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ANTI-SALES TAXERS
HAVE UPHILL TASK
Reaction to Greensboro
Meeting Seems Not Very
Enthusiastic
Daily Dispatch n arena.
In Ike *lr Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Feb. 22. —While the meet
ing of the North Carolina Fair Tax
Association held in Greensboro Wed
nesday of this week, was undoubtedly
intended to be a State-wide mass
meeting of anti-sales taxers and the
opening gun in its campaign to re
peal the sale stax in the 1935 Gen
eral Assembly, the impression here is
that the meeting was not as success
ful as it appeared on the surface. The
Greensboro News said that 300 peo
ple were present there are more than
29,000 registered retail merchants in
the State. A man to whom this cor
respondent talked today who attended
the meeting said that the most lie
counted at. any one time was 150.
The avowed purpose of the meeting,
according to J. Paul Leonard, of
Statesville, executive secretary of the
association, is to see that the only
men elected to the 1935 general as
sembly are opposed to the present
sales tax and any kind of a sales tax
and to prevent the election of any
candidates that may be favorable for
it.
The meeting did not discuss any
ways and means of raising the ap
proximately $8,000,000 a yeai- which
the sales tax is expected to bring in
and refused to e% T en consider any on
the grounds that this was a question
for the general assembly to decide
and also that even if it did make any
suggestions to the general assembly,
STomi^pFJff
•-ih:- Cthet Wl-Dell
RF.AT) THIS FIRST: i
Capt. Tip (tic Turner, returning to i
England from India, finds pretty '
Viola Norman on shipboard, deserted I
by her husband and friendless. After i
frustrating her attempt at suicide, he
learns she is to Income n mother. Tie ]
•introduces her to friends of his on ,
hoard, the Rutherford family. When «
they reach England, Viola goes with <
the Rutherfords for a i isit and Tin• j
yie proceeds to the home of his sister,
Janet, realizing he is deeply in lore ,
with Viola. Janet's husband, Harvey
Gilmore., an artist, shows Tin yie a
painting of a dancing girl he had
found in a cabaret on the continent.
Amazed, Tingle recognizes her as
Viola. He (irons morose as she fails
to write him. A s Harvey and Tipple
hare for a visit to London, Turner
receives n letter from Grierson d
to, laagers, with a cheque in pay
ment for * loan he had advanced
Viola, tn London he makes an ap
pointment villi (lrierson. ’the lawyer
refuses lo give Tigpie Violas ad
dress. drier son tells Tipple Viola i.s
not married and that she is his step
sister and now in his care ; Turner
tuns into Spot Rutherford at his
alub and learns he and his family are
taking a cottage at Fame, and that
he, too, is searching for Viola who
left the Rutherfords to go to her
brother's near Putney. Tipple and
Harvey pd to Putney only to learn
from Grierson's housekeeper that the
lawyer is not there. She insists that
no stepsister of Grierson has been
there. Turner finds Harvey missing
us he leaves the Grierson house and
wails for him under a tree. Harvey
rushes up to say he has found Viola
and Tingle catches sight of her en
tering the garden of the. Grierson
home.
/ROW (JO O V WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER 25
TTOrjTE WAS trusting blindly to
luck now. It was a type of adven
ture that held no appeal for him, but
necessity compelled him to carry it
out. If he were on a wrong scent,
and encountered a total stranger, his
confusion would he comjflete, but he
did not atop to ask himself how he
would deal with the situation. lie
would simply have to take his chance
of making out some sort, of case for
himself.
The path he followed led In the de
sired direction parallel with the road
until It came out beside a wide
stretch of lawn. This he quickly
realized was in full view of the
houße, and he paused for a moment
before fully exposing himself to its
staring windows. But in that mo
ment he caught a distant glimpse of
a figure moving among some trees at
the end of the lawn, and instantly
resolution stiffened within him. He
had got to risk something, and after
all, even if he were making a fool
of himself, the penalty could not be
a heavy on«\ The worst that could
happen to hvm would be the loss of
hie dignity, and he was too simple
minded to attach any serious Impor
tance to that.
So, with quiet boldness, he stepped
forth into the open and walked
across the lawn.
