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Sittings From the Legislature By M. It. DUNNAOAN SiHiial Writer for Tbe Democrat ? Raleigh, N. C.?After ten days of travail the House of Representatives has brought forth and sent to the Senate an appropriations bill which bears the name of the Bowie-Cherry substitute for the original appropriations bill, but with few features of parents?in-name, and in the main i?he child of the House Appropriations committee. The committee bill contemplated a salts tax of some kind. The BowieCherry substitute, adopted by the House, sought to balance tbe budget without such a tax and by cutting ?verything to the bone, or deeper. After the Bowie-Cherry substitute w&& adopted, the bill was taken up I item by item, and everything raised! to or almost to the figures in the committee bill,, except the State departments. The measure went to the Senate that way, with increase sufficient to require some form of sales tax, and will come out early this week in the Senate. As the bill went to tbe Senate it provided $13,450,000 for the six incnths public school term, $75,000 for emergencies, and $800,000 con iiiumiwii iuv?at? suppuri, 01 me ex-j tended term, a total of $15,050,000 j. for public schools. The Senate may, j or may not, substitute the eight months term, abolishing charter district?, as to operation, as recommended by Governor E-hringhaus. The Senate has been holding back the MacLean-Bailey bill .for an eight months school, and it may be embraced in the appropriations measure. If so, it will then have to go back to the House, for concurrence and its fate is uncertain. The Senate will probably be considering tHk ^appropriations measure all ihis week. Meanwhile, the House will have under consideration the revenue mea-u.? . the second of the two important ; bills, and there will probably be in- I terlooking, crossing and dove-tailing j of the two measures. Even with a hit ?>f Timiri-UJO IMflila 1 *>fk u.niib of the session, and if things move along' with fair progress, little chance is seen of adjournment in lets than three weeks more, and if : deadlocks develop, that time could ; easily be doubled, running the session through April. ~ xne tlouse^ihd senate are locked ; on the machinery bill in two respects. 1 ne House decisively adopt ,: ed a provision to tax stocks in for- : eat jo .per ceut. at. v,iik.vviiV,v . such stock. The Senate just r.s decisively eliminated the tax 011 for- ; eign corporation stock. Also, the i House eliminated the provision limiting revaluation to more than onethird decrease. The Senate replaced the provision that property, ir. revaluation, could not be reduced more inan one-third in value. A conference , committee will have to iron out these differences before the bill is -i/lnnto.! Two bills, relating to foreclosures, , have been passed by both Houses. ] One establishes the methods of acquiring a lien, selling property and i passing title .for delinquent taxes, simplifying the present methods for the future. The other provides that tax'sales certificates held by coonIt tics or municipalities may be redeemed by the owners of the property by agieeing to pay the taxes and costs due, with interest, over a period of five years in annual equal installments. Both Senate and House "dug down" last week, holding extra meeting in the afternoons and at night, seeking to clear their calendars for the larger measures, and marked progress was shown, even though the process seems slow. T-ast week the number of bills ratified almost reached the number introduced. The introductions continue large, reaching about 115 last week, carrying the total for the session above 1550. Of these, so far, 534 have been ratified, or are ready for ratification, the big majority being local bills. Bills ratified the past week numbered 96. of which 77 were local -Measures and 19 general. Several of these were passed and ready for ratification the week before. Three of them were resolutions providing for payment of the expenses of committees which visited State instituIffiS a way from. F.aleigh. One was to have 1,000 copies of House Bill 158 printed and sent to chairmen of county commissioners. This measure sets up and establishes methods, procac and nrnnednre hv which -a lipn mav be acquired on real and personal property, the property su'.u and title conveyed, for failure to pay taxes. Consolidation