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LAV FOR REPEAL An Act to provide (or the calling of a Convention of the people of North Carolina for the pur pose of considering the proposed * Amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Whereas, the seventy-second Congress of the United States of America, at the second session thereof, begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the fifth Aky of December, one thousand nine hundred thirty two, adopted a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which said Joint resolution Is as follows: "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America In Con gress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article Is here by proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United -Stateer which shall be -raHd to -att lntents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the HAVAral At At An "Article Section 1. The eighteenth ar ticle of amendment to the Consti tution of the United States Is hereby repealed. "Sec. 2. The transportation or Importation into any State, Ter ritory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of Intoxicating liquors, In viola-, tion of the lawB thereof, Is hereby prohibited. "Sec. 3. This article shall be! Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the sub mission hereof to the States !>y the Congress." And whereas, the people of this State should have the opportun ity to pass upon and determine whether a convention shall be called for the purpose of consid ering said proposed amendment;! Now, therefore , The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact (two-thirds, of all the Members of each House concurring) : SECTIAN I AC a general election to be held in the State of North Carolina on Tuesday af ter the first Monday In November, one thousand nine hundred thir ty-three, the proposition of "Con vention" or "No Convention" shall be submitted to the quali fied voters of the whole State, and an election held thereon, and the result thereof ascertained and determined in the manner as set out in this act. The said election shall be for the sole and exclus ive purpose of passing on the proposition of "Convention" or "No Convention," and the election of delegates thereto, as provided for in this act, and It shall not be competent or lawful to elect any officers of the State or local governments, or to vote or pass on any other proposition at said election. SEC. 2. If a majority or mei votes cast at the said election on said proposition shall be tor "Con vention," as ascertained and de termined under the -provisions of this act, the said convention shall consist of one hundred twenty delegates, and each county shall be entitled to the same number of delegates to the said convention as such county has members In the House of Representatives of the Oeneral Assembly ot One Thousand nine hundred thirty three. Each delegate to said con vention shall be a qualified elec tor of the State and shall reside in the county from which he la chosen for one year preceding his election. Laws disqualifying a person for public office because he holds another public offlce under the State or National Gov ernment shall not apply to delo gates to such Convention. All qualified electors shall have the rights to participate In said elec tion In their several precincts as now provided by law. The regis tration books shall be open In the several precincts on the sec ond Saturday before said election for the purpose of registration of p?rsons entitled thereto in such precincts ? % T* akall Ko (ha <1 11 1 V fit DDlt. 9. It DM-.. the State Board of Elections to preacrlbe, provide, and print the official convention ballots to be voted on at aald election. No bal lot shall be used or counted ex cept such official ballots. Upon said ballots there shall appear the words "Convention" and "No Convention."- and oppoalte and to the left of each voting square, in either of which the elector may make * croae mark (x) Indicating that he thereby votes "Conven tion" or "No Convention." The ballots shall be headed "Official Convention Ballot." Below aald title appropriate instructions shall be printed aa follows: 1. To vote for "Convention," make a croae mark (x) In. the square to the left of the word "Convention." 2. To vote "No Convention," 1 make a cross mark (x) in the aquare to the left of the words "No Convention." I. Mark only with a pencil or pen and Ink. 4. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return It and get another. At the bot torn, on the face of Mid ballot ?hall be printed the following en dorsement, the blanks being prop erly filled 1b: "OJ*MtMAb CONVENTION BAL I LOT | State of N. C. ETAOINSHRDL State of North Carolina 1 (Date of election) (Facsimile of signature of Chairman of State Board Itl PWtlnna \ SEC. 4 At Mid election It shall be the duty of each county board 'of elections to provide for each voting precinct in said county a ballot box to contain said official convention ballots, in which all qualified electors shall have the right to vote on the proposition of "Convention" or "No Conven tion." V 8 EC. 6. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the said election shall be held and con ducted under the same laws, rules and regulations as now preserv ed for the holding and conduct of elections of members of the Gen eral Assembly. The several coun ty boards of elections shall meet in their respective counties, n6t later than the tenth day of Sep tember, In the year one thousand tfelrtjr-ttosv.. Uld. arrange for the holding of said election. The registrars appoint ed to act at the last general elec tion In the year one thousand nine hundred thirty-two shall act as registrars for the election here in provided for. The several county boards of elections shall appoint two judges of election for each election precinct in their county, whose duties and powers shall be in all respects as pro vided in the general election laws of the State. In making appoint ment of the Judges, of election, the county boards of elections shall appoint for each election precinct one competent person generally known to be in favor of the proposition submitted by this act, and one competent person generally known to be opposed to the proposition submitted in this act. The several county boards of elections shall make publica tion of the names of the regis trars and judges of election, and serve notice upon them as re quired by the general election laws of the State. SEC. 6. The, --registrar and Judges of election of the several voting precincts In each county count the ballots and make return thereof to the County Board of Elections on forms pre pared and furnished by the State Board of Elections. Upon the re ceipt of the returns of said elec tion, and not later than the sixth day thereafter, the county boards of elections shall tabulate the re turns from said election and de clare the results thereof in their several counties. The returns from the several counties on the proposition of "Convention" or "No Convention" shall, by the chairman of the County Board of elections, be certified to the State Board of Elections, who shall, not later than the twentieth day after the election, tabulate and officially declare the result of said election on said proposition "Con vention" or "No Convention." SEC. 7. That at the said gen eral election to be held on Toes day after the first Monday of No vember, one thousand nine hun dred thirty-three, as provided for in this act, there shall be voted for ita the several counties of the 3tate, In a separate box to be pro vided by the several county boards of lections, a delegate or' delegates, in accordance with the number as Is prescribed in sec tion two of this act. Party nom inations for delegates to said con vention shall not be made. Any person desiring to become a can didate for delegate from his coun ty to said Convention shall, thir ty days before the date of said election, file notice of his candi dacy for delegate to said Conven tion with the county board of elections, containing declaration that he Is "For Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment," or "Against Repeal of the Eigh teenth Amendment," and support ed by a written petition signed by qualified voters of the county equal In number to two per cent of the total vote cast for Gover nor In said county In the guber natorial election of one thousand nine hundred thirty-two. If such notl(p of capdldacy with such declaration and so supported shall be filed In a county by candidates on the one side or the other of such question, more in number than such county is entitled to delegates in said Convention, the county board of elections shall put on the offlclal ballot the names of such candidates "For Repeal of the Eighteenth Amend ment"- and "Against Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment," equal re spectively to the number of del egates to which such county Is entitled In said contention, as have the largest number of such signers to his or their petition. The county board of elections shall place on the ballot a can didate or candidates for such del egates from said county, both "For Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment" And "Against Re peal of the Bghteenth Amend ment," In accordance with the terms of this ait; If a candidate Or candidates have compiled with Its terms. The ballot shall be made up showing on the face and at the top thereof that the candi date* are "For Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment" and "Against Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment." Any person seek ing a place on said ballot may appeal from the decision of the county board of elections to the BUM Board of Elections (or a determination ot the question as to whether he is entitled to a place thereon, and aald appeal shall be heard promptly by aald State Board of Elections, whose decision thereon shall be final. 8EC. (. It shall be the duty of the county board ot elections of each county to provide printed ballots to be voted in said county for the election of delegates to the Convention. Only official bal lots ahall be used and counted.) On auch official ballots ahall be printed the namea of all candi dates for delegates to auch Con vention from said county, nomi nated In herein prescribed and permitted. The names of said delegatea ahall be printed In col-: umns separated by black lines as now provided for by law for the printing of ballots in general elections. At the head of said I ballot shall be printed "Official Ballot for Delegates to Conven tion to Pass Upon the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment."! At the head of one column shall be printed the words "Delegate or delegates for Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment," and at the head of the other column, **TJ6Tegate6r Delegates' " "XgafnSt" Repeal of the Eighteenth Amend ment." SEC. 9. Upon said official bal lots, arranged in the usual way, the appropriate Instructions shall be printed as follows: (1) To vote for any candidate whose name appears In the col umn below, mark a cross (x) in the square at the left of the name of the candidate. (2) Vote only for the number of delegates indicated below. (3) Mark only with a pencil or pen and ink. (4) If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, get an other. At the bottom, on the face of the ballot, shall be print ed the following endorsement, the blanks being properly f tiled In? "Official Ballot tor Delegates to Convention to pass upon pro posed Amendment repealing the Eighteenth Amendment County of Date of election Facsimile of signature of 'Chairman of County Board of Elections" SEC. 10. No markers or assist ants shall be allowed in said elec tion. No rote shall be cast or counted except votes as are cast by electors who present them selves in person and cast their ballots at the polling place, in the precinct of which they are elec tors. Any person who is physical ly unable to enter a voting booth, or to mark his ballot, may be as sisted in entering such booth and in marking his ballot, by the election official upon whom he may call for assistance. SEC. 11. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the said elections for the election of dele gate or delegates to the said Con vention shall be held and conduct ed under the same laws, rules and regulations as now prescribed for the holding the conduct of elec tions of members of the General Assembly. The registrar and Judges of election of the several voting precincts in each county shall count the ballots and make return thereof to the County Board of Elections on forms pre pared apd furnished by the State Board of Elections. Upon the re ceipt of the returns of said elec tion, and npt later than the sixth day thereafter, the County Boards of Elections shall tabulate the re turns from said election and de clare the results thereof in their several counties. SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the county board of elections to issue certificates of election to the delegate or del egates ascertained and declared to be elected from his county. And it shall be the duty of the State Board of Elections, upon ascertaining and declaring the re sult of the election on the propo sition "Convention" or "No Con vention," to make certificate thereof, certifying the same to the Governor. If the majority of votes cast shall be "no Conven tion." then said Convention shall not be held and no duties and powers shall devolve upon, or be exercised by. any person elected as delegate to said Convention, as a consequence of his said elec ?Inn SEC. 13. If, upon the canvass of the election upon the question "ConTentlon" or "NO Conven tion," m hereinbefore prescribed, It shall be ascertained that a ma jority of the votes cast in said election are In favor of "ConTen tlon," then the delegates so de clared to have been elected shall convene In the hall of the House of Representatives at Raleigh on Wednesday after the first Mon day of December, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three, at twelve o'clock noon, when and where the said delegates shall be called to order by the Chief Jus tice or one of the Associate Jus tices of the Supreme Court, who, If there be not a majority pres ent, shall adjourn then to the same place, and from day to day, until a majority appear, and on the appearance of a majority, he shall administer to each of them the following oath: "You, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the delegate^elect shall choose) that you will bear true allegiance to the government of the United States and the Stat* of North Carolina, fend will faithfully maintain and support the Constitution of the United States, and the Sute of North Carolina: that you will faithfully, conscientiously, and without fear or favor, perform the duties re quired of you as a delegate to this convention, and that yon will neither directly - nor indirectly evade or disregard the duties en Joined, or the restrictions Imposed upon the convention by the act of the Oeneral Assembly author izing your election, and that you will In your capacity as a dele gate to this convention serve the people of this State to the best of your skill, knowledge and abil ity: so help yon, God." No delegate shall be permitted to sit or be entitled to a seat in the said convention or to act as a member thereof until he or shei shall have taken and subscribed the said oath or affirmation as above set out. SEC. 14. As soon as a majority of the delegates-elect shall have thus appeared and taken the oath or affirmation as prescribed, they shall proceed to elect a president, who shall serve as presiding of ficer of the convention, and shall choose such other officers, clerks, stenographers, and ^servants as they shall find necessary. SEC. 15. The delegates to such Convention shall receive as com pensation for their services "the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars and they shall also be entitled to re ceive five cents per mile both while coming to Raleigh and while going home, the said dis tance to be computed by the near est line and ronte of public trav el. The compensation of the President, or presiding officer, shall be twelvrf (12.00) dollars an/1 mil pa cp SEC. 16. A majority of the total number ot delegates to the Convention shall constitute a Quo rum. The Convention shall be Judge' of the electiuu and qualifi cations of 1U m?tnbers. For any speech or.