Before he reached the sheltering
treos he had lost sight of the dis
tant figure, but. he pursued his way
unfaltering in the direction in which
he had seen It, until arriving at the
end of the lawn he stopped lo recon
noiter. He looked back at. the house,
and smiled a little as he saw that
all the windows were shaded hy sun
blinds, so that if his progress had
been visible tam them at all it could
not have been for long. Standing
where he was in the deep shadow
of some fir trees, he was quite in
conspicuous, but with the exception
of that elusive figure there was ap
parently no one but himself in the
garden. A winding path led away
among some nut trees, and this he
decided to follow since there seemed
nothing to be gained by standing still.
There was no sign now of anyone
near or far, and lie began to wonder
If the figure he had seen had turned
hack again Into the road. If so, he
would do the same, but he would
search the place thoroughly first.
Now that he had gained access to it,
he would not abandon the quest uu
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1934
it would disregard them. This is un
doubtedly what Leonard meant when
he said:
“Let me urge you not to go astray
in your deliberations to the extent
that you will undertake to perform
here today the functions which should
be left to the General Assembly it
self. Let us resolve in the beginning
that we will ‘stick to our knitting’
which is our resolve that the sales tax
monster must die. And we should set
ourselves to the task of bringing about
its death without delay.”
In taking this position not to re
commend anything to the General As
sembly to Like the place of the sales
tax. but im-reiy to seek its repeal,
most of those in political circles here
credit Leonard and his association, ns
well as the North Carolina Merchants
Association and Willard L. Dowell, its
executive secretary, with using good
head work and playing good politics.
It is pointed out here that A. D. Mao-
Lean, now assistant solicitor general
of the United States in Washington,
and who in the last three legislative
sessions led the fight for more money
for schools and in the 1933 session
for the successful fight for a State
supported eight months school term,
at no lime attempted to suggest where
the money was to be found with which
to do the things he advocated, lie
merely secured the passage of the
laws he wanted and then let the den
eral Assembly sweat in its effort to
find the revenue with which to pro
vide it.
It. is now generally agreed that the
enactment of Maclean law for a Stall
wide eight months school term was
largely responsible for the enactment
of the sales tax, since after five
months* effort to find some other
means of getting enough money to
operate the schools for eight months,
the three per cent sales tax was de
cided upon as the. only only possible
way. Most of the people in the State
now realize that. Leonard, Dowell and
their following of merchants know it.
-tn he had satisfied himself that it
was vain to continue it„ He left the
wide lawn with its well-ordered
flower beds and entered the green
shrubbery beyond.
lie found it deserted save for a
loud-voiced thrush who seemed to be
emulating the errand boy whose
whistle was again audible as he took
his departin'* by the tradesmen’s
gate. After a few yards another
path bisected it, and he came to a
further pause considering whkh way
to turn.
The sight of an ivy-covered sum
mer house on his right decided him.
Tie would look here first, though
hope was fast dwindling. ( He was
not sure that he had really ‘expected
to find her even At the outset, and
now he began to feel that It would
need a miracle to make his long
search end in success. She could not
be hiding in this empty suburban
garden with the roaring traffic at the
end of the road, she who had stood
with him in the fiery eastern dawn
ing and watched the sun rise ewer
the desert!
He drew near to the summer house,
still telling himself that It was ab
surd to look there. It was probably
only a tool shed, and he would dis
cover no more than a gardener en
joying his siesta. Somehow that
thought made him tread lightly. lie
had no urgent desire to disturb any
official slumbers. A mere glance was
all he needed ere he resumed his
search of the rest of the garden. So,
with as little noise as possible, he
approached, and halting behind the
screen of ivy leaned forward to peer
within.
For a second or two he stood so,
his sight, accustomed to the glare
outside, finding the dim space within
hard to penetrate; then there came
to him one of those moments which
stagger the senses like a blinding
flash of lightning—and pass, leaving
an indelible mark behind. He drew
a deep hard breath and slowly
straightened himself. The search
was over.
m m m
She was sitting In the deep shallow
of the arbor, white-faced, stony, her
eyes downcast, her hands gripped
tightly together. It was evident that
she was wholly unaware of him, and
her attitude was ©ne of the most
complete despair. Only the occa
sional fluttering of the drooping eye
lids gave evidence of the suffering
behind that mute endurance. And
Tiggie, dumbly watching, felt the old
fire kindle and spread within him.
u was the most poignant picture of
anguish upon which he had ever
gazed. Her very immobility made ft
the more arresting—the more intol
erable. lie would have been shocked
in any case by her general appear
ance, for she looked terribly ill.
