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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
10000 Merchants
In North Carolina
Get Tax Laws

Copies of the general sales tax
law enacted by the 1888 General
Assembly and copies of the rules
and regulations promulgated II
compliance with the law by Com
missioner of Revenue A. J. NJ
well have been sent to more than
10000 North Carolina merchants,
Harry McMullen, chief of the sales
tax division of the revenue depart
ment, announces.
The rules are those which were
adopted to govern collection Of
the three per cent tax on general
retail sales for the first month and
if they prove adequate and COM
plete enough, may be continued,
or may be changed to meet the
conditions which may develop dur
ing the month, Mr.. Maxwell an
nounced.
Hundreds of letters have been
received by Mr.. McMullen, asking
for rulings and interpretations as
to specific cases, many of which
the rules do not completely cover.
states that he will answer these
as rapidly as possible, giving
the information sought BY the
ers, as fully as he is able.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
Art of'Thumbinq'
Is To Be Studied
Student Writes Raleigh Official
For Permit To 'Bum' Through
North Carolina

Hitch-hiking deluxe is in order
in North Carolina.
The famous practice of thumb
ing de luxe is in order in North
science in the future, if plans
made by a. student of a large east
ern city materalize, as unfolded in
a letter to the Department of Con-
servation and Development.
The student, he outlines, desires
information regarding the legality
of hitch-hiking in North Carolina
when the hiker is carrying plenty
of money" In event hitch-hiking
is not permitted in the State, he
wants to know if special permission
might be obtained.
Since he is a student of science
in a leading university Of the coun-
try, the prospective visitor said he
wishes to make observations
throughout the State at the time he
is thus seeking recreation.
His success as a hitch hiker in
North Carolina will depend upon
the generosity of the motorists, be
was informed by the department.
A bill introduced in the 1888 Cen
eral Assembly died at birth and
the new vocation is not governed
by statute.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
Absentee Ballots
Not to BeAlloWed
In RepealEle ction

absentee ballots will not be
permitted in this (the repeal cleo
ton November y election, nor
will markers or assistants be allow
ed" Attorney General D. G.
Brummitt points out, referring TO
section 10 of the act chapter 413,
public laws of 1888, submitting
the proposal to a vote of the peo-
pie, in a statement just issued.
"Only a person physically un-
able to enter a booth or mark his
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
Ia Tie WEEK'S NEWS

FORTUNE Just when things seemed
blacklist, Mrs. Margaret Stack, mother Of four and
wife Of an unemployed Philadelphia Ioonn-fxer, wo::
prize Of IS, 900 in $4,000 Sunny Jim contest staged
by t'eeker H-o Company. Here are Mrs. Stack and
her youngest son, Buddy, aged 9, all smiles on beingt
= told of their good @
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
Trade-Ins Not To
Garry Sales Tax
When Sold Again

When a new article is sold anc
a secondhand article taken in ex-
change, the new article is subjecl
to the full ; per cent general sale:
tax, but when the secondhand o.
used article received in the exchar-
&c, or when articles are re-sold by
the merchant, such sales may b
excluded from the sales tax, pro
vided a separate record is kept OF
each transaction, in compliance
with rules announced by Commits
sioner of Revenue A. ]. Maxwell
and Division Director Harry Nc
Mullan, as follows:
Merchants taking in exchange
for a new article, a secondhand
or used article or merchants re-
possessing articles sold by them,
shall in all cases keep in book
form, at all times available for in
spection by this department, a re-
cord showing the following:
81. The date on which such
transaction is made.
%. The name of the person
from whom such second
hand or used article is taken in
part payment or the name of the
person from whom the article is
repossessed.
"3. If a repossessed article, the
date on which such article is sold
to the one from whom it is repos-
sessed by the merchant claiming
such exemption.
a.. A description of the second
hand or used or repossessed article.
"5. If sold, the date and name
of the party to whom such new
article, used or secondhand arti-
Gle, or repossessed article is sold.
"6. The merchant shall keep a
record of all sales of new articles,
secondhand or used articles and
repossessed articles and credit for
articles of secondhand or used ar
ticles or repossessed articles, shall
be allowed only when the records
Kept clearly disclose the history
f the handling of such article.
~. Merchants are required to
A tach to such secondhand or used
"ecle or repossessed articles a
az Or label on which shall be stat
I'd the date such article was taken
"a the person from whom same
~ taken and whether payment is
par Payment on a new article sold
OF whether a repossessed article.
hll secondhand or used articles
or F@}>ossessed articles on hand BY
any merchant on July l, 1885,
are liable when sold to the ; per
: Cent 9ales tax if they are sold at
'etail md the wholesale rate If
"ld al wholesale.
eat for sales provided in
~t'''h +04, subsection IL, aP-'
fHeS ol-y to transactions occur
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21

ing after July /.
when credits are claimed unJ-
the foregoing section, the mer-
chant shall, at the time of filing
his monthly, quarterly or annual
report, set out in detail the items
for which credit is claimed and
give substantially the same infor-
nation required to be kept accord.
ing to the provision heretofore set
1.-The schedule required thee
under must be attached to the re-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
KEEP C. r
FOR SEVEN EAR

Canon City, Col.-Marathon re-
cords for secret marriages toppled
recently when James T. Locke, six
ty, district attorney for the eleven
tn Colorado district, announced
that he married the former Inez
Pearl Sampsell of Three Rivers,
Mich, at Syracuse, Kan, in June,
1926.
Mrs. Locke was employed in a
physicians office in the same build
ing in which Locke had his offices,
and the secret was kept from even
the closest friends and relatives for
seven years.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21

w II II o U S e
WINE CASk-This
wooden wine cask with
glass interior was
made for President
Roosevelt by Joe Mo-
reneHo, L~ackawanna,
N. ", inventor who
spent ten years per-
fecting process of in
sorting glass in wood.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21

IS il true that mosquitoes
weep?
Us possible, I've seen ! moth
ball"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21

There's a difference between
nude" and naked" The gals
aren't nude in the new bathing
suits.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21

The rich must learn to live SIM
ply. Then gangsters won't know
they are worth kidnapping.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
GOOD SAMARITAN


Evansville, Ind.-Foster Lewis
found in, his backyard a red bird
with a broken leg. He mendcd its
broken limb, and fed and nursed
it. The bird became attache.1 to
its benefactor and followed him
about. Edwin W. Alison, Evans
vile warden, obtained a war::a 1T
charging Lewis with illegal Fos-|
session Of a redbird." Evans pleaded
guilty and was bound owe to che,
federal grand jury.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-21
MAN LIVES TO u ON MILK
WHISKEY

W fISkE4
London.-For IS years Charles
Edward Booth, seventy-two, of
Holmdene avenue, Hern Hill, lived
without eating one bite of food.
This was revealed at a Chamber
we'll inquest when a doctor stated
that Mr.. Booth was unable to take
solid food.
A nephew declared that his I'M
Gle had three quarts of milk and
a half bottle Of whiskey a day.
And yet he managed to live to
seventy-two," remarked the coro-
ner.
The verdict was death from
natural causes"
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Il Real Tramb

ND PETE limped along in the dust at the
~ side Of the road. His shaggy, dirty
coat was matted with burrs. His long, bushy
tail hung listlessly between his legs.
A big car glided slowly around the corner.
"Oh. father, STOP" cried childish voice.
Look ut that poor old dog. I want him. On,
father, may have him?'
Mr.. Cook looked at Pete and his heart went
out to the homeless animal. For. in spite OF
his dirty coat and hang-dog expression. he
could tell that Pete was good dog.
HE looks like a regular tramp, though,
doesn't he?" he asked. Are you sure you
would rather have him than the dog I was
going to get you in the city?'
"Oh, yes" Paul declared Poor dog! He
surely needs q home He would be good look
ing. too, II he were only washed and brushed.
Please, Dad, let me have him"
All this time Pete stood beside the car and
regarded Paul and his father with bored
look. They were SO silly. sitting there dis
cussing whether they should adopt him or not.
He thought 1t was more a question for him to
decide. However, when, his fathers consent
gained, Paul crawled out of the car to get
Pete, the old dog did not object. He was tired
and hungry. and his paw hurt. Besides, it
would be nice to belong to some one for
change.
They took old Pete home to fine, big house.
He WAS washed and brushed until he hardly
knew himself. Then he was taken out to q
beautiful big kennel and fed more bones than
he had ever seen before in his hfe. A fine
black leather collar was clasped around his
neck, and . long, shining chain fastened to It.
OF course, everything was fine. Paul even
stood over him and petted him. but that made
him feel kind of silly. It felt queer, too. to
be 50 clean. But the collar, and the kennel,
and the bones and everything. were grand.
BY the second day, however, Pete had ex-
plored every corner Of his kennel. What could
he DO next? He was bored. Nothing to do
but enjoy himself. Nothing to eat but ex-
pensive bones.
When Paul came home that night the kennel
was empty. It was q good thing he could not
see the poor old dog" limping down the road.
his tail full Of burrs his coat gathering dust.
He would not have noticed the CLINT In Pete's
eye which said, This Is more like I'll I'm
tree again."
Evening star., 1933-10-08
CLICK Wheels for Games

