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VOL. XLIX Extra Session May Be in Six Months TO CONSIDER THE GOVERNOR'S SHIPPING BILL. Four Constitutional Amendments to be Voted on by the People. By Maxwell Gorman Raleigh, N. C., March 13, 1923. —Just as Raleigh was settling down for a two-year interim be fore aother session of the General Assembly and many people hoping that presumption would' not go astray comes the semi-official state ment that the Governor intends to bring it back within the next six months. His Excellency thinks that the developments in the inves tigation of the feasibility of his water transportation plan will have readied that point where the Legislature will be convinced and will gladly enact the legislative machinery to put the scheme in practical motion. Let us hope the Governor will realize his wish es in the matter of practical dem onstration, for all will agree that the basis of water transportation ambition is most needful and praiseworthy, namely, cheaper car rying rates for freight, which in this instance would relieve North Carolina interests of the unjust discrimination (at least in large part) against us and in favor of Virginia competing points that obtains and has long been practis ed by the railroads. As years of efforts before the Interstate Com merce Commission has failed to afford the relief to which the State is entitled, it would appear that not: only is the Governor's plan desirable, but practically is now the dernier resort if we are ever to obtain relief. Special or "extraordinary" ses sions of the Legislature assembled by the Governor -are limited to twenty days, with nay. There is nothing to prevent the session from going beyond that period if the lawmakers are disposed to work without pay, even for expenses, but no such body has ever been known in this State to do that for longer than a day or two. Were it otherwise, the chances are that the reassembling of the present Legislature would probably result in a protracted session, during which the "solons" would start or resume a lot of tinkering that the State and the welfare of the peo ple and the Democratic party would best dispense with. Constitutional Amendment* As a result of the regular ses sion of the Legislature that termi nated last week, there will bo four propositions submitted to the people at the next general elec tion, involving the fiscal policy of the State. Three of these are proposed amendments to the Con stitution and the other a referen dum on a bond issue. As many, people are not properly informed on these matters as yet, the follow ing statement should be interesting at this time: Two of the bills carrying con stitutional amendments were pro posed by Governor Morrison in his message to the General Assem bly and were piloted through by Senator Sams, of Forsyth. One limits the bonded indebtedness of the State to seven and one-half percent of the taxable value of all property in the State, and the other provides that after the Leg islature orders any amount set aside annually as a sinking fund for the retirement of any bonds the law cannot be repealed. As the bills passed ti>« Senate, the limitation upon indebtedness was placed at five percent and the ginking fund amendment was made THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. applicable only to the sinking fund created by the Varser act, passed at this session. It becomes apparent that slash ing horizontal cuts made by the several bounties have so reduced the valuations of the Revaluation Act of 1919 that bonds have al ready been authorized totalling more than five percent of the pres ent valuation, and the limitation was increased to seven and one-half percent by the House of Repre sentatives. However, the sinking fund amendment was strengthen ed by making it provide also for the inviolability of any future en actment on the subject. The amendments submitted touch vital governmental problems occasioned by the fact that while the Constitution limits the taxing power of the State to five cents on the SIOO in ad valorem taxes for State purposes and to six per cent o? net incomes, there is now no limit whatever upon the power of the State to contract debt. It is believed that if these amend ments are Written into the organic law they will go far to remove 1 lie condition which is revealed by the contrast in the market value of securities of the states. Senator Sams also secured pas sage by the Senate of a bill pro-1 posing a third constitutional amendment limiting the indebted ness of subdivisions of the State and providing, that all bonds is sued by tham should be paid ser ially and should not run beyond the life of the improvements for which they were issaad, in no case to exceed 43 years. The amend ment was carefully drawn by Sen ator Sams after months of con sultation with authorities on the subject within and without the State, and after passing the Sen ate by a unanimous vote was re ported favorably by