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M’Mullan Rules On New State
Election Laws
[books the names of all persons who I are recorded as having regi?*;ered I under the grandfather clause, re-i Igardless of whether such persons! j voted a t either of the 1936 or 1938 i elections.” i! McMullan added that
CROP LOSSES MOUNT SMOKY PARK DEDICATIONTO MILLIONS AFTER IS PLANNED FOR JUNE 11
COLD AND d r o u g h t ' |-------------------------- Washington, April 26.^—The Great
Washington, April 25.— The most Smoky Mountains National Park unfavorable weather in recent years dedicated by President
N ear Relative May Act As M arker For Any Or All Of Kin.
the names has delayed farming operations and Roosevelt on Tuesday, June 11, ac- j [ shall not be transcribed I f the per- caused millions of dollars damage to cording to plans drafted here today | ' sons so registered are known to have early crops, the agiiculture depart- by officials of the National Park I died or moved elsewhere. ment reported today. : service. |
The grandfather clause excepts | damaged Acting on a tentative outline of jI from literacy requirements the hn- ^^^g^ther and dust storms in President’s plans for a transcon- |leal descendants of persons able to southern gi'eat plain.. Unseason- ^̂ ‘^^"tal tour beginning frpm Wash- jvote on or before January 1, 1867. : ably cold weather and excessive rains I
Other rulings: planting from two to following in g e n - JA person who is a- near relative toRaleigh, April 2-5.— Persons regis
tered as North Carolina voters under the “ grandfather clause” are not re quired to re-register in the counties which have ordered new registrations, AttoiTiey General Harry McMullan announced today in a digest of rulings made by his office.
Election reform laws passed by the 1939 general assembly, he said, provide that the chaii-man of a county board of elections “shall transcribe to the new registration
eral outline those drafted last sum- !
eastern states.a number of voters may act as amarker for any or all of those rela-; a ̂ i -n j j jtive=. ' ‘*“"’“¥®^;pean situation. i I
North Carolina voters living in the “ “"S' | The President will go from Wash-' *I storms have caused damage m someDistrict of Columbia may not regis-
j nier for the dedication which was I ; postponed because of acute E u ro -: |
ington to Asheville, where he will jter a fte r the closing of regi st r at i on, l eave his train and drive to New-: ! books May 11. The only persons who | ® ^ g^ea p ams an e Gap. There the dedicatory! Imay register a fte r the books dose | ^akes regions have crops , exercises will be held on the divid-' f
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Z EB . L. LA C K E Y C a n d id a te fo r R e g is te r o f
D eeds O ffice.
To the Voters of the Democratic Party of McDowell County:I ha,ve been a life-long
Democrat and have always done my part to help the party. I have been an active member of the B a p t i s t Church for twenty - five years. I have a large family and will appreciate your support.Y o u r vo te in th e p r im a ry .will b e g re a t ly a p p re c ia te d .
persons who become eligible progress. between North Carolina and [Ivote a fte r May 11. ' Continued dry weather and lack Tennessee at 2 p. m. Eastern Stan-1 j
There apparently is no section o f ' sub-soil ^moisture over most of | dard time. : |the m u n ic ip a l finance act w h i c h ' the winter wheat belt was reported I a feature of the dedication w ill; |would prohibit the holding of a sec-' weather bm'eau. A winter j ^e the unveiling of a plaque to Laura i Iond e le c t io n on a bond issue within crop one-third below normal j gpellman Rockefeller, who provided !three months a fte r the same ques-|^^ inprospect. Growing condi-|a large portion of the funds that! j
i tion had been defeated in an election 1 were reported more favorable j pm-c^ased the park lands for the | |; A state employe who moves from ■ spring wheat belt. I government. | |i one county to another retains his j Reflecting, in part, the unfavor-1 The entire program may be broad-1 |former place of residence, in so far, able weather, cash farm income from cast over a nation-wide radio net-; =
I as voting is concerned, unless he in-j marketings declined contraseasonal-1 work. There are no telephone lines i !dicates a contrary intention. ly in March, the bureau of agricul- available a t Newfound Gap for | !
