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mm mm i Siftings From the Legislature By M. O. DVNNAGaK | Special Writer for The Democrat Raleigh, N. C.?'The State SenatafUr adopting almost in its eretiret it? finance committee's report, passe the Revenue Bill, including the thrc per cent, general sales tax, but o two days, when, it came up for se? did reading, the result being that was on its second reading Morula and third reading Tuesday in th* body. However, by the amendments ado] ted, including elimination of son necessities from the goner; sale? tax operation, and raising rat< of franchise taxes on certain co porations, railroads, it olograph an telephone, and public utilities, tt Senate has brought the bill nearc the House measure and there is possibility i hal the House will adnjj the bill as it comes over from ?th Senate without necessity for a coi ference committee to iron out di* Terences. Should the Housa adopt the bil it is barely possible, but not likei; thac the General Assembly can con plete its -work and adjourn this weel Several other bills, including: th school machinery measure, will r< quire six days, reading in both hou< es on three separate days, before cr aetnient, bad not been introduced o Saturday, and time will be consume with it. Adjournment, there tore, i not expected before the middle o next week, if matters run smooth!} or possibly longer, if the Hous should buck on the Revenue bill. The Senate has had a hard tint go*,ting the Revenue Bill in its almos final shape. It started nrorc than wVek ago and spent an entire wee! getting it by its first reading. Ever, ?>f the ground was fought -ove and every effort made to avoid a gen eral sales tax. The Hinsdale luxur; tax bill was offered and defeated 27 to 21. The Clement productie: tax bill was defeated at least five t< one. The three per cent general sale tax was adopted by a 25 to 22 vote but adoption of 'the section includir.j it was by 21 to 23, one margin. However, when an amendment wa voted on to strike out the three pe cent, general sales tax provision la ter, it was defeated, 32 to 18. whicl causer} i' to be conceded that thi general sales lax would be finalh ~ The Senate_ then eliminate some of the basic necessities uf Mf " ' Try splits provisions. and added th? fiirr.chicc Thir pinces *? nearer what Hie House wanted am is the ground for hope that the Hous way accept it without delay cause" by working it out in conference com miltee. The main points of differentnow are the kilowatt hour tax on el ectncity and the tax on stocks o foreign corporations, which the Hous adopted ..and. * he Senate struck out Also, of course, the increase from tw< 10 three per cent on" general sale*. it is generally believed that th Revenue Bill went over the week end in about the form it will finall; be .enacted into law. The. "beer" machinery bill, tegu lotting sale, transportation and manu faeture of 3.2 per cent beverage; was finally enaoted Thursday and th revenue department set about get ting forms and blanks for license ap plications. The department announce that those who secure the municips and county licenses, and make appli CRtion for the State lieense, with th required $5 fee, may proceed unt the State license can be suppliec without it. Copies of the bill, 10,00 of them, will bee printed and distrit nted as early as possible. In addition to the provisions mad for State institutions, other college and schools have been seeking thr bills introduced to prevent the sal of beer and wine right at their dooi It will be prohibited in the town c Davidson College. Bills are in to prt vent sale within a mile and a hal of Guilford College and Oak Ridg Institute, and at Wake Forest an near Piueland Junior College. Othe snch bills will doubtless follow. The omnibus board of educatio b.li, naming boards in the one hut dred counties, was passed in the Set ate, with only a few changes, an sent back .to the House, but sever: V? " ''ghts have been enacted bchin -ml a few reached th the scents - ... ?? ? floor.*. Other rijrnv? """"= ' light in the House before it concui'l The J. P. omnibus bill has also passe the House and now is in the Senati The House, even though it still ha halt a hundred bills on its calenda .took the usual "local day" Saturda and most of <U> members went hom< The Senate held a regular sessio Saturday in order to work on tl revenue bill. Only nine public bills were, rat fieri the past week, but 81 local mea ures were disposed of, bringing tl week's ratifications to 90. So far th session 910 bills 'have been ratifie probably 70 of them local. Durii the wetif 109 new bills were intr duced, is in the Senate and 81 the House, bringing the session's t tal to 2089, and going above the t tal for ti e entire marathon sessi< of 1931. A resolution ratified last week i quests Congress to retain the regie - ,sii-'efft"* of the U. S. Veterans A (Continued on 1'age 7) "I WA1 A Noi ii?r. ~ J VOLUME aLi v ( WvJitiDEIv 44 3 BANK OPENING IS : DELAYED; 100 PER ? CT. SHOULD AGREE It Officials Had Expected Opening by !)- May 1st, Rut Volume of Work In- i le cident to Opening Doors Not Comal pletcd. More i ban Required Nun?;s ber Depositors Sanction Proposals, r- 100 Per Cent. Agreement Better. d ie The Watauga County Bank, closed ?i since the President's holiday pro el aa mation March 5th, will net open quite *l;as early as was expected, bank offi,e I cials stated Tuesday, and said that !_ despite the diligence of officials and f_ others it was impossible to get. ev- j erything done necessary for the open-| I ing, which they had believed would} / have taken place by the first of May. | A great many more than the legal j number of depositors and stockhold^" L - " " ens nave agreed tine article? of reorganization, but a unanimous consent is believed infinitely better. The following statement was ren leased to the press by the bank: j "It was expected by officials of 1 I the Watauga Coun y Bank that de. tails of opening the bank would have been completed by May 1st, but de' j spite the diligence of officials and e many others, it has not been possible to get everything done 'that is e necessary. t "Stockholders and depositors have a for the most part co operated in a. k very fine way. more than eighty per y cent, in amount of both stockholders r and depositors have agreed to the - plans of opening, however, it is dey sired by the State Bank Commisi, Sioner that it shall be made as near:i ly unanimous as possible. It is beta ier for the bank and all concerned s that a hundred per cent, co-operation , shall be had if possible. All details * r.ot yet completed arc being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible." : ADVENTOFBEER ; WITHOUT INCIDENT 11 SjGrny Or.- L"'*' Eitiblishment Ready) L'| With Brew When It Became Legal j woiiuij m?v-T??npr. Two County * Liccnsci MiTi R?cn tssueo. C i d The legal 3.2 per cent, brew came to Boone and found the town nape ping, for no place of business was 1- open to dispense the beverage at f 12:01 Sunday night at which time o the bone dry era in North Carolina - ended. Monday morning, however, the & Watagua Drug Company opened with a good supply of iuger, and thirsty e citizens eagerly partook of the suds. - Sales arc continuing good, it is staty ed, and most of the comment is to the effect that the brew h good but - "new." Beer did not make a sensational en?, try locally, the imbibers going about e quenching their thirst with the same - sort of spirit tshown over glasses of >- soda pop the day before. Old timers d do not recali whether or not beer il was ever retailed in Boone until i- Monday. e Advices from the court house inil dicate that besides the Watauga Drug 1, Company only one other county li0 cense has been issued, that one to - Ed S. Quails, manager of the Princess Cafe, who offers the brew at e his Blowing Kock restaurant. The :s Eoone Trail Cafe has secured muniu cipal license, bui has not stocked e beer. Several other.; are expected to L-. handle brew in the county, some of f them waiting until they may secure - certain brands which they prefer. At if present information is that retailers 0 mustn't he choosy, and arc fortunate d if they keep supplied. The retail ir price locally is 20 cents a bottle. 1 LOCAL B. & L.TS I GIVEN APPROVAL d 1 Association Meets Exacting Require" w ments for Membership in Home - j Loan Bank. Line of Credit Esd tablished for Local Benefit. ). d Mr. W. H. Gragg, secretary of the Watauga Building & Loan Associay tion, has received information from e. the Federal Home Loan Bank of Winn ston-Saitui, tc the effect that memre bership in that system has been { granted the local institution. The let- j i- ter directed to Mr. Gragg is published s- today. re - It is explained that membership in is .the Home Loan Bank is granted only d, after an association has stood a most exacting examination and investigao tion, and that only those whose standin ing is unquestioned can hope to en-o joy the benefits of this membership, o- Local officials are being eonpratuon lated upon having met these strenuous tests, and a line of credit is thus e- established which