ANNUAL REUNION
I OF a. s. VETERAN;
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. HOUBTON PREPARING TO TURr
THE CITY INTO ONE GREAT
HOSPITABLE HOTEL
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VETERANS NEED NO HOUSIN!
Sr.; &*
Mimbtrt of Two Allied Orgiknixstlor
With Their Families and Friends
Will Swell the Visiting Tide
| Houston, Texas —With the 1920 re
anion of Confederate veterans only a
few weeks off, Houston Is preparing
to turn itself into one great hospi
table hotel for the accommodation oi
the 76,000 visitors expected here dur
ins the week of October & to 8.
The veterans themselves need nc
bousing in the city. Soldiers to the
; end, they will live In tents and mesa
at the call of the bugle. A great tent
city is to be erected in one of the
city's wooded parks for them.
But the other visitors, who may out
number the veterans six to one, must
be accomodated, so a house to house
canvass of all Houston and its su
berbs Is being made and pledged
taken for so many beds and so many
places at table.
• These other visitors will Include
not only the families of the veterans,
but the members of two allied organ
isations, and their families and
friends, for this Is a triple reunion;
the thirtieth for the United Confed
erate Veterans, the twenty-fifth for
the Sons of Confederate Veterans,
end the twenty-flrst -annual conven
tion of the Confederate Southern Me
morial Association.
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Filibustering Tennessee Bolons
Decide to Return to Nsshvlllt
Decatur, Ala.—With the departtira
of eight members of the Tenneissee
house, who left here for Nashiirllle,
the sudden visit of the filibustering
lawmakers came to a close.
Steamship Ownsrs snd Brokers are
Indicted on Charge of Conspiracy
New York. Porty-two steamship
companies and freight brokers, includ
ing virtually all the big trans-Atlantic
lines were Indicted by the federal
grand Jury here on charges of conspir
acy and restraint of trade in violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
For the First Time In History
a Pope Poses for The Movies
• Home. —For the first time in his
, tory a Pope has posed tor the" mo
tioa picture camera. Not only was
permission granted for the filming
of scenes in the Loures Chapel
grounds but Pope Benedict took a
leading part posing first with various
groups and then for "close ups", and
expressing much amusement at the
persistence of the American photo
graphers.
Florida Citrus Fruit Growers are
Alarmed over Cuban Importations
Tampa, Fia—Alarmed over the
amount of fruit being brought Into
this state from districts of Cuba
Where the black fly la prevalent, clt
ras fruit growers of this state have
called a mass meeting to be held at
Orlando September 6 when action
will be taken through the state plant
board to Intereat the federal horticul
taral board in giving protection to
Florida.
Holders of Bonds With Coupons
Clipped May Now Cxchsnge them
Richmond. Liberty bonds fron
which all coupons have been clipped
may be deposited In banks for trans
mission to the Richmond federal re
serve bank, where they will be ex«
changed for bonds with Interest cop
pons attached for remainder of life of
bond.
Whenever liberty bonds paying 4
per cent Interest are sent In new
hoods, paying 4 1-2 per cent interest
will be Issued. Thus the Interest of;
is Increased by one half cent. j
Combined Expenditures for Road
Building May Reach t290.000.000
Washington. Combined federal
and state expenditures for road build
tag may reach a total of f250.000.000
during the current fiscal year accord
tag to Thomas H. Mac Donald chief
of the bureau of public roads depart
ment of agriculture.
The last Installment of federal aid
fands totaling $10,000,000 became
available last July 1. Three-quarters
of this apportionment was derived
from the 1919 appropriation.
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The President Approves Report of
ths Anthraeits Cosl Commission
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Washington.—President Wilson ap
proved the majority report of the an
,, thraclte coal commission increasing,
wages of contract miners 20 per cent j
over the present rates.
The president struck out of the re-1
port a provision fixing the terms of
retroactive payments under the award
which he said was outside the com
mission's jurisdiction. Thomas Ken
nedy, chairman of the miners' scale
SSMuntUce. had protested this featare.
MX MATTER IS INVOLVED
\
5 Irish Sympathisers Working on Bel
glsn, American and French Ships
Have Also Quit Work.
