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(By M. L. SKipman)
FIRST WEEK
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Raleigh, Jan. 14? The General
Assembly of 1P25 went to bat
promptly at noon on Wednesday of
last week. The organization of both
branches c? the Assembly was with
out incident. All contests had been
settled in caucus on the evening pre
vious. The members simply "prom
ised to be good," and went right to
business. Chief Jurtice Hoke admin
istered the oath in the Senate and
Associate Justice Clarkson in the
House.
Representative Edgar W. Pharr, of
Mecklenburg, had it all his own v:>\
in the speakership contest, and no
other name was presented to the
Democratic caucus for that honoi.
Mecklenburgors . were here in large
numbers to see the high honor be
stowed. The last time this distinction
went to th;it great county was when
Cavv Dowd "put the rtxin ' on vhe
bevsin 11)11. Mr. Pharr. therefore,
has a precedent to which ho may
"hark back" for the Mecklenburg
brand of intonviution.
Other officers of the House are:
Alex Lassiter, of Bertie, principal
clerk- Or r- M. Higgins, of Anson,
ser-eaiu-at-arms; E. M. Woodhouse,
of "cuT-rituck, assistant sergeant-at
arms; Miss Rosa Mund. of Cabarrus,
engrossing clerk; Needham
Mangum, of Wake, reading clerk,
succeeding David P. Dellinger one
of the present representatives from i
Gaston, who has done the reading!
stunt for the Hou.e during the last
five consecutive sessions. j
The Senate caucus Tuesday night
made short work of the task befou. ?
it There was not a contest foi any ,
thin- after the withdrawal of bcnatoi.
tn ** v . f ,. President Protem
Paul Grady for 1 ri>uient
i ii August body, and S^n
:;0; V\\ H. S. Burgwu, Of North-,
?jsmton. is wielder of the gave m j,
i- ha tuber of the capilol this (
He has been to the legisla
ture' ^u:v time, ?W?re and knows
pretty ''hat is required to op-j.
erare the "macHincry" to tneoest ad
vantage. Senator Grady bet-onus
chairman of Judiciary committee
Ku. t of that body.
The Senate re-elected I' rank D.
Kackett, of Wilkes, principal clerk;
W l> Gaster. of Cumberland, ser
trtant-at-anns; Rev.. A. Corey, of
Martin. engrossing clerk; Banks
Arendell, of Wake, reading clerk. Mr.
E. A. Hawes, of Pender, who was de
feated for reading clerk by Mr. Ar-j
endell, will, it is understood, accept
the clerkship to the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate.
? The:v is a pronounced tendency J .
towards retrenchment in tile ra-iiKs , .
of both the senators and rep-'C.-iCiita
tives which is a bit tiiscone. rtmg to
ii' any faithful pa.ty workers who,
canu down looi.i 'ii lyr positions in
the legislature. It is proposed to re
duce the r.-.uuber of clerks employed
by the General Assembly on 10123 at,
least fifty per cent.' During that sc.s- ?
x;lerks drew around
sion t!ie .
$25,000 more in salaries than did
.the members themselves and a lot of ,
folks are wanting to know "how
come." The answer is obvious. There
" t
wiii be a different story to relate on
the subject of "overhead expenses"
when the record of the present Gen
eral Assembly shall be written un
less. s.::vu iycy '..ikes oae.-t-water.
' Both branches of the Assembly
have already practically completed
their organizations, the announce
ment of committees on Thursday be
ing the "last act" o: the drama.
Few measures of state wide sig
nificance have found thir way into
the legislative hopper. Senator
Squires introduced a bill prepared by .
the legislative committee, selected by j
the social ?e.-sio: Au a t, en-.,
titled an act to c. ? ,*ol bus : ..trie in
the State. It woui regukiate, super
vise and conrol : -i.ns. -inns, cor
porations and a. viations, owning, i
controlling, opera:.: g. or managing !
motor vehicles us I in the business '
of transporting pc-vons or property)
for compensation 0:1 the improved j
public highways of the State, which
are, or hereafter may be declared I
to be parts of the State Highway
System, or any of the country lugh
ways, prescribing and imposing li
cense fees, and providing for the
disposition of the revenues raised
by the same. The bill was referred to
the committee on. Public Roads, and
ordered printed in pamphlet forfn
for the convenience of the members.
