Henderson daily dispatch., February 15, 1935, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

About Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995

Image provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC

                
PAGE TWO
<Salt tfeo) SI s ter
Dy MARGA/tE T V>. V/ W/ O OEM E R
CHAPTER
tilt <*xr down.
•'Coo. i heavens. Bet. you stole
practically ah that speech from a
n.ugfulne.’' said the surprised Leila.
Bet. still preening over her ap
phuu.e. glared at tier.
“I.eila. you can't understand risetd
niliKtedne.ss and decent hetiavior. All
you ears for is country club stuff.
All I can say is, | hope poor Orton
can tame you down a little. . . .
(Sh • h: ”
Bed was speaking now- a nice lit- !
tie sales talk, as informal as if lie i
hud not been wrestling with his notes
all evening. As for poor Addison, 1
he -jidl sat stiff and staring. Mrs.,
Johnston-Hedges spoke, making* aj
very good efl'ort at being on the j
bandwagon and having been there ,
■ome time; Orton spoke with his j
u>u.d stiff good humor. Somehow j
the speeches wore on. Everybody j
•xoept Leila and Mrs. Johnston
Hedges seemed in a state of high ]
delight. The Fern wood Manorites j
were delighted because it was plain j
that when the time came to vote in
October, nobody was going to vote ;
their private beach away from them. !
The other Fern wonders were delight
ed because they were going to have
the use of a casino and a beach and
ail the corn fori.s in general of a
country club for the price of going |
to Playland. And the Fernwood .
V’a ters people were delighted be
cause they bad jobs and very cheap j
Jlouses with ground to grow things I
•or landscape, as the more snobbish ;
would unquestionably do' of a class |
that their neighbors bad to pay three
times as much for.
Mrs. Johnston-Hedges had hold of
herself hv now. She went on being
toastmistres.v, having been handed
back that privilege by the mayor, j
wtul was making a long introduction]
to a speech by somebody down the
table. Under cover of it Leila saw |
Addison turn half round and cling
to his father's hand as if lie had j
never ceremonially discarded him.
Under cover of the big voice that
boomed through his casino, Leila
heard him say tremulously:
“Father, did you- did you reallv I
JUST REMEMBER
That when you want the best meats
and service phone us.
Turner's Market
Phones 304-305.
Specials For Saturday
Xo. 1 can snaps, 10c value 5c
Lettuce, fresh head 7 i-2c
Celery, stalk
Pickle Relish, 35c jar.s 57 }_2e
Salt. 5c packages, each 3 C
Fresh country sausage, fresh fruits and
v vegetables of all kinds.
M. G. EVANS
Phone 162-163
MOVED
To Our New Location
413-415 South Garnett Street
Two Doors Above Old Location
Now Ready To Serve
You Better Than Ever
With more room and better facilities we
are now prepared to carry larger and
more complete stocks, enabling us to
' better serve our customers
with everything in
Heavy Groceries, Feeds,
Seeds and Supplies of
All Kinds
Come to see us in our new location.
Prices Are Always Right
H. B. NEWMAN
—Phone 250
| reel you were proud of nrc'.'"
J “i should think I was. my hoy!"
said Ids father with enthusiasm and
relief mingling in his manner.
| "I —I—ob. Dad. I never knew it!
ft was always Jim—he was every
thing and everybody liked him best,
j He was a prince. . . . j was crazy
over him myself . . . r» ;u nobody
cared about me for myself. I thought,
not even Jerry— except- Bet—and
Aunt Minnie. You'd love Aunt Min
nie. Dad. I never knew you did
; not a bit . , . why . . , why . . . may
be you liked me all the lime.”