a House com mittee. However, the measure be came a victim of the congested cal endar in the House, which featur ed the closing days of the session. Important to Individual Citizens The other proposed amendment more directly affeets the individual citizen. This proposed amendment strikes from the Constitution the homestead provision exempting from taxation a mortgage up to $3,000 on a home, and inserts in lieu therof a stipulation that on mortgages not exceeding SB,OOO given for the purchase, building or repair of a home the mortgage and the property to the extent of one-half the mortgage shall be exempt from taxation, pro vided that both the property own er and the holder of the mort gage reside and pay taxes in the same county. Hailed as a great boon to the poor man, the bill was made pos sible of passage by enactment into law of the exemption from tax ation of stocks in foreign corpora tions. The former law taxing these stocks Was attacked as double taxation, and when the double taxation of mortgaged property was cited, the advocates of the stock exemption threw their sup port to the constitutional amend ment, which, however, furnishes 1 only one-half relief in limited cases, nnd has yet to run the gaunt let of popular approval in a State where the voters are inclined to frown upon any amendments to the Constitution. The bill, which bears the na'iie' of Dr. Carr, the representative from Duplin, is the result of var ious compromises and was arrived at as a committer substitute to measures proposing total exemp tion to the actiial property on the j one hand and the mortgages on the ' other. Aid Service Men The fourth proposal of the Gen eral Assembly that the voters will have submitted to them is the Grist bill, providing a bond issue iof $'2,500,006 for long loans on easy terms to veterans of the World War for the purchase of homes, j the maximum of any one loan to |be $3,000. Admitted to have a j chance as a simple enactment by the Legislature, the bill with the referendum feature met only a minimum amount of opposition in the House and went through the Senate with a unanimous vote. | Subscribe (or THE QLKAXB& GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1923 ELON BUILDING PROGRAM NOW MOVING FORWARD Alamance Hall First to Be Built —Other Buildings to Follow— Contract for Alamance Build ing Awarded Contracts for Building Materials Made Very Satisfactory Progress in $600,000 Campaign. Elon College, March 12. —The plans for Alamance Hall are al most completed and will be sub mitted to the building committee within the next few day. Follow ing the acceptance of the plans by the buildbig committee the architect, Mr. Herbert B. Hunter, will draw up the specifications. The contribution of SIOO,OOO by the people of Alamance county to Elon's building fund has put new spirit and hope into the Elon constituency elsewhere. As one enthusiastic friend recently ex pressed it, "Alamance has saved Ivlon." There is 110 doubt but that the generous rallying of the county to the college in this crisis has placed it in a very advantag eous positi' 'i for making appeals to the gene: al public. Already the f>6OO,O(D ccmpjygn has passed the $200,000 mark a most remarkable achievement in view of the short, time that has elapsed since the campaign began, together with the bard winter which has interfered with the work locally and in other places. The Wisdom of the building com mittee in beginning work 011 Ala mance Hall at once is being daily demonstrated. Since the contracts have been mside for brick and steel for this building there has been an advance in the price of these materials. Cement too, and other building materials are likely to advance in the next few days ,so that aside from saving time by starting the work before the speci fications and plans were entirely completed the college will also.save money. The building committee did not seek for bids on Alamance Hall. Several firms of this State and in other states offered their service on a fee basis, or expressed a wil lingness to bid under sealed com petitive bids should that be the preference of the building com mittee. Every one of these of fers of service were thoroughly canvassed by the building com mittee. Only one firm in Ala mance county offered its service and this firm was given every con sideration, and in fact was invited to appear before the committee. No other firm was accorded this privilege. After very careful con sideration the committee decided that the erection of the building would best be placed in the hands of Joe W. Stout & Co., Incorporat ed, Sanford, N. C. As the sellers of building material in this coun ty already know it will be the prac tice of this firm to place all con tracts for materials so far as pos sible with Alamance county firms, not only for Alamance Hall but for the other buildings which will be erected-in the general building program. The building committee was anx ious to award the contract for the