Camden Times (Newspaper) - July 18, 1935, Camden, Arkansas Only Weekly TKe News WortH While in the JULY 18, 1935. 74 She sang with might and Loyalty forth the old came a rainy Sunday And she in her weather had to be just The skies of azure Again she sang one owned her asked if she would teach a and she replied That she was very And not well She liked to sing this sang it all day in the finance asked what she would give She did not have a dime to costs so much to BARTON IS * * * * * * Tax Meet At if that sales tax meeting in Little Rock today have something to do with the governor going on another one of his many fishing Nice to be out of town when citizens come to protest an unjust United Press has this to say about the fishing tax protestors plan a meeting in Little Rock this week will be denied the honor of calling on the if such a call was included in their original governor taking a ten-day vacation near Hot a desire before that the tax question would be a dead issue before he returned to the issued by the and by late fell into the nandi of the who constructed their own interpretation of his much against the last statement offering to punish any person using state funds as expense money to oppose the repeal if their names were furnished was termed politics by those who have observed the fight from the had a letter from Eddie and Maude Peabody who ask that this writer convey to all their many friends their warmest greetings and best They are enjoy ing a vacation and their new swimming pool has just been com They even un packed all their baggage from the trip here to They say that every time the reception and entertainment plans for them here are mentioned they choke up and almost weep from any Camden people plan to attend the San Diego exposition they command them to visit thei ranch at Calif. This is not only an but an order All you need to say is that you are from Ark. That is welcome DUCE ORDERS TEN NEW SUBS FOR HOME IN Continues On Extra Levy On delegation of Camden business men and citizens left this morning for Little Rock to attend a meeting of the Arkansas Sales Tax Repeal The delegation was headed by S. N. Mc chairman of the local sales tax repeal and J. S. meeting was scheduled at 2:00 p. m. in the Marion Ark. July 18. Mel secretary of the Arkansas Sales Tax announced last night that his poll of Arkansas legislators 42 favor repeal of the sales 25 oppose repeal and 10 refuse to announce a definite formal answer to Governor letter to Brooks challenging the repeal charge that the department of ed was using public money to fight sales tax repeal was mailed today by statement of Commissioner of Education Phipps was cited by Brooks as evidence that the department was fighting repeal of the In reference to the tax activities of the department of Mr. Brooks takes money to mail out thousands of it takes time of and money for letterheads and it takes postage and the time of employes of the position that incurred by the department in this activity is an expenditure of state funds if the expense is paid in whole or in part from funds appropriated for the operation of the Brooks in his letter also banded acquiescence of the governor in of the sales tax a violation of his campaign against increased taxation and declared the contention that the tax is necessary to provide for the state's to be without foundation in view of the fact that the attorney general has ruled that none of the proceeds can be used for that new ordered constructed by Premier Mussolini of will Join others of the class of newest undersea They will be used In hortie defense during the Ethiopian The dictator is shown at right In a recent military Press From sales tax to banjo playing is our theme song Just one of those hot days when a lotta folks are in Little Rock and others want to be in Tonight the tourists take off. Doc Robins has a camera handy and he will bring back true pictures of the goings on and happenings of the next ten El Dorado and Camden Lions are traveling in a special July 18. Arkansas Sales Tax Repeal members in a meeting here today predicted that enough signatures would be obtained in a week to force a special Mel said 42 signatures of house members been premised with ten additional men senators have promised their signatures to the repeal petitions with six against and two of 51 house members and 18 senators will be necessary before Governor Will call a special signatures are expected to be promised during the Coming Works For Projects In Nearby of plans for a new postoffice building at Magnolia is expected according to Congress Tilman B. Parks in a letter to Charlie Colquitt of Under plans approved bv the house committee the new build ing will cost between and new project will be included in the federal building Senate approval must be granted before construction bids can be is in the seventh Congressional district represented