! Poor little Addison nearly broke
j down, there at the table. His father
put an arm around him and beni
down. His voice was moved, roo.
| "That’s what Redmond told me,
sonny He said you weren’t fight
ing for a cause as much as to try j
I to show me tfiat you had talent as I
| well as poor Jim. It seemed fan
tastic to me that you shouldn't have
realized this, hm I saw he was right,
j So when he came to me and told me
that you’d married a good girl, and
were trying r«> do the sort of thing '
I d been in revested in myself when J I
was a young fellow, why—it was up i
to the old man to hack you. Addv j
boy. 1 gave him two or three of I
my bright young men. and be and
young DeFries and my best archi- i
rect put it through for you the best
way we know. . . . Why. \ddy. I
always loved you more than I did
Jim. You were so like what I was
; when 1 was young. And I tried not
to show it, because it seemed ego- i
| fistic and unfair. J—l guess 1 over- !
! did it. And after he died you were
off revolting, and—and
The Huntingdons, father and son.
did not explain or apologize easily, i
Rut they were trying hard.
“Mr. Huntingdon take my seat!”
I.eila said impulsively, and vacated'
it for him.
She hadn't realized that it put her j
next Jerry Redmond.
And it hadn't been old Robert Mar- '
tin after all. Jerry hadn't schemed j
or lied—excepting in a perfectly
splendid way. She owed about four- ,
teen apologies to Jerry.
For « moment shy froze. Then 1
EriNiiiSrtaGN, (N. CJ DAul/T DISPATCH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1935 ~^ rf
! the thing between her and Jerry
which, though it might make them
enemies, made it impossible for them
wet jo lie strangers, together with
;» major need for information, forced
her into speech. She had misjudged
Jerry. He was going to marry that
detestable Mary Martin and she was
tied to Orton, but at least lie bad.
not delivered Addison and Bet and
Aunt Minnie and the future of Fern
j wood Waters into the Martins'
i hands. He had done an awfully d»-
< ent thing. She supposed she should,
■is a matter of clan loyalty, be a»-
nojed " i l l l him for outgeneraling
Hie Johnston-Hedges a little, but she
couldn't he sorry. Mrs. Johnston-
I ledges had been so willing to throw
! everybody to the wolves (if you
i could call Aunt Minnie's two-room
| flat Orton had mentioned, her own
j complete dependence, and Addison
and Bet being broke, the wolves) to
discredit an\ plan for an open bath
ing beach. If it had not been for
that incredible joker in the pack, Ain
Huntingdon* the meeting would lmv«
I been the walkover for her motlier-
I in-law-to-lie that it had seemed ten
i minutes back, with Addison and Bet
and Aunt Minnie ruined and ridicu
lous. it might be clever politics, but
Leila couldn't like it. But all that
, was u dim nothingness compared, to
sitting by Jerry. Her first words
turned out. to her surprise, not to
he an apology at all.
"Please. Jerry, if this isn't th-
Mad Mattel's tea party." she began
a little nervously, trylng'not to look
!at him (the bright, wise blue eyent.
the mouth under the little black
mustache that responded and under
stood so swiftly), “do tell tn«< how
| you managed this.”
"Why jump to the conclusion that
i I managed it?"
They were, as usual; talMhg ae if
they were off on some star together.
"It didn't manage itself, with the
Huntingdons disowning each other
from morning till night, and Mr*.
.To It nst on-Hedges hoping Fernwood
Waters would clioke so she’d have »
magnificent alibi for the village
meeting! Resido*. I ju.st heard Mr.
Huntingdon.”
(TO HE CONTIXVRB]
aSrenilJ™
; ~~ j
Legislature Seems In Mind
To Outlaw Them, De
spite Revenue
Daily Disiiutcli Bureau,
In I lie Sir Uniter Hoi el.
Raleigh. Fen. 15. Slot machines are
doomed tod isappear in North Caro
lina if the Senate follows the lead
taken by the House, despite the re- '
venue obtained fcv the State and lo
cal governments.
The House passed the most strin- j
gent anti-slot machine bill ever of- j
sered in North Carolina, and accept
ed an amendment which apparently
closed any possible gap in the mea
sure. The hill itself, a. copy of the
New York law which, say legislators
who are opposed to slot machines, is
highly effective. Tt was introduced by
a group of House members and for
bids the sale, manufacture, possession
transportation, operation or leasing of
such machines, and makes unlawful
the possession of tokens used to op
erate slot machines.
