SENATE PASSES BEER BILL'
At Least 3 More Weeks Of The Legislature
(Special to THE HERALD)
Raleigh, April 6.—The Senate displaced briefly the im
portant appropriation bill the past week to consider, pass and
sent to the Senate the Senator Francis “beer” bill, then com
pleted and sent over the appropriations measure, only to
have the House “throw it back” by refusal to concur, this
necessitating a commence commit
tee to try to iron out the badly
tangled measure.
More enthusiasm than has been
seen so far this session was shown
to come before the Senate, and the
first in either House since the
Congress passed and President
Roosevelt signed the measure to
the same intent. The bill, as pasr
ed by the Senate, provides for the
sale of beer, wine and other light
beverages with not more than 3.2
per cent alcohol, but prohibits
operation of places solely or pri
marily for their sale—meaning, no
beer gardens. A tax of $2 a bar
rel, or two cents a bottle, is imposed
by the State,, and municipalities
are allowed to place a $25 tax on
places selling such drinks in an 1
within two miles of their corpo
rate limits. The Senate voted down
the Senator Waynick amendment
to allow a referendum on the meas
ure, but adopted amendments al
lowing radio and newspaper ad
vertising of wine and beer, legal
izing the sale May 1 and eliminat
ing the requirement that the reve
nue go to the school fund. The Sen
ate vote finally was 33 to 11. In
the House the bill was placed on
the calendar for action early this
week. Predictions are that it is
certain to pass that body, prob
ably two to one. It may be a
mended to provide for wholesalers
and manufacturers, and otherwise,
but it seems sure that beer and
wine will be legal articles of trade
after May 1, and the two months
of revenue for the present fiscal
year is expected to help materially
in paying teachers and State em
ployees.
The appropriations measure is
due for a stormy finish. The
House sent to the Senate a measure
which that body tore to pieces,
bringing out a greatly increased
appropriation, with modest in
creases in all items. In addition to
these increases to departments, in
stitutions and agencies, the Sen
ate adopted an amendment, signed
by 27 of the 50 Senators, calling
for $10,000,000 for operation of an
eight months school without ad
valorem tax. The question of
whether the charter districts could
or could not levy ad valorem tax
for supplement to the school fund
arose, but was not definitely an
swered, the statement being that
that question would be answered in
the school machinery bill.
The House appropriations em
braced a reduction of about 44 per
cent in the salary schedule from
the appropriations of two years
ago, the Senate measure, as final
ly worked out sought a cut of a
bout 32 per cent. Senator A. H.
Gwyn, Rockingham, made strenu
ous effort to reduce appropriations
approved by the Senate to the sal
ary cuts would be about 40 per
cent, as a compromise between
House and Senate figures, but
without success. The House, imme
diately after receiving the meas
ure Friday, refused to concur in
the Senate changes, and confer
ence committees were named. A
deadlock may be expected, as the
Houses are so far apart, and ad
journment may be reached in two
more weeks, but it is not likely.
The House and Senate got to
gether on the revenue machinery
bill. The House agreed with the
Senate not to tax stocks in for
eign corporations, and the Senate
agreed to remove the 33 1-3 per
cent limit placed on reductions of
property vaiues for taxation. These
were the main points of difference.
The two Houses also got together
on the N. C. Bar association meas
ure to take from the Supreme
Court and place in the hands of a
lawyer board examination of ap
plicants for licenses to practice
law, providing for disciplining and
for disbarring lawyers for unethi
cal practices, but the right of ap
peal to the courts was inserted and
retained.
The finance and appropriations
committees were in session over
the week-end, the former on the
revenue bill, and a general sales
tax was agreed upon, the rate left
open until the appropriations meas
ure is neared complete and it is es
timated how much more revenue
will be needed. It is apparent that
the appropriations measure will
'necessitate new taxes and general
sales seems to be the choice. And
that will mean another fight. Two
weeks more is considered a mini
mum for finishing the legislative
work, but longer is likely, even ex
pected, as the factions are going to
have a hard time getting together,
both on appropriations and revenue
measures.
Thought of the drain on the leg
islative pocket book was taken Fri
day when Senator Hinsdale, im
mune from its benefits, introduced
a bill to permit the county com
missioners to pay actual expenses,
not exceeding $5 a day each, and
from March 4, of the legislators
for the remainder of the time. It
would not be required, but permit
ted.
Again the past week, the 14th of
the session, new bills and bills fin
ally ratified were almost equal,
natural toward the end of the ses
sion. New laws enacted the past
week number 84, of which 59 are
local and 25 public bills and reso
lutions, including a few ready for
ratification, while introductions of
new bills reached 92 for the week,
House 59 and Senate 33. This
brings the new bills to 1626 for
the session, 610 of which have
been ratified.
