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I ADVERTISERS Ai a medium through which to sell your wares The Demo* erst is unexcelled in country Newiaperdom. Our subscribers ore readers and Buyers. VOLUME XXXVI. Bowie to Yield to $20,000,000 Issue Measure Introduced After McLean's Suggestion Passes General Favor few Bill is Predicted. Tialt'isrh. Feb. 3.?A favorable re port was driven tonight on the McLean proposal for a $20,000,000 bond issue by the senate road committee. The bill was also given approval by the house committee this evening. Raleigh, Feb. 2.?The house comynittee on roads tonight voted unanijk 4 to ou sly to report favorably the bill Introduced by Representatives Turlington and Moore providing for the issuance of twenty million dolars in highway bonds to he financed by an enabling act now in the course of preparation, which will provide a tax of four cents per gallon on gasoline in the place of three as at present, and further for a sinking fund of $500,000 a year to retire the bonds Also the enabling or financing act will provide that over $500,000 available be >> d in road construction The Bowie bill will be r ported unfavorably. Th- principal address before the committee ton : ua- h * of Mr. 000 bill. 1! I hi* vie:.! : <? vie chan; governor that if the credit <?f the state is nov. st rained t n o.cen: ivo will recommend an add:" 1 m.?! 000,000 two years from now. I'artlur be said the governor hud assured him that iti addition to the twenty million dollars proposed in the TurlingtonMooiv hill, the um of approximately $11,000,000 would be available for the next hienna. derived from federal aid and the unused portion of bonds a'ready authorized. Mr. Bowie said ho did not want to be understood as having- been working in opposition to the Govu ernor at any time; that, all along. if it had only been a* hoi. jnt Uffer" ence of opinio, and that after conferring with the governor, he was willing to yield to the situation. A bill similar to that introduced in the house today by Turlington and Moore was introduced in the Senate. A compromise also is expected in the uppe: branch, where it is said the $20,000,000 bili will be favorably reported. nnnNF raptist cuimm Sunday School 10 a. 111. Worship 11 a. m. and 7 p. n?. B. Y. P. U. 6 p. m. Pastor preaches Sunday morning oti "What Jesus Means to Me." A cordial welcome is extended to all. Fashion Revolt flDBH American fashion designers have revolted at Paris dominance of styles. This mode) was photographed at the first U. S. style . show in New York. It is Ameri can designed and mada from American materials. Citron, white and tiague blue in Taaban fabrics prowail lor Spring:. 'Wife SI SO Per Year BOONE. OT Tl? WTTTTVT V I *V A OF LECxISLA (By M. L. Shipman.) Raleigh, Feb. 3.?Some one has said that a legislature is oftentimes | a body of men surrourided by much talk. So far the general Assembly of 1925 has not contracted that ha bit and the state has a reasonable right to be proud of the personnel! i of her legislative body. The members, i seem dead in earnest about doing the j | .job they were sent, here to put across in a perfectly proper way and are j not disposed to let any "jokers" get, by. In both branches the legislative j wheels go round smoothly with little j ; lost motion or loss of time. The legislative grind is now or..! some 400 bills having been dronned i into the hopper and started on the journey to committee pigeon holes or to the otTice of the Secretary of ; Stale? "enrolled and ratified." While n :.\ \vi! emerge as v* . te and clean as wh? r. the trip was begun, 1. re's going to be a go. <iy number .oi worn, kicked, abused, and oi*u by treated that their o*?vn dear daddie w U not recognize the pool ; ?. t.gs 'h< the;- meet 'em face to J f.ico on the assini? fioor. ! 'i'he coming wci k pj-omises to be i more prolific ?>f important legislator, than the pa-t ? ,ur week have been.' Principally the talk is about bonds' ' for h'ghvvay construction, bonds for state in> t'tut ion:, ami bonds for the world war veterans' loan fund. In fact the.