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VOL. XXXIX. No. 58
S.4ELi$\, N t. MONDAY, MAY 15, 1flJ3 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Kriday Afternoons)
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Cooler Tuesday
TndiT\ \orlh Carolina Weather
,rt Mostly cloudy with show
,,1 «r»t portion tonight and in'
f . rrntral portions Tuesday.
*ntT,,„h,it coaler Tuesday in west
(Bd north central portions
War Clouds In
Europe Whirl
n. UNITED PRESSi
pvbti. (ttsartnament. Hitlerism
tp(t r*r clouds whirled-through the
of European statesmen today,
vortnan navis, American ambassa
dor .»t-!ar*r to Europe, was in Paris
Irtins io persuade Joseph Paul Bon
,o,rr trench foreign minister,, to
mjkf o temperate reply to any pos
,jM, blood and iron in thr speech
idolph Hitler,. German dictator,
(ill make on the nation’s foreign
potter Wednesday before the Reich
,t,[ in Berlin.
Flood Troubles
Ohio Austin
~~ nr trNiTED PRESS)
rio.innati. May 15.—Scarcely re.
,o,rrrd from the disastrous March
hundreds of families were
to move from their home lo
/,r ,, thr Ohio overflowed i|s
Kvr>v,S the second time this year
gfirr the heaviest rainfall ever
rirordrii here.
Heaven Bound To
Invade Indiana;
Other Bookings
Shows 221 Times In
14 Months
in**ngsments Made To Present
local Talent Negro Pageant
At Winona Uake, ind.
’"Heaven Bound,” negro religious
ysreant produced by Cleveland
county colored school teacher tal
'tv o twn nfli'fortvionroc at
"inona Lake, Indiana, this sum
mer. Arrangements are bring made
try Mr W. G. Haymaker of Lenoir,
«nn wnneesed the presentation of
Heaven Bound there .sometime ago
sail wa- greatly impressed with its
rnera! effectiveness.
w.nona Lake is a summer resort
that, caters only to the religious
productions of the highest, type and
t> local organization is both for
tunate and honored to have this
rare distinction of appearing before
people from all over the nation.
Through local white friends, en
gagements are being made along
the route from Shelby to Winona.
Indiana, and performances are be
ing mapped out. for Ridgecrest.
Knoxville, Louisville and other
point*
Heaven Bound has shown 321
times in less than 14 months. Some
changes have been made, in the
pageant which critics say have made
i' tar more impressive. Although
Heaven Bound like everything else,
has fell the financial sting, it still
goes over big wherever it is played
and receives the highest endorse
ment of the leading ministers and
lsvmen of both races.
Plans are underway for the se
cyrina a bus to transport the play
ers and it may not, be very long be
tor Shelby will have added to its
Pock of common carriers, another
labeled Heaven Bound."
Shelby Boy Head*
106 Forest Workers
Call C Smawley of Shelby who
*pm to the conservation camp
’ith the <54 young men from Cleve
land county, is now at Port Bragg
Much confidence and responsibility
iiavr bpen placed in him by mak
wg him sergeant in charge, of the
fr-t platoon, composed of 106 men.
The boys will move this week to
'de forest* in Western North Car
""P* to begin their work. Carl It
:hp w<n of Mr and Mrs. Jake
Smavicy of Shelby.
Memorial Service
For New Prospect
Memorial services will be held
f' ' Sunday at New Prosper!
fhucrb prof, King win make the
9'J-bdav school address and dinner
be on the grounds
AH who have relatives and friends
urt*H in the cemetery there are
’- ■c-d io assemble Thursday to aid
'•'ariitig it off.
Cotton Loses 75c
Bale At Close Today
r'l,;on closed today 15 points or
’ |r"' per bale tinder Saturday
" ! " N"" York exehaner. On th('
^ this mnrinp the ntavk'H * a
not,, t, (n ppjjjju |,,jt jaihr'
' nf its loss before the clear.