building to an Alamance county firm, but they had to consider the proposition from every standpoint and after careful consideration the unanimous decision was to award it to Joe W. Stout & Co., Incorporate d. It is confidently believed here | that the people of Alamance coun i ty will feel a peculiar pride and | satisfaction in Alamance Hall when it in com [lifted. The build ing is to be 200 feet long and 64 feet wide and three stori s high. It is to be constructed with brick and re-inforced concrete through i out so that it will be a modern fire-proof building." It looks good on paper and it will look good when it is completed, and the peo ple of Alamance will always have the satisfaction of knowing that their building stands at the cen iter, architecturally, of the only (college in their county. It is neediest to say that the gratitude of the college community here is unbounded toward the peo ple of Alamance. In particular are they grateful to Mayor Horner • for having called the meeting, to PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM Every-Member-Canvass is to Be Made March 18th— Synod of North Carolina to Raise $359,- 740 for Foreign Missions—For All Purposes $780,000 —Church Doing Great Work in Foreign Fields—Last Year 4,731 Mem bers Were Added to Church. The Presbyterian Progressive Program of the Southern Presby terian church, authorized by the general assembly of the church and directed by the assembly's com mittee on stewardship, has yarned as the quota of the synod of North Carolina for the cause of foreign missions for the year 1923-24, $259,740, this being 33 and 3-10 of the entire quota for all causes of the assembly to bo pledged by North Carolina Presbyterians dur ing the every-member canvass to be made on March 18th, The total pledge for all causes of the assem bly to be secured at that time is $4(10,000 and the total amount' for the causes of the synod is $312,000, making a grand total of $780,000. The foreign mission work of the Southern Presbyterian church op erates in seven countries—Africa, Brazil, China, Japan. Korea, and Mexico, and this church has as sumed the responsibility of the evangelizatiop of 33.000,000 un saved people in these countr s. There are 463 missionaries of 1 lis church in these fields, and in ad dition to these there are 3,406 native workers maintained. As the result of these missionaries and native workers last year 4,731 members added to the church membership on profession of faith, bringing the total number of com municants in the foreign "field to 44,839. The total number enroll ed in the Sabbath school in the foreign field is 74,536, and the total number enrolled in the day schools under Christian instruction is 36,644. Among the most significant facts in connection with the mission work of the church is that last year only one out of three members of the Southern Presbyterian church at home made any subscription to the support of home and foreign missions, the total receipts from the home church for foreign mis sions being $1,281,323, whereas the total receipts frotn the church on the foreign field alone amounted, to $247,576. The total cost of operating the foreign mission work of the church, inicluding the support of the mis sionaries and native workers, travelling expenses, and maintain ing the office of the executive'com mittee at Nashville, Tenn., was only $2,709 per missionary last year. If two out of three members of the church at home would con tribute this year to the support of home and foreign missions, there would bo sufficient money in the hands of the execptive committees directing these causes to meet all of the most urgent needs of the work of these causes of the church. A farm without records is like a clock without hands, running, but gives no information. With things so high, the farm er who puts out a good ga/don for this Hummwr is likely to bo well repaid, even though he may sell nothing from it. Col. Robert Holt who started the campaign off right for subscrip tions by his generous gift of $5,000, to W. E. Sharpe whose untiring energy as campaign leader has made the success of the campaign possible, to Mr. Sharpe's team leaders and their associates who 'labored in season and out of sea son in presenting the claims of (10 college to the g« nerous-hear ;d citizens of the county, and to every citizen who in any way contribut ed to the success of this campaign. The remark is frequently heard on the campus here that Elon must do her best, now to prove herself wqrthy of the sacrifice and esteem ed confidence of the people of Alamance. This remark should become a settled purpose through the years as they unfold so that the college which the people have helped will undertake to help the people in the realization of a larg er and more uplifting life. NORTH CAROLINA SETTING A PACE Million* fbr Roads and Schools and Churches, Industries Grow Apace—Law Abiding. Manufacturers Record With $120,000,000 going into the building