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A. f. johssoh, EAlUr ?4 iMipr THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION sibscmftjo* ?lm
TOLUKS L. _ L0C18BCB?, !?. C? FRIDAY, >OYEXBEB 11, 1?S1
franklin county
IS ovm LEOAL
RATE SATS SUIT
Senator Willi? Person Bring?
Another ami Again? tWBF
missioners.
TOO HIGH A BATE
Judge
l nie nil Be Heard In Fraaklin
?i
Alleging that the commissioners of
Franklin county hare gone otn, the
constitutional ltmu or taxation In mak
inR their levies for general purpose*
this year, former State Senator Willie
ST. Person, was In ftatetghlast weekrtcr
ask Judg? W. M. Bond to ax a date on
which he will hear the Injunction
a K ,n ti si me commissioners Drougni by
the Senator for a number ot the tax
pavers of Sandy Creek township. This
suit, lika the former suit of the Sena
tor from Franklin which prevented
values of property in three townships
alter the Equalization board had ap
proved fnr horirontst-cut ot forty per
cent, writes a new chapter in the man
Bled history of taxation in North Car
olina. t ? ?
Judge Bond has set Novem bor 14 as
ihe date on which he will hear the
mplaint ot the Franklin county tax
. .? ers who are represented by Sena
r Person. ,
e case is entitled j. j. cooper and
> .ax payers of Sandy creek town
-yinst the board of commission
ers "v- i ran Klin county, and they ask
_LL.it 1. ^ hoard nf mmml?iilnn?r? he rfl
quired to ?how cause why they should
no: be enjoined front co'.lccting taxes
in excess of the constitutional limita
tion afattUB Bpgg fig yi'ifi.i wT Villi _
JP ?es. The complaint alleges Illegal
"UViivisioii of the taxes, and declares
:hat after making a levy tor general
j . poses additional levies are ma3*e Tor'
? i ' etui
M'IUJl.,
winded under the levy for general pur
loses. .The levy imposed by the
Franklin commissioners follows:
i'or general purposes in county 14
"cents. ? "
For the poor 4 cents.
For pensions 3 cents.
This makes a total of twenty-one
? ? I,in. whleh the complaint alleges Is
fix cents in excess of the amount of
taxes the constitution allows a county
lo levy for general purposes- Col.
Person believes the pensions are es
sentially a State matter and the coun
ty has no right to make a levy for the
poor should -be included in the general
levy, for it Is a necessary expense and
i ; usually taken out of the general ex
pense fund of a county.
Incidentally there is another kick In
the complaint about the levy of seven
th-six cents road tax for Sandy Creek.
It is alleged that a connecting road
was built through Sandy Creek town
ship. which did the people of that
township no particular good. Three
times they defeated a bond issue for
way. Col. Person' alleges In the com
plaint of his clients that the commis
sioners are trying to levy enough tax
es this year to pay for the road. He
thinks the levy should be only for In- )
terest and a sinking fund. But this J
feature of the complaint Is merely in
cidental. The big light will be made
on the alleged over-stepping of the
constitutional limit ot taxation.
_7few Tax History
Just as the other suit In which Sen
ator Person was interested made new
taxation history in North Carolina, so
this suit likewise breaks new ground,
for this Is the first time that the right
of the county to increase rates so high
that It would produce sufficient reve
1 nnes to meet county expenses under
the horizontal cuts has been tested out.
Son** of the other counties in the State
which had big horizontal cuts In order
to meet the demands ot large taxpay
er* are also finding themselves In the
same fix a? the Franklin county com
ail^t>m?ra. ? T>ey are finding the con
stitutional' limitation Of fifteen centa
too narrow In Its confines to allow a
Ate that will produce sufficient reve
4*- for the general expenses of the
(runty. If Ihe courts allow a Juggling
of the subdivisions of the general ex
senses the situation presented by the
{placed values and the same demands
? tor revenue can be met. If the oourta
fertile that general expenses means
" about Ihe same thing It has meant In
the psst then more counties than
Franklin are going to And the financial
sledding rather rough for the next
, year.