of State's Prison and ' State Highway Commission, as the Highway and Prison Department, has been provided in a law ratified. Actual consolidation is left to the Governor, when he names the commission -and mal;e3 the transfer ? tho guess being that it will be as of July 1st. A new law is the .one providing that unincorporated beneficial organizations. associations or societies may sue or be sued in a common name. (Continued on Page 7) WA1 A No VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 39 Carolina Makes Bid Miss Bunny Saiubridgc, of Asheville, N, C-, has be?n selected to represent the Tar Heel State in the contest for Grand Beauty Queen at the Chicago World"* Fair in Jun". Cash prizes of $5,000 anc) $3,000 go to first and second places. DRY FORCES SEND IN APPEALS; ASK DISFAVOR OF BEER Watauga County Crusaders Reported to Have Sent in Petitions to Raleigh, Urging Legislators to Vote Against Francis Bill. Proponents of Measure Locally Refrain from Petiticning Solons. Whether North Carolina will, or will not, have beer as a legal beverage has for the past few days monopolized local conversation, and interest in the foamy liquid, both pro md con, showed a decided increase following the favorable Senate committee report on the beer bill. Raleigh dispatches indicate that the counties in the western part of the state have shown up the most dry support, and Watauga and Madison ire mentioned. Petitions from the "dry forces of Watauga" are reported to have arrived iir-Raleigh with vn any si ?n a f.ur GS Iiut there is no indication of action :tt ih~ r psrti 0/ those who favor the measure. Conversation 011 the streets of Rnone indicates that sentiment :s divided. OA. the <iuestion. Since Senator Francis lias made of "his" beer measure the most talked topic duving the session of the Legislature, the following dispatch as to his first succors will he timely: FRANCES BILL REPORTED OUT Raleigh, N. 0.-?Beer Tuesday cleared its first legislative hurdle in North Carolina with a rousing whoop. A senate judiciary commiltee. with :he cheers of wets and the pleas of Bkys still ringing after a rwo-and-onehalf-hour hearing, voted 10-tl for a favorable report 011 the Francis bill to legalize the sale of 3.2 per cent beef in this State after May lBth. Tuesday night on the motion of Senator Roy Francis of Hiaywood. author of the bill, the Senate- voted unanimously to begin debate on the bec-r hill as a special order to follow the appropriations bill, now under consideration. Thus the bill may not be reached until next week. Before setting the bill as special order, the Senate "adopted" the committee substitute. However, the action may not indicate senate opinion. The beer sponsor altered his program, and said he would ask that the measure be set as special order Thursday. Thursday's hearing, held before the largest throng to jam the hall oi the house in years, produaed the greatest amount of cheering, shouting and hand-clapping precipitated during the present session of the General Assembly. Ardent beer supporters interrupt ed proponents of the bill with shouts and cheers and opponents with sarcastic remarks. Applause for the drys was net lacking, but did not come up in volume to that given the beei forces. Drys in the crowd frequently heckled wet speakers. Francis' bill, summarized, pro vides: 1. That beer of 3-2 per cent, alcoholic content may be sold in North Carolina after May 15. 2. That no person under 16 years of age be ailowed to buy beer anc that every person be prohibited iron giving such a person beer. 3. A tax of $2 a barrel of 31 gal Ions and two cents a bottle of IS ounces. 4. No manufacturing of beer 11 the State. 5. A limit to the places in whicl beer may be sold so as to prohibi "beer gardens.." Three additional barriers remai] to be cleared if beer is to be lega in North Carolina. The bill mus pass three readings in the Senate be sent to the house where, unde formal legislative procedure it wil go to a committee and from tha rAud n-Partisan Newspaper, D| BOONE, WATAUGA COUj JOSEPHUS DANIELS IS DENOUNCED BY REDS IN OLD MEXICO Communist Posters Attack Ambassador in Violent Language, ^niericau Embassy Building Is Stoned. Vera Cruz Incident Incites Trouble. Several Windows of American Building Broken by Rioters. : jjj Mexico City. ? Posters attacking! Josephus Daniels, the new American! ambassador to Mexico, appeared