* litiiid issue is something like a passenger's* fufst meal aboard ship. It's likely to come up at any moment. However Governor McLean is not at all mamored of the bond idea on a . very extensive scale at the present time. He does not believe a single I dollar not absolutely necessary for | the public good .should be appropria- j ted by the present general asseiv y ' and is disposed to use the knife wher ! ever a cut in amounts requested can be made without doing violence to the subject. In his second message to the general assembly on Friday the governor j reiterated his determination to re- j vise the fiscal policy of the state j and invited the cooperation of the members in getting proposed new machinery into action. He asks for a law providing an executive budget system which would provide contin-j uous supervision of all the institutions and agencies of tnt state, to i the end that the appropriations made by the general assembly may be kept within bounds and expended as ' directed. Under the budget system, ! covering the period July 1 to June ! bO, all revenues actually collected j during that period would be applicable to that fiscal year, and all ap-' j propriations and other expenditures j actually disbursed during that period I wiuld be applicable to that period I only. The Governor told the iegisla? ^ ^ _ ... ._i i j i. ; vora ma;. ce wouiu prepare .i'iu suamit to them a bill embodying the pro visions which he feels that the budget system outlined in his message should contain and it is safe bet that he will get exactly what he wants in this respect Hardly anybody will dispute the fact that the patient is in a condition to respond to heroic treatment and Mr. McLean's prescription seems to fit the case. The Governor places himself on record as squarely opposed to the issuance of more than $25,600,000 bonds for all purposes this year. He suggests $20,000,000 for roads, $3,*>00,000 for permanent improvements Iat the state institutions and $2,000,000 to finance the world war veterans loan fund approved by the voters oi the state at the general election in November. In his message he declared himself unequivocally in favoi of continuing the construction ol highway until completed as originallj planned, but frankly admitted thai in his opinion, the credit of the stati could not stand for additional lon| term construction bonds in the am ount proposed by the Bowie-Heatl highway bill. His suggestion is to is sue $20,000,000 maturing four ti twenty-four years from date at thi rate of $1,000,000 a year, half to b< issued during 1925, and half durinj 1926, tlx- whole to be applicable t road building prior to January i 1927. And further that short ten notes be issued for road building pu poses until the issue and sale of tli bonds become an actuality. With th tttjjst WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH GA T RESUME .TIVE EVENTS ! . j OF LOCAL INTEREST Senator Brown an act to re- i peal chapter 7, local public lawi i of 1923, fixing the salary of the sheriff of Watauga County and to regulate the compensation of , said sheriff I Federal and coiintv fnn/U k.-.-. ? xunuo vu t available from time to time the governor figures sufficient funds to con-1 tinue the highway program without* serious interruption. On tlie heels of the governor's mes I age came the report of the budget I commission recommending the total' of SI 00.000 for maintenance and ad ministration of the State departments and institutions for the next two y ars. It would allow the -state ini ut'ons $3,000,000 for permanent i approve meats, instead of around the 000,000 asked for by directing beads. And further reduction may be c -m idcre.i mivi aab h\ i. apnropri ations :ommittces of ; General A- - mbly, f r go.i-rh :* i u!d Raw- ' iiis done it* iuch a can lg>o pcnacd without injury ti* the pu 1)11 e service. I In it:-, report I lie Budget < -mmias imal e s an accu rnulati 1 d< ficit as of Jun< 30, 1925 of $9,515,7 7.63. "Deficit" has been a much used ex-( pros ion in the 3tate for the last bi- i ciinial period: it is not now a suhiort of very polite conversation in home j quarters. But the question cannot be. solved by the diffusion of hot air! common!> termed "bull." It is a serious problem in administration cir- ] cli . and vastly more interest is manifested in finding a way out of the dilemma than in helping anybody move from "obscurity" into the linn* light. The folks are "fed up" on I talk while state expenditures are bel coming higher and higher. If indicaj tions are to be relied upon the peo| pie of the state are in harmony with | the views of Governor McLean in touching remedial measures and are perfectly willing to let "has beens" go hang. The Revenue Bill also bobbed up in the House on Friday. It is estimated thai this propsed measure will go the present law better to the extent of increased revenue aggregating a million and a half dollars. The bill is not complete, for amendments arc most always offered by committees and there will be no exception to the practice this time. No increase on fran cliise or incomes is proposed, but the I ????. 