The State Tax
With a number ot the counties skat
ing on the thin edge of the constitu
tional limit ?t property tax for their
county purposes. It will be seen that
? the siiKgestlona ot the State making a
joy of five centa out of fthe fifteen for
State purposes will be accompanied
with s good many difficulties. Some
other means will have U> be found to
enable Ihe counties to meet their ex
penses or the constitutional limit of
taxation will hava to be raised. The
auggestloa that another constitutional
amendment will have to be submitted
Increasing the lO?Mlattoaal limit I?
THK 8TA.TE EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR
?One^oTthF^oir^ttni^UTe^exhiblts
at the Franklin County Fatr. which la
North Carolina (^logical and Eco
nomle Survey. The Geological Surrey
Is a State Department Interested In the
denelupmeui luuam'vatlJh M tne
mitnral rTT""r^a^ at , ht> State, Includ
ing the minerals, building ?tone?, OUT
forest and forest products. water pow
ers, water supplies for cities, drain???
and reclamation of swamp and over
flowed lands, etc. The purpose of the
state exhibit #g stated by the represent
tallves In oharge. 1b to acquaint?the
people of this section 01 tne state with
the various natural resources &nd to
seek to encourage their development
girt conservation.
North Carolina has such a wide dl
verslljmf minimis lhalahelw* often|
been referred to by geologists as the
??sample state." Nearly every miner
pi fn'"yt -a-nmyh*""* g>
occurs In North Carolina and oneoT,
two are peculiar to this state, tildden
' ||n ft-^nnlnni"' mnnt
valuable resources are our clays, bull
ding stones, mica, talc, forest and for
eat products, waterpower, soils and
climate
The Survey has many of thent* re-,
sources on exhibition In Its space.
Among these may be mentioned alum
inum, asbestos, marl, pyrophylllte,
(nUi ftlld 1414 products, ?upper ore,
mica and Jnica^pmrtnrtB, coal, oil and
gas bearing shale, clayey shale, peat
crushed stone, curbing, paving blocks,
natural sand and gravel, brick, kaolin,
pottery, chinaware, samples of a num
ber of North Carolina woods, wood
pulp, from which paper is made, charts
eranhically illustrating Jiow_.lorest
'fired are started, some of the utensils
used in extinguishing forest fires, and
a number of "maps and tahies showing
t~lhe~ natural wealth of the state.
1 "Pottery anil /-hlna. ware ha? hft*P
of most interest to lady visitors," stat
ed the representative in chargc. The
15 piece cereal set of china made froip
-piHiTm I? lit _ii 'Villi II
linean Is the most elaborate single col
lection of similar ware on exTiibition.
i Table ware made at Erwin, Tennessee,
from North Carolina kaolin; vases
-U um chinu clay -fonird In KliiUJllMl J
county; a beautiful pitcher made from
clay from Dillsboro, Jackson county;
and hand nade crockery from Bun
combe county completes the display
Of ceramic products. This ware, to
gether with the brick, felspar apd kao
lin on exhibition, illustrates in way
that nothing else could the value and
high quality of North Carolina CliiYa
GeologistB agree that the . clays ana
kaolins of no other state excel those
found in North" Carolina. We have
done little however to develop-then^.
Nearly'all the clay mined in this state
is shipped to New Jetuey, Ohio and
Tennessee to be made into ware, which
la then shipped back irrto the-State.
Over $200,000 worth of pottery clay
was thus exported last year, while on
ly $16,000 worth was manufactured in
to ware in this state. One need not
call attention to the fact that this clay
could and should be manufactured
within the state.
Another product of particular inter
est In the Btates space is mica, or isin
glass. Where formerly It was used
only for doors of coal burning stoves
L u 4? now employed trf connection With
I all electrical work, around motors, In
electric Irons, for electric light shades,
in automobile tires, in paper work, as
diaphragms for graphophones, etc.