of highways through state, county, and Federal co operation, North Carolina in pro portion to its population and wealth is, we belive, taking the lead far aiwl away over every other state in the Union. This good old Nortrt State has been pushing forward regardless of bad times with an energy that sets a standard which few states in the Union have ever been able to surpass. Its work should be an 'inspiration to every other state. Moreover, there are other features connected with the progress and prosperity of Xorth Carolina as evinced in its wonderful road building campaign which may well cause thi nation to pause and study. Probably 110 state in the Union is a the pr cut time surpassing Nort ' Carolii 1 in material and cdui tional pi ogress. It is doing man lous things outside of its, road building campaign. Its pro-j gress is nof halted by the lack of foreign immigration. North Car olina linds full employment for its own people, and it asks no help j f om /oreign immigration. North Carolina is building) •schools and colleges and the uni-| varsity with an amazing activity.: Its cotton mill development hasl been one of the marvels of tho age.) It ranks as one of the greatest fur-j niture producing centers of tho J country. Indeed, it has a wide and ever increasing variety of indus tries, created, managed »nd finan-j cially mainly by local people and local money. In doing this work it lifts up a standard, and it chal lenges every other state in the Union to match the rate of its growth; and the whole of its growth *is largely typified and measured by the tremenduoua and unprecedented road building cam paign which that state is carrying on. There is another feature in con nection with North Carolina's won derful progress which should com mand attention. It is one of the most lawabiding states in the Union and always has been. No state in the Union, we think, sur passes North Carolina in that re spect. Its law-abiding qualities are indicated in the fagt that dnr ing the last year there was not a single lynching in North Carolina, though there were five each in Ar kansas and Florida and to their everlasting disgrace eleven in Georgia, and nine in Mississippi, with Texas leading with eighteen. Wherever the mob law which finds expression through lynching prevails there is a spirit of law lessness which lessens tho moral 'backbone of the people, breaks down every sense of moral re -B[K>nsibility, lynches the sovereign ty of the state, and lessens its pro gress in material as well as in edu cational things. All honor, then, to N'orlh Caro lina which has done so marvelously well in material progress and which ha«l not a sing!' lynching in 1922 to blacken its fair name! May its example in this respect, as in higl va; building, school ex pan von, chuieh construction and ill o her goo i things, be followed by a 1 otiier sutei in the Union. TWO YEARS OF LADDIE BOY Jiy flimstlf I h' ar a lot of people nay this administration has gone to tho low-wows. Well, that only proves v hat I have been saying ever since I have been in the White House: Polities is a dog's life. So far, 1 appear to be the only member of this administration that j has made good. Nobody has criticized me for broken promises. I have eairied out all three planks in my plat form —breakfast, dinner and sup per. I have not been criticised on the tariff, probably because I favor putting all the raw material I con sume on the free list. None of my folks have criticized me on taxation; they all know I am opposed to the dag tax, and that I have always been for the under dog. While other members of the ad ministration have been boasting that they are 100 per cent Ameri can, I frankly admit that I am Scotch, and that makes a hit with some people. Nobody has criticized me for talking too much and doing too little. If I ever get to be President all members of my Cabinet will have to wear muzzles. I'll put one on Jim Watson, too. Nobody has criticized me for be ing a " Yes" dog. Nobody has even criticized my whiskers. I have a big advantage over Lasker, Fall and the other "bone pullers" of this administration. Whenever I pul 1 a bone. I bury it. I buried Hughes' foreign policy one day along with another "bone" where Lodge can't get at it. Now you understand why people are saying Hughes has no foreign policy. Wei', here we are at the ninth hole, but it's a long way yet to the nineteenth. Anyway the I'.oss has two things to be proud 1 f— me and his_ best golf score. The Boss lias gone to Florida and left me alone here. The coun try is safe at least tor tho summer. fHTRDING GROOMING FOR 1924 CAMPAIGN He Will Take Swing Around the Circle—But Others Are Mentioned. (Special Correspondence) Washington, March 12. —The expiration of the Sixty-seventh Congrem not mean that there will be any respite from politics. On the contrary the coming sum mer will be an open season for this particular game. President Harding plans to swing around the circle which so many