There was no hint of color in her
face, and the cheekbones had begun
to show m a fashion which made
her almost unfamiliar to him. The
eyes—those fixed, veiled eyes—were
deeply sunken. Somehow she gave
him the Impression of a being starved,
lost, and near to dying, in a strange
land.
It came to him that he could not
Atand there any longer without mak
ing himself known. The sense of
trespass which had been banished by
the shock of his discovery returned
1 upon him, spurring him to action.
He realized that he was looking upon
- that which ho was not meant to see,
and he cast about for a means of
revealing himself to her without
1 startling her.
1 And then, even as he stood there
> debating the point, afraid to speak,
’ she moved, turned her head slowly,
■ and saw him.
1 Her whole body went rigid in a
second; her eyes widened till they
- had almost a sightless look, gazing,
f startlingly blue, out of her death
; pale face. Rhe spoke no word, made
• no attempt to speak; only it seemed
• to him that a nameless fear stared
5 at him out of the, stunned silence of
f her soul.
1 It was In answer to that fear that
• Tiggie made his first blundering
1 effort to reassure her. “I say,” he
. said, “I'm awfully sorry—to butt in
. on you like this. Do make allow
■ ancM If you can! I simply had to
(Copyright by Qthel Mary Havago)
They also know that they have no
plan to present to raise the equivalent
amount of revenue. So they are noi
even going to attempt it, maintaining
that this is the function of the next
General Assembly.
But the anti-sales laxers are not go
ing to have such an easy push over
in the June primaries as they seem
to think, for they already have some
well organized opposition, according
to opinion here. The North Carolina
Education Association, with its more
than 200 superintendents, several thou
sand principals and 23,000 school teach
ers hice waked up, as have the ap
proximately 1,500,000 parents in the
parent-teachers associations of the
State, and are spreading the word a
mong the children and parents and
all they can reach, that if it were not
for tin* sales tax the schools probably
would not bo running this year and
that in the next General Assembly it
must not only be re-enacted but in
creased, if possible. The meeting held
here Friday of last week is now re
garded as nothing more than she
opening pep meeting of the school
forces to retain, and if possible in
crease, the sales tax and elect to the
General Assembly only those favor
able lo il. So Ihe fight is on.
Wife Preservers
Save the leftover coffee from
breakfast and plan to make a cof
fee cake or coffee dessert of some
«ind to use it un
come. You don’t mind, do you?*
She continued to stare at him as
though she failed in some way to
take him in, and there was that in
her look that cut. him to the heart.
He saw that once more she was
afraid.
But it was not his fault this time;
he had done nothing to frighten her.
unless his persistence were the cause.
It was that thought that emboldened
him to draw a little nearer to her.
“I say, what is it?" he said.
“You’re not upset by my coming like
this —not sorry to see me again?”
She made a stiff, mechanical moPba
mem and to his relief her staiinpt
eyes fell from his. They seemed to
close for a moment, and then the
strangest smile that he had ever see*
crossed her face. Rhe spoke in th«
soft, half whispering voice that h 4
remembered so well—the voice that
was like a child’s. “Why have you
come?” she said.
“Why!” sold Tiggie. He came up
to her and suddenly he was trem
bling; all that he had endured for her
sake rose up overwhelmingly within
him goading him to action. He
stooped over her. “Why have l
come? Why, to see you—because
I’ve got to see you, that’s why! Do
you think I'm to be put off with a
wretched lawyer’s letter —and a
cheque? Viola!” His voice broke
oddly on her name, and he stooped
and repeated it with a vehement*
that challenged his own weakness.
“Viola! I’m not like that—if you
are! Why did you do it? Why
didn’t you write to me yourself?”
He was close to her now. He
could have touched her. but he did
not. For she made a shrinking
movement of withdrawal. *.
"It’s no use asking me things," she
said. "Philip’s letter—must have
told you.”
“Do you think I’m going to believe
anything—Philip—says?" demanded
Tiggie scathingly. “Or anyone else
for that matter? You are the only
person I’ll listen to In matters con
cerning yourself. That’s why I’ve
come to you like this. Can’t you
understand?"
"Oh yes," she said. **T under
stand.” And again the strange smMe
was on her face—such a smile as a
martyr might have worn. "I hoppd
you wouldn’t. I tried—very hard---
to prevent you. But—oh, yes—1 un
derstand."
