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NUMBER li>
This Week In
W ashington
Washington, April 24. ? With
the return of 'President Roosevelt
from his (lshtng trip, ruddy and
tanned and in excellent spirits, the
political stategy of the Adminis
tration in its dealings with Con
gress began to be more apparent.
From now. on it is likely that less
will be heard of a "revolt" on
Capital Hill, and that when the
session ends the President will
have a considerable handful of
new legislation to which the Ad
ministration can point as evident*
that the New Deal is still going
strong.
Enters, Mr. West
Mr. Roosevelt's first outward
indication that he expects Con
gress to do what he wants it^tfr
do came in the announcement of
his appointment of Charles West,
a former Democratic Congress
man from Ohio, as the laison of
ficer between the White House
and the Capitol.
Mr. West, who Is a Comparative
ly young man ? just turned forty
? will do the work which former
ly, was Col. Louis McHenry Howe's,
chief job ? that of passing the
word quietly to Congressional
leaders that the President insists
upon this or will be satisfied with
that, and likewise reporting, back
to the President that he can get
this or that from Congress or
that he can't get it.
As Mr. West knows his politics
from the ground up, and Is, more
over, well liked in both houses of
Congress, he doubtless will do
a very good job.
jjVith Eyes Ahead
In the substitution of a practic
al politician for the theorists who
have heretofore attempted to In
terpret the Administration to
Congress, and vice-versa, shrewd
observers see the beginning of the
Presidential campaign of 1936.
The indications are that from now
on compromise, where it will re
sult in political advantage, will be
the spirit in which the Adminis
tration will approach Congress,
rather than insistence upon the
precise dotting of every i and the
exact crossing of every t.
So when the word couhs out
from Washington that the Presi
dent is determined that his social
security program, his banking re
form program, his utility holding
company and regulation program,
his railroad reorganization pro
gram and all the rest of the re
form projects, shall go through
just as he wants them, the suy^
ment should be interpreted to
mean that he would like to have
them but if he can't get them
without sacrificing political advan
tages, he'll take what he can get
and his supporters will claim an
other victory for the President.
President's Advantage
The most powerful club which
the President holds over the head
of Congress today was handed to
him by Congress Itself. That is
the $4,880,000,000 appropriation
for work relief, the administration
and apportionment of which
an^ong the states is entirely within
the President's personal jurisdic
tion. It Is a club which the Presi
dent does not have to UBe. in any
crude or blunt manner;
The mere fact that the power to
allocate the spending of that huge
fund lies in the hands of the Presi
dent alone is enough to make most
members of both houses watch
their steps. No threats are needed ;
but those who know the ways o^
politics and politicians point out
that every Senator and Represen
tative is anxious to get all he can
of this fund spent In his home'
State or District, and he is there
fore disinclined to take a position
In opposition to the Administra
tion's policies. Not that anybody
will have warned him, but "just in
* case" somebody might notice how
he voted.
The President is, in short, poli
tically in an advantageous trad
ing position, but probably will not
have to do any open trading to
get a -semblance of what he has
announced that' he Intends to get;
May Expect Legislation
For that matter, Mr. Roosevelt
has left this Congress alone in the
matter of working out details of
legislation, to a much greater ex
tent than he did the last Con
gress. So a great deal of the trad
ing will go on among the boys on
Capitol Hill themselves, ejtch hav
ing an eye to his own reelection,
a* well as to that of the Presi
dent.
Having the political situation
clearly in. view, It is a safe guess
that some irort of a social security
law will be enacted, though prob
ably very late in the session. Few
members of either House under
stand the plan In any of Its forms.
rIt will not be surprising If alt
that comes out wUl be, kn old-age
pension law, wltk the unemploy
ment insurance and other features
postponed until next year.
NRA, Utilities and Bonus
New NRA legislation is not
looked for before June, perhaps
after the present Recovery Act has
expired by limitation. Congress
will wait tor the Supreme Court
decision in the New Tork City
poultry industry case, which the
(Continued on page eight)
HON. JOSEPHUS DANIELS
.Ambassador to Mexico
who is spending, a vacation of six
weeks in the States. He is ac
companied by Mrs. Daniels.
E. B. HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT,
Commencement exercises at Ed
ward Best school will liegin on
Wednesday, April 24th with the
Junior Play "Happy Valley" and
end with the graduation exercises
of the Senior Class whch will take
place on Monday, ?May 6th. Com
mencement will be featured this
year by the Baccalaureate Sermon
to be delievered by Rev. L. B.