other can didates have don« with fataf re sults, and from the beginning of his tour, the campaign of 1924 will be "011" officially. What he will talk about is a matter of conjecture. Some guesses are that he will try to explain the failures of his administration by putting the blame on the late Con gress; others that he will try to convince the people that we should be a member 6 of the Permanent Court of International Justice, a course to which no one is opposed, unless it be the Republican mem bers of the Senate Committee on •Forefen Relations. According to theso lWtter, President will point to tho proposal to join the court as evidence that he has a foreign policy, although he could have obtained Senate endorsement of such a policy at any time with in the last two years, assuming that ho has any control over the Senate leaders in his own party. President Harding's proposed tour is accepted as evidence by many in both parties that he is not only a candidate for renomi nation, but that he is going after it. There are skeptics here, how ever, who believe that he will be persuaded not to make the race again. It is I nown that many leader in his party are convinced !that h>s cannot b: re-electedl aftid it is reported that a movement is, on foot among th'in to try to con vince him of that fact and to Wry to convince the rank and file that he ought not to be renominated. These harding skeptics think a progressive should be nominated, and the " Progressive" most talk ed of is Senator ilirara Johnson of California, although there is some sentiment for Borah. That the progressive sentiment is growing in the Republican par ty; that is, among the rank and file, was shown in the last election. In many sections Republicans were radical, and it is not likely that" progressive radicals or radical pro gressives would give enthusiastic support to a standpatter like the President. If Mr. Harding should be "turned down" for a radical or pronoun ed progressive, it is safe to anticipate a revolt among the reactionaries. These are anx ious days among Republican lead er#. NO. 6 UNIVERSITY OF N. C. BUILDING PROGRAM Preparing to Take Care of Flood of High School Graduate* Seeking Admission. Chapel Hill, March' 13.—Ths University is getting ready to provide more room for*the new flood of high school students. Two dormitories, perhaps three, will be built out of the money pro» vided by the legislature. The dor mitories put up a year ago have just barely taken care of the in crease in attendance since then. The number of graduates ia North Carolina high schools next June is estimated at between 5,008 and 6,000. A greater and greater per cent, of them are going to cct lege, and the University of courw has to take care of the largest share. It is a difficult task to find, enough rooms. Besides the dormitories, the needed buildings talked Of most are those for geology and chemis try and the women's building. All cai not be built, because there ia not enough money to put up all >£ thein.- The trustees' committee will meet here at the end of this week ' Mar h 16 aiid 17) to decide on the building program. A- a result of a will left by La Verne W. Noyes, a prominent [Chiciigoan who died in 1919, four hundred men and women who served in the World War will be given scholarships in the best in stitutions in America. Thirty scholarships for nurses are to be awarded. The Tarheel farmer who wants to beautif}- his farmstead needs only to go, into the woods and fence rows for shrubs which will equal nny the nurseryman caa furnish. Unsprayed fruit was 40 percent wormy; sprayed fruit wm nine percent wormy according to testa made in the sandhills last yaer by the North Carolina Experiment Station. Major General Charles P. So ta in e rail, now in command of the American forces in Hawaii, has been suggested to head the Vet eran's Bureau. The sweetest t> pe of heavea is horn*.—J. G. Holland. 666 quickly relieves Coldi and LaGrippe, Constipation* Biliousness and Headache*. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LOVICK H. KERNODLE, Attorney-at.Law, GRAHAM, N. C. A Mod a led wltfc Jetin I. Htldtmfc Office our National Beak of AIuMMS THOMAS D. COOPER, Attorney and CoumcUor-at-LaiK, BURLINGTON, N. Q Associated with ▼. S. Couttar, Nos. 7 and 8 Pint National Bank Btdg. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. Graham, N. C. Office over Ferrell Drug Co. Flours: 2 to 3 and 7 to 9 p. m., and by appointment. Phono 97* GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. Burlington, N. C. Office Hours: 9 to 11a.m. ami by appointment Office Over Acme Drug 00. Tolt-nhonei: Office 4 *e— Residence 161 JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at*Law GRAHAM. N. C. Dltiee over National Bank el Alawee* X, S- COOK, Attaenay -at- Lmm- GRAHAM, .... N. C Office Patterion Building Second Fl»or. . . DR. WILL JR. . : » DENTIST JSC. Qmhatr, .... North Carolina i OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDING