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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
FARM TAXESL LEAST
IN SIXTEEN YEARS
Was 365,OOO,OOO Last
Year, Federal Agricul-
ture Bureau States

Washington, Sept. IS The farm
real estate tax bill in 1885 was $780,
100000, the smallest in sixteen years,
the Bureau of Agricultural Economies
reported today. The total compares
with peak of 1857 900 900 in 1929
with $393,0O0,00O in 1919, and with
$218000,000 in 1913.
Farm taxes increased annually with
few exceptions for nearly forty years
from 1890 through 1929. when the
average tax per acre was about six
times that in 1890. This longtime up
ward trend was broken during the de-
preston. Last year the tax was about
three and one half times that in 1890
DR.. Eric England, Assistant Chief
of the Bureau, said that the down.
ward trend-representi an adjust
ment to lower levels of farm income
has been quite general throughout
the nation, with greater reductions
in some parts of the country than IN
others.
THE reduction has been made DOS
sible in part by cutting school bud
gets, lowering teachers salaries, re-
ducing the length of school terms, and
in some instances by closing schools
altogether DR.. England said. "Other
reductions in expenditures also have
resulted in the curtailment in many
desirable public services in rural
areas"
He said that the downtrend since
1929 has probably hit it's low point
He expects little change during the
next year or two, and then an up
swing should farm income continue
to rise.
The Bureau of Agricultural Econo-
mics recently completed tabulations
on farm real estate taxes per acre
for the years 1890 to 1880 for 1913 re-
preventative counties in % States. has
ed on information obtained from
county tax records as part Of a WPA
project administered by the bureau.
In 1890 the tax per acre for the
country as a whole averaged about 10
cents. By 1900 the tax was up to II
cents an acre, by 1910 it was 10 cents
by 1920 it was SO cents, and by 1929
it was SO cents-an all-time peak.
Taxes then fell sharply-breaking the
longtime upswing-and by 1884 av-
eraged 81 cents an acre. Preliminary
estimates indicate an average rate of
about 81 cents in 1885 also.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
New Grade Standards For
Cotton Are No1u In Force
Have Been Accepted by All Principal Cotton Organiza-
tons of Europe; Number of Grades Reduced and
New White Grades Shift ted Under New Program

Gated and which remains in certifi-
Gated stocks at future delivery points
on August 20 must be regarded as of
that date. All cotton classed under the
Grade and Staple Estimates Act and
all reports as to the quality of this
years cotton crop will be based upon
classifications made according to the
new standards, the Bureau said.
Those who wish to purchase copies
of the standards or desire further in
formation concerning them should
communicate with the Division of
Cotton Marketing, Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics, Washington, d. C.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15
MRS. HAMM is NOW
SOLE OWNER H. & r.
Through Her Capable Management,
Store Has Assumed Place of
Real Leadership

Mrs. Stella Hamm is now operating
the H. & r. Clothing Company, Inc,
and, through her capable management
this store has assumed a leading
place in the retail clothing business
throughout this section.
A full line of ladies' ready-to-wear
and gents clothing is featured by this
modern store, located next to the
Citizens Bank & Trust Company. In
addition to these lines, a wide variety
of work clothing that is sure to stand
the hardest wear is also carried in
stock.
All merchandise is priced at mod
crate figure, and those who lack the
ready cash will find this store pre-
pared to aid them in wearing good
clothes in season.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

Such words as love, joy, peace,
faith hope and humility were new
words brought in by Christianity, and
had no place, or a different place, in
non-Christian writings.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Postmaster Merit
System Endorsed
By Af LandOn

TOPEKA, July %. WP)-Gov. Alf
M Landon, who in a few hours will
accept Republican nomination for
President of the United States, to-
day endorsed President Roosevelt's
order placing all postmasters under
modified merit system and ex-
pressed the opinion that the New
Deal had been driven to that action
by his own civil service stand.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