Reavls. local pastor, and the liter
ary address to be delivered by Mr.
M. A. Hugging, State Secretary of
the Baptist association of North
Carolina. Mr. Huggins is from Ra
leigh and an experienced man in
the field of education. An interest
ing address is assured.
The program fof commence
ment follows:
Wednesday. April 24th. ? Jun
ior Class Play.
Friday, May 3rd, at 8 p. m. ?
Senior Class Day Exercises.
Sunday, May 5th at 11:16 a.
nr. ? -Baccalaureate Sermon.
Sunday evening. May 5th, at
5 p. m.. ? Musical concert by piano
students, and Glee Club.
Monday, May 6th at 8 p. m. ?
Graduation Exercises.
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Services for first Sunday after
Easter will be conducted by the
Rev. B. N. Defoe Wagner, of War
renton, N. C. at 11:00 a. m. This
exchange of rectors will enable
both men to have a slight rest af
ter Lent. Mr. Wagner is an ex
cellent and pleasing speaker and
we hope many will welcome him
to our church next Sunday.
Church School, 10:00 a. m.
The Junior Choir is asked to
practice Thursday afternoon at
3:30, Instead of Friday as an
nounced.
The Y. P. S. L. will go to Cen
terville for services Sunday night.
Every member meet at the Rec
tory at 6:15.
LOUISBURG BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. D. P. Harris pastor of
Louisburg Baptist Church an
nounces services for next Sunday ,
as follows:
9:45 a. nu_Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Sermon, subject "As
Thy Days so Shall Thy Strength
Be."
7:30 p. m. Sermon, topic "Faith
at it's Best."
G:45 p. m. B. Y. P. U. All are
Invited to attend these services.
Gaston farmers have given more
iattentiQn than usual to their seed
sweet potatoes "this spring and
have used good seed treated for
disease before bedding.
A sale of 1,000 bushels of Irish
potatoes was made by Haywood
County farmers last week.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
< The following Is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, April 27th:
Saturday ? John Wayne In
"Lawless Frontier." Also First
chapter "Phantom Empire."
Sunday ? Benefit Charity ? Jes
sie Matthews, All Star Musical
Show "Evergreen"'
Monday ? Katharine Hepburn
and John Beale In "Little Minis
ter."
Tuesday ? Wallace Beery and
i Virginia Bruce in "The Mighty
Barnum."
Wednesday ? Charles Butter-'
worth In "Baby Face Harrington."
Thursday'? Joan Crawford,
Clark Oable and Robt. Montgom
ery In "Forsaking All Others."
Friday ? Edward Everett Hor
ton In "$10.00 Raise."
HOLDS SECOND
INQUEST
In Pattie Mae Faulkner j
Murder Case ? No Furth- j
er Developments Were !
Found.
On the basis of newly discover
ed evidence Coroner R. A. Bob
bitt on Tuesday afternoon re-,
assembled his jury and re-opened
the inquest in the death of Pattie
Mae Faulkner, the 13 year old
school girl of Gold Sand School,
who was murdered with an axe
on the night of February 28th, in
sight of her home and almost in
sight of her school.
On account of some of the for
mer jurors being used as witness
es Coroner Bo'bbitt had to make
a change in the jury personnel
and the jury Tuesday evening was
as follows: W. S. Person, D. O.
Murphy, J. S. Dark, B. N. Wil
liamson, Fred Frazier, W. D.
Egerton.
After convening at J. Robert
Parrish's store and examining
twenty some witnesses and other
wise making a full investigation
which lasted for several hours
the jury came to the same verdict <
rendered in a former sitting that '
the deceased came to her death ]
by bl6ws over the head inflicted
with an axe at the hands of some
unknown v person or persons.
Among the witnesses subpoenaed
and examined were Geo. Hunt,!
Frank Hicks, Joe Foster, Etta
Mae Foster, Lucille Foster, Speck
Ayescue, Jerry Patterson, Wash
Hunt, S. F. Faulkner, Mrs. S. F.
Faulkner, Mrs. J. R. Parrish, Wil
lie Mae Rowe, Mrs. Onnie Rowe,
John Foster, Mrs. Carrie Perry,
Dave Ayescue, M. E. Watkins, J.