Pieces Illustrating all these various
uses are on exhibition.
Wood pulp and paper made from
North Carolina wood has also attract
ed considerable attention. The fact
that the paper from which government
postal cayds and revenue stamps are
made Is manufactured by a North Car
olina firm of North Carolina Wood has
been a revelation to most visitors to
the fair.
Every inch of the booth occupied by
the State Geological Surrey Is filled
with things of interest and although
only a comparatively few of the states
resources are shown, yet It Illustrates
ecectlvely the natural wealth of the
?tate In which we lire.
The Surrey representative? Informs
the TIMES that this department has
published hundreds of reports and
pamphlets describing tne states re
sources which can be hao for the ask
ing. The Surrey also is glad to exam
ine and report on any mineral sped-,
men submitted to it free of ccharge.
All communications should be address
ed to the State Geologist, Chapel Hill,
N. G.
METHODIST CHURCH.
We are requested to state that regu
lar services will be held at the Metho
dist Church next Sunday. This being
the last Sunday of the Conference year
the pastor will preach his Ipst sermon
before Conference. The public Is In
rlted to each service.
Mr Bernard Smith, of Newberne,
was a rlsitor to Loulsburg this week.
nlreadyworklng In the minds of quite
a number of people who hare been atu- I
dying the taxation problem. The sug
gestion may develop into legislation
at the special session of the legisla
tor?, or it may derelop more slowly
and not g?t to the legislature in the
form of n?w legislation until the fol
lowing year.?Raleigh Times.
BALLOONIST PALLS
IN TAR RIVER
AT FRA3KLIX OWNTT'SGRF. AT-|
EST FA IK
Tke Blgge.t lllwir Tver Here?'Wanyl
Creditable Exhibit*?To Celebrate |
\ ArralKtlce Day Today.
Wjth th^ htggaat lot ot attraction?,?[
the most Interesting Midway, a large]
number of exceptionally creditable ex
hibits, a live stock show hard to ex
cell and a big crowd the Franklin
County Fair Association opened one oT
the best County fairs of the State In
Loulsburg on Tuesday mnmlnf
Among the many attractions at the I
Pair 1b the free balloon: ascension by]
daily. Tuesday after making
[must wonderful fllghr above t lie cloud*
she dronnori Inin Tar rlv.r
above the dam and but for the life belt
she wore would have possibly drown
ed. These tree acts ar? attracting
many to the present fair.
The Midway reaches from the big
gate at the Northern ena ol the ground
to the extreme Southern end and re
turns to the large and commodious ex
hibit hall, Ijl whk'li can ljts touMtoafff
exhibits of valuable inter*? m our pen
pie among which are the following:
The remodeled clothing exhibit,
shows wonderful skill and economy, In
the many made over garments which
mean the saving of the price of new
ones.
Wrhe State Extension Department ex
511 Bhuwlu^ Tiealilea n large numoer
? ui other things, a modern sweet pota
jtoe storage house.
-j?The r.obuiis Bulli'i illent Club Tiad on
display a most creditable exhibit, which
i was allr:nt!np the attention of" the
'many visitors.
; The School exMbit was one showing
lUllf'h l.ilrnt anil eftart on the part ot
the little uueu who UUlde up tlltt many
jiartB jjtthe display.
The exhibit of the Colored graded
school was quite a credit to that
school, and Hhnwpri n clflll tut will )>r
valuable if encouraged. ,
Th.e Negro exhibit, which is com
posed of fancy work, relics, pantry sup
piles and in~fgct"3lt tlre^erlflDts OT the
colored people, was nicely arranged
find reflects muclf credit upon those In
charge.
i The booth containing the curios and
I relics is a most wonderful collection,
U linwin;, maii> things'lHat even tne old
jest generations in attendance have
never seen.
The Art exhibit and the Needlecraft
booth were especially attractive and
presented many works of beauty and
skill. The many Intricate pieces of
work exhibited much skill and effort.
The flowers and Basketry booths
were especially interesting and were
.the center of interest of those lovers
i of these arts,
j The pantry and canning booths were
jail that made one hungry to look at,
i and represented" a most needed and
I touch appreciated work. They repre
j sent quite a big work in this County
and one that has been profitable,
j Taking into account the extreme dry
tweather. which has prevailed over the
, county for almost the entire growing
I Beason the agricultural exhibits which
I are on display at the county fair this
iweek are surprisingly good. While
1 the number of exhibitors are fewer
than usual the products exhibited are
fully as good as those which have been
entered heretofore In good years. The
farm exhibits of Messrs. H. H. Mul
len, of Bunn, and O. H. Pergerson, of
Youngsville, R. 2, are especially good,
each containing a large number of en
tries, that of Mr. Mullen having up
wards of fifty different varieties of
farm and garden crops and Mr. Perger
son's between thirty and forty varie
ties, all of which are unusually good.
These two exhibits alone are well
worth a visit to the fair for they illus
trate strikingly the many products
v-hlch can be raised on Franklin coun
ty farms. The poultry exhibit con
tains some of the finest birds which
have yet been entered In any previous
fair. Owing to the lack of space and
the lateness in getting ?the returns
from the judges we are not able this
week to publish a Ust of the winners
in the various departments. 1
Today will be observed as Armistice
Day in a most appropriate program
which Includes the biggest parade of
the Fair and an address by Franklin's
worthy son, Hon. W. H. Yarborough.
The parade will form In front ot the
Court square and proceed up Main
Street to the College Campus where
Uuk-addres* will be delivered from the
College porch.
FACULTY RECITAL.
Loulsburg College, Loulsburg, North
Carolina.
Miss Rosalia Neukomme Adams.
Pianist.
Miss Esther Stanbury, Pianist.
Miss Ruth Hall, Pianist.
Miss Sally Manson Petty, Messo So
prano.
Miss Louise Rentz, Reader.
College Auditorium, November 14th,
1M1, eight o'rlock. The public Is cor
dially Invited to attend.
Hon. W. M. Person returned Tues
day from a visit to New York. -j
-ELECTS COT
TON WEIGHERS
?STRICT* ATTOR>ET TO TAKE
CHARGE 13JU5CH05 PRO
CEEDIH6B ?
L?tt Contract to Move Bridge at Wood
?Settle* Dispute Over Louisborg
Tonn-vhlp Road Trustee*?Receives
Beport el Kheriff on 1W? Taxes.
- _ i
~TSe Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session. Monday with
jail members present. Alter the meet
ing bad been opened with prayer by
IDr. W. B. Morton, the minutea were
read and approved and business trans
acted as follows:
intended \>t County Home was re^
celved and filed. He reports 10 white
-and 11 colored inmates. He also pre-1
sented the Board with a check for
$80.14 for crops sold to date for 19?1.
Tla Board unanimously re-elected
lie Allowing cbtton weighers.
_ ?
ngsvllle?C. 3. Strickland.
tisburg?D. G. Peafce.
nk Itn ton?J. H. Coune.
?Thfr report of Mloo Paulino?Smith
was deceived and ordered" filed.
I-JCt W. U. fuller was ordered to
haTerNr_ Galloway move bridge at
WootJ at the price of $125 .00.
I Oil motion of Hudson seconded by
Wlldir. the resignation ot J. Y. Beas
ley a member of the Louisburg Town
ship Road Trustees, was received.
?Mtt H. W I'erry game before the
Board and stated that the Louisburg
Township Road Board met Nov. 5th,
1M1 and olectedF. D. MeKinne. Chair
man, H. W. Perry, Secretary and
ing Agent, and set out their by-laws
1 which was to meet weekly and to make
statements to the Rnarrt of Ponntv
-Oommigsimii'is tiuuli mouth.
On motion of Fuller seconded by
Hudson. J. C. Tucker was appointed
a member of the Louisburg Road Trus
tee? to succeed,.!. Y. Benslev. for a
term of three y?rs beginning July 1,
1921,
On n\otion It is ordered that Attor
ney is. r. HUtlen, "Be and he Is Bere
1 by directed to take charge of the ces
! training order which is to bo Beard be
fore Judge Bond. ,
On motion of Wilder, seconded by
Fuller that the Louisburg Township
R01K1 TH18tee3 Be umrucled?to?pay
V... 1? a?-- -
luanuaeu 10 pay
I one-half the cost in case of each con
ivict and all expenses which had been
turned over to them up to date and to
pay one-half cost in each case and ex
penses of all that would be turned over
to them in the future and if they found
1 hat they could not handle the con
Ivlcts they are to give 30 days notice
] to the County Commissioners and on
j motion it Is ordered that a roll call
vote be had which Is as follows: Joy-'
ner. Wilder, Fuller, Timberlake, aye;
Hudson, no.
A petition for a special school tax
election for Moulton-Hayes school dis
jtrlct was received and granted. The
.election was called for Monday. De
cember 12, 1921.
Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, County
I Health Officer, was received and fll-~
Jed. He reports County Home and
I Jail in good condition.
Dr. J. E. Malone was instructed to
purchase medicine for W. D. Wester
to an amount not to exceed $2.75 per
month as per recommendation.
Dr. A. H. Fleming was before the
Board asking that the County appro
priate $500.00 for the Franklin Coun
ty Fair Association. This was deferr
ed until Nov. 15th, 1921.
Sheriff and Auditor came before the
i Board and rendered statement for 1920 |
I tax and on motion It was ordered that j
(the report be received as rendered. The
tax books for 1921 was turned over for
collection.
On motion it is ordered that the
Board congratulate Sheriff H. A. Kear
ney for his faithful work In collecting
the 1920 taxes.
j On motion of Fuller the report of J.
O - Jones, Superintendent of Public
j Welfare be received and filed and that
i he Is hereby authorized to carry out
Ibis recommendations.
After allowing a number of accounts
thox Board adjourned to Tuesday, No
vember 15th, 1921.
WEEK OF PRAYER.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church will observe ItR
I Week of Prayer Nov. 13-17. Tb-?
meetings to be held each afternoon at
13:30 o'clock.
Monday afternoon at the home of.
Mrs. D. T. Smithwlck.
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. F. B. McKlnne.
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Leila Williamson.
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. W. E. White.
The Wesleyan Daughters leading
the meeting and Friday afternoon In
the Sunday School room of the church. I
the Bright Jewels giving a program 1
We most cordially Invite all of the |
ladles of the church to attend these |
meetings. ?
Mrs. J. E. Malone, Sec"y.
Mr. F. N. Egerton returned Mon
day from - "
*?3. T. W ttATSOH HOSTESS
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
*>a beautifully entertained this week
tiT Mm T W Watson at her home
qa_ Jlaln Street. Mrs. Watson's at
>. tv ?(son s at
tractive living rooms wore never r>ret
Ucr than on this occasion, wnere quan
tities of ?nperfe yellow chrraantha
n.ums formed the center decoration.
A large number of visitors, other
than the Club members were present,
among them Mrs. W. H. Furman, of
Henderson, the honoree at tbe
Ion
The guestC MMnhlMl. aim. Parham
quickly dispatched the routine busi
ness or the Club and called tor the
Minutes of the last meeting.
The continuation of tne study of
France for the afternoon, proved most
interesting. Developing the?trrptc.
