* WEEK IN LEGISLATURE BRINGS
NO PEACE NOR PROGRESS TO TIRED BODY
Raleigh, May 13.? At the end of a
week crowded with charges and coun
er-charges, ? apologies grid retrac
tions, instructions and directions in
precisely contrary directions, in spite
. ui the solution of the main
problem that has confronted the pres
, General Assembly for many
weeks now seem much nearer a solu
tion than ever.
The big question before the confer- j
ees, reflecting in their personnel the
-.^yadictory instructions of House
^?KSenate, that of State support of i
thejichools, on the outside, would
seem further from an answer than i
ever, but in the head-on collision of ,
forces now, something must give. The i
contest must come to an end. One ray
is the only report the conitrence com
mittee will give out since it has been
in part recast and returned to work:
that it is meeting and conferring, and
is not without hope.
Many plans of compromise are be
considered, it is known; in fact,
P'ans that have been suggested are
j^fng weighed. Two seem to stand
out:
(1) A 20-cent State-wide ad valor
em tax on property and the balance
of the cost from an equalizing fund
of $10,000,000 or as much more as is I
required. ,
(2) The. State take over the ele- 1
mentary schools for six months oper- '
ation, giving what aid available or
procurable for the high schools.
The first means the Senate plan ;
with necessary modifications. The sec
ond means carrying out the MacLean
law in so far as the elementary i
schools are concerned, the counties I
continuing the high school costs, with
some State aid. The instructional
cost for the high school work is fig
ured at 2V per cent; that for the ele- j
mentary schools at 73 per cent. The j
State would pay all of the 73 per .
cent, nearly three-fourths of the cost. I
It might also aid the high schools,
cutting still more of the county costs. I
School people dislike this division
and seemingly prefer the ?10,000.000
equalizing fund for aid of smaller
counties.
It is known that the conferees are
considering both plans, along with 1
the othersT and it is possible that
some form of one of them may be the
basis of coming to terms arid break
ing the deadlock within the next few
days.
The Senate and House deadlock ap
peared again, became more acute as
a result of the action of the two bod
ies last Thursday and Friday. The
House adopted a resolution directing
its conferees to return to their labors
but to resist all efforts of the Senate
to have the schools operated in part
hv an ad valorem tax on real estate.
The Senate countered the next day
by adopting a resolution to instruct
its conferees to propose the Grier
Folger plan, including the $10,000,000
equalizing fund for schools, and to
oppose any form of sales tax.
The House had tried to include in
its resolution a provision that if the
conferees did not come together on
the Revenue Bill by Tuesday of this
week that the General Assembly then
adjourn without passing either the
Revenue or the Appropriations bill.
That provision was stricken out by a
49 to 38 vot". The resolution to in
struct the conferees against ad val
orem tax was adopted by a 4G to 35
vote, which observers took as an in
dication of the weakening of the ov
erwhelming vote by which the Mae
Lean measure was adopted early in
BREVARD TIRE MAN,
SAYS TRADE AT HOME
Lccal Firestone Dealer Asserts
That Mail Order House Can't
Compete With Home Service
Carl McCrary of the McCrary Tire j
& Battery Service, further announces
in this week's issue of The News ; I
that mail .order tires cannot compare
with the popular brand that he olfers I
the automobile public.
In an advertisement carried last |
week, the local Firestone dealer made j
the assertion that his brand of tires ;
was of a "more quality" in many j
ways than that purchased from th [
mail order house. More rubber, more j
weight more width, more thickness,!
more plies at the tread, and selling
at ' price of inferior tires,
were some of the claims set up by thy
Brevard service station man.
the advertisment carried this
, which is a continuation of the !
sm'es, Mr. McCrary asserts that his
guarantee of service, coupled with
the ironclad guarantee of the Fire
stone people, is a further incentive
to the car owners in buying their
tires at home. And, too, the local ;
dealer is very emphatic in his state- :
ment that the service advertised by !
the mail order house does not and
-^jpfeliot compare with that of the local
(\3tter.
' The advertising campaign of the |
Firestone people is attracting nation
wide attention.
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ON MAINE LINE TO BANGOR
It was on the train to Bangor. The.
curiosity of a passenger, a typical,
chin-whiskered, down-east Yankee,
was excited by the fact that his seat
mate had his right arm in a sling,
and the following dialogue occurred:
"T say. stranger, ain't you broke
your arm there?"
"Well, yes, I did."
"Had an accident, I reckon as how."
"Not exactly."
"Wat, then, how in tarnation did
ye come to break it?"
"I did it trying to pat myself on the
back." , ;V-i
i "My land! On the back! Now, what
(in tfce name o' Goshcri did ye want
iAt yourself on the back fer?"
"Just for minding my own busi
ness."
the session. The Senate had a warm
time over the resolution to instruct
its conferees to support the Grier
-Folger plan and oppose any form of
sales tax. The vote was about the
usual majority, 34 to 33, by which
! the Senate has stood by its plan
I through several votes. Then it was
adopted, Senator John W. Hinsdale,
author of the "luxury" sales plan, and
Senator J. A. Pritchett, an advocate,
resigned on the ground that they
could not follow the instructions. Sen
ator's J. R. Baggett and M. A. Blount !
were named to succeed them, but
both declined to serve, as they too
?opposed the Grier-Folger plan.
Then, the Senate decided to name
two other members favorable to the
plan they have adopted and supported (
jfrom time to time, so the plan, never
lyet placed officially before the House
| conferees, might be submitted to
them. The new members are Senator
Hayden Clement and Lee L. Gravely.
[The House conferees are instructed
one way; the Senate conferees are
instructed exactly contrary. The
House conferees have a majority for [
full support of the six months term
and a sales tax; the Senate conferees
have a majority for the equalizing
fund and the sales tax. They may
come together, or may not.
The physical and mental wear of
?the session ' that has passed four
months on the members was shown in
the incidents in both Houses over
the statement one day in tha Senate
by Senator Rivers Johnson that he
had heard, but did not believe, money
was accepted by some of the mem
bers. The next day, when Represen
tative A. B. MacLean made about the
same statement, adding that he
though^ the trouble was "too much
liquor and too many women," the
storm broke in full fury.
His remarks, directed at members
of the Senate, aroused a storm the
like of which had not been seen be
fore in the session. Senators Burrus,
Horton, Folger, Clement, Gwyn took
up the cudgel and UBcd it, terming
(he statements false and defamatory,
unbecoming a gentleman and malign
ing men innocent of wrongdoing.
Senator Baggett tried to "laugh it
off." Senators Lawrence and Bernard j
joined the attack on Mr. MacLcan.
Later, when Mr. MacLean pre
sented a written retraction and apol-|
ogy, it was read in the House, and he .
was given a tongue-lashing by Repre- '
sentatove Joseph Garibaldi, given to J
?lain speech. When it reached the '
enate, it was read and President J
Fountain tried to pass the apology
over with reading, but one Senator'
insisted that it be accepted, and it
was apparently well on its way,
when it was discovered that Mr. Mac
Lean's apology was based on the par
liamentary rule against members
making derogatory statement's about
each other, and not, they inferred,
from a desire to right a wrong. Sen
ator Gravely called the statement an
"infernal and infamous lie" uttered
to influence people back home. A mo
tion was made to table the motion to
accept the apology, then both motion!
were withdrawn and the Senate did
nothing about the apology.
Mr. MacLean, even his friends say,
has hurt himself and his cause by
this latest charge and the apology,
following as it did the indirect
charge that Governor Gardner was
"an ass," for which he also apologiz
ed to the Governor, several weeks
ago. These, they say, has robbed
him of much influence.
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