C. Foster, Sam Foster, Hubert
Foster. 1
The Coroner was assisted in the
conduct of this inquest by Solici
tor W. Y. Bickett, and Prosecut
ing Attorney Chas. P. Green,
Sheriff F. N. Spivey, Constables
John P. Moore, George P. Foster
and others.
Although quite a lot of time
and effort has been given to the
task of unraveling this mystery
ious murder it still remains with
out clues sufficient to arrest or'
prefer charges against any one.
W. R. PKRRY
Funeral services were held for
W. R. (Babe) Perry a well known
Franklin County citizen, Friday
afternoon at a+Aft o'clock at his
home at New Hope and conducted,
by Rev. E. M. Carter of Youngs
ville. Music was rendreed by the
Louisburg and Youngsville choirs,
Interment took place in the family
burying ground.
The active pallberaers were Hill
Yarborough, G. M. Beam. Paul
Strickland. Charles Green, Sid
Hoiden and Bud Timberlake.
Honorary pallbearers Johnie
Stallings, Ashley Hagwood, George
Ford, John Chamblee, Oscar Hag-I
wood, Willie Avent, Nathanl
Pearce, W. W. Perry, Carl Man
gum, David Spivey, Fernle Pearce, '
John Day, Charles Richardson.;
Jodie Wells, J. C. Pruitt, S. W.j
Brewer, S. O. Spruill, Frank Jus-'
tice, Malcum McKlnnie. J. C.
Brooks.
He is survived by his widow,1
Mrs. Mollie Arnold Perry and a
nephew, Cecil Arnold Perry, one
sister. Mrs. Blake Stallings of
Zebulon, a half Bister, Mrs. Lee
Jones of Windell, one half brother,'
Grover Perry of Zebulon.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY SUPPER
Youngsville, April 19. ? Friday, ,
April 19th, Fred Hoiden was given j
a surprise birthday supper, his!
twenty-ninth birthday with a host ;
of friends. His mother, Mrs. Docla .
Hoiden,' and Jessie Hoiden, Mrs. j
Fred Hoiden, Ralph Hoiden, Mr.']
fend Mrs. B. P. Hoiden and family, h
Mis G. Y. Hoiden of Wake Forest,;,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Winston and|
(iairghter, Kathrlne Winston of j ]
Youngsville, and Thomas Winston J]
Mr. and Mrs. Wade White, Mr. andil
Mrs. Inez White and family, Mr.li
and Mrs. Toble Hoiden. Mr. and ]
Mrs. Jack Goswick and family, f
Mrs. R. Jl* Gupton, Mr. Frank|]
Gupton, Mrs. J. W. Sledge, Mrs.jl
Z. w. Parrish and daughter, Agnes
Parrlsh, Miss Hazel Bunn, and Mr.
W. E. Sledge, all of Louisburg,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hoiden of !
Youngsville, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.;.
Brooks of Wake Forest, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Massey, Miss Clelliej
Massey, Miss Gertrude WlnBton,
Miss Irene Woodllef of Henderson, '
Miss Elizabeth Winston of Golds
boro, Mr. Wilbur Hill of Franklin- '
ton. 8
Fred received many useful gifts
and It was appreciated more than
words can express. Each and every '
one enjoyed their supper, and had
a big time. r , ? i 4 r
? t I
CONCERT AT EPSOM '
The TIMES Is requested to state
that the Elon Singers will give a 1
musical- concert at Epsom In tho 1
High School Auditorium on Wed
nesday night. May 1st, at 1:16
o'clock. There will be no admis
sion and all are Invited to go 1
out. I
As Dust and Sand Swallow Up Western Farm Crops*,
KANSAS' CITY . . . The increased violence of the sar.d and dust storms
sweeping the plains of Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
and affecting all mid-western states, brings succeeding storjes of the great
dr.wage done to (arms and agricultural lands. . . . Upper photo shows a
ridge of blown sand and silt as high as the barn on a Western Kansas
farm. Lower left, women sbopnert of Alva, Okla., braving the dust storm. ;
Lower right, two residents Boise ^itv^^lkla., wearing the newly de
signed dust masks tb protect Wealth as the storms continue. r
MRS. F. T. MITCHELL
DIES AT FAIRMONT
Fairmont, April 19. ? Mrs.
Prank T. Mitchell, 32. died to
night at her home her?^ Her fun
eral will be held Sunday afternoon
it 2:30.