! A town alderman serving on a p e r ! tural economics reported. The March j transmitting the program to radio i |stations, but efforts will be made to j | have the radio networks pick up atj j least the President’s address and re-1 | lay it by short wave to a regular ra- | j
; diem basis may not serve Ition registrar, j A town commissioner I serve as chief of a fire department, j A mayor cannot serve as an elec j tion registrar.i ------------------------------
an elec-j tota^ was $534,000,000, compared jwith $545,000,000 in February.
may not
100,000 ARE VOLUNTARILYLEAVING WPAI MONTHLY
I JUNIOR ORDER TO HAVEWashington, April 28. — More
than 1,250,000 workers, it was dis-
dio transmitter.Following the dedication the
President and his party will continue by automobile through the park to
FIELD DAY IN LEXINGTON; closed today, have left the W PA ! where he will once againI ------ j rolls voluntarily during the last 12
The fifth annual field day and pic-; months, presumably to take privateI nic of the North Carolina I employment.Junior Order United American | Col. F. C. Harrington, commis- Mechanics Children’s Home will b e j s i o n e r o f works projects, made pub-
iheld in Lexington on Saturday, May i lie the figures in connection with i President Roosevelt’s proclamationI Speakings, band concerts, singing,!of the first seven days in May asI baseball, soft ball, and fi.?ld events; National Employment week. He said;are scheduled on the program, which j loo ,000 a month were.leaving WPA I will be under the direction of N. a t the present time but that many ISankey Gaither, State ' Councilor. I The Children’s Home is operated by the North Carolina J.O.U.A.M.
were forced to return to it.At the same time, Secretary Hop
kins reported tha t March income payments were four per cent higher
VERSATILE than a year ago, although the in-Among the many products that crease over February was less than
are manufactured from the versatile seasonal, soybean are p rin ter’s ink, candies, j
washable wallpaper, linoleum, syn-1 dividuals totaled $5,936,000,000, thetic wool, machine cores, foods, making an aggregate of $17,570,-
entx'ain to continue his tour.
RITES ARE CONDUCTEDFOR MRS. ARIAH PRICE
' and feeds.
I The 1939 strawberry crop broughj N. C. producers approximately $1,- 316,000 .
MARION “"65;''" Fri. May 3rd BIG TENT THEATREM artin Springs Lot M organton Road AUSPICES MARION FIRE DEPARTMENT
Charles Comedians -PRESENTS-
TH£FAST^FUMOUS. FUNZ-A-POPP/N, FUfiZ-A-FLY/NG
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WITH THE I
BOREEOU^ ^INCLUDING
THE RDORABLESAmencasLwe/iesf- ,
D ondn j Chorus
STARRINGAmerica’s No. 1 Laugh Team
‘Cotton’ Wattsthe Dusty Cloud of Joy
‘Happy’ RayNit-Wit of Fun ____________
And an All-Star Cast of Specialty Entertainers Including The Perry Sisters—“Chic” Moreland
Mack Furgeson—Betty Kilpatrick Lee Forbes—Jimm y Rowe
THE GEORGIANS ORCHESTRA
E X T R A !Added Feature“YEVETTE”In H er Newest Dance Creation
“The Dance of Dream s”
Exactly as Presented a t the fa mous night club “ THE MOULIN ROUGE”
Ladies Free W hen Accompanied By One Paid Adult Admission
Doors Open 7:15'P. M. — Curtain 8:15 Prices: - Children 15c — Adults 25c
Mrs. Ariah Condrey Price, 52, died last Wednesday afternoon, April 24, a t 4:15 o’clock a t her home on Nebo route 1.