N New York.—Elated by their tle-np
of virtually every British ship In New
| York, the 2,000 or more longshoremen
! who suddenly' quit work expect to
! spread their walkout to every port in
Gthe United States In the hope of forc
ing Great Britain to release from Jail
I Terence MacSweney, the lord mayor
j of Cork, and permit Archbishop Man
,n nix to land on Irish soil.
The women pickets who inspired
the unexpected walkout of long
shoremen and the marine firemen, wa-
I (er' tenders and oilers who joined
e " them, feel the same way about it.
a [ They are not going back to work on
$■ British ships, they said, until Great
ii-! Britain meets t(ie!r wishes.
>f I Irish sympathizers working on
r-i American, French and Belgian steam
i ships also quit work during the whirl-1
0 j wind campaign the strikers waged.
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* i Munitions snd Hydro-Airplanes Are
it Destroyed by Communist Workers, i
e |
London. —Munitions and hydroair
t- planes, valued at nearly $2,000,000
t j which recently were confiscated by
e J the entente commission in the Plnt
i- j sche works on the Spree river were
H | destroyed by the 3,000 employes of
y j the plant, most of whom are cammu
jnlsts, says a Berlin dispatch.
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i, Legal Aid Buresus Recommended to
i-i Furnish Logsl Advice to the Poor.
1!
: I St. Louis.—Establishment of legal
I*! aid bureaus throughout the United
r | States to give free legal advice to the
. poor, was recommended as a means of
>' the spread of radicalism, by
• I speakers at the convention of the
| American Bar Association in session
here.
s Ths "Cst Btep" and "Csmel Walk"
Tabooed In New York.
a
5 New York.—The "cat step" and the
. | "camel walk" two of the most advanc
!| ed variations of the modern dance,
were tabooed in a resolution unani
mously adopted by the American Na
tional Association of Masters of-Danc
r hlg.
> Governor Bickett Makes First Ap
pointment Under 19th Amendment
1 Raleigh, N. C. —Governor Bickett
- has performed his first official act un
i der the nineteenth amendment to the
federal constitution when he appoint
ed Mrs. Nolan Knight, of Ashevllle, a
notary public.
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Berbla Wants Albania-Jugo-Slav
Conflict Looked Into by Alllee. j
1 Washington—The United States has
' I been requested by the Serbian gov-!
| ernment to appoint representatives to I
an allied commission to Investigate j
the conflict between Albania and Jugo- I
Sla via
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The Anthracite Coal Commission
Report In Hsnds of Preaident. j
, Washington^—The report of the an
thracite coal commission, appointed by i ;
President Wilson to settle the wage j
i controversy In the anthracite fleld is (
In the hands of the President.
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An Electric Power Plant to Cost
9100.000,000 Planned on St. Gothard
! r
| Berne. Switzerland. —An electric j
| power plant to develop 350,000 horse- i
j power Is planned on Saint Gothard j1
! mountain. The cost is estimated at I
I about $100,000,000. |!
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Coal Commiaaion Award Charac
terised as Reactionary Decision j'
Washington.—The award of the an- j
thraclte coal commission, approved
by President Wilson is characterised ]
ias "the most reactionary decision l
that has been made by an industrial t
| tribunal during the reconstruction j i
> period," by W. Jett Lauck consulting >
economist for the United Mine Work-h
; ers in a statement made public pre- j ]
j dieting "trouble in the anthracite j i
i fleld" as a result of the findings. ! (
i Bolshevik Rssctlon Agsinst the /
Polish Armies Not Expected Now.
Paris.—Bolshevik reaction against !
Polish armies along the front east of (
Warsaw Is not expected, at least for; *
I the present, by General Weygand. who J j
|is credited with having directed the i j
i defense of the Polish capital and
I hurled the soviet armies back from ]
that city, according to the Warsaw f
correspondent of The Petit Paristen. |
General Weygand Is quoted as saying
| that the Poles should not advance too t
I far eastward. , j |
Former King Constsntine Still in
Hopes of Regaining Greek Throne.
Paris.—Former King Constantino of
j Greece, still hopes to regain hts j
throne, claiming he never abdicated 1 1
land that he is still considered the |
; Greek sovereign by s majority of the t
I people of that country . ».-.*« the La- |
cerne, correspondent ot the Excelsior. ]
-In an interview with the dethroned
monarch, the correspondent was told j
that Premier Venlselos would not .be
able to so conduct affairs to Greece j
aa te give the coantry her tree place. >j.