She is survived by her, husband
and one child. Before marriage
Mrs. Mitchell w^s Miss Katherine
Pleasants, of Loulsburg.
Mrs. Mitchell w^s the daughter
3f Mr. F. Reid Pleasants of Louis- \
burg and has many friends here
who are grieved at her untimely
ieath. She is survived by her hus- :
band, one child, her father; and
three brothers. Messrs. William, 1
Robert, and Francis Pleasants and
i host of relatives, a number of
ivhom attended the funeral. The
leceased was very popular among
Louisburg younger people.
From Ingleside
"Women are bound to remain
in unknown quantity. A single
man can't tell much about them,
ind a married man is afraid to." i
Mrs. J. A. Ayscue. also Mr. Ays
:ue's mother, who have been ill
:he past two weeks are both im- 1
proving and able to be up at in
:ervals about the home.
Little Beth Beasley, whose ill
ness was noted in this column last
iveek, is out after a week's con
finement to the home.
Wrestling with a severe rheu
matic attack, entailing much suf
fering and Inconventience for a
man of his energy and corpulence,
Mr. E. B. Spencer thinks it the
worst ever. He is able to sILji?.
iome, and his friends hope there
will never be a recurrence of this |
most painful experience.
Friends Of Mrs. Hurley Evans!
jre glad to see her out after be- !
ing confined to her home the past j
ieveral months.
After enjoying a dish of ice
:ream (delicious, and profuse)]
kindly sent this household by Mr. ,
ind Mrs. J. B. Hunt, It was re-'
:alled that ice cream is a very old
iellcasy. Its origin Is unknown, 1
but certain varieties of frozen
compounds is said to have been
served in Italy as early as 1500 j
\. D. or a little before. The first
factory for manufacturing com- j
mercial Ice cream was established
in Maryland in 1851.
Little Marion Rose Marks had
?n Easter egg hunt with her
roung friends at the home of her,
parents Mr. and Mrs. Mack Marks, !
Monday. This first experience for,
many of the younger children is
pne that they will not forget. I
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ayscue, of
Roseboro. Mrs. C. H. White, of
Richmond, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin I
Edwards, of Epsom, spent Easter,
with their Mother, Mrs. Louise!
Qickerson. Miss Virginia Dicker-!
ion returned home nrlth her sister, j
Mrs. Ayscue. of Roseboro, for a
irief visit.
What is good for the people is !
;ood for business.
?io man 1b a failure who is enjoy- .
ng life.
Father: "My son, I hear you
lave been most recalcitrant.!'
Son: "Be yourself, Pop, you've
>een doing cross-word puzzles
igaln."
Patron ? I would like a ton of
:oal. . ? -
Dealer ? what size?
Patron ? I'd like a full 2,240.
pounds If It isn't against your
-ules.
Never Fails I
"What cured' him of arguing'
?ith his wife?" "Arguing with
its wife." ? Tit- Bits Magazine.
The Cost
Progress always involve* risks,
fou can't steal second base and
teep. one toot on first. i
New Ware
house Bill
The following bill affecting the
smaller tobacco markets of the
State has-been introduced:
A bill to be entitled an act to
make equitable the marketing
and sale of flue cured tobacco
in North Carolina.
Whereas, on account of the dif
ferent seasons and maturities of
the tobacco crops, the State of
North Carolina is divided into
four belts for the marketing and
sale of leaf tobaccos, said belts
being designated as the South
Carolina Belt, the Eastern- Beit,
thVMidfilte Belt and the Old Belt;
and
Whereas there are several mar
kets in each of said belts for the
sale of said flue cured tobaccos at
auction; and
Whereas the tobaccos grown
and produced in each of said belts
are of the same type and character
and all grades of tobacco grown
and produced in each of said belts
are offered for sale on all of the
markets in each of said belts; and
Whereas there has been a dis
crimination shown in some of the
marketing belts by the buying
companies in their failure to give
each of their buyers in a belt the
same orders to buy and prices to
be paid for identical grades of
tobaccos, thereby causing the to
bacco farmer great loss and great
inconvenience and expense in
transporting their tobacco crops a
long distance for the sale of same;
Now, therefore.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do fenact:
Section 1. Every person, firm,
or .corporation, engaged in the
business of buying flue cured leaf
tobacco upon the auction ware
house floors in the State of North
Carolina shall furnish to every
buyer, whether on full time or a
commission basis, for said person,
firm, or, corporation, in the vari
ous belts of North Carolina, the
identical orders to buy and limits
in price to be paid for the various
grades of said tobaccos so offered
for sale. That the intent and pur
pose of this act is that every to
bacco buyer in any given belt,
who is buying for the same person,
firm, or corporation, sh^ll have
the identical orders to buy and
prices to be paid in said belt for
the various grades of , flue cured
tobacco according to their value.
Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or
corporation violating the terms of
this act shall be subject to a fine
of one thousand dollars ($1,000.
00) and each day of. such viola
tion shall constitute a separate of
fense. "
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That this act shall be in
full force and effect from 'and
after its ratification. |
OPEN HOUSE
WELL ATTENDED
A large number of school pat
rons attended the open house held
at Mills School last Wednesday
afternoon, April 17. After visiting
the various grades, members of
the P. T. A. assembled In the audi
torium for a short business ses
sion. Annual reports of commit
tees were made.
The nominating committee re
ported the following list of of
ficers for the ensuing year: Mrs.
Hugh Hayes Perry, president; Mrs.
R. F. Yarborough, vice-president;
and Mrs. Susie Hayes Jackson,
secretary-treasurer.
Mr. W. R. Mills expressed ap
preciation for the outstanding
work and accomplishments of
Mr^. Ben T. Holden, the outgoing
president. Mrs. Holden made ap
propriate farewell remarks, thank
ing members for their co-opera
tion and support In all the pro
jects undertaken.
"The Mighty
Barnum"
Wallace Beery Plays Great
est Showman in 20th Cen
tury Film of His Life A
The Louisburg Theatr
Tuesday, April 30th.
P. T. Barnum, self-styled
"Prince of Humbugs," comes back
to a hearty life Tuesday, April
30th, at the LouJsburg Theatre,
in the person of Wallace Beery,
who plays the matchless showman
! in Darryl F. Zanuck's production
of "The Mighty Barnum," for 20th
Century Pictures.
The screen play, which main
tains the comedy mood best suited
not alone to Barnum's extravagant
exploits, but tlo Beery's most po
pular type of characterization as
well, was written by Gene Fowler,
Famous biographer, and Bess
Meredyth, one of Hollywood's ab
lest scenarists.
The story opens with Barnum's
entrance into the sideshow busi
ness exactly, a hundred years ago
when, having acquired a few re
ptile monstrosities and an ag?d
negress named Joice Heth, pur
ported to be 160 years old and
erstwhile nurse of the infant
George Washington, he left his
failing Bowery grocery, rented a
livery stable and opened Barnum's
American Museum.
The famous midget, General
Tom Thumb and his bride Lavinia.
the Car'diff Giant, the Bearded
Lady, the Fiji Mermaid, the Wool
ly Horse and all the rest of the
"natural oddities" with which
Barnum staggered New York a
century ago are also seen. His
splurge from the grotesque to the
sublime with the sponsoring of
the American debut of Jenny Lind,
the lovely Swedish nightingale, at
Castle Garden, plays a big part in
I the picture, with Virginia Bruce
charmingly interpreting the gold
en-voiced Jenny.
Adolphe Menjou, Rochelle Hud
? 8on and Janet Beecher are also
importantly cast in this Joseph M.
Schenfck presentation which Wal
ter Lang directed for release
through United Artists.
Prize Essay
*7 50.00 will be given in cash
prizes to-be participants in an
Essay Contest to he sponsored by
the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce, with headquarters in
Winston, according to an an
nouncement made this week by
Secretary N. G. Bartlett. The title
of the Essay Mr. Bartlett said is:
"The Advantages Of (Living In
Eastern North Carolina." The
I Essay must not exceed five hun
dred words and all entires must
b? In the office of the organiza
tion at Kinston, by May 15th: All
essays must be in the hands of
the organization officials by June
firBt. The awards will be made on
or before June 15th. The $750.00
will be divided up into three grand
prizes of 360.00 first; $100.00
second; and $50.00 third, with
fifty prizes of 15.00 each. The
Judges will be selected from the
schools and colleges In Eastern
Carolina and their decision will
be final. No essay will be returned
to the writers and all essay be
come the property of the organiza
tion.
