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PAGE FOUR iEKOERSON DAILY DISPATCH • iwniam A^p—< 1* »W 4 ' faklkM Mwmr w ittMMM ■*«**< ■BOKMON DISPATCH CO* mo at 1* Yaaag Its—t PNRT A vnSNia. I'rai. and Editor L» FINC?H. 8«e-Tr*ai and BuaMT. TKUCTMONaa paitorUl Off!©* „ _»«.«—■ ••• Editor •}• Tka Hrndaraun Dally Dlapatcli I* © ptmtiir of tb* Associated rr«M, N*"*" ••prr Kntarpriea Aaaociatlon, Sotitb *m Newspaper PuMiabera Aaaoclatloa •pd tha North Carolina i’reaa Aaaocla **Vha Aaaoclatad rreaa la excluatvaly patitlrd t>> ua« for rrpubllcatlon all •«wa diapatchra credited to It or not •tharwiae credited in thia papar. and Alto the local mwi putiliabed herein. AM rights <>f publication of special Plgpatchea herein are also reserved. • iBSCKtrnoN rnit'Es. Payable Strictly la Advaaea. •M Tear »*.M |ti Months I.*l CVree Months I.M P«t- Copy NOTICK TO II natHIUKHI. Look at the printed label on your paper The data thereon shows when IkS subscription expires. Forward pour money In ample time for re pairs! Notice date on label carefully •ad ir not correct, please notify us at I pars Subscribers deamntc the uddress •n thelr p.iprr changed, please state In thajr communication both tha OLD So) NEW add rasa. ■ stleasl A* • settalap Hrpreseatatlvea mo-«T. LAMMS A kllH.t Bit Park Avenue. New fork City; Ik fetest Wecker Drlva. Chicago, Wsjton Kdbling Atlanta; Security Bulid'iua, fIT Louis. Bntcred at the post office In Hender ♦*-n N. C., sa second class mail matter roe ror. cHtisr —arn^-^adanat FOLLOWING 'JEISUS Be ye kind one to another, leudri-heurted. forgiv ing one another. ev> n a- God for Chr?: < -ake hath iorgiven you. Ephr4; 32. .^iIAMES^ASWELLl 1 N» w York Deo 13—What Few NVy Ytjriters Know That Trotsky was oe of the most efficient waiters at a hotel in New Tork. where he took tipc something no good Soviet servant will do. Tnat .cco ding io my dentist sleep tog habitualiy on one side make* the tech in thr other side of the mouth tmeay more readily. That on nights when imporanf plays Are opening you can find the automo biles of the majority of the town's wealth parked in WY*>t 45th street; a rouble row of glittering equipages, rmar which the chauffeurs gather in group* o pa** the time. 9 fTnat a play will shortly be produced dfhirh depitus a character drawn so closely and unmistakably from life ikiat the fle.vh-a"d-bloo7' original of role will ieceiv\> a weekly royaly f»r permitting himself to be limned iw that fashion. Which may spring rw- custom of selling one's charac o play-wrights and scenarists. several of the proudest part xient house* in town ar? suffering flrom an epidemic of red ants. The ifi.wctt climbing 20 and 30 floor* to raid bread-boxes. » ' That the name "Jerusalem arti chokes. originated when a salesman who didn't speak Italian veiy well tried to pronounce "girasnli l . ihc word for sunflower. That now. for the first time in 12 years, banana. split-, can. be had., on Bppedway for a dim*-. Thait a player in a band of street misicians which roves the lower Eh*t by name Stiegel u.wd :o he lead "rjof ti- famous Sixteenth Army corps band which Serenaded the kaiser on t)'g .occasions. I .That two productions called "la>ve are scheduled for Broadway Avon, m ehcrmstance which will keep ticket brokers and customers dizzy* •hould they appear simultaneously and Ahould they both b.- smashes That Clara Bow is one of the best Udy poker players in the land. That the psychologist* and p*yoh- Iktri sts of tile land are again launch ing attache* on th" legend of Santa Claus a* pompously and as vainly as • Wr * a. ft • That, according to a postcard ffrom an all-year resident of a Miami hotel there are more New Yorker* in Flor ida now than at any time since the boom . " , * That $500,000 worth of snake oil i* aqld in the U. S every year. CANGE THE SUBJECT Actors are no blushing violets, hut for absurdity that is almost charm ing. this bit of ego slop* all trains. The other evening this reporter was listening to one of the famous foot light comics talking to a group of scribbler- for dailies. He was telling them how good he was. He went on Sad on. I •Finally he «eemed to realize he was tooting the old trumpet too strenoua ly. lie pauseu. "Say. I’ve been talk tag about myself too much Tell me •tout you boys. How did you, for fedfencef fefke my radio pro ; l 1 ■ 4.V,*- TODAY TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1797 - Heinrtch Heine, famous Ger man poet. bom. Died Feb. 17, 1886. 1804 Joseph Howe, famed Canadian journalist, statesman and orator, born at Halifax. Died there. June 1, 1873. 181 b Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, the beloved "Dean Stanley.” English' clergyman and author, born.f Died Tuly 18. 1881. .1832 Alexander M Roas, Canadian naturalist and botanist, born at Belle ville. Ont. Died in Detroit, Oct. 27, 1897. { 1835 Phillip* Brooks, famed Ameri can Episcopal preacher, born In Bos ton Died there Jan. 23, 1893. 1835 Samuel Fallows noted Refor med Episcopal Church bishop, born In England. Died n Chicago. Sept 5. 1923. —~ ~ 1863 Hnrmanes B. Duryea. uoted American sportsman of his day born :n Brooklyn. N. Y Died at Saranac 1-ake. N. Y Jan. 26. 1916. TODAY IN HISTORY 1642 New Z»»h*nd discovered by the Dutch explorer. Tasman. 1844 First immigrants in wagon*, th*- "Murphy Company, '* reached Sut ter* Fori, Califonia. 1862 Battlp of Fredericksburg. Va. 1918 Ameiican troops crossed tha Rhine. V «[. ft TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Dr. A latwrence Lowell, president of Harvaid University, who has an nounced his resignation, bom. in Bos ton. 76 years ago. Alvir. C York, outstanding hero of th,. World War. promoter of educa tion for mountain children, born in Kealhrexs Co., Tenn., 43 years ago. Chaile* W. Fui long of Boston. « noted exploer lecturer and author bom in Cambridge. Mass.. 58 years ago. *, Major General Andrew Hero. Jr., I’ S. A . retired, born in New Or leans. 64 years ago. Major General Mason M. Patrick, l*. S A retired, born at Lewisburg. W Va.. 69 years ago. Oliver H Shoup. onetme governor of Colorado, born in Champaign Co.. 111.. 63 years ago. TODAY’S HOROSCOPE Thai ths day is a fortunate one for :i measure of success is almost cer tain. There will be given the flavor of employers: great insight into specu late affairs; a good balance of men *a! and physical forceps with the power u> utilize them. If the native will only work, fame ad fortune are as sure as anything can be in this world. 300 EXPEGTEDFOR NEWSPAPER DINNER Press Host to Gov. Gardner at End of Third-Live- At-Home Year Raleigh, Dec. 13 (APi—Estimates of th € committee on invitations of the North CaTolfcia \Press Associa tion's "Live-at-Home" dinner are that more than newspapermen and womioi fre invited guests will attend the affair to be held at State College here next Friday evening. The dinner celebrates the termina tion of thp third year of operation of Governor O. Max Gardner's "Live at-Home' farm program and the gov ernor and Mr*. Gardner will attend as honor guest*. Other special guests will include Governor-Elect and Mrs. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Lieutenant Govrenor 4nd Mrs. T. Fountain, Lieute"ant Governor-Elect and Mrs. A H. Graham and Willis Smith, Speaker of the of Representa tives and Mrs. Smith; The dinner will probably bring the largest gathering of newspaper peo ple to Raleigh since iD<*ccmber 1929 when Governor Gardner entertained the pi ess of the State at a similar dinnet at the ex**<titive mansion upon th • occasion of the launching of the piogram designed to produce sufficient food and feed crop* on North Carolina farms to provide for home ensump tion. > ] Avcock Grange Elects Officers For G>ming Year The Charles Aycock chapter'of the National Grange met at the commun ity house at Aycock school last even ing and elected the following ofti cers: Master, J. W. Sanders; overseer, B. D. Adcock: lecturer. Miss Lucile Hunt: stewai-t. Thomas Currin; as -1 distant stewart. W. T. Hobgood; chap lain. A. H. Hoyle; treasurer, J. G. Puckett, Jr.; secretary, Mrs. J. G. Puckett. Jr.; gate keeper, J A. Ad cock: Ceres. Mrs. A. H. Hoyle; Po «niona. Mrs. David Hoyle; Flora, Mrs. R. A. Watkins; lady assistant stewart Mrs. W. C. Poe. These officers will be installed at. the next regular meeting of the chap-’ ter which will be Thursday, January 12. STATE-SUPPORTED 8 MONTHS SCHOOL URGED BY M’LEAN (CtetlniiH