by City Group To Be Away Ten members of the Camden Lions club plan to leave tonight on a special Pullman over the Missouri Pacific lines at 8:40 Mexico City where they will attend the International convention which opens next The party will reach Mexico City on Sunday and will probably leave for Camden Thursday night arriving back home July 28. Dorado Lions will be members of this Arkansas Those from Camden who plan to make the trip are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dr. and Mrs. R B. Ben Dr. C. John Stinson and Al Dr. Robins is chairman of the transportation committee for the will go by del m. The El be gone July 18 Tax from many sections of Arkansas began arriving in Little Rock today for the meeting of the Arkansas Sales Tax Repeal The meeting is for the purpose of advancing the for a special session of the legislature to repeal the two percent law and is scheduled to begin at two this afternoon in the Marion LEADER PREPARES FOR LODI ians In Noon Meeting Here the absence of Paul president of the Rotary Don vice president of the club presided over the regular Sue Lee Harris sang Love and Sweet Mystery of accompanied by Miss Margery vocational service talk was given by Otis Guests present were Rotarian F. A. of Arkadelphia and Kenneth Cole who is with the Federal Housing Commission at Little SUIT ON TAX IS Levy Is Cause Of New July 18 Haile Selassie called on ail Ethiopians to folio w him into declaring was better to die free than live without both his md his soldiers he said in tones that Italian military preparations now going proved that the intentions of that country was to conquer He called on all his subjects to unite for the defense of his saying tic will lead his troops into Of Betting Firm Blown July 18. The safe of the Blue Ribbon bar horse race betting firm was robbed of last to the bar was gained by breaking a safe was moved to a rear room where its door was forced open with a charge of showers in central and Dorado July 18. El delegation to the International convention in Mexico City will leave according to last announcement by Max district representatives at the convention will Mr. and Mrs. Max Shilling and small Ester and Mrs. Barry Frank Oren A. Leon and of the and the i egates will go tr expect to twelve route to Mexico some the Dorado Lions plan to at San Antonio for the rodeo to be given in honor of the FEVER TESTS Dairies To Be Examined By tests of dairy cattle in Camden and Ouachita county for maita fever are to be made by W. S. government it was announced today by Dr. B. V. city health These tests are free of charge and expenses are being born by the Dr. Pow el of malta fever in the state is given as the cause of the certified list of dairymen whose cattle show no malta fever will be prepared by Dr. Powell after Dr. July 18 will be your rampart and your Emperor Haile Selassie told his parliament today in an earnest inspiring speech in which he urged his fellow coun and women to fight to the death if Italy had announced previously intention of leading his men m field if war broke and lie told the members of his parliament that he had prepared himself to die if need be with IN Hope Held Out For Other Two C L. July Seven of the nine men entombed by a coal mine explosion here yesterday were found dead by res cue workers today and al hope was abandoned for the other of chief of the state department of and expressed the belief that all nine had been by High Levels On New York Mart July 18. continued to advance today in the most active market in a Gains ranged to more than two points in the main lists while some of the preferred shares were up as much as seven The Dow Jones industrial went into new high grounds since 1931. Utilities resisted well the court decision find ing TV A issues were firm and oils eased following publication of 1he Atlantic finding of six months Program For Weekend Announced July 18. of the state highway department to file a test suit to determine the amount of sales tax that should be collected on sand and gravel when severance tax already had been paid on the products were in an interchange of between the General and highway of the proposed court action came on the eve of a meeting of the Arkansas Sales Tax Repeal association at the Marion Hotel today at 2 Delegates to the meeting have been elected by county m sections of the J. Mell Brooks a- General Carl E Bailey suggested in a letter to head of the claims division of the department that all parties interested in the question of whether severance tax should be from the tax arrange for a joint test has not ruled on the question of the 1 it v of the severance tax from the two per cent said believe that it Will be to the I of the the j the and I I all on severance m | its relation to the sales can lie consolidated and tried at one advised that a test Miit will be filed for sand and Ail of these will involve one primary although there will be some variation due to processing changes in the report current here today that County Treasurer John Newton had resigned was denied by Mr. Newton this County Judge George It. Gordon said that state auditors had been asked to audit books in the July 18 Louie big time Chicago gangster who survived some of the bloodiest bootlegging wars was shot down as he left his hotel today and died an hour July 18. 