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Sittings From I
the Legislature j
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Special Writer for The Democrat
Raleigh, N. C.?The General Ass
mbly of 1933 adjourned sine die
Monday afternoon, May 15. after
session of 132 days, one short of 19
full weeks, and nine short of the marathon
1931 body's duration, parsing,
as the f inal big measure the bill wfttch
provides for operation of the Statev
Hie eight-months school term, hut
allowing supplements for the eight
rr.f:r:thi' and for the nino-montn. unvler
certain restrictions, both including
n vote of the people.
The nine mon'.h provision was
,sr",r'i'
U-. liiv iu??.?i.cnv.v ox viuvejjigi
Ehringhau> who took the position
rha:. communities wanting, as indicated
by a vote of the citizens, and
a . to pay for a ninth month, should j
be permitted to have it. But not every
community can pet through the
restrictions. No community with less
ihars 1,000 pupil population can add
the ninth month, and only those
above that figure which secure approval
from four sources: the county
board, the Lr>cal Government Commission,
the new State School Commission,
and. finally a vote of the
pe pie, may levy additional taxes for
the ninth month.
As finally passed Monday, the ?!
school machinery hill is not al! the j
school folks and parents may have J
w i.-hed, iKii is it restrictive enough
to please all of the taxpayers. But itjl
is looked upon as a fair compromise' ]
of view? of those opposing forces; as
liberal as conditions permit, but hard- c
Iv all the paying end of the proposal
would hove desired.
The Revenue Bill passed its third
and final reading in the Senate Friday,
by a vote of 26 to 11. on the
basis of the conference report pr?uufiij
adopted by the House. The
main new feature is including the r
three per cent general salts tax. As j,
a final aid to the merchants, a law ^
was enacted providing that the tax ^
be passed on to the consumers by the
merchants. Commenting on that law,
Secretary Willard L. Dowell, of the i
State merchants, said he, while not ^
.speaking with authority, thought the ^
merchant^ would not contest the s
sales tax law, but, without the new e
Jaw, he was sure they would have v
fought it.
Thz sales tax is expected to brimr
59,000,000 in revenue a year, and is ,i
aicitr ?rr"m,ir,^Kiity Hicsjur?,- to bo ,
resorted to for only two years and ,.
not again enacted. Vhc Revcuur (
y ort*\ uiti'm fair r~r yo**ooioot |5 cnn. ,
ditinns, produce a surplus of $5,- <,
000,000, Henry Burke, Ihe Governor's
budget assistant, estimates, if, as he v
figures, about $1,000,000 is saved in v
the amount that has been appropriated
each year. ?
Three "sneak" bills, allowing pari- ;1
mutual racing, have been passed by e
tile General Assembly in Uv'u weeks; h
The vhree measures have identical (J
captions, creating agricultural and a
breeders' associations, for McDowell,
Pasquotank ami Rowan counties. Two t
last week, after the McDowell bill
had been "sneaked" by, indicate that I
both House and Senate knew what
they were about, and did the same
thing three times, with open eyes. e
Rep. \V. \V. Neal. accused of snealc- J;
ing the first, through, introduced a t",
hill of identical title two years ago, y
after the Buncombe and Polk bills v
haj beer, killed, except that he pro- p
vkled for a vote of the people before ^
horse racing would be allowed. So 1.
do the other two. g
Two ctiter so-called "sneak" bills ,
are of interest. One was th'e Sulli- e
van, of Buncombe, bill to allow those t
owing hanks which were closed to w
u art?.i ?rr_
??ay ? P ucpuonuio tAi WlU yi?- Nl
det debts with these, applying to J
Buncombe. It passed, but its c.onsti- tuuonality
is questioned, on "impairing
contract.'' Another was the Taylor
bill exempting Mecklenourg from
provisions of the Workmen's Compensation
act. It passed but was discovered
and killed.
Other controversial bills, killed
when considered, have been revived
i in closing hectic days and efforts
made- to pass them, with many member.
absent. It is the usual near-end
thing and occasionally such -tills are
enacted.
The usual "love feasts" were held
b;+ week, bv the House Thursday
night and by the Senate Friday
night. At such occasions gifts are
presented to speaker and president,
chief clerks and other officials and
amritoi-e,--s. each accompanied bv lan
da'i&n and praise of the individual by
I some member.
When the smoke of battle clears
H\vny it will be found that about 2,450
bills have been introduced ciira
session, some 1,700 in the House and
750 in the Senate. About 135 Were
introduced in the House and 80 in
the Senate last week, the final big
spurt. Of these, 1330 had been passed
and ratified, or Were up for ratification.