vrom pat* ona.? tem of schools by a centralized State Board of Education, much as tbe State highways ere administered iy tha State Highway Commission It la agreed, herwever, that there is a great deal of difference between the plan which MacLdan undoubtedly has in mind and the plan which the school HENDERSON, (N.C. J DAILY MSTATCH* TUESDAY DKOEIIIBR l 6 l«« advocating. On the aurfaoe, the plan advocated by MecLean for a State supported eight months school term, to be administered by a sinble State Board of Education, is exactly what the school people have been wanting for the past four years. It la apparent ly what President Clyde Erwin, of the North Carolina Education Association hah been urging before the teachers of the State In the various division . meetings of the association this fall. For this plan would not only abolish the State Board of Equalization, which has been a thorn' in the flesh for teachers and superintendents since It was first created, but it would also guarantee the teachers eight months of salary pay checks drawn on the State treasurer, Instead of only six of three as at present But thoet who know Mac Lean and know the Inner frorklngß of his mind with regai*d to the schools and school administration, agree that he has no intention of becoming a Santa Claus to the school people, any more than he has in the past. For it is pointed out that, while the school people are al ways thinking in terms of more money for schools and more and higher salaries, that Mac Lean. on the other hand, is always thinking of low er taxes on property especially cor porate property. The school forces re garded the Mac Lean law and still re gard it as a gift from heaven, large ly because it guarantees them their salaries from the f4tate treasury for six of the months they teach. But the property owners -and corporate pro perty formerly has paid full half of the school taxes in the State regard ed the Mac Lean law as a life pre server. For it shifted the greater por tion of the support of the schools from taxes on local property to Indirect taxes on business and industry. Now. if Mac Lean and his followers nucceed in removing the 15 cents State property tax and put the "Mats lean law" into full effect, property will be relieved of making any con tribution whatever toward the support of the six months school term. And it is generally conceded that Mac Lean and his followers will succeed in this effort, since the incoming governor and most of the members of the 1933 General Assembly are already pledged to the removal of this tax. Inciden tally, it* repeal will remove a property tax burden of 32,250,000 from corpor ate and large private property, other than urban residential and farm pro perty. If Mac Lean can put over his plan for a State-supported eight months school term —although it is under stood he does not expect this move to succeed in this session of the General Assembly -he will be able to unload onto the State another $6,000,000 a year of property taxes now paid in the counties and districts for the sup port of the extended term. This in turn will take another $3,000,000 in property taxes oft the backs of the corporations. It will also do something else, which the school people evident ly have not been figuring on. it will automatically prohibit all supplemen tary local taxes and limit the schools to the amount they receiVe from the State. This since they will no longer be needed. This plan would be ideal for the property tax payers, provided they would not have ti pay any other taxes But Mac Lean and his followers are advocating a sales tax to take the place of the property tax, which means that every one but the corpora tions. most of which are non-consum ers. will continue to pay as much or more than they paid under a property tax. The plan is also ideal from a stand ptiint of securing rigid economy and j control In the schools, since it would eliminate all county and district taxes I for the support of the eight months or extended term. But it is not ideal from the standpoint of the school peo ple, since it would eliminate all sup plemental taxes for schools and the necessity for county superintendents. For ttve school