Representative King, of Guilford,
seeks to repeal the act passed, by
the last regular session of the Gen
eral Assembly exempting from tax
ation stocks owned in foreign
corporations. The 1923 session
wrestled over this amendment to the
Revenue IJill for days and the vote
on its adoption was very close. The
question of taxing foreign stocks
was an issue in the primary cam
paign for Governor and has been
much ' discussed during recent
months. The King bill is likely to
j provoke a lively fight before the fi
nance committee, to which it was re
| ferred by the Speaker.
LAST WEEK NEWS
J Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 15.? Angus
i Wilton McLean, North Carolina's
new Chief Executive, was duly in
stalled into the high office, with cer
emonies befittng the occasion, on
Wednesday, the 14th. Raleigh put
her best fool forward and the whole
State joined in doing honor to a dis
tinguished son who had fought his
way from the plow handle to the
highest honor within the gift of those
now pledged to uphold his hands in
the effort to keep the Old North
State right in the forefront of j
.n 'CO-iHTTi ?!is. I
11 cannot be recorded as a bril
liant inaugural day, but the weather
man had been reasonably consider
ate in planning for the event, and a
great Vrywd saw the capital city in
her best attire and will long remem
ber t he joyous occasion which
marked a:i epoch in the political life
of the State, in witnessing the final
:k**v that made a Governor.
Tarheelia was here in force. The
men. the women and the children
came from the mountains and from
the sea. TheJiumble and the \yealthy
vied each other in making the day
what every proud North Carolinian
wouhUhave it be. The Legislators and
those who sent them here were as
one and love for this land of oppor
tunity was the spirit of tl^e day.
As the inaugural party passed
from i he' Mansion tjo the City Audi
torium doors and windows, side
walks and balconies were vantage
points from which to get a glimpse
of the fifty-third person to take the
oath as Governor of ;Eie common
weaiih. Everywhere were flags of
the State and- flags of the Country.
Troops were in evidence on every
hand and played well their part of a
great drama.
The oath pf office was adminis
tered to Governor. McLean before an
epochal assemblage of Norih Caro
linians in the City Auditorium short
ly after noon. Members of the general
Assembly occupied seats of honor in;
front of the "ninety; and nine," and
heard with marked attention one of
the ablest slate papers that had been
presented in a genera fon. The ad
drev ; held the vast assemblage in
? apt attention. It appeared to be pre- j
tiseiy the kind of talk they wanted l
o hear and frequent outburst of
applause greeted the striking utter
ances of the new Governor.
Following the inaugural ceremon
ies. a delightful luncheon Was served
to the new official family at the Gov
ernor's Mansion, and an even ia:
da r came io a close w;th a brilliant
reception in the evening in which
the public participated. ?
3ZTTER CORN YIELD
BY GROWING CLOVER
Raleigh. X. C.. Jan. 1 8.? The j
organic matter secured from plowing I
under clover will not only increase
the plant food' in the soil bul the
clover also perm us of better drain
age during wet. weather ami of.
greater moisture-? holding capacity
'.u ring .dry weather.
E. C. Blair, extension agronomist ;
for State College, finds from one of
i'is demonstrations this year that j
thirtj- bushels of corn per acre was I
:uk- on wet land where clover was]
plowed under as against five bushels !
: T acre <>n similar land that had no}
tiuvor. Both fields were fertilized!
;v:ih -iOU pounds of acid phosphate j
:he one with no clover plowed j
uniier received an additional appli- !
vallon i." pounds ' of nitrate of
soda per aro. . .
T!:e ?. ,.t difference in yield was
tr.e land be.ng very wet.
Tiic inorganic fertilizer was leached
cut while that supplied . y .he clover !
was retained in the soii. Tne clover !
also helper, in giving air to the soil
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..-?id in promoting hotter drainage.