The week's ratification's
reached about 345, 45 public and local
measures. When a final and accurate
check is made it will showthat
about 1360, possible toward 1375
bills, public and local, and resolutions,
have been enacted by the 1933
session.
New Public Lawa
New public or general laws and
resolutions ratified the past week,
(Please turn to Togo 8)
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VOLUME XLIV. NUMBER 1G
Chief of Farm Job
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George Peck, of Molinc, 111., for
many years a mid-western farm
leader, is chief administrator of the
new Roosevelt farm relief program,
working directly under Secretary
Wallace.
NEW SCHOOL LAW
MACHINERY YET TC
BE SET IN MOTION
>upt. Hagaman Gives Brief State
rncnt a_? to Radical Chances Mad?
in Operation of School System
District Lines Abolished. No Teach
er Can Be Named Until Com mis
sion is Approved.
A copy of the new school law ha
lot vet been furnished the loca
toai'd of education, states Superin
endent Smith Hagaman, in ails we
o numerous queries addressed to hin
n regard to the changes in the State
ducationai system. "However,'' Mr
lagaman continues, "it is learr?e<
hrough the newspapers thai the lav
rovides for an educational commis
ion composed of one member iron
ach Congressional district, togeihei
rith the State Superintendent."
The law, it would appear, accord
ng to Mr. Hagaman, abolishes, al
is trie L lines and removes all schoo
kT.i'r.irH?? ? fn>> i In
cdistricting of all the counties b?
Euvn uiioiriil" C'oir.Tr.iacioi:.- -;A?Te'
hif:: Z.z hoards _Qj
ducation are directed to appoint <
ornmittee in each of these district
rho shali serve for a term of tw
ears.
It will be observed by this arrange
uent that it will be impossible foi
ny teacher to bp emnlbyen until th?
State Kdueatonal Commission shal
ave been named, /The <ypy^rno_r w ii
erhaps do this before the week-end
nd school machinery will he set up.
rederal Officers Make
-iquor Haul at Deep Gap
Federal Prohibition Agents, Coop
r, IT all and Prevette captured ter
allons of moonshine whiskey, ant
ook into custody four Watauga citi
ens, J. R. Miller, Tom Pennell anc
nfe, in a raid at Deep Gap earlj
'riday* morning. The prisoners wen
rought to town and given a hearing
efore United States Commissionei
i. C. Eggers at 3 a. m. and bounc
o Federal Court under bonds of $50(
ach. All promptly filled bonds wit!
he exception of Tom Pennell, wh(
ras remanded to jail in de-fault ot
arne.
JUDGE CLARKSON
PILOTS MODEL T
THROUGH BOONE
A dilapidated Model T. Ford sedan
parked in front of a local garage
Monday for a familiar quarter
job. The flivver looked very
much like all the reit, carried all
the well-known rattles, and the fenders
flopped more or less like the
wings of a bird in flight but a
passerby noted that the license tag
was No. 12, indicating a member
of the State's official family. Investigation
revealed that the man
at the throttle was none other than
Associate Justice Herriot Clarkson
of the State Supreme Court, who,
with members of his family was
passing through from Little Switzerland
wlicis he ? ?*o?ta?re.
When his identity had been established
the genial Jurist chatted
with a small group under The Dem<
ocrat's maple tree, and chuckled
good naturedly as attention wai
called to iku dingy and ancient ve>
hide. "The heat points about th?
old Ford are that it's paid for and
that it will get you there," said
Justice Clarkson, whereupon he
cranked up Lizzie, and with a wave
of the hand and a cheerful smile;
he "gave her the gun" and went
rattling down the road. "A prince
of a fellow," said one and a "darr
good auto" said another, as the ve
hide jogged away into the dis
tance.
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>n-Partisan Newspaper, E
BOONE, WATAUGA CO
IBANK DIRECTORS
! HOUt MEETING ON
TUESD'Y; HOPEFUI
Watauga County Bank Officials R?
pert Dcpoailcr* Are Signing Raj
idly and Urge Rencvralt and Co
lections of Note*. Go to Raleigh t
Confer With Hood. Commission*
Want# no Question a* to Safety.
The directors of the Wataug
County Bank, in session last The;
day, reported that the signipK of d<
uositors io the reorganization agcei
J inent ha!3 been going on in a ver
I satisfactory manner, anil it Was urge
j that borrowers keep their notes r<
I nswed and that payments be mac
jas regularly a? possible.