expected to reach Barcelona within
a few hours.
The battleship Oklahoma was eX-
pected to reach Bilboa, Spain. with
in "a hours to rescue others of 1000
United States citizens in the path
of belligerent columns throughout
Spain. The cruiser Quincy is due
at Gibraltar Sunday and the state
department may ask more merchant
ships to make rescue trips to Span
ish ports.
One American, a woman, has been
wounded, the embassy reported.
Others have been under fire in two
Madrid hotels for two days. No
others have been injured but the
embassy was arranging to escort
them to safety under armed guards.
The embassy itself is in a virtual
state of siege. Eric c. Wendelen,
third secretary, invited all Ameri.
cans to take refuge there, but short
ages of food and water threatened
to create a crisis. The embassy had
only food enough to last 80 persons
five days. Every vessel in the build
ing and a roof storage tank were
filled with water for use in event
the city supply is interrupted.
Rebels have killed or routed
guards over the capitals aqueduct
from mountain reservoirs, the EN-
bassy reported
Wendelin instructed Americans
seeking refuge in the embassy to
bring only such clothing and toilet
as they could carry in tray
cling bags. He urged each to bring
a blanket and food supply.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
LEMON CONTROL
SETUP UNDER
AAA SUPPORTED

LOS ANGELES, July %. UP
Further support for the lemon
control program set up under Cali
fornia's Little AAA" came today
from DR.. H. R. Wellman, agricul-
tural economics export of the Uni
versity of California, testifying at
a hearing before Superior Judge
William J. Palmer on a suit attack
ing the programs conStitutionality.
Welman insisted that official
control of the production and mar
keting of citrus fruits was "essen-
tial" to the welfare of the indus
try as a whole. He cited the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers Exchange
program as one which he said,
was advantageous to growers,
shippers and consumers. The le-
mon prorate program, he claimed,
would accomplish similar results
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

their presidential choice. Since his
nomination, the governor has said
little, dividing his time among a
Rocky mountain vacation, work on
his acceptance speech and a special
session of the legislature.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
WEBB WILL NOT
INTERFERE IN
LABOR DISPUTE

SAN FRANCISCO. July %. UH)-
state Attorney General u. S. Webb
today said he would not interfere
in the Orange county agricultural
labor dispute
Webb took this stand in answer to
telograms and a long-distance tele-
phone conversation from J. w. Buzz
zell, secretary treasurer of the Los
Angeles Central Labor Council.
Buzzell charged that civil law had
failed in Orange county.
Law enforcement agencies stand
by and watch maurauding bands of
outlaws mob the citizens and de
stroy homes and property" he said
He charged that women were be-
ing outraged and that the officials
refused to intervene. He asked Webb
to take over the law enforcement
agencies under a state law of 1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
FIVE PatroImen
Sent to Idaho
Strike Region

BOISE. Ida. July %. (U.P)-Five
more state patrolmen were order
ed into the Strike-torn Clearwater
county lumber region in northern
Idaho today as a precautionary
measure.
The additional patrolmen were
dispatched when Frank Gaffney,
Clearwater county assessor, tele-
phoned Gov. Ben Ross trouble
was anticipated.
approximately $4,000 men are
involved in the White Pine work
2rS strike.
A record crowd Of 1000 fans turn
ed out on April 26 for the bargain
matinee in Greenville and nobody
went away disappointed, unless it
was the El Dorado Lions, who took
it on the chin twice. Il to 6 and
/ to /, the latter game being linn
tied to seven innings.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Demands of OARP
Branded as Try
To Confuse Issues

SAN FRANCISCO, July %. UP
Reports that members of Town
send clubs here were demanding
an accounting of organization
funds were branded today by Ed
ward j. Margett, state manager,
as another foolish attempt to con-
fuse issues"
The reports said representatives,
of San Francisco Townsend clubs
asked specifically that there be an
accounting of approximately 10000
said to have been raised at a re-
ent picnic in Oakland
THAT was a national affair and
I had nothing whatever to do with
it," Margett said, Il am concerned
only with state affairs. A COM
mittee Of 81 members was in charge
OF the picnic. Will make an ac-
counting OF funds after all bills
are paid and will send the money
to national headquarters
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Landon Will Accept
Republican Banner
In BOw to America
Continued from Page d


rolling in at dawn. BY all manner
of motor vehicles the prairie men
and women are arriving and by air
come visitors from afar.
Broadcast throughout the nation
and presented in written form to
tens of millions of readers, this
speech constitutes Gov. Landon's in
PRODUCTION to the people of the
United States.
Bandon's views have been fairly
well expressed in many months of
pre- convention campaigning and he
endorsed the Republican platform
subject to telegraphed reservations
which were read to national con
yention delegates before they voted
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
PREBLE GOING
TO CONFERENCE
ON SRA SETUP