"Are you sure you hoped I
wouldn’t?” said Tiggie.
She nodded quietly, not looking at
him. Her hands were no longer
gripped together; they lay folded or
her lap. “Yes. I did hope you
wouldn’t,” she said. "You see, it can
only hurt you. And—it can’t, help
me.”
“That’s got to be proved,” said
Tiggie, with a certain doggedness. ”!
don’t know of course, but I should
say—it might help you.”
"That’s because you don’t under
stand," she said.
"You can make me understand,”
said Tiggie. He paused for a mo
ment or two, but he was master of
himself now. Perhaps her com
posure had served to restore his own.
"You can refuse, of course, but 1
shall find out somehow. I mean to
know.”
"That’s so like you,” she feaid with
a little shiver. "And it isn’t—as if
it could do any good.”
“Never mind that!” said Tlggte
"You’ve done your best to frighten
me off, haven’t you? And you
haven’t succeeded. So far e. I’m
concerned, we’re—exactly as we
were."
"It’s no good saying that,” she
said; "because we never were—any
where, were we?”
"I don’t know so much,” shkl Tig
gie, with that curious mastery which
seldom characterized him save in iMr
presence. "I think we used to b*
friends anyhow.”
"Board-ship friends,” she said with
her wistful smile. “That never lasts
afterwards, you know.”
“Oh, doesn’t it?” said Tiggie.
She shook her head. “It doesn’t
count anyway. You yourself said
that —you said you were only foolish
when you were at sea. You’ve —had
time to come to your senses since
then.”
(TO BS QQItTINUEb)
Lasting Changes for Social
Order Hope of NRA Head
(Continued rrom vage One.)
bargaining provisions of the auto code
Warning against “fairy tales,” the
NRA, nevertheless, has said that i;
the complaints are true, it will he a
challenge to the government. Johnson
added that a court suit would he the
only recourse.
Meantime, Senator Wagner, Demo
crat, New York, reported to President
Roosevelt that he was troubled by an
increasing opposition by industrialists
to the activities of the National Labor
Board, of which he is chairman.
More than 320 cases involving more
than 164,000 workers, are still pend
ing, Wagner said. About 100,000 of
these employees are on strike; he
added.
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nomically as possible without com
pletely destroying essential govern
mental services.
t ‘‘To make this cut of 32 per cent in
operating expenses it was necessary
to cut the salaries of school teachers
and other State employes to far be
low what they should receive,” John
son pointed out. “The legislature gave
the governor power to raise their sal
aries 10 per cent if the revenue justi
fies it. It. is, of course, too early to
tell now whether or not it can be
done, but I hope it will be possible to
do so. They (teachers and State emi
ployes) are the poorest paid class of
employes 1 know of according to ser
vices rendered. I can say this since no
pay increase would affect me, since
I am a constitutional officer and my
salary cannot be raised, so I am nor
speaking selfishly.
“Bu this big cut of 32 per cent m
operating costs, which included the
schools and the pay of the teachers,
balanced the budget and get the
State’s credit back un to the top. The
State has .been at meet all its
obligations as the ive come due
without having to borrow any money
at all on tax anticipation notes—some
thing which it. has not been able to do
in years. The notes which the New
York bankers did not want to renew
at all a year ago at six per cent have
since been renewed easily—or the bal
ance. still due, since many of these
have been paid off at 4 1-2 per cent.
The saving in interest alone has a
mounted to more than $30,000 a. year,
or enough to operate some of the
State institutions for a year.
“The balancing of the budget has
also made North Carolina the
State in the Onited States in whi, } ' 1 ’
eight months school has been 111
an teed to every child and j„
the teachers have been paid ic ,o n! . IK ‘"
and in full each month, f,., )rri v
State treasury. For, while mote n "
1.000,000 children in the United ;si ''
are unable to go to school ree'i"'
the schools have been forced to cu "
not a. one of these lives in North 'c*"
olina.”
A. year ago a, floating debi j„ ~| 10i
term notes amounting to sl2 230 fry
was owed with $7,063,000 to n ( , w Yu ,
banks, and they were clamoring f 0 (.
immediate payment and some w e ,! ?
objecting to renewal even at six
cent. Since that, time $4,460,240 worn,
of these notes have been transferred
lo North Carolina banks, although
New York banks did not want o, o-ii
the notes, Johnson said, and are now
asking for all they can get.