Textile Plant Will
Erect Six New Homes
One Plant lnutalU
New Loom*
Rf'WfnrMi Roin; trldi’H To Dover
Village. (ioing In Finn
Plant.
An indication of the upturn in
genera) business and in ('’xtilp cir-i
clcs ia show n by thr announcement
here todfv that (be Povri textile,
mill lust west of Shelby, is start
ing to erect six new houses, while
it. was learned last week that the
Eton plant, in east Shelby, is in
stalling 104 new looms.
These enterprises mark more of
a building spurt than Shelby has
had in a year or two and are con
sidered as good omens of gradual
ly improving activity in all lines.
Starting Work.
From Jack and Charles Dover
officials of the Dover mill, it was]
ICarned Satilrciav that a contract
has already bren let for six new i
residences in the Dover village, the!
houses to average four rooms each. I
Tire building will be done by Aster
Ramsey, contractor, and the plumb
ing by E R Hill with building ma
terial being furnished by the Car!
Thompson firm. Material is already
bring placed on the ground at Dnv
•er and work will start right away.
It is possible, it is said, that two
more homes may be erectPd. orj,
eight in all.
Make New Line
That- the outlook for improved
business in the textile trade is
brighter than in months is also (
shown by the installation of 104 new, t
looms in the Eton p'art. Of which' ]
Earl Hamrick is president. These .
looms w-il] be for the purpose of i -
turning out dress-goods and will ■<
likely be humming bv June : t
The installation of the looms is j
giving employment to quite a nttm- \
ber of men and coupled with the (
new houses to be erected at. Dover t
is inaugurating a building program j i
larger than any started by private! a
enterprises in some time in tile, i
city generally these tmpToyements ti
and additions Wave served to create J
an even more optimistic spirit for j s
revived business in the near future <
Knife On Wife Ol t
“Man In The Case |>
■i
Enla Strong And Georgianna Ham-; r
rick In Battle Over One's
Jewel.
Georgianna Hamrirk is in the t
Shelby hospital right severely cut t
about She arm and body and Police i
Chief McBride Postons force is on t
the trail of Eula Strong as a result c
of a battle bet worn the two colored! I
women in the Rock Quarry sector t
last night, |f
Eula. officers were informed, eutil
Georgianna about the left arm.
back and forehead during a row ]
between the two said to have ori
ginated over "the man in the case
In this particular instance, officer#
believe, a Jewel was a stake, their l
information being that the man
featuring the triangle wa- Jewel
Hamrick, husband of Georgianna i
At the hospital todav it was said !
that the woman'was getting along u
fairly well, but she bled considerable j t
before being taken to the hospital ]
for first aid. t
Noted Actor Died
New York. May io.—Ernest Tor- 5
rence. 54. prominent character actor
died here today ji complications t
which followed an at.dnminal oper- 1
t
Woman
In New York Today
1 By UNITED PRESS 1
Merchant* Here
Have Impriving
Trade Activity
t now mvf of optimism foi
hcflct Kihincn marked week
end trading in Shelby.
Merchants and business
men said today that Satur
day's shopping rush marked
the end of the most improv
ed hu'inrss week in practical
ly all lines that the city has
experienced in several vears
As a result of increased in
dustrial activity general buy
ing is reported on the increase
and numerous local firms are
plarinr larger buying orders
in anticipation of continued
business than they pave in
some time. Several Shelby
firms reported their best
trade wrek in months and a'
an example of his faith in the
continued upswing one mer
chant stated that he had .hurt
placed an ordec for TOO dozen
pairs of overalls.
Cotton Festival
In Raleigh, May 19
ilreet Parade. Fashion show And
Cotton Ball To Feature Ra
leigh. Celebration.
An event of interest to state sn
lal and textile organisation!; will
ake place in Raleigh Friday, Ma;
9. when North Carolina* first
tate-widc cotton festival is staged
'he Cotton festival is being held in
onnection with the national cot -
on week.