] It was moved that President B. I
J Dougherty, Cashier G. P. Hagaras
ami Baxter M. Linney go to R&leig
inimidiately t? confer with the banl
ing Commissioner as to an earl
r opening of the institution. The off
i cials left Tuesday for the capital cit
and belief is that permission may b
I granted to o| en the hank soon, as i
" appears that the requirements hav
r been pretty t oroughly complied wit!
j Mr. Hoed*; requirements, stat
| Dank officia! 5, are extremely exact
j ing. He is in lined to look at the sit
-juation from the viewnoint of a de
2 pasitcr, they say. and wants no que?
tion about "he safety of any ban
- when permission to open is grantee
Watauga Boys to Leave
3 For Reforesting Camp:
Watauga's quo:a of recruits fo
r the President's reforestation armj
1 27 in number, will leave for Winston
Salem early Friday morning, wher
they will undergo a rigid physics
' examination preparatory to Lheii ad
' mission to Cinip Bragg, where the;
will be physi -ally reconditioned fo
1 a short period of time. In perhap
1 two weeks they will be removed t
forestry camps, probably in the Smo
* ky Mountains Park area.
County Supi rintendent Smith Hfl
gaman, who is also director of pub
" jlic we if are ami uhiirVr ~ wiiwjc office
i the Wataugans were recruited, wil
" acco hip?: ~to Wir.cto" >"2
Iv-IT;. lie- 1 u ^fVnr
* Watauga constitute an unusually fiff
s group of young men, averaging i;
' age about 19 years.
Decrease Is Shown in
ji Watauga Relief Cases
if .... ?
/V ur<:r?&ae oi fair.;iiPQ\Aq;.TP
ceived aid from public relief fund
in Watauga during the month of Ap
ril as compared with March was vc
veiled in figures released Monda;
I from the Governor's Office of Relief
The total number of families aide<
was 614 in April as compared to 70'
in March.
. The total number of families aid
ed in the state was 138,900, as com
pared with i6-1,000 during March, ;
decrease of 16 per cent.
Relief officials had anticipated lha
there would be some decrease duf
\ ing April, due to improved husines
[ conditions generally and to the re
turn of many destitute families t
farms, but the decrease of 16 pe
1 cent, was even better than had beei
* pre dieted.
^ The decrease was practically gen
eral throughout the State, 78 of th
100 counties showing fewer familie
dependent upon relief funds tha:
during the previous month.
Compensation Awarded
Widow of James Coffej
I
Raleigh, N. C.?In one of the set/
eral cases' arising out of unemploy
ment relief work of thousands o
North Carolinians, the North Care
lina Industrial Commission has awai
ded to the widow of James Coflej
Blowing Rock, killed while at wor
under the Governor's Office of Rf
lief, workmen's compensation at th
rate of $7 a week far 350 weeks i
addition to medical and hospital bill
and not exceeding S200 for funeri
expenses.
The award by Commissioner De\i
ey Dorsett directs the Governor's 01
fice of Relief to pay this compensi
tion, as the deceased was regular!
I employed by it and that he died o
February 3, tuoj, as one result of a
I injury by accident while so employe*
An attorney's fee of $200 is also a
[ lowed.
Baseball Players
| Win Their Acquittj
I Nine residents of the Mable cor
' munity, arraigned Saturday befo
5 Justice of the Peace Chouncey Mo
dy on a charge, of playing basebs
t on Sunday, were acquitted, and lie
s J. A. McKaughan, who signed tl
? warrants for their arrest, was a
sessed with the court costs. The mi
ister appealed to the recorders cou
as to the cost.
life
A EWE
>eVoted to the Best Interesl
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NORTH CAROLINA, TilUIlSI
Elk River Aug
iy
e
it Left to right, J. P. Givens ?ind
e W. T. Combs, cf Leaksvillc, N. C.f
and part of their day's catch in the
e Elk River, near Banner Elk. Brown
i- and speckle and rainbow are all included.
The highest fellow at the
left is well ever twenty inches.
Visiting fishermen, by the recI
ords of the Elk River Fishing Club,
are at least 25 per cent, more nu5
Many Bills
; During Clc
y Raleigh.?The North Carolina |
v General Assembly, before sine die !
s adjournment Monday, officially at
o 12 noon, 'hut actually at 5:30 p. I
m., after hearing a farewell message
of thanks from Governor Ehri
inghaus, imitation o.? Senator J. W.
i- Bailey by Tom Bast, newsman, lo.li::
. datiop*-and compliments freely exII
changed, ratified public bills and
n.L._ Prevent buildings, except by
e State approval, on snores oi Susie
a lakes.