walls in Mexico City Tuesday. The posters were captioned '"Out! with Daniels," and they caljed him | "the murderer of Azueta and/Uribe." I | These men were Mexicans Who Were killed in the fighting wheri^United States forces landed at Ve*a Cruz in 1914. At the time Mr. Daniels was secretary of the navy. , 2, 'The posters were signed "The Central Committee of the Communist party of Mexico, section , pj the Communist International." ;> They called upon workorsAf&riners, students, soldiers and sailojrs and "all anti-imperialists in gehergl" to rise up and force Mr. Darnels from Mexico. The overthrow of the pn^env Mexican government, for nermi^mg Mr. Daniels to serve as ambassador was urged in the posters. ; Uses Violent Language "The naming of Daniels is an insult to the Mexican people and spits on the memory of Mexicans who died in V?i'?. C *!?" th? asters said. "What is the consistency of decorating those who died at Vera Cruz and then welcoming the murderer of Azueta and Uiibe?". It was learned Tuesday, th&fe communists stoned the American embassy last Friday night in a demopfctration against the naming of Mr. ^Daniels. Several windows of the embaasy were broken. Policemen who guard the embassy were lured away from i no um:u:ng by one groupawhile others rushed in to stone the place...**Lane Reports Affjiir i Arthur Bliss Lane, charge-^ d?U| fnires, who had just returned from Washington, reported the mcidOKT.to the foreign office and to tic cjiiei HWUtnttr-mnwn not he learned whether any arrests have been made. It was definitely learned that W. F. Flanley, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, iast week sent a telegram to Secretary Hull, protesting against che appointment of Mr. Daniels. The text of Mr. Finley's telegram and Secretary Hull's reply were not made public here. DOWDMAYBE NAMED MARSHAL Sanford Man Expected to Succeed Watt H. Gragg in Middle N. C. District. Ten Deputies Are to Be Named. William T. Dowd of Sanford is slated to receive the endorsement of Senator Robert It. Reynolds for marshal of tiic Middle North Carolina District, according to a report from Washington early this week. Mr. Dowd is believed to have the inside track over a list of at least a dozen candidates who sought to succeed to the post now held by W. H. Gragg of Boone. Ten deputies are also to be appointed in the Middle District, and the understanding in Washington is that the endorsement of Senator Reynolds will be the determining foetor in these appointments. At present there is no indication as to when Mr. Dowd will be sworn in, however, it is believed that it ; wiil be several months hence. i FEDERAL TAX OF ONE CENT WILL REMAIN ON GASOLINE Washington, D. C.?Representative Ryvns, of Tennessee, house Demo. cratic leader, told newspaper men 11 last week the one cent a gallon gasoline tax would be re-enacted in the s special session of Congress. 1 The House will act on the measure i which expires July 1 as soon as it is reported to the Ways swl Means - Committee. ! Byros said repeai of the bank check rate and lowering 01 the postl age rate would have to be studied before any action followed on these i proposals. t committee to the floor of the house. 1 To date no liquor bill has received 1 favorable report from a committee t of the General Assembly. A house , judiciary committee at first reported r favorably on a bill similar to the 1 Francis measure but reversed itself t when the bill was re-referred. ' /'_< .v-.y i vA 'w- V '--Ji A DE [voted to the Best Interest * jPfy^NORTH CAROLINA, THURSO. j ; Ambassadors to Fi j "The first two nominations for Ami 'jP^nuideut Roosevelt were those hami 'Ambassador to Paris, and right, Hoi Secretary of the Navy unc tr W 5co City. Mr. Strauss is preslt ent o and Mr. Daniel* i* odito of a JUDGMENTS OF! HE RECORDERS COURT Two Sentence* and Number of Fine* -. -Meted Out by Judge Suddrith. K Complete Proceeding of the , Court for Pn*t Week. Sentences totaling eight months mill more than one hundred t' Jllars in fines were handed out by . udge Sjrfaerth in Recorders Court this wMfc and duV'nK tho ,ast hou 3 of th? uejsions last week. The rcma nder of fi-.'in lust week's t' 'ffcy well; art the findings on ^ and^iU'.v Mji.