The program of the cotton festi
al includes a gala street parade. .1
otton fashion show, and the cotton
■all. expected to be one of the
irilliant social events of the sea
on. Fred Waring*’ Pennsylvanians,
widely acclaimed as the greatest
lovelty band in the world, trill pla*
or the cotton ball. Wartng's Penn
ylvanians, who play regular for the
>ld Gold cigarette hour over a na
ional hook-up is composed of 12
lieces and two lady soloists, and
il«y over 50 dillerent instruments
'he cotton ball engagement, will be
heir first trip south, and they are
xpected to receive an enthusiastic
,-clcome. Mrs. .T. C. B. Ehringhaus
5 giving a tea dansant at the ex
ecutive man-ion in honor of the
ponsors and their marshalls
The purpose of the cotton feud
al is to promote an increased use
f cotton as dress wear, and fo_
his reason thr 200 socially promi
nent North Carolina girls who have
ieen named as sponsors will wear
otton evening dresses to the cotton
iall. The ball is formal, but due to
he occasion, gentlemen wearing
otton suits will be admitted in the
ieu of the customary tuxedo.
Memorial Day At
Sandy Plain* on 20th
>r. Zen" Wall And Prof. Owyer
Hoggin* On Program, f/Un«-h
Meal.
Memorial day services will be
icld next Saturday. May 20. with
he Sandy Plains church of the
laptists. The public is invited to
oine. Bring your basket of lunch
or the social hour at noon,
10:00 devotional hour by the oas
or; 11:00 sermon by Dr. Zeno Wall
f Shelby: 12:00 graves decorated
nd dinner: 1:15 singing: 1:30 ad
Iress by Prof. Dwyer Huggins: 2:00
pecial singing.
Horace Easom of the First. Rap
ist church of Shelby mil direct
hr singing and rpnder special
lumbers.
Roosevelt’s New Deal Gets Action
Head Of Large Business Firm Says
Repuhliran L^adfr iniiiKft
Program Bringing Bark
Better Tiroes.
Philadelphia. Mr:-’ 15.—Samuel
M. Vauclain. ardent Republican,
says he did all he could to defeat
Franklin V Roosevelt for presi
dent. but now is “thoroughly loyal
to him because his efforts have
begun the upswing:"
“This is a real beginning. the
chairman of the board of the Bald
win Locomotive Works said in an
interview yesterday. "1* is not oik
of those abortive flurries we had in
1P.10 and 1031. And .it is going <
swing more rapioly tH-yn the nvri
■tpr perron W on Id
j ,T h'“ii 1 !<•"•••'I <• *—-.•* fi*
rion since live one of 1873. rise; '!
411 LI 1C Ottiuc. Juucmcoo fuwnjo wiuvj
up quicker than it goes down.
"Just look at the increase in val
ues of securities in the last three
weeks. They have more than dou
bled and they haven't reached then
real value yet.
We reached oiir deadline on
March 1. if you eant to know my
idea of it..
"Business has learned a lot from
the depression' ft has got down to
brass tacks. Maybe- Id better say
that, instead of learning a lot, busi
ness has recalled a lot of things it
used to know and had forgotten
during boom tim «.
"And aftei ••• • set straight' nod
mil and get gem's good, we'll
IO for"7l Ihn - iTl'.).;, till
man nature doesn't change \'ar
much,'"
t
Methodists Hold
Session At Palm
Tree This Week
Bishop Mouzon Will
Preach Sermon
niatrirl Meeting Of More Then r.fl
Chitri'hi'< Mill Be Hi'IH In
Thi* County.
Methodius from all sections In
ihc Gastonia distrhH will assemble
at Palm Tree church this county,
for a ttro-rlav district session thi;
week
Tire conference will open Tuesday
morning at 9.3(1 and continue
through that day ana Wednesday.
Bishop Coming.
Tire feature session of the meet
ing will rome Wednesday at 11
oeJock when Bishop Tldwin Mmuson
will prearh at, the churrh.
! The sessions wit) be attended by
Methodist ministers nnd delegates
1 trhm approximately M. churches in
the district and it Is expected to be
one of the largest. Methodist meei
| ings held in Cleveland county tn
[ several years.