When the bill reached the floor of
the lower house, Representative Jonas
(R). of Lincoln, offered the gap
closing amendment which forbids any
local government or the State col
'ecting any license fees for slot ma
chines. His amendment was odpted.
It makes the bill, say those who are !
f amiliar with such acts, airtight.
Most observers were at
the comparatively easy manner ,inc
which the bill was appro&<k|A rbif i;
call vote was; not neces6ajr3£y£> /f *' r T f ‘??
The bill now goes to she- ; innate/
i where many observers have believed
he bill is doomed to failure, but the
"eady adoption by the House has
made rejection bv the Senate very
doubtful.
It was because of the revenue de
rived from such machines that few j
observers thought the machines would |
be outlawed. The question is now up
to the Senate. The wheels are spin- |
ning—soon we will see whether slot
machine operators get a lemon or the j
plums.
Outlook Gloomy
On Street Upkeep
(Coethmen from Page One.)
whicli is composed of city officials of
106 cities and towns in the State.
The principal opposition to this bill |
is coming from the rural counties, l
whose representatives feel that it is ;
more important to seek highway re
venue in building new roads or main
taining present ones out in the coun- i
try districts than to build new streets
in the cities. It is agreed that it would
cost the highway department at least
$1,000,000 a year to maintain the
streets traversed by State highways.
Another reason members of the
committees and of the legislature are ,
decidedly cool towards this bill spon
sored by the Municipal League is that
so fat the league has declined to join j
forces with those who are opposing j
diversion of any of the highway re- j
venue to other than road purposes.
Several months ago overtures were ;
made to the Teague by the administra
tion, asking it to take a definite stand
against diversion of highway funds j
or a reduction in highway revenue.
The league refused to do this. As a
result of this, when its representatives
recently sought the assistance of the
administration for its proposal to
have the highway department take
over the maintenance of all city I
streets traversed by Slate highways,
they got rather.-a. s-00l reception. _j.
' Jotrh Barrymore, actor, born \
years ago. |
;.ON<a KIPS INTO FARLEY AGAIN
Postmaster General Farley
Hipping into Postmaster General
Janies A. Farley in another tirade
on the senate Moor, Louisiana’s
“Kingfish”—S enator Huey P.
Long—demanded immediate sen
ate action on his resolution call
ing: for the investigation of the
conduct of the postmaster general
"SB BALLOT
Best Vote-Getter They Have
Had In State, Party
Leader Admits
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In tlie .Sir Walter Hotel.
By C A. PAUL.
Raleigh, Feb. 15.—Republican leg
islators hope that the present absen
tee ballot law remains on the statute
■ books just as it is. “It is the best
manufacturer of Republican votes in
North Carolina,” said a prominent Re
j publican here today, “Republicans in
j the legislature will, of course, vote
! to repeal the law. but we hope the
Democrats let the repealer die in
committee. Abuses of the absentee
ballot law have helped the Repub
lican party in this Stats more than
j any other thing.’-
Republicans have been foremost a
mong the absentee ballot, law’s sev
erest critics, but they are now keep
| ing quiet about it. In previous elec
tions they have made charges of
fraud, arguing that the Democrats
won many county elections by mis
use of absentee ballots. There is little
doubt that those charges have result
ed in an increased Republican vote in
many instances.
Now. however, say soma Republican
here, they want the law retained al
though they will have to vote to re
peal it if it comes to a showdown.
“But,” added another Republican, “it
will take from us one of our very best
vota-getters. The more elections we
can lose because of the use of absen
tee ' rtallqstfc, ,the. better will be out'
• t^ancb : v|f e-i-tefiEFally carrying State
electrons;-? s
Early in the present legislative ses
sions bills were offered to abolish the
wartime absentee ballot law and the j
governor himself urged that it either J
be repealed entirely or so radically
“M” SYSTEM STORE
Free Delivery Service Phone No. 177-J
We offer this week fresh snap beans, celery and lettuce,
fresh green cabbage and new potatoes.