Supervisor A. Y. Preble of I'M
perial county will attend a confer
ence in Sacramento Friday rela-
tive to the proposed consolidation
of the State Relief administration
with the relief departments of the.
individual counties.
Controversy in the proposed plan
centers around the amount of auth
ority the state would exercise in the
relief programs of the various coun-
ties.
County supervisors without ex-
ception wish to control the relief
setup and the conference Friday
was called to provide opportunity
for the supervisors to explain their
desires in the matter to Governor
Frank F.. Merriam.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
[. A. DEPUTY
INJURED IN
AUTO CRASH

MEDFORD, Ore, July %. UP
R. f. Lavelle, Los Angeles deputy
United States marshal, VAS in Ash
land hospital today suffering what
was believed a broken back, sus-
tanned in an auto crash in the Sis
kiyous last nignt.
Six federal prisoners. including
Harry Thomas Thompson, convict
ed Of espionage, were in the county
jail here, placed there by other
deputies after Layelles car had
gone 80 feet down a canyon when
he was blinded by headlights.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Barrymore Ill;
Suit Postponed

LOS ANGELES, July %. UP)-
John Barrymore was i'll today and
trial of his suit against a former
secretary. Emmett Camomile. as an
aftermath of his cross country
flight" from Elaine Barrie. was
postponed 10 Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Imperial Valley Press

litptl ldl SAISJ ISoo
Published every afternoon ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday (Sat-
crday afternoon issue now sue
ceeded by The POst-Press. Sun
days. by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 state
street, Ell Centre, California.
Entered at El Centre, California,
post office as second class mat
ter.
Paul Jenkins, Publisher; George
Bennitt, General Manager; Rus
sell Bennitt. Secretary
Ed. Fitzhugh, Managing Edi-
tor.
NJ. C. Mogensen & Co, National
Advertising representatives.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Subscription hates: &c per copy.
In conjunction with The Post
r-ess: per month 60c; Paid In
Advance: 8 months, S1.6b; 8
" ..,,n4 S3.G5: On- Year $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
ATE DEPARTMENT SEEKS SAFETY FOR CITIZENS IN WAR
u. S. Coast Cutter
Ordered to Spain

WASHINGTON. July %. UP)-
Alarmed by threatening conditions
in the vicinity of Bilboa and San
Sebastian, the state department to-
day ordered the q. S. coast guard
cutter Cayuga, now on a training
oruist in Europe, to proceed at
cnce to the northern Spanish coast
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Y 'Nlba:!!t[@!:

LOCAL TEMPERATJRE
Maximum Wednesday ..........1l7
Minimum Thursday ............ Sd
Reading at Noon Thursday
rom pcfalule '''#'....''... ''''.' .'.'.' ~ =
Humidity ....................... 10
Reading at > II. IN. Thursday
temperature '.........'...' '.'.'.'.'' O.,
Humidity NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .63
Reading at > p. IN. Wednesday
Iempera Iure ...-........ lUb
humlullN ........ ......... 20
Los Angeles and Nicinity-Unset-
tied and occasional cloudineSS
Thursday night and Friday; local
thdndcretorms over and near noun
tains; little change in temperature;
@enIle wind, mostly southeast to
southwest
southern California - Unsettled,
local thundcrstorms over and near
the mountains Thursday night and
Friday little change in tcmpcra-
tuie, gentle west and north ives wind
off the coast
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23

Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Irate Sign Builder
May Saue County
Continued from Page d

Continued from Page u
ing the sack when he had quoted
a low price because he wanted to
benefit the county by helping di-
rect traffic to Imperial Valley. He
declared he was going to take the
sign down and salvage what he
could of the materials In this
manner Ellis hopes to save the
supervisors and the chamber of
commerce the costs of the suit
and make up his $50 loss in the
deal.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Export Line Requested
To Evacuate Americans

WASHINGTON July UP The state department appealed
urgently the American export today order its Exeter
Barcelona Spain Immediately several hundred
Americans endangered the civil
The Exeter and under forced draft
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-23
Body Lice
On Chickens and Birds