Shelby and county Methodist
I churches are expecting to send large
delegates, while many members of
the church not. regular delegate.
will atend Wednesday in order to
hear Bishop Mouaon
Uood booze Haul?
i Made By Officer?
Over The Week-End
Around 10 Gallon* Of Whisker
Nabbed By City And County
Officers Saturday.
Two or three boore raids staged
Saturday and Sunday bv officer?
in Shelby resulted in the capture ol
approximately 10 gallons of whis
: key.
The largest haul made was about
j seven gallons, the capture being
: made, in South Shelby, while other
I hauls ranged from a pint up to »
i gallon. Several of the raids A>err
scheduled for airing the county
court today.
In addition to the liquor raids
officers made a number of other
arrests, among them being one al
leged shoplifter who swiped a pair
of shoes at the. Schneider store
Get Daily Fishing
License Here Now
Man Who Can Fish Only Bay Or
So Now And Then Is Given
A Break.
When the fishing season opens
again June 11. the man who can
fish only a day or so now' and then
will be given a break by the con
I servatlon department, it was an
nounced today by H C. Long, game
warden.
Heretofore a yearly fishing li
cense costing *2.10 has been requir
ed for all fishing, but, hereafter, ac
cording to Mr. Long a daily permit
to cover one day’s fishing may be
secured for 6(1 cents. These permits
will be on sale at the Cleveland
Hardware. There is a closed season
on now for all fishing, the 40-dav
] closed season being spawning time
Try Answering
These
Can you answer 14 of these test
questions. Turn to page two for the
answers.
1 What was the subject matter
of the Claylon-Bulwe>- treaty?
2. On which continent is the to
mato native?
3. Who wrote "Little Dornt? ’
4. What is rhetoric?
5. Through which two states doe?
the Merrimac river flow'?
fi Who founded the city of Clev
eland, Ohio.
7 Where is Bombay?
8. In which state is the Black
i Warrior river?
9. What is Joan Crawford? real
name?
10. Who wrote the comedy “Merry
ui wuiunui .
11. Namp the magician at King
Author's court.
13. What bone in the human body
i is the clavicle?
13. Who were thr Tottens?
14. How many ounce; are in a
Troy pound?
15. What is the tame for the
mythical sea creatures that are hall
woman and halt fisn?
16. Who wrote unaei the pen
it.me Bertha M. Clay’ ■
17. Name the hatchet weapons
used by American Indians.
18. What are planetoids’
10. Is Hollywood an independent
il-.'S
,!jmr ih- <1- i i’ nas*.v of til1
I Franklin, kings in Gaul
J
In "Cancer Cure” Death
i
Dr. Sherwood Ferris (left). «rf Chery Chaae, Md., and Dr. R. H. Street
of Washington. are pictured a?. they left the inquest into the death oi
Mrs. Cora Britton, wife usf a New Jersey physician, after a coroner i
jury had found that the woman died as a result of “criminal conduct
rss malpractice and brutaJ treatment*’ at the hands of the two doctors
insert is Miss Faye Ruasard, nurse, who testified regarding a “secre
cancer cure,” with which Mrs. Britton was treated while a patient a
tjpc Snr.h of whom fae# manslaughter charges.
Americans Depart As
Japs, Chinese Clash
Sizzling Summer
Sun Sends Shelby
Seeking A Shade
An early hoi spell aent thf
} temperature In Shelby *o*r
in*: to record May height*
over the woek-md.
Saturday temperature In lo
ral lhrrmomrtrr<i climbed
abovr 90 degreea and ymter
day 92, an unusually high
temperature for May, was re
corded on the Ebeltofl ther
mometer. By 11 o'clock toda>
the mercury had climbed bark
lo gfi with indication* that II
would mount higher this aft
■moon.