-d6t>ate in the Conven tion, the delegate shall not be .Questioned in any other place. SEC. 17. It shall be the duty of the Governor of the State to transmit to the Convention, upon its -convening, the resolution of the Congress of the United States submitting the proposed amend ment for the repeal of the eigh teenth amendment. It . shall thereupon be the sole and only duty of the said Convention to consider, debate, and act said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the said action to be determined, by a vote of the majority of the delegates to the Convention pres ent and voting thereon. And the action of the Gonventlon, as call ed under the provisions of this act, shall be limited and restrict ed to debating and acting upon the said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and when said action la completed, whether the result be ratification or rejection thereof, the powers and duties of the Convention aad its delegates shall cease and the Convention shall there-upon adjourn sine die. SEC. 18. It and when the said proposed amendment to the Con stitution of the United States shall have been ratified by said Convention in the ' manner as hereinbefore set out, a certificate of that fact shall be made in quadruplicate by the President and Secretary of such Convention, and there shall be attached to each a true copy of the record ot the vote so taken, showing the yeas and nays. Snch certificates and certified copies of such rec ord shall be deposited with the Governor, and he shall there upon transmit one of such certi ficates and certified copies to the Secretary of State of the United States JTt Washington, one to the presiding officer of the United States Senate, one to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, accompanied with his own certi ficate that the persons signing the certificates so transmitted were the duly constituted officers of such Conventionrand that their signatures are genuine. One of such certificates and copies of records shall be filed as a per manent record in the office of the Secretary of State of North Caro lina. The President, the Secret tary, and any other officers ot the Convention, the delegates, and the Governor, and any ot them, are hereby authorised to comply with any act of Congress requir ing any further act of confirma tion or rejection of such ratifica tion. SEC. 19. Upon the ratification of this act, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to print such reasonable number of copies thereof as may be approved by the. Oorernor and Council of Mtate. SEC. 20. The expense of hold ing aaid Convention shall be cer tified by the President and Sec retary thereof to the State Audit or, who shall audit and pan upon the accounts so made and render ed to him. and said expenses. When ao audited and approved, shall be paid by the State Treas urer out ot?.ny funds not other wise appropriated. SEC. 21. This act shall be In full force and effect from and af ter Its ratification. In the- General Assembly, iwad three times, and ratified, this the ?th day AMay. 1933. A. H. GRAHAM. ' President of the Senate. R. L. HARRI8, Speaker of the Houae of Representative*. Compared and found correct. R, P. BENDER. For Commute. Michigan haa_ a peppermint farm that cove#?rJ,J00 acree. ? SERMON TOPIC8 * ? ???????*?? Methodist Church - -Memory" mt? the theme the Sunday morning message at the Methodist church. Dr. Fltz Oerald chose his text frrfm Luke 1<:2S, "Son, remember." The minister said that Jesus claimed for an unchangeable law of righteousness. The parable ot Dives and Lazarus teaches us that If we live only for the good things In this world, we will lose the good things ot the next. We must live right down here If we expect to gain the heavenly life In the other world. This is the appeal Jesus makes. The speaker said that self gratification In this life brings anguish and retribution in the other world. The explanation of future punishment as being noth ing more than the gnawlngs of the sinner's conscience Is a de nial of scriptural fact. It cer tainly will not satisfy the picture thl8 ? Th^ rich man entered into a state and cir cumstance in which pain was In flicted upon him. Retribution^ ?truck him. But his punishment was not altered or changed mere ly because be did not UheAC There Is a continuity of life. Life beyond death will be' related to this life. JatrQs taught that judgment and reward began im mediately after death in this par able. Here we find the continui ty of life In men. There appeared no break even in Dives' memory. He remembered, and was trou bled. but could not change it. Jesus warns us of the sin of inattention. He put this parable in the mouth of Father Abraham. Dives lived a contented, easy