people, in addition to wanting a StAte-flupponted eight months term, want It as a minimum term only, with the right to supple ment the term and all salaries paid under it by as much local property taxes as. they can get the tax levying •bodies to Impose. So, while Mac Lean is still regarded by most at the school people as their ipatron saint, there is a possibility that he may turn out to be their nemesis, or perhaps a sort of educa tional Janus, although there is no doubt that he is Saint Peter as far as the property owners and corporations are concerned. Senator Wheeler Predict* Roosevelt Will Be Known A» ‘Another Conservative* (Continued from Page One.) advance in commodity prices can ma terially or permanently Improve con ditions. “I 'im wholly without faith in farm relief plans based on any other foun dation. "Payment of agriculture's obliga tions requires today three or four times the quantity of wheat or cot ton that would have discharged them when they were incurred, and until the scale of prices of 1928 or 1929 can be restored it will be impossible to do much for the farmer." "The farmers,” proceeded the sena tor. “are a large and heavily encum bered group but all debts have been similarly multiplied. "The debtor class throughout is com • pelted to repay two, three or four times Its original borrowings, values : being considered—due to the'increased buying power of money. "The actual commodities, bartered bear about the same relation to one another as formerly. "It is money alone that has ad vanced. . "Our war debtors are victims of i the injustice, just as it applies to do mestic indebtednesses.” "Obviously,” said the Montanan, "the remedy Ls through tto* process of * Inflation or ‘inflation’ to jthe level at > which outstanding obligations were ’ incurred. “I don’t atssrt,” kidded the senator, > who has a silver' remonetization i sure pending, "that it can only be ae i "uttplltlitd by the silver method. I "Theoretically the same end is at i the issuance $f k renoy based on an index standard. - Many questions am certain to arise, , however, in connection with the sa> » lection of the index commodities, and t there inevitably will be opportunities I In the operation of such a system, for - manipulation. J There is a natural limit on the i other hand, to the available amount i of silver." > , LARGE GROUP MAY VOTE AGAINST ANY PAYING WHATEVER 4 - « i (OohUnuM from Page o*e.) >-• r i of the foreign affairs and finance committees, emphasizing that the re- I nervations possessed especially a po*‘ I II tic*. 1 character. I Then the committees went Into se»- , sion separately. i Meantime, the premier's own Cham , ber group, the radical party, met with , out definitely deciding Its attitude on the government's policy. It was" re t ported, however, that an Important [ section of the group probably will , vote against payment. . PAYMENT IS MADE UNDER PROTEST BY THE BRITISH London, Dec. 13. —(API—-A laconic British note dispatched to Washing ton today promising to pay the debt ■ installment due on Thursday signifies that has been no change in the basic British policy of cancellation of the war debts, with payment to be made under protest or with reservations until that goal, or at least a drastic revision of the debt, a aerneseb cmfw revision of the deht.i has been realiz ed. The new note merely affirms In words less liable to be misunderstood what was set forth in the British note of last Sunday and completes the leg alistic views. Draft Made of Plan For Farm Relief (Continued from Page One.) prepared to members of the commit tee. It meets tomorrow to proceed with consideration. “This is simply a tentative bill to be used solely as the basis of the committee's work, Jones explained. The first section of the measure di rects that within 30 days of the en actment the secretary of agriculture shall estimate and proclaim the pro bable domestic consumption of the 1933 production of wheat, cotton, to bacco and hogs. Each producer then would be en titled to an adjustment certificate “covering the domestic consumption percentage of each lot the commodity of his own production, which is mar keted by or for him during the year.” Even Crime Rackets