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
1 BAD SETBACK FM
ROADS OF NAM
, 1 ' W
> i PARSIMONY OF THE CONGRESI
r ! HAS SERIOUB REBULT IN
1 ! EVERY SECTION.
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; NO PROVISION MADE FOR Rll
I Is Dangsr of Great Deterioration in
I Road Equipment and Other Dam
age if Work la Not Carried On.
i
j Washington. Road building in
i North Carolina will be badly handi
capped unless a way is found to rem
edy a situation caused by negligence
jof the last Congress, the department
jof agriculture announced. The state
j drew $1,709,290.35 as federal aid for
the year from July 1, 1920, to June 30,
! 1921.
| Congress made no provision for
11922. As soon as this money is used
iup plans to make new projects will
have to drop unless new money is
found. It takes a .year to plan pro
jects. Congress doee not meet until
December. If it appropriated money
the law would Lcarcely be enacted
before January or February, cutting
down further the plans for a program.
Whi-t is true of North Carolina Is
true of every other state. There is
danger of great deterioration in equip
ment and delay if the road work can
not be carried on. *
Secretary Daniels Haa Ordered
An Armored Cruiaer to Danxlg.
Washington.—Secretary Danleft an
nounced that he had ordered the ar
mored cruiser Pittsburgh to pro
ceed from Reval to Dansig for the pro
tection ot Americans at that port.
First Effect of Buffrage Amend
ment Is Seen in South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C.—First effects of the
promulgation of the 19th amendment
were felt in South Carolina when Gov
ernor Cooper commissioned as nota
ries .public five women ot South Car
olina.
Good Rosds Association of the
Argentine Republic Is Organised.
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Buenos Aires.—Stimulated by North
Americans, "The Good Roads Associa
tion of the Argentine Republic" has
just been organized and plans an ac
tive moving picture, newspaper and
public speaking propaganda.
Marahal Foch Denies Planning to
Vlalt the United States In April.
Strasbourg. Dr. Marcel Knecht,
1 formerly of the French high commis
j sion to the United States, denied on
behalf ot Marshal Foch that the latter
' plans to visit the United States in
| April.
' Posts of the American Legion Have
Been Formed in Japan and Belgium
Indianapolis. Announcement has
been made at national headquarters of
the American Legion here of the for
mation of new foreign posts ot tile
organization in Japan and Belgium.
Governor of Weat Virginia Asks for
Detschmsnt United States Troope.
Charleston, W. Va.—Gov. / John J.
Cornwell announced here that he had
requested the commander of the Cen
tral department. United States army, j
to send a detachment of troops into]
Mingo county, W. Va., to take charge j
of the situation there.
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Tennessee Anti-Suffragists Request
Govsrnor Roberts to Rssign.
Murfreesboro, Tenn.—Citizens of
Rutherford county in mass meeting 1
here in protest against rstiflca- 1
tlon of the woman suffrage amend
ment adopted resolutions which after
expressing the belief that the suffrage .
issue had permanently divided the
Democratic party In Tennessee under i
the present party leaders, cslled upon
Governor Roberts to resign.
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Air Mail Sarvice In Mexico Hss
Been Determined Upon by Huerta.
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Mexico City.—Establishment of air
msil service between Mexico City snd
Tamplco haa been determined by the
government according to Coame Hino- i
Joaa, postmaster general.
By authorisation of Provisional,
President Adolfo de la Huerta. a small
flotilla of airplanes, of Mexican manu
facture. will be utilised.
it is believed that the trip from Mex- j
ico City to the gulf port can be made :
In about three houre.
Consumption of Gaa in Country la
15 Per Cent Greater Than Supply.
Washington j—Although production
of gasoline for the first six months of
this year was 13 per cent greater than
for the corresponding period of 1919.
the Increaae la consumption was 32
per cent. It was reported by the bu
roan of mines. Gasoline stocks at end
of June were BMI.OOO gallons or 18 j
per cent less than the amount on hand
on June 80, 1919.
Gas aad fuel oils showed an la
crease is both production aad stocks. 1
SEAL OF THE 11. 5. ATTACHED
J Congratulation* Arc Extended By th«
I Secretary an Succeaaful Culmina
■ tion of Many Efforts.