Repeal the law relating to and
providing for convict-made lime.
Have Stale Highway Commission
deftifrnn&k reutnin ron?U nc liorhr
I traffic roads.
Repeal the law making the
"Chickadee" the State bird.
5 Require passing the general j
sales tax on to the consumer.
Transfer We:,.hts and Measures
y Division to Revenue Department.
Pay small balance due teachers
1 for teaching last few days of six
7 months term.
Permit Corporation Commission
to allow removal of trains from
- railroad.-, when traffic conditions
i justify it.
Limit time for bringing foveclot
sures or. deficiency judgments.
Amend law on obtaining enters
tainment at hotels and boarding
; Small Dockel
In County Ci
n
The recorder's court disposed of
its criminal docket Tuesday and
Wednesday began the civil calendar.
The docket this week was raJ
ther light, there being only six
cases tried. Of particular interest
to .those whose poultry houses have
been systematically entered, was
f the cases against Lee Hodges and
?- Ode Dugger, convicted on a charge
of larceny of chickens. Judge Sud*,
derth sentenced them to 4 and 3
k months respectively on the roads.
- T. F. Lovill, arraigned for violae
tion of the prohibition law, was
Tt sentenced to 12 months on the
Is
il REV. L. F. KENT RETURNS
FROM TRIP TO ALABAMA
f- Rev. L. F. Kent returned to Valie
?- Crucis Monday from Birmingham,
y Ala., where he had been attending
n the conference of the Episcopal Cler"
gy, liionesR of Alabama. Mr. Ken1
1- took occasion to present the Vali<
1- Crucis School to the clergymen while
there and states that it appears manj
Alabama students will be enrolled al
his school this year.
| While in Birmingham, Mr. Kenl
" conducted the services on three oc
n- casions at St. Mar>' Church, the rcc
re tor being in Arizona at the time re
o- covering from an illness.
ill
v. A large increase in the amount o
he dolomitic limestone used in fertilize:
is- this season is reported by North Car
n- olina farmers. The limestone is usei
irt as filler and as a supplement to thi
usual plant food materials.
:moc
is of Northwest North Ca
AY, MAY It?, i- '
pier's Paradise
!merous than last year, which was
the bar.nut year previously. They
all say the E'k River is stocked to
I the saturation point.
Two Elk River clubs, the Banner
Elk organization ard the Elk River
rails, fishing dub, inc., of Elk
Park, are conducting a join! fishj
ing contest, to last through August
31 *t, with handsome prizes for the
, biggest catches.
are Passed
>siiig Days
t houses without. pitying for it,
| Amend law on tax sales.
Change rates on motor vehicles.
Provide for purchase of new automobile
for the Governor.
Prevent fraud and deception in
sale of rebuilt electric storage batteries.
Amend Senate Bill 160, allowing
units to refund i>ix salts certificates.
Joint resolution to print the acta
O f-i nc X |g?|?jjh=| A--~r?b4y
Preventing kidnapping, making
it punishable by life imprisonment.
Amend law on chain store taxes,
! envr?vimv drnnrimeiil-e in -i
ment stove.
Consolidate under Motor Vehicle
Bureau all inspections of gas and
oil and collection of gasoline tax.
Amend law relative to unclaimed
deposits in closed banks.
Ambnd law on payment by coun
ty for damages to persons and
property by dogs.
Permit investment of (rust funds
in Building and Loan Associa* ions.
iThe school machinery act.
Permit New Hanover, Haywood
and Polk counties, subject to a
vole of the people, to operate parimutuci
race track betting. Previous
laws permit the same in McDowell,
Pasquotank and Rowan counties.
t Disposed oi
ourt Tuesday
reads. Judgment was suspended c?s
payment of cost.
J. M. Foster, drunkenness am
affray, -i months suspended.
Roy Lentz, violation of prohibi
tion law and affray, "12 months or
roads. Defendant filed notice o:
appeal to Superior Court.
Clyde Triplet!, driving car while
intoxicated and assault with dead
lv weapon. Four months road sen
tenet was suspended on pay men
of ?50 and cost.
Ernest Triplett and Chester Car
roll, public drunkenness, assess;<
| with costs of action.
ll.OCAL MEN CATCH HUGE BIG
STRING OF FISH IN WATAUC
Dr. J. M. Gaither and J. B. Bre'
er exhibited one of the finest strin
: of trout seen in many years Tuesd
afternoon. (There were perhaps twe
: ty five of them, both rainbow a
- speckly, ranging in site from tor.
