerned. The court room has been platted and the place for each group fixed. The lawyers will be at two tables running at right angles to the bend! and parallel with the jury box, near them will be I he kin of the persons In the tragedy, and the newspaper men will be at an improvised table in their rear. The witnesses will be in the seatV where the .'.pert utors us ually sit. A couple of dozen.mere spectator: will find, room for themselves in the back of the little, coinv r:<m. !J*.;t admission will b: by ticket ■ mV. i-d nobody but pass holders \ hi b.: al lowed to mount the • itsirs outside the building which are the. only en trance to the court romr Two Aviators 1 tied Here Wed In York York, S. C., May 4.—Lanclon M. Louthian, notary public and also city clerk, performed a double mar riage ceremony at lire city hall last week when Marvin C. Solomon, 22. and LaVina Andru.i, 21, giving, Washington, D. C,, as their home addresses, and Damd R. Steele, 23. Washington, D. C.. and Mary Lewis. 20 Gastonia N. C. were Joined in the bonds of holy wedlock a la South Carolina. The two couples arrived in York viile in an automobile from Nortli Carolina and a few minutes later as Steele, dressed in a semi-uniior.n sweater, cap. leggings, etc., walked up tlie street he forgot about hav ing a revolver in Iris hip pocket and then remembering lie snatched the sweater down over the gun. When he came back he was stopped by Officer Boyd with the query if he was a peace officer. Being answer ed in the negative the officer ask ed him to go down tr the city hall on a charge of carrying ■» yun. He was released later on the plea that he was here to ge t married, the gun being held ait a partial bond for his appearance at mayor’s court. The two couples securing mar riage license- at the office of Pro bate Judge Nunn, they went back to the city, hall/where Clerk Lou thian tied them up in the matri monial knot. Steele and Solomon were in an airplane sinashup at Kings Moun tain some days ago and were tried in county court at Shelby last week along with the two girls on a charge of living together at a Kings Moun tain boarding house. They v. ore let off with the costs when they decid ed to get married. , STAR HILL GIVE OUT election ni;TURN'S l ollowln? the paper's usual custom. The Star will on this frcnlD; compile the returns ol the city election and will bt able to give out the results just as soon as the votes are counted. No extra will be is sued, but the results may be secured by telephoning No. 11 or watching The Star bulletin board. Field Events And Dinner At May Day Washington School 1‘utrcn-, And Friends Cither lor May Day Event On Friday. : May day was celebrated at the Washington school on Friday r-irh | exercises appropriate to the day. A I large number of patrons and friends' [ of the school were in attendance at I the annual picnic dinner, after which j the primary grades gave a collection I cf singing games and the j •amtr.ar ! grades sponsored the Field U.r, r.c , ilvities in the afternoon. • The winners in the Field Jday I events were: In dodge ball, 1st place : in the two contests to 6th grade cud [to the fourth grade, in the girls fifty-jard dash the winners were: j from the fourth grade Frances Blan ; ton; from the fifth grade, fnez Ar mour, and from the seventh rrctje I Ruth Kimball. Winners la fie boys’ 150-yard-dash were: from Mva-filth , grade, William Leonard; fr;m, the [.sixth grade, M.frfir Lucas; fv.r.n the • seventh grade Woodrow W.U Inez armour and Fa-ntha Weather; were winners in the qh'is' three-'eggad race, and in the ram? event for boys, Woodrow Wall and Roy Conner ■ were winners of first place. In the , two relay races the fifth and sixth grades were winners. Extension Class Starts Here Tuesday Inter Session Class T.> Ee Conduct ed At Shelby High School Here. Tho Extension1 departmen; ot the University of North Carolina will conduct an in ter-session extension class for teachers here, beginning oh Tuesday afteroon at 3:30. the class es to be held at the Shelby high school building. There will be two instructors conducting the classes, Dr. McKee offering u Cuftrse in "Evaluating Class Room Insi ruc tion” and' Mr?. Woodman giving a course in "Musical Appreciu .on an J Public School Music.” Thc'e tiass. s will be conducted every ,.eek-d.y for five weeks and credits will be equivalent to that received for a ; course in summer school. The elaes hours are to be from 9 to 12 30 “arlr day. TO CLEAN OFF GRAVE YARD AT ELIZABETH Request is made by Mr. A. P Spake, who is chairman of the com mittee on cleaning the grounds ol the Elizabeth church, that all who have friends or relatives buried in the cemetery there, and who are in terested in the church, meet there on Thursday afternoon at T p'cloci; for the purpose of cleaning up the cemetery and the other church premises. tt‘$ going to be a great Joke oo somebody if if* discovered that there are no such things as vitamins —Woman’s Home Companion, Legislature Adjourns During This Week COVL'I.