11UUIU uwu.ll IIUU'1 UUIllZt.' LU ! an appreciable extent, with a conf siderable jump on the manufacture j of cigars and cigarettes. Gasoline I service stations, bakeries, hotels com mission cotton buyers and sellers box j inn and wrestling matches, shoe shin i ing parlors, piano and organ dealers j battery service and tire repair stations, are tne subjects of new taxation under the provision of the revcj nue law proposed. The slogan here . now appears to be "boys get the money." The need is unquestioned. The appropriation bill introduced 1 by Representative Murphy of Rowan j suggests amounts in harmony with the recommendations of the Budget Commission which means a heavy cut , in the requests of various departmental and institutional heads. A big fight is in the prospects of the proponents and opponents of the Bowie-Heath 35 million dollar bond i bill. The State Highway Commission nas approveu cne recommenuauous i of Governor McLean touching the ' question of highway bonds, but this i section does not deter the authors . of the road bill from pressing the fight and announcement is made that [ the issue will have to be settled in r open forum. The message of the govt emor unquestionably strengther.ee . his position. Whether his opinion will , finally prevail is yet to be determin. ed. , Very few measures cf a public . character have reached the fina a stage. The following have been rat e ified during the week: Act to anient s chapter 578, Section 2, Public Loca j Laws of 1921 relative to the fees al lowed the sheriff of Nash county foi serving processes; act creating thi office of treasurer for the county o i Yancey, fining the compensation o r | I said office and relating to the bond e | for aaid office; act to amend chapte e| 421 public local laws cf sessions 192. ROL1NA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY . ' * i . I Mrs. Wilson Today '^K.f : * K Mrs. Wood row Wilson, widow of our war president, at the dedication of the Wilson Memorial Tablet at tiic Central Pn.bytorian Church in Washington ln;t veek. j ana to fix the salaries of v< tain !<?leal officers of Davidson county; to j amend chapter 477 of the Public Local Laws of 191b relative to drainage of Lands in Transylvania county, act ?>r relief of commissioners of Madison county and to set aside five per cent of the taxes collected for all I purposes in said county of Madison to pay the salaries of the officers of said county and other necessary current expenses for said county; act to grant a new charter for the town of Forest City, Rutherford county; act i to amend chapter 520 of the Public Local Laws of 1015, being an act to i establish a special court for Forsyth County, with civil jurisdiction, to be known as Forsyth County Court, and the amendments thereto; act to 'amend chapter lbl of the Public law of 1923, being an act to create additional terms of the Superior court for Forsyth county; act to enlarge I the corporate powers of the Board of Trustees of Dunn Graded School; act i to allow the board of highway comj missioners of Jackson county certain sums of money for other purposes; j act to authorize Rockingham county i to issue notes in anticipation of a I bond issue: act to confer criminal ju| risdiction on certain tenrr.s of court in Robeson county; act to amend the chapters 321 and 21 Private Laws of 1923 relating to the charter of the city of Asheville; to amend section 1 of chapter 5-1 of the Public Laws of N. C. session 1923 relating to trial of issues of fact; to submit any further issue of bonds in Clay county to a vote of the people; to incorporate the town of Alexander Mills; .to validate the proceedings of the town of Pantego relating to the issue | of certain bonds and to provide for 5 the sale thereof at private sale; cat providing for a board of county com missioners of five members for the county of Richmond to be elected at the general election in November '| 1926 for a term of two, four and si* ! years, and thereafter for a term ot ' two years. Public Bills The following public bills have ' been presented during the week ' An act to amend the constitutor " relating to homesteads and exemptior To create a state board of Naturo pathfic Examiners and to regulati the practice of naturopathy in thii state; to repeal the act to redeem thi ' counties of Northwestern North Car olir.a, without railroad facilities known as the Lost Provinces Act; t' ' amend chapter 76 of Consolidate! ' Statutes entitled suretyship and ad< new section thereto authorizing thi r cancellation of a judgeship as ?uret; " or other persons secondly liable wh ' pays the same as that other person ' shall remair liable thereon, an ac 3 to amend statutes relating to privat r sales of personal property by ex ecu I tors and administrators; to repec xtrnf 5, 1925. 