The abnormal heat, made a
little more hearable by a con
stant breeae. haa been work
ing wonder with the cotton
crop hut ha* been hard, a*
early hot ipcll* always are,
upon rltlaen* nol yet prepar
I ed for a sixrllnr summer sun
Ample Stand Of
iCotton Reported
I Farmers Will Be Thinning Collon T
A "Stand” Th.s Week, Hail
Damage Slight.
Throughout the county, farmer
leport an ample stand' of cottoi
and this week, "hoe Hands” will b
in the fields thinning the cotton t
a stand. The rains Todowed by warn
weather, especially hot nights, ha
caused cotton to come up fast am
grow off. In many fields If looks a
if every seed planted was fertile am
came up.
The hail damage of a week or tei
days ago was confined to a secttoi
around Polkville. Early planted cot
ton In a smal area was damage
by the hail and a tew acres had t
be planted over. One hail lnsuranc
agent reports that he paid his firs
hail claim this year About twent
five acres planted m cotton had t
be planted over because of the hai
damage.
Early vegetables are being offeree
1 in abundance on the local markr
1 and beginning Tuesday the cur
market operated by the elub wome:
of the county, will begin selling tw
days a week instead of one. Here
j after the curb market will be oper
j ated on Tuesdays and Saturda
| mornings.
With fryers also coming on th
| market in more abunoance. It Is ex
| pected that the poultry car to b
[operated through Shelby on Wed
! nesday of this week will be filled t,
capacity with Cleveland count
poultry going to Northern market;
The poultry car has been operate
every two weeks oy Che Clevelam
Farmers Mutual Exchange
WAGE INCREASE FOR
R. J. R. SHOE COMPAN
Tlie annual wages of the employ
es of the shoe company for whlql
i H F. Young travels were Increase!
! bv *500.000 last week Mr. Yount
1 further states that merchant,* in tv
territory, a; n-e| |-jc irt all lerrnorir
rt\ by his conin'1", are rer
I opunuatic.
Jap Troop* To Occupy I.MUt tfqiiarr
Milo* China Today. Bloodv
Fighting On.
(By UNITED PRESS*
Japan announced the Inten
tion today of occupying 7.MM*
square mile* of China proper
during the day a* Chinese and
Japanese troop* continued to
engage in sanguinary (ighting
within tt* miles of Peiping.
Abandon School.
The United State* legation ai
I Pciping advised official." of the Am
i erican school at Tungehow, 12 miles
cast of Peiping, to evacuate six Am
! erican families and 80 Americar
j school children there
j Farmers To Build
| Ten Trench Silos
Demonstration Held At Beaver Dans
Farm Shoffner Say« Farmers
Are. Impressed
Already eight, or ten. farmer* oi
the county have announced that
they intend to build trench alio* on
; thpir farms this year There was a
demonstration on Thursday of Iasi
, week at the McSwatn Beaver Dam
Dairy farm and many farmer* at
tended to hear Mr" Farnham of the
state extension depaitment..
| The first trench silo in the coun
. I.v i* being dug at this farm and
i farmers are visiting the scone to
i j study the method. The Beaver Dam
' Dairv farm silo will have a capacity
of over 100 Lons, aay« R. W Shoff
' ner. county agent. It Is a long, deep
trench, dug in the clay. The ensil
age is poured Into the trench in the
1 fall and there It i* preserved for
1 winter feeding to livestock.
. trench silo is something new
i In Cleveland county and since it
' preserves the livstock food almost
' as well as the tower type silo at
considerable less expense in build
! *ng. Mr. Shoffner says he expects tr>
’ see many provided on Cleveland
county farm where there are large
herds of cattle to feed.
I More Than Half
Seniors On 8th
f
52 Perrenl Of Claw Make* Rolf
Soph* Sfrond. )0 Makr
Hirhut Honors.
