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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1936
Page
8
The 1937 general assembly faces a major job enacting property reclassification legislation under a new amendment. Lawmakers must craft a uniform plan to tax different property types at varied rates, balancing county interests and possible tax relief for bank deposits notes and other intangible property against opposition from agricultural counties.
Observers expect farm land reclassification to lower taxes for large unfarmed holdings while increasing levy on farms with extensive cultivated areas. The Nov 3 amendment moves the problem to the 1937 general assembly, a long unresolved issue, notes John Howard Payne in Paris.
Elmer Barrett a 23 year old Black man convicted of murdering W N Hardwick a Knoxville grocer in a robbery died in the electric chair at Tennessee state penitentiary. He was the ninth execution there this year. Also despatched in Raleigh North Carolina the 105th engineers gain a new commanding officer Col G Hobbs promoted from major Clarence Boesch heads the state loan fund.
A fuzzy ad copy touts Creomulsion as a medical discovery for bronchial trouble. It claims Creomulsion heats infected membranes and loosens germs to ease inflammation and coughing with a pleasant taste and urges refunds if relief isn’t achieved.
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