Feel Stress of the Hard Times; Prison Populace Declines f Continued from Pag* On*.) fact that here are fewer oppor tunity to commit crimes of this sort than formerly. Therp has been a decided decrease in the number of convicted bankers sent to the State Prison in recent months, while defalcations along oth er lines seem to have decreased, it was pointed out. “I hope it really Is a fact that con ditions have beepme so that crime I doesn’t pay any more and that it Is actually decreasing—that is, the more ' serious felonies," Superintendent Pou said. “The misdemeanors or less se rious crimes, are increasing, as is. wit nessed J>y the Increase in the popula tion of the State Highway Commis sion camps, where those convicted of mtadeamonors are sent for petty lar ceny and othe leaser crimes. But the slump in the Stale Prison population may Indicate that the depression has hit the bigger criminals and racket eers and that crime is not paying as well as it once seemed to. At any rate we hope so.” Resolution Killed By House, 361 to 8 As Vote Is Taken (Continued from rag* One.) transferred to Pennsylvania’s sena tors, Reed and Davis. Although the complaint had inform ed no one of his Intention, tire gal leries were crowded at the time he ( made his sensational effort. The mem bers became tense and hurried to con ference* were held by Representative ,Snell, of New York, the Republican floor leader, with Speaker Garner and numerous other leaders. At times con fusion ws at high peak, and again and again Speaker Garner banged his gavel to resorte order, but had it only for moments. The resolution charged the chief executive with many high crimes and misdemeanors, saying he had "at tempted unlawfully to dissipate, and uniiwftilly •■fissipated. 'fimancrfal resources and other resources of the United States." The resolution charged that (the President had interfered with the re ceipt by the United States of pay ' ment due from foreign nations, caus ing great losses, injuring the rfedlt of the United Stales increasing unemployment and suffering. It added he had Initiated and car ried on secret conservations "ignom -1 *n ious'* to the United States with German government officials and in ternational bankers and others with ' intent to receive the government and ! the people.” CITY PEOPLE WILL SUFFER MOST WITH SALES TAX LEVIES (OentiauM from Pag* On*.) sent 10 cents tax is costing them. For It is now pretty generally conceded a two per cent general sales tax wiQ havb to be lipposed if the 10 cents property tax la removed. According to calculations based on ' th* igso census in North Carolina and othed data, the fpr&cgming to* Another Liquor Traffic Problem commission report will show that on ly about nine per cent of all the pro perty taxes in the State are paid by farm property, it is understood. It is generally conceded that corporate property and land for other than ag ricultural purposes pays about 50 per cent of the property taxes, leaving the other 41 per cent to be paid by non corporate city and town property. The 15 cents State which is the only tax levied by the State on real property, was estimated to yield $4,500,000 by the 1931 General Assembly .which imposed it. On the basis of the figures contained in the new tax commission report, this tax Is divided between the three main groups of property taxpayers as fol lows: Farmers $ 445.000 iCorporetions 2.250,000 City taxpayers 1.805,000 Total $4,500,000 These figures make it clearly ap |>arent that the corporations would fjy ! CROSS WORD. PUZZLE 1 —'*- ■ ; f s p [» | [a is - 14 is ao ll-, —M 27 2A SO 35™ 3®- 33 '/V/s 40 A! 4£ 4.x Ws WYj — —III —* ■ ■ MMi ■■■ nisi ii I II JLJL& mhm H" ** W* _ _ZM~ I SS ■■■ SB —— I II I 11 111 ACROSS I—Variety of apple s—Chapels—Chapel 10—Belonging to us 12— Spawn of fishes 13— Behold 13—Miser 18— One 19— To weary 21— Claws of an animat 22 Viscous substance 23 To sow 23—Distress signal 26 To pay one's share (poker 27 To play boisterously 29—A scent 31 — Square of glass 32 A metal 36—Toddlers 36— Greek letter 38— Mohammedan prince 60—One-spot of cards 62—A hand cutting tool 66 Has flown with 4S —To fuse <aa a metal) 67 Male offspring: ♦B—lnclosed In 69—A place of