Trn students in the Shelbv higt
school made the highest poesstblr
scholastic grades, or A on all sub
I iects. during the eighth schoo
I month. They were Essie Bass Hclcr
Miller, Margaret Lee Liles, Esthei
Ann Quinn. Helen Sue Hendrick
Maryln Smith, John Dorsey, Rich
ard Jones, Owyn Davis and Marie
King
The regular honor roll for the
i month was made by 52 percent of
1 the senior class, or more than half
while 23 per cent of the juniors, 3fl
; i per rent of ihc jnphomorrs and op
percent of the fre.-hmen llv
' 'olt
g The high iclKsot houor roil lor
i
Legislature Brings
Long Term To Close
■
Get Shelby Girl
At Forest City;
Hold Man, Girl
Pauline Robinson. IS. Missing Sinrr
ThmH»,v. lairaled. Caught
Ride There.
Pauline Robinson ifi-year-olr
8helby girl, who had been missing
from her home here .since lies'
Tuesday evening was located at
Forest City FYiday night and re
turned to her home here
The girl was said to have Ween
found with an IB-ycar-old red-hatr
ed Hamrick girl, with whom she if
believed to have left home, and a
man,
At the office of Sheriff Ray mono
Cline it was said this morning that
the Hamrick girl and the man wore
being held In .fall to await charge?
in connection with the disappear
ance of the 16-year-old girl
They were said to have been lo
cated in Forest City by Officer?
: Randall and McKinney who were
i requested by Police Chief MrBrtdf
Poston to he on the look-out fot
j them as it was believed that thej
had hitch-hiked their way there
State Enacts New
Milk Bottle Law
V?
j Dairymen Cannot l!»e Bottle* Will
Name Of Another Dairyman.
Stair Prohibited
I _
Dairymen and housewives it
Cleveland county will be interester
In a new state law recently enarter
by the present general assemblj
which forbids the use of milk bot
ties with the name of another daln
firm thereon and also prohibits ttu
-ale of milk bottles except by deal
ers. The law reads;
j Section 11 No person, firm or eor
potation aha 11 use or permit to Itx
! used a milk bottle or other reeep
! table designed as a milk contalnei
j or container of dairy products, anr
j having the name, brand tr trad*
mark of any other person, firm 01
i corporation therron, for any pur
; pose other than as a milk containei
,or as a container of dairy products
Section 3: It aliaII be unlawful foi
any person, firm or corporation le
use or permit to be used any milk
bottle, can, crate or any other con
tainer for milk or milk product?
which has the name, label, trade
name or inscription or any othet
person, firm or corporation blown
embossed or marked thereon
Section 3 That it shall be unlaw
ful for any person, firm or cor
poration to purchase * milk bottle?
except from a wholesale dealer, re
tail store or dairyman having the
same for sale and It. shall also be
unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation other than dealers hav
ling the same for sale, to sell any
i milk bottles Provided that thl
shall not apply to judicial sales
The law is now In effect and vio
lation of same prescribes a penalty
of not more than $50 or Imprison
ment not more than thirty days fot
each and every violation
Hobo And Cowboy
To Entertain Here
Cliff Carlisle "The Lonesome Ho
bo” and Fred Kirby "The Yodeling
Cowboy - who broadcast, over the
Charlote radio station, will be heard
in person here in the Court House
Tuesday night. May lfith, beginning
at 8 o’clock. Their appearance her?
is sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary. The program will
last for an hour and a half
Of Shelby High
Month Honor Roll
j the eighth month follows
I Seniors; Paul Arrowood. Billj
Broadway, Loris Dover, John Fair
Bobby Hoyle, Richard LeOrand, Col
bert McKnight. Thurman Moore
j Edison Nogglr, Ed Post, Essie Bass
Laura Mae Borders Edna Earl*
Cline, Rachel Connor. Annie. Ruth
Dellinger. Stacy Duncan, Margaret
Ford, Aileeh Jones, Annie Ray
Jones Margaret Lee, Dorothy Leon
ard. Helen Miller, Edna Roberts
Edith Saunders, Elsie Whitener
Rosalyn Dellinger, Jean Laughridge
'Sadie Laughridge, Evelyn Mauney!
I Sara Lee Norman, Haael Putnam
Prances Stogner. Beatrice Whis
| nant. O C Connor Bill Loy, Char
les MrBrayer.