-r, ilty. Claude Davis and David Cole, affray, judgment suspended oil payment of cost. ?J. A. Nelson, giving worthless check, judgment suspended on payment of cusL John Church, disturbing religious congregation, fined $10 and costs of action. Percy Shook, carrying concealed weapon, fined $50 and cost. Franklin Greer, operating car while intoxicated, $50 and cost. Macon Fry, assault, discharged. Luther South, resisting an officer, i months on roads suspended on payment. of $10 and cost. Contents of Residence Burned; $50 in Money The home of Joe Brown, located in Watauga County near Todd, was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday, it is learned, none of the furnishings having been saved. Origin of the destructive flame was unknown. The residence, a frame structure, represented a substantial investment, and was practically new. Included in the loss was about $50 in currency. Herbert Hoover Has Family Ties In Watauga County Ex-President Herbert Hoover ha* a family connection in Watauga County, through Mrs. A. W. Siila of Lencir, it has been learned by the Lenoir News-Topic. Mrs. Dula is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Hoover, revealing that two of the ex-president's grandfather's brothers, David and Daniel Hoover, married two Mast sisters who were great-grand&unt* of Mrs. Dula. The home of the Hoovers and Masts was in Randolph County, and while President Mr. Hccrcr ?*" his secretary to this State and had a monument erected at the arave of his areat-arandfa tber Hoover. Mrs. Dula is a native Watauga woman, being the former Miss Addie Mast, and the kinship of Mr. Hoover touches many families in this county. A daughter, Miss Nannie, and son, Edward Dula, are now students at the Appalachian Col* lege here. 1 The paternal ancestor of Mrs. 1 Dula first located in Randolph after coming south from his home in P otnsy 1 vania. wV^" :moci s of Northwest North Caro AY, MARCH 30, 1333 ranee and Mexico J t>assadorahip* sent to he Senate by ng Jesse I. Strauss of New York, a. Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. codrow Wilson, Ambassador to Mex- ' f c. large New York Department daily newspaper. [N ARCOTICS GO IN ! NOCTURNAL RAID I I Local Drug Store Falls Prey to Robber J. Quantity of Morphine Taken. About Fifteen Dollars in Currency Lifted. I ! I A small locked case in the pre- | scriptior. department of the Boone , Drug Company, in which narcotics ) are kept, was broken into Sunday j night, and about $15 worth of mor- , phine taken. Codine, ttrfum, 'etc., were carefully sOVtft) out and left. ( About. ?15 which had been left in , the cash register was taken, but so , far as was known, nothing else was | . - .1 S Entrance to the pharmacy was | AiskinflftStliB th? ^ ; thieves had entered an automobile a , c/Unr* .li-For.? TSU v ui^<oiivc ?nvuy. xiicie aic uu j clues as to the identity of the prowl- | era. A few mouths ago the WiiaTaga , Drug Company sustained a similar , loss and belief is divided as to who- , ther the raids on narcotics are by some, addict or whether a purveyor ) of the drugs is robbing for monetary , gain. J FEDERAL OFFICER CLAIMS WM. FURR j Notorious Auto Thief Is Taken lo Greensboro by -Deputy Marshal. Tried in Local Court and Given Thirty Days. William H. Hopkins, alias William Furr, recently arrested near Boon'-' on charges of auto theft, was taken into Federal authorities last Monday, and removed to the Greensboro jail fox* safe keeping. The prisoner had been in the Watauga jail sewing a sentence of thirty days imposed by Judge Suddreth, and information had been received from the Motor Vehicle Bureau of Investigation, with instructions that he be held. Hopkins, it is stated, was just out of prison at Beckley, W. Va., where he was En H)r#.u i?i>faro Cnv lirniAv law violations, and where he had been implicated in several thefts. Local authorities were relieved when the prisoner was removed, as he had been a source of trouble, having made frequent attempts to escape. GIUSEPPE ZANGARA I.A1D TO REST IN PRISON CEMETERY Raiford, Fla.?After a brief service, Giuseppe Znngara, the assassin who was electrocuted for the murder of Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, was buried Thursday in "Gopher Hill," the small cemetery at| the State prison fntni nut. A rumbling truck carried the body from the prison hospital to the burial ground, where the rough pine casket was lowered fcrto the grave by six guards. The Rev. L. O. Sheffield, prison chaplain, read a brief scripture and prayer as the State officially closed its case