safety 31— Bone 32 Masculine name 83—To plunder 35—Called archaic 66—To make beloved DOWN 1— Condiment 2 Thus 3 Sol 6 Ireland B—Makes mtstaki 7 Turf t—Tellurium (abbr.) • ' 9 New Enataader 9 J benefit most from the removal of the ' 15 cents property tax. the city prop erty owners next and the farmers last. It is also agreed by those who) have studied the general sales tax i that it would fall heaviest on those I who live in the cities, because of the increased population and conseqent eonsmption of commodities, and next upon those who live in the rural dis tricts. while it would scarcely touch the corporations at all. since the cor porations for the most are non copsumers of commodities that would be taxed under a general sales tax. As n result, almost all of the revenue from a general sales tax would be derived from rural and city dwellers, while the corporations would get off tax-free. According to the most recent esti mates made by Commissioner of Re venue A. J. Maxwell, a one per cent general sales tax would yield not more than $4,000,000 a year and a two per cent .general sales tax $8,000,000 a is agreed that approximately lj Metal in natural state 16— Convulsed effort to catch the breath 17— Wholly so IS—ln.sect 2d Principal constituent of horn 22—Hostile incursioiM 26—A elver 26—Main artery 28—Encountered 3<>—To expire 33—To prove to be true 35 Exactly alike 36 A band 37 Official examiner 39— Human being 61—Jail room 63—Zoological garden 63—Factory 66 Arranged in threes 69—To observe 6<»— A wand 52—Law Latin (abbr.) 56—To exist Awtwor to Previous PezrU 165 per cent of the States population is rural or farm population hut thv . they would not pay moie than per I -cent of a two per cent .-ales tax Thr [then would leave those who live ;i ! cßies and tow-ns to pay 70 per ceir of the sales tax. On the ba.-w ~f yield of $8,000,000 from a two pot rent general sales tax, the three main tax paying groups would-flay a-t follow- Farmers Sl> .400 Corporations City dwellers .. s.Bou<R«> *B.IIOO hum This means that, as compared with the present 15 cents property tax. th farmers will pay approximately J.’ 000,000 more a year in taxes undei general sales tax than they are rv-w paying aod that those who livr n. cities and towns will pay apprujum<«<» ly $3,600,000 more than they are now j 7>aying, while corporate property will ./pay $2,250,000 leas than H is now j»*y- I Ung. Yet it is generally conceded here that the 15 cents proptrv tax will he removed by the forthcoming (leneftl Assembly and a general sales tax >ub -stituted for it and that this will 1* done purportedly to aid the farmer* and the home owners. Yet the far' are that a general sales tax will co-t these groups from three to four time-: what the 15 cents property tax is now costing them and th&t only the cor porations will got any real tax reduc tions. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA: VANCE COUNTY : Having qualified as administrator* of the estate of S. B. Mabry. dccc«t>e<i. late of Vance County. North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said de ceased, to exhibit them to th e under signed, at Henderson, N. C.. or th**;r attorney, on or before the 3oth d«> of November, 1933. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery - All pesons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This the 30th day erf November 193 J. C. B. MABRY. J. D. MABRY Administrators 0 f Estate of. S. B. MABRY. R. B. CARTER, Atty SEABOARD AIR' LINE RAHWAY TRAINS LEAVE HENDERSON AS FOLLOWS No. NORTHBOUND I*S—B:4* A. M. far BMuhmß Washington Now York, connect* hf a* Norllaa with No. 18 ar* Hftaf PorUmouth-Ttorfolk lt:M F. M. with porlor-dlnlng car ar 4—*:« P. M. foi Bkshmoad Mi Portsmouth, Washlaglaa Now York. !»—•:«* p. m. for Wchjaoad Waahlagtoa aod New York. 9—*iU A. M. for PorUmostb- Norfoik Washington, New York. No. SOUTHBOUND A. M. far Savaaaah. fanhaaoilUa, Tnmpo, B*. fitlTk far Baislfh, Boa* *H, Hamlet, Colombia. Savaa* Mk, Mlanal ( Tampo, S». Patcrt* ktf—T UK F. M. for Raleigh. Ha»* K Savannah, Jacksonville. IT 11. Tampo, St. Peiaraba'f* Arr:^ tpfhan, Memphis. Far Iwftmaaffno call «a • Pttaaaata DPA-, Raleigh. N. ®- f» M C Capps, TA . Hcodarsm, H. o.