will revert to the n- financial advantage of the Associa.d tion, and to the benefit of the home ~ owners of this section. - - ' ' m 18 Jfc'* AUG i-P-artisan Newspaper, De> books;. v.'atauc-a cm in Everything 1 ... . ,?? I ?v "Everything seems to be looking uji Minister Ramsay MacDonald of ?ngi? sailed home, following their separated agreements were reached which vriill Conference and International Econon ken under which a free international BUILDING & LOAN" LEAGUE TO MEET AT BLOWING ROCK Annual Convention Called to Meet in Neighboring Resort Late in i June. Mayview Manor Will Be ! ' Convention Headquarters. Date Se- j lected With View to Avoiding the \ Rush Tourist Season. The North Carolina League of j Building: and Loan Association will J hold a convention at Blowing Rook 1 June 28th, 29th aftd 30th, accordingto an announcement which has been . recently made public. rhe ?ifive -committee selected > Mayview Manor at Blowing Rock as ji convention ,n mnk-fc ing the it \V"5 decidekHb to holt^ the meeting prior to the. rus&tx season in fSje mountain v-o?or ^fc?# ^ also at. the most attractive season in the mountains. In arranging the dates it was thought that many who attend the convention may want to remain over for the week-end. The convention will end on Friday, permitting a .lay or t\yo of recreation for (those who wish to remain over. Special arrangements are being made for the ladies, who will be offered amusements and entertainment, { including bridge and other pastimes, t The program for the meeting will be completed shortly. One of 'the principal features of the convention will be the annual banquet. Through the efforts of W. H. ^ Gragg, secretary of the local Building and Loan Association, the convention was brought to Blowing Rock. D _ LL_ A CI 1- ?I i\uuuin? ngdin Ejiecieu Mayor of Blowing Rock ; ( G. C. Robbins was re-elecled mayor i of Blowing Rock in tbe election held < there (Tuesday by a majority of 24 ( votes, while A. M. Critchev, N. C. i Greene and Herbert Stewart )vere ] chosen by the electorate for city com- : missioners. The vote cast in the may- < oralty contest totaled 202, praoti- ; cally twice the number voting in the < election of two years ago. Tn Blowing Rock a citizens ballot > composed of two candidates for may- i or and seven for city commissioners i was offered the voters. An elector ] voted for one candidate for mayor, i of course, and for three for commis- : sioner. The complete result of the u,?:n tkroo i UHilUUHg, IS as jLUUVWTt, kllC Vii> cc I highest in the commissioners race being elected i For Mayor: G. C. Robbins 113; I>. i P. Coftey 8S; for Commissioners: A. M. Critcher 140, N. C. Greene 148; i Herbert Stewart 132, W. B. Castle 77; F. B. Hartley 66, J. N. Suddreth 41, and L. F. Coon 36. Highway Patrolmen On Lookout for Beer Four State highway p?tro:n:=ji --.-re in the city Sunday evening looking out for motor trucks coming across the Tennessee line with beer, to the end that there would be no evasion of the State tax. Only one truck was reported to have passed through loaded with beer, and it dodged official examination. Two patrolmen had gone on the Jefferson road, two to the State line at Zionville, and during ! that period the vehicle came down Valley Mountain from Elk Park, passed through town and was never overtaken. Two officers were in town Tuesday evening on the same mission. A. DI ^oted to the Best Interes TY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURS Up As European I *' . . . was the gist cf comment, se Ia ? tr j . - ?-* i <$4ii, ?**?a buvuara ncrriot, **r? informal conferences with Prejidcn considerably advance the prospects tic Conference within the near fulu gold standard m;ty be restored. BD. OF EDUCATION CAN'T FUNCTION; WITHOUT POWERS The members of the old Board of Education met at the cour(!i?>U8c Monday for the purpose of transacting usual business matters. As soon as they gathered, however, one member offered as a point of order that there is no Beard of Education in Watauga County or in North Carolina, due to the fact that the omnibus bill, appointing the boards, has not yet passed the Legislature. Therefore, those wlio have composed the Board adjourned themselves fcr want of authority to acLon any public matter. '/ County Superintendent Smith ^. however, is stall an offi^Llhu t.gfm Ka v?ng iml yet -- jsimd. it is further stated that a Sup^enntendeht shall serve until his successor is named, so there can be no vacancy in the office beraiu* of ~~ -.I-? J lays. Members of the former board. Will C. Walker, J. 8. Morton and