against the Italian immigrant who mortally wounded Mayor Anton Cermak and shot three other persons in an unsuccessful attempt to kill President Roosevelt at Miami, February 15th. n? a -nnn vo*n .9U i-sui * p~S=2Ss| SANK OFFICIALS ATTEND MEETING AIMED AT MERGER No Information Available at to When Banks Will Open or Whether Proposed StciUp-iV-idc Consoli^tinn Wifl Become Effective. Official* of Both Local Banks in Rnleigh. Details of Plan Given. A number of officials and directors of the Watauga County Bank and the Peoples Bank and Trust Company, closed since the beginning of the banking holiday more than three weeks ago. went tc Raleigh the first of the week to attend a meeting called by Bank Commissioner Hood, aimed at consolidation of the banks now' closed. The bankers have not yet returned and while there is belief that arrangements will be made to open the local institutions soon, there is no information from authoritative sources. The foiiowing dispatch from Raleigh gives out the salient points in Commissioner Hood's consolidation proposal, but no information as to whether local banks favor it is availFLAN OUTLINED BY HOOD Raleigh, N. C. Advantages of pooling the "best assets" of banks now operating under restrictions in North Crolina land organizing one State-wide branch banking system were outlined here Tuesday to more than 1,000 persons, attending a meeting "ailed hv the Stat? Banking Department. Gurney P. Hood, State commisiionsr of banks, and Kenneth Royal!, Soldsboro attorney, presented tenta:ive details of the proposal to estabish a $i>,000,000 system. He anlouneed another meeting will be held lere Friday, when those interested n taking some definite action were isked to return. Pointing out there were 95 banks iperating under restrictions in the itatc and 70 counties and 132 cities ind towns werei without "adequate ranking facilities," Hood said it was was establishment of the State-wide bank. BHwhhHHBPWBhiIb flflfflBMHI Otherwise, he declared, many 61 the institutions will have to be liq to depositors under the new hank E3SBB plan, he said, as by outright liquidation of the existing' hanks. Restricted hanks. Hood said, had deposits totaling more than $35,1)00,DOl) and owned $3,800,000 in North Carolina bonds and $1,700,000 in United Skates bonds, wVpch would huye to he thrown on the market along with other securities if the institutions were liquidated. A letter from Governor Ehringtiaus was read, expressing hope such ivould not be the result of the bank problem in the- State. Other Benefits Cites! Other benefits to depositors were cited as orderly liquidation of the remaining assets of existing banks and assistance of the new bank in liquidating assets of the existing banks. Stockholders would he aided, the commissioner said, by more orderly liquidation, giving them a chance to wive auiiirMunt; on cueir and a chance to prevent the necessity of a stock assessment. Directors of the new branch would be distributed. Under tbe tentative organize^; plans, the capital assets of the bi bank would total $6,000,000 ir ing $3,000,000 in preferred sto be sold to the Reconstruction ? inance Corporation. Participating banks would raise $2,000,000 in common stock by purchasing stock of a par value equal to 6 2-3 per cent of their unsecured depository liabilities, and put up $1,- -hi 000,000 in surplus funds. Would Buy AimU The new branch bank would agree to purchase for cash the "best assets" of the existing banks in double the amount paid for common stock in the new bank. The funds derived would be immeditaely distributable to the unsecured depositors of the existing bank. It was estimaied unsecured depositors of the existing banks would have minimum cash deposits in the new bank equal to 20 per cent, of i their old deposit. More than $9,000,| 000 in secured deposits would be re' leased. Existing banks, after creation ot the new system, would be liquidat- . y ed after a period of three years, unless conditions made it advisable that such action be taken earlier to pro- . tect depositors or enforce stockholders' liabilities. Royalt said the mechanics of the organisation depend on action to be takt n by tha Reconstruction Finance Corporation. One plan under consideration," he amd, provides that if fewer that, one third of the depositors (Cbntinned on Page 5) ''''ImI
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