,0 Washisgton.—Secretary Colby sign
ed the proclamation declaring the wo
man suffrage amendment "to all in
tents and purposes, a part of the con
stitution of the United State*."
The cecretary's signature was at
[j fixed to the proclamation at his home
, a few hours after he had j-eceived
from Governor Roberts, of Tennessee,
the certificate tfaat final favorable act
n ion on the amendment bad been v taken
by the legislature, ot that state com
pleting the required thirty-six.
"The seal of the United States has
Q been duly affixed to the certificate and
( : the suffrage amendment is natar the
( | nineteenth amendment to the consti
e tution," Secretary Colby announced
t on reaching his office two hours after
he had placed the signature to the
proclamation.
i t Secretary Colby's statement follows
In part:
r "The certified record of the action
j of the legislature of the state of Ten
-1 nessee on 1 the suffrage amendment
g was received by mail.
h "I congratulate the women of the
J country upon the successful culmf
y nation of their efforts which have
I been sustained in the face ot many
g discouragements and which have now
i. conducted them to the achievement of
s that great object.
s
>• Former Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, died at His lowa Home
Traer, lowa.—James Wilson, form
er secertary of agriculture,' died at
his home here.
. Earnings of Federal Land Banks
For Month of July Ware $287,203
. i
Washington.—Earnings of the fed
eral land banks established a new rec
ord In July, their net return totalling
$257,203, or approximately 118,000
more than in the previous record
month—last February.
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II Governor of Florida Will Request
-1 Court Opinion on Bpeclal Seasion
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- j Tampa, Fla.—Governor Catts said
j hewould ask the state supreme court
| for an opinion deciding the necesbity
for a special session of the legislature
to make Florida laws correspond with
the suffrage amendment. «
Russian Soviet Reserves Being
( Rushed to Front In Large Numbers.
Warsaw.—Russian soviet reserves
are reported Iteing brought up on the
southern front in great numbers. Ac
cording to information in the hands
of the Polish general, Haller, reserves
some distance behind the bolshevist
north also are being brought up.
Britiah Government la Risking no
Weak Pointa In MacSweney Affair
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Lucerne Switzerland. *- Premier
Lloyd-George, in a statement concern
ing the case of Lord Mayor MacSwe
ney, of Cork, who condition is grave
1 because of his hunger strike in Brixton
| Jail, London, said In substance that,
whatever the consequences, the gov
ernment could not take the responsi
bility of releasing MacSweney.
Destruction of Bolshevik Armies
May Now be Considered Complete
Paris—The destruction of the tool-
I shevlk armies now may be considered
| complete, • according to advices re
j ceived here. Of the host which swept
; down on Warsaw nothing is left but
: 30,000 fugitives. The Poles have tak
j en 80,000 prisoners thus far, but what
, is more Important they have captured
i great quantities of guns and materials.
Committee to Investigate Cam
paign Expendlturea are at Work
Chicago.—Senate' Investigation of
1 republication and democratic presi
-1 dential campaign expenditures has
started here. The senatorial commit
tee opened its inquiry by delving into
the* national campaign chests, both
the sums already raised and the
i amounts which the party leadens
seek. The Inquiry, for the time be
ing at least has became one of the
paramount issues of the campaign.
Modification of Priority Ordera
Relating to Coal, an Urgent Need
Washington/ Modification of prior
ity orders for cars transporting coal
ito lake ports and "certain limitations
jon exposition of coal" were suggested
to the interstate commerce commis
j slon as means of relieving the coal
situation in North Carolina.
The present situation "Is serious,"
Judge R. H. Sykes of Durham; told
the commission. Lack of labor to
cut wood for fuel, makes almost total
dependency on coal.
Oil Supply of Country Will be
Exhausted In Thlrty-flve Years
3
John Fox.englneer with the South
ern Power Company, told 26 Wacco.
Texas, business men at the meeting
of the Klwanls Clnb at Charleston,
that wsterpower was the -only source
of energy which .was dependable. He,
said the oil supply according to sclen
ti«ts, would e exhausted in 35 years.