If you want to keep your poultry
absolutely free from lice, here's the
quick, cheap easy way to do it.
Simply sprinkle the chickens with
ACH, sitting the powder
through their feathers as much as
you can. The lice vanish as quick
as a flash! And sprinkle the magic
protective powder in your coops and
hen houses. It's guaranteed safe
but sure death to lice In Handy
Sitter Cans 25c up at all Drug, Gro
Gerry, Seed Stores and Pet Shops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-21

king in naval uniform, and bare. headed. Former stamps showed head and neck of the ruling soy. ereigns.
 Great Britain, it is reported, may cede the island of Cyprus, ancient land of copper, to Greece. in return for the more sheltered ports of the Cyclades Islands. Cyprus was a. Turkish possession before 1878, when 1t was turned over to Great Britain. The colony issued beau. tiful set of stamps in A92S. com. memorating it's 50th year under Byitish rule. If the changetis made, new Greek stamps may be expected.
 The U. s. Postofice Department will issue souvenir sheets of cur. rent stamps, similar to Byrd and Chicago Exposition sheets, for the international stamp exhibition to be held in New York the week of May 9.
 The Philatelic Agency at Wash. ington is running low on the obso. lete 10, 15, and 20.cent airmail stamps. You can still get them at face, as long as they last at the agency.
 China has issued a set of four stamps commemorating it's "New Life" movement, to improve living conditions of the country. The movement Is sponsored by Gen. Chiang Kai.shek and his wife. Copyright. 1936. NJA Service. Inc.)
 NEXT: What presidents as- sassinatiOn started civil service re- form? 13
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-21
ECRUIGC N0NOWHcRC@ @.e::.::.=.

[ This is Snowsh0es Blake-Mr. Tino Rossi," Jane said.
 Tino put out his hand, smiled his best, but there was Q moment before the detective responded. He took the proffered hand absent mindedly. "Ohl Pleased to know you, Mr.-Mr. RoSsi."
 Motioning toward the foyer out- side Snowshoes walked away from them. Dirk followed him, nodding his head back at Jane and Tino who stood, puzzled, at the bar.
 Jane had lost her enthusiasm for the champagne. She said, "Some- things happened, know. I'll bet the Kokinor diamond has been stolen from Nora Lanes sUite."
 Tino laughed, and said, "Oh, 1t is nothing. Your imagination runs away with you. Darling, you are no longer with me-" he pied. Lets be gay. Tomorrow"
 Her eyes were wide. ~rino, I tell you something has happened"
 well, let's go seeI" he replied. "We1l follow them and ind out for ourselves"
 Outside in the foyer 6nowshoes pulled Dirk to the side, and looking about him cautiously, said, "When I went with Nora Lane to your Suite AA-her suite now, of course we found the door locked. But when she turned on the lights, there stretched out full-length on the floor was man. There was blood on his vest. He had been shot through the heart-murderedl"
 Dirk watched the detective's face. You mean - in her suite - the blackinailer the man I knocked down this afternoon"
 He's a stiff now. Murdered, while Miss Lane was at the ships cabaret"
 But, Miss Lane - let's go to herl" Dirk said, taking the detec- tive's arm.
 AS they strode down Deck A, Dirk's thoughts whirled in hopeless confusion. "But there's no sense to it," he said. There's neither head nor tails. Why should Man. nie Jackson be murdered in Nora Lanes suite?"
 Tt looks," Snowshoes said, "as if two mobs got mixed on this ship. Two separate mobs wanted the same thing. The dead man lost, as usual. The less you say to the ships officers the better. After all, you committed assault and bat tery on the victim this afternoon. That's why came for you. You'll have some explaining to do-"
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-21
IMf STORY so FAR

JANE WESTON feels her dreams have come trne when she sets out on . three weeks ocean cruise, accepted h payment for the sale aEy due her when the magazine fer which she worked as typist suspended publication.
 On beard the ship, she meets handsome DIRK STR0M, expert nlEl jumper, as penniIess as Jane. The trip was . gift to him from the parents of . child whose life he saved.
 Dirk introduces Jane to his friend, SNOWSHOEs, . detective Others on board are: NORA LANE, famous actress and owner of the Kokinor diamond; wealthy eccentric MADAME DOREMUS; DUTCH LENZ and MANNIE JACKSON, blackmailerS; TINO ROSSI, opera singer; KEN MAR TIN and LINDA BAYES, floor show entertainer.
 Dirk and Jane spend much of their time together. Then . mis- understanding comes between them. Dirk meets Nora Lane and is attentive to her. Tin0 R0ssi becomes Jane'S constant escort.
 Nora Lane cOnfides to Dirk and Snowshoes that she iS In terror of extortionists and SnowShoes agrees to act aS her bodyguard. He persuades her to turn the Kokin0r diamond over to the purser. They SO to her. state- room to get it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-21
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XIII