life. He was inattentive to conditions about him. He gave 50 thought to the pitiful Lazarus at his gate. Lazarus's sores spoke of his ter rible Illness. The dogs licking those sorea told. .of his abject pov erty. But Dfves and family had all .they needed for their own comfort. That was enough for them. Inattention was his great sin, and it ruined him. But the scene changes. Everyday life is associated with our future life. The veil is thrown back and we see the same characters, but their station of living has been rever sed. The rich man* is now in the toils of eternal suffering. Poor Lazarus has become immortally rich. Dives' earthly wealth is not there, and if it were he could not use it. He pleads for help, but this answer is, "Son, remem ber." What an awful sin Is Inatten tion. ^Not merely the inattention of Dives foj Lazarus, but inatten tion to the great facts of life. In attention to Jesus' pleadings for righteousness. Our Indifference to his work of redemption. Our neglect ofTBa church. Our un concern about the coming judg ments of God over our own in attention. Jesus reminds us of the great power of memory. We must give attention to the vital things of life and eternity. Remember that we belong to God. We must re member that we have to give ac count of the deeds done in the body. Our thoughts, our words, our acts have a day of account ing. We must remember that this is our only opportunity to prove ourselves worthy of eternal life. We must remember 'that 'God rewards goodness, and pun ishes wickedness. We must re member that we reap what we sow. We must remember that God does not accept excuses, He accepts repentance. "Son, Re member." ? *? Gen. Albert Cox Hurt in Accident Petersburg, Va., May 29. ? Gen eral Albert Coz of Raleigh and Lunsford Long of Roanoke Rap Id* were Injured In an automobile accident at 7 o'clock last night Are miles north -of Alberta. Ther were going home from Washing ton. Both were brought to the Petersburgh hospital for treat ment. Long was brought lh the automobile of Congressman Wal ter Lambeth who was on his w ay to Washington from his home in ThomaSvllle. Oen. Coz has * bad cut on hte left leg below the knee and small lacerations of his face. Several ribs on the right side were brok en. Long has Injuries abont the back. Neither was rendered .un conscious. and both will b? \ re leased from the hospital 4n a few days. It was said. The nightingale sings during only two months In the year. Tilt "UNDERRATING'* I think I have written enough words about overeating to fill a booh > large one. The great American tin ia overeating. Maybe it is the d^Raio^ bat a late incident leads me to write this letter about not eating mnugti Last evening an old-time lady acquaintance ate su tpper with ua, and % good tune was had by all." This lady friend of our family has two grown daughters, and is her ow? house-keeper. She is visiting here for "nerve*." She is a btasdle of live wire* ? has lost weight, until her limbs are like casting-rods. She has "dieted,* yes indeed! She has not left her digestive tract enough serves to do thai* work. I. After a very hearty supper, she stood up before mo. "Now just Iod| doctor," she half-complained, "see how I am swelled." She bulged hersalt out in front to -exaggerate the ctaditioa. "Does it hurt you in any way?" ! ? enquired. "No? but just look at it," she persisted; "a person oughtn't 1 4 out that way after eating should they ?" "Well, you have eaten a good, wholesome meal," I said ; "and if it cause you no inconvenience? forget it* ' This gooo^woman had actually stinted herself in nourishment because shl wai afraid of "tubbing out." Actually denying herself the necessary nutri tion. Then her nerves were gomg "Say- wire*a6ouf lceeping those tunings a " school. There was no disease preying on her, not at all, ? she was ? eating her own troubles. A season of common sense practice is all she needs. How many of,-my good mothers of daughters are like her ? starving themselva nMnrotics? [ BOB. HAVE YOU NOTICED | THAT EVERYBOOV SEEMS TO BE SMOKING CAMELS NOW ? THEY HAVE FOUNO A OUT THAT CAMELS I ARE BETTER FOR I STBADY SMOKIN6.'H CAMEL'S COSTLIER TOBACCOS NEVER GET ON YOUR NERVES . . . NEVER TIRE YOUR TASTE I TOBACCO FLUES THERMOMETERS ? LANTERNS ARSENATE OF LEAD TWINE We are advised that a Federal Tax of four cents per pound will be placed on Cotton Twine August first. BUY NOW. We have a good stock at REASONABLE PRICES. FRUIT JARS JAR TOPS AND RUBBERS We also hare second hand Jars thoroughly clean ? fitted with new" tops and rubbers at 75c per dozen for half gallon size. SEABOARD STORE CO., INC. D. F. McKUiNK, President ? Pay Cash and Pay Less ? NOTICE Delinquent Tax Payers \ According to the 1933 Revenue Act, I am herewith notifying 70a that the Town Com missioners have ordered me to sell all real estate upon which the 1932 taxes have not been paid oh the first Monday in September. This property will be advertised after the first of* August. You can save yourself embarrass ment and expense by calling in and paying your taxes before the advertising is begun. All personal property upon which 1932 taxes ? are not paid will also be levied on and sold. Kindly attend to this matter Ttf once and save costs and embarrassments. ] 5 Tours respectfully, T. K STOGKARD, Town Clerk, Louisburg, IT. 0.