{ and gate figures on coal showing that
las an energy-producing fuel. It wa*
'subject to serious limitations, with
Inn Unttent waste ot SO per cut
1 SUFFRAGE 161
' UP IN TENNESSEE
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
"I* 4 WITH A QUORUM PREBENT
REVERSES ACTION.
; GOVERNOR RCBERJS IS MUTE
Attorney General of the State Baye
That Reconstruction of Question
is Impossible and Illegal'
'• Nashville, Tenn.—The Tennessea
1 house of representatives, with n
■ quorum present for the first time
' since August 20, expunged from its
journal all record of ratification of
the suffrage amendment and voted 47
to 24 20 not voting, to. non-con
i' cur in the action of the senate in
..ratifying. '
i In the course of the discussion Rep
• resentative Riddlck reed a letter from
State's Attorney General* Thompson,
In which the latter expressed the
i opinion that reconsideration of the
. resolution was impossible, sine the
house had already ratified it and . Gov
ernor Roberts had certified to Secre
tary Colby this action by both house
' and senate.
Governor Roberts declined to make
any statement as to the effect of the
house's action, saying that the mat
ter was a legal one.
Action of the house is not taken
seriously here, as the general opin
ion prevails that legality or illegal
ity of ratification will be decided up
on the record certified to Washington
by Governor Roberts.
The Labor Problem is No Problem
at All To Copenhagen Emigrant
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Ne-w York.—The labor problem is
no problem at all to Carl Paulson,
who has just arrived here from Cop-,
enhagen with his wife an) 15 children
to operate a farm In Minnesota.
100,000 American Farmers Purchase
3,000,000 Acres of Land In Canada
Winnipeg, Man. One hundred
thousand . American farmers have
parchaafed approximately fyOOO.opO
acres of land .in western Canada,
since the first of the year, according
to an estimate of L. A. Welch, of
Winnipeg, a dealer in farm lands.
Germany Is Dumping its Burplus
Inferior Goods on United States
Washington.—Germany Is dumping
its surplus of Inferior goods in the
United States and England and' is
marking its exports to Great Britain
"Made in America" and its exports to
the United States '.'Made in England,"
official advices received here stated.
Railroads of County Hsve Begun
Operations on Thslr Own .Account
Washington. Railroads of the
country have begun operations ou
their own resources after having coat
the government approximately SIOO,-
000,000 monthly for the six months in
which their earnings were guaranteed
by the transportation act.
Bailey of Texas Is Bnowed Under
In His Recent Rsce for Governor
Dallas Tex^—Pat M. Neff, of Waco,
led Jos. W. Bailey, former United
States senator from Texas, by 77,383
votes for the democratic gubernato
rial nomination according to the final
telegraphic reportt of the Texas elec
tion bureau. The figures were Neff,
244,445; Bailey 167,062.
Women of Georgia Will Vote in
Coming Btate Primary Election
Atlanta, Ga. —Women of Georgia
are given the right to vote in the com
ing state-wide primary on September
8, as well as the general election, ac
cording to an opinion submitted to
Governor Dorsey by R. A. Denny,
state's sttorney general. The opinion
Is jtlso signed by Graham Wright, as
sistant attorney general.
Jap Legation at Peking Refuse
Request of Chinese Foreign Offics.
Peking. The Japanese legation
here, replying to ae request of the
Chinese f)re»cn offk-) iir ilie extradi
tion of me.nbe -j of tiio Aiife, »r uni
tary group, win w.vc taken refu«3 !o
the Japanese le* i:i >n, refuses lo sur
render the men.
The Chinese note to the Japanese
legation said evidence' ot the crimes
of the offenders would be communica
ted to the Japanese minister after
due investigation. '•
Sarah Bernhardt Is Suffering of
Bev*rw Congestion af The Lungs
Paris.—Sarah Bernhard". is suffer
ing from congestion of tLo lungs and
an inflammation ot the k'nlneyi and is
confincvl :> 1«r bed. Hi* illness is
due *o s n,( 'or trip wbicb sh-s took *
few i«t/4 mo from he- summer home
at Cello Isle to Paris. The attending
physlc'fr* are not apprehensive ot
serious developments, but the start of
Mme. Bernhardt'* English farewell.
engagement will be delayed tor ser.
end weeks at least.
PROCEEDINGS OF
IKE LEGISLATURE
SENATE REFERS QUESTION OF
REPEALING PRIMARY LAW
TO REFERENDUM VOTE.