5 Ct>. aCopy i ; sect <>' 'p of Consolidated Statutes J ! of North Carolina and to provide for , the private sales of personal property I by executors and administrators, to! amend the statutes of North Carolina ' ' 1 providing that upon the dissolution of the warrant of attachment the' . '-ause shall be retained by the court I for the assessment of damages sus- v taincci by defendant by reason of the ^ issuance of said warrant of attach- j went, tct to amend -uS?vet ion -t of j sectior 1659 of the Consolidated statutes ! elative to absolute divorce; to . amend the statutes relative to the' regulation of traffic on state higrhwas i j particularly on the streets of incor-1 , poratoi towns of more than three , thousand population; to amend the statir s so as to change the speed J ) limit .n highways, roads and streets to an- i.d the statutes relative to the power of sale by a corporation; to amend statutes relative to the re-opening of judicial sales; an act to a-1 mend consolidated statutes of 1919 <o t int a husband may take as heor to intonate wife leaving none who can '.-.aim as heir to her; to repeal chapte. 255 Public Law of North J Carol ? .1 session 1923, reiatii e: to the , 1 ' ri: r g of motor velml- to a full j -* }> a" railroad cro-sii.o: to amend; ! ? late d - l :5 ut' rotating to m-j \ 1 sal, . ' r ublic li-! j so as to m . the penally ! the j : a ju tcc pea .'?,ic law* j so a iefinitC ihttl now ? i > ?>? ir.ti.i trial backs: to ab-j . o!:sh tate; by until 1 J to proI - itlv for additional terms of court ; j :r. <1 foi special emergency judges for | eight years; to make the judgment j iien effective from the date of filing | of complaint in certain cases; act j relating* to expenditures by th< slat ; government; to amend public and prt| vate laws of 1908, relating to disorj deriv conduct in Robeson county; to, 1 amend the consolidated .i Pates reI fating to licensing institutions for I the care of children; to require every j applicant lor a marriage license to file with the register of deeds fifteen days print to th?- issuance of the license names and addresses of con1 trading parties and the names of their parents; to repeal act to relieve I the crop lion evil and to amend see-J jtion 1 of said act; to amend the staj tutes relating to the fees of sheriffs; j to regulate the transportat ion of bottled drinks upon the highways of the | state; to amend article 1.1, section 'J2 Administration Consolidated Statute Volume three; to repeal article 5 of i chapter 17 of the consolidated statutes of North Carolina relating to adverse claims and correction after registration, "??> amend section 223 os* the consolidated statutes relative 1 to prices charged for supplies advan- j ecd by Merchants and other persons holding agricultural liens; to create additional judicial districts and to facilitate the- dispatch of business; joint resolution inviting Mrs. Carrie I Chapman Call, noted publicast to ad, dress the general assembly; to repeal 1 section 07 ill of the consolidated sta' tutes relative to requiring colored i nurses fvir colored patients; an act relating to the evidence of certain deeds and recitations therein as prima facie evidence; an act to authorize the collection of a tax on all iu-j brieating oils and greases sold in the; State of North Carolina for the main-1 tenar.ee of County highways; amend; statutes entitled Fireman's Relief J Fund; to amend consolidated statutes' relative to pensions lor inmates of i the soldier's home; an act to validate j the appointment and acts of certain' foreign executors qualifying as such! before notary publics instead of the \ clerk; authorizing the Governor and j Council of State to purchase Vance j apartments, Raleigh, for sum not to! i exceed $175,000.00; to fix the com-j pen sat ion of prisoners imprisoned inj the state prison; to make certain and I definite the boundary line between' the counties of Davie ami Forsyth;j to appropriate funds for the main-: ^ tenance of all state institutions and j Departments in North Carolina; to i amend section 0689 of the consoli-! ? I dated Statutes relating to Health;I to amend section 5720 Consol. Sta- j tutes so as to prohibit local distributing agencies for State adopted text! ' books from deducting from the sole ^ price of books purchased a penalty j for return of books; a bill to raise revenue: Genera! Appropriations bill for State Departments and instituf < lions. c? s t ED PURDY'S PHILOS e "Old Doc Brown says he drives i- a flivver and then his medicines are il all well shaken before taken." "THIS WEEK" by Bri?b*nft, world'i highest labiied editor i? a feature we carry, bandied hitherto by only the metropolitan Dailien Read tkiA column weekly. NUMBER FIVE Deep Gap Cash Store is Burglarized V. G. Miller ia Heavy Lo>er When wukuwwii nucunu ririp i nem?e(ves lo Contents of Store. Mr. l>. L Wellborn of Stony Fork vas a business caller at our shop yeserday and while here told of a very dgh-handcd robbery occurring at the Deep Gap Tuesday night. Some party :?r parties he said entered the store ,>f Mr. A. G. Miller, with the aid of a "jimmy", at a rear window, ana then fzom the inside it was dead easy to open the front door, where they* loaded their car with such of the variety of as they wanted and made away, the proprietor knowing nothing of his loss until Wednesday morning. Practically all of the men's clothing, bolts of silks and other fine fabrics, sixteen or seventeen auto casings, together with a good bit of money from a cash drawer being among the things missing Mr. Miller has not estimated the loss, nor can he at present, but it is several hundred dollars. He did say however that all trie merchaudi.-e miss ng ' oil.'. ..el have been .-.acted in a Ford a: <i that the Sight-fingered g'.-x,. either piloting truck or son ivy malL< a DRY SLEl rKS MAKE tvrr\-r- i . . l.i-. k?,./3 UN vv S?sbu? \. N. * U. . '1.?Prohijbition ? rs from vhc central of^ge here raui? I \\ i!k. county \V 'drtcvday <*; i?: rsday night of th w< ck pouring out 35,000 gallons of mash and boor, and destroying a number "f : ! i!s. xtot-n large steam outfits being included, according to information received today from Director Collrane's office. No arrests were made but a number of cases have been made out and arrests arc expected to be made shortly. STONY FORK NEWS Mrs. G. A. Greene who has been very sick for the past tew days is very much improved. Mr. Mansfield and Marie Greene have purchased them a new saw mill and with it they expect to do quite a hit of sawing in this section The Messrs Green ar? hustlers, and we wish for them great success in their undertakings. Little Grace Wellborn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 15. F. Wellborn has been visiting her grandfather and grandmother Mr and R. L. Wagner for the past few days. Mr and Mrs. L. >1. Cook, with in.wit? si)ei aiu? aaugnter spent last Saturday night with Mr. Cook's father. Mr. I. M. Cook has been very ill with influenza. Mr. B. T. Tay:*?r has purchased him a new Ford truck. Mrs. D. L Wellborn does not seem to improve very much Mr. Henry Smith returned some few days ago from Pennsylvania. Mr Smith says the weather was very cold and disagreeable up there. He also seems to think that he likes North Carolina the best. Mr. 1. S Greene made a business tup over in Asne county Saturday. FOSCOF Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Presnell a baby boy. Mr. Charlie Cole has moved to the village. We are glad to have he and his wife with us. Mrs. Cauda? Woody of Shalls Mills visited her cousin Mrs. W. H. Byrd Saturday, ann called on Mrs. Waters in the afternoon. On last Tuesday the good women here stormed Mrs. Henry Brinkley, it ueing ni-r oircnauy i ney loaded her table with all kinds of good cats Miss Floe Oalaway, her sister Geneva. and Miss Ollie Taylor did the serving. The evening was spent with pleasure. Well today is ground hog day. He i was a false prophet last year and I I hope he will be again.. Mrs. Walters is planning a visit to I Blowing Rook and Lenoir this week. She will spend throe or four weeks with her daughter Mrs. T. C. Robbins in Lenoir. TOUCH SYSTEM Bill Bilken wore shoe soles so thin That when he stepped upon some kale He knew at once, without a donbt. When it was head and when 'twas tail.