22-year-old poetess of nude was fined 50 francs today for offending French morals The court lined the manager of the Bagdad where Miss Warner performed her balloon dance 200 francs LEADER HITS Catholics To Face New Threat in GUN Rites Will Be Held Friday At 9:45 A. C. L. aged 46, prominent Camden business and civic was found shot to death in a rear bedroom of his home on Woodard street about 5 a. m. Charge from a gauge automatic shotgun had torn the top of his head and according to physicians and others it is believed the fatal shot was self He was dressed only in his night before Mayor Barton he was nervous and appeared on the verge of a breakdown according to his physician who him at 9 p. m. and gave him some medicine to make him His physicians ordered him to take a vacation and complete from his many and duties but the city official said he was and see he could do it. Strain of his many tasks his business and head of various boards and committees was Relieved cause of his Barton was heard when he got up from bed early this morning and a few moments later the shot rang Mrs. Barton who I recently underwent an operation j here and a Norman were in the or Barton had worried over his his physician Mrs. Barton was on the verge of of collapse and her condition is his wife and nephew he js survived by his mother of and two Barton was elected in April and had devoted much of time to affairs of the He general manager of the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Camden which serves South Arkansas territory and the busy season was Prior to his election as mayor was of the board of public of this city for many years and he was also at chairman of the Good Roads i f the Chamber of | Commerce He worked tirelessly at the e tasks and he had pledged i to Camden back on when elected mayor one of the most iers Camden ever had made countless trips to ck and other cities on program of this chairman of the and 53 A cash was civic and had Little Ho the He Hi gii wav Camden Bar from At and pro tl ever popolai the the the World War the United States Mine Laying Squadron planted 00,000 mines between the British Isles and Neil local dio singer has announced his program for in be given over at Hot He will a fifteen minute program 2 to will sang ui gram the the of from tile that is familiar to of the American radio audience. bv and the beautiful love song from Mariette Swei I Mystery of H. Barton Named On State July 18. T. H. Barton of El today was named a member of the finance committee of the Arkansas Con t en m a 1 H f a new iman v i s a mal every a vears the Met IS Calf the was System Compared To gument as to win or floodway would he b trol in its alluvial er valley was to con isippi nv for the 24 hour ending af t a.m. was High 99. Low River 4.5 feet on * * La July 18 Cotton was barely steady two to six points off todav as uncertainty apparently prevailed over the Good weather reports as the day progressed tended to low dosed doors of th Flood Control the issue v when Representative mg ton Miss committee introduced a 111armv engineers recommendations and proposing the ol a and controlled the Naval Academy Buzz Berries has won for basketball and Ibis the only Midshipman ever to win five of the coveted for victories over the S. Court Decree To Aid Power third International Philatelic Exhibition to be held in New York will take place in 1936, Federal that court di sell elee pal eeed w c * can con .in 1 had th power d sled today TV A all Nov Deal and not pro use to late Amen - born in - ts Soto i agisted good Mayor 1 of had i CIVIC ed a city of the lizard few a g tei was cha created also of ranal The hotly ing will ton home the services will Methodist at 94 r ) a m to Atlanta fo al cortege w a m. via Me Chief to s enviable company here and is a model a member of the of the First ch s ado a member of iad was an before 1; was also a chairman committee Commerce and many his lust acts was a for Mas for the lie 1 He sin m June rton had a government d much of his time to had just launch - here to improve the As chairman d of Public Affairs a igo he installed the cm for He named Ouachita rman of the newly He was o' of the United Ethiopians are said to have their religion and civilization from the was taken to Fonemi Home this he taken to he at bere body wil be seni The leave bere at 11:07 Police Pat today after investigation that no inquest was planned as the hud died from a self inflicted