Dirk came lip to Jane at the bar. He wanted to talk with her, if only to tell her he was glad she was hay ing Q good time. Jane surprised him by giving him her hand with a low, boyish swing. Hello, stranger" she said. T thought I'd lost you," she added, before I had got to know you"
 He held her hand, and 1t made kiiS new-found misery more vibrant and more keen. She introduced him to Tino Rossi.
 T am sorry "Tino said, "that the charming Miss Lane has re- tired so early. had hoped"
 But the sudden look of pique on Jane's face told Dirk that they should not talk about the actress now.
 You have the advantage of me with Jane," Tino said. You have known her first! Please stay with us. I would be obliged to you. It occurs to me-" he went on, in his suited, continental tone, that I owe private apology to Ken Mar tin, the orchestra leader, for not singing tonight at the cabaret. I should see him now - only 8 mo- ment"
 Dirk ordered a Tom Collins and sat in high stool close to Jane. Tino went over to talk with Ken.
 While Dirks drink was being mixed they watched Tino carrying on on animated conversation, with much shrugging of the shoulders and much pantomime.
 Then Dirk sat and merely looked at Jane. He toyed with his drink while he gazed.
 fghe sat there, returning his frank gaze. He had won. She had won. And this moment was sweet, though little bitter, too.
 Suddenly he smiled, and it was so naive and whole-hearted that Jane smiled, too. It was as if they shared some delightful secret and weye too proud to divulge 1t. Dirk laughed, and Jane laughed. Their laughs were so hearty that people in the room looked at them.
 Abashed, they both turned to their drinks, eyeing each other asEance, like two small children.
 Dirk talked into his glass. T see you got your baritone" he said, and then slipped.
 Jane said, through her teeth, not looking up from her drink, T see you got your actress. We both seem to have got what we looked for and dreamed of. on this cruise"
 "Yeah," he said simply, caressing his glass with a hand.
 "Yes," she said after him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-21

What do you think of Nora Lane?" he begged. T think she's one of the greatest humans ever knew. I never saw but one other actress in person. That was the leading lady in stock company that made the old Birdcage Theater in our mining town. had the same feeling about Phyllis de We're, the leading lady in stock plays. She was herself 50 real"
 T think Miss Lane must be a charming person." Jane said. I've seen her on the stage, and nobody doubts her great talent. In The Portent she was superb"
 Somehow there was a barrier be- tween them again, and they shared nothing. But Jane said, I'm glad you found such an agreeable com- panion on this cruise"
 And I'm glad" he added gener- ously, you found what you wanted on this cruise"
 Jane said, a little petulantly, While we're hinging bouquets, what do you think of Tino Rossi?"
 Dirk hesitated. Here they were, asking each others opinion on sub- jects that should have been closed to discussion. He and Jane did have something in common that he couldn't define.
 Dirk said, T haven't heard him sing. He has 8 ready smile for everyone"
 That wasn't kind" Jane assert ed briSkly.
 Perhaps I shouldn't say it, but I don't like him." Dirk added.
 Jane's face was hot when she looked at Dirk again. Perhaps we shouldn't have discussed him at all. What right have you
 Dirk was looking at her again, intently, and her anger was rapidly melting before his gaze. T had no right at all," he said simply. Sorry"
 Just as Tino came up to them again, Jane said, low, "At least we understand each other perfectly, now"
 DO wep" Dirk said, arching his brows.
 Tino said to her, Darling, you loko sad. I cannot forgive you, MT. Strom. She should always be --oh, so happy! Champagne Is what we need for this party"
 Dirk got down from his chair, and smiled. There was something disarming about Tino's behavior. He fairly bubbled over with en- thusiasm for the mere words he spoke and the commonplace things he did. When they heard the champagne cork pop, Dirk laughed out loud, and Jane laughed with him.
 But the moment when they had been together, fellow conspirators sharing something, was lost.
 We drink to Jane Weston" Tino said, in his most courtly, most quixotic tones. ITO her rare beau- ty.
 Jane's head was big, and she was 1eellnB happy hBdlH WHeH, from her position on the high chair, she saw Snowshoes making his way through the crowd toward them. There was something about his look that made her stiffen.
 Then Dirk saw him, and they waited, tense, until the detective reached them.
 Snowshoes said, Beg your par don, Miss Weston, but want to talk to Dirk outside, alone"
 No sooner said than-excused," Jane said to Dirk. MT. Blake, you look as if you've seen the proverbial ghost"
 "Ghost?" he said, distracted, and then smiled. "Oh, whoSt! Perhaps I have seen ghost"