Mi*. Blair says, "The demonstration
was on the farm ol' E. L. Green in
Powell had charge of the work. The
Bladen County. County Agent J. li.
clover was planted on two acres in
1923. In 1924, it was plowed under
, and corn planted. The corn on there
two acres and over the remainder
of the field received 400 pounds of
1.6 per cent acid phophate per acre.
Where no clover was plowd under an
additional application of 50 pounds
of nitrate soda per acre was used.
The results were that 30 bushels of
corn per acre was harvested from
1 the clover land and only five bushels
iper acre from the land with no
clover.'"
More hay has been harvested in
Randolph County this year than ever
before, reports Farm Agent E. S.
Millsaps. It's a good time now to put
.in more cows and sell cream, he
i thinks.
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JOHN C. SEAGLE
"There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John," so said the
Beloved Disciple. .
"There was a man sent from God
whose name was John" to be the
rector of St. Phillips, Brevard, N. C.,
so many of us believe. He came in
the Masters Name to minister, and he
did minister for seven years, day by
day, week by week, month by month,
year by year. ..
The prayer of his heart was this in
spirit, if not in words. I think: "Mafl
use of me, dear God, in 'the wfl
which Thou shall choose. Thou hnl
made all things for Thy Glory anH
the good of humanity. Thou hast I
mission for me, even me! Give me a
heart ready for willing service, Cfl
My Father, and then appoint my
work, for Jesus sake."
Who can doubt that God answered
that prayer? who saw. him go in nrM
out among us in his ministry of mercy
and his labor of love? .
Sir .Bartle Frere was coming to
visit a Scotch home. The master of
the household, sending a servant to
meet him, sought for some descrip
tion by which the visitor might be
recognized, "When the train comes
in," he said at last to the servant,
"you will see a tall gentleman help
ing somebody."
That was John C. Seagle ? when
you saw a tall gentleman helping
somebody you couldn't be far wrong
if you concluded it was our John C.
His was the spirit of the "Good
Samaritan." The Town knew it, the
Red Gross workers knew it, the Boy
Scouts knew it, the welfare workers
knew it, the County knew it.
God puis within our reach the
power of helpfulness, and the min
istry of. pity. He is ever ready to in
crease Kis grace in our herfrts that
as we live and act among all the sor
rows of the world we may learn by
slow degrees,, the skill and mystery of
consolation. "If ye know these things
happy are ye to do them." There is
no surer way of steadfast peace in
this world than the active exercise of
pity, no happier temper of mind and
work than the lowly watching to sec
if we can lessen any misery that is
about us. nor is there any better way
of growth in faith and love.
John C. Seagle's was the neighbor
lv heart arid hand, lie has gone now
from our midst to another field of
labor at Salisbury; X. Let us
think of the ?overflow of brotherly
acts to poor and needy folks, the min
istry to sickness, the sharing of com
mon needs because love was true in
his heart, and must express itself.
May the prayer of our hearts be,
"Lord, keep his memory green."
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CHANGES IN BREVARD
HIGH SCHOOL; FACULTY
AMD SCHOOL BOARD j
Mrs. Godfrey is filling the position
of principal, temporarily left vacant
by Miss Tyner's illness.
Mr. George Sprinkle is filling the
place left vacant by Miss Mann, who
did not return after the holidays.
,Miss Harrison, former fourth
grade teacher, resigned her position
before tin? holidays, and this vacancy .
is now billed by Miss liedrkk.
Miss Ruth Hoffman, who was co;vi- j
pelled to leave her school work early
in the fall on acvctiijt of ill health,
has resumed her duties as third
grade teacher. During Miss Hoffman's !
absence,- -this position was filled by!
Miss Helen Hill.
The position on the School Board i
left vacant by the resignation of Mr.'
Bert Sitton, is now being filled by
Mr. W. M. Henry,
THE KING IS TALKING ? BUNK!
When the king telephones, let all
other instruments be dumb! That's
the rule in Mecca, where King Hus
sein of Hedjez has a telephone sys
tem installed, says a recent article
in the New Zealand Herald.
As long as King Hussein's tele
phone is in use, no other telephone
can be used in Mecca,, save only the
one with which the king is talking.
It's a good thing for King Hussein
that he does .not live in the United
States. y
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