For full and complete details,
write to N. G. Bartlett, Secretary,
Kinston, N. C.' or Dr. A. H. Flem
ing.
The contest Is open to any white
resident of the territory served by
the organization. "We don't want
anybody to write any essay and
mail It in before you get the full
particulars of the contest", Mr.
Bartlett said. High school students
are especially urged to enter the
contest.
LEGISLATURE
Weekly Happenings In
North Carolina General
. Assembly.
By M. L. SHIPMAX
Raleigh, April 22. ? It won't bo
'ong now. The Legislature is oil
the way to adjournment. The
ast stage of deliberation has be*?n
reached. Members have begun to
set angry with each other, to
luestion each other's motives, to
feel that they have been double
crossed by s6meone in whom con
fidence had been reposed. Of
course, this simply means that
he angry member has to go to
aiake a final decision on some vi
al question ?that hurts him. In
stead of taking it out on himself,
jr getting him a punching bag,
ind expressing his anger on that,
\ legislator is apt to do what any
body is likely to do under such
circumstances, he ^s apt to take it
out on somebody who is put up
'is the goat. That is the reason
| you have befen reading abou.t the
lunger of some Senators. . ?
XXX
The Senate got itself into a jam.
It passed up various items of rev
enue put into the revenue, act by
the House, and then failed to
make other provisions for reve
nue. That meant that either the
revenue bill had to be stepped up
to the amount provided for the
House or else that the appropria
tions bill had to be cut down. This
brought the SeniCte under a new
firev Previously it had been bom
barded by various interests ask
ing to be excused from paying
taxes. After the taxes were vot
ed out, the University supporters
and various citizens interested in
maintaining the State in some
semblance of decency began to
bombard the Senate. So in get
ting out of one fire, the Senate
got into another.
tit
While the Senate had taken out
various Items placed in the reve
nue bill by the . House, it was ap
parent that it revenue bill
went to conference in that shape,
unless the appropriations bill was
cut down, then the Senate would
have to accept the House bill ??
I first written, and -that would have,
hurt the Senate'B pride. So attei
ithe bill had gone to its second
.reading, the Senate decided to do
iaome revising, and it began by
reduning the number of staple
foods exempted from the sales tax
lo meal, milk, flour, lard and fat
back. Then it stuck a sales tax
on hotels, restored a license tax
on chain filling stations, reduced
income tax exemptions for gifts
to ten per cent, and by that time
had gotten the bill down to a rea
sonable basis for trading with
'the House. There the matter
;stood at the week-end.
t I I
j While it was reported in the
I papers that a compromise blew up
In the Senate, there was in fact
no compromise in sight except 011
the basis of the House revenue
bill The Senate had nothing to
offer in its bill. So practically all
the Senate leaders were agreed
that in the shape that they, had
the revenue bill, it would matte
the Senate look foolish, so they
put the act back on its first read
ing. It will be passed this week,
the House will refuse to concur
and the measure then goes to con- .
Terence. Conferees will have to
stay with the limits taxed by the
two houses. When they get
through they will have about what
they started with, and the three
months that have been taken up
with the bill have been merely de
voted lo acquainting the members
of the Legislature jtrith the bill
prepared by the budget commis
sion. That will be the sum-total
of all the discussion. That wilt
have been worth while.
ttt
1 Veterans of the Legislature
have come to the conclusion that
<11 this business of having sixty
Jays of hearings on the revenue
bill is a waste of time, but what
' ought to be done is to have brief
1 hearings, let those with a griev
ance present it, and then report
the budget bill to both houses, and
let them start discussing it. Tha
budget commission holds hear
ings before it drafts Its bill, and
has practically all the Information
that a legislative committee Can
get. While this is an argument
that opposes the democratic prin
ciple of government, yet it is a
| fact that after three months Of
i debate, the Legislature usually
igets back to where it started with
the budget commission bill.
t t t
The Hill liquor bill Is still be
ing kicked around In the Senate,
but it is no longer a live topic of
discussion. Senator John Sprunt
Hill is a great fighter, and he con
tinues to pujnp new life Into hit
bill. The* latest primer la an
amendment to set up eighteen li
quor stores as a starter In towns
and cities agreeable to having
them, thus helping to balance the
budget right off the bat. But
Democrats shy away from this
program, with a sales tax already
certain, as they think It would
make too good a campaign u?ue
for the Republicans to levy a tax
on "povetry, need and misery.
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