> eighteen inches. They were tak
' from the waters of Watauga Rive
PIE SUPPER
t There will be a pie supper at t
Blue Moon Service Station, six mi
west cf Blowing Rock on the L
ville road, Saturday night, May
8 o'clock. Proceeds will be used '
benefit of the ball team. You are
f vited to come and bring someone w:
r you.
1 Once in every five days a N
2 Yorker is killed for participating
a family argument.
RAT
rolina
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$1.50 TEH YEAH
llLL TO INCREASE
1; SALARY OF BOONE
MAYOR IS PASSED
Representative Greer's Local Meastirc
Becomes Law in Closing Days
of Session. Beard ef Aldermen Has
Power to Regulate- Salary of Official
Up to Si,000 Per Year. Full
Text of Bill.
A bin recently introduced by Representative
Greer, and enacted into
law during the closing days of the
General Assembly provides that the
Board of Aldermen oi Die Town o-f
Boone may have the power to iix
the salary of the mayor at from three
hundred to Si,000 dollars per annum.
At the same time, under the newlaw,
the aldermen would each receive
not more than $100 per annum for
their services. An additional $100 per
annum is provided for the clerk of
the board. The full text of the law
follows:
Full Text of Law
i "The General Assembly of North
! Carolina do enact:
I "Section 1. That section of chapter
I one hundred and eighty-seven of the
Private Laws of one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-one, he and the
same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 2. That the mayor of the
town of Boone, North Carolina, shall
receive for his service such sum as
may be fixed by the Board of Alder"
men, in their discretion, to be not
j less than three hundred nor more
I than one thcusaitd dollars per annum
l and the aldermen of said town shall
he entitled to receive the sum of not
exceeding one hundred dollars each
i per annuni for their services; prol
vided, however, that '.he clerk of said
board may be paid in addition to his
regular salary, for his services as
clerk, a sum not to exceed one hundred
dollars per annum, to be fixed
by said board."
"Section 2. That all laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with the provisions
of this act arc hereby repealed.
"Section d. That this act shall be
in full force and effect from ar.d
.. ~ ratification.''
Power Dam Stocked
With Rainbow Trout
Mr. G. T. Robbins of Blowing Rock,
district manager for the Northwest
Carolina Utilities Corporation, was
a i" Wnnnn Wi.WAA.. * "1 '
? Hi.uuum-, mucuav, ii"(l turn
the Democrat of the fine progress
S>eing made in stocking his company's
power darn on Watauga River with
rainbow trout. The work is being
done by the newly-formed Blowing
Rock Fishing' Club, which controls
angling rights in the waters, and several
hundred rainbow's, ranging in
size from 10 to 21 inches, have been
released this season. Daily permits
are being sold rapidly and several
large catches have been reported. Mr.
Bobbins states that all money received
by the club is being used to
purchase trout, and declares that
there's plenty of big ones for all
those who care tor test their skill
~~ with rod and lino.
P . ?
1 City Cemetery Is
_ Being Beautified
The work of beautifying the city
c?nutury is still going forward and
1 visitors declare the burying ground
is reaily a credit io the town. Messrs.
j J. S. fetanbury and B. J. Council!
are ;n charge and a caretaker has
been secured to keep up the good
, work. These gentlemen especially inf
vite visitors to inspect the work which
they have done, and those who have
, plots there are asked to make donations
with which to pay the caretaker.
The cemetery fund is running
pretty low, it is stated, and doubtless
it will be replenished readily
from .the purses of those directly
j concerned.
P.LCORD CROP OF ? A MBS
.A Mr. John H. Mast, of Zionville, visited
with The Democrat the other day
w- and believes that he has the record
gs for lambs this spring. From forty
ay ewes Mr. Mast has G7 lambs, and,
n- strange to say, there has been no
nd fatality in the flock. He believes that
to priCvS wi,, Sc tuuCu better this
en I and states that he has already been
oitereu iv cents tor his wool, as
against eleven last year.
he TWIN CALVES A^SEGQND TIME
les ?1? "?
in- ''Dandy," a Shorthorn cow helong17,
ing to Mr. Fred Winkler oi' Poplar
or Grove, gave hirth to twin calves on
in- Tuesday. This is not so strange as is
ith the fact that last year the same bovine
presented her owner with two
offsprings. The calves are just like
ew the other twins with the exception
in thai one of them made its appearance
without a tail.