T. H. Coffey Jr., are named in the omnibus bill to ;uccctd themselves. SATURDAY MARKS BASEBALL STAR! Vatsuga League Will Swing Into Ac tion this Week-End with Three Games Scheduled. Seven Clubs Post Their -Deposits. Managers of seven local baseba^ dubs met in Boone Monday evenin; tnd posted with Secretary C. M ^ rite her ten dollars each, as a guai in lee ithat their teams would 3iel :omplete the first season of the W: tauga Baseball League. The tean epresented were: Vilas. Oak Grov< Mabel, Bamboo, Elk, Blowing Rocl irid Boone, and it was ruled thfi >utside players would not be tolei itcd in >'he strictly Watauga Count organization. Opening games of the season; .vas announced, will find Vilas plaj Tig Mabel at Mabel, Blowing Roc meeting Bamboo at Bamboo, El playing Oak Grove at Oak Grovi all games being played Saturday * 2:30 p. m. As there are only seven teams i the league, it was decided to play a games with Boone on Wednesday unless another team can be persuac ad to enter later in the season. Recorder's Court Has a Light Docke Only three cases were disposed < in Judge Suddevth's recorders cou Tuesday, as follows: Everett Story, drunkenness; su g&rcrted sentence of six months < roads is invoked. Adam Hodges, violating prohibits law, 12 months on roads. Shobe Sanders and Ella Sandei keeping disorderly house; judging suspended. FISHING GOOD Local anglers report that Ato streams are in exceptionally go< condition, and that they are begi iiir.g to strike "just right." J. Councill, who some folks say "ge 'em where they ain't," displayed creel filled with twenty-one fi: brook trout Monday afternoon. LMOCl ;ts of Northwest North Caro DAY, MAY ), 1333 Envoys Sail Home ^ ^ a mi-officially and otherwise, as Prime y mce't envoy, left, waved adieu and ^ it R nc?ftvnl f * n - * -- J i - >, ... rrn.via II 13 pi cuitieu J ? Ot SUCCCtS ol' i>Oth the DI'armatHent 1 ? rc. It is hoped that steps have been la- j, I IDR. 0. J.CHANDLER \ i DELIV'RS INSPIRING JSRRMONATA.S.T.C.I: C Chbrciics of City Canes! Services in fl Order that Congregations Might Hear Former Pastor Sunday Eve- n ning. Large Crowd Present for <J Baccalaureate. Text Taken from 1 Sixteenth Chapter of Matthew. a b "It is not the crowd that leads the f world, but those few brave spirits 8 that have the courgae of their eon- f vic-tions/' declared l)r. O. J. Chandler v of Asheville, as he delivered the hac- ( calaureate sermon to the graduating t j classes Of, rtppaiach'wri -OIL'1 Is.imlny morning. "Prosperity is spir- 1 i said Dr. lhar.ciier, p soapsuds and hop juice together and 1 make a nation rich." Taking his theme from the 16th to * 21st verses of the gospel by Saint j Matthew, the eminent divine preached an uplift ing and inspiring sermon, picturing vividly the beauty, opportunities and happiness of youth and apnlyjng the lesson to the matt of the j text. lie told the ?tuaetvs IxVAt "all the choices we make in life either strength* i\ or weaken our character," and urged the giaduates to ask "} themselves, "shall I be a positive or L ? negative force in this life?" In his f only reference to prohibition, Dr. c Chandler declared that "prosperity is j spiritual adjustment and that soap- ( suds and hop juice could never malcc , a nation rich." . The college auditorium was packed i U with students and with townspeople, j a and the Methodist and Baptist church- j p es cancelled their usual services in .. order that the members might be 1 p privileged to hear Dr. Chandler, who i~ was formerly pastor of ;:he M. E. ' 1S Church here, and who is known as a one of the most able sermonizers in f' the entire conference. The seniors were attired in caps r_ and gowns, and the program began y with a piano prelude, followed by the singing of "Oome Thou Almighty It King." Rev. P A. Hicks of the Bapr_ list Church said the invocation, "The j. Awakening Chorus" was rendered by k the College Glee Club,, and Scripture > readings and announcements preceded the sermon. The benediction was also pronounced by Rev. Hicks, n ^ ~ n Revival Begins Sunday i- At Hetison's Chapel Revival services ate announced to begin at Henson's Ghapel Methodist Church next Sunday evening, May t 7th. The pastor. Rev. G. C. Graham, is two he assisted in a two "weeks >? series by Mrs. C. I/. Steidley, a genrt eral evangelist of High Point, N. C. Rev. Mr. Graham and his congres gation have expressed great gratifi>n cation in being able to have the service? a? Mrs Steidley at this season.) in She is one of the best known and j most popular evangelistic leaders in | -s.I Western North Carolina. Her