Funeral services were held on last Thursday afternoon a t 2:00 o’clock a t the Sunny Grove Baptist church with the Rev. Reddings officiating. Interm ent was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Price is survived by her husband, James W. Price; sijS sons, Charles, Ernest, Billy, Bobby, all of
He estimated that payments to in- the home, Willis of Everett, Penn., | |and Clarence of Ravensford; three j I daughters, Mrs. Lelia Hollifield, of i | Nebo, Mrs. Barney McCall of North! | Cove, and Pauline, of the home; and I five brothers, John, Abe, Ed, Wilke, | and Charles Condrey, all of Marion. ’ ’
Pallbearers were nephews. Nieces were flower grirls.
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AT OLD FORT HIGH I j
000,000 for the first quarter, compared with $16,677,000,000 for the corresponding period of last year. The February total was $5,567,000,- 00 0 .
The seasonally adjusted index of payments stood a t 87 a t the close of March. The index uses 1929 figures as 100. Hopkins said the index had declined three points since the first of the year, compared with a 20% Old Fort, April 254. — “The Col-j ? decline in industrial production. T h e ! lege Hobo,” a comedy-drama in j ! March increase over February was 1 three acts, was presented by mem- j | attributed largely to quarterly d i v i - bers of the senior class ,of the Oldj j dends and interest payments which Fort high school Tuesday evening in | j totaled $827,000,000 in the p r e v i o u s jtbe auditorium. In spite of inplem-j j month. These payments in M a r c h o f lent weather, a capacity audience | | 1939 aggregated $772,000,000. i witnessed the performance. | |
Harrington, noting that the Pi*esi- , dent’s proclamation had placed particular emphasis on the problems of unemployed workers over 40 said nearly half of WPA’s rolls were made up of such i)eople.
,N. C. TREASURER TELLS WHY ' MORE TAXES ARE PAID
Raleigh, April 27.— Reports of improved county and municipal tax collections were attributed by State Theasurer Charles M. Johnson today to three fac to rs :
' First, more effort is being made by tax collecting authorities.
Second, tax payers are becoming I more conscious of their obligations.
Third, there has been a “ normal increase in taxpayers’ ability to pay,
1 “augmented by the stabilizing effect I of refinancing and readjusting the indebtedness of those units which had defaulted in the payment of
J their obligations.”! Johnson said newspaper reports in various sections of the state indi-
Icated improved tax collections.
Miss Louise Frazier, head of the f English department and senior class | | sponsor, directed the play. Leading! | roles were taken by Mai'ilyn Bird, j |
and John Lewis. Other members of j | the class took part.
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SENIORS TO PRESENT i 1PLAY AT NORTH COVE! \
- - - - - - - i fThe senior class of the North Cove |
high school will present “ Lena Riv-' ' ei-s,” a three-act play on ' Friday night. May 10, a t 8 o’clock in the school auditorium.
The following students will take parts in the play: Clara Chapman,Marlene McGee, Thurman Burnette, Ruth Swafford, Estella Williams, | Edith Hoppes, Marshall Greene, Paul j . Lowery, Elizabeth Hollifield, Zeyland j | McKinney, Robert Lonon, Myrtle | Ollis and Edna Chapman. ! I
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WIENER ROASTA wiener roast was enjoyed Mon
day night a t Stroud’s spring by the following: Margaret Elliott, Carmen Early, Mildred Early, Fleta Mae Day, Louise Harding, Maetrude Gin- ner, Violet Jones, Ila Pendergrass, Gladys Elliott, Hazel Gibson, Doris Tate, Roger Early, Hollis Early, Ju-! nior Gibson, Jo Stroud, Mack Elliott, j Bennie Cameron, Wilburn Packett,j Harold Young, James Carver, Thomas Gibson, and Mrs. Logan Tate.
MILKMilk production on American
farms in March, estimated a t 9,- 010,000,000 pounds, was 1,220,000,- 000 larger than in February and exceeded March, 1939, production by two per cent.
C A T H E Y F O R CO N G R ESS
,y Judge Sam Cathey Candidate for Congress
May 25\ Democratic Primary.
It is all-important that the 11th district send to Washington a representative who will furnish an active and fruitful leadership.
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