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PENSIONS PAID ONGEII YEAR
Before Adjournment the Houae Voted
4o Table Bill Increaaing Salaries
of Btate Offlcera and Employee
Raleigh.
Aug. 24.'—Senator Gray, of, Forsyth,"
when -the vote stood 31 to 21, broke
the tie tonight that prevented the pas
sage of a bill making divorce easier
in North Carolina. The measure was
designed to reduce the numbers of
ypars of separation necessary for di
vorce from 10 to seveD.
The house killed the salary bills
during the night session and voted'for
joint resolution to adjourn the special
session sine die Thursday morning at
10 o'clock.
The senate, by a vote of 38 to 6,
passed the revenue act, which now
becomes law, fulfilling the pledge of
the democratic legislature to uphold
the revaluation act.
The bill to raise the legal rate of
Interest In North Carolina was report
ed unfavorably and the senate has
voted to put the question of repealing
the state-wide primary law to a refer
endum vote.
Suffragists are charging that the
antis are now busy at the task of poll
ing the members of the regular ses
sion on the speakership. They are
said to be advocatiug Representative
Oreer. It la also understood that the
suffragists are equally as lively in
their arguments that he should not
be elected speaker and it Is hinted
that this question may be an "issue"
on which the women, if they are al
lowed, to vote this fall will cast their
ballots for. members of the legislature.
Aug. 26.—'The senate adopted the
measure providing the machinery for
the registration ( and voting of women
upon the ratification of the nineteenth
amendment, passed the bill fixing the
Intrastate paseenger rates In North
Caroltna at three cents per mile.
A bill passed in the house provide*
that pensions of Confederate veter
ans shall be paid in December for the
ensuing year instead of twice a year
as under the provisions of a bill enact
ed at the I£l9 session. The bill now
goei to the upper house for considera
tion.
Aug. 26.—After defeating the Scales
bill providing for the, registration and
voting _of women in North Carolina
under provisions of the nineteenth
amendment to the constitution by a
vote of 49 to 38, the house upon mo
tion of Representative Dougbton re
considered and passed the measure
upon its third reading. The vote was
52 to 28. The bill was immediately
sent to the senate for concurrence in
the house amendment which restricts
the non-payment of poll taxes to 1920
and provides that the act shall be in
force from and after legal ratification
of the federal amendment and after
Its legality has been contested and
settled.
Representative Doughton made It
plain that in urging the passage of the
Scales bill the opponents of women
suffrage were not making any conces
sion and ttat In the event certifica
tion of the amendment was held up
the measure would be non-operative.
While Representative Bryant, of
Durham, was urging the passage of
the bill Doughton Interrupted to ex
plain that opponents of the Nine
'aenth amendment do not admit that
ratification haa been - legal, but that
should the secretary of state and the
supreme court hpld the 36th-state bad
ratified proper machinery ought to be
provided for women voting in the No- ,
vember election.
Before adjourning the house upon
motion of Redwine, of Union, voted
to table the Warren senate bill, pro
viding for increasing the salaries of
all constitutional offlcera of state and
the bill granting Increases to other of
ficials and minor employes of the
state. •
Confederate Near Pensioner Dlea
—Whpn the bill providing for a
pension tor Abner Bryant, of Caswell
county, came up for lta third reading
in the houae of representatives It waj
requested that It be tabled. The hill
paaad" lta aecond reading last night
and after it had passed this reading
Bryant, a Confederate veteran, died.
Confederate veterans are dying is the
state at the rate of one a day. No
measure asking for relief for the re
maining ones haa been turned down
by the legislature.
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Demon at rations and Exhibits
The three features that are being
especially stressed at the state con
vention of farmers st State college
are demonstrations and exhibits, dis
cussions and amusements.
The North Carolina farmer, Gover
nor Blckett aaid in hia address of wel
come, has become not only a national
but an international figure, in 10 years
climbing from 22nd to fourth place,
and of the states ahead of North Car
olina, Texas, does not count for It IN
an eippire and not • state, the gore:
Bar said.
Message to The Legislature
Governor Blckett sent to the legis
lature a special message on roads.