methnt ods are not, however, in any cense sensational, but quiet, reasoned and constructive. Mrs. Steidley is a pro-J fessional evangelist and works with ut pastors in all types of churches, but) >d specializes on the work in rural) n- communities. D. Beginning with Tuesday, May 9th, sts services will be held twice daily at a an hour to be announced for the ne mornings and at 8 o'clock each evening. The public is cordially invited. Sias^^gg?gg^BPB?aBBIi RAT lina J1.50 PER YEAR semocrats^INSIGNAL VICTORY IN CITY ELECTION Vdministration Forces Triumph Over Citizens Ticket Headed by Mayor Moretz. Majorities Rang* from 130 to 137 in Heaviest Voting Known iu Municipal Election. Four Hundred and Twenty-three Vole* Cast. The Democratic ticket headed by . Frank Moore as candidate for Aayor, anil carrying the names of I. B. Perry, K. L. ("lay and C. B. Duncan a? candidates to succeed hemselves for aldermen, strode to in easy victory over the Citizens icke-t, with Mayor Moretz a candiiate to succeed himself, and with T. B. Moore and E. N. Hahn as canlidates for Aldermen. Four hundred me twenty-inree votes were east 11 he election, an all-time high record, ess than a hundred having been cast wo years ago. Final -tabulations early in the eveting indicated that .T. F. Moore had massed a lead of 137 over J. M. Moetz, the vote standing: Moore, 280; loretz, 143. For town commission rs, C. B. Duncan, with no opposing andidate nn the Citizens ticket, led r? the balloting, receiving 339; II. B. 'erry, running opposite T. B. Moore, tad a majority of 132, receiving 283 ,s against Moore's 151; R. L. Clay tad a majority of 130 over Edw. N. lahn, who received 139 as against 569 for Clay. The Democratic ticket was select>d at a convention held last week it the courthouse, and the slate of andidates nominated without disord. Afrer the meeliiigc, however, legations that the meeting was rpackedT' and that the baiiotir.g was ot altogether orderly brought about lissontsons thought to have caused he Citizens ticket to be nominated ?t. a later convention. This ticket was >elieyV:d at the outset to have been ully backed by the Republican cranization, but the returns from the >ailoting would ir.deate that many t< publicans who appeared at -the polls otori for the Democratic nominees. Considerable activity was noted hrdughout the afternoon hours, and nany onlookers predicted a closer esult than was indicated at :cur.? cut. linms were jrewn MlAt V l?t Uitcrcut sm:ea<i :iirouynout Iheiou n iy. DBSMVE MAYDAY AT STATE COLLEGE Vlies Virgini*. Hunt of High Point Crowned Queen u'lijclr Sunny Sltiea Before Audience of 1,500. Sponsored by Y. W. C. A. Front her throne hanked high with tvergteeris and flanked by over 100 :ourt. attendants, Appalachian State's day Queen held fes'ival on the south tampus here Monday afternoon for noit: than an hoar. The fete began ?t four o'clock. Clear skies and a reaming May Day sun greeted the 1,500 people who had assembled for the occasion. Miss Virginia Hunt, of*High Point, .vas crowned Queen of the May. Heralded by messengers of the court, and attended by Miss Pauline Bunch, maid of honor, and twelve special attendants, the Queen approached the throne and down the center aisle of the roughly arranged amphitheatre. During the processional the college (llee Club sang, '"Hail, Glad May Queen." The theme of the fete was "May Day in Many Lands. ' Alter rcceivir.fr the crown from the hand of the maid of honor, the Queer, looked on while troupes, dressed to symbolise the various nations, danced for her amusement. Each troupe numbered about fifteen dancers. France, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Russia, England, America and Greece were thus represented. The May Pole dance followed, with five May Poles about which the entire Com* danced. The attendants stood at attention during the re-co sional, flanking the passageway of the Queen ar.d her train from the courtSponsored annually by the college Y. W. C. A., this May Day fete has come ito be regarded as one of the outstanding occasions of the spring season ha this section of the State. Miss Dolly Le May arid hiisa "JE?'Y?m r. 1 i- , ? ?tn I oacAsuu uncciea me uauceo, whiw Miss Virginia Wary, director of the college Glee Olub, was in charge of the music. . I ROCK QUEEN STREET A large force of handet Tuesday completed .rocking that portion of Queen Street between A. W. Smith's residence and W. H. McGhee's resi- i dence. The work constitutes a nice improvement to ithe city's thorough- ;i fares. |
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