Mrs. J. L. Palmer read a charming
paper on "Paris and Parisians." She
i c s 11W her Hntpnew baefc Into the past
i romantic history of Parts, and review -
ltd the lives of those celebrities, whose
jniwnea hnve made l.tmuua tun Fieiicii
'city. Of ^11 those she touched uponH
j possibly none appealed more strongly
Ithan the life of Napoleon, certain I v
rone, than that of Josephine. Leav
ing the old France, ah? wrought one
back to the Modern Paris, in her des
cription of the beautiful Parks, the iu
tcieatlng street*, the galty and color
the light and laughter of Die oltyT
-- JipVPlAflivir. ?* ? *' -* *
?a..., rmu laugnter of lire city.
lie for the afternoon. Mrs. W. R.
1 MlTIs, in her paper "Master of Art and
j Music of France." left upo;i the minds
jo! all, present, a lasting impresston of
j the renown of those far famed artists.
1 Though the pre-eminence of the Mu
sicians, not so marked aa mat ot the
French painters, their sJtt:! was not to
ho ' "
_ , . Lucii tsA.u? was not to
I be mocked, and no lover or Art could
but reverence a Country that produc
iort a Carrot, a Millet.
Qlrtrs. W. E. White's Reading "The
ssion In the Desert" from Balzac
, possibly the most vime writer of
I French authors, held the interest of
rfcer-1 is tetters through""* '
j Liitle Miss Anna Gray Wafson added
1 charm to the afternoon's program In
I her recitation "I'm Mama's Precious
I Little Girl."
| T'uo Muoiool pfnyram i.'ns esieptii'm
:ally enjoyable. Mrs. K. S. Ford's
!and Miss Sallie Williams' Piano duet
displayed rare touch and techinque.
J^rilss Ruth Hall s solo. "By .the Water
jef Minn^tonlca" (durance
?was sung with pronounred clearness
j?*?nd sweetness. Mrs. W. E. White
anil Miss Sallic Williams conclude!
(the program with the lovely vocal se
j leciion. io a wmi Kose."
With the conclusion, a delicious col
' lation of hot refreshments was served.
The Club adjourned to meet with
I Mrs. W. E. White. Nov. 22nd.
~ ATTENTION EX-SERUCE MEN.
* A Government Clean-Up Squad will
j be in Henderson from the 14th to the
'16th of this month. Every ex-service
^ man who was not able to go to Ral
jeigh to see that squad can get his
'claim attended to if he will go to Hen
derson one of the day* mentioned
above. Every ex-service man who
goes is advised to carry his discharge
and If he already has filed a claim, to
carry all correspondence he may have
relative to his case. Mr. J. C. Jones
superintendent of Public Welfare will
go to Henderson Tuesday the 15th to
assist all ex-service men from Frank
lin county to have their claims attend
eti to.
THE PRETENTION OF BLIND STAC
KERS IN HORSES.
Dr. W. R. Bass, our popular Veter
inarian. in discussing Blind Staggers
in horses very kindly gave us the fol
lowing interview:
j "At this time of the year Is the time
when so many horses are lost from j
! feeding reed which is contaminated j
I with the Bacitus Botultnus which is
the cause ef so called Blind Staggers.
Forage Poison. Silage PoJsen, or cero
bro Spinnl Meningitis.
I "I am glad to announce to the pub
lic that through the effort of Dr. V.
A. Moore. Dean of the Veterinary.Col
lege of Cornell University and others
the actual cause of this disease has
been found and now there is serum pre
pared to vaccinate horses cattle and
sheep which is 100 p.c. effective. This
serum should be given to all animals
where the feed is bad In doses of 40 to
60 C.C. as a proloctive dose and when
animals have already developed the
disease the dose should be from 80 to i
120 C.C. the results have been very I
good and a majority of the animals so
rfTected have been saved.
' He further says he will have plenty
i : ".orum on hand at all times and will
be glad to vaccinate animals at any
time. This Is a disease wtilch has
bees considered very fatal until re
cently and it is much cheaper to give
a proloctive dose and prevent the dis
ease than to treat it after developed.**
-4)
Mrs. W. C. Y. Parker, of New York.
Miss Ria Parker, of Warrenton, and
Mrs. B. W Hal lard were the guests of
Dr. and Mra.R. F. Yarborough this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wilder, of St.