4 lANY amusing games can be contrived BY
M using small spinning tops to indicate the
points of the game, and for an excellent SPIN
ming top, the wheels from an old alarm CLOCK
can be used satisfactorily. Any clock wheel
with a spindle attached so it can be twirled
between the thumb and fingers, can be used.
There is only one thing to do to the spindle.
and that is. file the sharp points as fat as
possible. BY SO doing, Sally Walker top
is made. This sort of top walks all over any
surface instead of remaining in one place
while spinning.
game board can be laid out on q sheet OF
cardboard. Make q regular-spaced pattern OF
some simple design with . lead pencil. After
the design has been drawn. stick pins OF
small brads along these penciled lines, where
the lines join each other. These are the bump
ing posts. and should be far enough apart to
allow your clock wheel top to pass through
them. The spaces in the design should be
marked in SIS and los for points to be scored
Is the game is played
Now spin the clock wheel top IN the exact
center of the game board. It viii walk" over
to q humping post, hit it and bound over to
another post. The top will continue to bump
the posts in crazy manner, finally slow up.
and scoot to rest is numbered space. Each
player should have a certain number of turns.
The total of the numbers Of the spaces IN
which the top comes to rest after each spin
indicates the score for the players. By keeping
these numbers in SIS and los. the total can
be added with very few mistakes.
Spinning top games Of this sort are easily
made. and are entertaining. especially when
some clever design has been worked out and
1t IS given an unusual name, such as Bull
Out of the Ring" THE Crazy Doodle Bug"
or as the author named the game illustrated.
Sally Walker and Her Boy Friend" Two
tops were used in this game. Both tops were
set spinning at the same time. They would
bump the posts and each other. One top
would chase the other over the board. When
they stopped spinning the score was added to
determine if Sally or THE Boy Friend"
had won the game for the different players.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Q|;5:: (g, .:5: u GfRfS 1f 81 FHGE ; 1Sf z3
POSERS

I. On what island Is Cape Horn located?
z After whom Was the month Of July
named?
3. What do the letters ID. d. s." after
mans name mean?
4 Who was the founder Of Rhode Island?
S. What is the capital Of Argentina?
s. Where is the United states Naval Acad-
emy located?
T. In what city is the famous clock, Big Ben.
located?
clothing Is most often made?
ANSWERS.
I. Terra del Fuego. 2. Julius Caesar. ;.
Doctor Of dental surgery. 4. Roger Williams.
S. Buenos Aires g. At Annapolis, Md. Z.
London. g. Wool and cotton.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Proof Enough

"0ive me three proofs" said the geography
teacher to the boy who had been reading de-
tective stories behind his geography book, that
the world is round"
'Well, the book says 50, you say - and Ma
says o."
t1al 3t tscti 4ITcd riod. tlods s1v!ss
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Horrible Examble

Il won't wash my face!" said Dolly defianty.
Naughty naughty" retorted grandmother.
"When I was q little girl I always washed my
IT, 49,. ,,.., ,o,,, 49,.
Evening star., 1933-10-08

The name of still another famous poet forms
the center of our word diamond. The second
line Is bashful the third Is to guide, the fifth
is shouts. and the sixth is . legal term for
thing. Form the diamond
4
H E L L EY
Now come some poetic word chains. Change
only one letter at q time, always forming
genuine word.
Change LINE to POEM in six moves
Change SCAN to FEET in five moves.
Behead a long, narrow piece and get q jour-
ney. Behead again and get to tear.
Curtail framed board and get a sheet OF
glasS Curtail again and get cooking utensil
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
RIDDLES

