Legislative Review By CountyRepresentative Library Aid Bill Is Virtually Certain Of Strong Su|>|>ort MraMirr- Relating To S<'lnH)b !So%% Before the General Attpembly By CLARENCE H GRIFFIN Martin County Representative The work of the North Carolina General Assembly seems to be gam ing momentum very rapidly There are more committees meeting now than there were in the earliei weeks of the session because practically all of the committees now have bills re ferred to them for their considera tion The appropriations committer continues to be burdened with a number of public hearings by dif ferent state institutions asking in creased appropriations for their var ious departments. There were sever - al bills introduced during the past week of public interest. ^ A hill was introduced to prevent the sale of fortified wines except in J communities with ABC stores. The sale of "Wine in dry counties under: this bill would be subject to the pro- j visions of the old Turlington Act. j The bill which has been in process of preparation for a long time to give " * thi' ?-nl?. makini? IIIC ,, powre for courts below the Supreme i Court was finally introduced last week. At present this power is vest | ed in the legislature and for a long time there has been an effort to transfer this power to the Supreme Court This bill will doubtless have strong support among the lawyers in the General Assembly. Another bill relating to our courts, was in troduced. which would give emer gency judges holding court in the various districts the same power as regular judges m their home dis tricts This would be an advantange to the lawyers ahd I expect it to lO uir law.Tt.^ - find a warm reception among the lawyers who are representatives in the General Assembly Another bill was introduced which would prevent the transportation of over 1500 gallons of gasoline or kero sene in any motor vehicle on the highways of North Carolina. The bill recites that the transportation of large quantities of gasoline in trucks upon the highways has become a public hazard, and therefore it seeks iimitatipns upon that. Another bill relating to traffic upon highways would prevent the towing of motor vehicles on highway except in the case of emergencies when the mo tor vehicle was not capable of self propulsion. Probably one of the most import ant bills to the public in general was a bill which would provide $100,000 annually to be appropriated for the use of public libraries in the State. This fund is to be administered by the North Carolina Library Com mission and is to be apportioned to the counties on the basis of the need and the local interest in such library. I feel that this bill will receive fav orable support as it touches the peo ple in every locality. A bill to curb the beer racket was introduced and would provide for the revocation of the beer license of any persons sell ing beer to a person who at the time of purchasing the beer was under the influence of any intoxicant The bill, though probably a good ^>ne, would likely not be enforced Two other bills were introduced which would effect only the schools and school teachers of the State One of these bills will provide a 12th grade in all the schools where the board of education made a request that a 12th grade be placed in that locality. Probably a more important bill from the teachers' standpoint was the bill which provided for a flat increase of 10 per cent in the salaries of teachers. None of these bills have yet passed, and are still in the committees and at this time it cannot be judged what will be the final disposition (.hauteft Announced In Faculty At JametvUle Miss Rachel Busby, of Salisbury, has accepted a position in the James ville School faculty, succeeding Mrs. enport. formerly Miss Elizabeth Greenlee, taught the fifth grade be fore retiring on account of ill health last November The position has been held until recently by a substitute teacher M M. Peacock. Washington Coun ty young man. recently succeeded Samuel Andrews as teacher of vo cational agriculture in the James ville school. Mrs Alice P. Edwards has re turned to her home here from Hen derson. where she was called by the serious illness and subsequent death of her sister During the last World War. 2,000 were blinded in both eyes and 40, 000 Lost the sight of one eye in the forces. Held as File Thief Copyright by Washington Timaa-HcraUl Accused of looting the Civil Service Commission personnel files of 30,000 confidential records of na tional defense workers and turning them over to two naturalized Ger mans, Harlan G. Crandall, 20, an employe of the commission,