Paul. Minn.. Mrs. Tetnllnson, of Wash I
Ington. D. C.. and Mesdames W. H. 1?
Allen. S. T. Wilder ana R. A. Bo*-1
blu went to Aberdeen Hit week to via-1
It relatives. r-J
rORMAT. CALL
IS ISSUED FOE
EXTRA SESSIOH
to Special Session (
ber 6th.
A EE TWO MEEDS
Of ilNjIM
?icipal f iuirt Act.
Setting forth tiro situations'
demand legislatir? attention
Cameron Morrison on Monday
the formal call for the special ?ton
"ftfjtJte fegisfaiuie to DH< On December
The call is in conformity with a rea
ulutluu aaoptea by lEe council oT"
-state, which advised the special ses
sion. on October 11 of this year. The
governor jtS" tona in his proclama
tion. calling the body into special
"ion that the rleftcit created i?
|9chool fund for the 1920 term through
'the failure of the thirteen cent ht to
|m>?l lh> iltTia.fe
I tuttonalitv of the Municipal Finance
?aet as amended by the Ha session 6t
? the legislature are the things which
|demand legislative attention.
j The proclamation does not suggest
; that these two things and these only
i be considered, for the proclamation is
' "made in order that" the legislature
subjects and "for such other purposes
as may. in your judgment, merit your
? attention."
t T'
Tke Prtriuutin
he proclamation follo-r-s:
"Believinff that an extraordinary oc
casion for- a special sescton of the
THfnrr;il Iwmtiiv. .in.a ? m ?<eread?
'to in Article HI of Section S of tte
constitution of our State, has arisen
and now exists as herearter set forth;
jam! ray own belief being <;reagthened
hy n.ivi.e of r*ie .-.it-i. -- nun rfaly
Kiven tue in a resolution adopted by
the council at a ciee^ini aL the 11th
yday of^October.^I>-l.
son. Governor at v.-rrh r.miin. da
hereby issue this pr-x-lant-tion. call
ing your honorable body to meet in
extraordinary session on Tuesday. De
[cember ??.at 11 o'clock a. :n in the
suite iai>iul ai 1 fespect
1 fully request that the senators and
j members of the house of representa
; tlves assemble in their respective halls
j on the day ?*&*! hour mentioned. Tor the
purpose of meeting
reason of the fact:
tlfTy Inadequate
"That the state levy of thirteen cents
, on the ^undred dollars on property in
I the year 1920 proved inadequate to pro
I vide a sufficient state school fund to
; pay for three months of the school
[term in the various counties, as the
j law for the year 191* obligated- the
I state to do. in order tkat the con
schools of the state might be run for
| the six months terms required by tke
constitution, therebv creating a deficit
j of about trooaao Thirft nr-*TT?On
I law. cannot be provided for either by
taxation or the exerAot the credit
'of the state. jff
| "And for the fu-'.^pjeason that tke
| Municipal Finance Brt enacted by roar
honorable body at yoar regelar ses
sion in 1931. was declared eacoastita
tlonal by the supreme ?court of tke
state, whereby many of to towns and
cities of the state have been wholly a
able, under the existing laws, to awt
such current expenses as tbey iktui
wise, or to market aetailtlis which
they deem necessary for the proper ad
ministration of their num stats.
"My judgment is that the difftotl
ties referred to cannot be met t
any power in the executive idh?' of
your state, and bate? daly idtw l?d
by advice of the nmdl of stata. I
make this proclamation la order tkat
ron may i
islatioa
and usmssai j to reiki*? tke i
referred to, a
poaes as may la yoar
yoar attention
Miss ?rrr [Tnmm
fLTl
The Tkaraday
met with
November Srd.
The nabject ft*
Junes WUMhk
Turner read a eery
of the aatkora life.
Riley's
by
Turner
Tka club
I Taylor Harris.
rte. Babbie
Swindell. _
" W. D.