The riddles below were sent in by some kind
reader who forgot to tell the name. We
don't know whether 1t was . boy or Q girl,
but in either case we are grateful for the
riddles.
l. What sort of men are always above board
In their movements?
2. How many weeks belong to the year?
3. How do bees dispose Of their honey?
4. What plant stands for No. anywhere?
S. What is more foolish than sending Goals
to Newcastle?
ANSWERS.
l. Chess men. 2 Forty-six: the other six
are Lent g. Cell it. 4. Ivy uV). S. Sending
milk to Cowes.
ANSWERS.
/. Browning Shakespeare, Keats and Byron.
2. The diamond is s. shy, steer Shelley, yells,
res. Y.
3. LINE - lint - list - lost - post - poet
- POEM.
SCAN - scar - scar - fear - feat -
FEET.
4. Strip. Panel.
5. Cross word puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Comancho Campfire Stories
Hoqc q Big Prairie Fire Acts

caught them. 1 rode all day before I came
to the edge Of the burnt-over country, and you
may be sure that was thankful when I was
out Of It,
Evening star., 1933-10-08

IN BUFFALO days the Western plains coun-
try was thickly covered with the short.
curly, buffalo grass, 50 that 1t looked like
q smooth green carpet in the Spring. and
changed to q tawny yellov-brown carpet
about the frst Of July. As soon as settlers
came west of the Missouri River. the buffalo
fed still farther West, and when the buffalo
grass was no longer cropped down so short.
the tall blue-stem grass sprang up, killed it
of and took its place.
The blue-stem grass bore leaves about Ii
inches long and ran up . seed stem ABOUT
five feet high. 1t stood as thick on the ground
as wheat in a field, and what fire 1t made
when it was dry in the Fall!
The Indians used to burn this grass of
every Fall, so the buffalo would have good
feed when the new grass came In the Spring
These wild fires were sight to strike terror
into the heart OF the braveSt, for they would
stretch as far across the country as you could
see, . wall of flame 100 feet high. rushing
across the land like an express train and roar
ing like a huge waterfall
THESE fires always created great wind with
! their heat. and any one caught in such
blaze would be killed In q few seconds Any
animal died almost In its tracks from the in
tense heat. If we we're In front OF big fire.
We used to set back fires to burn from us to
the big fire, and we set them when the blaze
was still two or three miles away whenever
possible
One night camped on little spring creek
that ran into the Big Blue River in Nebraska.
Here there was q bowl-shaped valley, COM
posed of gravel, and the many springs had
formed q good-sized brook that had cut q
small canyon through q thick layer of red
sandstone only 100 yards below the brook
head. In this canyon was pool 20 feet wide
and shout so feet long. foot deep at the lower
end and 10 feet deep at the upper end.
In the middle Of the night was awakened
by the frightened snorting OF my horses. I
jumped up. and Immediately knew was in
for 1t. for q big prairie fire was roaring down
out Of the Northwest. had to do something.
and do it quickly
| RAN to my horses, pulled their picket pins
hastily threw my saddle on my riding horse
and my bed across the back Of the pack horse.
and raced for that waterhole in the narrow
sandstone canyon. Everything else except .
canvas sack, containing salt, sugar and coffee.
was left in camp; the sack I carried to the
canyon and slowed in q niche in the rocks as
I hurried by.
reached the waterhole in time to wade into
It from the lower end with the horses I
waded In until was shoulder deep in the
water, between two sandstone walls 20 feet
high There I stayed with the frightened
horses, while the fire roared by overhead, leav-
ing US safe and uninjured
But the next morning the whole country
was Is black as tar. Not living thing was
left for miles and miles, and dead animals and
birds were scattered about where the fire had
Evening star., 1933-10-08
The definitions are:
HORIZONTAL.

:, 3ne oef1nltlOnS are:
HORIZONTAL.
1. Highest part.
4. Board with q surrounding frame.
8. What person.
g. Be in debt
10. Printers measures.
II. Adored
13. Long upholstered scat.
Is. Extending far down.
16. Morse god.
10. Too.
21. Large sea mammal
"a. Limb Of the body.
e. Ever.
27. Caustic solution.
g. Go In.
%. Affirmative
1. Rough cloth.
2. Unit of electrical resistance.
;. Group of sheriff's omcegs.
4. Booty.
S. Fall month (abbr).
6. Female sheep.
Z. Preceded
IT, Cereal
II. Precious stone.
II. Plant used at Christmas.
16. Fits of anger.
20. Sly. sidelong look
81. Tiny.
-. Chicken.
%. Painting.
IS. Organ of sight.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
PUZZLES

CVEN il you aren't very familiar with poetry
l. you should be able to figure out the first
Of this weeks puzzles
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-25
-SPORI
SLANTS
. BIZ ALAN GOULD -
By ALAN GOULD