-CLEU f'l.ui.i KU.O OSb.l iqualtelBa fun, along with the cie Electiou of two or three of iutircvi. group, which on three previous oc casions maintained a -id to -'i no jority against the luxury U.: meas ure. The house majority apparently is becoming more "set" sa.n tha** and the breaking of the sen i.c r. i. .■ seems to indicate a liopeiess (ask However, a last stand is t> te made, with th- possibility vh.at house luxury tax measure may b< again defeaied in the senate am that body may again return the measure to the house with ti.e f cl ger-Orter plan Included. >n ouch .1 case the action of the hou.v roulci ho uncertain, but apparently un shaken in the demand tor flu rilled MacLean lav, and in Hits; deadlock might develop- Such is i>os.;ible. but not probftb'" The stand will be made against his mis named luxury lax, either oh its redding Monday night. or reading Tuesday cr Wsdne'c! -y The first break came when Sene tor K. Grady*Rankin, of Gastonia went over to the luxury la:: ktcup a; a last retori, after he and £-na tor J. A. Pritchett had been added to the rename conference cornin'.ft This majority returned the cmiff ence report, v hile Senators t o!?' and Dunlap filed a minority report awinst the luxury tax on “the dm ole want? ct the poor.'1 The major ity report was adopted, howev - Deficit May Arise. If the luxury tax, so nanrd, ) adopted, the opponents say. It v.i net be sufficient to operate the schools and predict that the general assembly will have to be tailed 'ouch to supply additional funds nodded to operate the public schools for si:; [months. They say South Cnrclir;y ! and Virginia 'will .welcome seen a I tax, for it will mean more, buein*" for border cities in these it.it1-' I They also predict dire results po litically. if the Democratic p&'-t', places this "iniquitous” tax on th»' people. It- will touch almost the er itire population in one form r- ar i other and will 'cruse a revolt, the; items to be taxed follow : U'hat It Taxed. Cigars,' two cents on each 13 ctmx or fraction: Little cigars, chertr*. ! etc.. $4 to $10 per 1000: cigarette.' and smoking tobacco, one cent on each fif e cents or fractional pa :* chewing tobacco end snuff, one cc’-* on each three ounces, or fractional par:; shotgun shells, $4 per them i and: rifle and pistol cartridges. $ (per thousand: candy, chewing gu:. i and package nuts, one cent on each 110 cents or fraction: playing card j five cents on each 50 cents or fi - tipn; malt extract, 10 per cent, hr | empting that used by comma''; i bakeries, textile and ether manu facturing plants. Automobiles, trucks, trahars, ct ! felling for S400 to *1CC0. tax s»3: frein ‘ #1000 to $2000. tax *15: from SCO""1 ! to *3000. tax $30: from $3000 \v ! S4O00 tax $50. above $4000, tax | amusements, including theatres, p’.c I lure shews, carnivals, eircuser ! bathing beaches, dance hallo, one cent on each 10 certs or fraction Document Stamps. Documentary stamps, on capital stock Issued. 10 cents for each share and another 10 cents for each 5100 or fraction above face value: cap tal stock transfers, four ceius each share and four cents more for each i additional S1C0 of actual vjluvt ; mortgages and notes, four cents for each $100 or fraction; deed-, M cn value from $100 to $500 and $1 fer each additional $500 or fraction. No tax is imposed on cosmetics or drug store supplies of any kir.ci i _j_ ; cloth Mill Outfit Wins Fast Contest i .■ ___ ■ The Cleveland Cloth mill ba3eba:i club defeated Kings Mountain here Saturday 5 to 2 In a flashy gam'' The hitting of Wit on, Horsnby end Cline Oifens lee', featured .'or tl. - victors, while Purp Barrett tunica in a remarkable hitting performance limiting the visitors to one-hit. -!>c was turned loose last week by the Asheville club hi the Piedmont icr. gue because of the rookie ,ui». the Shelby boy rating as a Class IS man Asheville it is understood n plan ning to make a trade with Lee. with ■seme other club in the Iccp. Webb Wins Special Golf Tourney Honor Fred < Snook) Webb, b<*;li,ia.n | young Shelby golfer, on Saturcia: i won the special flight chammo-ishi 1 of the Cleveland Springs -roll chh i by defeating Claude Brown Eipp' five end four. At the er.d of 0.5 J holes the two young golfert w i3Ven and had been staging a greji ' contest. ! The remainder of the ) ournnatrn;. in three flights, is continuing thi ! week. * Dr. Little To Preach j At Sandy Run May 9 — j Dr. Luther Little, one of the for; most Baptist ministers in the [south will deliver the mmoriri ruddress at Sandy Run church Moore: boro. on Saturday, £>ti. Dr. LiUm will preach at ll o cioc1 and again in the afternoon, it is announced. -
Shelby Daily Star (Shelby, N.C.)
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