He said:
"Th% general assembly-at its-reg
ular session created a state highway
commission. •
"As I have repeatedly said, the
blunder that we have made In North
Carolina is not that we have • failed
t j build good roads, but that we have
been criminally negligent in keeping
them up. I have a profound convic
tion that it would be an economic
crime for North Carolina to Issue
bonds or to permit the counties to is
sue bonds to build an more roads in
this state until we devised and
thoroughly tested out an adequate
system of maintenance.
"Therefore, I recommend that this
general assembly authorise the state
highway commission •to test out on a
number of roads, selected by the com.-
' mission, the best systems of mainten- •
ance now in force in any of the states
In the union and submit the result ot
their experience to the general assem
bly of 1921. It is simply throwing
away' money "to build' roads of any
type until "i!re provide and enforce a
system of maintenance that will in
sure the roads from going to pieces."
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Manning stfn Women Can Vote
Y"WhJle yrere would be no abjection
. ta the Nd«th Carolina legislature pass
ing laifrs providing for omen to vote
under the Shsan B. Anthony amend
ment," Attorney General James S.
Manning said, "It is not at all neces
sary.
"The amendment to the constitu
tion In this instance, which, in reality,
is but an amendment to the fifteenth
amendment, , automatically changes
the constitution of North Carolina.
The fifteenth amendment changed it
by striking out the word "white" be
fore "males." The Anthony amend
ment will strike out the Wbrd "'males"
and franchise will be extended to all
"persons' regardless at sex.
"The status of a woman under the
amendment is the same as the status
of a man reaching his majority. All
she will have to do will be to present
herself for registration. She will be
required to pay no poll-tax this year
because she has, in essence', reached
her "majority" as far as voting fs con
cerned, since the tltoe for listing
taxes."
May Defeat Salary Bill
The-fight which broke out hi the
House over the bill to increase the
fees of the several solictors in the
State has threatened to defeat the sal
ary bills for State officials and clerks
in the State departments. Gd>ernor
Rufe Doughton head of the finance
committee, holds to the opinion that
the salary Increase measures onght to
be deferred also.
Revaluation la About Completed
Revaluation, with almost negllgable
changes in tthe Blckett-Maxwell pro- »
gram 18 about completed. The senti
ment seems to be, firm that it will
prove pdpular at the polls and that
an overwhelming majority will vote
to ratify the amendment this fall.
This done, the General Assembly
meeting, in 1921 will be able to deal
with State needs In a generortfc man
ner. •
Some doubt exists as to the wisdom
of providing machinery for the new
voters this fall. The antls, as a gen
eral proposition, are against It. The .
official opinion is that legislation is
unnecessary.- The ' disposition, how
ever, among many democrats is to
grapple with this problem now.
Objections to School Bill
Objection to the school bill on the
ground that it will not prbvfde suffi
cient funds for some counties and in
others, where the valuation .of tax
property has, jumped five or six times,
allow the counties to levy a tax in ex
cess of the ten pier cent limit pledged
under the revaluation of property
caused the House to adopt the follow
ing committee amendment to the bill:
"Provided that no county shall par
ticipate in the equalizing fund.until it
shall have provided by tax levy' ten
per cent more.for the school year
1920-1921 that It provided in the
school year 1919-1920."
Under the bill, the total authorised
levy will be thirty-one cents on the
hundred dollars as contratsed with
the present levy of eighty three and
three-quarter cents.
Three Cent Paaaenger Rate
The house of representatives, adopt
ing a substitute bill on rate fixing,
which was reported by the '.immittee
having the matter in charge, fixed in
trastate passenger rates, effective Au
gust 26, at 3 cents a mile. The
al bill took from the legislature the
prerogative of fixing rates. The sub
stitute bill as passed gives to the leg
islature that right, which it was point
ed out belongs to that body. Inde- «
pendent roads of one hundred milep
or leas may charge higher tWfflrg
cents.
Late Cenaua Reports
Washington. \Speclal). Madison
county lost population and Union
county gained In the 10 years from
1910-1920, the censua bureau an
nounced.
Madison county had 20.644 people
in 1900; in 1910 the number was 20,-
132. The new census gives It 20,088.
Union county had 27,156 people in
1900 and 32,277 In 1910, this year It
was 36,029.
Census of New Hanofer county, 4tu
620; Increase 1.68S or 26.8 per ceat.
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