Five measures enacted were reso
lutions: one gave North Carolina’s
answer to communists of Mexico
who oppose Josephus Daniels as
ambassador to that country; two
called for unemployment funds for
improving and building roads to
two State parks, on Mt. Mithcell
and at Fort Macon, Bogue Island,
Carteret county; one provides that
1000 copies of SB 180, simplifying
foreclosures, and HB 914, the
machinery act, be distributed to
county officials; another asks the
Supreme Court for an advisory
opinion on constitutionality of bills
which call for a convention for a
vote on repeal of the 18th amend
ment.
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Hitler and Goehring .
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Chancellor Adolf Hitler, voted
supreme dictatorial powers for a
period of four years as head of the
government in Germany and Minister
Herman Geothring are shown here as
they appeared at a recent public danv
lustration in Berlin,
A new law prevents present
county education boards from elect
ing' superintendents, naming local
committees, or doing other things
boards to be named by the General
Assembly would normally do, re
lating to schools for the next two
years, validating acts of new
boards to be named, even though
not ready to function by April 1,
the usual date. Another law re
gulates leasing storage batteries,
preventing exchange of old for
rental batteries.
Several new laws deal with lo
cal government. One permits coun
ties, towns and other units to re
fund tax sales certificates. Another
permits counties to establish dis
trict jails; one permits them to
carry on administrative duties
jointly, while two others would al
low one county to absorb another,
or two to unite, both by a vote of
the people.
The cosmetic art bill, providing
an organization, fees and regulat
ing beauty parlor operatives, has
been enacted and is now the law.
Legal measures ratified the past
week are: amend law as to adver
tising resales in proceedings to
sell real property to make assets
and for partition; change law on
payment of damages done by dogs;
authorize administrators, execut
ors collectors to a decent’s estate
to renew estate’s obligations with
out incurring personal liability;
enable poor persons convicted of
capital felonies to appeal from
death sentence to Supreme Court;
extend time for administration and
final settlement of estates; amend
law on devolution of power of sale
in mortgages and deeds of trust
upon death of trustee or mortga
gee; make competent evidence of
communicated threat against de
fendant on pleas of self-defense in
cases of assault, assault and bat
tery, and affray, where deadly
weapons are used and serious dam
age done; eliminate requirement
requirement for an estimate of un
collected taxes to be the average
of past three years; amend process
and jury service issued under Sec.
,2285 C. S.
Ex-Governor Gardner
Gets Out Of Politics
Raleigh, April 6—“Czar of Ray
on” is expected to be the title to
be applied to former Governor 0.
Max Gardner, of North Carolina,
Washington dispatches relating
that he will head a legal staff rep
resenting the rayon industry in the
United States, very much as Judge
Landis heads baseball nad Will H.
Hayes heads the movies.
Reports are that he will have
offices in Washington and New
York and will build up a legal
staff to handle rayon problems in
this country. He is head of the
Cleveland Cloth Mills, at Shelby,
engaged in rayon manufacturing.
The new position explains his pres
ence in Washington and New York
recently.
Notice of Sale
Under and by virtue of the
powers of sale conferred upon the
undersigned Trustee in that cer
tain Deed of Trust executed by
John Jones, dated the 26th day of
December, 1929, and recorded in
Book 402, at Page 83, office of the
Register of Deeds for Halifax
County, North Carolina, default
having been made in the payment
of the indebtedness therein set out
and thereby secured, I will on Fri
day, the 24th day of March, 1933,
at 11 o’clock A. M., in front of
the Rosemary Branch of the Roa
noke Bank and Trust Company of
fer for sale and sell to the high
est bidder for cash at public auc
tion the following described tract
or parcel of land, to-wit:
That certain tract or parcel of
land in Littleton Township, Hali
fax County, North Carolina, ad
joining the lands of John Moore
on the East, Cora Pier on the
South, the old Bacon Road on the
West and V. N. Bond’s Estate on
the North and bounded as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake on the
East side of Old Bacon Road at
corner V. N. Bond Estate and run
ning East along said Bond line 70
yards to iron stake at John
Moore’s corner, thence South along
said Moore line 35 yards to iron
stake corner of Cora Pier line,
thence west 70 yards along said
Pier line to Old Bacon Road at
iron stake, thence North along
said old Bacon Road 35 yards to
iron stake, the point of beginning,
containing 1-2 acre.
This the 20th day of February,
1933.
W. A. THORNE,
Trustee.
W. B. Allsbrook, Atty.
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