Ballard’s Flours “Always Reliable.’’
Three Grades. None Better.
HAMS, Armour’s Star, half or whole, lb. 21c
BROOKFIELD CREAMERY
BUTTER, lb. .... 39c
SIRLOIN STEAK, Boneless, lb. 25c
FRESH PORK STEAKS, Boneless, lb. 25c
BACON, Choice Breakfast, lb. 32c
CORNED BEEF, 2 cans 28c
SOUR PICKLES, 32 oz. jar .. 19c
TOMATO SOUP, Delicious, can _. _ ..._ 5c
OCTAGON TOILET SOAP, 3 cakes 14c
STERLING HEALTH SOAP, 4 cakes 19c
OCTAGON CLEANSER, 2 cans for 9c
SUPER SUDS, 2 pkgs. for 17c
Senator Robinson
who has been vacationing in
Flot ida. But Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, majority leader, de
layed the resolution when he
moved the measure be sent to the
postoffice committee for prelimi
nary consideration. Senate action
on the resolution may follow.
amended as to avoid abuses. The bills j
were sent to committees on elections, j
There they have remained. So far as J
is known no action has been taken. \
_____ i
Chain Store Levy Beaten,
Merchants Tackle Others
(Continued from Page One.)
cn- per cent on wholesale merchants
and to levy in addition a property
tax of 50 cents per SIOO valuation on i
the stores, fixtures, equipment and
buildings of all merchants whose bus- ;
inesses a.e incorporated.
For in addition to taxing all do- 1
mestic and foreign corporations at
the rate of $1.50 pei SI,OOO of capital
stock and surplus, the McDonald- j
Lumpkin plan would levy a. property ;
tax of one-half of one per cent on
the assessed valuation of all domes
tic and foreign corporations. This
would mean that merchants who are
incorporated as either domestic or
foreign corporations would have to J
pay a State property tax of 50 cents
p.r.r SIOO of their assessed valuation
in addition to the gross receipts tax
of one-fourth of, one per cent and in
addition to the local city and county
property taxes.
The prospectus prepared by Repre
sentatives McDonald and Lumpkin,
who have submitted their series of
new tax plans as a substitute for the
present three per cent sales tax oi\
retail sales, estimates that this new
property tax will bring in $1,488,261
a year in excess of the $796,230 which
is now being collected from domestic
corporations from the tax of $1.50 per
SI,OOO of stock and undivided profits
Thus the average property tax of
domestic corporations under this new I
plan would be twice wliat they are
now paying the State in franchise
taxes. The estimates also show that
more than three times as much would
be collected from foreign corporations
under this plan as .they are now pay
ing in franchise taxes, or that for
every $1 *thev pay in franchise taxes i
under the present plan, they would
pay $3 in property taxes.
Victims Not Aroused Yet.
The new taxation plans which Re
preservatives McDonald and Lumpkin
and their anti-sales tax group would
substitute for the sales tax are so
cleverly drawn and worded that as
yet mo::; of the members of the Gen
eral Assembly, as well as- most mer
chant-!, do not seem to realize just
what they would do. This was true
at first O' the chain store, tax sec
tion. which was suggested by the
same group and intended to he a
partial substitute for the sales tax.
But when the substitute was analyz
ed it was found that it hit North Car
olina chain stores hrader than the
national chains, with the result that
the l merchants succeeded in getting
the finance committees to take this
chain store tax section out of the re
venue bill, at least for the time be
ing. As soon as the merchants wake
up to the fact that thsj will have
to pay more than $1,000,000 a year in
direct taxes under the one fourth of
one per cent of gross receipts and.
an average of 50 cents per SIOO. of
valuation on their property as well,
they are expected to make a strong
| pro-test against this plan.
There is no way of estimating just
how much of lhis additional $1,.488,261
a year the McDonald Lumpkin plan
proposes to get H orn domestic corpor
ations would be paid by merchants,
) or how much of the $2,344,249 it plans
to get from foreign corporations would
be paid by merchants. But conserva
tive guesses are that at least $1.00,-
000 year of this would have to be
paid by merchants whose businesses
are incorporated. This would mean
that the McDonald-Lumpkin plan, if
■ put into effect as a substitute for
the sales tax, will put a tax of at
least $2,000,000 a year on the mer
chants in gross receipts and property
taxes.