Juniors Paul Bulllngton. WaHn
Panning. ->aw Jones. Paul Mr
i icohiwukD ut> raoh trujfia
Total 2,450 Bill*
Introduced
se*ni«A IjtMrd 1.13 Hutu. Pnt Otn
Fight Month, School Anri
Sain, Tax.
iH? M. It. Dunnage n. Star Neva
Bureau. 1
nalniRh, M*v 15—The general
assembly of IMS ad.tourned sine die
Monday afternoon, May IB, after a
kprMoii of 132 day*, one ahort of 10
full week* and nine short of t*ie
marathon IMt body's duration,
PMslng, as t.hr final hix measure
thr bill which provides for opera.*
tlon of thr slate-wide eight month*
school term, but allowing suppla
menu for thr right month* *nd tor
thr ninth month* under oarfain
I restriction* both including a vote
,of thr clttaens
F.hringhaus Alda
Thr ninth month provision tu
madr at the Insistence of Oovemor
Khrtnghau* who took t,ha position
that communlttr* wanting, a* indl
catrd by a vote of thr paople, and
abir to pay for a ninth month,
should hr permitted to have it. But
not, everv community can gat
through th* restriction*. No oom
muntty with leas than 1.000 pupil
population can add thr ntnth
month, and only those above that
which secure approval from four
j sources: the county board, the lo
ic»l government, commission the
late school commission, and a vote
of the people, may levy taxes for
the ninth month
Not All Wished
As finally passed Monday, the
'school machinery bill la not all the
school folks and parents may have
wished nor la It what the taxpay
ers generally would have preferred.
But, II Is looked upon as « fair com
promise between those opposing
forces; as liberal as the condittoir
permit, but not as much restricted
as the paying end of the propo*a|
would have desired,
i The revenue bill passed it* third
and final reading In thr senate Fri
day. by a vote of W to 11 In the Cro
ats. on the basts of ihe conference
report and as previously adopted by
the house. The main new feature of
the measure was the three per cent
general .sales tax As a final aid to
the merchants, a law was enacted
providing that the tax be passed
on to the consumers by the mer
chants. Commenting on that law.
Secretary Willard L. Dowell, of the
state merehanta. said tie, while not
speaking with authority, thought
the merchants would hot. contest
the tax but would have done so but y
for that act.
Nine Millions
The sales tax Is expected to bring
*9 000.000 in revenue a year, and ta
held an emergency measure, to ba
resorted to for two year* only. Tha
revenue bill wtll, under fair Im
provement In condition*, produce
a surplus of *fi,0f)0.000, if. a* he es
timates, about *1 000,000 is saved
from the appropriations as made,
'CONTINOan ON "SO* KHUi'l
Gardner Returns
Home; Thinks Few
To Vote On Schools
Ctevdwd Representative Back Aft
rr U>n« le(kdttlt« Orfmt In
Raleigh.
Representative Ernest Gardner
returned to his home here Saturday
and did not remain in Raleigh for
the formal close today at noon of
the State legislature which he has
been attending as the. county's rep
resentative during its long session
"There was nothing left for today
except the formality of adjourning,'’
Mr. Gardner said, "so I came on
home over the week-end “
Asked about the school machin
ery bill, the Cleveland represents
tive said that he. did not believe
more than 10 per cent of the towns
cities and larger school districts, if
that many, would caU special elec
tions to vote upon supplementing
the eight months school term by
local tax money for an additional
month. The new State school bill,
finally ratified today, calls for eight
months school terms 'n all schools,
but gives the right, for any district
to supplement an additional month
by a vote of the people “The reason
thAt no great number will hold an
election to decide about the extra
month," Representative Gardner
said, "is that the new law says the
extra month cannot he voted upon
by any district which has in any
way defaulted on its obligations or
interest, and many of them have
defaulted in some manner"
Mr. M Hamer, senior councillor
'• Camt) Sequoyah, span* a while in
Mi* Sunday afternoon visiting
, Fields Young, jr