The superstitution which sur
rounds big league baseball, espec-
tally on a team out in front, was
manifested by Bill Terry, manager
of the New York Giants, in the
clubs last swing around the west
crn circuit.
The Giants were eight games in
front while at Cincinnati, fortify-
ing Themselves at the expense OF
the Reds, but Bill threw a mild
fit when he spotted a local dele
CATION bringing in flock OF ban
ners to hand in hotel lobby.
The banners were highly lauda-
tory and congratulatory, so phras-
ed that there was no room Tor
doubt their sponsors considered the
Giants as good as in" and desired
to give the New Workers a send
off on behalf of the leagues an
Gent strongholds.
That was a close class" breath
ed Terry. They would have put
the ink on us sure if l hadn't
stopped them from putting those
signs up. I offered to pay all the
expense Of making them, person
ally, just to get them away from
sight"
Terry doesn't like to talk about
the forthcoming world series with
out crossing his fingers or throw
ing salt over his left shoulder.
"Baseball's too uncertain" he
commented. "It looks like we are
o. K But we want to keep on
winning those ball games until
there's no doubt left. l don't mind
telling you haven't had much
sleeps some nights lately. We
turned the corner up in Boston.
My only hope is that if we win
we can do it soon enough to give
our pitchers rest before the big
series. Boy, they need it,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-25
SANTA CLARA
BEATS CAL. u.
IN BIG UPSET
Sixty Thousand Fans Wit
ness Bears Defeat by
Broncs' Machine

BERKELEY, Cal, Sept. rs. =
Santa Clara's well-oiled football
machine moved into action las'
Saturday afternoon and ground ou'
a 7 to 0 victory over the Univer-
sity of California.
The Bronchos scored the only
touchdown of the game as the gun
sounded at the end of the first
quarter, a Bronc halfback driving
through, after bad Bear kick,
to put the ball in a scoring posi-
ton.
The Bears threatened only in
the last quarter.
Sixty thousand fans, the largest
crowd ever to turn out on an
opening day contest, saw the up
set game.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-25
SENATORS and
GIANTS GIVEN
HARD BATTLES
Both LIE a d ers of Major
Leagues Meet Water
loos on Sunday

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Major
league baseball leaders had rough
going Sunday with the New York
Giants barely breaking even in a
doubleheader and the Washington
Senators taking an II to trounc-
ing from Connie Mack's Athletics,
many times winner of the AM
erican League bunting.
The Giants had to battle ten in
nings to win the opener from the
Boston team which made serious
late season bid for the National
League championship The Braves
scored an easy to 2 victory in
the nightcap which was called in
the fifth inning on account OF
darkness.
The games were played on the
home grounds of the respective
teams.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-25
TROUBLE FOR SENATOR'S

Baseball experts with the Giants
think Carl Hubbell, the celebrated
southpaw, and Freddy Fitzsim-
mons, the nervous, fat knuckleball
twirler, will give the Washing
ton Senator's plenty of trouble.
Hubbell, of course, is the stand
out pitcher of the year. He has
at all times been the Giants
mainstay in the clutches. During
the past few weeks, especially, the
left-hander has stepped in to brace
his faltering mates with the most
brilliant and effective sort of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-25
WASHING TON U
BEATS CONzACA,
FIRST TUSSLE
Huskies Use Brute Power
to Defeat Up and Co.
ing Spokane Eleven

SEATTLE, Sept. 25. = Without
uncovering any tricks to a small
army of scouts, it took all of the
brute power of the University of
Washingtons first team to score a
IS to victory last Saturday over
the courageous Gonzaga University,
Spokane team, in the first inter-
collegiate tussle in Seattle this
season.
1t was a non-conference game.
The Huskies used their second
string in the last quarter.
About 1000 spectators saw the
game, which was played on a wa
tcr-soaked field.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-25
'BvCKY HARRIS
QUITS Detroit;
ACTION SUDDEN
Resignation Comes as Sur
prise Was Subject
ed to Criticism

DEROIT, Mich, Sept. %. =
Stanley "Bucky" Harris submitted
his resignation as Manager of the
Detroit Tigers last Saturday after
noon just after his newest recruit,
Luke Hamlin, had pitched the
Bengals to a 5 to victory over
st. Louis
Harris has been subjected to crit
icism by some of the fans who
charged he lacks fighting spirit
and has held the Tigers to the
second division.
Harris's resignation came as a
surprise to Frank Navin, owner OF
the Detroit Tigers.