Floor Space Base.
The floor space factor, despite ob
jections voiced by chain department
stores and others, may be used «...s a
determining factor in assessing chain
store taxes may bei incorporated in
the revenue bill after first being re
i jected by the joint finance committee,
j Senator' Carl Bailey, member of the
subcommittee which wrote the pro
posed new section in which floor
I space was used as a factor, made a
stirring speech to the committee in
! which he declared that no other' sac
■ tor could be used which would be
1 equitable. “I ask the committee here
| and now," he declared, “to tell the
■ subcommittee whether it so disap
j proves of the floor space factor that
| itw ill under no condition accept it.
1 Ls you won't accept it. I want to be
relieved of any subcommittee dealing
I with chain store taxes. You can not
! write an equitable chain store tax
! section with out it." His views were
| supported by Senator Mason, of Gas
; ton, also a subcommittee member, and
others.
When the vote was taken. Senator
j Bailey had his way, and more. The
j subcommittee was told to rewrite the
; chain store tax section using any
, factors they thought suitable. Anti
i sales tax members and others joined
in endorsing Senator Bailey.
Previously the finance committee
had rejected, after hearing many pro
| tests fr om department stores, the re
commendation of the sufc-committe
that chain stores with more than 500
square feet of enclosed floor splace
pay additional taxes on a square
footage basis Chain stores fighting
IffSl FOUNDER’S
Blil WEEK
SS SALE!*
SPAGHETTI encme 3 »«»19c
Sultana Broken slice
PINEAPPLE 17-3-49
I" - Grandmother’s
| H. r u k ;. r ROLLS doz. 6c
PULLMAN 8c 10c
Sliced or Unsliced
WHOLE WHEAT '« - -10 c I
Sliced or Unsik-ed
ASPARAGUS-.-s.l7e _ 3 4g e
PEARS ARTLETT £l7c-3 1 »49c
f—RICE aney Blue Rose 4 ,bs * 17 C I
| OLEO olden Maid 2 >» 29c J
BEANS 3;.” 3<‘ “ 13c |
PEACHES ona—Lge. C»»1 7c~3 ,or 49c |
Gold Medal . , ~, , .
Armour s or Libbv ■
WHEATIES 2 pkgs. 23c E1, 2 i can. 29c
BISQUICK lge.pkg.3se|g A |jg A Q E 2 cans 15c
STRAWBERRIES, fancy Florida,
pint 12 l-2c
PEAS, fresh screen, tender, lb. 12 l-2c
BEANS, fancy green, tender, lb. 15c
POTATOES, Red Bliss, lb. 5c
LETTUCE, Iceberg, head lO C
most vigorously against
space factor, were North o
owend department, stores ''"'bn,
"pendePs
For quality meats and
values beyond
comparison.
Best Western Beef
Chuck Roast. Ih
* I >«
Prime Rib Roast !b K
! Sirloin Steak. Hr •> .
Home killed hens, II).
Genuine Spring Lamb
Shoulder ol Lamb, lb. . . ,7,.
Leg of Lamb, lb 07
Rib or Loin Lamb
Chops, II)
Finest Milk Fed Veal
Shoulder Chops. 11, j;, ( .
Rib or Loin Chops lb. .. 21c
Cutlets and Liver, lb. . . •>*:,
Fresh Lean Pork
Neck bones and pig ears,
pound pie
Spare Rib and Pig Tails,
pound 1 r K »
Pork Chops or Roast, lb. 2-U
Pig Liver, lb 12 1-2 c
Sea Food Fresh From
The Ocean
Porgies or Croakers,
•\ lbs 2r>t-
Standard Oysters. <jt. .. .Tie
Select Oysters, qt Tie
Cooked Shrimp, lb 1;>
Next To Fire House